Linux-Misc Digest #953, Volume #18 Mon, 8 Feb 99 15:13:11 EST
Contents:
Re: HELP pls:memory above 16 meg on Compaq Presario 833 ("binaryhead")
Re: Memory associated Crash on SUSE 5.1 with StarOffice 5.0 ("Dr A Medina S]")
Re: APSfilter and printer offline.. (Gernot Fink)
Re: xterm or text console? how can program find out? ("T.E.Dickey")
Video Card not working with X Windows (Zachary Echlin)
PPP Dialers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is Linux better than DOS/Win3.1 on 486? (Gary Momarison)
Re: How to create a man page ("J�rgen Exner")
Re: HElp, i can't compile (Jarvis)
Re: APSfilter and printer offline.. (Matt Kressel)
Re: APSfilter and printer offline.. (Matt Kressel)
Re: Linux or FreeBSD? (Daniel McGregor)
PPP conection problem (Eduardo Mendes)
Re: Unzip (John Thompson)
Re: IntelliMouse problem with XFree86 (Charles H. Chapman)
Re: ES1688 sound card ("Striker")
Re: Video cutting (Don Stauffer)
Re: Lost /usr partition. Please help!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Is Linux better than DOS/Win3.1 on 486? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Q] Problem compiling "bool" objects gcc-2.7.2.2 (Joe Durusau)
/proc dirs recursing indefinately (johann)
Re: Compaq Prosignia 020899 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "binaryhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP pls:memory above 16 meg on Compaq Presario 833
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:53:15 -0500
Nope none of these worked , too bad.
Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>binaryhead wrote:
>
>> it's an old 486-66
>> and it uses 72pin fpm sims (you don't need to pair them)
>>
>> Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> >binaryhead wrote:
>> >
>> >> HELP pls:memory above 16 meg on Compaq Presario 833
>> >>
>> >> I have a 4 meg sim and two 8 meg sims and then there is the other 4
meg
>> on
>> >> board. However linux can only see 16 megs ???
>> >>
>> >> I know that the extra 8 meg simm is good, since it's from a simular
>> system
>> >> (compaq too)
>> >>
>> >> any one has simular experience ???
>> >>
>> >> how to get linux to run with all the ram ???
>> >>
>> >> tia
>> >
>> >What kind of SIMM?
>> >What kind of Processor?
>> >
>> >for 486 you can use 1 72 pin simm
>> >but for pentium you have to have pairs of 72 pin simms to fill a bank.
>> >
>> >-Ben.
>
>Have you tried the "mem=24M" after the append= line in the lilo.conf file?
>Have you tried the "limit memory to 16M" option in the kernel config
options?
>
>-Ben.
>
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Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 00:10:09 -0600
From: "Dr A Medina S]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Memory associated Crash on SUSE 5.1 with StarOffice 5.0
Jerry Lynn Kreps wrote:
>
> Hi Doc,
> I did a DejaNews search for you for "Startoffice + memory leaks" and
> found only five entries.
> All were in German and refered to memory leaks when SO runs under NT.
> It required SP4 to fix that problem.
>
> In your case a question comes to mind: SO comes with glibc libraries.
> Did you install them?
>
> SuSE 5.3 has problems if the SO glibc libraries are not installed
> because its glibc libraries are older than SO's. I surmise that SuSE
> 5.1 glibc libraries, if it has them, are also "out of date". I run SuSE
> 5.3 but I have no experience with SuSE 5.1.
> You may want to join the SuSE maillist server and ask there.
>
> If you have installed SO's glibc libraries then I would suggest that you
> upgrade to SuSE 6.0 and reinstall SO.
> Good luck!
> Jerry
>
> Dr A Medina S] wrote:
> >
> > Using a P166, 64Mb, 1.8Gb for Linux, SUSE 5.1, StarOffice 5.0
> >
> > I open a new presentation and and Office 97 presentation I had, and
> > begin working on them. Only had opened StarOffice, one xterm and xmem.
> > Slowly the memory diminishes, and when I only have red/yellow, the Swap
> > memory begins increasing progressively, and I have to kill StarOffice,
> > losing all changes on my document (so I save every 3 minutes). This
> > happens after about 10-15 minutes. If I don't kill StarOffice, either
> > the computer freezes totally, or this terminal freezes, and when I go to
> > another to reboot as root, I only get xmalloc : unable to alloc 10
> > bytes, or something like that, and segmentation faults. Eventually the
> > system freezes anyway. I can't even login on another terminal.
> >
> > This happens both in KDE and FVWM2. What can I do?. Is this a problem
> > with SUSE 5.1, StarOffice 5.0, or the use of a Office97 presentation?.
> > Thanks
Yes, I installed the new glibc libraries. And no, SUSE 5.1 doesn't have
any glibc libraries, unlike 5.3. I have seen some people commenting
crashes when using SO 5.0 with low memory. I have 64 Mb + 117 Mb Swap,
but maybe the Power Point presentation requires more?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gernot Fink)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.misc
Subject: Re: APSfilter and printer offline..
Date: 8 Feb 1999 17:08:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (|_@nc&|ot) writes:
> I'm trying to setup SUSE 6.0 with APSfilter to print on my LaserJet
> 5Mp without success!!
>
> If i try to print from shell (cat foo.txt > /dev/lp) or within KDE
is /dev/lp a block devicefile or a link to it ???
the correct printerdevice is /dev/lp1 (SuSe)
> applications, the only response is:
> ...NOTHING!!!...
>
> lpc status is:
>
> bash-2.02# lpc status
> ascii:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> no entries
> printer idle
> lp:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> 3 entries in spool area
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> raw:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> no entries
> printer idle
>
>
> Naturally my printer is ready and online......
>
> Can you help me to found a solution to this amazing and unpleasant
> problem.. :-)
>
> Thanks in advance for any tip.
--
MFG G.Fink
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xterm or text console? how can program find out?
Date: 8 Feb 1999 16:15:06 GMT
Alan Curry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You ask the wrong question. Am I in an xterm? Well, you could check
> getenv("TERM"), but what do you check for? "xterm", "xterm-color", maybe even
> "rxvt"? What about screen running inside an xterm? In that case, your program
> is isolated from all of xterm's funcionality except for the basic vtXXX
> stuff, so you really _can't_ know that you're in an xterm.
> What you really want to know is whether there is an X display you can use.
> getenv("DISPLAY")!=NULL is the right test.
still wrong (that's not even a necessary condition, since a program
could default $DISPLAY to ":0" or something. You need to see if you
get a nonzero value from XOpenDisplay (there's more complicated ways
of course - ymmv).
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 08:01:55 -0800
From: Zachary Echlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Video Card not working with X Windows
Hi,
I have a 4 MM Diamond Stealth II S220. How do I setup X windows for my
video card? What X Server do I use? Is there another card its
compatible with? Xconfigurator is having trouble probing my video
card. Please help me!
Thank you for your time,
Zachary
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PPP Dialers
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 01:09:10 GMT
HI people ... I am currently using Redhat 5.1
and I was wondering if there are any other PPP dialers on the net like Kppp ?
and .. anyone using Afterstep ??
Alvin
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Linux better than DOS/Win3.1 on 486?
Date: 08 Feb 1999 07:30:55 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Wooten) writes:
> I'm trying to re-built the software on the following machine: AST
> 486/33DX/8MB-Ram/250MB Hard drive. The main use of this machine will
> be e-mail. Some games would be nice, but I'm not holding out for
> that. Before the box got hosed, I was running DOS with Windows 3.1
> due to lack of hard drive/memory. So assuming a budget of $0.00 would
> Linux be a better solution? Would the system run better, possibly
> even faster? I don't know a whole lot about Linux so any insight
> would be great.
Don't worry about it. Either will work OK for many purposes and neither
will work OK for other purposes (on that HW). But in general, Linux
will be far superior then DOS/Win31 if you don't mind running without
the X system. Very many programs don't require it, and the SVGA SW
library allows programs to be fairly GUI and the text-only ones aren't
bad either, once you get used to it. Unless you've got some DOS/Win
programs that you just HAVE to run, try the Linux route.
The X system in 8 MB is OK, but you'll find big programs like Netscape
run agravatingly slow.
--
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: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: How to create a man page
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 09:56:15 -0800
Michail Konstantinidis wrote in message ...
>Hello all,
>
>Could anyone tell me what I need to create a man page? Like, what tools
>are necessary etc.?
1. your favorite editor (I'm sure emacs even has a mode for man pages,
although I never used it)
2. a basic understanding of the "roff" document description language
3. a good understanding of the "an" macro set for roff.
Or just take a good man page as a sample and modify it for your needs.
jue
--
J�rgen Exner; microsoft.com, UID: jurgenex
Sorry for this anti-spam inconvenience
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From: Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: HElp, i can't compile
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 23:36:00 +0800
Thanks Niel, i got it.
J
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.misc
From: Matt Kressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APSfilter and printer offline..
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:24:20 GMT
|_@nc&|ot wrote:
>
> I'm trying to setup SUSE 6.0 with APSfilter to print on my LaserJet
> 5Mp without success!!
>
> If i try to print from shell (cat foo.txt > /dev/lp) or within KDE
> applications, the only response is:
> ...NOTHING!!!...
>
> lpc status is:
>
> bash-2.02# lpc status
> ascii:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> no entries
> printer idle
> lp:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> 3 entries in spool area
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> raw:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> no entries
> printer idle
>
> Naturally my printer is ready and online......
>
Try using the lpr command. Unless you use it, the filters will not be
used.
"lpr foo.txt"
-Matt
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.misc
From: Matt Kressel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: APSfilter and printer offline..
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 15:25:20 GMT
|_@nc&|ot wrote:
>
> I'm trying to setup SUSE 6.0 with APSfilter to print on my LaserJet
> 5Mp without success!!
>
> If i try to print from shell (cat foo.txt > /dev/lp) or within KDE
> applications, the only response is:
> ...NOTHING!!!...
>
> lpc status is:
>
> bash-2.02# lpc status
> ascii:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> no entries
> printer idle
> lp:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> 3 entries in spool area
> waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)
> raw:
> queuing is enabled
> printing is enabled
> no entries
> printer idle
>
> Naturally my printer is ready and online......
>
Oh yeah, and also make sure you have "lp" printer support in the kernel.
-Matt
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Matthew O. Kressel | INTERNET: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Daniel McGregor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux or FreeBSD?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:08:01 GMT
Ken wrote:
> I can get my Linux box to lock up fairly regularly when running
> Mathematica. I want to try it on FreeBSD to see if I have the same
> problem.
I have never used Mathematica. What is it?
Oh, a have noticed linux's stability can vary from computer to
computer. It never crashes on me, but for other people it can be as bad
as microsoft. I hear the old Adaptec drivers are buggy enough to bring
the system down from time to time.
> > I like FreeBSD's /stand/sysinstall program, but I also like
> > Debian's dselect program. I think Linux is better suited for
> > the desktop while FreeBSD is a server.
>
> I'm partial to SuSE's yast myself. As for FreeBSD vs Linux, I like
> them both and I'm very thankful I have a choice. I might have to try
> NetBSD next.
I have never tried Yast. I avoid comercial products as I don't have any
money. :)
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From: Eduardo Mendes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP conection problem
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:18:08 -0200
Hi ... I�m with problems to connect with my provider using Linux and
kppp program.
In my script login i wrote :
expect login:
send my ID
expect Password:
send my password
expect granted
send ppp
(I saw that in a example of login script)
ok ... then I begin the connection, after i receive the Password, i send
mine and a message says " starting ppp session" and lots of trash became
to appear ... (I stay waiting granted, but i don�t know if that�s the
right thing to do !!!!) after some time ...
the connection falls and a message appears .... NO CARRIER !!!!
What is the problem ? Is the script login wrong ? Or what should i do
when the trash starts to appear ?
Please, i would like your help ...
Greatfull...
Eduardo.
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unzip
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 09:38:42 -0600
Mark Robinson wrote:
> Is there a program that unzip .zip files? Gzip does not work.
Try "unzip"
This is the InfoZip project's PKZip/PKunzip compatible
utility.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles H. Chapman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: IntelliMouse problem with XFree86
Date: 8 Feb 1999 19:24:08 GMT
On Fri, 5 Feb 1999 22:39:56 -0500, Jim Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Wael Sedky wrote in message ...
>>In comp.os.linux.misc jackle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>Do I understand from this that you can actually use the wheel?
>>
>>Thanks
>
>Yes. Imwhell will do the job.
>Also QT 2.0 is also said to have support.
>Works fine.
I disagree. It "works" but it's impractical. It's true you can use the
wheel to scroll windows in X, but you have to do it without pressing
the wheel hard enough to click it, otherwise you'll paste whatever
is in the X clipboard into the window that has the focus. It's nearly
impossible to spin the wheel without clicking it. Has -anyone- found a
work around to this???
Chuck
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From: "Striker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ES1688 sound card
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 01:10:17 -0600
here i go
i grabbed the linux install book and looked at the picture for sndconfig
this is for my ess 1787 though
might help
220
7
0
0X330
Striker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>also steve hmm
>in picking the interrups and whatnot
>i had success with the default on 5 , and the next one down .. the ummm...
>address not 220 i think
>after all goes well
>
>"linux , i pronounce it linux "
>
>
>Steve D. Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> OH MY GOD!!!! Was that it all this time?!?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>>
>>Steve
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> Try typing (as root) "sndconfig" at the command line. I think you'll
>>> be pleasantly suprised.
>>>
>>> Steve D. Perkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>>> : It seems that there is only one thing left keeping my Linux system
>>> : from being "complete" and allowing me to just get rid of my Windows
>>> : partition. That is the fact that after years of Linux use, I am still
>>> : without sound. I've been a little too lazy to fool with it in the
past
>>> : (and it wasn't really that high of a priority)... but I've finally
>>> : decided to knock it out.
>>>
>>> : I was wondering if anyone else out there has an ESS "ES1688" sound
>>> : card in their system, and what they had to do to make it work. I have
>>> : just re-installed my Linux box from scratch... with RedHat 5.2. I
>don't
>>> : know if RedHat 5.2 already has sound support built into the kernel, or
>>> : if you have to re-compile it (oh well, I've got to start experimenting
>>> : with that someday anyway I suppose!). If the sound support is already
>>> : there, can someone tell me what I need to do to "activate" it? If I
do
>>> : need to re-compile the kernel I don't expect anyone to explain THAT
>step
>>> : by step in a newsgroup posting... but can you at least point me in the
>>> : right direction towards the resources I need to read to learn about
it?
>>>
>>> : Thanks!
>>>
>>> : Steve
>>
>
>
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From: Don Stauffer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc,alt.art.video,alt.tv.x-files,comp.graphics.misc,comp.misc,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Video cutting
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 09:56:20 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are two fundamentally different ways to edit video with a computer. I
believe the way you are talking about is to digitize the video and do all
the editing within the computer.
There is another, cheaper way. It doesn't allow as many neat effects, but if
all you want to do is rearrange things and cut out bad spots, it is okay.
This second way uses your computer to control two video recorders or one vcr
and one camera. Both devices must be controllable. To use this method, you
build a 'log' of the tape by starting and stopping as each scene ends, and
annotatiing a log that the program provides for your entry. You can then
decide which scenes to keep, and which to discard, and call for the scenes
to be re-recorded in any order you want. When you finish deciding this, you
then press GO, and the computer automates all movement and recording of the
video devices.
The most common hardware setup with this uses a camera which can be hooked
to your computer. I forget at the moment the abbreviation for this
protocol, but many of the newer mid to high priced consumer camcorders
provide this. I know both of my Hi8 cameras do. This becomes the source
deck. Wait- LANC is the term, I believe.
The bundle comes with a little tiny 'box' that has essentially a vcr
infrared remote in it. Both the LANC cable and the IR box are plugged into
the computer, so the computer can talk to both the source deck (camcorder or
LANC compatible VCR), and the destination VCR.
Sebastian Wagner wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I'm looking for a hard and software solution for cutting svhs video with
> my computer. I think ill need a big scsi drive with at least 10gb free
> space for half an hour. Right?
> Now my question:
>
> Is there some semiprofessional software and hardwaresolution for
> linkux/pc, so i can use the unix platform? which programs can i use
> (also for cutting some effects, blending scenes and so on..) and which
> hardware is to be preferred?
>
> Can someone who also is cutting his (home)videos give me some advice
> what is very importand and of course what soft/hardware he uses
> (platform, software, hardware)?
>
> Thanx!
> Sebastian
>
> --
> Please use "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" for private reply
--
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home web site- http://home1.gte.net/stauffer/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Lost /usr partition. Please help!!
Date: 8 Feb 1999 16:00:56 GMT
In his obvious haste, Juhani Vanhala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: The next step would be to figure out how to fix this mess. I would think I
: need to punch in proper Start and End info for the missing partition. I'm
: sure the free space reported by both of these tools is my missing hdb5, but
: I'm not sure what numbers should I give for all the entries in the table.
: I'm also not sure which tool should I use for the job. Any pointers in that
: area would be most wellcome.
I don't know what distro your using, but I did something similar to mine
(when I added a new partition that I'd initially left out because of the big
dard black whole in the middle of my hard disk [probably caused by a head
crash].
I created this new partition, rebooted, and found that it forced me into
single user mode. my /usr/lib partition had been shifted from hda5 to hda6.
The way I got out of it was to use the SuSE boot disk and go through the
install procedure until it got to disk partitioning, and then change the
mount point from that.
I could just as easily have used my boot/root floppies to change the
/etc/fstab file manually.
(This seems to be the problem from where I'm sitting)
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| Computer science | vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Is Linux better than DOS/Win3.1 on 486?
Date: 8 Feb 1999 15:48:08 GMT
In his obvious haste, Bill Wooten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: I'm trying to re-built the software on the following machine: AST
: 486/33DX/8MB-Ram/250MB Hard drive. The main use of this machine will
: be e-mail. Some games would be nice, but I'm not holding out for
: that. Before the box got hosed, I was running DOS with Windows 3.1
: due to lack of hard drive/memory. So assuming a budget of $0.00 would
: Linux be a better solution? Would the system run better, possibly
: even faster? I don't know a whole lot about Linux so any insight
: would be great.
How much memory and hard drive space do you have?
8 Meg and 200 Meg hard disk space will be enough for a very basic setup
including X and a few games.
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______________________________________________________________________________
|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| |
| Andrew Halliwell | "The day Microsoft makes something that doesn't |
| Finallist in:- | suck is probably the day they start making |
| Computer science | vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge |
==============================================================================
|GCv3.12 GCS>$ d-(dpu) s+/- a C++ US++ P L/L+ E-- W+ N++ o+ K PS+ w-- M+/++ |
|PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ X+/X++ R+ tv+ b+ DI+ D+ G e>e++ h/h+ !r!| Space for hire |
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From: Joe Durusau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Re: [Q] Problem compiling "bool" objects gcc-2.7.2.2
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 14:22:34 -0500
You can write your own typedef for bool if you wish. Type bool is not
specified in C standards.
Speaking only for myself,
Joe Durusau
"Andrei A. Dergatchev" wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a question about my Slack (not sure which version,
> I downloaded it about an year ago).
>
> I made (my first) kernel upgrade today (2.0.30->2.0.36) and
> to my surprise everything went ok :-)) However, I was not
> able to make "make menuconfig" since gcc failed to compile
> a couple of variables defined as "bool". I successfully made
> "make config" though. I wrote short program specially to test
> "bool" objects and I've got the same negative response from
> the compiler. Searching dejanews I found the following related
> articles:
>
> http://x12.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=344111373
> &CONTEXT=918480185.713294005&hitnum=51
> (bool typedef - what's the reason?)
>
> and
>
> http://x12.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=401026448
> &CONTEXT=918480185.713294005&hitnum=21
> (at the end: ">checking for bool... yes")
>
> Thinking about these I begin to wonder what's so special
> about "bool" under 2.7.2.2 ???
> At the moment I can live without bools but I'm not sure
> if I'll be able to compile newest kernels?
> And just interesting anyhow, I always thought about bool
> type as about standard type.
>
> Thanks for any info,
> Rgds,
>
> Andrei
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (johann)
Subject: /proc dirs recursing indefinately
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 07:15:08 GMT
Has any body seen recursive copies of the /proc directory structure
digging down into itself in RH 5.2??? i was doing a find on a 2.4 GB
disk that didn't come back for over 1/2 hour. saw that there were over
30 copies of /proc and some other directories nested into itself.
copied files had 0 length. hmmm....???
any help appreciated.
john.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.linux.help
Subject: Re: Compaq Prosignia 020899
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 03:16:57 GMT
Hi,
Their is a TLAN driver in Linux which will support only PCI card. As you had
an Netflex/2 EISA card you cannot configure this card.
I will The next thing is when you replaced the Netflex/Netflex-2 Controller
with NE2000 card you need to run the System configuration utility. This
utility you can find in the Smart Start CD that you received when you
purchased the server. Just Boot your system with the Smart Start CD which you
have received and select the system configuration utility. This will solve
your problem of
174 EISA slot mismatch
179 slot mismatch
Here note down the IRQ No. and I/O address of the NE2000 card.
I belive that you have DLINK driver for the NE2000 card. Just boot your
system with WIN95 bootable floopy. Insert your DLINK floppy into the floppy
drive. Execute the setup.exe. Then reboot the system in Linux. After the
system comes up you need to execute the following command. "ifconfig -a".
Then execute the command "netconf" at the prompt. Fill in the IP
address,Router address etc and also fill in the IRQ and I/O Address of the
card. Save all the changes and exit from the configuration and reboot the
system.
The solution for your RAM recognition is
You need to give the following command at the LILO. "linux mem=XXM" where XX
will be the actual RAM you have in your system. For example if you have 80MB
RAM on your system you need to type "linux mem=80M". If this works you can
add the line in lilo.conf so that you dont have to type the above command
every time.
Enter the following line in lilo.conf append="mem=XXM".
I belive all your problems are solved. If you need any furter help mail me
back.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Yin Tan Cui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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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