Linux-Misc Digest #961, Volume #19 Tue, 27 Apr 99 06:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: SiS 6326 AGP configuration. (mike)
GNU/Hurd (Filargiropoulos Stavros)
Re: Linux printing to a Deskjet 1000c? (Thomas Cameron)
VFAT FileSystem corrupted by CIH!!! Help ( Expert Only ) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers ("Paul D. DeRocco")
Re: vfat filesystem Debian Linux (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Mirror Question?? (Payton)
Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers ("Paul D. DeRocco")
How to set up lilo to multiboot redhat 5.2, win98 and solaris? (Salman Ashraf)
Re: Unable to execute binary file (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (jik-)
Re: GNU/Hurd (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (David Steuber)
Big Hard Drive and Dumbass BIOS (John Precious)
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From: mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: SiS 6326 AGP configuration.
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 05:40:36 GMT
didn't have this problem. Anybody know?
Mike
David Cougle wrote:
>
> When you use nobitblt, it makes scrolling go slow! how to fix this?
>
> On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, mike wrote:
>
> > start here
> >
> > http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html#sis
> >
> > For suse 6.0 there is already a driver. You may still have to edit the
> > config file
> >
> >
> >
> > The lines are:
> >
> > Videoram 8192
> > Option "noaccel"
> > Option "nobitblt"
> > Option "sw_cursor" #the 8MB Ram gave a wierd cursor this solved it
> >
> > I would edit the file with one change, test the effect by starting x
> > windows. Then repeat. Start with Option "noaccel", (check the readme
> > file that comes with the SiS server you down load from www.suse.com. for
> > the actual spelling of the options.) Plus, I'm going to send you a copy
> > of my config a little later. I just realize that I'm assuming you have
> > already downloaded the SiS server for www.suse.com. Start there if you
> > haven't already.
> >
> > get files from http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html#sis
> >
> > read it
> >
> > The information below helped some with xf86 3.3.2.x should be
> > applicable for 3.3.3.X.
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Oh yes
> >
> > I've been getting lots of email on this so I'm reposting my earlier
> > findings. If someone could tell me what works for them I would
> > appreciate it.
> >
> > Mike
> > Well a couple of us had the same problem.
> >
> > download the servers from
> > http://www.suse.de/XSuSE/XSuSE_E.html#sis
> > follow the instructions to install those
> >
> > run xf86configurator (sp?)
> >
> > you may find that it still doesn't quit work.
> >
> > In the video card section where you can add options, by peruseing
> > through
> > the xf86Config file (again sp?) you'll see example configurations
> > commented
> > out.
> >
> > again in the video card section add the following option combinations.
> >
> > my config
> >
> > VideoRam 8192
> > Option "no_accel"
> > Option "no_bitblt"
> >
> > another person suggested
> >
> > VideoRam 4096
> > Option "no_accel"
> >
> > another person suggested
> >
> > VideoRam 8192
> > Option "no_accel"
> > Option "no_linnear"
> >
> > Roland Raveh wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi, I have the same problem, so maybe you could tell me how it work's.
> > > I've Suse 6.0 and a SiS 6326 AGP Video-card.
> > > Thanks Roland Raveh
> > >
> > > ______________________________________________________
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> >
> >
>
> --
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:39:38 +0300
From: Filargiropoulos Stavros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GNU/Hurd
Anyone knows if the development GNU/Hurd is frozen or is still
continued?
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From: Thomas Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.protocols.smb
Subject: Re: Linux printing to a Deskjet 1000c?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 01:44:28 -0500
Guten Abend, Kurt!
Danke fur deine Post (whew, that's all the German I remember from highschool - and
I probably messed up somewhere)!
Yeah, I have the DJ1000C driver on the NT machine. The print that comes out is
perfect, color and all. It's just that it doesn't form feed. Upon heavier use,
I've determined that in some intermittent cases, the print job seems to just hang
in the printer. Halfway through a page, with more to print, it just stalls and
the DJ1000's green light starts flashing.
I've gotten a couple of other responses that have indicated that this printer is a
Winprinter - kinda like a Winmodem, requires a Windows host to preprocess the
print job. I am shying away from that, because if I hang this printer off a
Novell NetWare server's parallel port, it seems to work fine.
Hmmmm....
Still digging,
Thomas
Kurt Harders wrote:
> Hallo Thomas,
>
> Thomas Cameron wrote:
> >
> > I have Samba 2.0.3 running like a champ on a dual PPro 200, 128 MB RAM,
> > running Slackware 3.6, kernel 2.2.5. Running like a champ as far as file
> > sharing is concerned, that is. Printing is another matter. I have an HP
> > Deskjet 1000c hanging off the parallel port for use via Samba for a bunch of
> > WinNT and Win9x machines. I set up a raw printer in /etc/printcap, the line
> > looks like this:
> >
> > dj1000|DeskJet 1000c:sh:lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/dj1000
> >
> Looks fine :-)
>
> > the printing section in smb.conf looks like this:
> >
> > [printers]
> > comment = All Printers
> > path = /usr/spool/samba
> > print ok = Yes
> >
> Looks fine too.
>
> > The print jobs make it, and start coming out the printer, but where ink
> > stops getting laid on paper, the form stops. I guess I need a form feed. I
> > tried making my printcap look like this:
> >
> > dj1000|DeskJet 1000c:sh:lp=/dev/lp0:sd=/var/spool/lpd/dj1000:mx#0:ff=\f
> >
> Having no limit makes sense, because printjobs sometimes get big.
>
> > which should force a form feed, and set no limit on the max print size.
> > This didn't work. How do I force a form feed after the last page? Is it a
> > Samba thing, a WinNT print driver thing, or a Linux thing?
>
> Because everything in samba seems to be nice, this should be a windows
> problem. Did you install the DeskJet driver on your NT-machine?
>
> I have different printers working the way you are using.
>
> Regards, Kurt
> --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.linux,alt.linux.slakware
Subject: VFAT FileSystem corrupted by CIH!!! Help ( Expert Only )
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 07:31:35 GMT
My company PC with M$ OS was infected by CIH virus on 26th, I still trying
to recover all those harddisk which lossing partition.
I successfully recover a harddisk which 3 partitions with using fdisk (
linux ) & ndd ( norton ) and get back the 3 partitions. but problem was
happen on the first partition which have been recovered, I can see the
directories and files inside this partition, and I try to copy all this
files to other partition or floppy, I will get the all the files with
32,768k in size ( all the files with less than 32,768k was fine ), I did try
using linux to copy ( cp ), the error " input/output error " appear.
Firstly, I recover partition 2 & 3 with ndd or ndd /rebuild, and that time I
couldn't get the first partition until I using linux fdisk to force created
and new "dos >=32M" partition then I managed to recover it by using ndd to
corrected the partition, but then the problem I mension above happen.
Anybody, know how can it be recover ? because it really important for us.
Thanks.
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From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 00:42:43 -0400
Fabian wrote:
>
> Art VanDelay wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >This doesn't make any sense. I like the OS/Browser integration.
> >There is no "definition" of an OS, and if you leave it up to the
> >Government, there will be some stupid definition which will stifle
> >further progress in PCs
>
> The problem is that if a OS can be defined as containing any piece of
> software MS wishes, there is nothing to stop MS bundling absolutely any
> piece of commerical grade software with teh OS, putting any competition out
> of busioness, adn then in teh next version of windows, 'giving in' to teh
> DoJ and selling the app as an independant product, only, gosh, now there is
> no competition left so everyone has to buy MS to do that thing.
The inclusion of the browser in the OS is not a mere definitional trick.
They're now standardizing on HTML as the means of distributing
documentation, including on the OS itself, supplanting the old crappy
WinHelp program. The viewer apparently uses some of the core code from
IE, wrapped in a shell that allows multiple "web pages" to be compressed
into a single file. This is a neat idea, but it would be impossible if
they couldn't count on their HTML code being present.
--
Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Subject: Re: vfat filesystem Debian Linux
Date: 27 Apr 1999 08:20:55 GMT
Charles Pouliot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm under the impression from what I've been able to find on the internet that
>the vfat filesystem is supposed to work for floppies, however, when I try to
>mount floppies that have even been formatted on Windows NT (FAT of course), I
>get an error message 'bad superblock' and some details.
Most likely you're not specifying a filesystem type.
Try
mount -f vfat /dev/fd0 /floppy
or put
/dev/fd0 /floppy vfat user,noauto 0 0
in your /etc/fstab, and simply say
mount /floppy
or use mtools.
HTH,
Ray
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 01:27:20 -0700
From: Payton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mirror Question??
I would like to download a copy of RH5.2 using the 'mirror' program, the
only problem is, I can't seem to figure out the correct syntax. I've
read the manual, but I still can't get the 'mirror' program to work.
Can somebody provide some examples please or recommend another way to
download RH.
Any help would be great. If you can, please email replys.
Payton
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From: "Paul D. DeRocco" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Consumer Poll Says Microsoft Is Good For Consumers
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 01:11:36 -0400
Fabian wrote:
>
> >> We have about 5% of the worlds population but consume about 40% of
> >>it's energy.
> >
> >And this is relevant how?
>
> If you need to ask, you need serious help.
In a very real sense, we produced practically all the world's energy, so
the fact that we only consume about 40% of it would seem extremely
generous. Before you point out that most oil comes from the Middle East,
Mexico, Indonesia, etc., I'd like to remind you that until the the
industrial world (primarily the U.S.) discovered that petroleum could be
harnessed as an energy source capable of running an entire economy, the
Arabs, Mexicans, Indonesians, etc. regarded it as just some useless
black goo that oozed out of the ground.
If you're not willing to credit us with having "created" oil as a
resource, because it was "there all along", then you must believe that
the ancient Greeks and Romans "had" even more oil than we do today. More
seriously, you must also believe that we "have" today all the great
volumes of energy producing matter that we haven't yet discovered how to
harness (heavy water for cold fusion, perhaps?), in which case there's
no point worrying about our "using up" the oil.
> >>The CAFE standards were implemented for more than just
> >>mileage , we also seem to have major problems with huge gas guzzling
> >>monsters polluting the atmosphere.
> >
> >There were news stories a while back to the effect that the US (and to
> >a lesser extent Western Europe) has such stringent pollution controls
> >that air leaves our airspace cleaner than when it entered it.
>
> With all due respect, the only place where I can seriously believe this
> appeared is the Enquirer.
It is true, however, that anyone who attempts to commit suicide by
locking himself in a garage with the engine running is likely to die of
boredom, unless his engine is seriously mistuned.
> >The reason you don't see large autos worldwide is because a lot of
> >governments slap a $4-$7/gallon tax on their fuel. With gas prices
> >artificially raised to that level you look for something that gets
> >more than 10 mile/gallon.
>
> btw, global oil production is predicted to be half present levels by 2025,
> in a paper leaked from industry circles. Food for thought next time you
> drive down to the corner shop for a pint of milk and canapes.
People who claimed to be experts in the area predicted decades ago that
we would have nearly run out of oil (not to mention a host of other
natural resources) by now. The only verifiable fact is that we are still
discovering new oil reserves faster than we are using oil, which is why
oil prices are on a downward trend line. These reserves may be more
costly to get at, in terms of either the money needed to extract it or
the danger of spilling oil on some real estate that we care too much
about, but they're there if we need them.
> >Its her money. She's free to spend it how she wishes. What's wrong
> >with that?
>
> She is using up environmental resources. You might do well to look up a
> classic paper on management called "The tragedy of the Commons". It seems
> that if everyone uses a common but apparently free resource without
> restraint, it soon gets used up, and all lose out. It may be her money, but
> it is the planet's petrol.
The value that the free market places on things may be inaccurate due to
"the tragedy of the commons", a.k.a. "externalities", but it is far less
inaccurate than the prices assigned to things by environmentalists.
It's become routine, for instance, for cities to build grandiose,
staggeringly expensive commuter rail systems. They then find that they
can raise only a small fraction of their real costs from ticket sales,
meaning that they need to provide a subsidy from general tax revenue
that amounts to several times what the riders are actually paying.
Instead of admitting that the trains were a lousy idea, they universally
argue, "But they're good for the environment." In other words, when the
government spends $10 in taxes to subsidize a $2 train ride, they're
claiming that the amount of automotive air pollution prevented, plus the
lightened load on natural resources, that results from moving one person
out of his car for the duration of one ride is worth ten dollars to
society. This is ludicrous. It might be worth a few pennies, but not
anybody's ten dollars.
And even if you disagree with the cost estimates in that particular
examples, it should be obvious to everyone that environmentalists squeal
like stuck pigs whenever anyone suggests that there should even _be_
const-benefit analyses. They always try to make a "moral" issue of
everything so that they can trump the evidence that their programs are
not cost-effective.
--
Ciao, Paul D. DeRocco
Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Salman Ashraf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,alt.solaris.x86,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: How to set up lilo to multiboot redhat 5.2, win98 and solaris?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 06:43:48 GMT
I've got windows98 and solaris 7 on /dev/hda and redhat 5.2 on /dev/hdb.
I installed linux after solaris so I'm using lilo. Can someone tell me
how I can setup lilo to boot solaris? Is there a way to do that or do I
have to install the solaris boot manager in the MBR to boot linux? I'd
rather use lilo. I'm sure there's a way to do it. I tried putting an
entry like other=solaris and label=/dev/hda3 but that didn't work and
I didn't think it would. I'd appreciate any help on this. Thanks.
Salman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Subject: Re: Unable to execute binary file
Date: 27 Apr 1999 06:42:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"D. Vrabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Sun, 25 Apr 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I am trying to run a program from linux ans am getting the error ' unable to
>> execute binary file'. When i do a file <executable> it tells me its a ' 80386
>> COFF executable , not stripped'. Whats all that about then?.
> It sounds like it's an old so-called 'a.out' executable. You need
> support for this format compiled into the kernel and all the necessary
> libraries in the correct format. This is all a waste of time I'd
> just recompile the file.
>
> There is also a possibility that it's a DOS program compiled using DJGPP.
>
> David
>
> ps. I think calling the old executable format 'a.out' is a bit confusing.
> What is the origin of the term.
Way back when, back in 'the days', a compiler would output a file called
a.out which was executable.
Keven
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 23:52:18 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
> OK, let's get the names straight. Vladimir Lenin. John Lennon. No
> relation. Got it?
God, I forgot how anal people get around here....I'll make sure to look
it up in ...well werever I could to know how to spell John Lennon's
name,....before I speak next time. Guess I could have looked on one of
the beatle's records, but I wasn't expecting this kind of reaction.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Subject: Re: GNU/Hurd
Date: 27 Apr 1999 08:36:30 GMT
Filargiropoulos Stavros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Anyone knows if the development GNU/Hurd is frozen or is still continued?
It is still being developed; see e.g.
http://master.debian.org/~brinkmd/hurd/ .
HTH,
Ray
--
Cyberspace, a final frontier. These are the voyages of my messages,
on a lightspeed mission to explore strange new systems and to boldly go
where no data has gone before.
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From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Date: 27 Apr 1999 00:25:22 -0400
Jim Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
-> That's communism, folks.
->
->
-> P.S. This is intended as humor (and a troll) ;-)
->
->
-> --
->
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-> * O[_]---[_]O *
Nice MIG in you .sig :-)
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-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Precious)
Subject: Big Hard Drive and Dumbass BIOS
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 11:05:41 GMT
I've accidentally bought a 13Gb drive, when my BIOS will only support an
8.4Gb drive (doh!). Creating a FAT32 partition beyond the 8.4Gb limit
causes the computer to hang at boot time....
Is it possible to use the spare space in Linux? If so, how do I make an
ext2 partition and format it? Also, if I have my /usr directory on my
root filesystem, how would I change things so that it is on the newly
created partition? Is it just a matter of copying everything over to the
new partition and chaging fstab to mount it in /usr?
Thanks in advance.
--
Dave
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