Linux-Misc Digest #893, Volume #18 Thu, 4 Feb 99 03:13:41 EST
Contents:
Re: Printing with WP 8 ("Steve D. Perkins")
Re: XFee86 and the SiS 530 chipset problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Partition Magic (Rod Smith)
Re: Lilo question (Robert Heller)
Re: Printing with WP 8 (Bob Tennent)
Re: TELNET.EXE (Glenn Butcher)
Re: use theramin as input device (Ethan A Merritt)
Re: they're here now - 03 Feb 99 22:36 PDT8PST (Tim Moore)
Getting JDK 1.17b working on Redhat 5.2 w 3.3.3.1 X (Robert K Krimen)
Re: Repartition Hard Drive (Ben Russo)
Re: Repartition Hard Drive (Ben Russo)
http://myvillage.server101.com (Never spam a hacker)
Re: CD-RW as backup alternative (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: How to make it run faster? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing with WP 8
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 02:44:54 +0000
I have a BJC-620, I imagine that our printers are similar enough so
that what worked for me will work for you...
If you've got your printer working in X-windows itself (though
control-panel), then Ghostscript is set up right... and as far as
applications are concerned, you're working with a Postscript-compatible
printer (even if in fact you're not). In WordPerfect, select the
"Postscript passthrough" driver... and it will do just that. All printing
information will "pass-through" in Postscript form to the print queue...
where Ghostscript will handle it just as if you were printing from any
other application.
The only drawback is that Corel hasn't come out with their "Color
Postscript passthrough" driver yet... until that comes out, we seem to be
limited to black-and-white printing only. Hope this helps!
Steve
"William H. Pridgen" wrote:
> Greg Truax wrote:
> >
> > I am wondering about printer drivers with Word Perfect 8 for Linux. I
> > have a Canon BJC-4200 and there is no driver that comes with the
> > package. Is there anyplace where I can get the proper diver? Has
> > anyone else successfully used any BJC 4000 series printers with WP? I
> > would appreciate any help that anybody can provide.
> >
> > Greg Truax
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> I don't have a Canon printer, but I do know you have to download the
> necessary driver from Corel.
>
> --
> Bill Pridgen ** Linux: OS for the next millennium
> --
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: XFee86 and the SiS 530 chipset problem
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 05:50:30 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jerry wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am trying to get XFree86 running on my SiS 530 chipset. The video
> > inside the chip is a 64-bit 3D AGP Graphics Accelerator(6326??), but all
> <snippity-snip>
>
> I am using the SiS 6326 and it drove me batty trying to get it to work
> until I basically RTFM'd.
>
> You can download the Server from SuSE's site (it's an XFCOM server) if
> you're using XFree86 3.3.2 or just download and install XFree86 3.3.3
> (which is what I did).
>
> The chip does NOT support VGA16, so you can't set it up with XF86Setup.
> You have to use the text mode xf86config program.
>
> The chipset is number 502 when you get to that part of xf86config.
> Answer the appropriate question about your monitor and card. Don't
> probe and don't use clock settings.
>
> This chip uses the SVGA server, so make sure you install it.
>
> I had a problem with the screen acting "funky" using the defaults after
> installation: the mouse would leave black holes when I moved the cursor
> and the menus would go black when I selected them (this is in KDE).
>
> I wound up editing the /etc/XF86Config file and uncommenting the
> "noaccel" option and the funky problems went away. I currently use
> 1024x768 at 16 bits with absolutely no problems.
>
> It will run 24-bit colour, but Netscape shows all it's icons and buttons
> in BW (although Web pages serve up in colour). Netscape seems to be the
> only program that has the 24-bit colour problem. With noaccel, I can
> not do 32-bit colour, but who cares? 16-bit is fine and 24-bit works if
> you don't mind the Netscape idiosyncracy.
>
> HTH
>
> Don
>
Don, I am running the SiS530 chipset, and I tried using your configuration
scheme and I couldn't get it to work. Before reading your suggestion I used
SuperProbe and it id'd my chipset as a 6306 which is not an sis chipset.
After I used your suggestion, I started xwindows and my screen was stretched
terribly tall and it was an on again off again pattern of dots. At the top
of the Screen I could see some pattern such as menus and if I move the mouse
in that region of the screen it appears to pull down menus, but everything is
totally unreadable.
I have been on the phone until I thought it would fall off, and I am getting
balder by the minute.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.
John Pierce
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Partition Magic
Date: 3 Feb 1999 23:25:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"William H. Pridgen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "J�rgen Exner" wrote:
>
>> When you resize a partition most likely you moved the kernel around, too.
>> I.e, you changed the physical location of the kernel.
>> Of course you can't boot using the old values, which are hardcoded in LILO,
>> after that!
>> Rerun /sbin/lilo (boot from a floppy) to tell LILO about the new location of
>> the kernel.
>
> Thank you for the information. There are no warnings about that in the
> PM 4.0 user's guide. (Actually, the user's guide has precious little
> about using PM with Linux at all.)
>
> So, if I wanted to use PM to resize my Linux partition again some time,
> could I then boot using the RedHat installation diskette as a rescue
> diskette, and do what you suggest?
The best way to do it is to set up some alternate means of booting your
existing system. This is really very simple: Just create a DOS boot
floppy, put LOADLIN.EXE on it and a copy of your current kernel (I'll
assume it's called zimage). When the time comes, boot the Linux floppy
and type:
LOADLIN ZIMAGE root=/dev/hda5 ro
(Substitute whatever your root directory is for /dev/hda5.)
Alternatively, you might be able to do it by simply copying the kernel to
floppy (dd if=zImage of=/dev/fd0) and booting with that floppy. This will
only work if the kernel image contains the correct information about your
partition layout, though, which it might not if you add or delete
partitions between building the kernel and booting with the floppy.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
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Subject: Re: Lilo question
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Heller)
Date: 3 Feb 1999 19:54:48 -0500
"David Ricardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:17:13 -0200, wrote :
"R> I have Win95 and the linux in my HD. The current default boot system is
"R> linux( when the system starts this message: "LILO Boot :" shows up, and if I
"R> press Enter key the linux starts running). My question is :
"R> What's the lilo.conf modification I have to do if I want to start the dos
"R> partition (Win95) by default (Whenever press Enter key, I want to start the
"R> win95)?
"R> Thanks. From Brazil.
You just need to swap the linux boot section with the Win95 boot
section. Edit /etc/lilo.conf with a text editor (such as vi or emacs).
/etc/lilo.conf will look something like:
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
label=linuxRH5.2
root=/dev/sdc1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.36-0.7.img
read-only
other=/dev/sda1
label=dos
table=/dev/sda
(This is for a SCSI based system, thus the disks are /dev/sdXX, on an
IDE system they would be /dev/hdXX.)
To to make dos (on my system it really is MS-DOS 6.2) the default, you
would change this to:
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
other=/dev/sda1
label=dos
table=/dev/sda
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
label=linuxRH5.2
root=/dev/sdc1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.36-0.7.img
read-only
The default is whatever is 'first'.
After editing /etc/lilo.conf, just run lilo to re-load the MBR.
--
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Printing with WP 8
Date: 4 Feb 1999 02:40:31 GMT
On Wed, 3 Feb 1999 20:17:10 -0500, Greg Truax wrote:
>
>>I don't have a Canon printer, but I do know you have to download the
>>necessary driver from Corel.
>
>
>I have not been able to find anyplace on Corel's web site or ftp site where
>they have Linux printer drivers.
>
http://www.corel.com/support/printerdrivers/index.htm
The drivers do not have to be Linux-specific, but you may have to unpack
them in Windows or use unzip. But I believe the "free" version of WP8
does not have the printer configurer. You may be better off telling WP8 you
have a Postscript printer and use ghostscript to drive your printer,
but this method may give you black and white only.
For more on WP printing check out
http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith/wpfonts.html
Bob T.
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From: Glenn Butcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: TELNET.EXE
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 18:25:09 -0800
I use Tera Term also; works very well. But I just started using VNC
from www.orl.co.uk - gives you a full X desktop with all the attendant
apps, including xterm.
Glenn Butcher
David Spacey wrote:
>
> Merzinger Markus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> : >MM> Does anybody know a good telnet-clone for Windows that supports
> : >MM> ncurses
> : >
> : >MM> (-> I hope this is the thing that makes the console colorful ....)
>
> You might try searching the archives for Tera Term, a free telnet. I
> don't know about colour, the Unix box I'm using it with doesn't have
> colour programs. It will at least handle "less" output properly, which
> MS Telnet doesn't.
>
> Dave Spacey
>
> ____________________________________________________________________________
>
> When you break rules break 'em good and hard. - Terry Pratchett
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ethan A Merritt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: use theramin as input device
Date: 3 Feb 1999 19:14:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Eric Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>steve mcadams wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of any work that has been done with the idea of using
>> a theramin for an input/pointing device? -steve
>Wouldn't that be making the easy, difficult? Most theramins I've seen
>are bigger than a mouse and keyboard, and would require two hands to use
>(unlike a mouse). A novel idea, but just plain silly.
But couldn't you have multiple sensors? With 3 or more you'd have a
3D position-sensing device. Try that with a mouse+keyboard!
Ethan A Merritt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 22:37:57 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.admin.isp,linux.redhat.announce
Subject: Re: they're here now - 03 Feb 99 22:36 PDT8PST
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From: Robert K Krimen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Getting JDK 1.17b working on Redhat 5.2 w 3.3.3.1 X
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:45:35 -0800
as the subject states, i'm having problems getting the blackdown.org
implementation of the jdk working with the latest redhat and x.
i'm getting library error messages when trying to run 'java'
(i686/green_threads/):
libXpm.so.4: Cannot find file
anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Rob
ukrihr00-at-umail-dot-ucsb-dot-edu
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From: Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Repartition Hard Drive
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 14:31:06 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I am running Redhat 5.2 with the 2.0.36 kernel. I would like to increase
> the size of my /var partition and decrease the size of m /home partition.
> How would I go about doing this? Can I use that Disk Druid application to
> do it? And if so, how do I use it if I am not planning on re-installing
> or upgrading the software?
>
> Thank you,
> Jeff
>
> --
> -----
> Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
############NO GAURANTEES, YOUR SYSTEM MAY BE HOSED IF
############# YOU HAVE PROBLEMS
############# MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKUPS OF SYSTEM
############# AND THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO RESTORE THE SYSTEM
############# FROM BACKUP IF YOU HAD A TOTAL DISK SCREW-UP.
login as root
make sure you gracefully shutdown any software that might be running
init S
*(change to single user mode, this will shut down all software but kernel
and root shell)
cd /var
*(create tar files someplace safe, tapes would be good,
or ftp them to some other system
i.e. NOT on /home or /var that are being changed.)
tar -cvzf /path/to/place/with/space/tarfilename.tar.gz *
cd /home
tar -cvzf /path/to/place/with/space/tarfilename2.tar.gz *
cd /
umount /var
umount /home
fdisk
*(now remove the disk partitions for /var and /home,
then create the 2 new partitions in the size you need)
mke2fs
*(run on the two partitions to create filesystems)
vi /etc/fstab
*(to reflect any changes to partition<-> mount point names)
mount -a
*(test the fstab to see that the partitions are mounted)
df -k
*(see that they are mounted under the right mount points and
they are the needed size)
cd /var
tar -xvzf /path/to/place/with/space/tarfilename.tar.gz *
cd /home
tar -xvzf /path/to/place/with/space/tarfilename2.tar.gz *
init 6
*(reboot, and see if everything comes up OK)
***You should be done now.
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From: Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Repartition Hard Drive
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 14:53:46 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
> I am running Redhat 5.2 with the 2.0.36 kernel. I would like to increase
> the size of my /var partition and decrease the size of m /home partition.
> How would I go about doing this? Can I use that Disk Druid application to
> do it? And if so, how do I use it if I am not planning on re-installing
> or upgrading the software?
>
> Thank you,
> Jeff
>
> --
> -----
> Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
############NO GAURANTEES, YOUR SYSTEM MAY BE HOSED IF
############# YOU HAVE PROBLEMS
############# MAKE SURE YOU HAVE BACKUPS OF SYSTEM
############# AND THAT YOU KNOW HOW TO RESTORE THE SYSTEM
############# FROM BACKUP IF YOU HAD A TOTAL DISK SCREW-UP.
login as root
make sure you gracefully shutdown any software that might be running
init S
*(change to single user mode, this will shut down all software but kernel
and root shell)
cd /var
*(create tar files someplace safe, tapes would be good,
or ftp them to some other system
i.e. NOT on /home or /var that are being changed.)
tar -cvzf /path/to/place/with/space/tarfilename.tar.gz *
cd /home
tar -cvzf /path/to/place/with/space/tarfilename2.tar.gz *
cd /
umount /var
umount /home
fdisk
*(now remove the disk partitions for /var and /home,
then create the 2 new partitions in the size you need)
mke2fs
*(run on the two partitions to create filesystems)
vi /etc/fstab
*(to reflect any changes to partition<-> mount point names)
mount -a
*(test the fstab to see that the partitions are mounted)
df -k
*(see that they are mounted under the right mount points and
they are the needed size)
cd /var
tar -xvzf /path/to/place/with/space/tarfilename.tar.gz *
cd /home
tar -xvzf /path/to/place/with/space/tarfilename2.tar.gz *
init 6
*(reboot, and see if everything comes up OK)
***You should be done now.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Never spam a hacker)
Subject: http://myvillage.server101.com
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 19:55:30 GMT
Hi
http://myvillage.server101.com
includes a new Linux Help Forum for beginners and advanced users. This
forum is still new, so start posting. But the main feature of this
site is its software archive for Linux. It will soon be having a
search engine but it currently neatly categorized.
Check out this site now.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: CD-RW as backup alternative
Date: 3 Feb 1999 23:55:38 -0600
In article <o96u2.7570$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Quite frankly, I'd rather go with the CD-R approach. In order to
>establish a decently safe set of CD-RW's to represent a proper schedule,
>you need at least 10-15 of 'em, at which point you've spent $300, at
>which point you could start getting decent economies of scale on the
>disposables.
Why so many? I'm pretty comfortable with 3 copies of something on
tapes. Cycling through 3 or 4 CD-RW's (perhaps keeping some
off-site) might be good for something that fits, or to have copies
of a growing directory until it fills a CD-R and you make the final
archive copy.
Les Mikesell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: How to make it run faster?
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 07:00:38 GMT
In article <7987g2$klq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"RAZOR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey guys :-)
> I have my second puter that is 486/66mhz ,16 mb ram with Redhat 5.1
> installed. My swap partition is 65 mb, and I'm running AnotherLevel
> X-Windows (w95 look). So X-Windows is running kinda slow. Even programs in
> control panel are running slow(or any other basic programs).Although I read
> everywhere that Linux is bringing back to life all that old machines, even
> freaking Winblows is running faster on this puter.
> What is the way to increase performance? I mean without hardware upgrades
> and increasing swap partition (I don't have any more space). I have Redhat
> 5.0, 5.1, 5.2 releases, may be I should install v5.0? Or may be another
> windows manager?
> Dudes, ANY, ANY tips are appreciated, especially from dudes who have the
> same puter. :-)
> Thanx in advance
>
>
My old 486 chirped along. Remember to switch off any or all services you dont
need (eg webservers, ftp servers etc). What I did was check with 'ps ax' what
was running, and decided if I really needed it. When you run without all the
server gumf in the background it picks up remarkably.
I dont know where you get this 'linux is slow' stuff from. Remember, its not
win95, it wont grind grind grind when you start something and it is *true*
multitasking. Winblows devotes most if not all of the processor to the
current active task......
Also, get Accelerated X. I used to use XFree86, but AccelX craps on it from a
large height. Dont get me wrong, Xfree86 is great (especially as its free!) I
managed to crash Xfree86 a few times (Ive never crashed the kernal), but I
havent seen AccelX skip a beat yet....
Simon Scott
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Am I the only geek with an actual tattoo of the Linux Penguin on my
arm?"
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