Linux-Misc Digest #926, Volume #18 Sat, 6 Feb 99 12:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Matt Corey)
Re: one thing really great about Linux.... (Andrei A. Dergatchev)
Re: logging in with your thumb (humor) (NF Stevens)
Re: Taskbar obscures full-screen xterm. ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question. (Graham Murray)
Re: INIT: No more processes in runlevel... ("Simon Roberts")
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (Jim Richardson)
Re: Where to find Linux-2.2.1 (Larry Mintz)
Re: Printing to a Canon BJ-30 (jik-)
Re: Only one browser for linux? (Marco Tephlant)
The Arachne Browser (Peter Schaffter)
Compaq Prosignia (Yin Tan Cui)
Task - detach and let it run in the background (Clement)
Re: Only one browser for linux? (Ben Russo)
Re: PPP question (Ed Jones)
Re: Why does Linux do this? (Dan Nguyen)
Re: Wich Linux shouls I install (Ben Russo)
Re: Newbie ? re: MAN Pages (Warrior)
2.2.1 and shutdown (iNoDE)
logging in with your thumb (humor) (Neil Zanella)
XKBCOMP problem (Trey Wheeler)
SVGALib problems. Help please? (Richard Taylor)
Re: KDE is a Memory Hog. (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
I am a microsoft user and want to use linux... HELP!!! ("Koyo")
Re: ***** Moving Linux to a new hard disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Why does Linux do this? ("Paul Gifford")
Re: Need help with a script file (Chad M. Townsend)
Re: RHLinux "Deluxe" vs 'regular' RHL 5.2 (Michel Catudal)
Re: Keyboard and X Keyboard. --HELP (Michel Catudal)
Re: Redhat vs Slackware (Michel Catudal)
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From: Matt Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 04:15:16 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> (Art VanDelay) writes:
>
[snip]
>
> Yes, and when was the last time a Linux or FreeBSD developer
> integrated anything into the OS simply to kill off some product they
> didn't like? It doesn't make sense.
I know it wasn't on purpose, but the fact that both perform better and are
more stable than NT seems to be having the same effect. Is M$ going to come
after us for that? I can just see it, "Microsoft files suit against 1.2
million people who have touched the Linux and/or FreeBSD source for unfair
competition!". :)
>
[snip]
>
> Sen. Orrin Hatch is one of the most conservative senators in
> Washington and he pretty much lighted the fires that started this
> round of legal action. There is a huge difference between an economic
> conservative and a social conservative (and the difference is opening
> a chasm for the republican party right now).
Coming from Utah, I would beg to differ on how conservative Hatch is. He is
known for his amazing leaps to the left on occasion. I have very mixed
feelings about the DOJ v. Microsoft case because I want both sides to loose.
I don't want the government getting any ideas that it needs to micromanage
how corporations work, but I don't want Microsoft doing it the way it is now
either.
Matt
> The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.
> Craig Kelley -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.isu.edu/~kellcrai finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP block
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei A. Dergatchev)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: one thing really great about Linux....
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 13:10:02 GMT
Does your favotire OS miss such an option ?
>...is that you have the option to get rid of it!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens)
Subject: Re: logging in with your thumb (humor)
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 13:24:42 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Dickopp) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I am sick of Loonix, username and password, all the time...
>> I want to be able to stick my thumb on a thumb-sensitive device
>> and log in that way, and I won't ever have to worry about someone
>> sniffing my password.
>> he, he, :-) ,
>> Just think what a priviledge it would be to have the root-thumb :-) .
>
>Such devices do exist. If you send me such a device (together with
>documentation), I'll try to write a Linux driver and a PAM module
>for it... :-)
Won't you need his thumb as well?
Norman
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Taskbar obscures full-screen xterm.
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 19:41:05 -0500
How can I set up an xterm (in fvwm2) so that when I click on the
full-screen button, the lower part of the xterm window is not obscured
by the taskbar, i.e., the bottom of the xterm window will be at the top
of the taskbar. (Otherwise the xterm's command line is obscured.)
I'd like to keep the taskbar, but also continue to use the button to
toggle between full-screen and as-created size.
Regards,
Charles Sullivan
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From: Graham Murray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.conspiracy.microsoft,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: 06 Feb 1999 13:38:13 +0000
In uk.comp.os.linux, Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> You need only know 2 commands - apropos and man. These will give you
> access to a wealth of documentation such as you will never get with DOS or
> Windows.
The command "info" can be helpful as well, as it often provides more
detail (and sometime even examples) than man.
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From: "Simon Roberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: INIT: No more processes in runlevel...
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 14:07:08 +1300
Paul Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Re: INIT: No more processes in runlevel...
> Or something like that...
> This is the message I'm getting when my computer stops. I can still
>type, though the only thing that happens is letters appear on the
>screen.
It's normal.
> I'm trying to shut the darn thing down. I do "shutdown -h now" but I
>never get "System halted" or similar. I even let it sit all night just
>in case it was doing something really slowly. I'm tired of having all
>the problems that come with improper shutdown - it's taking me forever
>to boot now because I have to wade through the errors, run fsck, restart
>again, etc etc.
Just do a "shutdown -r now" and turn it off when it reboots?
:)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: 6 Feb 1999 04:12:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 02:40:49 +0000,
Colin Day, in the persona of <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
brought forth the following words...:
>
>OK PPP was easier for me to set up in Windows 95 than in Linux. Of course,
>I had four or five ISP's include their setup programs on Windows 95, so it's
>not the fairest comparison. Did you have to type in scripts for PPP in
>Windows, or were the programs included?
>
>Colin Day [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I can honestly say that it was easier for me to set up PPP in linux, than in
W98 on my wife's laptop. Since I log in through slirp ( a simulated ppp thingy)
it was easy to do under linux. Windows was a real pain because of really poor
feedback. It was hard to figure out what went wrong with the script et al.
Windows error messages are, at best, cryptic, and at worst, so general as to
be useless (warning: application failed.), and of course, windows has
no error logs. Linux on the other hand, bombards you with info and data.
The only tough part is figuring out what to read first.
--
Jim Richardson
Anarchist, pagan and proud of it
WWW.eskimo.com/~warlock
Linux, because life's too short for a buggy OS.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Larry Mintz)
Subject: Re: Where to find Linux-2.2.1
Date: 6 Feb 1999 13:52:37 GMT
bob ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Been watching sunsite and latest is 2.2.0Pre9. Many people have 2.2.0 and
: 2.2.1. Can I ask where to find 2.2.1??
Try ftp.kernel.org, or one of its mirror sites, such as ftp.us.kernel.org.
Larry
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From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Printing to a Canon BJ-30
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 15:22:59 -0800
compile it and install it yourself.
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From: Marco Tephlant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Only one browser for linux?
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 13:53:34 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David Efflandt wrote:
> On 2/5/99, 2:59:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: Only one
> browser for linux?:
>
> > In his obvious haste, Marco Tephlant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled
> thusly:
> > : Why does there only seem to be netscape that is usuable in Linux.
> Given
> > : the variety of software available, I find it pretty amazing that I
> > : can't find a decent browser.
> > : Arena is terrible, I know KDE has a built in browser, but where is
> the
> > : Opera of the Linux world? Small and Beautiful?
>
> > Arena is still in the developement stage, isn't it?
>
> I think Arena development has ceased or moved from the orignal
> developers to the guy who does Slackware. It used to be included with
> most Linux distributions, but never did work with any of them (core
> dumped frequently).
Arena came with my distribution, but lynx is more ususable!
--
Marco
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Schaffter)
Subject: The Arachne Browser
Date: 6 Feb 1999 04:51:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There's another thread in here about web browsers for Linux, but it got
me thinking. I never see anything about the progress of Michael Pollak's
DOS web broswer Arachne being ported to Linux. The Arachne homepage
makes it clear that Michael is working/wants to work on a Linux port,
but there's never any indication that he's getting support.
Arachne is a marvel -- a stable, fast, light, fully-functioning graphical
web browser that runs in DOS real mode. It does other things as well,
like ftp and mail, and best of all, doesn't freak when it encounters
frames. Plug-ins for added features are easy to configure via a
mailcap-like MIME file. I used Arachne for a couple of years before
switching to Linux, and I miss it something awful.
Why isn't the Linux community more interested in getting something like
this ported over?
--
--PTPi
-(Peter Schaffter)
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From: Yin Tan Cui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.linux.help
Subject: Compaq Prosignia
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 13:59:38 +0000
I bought a Compaq Prosignia server yesterday. I tried to install linux
in
it. But there is a problem, the network card in there is a
Compaq NetFlex/NetFlex-2 ENET- TR Controller
I'm not sure what driver I should use for this card. I tried to take the
card out and replace it with a NE2000 card, but at the bios start up, it
complains about
174 EISA slot mismatch
179 slot mismatch
then it tells me run system setup utility which I don't have. or press
F1 to resume start up. and if I do so, the existing Win95 loads, but
the
configuration is f___ed. only 16Mb of RAM recongnized, and CD_ROM drive
can not be seen,
The Compaq NIC is a old jumper setting card, I just want to know if
there is a driver for it ? If not, How can I walk around this problem?
it seems like there is a setup disk for this server, If anyone have it,
can you please send me a copy.
Thanks
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Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 16:06:04 +1100
From: Clement <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Task - detach and let it run in the background
Hi
Running a time consuming task can be boring, so do you if there is a way
to
- start the task
- enter the parameters interactively
- detach the task from the running terminal and
- let it run in the background
- logoff and close the telnet session
- telnet to the linux again
- attach to that task and read the output that the task has sent to the
stdout
Can you help?
Regards
Clement
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From: Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Only one browser for linux?
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 20:16:49 -0500
Marco Tephlant wrote:
> Why does there only seem to be netscape that is usuable in Linux. Given
> the variety of software available, I find it pretty amazing that I
> can't find a decent browser.
> Arena is terrible, I know KDE has a built in browser, but where is the
> Opera of the Linux world? Small and Beautiful?
>
> (scratch lynx as well, I like my pretty pictures)
>
> --
> Marco
What about MOSAIC?
It doesn't do java-script, (maybe not java at all)
but you could link the appletviewer to the mime-type.
It is not as big as Netscape.
You could also run Netscape 3.x Standalone (no mail)
just remember to install the libc libs and get that gnumalloc
lib and set the LD_LIB path.
-Ben.
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From: Ed Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP question
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 05:24:08 +0000
"Kerry J. Cox" wrote:
>
> Here's a quickie. When I dial into my ISP using RedHat 5.2 and the
> control-panel to activate my connection, the response I get back from
> their USR chassis interrupts the chat login script that comes with the
> official RH 5.2 setup. Is there any way to suppress the message coming
> back from the modems at the ISP?
> Thanks.
> KJ
Oooo.. this is probably not a quickie ;-) My reading of what you are
saying is that you are using the default chat script that comes with
redhat 5.2. Unfortunately, this script will usually not work.. it needs
to be modified to ensure that the script does not get "interrupted" and
that the ppp gets properly started. You will want to read, if you
haven't, the ppp-HOWTO and also look at "man chat" for a description of
the chat script.
The only way I know to "supress" the messges coming from the ISP is to
write the chat script to ignore all strings, except those you want
decoded.
In RedHat, by the way, the chat script is located in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/chat-ppp0 (or chat-ppp1, etc.)
Take care - Ed
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why does Linux do this?
Date: 6 Feb 1999 05:33:49 GMT
Paul Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: When I run "shutdown", Linux switches to runlevel 6. Currently it's
: set at runlevel 3. Why does it jump to a higher runlevel when I try to
: shut down? Could this be the reason my system won't shut down all the
: way (after switching to 6, I get the message "INIT: No more processes at
: this runlevel" and everything stops...no "system halted" or anything)
Runlevel 0 is halt.
Runlevel 1 is single-user.
Runlevels 2-5 are multi-user.
Runlevel 6 is reboot.
--
Dan Nguyen | There is only one happiness in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | life, to love and be loved.
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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From: Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wich Linux shouls I install
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 19:12:13 -0500
jamie wrote:
> Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >You can install RedHat 5.2, but I suggest that you go to
> >an ftp search tool like "http://ftpsearch.lycos.com/"
>
> Just what would be the point of doing an ftpsearch on kde, qt, and
> netscape? I can see if you're looking for something obscure, or some
> old version, but wouldn't it be easier just to go to
> ftp.kde.org, ftp.troll.no, and ftp.netscape.com ?
>
> --
> jamie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> "There's a seeker born every minute."
I had the files with the version numbers on them just lying around
so I listed the files that were there.
I would expect that if someone went to an ftp site and saw newer
version'd packages they would grab them.
I try not to recommend specific FTP sites because I never know
where someone is. If the person is in Australia I wouldn't want
them to go to ftp.troll.no or ftp.kde.org if there is a local mirror
available.
-Ben.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Warrior)
Subject: Re: Newbie ? re: MAN Pages
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:07:57 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> From: walt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Newbie ? re: MAN Pages
> Organization: InfiNet
>
> I feel like a doofus asking such a simple question, but I can't figure
> out how to get out of a MAN page. I'm using RedHat 5.0 on a P200, and
> I'm just starting out. Obviously, the MAN pages would be a big help for
> a FNG, but when I call one up, I can't get out! I get to the end and I'm
> stuck. Help!
Press `q'
--
Bye, Warrior.
ICQ# 24496762
Tagline for Friday, February 05, 1999
--- Microsoft Windows... a virus with mouse support.
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From: iNoDE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.2.1 and shutdown
Date: Fri, 05 Feb 1999 18:31:37 -0600
After upgrading to 2.2.1 (nothing as module) from 2.0.36 on rh52 (all
errata) and making kerneld not to start at boot up... when I shutdown
the system
# shutdown -h now
I see some messages, but this one seems strange to me (never saw it
before)
/etc/rc.d/rc.0/K90network: /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward: No such file
or directory
Why? THis is what I have running at startup:
crond
gpm
inet
keytable
network
random
syslog
Thanks....
--
I don't know what Descartes' got,
But booze can do what Kant cannot.
-- Mike Cross
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: logging in with your thumb (humor)
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 23:28:21 -0330
I am sick of Loonix, username and password, all the time...
I want to be able to stick my thumb on a thumb-sensitive device
and log in that way, and I won't ever have to worry about someone
sniffing my password.
he, he, :-) ,
Just think what a priviledge it would be to have the root-thumb :-) .
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Trey Wheeler)
Subject: XKBCOMP problem
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 14:05:01 GMT
I'm stuck on this one. I am fairly new to Linux, but can't figure out
what I might have done to cause this.
I can log on as root o.k., but when I use my own user name & Pword, X
won't start. (It goes to the gray screen as if X is starting, but just
hangs there. I can exit with the built in menu accessed through my
mouse.) I get the message: "The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp)
reports: Error: bad length in Geometry Output file
"/var/tmp/server-0.xkm" removed. Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to
the X server Couldn't load XKB keymap, falling back to pre-XKB
keymap
I've re-run the xf86config, but I still have the same problem.
Any help is appreciated (please bear with me and be specific, I'm new
to this wonderful OS). I appreciate email in addition to posts if you
have the time.
Thanks in advance
Trey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Taylor)
Subject: SVGALib problems. Help please?
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 17:17:09 GMT
I just upgraded my linux box from a AMD K5 166 processor to an
AMD K6-2 333. I have reinstalled my Linux, (Debian 2.0), and I seem to
notice that SVGALib programs run much slower than they did before. Now
this seems crazy to me, but I bet there's a rational explanation.
Anyone else had this problem and know how to solve it?
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE is a Memory Hog.
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 10:35:58 -0600
"Thomas T. Veldhouse" wrote:
> KDE is more of a hog than Windows 9x or NT!!! It is also very slow.
I
> don't think Qt is ready for performance application development yet.
>
Baloney... You obviously have no *serious* experience with either
Linux or M$ applications development.
Are you an M$ employee or a GNOME supporter doing some stealth posting
of negative comments?
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From: "Koyo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I am a microsoft user and want to use linux... HELP!!!
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 11:41:54 -0600
yes this is my problem i am a microsoft user right now but i am trying to
get out of it! The problem is when i try to partition my hard drive with
partition magig 3,05 the linuxext2 is not part of my choices.
i wan't to have 2 partitions one for linux and one for microsoft(that
fucking curse). I presently have a copy of linux Redhat5,2B and i need to
know how to install it on my computer so if anyone knows how i could do this
please help me!!!!
Thanks alot for all your help in advance if you need to reach me
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: ***** Moving Linux to a new hard disk
Date: 6 Feb 99 16:43:28 GMT
Something like this should work well:
After creating the partitions you want, mount them in /mnt (ie, mount
the new hd's root as /mnt, the new hd's /usr as /mnt/usr, etc).
Then, do as root:
cd /
find . | grep -v /mnt | grep -v /proc | cpio -pdmu /mnt
Good luck,
robert
--
robert cope austin, texas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.linuxwizard.net [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Paul Gifford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why does Linux do this?
Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 00:13:14 -0700
Thank you all for your help. I've got things working now, and learned a
little in the process.
I decided to take a page from Microsoft's book and just reinstall the darn
thing :) Right after a fresh install on a reformatted disk, I was having
the same problem. This didn't make any sense as I hadn't a chance to screw
things up yet. I thought it might be a hardware problem...and it was. I
yanked some RAM I dropped in (leftovers from another machine's upgrade),
booted, and everything works to perfection. I didn't know how much wasn't
working until I saw all the messages run by on the screen. I never got any
error messages with the incompatible RAM, no sig11 or anything. I guess
I'll have to be more careful about the flavor of RAM I use in the future :)
Thanks again for all your help!
p
Paul Gifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> When I run "shutdown", Linux switches to runlevel 6. Currently it's
>set at runlevel 3. Why does it jump to a higher runlevel when I try to
>shut down? Could this be the reason my system won't shut down all the
>way (after switching to 6, I get the message "INIT: No more processes at
>this runlevel" and everything stops...no "system halted" or anything)
>
> Thanks
>
>p
>
>
>------------------------
>Paul Gifford
>NOAA/NGDC
>325 S Broadway EGC2
>Boulder CO 80303
>
>303-497-6556 voice
>303-497-6513 fax
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From: Chad M. Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help with a script file
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 1999 16:38:18 GMT
Let's do it with perl instead.
-- cut
#!/usr/bin/perl
while(<>) { s/\n/\n\r/g; print; }
-- cut
usage:
./script.pl < infile > outfile
-chad
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to be able to replace the "\n" (new lines) with "\n \r"
> (new line, carriage return) in a text file. I know there are programs
> like unix2dos which will do just that but I need to do it with either
> sed, grep, ed, awk or tr.
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> -------------
> Windows to a Pentium CPU: Don't rush me, don't rush me ...
> benoitgravelle@"cold"mail.com
>
========================================================
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: RHLinux "Deluxe" vs 'regular' RHL 5.2
Date: 6 Feb 1999 10:52:04 -0600
Steve wrote:
>
> I couldn't stand the prices in the store, so I mail ordered mine for
> $1.99. I couldn't even see paying 15.95 for a book that included it.
> Talk about being cheap! So I am...
>
I did buy the book, it is a nice book. It does cover the install very well and
is a good book to have.
--
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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: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: Keyboard and X Keyboard. --HELP
Date: 6 Feb 1999 10:52:07 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am running a GW 2K laptop with Redhat Linux 5.1 and W98, As I have a laptop
> the keymapping is not correct and there is not a standard mapping for linux,
> I am trying to swap keys like bar and hash round so they are correct, and
> similar things like " and @, this is very annoying to me. I am not sure how
> to use X keyboard module that the kernel can load infact I have no experience
> with loading modules with the kernel. I have tried editing things like the
> uk.key.map.gz and this does initially change the mapping but when X Windows
> starts (KDE) the mappings revert back. I have tried adding things in
> .Xsession, .Xdefault, .bashrc, .xinitrc, but with little luck
>
> CAN ANYBODY HELP
Try my web page, I have a long article on the subject. It is mainly on the
dead keys but the same ideas could apply for you.
I have modified xkeycaps to support two more keyboards, this is a neat program
that you could use. Once I figure out how to make a patch file I'll publish
the patch file on my web site. I may put the whole modified source too, when
I get some time.
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat vs Slackware
Date: 6 Feb 1999 10:52:06 -0600
Luis A. Montes wrote:
>
> Johan Kullstam wrote:
>
> > Iven Connary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Greetings -
> > >
> >
>
> <snip>
>
> > everything but slackware has a decent package management facility.
> > none prevent you from running things `the slackware way' by hand
> > editing configs and making and installing from source.
> >
> > --
> > Johan Kullstam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Don't Fear the Penguin!
>
> Sort of a newbie question, but I have only known slackware since I
> installed it about one year ago, so I guess I don't know what am I missing.
> It is got a 'pkgtool' utility that allows to install/uninstall parts of the
> distribution, as far as I can tell, without problems. I used it, e.g., to
> uninstall emacs and install a new version. That seemed pretty easy. I had
> problems setting up my ppp connection and printing, but I don't know wheter
> that would be substantially easier with other distribution. Probably I don't
> want to change distribution now, but is there really a lot of difference
> between the way you install/uninstall packages?
Before I switched to RedHat I thought I was downgrading but actually I like it
better and I find it superior in many ways. I still bypass the installer because
it is often impossible to get the latest RPM files.
As for PPP you'd be in heaven, this is actually easier than installing the
internet connection on any winblows. As for the network, anyone who has bitched
at the failed installs on winblows will enjoy installing networking with RedHat.
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