Linux-Misc Digest #976, Volume #18 Wed, 10 Feb 99 18:13:18 EST
Contents:
Re: dedicated process? (Duncan Simpson)
Re: gmtime to beat! (Ben Russo)
WakeUp-on-ring and APM (Sergio Monesi)
Re: 2 newbie questions...... (Matthias Warkus)
Re: loading up the sound driver module (Rory Chan)
Re: X Apps via Telnet (Marco Anglesio)
Re: loading up the sound driver module (Rory Chan)
Re: Linux InstallFest -- DC -- 20 Feb 99 (klaatu)
Re: tcsh script for program input help (Goran Allerbo)
qt install problem (Cameron Fraser)
Re: lresolv Libraries? (Ulrich Teichert)
Re: Ownership of tar archive members (Anthony Christofides)
Re: netscape and realplayer (Bev)
Re: UPS restores power after system is halted; will it boot? (Anthony Christofides)
windowmaker rpm ("Don R. Herron")
Re: Color depth and Netscape woes
Re: How to change default group? (David Fontes)
Linux maximum O/S limits???? ("David Sisk")
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Paul Doherty)
X 3.3.3.1 libraries and Glibc 2.1 ("Jason Nye")
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Kinkster)
Re: Upgrading packages with dependencies? (Jeremy Mathers)
ulimit question (Thomas Radtke)
Linux Printing Problem (dmalcolm)
dynamic stacks for threads? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Simpson)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: dedicated process?
Date: 10 Feb 1999 20:02:40 GMT
In <79f6c9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Ross Henderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello,
> We are interested in running a realtime process
>on a dual-processor Linux machine. Can anyone tell
>me if the 2.2 Linux kernel can be made to run on
>one CPU while the other CPU locks the application
>process? We're doing data acquisition, and the
>less interrupts due to OS calls, the better.
This is presumably possible. I think you should look at RT-Linux
before doing this---this is linux as the lowest priority process on a
hard real-time kernel. Your favorite search engine should point your
nose (should that be your web browser's nose?) in the right direction.
As with the rest of Linux it is open source.
Duncan (-:
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Duncan (-:
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From: Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gmtime to beat!
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:26:48 -0500
Massimo Morin wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to convert a date from time_t into a log in the form of
> YYYYMMDD.
> Example:
> date = 03:00 04 apr 1999
> time_t = 923194800,
> conversion number is 19990404
>
> The easy way is using this function:
>
> Time_ToLog8Date(register const time_t t) {
> register time_t ld =0;
> register struct tm *ts = gmtime(&t);
> ld = (ts->tm_year + 1900) * 10000 + (ts->tm_mon + 1) * 100 +
> ts->tm_mday;
> return ld;
> }
>
> Usually this function is called tons of times (at least 20 milions), so
> we want a fast ed efficient way to do it.
> I tryied and I was not able to beat the Time_ToLog8Date() an any Linux
> machine.
> Does anyone of you know a faster an better way to do it?
>
> Cheers
> Massimo
>
> --
> Massimo Morin | Scheduling Systems Inc.
> Software Engineer |
> ------------------- | Three University Office Park, suite 100
> 13, Charnwood Rd | 95 Sawyer Road
> Somerville 02144 MA | Waltham,
> ------------------- | 02154-3471 Massachusetts
> +1 (617) 623-4155 | +1 (781) 893-0390
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> If you design an idiot proof program, we'll start having better idiots!
Try posting to the comp.lang.c group.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sergio Monesi)
Subject: WakeUp-on-ring and APM
Date: 10 Feb 1999 17:24:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello,
I was experimenting with APM on my ATX PC (ASUS P2B motherboard) and I
wonder if it is possible to use the WakeUp-on-ring feature, that is, put the
computer in power-suspend and make it wake up if the modem receives a call.
All my tests failed to achieve this result (but it works with Windows, so
the hardware can do this).
Moreover, using "apm --standby" seemed to perform only a partial standby
(basically the graphic card turned off but the processor was still running)
while "apm --suspend" performed a more complete 'power-suspend' but the
harddiscs were still running.
Can anybody shed some light on this subject?
Thanks in advance,
Sergio
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Subject: Re: 2 newbie questions......
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 18:42:18 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Tue, 09 Feb 1999 20:41:16 +0100...
..and Tim Laursen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ImY2Kool wrote:
> >
> > hey thanx a lot for the info just 1 more thing...... once i get the .rpm
> > packages in what dir. do I put them?
>
> Wherever you like them to be (I personally for some obscure reason
> always put all .tar.gz and .rpm files in a directory called "download"
> in my home dir).
Hey, so do I!
> Installing them with the "rpm" command or the "glint"
> program, will put the uncompressed files, right where they need to be.
> You should be able to find installation instructions, where you found
> the rpm's.
To make the point clearer: you can *delete* an RPM file after you have
it installed. It's like an InstallShield package. Only better.
mawa
--
I think the OS market will rather be like the Maglite market than the
Ford market.
-- mawa
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From: Rory Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.sound,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: loading up the sound driver module
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:16:59 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
use sndconfig!!!
Cher-Wah Tan wrote:
> hi!
>
> any idea how i could load up the sound driver under linux. i believe my
> kernel is being compiled with sound driver as a loadable module (comes
> with redhat 5.2).
>
> can anyone gives me the command to load it up?
> thanks a bunch!
>
> -w
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco Anglesio)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: X Apps via Telnet
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 21:29:40 GMT
On Tue, 9 Feb 1999 16:54:44 +0100, dgap <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know that, in some ways (for example, when using SGI Irix...), it is
>possible to redirect the graphics output to another computer (I think that
>it involves setting the display variable, although I don't know how to do
>it), but will it work with PC's ??
It's not so much redirecting the graphics output but specifying the
x-server/machine and screen that the clients will display on. (X, as you
will recall, refers to applications as clients and the graphical display,
although it is more than this, as a server).
If you wish to display X-applications on a PC, you must have an X-server
to display them; I suggest starnet's X-win32 or Hummingbird's Exceed
(www.starnet.com, www.hummingbird.com).
You can also export your entire X screen to a PC (or anything, really)'s
display using Olivetti and Oracle Research Laboratory's VNC, or virtual
network client (www.orl.co.uk/vnc).
marco
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From: Rory Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.sound,linux.redhat.list,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: loading up the sound driver module
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 01:18:10 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
use sndconfig!!!
Cher-Wah Tan wrote:
> hi!
>
> any idea how i could load up the sound driver under linux. i believe my
> kernel is being compiled with sound driver as a loadable module (comes
> with redhat 5.2).
>
> can anyone gives me the command to load it up?
> thanks a bunch!
>
> -w
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From: klaatu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: dc.general
Subject: Re: Linux InstallFest -- DC -- 20 Feb 99
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 14:50:57 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr Paul Kinsler wrote:
>
> Charles Packer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It came down to this: Windows 95 doesn't care what video monitor
> > I attach to the used Compaq Deskpro I bought recently. With
> > Linux, it's a big deal to switch over from an older fixed-scan
> > model to an upscale multiscan model.
>
> Neither does Linux. Just stick in the generic defaults of
> (S)VGA xserver and (S)VGA monitor, and all should be well.
> And there is the XF86Setup graphical install prog, which
> took me only a few mins to use today.
>
> OK, you want to fine tune stuff, you need to go fiddle about.
> But to get up and running takes little effort if you use
> XF86Setup. You did read the XFree howto's, didnt you?
>
He was probably using Red Hat, they ripped out the XF86Setup and installed the
"Xconfigurator" which works well if everything's already perfect, but if
you've got some sort of problem, it doesn't work well and may not work at all.
I recently had to download an XFree86 distribution _just_ to get the
XF86Setup, which was quick and painless.
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From: Goran Allerbo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tcsh script for program input help
Date: Thu, 04 Feb 1999 08:31:37 +0100
Horst Lindner wrote:
>
> I have a laptop that I use to transfer work back and forth between my
> home system and the one at work. I would like to set up a script file
> for the transfers and other tasks. Under tcsh how do i set up a
> script to accept entries into a command?? For example if I start up
> ftp in the script how do I tell it to cd to the correct directory go
> to binary mode, put files to the system and quit within the script??
> Thanks ahead of time.
> Horst Lindner.
Perhaps you could use
ftp://sunsite.org.uk/packages/mirror
that syncs changed files back and forth using ftp from perl.
I use it for backing up my homestuff to my ISP.
/ga
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Carmenta AB Tel +46 (0)31 7755700
Box 31121 Fax +46 (0)31 246379
S-40032 Goteborg, Sweden http://www.carmenta.se/
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From: Cameron Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: qt install problem
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 19:14:30 -0500
hey, i'm having some trouble installing qt on my RedHat 5.1, 2.0.35,
box....when i try make everything goes okay, but at the end i get this
error message " make: *** [variables] Error 1 " and then when i try to
" make linux-g++-shared"
i get the following error " ./prpogate configs/linux-g++-shared
cmp: /LICENSE: No such file or directory
cmp: /LICENSE: No such file or directory
$QTDIR must be set to $PWD (/usr/local/qt)
Please read INSTALL
make: *** [linux-g++-shared] Error 1 "
i don't know what the first error is in reference too, but i checked the
others out and i have my .profile set up just the way that they have it
in the INSTALL file.....if anybody can help me i would very much
appreciate it......
--
Cameron Fraser
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ulrich Teichert)
Subject: Re: lresolv Libraries?
Date: Tue, 9 Feb 1999 22:25:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <79q4l3$95a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) writes:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ulrich Teichert) writes:
>>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (AdmFrodos)
>writes:
>>>Where would I find a version of the resolver libraries? I own the Slackware
>>You don't. The functions are in the libc. Just remove the -lresolve.
>Actually at least on redhat, they are in libresolv (no e at the end)
>locate libresol
>/lib/libresolv-2.0.7.so
>/lib/libresolv.so.2
>/usr/lib/libresolv.a
>/usr/lib/libresolv.so
>/usr/lib/libresolv_p.a
arbas:/usr/lib> nm libc.so | grep res_query
0001d7b0 T res_query
0001dc60 T res_querydomain
arbas:/usr/lib> uname -a
Linux arbas 2.0.29 #23 Sun May 25 18:17:57 MEST 1997 i586
arbas:/usr/lib> ll libc*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1090492 Nov 15 1996 libc.a
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 May 19 1997 libc.so -> /lib/libc.so.5*
As you see on a libc5 system, they're in libc.
And on an glibc system they would be in libresolv:
arbas:/var/tmp/glibc/lib> nm libresolv.so.2 | grep res_query
00007010 T res_query
000074e0 T res_querydomain
arbas:/var/tmp/glibc/lib>
On what libc is slackware based now? Well, that could be left to the
original poster ;-)
Uli
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From: Anthony Christofides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ownership of tar archive members
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:24:25 +0200
In Unix and Linux, the ownership is always stored as the user id (and the
group id for the groups), which is a number. For example, the ownerships for
files (which you see when you type 'ls -l') are stored as numbers on the
i-nodes of the file system. When you do 'ls -l', the system searches file
/etc/passwd to determine the correspondence of userids to user names, and
displays the names (you can also display the ids instead by typing 'ls -ln').
tar always stores the ids on the archives. I've found out that when a normal
user untars an archive, the extracted files are owned by him/her. When the
superuser untars an archive, the files are extracted with their original user
ids and group ids. Surprisingly, I haven't found an option to override this,
and it is annoying, because when I untar archives made by others the extracted
files get unassigned user ids (or, worse, ownerships of the wrong user) and I
have to 'chown -R' after extracting. Usually when you untar files that come
from other sites it is not desirable to preserve ownerships, because your
/etc/passwd will have different user assignments.
Howard Arons wrote:
> I have already learned that the '-p' option is used to retain permissions.
>
> How does one make sure that _ownership_ info is preserved as well?
>
> How does a tar archive store such info? Is it necessary to have a file,
> say in /etc, that tar uses that lists id numbers and ownership names?
>
> Howard Arons
> --
> Powered by SuSE Linux 5.2 -- kernel 2.0.33
> Newsreading by slrn
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From: Bev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: netscape and realplayer
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 15:20:09 -0800
Reply-To: Bev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Don't forget to put the % after the application name in the preferences menu.
And if that doesn't work, try %s
> > I'm trying to install the real player plug-in for netscape. I've followed the
> > documentation verbatim, but it's still not working, so I came here for help.
> > I've gotten the stand alone to work fine, and it plays the welcome.rm
> > perfectly.
--
Cheers,
Bev
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From: Anthony Christofides <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UPS restores power after system is halted; will it boot?
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 23:37:00 +0200
Thank you for your answer. There is a slight misunderstanding. Forget APM, and
suppose you have one of those good old 386 machines with the simple switches.
> Think about it this way. You halt the machine and unplug it.
> Then you plug it back in, does it come on?
>
The problem is that I halt the machine and I _don't_ unplug it; just after the
system has been halted, but before the battery goes out, the electric company
restores the power. The UPS thus never "unplugs" the system.
Ben Russo wrote:
> Anthony Christofides wrote:
>
> > More or less the subject says everything. Consider an unattended Linux
> > server powered through a UPS. Power fails, the UPS signals the system,
> > and the system starts the power fail procedure. This waits for a while,
> > in case power is restored, then begins to shut down the system, and
> > finally the system is halted. Suppose that the UPS has not cut the power
> > yet, and the power is restored. The UPS signals that power is restored,
> > but the halted system can't respond to the signal. So the system will
> > remain halted.
> >
> > Am I missing something?
>
> Depends on the type of power switch that the machine has.
> If it is a solenoid operated power switch such that the APM
> features of the BIOS can turn the machine off, then chances are
> it won't come back on, but a simple wire nut in the case and a
> little mechanical switch would fix that.
>
> Think about it this way. You halt the machine and unplug it.
> Then you plug it back in, does it come on?
> Depends on the power switch.
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From: "Don R. Herron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: windowmaker rpm
Date: 10 Feb 99 21:14:36 GMT
Can someone point out where to download the latest rpm for windowmaker. I
believe the latest version is 0.5.1 ro something like that.
--
--- Samuel D. Freiberg ---
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Color depth and Netscape woes
Date: 10 Feb 1999 00:31:03 GMT
On 08 Feb 1999 16:12:52 -0800, Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You sure you got that -bpp8
>right? It doesn't look right to my fuzzy memory.
You're right it's wrong. it should be: startx -- -bpp 16
--
"I will have the most ethical administration in history."
Bill Clinton; Nov. 1992
Yeah, right....
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From: David Fontes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to change default group?
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:22:40 +0000
Thank you!
-David
NF Stevens wrote:
>
> David Fontes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> >OK, but is there any way to change the default group *permanently*. I
> >want things that get ftp'd to fall into the mmi group as well.
>
> The default group is taken from the fourth field in the /etc/passwd file. e.g.
>
> norman:x:501:100:Norman Stevens:/home/norman:/bin/ksh
>
> uid is 501, default group is 100 (users).
>
> Norman
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From: "David Sisk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux maximum O/S limits????
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:16:49 -0500
Quick question:
Where would I find info on Linux maximum limits, such as:
1) Max memory accessible to the O/S (for example, on NT, it's essentially 4
Gb).
2) Max memory accessible to an O/S process (on NT, it's 2Gb, on NT-Ent it's
3Gb).
3) Max number of O/S processes possible (??? not sure on NT, depends on
memory I think).
4) Max number of CPU's useable (on NT, it supports up to 16, but you gain
very little after 4 and almost nothing after 8).
5) Maximum file size
6) Etc.....
Is this info published anywhere readily available? (Ie. the Web?)
Thanks and kindest regards,
--
David C. Sisk
The Unofficial ORACLE on NT site
http://www.ipass.net/~davesisk/oont.htm
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From: Paul Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Tue, 09 Feb 1999 18:42:18 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
<SNIP>
> computer/calculator that Richard Feynmann and crew cobbled together to
> perform calculations that formed the basis for the atomic bomb. This device
> was a combination of IBM adders, multipliers, paper tape readers/punchers and
> probably some other devices. This was assembled and operated between Fall of
> 1943 and (probably) spring of 1945. Since the setup itself was unclassified,
> it fell into obscurity primarily because the men who assembled it were
> pursuing a much more difficult goal than making a computing machine. It was
> merely a tool that had to be built in order to achieve a desired result.
Guess it depends on how you describe "difficult". Since they weren't
aiming for general-purpose then I'd agree, but there's nothing all so
terribly difficult about the concepts of fission, and slamming two
sub-critical pieces of said material together. I'd consider a computer
a far more complex piece of work if for no other reason than it doesn't
happen as a function of nature (while the fissioning process is
completely automatic once the pieces are brought into proximity - the
biggest hurdle in the Manhattan Project was likely just figuring out how
to 1) isolate the pure form of uranium needed, and 2) figiuring out how
to design an enclosure to facilitate said slamming of pieces together).
--
Paul Doherty
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From: "Jason Nye" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X 3.3.3.1 libraries and Glibc 2.1
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:57:28 -0400
Hello all,
My system:
Slackware 3.0
kernel 2.2.1
XFree86 3.3.3.1
166MMX, 64MB SDRAM
I had Glibc 2.0.7preSomething on my machine and it everything was working
hunky dory and I decided to upgrade to Glibc 2.1 a couple of days ago. Most
everything works fine except for a few X programs and dynamic libs that link
to the X libs (ie qt). The x libs are exporting _xstat (as undefined) in
Glibc 2.1 which is no longer a public variable:
nm /lib/libc.5.so... shows:
...
<address> T _xstat // I assumed the capital T to mean 'public'
...
nm /lib/libc.2.1.so.... shows:
...
<address> t _xstat // I assumed the lowercase t to mean 'not exported'
...
nm /usr/X11/lib/libX11.so... shows:
...
<address> U _xstat // Undefined here...
...
Therefore, there is a function somewhere in the X libs that is trying to
reference the _xstat variable from Glibc -- it definitely should not be
doing this, but it is. BTW, I installed the binaries for X 3.3.3.1 and the
sources for Glibc 2.1.
Has anyone had a similar problem? If so -- do I need to recompile the X
libs -- pain in the ass because I only have a 33.6 modem?
TIA,
Jason.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kinkster)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:30:20 GMT
>> (Art VanDelay) writes:
>>
> > This doesn't make any sense. I like the OS/Browser integration.
> > There is no "definition" of an OS, and if you leave it up to the
> > Government, there will be some stupid definition which will stifle
> > further progress in PCs.
Sort of like the government turning the Arpa (sp) net over to the NSF
for private use so that it could become a tool for the lessening of
progress like it is today ??
>> What is Windows 3.1,95/98/NT, but a bunch of
> > programs that together make the OS. Why don't the calculator
> > manufacturers cry about competition, or WinFax people, or e-mail
> > people, or CD-Player people, or game manufacturers, cause you know, MS
> > is using its muscle to put solitare, and pinball, or freecell in the
> > OS, which has no business being there, right?
I wish I had a dime for every time I've seen that silly question,
those are "Applets" (small tiny, limited use, crippled "Applets") kind
of like the free toy that used to come in CrackerJacks. Go ahead and
compare Notepad's size and functionality to that of 15 Megs of
Ponderous resource hogging "full-blown-application" IE 4.x
> I'll give you the
> > answer, the other companies (right now) are COMPETING in the free
> > market instead of the Jim Barksdales of the world using the US
> > Government for personal gain (or to mask his incompetance to the
> > shareholders of his now-AOL-owned company). The US Gov doesn't know
> > how to do anything right except to screw things up and exploit class
> > envy, and enslave us with confiscatory taxes, they are damn experts at
> > that. Now they will dictate computer Operating System Standards for
> > us to follow, Thanks Jim!
Maybe you can list here all the other countries or governments in this
or any other place in the universe that has a more ROBUST ECONOMY OH
GREAT SAGE ??? (I'll leave some room for your list of countries)
The government is merely acting as a _referee_ and not attempting to
direct the course of the marketplace other than to see that m$ doesn't
continue to use their power to crush competition.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: Re: Upgrading packages with dependencies?
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 00:40:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>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"?
No, you don't have to worry about "partial installs". RPM is clean in
that it does all dependency checking first and, as you say, aborts out
with a fatal error (w/o installing anything) if there are unsatisfied
dependencies. So, you don't have to "rpm -e" if the install fails.
As for the other part of your question: Is there a better way other
than trial-and-error? Short of using some icky GUI tool, I haven't
found one. I usually just do "rpm -i", read the error message,
install that package, then re-try the original, etc. It'd be nice if
there was a way, using the straight command line RPM tool, to say "Do
the right thing", and have it do it.
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From: Thomas Radtke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ulimit question
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 13:23:08 +0100
Hi *,
I would like to have the stack raised to unlimited permanently, but
'ulimit -s unlimited' seems to be restricted to
the process it has been launched by. Any ideas ?
Thank you very much for listening,
Thomas Radtke
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Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:23:29 -0600
From: dmalcolm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Printing Problem
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I have 3 Slackware Linux 3.6 computers with the 2.2.1 Kernel. Two of
the computers print just fine. 2 of the three are identical ( they are
supposed to be swappable) and are called NS1 and NS2.
NS1 prints just like it should, NS2 does not.
The printcap file on NS2 was copied from NS1.
I was careful to copy the filter files from NS1 to NS2 in exactly the
same path.
I was careful to make the spool directories identical.
I have made all of the permissions and owners identical.
If I run 'lpr -Pdans-hp /etc/printcap' , I get an error reported in
/var/log/syslog that says:
Feb 10 14:31:59 ns2 lpd[136]: cannot execv /usr/lib/lpd/filter-dm
I can by hand goto /usr/lib/lpd and do:
cat filter-dm | chop | filter-dm
and it will work perfectly. I should mention that filter-dm is command
file (text)
While it always possible that I have missed something I have been over
this for most of today. I have even recompiled the kernel so that I
could insure that it matched NS1 exactly. Everything else on NS2 works
just as it should.
If anyone has a suggestion or fix, I would really appreciate hearing
about it. Thanks.
Dan Malcolm
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: dynamic stacks for threads?
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 21:34:43 GMT
My previous post was poorly worded. I am curious to know if Linux
pthreads have stacks that are dynamically sized. Do they grow if
a bigger stack is needed?
Thanks
-- Rob
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