Linux-Misc Digest #86, Volume #19 Thu, 18 Feb 99 19:13:12 EST
Contents:
Re: SMC Ethernet cards ("Rich Cloutier")
WP8 question (A Dark Elf)
XF86Setup Problems ("Paul A. Bennett")
Re: Win95 access to internet via Linux server (Jean-Francois MOINE)
Re: Bunch of pretentious Wankers (PJS)
Re: gcc vs egcs ("David A. Frantz")
Partition Magic? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cyrix MII 333 and Linux ("tonys")
Re: More bad news for NT ("Simon")
Re: Why is X video setup for i386 so complicated? (Frank McKenney)
Re: Red Hat's sick sense of humor (support) ("Stephe")
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (Marco Anglesio)
Re: Why is X video setup for i386 so complicated? (Frank McKenney)
Re: compiling problems after transition to 2.0.36 ("A.G.")
Re: Flush swap manually? (oak)
The infamous "no module symbols loaded" error (Frank Hale)
Re: Problems when removing SCSI-HDD ("Dirty Fly")
Re: Why is X video setup for i386 so complicated? (Frank McKenney)
Re: ...a Linux RedHat Technician/Superuser ? ("Jonah99")
Re: Can someone tell me how to get LILO to update my boot floppy's kernel map? (Tom
Fawcett)
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From: "Rich Cloutier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: SMC Ethernet cards
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:43:30 -0500
If you're using RH 5.x, use the generic WD8013 driver at the end of the
list. It works with my SMC ethercards (not sure if they're the same chip or
not)
Rich Cloutier
Myke Morgan wrote in message ...
>Hi. I am trying to get an ethernet network up and running on my two
>machines. Naturally, I bought the cheapest cards at the store. They were:
>
>SMC 'EZ Card 10/100' Fast Ethernet PCI Card and
>SMC 'EZ Card 10' Ethernet ISA Card
>
>I got the two different ones because one machine does not have PCI slots.
>
>ANyway, I cannot seem to locate an appropriate driver for either of them.
>None of the SMC drivers work (the card is never even recognized at boot
>time). I looked at the www site: cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/ and could
>not find anything for these cards, even though I think it said all major
>cards released through 1/1999 were supported. The ISA card claims to be
>NE2000 compatible, but that did not work either.
>
>Has anyone else gotten these to work, or should I try to find different
>cards?
>
>TIA,
>myke
>
>--
>Write Once, Debug Everywhere
>
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
From: A Dark Elf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WP8 question
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 20:43:59 -0600
How do you disable the red undelining stuff that appears when you type a
mistake?
Patrick Lambert
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From: "Paul A. Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.windows.x.i386unix,comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux.caldera,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: XF86Setup Problems
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:46:09 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello!
I'm having grief with XF86Setup and haven't managed to figure out what
might be
wrong.
I installed Caldera's OpenLinux 1.3 and finally figured out how to use
XF86Setup
to get things set up.
A couple of days later I resolved to make a couple of small changes to
my
setup. When I called XF86Setup, I got a messasge to the effect that it
couldn't resolve bsd_tcp. As a result, XF86Setup won't come up even
though the 'kde' desktop works fine and I'm going blind trying to read
too-small fonts.
I've looked all over for where the message might be coming from or what
to do
about it but, no luck.
Suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, and all the best!
Paul
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From: Jean-Francois MOINE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win95 access to internet via Linux server
Date: 18 Feb 1999 09:18:02 +0100
>>>>> "kurt" == kurt email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
kurt> Hi,
kurt> I have installed an ethernet which consists of one linux box and one win95
kurt> box. Linux was connected to internet with ppp dial up. My question is how I
kurt> can setup win95 box for accessing internet as well. I have set my linux box
kurt> as gateway inside Win95 TCP/IP setup. However, it did not work. I have also
kurt> indicate the DNS ip to Win95. It also failed to surf web from win95 box.
kurt> Since I am using ppp connection, how I can tell win95 about DNS. Thanks for
kurt> any suggestions.
I have such a configuration at home:
- first, I defined the IP numbers of my network (i.e: 192.168.1.1
and 192.168.1.2), and I choosed a domain name which does not conflict
with one of the internet (i.e: <my_name>.<my_country> = 'moine.bzh')
and a name for each machine.
- in the Linux box:
- I compiled a kernel with ip_masquarade, and I adjusted the
system scripts to have masquarading to work (just follow the
HOWTO).
- I installed a DNS server which handles the names of the local
machines and forwards the requests for other domains to the
DNS server of my ISP.
- in the Win95 box:
- the default gateway is the Linux box.
- the DNS server is the Linux one.
It works very very fine :))
--
Ken ar c'henta� ** Breizh ha Linux atav ! **
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jef (home mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PJS)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Bunch of pretentious Wankers
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 02:51:52 GMT
I am with you on Clinton. But do you really believe the media
protected him???
On 7 Feb 1999 20:47:47 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
>On Thu, 04 Feb 1999 16:31:04 -0600, Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>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.
>
>Yeah, If it saves just one childs life, enslaving you was worth it.
>
>
>--
>
>"I will have the most ethical administration in history."
>Bill Clinton; Nov. 1992
>
>Yeah, right....
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From: "David A. Frantz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gcc vs egcs
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 21:55:07 -0500
Justin R. Smith wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>On Wed, 17 Feb 1999, Michel Catudal wrote:
>>Frans Gumpu Slothouber wrote:
>>> I compiled 2.0.36... and it seems to be working properly.
>>>
>>
>>I didn't get any error message, but then the kernel I compile is a 2.2.x
kernel.
>>I'll have to try to compile an old kernel to see, I used gcc last time I
compile
>>the old kernel.
>>
>
>Yes, the new kernels have no problem with egcs, and boot noticably faster
when
>compiled under it.
"Noticably" - how about in a flash, or quick as lightening, or in a split
second or...
Currently I pgcc (egcs1.1.1 based) installed on my laptop and I rebuilt the
kernel with that WOW what a difference. And this is on a 133Mhz p5 this
kernel really ought to cook on my desk top. The nice thing is the very
positive impact on the user applications.
dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Partition Magic?
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:30:50 GMT
Hey!
What is the recomended Boot/partition Manager for multi OS'?
TIA
Mike
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From: "tonys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips
Subject: Re: Cyrix MII 333 and Linux
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 14:41:28 -0800
bus speed is 83 mhz....multiplier is 3x it is a .25 micron etch size....i
have an 300pr that is an .25....should be black....not gold..
Jason Bowen wrote in message <7ahm9a$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>First off what is the clock speed of this chip i.e. bus speed and
>multiplier settings. Is anybody running Linux on one of these and what
>are your experiences? Does anybody know why cyrix is up to? Supposedly a
>350 rated chip was going to come out but never did. Do the current 333's
>use a .25 micron etch size?
>
>
>--
> even if the voices aren't real they have some good ideas...
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From: "Simon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.linux
Subject: Re: More bad news for NT
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:48:12 -0000
Why could anyone in a Linux/Unix newsgroup even contemplate running a SQL
server on an NT box !
Avoid all NT related products as they are all incredibly inefficient by
design. I could put man on Jupitar with the amount of hardware required to
get my NT boxes to perform to a satisfactory standard. As for MS SQL 7 you
either are on the payroll of MS or simply do not understand operating
systems.
Simon
Boris wrote in message <36c0ae6b$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>To demonstrate the advantages of the platform, the demo last week showed
the
>>appliance running nearly three times faster than a server with Oracle8i
>>running atop Windows NT on identical HP hardware.
>That's because Oracle NT sucks. They way to go is Microsoft SQL Server 7.
>
>Boris
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank McKenney)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why is X video setup for i386 so complicated?
Date: 18 Feb 1999 23:07:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tomi Lind)
writes:
>With Caldera there is configuration software named XF86Setup. It's
>available for other distributions also. Eg contrib.redhat.com (or
>updates.redhat.com)
>XFree86-XF86XSetup-3.3.2-9.i386.rpm
Tomi,
Thanks for the pointer. My SuSE 5.3 also has this utility, and its
choices (e.g. "800x600 monitor at 56Hz" and the like) turn out to be
_much_ easier to deal with than the SuSE "SaX" utility. This latter
reuires that your monitor be in their table _or_ that you know the
monitor HSync/VSync frequencies, and (for my monitor, at least) doesn't
create usable video Modelines in XF86Config even when you suply these.
Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates / OS2BBS OS/2 Advisor
Richmond, Virginia (804) 320-4887
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / TalkLink: WZ01123
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From: "Stephe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat's sick sense of humor (support)
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 22:03:23 -0500
Christopher Browne wrote in message ...
>
>
>My opinion is that if the millions of Linux users out there each
>"dropped $100 in the hat," there would be hundreds of millions of
>dollars available to pay to get peoples' time to improve some of these
>things to where people wish they might be. And those that aren't
>*trying* to do something to help certainly aren't helping...
>
I agree. I want to pay for GOOD software. I sure don't expect free stuff to
be bug free and would gladly pay for stuff that works. I bought the redhat
5.2 set and had it running in a couple of hours... well worth the $40...
People (including me) don't work for nothing..
Stephe
My transgender web page.
http://www.geocities.com/WestHollywood/Heights/8187/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco Anglesio)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 22:37:10 GMT
On 17 Feb 1999 19:04:50 GMT, John S. Dyson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Honest GPL preamble:
>
> I understand that you might have spent 6months or so of your
> own or billable time in producing a new techology. However, I
> don't believe that your time is worth anything in the sense of
> controlling the fruits of your invention, because you had the
Whose invention, again? I'll point it out, since you don't seem to get it:
the author is the licensor, not the licensee.
Let me paraphrase your "Honest GPL preamble" in terms of writer and
reader:
Dear reader,
I understand that you might have spent six months or so of your
own time reading my book. However, it's still my book. If you feel
like publishing it elsewhere and not paying me, go fuck yourself.
Write your own damn book.
Love and kisses,
The Writer.
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | without provisions or hope or <
> http://www.the-wire.com/~mpa | sight or legs, and refused to leave. <
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank McKenney)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why is X video setup for i386 so complicated?
Date: 18 Feb 1999 23:11:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <7af35g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Simpson)
writes:
>In <7aes3s$gi4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank
>McKenney) writes:
>
>>In <7adg80$cu6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>>In comp.os.linux.misc Frank McKenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>>That said, being able to just select a monitor type and get a suitable
>>>set of modelines installed would be nice. Most of the X config tools
>>>out there ( eg. the Xconfigurator program that came with RedHat ) have
>>>such a list/database, but the sheer number of monitors makes it hard to
>>>keep it current.
>
>Yes, this is nice. In fact it is nice to have all sorts of complex
>things work reasonably out of the box; linux does not fo this
>everywhere yet. However we should *not* ditch the current XFree86
>configuration file and its well documented way fo writing your own
>modelines.
Duncan,
Not sure if that last was a misunderstanding of something I said;
possibly not. To clarify (famous last words (;-)), I'm primarily
concerned with how the video setup looks to the user, not with how the
technical detail is accomplished. The XF86Config file seems like a
reasonable repository for what's needed - I just would like to see the
video portion of this file created in a slightly more automated fashion
where possible.
Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates / OS2BBS OS/2 Advisor
Richmond, Virginia (804) 320-4887
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / TalkLink: WZ01123
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From: "A.G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: compiling problems after transition to 2.0.36
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 16:46:56 -0500
I solved all problem by finding and fixing an invalid symbolic link to 'asm'
directory.
Thanx for your reply, anyway!
Arcady
I re-installed sources. There are still problems of the same kind, although
the compilation
Gerd Roethig wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>
>On Thu, 18 Feb 1999 05:54:42 -0500 "A.G." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>>Slackware 3.5. upgraded 2.0.34 -> 2.0.36. Can't compile things that were
>>compiling ok when 2.0.34 sources were installed.
>>
>>Compiler reports problems with some headers, AFAI understand.
>>
>>I posted compiler's outputs on the web (text format) to conserve
bandwidth:
>>
>>http://members.xoom.com/genkin/bash.txt
>>http://members.xoom.com/genkin/modules.txt
>
>That seems like the file /usr/include/linux/fcntl.h is somehow
>corrupted. This is either a problem of having unpacked a defective
>kernel source tree or not having one of the required packages (see
>/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes) installed.
>
>IMHO, your options are:
>
>- Check /usr/include/linux/fcntl.h with an editor. Maybe there's
>really something to fix.
>
>- Get a new kernel source archive (not only a patch but the whole
>archive), rm -r /usr/src/linux and unpack that archive freshly.
>
>- Check /usr/src/linux/Documentation/Changes for the software packages
>required and look if you have installed the appropriate versions.
>
>Hope this helps a little bit,
>
>best regards
>
>Gerd
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From: oak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Flush swap manually?
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 03:19:26 GMT
> : For example, when I'm working with serveral gigabytes of
> : multimedia files I'll sometimes find that swap is
> : being used, but when I want to go back and work on other things that
> : don't require a lot of memory usage I find that there's
> : a lot of stuff still in swap and my hard drive works harder than usual.
> : Most troubling is my hard drive's red light
> : which STAYS on, even when the hard drive isn't being accessed!
> ^^^^^
> this is strange, and probably not related to swap.
Whatever it is it's related to the amount of data I'm tossing around which
leaves swap and memory management suspect....I'll have to see if this
still happens after doing the "swapoff" mentioned here.
> : There's no way the system can know that I don't intend to work on
> : anything it has saved in swap, there's no way
> : the system can know that I'm going to use a whole new set of
> : applications so it makes good sense in such cases
> : to clear out swap manually.
> swapoff -a; swapon -a
> but it should not matter... in fact, if you have some unused programs in
> swap, more memory can be used for disk cache,
Sometimes I want unused programs out of memory altogether because I don't
plan on using them again and want to give priority to a whole new set of
applications and data. Flushing ram and swap is a way to make sure these
new applications I'm using will have priority over other stuff that's
cluttering swap and ram. I found out how to do swapoff, now I'm looking to
flush ram.
> : The same can be said with memory in ram. Anyone know how I could
> : flush ram so that there's nothing in the buffers?
> sync if you mean write cache
> there is no need if you mean read cache.
There DOES seem to be a need to do that because my hard drive works harder
when otherwise. For example, when I reboot, hard drive activity is at a
minimum; the only thing a reboot does is flush RAM. I tried sync but it
still doesn't give me the efficient memory management I get with a clean
reboot.
-Tony
========================================================
Abbreviate - af 2 millenia, a btr wy t rd n wri.
http://www.eskimo.com/~oak/abr/
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From: Frank Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: The infamous "no module symbols loaded" error
Date: 18 Feb 1999 03:18:17 GMT
Okay I have an interesting twist to the "no module symbols loaded"
error. I just upgraded my PII 266 to a Celeron and a Abit BH6
motherboard. I did a fresh install of RedHat 5.2 and I get the "no
module symbols loaded" error when I boot up.
Here is the messages on a fresh RedHat 5.2 install
Feb 16 22:40:52 localhost syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
Feb 16 22:40:52 localhost kernel: klogd 1.3-3, log source = /proc/kmsg
started.
Feb 16 22:40:52 localhost kernel: Loaded 4253 symbols from
/boot/System.map.
Feb 16 22:40:52 localhost kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.0.36.
Feb 16 22:40:52 localhost kernel: No module symbols loaded.
Here is the messages after 2.2.0 upgrade
Feb 17 21:42:25 localhost kernel: klogd 1.3-28, log source = /proc/kmsg
started.
Feb 17 21:42:25 localhost kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.2.0
Feb 17 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Loaded 5423 symbols from
/boot/System.map-2.2.0.
Feb 17 21:42:26 localhost kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.2.0.
Feb 17 21:42:26 localhost kernel: No module symbols loaded.
I have run 2.2.0 before and I didn't have this problem. Also when I ran
RH 5.2 on my PII 266 it and an Abit LX6 motherboard it never had this
boot error on fresh RH install.
Can anyone help me?
--
From: Frank Hale
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 7205161
Website: http://www.franksstuff.com/
"Knowledge only takes you so far, Determination takes you the rest of
the way"
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From: "Dirty Fly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems when removing SCSI-HDD
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 1999 23:08:20 -0000
1- I supose you have a boot disk!!!!
2-Edit the /etc/lilo.conf, change all sdb entrys by sda one, and remove the
old sda ones !
3-Edit the /etc/fstab and in the root line '/' make sure the path is
correct,
4-Run /SBIN/LILO !!!!
Thats it i hope
Stefan Wuerthle wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>when I remove my first SCSI-HDD (Win98; /dev/sda) I can't boot any
>more from my second SCSI-HDD (Linux; /dev/sdb) because /dev/sdb
>becomes now /dev/sda.
>
>How can I solve this problem without installing Linux once again?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Stefan.
>
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank McKenney)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Why is X video setup for i386 so complicated?
Date: 18 Feb 1999 23:26:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <7ag8b9$dl2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>In comp.os.linux.misc Frank McKenney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> But... the XF86Config "Modeline" information will, eventually, be
>> converted back into values which will be stuffed into the adapter's
>> control and data registers. Admittedly, the number, location, and
>
>Yes, however those values are dependent on the monitor. Unplug one monitor
>and plug in another on the same video card, and the modeline numbers needed
>will change. To a degree you can compensate for incorrect modeline numbers
>with the monitor's controls, but there's limits to that.
>
>> The only (;-) problem would seem to be constructing Modelines _from_ the
>> register contents (and hoping that EGA-style write-only control
>> registers are now completely out of fashion). Trivial (;-) E.F.E.
>> (Exercise For Engineers), right? (;-)
>
>Not really. Where did those numbers in the registers come from? The
>software can't put them there, it doesn't know what they are yet. The
>video card can't, ditto. The BIOS can't, _it_ doesn't know what monitor
>you have plugged in. The monitor knows what it theoretically needs, but
>most monitors have no way of telling the video card and the ones that do
>the makers won't release the specs so we've got no way of using that
>information.
Your scenario seems reasonable on the surface, but it also seems to
imply that there is no way _any_ monitor will work with _any_ adapter
under DOS without having the _same_ information that XFree86 requires.
How many people remember having to specify their monitor HSync/VSync
rates under DOS?
> ... And if you use something other than the standard resolutions
>( 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1280x1024 ) and refresh rates you are SOL
>even with PnP because they didn't encode that information in the monitor.
So... set the user up in some sort of automated fashion for those
resolutions where it _is_ possible. Those who want to use a 731x319
monitor would still have to take the longer, more complex route.
Frank McKenney, McKenney Associates / OS2BBS OS/2 Advisor
Richmond, Virginia (804) 320-4887
Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] / TalkLink: WZ01123
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From: "Jonah99" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: ...a Linux RedHat Technician/Superuser ?
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 18:34:39 +0200
Thanks FRANK
Yeah... that phrase hits Microsoft right on the nose.
By the way, I'm studying http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP right NOW....
[not forgetting to bookmark]
**********************************************
May the Sleepwalkers walk in peace...
by me....
--oo--
=====================================
>Intel engineering seem to have misheard Intel marketing strategy. The
phrase
>was "Divide and conquer" not "Divide and cock up"
>(By [EMAIL PROTECTED], Alan Cox)
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From: Tom Fawcett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can someone tell me how to get LILO to update my boot floppy's kernel map?
Date: 18 Feb 1999 15:08:23 -0500
[newsgroups trimmed]
"Jeff Kowalczyk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> (Sorry for the reposts, this is the third day and I can't find the relevant
> help in the HOWTO's)
FYI, this is in the Bootdisk-HOWTO, Section 6.1.
> I have a new kernel, but I have to use a boot disk at the moment, due to a
> bios limitation on this 486. This is RH5.2, and I'm trying to get the boot
> disk to load the 2.2.1 kernel I just built.
>
> I have the 2.2.1 image copied over there, and I updated the lilo.conf on the
> floppy's /etc dir, how do I run lilo to update the kernel map on the floppy,
> not the hard drive??
You use lilo's -r flag which does a chroot before running. Something like:
lilo -v -C /etc/lilo.conf -r /mnt/floppy
-Tom
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