Linux-Misc Digest #862, Volume #19 Fri, 16 Apr 99 05:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Anyone play Q2 from their linux box? (Daniel Robert Franklin)
Re: Email with Earthlink, Sendmail, exmh, mh, Linux libc5 ("Clifton T. Sharp Jr.")
Voodoo Banshee and XF86_SVGA (Rob Fisher)
FOUND IT! [was Re: Total space required for Linux w/packages installation]
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SCSI scanners anyone? (Chris Green)
Re: Help choosing distribution (Steve Mading)
Re: Samba is broken ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux filesystem and powerdown (jason)
Re: Oracle (David Steuber)
Re: Help choosing distribution (David Steuber)
SCSI scanners anyone? (Rob Fisher)
Re: Linux on a "Notebook 486 Professional" (Origins Unknown) Video Synch Rates?
(Mark Tranchant)
Re: Remove Linux Partition (Mark Tranchant)
Re: CANT GET PCMCIA services setup on Linux (David Steuber)
Re: "Network unreachable" - Help! (David Steuber)
Re: rcp large file crashes network! (David Steuber)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daniel Robert Franklin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Anyone play Q2 from their linux box?
Date: 15 Apr 99 23:14:49 GMT
"Sabbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>For what I tried its ok but you cant run it under X of course.
>And I didnt find a tool like gamespy for linux yet...for console mode it can
>be funny :)
Of course Quake2 works in X (but full screen console mode is much nicer
:). Read the accompanying documentation.
I found Q2 to be extremely playable under Linux, at least as fast as
Windows (I don't have a 3DFX card yet but I know they are supported too).
- Daniel
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* Daniel Franklin - Postgraduate student in Electrical Engineering
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From: "Clifton T. Sharp Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.mail.sendmail,comp.mail.mh,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Email with Earthlink, Sendmail, exmh, mh, Linux libc5
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 21:47:40 -0500
Keven R. Pittsinger wrote:
> Here's a sample returned mail:
> [snip]
> ... while talking to pompano.pcola.gulf.net.:
> >>> MAIL From:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> <<< 550 Access denied
> 554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Service unavailable
Your address isn't [EMAIL PROTECTED] and Earthlink's mail server
knows it. Use your real address.
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| WA9PDM | it will not be distributed evenly. |
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From: Rob Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Voodoo Banshee and XF86_SVGA
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:52:25 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm sure I've read somewhere that you can get XFree86 to work on Voodoo
Banshee boards using the SVGA server? I had a quick go at it last night,
but I could only get 320x200x256 resolution. (I'm after 1280x1040x24).
Am I wasting my time trying this, or is it possible? I don't care about
the 3D stuff, I just want a big, colourful, fast desktop.
I'm not asking for step-by-step instructions, just hoping someone knows
what I'm on about. Mailed replies would be especially nice.
Thanks,
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: FOUND IT! [was Re: Total space required for Linux w/packages installation]
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 00:15:52 GMT
I found it: http://www.suse.de/e/lx60/lx60.html
Sorry for wasting the bandwidth I did. Hope this message will preclude
further wastage.
--
Ravindra.
Just shoot me.
In article <7f5su9$f38$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> A few days ago I'd come across a web page that documented the total
> amount of disk space required for a Linux installation including
> how much space each package took. I've lost my bookmark to that
> page. Anybody here have any idea what page I'm talking about?
>
> It was either at redhat.com or suse.com or somewhere else ... but
> I've searched and searched and can't seem to get to it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Ravindra.
>
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>
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From: Chris Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.solaris.x86,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: SCSI scanners anyone?
Date: 16 Apr 1999 08:23:38 GMT
In uk.comp.os.linux Rob Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi all,
> I've just got hold of an Epson GT7000 SCSI scanner. It works just fine
> under Win95/Photoshop 4, but obviously I'd rather use it under Unix with
> the GIMP 1.1.4. Has anyone tried/accomplished this, and if so is there
> anything I should know about it? Can anyone point me to any useful
> resources? If I get the thing working I'll be putting the whole process
> on the web, so helping me now could work to lots of people's advantage
> later.
> The SCSI end of things (kernel/card) is all taken care of, but I haven't
> tried anything further than that yet. Just wondered if I would be
> wasting my time?
The Linux scanner software to look for is SANE (Scanning ??? Now
Easy), should be easy enough to find. Interfaces to The Gimp very
well.
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Chris Green ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Help choosing distribution
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 22:38:32 -0500
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999, Bloody Viking wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.advocacy Hate Spam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>: So, here I am, debating perhaps I should go with Slackware, or maybe
>: Debian. I don't know too much about other distributions (like SuSE and
>: such). What I would like is your comment on the strength and weaknesses
>: of various distributions. Thanks in advance.
>
>Whatever distro you pick, there's one caveat: The LILO boot loader. If
>you're going to use a dual-boot box anyways, you should use Loadlin and
>save yourself from the potential for some major grief. You can use Loadlin
>until you get LILO up and running. I'm a Slackware fan myself.
Mr "Hate Spam", please note: Take what Bloody Viking says with a large
brick of water-softener salt. He had a bad experience with a broken BIOS
and ever since has been blaming it on LILO, even after knowing it was
the BIOS's fault. He won't shut up about it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Samba is broken
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 07:35:16 GMT
I tried to use Samba on Kernel 2.2.5 to access my Windows 98 shares. But I
got error messages when mounting the shares (invalid parameter). I tried my
old Kernel 2.0.36 and it worked fine. Please tell me if you find a way to use
samba on Kernel 2.2.5.
Bye
> I am currently running kernel 2.2.3. (Samba didn't seem to work at all under
> 2.2.5). Any suggestions to get it working would be appreciated.
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux filesystem and powerdown
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 00:00:19 -0400
Jahn Otto Andersen wrote:
...
> My questions are:
>
> - Is there any alternative filesystem for Linux that handles powerdown
> better ?
I don't think so.
> - What can be done to minimize these problems ? (An UPS would of course
> be nice, but what else can be done ?).
Mount any partitions read-only that you know you won't be writing to. This has
helped me when the system has frozen (I have a UPS, but it won't help you when your
system freezes). But as for your read-write partitions, I'm not sure if there's a
way to protect them the way you want to. You can't do anything about a power failure,
but you *can* shut down the system properly before turning it off or rebooting.
Hope this helps,
-jason
(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Oracle
Date: 15 Apr 1999 19:12:46 -0400
"Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> Does anyone know if the Linux version of Oracle 8 is free?
I don't know. But I do have a response anyway.
Oracle is a very powerful SQL server, at least on a Solaris machine.
I think that Oracle is probably right that people would be willing to
pay money for their server. Even in the Linux / *BSD market.
On the other hand, Linux typicly runs on light weight machines rather
than the heavy iron of the big servers that Solaris will run on. On
such a machine, I wonder just what advantage Oracle has over Postgre.
Maybe a lot, maybe not so much.
I'm not sure what Oracle's best strategy would be. Clearly a version
for Linux that is cheap enough (or gratis) so that future db admins
can play with it on Linux would be useful for educational and
promotional purposes. Also, Oracle currently derives essentially all
its revenue from high end SQL servers. Big customers work out deals
directly with Oracle regarding CPUs, connections, users, etc. Oracle
can't afford to lose that revenue stream.
Neither can Sybase for that matter.
Watch and see what happens.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
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If you don't, I won't see it.
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MERCUTIO: No, 'tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-
door; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve.
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Help choosing distribution
Date: 15 Apr 1999 19:00:44 -0400
Hate Spam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> I don't want to start yet another holy war on distributions. Please keep
-> your comments sensible. Thanx.
This is a frequently asked question. I wonder if it is in the FAQs
for the ng? In anycase, a DejaNews search should find a lot of
material.
I am using SuSE 6.0. I like it. Yast makes it easy for me to set up
my machine without being mired in the details of administration. It
seems like you would be leaning more towards slackware though.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
s/trashcan/david/ to reply by mail
If you don't, I won't see it.
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* Tools for hittings things to make them loose or to tighten them up or
jar their many complex, sophisticated electrical parts in such a
manner that they function perfectly. (These are your hammers, maces,
bludgeons, and truncheons.)
* Tools that, if dropped properly, can penetrate your foot. (Awls)
* Tools that nobody should ever use because the potential danger is far
greater than the value of any project that could possibly result.
(Power saws, power drills, power staplers, any kind of tool that uses
any kind of power more advanced than flashlight batteries.)
-- Dave Barry, "The Taming of the Screw"
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From: Rob Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.solaris.x86,alt.os.linux
Subject: SCSI scanners anyone?
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:57:30 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all,
I've just got hold of an Epson GT7000 SCSI scanner. It works just fine
under Win95/Photoshop 4, but obviously I'd rather use it under Unix with
the GIMP 1.1.4. Has anyone tried/accomplished this, and if so is there
anything I should know about it? Can anyone point me to any useful
resources? If I get the thing working I'll be putting the whole process
on the web, so helping me now could work to lots of people's advantage
later.
The SCSI end of things (kernel/card) is all taken care of, but I haven't
tried anything further than that yet. Just wondered if I would be
wasting my time?
Thanks,
Rob
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on a "Notebook 486 Professional" (Origins Unknown) Video Synch
Rates?
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 07:58:24 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I believe it uses the standard 640x480, 31.5kHz horizontal rate, which
all VGA cards should support.
Mark.
Jim DeVries wrote:
>
> Greetings All,
>
> I thought there was a News group dedicated to Linux on Portables but I
> can't find it. Did I imagine this or could someone point me to it? If
> not, does anyone know where I might find out the synch rates for an OLD
> (circa 1992) no-name clone noteboot, or at least some educated guesses?
> It is (I think) a passive color screen, driven by a CL-GD6420BF/GD6340
> super vga video card by Cirrus Logic (found that in XF86Setup).
>
> XF86Setup goes to a perfectly acceptable resolution without needing any
> input. Does anyone know the scan rate it uses? or where it might log it's
> current values?
>
> Thanks In Advance,
>
> Jim DeVries <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> '65 Monza - '94 Saturn SL2
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Remove Linux Partition
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 08:00:41 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DOS fdisk should do the job without any problem. Select each Linux
partition (probably identified as non-DOS or non-FAT) and erase it.
Create (a) new partition(s) and format.
Mark.
Dewman007 wrote:
>
> I want to move a hard drive from one machine (linux box) to another maching
> (win95), and need to know of a way to remove the linux partitions. I plan on
> reinstalling redhat again on the new larger hard drive
>
> -jason-
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: CANT GET PCMCIA services setup on Linux
Date: 15 Apr 1999 18:15:04 -0400
Posted and possibly mailed
Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
->
->
-> I have two new PCMCIA cards in my laptop and cant get Linux to start
-> PCMCIA services during the installation of Red Hat 5.2 Linux.
-> How do I get Linux to do this?
Have you read the PCMCIA HOWTO? It is somewhat out of date on my
distribution. What you should do is get the latest PCMCIA card
services release and build that. Read the included README. The
configure and make process is nicely set up, so you shouldn't have any
difficulties.
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David Steuber
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If you don't, I won't see it.
I sent a letter to the fish,
I told them, "This is what I wish."
The little fishes of the sea,
They sent an answer back to me.
The little fishes' answer was
"We cannot do it, sir, because ..."
I sent a letter back to say
It would be better to obey.
But someone came to me and said
"The little fishes are in bed."
I said to him, and I said it plain
"Then you must wake them up again."
I said it very loud and clear,
I went and shouted in his ear.
But he was very stiff and proud,
He said "You needn't shout so loud."
And he was very proud and stiff,
He said "I'll go and wake them if ..."
I took a kettle from the shelf,
I went to wake them up myself.
But when I found the door was locked
I pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked,
And when I found the door was shut,
I tried to turn the handle, But ...
"Is that all?" asked Alice.
"That is all." said Humpty Dumpty. "Goodbye."
-- Lewis Carrol, "Through the Looking Glass"
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Network unreachable" - Help!
Date: 15 Apr 1999 18:08:41 -0400
For someone to be able to help you, you need to post some information
about your setup:
/usr/src/linux/.config
/etc/route.conf
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/hosts
And possibly some others that I missed.
--
David Steuber
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If you don't, I won't see it.
I sent a letter to the fish,
I told them, "This is what I wish."
The little fishes of the sea,
They sent an answer back to me.
The little fishes' answer was
"We cannot do it, sir, because ..."
I sent a letter back to say
It would be better to obey.
But someone came to me and said
"The little fishes are in bed."
I said to him, and I said it plain
"Then you must wake them up again."
I said it very loud and clear,
I went and shouted in his ear.
But he was very stiff and proud,
He said "You needn't shout so loud."
And he was very proud and stiff,
He said "I'll go and wake them if ..."
I took a kettle from the shelf,
I went to wake them up myself.
But when I found the door was locked
I pulled and pushed and kicked and knocked,
And when I found the door was shut,
I tried to turn the handle, But ...
"Is that all?" asked Alice.
"That is all." said Humpty Dumpty. "Goodbye."
-- Lewis Carrol, "Through the Looking Glass"
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rcp large file crashes network!
Date: 15 Apr 1999 18:48:43 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto) writes:
-> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Steuber wrote:
-> > I have a problem. If I try to rcp a 2GB file to my other machine, the
-> > network connection will die. I don't know what the problem is. To
-> > cure it, I have to kill the rcp and restart networking.
-> >
-> > System info:
-> >
-> > SuSE 6.0 running kernel 2.0.36
-> > PCMCIA CS 3.0.8
-> > 3Com 3CCFE575BT
-> >
-> > This is the first time I've seen a networking problem. I would really
-> > like to fix it.
->
-> I don't have any specific advice, but the generic recommendation
-> is to watch the network traffic using tcpdump. What is on the
-> "other machine"? Have you considered PCMCIA CS 3.0.9? Have you
-> tried other protocols (scp, ftp, kermit, ...)?
The other machine is a PPro running SuSE 6.0 kernel 2.0.36. It is
using a 3Com 100bt NIC (905B?).
I have tried FTP in the past. The problem with large files is that
the control channel times out before the transfer is complete and the
file doesn't make it. So I set up host.equiv to allow my laptop to
rsh, rcp, etc to the PPro without a password. RCP has handled large
files OK, but I didn't try a 2GB file untill recently. That hosed it.
I am not familiar with tcpdump. I see that it is on my system, so I
will check it out.
Are there any known bugs in the tcp/ip stack in the 2.0.36 kernel?
I'm not sure I want to go to the 2.2 series just yet. I am waiting
for some modicum of stability, ie releases growing further apart in
time because the bugs are fixed.
--
David Steuber
http://www.david-steuber.com
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