Linux-Misc Digest #455, Volume #20 Tue, 1 Jun 99 23:13:17 EDT
Contents:
Re: Sony Vaio (Andy Knifel)
Re: Moving files from Win95 to Linux (Jay Bigelow)
Permissions problem? ("Michael Lazenby")
Re: About RealPlayer G2... (Andy Piper)
X-TrueType Server (Dmitry Melanchenko)
Re: NT the best web platform? ("Chad Mulligan")
Re: syntax of cron commands (L J Bayuk)
Can't compile kernal, Need help ("Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\"")
Re: Cdroms ZIP, how? (L J Bayuk)
Re: Is Gnome slow? (David M. Cook)
Re: word processing, what to use? (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: A Capitalists view of freedom (Christopher B. Browne)
Re: How do I insert partitions BEFORE my Debian boot partiton and still get Debian
to boot? (Valentine Murzenok)
Cdroms ZIP, how? ("Walter")
Re: SuSE vs Red Hat? (Jacek Pliszka)
Re: PPP problem?! (Opie)
Re: Cdroms ZIP, how? (Opie)
OS (Shawn Pringle)
Re: Sony Vaio (Vale VAIO)
File exchange between Windows 95 and Linux in a computer. (Cai)
Re: NT the best web platform? (LEBLANC ERIC)
Re: syntax of cron commands (Otavio Exel)
Re: Can't compile kernal, Need help (Olli your a genius) ("Spotillius Maximus aka
\"Spot\"")
Re: Just a few more questions.... ("theoddone33")
Re: swapon: operation not permitted by device (Scott Lanning)
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From: Andy Knifel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sony Vaio
Date: 20 May 1999 06:31:01 GMT
marco tephlant wrote:
>
>
> Land of milk and honey? No I'm in the UK
> I just find it hard to believe that anywhere is more expensive than the
> UK for anything! Ah, well my quest for cheap sexy electronics good
> continues unabated.
>
> --
> Marco
Greetings Marco,
Forgive me if I sound naieve. But aren't European and Asian power
requierments different than US? Forgive me if this is off topic from the
original message. But I thought you need special adapters to use US
electronics? Most of ours use 110 volt supplys.
Cheers!
An
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From: Jay Bigelow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Moving files from Win95 to Linux
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 15:09:49 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pardon my ignorance, but I'm fairly new to Linux. How do I make sure it's a binary
download? <G>
TurkBear wrote:
> If your Linux can read the Zip disk, there should be no problem
> with the method you want to use...
>
> Be sure it is a binary download................
>
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From: "Michael Lazenby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Permissions problem?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 19:51:45 GMT
I've just moved into Linux from using SCO exlusively. Everything is OK on
my new Redhat 5.0 system when I am in as root, but when I try to operate as
an ordinary user I get a variety of permission type errors: No space left
on device, when I try to create a file; Write error in swap file when I try
to use vi.
Anybody familiar with this problem?
Thanks
Mike Lazenby
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From: Andy Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: About RealPlayer G2...
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 20:52:11 +0100
Lack Mr G M wrote:
>
> In article <1999Jun1.185543@ukwit01>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lack Mr G M) writes:
> |> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andy Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>writes:
> |> |>
> |> |> I can't get any sound at all out of the RealPlayer G2 alpha.
> |> |> It loads OK (I had to spoof the registration though as it
> |> |> kept complaining of errors in the regional data when I said
> |> |> I was in the UK), but I can't get any sound. Ideas?
> |>
> |> FWIW: I couldn't get the registration to work at all (and still can't).
> |>
> |> However, the player runs fine, including sound. This is in RH5.2
> |> running 2.2.9 kernel.
Damn. So am I! I actually was running with 2.2.5, but
tonight I tried recompiling with 2.2.9 (which I'd intended
to do lately anyway), but this hasn't helped.
> I forgot to mention that it is also for running local files, rather
> than streaming off the net - may make a difference(?).
I've just tried saving a .ram file to disk and then running
it, but no difference. Interestingly the files always seem
to "play" soundlessly for about 6 seconds, that's all. I
still can't get any noise out of G2 though :-(
Thanks for the hints, anyway.
Andy
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Andy Piper [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fareham, Hampshire
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From: Dmitry Melanchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X-TrueType Server
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 22:56:57 +0300
Help me to set up the Subj.
All the manuals say about some .../xc directory. Where it?
Dimity
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Reply-To: "Chad Mulligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Chad Mulligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:59:26 -0700
Miguel Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:IsT43.1183$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Chad Mulligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> *NT* afaik is *not* free.
> >
> > Either is a professional UNIX.
>
> I take it your definition of a professional Unix is "one that is not
> available for free."
>
> miguel
Essentially, hobbyists don't have the discipline to do it properly. For
examples look at Disk Druid, and RH 6.0.
--
"If you win the rat race, you're still a rat" Lily Tomlin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: syntax of cron commands
Date: 2 Jun 1999 01:39:58 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>hello all,
>
>I have a mailbox that I'd like to keep in separate 'per month' files; so
>I have this line in my personal crontab:
>
>1 0 1 * * mv mailbox mailbox.$(date "+%Y%m" --date "last month")
>
>looks like there is a quote-related problem going on! I have tried with
>single and double quotes but I always get an error message by mail like
>that:
>
>> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
>> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/username>
>> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:.>
>> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=username>
>>
>> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
>> /bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
>
>any clues?
Maybe? The $(...) syntax requires ksh or posix_sh; bash won't do it.
Cron always uses /bin/sh which is probably bash on your system.
Try `...` instead.
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From: "Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\"" <*****@ix.netcom.com>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Can't compile kernal, Need help
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 15:10:01 -0400
I've read the books and how to's and come up with the same error message
when I issue the 'make config' command. It say's that the make command
can't be found. I tried this on two systems with RedHat 5.2 and the same
thing happens. 'make zImage, zdisk don't work either. I'm logged in as
"root". What am i doing wrong? Thanks
Ed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: Cdroms ZIP, how?
Date: 2 Jun 1999 01:43:38 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How do i mount more than 1 cdrom ( thats already in the sys. in
>ide2cable slave position, )
>and a zip ide( in master position in ide cable2) ?
Looks to me like your ZIP should be /dev/hdc# (where #=partition
number, like 4), and your second CD-ROM should be /dev/hdd .
/dev/hda = Primary IDE, master drive
/dev/hdb = Primary IDE, slave drive
/dev/hdc = Secondary IDE, master drive
/dev/hdd = Secondary IDE, slave drive
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Is Gnome slow?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 01:38:40 GMT
On Tue, 01 Jun 1999 05:50:30 -0700, Cliff Story <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've just installed Red Hat 6.0 (on top on 5.2 -- the "upgrade" option
I suggest adding more RAM and giving Window Maker a try.
Dave Cook
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Subject: Re: word processing, what to use?
Date: 2 Jun 1999 01:03:10 GMT
There is no "best word processor."
There is only the best set of tools for your particular needs,
and your needs will change over time.
I used troff for a long time. It was great, because I was writing
the kind of documents troff is good for, where structure matters
and graphical effects don't. GNU groff is an excellent
troff implementation. (That's redundant. Does GNU distribute
anything that's *not* excellent?)
Linux introduced me to TeX and LaTeX, which in most respects are
far more powerful than troff. I was doing stuff that was hard
with groff, like typesetting flyers and mailing labels.
I've also used Lyx, which wasn't ready, Wordstar, MS-Word (which was
baffling, unreliable, and inappropriate for large works), Framemaker,
Crystalwriter, Applix Words, and Wordperfect.
And sgmltools. And HTML in vi/elvis/vim. (Vim's the best!)
Most of these tools are overwhelming at first. The difference
is which ones work better for you over time, and which ones start
to be annoying. MS-Word gets annoying immediately, the first time
you have to apply the same paragraph format change to the twenty
paragraphs you just wrote.
My favorites are Framemaker and LaTeX. They keep getting better as
you learn to use them. LaTeX' only problem is its poorly *organized*
documentation. (I have the four standard LaTeX books. Any particular
feature or issue will be mentioned in one or two of them, and usually
in a footnote.) I learned to dread looking for "packages" in the
heap of stuff called Comprehensive TeX Archive Network. It's almost
always easier to generate complicated effects in Perl that spits out
low level LaTeX than figure out how to install, debug, and apply the
"package" that was supposed to do it all within LaTeX and make it
easy. I'm still hoping that community will someday get a clue about
*task oriented* documentation. But as disorganized and unfinished
as it is, if I had to be stranded on a big documentation project
with just one way of generating page images, it would be LaTeX.
Power gets you farther than ease-of-learning.
Metafont was a fascinating toy. A jig for mathematicians to design
typefonts with. Too bad there wasn't a GUI for it; mathematicians
aren't the best font designers. I did a couple of logos in it
and decided it wasn't worth the effort.
Cameron
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher B. Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: A Capitalists view of freedom
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 02:02:01 GMT
On 01 Jun 1999 11:56:40 +0200, Ottavio G. Rizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefaan A Eeckels) writes:
>> > You would not necessarially get the same results in a situation where
>> > to start with, neither criminals nor the public had access to
>> > firearms, and then gun laws were relaxed.
>> You must be joking - even in countries where it's extremely
>> difficult to get arms legally, criminals have no problem
>> acquiring them.
>
>Criminals *do* have problems in acquiring guns, even in Florida: it's
>just a question of how difficult (i.e., expensive) it is. In Florida
>it could just mean paying someone $20 to buy a gun for them; in Europe
>it could well be a lot of money (terrorists had to steal weapons from
>cops in Italy in the '70, which is not a completely trivial thing to
>do, I suppose).
I dunno about that one; last fall I visited Jacksonville, and hauled around
a carload of Canadian sailors who wanted to visit what seemed like every gun
shop in Jacksonville. (There was also this Burger King there that was the
lowest of the lowest of the places that I have *ever* had the misfortune of
eating something at... Suffice it to say that I have *zero* regard for the
quality of food in the JAX region. BK was the worst thing ever, and I
didn't see anything that was "better than average." A lunch in backwoods
Georgia turned out to be the best thing I had, but I digress...)
I have *zero* confidence in the food in Jacksonville, and I have about the
same degree of confidence in the inability of people to get guns there.
>> What seems to be evident is that the use of firearms for
>> "crimes of passion" is significanty less in countries
>> where guns are difficult to obtain "legally", as the
>> perpetrators were law-abing citizens before the crime.
>
>Just think of European football fans carrying weapons...
It definitely wouldn't last terribly long...
Note that in "concealed firearm-toting" Texas, there are two interesting
effects:
a) Getting that license *does* require training, which is probably helpful
on the "safety" side;
b) Most public gathering places specifically forbid firearms, and the
sports-related places tend to have metal detectors.
>It is also true that they are Swiss...
And what precisely are you indicating by that? :-)
--
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
-- Henry Spencer <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "What have you contributed to free software today?..."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Valentine Murzenok)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: How do I insert partitions BEFORE my Debian boot partiton and still get
Debian to boot?
Date: 2 Jun 1999 02:07:53 GMT
Jeff Bernstein ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
I guess you have to fix system commander, because you 're changing
partition table.
> I have Debian installed in an extended partition on my hard disk. I want to
> install Red Hat in another logical partition in the same extended partition
> space. But, when I add a partition (I can only add one BEFORE my Debian root
> partition; I'm using PartitionMagic 3.0) I can't boot Debian (um, I'm using
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] Valentine Murzenok
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From: "Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Cdroms ZIP, how?
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 22:13:32 -0300
How do i mount more than 1 cdrom ( thats already in the sys. in
ide2cable slave position, )
and a zip ide( in master position in ide cable2) ?
Thanks a lot to the one that understands that im just another guy
who wants to get out of windows crap stuff!
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jacek Pliszka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: SuSE vs Red Hat?
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:30:51 -0700
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, David Filion wrote:
> The only problem I've found with Redhat is that for a few things there is
> the Linux way and then there is the RedHat way. I try to aviod the Redhat
> way because I like to understand what is happening behind the scenes and
> Redhat sometimes hides this.
RH is still Linux - you have /etc directory and you can play as much as
you want. But if you have a few (10?20?) users who want to use Linux at
home, just use, nothing else, than 'the RH way' is very convenient.
> The only other problem I've found with Redhat is the price hike. I bould
> my version of Redhat, 5.1, as part of the powertools package for $14.99
> CDN. The distribution is now up to $80 CDN and powertools is not too far
> behind.
www.cheapbytes.com : RH 6.0 CD for $1.99 so the price is not a problem.
www.LinuxMall.com - something similar
Hey,
Jacek
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From: Opie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP problem?!
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 21:23:35 -0500
your port speed is probably set wrong... or you may need an init string to boost
your modem's performance.
Try USR's website for init strings.
Ope Bakare
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Frank Yan wrote:
> I set up my ppp stuff under RH5.2, everything seems fine at first.
> Everything is ok, like ping, telnet, netscape,..., but after a while I found
> something really unusual that the net speed is extremely slower than
> that under windows system. I can hardly surf the net by using netscape
> under RH, and when I download something from the net, the speed
> is extremely slower than under windows.
> I'm wondering if I did something wrong with the configuration or
> something not configured well with the modem, I've got a u.s. robotics
> external modem 56k, but the speed looks like only 56 :(
>
> Thanks for any help
>
> Frank
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From: Opie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cdroms ZIP, how?
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 20:37:46 -0500
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On my system I have 2 hard drives and 2 cdroms.....this is how i mount
the secondary slave cdrom drive.
.
I created a folder /cdrom2 in the /mnt folder and issue this command
mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2
that works just fine... you may get an error that says that the device
is readonly and that it will be mounted as such but ignore it.....
for the zip drive..... i am not quite sure but check the zip drive mini
howto for more on that.....
Ope Bakare
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Walter wrote:
> How do i mount more than 1 cdrom ( thats already in the sys. in
> ide2cable slave position, )
> and a zip ide( in master position in ide cable2) ?
>
> Thanks a lot to the one that understands that im just another guy
> who wants to get out of windows crap stuff!
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On my system I have 2 hard drives and 2 cdroms.....this is how i mount
the secondary slave cdrom drive.
<BR>.
<P>I created a folder /cdrom2 in the /mnt folder and issue this command
<P>mount /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2
<P>that works just fine... you may get an error that says that the device
is readonly and that it will be mounted as such but ignore it.....
<P>for the zip drive..... i am not quite sure but check the zip drive mini
howto for more on that.....
<BR>
<P>Ope Bakare
<BR><A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A>
<BR>Walter wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> How do i mount more than 1 cdrom
( thats already in the sys. in
<BR>ide2cable slave position, )
<BR>and a zip ide( in master position in ide cable2) ?
<P>Thanks a lot to the one that understands that im just another guy
<BR>who wants to get out of windows crap stuff!
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From: Shawn Pringle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: OS
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 14:27:23 -0700
It is merly a change in name of the OS. Instead of naming
the OS after the kernel the name is named after the GUI.
If we called redhat-linux 'bash'. And then someone said
bash was not an operating system. He would be right
and he would be wrong. I think most people in this newsgroup
can tell the difference.
Shawn Pringle B.Sc. Mathematics Honors
mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
3749 Shelbourne st.
Victoria, BC, Canada
V8P 5S2
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Jamie wrote:
> Anthony Ord wrote:
>
> > >It is amazing the number of people that do not realise that Win 95 is
> > >running on top of DOS just like 3.x did. They just put a (not so)
> >
> > Some people deny it point-blank when you clue them in. They
> > come up with all sort of funny explanations...
>
> I think M$ started the myth by refering to Win 95 as an OS. They still
> call Win 98 an OS. If when either is "starting Windows 9x" you press F8
> you can go to the command prompt or step by step startup and see it all
> laid bare. I would say that DOS is the OS (IMHO).
>
> --
> _____________________________________________________________________
> Jamie [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> All comments expressed should be assumed to be
> my opinion only and you need to get your own
> opinion before you spend any money.
>
>
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From: Vale VAIO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sony Vaio
Date: 2 Jun 1999 02:31:11 GMT
Speaking of tricky setups. I am in the process of putting RH6 on a
partition of my new VAIO Slimtop/Desktop (P3 500,128mb RAM, LCD Monitor,
USB ports, PC Card slot, Zip Drive on 1 USB, Keyboard with pass-thru mouse
port, and hooked to an HP 820CSE printer). Of course the Monitor is a
mystery as I have yet to find documentation on it's refresh rates, etc. I
just found the info/drivers on the printer, which I will try later. Can
anyone give ideas of this unique combination.
Linus Torvalds wrote:
>
> In article <LAs%2.13822$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >According to Linus Torvalds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> >> And on the VAIO-PCG (the one
> >> with the built-in camera: that's the one I have), the camera is behind
a
> >> unsupported firewire thing. Oh, well.
> >
> >Lucky bugger. I suppose starting this whole Linux thing does have
> >it's advantages. I've been lusting after one of those itty-bitties
> >myself, and it's nice to know that they should see a fairly good level
> >of support. ;-)
>
> I really like the formfactor, but I wonder if not the slightly larger
> (but thinner) 505 with the larger screen is stil the better machine.
>
> There are a number of programs that expect to have at least 1024x768,
> and while the 1024x480 screen on the PCG is a model of clarity and
> generally pretty nice, it does sometime fall short due to the limited
> height.
>
> Then again, the formfactor does mean it fits in a small pouch instead of
> needing a real computer bag, so I don't know.
>
> Oh, and the battery life is not very good. What can I say? I tend to
> use it plugged in, and the only "portability" is the fact that it's easy
> to carry around - not really work on in airports etc. Works fine with
> my normal use conditions, but it may be a major bummer to somebody else.
>
> Linus
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From: Cai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: File exchange between Windows 95 and Linux in a computer.
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 18:53:43 -0400
I just installed Redhat Linux 5.2 in my pc. Now there are two OS in it.
I am using LILO to get into either system at a time. I am wondering how
I can access the files in windows system when I am in Linux? Thanks a
lot for your message.
Cai
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (LEBLANC ERIC)
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 21:03:08 GMT
Chad Mulligan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
:
: Miguel Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
: news:IsT43.1183$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
: > Chad Mulligan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > >> *NT* afaik is *not* free.
: > >
: > > Either is a professional UNIX.
: >
: > I take it your definition of a professional Unix is "one that is not
: > available for free."
: >
: > miguel
: Essentially, hobbyists don't have the discipline to do it properly. For
: examples look at Disk Druid, and RH 6.0.
Disk-Druid and RH 6.0 were put together by paid programmers working for
a corporation (Red Hat). Both are commercial products. Your examples are
flawed.
A counter-examples of your assertion would be Debian. Debian is a Linux
distribution put together by volunters. The Debian distribution doesn't
go out until most release critical bugs are closed. It would have never
gone out with Gnome 1.0 for example.
>From what i gathered at meetings and trade shows, Debian has a reputation
as a rock solid linux distribution, the only major unhappiness are about
the current package manager front-end and not distributing KDE.
Regards,
E.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otavio Exel)
Subject: Re: syntax of cron commands
Date: 2 Jun 1999 02:25:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >I have a mailbox that I'd like to keep in separate 'per month' files; so
> >I have this line in my personal crontab:
> >
> >1 0 1 * * mv mailbox mailbox.$(date "+%Y%m" --date "last month")
> >
> >looks like there is a quote-related problem going on! I have tried with
> >single and double quotes but I always get an error message by mail like
> >that:
> >
> >> X-Cron-Env: <SHELL=/bin/sh>
> >> X-Cron-Env: <HOME=/home/username>
> >> X-Cron-Env: <PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:.>
> >> X-Cron-Env: <LOGNAME=username>
> >>
> >> /bin/sh: -c: line 1: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `"'
> >> /bin/sh: -c: line 2: syntax error: unexpected end of file
L J Bayuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Maybe? The $(...) syntax requires ksh or posix_sh; bash won't do it.
> Cron always uses /bin/sh which is probably bash on your system. Try
> `...` instead.
thanks, LJ, you are probably right! unfortunately I'm so lazy that I'll
have to wait until next month to make sure you are really right :-))
since the first time I tried to nest backquotes :-( I started to use
only $(..) in my scripts.. btw: anyone knows of a way to (sort of) nest
backquotes?
--
Otavio Exel /<\oo/>\ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\"" <*****@ix.netcom.com>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can't compile kernal, Need help (Olli your a genius)
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:01:49 -0400
Olli, that did it. I must say thanks again. I'm a little slow at times and
half stupid, but I didn't find that valuable answer in the How To's and
manual. Now I got my /usr/src/linux directory. I guess if a directory
isn't there then the rpm isn't installed?
Ed
>An innocent and naive question to be added to the answer above:
>Have you unpacked kernel...rpm and kernel-headers....rpm? Go then to
>/usr/src/linux and try once more. I would wonder if it did not help.
>
>
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From: "theoddone33" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Just a few more questions....
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 16:05:31 -0500
Yeah, that did it. Thank you.
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>theoddone33 scribbled manically:
>: Ok, in RH6.0, my PS/2 mouse works fine for X, but causes some very
strange
>: behavior when I fire up Quake 2. I haven't tested it with any other
>: programs yet. Any ideas?
>
> Do you mean SVGA-mode or X Quake2? ('Scuse my ignorance if there
>is only one; I don't have it.) If it's SVGA mode, it's possible that your
>libvga configuration is off. Take a look at /etc/vga/libvga.config and
make
>sure your 'mouse' line is correct. Mine originally said "mouse Microsoft"
>and the mouse didn't work properly in libvga apps until I changed it to
>"mouse PS2".
>
>JD
>
>
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> -- Linus Torvalds, in comp.os.mac.advocacy
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From: Scott Lanning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: swapon: operation not permitted by device
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:29:58 -0400
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Art S. Kagel wrote:
>I'd say change the partition type of the swap partition to linux swap
>or make a filesystem and configure a swap file on that filesystem.
I have it set to linux swap (0x82). I'll make a filesystem, but it
seems kludgey (maybe that's just bias). I'll also grep swapon
to see if I can determine why /dev/hda7 wouldn't permit swapon.
I don't know why it won't; I think Slack '96 that I just removed,
supported it. Anyway, thanks for the help.
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