Linux-Misc Digest #930, Volume #19 Thu, 22 Apr 99 18:13:10 EDT
Contents:
Re: Report: NT 3.5x Faster Than Linux (Bob Tennent)
Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1-1.1.i386.rpm ("Jimmy Navarro")
Re: Zipslack (Fred Uloth)
Re: epson stylus 600 printer driver (carl)
Re: Adding Linux Client to NT Domain ("Glenn Gerrard")
Re: SCSI scanners anyone? (Russell Coggrave)
Re: email and pop3 (Tina Diffuze)
Re: Linux and Zip Drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: problems w/ tar ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
setting up wine ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
StarOffice and Framemaker MIFs ("Hamrick, Vincent (BNR:BNRTP:3T61)")
Re: Any FAQ like this? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Xconfiguration file ("jeff m.")
Re: SuSE support ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: word processing, what to use? (Timothy J. Lee)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Report: NT 3.5x Faster Than Linux
Date: 22 Apr 1999 19:53:41 GMT
Reply-To: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca
On 16 Apr 1999 10:15:32 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>The only thing report tells us is that default distributions need to
>be better tuned or at least better documentation on how to tune a
>system.
>--
No distribution would be tuned to that kind of power system out of
the box. Perhaps better documentation is needed but they made
no real effort to use the documentation that was available or
the support that was available. And nothing can excuse the
obviously deliberate efforts to cripple the applications by
re-compiling them with ridiculous optimization options.
Bob T.
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From: "Jimmy Navarro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: XFree86 3.3.3.1-1.1.i386.rpm
Date: 22 Apr 1999 20:03:23 GMT
Thanks. I'll try it tonight!
Jacek M. Holeczek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > I'm using Red Hat 5.2 and would like upgrade to latest XFree86 3.3.3.1.
> > I have an S3 Virge but unsure which one since install.log has no info
> > which packages installed for X Window. First, how will I know which of
> First do the following :
> rpm -qa|grep XFree86
> and you'll see all XFree86 packages that you have installed.
> Then download all these "upgrade" packages into a separate subdirectory
> and do :
> rpm -Uvh XFree86*i386.rpm
> and you will have your XFree86 upgraded.
> Hope this helps,
> Jacek.
>
>
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From: Fred Uloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Zipslack
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:54:58 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Krusty the Clown wrote:
>
> I am currently trying Linux for about the fourth time and have found one
> that i LIKE. Zip slack.
> Any thoughts about this distribution? Strengths? Weakeness?
I like the fact that you don't have to do any repartitioning of
harddrives. I hate the 15-20 minute bootup time on my 586 laptop.
--
"Help Make the World a Warmer Place....Destroy a RainForest!"
-- Prof. Uloth
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notice. They do not necessarily express the views of my employer, my
family, my diety, or my country. And if forced to I will deny that it
was me who typed the words in the first place.
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From: cpw@bluesign (carl)
Subject: Re: epson stylus 600 printer driver
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 16:38:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Arnold Kaars wrote:
>
>> is there an epson stylus 600 printer driver about? I am using RH5.2.
>> Thanks
>> arnold kaars
>
> Linux doesn't have drivers as Windows. There are two answers to
>your problem: first is get a filter, which is a program that gets what you
....<snip>...
> Second, get Alladin's GhostScript 5.10. It will translate from
>postscript or PDF to printer's language, and there are options as resolution,
I may be out of date here (I'm using 5.03) but when you get
ghostscript you may have to compile in support for your particular printer.
Run the command gv -h and see what the available devices are. (I think
your epson is stcolor).
--
Praeterea censeo Micromolle non esse utendum.
("Moreover, I maintain that Microsoft should not be used." With apologies
to Cato the Elder)
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From: "Glenn Gerrard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Adding Linux Client to NT Domain
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:25:44 GMT
Steve,
Samba is not your problem with Proxy server! I was in a similar situation
not long ago. Create a user account on the PDC that matches the username
and password on the linux machine - so if you log onto the linuxbox and
steve with password steve create the same thing on the PDC and make sure
that this user has Web proxy access (If you have SP3 or higher installed and
everyone in your office is allowed on the internet use "All Authenticated
Users" for web and windsock access control. Go to the MMC on the NT box and
make sure that the default web server's IP address is set to "all
unassigned". Then go to the SOCKS proxy and open ports EQ to 25 (smtp),
119(news), 110(POP), 23(telnet), 21(ftp) and what ever else you need.
Then go to the linux box, login as whoever you are to the NT box and set
your preferences to point to the internal NIC of the proxy server (I use the
IP address but you can use the name if you have set it in the hosts file
(see the linuxconf "dialog box") and port 80 for everything except SOCKS
which will stay at 1080. You should now have web surfing ability - NT gets
passed the user name and password from the linux machine which it checks
against it's rock solid security model :) and gives you access.
Obviously I am assuming that you have set the PDC as your default gateway /
router and that you can successfully ping the internal card of the proxy
server - if you can ping the external card TURN OFF IP ROUTING!!!
Hope this helps,
Glenn Gerrard
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Steve D. Perkins wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Since we've been slow up at the office this past week <smile>...
>I've been putting together a spare machine out of used parts to put
>Linux on. My office has a Microsoft network with one NT server... which
>acts as the firewall (using MS Proxy Server) between our LAN and the
>Internet.
>
> Anyway... Linux install was no problem, and I can ping the NT
>server. My main purpose for wanting to do this is to learn how to use
>Samba... I've played around to the point where I can see the server's
>browse list (I'll learn how to actually use and share resources
>tommorrow).
>
> However... I have yet to figure out how to configure Netscape (or
>KDE's browser, for that matter) to get past the MS Proxy Server firewall
>to browse the internet. I have gone into Netscape's proxy settings and
>put the server's IP address in for HTTP proxy, as well as SOCKS proxy
>(I'm still a little fuzzy on what that one is, but I know that the
>firewall supports it). Now when I try to browse somewhere a login and
>password box pop up... but nothing I've tried works (I tried several
>username and password combinations for accounts on the NT server).
>Authentication keeps failing.
>
> Am I correct in assuming that this authentication in question is
>referring to having an acount on the NT machine, or perhaps something
>else entirely? I was just hoping that someone out there reading this
>has configured something similar before...
>
>Steve
>
>
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From: Russell Coggrave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.solaris.x86,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: SCSI scanners anyone?
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:38:39 +0100
Not sure if I've missed some posts here but here goes...
Tried to use the Epson GT7000 SCSI2 scanner with sane-0.73 without
success
some months ago.
More recently successfully installed and used sane-1.00. The frontend
s/w works great: scanimage, xscanimage and plug-in for gimp.
Note that the epson backend will only work with device /dev/scanner so
you may have to create a symbollic link to the appropriate /dev/sg?
generic
device.
The only thing left on my wish list is an increase in the scan speed
(roughly
1/2 the speed obtained using twain driver under 'doze). There are some
comments about speed in the source code, basicly suggesting that the
author
did not get around to sorting it all out.
Apart from that, you shouldn't have any problems.
Good luck,
Russ
Markus Wandel wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> 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?
>
> There's even an alternative to SANE, it's called "epscan" and it's on the
> metalab archive site. I had to make two small patches to get it to work
> with my RedHat 5.2 system and ActionScanner II (aka GT5000) scanner but
> after that it's great, standalone program that does exactly what a scanner
> front-end should do and nothing more.
>
> The things I had to change:
>
> 1. epscan expects the SCSI generic devices to be sg0, sg1, ... instead of
> sga, sgb, ... (or maybe the other way around.) I just made symbolic
> links and that was that.
>
> 2. It expects an EPSON scanner to identify itself as "EPSON SCANNER ..."
> whereas the GT5000 says "EPSON SCANNER ...". I just patched the
> string in the binary instead of recompiling.
>
> Why not recompile? Because the source expected an older version of the
> include files than my system had, and I didn't want to bother figuring out
> what to change.
>
> Markus
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From: Tina Diffuze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: email and pop3
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 18:37:34 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[...]
> I am looking for a email program that can dial in automatically and that
> supports pop3.
[...]
Hi,
Netscape Communicator is an excellent choice in my opinion. It supports
pop3. I use my netscape for email, usenet and "surfing". I recommend you to
use version 4.5 or higher.
Tina
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--Big Brother Watches You! But Not Me!
--Linux - The choice of a GNU generation
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux and Zip Drive
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:17:11 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Please see <http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/ZIP-Drive-4.html> It
> describes the installation and basic usage. The LDP is great for this kind of
> info. I have RH5.2 kernel 2.0.36 and I am using a Zip-Atapi.
I've also got an atapi zip.
Getting it to work is *not* difficult.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: problems w/ tar
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:07:07 +0100
root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> gus wrote:
>
> deletia....
>
>
>> Finally, I always use verbose output. It tells you how things are going
>> ... so, I use:
>>
>> tar -xvzf foo.tar.gz
>>
>> NOTE, in all the examples, the "f" (if needed) is the last flag. This is
>> essential for correct operation.
>
> On my machine, I use
> tar xvfz
> and have not noticed any problems (yet :^)
>
>
>>
>> cheers
>>
>> gus
>>
>> P.S. Since you don't know tar, you are a very newbie ... Here is some
>> added help...
>>
>> Experiment with "man" ;-)
>>
>> man tar
>>
>> will tell you all about tar.
>
> On my machine (SuSE 5.2), there is no man for tar (there is for just about
> everything else I've tried). You can type tar --h and get help for tar.
My machine (SuSE 6.0) has the manpage, but all the *real* info is in the info
page. Including tutorials.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: setting up wine
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:28:55 GMT
Can someone help me to setup wine? Please do not say 'read the doc's'. that is
what I can figure out myself too!
Please reply to my email address! My telephone company is urning enough money!
Thank you!
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From: "Hamrick, Vincent (BNR:BNRTP:3T61)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: StarOffice and Framemaker MIFs
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 15:05:48 +0000
According to the StarOffice web page, StarOffice can import Framemake
3, 4, and 5 documents. How? I see no import command and there is no
framemaker file type in the open dialog list.
Thanks for any help,
--
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Software Designer
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Any FAQ like this?
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:22:03 +0100
Ken Arromdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Has anyone managed to produce a FAQ or similar document describing what
> system configuration files are changed by what configuration programs under
> a Linux distribution? (Either Red Hat or anything else)
SuSE mostly deals with /etc/rc.config, and then YaST uses scripts to change
the various files which live in their usual habitats. 'frinstance if you've
designated nameservers in YaST, YaST sets these in /etc/rc.config, then uses
scripts to make the neccessary changes in (in this example) /etc/host.resolve.
Dunno about a FAQ, though...
HTH
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> [EMAIL PROTECTED] |station in a swamp, but I showed them! It
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] |sank into the swamp. So I built a second
> http://www.inetnow.net/~arromdee|space station. That sank into the swamp too.
> --------------------------------+My third space station sank into the swamp.
> So I built a fourth one. That fell into a time warp and _then_ sank into the
> swamp. But the fifth one... stayed up! --Monty Python/Babylon 5
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From: "jeff m." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xconfiguration file
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:19:27 +0000
Siegfried Johannes Sengl wrote:
>
> Hopefully someone can help me with this. I have setup RedHat 5.2 on my
> second drive a number of times. Whenever I go through the xwindow setup
> however it is always trial and error before I get it right. It is ok
> right now, but I was wondering where the file exists which this setup
> creates, so that I can copy down the parameters that work, so that I can
> reinstall it easier.
> thankyou
> sigi
>
> --
>
>
> Siegfried J. Sengl (sigi)
> UCS Operations 5445
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
default is /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XFree86Config
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: SuSE support
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 19:15:33 +0100
**Nick Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Michael put it more forcefully (quite a lot more than the average
> software vendor's support people usually do, but more power to him, if
> Linux means anything it means freedom to say what you mean), but I have
> a couple of observations:
>
> - When you bought 5.3 you could have very easily found out SuSE's
> release schedule. It's not a major secret. Even if they didn't tell
> you (and I'd be surprised), you could have found out in a dozen places
> on the net. So the choice to junk 5.3 after just a few weeks was yours
> alone.
>
> - Installing your own kernel is not very hard. In fact, I would suggest
> that almost anyone who actually _needs_ a new kernel, is by definition
> someone who can work out how to do it. Read the kernel HOWTO and the
> LILO manuals (if SuSE uses LILO; apologies to the SuSE folks, I'm a
> cheapskate Debian user). If you only want the new kernel so you can
> tell your friends that you have the new kernel, you may want to think
> twice about whether Linux is right for you. This NG is full of people
> who have successfully upgraded their kernel after getting help here.
SuSE uses LILO. In fact using YAST to set it up is so easy it's laughable.
6.0 also comes with an alternate bootmanager, just for those who want menus &
stuff. I think. I haven't actually used it, seeing as how LILO fufils all my
requirements with a minimum of fuss and aggravation, which is all I really want.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] | But who you are becoming.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Goethe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee)
Subject: Re: word processing, what to use?
Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 21:02:54 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
|My quastion is simple. What is a good word processor under linux? Please take
|into account my configuration. I have an AMD 486dx4-100 with 32mb ram and 4 mb
|S3 Virge videocard.
|Something like star office is too heavy.
Some other choices:
LaTeX
LyX
groff
SIAG office Pathetic Writer
WordPerfect
Applix Words
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