Linux-Misc Digest #10, Volume #20 Sat, 1 May 99 17:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: New to Linux, Flavor questions (jik-)
More Filesystem Woes (John Garrison)
joysticks? (Adam Short)
Re: New Pic For Linux!!! Look At It!!! ("Matthew B. Kennedy")
Re: StarOffice 5.0 (Peter T. Breuer)
Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing? (Jonas Olsson)
2.2 kernels & processes 'falling asleep' (Kenneth Mair)
Re: Computer virus threat to Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul E. Larson))
Re: CTRL-S (Crewden)
Dual Boot (Siva Vasanthan)
Re: Help choosing distribution (jik-)
Re: X Programming (jik-)
Re: samba (OldUncleMe)
Re: mkisofs problems (jik-)
Re: Listing I/O and IRQs? (John Westerdale)
Re: portable linux (jik-)
glibc2 problems... (Geir)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing? ("D. Vrabel")
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... (jedi)
Re: Need lex not flex for linux (James Youngman)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522) (Alex Gurney)
Re: linux to replace windoze machines ? (brian moore)
X boot problem - HELP Please!!! (Arik Solomon)
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 12:43:04 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to Linux, Flavor questions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I haven't started using Linux yet, as I'm still in the researching and
> finding- out phase. In the messages I've read and books I've seen in the
> stores, I'm finding, of course, different distributions of Linux and
> different version numbers. I'm just looking for some info to clear this up
> for me... First, what are the major differences between Slackware, Caldera
> OpenLinux, and Redhat? I've seen postings that say "Can't go wrong starting
> with Slack" and the like. How are they so different?
Slackware has a better init script setup, its smaller and contains less
useless garbage for people who want to know their system. If you just
want to play and have the space for idiot-proof tools that are not idiot
proof then by all means get something else.
Lots of people like those idiot-proof programs, I don't, as far as I see
it, you still need to know a lot of what your doing, but you have silly
text feilds to do it in...the text editor is faster, smaller, more
efficient, and is more likely to work right. When I tried RedHat last
(5.2) they STILL did not work. Glint still explodes, and the control
panel is now a total mess and depends highly on Gtk+ (as if python and
tk was not bad enough) which you want if you use the gimp, but I have no
further use for. SuSE was pretty good for one of THOSE distros, and if
it had used Slackware's init setup I would have kept it. Simple fact
is, there is not much documentation on the init scripts (even the linux
sys admin man sucks in this area) and Slackware you can simply look at
them and see what is going on,....that rc start/stop mess is not so easy
and I never got how to add NEW programs since I don't want to tear into
a bash script...Also, others may object,...but that rc start/stop setup
is 10x slower going then Slackware's init setup...I got sick of waiting
for my system to boot and shutdown.
Slackware is also 100x easier to download, I do not recomend trying
with the others except maybe SuSE which also has a nice disk
layout....don't touch distributions that put all their files into a
single directory because you have to download the entire thing.
Examples are RedHat and Debian,...you need the CD for those 2. If your
going for something with rpm or other package management, get SuSE....it
is a pretty nice distro all and all.
Slackware by definition is also inherently more stable then the rest
which update to the latest state of the art deal before being sure it
works right. All software in Slackware is heavily tested, and if a
problem is found with the new version, the old is used instead....there
has been one occasion when a release was mad to downgrade because of
some bug (think it was bash), but that only happened once that I am
aware of.
>
> Second, I know they're all based on the same Linux kernel, now 2.2.x, so how
> different is this newest kernel from previous incarnations?
Actually, few if any have updated to 2.2.x yet. It is in progress, but
isn't here quite yet, 2.2.x is very new still. Most of the time you
need to upgrade to get the latest kernel anyway unless (possibly) you
bought the distro on the first day it came out.
The new kernel has a better module support and some added things like
the framebuffer device and joystick support (nothing uses that yet). I
like the framebuffer, especially my aty device, and the module things
does work a lot better though it was pretty confusing switching over.
Slackware 3.6 is ready for the upgrade, all you have to do is change
some symbolic links and download a couple of small things....pppd 3.5 is
on board but not used in the 2.0.x scheme
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From: John Garrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: More Filesystem Woes
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 19:40:43 GMT
O.K. I used fdisk with the expert option and set my cylinders to the
right amount and set up the hard drive like I want it. now have 6 gig
for Winblows and 6 gig for Linux.
The problem is I have the entire caldera system on my windows
partition. I couldn't install that from my windows partition becuase
caldera's install program didn't mount the drive as vfat. I even
alt-f2'd and installed the vfat module and tryed mounting it vfat myself
but that didn't work.
So anyway I used my old red hat 5.0 with ancient kernel 2.0.31 which
doesn't recognize my ati rage lt pro. FreeBSD did, so I can assume the
newer linux kernels will. This is simple I thought, I have the new
kernel rpm right on my windows partition.
Mount /dev/hda1 /mnt -t vfat.
oops. didn't work. I installed the vfat module and tryed again. it
still didn't work. It says it can't in an msdos filesystem on hda1.
then I noticed at bootup it is recognizing my drive as a 1023 cylinder 8
meg. it is a 1658 cylinders! I told fdisk that from the beginning. so
I ran fdisk again and changed it back to 1658 so all the
filesystems/partitions lined up nicely and saved it and rebooted. BOOM
fdisk sets it back to 1023.
How can I get to my windows partition? I need the new kernel, I need
wordperfect and netscape and lots of other stuff on the drive. I don't
want to spend hours downloading when I have it right there.
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From: Adam Short <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: joysticks?
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 20:41:40 +0000
Hi,
I've never needed to ask this before because I have never made use of a
joystick with Linux, but suddenly I find that I would like to play some
games. I have my joystick connected, the driver installed and X is
configured to recognise it. Unfortunately it doesn't. In search of the
usual suspects I took a look at what files I had in /dev sure enough
there wasn't a joystick device among them. What the hell do I have to
do? My joystick port is on my sound card and gets set up when the sound
drivers are loaded (that was the first thing I checked). I have no idea
what device it is supposed to use and I have no idea what to do to force
it into using a specific device. I think the default is something like
joy0. As I said before I have no joy0, joy, j, or anything else that
could possibly be a joystick device. The joystick driver is compiled
into the kernel and everything else seems right. What am I doing wrong??
I thought I had my system working perfectly, just my luck to come
unstuck with the simplest piece of hardware there is!!!
Answers by email please. I don't get to read news very often.
Adam
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From: "Matthew B. Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Pic For Linux!!! Look At It!!!
Date: Sun, 2 May 1999 01:41:31 +1000
Funky man, were'd you get it?!
FRANK PERSSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:xbgW2.18340$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Cool Pic For Linux......
>
>
> file://Frank
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter T. Breuer)
Crossposted-To: nwu.comp.unix.linux,nwu.comp.misc
Subject: Re: StarOffice 5.0
Date: 1 May 1999 19:35:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
jason ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Sean Melody wrote:
: >
: > What? That is asinine...I installed as root and two other users use the
: > program on my home computer...
: You probably used the "/net" option when installing. I didn't. The default
: installation (i.e. without the "/net"
Rubbish. There's no magic. It can be run by anybody who can execute it and has
the correct .licence (or whatever it was called) file in his home directory.
: does the installation. I don't have mulitple users using my machine, so I
: never considered installing with the "/net" option.
The setup scripts were completely hosed, though. They expected things in
capitals when they had lower case names, they needed the tars to be in the
same directory, and so on. After wandering through for half an hour, and mailing
them the corrections, it was easier just to put the things were it expected
them to be. I'm talking about the script that comes with the net download
(I understand what you get on cdrom is different).
: But it doesn't matter now. It ran too slowly (even on my 450MHz machine),
It's not fast (on my 450MHz). But not impossible. It improves slowly in that
in can read powerpoint, sometimes. Personally I think 3.1 was more useable.
: so I deleted it almost as soon as I installed it. I now use LaTeX exclusively
: for all of my document-editing needs. :-)
Well, ditto. But that's besides the point.
: -jason
: (to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
Please don't .. appparently you do know about netiquette, and the rfc that says
every message must have a correct reply address, so please abide by it.
Install your own spam filters. It's no bother.
--
Peter
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From: Jonas Olsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing?
Date: 01 May 1999 21:51:15 +0200
They are using the SVGAlib driver. In order for them to be able to
open the display they need root privileges. I'm not saying that this
is good practice but that is the reason behind it.
/Jonas Olsson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh) writes:
> On a new install of Redhat 5,2 (also there in 5.1) I get the following
>
> 24533 15 -rws--x--x 1 root root 14908 May 9 1998
> /usr/games/vga_klondike
> 24534 16 -rws--x--x 1 root root 15484 May 9 1998
> /usr/games/vga_ohhell
> 24535 13 -rws--x--x 1 root root 12876 May 9 1998
> /usr/games/vga_solitaire
> 24536 16 -rws--x--x 1 root root 16316 May 9 1998
> /usr/games/vga_spider
> 24537 18 -rws--x--x 1 root root 18108 May 7 1998
> /usr/games/vga_connectN
> 24538 16 -rws--x--x 1 root root 15664 May 7 1998
> /usr/games/vga_mines
> 24539 18 -rws--x--x 1 root root 18244 May 7 1998
> /usr/games/vga_othello
>
> What the hell is RedHat doing shipping games which are suid root? This
> makes no sense at all!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth Mair)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: 2.2 kernels & processes 'falling asleep'
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 18:53:59 +0100
I'm having trouble with processes stopping for no apparent reason using
any kernel later than 2.1.132. According to top they're asleep.
X is the most annoying case of this, it just blanks until the mouse is
moved then blanks again immediately. Quake hiccups along very slowly.
Things sometimes work fine for a short while after a reboot, but then the
problem recurs.
I've tried updating X, binutils, bdflush & egcs.
I've tried using gcc 2.7.2.3 to build the kernel and all the 2.2 kernel
versions back to 2.2pre1 but to no avail.
I just haven't a clue what's causing this, can anyone suggest a cure?
--
Kenneth Mair | 'Pay no attention to the man
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | behind the curtain!'
| Oz, the Great and Powerful
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From: thewhistler<blahblah>@twcny.rr.com (Paul E. Larson)
Subject: Re: Computer virus threat to Linux?
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 19:29:41 GMT
In article <7gegfr$7lc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Matthew B. Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Are there any threats to Linux systems from computer virii?
>
Read www.rootshell.com while Linux mightn't be succeptible to virus's, there
are other things to worry about.
Paul
Get rid of the blahs to email me :}
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Crewden)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: CTRL-S
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 19:41:35 GMT
Actually it works in DOS.
On 1 May 1999 02:29:12 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tony Smolar)
wrote:
+On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 16:04:47 GMT, Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
+>On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 13:27:37 +0100, Stu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+>
+>>I've noticed that within a virtual console CTRL-S disables the
keyboard.
+>>I am sure this is not a bug, so what is its purpose. I can only
think
+>>that it could be to lock the console for whilst away from the
keyboard,
+>>but if so how do you unlock it ?
+>>
+>
+>Control-S and Control-Q have historically been the Unix pause-scroll
+>and resume-scroll TTY control characters. Control-S will pause the
+>scrolling of a TTY until a subsequent Control-Q is typed.
+
+Not just Unix, It worked for Ataris, and PCs in the BBS days.
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From: Siva Vasanthan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dual Boot
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 20:45:37 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Can you help.
I bought a new PC and it came with Microsoft OS. Ideally, I want to run
Microsoft Windows & Linux in the same mechine. I know there is a way
here you can select the OS when the PC boots up and you can't see the
Linux partion from MS Windows and vice versa.
Does anyone know hot to setup this partions and Dual Bootup system? Are
there and utilities in Windows95 to setup the dual bootup. FDISK in
Win95 won't allow to create two Primary partions in the system.
Thanks in advance.
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:28:18 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Help choosing distribution
> Secondly, if you don't want "all that extra crap", either uninstall it (a
> trivial task) or don't install it in the first place.
Well, why bother at all then?
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:29:54 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X Programming
David M. Cook wrote:
>
> On Thu, 22 Apr 1999 02:45:21 -0700, jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Because no one toolkit offers all the widgets you will ever need plain
> >and simple. [...]
>
> Your points are well taken, but I still consider it questionable to direct
> someone new to GUI programming under Linux to start with Xlib.
Well, thats what I started with.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (OldUncleMe)
Subject: Re: samba
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 20:09:59 GMT
It was: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 05:34:42 -0700 and with STARTLING insight, "dale pearl
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" posted "samba" to "comp.os.linux.misc" :
-->ok , I must admit first that I am very new to Linux so I probably did
-->something very stupid but here it goes..
-->i have an NT server as my PDC , I have two 95/98 workstations and one
-->Linux box . I want to be able to share files between the Linux box and
-->the NT server and 95 workstations so I attempted to configure the samba
-->on the Linux box as far as I got was able to see the Linux box in the
-->network neighborhood but was unable to browse it or view/open specific
-->directories. anyone have any suggestions whatsoever to assist me in my
-->end goal?
-->feel free to email this simpleton at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
You do need to configure smb.conf and make a copy or link in, say /etc, to the
smb.conf file.
This file will list all your shares, permissions(not including file permissions, a
seperate
issue to configure on a per file basis), and a host of settings. Find or create the
operative
file and cd to that directory and run smbtestparm to see what is used, and if the file
is used
at all!
An example of an entry to share /info directory:
[info]
comment = See if this works
path = /info
browseable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
users = name1 name2 name3
write list = @users, @guests
You should test whether machines' netbios names are recognized and if permissions are
set. It
might be good to stroll around www.samba.org They have extensive documentation and a
helpful
step by step troubleshooting section. Good luck, /ts
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:30:48 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mkisofs problems
Eric Potter wrote:
>
> jik- enlightened this group thus:
> > I managed to get it to stop segfaulting when I try to make an isofs from
> > the xc/ directory by using the -D switch in mkisofs. Here is what the
> > man page says about that:
> >
> > -D Do not use deep directory relocation, and instead
> > just pack them in the way we see them. This vio-
> > lates the ISO9660 standard, but it works on many
> > systems. Use with caution.
> >
> >
> > So, if this works on Linux here, will it work on Linux there? Will it
> > work on win95?
>
> --
> * ^ \ ___@
> *^ / \ \ | \
> / \/ \ \__| \
> / / ^ \ \
> / \ \ Eric Potter
> / ^ ^ \ \
I don't think you said anything.
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From: John Westerdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Listing I/O and IRQs?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 13:04:13 GMT
AM,
THat usually gets most of them, but doesnt seem to get them all!
Serial ports, not is use, dont seem to show up. (not modular).
is there any way to query an interrupt? Or check a ioport/range?
JDW
Adam Mitchell wrote:
>
> cat /proc/ioports
> cat /proc/interrupts
>
> --AM
>
> On Thu, 29 Apr 1999, Stuart Baird wrote:
>
> > What is the command that will allow me to list the I/O addresses and
> > IRQs currently used by the various cards in my RedHat Linux 5.2 system?
> >
> > Stuart Baird
> >
> >
> >
--
* mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * Beer Food Unix *
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 13:34:29 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: portable linux
Mark Tranchant wrote:
>
> It's been done. Slackware has had a live filesystem on their CDs, and I
> believe RedHat does too.
I don't want a "live" filesystem, I want something which I can make
configuration changes to and have them stick....like I want to be able
to change XF86Config, fstab, etc....and I don't want to have to start
over every time.
AFAIK, never having tried one, the live filesystems are for testing and
any changes you CAN make go away as soon as you reboot.
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From: Geir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: glibc2 problems...
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 22:15:15 +0200
I am trying to get glibc2 installed as my C-library. I have downloaded
the source-files and
want to get them compiled. However, I have run into a problem when
trying to run "configure". I get a message telling me that I need the
linux sources for linux version 2.0.10 or newer. The message also tells
me that the version is checked in the "version.h" file under
<linux/include>. I am, however, running linux version 2.2.3, and I have
all the source files installed for this version. When I check the file
"/usr/include/linux/version.h" it correctly says that the version is
2.2.3. Still I get the error-message from "configure".
I used to run version 2.0.0 and I still have got these source-files
installed, but /usr/src/linux is linked to the new sources, so this
should not be a problem, or...?
Is there anyone who knows what the problem might be?
Geir.
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From: [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: Sat, 01 May 1999 16:25:36 GMT
WRONG. GNU has the WONDERFUL AROMA of Marxism. :)
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jim Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> GNU reeks of Commumism. I'll tell you why:
>
> 1) Karl Marx is famous for his Manifesto.
>
> GNU software includes a "Manifesto" file.
>
> 2) The Bolsheviks wanted to spread their Communist revolution all over the globe.
>
> Using the Internet, a "free software revolution" is now spreading globally.
>
> 3) Linux is getting lots of media attention these days, scaring Microsoft
> and Microsoft investors.
>
> That is reminiscent of the "Red Scare" that occured in the US in the 1950s.
>
> 4) The press calls Richard Stallman a fanatic...
>
> ...and they also called Vladimir Lenin a fanatic.
>
> 5) Those who write copy-left software work without being paid,
> for the good of the "free software community".
>
> That's communism, folks.
>
> P.S. This is intended as humor (and a troll) ;-)
>
> --
>
> | | Jim Brooks
> | _ | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ______________|_(_)_|______________ http://www.jimbrooks.org
> +|+ [ ( o ) ] +|+ PGP public key available
> * O[_]---[_]O *
>
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From: "D. Vrabel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.security.unix
Subject: Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing?
Date: Sat, 1 May 1999 21:21:22 +0100
On 1 May 1999, Bill Unruh wrote:
> On a new install of Redhat 5,2 (also there in 5.1) I get the following
>
> 24533 15 -rws--x--x 1 root root 14908 May 9 1998
> /usr/games/vga_klondike
[snip more of the same]
>
> What the hell is RedHat doing shipping games which are suid root? This
> makes no sense at all!
Because they have to be. This particular games use SVGALib and therefore
must run as root to get access to the graphics card. If your worried
about the security implications you can uninstall them.
David
--
David Vrabel
Engineering Undergraduate at University of Cambridge, UK.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
Crossposted-To:
microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,micorosft.public.outlook
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 09:25:00 -0700
On Fri, 30 Apr 1999 14:26:57 GMT, Neil Riches <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:24:35 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jedi)
>wrote:
>
><snip>
>>
>> NO. This 'must run Microsoft apps' gibberish is as much a
>> problem for Windows users as it is for a Linux advocate.
>> Even on Windows there's more than just Exchange or Office.
>> The assertion that some arbitrary office should be limited
>> to either should never go unchallenged.
>>
>Errm, you do realize you're posting to
>MICROSOFT.public.windowsnt.misc, amongst others? People reading this
>group should expect a little 'MS-centric' advice.
So just when did it come to be that MS Windows only
had one Office Suite available for it? Even Linux
has more than just one.
--
Microsoft subjected the world to DOS until 1995. |||
A little spite is more than justified. / | \
In search of sane PPP Docs? Try http://penguin.lvcm.com
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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need lex not flex for linux
Date: 22 Apr 1999 21:16:25 +0100
"Michael Wolff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hey folks,
>
> I need to translate a lex source in which the input function is redefined.
> The flex won't work with such a re redefinition. Therefore I'm looking for a
> lex, does anybody where I can get a copy of it.
It's proprietary.
--
ACTUALLY reachable as @free-lunch.demon.(whitehouse)co.uk:james+usenet
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Gurney)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522)
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 1999 08:56:31 -0800
As I understand it - and please feel free to correct me *politely*
if I am wrong - capitalism is fundamentally about making money.
In the case of technology, the most important thing is really that
the product should work. If we can make products (that work) in a
non-capitalistic or %2522bazaar%2522 environment, then that is good. Linux
as an OS is stable and practical, and it is a demonstration that
GPL distribution actually does work. If we allow ultra-capitalistic
free market politics to take over, then the quality of the product
will suffer. Cutting corners will be inevitable, because in the
capitalists' system the utility of the system is irrelevant - only
how much money one can make out of it is important. One of the
great strengths of Linux is the expertise of its core user base -
few commercial companies could afford to employ so many trained
people to look after their code.
In summary: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
-**** Posted from RemarQ, http://www.remarq.com/?b ****-
Real Discussions for Real People
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: linux to replace windoze machines ?
Date: 1 May 1999 21:00:07 GMT
On Sat, 01 May 1999 14:24:06 -0400,
-bill- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > I love my 1280x1024x32bpp. :)
> >
> go ahead and gloat brian ! <G>
>
> I just didn't even think I could do that in unix !
>
>
> what card do you have?
That's an AGP matrox millinium with 16M of VRAM.
The AGP cards are quite will supported by the current XFree and they're
cheap (usually cheaper than PCI) and fast. :)
I'm pondering switching to 1600x1200 at 16bpp though... 16b color is
pretty close to sufficient, and that'd be a HUGE desktop. :)
(And, yes, it sucks to go to work, where my video card can do either
1280x1024 at 8bpp or 1024x768 at 16bpp..... the 1024x768 is just too
small to be useful and 8bpp color sucks.)
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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: Arik Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: X boot problem - HELP Please!!!
Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:54:22 +0300
Hello! (this is a second post)
My problem is as follows:
I want to boot my REDHAT 5.2 linux into X, so I changed /etc/inittab
to start the default runlevel with runlevel 5, but when I reboot,
I get the normal command prompt login.
When I first installed this box, last year, I was able to login into X,
but for some reason I've changed it back to normal ,and I can't go back
to GUI boot.
When I type "init 5 " at the command prompt nothing happens, and when I
type "/usr/X11/bin/xdm -nodaemon" (as written in /etc/inittab")
I get an error message saying that it can not open display, because
another xdm is
running, but nothing really is running.
Any help will be appreciated.
Arik Solomon
Israel
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