Linux-Misc Digest #850, Volume #18 Sun, 31 Jan 99 23:13:08 EST
Contents:
2.2.1 module problems (Jeffery Chow)
Re: ISDN FOR LINUX PLEEZ HELP!!!!!!!!!1 (Alexander Viro)
Re: GXedit (Gary Momarison)
Re: StarOffice vs. Applixware vs. WordPerfect (Eric Turner)
Re: fvwm2 aspect (Victor Wagner)
Re: WP8 equations<->MSWord? (Victor Wagner)
Re: Redhat 5.2 install pukes (Kyle Dansie)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Andy Wendel)
JDK 1.1.7... (Joe)
Re: tarball application? (Carl Fink)
Re: ansi and console ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: tarball application?
Re: could someone suggest a window manager for me? ("TEX@go")
cron job makes my computer hang (Fung Wai Keung)
Kernel 2.2.1 broke xtar (Bogdan Bucicovschi)
2.2.1 kernel upgrade problems (WORLOK)
LXNY Meeting Tuesday 2 February 1999. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: mounting a SCSI JAZ drive (Dick Repasky)
Newbie Q: Exceed or Something else? (Cyrus Mehta)
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From: Jeffery Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.2.1 module problems
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 02:18:05 GMT
Hi,
I just got 2.2.1 and compiled it, but left ppp as a module.
For some reason, I'm getting this in my syslog:
modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24
These are littered throughout the file after I start pppd.
There's something in the menuconfig that says that
CCP compressors are only built as modules for ppp, so I suppose
I want to leave ppp as a module.
I also read somewhere that the net-pf-4 and -5 symbols
have to do with IPX and AppleTalk, and I didn't compile those
in so I have *no* idea why the kernel wants those.
There's also something funny in my syslog file that might
be causing all this. I get these lines at the very beginning
of the boot process: they're the 4th and 5th line in the syslog
file after a reboot:
kernel: Error seeking into /dev/mem
kernel: Error adding kernel module table entry.
I don't know what exactly is wrong with my memory, but my system
seems to run fine otherwise. In case this is a H/W problem,
I'm running a FIC 503+ MB with a AMDK6/2 at 350mhz, with 64mb
of SDRAM in one DIMM socket.
Something that *might* be related is the fact that I'm using
using the kernel's framebuffer driver (1024x768x16bpp) so I
can use X with my Diamond Monster Fusion (AGP).
Has anyone seen this before? I'd really appreciate any help.
I'm getting lousy throughput with my ppp connection and I'm
guessing that problem will go away if I solve this one.
Thanks in advance!
Jeff Chow
Radical Entertainment
Vancouver, B. C.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro)
Subject: Re: ISDN FOR LINUX PLEEZ HELP!!!!!!!!!1
Date: 31 Jan 1999 21:19:49 -0500
You know, there is an obscure bug in keyboard driver that breaks ISDN if
CapsLock and/or 1 keys are getting stuck. Start from fixing your keyboard.
--
"You're one of those condescending Unix computer users!"
"Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer" - Dilbert.
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GXedit
Date: 31 Jan 1999 18:23:45 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Upali Bandara) writes:
> GXedit says
>
> can't resolve symbol 'poll'
>
> and doesn't start. Do I need some pictures? Where do I get them?
Sounds like you don't have a requisite shared library installed.
I don't know which; maybe a certain version of gtk. Read the
GXedit documentation, esp. README or INSTALL. Or maybe
http://devplanet.fastethernet.net/gxedit.html .
--
Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: Eric Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StarOffice vs. Applixware vs. WordPerfect
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:03:36 -0800
My version of StarOffice doesn't support Office97 file formats. Perhaps
the new one does, I'm not sure. The point is, make sure you don't end up
with something that won't work for you.
Eric
Michel Catudal wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I've been browsing around trying to decide which of the "big three" office
> > application suites to go with and install on my system (StarOffice,
> > Applixware, or WordPerfect). However, I haven't been able to find much
> > information on the ability of ANY of these programs to import, convert, or
> > work with Microsoft Office documents. My office shares a great deal of
> > information between Linux and Windows machines on the network (Samba)... so
> > it's pretty crucial that I have a means of viewing/editing Office files.
> >
> > Anyone know about the capabilities (or lack thereof) for any and all of
> > those three office suites... of if there is some other (and better) Linux
> > office application suite out that I haven't even heard of yet? Thanks!
> >
>
> As for the free package of WordPerfect it sucks. Hofully the full version is
>allright.
> The printing doesn't support color on my Canon BJC-250 while StarOffice do.
> \ doesn't exist with WordPerfect.
>
> My son loves StarOffice, I guess that is what I will buy.
>
> --
> Tann� du plantage avec Ti-Mou?
> Alors essayez donc Linux ou OS/2
> http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat/
> We have software, food, music, news, search,
> history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor Wagner)
Subject: Re: fvwm2 aspect
Date: 1 Feb 1999 00:20:42 +0300
alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: alex ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: :>that works of course but vi uses cpu etc. i suppose that fvwm itself can
: :>do that.. but how!? that is the question (c) w.s.
: oops, wrong.. no xv in background running.. but still, fvwm should be
: able to do that too..
Why should it. It is just plain window manager and not fancy and bloated
desktop like kde.
It cannot even paint desktop with solid color. It relies on separate
xsetroot program to do it.
The best thing of fvwm is that it doesn't try to be all-in-one solution.
It does one job and does it well, so you can teach it to call other
small and good utility to do another job.
xv is not optimal for this. But I don't understand why do you object to
XPM files. I cannot see no difference between jpeg and xpm. You can
easily convert one to another. xpm would be a bit bigger, but whats a
matter. You want image on background - most silly thing I want imagine,
so be prepared to spend either some cpu or some disk space to satisfy
your need.
--
========================================================
I have tin news and pine mail...
Victor Wagner @ home = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor Wagner)
Subject: Re: WP8 equations<->MSWord?
Date: 1 Feb 1999 00:09:49 +0300
Kryz Caputa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Actually writing a conversion filter may not be as complicated as it
: looks first. Between the users of MSWord and WP it could be agreed which
: features should be used and which fonts. The conversion filter could
: create the simplest possible format of the other document that preserves
: the textual content, font sizes, paragraph alignment and equations
: dumping the rest of it.
Actually, writing conversion filter is MUCH more complicated than
unexperienced person may even imagine. Word format docs are more than
100 pages, and don't even cover equation, becouse from programmers point
of view word doesn't support equiations. It just knows how to call
separate program which draws them, and then hides its data somewhere in
its file. So, even if Microsoft would publish source code for word, it
would be very complicated task to write paper.
Better to ask people you cooperate with, use some more or open format like rtf
for interchange of information. It will also help them (not you, you are
safe even now) from macro viruses.
Really it is one of reasons, why experienced people prefer LaTeX - it
exist for any platform in the world. Another reason - it produces much
better quality. There is third, forth and fifth reason, which I don't
like to type in now.
--
========================================================
I have tin news and pine mail...
Victor Wagner @ home = [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 20:09:12 -0700
From: Kyle Dansie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 5.2 install pukes
Scott L. Foglesong wrote:
>
> Kyle Dansie wrote:
>
> > Tried to install Redhat 5.2. Inserted the boot floppy and the CD into
> > the machine. Hit the on switch. The boot starts and I get a message.
> >
> > Loading initrd.img.....Boot Failed.
> >
> > OK how do I solve this problem. The Suse disk loaded on this machine
> > without problems. What's up with Redhat.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Kyle Dansie
> > --
> > --------------------------------------------------------
> > Linux Rules Iomega Zip Drive Mini - HOWTO
> > -
> > http://njtcom.com/dansie/zip-drive.html
> > or
> > http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive.html
> > --------------------------------------------------------
>
> The boot floppy is bad. That seems to be a problem with RedHat; I had
> the same problem.
>
> The solution is to make a new boot floppy off the CD. If you have the
> Linux Installation Guide (that comes with the retail version of RedHat
> 5.2) the information is on page 225 for both DOS or a Linux (Linux-like)
> OS.
>
> If you don't: there's a program called 'rawrite' in the \dosutils
> directory on the CD.
> Run it. When it says:
> 'Enter disk image source file name:' you type in:
> ..\images\boot.img
> When it says:
> 'Enter target diskette drive:' you type in:
> a:
> It will tell you to insert a formatted diskette, you hit Enter, and
> there it is.
>
> From Linux, cd to the cdrom directory (mount it if necessary), then:
>
> dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1440K
>
> Cheers--
>
> --
> ----------------------------------------------
> Scott L. Foglesong
> San Francisco Conservatory of Music
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Too many notes, dear fellow, too many notes."
> -----------------------------------------------
Yes you were correct. The floppy disk was junk. I booted from the CD and
no problem then.
Thanks for the reply,
Kyle Dansie
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andy Wendel)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 03:11:32 GMT
On 30 Jan 1999 22:43:41 -0800, Michael Powe
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Wendel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Andy> Nope, I am not using a made in the usa OS... I am using a
> Andy> made/concieved in Finland and used/upgraded/gradually
> Andy> perfected international OS....
>
>Yeah, you have to think all these bigheaded Americanos are using
>Windows -- since it's the pinnacle of American achievement in
>software.
>
No, it is far from the pinnacle of American achievement in software...
It may be one of the pinnacles in Marketing, however...
> Andy> All this nationalism crap is just that... a bunch of
> Andy> crap... and a total waste of bandwidth....
>
>Yep.
>
>mp
>
>8<---------------how-easy-is-it-to-demunge-an-address?------------------->8
>#! /usr/bin/perl # if you are [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Another Luser):
>while ($line = <>){ if ($line =~ m/^\s*$/ ){ last; }
>if ($line =~ m/^From: (\S+) \(([^()]*)\)/){ $from_address = $1; } }
>if ($from_address =~ m/\S+NOSPAM\S+/){ $x = index($from_address, NOSPAM);
>substr($from_address, $x, 6+1) = ""; printf("The real address is %s\n",
>$from_address);}else { printf("No munge, just plain %s\n",$from_address);}
>printf("\nBrought to you by the Truth In Mail Headers Foundation\n");
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>
>- --
> Michael Powe
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
> Portland, Oregon USA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joe)
Subject: JDK 1.1.7...
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 05:35:12 GMT
I downloaded and installed it as instructed by readme, but then when I
typed a simple program in pico,
class Hello {
public static void main (String args[]) {
System.out.print ("Hello, World!");
}
}
and did
java Hello
under X, java says "Java Class not found" or something like that. What
am I doing wrong? Thanks! BTW, can you give me a pointer to a good
Java programming on Linux resource?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: tarball application?
Date: 1 Feb 1999 01:55:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:09:45 -0600, dave dufeau
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>the problem- I had two files to untar- a *.tgz file and a *tar.gz
>file. As I understand it, these are essentially the same thing.
Yes, tgz and tar.gz mean the same thing. That is, it's a tar file that
has been compressed using the gzip program (or the same compression
method, anyway).
The tar program doesn't automatically compress files. (Older versions
didn't even know about compression.) It just sort of combines a bunch
of files into one big lump for simplicity's sake. (Unix experts:
yes, I know tar does more than that, I'm simplifying here.)
To decompress a tgz archive, assuming you have a modern version of
tar, the syntax is actually pretty straightforward:
tar xvzf name-of-file
where "x" means "extract", "v" means "verbose", "z" means "uncompress",
and "f" means "extract from a file" (as opposed to extracting from a
tape device, tar's original purpose -- "tar" means "tape archive").
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Your brain is actually a fabulously complex computer, which means that
on Jan. 1, 2000, it will stop working and your body will flop around
like a recently caught perch." (Dave Barry, slightly paraphrased.)
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ansi and console
Date: 1 Feb 1999 03:10:56 GMT
iNoDE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With kernel 2.0.36 my console prompt (where I type 'startx') used to
> look like
> http://bash.current.nu/images/blue.gif
that's not related to "ansi" (it's a color-ls question)
> After upgrading to k2.2.1 I don;t longer have ansi support. If I type
> echo $TERM I get linux... and if I open an xterm in X (ansi works fine
> in X) and type echo $TERM I get xterm.
that's correct (and has been for 3-4 years).
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: tarball application?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 03:23:42 GMT
On Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:09:45 -0600, dave dufeau wrote:
>the problem- I had two files to untar- a *.tgz file and a *tar.gz
>file. As I understand it, these are essentially the same thing.
<snip>
>files. Can someone explain the untarring syntax to me in a manner less
>arcane than the man pages? I just want to untar these
>binaries....waaahhh!
>
The four essential tar command lines are:
1. extract a gzipped tarball
tar -zxvf file_to_extract
||||__target file follow the "f"
|||___Verbose - Visual feedback to show what's happening
||____eXtract the target file
|_____run through gunzip first
2. extract a plain tarball
tar -xvf file_to_extract
3. create a plain tarball
tar -cvf file_to_create file_list_or_directory
|___create the target file
4. create a gzipped tarball
tar -zcvf file_to_create file_list_or_directory
--
-- Doug --
Of all the strange "crimes" that human beings have
legislated out of nothing, "blasphemy" is the most amazing
-- with "obscenity" and "indecent exposure" fighting it out
for second and third place.
-- Lazarus Long
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From: "TEX@go" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: could someone suggest a window manager for me?
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 21:30:34 -0600
XFCE is the fastest and simplest, with the most features.
A QUICK DOWNLOAD, one command and you are in a much simpler and robust
world.
http://linux-kheops.com/pub/xfce/
Michael Perry wrote:
>
> On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:06:39 -0600, Eric Wyles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I am currently using KDE, which I really like, but it is a memory hog.
> >I have 64 MB and if I do a fresh boot and then start X and KDE, my
> >memory is completely full. I can start X with fvwm2 and then StarOffice
> >and still have about 15-20 meg free. This is ok, but I really don't
> >like fvwm2. I would like to find something where I am not forced to
> >have more that one virtual desktop. If someone could tell me how to
> >turn that feature off in fvwm2 that would be a big help. I never use
> >more than one desktop (I just minimize everything), and the placement of
> >the desktop selector in fvwm2 is very inconvenient because it cover up
> >my scrollbars when I have a window maximized. If anyone could suggest a
> >good window manager and where to get it, or tell me how to customize
> >fvwm2, I would appreciate it.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Eric
> >
>
> My wife really likes kde so she has an account and likes to play the games
> and fool around with it. With SuSE one can move a .fvwm2rc file to be
> used easily and thats what I use. I tend to remove the fvwm button bar
> from it, use tkdesk, customize the work menu, add some other things to
> start up like the pager and some xeyes. I like fvwm2 quite a bit when I
> get done making changes to it. With tkdesk, I have a file manager and a
> bar I can add apps to quite easily with attractive icons.
>
> I dont use staroffice here so cannot comment on memory issues with it. I
> do use applix, wingz, and wordperfect 8 here and they all work without a
> hitch. Sometimes a little modification to a rather boring wm can yield
> surprising results. I particularly like tools like tkdesk.
>
> --
> Michael E. Perry
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ------------------
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system and Linus Torvalds claims to be trying to take over the
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fung Wai Keung)
Subject: cron job makes my computer hang
Date: 1 Feb 1999 03:28:14 GMT
Hi,
I've scheduled a daily cron job to do a simple backup on users
directory from my linux machine to another remote SUN workstation.
However, this cron job hangs my linux computer. The following is my cron
job file.
=====================================================================
#!/bin/sh
echo 'Begin backup ...'
cd /home/users
tar cvf - . | rsh maews67 -l wkfung 'cd /export/home/mrobot ;gtar xBf -'
echo 'Backup completed!!'
========================================================================
Is there any wrong with my cron job file?
Thanks in advance.
--
Regards,
Wai Keung, Fung
Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering,
The Chinese University of Hong Kong,
Shatin, N.T.,
Hong Kong.
Tel: (852)26098470 Fax: (852)26036002
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From: Bogdan Bucicovschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.2.1 broke xtar
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 22:46:27 -0500
I installed linux kernel version 2.2.1 and xtar version 1.4 stopped
working.
It gives an extra window with an error message that this file cannot
be opened(not valid archive)
Does anybody know how to fix it?
Bo
PS: When I reboot in 2.0.36, everything comes back to normal.
I checked www.dejanews.com, nothing about this topic.
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From: WORLOK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: 2.2.1 kernel upgrade problems
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 03:53:50 +0000
Greetings,
I compiled the 2.2.1 kernel and installed it as a secondary kernel, so that I
can still boot into 2.0.36. Thank God I did. I find that the 2.2.1 kernel is
way faster than the old one. My system is almost twice as fast opening
programs, and drawing windows (etc..) in X. Beautiful. I want to use 2.2.1 all
of the time, but I need access to my CDROM, CDRW (both ATAPI).
The weird thing is that I can't mount my CDROMS! I have no problems with the
old kernel. It looks like a permissions problem, but I haven't messed with that
and they work fine under the old kernel. I compiled in all IDE/ATAPI/SCSI
support. Can't figure out what is going on. Anybody else see anything like
this?
I reconfigured and recompiled it a few times, made it clean, etc... Same
problems. I read everything I could find on kernel compiling/installing.
Everything else works except man.
Oh, and if anyone knows what might cause this: For either kernel, all of a
sudden man doesn't work. If I man to the /path-to-manpage, it works. If I just
type in man "command", she doesn't work.
I haven't done anything with man. How can I fix man???
Thanks.
--TomC.
--
Windows NT has crashed,
I am the Blue Screen of Death,
No one hears your screams...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,nyc.seminars
Subject: LXNY Meeting Tuesday 2 February 1999.
Date: 1 Feb 1999 03:58:55 GMT
LXNY will have a general meeting Tuesday 2 February 1999.
This meeting is free and open to the public.
The meeting starts at 6:30 pm.
The meeting is at the IBM building at 57th Street and Madison Avenue on
the Island of Manhattan.
LXNY will meet regularly the first Tuesday of each month at IBM
throughout 1999. LXNY and its supporters thank IBM for the donation of
this meeting space. LXNY also thanks those who, inside and outside of
IBM, worked in favor of this gift.
The Schools and Libraries Project is today bringing free OSes and other
free software into New York City schools and libraries. A brief report on
the Project will be made. The Project stands in need of sysadmins,
teachers of *n*x, and volunteers who do not yet know *n*x.
The Hardware Initiative will be discussed.
Refund Day will be discussed. After the meeting there will be an informal
gathering of people who want to take part in Refund Day, which is
15 February 1999. Those who have pledged to buy tickets and those who
wish to pledge to buy tickets for the Refund Day Raffle are invited to
come to this gathering.
http://www.netmonger.net/~onr/ny/welcome.html
We'd like to have as many laptops running a free OS as possible at the
meeting, since there may be people at the meeting who have never
consciously seen a free OS in action.
Upcoming Events:
Russ McManus will demonstrate a system he wrote which is in daily use at
Goldman Sachs. The program is written in GUILE, a library implementation
of Scheme which many GNU programs use as a scripting language,
http://sanpietro.red-bean.com/guile .
LXNY will host a panel on the legal, social, economic, and moral issues of
the coming freer, more peaceable, more competitive, and more cooperative
market in software which the GNU GPL and other free licenses have made
possible.
A large well planned install fest will be held in cooperation with NYLUG,
http://www.nylug.org , and as many of the other free software groups in
New York City as possible.
Note that sometimes the time, date, and place of an LXNY event will be
posted on the LXNY web site a few days before the official announcements
are sent out, so you might wish to check the site periodically. All
announcements will have a caption on the first page of the site.
Jay Sulzberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Corresponding Secretary LXNY
LXNY is New York's Free Computing Organization.
http://www.lxny.org
LXNY is an organization in support of the Free Software Movement, and we
welcome all supporters of free software, whether or not you run, or even
like, the Linux kernel, gcc, clisp, cmucl, gcl, cfengine, bc, Bash, Bison,
Yacc, COAS, Emacs, Erlang, FreeDOS, Sather, SmallEiffel, Jacal, apache,
the FreeBSD kernel, chimera, fvwm, xscreensaver, Octave, Guile, gawk,
Hello, Perl, Python, fortune, the Hurd, Gwydion's not-quite-Dylan, Ocaml,
oleo, XFree, Gamora, gdbm, gmp, gnat, gnome, gimp, TeX, gs, gv, Intercal,
lilo, fips, mlos, rpm, mocka, procmail, PM, SIAG, siod, SCM, SLIB,
Screamer, Stalin, STk, sendmail, Squeak, SML/NJ, stBasic, units, XXL,
YAST, zsh, etc..
What is Free Software? See http://www.fsf.org .
Keywords: available, hackable, freely redistributable source; GPL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dick Repasky)
Subject: Re: mounting a SCSI JAZ drive
Date: 1 Feb 1999 04:05:15 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can partition the disk using fdisk or cfdisk and then reference
individual partitions. I made one big partition and reference it
as sd*1 where * is the appropriate number. I've been told that you can
use the whole thing as just a drive by referencing it as only sd*, but
I have not actually tried it.
Under plan A:
fdisk /dev/sd*
mkfs.ext2 /dev/sd*1
mount -t ext2 /dev/sda*1 /mountpoint
On 31 Jan 1999 20:22:47 +0500, ezjab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm reposting because I did not see any responses in the newsgroup, nor
>did I see my post.
>
>I have a SCSI JAZ drive that I would like to mount, but I'm not sure
>which device, i.e. /dev/???, to use when formating and mounting
>the JAZ drive. Can anyone advise me how to do this?
>
>Thank you in advance.
>
>Jim Anderson
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From: Cyrus Mehta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x,alt.os.linux
Subject: Newbie Q: Exceed or Something else?
Date: 1 Feb 1999 03:33:04 GMT
Suppose I have a Linux Box, running Samba to a number of Windows NT/9X PCs,
is there any way to run X applications off the Linux Box, but viewed on my
Windows boxes.
At work, we use Exceed to login ot a server and run GUI applications on the remote
server.
Since I heard Exceed is expenseive, is there a cheaper (hopefully free) alternative.
Cyrus
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