Linux-Misc Digest #400, Volume #18 Tue, 29 Dec 98 23:13:07 EST
Contents:
Email problems (Paul Griffiths)
Re: which company uses linux as main o/s (Mark Bashaw)
Can OSS share /dev/dsp amongst more than one app? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (Victor Danilchenko)
Re: chroot / execvp probs under RedHat 5.1 ("Markus Rathmann")
Re: Corrupt partition table and only L when booting. (Andries Brouwer)
Re: execute a script copied from dos filesystem? (Mark McCoy)
Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question. (Nick Andrew)
Re: spreadsheet? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: can't make menuconfig (Mike Werner)
How to use USR modem connect to the internet? (Kangoroo)
Re: hylafax and print to fax (John Meissen)
question about bc (A Dark Elf)
Re: AOL as ISP? (Troutman)
Re: can't connect throug ethernet card (Ed Young)
configure fails in enlightenment0.14 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Am I stupid or am I stupid. PPP. ALMOST!!! (Joe Zeff)
can't connect throug ethernet card ("Gianluca Romito")
Re: When will kernel 2.2 be released? (Brett W. McCoy)
LILO vs Loadlin ("Andrew Sprott")
Benchmarks for Linux multi-processor. (eak)
dual headed systems. (Conway Yee)
X-Window, Motif, Window Manager ("S�rgio Vale e Pace")
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From: Paul Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Email problems
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:28:14 +0000
I've been having problems with people sending me emails, they get
returned to sender marked as "message could not be delivered to all its
recipients - we do not relay". I'm waiting on a reply from my ISP, but
I've noticed the problem has only been occuring since I installed Linux
a few weeks back.
I get a static IP address from my ISP, and the domain name is the same
as what goes after the '@' in my email address. I've just tried an
experiement, getting someone to send me a mail while I was online, and a
different one while I was offline. I received the one sent when I was
offline, but not the other.
Is it possible that Linux is causing this problem? I'm not too well read
about communications, but I had the thought that since I have a static
IP, the messages are trying to come straight to my computer when I am
online, rather that to my ISP's mail server. I have sendmail running in
the background, but I have never used it, and certainly haven't
configured it to receive mail from the internet (which it has never
done). Does anyone more knowledgable have any ideas about this?
Thanks for any comments
--
Paul Griffiths
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From: Mark Bashaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which company uses linux as main o/s
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:44:26 -0800
Check out the Linux in Business web site at:
http://www.m-tech.ab.ca/linux-biz/
It's is a huge listing of businesses that use Linux internally and what they
use it for.
Mark Bashaw
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
___________________
Ilya Alexander S wrote:
> greetings all.
>
> i'm gathering fact to finalizing my proposal to a prospectus investor.
> linux is the choice as our IT infrastructure.
> i need to prove them, that this open source community is a big player in
> IT business.
>
> please point me, which company uses this mighty pinguin as their main
> o/s.
> or some similiar fact like IBM uses Apache as their main core future
> software (websphere).
>
> kindly please respond to me also in [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> many thanks in advance...merry new year and happy christmas to you all
> :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Can OSS share /dev/dsp amongst more than one app?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:38:53 GMT
Hi I noticed that I cannot share /dev/dsp amongst more than one app at a
time. I can play midi and wav/mp3 simultaneously, but I cannot play a wav and
an mp3 at the same time. I get an error from sox.bin saying that it cannot
open /dev/dsp because the resource is busy. Is there any way to make the OSS
driver "multitask" amongst sound apps (i.e. switch quickly between them), so
that you can play a wav and an mp3 at the "same time?"
Perhaps it's a compile-time option? Thanks in advance...
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Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:06:27 -0500
From: Victor Danilchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Mark Evans wrote:
>
> Victor Danilchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Why is it disgusting? This is, for my CS department, the method of
> > choice for keeping everything orderly. You don't want to answer endless
> > questions like "uhhh, duh, I can't run app blah-blah-blah" by telling
> > them "prepend /export/share/blah/bin to your path". Much easier for all
>
> Maybe you should install some shells which have a global initilisation file :)
Fine. Suppose we build a tcsh that uses a global init file from NFS;
what happens if NFS server or the network are down, and the machine has
to be brought up without /export tree?.. No shell, no login... ooops...
There is a reason to only keep stuff that HAS to be shared, on the NFS
volumes. The rest of little everyday doodads should remain local.
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From: "Markus Rathmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: chroot / execvp probs under RedHat 5.1
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:18:50 +0100
Noah Romer schrieb in Nachricht <76b7lo$ato$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm running into the following problem: whenever I try to use the chroot
>program, I get the following error message:
>
>"chroot: cannot execute /bin/bash: No such file or directory"
>
Hi,
should this chroot command (never encountered this - only the function) be a
script file? if so, check if the first line of the script looks like:
#!/bin/bash
#
# And now the script goes on...
if so, please make sure that you have the Bourne Again Shell installed on
your system as this line invokes the bash shell on this specific path. This
is the unix way for scripts to make sure that the right shell / scirpting
environment is loaded before the actual scirpt is executed. If you have bash
installed, I can think only of two other reasons:
1. The bash is either installed in another path (why ? Don't know!) or
2. When exec() is called, there is a different environment (PATH or mounts
spring to my mind)
Furthermore, you can call chroot() only as user root (or with those
privileges), most certainly this condition will apply to the programme too
Hope that helps
Markus
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andries Brouwer)
Subject: Re: Corrupt partition table and only L when booting.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:34:56 GMT
Tobias Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: I tried to install Redhat Linux 5.2. I created two partitions. One
: native as / (root) and another on my second harddrive as swap.
: The installation seemed to work out fine. When it was time to reboot I
: did so. Then I only got the first letter in LILO boot. A "L" and the
: system crashed/hanged.
: I thought that only the LILO boot wasn't installed correctly. I tried to
: install Redhat Linux 5.2 again. Full installation again, and on the same
: partitions. But this didn't help, same result. Then I wrote fdisk /mbr
: at my two harddrives and restored everything as it was before the
: installation, without any LILO boot.
: Then I thought that the LILO boot was destroyed at the CD with Redhat
: Linux 5.2 so I decided to install Redhat Linux 5.0 and upgrade that
: version to 5.2. I created a startdisk and tried to install 5.0. When I
: came to the part where you choose to use "Diskdruid" I got a warning
: message:
: "The partition table on device hda is corrupted to create new partitions
: it must be initialized, causing the loss of ALL DATA on this drive"
: The first drive, hda is the drive which I run Win 95 from. It seem to
: work :), but something is probobly wrong.
Clearly you want to see what is there before starting installs
and the like. (By the way, be careful with "Disk Druid" - some
versions use a partition numbering different from the one
the kernel uses, which then results in an install to the wrong
partition, destroying everything that was there.)
So, I would start finding some Linux boot/rescue disk with an fdisk
(cfdisk or sfdisk are best) and look closely at the partition table.
Of course there are DOS utilities as well - I think Partition Magic
comes with a partition table lister, and there are many others.
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From: Mark McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: execute a script copied from dos filesystem?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 20:42:53 -0600
Marius Gedminas wrote:
>
> Paul Lew wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >I had copied a linux script into a dos partition for a cdrom when
> >in winnt; then I copied the script fo linux when in linux mode. The
> >problem is when I tried to execute the script I get a "no such file
> >or directory found". The "attributes" of the file was set to be
> >executable by all and updated only by the user (root).
>
> Maybe the shell is confused by DOS-style newlines (\r\n instead of just \n).
> There are a couple of programs for this purpose: fromdos and dtou that
> convert DOS-style newlines to Unix-style ones.
Wrong!!! thanks for playing!!
\r\n doesn't matter, a carriage return and a newline are _functionally_
the same thing. Next time you are at a command prompt, type a <ctrl>m
and you will see that it is the same as just hitting enter.
Another poster says that the script isn't set executable. Well, in the
original post it says that
'The "attributes" of the file was set to be executable by all and
updated only by the user (root).'
The file is obviously executable, and he would have gotten a "Permission
denied" error if it wasn't.
His problem is that the script isn't in the path.
He has to type "./script" instead of "script".
Please read the complete question and formulate a complete answer before
posting.
--
Mark McCoy
Cajun Brothers Technologies, llc.
-- Remember, "Linux" rhymes with "cynics" :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Nick Andrew)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,comp.os.linux.x,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question.
Date: 30 Dec 1998 13:59:04 +1100
In <768b57$111$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Peter McDermott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>> True. But it's also unfair to look *only* at the learning curve. This
>> is what crippled the Mac - people insisted on not making it possible to
>> ever get at a feature that might be hard to learn to use, even as an
>> option.
>Huh? I'm having trouble parsing this sentence.
I believe Peter McDermott means that MacOS/applications typically fail
to implement "advanced options" because their function may be hard
to understand.
>Do you have an example of some sort of functionality *not*
>implemented on a mac that illustrates this, or were you
>just mac-bashing?
Try debugging a PPP connection on a Mac. I want a log of PPP packets sent
and received, including appropriate decoding for readability (e.g. LCP
packets need to have the various options listed in human-readable form).
I also want a hex dump of each packet data contents.
Come back to this newsgroup when you can do it.
Nick.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: spreadsheet?
Date: 29 Dec 98 15:55:19 EST
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, John Overton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks for the note. Where? I just checked news.answers, searching for
> 'spread' and did'nt find anything related. Can you point me somewhere
> else?
>
> Thanks,
> John
There are a number of spreadsheets available for Linux. Our company
provides two: XESS and XessLite. XESS is a commercial product with
an option for xsBasic macro support. XessLite is shareware for Linux
only. XessLite is found on many of the CDs (Red Hat, TurboLinux, SuSE),
popular download sites (sunsite), and through our site http://www.ais.com .
While I think that you don't need to look any other products (grin),
you may feel otherwise. Here are couple of other options.
Several of the CDs contain other spreadsheet products. You can
also try the links at http://www.ntlug.org/~cbbrowne/spreadsheets.html
or use a search engine (e.g. altavista) and search on "+linux +spreadsheet".
Arthur Coston
Applied Information Systems
>
>
>> It was the Mon, 28 Dec 1998 12:52:04 GMT, John Overton...
>> ..and <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I'm looking for a good spreadsheet? Does a FAQ exist? Or can someone
>> > point me at something?
>>
>> Recently, I saw a spreadsheet FAQ in news.answers.
>>
>> There was a whole section about free and commercial Linux spreadsheets.
>>
>> mawa
>> --
>> Matthias Warkus | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Dyson Spheres for sale!
>> My Geek Code is no longer in my .signature. It's available on e-mail request.
>> It's sad to live in a world where knowing how to program your VCR actually
>> lowers your social status...
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From: Mike Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't make menuconfig
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:12:15 -0500
I read somewhere (maybe kernel-howto? or maybe linux-kernel listserv?)
that there are known incompatabilities with egcs and compiling kernels.
Simple solution - shitcan egcs and go get gcc 2.7.2 from any of the
usual places. One of which is ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/gnu/ For a full
list of sites, visit www.gnu.org
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From: Kangoroo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to use USR modem connect to the internet?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:12:59 -0800
Hello,
I just install Linux RedHat 5.2. I have a 56K US Robotic modem which I
connect to ISP Earthlink in Win98. In Linux, I try to set up PPP but it
doesn't work. So how do I set up, dial phone, and connect to the
internet in the Linux environment? Thank you in advance for any help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Meissen)
Subject: Re: hylafax and print to fax
Date: 29 Dec 1998 21:39:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Patrick O'Neil
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Stephen Richard FREELAND wrote:
>>
>> Patrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> : How does one print to fax from apps?
>>
>> I'm no authority, but is this even possible? Because of the way
>> lpd/lpr works, there's no way to give it information like the phone number
>> to dial, and no *good* way to get it (or a program it spawns) to ask.
>[...]
>
>I hope this isn't the case. If I am working in Star Office on a doc
>that
>I need to fax to someone...they have to be able to see the text and in
>many cases the format must follow what I create on my screen.
>
>How do you fax a file anyway? What would the result of faxing a
>staroffice file to someone be? A bunch of ascii garbage, I would think,
>and it could well run to MANY pages with the formatting information
>also being included, making the result unintelligable.
Some people really don't have a clue what FAXing is, or how it works,
do they?
Fax machines send pictures. Period. You technically don't fax a file.
A receiving fax machine takes an incoming stream of dots, represented
by bits, and puts them on a paper. That's all it does. The sending
machine usually has an integrated scanner that takes a picture and
scans it, converting it into rows of little, tiny dots, and sends the
dots to the other side.
If you throw a computer on the receiving side it can take the dots and
save them as an image file. If you have intelligent software and a really
good image you might be able to examine the picture and try to turn it
back into text, and save that as a document file. That doesn't mean the
transaction fax'ed a file.
If you have a computer on the sending side, you can save the steps
involved in putting a picture of the document on a piece of paper
and then scanning the picture to produce dots, and use software to
directly produce the dots instead. The software then sends those dots
instead of ones produced by scanning the paper version. That doesn't
mean you fax'ed a file. You faxed a picture of the document the file
represents.
Linux does not have a generic print-to-fax capability because in Unix
the application is generally expected to speak the language the printer
understands. If the application doesn't, then the application must
produce some relatively universal output that the Unix system can
process through one or more filters to produce the correct output.
The most widely accepted universal format is Postscript. Given a
Postscript file practically any output can be achieved.
What Unix print filters CANNOT do is communicate with the originating
process to set/unset print capabilities/features. Unix is a multitasking,
multi-user networking system. The source of a document can be a cron
job, some email via sendmail, an X application on another host in
another country, or maybe one of a few hundred shell processes.
Traditionally, Unix handles that by providing different 'printers' that
map to a physical printer using certain characteristics; i.e., a duplex
printer might be known as two different printers, one single-sided, the
other double-sided.
In this paradigm it's really difficult to handle fax-type problems, like
phone numbers. Since Postscript is ASCII, one approach is to embed the
information in the Postscript file and have the print filter scan for
certain keywords. The simplest way is to simply print to a Postscript
file and then manually run a command to fax it. Personally, I don't
understand why mature adults are so afraid of this. But then, I
knew a contractor who literally didn't understand the difference
between Windows95 and M$ Word.....when he turned on his laptop he
started Word, and the concept of doing something OUTSIDE the Word
environment was totally foreign. But that's not the kind of person who
should be using Linux.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] Beaverton, OR 97006
http://www.meissen.org (503) 690-6286
Win98 upgrade quote-of-the-day: "I didn't realize it was going to be so bad!"
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Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.questions
From: A Dark Elf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: question about bc
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 21:19:22 -0600
I recently tried out the GNU bc utility, and I want to build a general
purpose library for it containing useful functions like factorial(),
tobase(), and whatnot, stuff that can be useful in CS math courses. I
looked on the web for .b files but found none. Is there anything out there
already made? Any other alternative to doing what I want (ie having a
program to quickly make all kind of calculs) ?
Patrick Lambert
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From: Troutman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: AOL as ISP?
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:43:40 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Matthias Warkus wrote:
> >
> > It was the 28 Dec 1998 04:09:01 GMT, Rod Brick...
> > > Does anyone know if it's possible to connect to the internet via AOL as
> > > the ISP? If so, can you point me in the direction of any relevant
> > > documentation to accomplish this. Thanks much.
> >
> > It's not possible with Linux. AOL use a proprietary protocol, and AOL
> > software that makes use of that protocol is so far only available for Windows.
> >
> > Perhaps they will see the light after the years, just like T-Online (kind of
> > a German AOL ;) did, and offer normal PPP.
In the past, using AOL 3, I have connected to AOL then minimized and run
Eudora and Netscape to surf the net. That would tell me that they are
using tcp/ip and it may be possible to run Linux on a home lan behind a
proxy on the PC running AOL.
Why on earth you would _want_ to do that is beyond me.
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From: Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't connect throug ethernet card
Date: 30 Dec 1998 03:17:27 GMT
I don't think pam lets root log in remotely. You have to login as
a user, then su to root to do any work...
Gianluca Romito wrote:
>
> Hi, I'm quite new to the Linux world. I have RH5.1. I've set up my linux box
> and all works fine. The only thing that I cant resolve is:
>
> If I telnet to my linux box (192.168.0.1) from a PC (win98) I get the login
> prompt, but if I try to connect as root it says login incorrect. I've tried
> to create other users bot via telnet it is impossible to log in.
> The strange fact is that i cannot connect via telnet to my linux neither by
> telnetting from my linux consolle by trying #telnet 192.168.0.1 or #telnet
> 127.0.0.1
> I get the linux login prompt in all the 2 examples above...
>
> Thankx in advance, Gianluca Romito ([EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> P.S.: ping runs correctly
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.sparc
Subject: configure fails in enlightenment0.14
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:04:27 GMT
Hi!
I am trying to compile enlightenment-0.14 on a SunUltra machine w/ Solaris
2.5.1. I get the following message during the "configure" phase. I have
installed Imlib1.8.1 on my system (newer than Imlib1.4 required by the tool).
I am clueless. Any help in this regrad is appeciated.
Thank you,
vik
=================== ... checking for main in =lgif... yes checking for
png_get_valid in -lpng... yes checking for Imlib_init_with_params in
-lImlib... no ERROR: DOX for Enlightenment needs a system with libImlib.so
(minimum Imlib1.4) You can obtain it from:
ftp://ftp.enlightenment.org/pub/enlightenment/
ftp://www.rasterman.com/pub/enlightenment/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe Zeff)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.ppp
Subject: Re: Am I stupid or am I stupid. PPP. ALMOST!!!
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 01:19:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) wrote:
>For ppp all ISPs have voluminous material telling you how to hook up a
>Win95 machine. Although it tends to be recipie type stuff, those recipies
>should be translatable into linux recipies for connecting as well.
Does Linux have Dial-Up Networking[1] or a Network Control Panel in
which you can install Dial-Up Adapter and TCP/IP[2]? If not, the
recipies aren't very adapable are they? Earthlink has a Linux
cheat-sheet and it almost always works. Other ISPs should have just
as much.
[1]Often called "Dialing-up Network" by newbies.
[2]TCIP to beginners.
---
Joe Zeff
The Guy With the Sideburns
another clue like that and I may have to start thinking.
http://www.lasfs.org
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From: "Gianluca Romito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: can't connect throug ethernet card
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 00:33:20 +0100
Hi, I'm quite new to the Linux world. I have RH5.1. I've set up my linux box
and all works fine. The only thing that I cant resolve is:
If I telnet to my linux box (192.168.0.1) from a PC (win98) I get the login
prompt, but if I try to connect as root it says login incorrect. I've tried
to create other users bot via telnet it is impossible to log in.
The strange fact is that i cannot connect via telnet to my linux neither by
telnetting from my linux consolle by trying #telnet 192.168.0.1 or #telnet
127.0.0.1
I get the linux login prompt in all the 2 examples above...
Thankx in advance, Gianluca Romito ([EMAIL PROTECTED] - [EMAIL PROTECTED])
P.S.: ping runs correctly
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brett W. McCoy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: When will kernel 2.2 be released?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:20:17 GMT
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:06:57 -0400, Mat�as Orchard V.
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>TODAY was released pre1!
Yep. Got it up built and running in less than an hour (not including the
download time). The cleanest kernel rebuild I've ever had. The xconfig
is broken, but the rest was smooth sailing all the way.
--
Brett W. McCoy
http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
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From: "Andrew Sprott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO vs Loadlin
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:21:06 -0000
Hi All,
Is it possible to install and boot linux from a DOS/Windows directory?
S.u.S.E.
does it and it's a lot better than LILO.
Andrew Sprott
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From: eak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Benchmarks for Linux multi-processor.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 13:31:37 -0700
Greetings,
I have my eye on a new Linux server to join my ever growing cluster.
I'm looking at the VArStation XMP from VA Research among others and
wondered if anybody has done any performance comparisons?
Specifically the .5 -1 -2 Mb Cache upgrades with the Xeon processor how
much of a performance difference does it make under Linux?
Also using the included RH 5.2 does the second processor really come
into play ? What if you self upgrade to the 2.1.x kernel?
This box is destined for scientific number crunching, database
functions, and some graphics. So performance definitely is appreciated,
the question is whether
it's worth 5K to jump from .5 to 1 Mb cache?
Thanks,
Eric A. Kihn
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From: Conway Yee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dual headed systems.
Date: 29 Dec 1998 23:24:16 -0500
To those who are interested in two monitors:
The MetroLink X server can handle up to 4 monitors using Matrox cards.
It USED to be available on the Infomagic Linux Developers Resource CD's
and RedHat.
The last RedHat that had it was RedHat 5.0 with the 4.1 MetroLink X server.
The last Infomagic LDR with it was the June/July 1998 with the 4.3.0
MetroLink X server.
The most current MetroLink server is 4.3.1
The June/July LDR is still available from some vendors.
I had a minor problem with installing the 4.3.0 server in that the
configuration file had an error which was easily fixed. The 2nd
monitor had a distorted image. I tracked it down to an option that
had to be commented out. More info available if requested.
--
tnx es 73 de Conway Yee, N2JWQ |Department of Radiology | 3 BOXES:
|Beth-Israel Deaconess Medical Center| BALLOT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] |330 Brookline Avenue | JURY
[EMAIL PROTECTED] |Boston, MA 02215 | CARTRIDGE
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From: "S�rgio Vale e Pace" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X-Window, Motif, Window Manager
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1998 02:09:00 -0200
I'm with a question (newbee probably) about the relation and function of
the X; motif, gnome, etc; and the windows managers, where one ends and
the other starts, somekind of an overview of an X system structure.
Thanks
S�rgio
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