Linux-Misc Digest #214, Volume #19 Sat, 27 Feb 99 18:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: FreeAgent for Linux (Douglas E. Mitton)
Re: Xemacs Problem (Steve Anderson)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (Christopher Browne)
Re: More bad news for NT (Jim McCusker)
Re: I want a simple update method. (John Hasler)
Re: Video card settings
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers (Mayor Of R'lyeh)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (jedi)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (jedi)
Linux g++ ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: primary disk fail ?? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (jik-)
Linux g++ ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info (Bill Unruh)
Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?) (NF Stevens)
Re: Linux/FreeBSD compatability (Was Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)) (void)
Re: Mysterious CPU load. (Bill Unruh)
Re: Star Office - Registration????? ("Jens Pfeiffer")
Re: Serial Port for External Modem (Bill Unruh)
Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas E. Mitton)
Subject: Re: FreeAgent for Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:54:41 GMT
Hi There;
I am posting this via Free Agent 16, Linux V2.2.2 and Wine! (Check
my headers!)
I have been using it in this manner for over 2 years ... I am now in
Linux 100% of the time.
There are 2 problems with Free Agent and Wine (under Linux) which have
been getting better and better with each Wine release:
1) In the message compose window "Enter" doesn't work, you have to use
"Cntl-j". (This is not the big deal you may initially think as you
generally let the lines of typing wrap normally anyway.)
2) After about 1.5 to 2 hours of uninterrupted use Wine crashes when
Free Agent is running. It is no big deal though, it starts back up
withing 10 seconds or so.
If you are comfortable with installing a Beta package on your system
give it a try if Free Agent is all thats stopping you from switching
to Linux.
{At work I put fagent16.exe and fagent32.exe in the same installation
and use 32 from Win95 and 16 from Wine. A long time ago I had
problems running Free Agent 32 so I added the 16 exe from my home
installation. Works perfectly. I haven't tried it recently, why mess
with perfection!?!?!?}
Good Luck!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rudy Taraschi) wrote:
>Hi folks,
>
>I want something that doesn't exist, FreeAgent for Linux. Believe it or
>not, it's the only reason I have Windoze95 still installed on my PC.
>(I've sent them an email asking for FreeAgent for Linux, if you're
>interested, maybe you should do the same and create some demand).
>
>Now here's my question. I still like using 'tin' to read news, but need
>to do my reading offline (ie, at home). Is there a 'news sucker' for
>Linux that will read in all the headers, allow me to wade through them
>and tag what I want, and inhale them onto my computer so I can use tin
>(or whatever) to read them later on? Thanks.
>
> rudy
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Doug Mitton - Brockville, Ontario, Canada
'City of the Thousand Islands'
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http://www.cybertap.com/dmitton
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SPAM Reduction: Remove "x." from my domain.
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Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 11:47:02 -1000
From: Steve Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xemacs Problem
Got my answer:
put Option "sw_cursor" in chipset device section of XF86Config.
Works great:)
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: 26 Feb 1999 18:50:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 26 Feb 1999 02:47:47 GMT, Christopher B. Browne
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 26 Feb 1999 01:45:52 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>>OK, I am showing my ignorance here... but I need to learn about these
>>type of things.
>>
>>What's a microkernel vs. a macrokernel? What is the difference?
>>
>>Someone please email me the answer privately instead of posting it
>>here... =)... This takes up a lot of people's bandwidth, and I don't
>>think everyone wants to hear the details... while I do. =)
>
>Actually, it gets asked enough that it's worth publicizing.
>
>A monolithic kernel (which Linux is implemented as) is one where the
>entirety of the kernel is one big program.
>
>A microkernel takes the approach of writing a little bitty
>"executive," and then running the rest of what would be (in
>monolith-world) the OS kernel as processes atop the microkernel.
>
>MkLinux, the microkernelled version of Linux, runs as a "single
>server," that is, where you have the Mach microkernel as that "itty
>bitty executive," and then run the rest of Linux as a single process
>(hence "single server") on top of Mach.
>
>The GNU Project's Hurd is a multi-server microkernelled system; it
>runs as a "herd" of daemons that run somewhat independently atop Mach.
The other two notable "neat things" that one could do with microkernels
are to:
- Multi-host.
That is, you might host two (or more) singleservers atop a microkernel.
Two major things you'd do this for:
a) You have a "production" Linux singleserver running, and have another
one running as a "test server." The "production" one hosts
development; you can then test out things on the "test server" that you
can stop and restart without having to either reboot or to disturb the
sessions in the "production" environment.
b) Run multiple singleservers atop Mach, e.g. MkLinux and BSD Lites,
thus providing an environment with multiple OS "personalities."
If you have to ask why these applications are useful, you probably
aren't a good candidate to want to use them...
Two other "neat things" that microkernels offer:
c) Mach apparently offers some additional communication abstractions
that NeXTStep used for inter-object communications.
d) You might have other "servers" running to provide other services
(rather like the way Hurd works).
Rather than having a database system like Oracle or PostgreSQL running
as tasks at the Linux level, they might be set up at the same level as
the MkLinux "server," running as their own "kernel."
(Hopefully that makes sense...)
--
"In elementary school, in case of fire you have to line up quietly in a
single file line from smallest to tallest. What is the logic? Do tall
people burn slower?" -- Warren Hutcherson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: Jim McCusker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: More bad news for NT
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 16:56:57 -0500
Harry wrote:
>
> Written by Gregory Propf
>
> > As for Netscape locking up, you WILL find that happening under
> Linux. The difference is that bad software can't crash the whole
> system under Linux like it does ALL THE DAMN TIME under Windows.
> Don't argue with me on this, I work with this garbage every o
> workday and I know what I'm talking about. <s
>
> NT is perfectly stable. Everyone who uses it says so. Sounds to
> me like you're running some sort of campaign to promote Linux by
> defaming Windows. The fact is that, if people's personal i
> experience of the OS bears no resemblence to what you say, few y
> are going to listen to what you have to say. I also work with NT is
> Windows every day (I'm writing to you from a two-year-old NT
> Workstation that's NEVER crashed, no matter how many times Th system
> poorly-built applications on it fail), but so do most people on
> the Internet. Stories of blood on the keyboard are plainly eon
> ridiculous.t
You want personal testimony? I was using an Compaq NT machine to develop
an Access database. I made a nice little splash screen to replace
Access's, and when I wen t to run it, it chocked on the splash screen.
Simple little .bmp file, BSOD.
Also, a week later, the machine would randomly BSOD in the middle of my
working. No connection between the events. Sometimes I would be
videoconferencing, sometimes I would be web surfing, sometimes I would
be developing. That does not sound like a stable OS to me.
Jim
--
Jim McCusker | Class of '99, BA Computer Science & Cognitive Science
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cif.rochester.edu/~fprefect
~Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it,
poorly.~
~~Henry
Spencer
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I want a simple update method.
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 00:48:49 GMT
Jeffrey S. Sharp writes:
> What I would like is a utility that runs from cron that:
> (1) examines what packages I have installed,
> (2) looks for any updated versions on some ftp server, and
> (3) gets and installs any updates.
> Is it possible, maybe using the new 'apt' utility, to do this in
> Debian?
Yes.
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade
will do what you want. The server is specified in a config file. Be
careful, though. Blindly upgrading to the latest package can sometimes
produce surprising results. You might want to put some key stuff on hold
and upgrade it manually after checking it out.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Video card settings
Date: 27 Feb 1999 21:31:39 GMT
Sravanthi Cheruku wrote:
> Hi:
>
> Could anyone tell me how I can set my video card settings. I am trying
> to install RedHat 5.1 on my compaq presario 2266. I think I have an SiS
> 64-bit PCI graphics card with Direct 3D. I don't have any other info. I
> ran Xconfigurator and tried to set different cards and monitor types (my
> monitor is IBM) but I still cannot run X windows. Please help. I am new
> to this so please feel free to give me as much info as possible. Thanks.
>
> Cheruku
>
You need to make sure your card is supported by XF86. Go to
www.xfree86.com, it will tell you there. Also, try running XF86Setup or
xf86config to set your vid card. Also, you may want to edit your
/etc/xf86config file by hand.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mayor Of R'lyeh)
Crossposted-To: alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 22:08:45 GMT
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 13:01:40 -0800, Arthur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> chose to
bless us all with this bit of wisdom:
>> Are you suggesting that its ok to sue everyone under the sun when you
>> screw up instead of accepting the responsibility yourself?
>
>Nope - I think there's a legal system in place which is
>capable of adjucating blame and identifying frivolous or
>fraudulent suits. The 'hypodermic in the Pepsi can' case
>comes to mind, for example.
It wasn't the legal system that cleared Pepsi. It was Pepsi's own
investigation that turned up security cam footage of people putting
things into the cans. Had the legal system been allowed to work its
'magic' Pepsi would no doubt be appealing many judgements against it
from these miscreants. Your faith in the legal system's ability to
identify frivilous suits is seriously misplaced.
Other than to say that I misidentified you as a naderite and apologize
for it, I'm done with this thread. Its just going in circles.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie,
And with strange aeons even death may die."
- Abdul Alhazred, Necronomicon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 10:50:19 -0800
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:21:45 GMT, Dai-Shan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Michael Powe wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>lol- bet you think any colors over 16 is extravagant also - and "hell with
>that DVD - i've got my 16mm projector - works fine- microwave? what the hell
The vast majority of DVD players don't pass their data
through the system bus where nifty things like audio and
video capture could occur OR they work entirely in software
where most of a high speed PII is being eaten up in terms
of CPU cycles.
Either option makes DVD video players rather lame and not
worth much besides 'ooh-ahh parlour trick value'. An actual,
real player attached to an ntsc input/tuner would make more
sense and not either bog the system down or waste PCI resources.
Sure, I can run Netscape 4 remotely between X machines over a
33.6 serial connection. It's a nice parlour trick but certainly
nothing to brag about in terms of real relative benefits.
>for I enjoy cooking over the fire that I started - and dont even think of
>matches good lord man why do you need them - two sticks work fine" - sorry
>couldnt resist a little sarcasm ;)
>>
>>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
>>
>>- --
>>Michael Powe Portland, Oregon USA
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
>> "Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write."
>> -- Anthony Trollope
>>
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>
--
Herding Humans ~ Herding Cats
Neither will do a thing unless they really want to, or |||
is coerced to the point where it will scratch your eyes out / | \
as soon as your grip slips.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 10:52:23 -0800
On Sat, 27 Feb 1999 14:18:13 GMT, Dai-Shan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>shows you must be a complete freak if you think 3d games are a waste of
>time - let me see you have as much fun on your precious linux box as I do
>when I play a 16 player vs 16player teammatch of tribes on a PII450 with 25
>ram - 19" monitor and 2 voodoo2 sli cards on top of the tnt primary card -
If you're a lame gamer type that likes to throw an obscene
amount of money on games that retail for ~$50, the least
you could do is use an obsidian or other similar card.
Although, a voodoo2 runs just fine under Linux or BeOS.
[deletia]
>>Pshaw! My experience of "newbies" in Windows is that they struggle
>>terribly figuring out what to do with it. Mostly, they don't. I
>>think part of the reason people are so fascinated with "themes" is
>>that it's one of the few things they can figure out how to do with all
>>that expensive hardware.
>>
>>As long as we're doing lists, here's mine:
>>
>>Biggest wastes of time on a PC
>>
>>1.TV Tuner Cards
>>2."Themes" in window managers
>>3.DVD players
>>4."3D" games
>>
>>mp
>>
>>- --
>>Michael Powe Portland, Oregon USA
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.trollope.org
>> "Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write."
>> -- Anthony Trollope
>>
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>
--
Herding Humans ~ Herding Cats
Neither will do a thing unless they really want to, or |||
is coerced to the point where it will scratch your eyes out / | \
as soon as your grip slips.
In search of sane PPP docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux g++
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:28:48 GMT
I recently installed Linux and when I compile code with g++, it creates an
exe in my current directory just like it should, but when I type in the name
of that exe to run it, it says that it cannot find *x* command. Is this
because I need to change my PATH variable in my login file? Is it looking in
the wrong place? Thanks for any and all help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: primary disk fail ??
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 22:03:33 GMT
In article <7b74jt$vb2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>
> This would be fine... "primary master hard card fail"... except it only
> happens SOME of the time... the disk is OK if I boot to it with rescue disk,
> etc.
>
> It seems like a power thing too... if I open the case, and reconnect the
> power cable to CD, it works fine... however, if just turn power off and on,
> it works also... so, probably not a cord problem.
>
> Is it possible this is a virus for linux ?
> It is definitely new... Ive run this linux for months with no probs.
>
> stu7
>
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From: jik- <[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: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:59:09 -0800
> I did have my linux box crash once-- thats once in one full year mind
> you. The weakness is if X crashes -- which i think is what happened,
> you can get locked out. i.e. i think linux was still up but i had no
> interface to it since i only have one terminal/monitor.
>
> The solution of coures is the have no X or just keep an extra dumb
> terminal logged in... as everyone running a mission critical system does
> im sure.
Ever had a kernel panic? I did, from a "stable" kernel....frequently,
so much so that I downgraded to fix it. It was a combination of things
which caused this, among which, I believe, a buggy kernel release.
> 12.
> Gigabytes of high quality devopment software preloaded and tested.
But, if you remove all but one of the same application, how much have
you really got? You have a very nice useable system, but not
'Gigabytes'...most all development seems to go into replacing something
we already have,...many times simply for the purpose of using some
different toolkit,...rarely do you get any tangable improvement. For
instance, how many IRC programs are there? How many text editors?
Every once in a great while you get some great new idea that comes out,
like the gimp...but mostly its remakes of the same thing....
Then you get into what we don't have.....I know of one thing which is
available for Win95 that hasn't even been worked on in Linux.....There
is a tool made by Fluke which is used for diagnostics on the newer (not
so much anymore :P) computerised cars. This tool will talk to win95 and
you can put the information it talks about into a database on the
computer...then transfered here, there,....all over, shared online...its
a fuckin killer tool.
Hmm, went to the website,...not only does this thing have automotive
applications, it can be used in the Medical field, simple electronics (I
mean, duh I gues...it's pretty much a handheld osciliscope), and video.
THAT is the kind of application Linux needs....something REAL people can
use....not some new flashy text editor/hackers wet dream.
> 15.
> Security (compare windows 9x)
> Viruses dont exist in the Linux community period. Beacause.. in unix a
> program (which is what a virus is) is just not allowed to alter files
> (which is what your computer is made of) without permission. And no it
> can't just grant itself permission either.
More to the point, Linux does not allow direct hardware access to user
programs. This is the escence of a virus (least the ones you should
REALLY worry about) which use DOS's piss poor design to cause the
hardware to destroy itself. In DOS, there is absolutely no layer
between the user and the hardware,...good for games, bad for the
hardware....
Here is a picture.....
DOS:
======================
| Kernel |
| Hardware |
| user |
====================== Little different, the user and the OS probably
tie in a bit better.
Unix:
======================
| Hardware |
| Kernel |
| User |
====================== User has to ask for EVERYTHING.
> 17.
> A learning experience-- the perfect hackers box... Isn't compiling a
> Kernel kinda fun??
Sure, may be compelling to you and me, but Joe Average doesn't give a
hoot about compiling a kernel...in fact the would probably dislike the
idea very much.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux g++
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:28:02 GMT
I recently installed Linux and when I compile code with g++, it creates an
exe in my current directory just like it should, but when I type in the name
of that exe to run it, it says that it cannot find *x* command. Is this
because I need to change my PATH variable in my login file? Is it looking in
the wrong place? Thanks for any and all help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: 27 Feb 1999 22:36:39 GMT
In <NETB2.71$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter F.
Curran) writes:
>If the system comes up even once with the PSN enabled, any
>software could cache the number and still provide it later
>even when the PSN is disabled, perhaps against the user's
>wishes. Any virus could grab it. It would seem to do almost
>_nothing_ to really improve online security, yet that is what
>Intel is proposing it should be used for!
Or the users own program could send a fake one. I do not believe that
security is what this is for. I believe it is for copy protection. I
suspect that MS put pressure on for such a chipid so that they could
code their programs to the chipid making multiple use impossible.
( and with the new copyright laws, any attempt to get around this would
be a criminal offense.) The next Word you buy will not be able to be
installed or run if the ID is switched off, and there will be no word of
this on the box(prediction).
And buy a new computer and replace all your software as well.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 21:16:57 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John S. Dyson) wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens) writes:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John S. Dyson) wrote:
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>Red Hat is a parasite because it distributes mostly only GPLed works.
>>
>> Walnut Creek is not a parasite because it distrubutes mostly only BSD
>> works.
>>
>Read the context for the reason why GPL doesn't effectively promote
>the programming profession.
The programming profession does not need effective promotion. It
is doing well enough without it. Quite simply there are more than
enough available opportunities for developers to make a living.
GPL is not about helping other developers; it is about providing
software which is free for use (and continues to be free for use)
for end users.
Your whole problem with this seems to be that people are giving
something away in a way which is not benificial to the interests
that you consider important. It's like berating people for giving
to help famine relief in Africa when there are people in need in
your home town. The GPL is not designed to provide free code
for other developers. To denigrate it because it does not do so
is totally pointless.
Norman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (void)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux/FreeBSD compatability (Was Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?))
Date: 26 Feb 1999 22:09:55 GMT
On 26 Feb 1999 20:32:30 GMT, brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Even plain old 'uptime' on Solaris is suid-root, just so that it can
>read the load average and system uptime. Does it =really= get the extra
>scrutiny that a suid-root program needs or is it
>yet-another-potential-exploit?
We'll know soon enough, if one can believe ZDnet's article that was linked
off of slashdot today.
>I love the Linux /proc filesystem for that simple reason: it suffices as
>a simple and secure method of getting "unclassified" kernel tables.
While I do think that *perhaps* too much has been thrown into there (I
can't opine without investigating further), I am *very* fond of the way
Linux' /proc lets ps, w, etc. function without extra privilege.
--
Ben
"You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Mysterious CPU load.
Date: 27 Feb 1999 22:39:56 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Marco Tephlant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I too get disturbed by Cron thrashing my hard disk for about 10 minutes
>each day. It emails me saying it's backed up something, but how can I
>examine exactly what its doing and add my own jobs?
crontab -e
/etc/cron/cron.* for regualry scheduled jobs.
By the way, if you ever start to use locate to find those files you can't
remember where you put them, those 10 min for running updatedb are well
worth it.
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From: "Jens Pfeiffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Star Office - Registration?????
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 23:41:56 +0100
TRY WWW.STARDIVISION.COM
you don't have to download the whole stuff to get the setup code.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Serial Port for External Modem
Date: 27 Feb 1999 22:43:18 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (AdmFrodos) writes:
>I can't get my serial port to work under Slackware 2.0.29. I run "dmesg" and it
>tells me that tty00 exists, assumedly my mouse, which works fine, but then even
>after I run 'setserial' on COM2 (which connects my external, 9600 baud ZOOM
>modem) progams like minicom and such don't detect anything there when given
>/dev/cua1 or /dev/ttyS1 as an option.
For those old modems, they had to be run at their stated speed. Ie, the
computer to modem rate probably has to be 9600. NOt 57600, not 115200,
but 9600. (It may be time for a new modem. Only make sure it is not a
winmodem.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Pentium III Boycott and survey info
Date: 27 Feb 1999 22:44:47 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
eloquently scribe:
: Or the users own program could send a fake one. I do not believe that
: security is what this is for. I believe it is for copy protection. I
: suspect that MS put pressure on for such a chipid so that they could
: code their programs to the chipid making multiple use impossible.
: ( and with the new copyright laws, any attempt to get around this would
: be a criminal offense.) The next Word you buy will not be able to be
: installed or run if the ID is switched off, and there will be no word of
: this on the box(prediction).
: And buy a new computer and replace all your software as well.
And if you choose to have a chip that's built by Cyrix or AMD???
They won't include that feature, so M$ will suddenly get hundreds of returns
because of their self knobbled software....
I hope it happens... It'll cost them a fortune.
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