Linux-Misc Digest #133, Volume #20 Sun, 9 May 99 22:13:09 EDT
Contents:
HELP: MODEM stopped responding (Denis Kholodar)
Re: epson drivers (David Golden)
Re: Long file names in Linux? (Russell Tanton)
Re: Pro-Unix vs anti-WinTel (Johan Kullstam)
Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows (r j huntington)
zipslack help needed...... ("Helpme Please")
Re: system hangs (Bill Unruh)
A bash question (Do-Hoon Kwon)
modem as faxanswering-machine ? (peter)
Re: Programming crashes my system (Shawn Smith)
Re: Linux users in USA Counter (Ernesto =?US-ASCII?Q?Hern=E1ndez-Novich?=)
Where is best location of swap partition on a disk? (Michael Hucka)
Re: Long file names in Linux? ("Cameron Spitzer")
Re: Dynamic nameserver assigning by ISP (Scott Smith)
Monolithic vs modular kernel performance. (Nitin Mule)
Re: Pro-Unix vs anti-WinTel (Dave Walker)
Re: 16bpp vs 8bpp (Bill Unruh)
glibc 2.1 messes everything up (Mladen Gavrilovic)
Re: soundblaster PCI128/64 (Kevin)
Re: cdrecord thinks CD-writer is CD-ROM (jik-)
Re: SiS graphics chips & XFree86 ("J")
Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX? (Joe Dubner)
Re: 16bpp vs 8bpp (Peter T. Breuer)
Re: Tape backups w/ SCSI inteface in Linux (Marc Mutz)
Re: Long file names in Linux? (Mladen Gavrilovic)
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From: Denis Kholodar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP: MODEM stopped responding
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 20:08:35 -0400
After I "successfully" configured a sound card, my modem is not
working in Linux anymore (though everything is fine in Win95).
for example this command that supposed to produce a dial tone:
echo "ATDT\n" >/dev/modem
doesn't produce it.
connecting to ISP doesn't work: for example this how it complains in
/var/log/message:
pppd[338]: pppd 2.3.3 started by denis, uid 501
pppd[338]: tcgettattr :Input/Output error (5)
I did check that modem is at the right port (COM2 in win95 =
/dev/modem ->/dev/cua1 in Linux, IRQ=3 soundcard IQ=5)
PLEASE, HELP! I RAN OUT OF WHAT IT COULD BE!
thanks.
Denis
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From: David Golden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: epson drivers
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 00:38:12 +0000
Edwin Johnson wrote:
>
> Actually, the Epson 640 is _not_ a Windows only printer, the 400 & 440 are
> such. Epson, however, did leave out some of the standard printer codes from
> the 640 which are all in the 600.
>
> As far as Linux, you can get beautiful pics and printing from the 640 in all
> three resolutions (360x360, 720x720, 1440x720) by using the Ghostscript 5.10
> or later version and a filter, such as the APS.
>
> ...Edwin
I'm using a 640 myself with GS5.10 under linux ( I just use the stylus
600
driver with it)
It works pretty well - the output isn't quite as nice as with epson's
own drivers under windows, or TurboPrint on the Amiga. Pictures' colour
balance tend to be a little greenish, but, on the whole, it's still
pretty good.
Really, I'm just writing because
I'm just curious as to which bits epson left out of the 640 - do you
mean
it leaves out some gfx mode instructions the 600 has, or that straight
text
priting is missing some control codes? - the text mode isn't of much
consequence, to me - I tend to be printing off .ps and .pdf files,
but the gfx mode stuff might be. Are you aware of any odd problems
compared
to the 600 ?
I have both printers, funny enough, - just in different
countries, connected to different computers - I haven't noticed any
thing so far, exept that the 600 has marginally better colour
balance on the linux side than the 640 using 600 drivers,
but worse on the windows side with 600-specifc drivers on the 600,
and 640-specific drivers on the 640.
I guess this isn't very surprising, but it does suggest that
640-specific
uniprint drivers with the proper colour balance would be fairly simple
to implement, based on the way the 600 driver works.
How much ESC/P2 does the 640 speak, and the 600 ?
All in all, I've found the 640 to be a good little printer, though,
and I had just assumed it was a restyled 600.
The other interesting thing I noticed recently is that, while
pretty much all crappy WinPrinters are labelled "Windows only", some
perfectly
good printers are also labelled "windows only" in shops these days,
simply
because they don't have a Mac serial or USB interface i.e. they only
have a
paralllel port interface, but are still full-brained printers!!!
Note that it wasn't the manufacturer labelling the
printers in this case, but rather the retailer - they
had only heard of Windows and Mac, and so called anything not
specifically
Mac compatible windows-only (I suggested PC-only as a better label, but
then
realised that they'd also work fine on an Amiga...)...
David Golden
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Russell Tanton)
Subject: Re: Long file names in Linux?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 00:06:20 GMT
Thanks, I think that's what I was confusing. I was reading a gzip
file off of my shared FAT16 partition (since I still haven't been able
to get my ppp connection quite working properly). The partition in
question was mounted as a DOS fs. I'll try remounting it as a VFAT,
and I'm guessing that that ought to solve it.
On 9 May 1999 23:05:25 GMT, "Cameron Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>How would one mount it as a VFAT disk? The only (relevant) filesystems
>>that fdisk sees is MSDOS 16 bit < 32M, MSDOS 16 bit > 32M, and Win95
>>FAT32. In my fstab, the disk is mounted as type "msdos". I am running
>>kernel 2.0.31.
>
>cat /proc/filesystems
>
>If vfat is not there, make a kernel with vfat support,
>or load your vfat module.
>While you're at it, upgrade to 2.0.36.
>
>
>mkdir /dos
>umount /dev/hda1
>mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /dos
>
>Cameron
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Pro-Unix vs anti-WinTel
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 09 May 1999 20:34:27 -0400
Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Alexander Viro wrote:
> >
> [almost total snippage]
> > --
> > "You're one of those condescending Unix computer users!"
> > "Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer" - Dilbert.
>
> Nice sig...
except for the fact that dilbert never says that. the old guy with
suspenders says the line about the nickel.
> Dave Walker -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "That scruffy beard... those suspenders... that smug expression...
> You're one of those condescending Unix computer users."
> "Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer." Dilbert
here's a nickel, kid. get yourself a proper attribution!
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux vs. Windows
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (r j huntington)
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 00:34:20 GMT
>That is where "killall" comes in handy ... "killall apache" will end
>your apache server without having to do a ps ....
No it won't, but 'killall httpd' will. -rh-
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From: "Helpme Please" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: zipslack help needed......
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 17:41:16 -0500
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file=20
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When I boot up linux I get this error over and over again=20
fat_read_super : DID NOT FIND VALID FSINFO Signature. Found 0x534f4453=20
and this error=20
fat_clusters_flush DID NOT FIND VALID FSINFO Signature. Found 0x534f4453 =
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When I try to change the password with the passwd command it lets me put =
in my new password but when it tries to save the password it spits out =
this error=20
Cannot lock the password file; try again later=20
when I type in df I get filesystem(/dev/fd2), 1024-blocks(16496632), =
used(16496632), available(0), capacity(100%), mounted on(/)=20
when I try the mkdir command I get this=20
cannot make directory no space left on device=20
I can access the contents in my harddrive through the Dos directory and =
when I tried to manually mount my harddrive it said it was already =
mounted=20
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: system hangs
Date: 10 May 1999 00:39:36 GMT
In <7h58ji$1th$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Albert Goins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>I am kind of new to linux and have no idea how to solve this problem. I
>have Red Hat 5.1 installed and it was working fine but now for some reason
>my system hangs while it is booting when it gets to starting sendmail. I
>don't need sendmail as I don't have networking right now but I don't know
>how to boot my machine now. What can i do?
Probably looking for some name resolution.
Anyway, at lilo
linux single
will put you into single user mode as root.
cd /etc/rc.d
for i in 1 2 3 4 5
do
mv rc$i.d/S80sendmail rc$i.d/K30sendmail
done
That's it.
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From: Do-Hoon Kwon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A bash question
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 19:07:36 -0400
Hello,
Does anybody know how to check the status of the statement 1 in
statement 1 | statement 2
As I understand, the variable ? holds the exit status of the last
command. However, I want the exit status of statement 1 while not
breaking the pipe.
Thank you in advance.
Do-Hoon Kwon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (peter)
Subject: modem as faxanswering-machine ?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 00:57:43 GMT
anyone knows if there is some programm that makes my modem to a
voice/fax-answeringmachine ?
peter
=================
pilsl@
ANTISPAM
goldfisch.atat.at
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shawn Smith)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux-redhat
Subject: Re: Programming crashes my system
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 00:55:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 09 May 1999 01:14:32 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Before: Win9x, programming, crash city.
After: Linux, Xemacs, gcc, zero crash.
All the best,
Shawn Smith !UNT Proud!
My freeware: http://people.unt.edu/~shawns
ICQ: 475-8706 AOL/Netscape IM: "mrgitdown"
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but
it is very important that you do it."
--Mahatma Gandhi
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From: Ernesto =?US-ASCII?Q?Hern=E1ndez-Novich?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Linux users in USA Counter
Date: 10 May 1999 00:25:28 GMT
In comp.os.linux.admin Jimmy Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Are you a Linux user? Is your name listed at
: http://counter.li.org/bycountry/US.html. If not, go to 'count me too!'
: at http://counter.li.org/enter-person.html... (-:
Are you a Linux user _anywhere_? Is your name listed in http://counter.li.org.
If not, go to 'count me too!" at http://counter.li.org
--
Ernesto Hern�ndez-Novich - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #9945705
Just another Unix/Perl/Java hacker running Linux 2.2.6
One thing is to be the most popular, and another is to be the best.
Unix: Live free or die! What would yo do without your freedom?
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From: Michael Hucka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.admin
Subject: Where is best location of swap partition on a disk?
Date: 09 May 1999 20:58:35 -0400
I was just reading the Linux partitioning mini-HowTo, and it says (in section
3.3):
o Older disks have the same number of sectors on all tracks. With this
disks it will be fastest to put your swap in the middle of the disks,
assuming that your disk head will move from a random track towards the
swap area.
o Newer disks use ZBR (zone bit recording). They have more sectors on the
outer tracks. With a constant number of rpms, this yields a far greater
performance on the outer tracks than on the inner ones. Put your swap on
the fast tracks.
Is it widely accepted that putting the swap area on the outer tracks really
is best? It seems like the first statement (put swap in the middle of the
disk) would be better because it would minimize the average distance traveled
by the disk-head mechanism when seeking from a random location to the swap
area. Read/write speed may be faster on the outer tracks, but the heads have
to *get* to the tracks first, and I always thought that the latency to seek
to a disk region was the biggest chunk of time expended for reading/writing
small amounts of data. (But I can see this could be data-size dependent.)
I'd be interested in finding out the opinions of knowledgeable people on this
point, and especially, pointers to any documents that explain this issue in
more detail.
--
Michael Hucka, Ph.D. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GENESIS Development Group, Division of Biology, Caltech
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From: "Cameron Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Long file names in Linux?
Date: 9 May 1999 23:05:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How would one mount it as a VFAT disk? The only (relevant) filesystems
>that fdisk sees is MSDOS 16 bit < 32M, MSDOS 16 bit > 32M, and Win95
>FAT32. In my fstab, the disk is mounted as type "msdos". I am running
>kernel 2.0.31.
cat /proc/filesystems
If vfat is not there, make a kernel with vfat support,
or load your vfat module.
While you're at it, upgrade to 2.0.36.
mkdir /dos
umount /dev/hda1
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /dos
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Smith)
Subject: Re: Dynamic nameserver assigning by ISP
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 23:13:08 GMT
On Sun, 9 May 1999 21:15:19 +0100, Stuart HIrons
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>see and use my modem, and get a PPP link up. However, the ISP-HOOKUP-HOWTO
>assumes that the nameserver for your (my) ISP is fixed. But in this case it
>is not.
>How do I extract the nameserver info from the PPP link and pass it to the
>system ?
>Stuart Hirons
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I haven't had this problem (yet), but I would think putting any valid
nameserver you're ISP has in resolv.conf (or whatever you're using) would
be ok. Are they not willing to tell you what IP's they have for nameservers?
Good luck,
--
Scott Lacy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Student of Computer Science
"Nullus Anxietas" Denton, Texas, US
The University of North Texas
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From: Nitin Mule <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Monolithic vs modular kernel performance.
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 22:48:51 GMT
Hi all,
I'm using redhat 5.2 with kernel 2.0.36 and I'm wondering if I should
upgrade the kernel to 2.2.x. Since the redhat kernels are pretty
generic, I have an impression that custom built kernel will be
definitely faster. While building the kernel, I think I should built
support for all my hardware (eg. NIC and SCSI card) within the kernel
rather than including them as modules. Will it improve performance? Any
other tips?
TIA,
Nitin.
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Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 18:23:10 -0500
From: Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Pro-Unix vs anti-WinTel
Alexander Viro wrote:
>
[almost total snippage]
> --
> "You're one of those condescending Unix computer users!"
> "Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer" - Dilbert.
Nice sig...
--
Dave Walker -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"That scruffy beard... those suspenders... that smug expression...
You're one of those condescending Unix computer users."
"Here's a nickel, kid. Get yourself a better computer." Dilbert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: 16bpp vs 8bpp
Date: 10 May 1999 00:35:52 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Len Cuff
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]In article <hylZ2.5227$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chris Dahler
]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
]>> I have just changed mobo and have a SiS 6326 installed. Question is, it
]>> always defaults to 8bpp when I want 16bpp. As I can't user XF86config
]>> (it hangs the machine), I've had to go back to XF86Config. Got it
]>> working again but I need to find out where the default bpp is being set.
]>> All is fine if I enter startx -- -bpp 16.
]>
]>I'm kind of a newbie myself, but using XF86Setup works much better than
]>XF86Config for me. XF86Setup is a GUI rather than the text-based XF86Config
]>program. When you run XF86Setup, you can set which mode you want to be the
]>default (i.e., 8bpp or 16bpp, etc.), and you can't seem to do that using
]>XF86Config.
]>
]>
]Sorry I made a mistake in the original post. My machine locks up when I
]run XF86Setup so I, sort of stuck with XF86Config until a version comes
]out which will work with the 6326 chipset.
]Cheers,
] Len
man XF86Config
Under Screen
DefaultColorDepth bpp-number
specifies which color depth the server should use,
when no -bpp command line parameter was given.
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From: Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: glibc 2.1 messes everything up
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 18:25:53 +0000
Hi, I am running RH 5.0 with 2.0.31 kernel. I downloaded the
glibc-2.1.1-1.i386.rpm, and tried upgrading my glibc-2.0.5c with it. I
typed rpm -Uvh glibc-2.1.1-1.i386.rpm and then ldconfig. Everything
seemed to go fine, but when I try running something like tar or X
windows, it complains about undefined references or something in some
library file. The stuff I get is:
[root@localhost src]$ tar -xvzf flash_linux.tar.gz
Error in loading shared libraries: /lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2: symbol
nis_local_directory, version GLIBC_2.1 not defined in file libnsl.so.1
with link time reference
[root@localhost src]$ startx
X: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libdl.so.2: undefined
symbol: _dl_default_scope
When I force the upgrade back to 2.0.5c-10, I get this:
[root@localhost RPMS]$ rpm --force -Uvh glibc-2.0.5c-10.i386.rpm
glibc #####################################
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/sv - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/pl - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/no/LC_MESSAGES - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/no - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/nl - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/ko - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/fr - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/es - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale/de - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/locale - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/i18n/locales - directory not empty
cannot remove /usr/share/i18n - directory not empty
Does anyone know how I can upgrade without messing up my system?
I read the explanation in the FAQ which was recently posted here, but
that didn't really tell me anything.
Regards,
Mladen
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From: Kevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: soundblaster PCI128/64
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 18:05:15 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mooniesdl2) wrote:
>I had to upgrade to kernel 2.2.7 to get my SB PCI 128 working properly.
>
>moonie ;)
Mr. Moonie,
I do not know why exactly I am posting this here but the latest kernel is=
NOT
necessary to use a PCI soundblaster (128), the problem lies with 'isapnp.=
conf.'
Kernel 2.0.36 can be friendly with this soundcard if isapnp is removed/d=
isabled
and 'sndconfig' rerun.
Kevin
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Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 18:11:52 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: cdrecord thinks CD-writer is CD-ROM
Greg wrote:
>
> When I try to write to my CD-writer with
> 'cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=5,0 cdimage.raw'
> it fails to write because it thinks the
> device is a CD-ROM. I've tried to boot with
> the cd-writer turned off, then turning it
> on after the boot completes but get the
> same results. I'm using PPC Linux 4.1 which
> is based upon Red Hat 5.0, with a Philips
> CDD 2600 cd-writer. How can I write the
> image to the CD-R?
Are you uasing the generic scsi device? for the first scsi it would be
/dev/sga
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From: "J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: SiS graphics chips & XFree86
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 19:38:23 -0700
likewise i have a SiS 6326 and at 320X200 it just showed me lines the rest
didn't even work..
mike chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <hbvGWpJm#[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, brian l <blyc@regis-
> intl.com> writes
> >Hello.
> >
> >A lot of people have had a lot of trouble with getting SiS cards to work.
> >I myself managed to get a SiS530 (or that's what it claimed to be) built
> >into a PC-CHIPS 100mhz motherboard to work beyond a 320x200 resoultion
only
> >with a little bit of help several other people.
> >
> >Brian Lycett.
> >
> >
> >
> I'd be pretty interested in hearing how you managed to do it, I've been
> trying for ages to get X to run without any luck with an onboard sis530
> chip on A PC-CHIPS motherboard. What version of X are you running?
>
> Thanks for any light that you may be able to shed.
> --
> mike chase
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From: Joe Dubner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX?
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 00:39:07 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know someone who would like to switch to LINUX. Because he can type
> 100 WPM and knows WordStar for DOS better than his phone number, he
> would like to know if a version of WordStar, with control diamond
> (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+X, and Ctrl+D) functionality, exists for LINUX.
That "someone" could have been me! I learned the WordStar "control
diamond" key commands in my CP/M days and never had the need to
"upgrade" to a newer word-processor.
Your friend could do what I had done on HPUX for the past 10 years and
now do on Linux. I use 'emacs' with custom WordStar key bindings in my
'~/.emacs' file. And 'emacs -nw' runs nicely in an existing terminal
window. E-mail me if you'd like a copy of my '.emacs' file.
--
Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter T. Breuer)
Subject: Re: 16bpp vs 8bpp
Date: 9 May 1999 21:31:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Chris Dahler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: > I have just changed mobo and have a SiS 6326 installed. Question is, it
: > always defaults to 8bpp when I want 16bpp. As I can't user XF86config
: > (it hangs the machine), I've had to go back to XF86Config. Got it
: > working again but I need to find out where the default bpp is being set.
: > All is fine if I enter startx -- -bpp 16.
: I'm kind of a newbie myself, but using XF86Setup works much better than
: XF86Config for me. XF86Setup is a GUI rather than the text-based XF86Config
: program. When you run XF86Setup, you can set which mode you want to be the
: default (i.e., 8bpp or 16bpp, etc.), and you can't seem to do that using
: XF86Config.
Come off it fellers. Just read the damn manual.
Add
DefaultColorDepth 16
to your XF86COnfig, or boot the server in 16 bits via the command line>
X -bpp 16
Talk about making a meal ...
Peter
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Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 13:50:26 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape backups w/ SCSI inteface in Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> 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?
>
> Any other recommendations and/or warnings concerning Linux
> backup hardware?
>
> Oh, and btw: Anyone had any sucess with DVD-RAMs on Linux?
> I've been asking around and searching the web, but my
> findings are equivocal.
>
> Thanks!
>
SCSI-Tapes are said to work most generally. DVD-RAM's can only be used
readonly, because a special program is needed to write them and that has
not jet been dev'ed for linux.
Marc Mutz
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From: Mladen Gavrilovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Long file names in Linux?
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 17:59:52 +0000
How would one mount it as a VFAT disk? The only (relevant) filesystems
that fdisk sees is MSDOS 16 bit < 32M, MSDOS 16 bit > 32M, and Win95
FAT32. In my fstab, the disk is mounted as type "msdos". I am running
kernel 2.0.31.
Regards,
Mladen
brian moore wrote:
>
> On Sun, 09 May 1999 20:30:25 GMT,
> Russell Tanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > How do I configure Linux to use long file names? (i.e.- so everything
> > does not get cut off at filenum~1)
>
> Linux inherently supports long filenames and doesn't use ~'s for faking
> it.
>
> But it sounds like you're asking something different, like how to read a
> Windows VFAT disk.
>
> The answer would be to mount the disk as VFAT instead of FAT. FAT
> doesn't support long file names: VFAT is a hacked version FAT that
> sneaks a second (or multiple) entry into the directory to hide the long
> filename.
>
> --
> 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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