Linux-Misc Digest #123, Volume #19 Sun, 21 Feb 99 07:13:29 EST
Contents:
Re: MCSE preparation exams (Tim Lines)
Re: KDE? Gnome? ... confused ("Matt O'Toole")
glibc vs. libc ("John Magnus Steffensen")
Re: KDE? Gnome? ... confused (Paul Taylor)
Re: telnet in from Win box (Enkidu)
PPP Help (eckles)
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (Alexander Viro)
Re: pop3d acting up? (Jasper Janssen)
Re: just making sure (diff between cua2 ttyS2) (Clive DaSilva)
bash 2.03 Red Hat RPM released (James Bourne)
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (Jason Clifford)
Re: Is It Just Me (Jason Clifford)
2.2.1 won't read my hard disk - HELP PLEASE! (Rob Fisher)
updated Red Hat initscripts 3.78 RPM (James Bourne)
COMMERCIAL: bjc-tool - Canon Bubble Jet printer tool (James Bourne)
Re: Can I load mousedriver as module? (QM)
_Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc... ("Man")
Re: New Disk Troubles - cfdisk, mount, etc (Tim Moore)
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From: Tim Lines <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: MCSE preparation exams
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 03:26:56 +0000
Not completely. I know a couple of professional Unix Sysadmins who value MCSE
certification quite highly. Care to guess about the quality of work they turn
out?
Don't bother, I wont keep you in suspense. After working with one for a year,
I've never seen him fix anything. He breaks something at least twice a week.
He's very personable and spouts buzzwords in meetings. I've never seen the other
one actually touch a unix box although I hear that she has. Since I've never
seen her break anything, she rates quite a bit higher than the first.
Both of them will ocassionally read newsgroups. Only at work of course.
If this guy would accept a company P.O., they would order this stuff REAL FAST.
Jayasuthan [VorHacker] wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Is this guy lost or what !
>
> : I have MCSE exam simulation prep materials for sale, $20 US each. Email for
> : more information and list if interested.
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From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: KDE? Gnome? ... confused
Date: 19 Feb 1999 20:26:03 PST
Bill Polhemus wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> The GUI for LINUX is will be the 'killer app'
>> and whoever gets there first will be the kings of the LINUX world.
>
>Today, I learned that IBM has announced it will preload Linux on its
servers and
>desktops.
>
>Okay, so IBM is on board. That leads me to my next thought:
>
>Why not persuade the folks at IBMS PSP (Personal Software Products, or
whatever
>name they go by these days; they're in Austin, Texas) to port OS/2's
Presentation
>Manager to Linux!?!?
>
>PM was THE reason I was so in love with OS/2. It adhered pretty strictly
to the
>established CUA standards, was fully object oriented, fast and smart as a
whip.
>Even in the OS/2 2.1 version, Windows 98 could only DREAM of being so
tight!
>
>Has anyone ever discussed this?
I'm sure.
I like KDE a lot so far. I think it's more elegant than Windows or PM,
strictly in terms of user interface issues (I don't know anyhing about the
underlying code, and I don't really care). PM was fine, and had some really
nice features, but other aspects were really clunky. Windows is probably
better than PM for most users. I still think the Mac has the best GUI of
all, but it's running on a less sophisticated OS than Linux, or even
Windows, so of course it can be more elegant.
In this day and age, information architecture specialists and focus groups
are what it takes. After that, the programmers can get the job done. But,
good user interface design must come first.
Matt O.
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From: "John Magnus Steffensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: glibc vs. libc
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:16:36 +0100
Beeing a newbie and about to update kernel and X and other stuff I don't
know what glibc and libc is. I've discovered it's kind of smart knowing wich
is used by the system (RedHat 5.1 by the way). But HOW do I find out ???
Is there any advantages / disadvantages of the two ??
Please respond to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-jm
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From: Paul Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: KDE? Gnome? ... confused
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 16:53:53 +1100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Wed, 17 Feb 1999 10:07:00 -0800, "P.G."
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> KDE and GNOME are going to prove to be integral to the success of
> LINUX in the mainstream. The GUI for LINUX is will be the 'killer app'
> and whoever gets there first will be the kings of the LINUX world.
You're assuming a monopolistic winner-takes-all scenario. The beauty
of Linux is that there is no need (or reason) for there to be a single
desktop solution. I'm currently using fvwm95, AfterStep and enlightenment
window managers, with and without Gnome; I haven't decided which
combination
I like best, but that doesn't make any difference to the applications I am
running. With themes, even the same window manager can look and feel very
different depending on the user's taste (or lack thereof... ;)
Open, open, open.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Paul Taylor Veni, vidi, tici -
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I came, I saw, I ticked.
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From: Enkidu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: telnet in from Win box
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 21:06:16 +1300
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You have very carefully excluded from your message almost everything
that would enable someone to help you! "some gibberish about the
screen not being wide enough"! "a bunch of hooey about termcap stuff"!
If you had included the text of the messages, you maybe would have had
a chance of being helped.
Maybe your "TERM" entry in the env is set to something bizarre.
Cliff
Henry Meyerding wrote:
>
> When I telnet into my Linux server from a Win 9x box, if I start elm I
> get some gibberish about the screen not being wide enough (and elm stops
> before it runs). What can I do about this?
>
> Interestingly, if I telnet to a different server and then telnet from
> there I don't get the message.
>
> Anyone help me?
>
> Also, I can't vi because it tells me a bunch of hooey about termcap
> stuff and then exits.
>
> Can anyone help me fix this?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Henry Meyerding
>
> PS
>
> Please reply via email
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 21:55:39 -0800
From: eckles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PPP Help
Readers of comp.os.linux.misc:
I am using MkLinux DR3 on a Power Macintosh 8500 with a G3 upgrade card.
I have been using Kppp to connect to my ISP. I have had some trouble
getting it to this point, but even now I am having some problems. It
goes through all the connection steps and connects to the server.
However, I can not connected to any address (via browser, mail, or
ping). Can anyone help me?
Thankfully,
eckles
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alexander Viro)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Date: 20 Feb 1999 00:59:02 -0500
In article <B0sz2.5550$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Fri, 19 Feb 1999 17:59:51 GMT, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Stephen J. Tremblett writes:
>>> I always assumed that was because the rpm/deb/etc packages are actually
>>> were contributed by the maintainer to the FTP site. There are hundreds
>>> of ftp sites that have Linux packages, and no real control over them, so
>>> maintainers often have more current versions on their personal web pages.
>>
>>This is not true of Debian.
>>
>>> The FreeBSD ports is managed a little differently in that there is ONE
>>> central 'contrib' place to get the official ports, thus the maintainers
>>> know that is the place to put the package.
>>
>>And there is ONE official central place to get official Debian packages.
>>All 2200+ of them.
>
>Red Hat gets "bashed" rather heavily for somewhat private behaviour with
>respect to the treatment of RPM packages; mostly unfairly.
Wait... Who said a word about that here? And *please* don't bring
that flamewar - let's talk about something safer. You know, like the
abortions or guns cont@.@#>!.y.}}}.y.ykk}y
NO CARRIER
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jasper Janssen)
Subject: Re: pop3d acting up?
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:02:35 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn) wrote earlier:
>I think if you would do a search of http://www.dejanews.com, you
>would have found your problem.
D'oh! Now why didn't I _think_ of that?
</var/tmp/.pop>
Thanks! I was almost certain it was a spurious lockfile, but I just
couldn't find where it was...
>The long term solution for most people is to replace the pop demon
>with another. The people who write Eudora wrote one called qpopper.
>I know there are others.
I'll look into that, luckily, the urgency is off now. :)
Jasper
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Clive DaSilva)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: just making sure (diff between cua2 ttyS2)
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 01:27:21 GMT
hi
;))) go to options and options.demand in /etc and change /dev/cua2 to
/dev/ttys2
:)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi, i run linux slackware and recently upgraded (well backed up formated
>reinstalled restored ;> ) to slackware 3.6.0 and it all went smoothly. but
>when i setup ppp and then tried the ppp-go script it gave me this:
>
>tty_io.c: process 109 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>tty_io.c: process 109 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>tty_io.c: process 112 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>tty_io.c: process 115 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>tty_io.c: process 118 (pppd) used obsolete /dev/cua2 - update software to use
>/dev/ttyS2
>
>now i just went to the /dev/ dir and mv'd /dev/modem -> /dev/modem.bak and
>made a sym lnk modem file linked to /dev/ttyS2 and everything *seems* to be
>working ok... my question is: IS this fix too half ass? I have had fixes in
>the past that really <so i have been told> shouldn't have worked.
>
>Last question: wht is the diff between cua and tty ? they seem to be the same
>but the computer seems to think otherwise.
>
>
>thank you,
>
>
> -Gaiko
>
>
>Gaikokujin Kyofusho
>Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
>http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
Clive DaSilva CMA
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Homepage: http://www.Geocities.com/Broadway/2207
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Bourne)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.announce
Subject: bash 2.03 Red Hat RPM released
Date: 20 Feb 1999 06:14:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have posted the i386.rpm, src.rpm, and patches on our WWW site at
http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/ for bash-rhcn-2.03 and
bash-doc-rhcn-2.03. These should work on Red Hat 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 but were
compiled under Red Hat 5.2 and kernel version 2.2.1
Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is information on the package:
cafe:bash# rpm -qi bash-rhcn
Name : bash-rhcn Distribution: Red Hat Contrib|Net
Version : 2.03 Vendor: Affinity Systems Inc.
Release : 1 Build Date: Fri Feb 19 22:05:40 1999
Install date: Fri Feb 19 22:30:11 1999 Build Host: cafe.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Group : Shells Source RPM: bash-rhcn-2.03-1.src.rpm
Size : 2805981 License: GPL
Packager : Red Hat Contrib|Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html
Summary : GNU Bourne Again Shell (bash)
Description :
Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that
executes commands read from the standard input or from a
file. Bash also incorporates useful features from the
Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).
Bash is ultimately intended to be a conformant implementation
of the IEEE Posix Shell and Tools specification (IEEE
Working Group 1003.2).
and the changelog:
cafe:bash# rpm -q --changelog bash-rhcn
* Fri Feb 19 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- updated to bash 2.03
- merged existing patches
- Added bash-doc
* Tue Jan 12 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- built RPM and SRPM for rhcn
- changed permissions on /bin/bash to 511 from 755
- changed some configuration options such as removed un-necessary options,
and added --enable-disabled-builtins=no.
- added symlink to /bin/rbash for those who need a restricted shell. It
works very well if setup in a proper environment.
* Sun Nov 15 1998 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- built static to resolve problem with dynamic libncurses and partitioned
/usr
* Mon Aug 17 1998 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- updated to bash 2.02.1
- migrated patches from 1.14.7 version included with redhat for security and
paths.
* Mon Apr 27 1998 Prospector System <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- translations modified for de, fr, tr
Regards,
Jim
--
James Bourne | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Affinity Systems Inc. | WWW: http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Everything Unix | Linux: The choice of a GNU generation
======================================================================
Unix System Administration, System programming, Network Administration
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From: Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:00:33 +0000
On 20 Feb 1999, John S. Dyson wrote:
> So, you have provided CDROMs that cost << $2 apiece to produce
> in volume? I also don't have high-bandwidth Internet access at home
> (where I do most of my work from.) In fact, I had uucp while doing
> alot of my FreeBSD work. That was quite expensive to me. In the last
> few years, I have had cheaper internet access, but so what? I don't
> have to be online to work, and I dealt with the cost of downloads...
Once again you have employed a selective reading technique to read only
want you wanted to.
Do you know what the costs of producing a Linux CD distribution in the UK
are? Do you know how much a leased line Internet connection costs in the
UK or the value of my time in doing this, or the cost of CD production is
when you don't have the benefits of US economies of scale?
No, obviously you don't or you would not be spouting such ignorant shit.
> > You are the one who started throwing the term parasite at people like me.
> >
> Nope, in the past, the GPLers had started it,
Ah this explains a lot now. How old are you? 12 years?
This is the only discussion I have ever entered into with you. You called
me a parasite. Re-read the messages and see.
> in the sense of people
> who develop code and might license their derived works differently than
> GPL. I sure wish you have seen $$$ qotes from some of the other support
> companies, it might make you ill (or elated) depending... Maybe they
> (the customers) are smarter in UK, than in the Bay area, and that would
> be a tribute to the UK'ers.
There is NOTHING stopping someone from choosing whatever license they like
to their own original work so long as it does not contain someone else's
work, to which the original author hold exclusive rights regarding the
choice of license.
The cost of support is dependant upon the cost to the provider of
providing that support and the charges that the market will bear - this is
simple business - at least in a market economy.
> > If you don't know what support mean I suggest you go and speak to someone
> > new to a system such as Linux or FreeBSD or to any company that needs
> > backup in implementing such a system.
> >
> So, you (by "supporting" software) are leveraging the efforts of those
> who have given their work away for free.
No, I am leveraging my own experience which I have spent over 10 years
building up.
> The kind of "free" determines
> how the developer (him|her)self can profit. The GPL excludes amortizing
> cost of development from the money pipeline (unless there is some
> gross overcharging going on somewhere, like for support fees.) GPLed
> code is structured for people like you to make money. There has been
> lots of good money made on free and GPLed works.
Not just the GPL but EVERY `free' license is structured such that the
original developer does not make financial profit directly from their code
but rather from opportunities that may arise after the release of that
code.
There is nothing to exclude people taking out support contracts with those
most directly able to support a given product (ie the authors).
> You aren't Red Hat, then, are you? So, you are in a money loosing
> venture, please look at WC CDROM also, they seem to be making lots
> of money selling all kinds of copies of software... Geesh, the GPL
> works are set-up for your exploitation, and you cannot make money?
Again your ignorance betrays you. I am not in the US. I do not benefit
from the economies of scale and the higher take up of personal computing
that a US based company might.
I started offering Linux for sale not as a business venture but rather as
a public service for UK Linux users for whom there was NO easy way to
purchase Linux in the UK at the time.
Since then demand has grown and the business side has become more
important. However the business structures I had in place were not
designed to `exploit' the UK market for the purposes of making profit.
Even the decision to provide technical support and training on a proit
basis was taken relatively recently in response to the need I have to pay
the bill and feed my family.
> They provide support (both RH and WC.) Last I heard, WC's support
> was still fairly simple, but enough to get things rolling (I could
> be wrong on that though, my info is out-of-date.) Cygnus has been
> making money almost purely on "support" (actually access), haven't
> they?
So what? This is a good thing.
> > I make no profit whatsover from other people's work. In fact I subsidise
> > the distribution of free and Open Source software within the UK through
> > the provision of consultancy and support.
> >
> You are making a sort-of investment in your reputation and marketing
> skills
No, I have been offering a service to the UK Linux community that has
grown out of necessity to meet vastly increased demand.
> -- however, you are also (by using GPLed works) using software
> that doesn't directly support the notion that software development
> is a capital investment. You are supporting GPLed software
> that condemns future works also to be divulged. This discourages
> the notion of programming, design, innovation for investment
> on the part of the people who originated derived works.
What absolute bull shit. You are clearly ignorant of a great many things
including the realities of Open Software processes.
> The issue here is that the you apparently make money in
> support and reputation, right? So you have skills in those areas,
> right? Programmers have skills in the programming area, and
> should also be able to accumulate capital in the sense of ideas,
> concepts, programming AND programs. GPL kind of forces giving a big
> part of that away for derived works.
Programmers have the absolute right to release their works under whatever
license they choose. If they choose to do so under the GPL or a similar
license that is their decision and you should keep your nose out of it.
> I don't want to deny their right, however informing people as to the
> limitations of license(s) is a service.
Only if done accurately and you are not giving accurate facts.
> > Tell me exactly how a developer who releases under BSD style licenses
> > profits from other people's use of their work.
> >
> I will, but the following statement is obviously true,... or is it?
But you did not, did you?
You are obviously a troll so I will not engage in further discussion on
this matter with you.
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/
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From: Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is It Just Me
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 1999 11:03:09 +0000
On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, John McBride wrote:
> ....or wouldn't it be fantastic if all linux configuration files were in
> XML? then a single set of parsers could generate and read all the
> configuration files...if i had a brain and desire, this would be the
> dream project to really pull linux ahead of everyone else.
Currently all configuration files are in plain text so you can use
whatever editor you prefer to change them.
Having all the files in a difference format would exclude that ease of
editing.
You can use existing tools to parse all config files already.
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/
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From: Rob Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.2.1 won't read my hard disk - HELP PLEASE!
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 1999 12:50:16 +0000
Hi all,
I've upgraded my kernel to 2.2.1, and everyting seemed to have gone
fine. But, when I rebooted, /dev/hdb5 and /dev/hdb6 (/usr/local and /var
respectively) streamed out _loads_ of errors. I fscked them, and they
seemed okay, so I rebooted, and got loads of errors again. I did a mkfs
and then fscked each fs, and the same thing happened. / (/dev/hda3) is
just fine, and is only an ext2 partition like the others.
Help please!
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Bourne)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.announce
Subject: updated Red Hat initscripts 3.78 RPM
Date: 20 Feb 1999 06:18:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have posted the i386.rpm, src.rpm, and patches on our WWW site at
http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/ for Red Hat initscripts. These
should work on Red Hat 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 but were compiled under Red Hat 5.2
for use with the 2.2 series kernels
Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is information on the package:
cafe:bash# rpm -qi initscripts-rhcn
Name : initscripts-rhcn Distribution: Red Hat Contrib|Net
Version : 3.78 Vendor: Affinity Systems Inc.
Release : 2.4 Build Date: Fri Feb 19 14:30:16 1999
Install date: Fri Feb 19 14:39:00 1999 Build Host: cafe.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Group : Base Source RPM: initscripts-rhcn-3.78-2.4.src.rpm
Size : 97589 License: GPL
Packager : Red Hat Contrib|Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Summary : inittab and /etc/rc.d scripts
Description :
This package contains the scripts use to boot a system, change run
levels, and shut the system down cleanly. It also contains the scripts
that activate and deactivate most network interfaces.
and the changelog:
cafe:bash# rpm -q --changelog initscripts-rhcn
* Fri Feb 19 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- only two small problems with the Red Hat updated release. They
*STILL* try to run quotaon / with a RO filesystem then do a quotaon -a
later in the script, and if you are using 2.2 and ipalias, linuxconf
errors when it can't find /proc/net/ip_alias. These are fixed in this
release.
- changed make install to not set uid, gid on files and used attr flags
in the spec file (make.patch).
* Wed Feb 10 1999 Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- roll in kernel 2.2 changes into 5.2 initscripts (mmm... dead fork.)
* Thu Oct 15 1998 Erik Troan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- fixed raid start stuff
- added raidstop to halt
* Mon Oct 12 1998 Cristian Gafton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- handle LC_ALL
* Mon Oct 12 1998 Preston Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- adjusted setsysfont to always run setfont, even if only w/default font
Regards,
Jim
--
James Bourne | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Affinity Systems Inc. | WWW: http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Everything Unix | Linux: The choice of a GNU generation
======================================================================
Unix System Administration, System programming, Network Administration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Bourne)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.announce
Subject: COMMERCIAL: bjc-tool - Canon Bubble Jet printer tool
Date: 20 Feb 1999 06:21:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have posted the i386.rpm, src.rpm, and patches on our WWW site at
http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/ for bjc-tool-2.0. These should
work on Red Hat 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 but were compiled under Red Hat 5.2 kernel
2.2.1.
bjc-tool is a program to manipulate the device features in most Canon bubble
jet printers, mainly needed for setup and maintenance of the printer.
It can be used for:
o setting the auto on feature and auto power off,
o changing the printer to LQ or BJ mode
o printing the status information page
o performing the nozzle test, head clean, and test print page
o position the print head for removal
o setting the codepage and font
Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is information on the package:
cafe:bash# rpm -qi bjc-tool
Name : bjc-tool Distribution: Affinity Red Hat
Version : 1.0 Vendor: Affinity Systems Inc.
Release : 2 Build Date: Fri Feb 19 15:56:29 1999
Install date: Fri Feb 19 15:57:07 1999 Build Host: cafe.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Group : Utilities/Printing Source RPM: bjc-tool-1.0-2.src.rpm
Size : 18843 License: Shareware
Packager : Affinity Systems Inc.
URL : http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/
Summary : Bubble Jet printer tool
Regards,
Jim
--
James Bourne | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Affinity Systems Inc. | WWW: http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Everything Unix | Linux: The choice of a GNU generation
======================================================================
Unix System Administration, System programming, Network Administration
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From: QM<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I load mousedriver as module?
Date: 18 Feb 1999 13:22:50 GMT
Patrick Lanphier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's probably not a problem with the kernel but in your X windows setup. Run
>xf86config again and
> make sure you have got things configured correctly.
No it's nothing to do in the X setup. Mouse doesn't function on tty's as well
even though gpm is loaded. However if I use my older kernel it works fine. I'm
pretty sure it's the kernel which is faulty....or rather the mouse module
hasn't been loaded. Can anyone tell me how I can do it? Thanks.
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From: "Man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: _Good_ (support 5+ systems) Monitor/Mouse/Keyboard switch for pc...
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 1999 07:04:26 GMT
I currently have a two-computer vga/serial/kb switch that is made by PC
Concepts that I purchased from Fry's Electronics for ~$35. Now, I am
looking to add another computer and would still like to have control over
all three boxen from my single monitor, mouse, and keyboard. Could anyone
suggest a better one than the one I have now, possibly one that just just
push a soft button instead of turning a large (0.5") switch for each
computer...
Thankx in advance to anyone who can help =)
p.s. - I didn't know which NG was the exact one approprate to post to, so I
posted to all the ones I thought could help, considering I use a Linux box
and an NT box (workstation)...
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Date: Fri, 19 Feb 1999 23:07:25 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Disk Troubles - cfdisk, mount, etc
Stick with fdisk. Here's what a healthy disk looks like.
[tim@asus tmp]# fdisk -l /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1021 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 62 497983+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda2 63 1021 7703167+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 63 68 48163+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda6 69 170 819283+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda7 171 178 64228+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda8 179 433 2048256 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda9 434 688 2048256 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
/dev/hda10 689 693 40131 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda11 694 834 1132551 83 Linux native
/dev/hda12 835 873 313236 83 Linux native
/dev/hda13 874 924 409626 83 Linux native
/dev/hda14 925 1021 779121 83 Linux native
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