Linux-Misc Digest #870, Volume #19 Fri, 16 Apr 99 20:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Need hardware for homebuilt vision system. Pointers?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Deskjet-tool ("Michael Schmeing")
Re: Problem with ext2 filesystem ("Michael Schmeing")
Re: Install ? again. ("Bud")
Re: Strange shell redirect problem (Jim Geiger)
Re: Linux filesystem and powerdown (John Thompson)
Re: xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6 <--what does it mean and how do i fx it?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: A New 'puter Board for Me (Adam Rheaume)
How can I prevent running user news session? (Ken)
Re: Webmin IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Jim Roberts)
Re: Linux version of autoexec.bat (Reyn EagleStorm)
Redhat kernel tool? ("Matt O'Toole")
HELP! /usr directory lost!!! (TsProdehl)
RE: Minimum Hardware For Ghostscript on Linux ("Donald R. Brewer")
Re: How good is Mozilla? (Philip Brown)
Radius Parser program ("Kerry J. Cox")
X gone dead :( ("Alan Davies")
Re: xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6 <--what does it mean and how do i fx
it? (Scott Stone)
Re: VMware sell-out to Microsoft??? (Geoff McCaughan)
Sound Card Problems ("Jonathan Wiens")
How to do secure X11: NT Workstation SP4 (SecureCRT v2.4, Exceed v6.1), Redhat Linux
5.9.7 [Starbuck]: SSHD v1.2.26 ("tester")
Re: Netscape Doesn't Like Incomplete Web Pages ("Gero H. Marten")
Re: HELP! /usr directory lost!!! (Bill Unruh)
Xresources on different machines (Janet)
Re: Report: NT 3.5x Faster Than Linux (brian moore)
Re: Anyone play Q2 from their linux box? (Unknown)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (James Lee)
Re: LINUX 2 UNIX ("J�rgen Exner")
Re: StarOffice and fonts -help!! ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.ai,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Need hardware for homebuilt vision system. Pointers?
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:16:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Randy Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I want to roll my own Linux-based vision system, and I need some sort of
> camera that will integrate with a pentium PC running Linux (or windows,
> if absolutely necessary).
>
> I'm looking for pointers to both hardware (camera and I/O card) as well
> as references of related research or hobbyist experiences.
>
> The application will be viewing a subject that moves frequently (backyard
> birds), identifying them and targeting them (for non-violent purposes :-).
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> --
> Randy Crawford
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Joyce Kilmer was thinking about central Illinois.
Randy,
If you havn't found it already you might get some leads from the Computer
Vision Homepage at www.cs.cmu.edu/~cil/vision.
Sincerely,
David Olmsted - near Springfield, IL
>
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From: "Michael Schmeing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Deskjet-tool
Date: 16 Apr 1999 13:06:27 +0200
This might not be the right NG to ask but I do not read the HW-related
groups. So my question is:
Is there a program for linux to adjust the ink-tanks of a HP Deskjet
670C, to start the cleaning-routine for the printer-heads and so
forth. Thanks to HP there is no way to do these things without SW
anymore (I know from a friend that you could do them on the panel of
older Deskjets).
I have done a bit of searching but did not find anything like this, so
I hope someone could help me. If someone could give me hints how this
is to be done (commands to be send to the printer etc.) I could try to
put them into a program (if I have the time).
Thanks,
Michael
--
Michael Schmeing, Artillerieweg 46, D-26129 Oldenburg
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www: http://www.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE/~michae2
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From: "Michael Schmeing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Problem with ext2 filesystem
Date: 16 Apr 1999 13:32:34 +0200
Reine Stenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a problem with three ext2 devices:
> [...]
> When I run df on disk1 or disk2, free_space is 868MB less then
> total_space minus used_space.
> When I run df on disk3, free_space is 434MB less then total_space minus
> used_space.
That is not a problem but a feature: The ext2-fs (and other UNIX-fs as
well I guess) reserves a special amount of disk-space for kernel
uses. This way the kernel still can work properly if the filesystem
becomes flooded. It could be very nasty if the fs had no space left
and the kernel would write to it within some vital routine like
e.g. while logging during error-recovery.
For further information about this you should read the docs for the
filesystem and the kernel.
>
> When I run df on a SGI O2 which has mounted these disks (NFS) is sums up
> correctly.
What *exactly* do you mean by this: The amount of uses_space plus
free_space equals total_space probably, but does total_space on the
NFS-client equal total_space on the server?
If it does not the client (or the server, I do not know who) really
sums free_space and used_space up and does not inquire the total_space
separatedly.
>
> I have no idea what is causing this problem and would be very thankful
> for any help!
I hope it helped,
Michael
--
Michael Schmeing, Artillerieweg 46, D-26129 Oldenburg
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www: http://www.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE/~michae2
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From: "Bud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Install ? again.
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:14:40 -0600
>I read somewhere that your swap space should match your actual >RAM.
>Hence I have 64meg of ram, and a 64 meg swap file.
Hmmm, I thought it was twice your RAM.
Bud
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Geiger)
Subject: Re: Strange shell redirect problem
Date: 16 Apr 1999 21:13:15 GMT
Hello,
This works for me (in bash):
prog >outfile 2>&1
I hope this helps.
Jim
David Martin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: WHilst attempting to catch STDIN and STDOUT from a perl script running from
: the command line, my STDOUT appears to have vanished.
: Running the command from the command line gives me the expected results on
: screen.
: redirecting STDERR works fine, I find it in the target file.
: redirecting STDOUT doesn't. The output just disappears thought the target file
: is created.
: Symptoms are teh same in both bash and tcsh.
: Any ideas?
: ..d
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux filesystem and powerdown
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 10:37:09 -0600
Jahn Otto Andersen wrote:
> I have installed SuSE Linux on a computer that is going to be used as a
> web server.
>
> It seems to me that the Linux filesystem is very vulnerable to
> powerdowns - much more than Win95/NT installed on a FAT16 disk.
> I tried to turn off the computer without umounting the disks, and
> repaired the disks with fsck. The result was that several files and
> directories were deleted.
>
> My questions are:
>
> - Is there any alternative filesystem for Linux that handles powerdown
> better ?
> - What can be done to minimize these problems ? (An UPS would of course
> be nice, but what else can be done ?).
You will find that any multiuser/multitasking operating
system needs to shut its filesystems down properly before
rebooting or you are asking for trouble. It's not the
filesystem that has to handle powerdown better, it's the
system operator.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.x
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6 <--what does it mean and how do i
fx it?
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:23:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joachim Feise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Point 1: DO NOT POST HTML TO NEWSGROUPS!
>There are lots of people who read the newsgroups with ASCII readers.
>
><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
><HTML><HEAD>
><META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" =
>http-equiv=3DContent-Type>
><META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR>
>....
>
>Now to point 2, the actual question:
>libXmu is part of the X libraries. IF it's not there, you probably didn't fully
>install X. Go to /usr/X11/lib (may be different on your distribution, I have
>Slackware), and make sure that libXmu.so.6.0 is there. If it is not, you have to
>reinstall X.
>Then create a symlink 'ln -s libXmu.so.6.0 libXmu.so.6'
Actually, there shouldn't be the need to
reinstall X. You should just simply install the
required library itself.
I haven't followed this but if your using
Red Hat you can use the RPM to install just the X
library that you need... at least for this purpose
RPM works.
j.
>
>-Joe
>--
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>If you spend any time administering Windows NT, you're far too
>familiar with the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) ...
> - "MSDN Flash" email newsletter, 2/8/1999
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Rheaume)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: A New 'puter Board for Me
Date: 16 Apr 1999 17:34:27 GMT
You dont really need 500 MHz that is over kill unless this is a server of some sort. I
would recomend a 350 celeron with about 128 or 256 mgs of ram. An maybee a SCSI card
and drives...
-=>Viper<-=
Rich Looke ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi Peoples,
: I haven't ran Linux for over a year and a half now, so I'm very excited
: about all the latest goins on with it, plus a friend O Mine has
: installed the latest RedHat further egging me on. So I'm getting ANSI to
: build me a new system but I haven't chosen a new mother board yet and
: I'd like to enlist your help in picking one out. Man, there are so many
: to choose from, so let me first tell you what's most important to me.
: Some of the most important aspects of the mother board for me to
: consider are speed, compatibility, reliability and expansion, ease of
: installation and flexibility. You know, stuff like that. I would like to
: limit my search to the 500 MHz jobs if possible. I'm not really sure if
: I should go with Pentium II, III, Pro or MMX or whatever. I just want
: whatever Linux and especially the X Server can fly the fastest in. Also,
: I'd like to get the broadest possible range of support for adding
: devices like SCSI and USB. Something with a good bios that lets you make
: adjustments and has a good manual would be great.
: The primary mission of this machine will be to X-Window into an HP-UX
: workstation at my corp office where I run some engineering tools like
: CAD and CAE applications. The connection takes place using an ISDN line
: so having good remote networking support is vital. But I'd also like to
: run a few other applications locally like games, office apps, compilers
: and so on.
: I will have dual monitors on it. I already have a Colorgraphics
: Evolution 2 PCI (dual monitor) graphics adapter that I would like to use
: but I don't have any idea of what it's performance is like. I have been
: considering Accelerated-X to handle the GUI side of things. I've been
: told you have to get the special multi-headed version of it in order to
: support more than one monitor. Sometimes I want the screens to act like
: in Windows 98 having one big desktop to run CAE apps in one huge window
: but mostly, I'll want to direct the different outputs to separate
: screens.
: In light of everything else I want, this may be a pretty tall order but
: I want to have as many expansion slots as possible. Many of the newer
: models only have 1 or 2 ISA slots but I want at least 3 and I'd prefer
: to have 4 of the PCI. I've heard that they have to cut down on slots in
: order to make it faster.
: My initial thought was just to upgrade the mother board in an extra
: Windows machine I have kickin' around but it has the Baby AT form factor
: and I think that would limit me somewhat in my choices so what the heck,
: maybe I should go on and buy a new case too and start fresh with this
: one.
: I sure would appreciate hearing from all you who have installed Linux on
: your home brew computer. I want your successes and your horror stories
: to help me make an intelligent choice. Thanx,
: Rich
: BTW: If you write me direct, you have to de-spam proof my return address
: (remove NO_SPAM_PLEASE from it).
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From: Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can I prevent running user news session?
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:00:20 -0500
I have a SPARC 5 running RedHat 5.1, it provides Internet access to a
small LAN. Almost every time the machine attempts to automatically open
a session for user news, my Internet connection gets dropped. What is
user news is anyway? I don�t have a need to get the news automatically,
if that�s what the machine is trying to do. Each client on the LAN uses
Netscape to access the news groups whenever news is needed.
Can someone tell me how to configure Linux so that it will not
automatically attempt to open a session for user news?
Thank You,
Ken Plumley
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Roberts)
Subject: Re: Webmin IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Crossposted-To:
comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:15:16 GMT
> Yes and they constantly keep upgrading it. It is definatly a great
> addon for admins.....
>
> For those interested visit http://www.webmin.com
>
>
> On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 11:14:23 GMT, "Mackral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>I've been messing with this Webmin thing for the past few hours and I just
>>love it! It's much more comprehensive than Linuxconf!
>>
>>Web administration is the future!
>>
>
I'll third this. Allows me to administer linux and solaris servers with
a common interface.
--
Jim Roberts Never enough time!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Reyn EagleStorm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux version of autoexec.bat
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 23:20:06 +0200
Carl Davis wrote:
>
> What file would act like the autoexec.bat file?
~/.bashrc and ~/.bash_profile
I suggest you read a manual or two, because this is extremely basic
stuff...
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From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat kernel tool?
Date: 16 Apr 1999 15:12:56 PDT
I need to get sound support into my Mandrake installation. I know there was
a GUI tool from Redhat for compiling the kernel, as I've used it before, in
a previous Redhat setup. It's probably installed in my system, which is
Redhat based, and has other Redhat apps hiding in there. But, I can't
remember what that program was called... Anyone?
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TsProdehl)
Subject: HELP! /usr directory lost!!!
Date: 16 Apr 1999 17:40:44 GMT
I screwed up big time!! While trying to figure out how to read my floppies, I
screwed up big time. Now when I log in, I've got all sorts of errors going on.
The /usr directory is lost. I can't do startx anymore. I get errors about
unable to dlopen (/lib/secruity/pam_cracklib.so)
dlerror:librack.so.2 cannot open shared object file; no such file or directory
bash: id: not found
too many parameters
I have no idea what I could have possibly done! Would I be better off
uninstalling
Linux (stupid question?), or can I simply recreate a /usr directory from the
CD?
It's not like I'd done a whole lot to Linux at that point, just searching
through files, looking at what was there. I feel really stupid at this point.
And am tempted to just deal with windows. Any suggestions on some good trouble
shooting books about Linux?
Once again, thanks for the help!!
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From: "Donald R. Brewer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: Minimum Hardware For Ghostscript on Linux
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:51:45 -0700
What is the minimum processor and memory requirements to run Ghostscript on
Linux and print? For example, if you run Linux on a 386, what would be the
memory requirements for basic printing?
Thanks,
Carlos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Subject: Re: How good is Mozilla?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Apr 1999 17:19:05 GMT
On Thu, 15 Apr 1999 17:58:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Hi all.
>This is a continuation of a thread I started about how Netscape 4.05
>on Redhat 5.1 was making me psychotic. Anyway, how good is
>Mozilla?
absolute garbage. you'll note they don't even bother TRYING to claim
"go here for a 'stable' release"
>Also, how complex is the Mozilla code? I would be happy to work on it
got a few months to do cleanup?
--
[Trim the no-bots from my address to reply to me by email!]
[ Do NOT email-CC me on posts. Pick one or the other.]
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The word of the day is sescaquintillion
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From: "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Radius Parser program
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:32:20 +0000
I posted here some time ago and got a few responses. I'm looking for
some sort of log parser that would allow me to input a variable, either
command line or GUI, such as a username or IP address and then have it
parse through my Radius detail logs and find those people that meet that
criteria. Any one know of any open-source programs that would allow me
to track log-in time, IP addresses, usernames, and the like using
Livingston radius logs?
Thanks in advance.
Kj
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| [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems Administrator |
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From: "Alan Davies" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X gone dead :(
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1999 00:11:25 +0100
Since adding a NIC, X has died. I'm using RedHat 5.1 and I have a 3Com
3c595 PCI card and video is an STB Velocity 128. I've even formatted and
installed fresh, hand-picked my video modes but still, startx greets me with
a big black nothing, followed by the reset button.
Anyone any ideas???
Al
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From: Scott Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: xinit: can't load library 'libXmu.so.6 <--what does it mean and how do
i fx it?
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:26:58 -0700
Mulder wrote:
>
> thank you for your help
> btw, if outlook is posting html, i don't know what to do, i checked all the
> settings and everything is set to plain text...
>
stop using outlook. It's a horrible piece of shit that can do neat
things like erase your windows registry and other nasty things, simply
by being told to by a piece of malicious e-mail (ie, Melissa virus).
Use Netscape mail. It works great for everything except if you need to
send/receive email that uses double-byte characters, ie, Japanese,
Chinese, Korean, etc.. *and*, it can send in plain text to some
recipients and html to others - you can specify in the addressbook.
I personally send text-only to everyone, because I hate html emails.. :)
==========================
Scott M. Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
UNIX Systems/Network Admin (Consultant)
Taos Mountain Software
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff McCaughan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: VMware sell-out to Microsoft???
Date: 16 Apr 1999 21:18:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Edwin E. Thorne ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> Do you know of anyone who has walked completely away from Windows on other
> than a server or a home machine?
Yep, my main work machine runs Linux, and my home and server machines as
well.
> Can you really give up the vast amount
> of Windows software?
Easily. I use the vast amount of Linux software.
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From: "Jonathan Wiens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Sound Card Problems
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 18:20:41 -0500
Reply-To: "Jonathan Wiens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am having trouble setting up my sound card to run under Linux. I have
a Sound Blaster AWE 64 PnP and I am running Red Hat 5.1 with Kernel version
2.0.35
When I attempt to run sndconfig, everything works fine until I get to
the testing stage. Here it states that there is an error running modprobe.
I have also noticed that when booting, the messages "Can not find module:
sound" and "Can not find module: midi" appear.
I have reviewed the file /etc/isapnp.conf and everything seams to be
alright. It appears that the card is recognized.
Would anybody be able to help me get my sound card working?
Jonathan Wiens
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "tester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to do secure X11: NT Workstation SP4 (SecureCRT v2.4, Exceed v6.1),
Redhat Linux 5.9.7 [Starbuck]: SSHD v1.2.26
Crossposted-To: comp.security.ssh,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 19:01:31 GMT
Topic sums up the configuration..
I SSH (3DES encryption) into the Linux box with SecureCRT 2.4b1, and export
DISPLAY to my NT Workstation.
Now do I make X11 *secure*?
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From: "Gero H. Marten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape Doesn't Like Incomplete Web Pages
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 19:26:53 +0200
Jethro Wright III wrote:
> I haven't got my Linux box on the 'net yet, but I still try
> and use Netscape to open various HTML files on my system. It
> works for the most part, but whenever I have a file that I d/l'd
> from a remote site (so the graphix aren't present), I get a dialog
> that says Netscape can't access certain hosts (the same ones each time,
> like home.netscape.com) and doesn't load the page at all. The
> Windows version doesn't do this regardless of the absence/presence
> of a connection. I haven't changed the default settings of
> Netscape, so what gives ? TIA....Jet
Check your /etc/hosts and /etc/resolv.conf files. You also need some
kind of a nameserver.
--
Gero H. Marten
<http://www.provi.de/gmarten/index.html>
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: HELP! /usr directory lost!!!
Date: 16 Apr 1999 19:05:47 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (TsProdehl) writes:
>I screwed up big time!! While trying to figure out how to read my floppies, I
>screwed up big time. Now when I log in, I've got all sorts of errors going on.
>The /usr directory is lost. I can't do startx anymore. I get errors about
Since most of the programs you use are under /usr, it is no wonder you
get errors. I am surprised that anything works.
What happened to /usr? Did you just mess up the entry in /etc/fstab?
If so fix it and everything should be fine. Did you erase it? In that
case a reinstall is called for. What was it you did?
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From: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Xresources on different machines
Date: 16 Apr 1999 11:22:24 -0700
I frequently use a remote Solaris machine; is there any way to use
different .Xresources/.Xdefaults for local programs and programs running
off the Solaris box? I like having my local emacs show up on on one
virtual screen and the remote emacs on a different one, but if I use xrdb
to read the resource files, it only takes one emacs geometry argument. Is
there any way to keep both of them?
Thanks,
Janet
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Report: NT 3.5x Faster Than Linux
Date: 16 Apr 1999 23:31:57 GMT
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 17:19:53 -0400,
Jeremy Winston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A few items to consider:
<snip>
What I find most amusing is that they leave out the cost of the NT
'solution'. Client licenses for NT are not cheap: they'd be paying a
fortune for licenses on a machine getting the traffic they were
generating. A wise purchaser would take the tens of thousands of
dollars spent on NT client licenses and buy more Linux boxes for
redundancy.
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: Unknown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Anyone play Q2 from their linux box?
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 14:05:17 -0500
Charles Coombs wrote:
>
> I am curious if people here actually use the linux Q2 client?
> How is the playability versus playing on Win?
Not anymore (I've moved onto Tribes), but I preferred to play Q2 under
Linux vs. Win95. No speed difference. More stable under Linux. Under
Win95 Q2 would crash at least twice a nite and usually more. At 1/4 of
the time it would take out the TCP/IP stack meaning I had to reboot.
Under Linux I never crashed (once I had it setup correctly) and having
the modem drop connection never corrupted the TCP/IP stack. I played for
hours under Linux and only stopped when I wanted not because my system
had crashed once again. I was running with a 3Dfx board.
Supposedly you can run Q2 under X. I never got this to work. I was
hoping to do this so I could monitor the TCP/IP stream. It seemed to me
that I was getting flooded and wanted to prove it. And if so counter
attack.
later,
Ed
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: 16 Apr 1999 14:10:58 -0500
When my significant other started using the computer, she had no clues
about everyting, and since I use vi a lot, I taught her vi on a unix
machine. Since then, she uses the vi as her editor, and even on
windows machines, we still use the vi (elvis).
When recently she had to use the macintosh, she started screaming at
me. What happened to the ESC, the i (insert), the o(open line) key?
vi BECAME intuitive to her. Mouse keys aren't. After a few weeks,
these complaints have died down. Granted, she still occasionaly uses
the ESC key, etc on the mac, but she is slowly getting used to it.
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LINUX 2 UNIX
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 16:36:13 -0700
Reply-To: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
John J. Straumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Will C programs compiled under LINUX run under UNIX? I am asking because
> I am developing some CGIs, and I am getting some strange errors when I
> transfer them to my Web Server (they run fine under Linux when I access
> the Linux server via my internal network). Before I go through a bunch
> of dead ends I thought I better find out if the compiled code is
> compatible...
Please define "UNIX". Which one are you talking about?
And which architecture are you talking about for Linux?
I hope you are not asking, if a program compiled for an x86 will run on e.g.
a Sun, aren't you?
On the other hand you can always use cross-compilation to solve even the
wildest scenarios.
jue
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J�rgen Exner
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StarOffice and fonts -help!!
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 15:13:24 -0400
Dr Ian Vince McLoughlin wrote:
> I've got SO5.0, and the fonts are awful
> --if I'm doing a presentation with 100 point text, I don't want such blocky
> letters,
> in fact I don't know why it's so bad.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestion? How to fix the blocky characters etc...
>
> Please also send my any reply directly;
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks in advance and regards,
> Ian McLoughlin
I've got a similar problem, and I know how you feel. Especially when using
the spreadsheet, if I change a font, the screen won't refresh with the new
font, even though everywhere it says I've changed it. But there's much worse
that comes from this... If I print it (and I presume it will do the same for
presentations), the old fonts remain, no matter what I do. So far I haven't
found a run-around to this solution, even with 5.0.1, but I'll keep working on
it and let you know as soon as possible.
Paul
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