Linux-Misc Digest #73, Volume #20 Wed, 5 May 99 17:13:14 EDT
Contents:
Re: viewing Linux Xserver Xfree86 on NT ? ("Arne B. Olsen")
Re: Tape backups w/ SCSI inteface in Linux (Markus Wandel)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522) (Marco
Anglesio)
Re: Looking for "cross-platform" RAD tool for linux/Windows95 (George MacDonald)
Re: where to put libjpeg.so , libpng.so files ? (Thomas Zajic)
Re: Looking for "cross-platform" RAD tool for linux/Windows95 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ?Windows NT dialup to Linux PPP server? (Richard Birchall)
Re: Installing KDE - newbie (Stephen Drumm)
Re: Problem: trying to load linux using the NT loader and LILO (diahedrial)
DosEMU problem ("Alex")
Re: Red Hat Linux - can't login. Pls HELP!! (brian moore)
Re: libc5->glibc2... now can't unmount /usr (Donn Miller)
Re: There was no response. The server could be down or is not responding (brian
moore)
Re: Tape backups w/ SCSI inteface in Linux (Aaron Bredon)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Mike Coffin)
Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing? (Alan J Rosenthal)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Ed Avis)
Re: Linux damaging hardware through kernel patch???? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux to Dos (ellis)
Help on How to generate a CD ISO image from a .tar file? (Diego J. Diaz)
Q: tv in X (milan andric)
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From: "Arne B. Olsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: viewing Linux Xserver Xfree86 on NT ?
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 21:01:25 +0200
It is not possible to get another window manager to run since MiX already
have one built in! You will find that information on MiX's homepage !
Larry Brasfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:zJGX2.4800$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Robin Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > In article <F3CX2.4515$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Larry Brasfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> [Which of the following assumptions are false?]
>
> I take your mixture of YES's and NO's to mean
> that none of 1-5 were false assumptions.
>
> > >6. If you start MiX in the default way, and set
> > > DISPLAY per above, then enter "xterm &" on
> > > the Linux console, you get to interact with a
> > > Linux shell thru a single window on the Mac.
> > > (The assumption is that your MiX setup is
> > > OK and the unsolved problem is merely to
> > > get a different window/desktop manager
> > > to run instead of MiX's TWM look-alike.
> >
> > If I do all above and then type exec netscape for instanace netscape
WILL
> > start up on my MI/X system.
> >
> > If I type exec startx Xwindows starts on my Linux laptop.
>
> The solution is going to be running something
> other than startx. That program is responsible
> for starting the local X server and a window or
> desktop manager of some sort. You want to
> start only the client, a destop manager.
>
> The man entry for startx claims that it *sets*
> the DISPLAY environment variable rather
> than consuming it, so you should not be at
> all mystified by what you are seeing.
>
> I suggest you read the startx man entry very
> carefully, then the one for xinit. Just for grins,
> you might try running startkde with DISPLAY
> set as we've been discussing. I am fairly
> sure that will then run KDE on your Mac and
> the problem will be reduced to figuring out
> how to get it to run just as you want.
>
> > Oh bugger... I feel so close and yet so far... Mind you I get this
> > feeling ALL the time with Linux.
>
> I get that feeling frequently with all kinds of
> computer-related situations on all systems.
> What I like about Linux and other documented
> systems is that you have some recourse for
> self-help rather than just scattering spittle
> all over the monitor.
>
> --
> --Larry Brasfield
> Above opinions may be mine alone.
> (Humans may reply at unundered [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Wandel)
Subject: Re: Tape backups w/ SCSI inteface in Linux
Date: 5 May 1999 15:08:13 GMT
Oh yes, I forgot to write this, just for a lark I did simultaneous transfers
on all three tape drives once. The DAT and the 8mm stayed streaming even
as the QIC-150 did its usual thrashing about. The SCSI bus was still not
100% occupied.
Note my disk is EIDE. If the disk is on SCSI too things might get too busy.
Markus
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marco Anglesio)
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)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 19:19:33 GMT
On 5 May 1999 18:26:19 GMT, Craig Dowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm not referring to some ideal model. I was commenting on how a
>reasonably free market has worked well for us in the U.S; much better
>than other economic systems. I was making the point that in "markets"
>where the government is more involved (public schools, defense, etc.)
>the situation degrades my many measures. In gray areas, where the
On the contrary; the government's big-money development has created
considerable benefits. The US has near-universal literacy, for example;
you wouldn't have that (and hence wouldn't have a modern industrial
economy, much less be moving into the information age) without public
schools and public universities.
Defense research initiatives have certainly paid good value when you look
at their spin-offs, such as the internet, notwithstanding the immense
amount of money poured into primary research. March's IEEE Computer
magazine goes into a brief treatment of research models: basically, you
can have cheap or you can have fast research, but you can't have both. The
military-industrial complex chose fast. You are where you are because the
military-industrial complex chose fast.
Not to mention that the vast amount of grant money firehosed into the
academy has revolutionized its existence; publish or perish has had some
very good effects as well as bad ones.
>government insinuates itself by varying degrees of regulation, the
>situation seems worse the more deeply involved the government gets.
Easy to say from within the cocoon of a highly regulated (and highly
successful) society. Less may be better than more (or more better than
less, depending on the situation), but your argument, taken to its logical
conclusion, would tend to favour none. Not that there aren't many
countries with little if any governmental interference. They're just not
very nice places to live, and the residents tend to have short and unhappy
lives.
This reminds me of a physician quoted in the Globe and Mail, talking about
the new grassroots opposition to mandatory vaccination. He said that
people are opposing vaccination because they've never really seen what
vaccination prevents; mandatory vaccination has reduced the incidence of
many formerly common childhood diseases to near zero. I'm sure you can
draw the parallel yourself if you care to.
marco
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From: George MacDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Looking for "cross-platform" RAD tool for linux/Windows95
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 18:30:22 GMT
Petronius Arbiter wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Al Dev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Do you know of any C++ RAD tool which will work for both Linux and
> >Windows95 and solaris.
> >There should be no code change between linux, Windows95 and solaris. All
> >coding to be in C++.
>
> Unfortunately, there is no such animal and I am not aware of any compiler
> vendor who is planning to make one.
>
> John - N8086N
> Big brother is watching. Disable cookies in your web browser.
> -------------------------------------------
> Wise man says "Never use a bank with the initials F. U."
> -------------------------------------------
> Are you interested in a professional society or
> guild for programmers? Want to fight section 1706?
>
> See www.programmersguild.org
> Newsgroup: us.issues.occupations.computer-programmers
>
If you switch to Java you would have a number to choose from, I quite
like the looks of Symantec's products.
--
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Build a good layer, stand strong, and prepare for the next wave.
Guide those who come after you, give them your shoulder, lend them your code.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thomas Zajic)
Subject: Re: where to put libjpeg.so , libpng.so files ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 16:30:04 GMT
On Wed, 05 May 1999 11:10:01 GMT, Mihaly Gyulai wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > ...the path is included in either /etc/ld.so.conf
> > or the LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable.
> Of course I have /etc/ld.so.conf file pointing to the
> mentioned directories...
> Therefore I can't figure out, why this new package could not
> find those files ?
Ah, so it�s _rpm_ that complains, not _amaya_. Sorry, that wasn�t
clear from your post.
> Now I installed 'amaya' with a '-nodeps' option (I have RedHat Linux,
> so I used an RPM package of 'amaya') and when I start it, it says :
> 'error in loading shared libraries'
> 'libjpeg.so.62: ELF file data encoding not little-endian'
> What's the problem now ?
The problem seems to be endianness (byte order on various types of
processors, as in big-endian vs. little-endian). Now where does that
libjpeg.so.62 come from? Would it be possible that amaya installed
its own (probably big-endian) libjpeg, overwriting your (little-endian)
libjpeg in the process?
What does �ldd amaya� say? Do other programs linked again libjpeg
still work? Is there any error message when running �ldconfig -v�
(as root)? Do a �find / -name "libjpeg*"� (might take a while to
finish) and look for duplicate/bogus libs. Even if they�re not in
one of the /etc/ld.so.conf paths, amaya could have hardcoded places
to look for libs (rvplayer-5.0 employs this kind of crap, looking
for libs in _hardcoded_ places, completely ignoring /etc/ld.so.conf!).
Check with �strings amaya | grep jpeg� and �strings amaya | grep /lib�.
Ummm ... coming to think of it, you�re not running Linux on an Alpha,
Mac, Amiga or some other non-Intel processor by chance, are you? That
would certainly explain your native system libs not being little-endian.
HTH,
Thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Looking for "cross-platform" RAD tool for linux/Windows95
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 19:58:09 GMT
wxStudio is a freeware cross-platform IDE that is about to be released
sometime in the coming weeks. The code can be compiled on Linux or
Win32. wxstudio.linuxbox.com.
On Wed, 05 May 1999 11:14:55 -0500, Al Dev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Do you know of any C++ RAD tool which will work for both Linux and
>Windows95 and solaris.
>There should be no code change between linux, Windows95 and solaris. All
>coding to be in C++.
>
>Commercial or freeware/shareware is ok.
>
>
>
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From: Richard Birchall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ?Windows NT dialup to Linux PPP server?
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 15:37:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
jianhong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to network my laptop(Slackware Linux 3.5) with my
> desktop (Windows NT 4.0 SP3) through a Null Modem Cable.
> The problem is I can't get the Windows NT dialup to work with the
> Linux PPP server. NT dialup complained that "there is an error with
> the modem or other device", while the PPPD complained that
> "LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests,
> Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean:
> Problem: all had bit 7 set to 1"
Your NT box has to send 'CLIENT\n' and the Linux box has to respond 'SERVER'.
This handshaking is required by NT RAS for null modem connections.
Regards,
Richard
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Drumm)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Installing KDE - newbie
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 19:57:42 GMT
"Judy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've spent the week-end installing RedHat 5.2 and getting X it to work with
>my bro's dumb ATI Fury card (yes!!! it works!!) I'm currently trying to
>install KDE, but I can't get through the *required* QT installation step.
>I'm stuck where the INSTALL file says to :
>
>"Set some environment variables in the file .profile (or .login, depending
>on your shell) in your home directory."
>
>Right, so what are these files? which one do I make (.profile or .login)?
>and where do I place them? Should I log on as root, or another user?
I recently went through the procedure that you are following.
Environment variables are variables you can set up within your "shell"
which is the command prompt environment when you log in. There are
a variety of shells you can choose, to find out which one you are
currently using, enter
$ more /etc/passwd
You will see a list of users, with the last column showing which shell
each runs at login, e.g. /bin/csh is the "c-shell". I think on my Red
Hat system the default shell was bash.
Once you know the shell you are using you can read more about
it (and a .profile file to declare environment variables) by
$ man bash
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From: diahedrial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem: trying to load linux using the NT loader and LILO
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 09:32:51 -0700
John Forkosh wrote:
>
> Frank ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : Now, when I look into bootsect.lnx I find nothing in there.??
> : I created bootsect.lnx this way: logged as root in linux using "dd"
> : like this:
> : dd if=/dev/hdc3 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
>
> Works just fine for me. As someone else mentioned,
> the chars LILO appear in my file starting with the
> third byte. If your file is empty, you might as well
> stop there. Maybe try rerunning lilo (after checking
> lilo.conf). Are you issuing dd as root (i.e., have all
> necessary permissions)?
> John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Yes, works for me also, just make sure that lilo.conf points to
/dev/hdc3 to install there, run lilo, the use the above "dd"
command. I've been booting linux this way for years. Make sure
you peform these same steps if you compile a new kernel.
-diahedrial.
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From: "Alex" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DosEMU problem
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 21:08:32 +0200
Hi All
i have 2 hd's first is paritioned as /dev/hda1(bootable)
/dev/hda2 < /dev/hda5 /dev/hda6 /dev/hda7 > all FAT32
and second /dev/hdb1 (Linux) /dev/hdb2 (swap) /dev/hdb3 (FAT16)
when i run dosemu, with Freedos, i cannot lredir any of my disks (it says
"Error xxxxx ....." , and when i run it with /dev/hda1 as bootable patition,
it cannot access other partitions on my first hd.
any tips?
thanks forward
--Alex
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux,jaring.os.linux
Subject: Re: Red Hat Linux - can't login. Pls HELP!!
Date: 5 May 1999 16:15:16 GMT
On Wed, 05 May 1999 14:39:34 GMT,
Shellfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >If anything failed, and hopefully you've lilo installed. At the lilo prompt,
> >issue a "vmlinuz single" (w/o quotes) and edit the /etc/password, clear the
> >2nd column (which has junk word) and reboot.
>
> I think I do, but what's lilo anyway? Last In Last Out? What does that
> mean?
LInux LOader in this case.
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Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
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From: Donn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: libc5->glibc2... now can't unmount /usr
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 16:00:17 -0400
On 5 May 1999, Paul Kimoto wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Donn Miller wrote:
> > So does gcc -b i586-linuxlibc5 need to look in /usr/i586-linuxlibc5/lib
> > for compiling
>
> Yes.
> (On the other hand, do you need to compile libc5 executables any more?)
Well, it's nice to be able to compile the small subset of stuff that might
not compile well against libc6. An example is building XFree86 from
source. When I compiled Xfree86 w/ glibc-2.07pre6, I checked the log, and
I had some undefined references in the thread library.
Ironically, I was able to build XFree86 with glibc-2.0.6. That's really
anonying how the build process for XFree86 is set up - when it finds an
error, it just keeps on going, as if "make -k" were used. But I think I
forgot to copy my old *curses headers to /usr/include, which may be
causing make to bomb out someplace. Of course, since make World ignores
errors, there may have been a ripple effect there, I don't know...
Donn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: There was no response. The server could be down or is not responding
Date: 5 May 1999 20:08:34 GMT
On Wed, 05 May 1999 23:35:08 +0900,
behapy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I subscribe from windows client to Linux news server, "There was no
> response. The server could be down or is not responding. If you are
> unable to connect again later, contact the server's administrator."
> appeared. What am I gonna do?
Contact the administrator.
I would suggest determining if you are indeed running a news server on
the machine you think you are.
> At the local loop-back server, "netscape's network connection was
> refused by the server. The server may not be accepting connections or
> may be busy. Try connecting again later." What am I gonna do?
Yes, because you're not running a news server.
> I have been in trouble to run a news server for a month. But I'm not
> giving up. Linux gurus, please help me.
Read your logs. Use ps. Why do you think you're running a server when
you're not?
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Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aaron Bredon)
Subject: Re: Tape backups w/ SCSI inteface in Linux
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 11:59:45 -0400
In article <7gphib$feb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> I've been looking for a stutable 10gb+ backup solution for
> usage on a Linux box. I've come across several Tape/DAT
> backups that use the SCSI inteface.
>
> I wasn't even aware that SCSI could be used for streaming media.
>
> My question is; will these backups typically work in Linux?
> I.e., can I use tar paramters > /dev/sdXXX?
The device files for SCSI tape drives are /dev/st*
(rewind after write) and /dev/nst* (no rewind)
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From: Mike Coffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Date: 05 May 1999 08:53:18 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus) writes:
> It's silly to try and model the whole world by simple, orthogonal
> principles. The world is fuzzy, complex and chaotic. Any way of
> thinking needs to take this in account.
Libertarians don't try to model the whole world at all, much less by
simple, orthogonal principles. Libertarianism is to ideology as
agnosticism is to religion. The whole point of libertarianism is
that, aside from a few very basic ground rules like "no hitting unless
he hits you first," anything goes. Libertarians *embrace* fuzziness,
complexity, and chaos---perhaps to a fault.
-mike
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Crossposted-To: comp.security.unix
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan J Rosenthal)
Subject: Re: SUID games? What is RedHat doing?
Date: 5 May 99 19:15:31 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan J Rosenthal) writes:
>>I don't know the technical details behind what svgalib is using
>>root for, and I don't know how hard it would be to eliminate the root
>>requirement. It's definitely theoretically possible, though.
>
>I think it requires kernel mods,
Yes, I was definitely thinking of that...
(in addition to something which chowned some /dev files on login, or something
like that)
>which Linus may not want to stick in his kernel ...
>... he came down against messing with the kernel for games...
Not only games use svgalib. Zgv is not a game, and I believe that the
current gnuplot (in redhat's distribution anyway (5.2)) requires svgalib.
Console graphics makes sense. Not everyone necessarily wants to use X just to
be able to use graphics. Not to mention that it would be kinda cool if the X
server no longer had to be setuid root.
Lee Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Alan J Rosenthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>This is one of the reasons I say that a kernel solution should be pursued.
>>A way to permit people to run console graphics without root.
>
>see <URL:http://www.ggi-project.org/docs/> for information about GGI/KGI.
Looks reasonable at a glance, although I don't have the background to
evaluate it fully.
But I can certainly agree with Linus Torvalds's views in
http://x4.dejanews.com/getdoc.xp?AN=338784788
which seem to suggest that the kernel portion of GGI should be a lot more
basic before he'll happily add it.
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From: Ed Avis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 21:41:00 +0100
Andrew Carol wrote:
[about a world in which there is no copyright on software, but
companies try to claw back revenue using dongles etc]
>>Shop Assistant: Certainly. Would sir like the PC with built-in
>>crippling, which means sir will also be needing to spend large amounts
>>on software? Or would sir prefer this uncrippled model, which comes
>>with 'cracked' software pre-loaded?
>
>Where do you shop for computers? In this country they are bought in
>giant stores where you can't even find a sales person, much less ask
>them a questions.
The 'conversation' wasn't intended to be very realistic, but it makes
the point that (even very stupid) consumers will prefer to buy an
uncrippled piece of hardware, if they can see that it will save them
money. I imagine that some large stores will start advertising, 'all
our PCs are uncrippled', and soon the other stores will have to follow
suit to avoid losing business.
>>but you can see that unless hardware manufacturers and resellers were
>>bribed by the software companies, it wouldn't take long for any dongle
>>scheme to collapse.
>
>Perhaps MS might just pay the "development" costs of such a system to
>the CPU manufactures. No other hardware companies would have to play.
>If you bought a CPU from Intel or AMD you are already opted in.
It's possible that something along those lines could happen. But if
it did, then MS's profits from crippled software would need to be more
than the development cost of the CPU. Another company could develop
its own, uncrippled CPU, and sell for a higher price. Consumers would
pay the higher price because they would save in the long run on
software prices. The company selling an uncrippled CPU would recoup
its development costs without MS's assistance.
As for Intel and AMD being already opted in, I think that if CPU IDs
started being used to enforce licensing in a world where it would
otherwise be unnecessary, these two companies would drop the IDs.
After all, it's no problem for them that MS loses revenue.
>This assumes that cracking is no harder than it is today where clever
>dissassembly by kids will get it done. I am worried about a future
>where Intel puts the encyption right on the CPU and takes great pains
>to make reverse engineering cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
I don't see why they would do that. In fact, I would expect them to
resist such moves, because wide availability of good, gratis software
would boost demand for hardware.
--
Ed Avis
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux damaging hardware through kernel patch????
Date: 5 May 1999 19:58:06 GMT
In his obvious haste, Shaun Schembri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: I am a computer technician with quite some years of experience and I am
: not new to software development but I cannot figure out any method that
: can be used to induce RF in almost purely digital hardware through a
: software algorithm. Here are my questions....
: 1. Does this really exist? If Yes then give some suitable
: explanation
I think the "M$ introduced....." was a joke.
M$ has had no input, because Linus and the rest of the development team vet
every piece of code that does into the Kernal.
Or so I believe.
: 2. Do the people which produce the Linux kernel know what the problem
: is, because the bug has made it through all the testing stages of the
: 2.2 kernel.
Joke.
It's just the Linux users wacky sense of humour.
You'll get used to it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ellis)
Subject: Re: Linux to Dos
Date: 5 May 1999 19:18:40 GMT
In article <7gnm4a$8gs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How can I convert Linux text file to dos text file?
Run it through todos. For example:
todos <unixfile >dosfile
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Diego J. Diaz)
Subject: Help on How to generate a CD ISO image from a .tar file?
Date: 5 May 1999 20:45:57 GMT
Hi!,
I got a tar file I would like to creater a CD image of. Is there an
easy way to generate an ISO of the tar without actually decompressing it first.
I have looked at mkisofs man pages and search the web unsuccesfully. Any help
will be appreciated.
Diego J.
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From: milan andric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: tv in X
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 15:51:25 -0500
i was thinking it would be really nice to watch tv sometimes on my
computer, i mean then i wouldn't have to buy a tv. plus i'm upgrading
my system now, and i should put that AGP port to good use.. no?
i'm only worried about drivers for linux now, because i'm sure it's
going to be hard.
so i have some questions:
should i go with a tv/video card combo or get them separate?
if you have any experience with this crap, give me some advice!
thanks,
milan
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