Linux-Misc Digest #959, Volume #18 Tue, 9 Feb 99 02:13:08 EST
Contents:
Re: BIOS settings for PnP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: redhat slow (Tom Bunger)
Re: CPU 0.1% idle after X login by root ? (Tom Holub)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Mike Werner)
Re: StarOffice vs. Applixware vs. WordPerfect (Mike Werner)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Kinkster)
What can't be read-only? (Walter C. Daugherity)
rpm's for GTK+? ("Steve D. Perkins")
DOSEMU + 3DFX Voodoo/Glide ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Caller ID
trying to install-problem with keyboard (nick fischer)
Re: Antivirus (Gary R Byrd)
X-Window sessions on MSWindows machines ("Steve D. Perkins")
indentd problem (Lyle Taylor)
Upgrading packages with dependencies? (Mow)
Re: Windowmaker upgrade blew away my root background (Hans Wolters)
Re: CGM - Universal vector graphics format? (L J Bayuk)
Re: Bunch of pretentious Wankers (Johan Kullstam)
libXpm & Netscape... (Donn Miller)
ppp prodigy setup - help!!! (Thomas Frese)
Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march? (Jerry Lynn Kreps)
Re: RH 5.2 doesn't have make... (Tommy Willoughby)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Buckaroo Banzai)
Re: Sick of Windows, newbie thinking about Linux ("D. Vrabel")
add_timer?? (Dieter Mueller)
Re: Circumventing my ISP ("J. S. Jensen")
Re: Small version of Linux (Gene Wilburn)
Re: good book for beginner? (Chad M. Townsend)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: BIOS settings for PnP
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 04:00:49 GMT
>It appears that once you set things up Win95 seems to
>remember the settings (at least in most cases).
I think this is a case by case thing.. not precisely sure what it
depends on. My recent experience was an ISA network card with
(optional) PnP capability. With the PnP feature of both the card and
the bios enabled, Windows recognized it right off and it was up. Then
I booted linux on the same machine and fooled around all day,
eventually getting it to work there too.
The next day I booted Windows and when I tried to use the network
found that I couldn't. Turns out it was because I'd disabled PnP (in
both places) in the course of getting it up under Linux.
So in that case, it wasn't enough that Windows had known the settings
previously. It lost that knowledge when PnP negotiation with the card
became subsequently unavailable.
Mark Bratcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>To set up my Hayes modem, I had to:
>
>- Turn off PnP in the BIOS
>AND
>- Run pnpdump > /etc/isapnp.conf and edit the file to select my board
>options
>
>If I didn't do BOTH, the modem wouldn't run under Linux.
>
>Turning off the PnP in the BIOS did not adversely affect my Win95
>running. I didn't have to make any readjustments in Win95 at all.
>However, it _might_ be a problem if you tell Win95 to search for new
>hardware again. It appears that once you set things up Win95 seems to
>remember the settings (at least in most cases).
>
>Mark
>
>Clue wrote:
>>
>> Hi, I've read that in order to run Linux properly with everything working
>> properly, the PnP aware option in the BIOS must be turned off. Would that
>> (turning off the OS PnP aware) affect other operating systems on my
>> computer? (namely Windows 9x)
>> Any help would be really appreciated. Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Bunger)
Subject: Re: redhat slow
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 07:52:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Gordon Vrdoljak
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Another question, I'd like to be able to have general users be able to
>reboot the computer so that they can use windows NT on the same
>computer. I wouldn't like them having the root password though. I
>tried doing man sudo which someone suggested, but I have no such command
>on
>my operating system.
>
I can't remember where the setting is, but it is possible (actually i think it
rehhat 5.0 had this as a default setting) to have ctrl-alt-del keys run
/sbin/shutdown and then reboot without requiring the user to be logged in.
-Tom Bunger
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Holub)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: CPU 0.1% idle after X login by root ?
Date: 8 Feb 1999 20:26:38 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Y W Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
)
)Why the control-panel take 98% of the CPU resources even I have already
)logout
)from a remote X-Term ? ( Resource cannot release )
)Is it a bug of Linux xdm ?
It's a bug in control-panel; if you log in as root and get the default
xdm setup (which includes control-panel) and then log out, control-panel
doesn't handle the exit signal correctly and sometimes goes into
an infinite loop.
Workarounds include not using control-panel, killing control-panel
when it gets stuck, exiting control-panel before you log out, or
fixing control-panel.
-Tom
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From: Mike Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:10:44 -0500
Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus wrote:
> The US military must recruit from US nationals. The reason for this
> should be
> fairly obvious.
Care to lay odds on that? If so, I'll see if I still have the addreses
of some of the folks I served with while in the US Navy. I do remember
that at least one was from the Subic Bay area of the Philippines. I
believe the others were from down around Manila. But they each were
still citizens of the Philippines, not the US.
--
Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?"
ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!"
'91 GS500E |
Morgantown WV |
=====BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Version: 3.1
GU d-@ s:+ a- C++>$ UL++ P+ L+++ E W++ N++ !o w--- O- !M V-- PS+ PE+
Y+ R+ !tv b+++(++++) DI+ D--- G e*>++ h! r++ y++++
======END GEEK CODE BLOCK======
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From: Mike Werner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StarOffice vs. Applixware vs. WordPerfect
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 01:13:15 -0500
FWIW - WordPerfect 8 is not a suite. It is just the word processor.
But it does import Word 7 files quite nicely. Export work fairly well -
the result will need a bit of tweaking in Word. Or at least the ones
I've done needed it. And admittedly I have not done much - maybe a half
dozen files or so.
--
Mike Werner KA8YSD | "Where do you want to go today?"
ICQ# 12934898 | "As far from Redmond as possible!"
'91 GS500E |
Morgantown WV |
=====BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK=====
Version: 3.1
GU d-@ s:+ a- C++>$ UL++ P+ L+++ E W++ N++ !o w--- O- !M V-- PS+ PE+
Y+ R+ !tv b+++(++++) DI+ D--- G e*>++ h! r++ y++++
======END GEEK CODE BLOCK======
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kinkster)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.destroy.microsoft
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 18:44:40 GMT
On Mon, 08 Feb 1999 08:17:23 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Jack Troughton) wrote:
>On Sun, 7 Feb 1999 20:04:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kinkster) wrote:
>
>�On 07 Feb 1999 00:29:27 -0800, Michael Powe
>�<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>�>>>>>> "Kinkster" == Kinkster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>�>
>�> Kinkster> On Fri, 05 Feb 1999 14:01:20 -0600, "Keith G. Murphy"
>�> Kinkster> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>�>
>�> >>> If you don't like it just don't read it.
>�>
>�> >> It's not got a thing to do with whether I liked it. Mostly
>�> >> agreed with it, in fact. It's wasted bandwidth on the 'Net to
>�> >> quote it like that. Not to mention that I've had to download
>�> >> the whole thing again just to read that you liked it.
>�> >> Seriously, I'm not trying to be a butt, I'm trying to turn you
>�> >> on to a little Usenet etiquette.
>�>
>�> Kinkster> You may shove it up your ass if you don't like it.
>�>
>�>Geez, what a jerk. Get your head out of that stinky dark place. Guy
>�>tries to be nice to you and this is your payback. Let me guess
>�>... you're a 15 y/o mama's boy with not enough homework to keep you
>�>out of newsgroups. Too bad.
>�
>�You can also shove it up your ass :)
>�
>�
>�>
>�>Damned clueless AOL'ers. (I couldn't resist. ;-)
>�
>�That's OK , it just shows how IGNORANT you are. If you'll check the
>�headers (like mom's little boy should have done before making
>�comments) you'll see that I'm using an ISP with just a AOL name typed
>�in my newsreader. Duhhhhhhh, talk about "clueless."
>
>So far, I have seen you "me too" once, and insult three times.
It's 4 times now ;)
>
>You may use a local ISP in Flint, but your behaviour marks you as the
>classic AOL type. Your use of the address in your newsreader is
>indeed appropriate.
>
>You obviously suffer from a rectocranial inversion, and have forgotten
>how to use toilet paper on the logorrheac discharge flowing out of
>your mouth.
Dearest Jack,
If you don't like it, you may also shove it up your ass !!
Cheers !!
>Jack Troughton ICQ:7494149
>http://207.96.209.68:8000/
>jack.troughton at videotron.ca
>jaft at adan.kingston.net
>Montr�al PQ Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter C. Daugherity)
Subject: What can't be read-only?
Date: 8 Feb 1999 22:23:02 GMT
I'd like to put Red Hat Linux on a machine with a very small hard disk, so I was
thinking about installing to a big disk, then burning a CD from all the
read-only files. Then the small disk would only have to hold /tmp, swap,
/home, and /var, which I know have to be writeable; what else can't be
read-only? E-mail replies appreciated (with the obvious deletion).
Thanks,
Walter C. Daugherity Dept. of Computer Science
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas A & M University
http://www.cs.tamu.edu/faculty/daugher/ College Station, TX 77843-3112
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E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas A & M University
http://www.cs.tamu.edu/faculty/daugher/ College Station, TX 77843-3112
---Not an official document of Texas A&M---
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From: "Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rpm's for GTK+?
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 04:30:44 +0000
Does anyone know where one might download RedHat rpm's for the GTK+
toolkit? I need to update mine, and compiling them manually seems to
have caused some conflicts with the older version that came with RH5.2.
I suppose I could spend a few hours of research figuring out how to set
some path variables properly, but that's a hell of a lot of trouble just
to be able to make a silly little IRC program to install properly
<smile>... so I figure tracking down some binaries might be a better
route. Thanks!
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DOSEMU + 3DFX Voodoo/Glide
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 05:02:54 GMT
I can't seem to find any good places to ask questions about DOSEMU so I'm
gonna try here. In a nutshell, I want to know if it is possible to run
applications which use DOS Glide (2.x) under DOSEMU. My attempts so far have
always reported "glide2x.dll can't detect any voodoo cards". The system has
a single Voodoo2 in it and works fine running glide-based apps under both
Linux and Win98. Specifically we need this because the client we are
developing the application for wants a DOS version. The Linux and Win95/98
versions work fine already, but the DOS version locks up the machine and our
DOS developer wanted to try using DOSEMU to track down the problem, since it
can be restarted almost instantaneously.
Thanks in advance for any pointers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Caller ID
Date: 9 Feb 1999 05:01:42 GMT
>>Does anyone know where i can downlad a Caller ID program for Linux. If i
>>could get this then i wouldnt ever need to log on to Win98 ever again. Boy
>>would that be great.
>
I use XCallerID a really nice program under Linux.
See: http://www.cs.unc.edu/~yandle/xcallerid/
Cheers, Grahame
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From: nick fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: trying to install-problem with keyboard
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 23:10:25 -0600
Hi i just got linux and i'm having some problems if you could help me I
would be grateful--- Here is the problem--
>
when i get to the root password part the keyboard doesn't work but it
> worked for the partition part. why is it doing this? ----i have a
> natural keyboard(wave)I tried using a normal kayboard and that didn't
> work either! WHat else could it be? Could it maybe when it asks my
> what keybord I have-- I put US or maybe when it asks what mouse i have
> and what comm port it is in? I have an intelli mouse and i put it com
1
> port --which i think it is put not sure. Could this maybe be that the
> keyboard is on comm 1 and the mouse is on com 2 but then why
wouldwould
> some of the buttons work like the tab,spacebar, enter, and the
arrows??? Please write me back I'm so close to getting this to run on
> my computer. If you can't help me could you send it to other people
you know
If fowarded my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thanks,
nick fischer
P.S. please send the answer to my email address thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary R Byrd)
Subject: Re: Antivirus
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 05:52:19 GMT
McAfee, or Network Associates, or whomever they are these days, does
make an anti-virus for Linux. I don't know all the particulars, but
it does exist.
On 25 Jan 1999 14:53:28 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aurelien
Jarno) wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I'm looking an antivirus for Linux.
>
>Thanks
>
>Aur�lien
>
>------------
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From: "Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X-Window sessions on MSWindows machines
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 17:56:52 -0500
I am trying to find some kind of software to install on my Windows
95/NT machines in the office that will let me run X-Window sessions from
the Linux internet server (RH5.0), so that I can configure and do things
with the server for my ISP.
I downloaded a demo program called X-WinPro from Tucows, but setting
it up has been a nightmare. To begin with, I don't think that there is
an X-window daemon (is there such a thing as an X-window daemon?)
running on the Linux server... it was set up by someone else before I
got here. It runs in runlevel 3, and doesn't seem to accept any
connections from this Windows software (although I'm getting the feeling
like this package is way more overkill than I actually need).
Does anyone know of a good (i.e. simple!) windows software that
allows you to run X-sessions on a MS box over a TCP/IP connection...
and/or the processes that need to be running on the server for it to
work? Thanks!
Steve
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From: Lyle Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: indentd problem
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 22:45:56 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I just installed Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 along with the most recent update
(2.0.36 kernel), and am having problems with identd. It keeps getting
into some state where it takes all of my CPU time - 40% kernel/60% user
for a little while, then 20% kernel 80% user after that. Other network
actions like sending mail via my SMTP server (qmail) are extremely slow,
because the server responds very slow for some reason. I don't know
much about identd, so I have no idea why it's doing this or what this
might be a symptom of. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Lyle Taylor
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Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 18:07:04 -0500
From: Mow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Upgrading packages with dependencies?
Hi,
How do you upgrade an RPM that has dependencies with other packages?
When doing an rpm -U, if the package has a dependency, rpm handles it as
a fatal error. Will a rpm -e and then an rpm -i resolve dependency
issues? I have been told that you would need to uninstall the dependent
rpm's first, install the rpm in question, and then reinstall the
dependent rpm's. Following this suggestion would lead me to assume that
I could encounter other rpm's with the same problem. Isn't there an
easier, more graceful way of doing this? Do I really need to uninstall
and install a whole dependency "tree"?
Thanks in advance....
-Mow
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans Wolters)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Windowmaker upgrade blew away my root background
Date: 8 Feb 1999 23:08:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Phil Adamson wrote:
:In comp.os.linux.setup Brad Corsello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
:: 2) How in the hell do you get support for a hippie commune product like this?
:: (I know the corporate software isn't much better in the support department, so
:: don't flame. I'm just a little cheezed off.)
Just one little question, (sorry, slrn newbie so I can't find the original
posting). Did you by any chance updated the kernel too. If so then just
recompile it. It happened to me too when I upgraded to Window Maker and then
to the 2.2.1 kernel.
Regards Hans
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: CGM - Universal vector graphics format?
Date: 9 Feb 1999 02:03:03 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>It looks like the W3C is going to define CGM (ISO 8632) as the standard
>format for vector graphics on the web.
>
>http://www.w3.org/Press/1999/WebCGM-REC
>
>Is there any Linux software which supports the creation/viewing of CGM
>files? Netscape plugin for instance?
I don't know of anything free that reads CGM. O'Reilly Graphics File
Formats has a little on it (I have 1st edition, maybe 2nd edition has
more) but no software. I wrote a minimal CGM decoder a while ago
because I needed to debug a (commercial) application that used CGM
as an intermediate file. CGM is huge and complicated.
It would be interesting to see what happens with this versus AutoDesk
Inc' WHIP format, which they are using as the way to view vector data
(AutoCAD, anyway) within a browser.
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Bunch of pretentious Wankers
Date: 08 Feb 1999 16:20:48 -0500
Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> mlw wrote:
>
> > I actually like Bill Clinton. Big deal, he got caught getting a blow
> > job? Show me a man that has never lied about sex, and I'll show you a
> > man that has never had any.
>
> Show me a man who has been caught lying in court, under oath, and I'll
> show you someone who is going to jail for perjury - unless his name is
> Bill Clinton, the media darling.
> Remember, he's destroying justice and the constitution "for the
> children" so that excuses it.
what if his name happens to be tom delay?
--
johan kullstam
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From: Donn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: libXpm & Netscape...
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 17:31:46 -0500
When I try to run Netscape 4.5, I get a message saying it can't find
libXpm.so.4, but in fact it is there. I know it's because Netscape
wants libXpm in a different object format, or maybe it needs libXpm
linked against libc6 instead of libc5. But when you build libXpm.so.4
from source (as I have), how do I get it to link against libc6 instead
of libc5? Anyone tried this? Is there a config file I need to modify
so that all my builds link against libc5 or libc6?
Thanks for the help.
--==++Donn++==--
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From: Thomas Frese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp prodigy setup - help!!!
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 18:27:23 -0500
I just signed up for internet access with prodigy
but can't get the ppp connection to work under
linux. The modem dials in, connects but then hangs
up, ppp never comes up. Any suggestions?
Below are my script files: I have replaced
my prodigy login by 'john.smith', but the real one
is similar and contains a period (is that a problem?)
A very similar configuration worked with mci/cwix, just
that they used chap. I replaced the nameservers with the
prodigy ones and put in the pap-secrets. What about netmask?
Any suggestions are appreciated!!
Thanks
Tom
frese01@...
dialin:
/usr/sbin/pppd connect "/usr/sbin/chat -r/etc/ppp/connect-errors -f
/etc/ppp/prod.chat"
/etc/ppp/prod.chat:
REPORT CONNECT
ABORT BUSY
ABORT 'NO CARRIER'
"" ATL0
OK ATDT*70,829-9801
CONNECT ""
/etc/ppp/options:
/dev/ttyS1
115200
modem
crtscts
defaultroute
netmask 255.255.255.0
asyncmap 0
name john.smith
user john.smith
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets :
# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client server secret IP addresses
john.smith * <password>
/etc/resolv.conf:
search
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 198.83.19.241
nameserver 198.83.19.244
/etc/named.boot:
;
; a caching only nameserver config
;
directory /var/named
cache . named.ca
primary 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa named.local
forwarders 198.83.19.241 198.83.19.244
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From: Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux: Fight for survival or on victory march?
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 17:37:03 -0600
Graham Murray wrote:
>
> In alt.os.linux, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > What Netscape is this. Mine seems to look and act indentical to windows.
> > There is 1 difference, no 2. It runs faster and doesn't crash.
>
> 3. Netscape 4.5 on windows "auto-completes" entries typed into the
> URL. On linux it does not and you have to type in the complete URL.
An insignificant difference compared to the speed and stability issue.
You don't use bookmarks? Why not, if you are going to a site more than
once?
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From: Tommy Willoughby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 5.2 doesn't have make...
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 05:51:25 GMT
Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nor imake. What gives? Can anyone out there think of a solution? TIA.
make version 3.76.1 - in the development packages. If you chose
workstation or server install, it's installed. If you chose
custom, you might have missed it.
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From: Buckaroo Banzai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: 08 Feb 1999 13:25:22 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (djb) writes:
[cut]
> *BEEP* Pedant point! The US is not a first-world country. It's a
[snip]
> Anyway, I think we should be grateful to the Americans. After all, didn't
> they save us all by downloading a virus onto an alien operating
> system? We old-worlders never thought of THAT one, did we?
*BOOP* Pedant point!
Upload, man. He uploaded it. He woulda haf to haf bin 'n ALIEN to
download ... duh.
Maybe old-worlders would have thought of it, but they would have wiped
out the wrong system, obviously.
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From: "D. Vrabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Sick of Windows, newbie thinking about Linux
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 23:51:02 +0000
> Oh yeah, you might of heard, linux almost never crashes. Its crashed
> on me once in six months time.
I had linux crash repeatedly today... This was when I was randomly
fiddling with MemBase settings in the XF86Config file. It is not a good
idea to map the linear frame buffer to 14MB when you have 20MB of core.
I would be more correct to say:
Linux almost never crashes... once it has been set up right.
David.
ps. I have since found out that my graphics card doesn't map beyond 14MB.
So you needn't send my any helpful hints.
pps. Of course I've fixed the problem now and it no longer crashes.
--
David Vrabel
Engineering Undergraduate at University of Cambridge, UK.
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From: Dieter Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: add_timer??
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 06:33:34 GMT
Hi all,
I'm new to LINUX and a need a timer with a finer resolution than 1s (50 -
100ms).
I found the add_timer function, which looks as if I could it for my purpos.
But I didn't find a library containing this function.
Can anybody help me??
Thanks
Dieter
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From: "J. S. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Circumventing my ISP
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 17:00:49 -0700
Kevin Currie wrote:
> I would like to be able to take all traffic coming to xxx.yyy.a.b/32 and
> send it to my machine on xxx.yyy.zzz.e/32. Is there a way to do this with
> ipportfw, ipchains, ipfwadm, or anything?
Yes, and redir.
> I've looked at ipautofw and it is not acceptable because it would take traffic
> from both xxx.yyy.a.a _AND_ xxx.yyy.a.b and send it though.
Just deny the port on the other interface.
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From: Gene Wilburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Small version of Linux
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 02:37:40 GMT
For absolute minimal Linux, you can try Tomsrtbt Linux on a single
diskette.
http://www.toms.net/rb/
SaintZero wrote:
>
> I have an old PC with only a 3.5in floppy drive which i would like to install
> linux on, Is there a small version of linux that i'll fit on just a few disks?
> max 20? If so, where can i find it?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe LaPenna
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From: Chad M. Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: good book for beginner?
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 06:52:42 GMT
Step 1. Get a intel machine and install Linux, I recommened redhat at
http://www.redhat.com, buy the software instead of FTP'n it
down, this way you have the CD and a book. Or get a book from
the book store, most Linux Books ... Linux Unleashed have a
CD in the back.
Step 2. Start playing with the OS, don't be afraid to screw up the
computer ... all you have to do is re-install and start over.
Setp 3. Repeat Step 2.
-chad
In article <79le0l$q99$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Can someone please recommend some good books for a Linux newbie? I've read
> a lot of good reviews about "Running Linux" by ORA. Are there any other
> good beginner books which are more recent?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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