Linux-Misc Digest #188, Volume #20 Thu, 13 May 99 15:13:18 EDT
Contents:
Re: MONITOR Power Managment in Linux? (Bruno Taglienti)
Re: Card that can do Horiz: 15.75 khz Vert: 45-75 Hz?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Gnum as default instead of Fvwm ("Itzik S.")
Re: minicom and modem configuration (medelinux)
RedHat 6.0 and ftp (Brent)
Re: Display X on TV? (Peter Caffin)
Re: Ken Thompson on Linux (Rob Fisher)
Re: Some USR modems are MS-only, Re: [SURVEY] Who has an internal modemin his linux
box ? ("Jan Johansson")
Re: hardware recommendations wanted. ("Anthony J. Gabrielson")
Re: car mp3 player (David L. Bilbey)
Re: 'Find'. what a strange command (jason)
Re: Install problem ("KS")
HELP: URGENT... Problem with gdb and Shared Libs. (Steve Piche)
Re: X-Windows does'nt start anymore (Steffen Kluge)
Apache - restricted access ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: fdisk /MBR ??? ("Christopher R. Thompson")
Re: New Star office for glibc 2.1 (Mark McCoy)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522) (Peter Seebach)
Re: Proper use of /usr/local (Re: The Best Linux distribution?)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ghostscript output ("John E. Garrott")
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Peter Seebach)
RH 60 & kde 1.1.1 & kvirc (Jonas Pedersen)
Re: COMPAQ Armada 6500 help needed (Matt Foster)
"Unable to load interpreter" ("Ralph Ballier")
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From: Bruno Taglienti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MONITOR Power Managment in Linux?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 13:54:39 +0200
Denis Kholodar wrote:
>
> In windows my monitor (after some time when I don't touch any
> keys/mouse) turns on the screen saving and later it switches to
> saving mode (lower-power standby it's called in Display Properties)
> and uses its built-in power managment system (consumes less power,
> power indicator changes color).
>
> How can I do this in Linux, too?
> Maybe anybody at least saw where to read about it on web, because i
> can't find that info?
>
> thanks.
> Denis
Put on your .xinitrc, for example:
xset +dpms
xset dpms 120 240 480
120,240,280 refer to inactivity seconds for standby, suspend, off modes
--
Bruno Taglienti
No Microsoft attachments, please.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,utah.linux
Subject: Re: Card that can do Horiz: 15.75 khz Vert: 45-75 Hz?
Date: 11 May 1999 11:54:55 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Marc E. Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have a Panasonic PT-101Y projector that claims to be able to display
: up to 900 scan lines through it's RGB inputs. However, I have been
: Horizontal: 15.75 +- .75 khz
: Vertical: 45 - 75 Hz
That looks like Standard PAL/NTSC-Frequencies!
With a special Modeline, you may optain
768x576@50Hz(interlaced), or 768x440@60Hz(interlaced).
Most VGA card are capable of producing the necessary pixelclock
of 14.336MHz(PAL?)/14.1818(NTSC?). Sometimes, you will
have to set the option "clkdiv2", if you card can't produce
the frequency (then you have i.e. 28.6/2=14.3MHz)
(Have a look at "man XF86_VGA16", but i can remember that
the clkdiv2-option was available with XF86_S3 as well)
If you need the Modelines -> mail me (i will dig them out
at home)
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From: "Itzik S." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnum as default instead of Fvwm
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:59:49 +0200
Hi,
I'm trying to set Gnum to be default instead if Fvwm,
but with no success.
Can anybody help ?
Thanks,
Itzik.
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From: medelinux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: minicom and modem configuration
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 13:45:24 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Knight) wrote:
> In setting-up my modem for linux, my ppp-on script seems to be working
> fine, however I was having a lock-out problem with my modem, so I
> tracked-down and removed a lock-file. Now it seems that my modem
> isn't configured correctly, but I'm not sure how to change the data
> bits, stopbits, etc with minicom. Can you help?
> ...Jason
>
Hello, Jason,
Try starting Minicom with the -s flag. That will get you into setup so
you may configure Minicom to work with your modem. Also, do an "lsdev"
to list the devices found on your machine. Do a "cat /proc/interrupts"
to see what IRQ corresponds to your modem/port. Hope this helps.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Brent)
Subject: RedHat 6.0 and ftp
Date: 13 May 1999 07:49:11 -0700
When ftp-ing to my new RedHat 6.0 box, doing:
ftp> cd ~username
yields the following error:
550 Error performing glob
Anyone know a fix? Post or e-mail.
brent olson (email has anti-spam)
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Display X on TV?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 01:06:10 +0800
Oliver D. Bedford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How do I display a X-session on a TV-set? What type of extra hardware
I wrote a Mini-HOWTO for the AITech range of VGA to TV adaptors that might
be useful. It's at http://it.net.au/~pc/comp/linux/psc1106.html
> (software ?)
No additional software or drivers needed (SVGATextMode is used if you're
using the command line though -- it's open source freeware).
> and how much money do I need?
I have no idea what they're charging for their hardware these days.
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From: Rob Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ken Thompson on Linux
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 13:16:46 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Have you ever ever run Irix on an SGI?
Yes. That's why I didn't list it with the others.
> It is plain unstable. Goes down
> frequently. To HP-UX I have no experience,
HP-UX is probably the most reliable OS money can buy.
> but my own Linux is as
> stable as the Solaris at work.
But my point was that you /can't/ compare your single user home computer
to the heavily loaded, heavily network-dependent machines you probably
have at work. That's like saying your car never breaks down when you
only ever go to the end of the road in it. Do 40,000 miles a year in it
without breakdowns and then I'll believe it's reliable.
> The drawback with Solaris is the 8-bit
> color X-terminals.
Well, that's just old hardware. All my Solaris boxes, both x86 and SPARC
have at least 24 bit gfx.
Rob
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From: "Jan Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Some USR modems are MS-only, Re: [SURVEY] Who has an internal modemin his
linux box ?
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 14:14:03 +0200
>It would be good if 3Com would label its retail packaging clearly,
>so we could know at point-of-sale which modems in its product line are
>Microsoft-only.
They do. They say "winmodem" or "sportster winmodem" on the box.
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From: "Anthony J. Gabrielson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: hardware recommendations wanted.
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:46:13 -0400
Hello,
For scsi cards - I like adaptec - I had an AHA 1542- that worked
well and I have a 2930, 2940AU, 2940UW that all work well. I have an old
yamaha 4x6 that works well - I think there like $230 on pricewatch.com
Anthony
On Thu, 13 May 1999, William Schwartz wrote:
> I have a linux bbox as my server/router for my little at home network and I
> want to put a CD-R on it for cheap backups. I've tried X-CD-Roast on someone
> elses linux box and that looks really good so I'll be using that to burn the
> CD's. Need to get a CD-R though.
>
> My linux box is a Pent 133, 48mb ram, currently running Redhat 5.1 (with 5.2
> kernel and other utils).
>
> What scsi card would you recommend for a linux system? doesn't have to be
> anything fancy, jude decent performance and easy to install/setup on linux.
>
> Same for CD-R, what would you recommend for an external SCSI CD-R? Something
> that comes with Mac and PC software would be nice and I may plug it into my
> Mac or winblows systems at times. I know APS has a 8x4 CD-R with Mac and PC
> software for $270 or so. Not sure who makes the actual drive inside their box
> though.
>
>
>
> thanks,
> Bill
>
>
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From: David L. Bilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: car mp3 player
Date: 13 May 1999 18:05:11 GMT
+-----On 13 May 1999 17:26:14 GMT, brian moore spoke unto us:----------
| Actually, I'm pondering something similar (but in the case of a
| circa-1986 CD player that I need to retire :)).
| You won't find a ready-to-go kit for this: there isn't a standard for
| keypads or lcd displays, so you'll have to piece things together.
Actually, I found a nice bit of software at http://cajun.current.nu
It drives an Orbital Matrix LCD and a keypad...very nice
| I'm presently in search of a decent P120 or so board with audio and
| ethernet (what good is a home CD player if you can't telnet to it?).
| I've sent off mail to a few companies requesting prices (hit altavista
| and look for things like "+embedded +pentium +audio") but haven't got a
| response yet.
| Have you gotten a solution to the hardware problems like a decent cpu
| board (Pentium class or StrongArm)?
Yes. Check out the Adaptec PCM 5862 (Pentium with everything, including
sound, vga/lcd output, ethernet, etc.--all in 5.25"). You can get it from
http://www.ucs.co.uk.
--
"I'm not sure I want to get the nickname `The Love Machine,' because how
does that affect my nickname now, which is `The Lawn-Cutting Machine'?"
--Jack Handey
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'Find'. what a strange command
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:21:00 -0400
Brad wrote:
>
> I was trying to find where netscape is installed on my newly installed
> Linux setup. I figured there must be a 'find' command and I wasn't
> dissapointed. I typed 'man find' and had a read.
> There was the traditional user friendly syntax guide.......
>
> find [path....] [expression]
>
> so I typed
>
> find / netscape
The [expression] part, I believe, is something like
-property value
for example
-name netscape
So, you should have done a 'find / -name netscape' or for case-insensitivity,
'find / -iname netscape'. You might want to add a wildcard to the end, since
netscape might be named 'netscape-communcator' or similar. So try this:
find / -type f -iname netscape\*
The '-type f' part searches for just files, not directories. Have fun. :-)
-jason
(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
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From: "KS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Install problem
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:19:26 -0500
I would Try a couple of things:
Put the drive in another pc and try deleting the partition, if that fails
try doing a lowlevel format if you can find a bios that supports low level
for an IDE. I purchased a hard drive formatter from a company called
Corporate Systems Center (something like that) and I have good success in
repairing thing like this.
Will the drive load MSDOS 6.X, you might try to load dos and see if it will,
but if fdisk fails then that wouldn't work. You might try an old dos 3.X
version would re-create the partition (33 meg max) but the older versions
may not be smart enough to know that there is a bigger partition on the
drive and allow you to delete the bad one. I have noticed that Linux seems
to create additional partition names even if there is only a swap and a
root, for a second or third time of loading Linux.
Just a few Ideas,
Kevin Stoops
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jeffrey Bannister wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have a problem.
>I've successfully installed RedHat Linux 5.1 in the past. However, I was
>attempting to install it to an old 486/33 with 170Mb HD. The first
>install crashed because I tried to load too much software, so I went
>back and repartitioned the HD using Disk Druid. This time, once the
>installation got just beyond the point of selecting software, when it
>sets up the root partition, it bombs out giving an error of incorrect
>mount point. Any attempts to repartition won't update, and if I delete
>all partitions to start again, it tells me that there isn't enough space
>left. I tried to go back out altogether, boot into DOS from a floppy and
>use fdisk, but this just hangs.
>Any suggestions other than throw away the HD?
>Thanks in advance,
>Jeff Bannister.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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From: Steve Piche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP: URGENT... Problem with gdb and Shared Libs.
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 17:16:30 +0000
Hi,
I have a set of Shared Libraries ontop of which I am linking an ELF
application.
I can run the application from the command line without any problem but
when I
tried to debug it using gdb I got the following error message:
GNU gdb 4.18
Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
GDB is free software, covered by the GNU General Public License, and you
are
welcome to change it and/or distribute copies of it under certain
conditions.
Type "show copying" to see the conditions.
There is absolutely no warranty for GDB. Type "show warranty" for
details.
This GDB was configured as "i586-pc-linux-gnu"...
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/home/spiche/v700/src/cv/cv
/usr/home/spiche/v700/src/cv/cv: error in loading shared libraries
cvlib700.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Program exited with code 0177.
(gdb)
LD_LIBRARY_PATH is pointing to the directory containing my libs. I also
try
to add this directory to my /etc/ld.so.conf file, delete the cache and
run
ldconfig. But I still have the same error.
I am using RedHat 5.2 with gcc 2.8.1.
If you have any idea/hint please tell me because we are desperate.
( we are almost to the point of installing Windows NT ).
Thanks,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffen Kluge)
Subject: Re: X-Windows does'nt start anymore
Date: 13 May 1999 15:09:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <7hcd49$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Geert Van Loy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>_FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
>failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
>Fatal server error:
>could not open default font 'fixed'
Could it be that you installed some font server (like xfs or
xfstt) lately? Check your XF86Config for a line similar to to
FontPath "unix/:7100"
If it is there make sure there is a font server actually
listening on port 7100 (or whatever you find). Otherwise comment
out this line.
I had similar problems with earlier versions of xfstt when
running multiple X servers on the same machine. Only the first
server could connect to xfstt, the others failed.
Hope this helps
Steffen.
--
Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Fujitsu Australia Ltd
Keywords: photography, Mozart, UNIX, Islay Malt, dark skies
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Apache - restricted access
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 17:38:52 GMT
In a project, the following problem as appeared:
There are three directories (1, 2 and 3) and three users (A, B and C)
User A should have access to direct. 1
User B to 1 and 2
User C to all
I had tried to implement this with apache + php3 + mysql, but it seems
that it isn't so easy as it seems :)
Does any body made something similar?
Joao Pedro Marques
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From: "Christopher R. Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.protocols.nfs,comp.os.linux.help,alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: fdisk /MBR ???
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:15:26 -0700
Mikael Wetterstrand wrote:
> Hello
> Well, I just wanna know what the command /mbr does?
> I know u can use it with fdisk to "get ridd of" Lilo , but what does it
> really do?
It builds a new MS-Dos "M"aster "B"oot "R"ecord. This is the nifty
little program that usually reside at sector zero of a bootable partition
and it goes out and looks for "Dos" or "Windows95" or "Ntldr" or "LILO"
or whatever and loads it into memory and passes control of the program
register to the entry point of the program that it loads.
FDisk as a version of Dos it will look for a dos file "msdos.sys?" and
knows nothing about file systems other than "DOS".
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From: Mark McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Star office for glibc 2.1
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:28:20 -0500
Ken Williams wrote:
>
> Does anyone know where I can download the new glibc 2.1 star office that
> susposedly comes with RH 6.0?
>
> Thanks.
RH 6.0 comes with a compat-glibc-5.2 package that is supposed to allow
you to run older programs, but I can't figure out how to get the damn
thing to work with the libraries.
Any suggestions?
--
Mark McCoy -- Proud to run Linux since February 1996
Systems Administrator - Cajun Brothers Technology, llc
The views in this message do not necessarily reflect the views of my
employer
This message posted from snowdog, a 100% MS-free machine.
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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)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Seebach)
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:03:58 GMT
In article <MPG.11a49b0045bbd95898983d@news>,
Jon Skeet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Could that not be due to the people you know rather than the system as a
>whole? It's equally true for me, but only because the circles I'm in
>don't *tend* to include the unemployed (no bigotry here, just social
>reality). That doesn't mean the unemployed aren't there, or that they
>don't need our help.
I'd guess that at least two thirds of the people I know have been unemployed
long enough to collect EI.
-s
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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: Thu, 13 May 1999 18:36:53 GMT
Leslie Mikesell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>snip<
:> cd /usr/ports
:> make install
:>
:> Can it be any more trivial?
:
: Yes. It can and should be done in the same step as the base install.
: Pick everything you want and go away until the machine is ready
: to reboot and run.
Ugh, fine:
Sysinstall->Distributions->All
Sysinstall->Configure->Packages->All
:> However, there are 2308 ports. Do you really want to install that
:> much software simply because you "can" upgrade *everything*?
:
: What I really want is for someone else to assemble a distribution
: down to within a dozen or so programs of what I actually want
: installed.
Create your own install.cfg. AFAIK most (all?) Linux distributions
have very similar systems.
: Since that isn't likely I'll settle for a checklist of a few hundred
: groupings and I don't mind erring on the 'too much' side as the 'something
: isn't here when I need it' side.
You got it. Hit the All button on any release of Linux or *BSD and
you're done.
:>: That means I'll blow away the package database anyway
:>
:> Why?
:
: It's faster and easier
ROTFL!
: and doesn't require installing the update from the same distribution.
What bull.
:>: and then put my own programs back if necessary.
:>
:> That does not follow.
:>
:> You just said that *you* wanted to quote, "upgrade everything to the
:> newest". Why would you then go back and install your own older
:> version?
:
: I said *my* programs. Ones that don't exist and wouldn't make sense
: anywhere else.
Meaning ones *you* wrote for your own use? What are they doing
outside of $HOME/bin anyway? If you must, why not keep a
/usr/local/junk directory like most people.
: But this also includes things that need local tweaking and ones that still
: aren't up to the current rev in the distribution yet.
You're contradicting yourself badly now.
>snip<
: Ummm, yes, doesn't *every* unix distribution except *bsd stay out of
: /usr/local?
Distributions yes, packages no. Packages always go in /usr/local or
/opt by default, depending on if you have a BSD or later SVR4 bent.
/On opt style systems, /usr/local doesn't typically exist at *all*.
:>:> No one should "expect" to have to tweak *any* non-system components
:>:> after a system upgrade, period.
:>:
:>: OK, it just hasn't worked that way for me.
:>
:> Case subject?
:
: All the local stuff, of course.
:-/ You're useless...
: There is an ip->ipx gateway that talks to an even stranger program on the
: ipx side, an ip->serial port program that works sort of like a print
: spooler, and a few other odds & ends.
Is this a custom, local program you wrote, or a program in standard
distribution?
: Then there is amanda with it's patched gnutar and smbclient, a custom
: apache, sometimes a perl.
That's one of the great beauties of the ports system. Site-only
patches are trivial to incorporate into a standard port.
:>: I have no problems with that under Linux. There were some versions
:>: where the compatibility libs were broken. I don't use those versions.
:>
:> So now we're expected to hope and pray that the distribution we
:> picked didn't fall pray to the failings of all the rest? No thanks.
:
: No, you are expected to either test the version you intend to use,
: or pay attention to the other people who have already tried it.
You think they've tested it? If they have so much as made sure it
builds you'd be lucky.
With *thousands* of programs available, do you really think someone
has sat down and tested each and every configuration?! You've got
to be joking (or stoned)!
: Linux users complain loudly about every little problem so it is easy to
: know what to avoid. *bsd users never admit that there are any bugs, but
: if you really press them they sometimes let out that such-and-such was
: fixed in something-or-other-CURRENT on some particular date. And then the
: versioning scheme begins to make sense. Everybody must be running
: -CURRENT to get these fixes (or even know about them) and that means they
: shouldn't be complaining about bugs because the -CURRENT version is
: supposed to have bugs.
Now you're back into baseless FUD.
--
-Zenin ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
My code is filled with comments! It's just that my comments are
written in Perl.
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From: "John E. Garrott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ghostscript output
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:47:23 -0700
I am having problems with ghostscript. Two weeks ago printing was fine.
Then I bunged some files in /usr. I managed to replace them and every
thing else has been fine.
Problem: When I send a file to the printer, either through apsfilter
or by directly calling ghostscript
(gs @stc2.upp -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1 POSTSCRIPT_FILE -c quit)
the printer starts spewing paper, stopping every once in awhile like
it is printing something, but never putting ink on the paper.
The printer works fine if I send it ascii (cat filename >/dev/lp1) or
try to print from W95 or (lpr -Pascii filename).
I have 1) reinstalled ghostscript (gs5.5) from scratch
2) RTFM'd until my eyes are dropping out of my head
I don't understand what is going on. Could someone please give me
a clue?
Thanks in advance,
John
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Seebach)
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:27:09 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Andrew Carol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michael Powe
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Nothing wrong with my memory. My contention is simply that if you set
>> up a linux box for your mother the way her Windoze box was set up, she
>> would have no more problem learning how to use it than she did
>> learning the 'doze box. And she'd have the advantage of never having
>> to deal with broken video drivers, illegal ops or BSOD.
>Is this serious?
I don't know.
>As much as I dispise Windows, I'd really hate to have to help my Mom
>through root, permission, /etc, fdisk, etc.
Your milage may vary. It took me all of twenty or thirty minutes to teach
my mom enough about NetBSD that she could use her laptop quite happily. She
wrote a column about it.
http://www.insidedenver.com/seebach/0418seeba.shtml
if memory serves.
That column was typed in Lyx, as I recall.
>Most of the Windows users I know just plugged their machine in and it
>worked.
Yup. And if they'd never used one before, they turned to an experienced
user and said "how do you make it work?".
>They could be just as happy if they had a Free OS which was completly
>GUI in nature and had as large a wealth of Free GUI software to run.
>When that happens I'll be sure to get them to switch.
My mom doesn't mind at all that you have to tell the system to enter graphical
mode, and appreciates that you can just *TELL* it what you want. As I said,
your milage will mary. (Most moms are not as cool as mine. :) )
>I see the Free GUI OS coming, but todays offerings on top of Linux
>are very immature and are no improvement over Windows. They are
>too contstricting for the power user to work within, and to little
>for the beginer.
No improvement? Listen to my mom's stories of trying to send email using
the MIS-configured[*] Exchange stuff at work; she's much happier using the
laptop.
-s
[*] I mean "configured by the MIS department", but this is too apt not to use.
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From: Jonas Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 60 & kde 1.1.1 & kvirc
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 18:44:31 +0000
I have just installed RH6.0 and compiled kde 1.1.1 and kvirc 0.90.
My problem is that then I run kvirc it says somthing like this:
Cannot find the base pixmaps...did you forget to make install?
I have installed kvirc like this:
./configure
make
make install
My kvirc worked under RH5.2 and kde 1.1. Can anyone help me wwith this
problem ???
!!HELP!!
Thanx
Jonas
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From: Matt Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: COMPAQ Armada 6500 help needed
Date: 13 May 1999 14:53:10 GMT
In comp.os.linux.portable Joseph D. Carvalho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'd like any info on configuring linux for the above system.
: It does have the Xircom net/serial card internal.
: It does have the RAGE LT video controller.
I have Slackware 3.6 running on this beast. Take a look at
http://www.molnir.demon.co.uk/armada.html
for my witterings on how I got the various bits working.
Good luck,
Matt
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From: "Ralph Ballier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: "Unable to load interpreter"
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 17:25:49 +0200
Hello,
using kernel vers. 2.2.7 I got the message "Unable to load interpreter" with
dmesg and in /var/log/messages. What does this mean?
Ralph (ODS-Verein e.V. Berlin, Germany)
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