Linux-Misc Digest #184, Volume #19 Fri, 26 Feb 99 01:13:21 EST
Contents:
NFS mystery (prasad)
Re: More bad news for NT (Christopher B. Browne)
Netscape crasshing ("teknokr@t")
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (Michael Powe)
Problem running PPPD (Michael Thatcher)
Stop this bogosity, damnit! Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (Alexander Viro)
RH52 install hangs on SCSI detect ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How can I download files by ftp in Linux? (Thomas Boggs)
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (Matthias Buelow)
Re: Should IBM port Visual Age for Java to Linux? (Dennis Smith)
Re: Cannot get to LILO boot: anymore (Tony Waters)
Re: IrDA and Kernel 2.2... (Christian Kindel)
Linux on Gateway 3100 "Fireant" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
software bloat (was Re: what's the difference between desktop/window-manager)
(Thomas Swiss)
Re: Hint on running X on S3 card? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Modems :( Suggestions? (Patrick Lanphier)
Re: I'm baffled with these ... (Frank Sweetser)
Re: /dev/audio: Cannot allocate memory (Radovan Garabik)
Re: Printer Advice (Grant Taylor)
Re: su & bash shell : can't login : permission denid (Christopher Schulte)
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From: prasad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: NFS mystery
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 11:40:53 -0500
Hi,
I'm trying to NFS mount a plain Linux 2.0.35 machine's exported
directory on a host sporting an AFS/DFS kernel extension, and the
mount fails with the message:
Feb 24 11:25:00 wizard nfsd[115]: NFS request from
druid.watson.ibm.com originated on insecure port,
psychoanalysis suggested
in /usr/adm/syslog. The same directory mounts without a fuss on
other hosts.
Any suggestions as to what this means?
Thanks,
- prasad.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher B. Browne)
Subject: Re: More bad news for NT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 05:03:00 GMT
On 26 Feb 1999 03:07:37 GMT, Eric Lee Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>On Thu, 25 Feb 1999 09:28:16 -0500, Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>> Well said. I like Linux, i use it every day to study and to
>>> develop my programming skills, but I'm working every day with
>>> Inprise Delphi (which is good money). Delphi is just beautifull
>>
>>May I add my voice to that? I've used visual development tools,
>>including Visual Basic, Visual J++, and VisualAge for Java (my
>>favourite by far) and I've not seen anything on Linux that matches
>>their quality (though, if NetBeans runs on Linux, this could
>
>I have used a number of 4GL languages in my career, and have come to
>regard them as an evolutionary dead end. Why create an application that
>requires a particular platform to run, when you can create an
>application that can be run world-wide via any commonly-installed
>browser?
>
>Apache, PHP3, and your choice of SQL servers are all that is needed to
>create enterprise software that can be run from Mac, PC, Linux, or any
>other platform for which a browser has been devised. The notion that
>anybody should be writing "fat client" software in this day and age is
>faintly ridiculous, much like the notion of women wearing bloomers to play
>lawn tennis.
>
>Apache/PHP3/PostGreSQL, BTW, have proven faster to write stuff in than any
>4GL I've used. But then again, maybe I'm just a better programmer than
>some of these Visual BASIC lamers out there (grin).
I have mixed feelings in all directions on this.
X gets flamed a whole lot, with some validity:
"People consistently decry X for doing precisely what it was designed to
do: provide a mechanism to allow *OTHERS* to build GUI systems."
-- John Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
X is a wonderful "clean slate" (ignoring certain bits of ugliness :-))
on which one can build all sorts of GUIs.
This is wonderful for a competent GUI designer.
Unfortunately, most people aren't competent GUI designers, and we
haven't really seen any GUI on X that was good to become dominant.
People can't cope with that clean slate; they generally need to have a
bunch of constraints directed towards the things that they need to do.
Visual BASIC and MS Access represent reasonable examples of
"frameworks" that may be quite constraining, but that by the very
virtue of those constraints affirm by those places where they provide
"useful idioms" that: "That's how you should build the application."
By having fairly tightly integrated tools, there are at least some
aspects of those applications that stay fairly manageable, so long as
you don't go beyond the application frameworks' limits. (At which
point C++ and MFC seem to be the "regime du jour" for Win32
development, which heads into the chaos of a *huge* unconstrained
library jumble...)
And this is nicely true of VB, MS Access, and many of those 4GLs.
They are constraining, but seem to be usefully so...
In contrast, X, without there the "comfort" of the toolkit that you
consider "doctrinally sound" (whether that be Qt, GTk, or whatever...)
is pretty scary. You don't want to need to design all the GUI
elements.
And the Web Browser/Apache/RDBMS scheme falls into both ends of this,
as far as I can see.
- By constraining, on the HTML side, everything to go through a
limited set of "FORM" operators, and connection-free protocols, this
defines a whole lot about the "visual interface" side of things.
- On the other hand, there is a seeming anarchy in the "middleware and
beyond" side every bit as unconstraining as what you get with X.
- Since these pieces are decidedly *not* tightly integrated, code
management looks to be problematic. There's not *a* code base; there
may be 4 code bases. (HTML, PHP, SQL, Perl|Python|...)
Suffice it to say that constraints are not always a bad thing...
--
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
-- Henry Spencer <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "What have you contributed to free software today?..."
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From: "teknokr@t" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Netscape crasshing
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 18:00:41 +1300
Netscape crashes everytime I enter www.linuxapps.com. Its fine if i
switch java and
javascript off. Does anyone know what the problem is?
I have netscape 4.05
thanks
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From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: 25 Feb 1999 19:21:25 -0800
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>>>>> "Ryan" == Ryan Cumming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ryan> Matthias Warkus wrote:
>> > 1. Better GUI
>> Hmph. Depends on how you define a GUI and what kind of GUI you
>> are using on Linux.
Ryan> I dont't think any UI in Linux even touches Windows ease of
Ryan> use. Some of the new fangled desktop enviroments (Gnome,
Ryan> KDE, etc.) come close, but MS has done a good job of
Ryan> allowing the newbie be able to use the OS right away,
Pshaw! My experience of "newbies" in Windows is that they struggle
terribly figuring out what to do with it. Mostly, they don't. I
think part of the reason people are so fascinated with "themes" is
that it's one of the few things they can figure out how to do with all
that expensive hardware.
As long as we're doing lists, here's mine:
Biggest wastes of time on a PC
1.TV Tuner Cards
2."Themes" in window managers
3.DVD players
4."3D" games
mp
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"Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write."
-- Anthony Trollope
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From: Michael Thatcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem running PPPD
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:48:49 -0800
running redhat 5.1, the pppd was working correctly in that I could
connect to my isp. Now I am getting the error "tcgetattr: input/output
error (5)". Anyhelp would be appreciated
MikeT
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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: Stop this bogosity, damnit! Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Date: 26 Feb 1999 00:08:11 -0500
Folks, this thread went far beyond any reasonable limits. 90% of postings
reshuffle GPL vs. BSDL flamewar. Damnit, we went through that shit year ago.
Not to mention the fact that it is 100% offtopic for *all* groups infested
by this idiocy:
c.o.l.m and c.u.b.f.m - neither Linux nor FreeBSD are anywhere near
being GPL-only or BSDL-only; after all we share a f*cking lot of packages
and license doesn't change from inclusion into distribution.
c.u.{q,a,m} - when the bloody hell did the choice of license become
UNIX-specific or -related?
FSF may suck boulders through the straw. So? FSF ain't Linux. They
happen to produce useful programs (along with the heck of bloated monsters)
and those programs are not Linux-specific. Heck, they are not UNIX-specific -
stated target being GNU Hurd. Remember what GNU stands for? Exactly. Does
using GNU tools make system non-UNIX? Nope. You don't like Stallman? Fine with
me, I don't like him too. Take it to gnu.misc.discuss - c.o.l.m is *wrong*
place for that and the rest of groups in crossposting even more so. Or
newgroup alt.license.dsw.wank.wank.wank and include it into active by default.
Sheesh...
--
"You're one of those condescending Unix computer users!"
"Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer" - Dilbert.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Subject: RH52 install hangs on SCSI detect
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:49:46 GMT
I am a total newbie trying to install Red Hat 5.2 from SCSI CD-ROM on
an Intel machine (ASUS board, AMDK2/400 CPU) with an Adaptec AVA-1502
SCSI card. I have read everything I can find about that card and
about the AHA-152x drivers. Autoprobe does not work (as predicted),
but specifying options always leads to a lock-up while scanning the
SCSI bus. I have set IRQ 11 to Legacy-ISA in the bios, and tried both
with and without pnp enabled. I have run all of the hardware in NT4,
so I know it works. I assume there is more information needed to
allow a diagnosis, but I don't know exactly what that would be.
Please help
Jeremy
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From: Thomas Boggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can I download files by ftp in Linux?
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 07:58:17 -0500
Anthony wrote:
> February 25, 1999
>
> I am a new user in Linux and want to get help
> on how to download files by ftp or ncftp
> under Linux mode.
>
> After connected to my ISP and confirmed successful
> ppp0 connection by ifconfig and ping, then I can't
> connect to ftp sites to download the latest
> XFree86 3.3.3.1 files to set up the X-Window.
>
> Taking the following ftp site as example, please advise
> what should I type so that I can make the ftp connection
> successfully:
>
> ftp://ftp.nowhere.com.hk/pub/Linux/CLE/CLE/update
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Anthony Cheung
Can you be more specific about what you mean when you say you
"can't connect"? Are you trying to connect with a browser or on
the command line? What error messages, if any are you getting?
-thomas
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Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Buelow)
Date: 24 Feb 99 16:55:51 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Joseph Malicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>And that's why I GPL what I write. Because I don't WANT some little-guy
>startup making a fortune off my code without my permission, while I make
>nothing. BSD is good because it lets other people STEAL your code, while
>the GPL doesn't. While I won't argue that reference code for standards
>should be BSD licensed, the BSD license lets those "little-guy startups"
>steal all the work of a smaller guy without compensating him.
You poor naive boy. What would you do if Microsoft (for example)
took your code, removed your copyright and re-released it as their own?
Do you really think the GPL will you protect you more from that than
any other license (that kind of thing is usually prohibited in everything,
including the BSD-style copyright, excluding true public domain stuff).
Now.. if they ever considered your stuff to be worth inclusion in
Windoze2000, and if you ever learned of that, what would you do?
Sue them? :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dennis Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Should IBM port Visual Age for Java to Linux?
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 15:59:52 GMT
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 13:08:56 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jay
O'Connor) wrote:
>On 24 Feb 1999 03:11:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Reality is a
>point of view) wrote:
>
>> +---- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:36:50 GMT):
>> | ObjectShare did a presentation at the January North Texas Linux Users
>> | Group meeting, and left us with a few Zip disks with copies of the
>> | "freely deployable" portions.
>> +----
>>
>>As there seems to be some confusion let me quote from
>>ObjectShare's recent announcement (on commercial VW, not VWNC).
>>
>> From: Brenda Friederich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
>> Subject: Announcing VisualWorks 3.0 on Linux
>> Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1999 09:21:23 -0800
>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>[...]
>> OBJECTSHARE ANNOUNCES VISUALWORKS 3.0 FOR LINUX
>> First Complete Enterprise Development Environment For Red Hat Linux
>>[...]
>> powerful. VisualWorks has been available as a non-commercial product on
>> the Linux platform since September of 1998.
>>[...]
>> Pricing and Availability
>> VisualWorks 3.0 for Linux will be available in a commercial edition in
>> the first quarter of 1999, supporting Red Hat Linux 5.x on the Intel
>> processors. Special introductory pricing of $495 will be offered for a
>> limited time for development licenses on Linux. Deployment licenses for
>> the Linux version will also be available from ObjectShare.
>>[...]
>>
>>Note the use of "deployment licenses". It is my understanding
>>that this is an issue under debate within ObjectShare, and
>>dropping deployment licensing may occur. Hopefully a decision
>>will be reached before a certain convention in early March . . .
>
>
>
>
>>
>>As there have also been rumblings about IBM announcements
>>pertaining to GNU/Linux it seems possible that they too may
>>have announcements of interest, even for VA Smalltalk. While
>>quality development tools, even at MIS prices, are welcome it
>>is likely that deployment licenses would not be well received.
>
>It depends on what they mean by 'development' versus 'deployment'
>
>For example, look at Dolphin Smalltalk's structure. YOu can have a
>back version for free. A personal use up to date version for a
>nominal fee or you can pay more and get the packaging tools needed to
>deploy the application
>
>In other words, the development license may apply to internal work or
>maybe 'open source' work (althought I think the NC version would cover
>that) and the deployment license may apply if you want to shrink-wrap
>and sell the application.
>
>I don't think ObjectShare would try to apply runtime licenses,
>ParcPlace seemed to get burned on that already.
Personally I would prefer runtime licences. Please don't stop
reading now, here is why:
We are a small custom business application / consulting company.
Paying $3000 US for each developer is not easy since we may be
a year before client install. I would prefer to pay say $500 US up
front, and then when I install let MY client pay per deployed seat.
Although "I" can make him pay, I have to wait a year to recover
my up front costs. The other advantage is to the supplier. If set up
correctly, the average take from low up-front and lower per-seat is
probably a bit higher.
Actually I would like to see a couple of pricing structures. I think
the $500 + runtime would have to be a contract that required
runtime or one would get in-house work done at $500 per instead
of $3000 per. It should not be too hard to set up a couple of
structures -- gemstone has multiple pricing policies. This would keep
everyone happy. It might also be extended to one-man shops
creating tools addons. Pay $500 up front and a percentage of
each sale.
>
>As far as IBM and VA-Smalltalk though, if they do releease it I hope
>they use there VA-Java pricing structure
>
>>--
>>Gary Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Privacy on the net is still illegal.
>
>Take care,
>
>Jay O'Connor
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.roadrunner.com/~joconnor
>http://www.ezboard.com
>
>"God himself plays on the bass strings first, when he tunes the soul"
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From: Tony Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux,cino,is,ns-windows.nt
Subject: Re: Cannot get to LILO boot: anymore
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 19:09:32 -0500
you may want to boot from a disk to get back in.
if you have a boot floppy, pop it in, reboot,
then at the " # " prompt type "vmlinuz root=/dev/hd(X)(Y)"
"X" being the Linux drive letter, (a=primary master, b=primary slave
c=secondary master, d=secondary slave)
"Y" being the partition of the drive that you installed the root partition
to. (1,2,3,4,?)
good luck,
Tony
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Michelle Xu Zhao wrote:
> Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 14:43:21 -0800
> From: Michelle Xu Zhao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.software, comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc,
> comp.os.linux.networking, comp.os.linux.help, comp.os.linux,
> comp.os.linux.misc, cino, is, ns-windows.nt
> Subject: Cannot get to LILO boot: anymore
>
> Hi, I installed a scanner software/drivers and rebooted
> and found that the computer hang at printing the 'LILO boot:'
> prompt. It will print 'LI' then hang forever.
>
> I used to have winnt on partition 1 and linux on partition 4
> and run them selectively via the 'LILO boot:' manager.
>
> Now the boot manager seemed damaged by the scanner installation.
>
> And I cannot boot either of the two OS since I cannot get to
> the prompt.
>
> The question is: How do I go fixing the boot manager and get
> back the prompt? (get over the hang)
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Michelle
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Christian Kindel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: IrDA and Kernel 2.2...
Date: 26 Feb 1999 00:58:42 +0100
Hi!
> I have been using IrDA and IrLAN with SuSE-5.3/Linux 2.0.35. I know
> Linux 2.2.1 has support for IrDA already integrated. But there are no
> docs anywhere on how to initialize a host to be a LAN-server (i.e.,
> simply start sending IR) or a LAN client (i.e., listen for IR signal
> on the sensor). irmanager is obviously already integrated into the
> kernel, but how is it told what to do?
I don't know much about the Linux-implementation in special;
but the "Who send's first" in IrDA (in this case in the IrLAP low-level part)
is completely independend from the higher level parts.
Announcing oneself via IR isn't so much power-intersive, that's why
it might be enabled by default. However, IrLAP defines low-power
sniffing methods for cases where power is critical.
Anyway, I don't think it is in this case.
Well, to sum it all up, you should be able to use IrLAN perfectly
without caring about who is sending the packets first.
best regards,
Christian
F'up2 comp.os.linux.misc
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux on Gateway 3100 "Fireant"
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 05:10:33 GMT
Hi,
I'm trying to hook up with anyone that is running Linux on their Gateway 3100
"Fireant". My machine runs fine, except for one truly annoying problem. The
machine will not resume properly. The screen lights, the fan comes on and that
is it, it just sits there like that forever. Of course, it resumes fine for
Windows NT and even DOS. *Any* pointers would be helpful. I'm something of a
programmer and don't mind delving into the OS if need be. I wish Gateway
supported Linux now, or at least in the near future. A lot of companies are,
they should jump on the bandwagon.
Dan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Swiss)
Subject: software bloat (was Re: what's the difference between desktop/window-manager)
Date: 25 Feb 1999 12:57:28 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
steve mcadams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> (Did I hear a deep collective groan from the
>>old Linux High Priests?)
>
>Don't look at me man, I'm a newbie. Even so I'm saddened by the fact
>that Linux won't run in a system with only 4meg ram. Think back 15
>years Jerry, to the kind of applications we had running in 16 k of
>ram, or 32 k if you were lucky enough to be able to afford that much.
>Now think how much we could have done if instead of a Z80 with 32k, we
>had a PII-333 with 128meg of ram! Now look at what we are -actually-
>doing with it, and tell me what's wrong with this picture. No
>bullshit man, there is some serious wastage going on.
It's not so much a question of wastage as of resource allocation. Yeah,
you could write that tight hand-made code that saved every nanosecond and
every byte - but at a tremendous cost in programmer-hours. Programmer-hours
have remained valuable (aren't you glad?), while memory and cycles have
fallen in price.
Then, you have code complexity issues. Introducing layering and
encapsulation introduce a bit of overhead; when you get into polymorphism,
it gets MUCH worse. But we need these techniques in order to create
and understand large programs.
Which is not to excuse the exceeses of software bloat seen in some
systems; but it's a natural consequence that large, complex systems involve
waste and bloat.
===Tom Swiss/tms(at)infamous.net===http://www.infamous.net==="Born to die"===
"What's so funny about peace, love, and understanding?" - Nick Lowe
"You put a baby in a crib with an apple and a rabbit. If it eats the rabbit
and plays with the apple, I'll buy you a new car." -- Harvey Diamond
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Hint on running X on S3 card?
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 16:33:30 GMT
I am having the same problem with a 86c385 based S3 Virge/GX. S3V server
works, but seems to corrupt the character mode display making the screen wrap
around after exiting X-windows. SVGA server seems to be badly broken with
pixel corruption and distorted cursor. Until now, I thought the S3 cards were
a cheap sure bet for X-windows, but now I'm not so sure.
Is there a fix for this yet?
Mike
In article <7asaau$60qm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen) wrote:
> I just picked up a PCI video card, called a _VIDEO 61 3D_ board, with an
> S3 Virge/GX and 4MB RAM. I've never had any problems running and S3 chip
> before, but this one gives a block cursor about an inch across, and
> after I kill X it leaves the card in some odd state from which a reboot
> is needed.
>
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From: Patrick Lanphier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modems :( Suggestions?
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 02:17:05 +0000
I just got a Diamond Supra Express 56i (very happy). If you have two phone lines I
would get the
Suprasonic II so that you only use up one ISA slot. Stay away from the PCI modems for
the most part
most of them are wintel modems, many of them will not say but if they are not
compatible with
windows 3.11 they are.
Patrick Lanphier
Advanced Information Technologies
The Pennsylvania State University
Mike Martin wrote:
>
> I'm sure this has been covered before but I've looked around and found
> out what is NOT compatible with linux. But what i'm asking is.... Are
> there any suggestions as to what kind of INTERNAL modem to purchase? IE.
> Manufacturer, Model, etc. That would work well under linux? Any
> suggestions would help.
> thanks,
>
> --
> Mike Martin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> A Member of the HTML Writers Guild
> A days not complete without getting into a little trouble.
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I'm baffled with these ...
Date: 24 Feb 1999 12:17:37 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Trying 192.168.10.1...
> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Network is unreachable
sounds like a routing problem.
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paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.1 i586 | at public servers
`When you say "I wrote a program that crashed Windows", people just stare at
you blankly and say "Hey, I got those with the system, *for free*".'
(By Linus Torvalds)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Radovan Garabik)
Subject: Re: /dev/audio: Cannot allocate memory
Date: 24 Feb 1999 16:38:51 GMT
Ramine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: The sound on my Linux system (RedHat 5.2 with Kde) works most of the
: time without any problem. I have associated different sounds to window
: operations and it works. But once in a while the sound stops and when I
: test it, I get an error message. See below
:
: $ cat bug > /dev/audio
: /dev/audio: Cannot allocate memory.
:
This is a known problem. You could use insmod sound dmabuf=1 to solve it,
bue redhat (and others) have probably something like alias sound sb
in /etc/conf.modules, so you will have problems with this...
as a workaround, try to run a program big enough to swap out your memory
(i.e. netscape a few times), then quit it and sound should work again.
: My audio device is a Crystal audio (CS4236) (DUPLEX)
:
: Thanks in advance.
:
: Ramine
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From: Grant Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,fsu.linux
Subject: Re: Printer Advice
Date: 24 Feb 1999 12:28:03 -0500
Izak Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a bit of experience with HP's Deskjet 400, 660 and 690. They all
> work fine with Linux and ghostscript. I don't know about the 890, but as
> long as it is not a WinPrinter all should be fine. The "Cse" part worries
> me, cause I remember something bout the 820 Cse being a WinPrinter. Maybe
> someone would like to confirm/correct this?
The HP suffixes appear to indicate where the printer was sold. I'd bet
that it's mainly a variation in packaging and documents in the box.
It seems to go something like this:
###C - undifferentiated color product (or world market edition?)
###Cxi - US retail version
###Cse - US commercial version
###M - postscript version
###N - network version
I suspect that for any number n, models nC{,xi,se} will all be the
same printer, ghostscript-wise.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Schulte)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: su & bash shell : can't login : permission denid
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 17:31:30 GMT
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 01:19:07 -0800, arnee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>thanks christopher... ya i missed to check the permission on /bin
>directory. now things are fine. plus i noticed that the other bin directory
>as well other directories such as /usr/man and /usr/doc and others were set
>to 700 .... hmmm, kinda odd, do you have any idea how it was changed? or
>was it just pure accident? thanks again!
<grin> What caused it? That I haven't a clue! What's important is
you know understand one of the basic ideas in any unix-like operating
system: when you run into permission denied errors, check the
permissions, permissions, permission!!!! And don't forget about those
parent directories.
Glad I could help. Later,
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