Linux-Misc Digest #145, Volume #20 Mon, 10 May 99 23:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Newbie Database Questions (Dardo)
Re: Newbie Database Questions (Jim McCusker)
Linux and Win98 dual boot. ("J. Merritt")
Re: Floppy won't mount ("Rinaldi J. Montessi")
Re: Writing on dos partition... (diahedrial)
Re: cdrecord thinks CD-writer is CD-ROM (brian moore)
How can use Mathematica? (pobi)
rotating signature (Anup Rao)
Floppy won't mount (insomniac)
can't compile KICQ in linuxppc R4 (Kelvin Leung)
Re: Docuprint P8(xerox) Any support ?? ("Donald E. Stidwell")
Enlightenment Weirdness (Jon)
Re: Office Home compatability question ("Daniel Thomas")
Re: rotating signature (jason)
Playing through xcdroast (Roger Daniel Pease)
Re: Floppy won't mount (Ed Young)
Re: Floppy won't mount (Ed Young)
Re: Microsoft Poison ver.99.77654666 beta (Duncan Simpson)
Re: getch /getc/getchar (Duncan Simpson)
Web email system Re: MS Exchange and Linux (Timothy J. Lee)
scsi card drivers. (William Schwartz)
Re: gtk-1.2.2 helloworld.c problem?? maybe glibc?? ("David E. Kahana")
Re: Proper use of /usr/local (Re: The Best Linux distribution?)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PCMCIA modem won't work
Re: perl question... (Scott Lanning)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522) (Richard
Kulisz)
Re: Floppy won't mount (insomniac)
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From: Dardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie Database Questions
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:03:46 +0000
The Magician wrote:
> I'm a total Linux newbie. My goal is to configure a web server (Apache),
> and give it database capabilites. I have looked at a product called MySQL,
> and it looks like it would be the ticket. However, life in the world of
> Windows is very proprietary, and makes my job more difficult. Our databases
> are currently in MS ACCESS (.MDB) format, and I would like to convert them
> to a Linux friendly file-type. Does anyone know what would be the best
> format for these databases to be converted into? Also, if anyone has
> experience with MySQL, could they PLEASE tell me what types of databases
> this program supports? Thanks.
MySQL _is_ a database engine, that means it only supports its own database
format. You cannot "open" an .MDB file with it, for instance. In order to
convert from Access (or anything) to anything else, the most general solution
is to write a small application using both sides' native drivers (or ODBC) to
pump the data over (you'll probably need to massage it anyways)...
Another solution is to dump the source databases as text files (i.e. comma
separated values), and then use the MySQL command LOAD DATA INFILE, as MySQL
_does_ have the (very flexible) ability to read data from ASCII files. This
solution only works if the columns in the source file match up exactly to the
(existing) destination table. Almost _any_ customization requirement during
data transfer immediately makes the first method necessary.
Hope this helps!
- Dardo
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From: Jim McCusker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie Database Questions
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 16:47:10 -0400
The Magician wrote:
>
> I'm a total Linux newbie. My goal is to configure a web server (Apache),
> and give it database capabilites. I have looked at a product called MySQL,
> and it looks like it would be the ticket. However, life in the world of
> Windows is very proprietary, and makes my job more difficult. Our databases
> are currently in MS ACCESS (.MDB) format, and I would like to convert them
> to a Linux friendly file-type. Does anyone know what would be the best
> format for these databases to be converted into? Also, if anyone has
> experience with MySQL, could they PLEASE tell me what types of databases
> this program supports? Thanks.
MySQL supports MySQL databases. I saw lying around somewhere a little
VBA script to export MS-Access databases to a MySQL server. I don't
remember where it was, but it looked rather trivial. It does require
that both machines be up at the same time, so if you're installing linux
onto the same server, this could be a problem. But you can just copy the
.mdb file to another machine and connect remotely. It also requires the
use of the MySQL ODBC driver on the Win32 machine.
Jim
--
Jim McCusker | Class of '99, BA Computer Science & Cognitive Science
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cif.rochester.edu/~fprefect
~Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it,
poorly.~
~~Henry
Spencer
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From: "J. Merritt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,iupui.comp.linux
Subject: Linux and Win98 dual boot.
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 01:19:36 GMT
I'm trying to set up a dual boot system with Red Hat and Win98
I used a mini-how - to posted at
http://www.eskimo.com/~praxis/win98.html
it has you create a few batch files and a menu that asks for the OS to load.
It seems to load but I get the following errors while linux is loading:
VFS: cannot open root device 08:22
Kernel Panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:22
any ideas? I have two HD's the first is 4.3GB and is solely for WIN98. The
second is a 1.2GB that
is entirely partitioned for Linux. The problem is I can not recall what
partition it was on. Right before the error
it lists:
hda1, hda2, (hda5)
hdc1, hdc2, (hdc5), (hdc6)
in the linux.bat file there is a command:
c:\loadlin c:\vmlinuz root = /dev/hda3 ro
it says to substitute the hda3 for what ever partition linux is installed
on. I originally didn't have loadlin or vmlinuz on the c: so I copied them
from the CD. In WIN98 I am unable to see the second drive but it shows up
in the start up. I just can't access it with windows explorer et al. Any
ideas would be greatly appreciated...
Please CC me in reply
John Merritt
Indianapolis, IN
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From: "Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy won't mount
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 19:36:52 -0400
insomniac spake:
> Ack, I don't know the problem here, it always worked fine. I looked on
> /Deja/, but nothing.
>
> # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
>
> I see the led go on in the floppy, but I get the error *immediately*.
> /etc/fstab hasn't changed at all since it's been working. Anybody know
> what the problem could be?
I have to tell mine what file system to mount it with i.e mount msdos
/blah/blah/blah
--
Rinaldi -
Sometimes a cigar is merely a cigar. Sigmund Freud
Visit the crew at:
snews://secnews.netscape.com/netscape.test.multimedia
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From: diahedrial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Writing on dos partition...
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:34:43 -0700
I would recommend checking permissions to the device, like:
ls -l /dev/hda1
if the windows partition is the first partition on the first
IDE drive, and check the options it's being mounted with in
the file "/etc/fstab". If root can write to it but users can't
it's probably permissions on /dev/hda1, (or what ever the
proper device file is...) so "chmod 777 /dev/hda1" as root
would give all users full access to that device, (if it's
been mounted without any other restrictions in /etc/fstab).
Hope this is of some help...
-diahedrial.
Giuseppe Milicia wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> I've got a system with both Linux and Windows... I can see the fat
> partition,
> but only root can write to it! In fact root cannot change the permission
> to allow other users to write there.
>
> Can anyone tell me ho to fix this??
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> -- Giuseppe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: cdrecord thinks CD-writer is CD-ROM
Date: 10 May 1999 21:41:53 GMT
On Mon, 10 May 1999 03:50:59 -0500,
Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > When I try to write to my CD-writer...
>
> > > > Are you uasing the generic scsi device? for the first scsi it would be
> > > > /dev/sga
>
> > With cdrecord, you don't: it doesn't want the '/dev' file anyway.
> >
> > Does -scanbus show the drive correctly?
>
> No. If I execute 'cdrecord -scanbus' I get this response;
>
> Cdrecord release 1.6 jCopyright 1995-1998 Jorg Schilling
> cdrecord: No target found
>
> However I have 2 hard drives and the cd-writer on the scsi bus.
Make sure you include 'generic' scsi support in the kernel. (The helps
on it mention something about scanners and other devices.) This is
needed since the kernel proper doesn't know a thing about cd burners and
it needs to allow the application (cdrecord) to issue scsi commands
directly to do its thing.
That -scanbus can't find anything is indicative of that: it uses the
generic scsi access to find drives on the system and query them.
--
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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From: pobi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can use Mathematica?
Date: 11 May 1999 01:28:32 GMT
I'm Korean. I can speek a little english. forgive me...
I want to use Mathematica in redhat linux.
How can I get it?
Isn't it free?
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From: Anup Rao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rotating signature
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:39:58 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do i set up a rotating signature?
********
Anup Rao
CmpE
Georgia Institute of Technology
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(404) 206-0318
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From: insomniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Floppy won't mount
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 21:50:09 GMT
Ack, I don't know the problem here, it always worked fine. I looked on
/Deja/, but nothing.
# mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
I see the led go on in the floppy, but I get the error *immediately*.
/etc/fstab hasn't changed at all since it's been working. Anybody know
what the problem could be?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kelvin Leung)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: can't compile KICQ in linuxppc R4
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:29:34 -0700
Hello,
I got a PowerMac 7300 running with linuxppc-R4 and I have upgraded the
kernel to 2.2.6 and installed Qt1.44 from source. Everything is fine
except when I tried to install the icq clone for KDE, like the kicq,
klicq, kxicq. Of coz there is no binaries for ppc. So I grab the source
and compile it. It complains there is not icqlib and then I grab the
icqlib and compile it. It does generate errors during the make, it said
errors occurs in /usr/include/linux/in.h. 'cos I got two other intel
machines running linux already and I compare the in.h file and they looks
the same.... I'm just wondering what is the different between linuxppc and
linux i386? I mean if I want to do some application compilation, what
should I look for to fix the problem?
Kelvin
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From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Docuprint P8(xerox) Any support ??
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 20:37:17 -0400
The DocuPrint P8 does not work with Linux. It's a WinPrinter. I owned one
and wound up giving it to my son and buying myself a Brother HL-1040. The
only way I could get the P8 working with Linux was over the network on a
Windows machine using RedMon.
Do a DejaNews search... there's a thread on this.
Don
Nikolay D.D. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7h7qam$asr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi!
> I got a Debian box working really well. I have no trouble with anything (
> well my Sound Card is SbLive! but all i need to do is wait .. not a big
> deal since i got my old SB16 plugged in) Even my NIC card works. What
> bothers really bothers me is the fact that i don't know whether Docuprint
> P8 is supported or not ? I'd really like to know since the only way right
> now to use my printer is windows .. and i dont quite like rebooting that
> often just because of the printer. So if any of you know whether that
> series of printers is supported or not please respond. By the way i sent
an
> email to Xerox but they havent responded yet * its been a week now ... *
> Well thanks
> Nik D
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Jon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Enlightenment Weirdness
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:56:16 -0700
Hi there.
I was adding some fonts to X. I entered in a couple fontpath lines in
XF86config. Then when I restarted enlightenment all the menus were
toast. I press the middle mouse button and the menu comes up but there
are no words and they are really small. I changed the lines back in
XF86config but that didn't help. I ran xf86config again and wrote a new
XF86config file over the old one. Still no help. This only affects a
few themes (Absolute E, Brushed Metal), the default theme and the clean
themes still work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
jon
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From: "Daniel Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Office Home compatability question
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 11:37:52 +1000
Star Office is reasonably good for this.
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rotating signature
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:22:49 -0400
Look around at freshmeat.net for a program called gensig (I think that's what
it's called). I've never used it, but that's what it claims to do. There may
be other similar programs.
-jason
(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Daniel Pease)
Subject: Playing through xcdroast
Date: 11 May 1999 01:58:45 GMT
Hi!
I'm completely stuck on this one and hope someone can shed some light:
1) Bought an HP8110i, an IDE type CDRW drive.
2) I am running RH 5.2 with an Intel Motherboard which has a CS4232
sound chip on it.
3) Connected the drive up. Recompiled the Kernel with the SCSI emulation
of IDE. Also did the module thing where I load:
23 % cat /proc/modules
opl3 3 0
cs4232 1 0
uart401 2 [cs4232] 0
ad1848 4 [cs4232] 0
sound 15 [opl3 cs4232 uart401 ad1848] 0
soundcore 1 [sound] 5
soundlow 1 [sound] 0
Now:
cat songfile.au >/dev/audio works fine
xplaycd works fine (I can hear sound through the computer speakers).
Storing to/reading from Data CD's works fine.
/dev/dsp exists.
xcdroast counts tracks and track times of audio CDs fine.
First (minor) problem:
I get "tkPriv(activeMenu) No such element in array" when I try to seleect
the output device from the Misc Setup Menu.
Second (major) problem:
All my audio CD recordings are blank. And I hear nothing when I try to
play through xcdroast. I get a "pop" which I always get before playing
sounds, but otherwise I'm hosed. A friend of mine is a singer so I was
hoping to be able to help him burn some CDs but have no idea where to look
next.
Anyone have any thoughts on what could be wrong?
Thanks,
Roger
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From: Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy won't mount
Date: 11 May 1999 00:52:07 GMT
insomniac wrote:
>
> Ack, I don't know the problem here, it always worked fine. I looked on
> /Deja/, but nothing.
>
> # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
>
> I see the led go on in the floppy, but I get the error *immediately*.
> /etc/fstab hasn't changed at all since it's been working. Anybody know
> what the problem could be?
Has your /dev/fd0 definition been changed?
Do you have a loose wire in your hardware?
Does A: work if you dual boot (assuming you can or are willing to do that)?
These checks may flush the culprit...
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From: Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy won't mount
Date: 11 May 1999 02:14:18 GMT
insomniac wrote:
>
> Ed Young wrote:
> >
> > insomniac wrote:
> > >
> > > Ack, I don't know the problem here, it always worked fine. I looked on
> > > /Deja/, but nothing.
> > >
> > > # mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> > > mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
> > >
> > > I see the led go on in the floppy, but I get the error *immediately*.
> > > /etc/fstab hasn't changed at all since it's been working. Anybody know
> > > what the problem could be?
> >
> > Has your /dev/fd0 definition been changed?
>
> Nope
>
> >
> > Do you have a loose wire in your hardware?
>
> I checked several times...
>
> >
> > Does A: work if you dual boot (assuming you can or are willing to do that)?
>
> I don't run a dual boot, but when I put a disk in the drive and rebooted
> it didn't look for a boot disk, or find the one in there, just went into
> LILO.
>
> >
> > These checks may flush the culprit...
>
> I think I'll check those wires again, only thing I can think of.
Has your BIOS somehow been redefined? A low battery can sometimes do this if
you turn your machine off at night to save power.
If not, then you may have a failed floppy on your machine. This has happened to
me.
Best of luck...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Simpson)
Subject: Re: Microsoft Poison ver.99.77654666 beta
Date: 6 May 1999 13:24:15 GMT
In <7grn8l$di6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Patrik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hello, I am secretly writing this letter from a Microdoze program,
>outlook express. i seek help in settling fast into my newly
>acquired Linux RH5.1 and will get my hands on the latest
>Linux, once i get the hang of it. But i fear i am running out of time,
>having poisoned by Microdoze for almost a decade, i
>discovered (as suggested by someone on this newsgroup), that
>my IQ is most probably reduced to that of a Winmouse.
Some M$ users are quite smart in other departments. As someone with an
independing overdraft paying extra $$ for everything does not suit me
somehow. Besides I have a SPARC II Solaris box at work and write lots
of text loaded with maths of various sorts (CSP included). Word does
not do this in any vaguely sensible manner.
> My buddy and i are seeking a new lease of life. Linux may be our
>answer and we would appreciate if there is any Linux
>crusader out there that can rescue us from being reduce to idiots.
Linux works nicely for servers and has lots of programming tools for
developers. As a bonus your code will probably run without any changes
on all those networks of Unix boxen and your local T3E (probably not
geographically close to most of its users). The closest T3E to me is
abnout 200 miles away and I do not have access to it (but could get
access given a good reason).
There are alternative projects, which are not for idiots, like proving
P != NP or P != NC (note that P means different things in each
case). Proving either means instant fame. (Nobody believes P=NP or P=NC).
Duncan (-:
--
Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Duncan Simpson)
Subject: Re: getch /getc/getchar
Date: 6 May 1999 13:30:37 GMT
In <7gro2d$6a2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "news" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Does N E 1 know how to get a singel char from the keyborad
>using generic C ( simple C ) without using ncurses.h or vga.h
Yup.
Just twidle the keyboard's state out of cooked mode. Nice programs
will return the keyboard to the state they found it when they have
finished or get halted by job control. To do this restore the original
settings when to get SIGTSTP and change them back again when you get
SIGCONT).
This is portable across all known unicies and POSIX includes cooked,
rare and raw keyboard modes.
Duncan (-:
--
Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee)
Subject: Web email system Re: MS Exchange and Linux
Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 02:12:58 GMT
"Tim Wise" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|BTW: Anyone know a good Web based email system using Apache and Qmail?
What does Microsoft Network Hotmail use?
--
========================================================================
Timothy J. Lee timlee@
Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com
No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
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From: William Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: scsi card drivers.
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 17:27:35 -0500
I'm looking for drivers for an old Emerald Systems EH/AT SCSI controller.
Does anyone know if these exist for linux or which drivers might work?
Thanks,
Bill
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From: "David E. Kahana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: gtk-1.2.2 helloworld.c problem?? maybe glibc??
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 18:18:42 -0400
David E. Kahana wrote:
> OK. I finally successfully installed gtk/glib 1.2.2! Linux kernel 2.2.3,
>glibc-2.0.6, slackware.
> Now I have a problem with helloworld.c, didn't see it solved in the FAQ, tutorial
> or on reasonably diligent search of searchlinux.com for suchlike difficulties.
>
> Here is what I get on compiling helloworld.c:
>
> ld: warning: libdl.so.1, needed by /usr/local/lib/libgmodule.so, may conflict with
>libdl.so.2
> ld: warning: libc.so.5, needed by /lib/libdl.so.1, may conflict with libc.so.6
> /lib/libc.so.5: the `getwd' function is dangerous and should not be used.
> /lib/libc.so.5: the `gets' function is dangerous and should not be used.
> /lib/libc.so.5: warning: `siggetmask' is obsolete; `sigprocmask' is best
>
> An executable is produced, but it segfaults in gtk_init_check, traceback:
>
> #0 0x40249aa6 in _IO_vfprintf (s=0xbfffe000, format=0x401fee2e "%s/%s",
> ap=0xbfffe088) at vfprintf.c:905
> #1 0x402e87f1 in vsnprintf (string=0x0, maxlen=0, format=0x0, args=0x0)
>
> I am guessing some problem exists with my installation of glibc? libc5 is still
>there but now
> is a secondary library or should be. If this is an obvious thing, sorry to bother
>you,
> but I would really like to use gtk+ for an app I am writing, and this will be the end
> unless I can solve it, hopefully with your assistance ...
>
> Thanks for any pointers,
>
> - dave k.
Sorry folks! I found the answer: old versions of libc.so.5 and libdl were still sitting
in /lib. I deleted them, rebuilt glib, and now helloworld.c runs fine. Stupid, I know,
but maybe this can serve as a cautionary tale for someone else :-)
cheers,
- dave k.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Proper use of /usr/local (Re: The Best Linux distribution?)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 22:25:26 GMT
Tor Slettnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>>>>> "zenin" == zenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: zenin> Wrong. See `man pkg_delete'
: Mea culpa.
:
: Point nonwithstanding - packages from the ports collection are built
: locally, and it does make sense to put it in /usr/local.
The distinction is really "non-system", not "built locally".
A prebuilt, binary package of FooBar would install into /usr/local
just as quickly as a port build. -Yes, FreeBSD has both packages and
ports. At the same time, when I "make world" what I'm "building
locally" is all part of the system, and so is installed under /usr.
: Under e.g. RedHat and Debian, where you get pre-built packages, this
: directory should not be used by the distribution at all. (Debian is good
: about this, not sure about RedHat).
So if I install FooBar as I install my system install (being a
prebuilt package available in the "distribution"), it should be
installed in /usr, however if install FooBar myself outside of the
original system install, it should be in /usr/local? Sorry, but
that makes no sense. Unless FooBar is part of the actual operating
system it has no purpose being anywhere near /usr.
Also, under Unix the difference between a source code install vs a
"pre-built" or package install should have absolutely no relevance
as to where it is installed.
--
-Zenin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
My code is filled with comments! It's just that my comments are
written in Perl.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: PCMCIA modem won't work
Date: 10 May 1999 22:32:37 GMT
Son Trung Nguyen wrote:
>
>
> Hello netters,
> I am wondering if there is anyone out there who has experience
> with getting pcmcia modem to work with their laptop, Thinkpad 380z
>
> I have one with the "56K Data/Fax modem" from IBM it's called
> "V.90 PC Card Modem with XJACK Connect". So far I can't get it to
> work. I have tried the pcmcia package and everything but oh no.
>
> Anyway, I am running 2.2.6 kernel on a 380Z thinkpad with 96MB RAM
> 4.5GB hard drive. Funny thing is that my 3com589D pcmcia ethernet
> card works perfectly, but not the modem. What is wrong?
>
> Any hints, tips etc. would be appreciated.
If you take a look at /var/log/messages you should see a message
indicating that this card is unsupported. At least that's what I see as I
have the same modem. I tried upgrading to pcmcia-cs v3.09 and I am still
getting the message that this card is unsupported. I'm not sure where to
post to ask to have this card supported.
Joe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Lanning)
Subject: Re: perl question...
Date: 11 May 1999 02:50:17 GMT
Andreas Holzhammer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: But when I kill the script I get a hanging "tail" process :-(
: is there a way to terminate both processes?
When you "kill" a process, you're sending it a signal.
You can handle this signal. For instance,
$pid = open( ... );
$SIG{INT} = sub { kill 9 => $pid; exit 1; };
Then if your program received SIGINT, it would execute the
(here anonymous) function to kill the process.
--
Scott Lanning: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://physics.bu.edu/~slanning
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522)
Date: 11 May 1999 02:41:29 GMT
In article <7h6tun$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ken Arromdee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <7h6fh2$4n1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>Richard Kulisz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Not at all. The contention is that there is *NO* functioning market
>>on the planet that isn't monopolistic. Monopolistic is defined as the
>>top 5 producers owning more than 50% of the market.
>
>And if pigs are defined as winged avians, pigs can fly.
Then I guess economists don't get to experimentally determine what
monopolistic means, right? Because the top 5 producers owning more
than 50% of the market is the stage at which price-fixing enters the
picture ...
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From: insomniac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Floppy won't mount
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 02:54:28 GMT
Ed Young wrote:
>
> Has your BIOS somehow been redefined? A low battery can sometimes do this if
> you turn your machine off at night to save power.
No, I made sure everything was set.
>
> If not, then you may have a failed floppy on your machine. This has happened to
> me.
>
> Best of luck...
I'm starting to think that's what it is. Kinda sucks, since I got a new
floppy anyway that doesn't work, leaving me with nothing. I'm gonna
have to get another one I guess. *sigh*
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