Linux-Misc Digest #468, Volume #20 Wed, 2 Jun 99 22:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: SuSE vs Red Hat? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What are the differences between mySQL and mSQL? ("Kelly Brady")
Re: Is Linux Open Source? (stdio.h) (Chet Skapczynski)
Re: Disk Druid not improving, and why... (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Is This Illegal? (brian moore)
xscreensaver in GNOME/Englightenment forgets password? (Walter Francis)
Re: NT the best web platform? (Simon Burr)
WordPerfect 8 (/gf/)
Re: Commercially speaking....? (Erik Olson)
Re: where o where might i find xagent??? (Paul John)
Re: Does this OS exist? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Commercially speaking....? (Stephen Coursen)
Re: PPP problem?! (Bill Unruh)
Re: first/second/third world ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: free computer5 ("John")
Re: Favorite Linux Distribution (Michel Catudal)
Re: Dumped Redhat like a stale girlfriend...SuSE is for me (User941444)
Re: Choices, choices... (Mike Kerr)
Re: Help! GPF when booting linux! (Scott)
Re: Commercially speaking....? ("Chad Mulligan")
db and dbm format (James)
"su" always returns 0 (Bryan Brandt)
App question - psnup ("James Surles")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: SuSE vs Red Hat?
Date: 2 Jun 1999 23:30:04 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst John G. Sandell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
: I like SuSe but with both 5.2 and 6.1, can't get printing to work
: through setting it up with Yast. ANy suggestions?
1> Make sure lprold is installed.
2> If it is, try sending something to print and typing
# lpc -status <printer name>
It's possible that queueing is enabled but printing is disabled.
man lpc for more info.
I suppose you've set the correct comm port up and the correct printer?
--
______________________________________________________________________________
|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! |
| Andrew Halliwell | I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and |
| Finalist in:- | get out the puncture repair kit!" |
| Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf |
==============================================================================
|GCv3.12 GCS>$ d-(dpu) s+/- a C++ US++ P L/L+ E-- W+ N++ o+ K PS+ w-- M+/++ |
|PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ X+/X++ R+ tv+ b+ DI+ D+ G e>e++ h/h+ !r!| Space for hire |
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From: "Kelly Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.lang.java.databases
Subject: Re: What are the differences between mySQL and mSQL?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 10:51:15 -0400
I played with mysql and found it to be very interesting, relatively easy to
install and work with. However, it does not have a commit & rollback
functionality, so if this is important you may want to look at other
options.
Kelly
Ruiming Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> The Subject askes its all. Are they the same free database software with
> two names?
> Or they are two different free database software?
> Are they both run on Linux?
>
> Thank you!
> --Raymond
> --
> RC Square Team.
>
>
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From: Chet Skapczynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is Linux Open Source? (stdio.h)
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 10:35:05 -0500
Re: "Chip on one's shoulder". In American street-lore there is the concept
of a bully or a "tough guy" who would walk around with a chip of wood on his
shoulder, daring anyone to come up and knock that chip off his shoulder.
This would be interpreted as a direct challenge to the bully and a fight
would immediately follow.
Hence, the meaning of "having a chip on one's shoulder" to describe someone
who is always belligerent and looking for a fight.
--
Chet Skapczynski
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Disk Druid not improving, and why...
Date: 02 Jun 1999 10:01:44 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne) writes:
> On Fri, 28 May 1999 07:54:11 -0700, Chad Mulligan
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> Well that's something to keep in mind when using linux. Your device
> >>> drivers may be written by a part time hacker. If the performance
> >>> suffers there isn't a whole lot you can do about it.
> >>
> >>Usually someone in the community will write a better driver.
> >>Dont you understand yet? Thats the whole essence of what is great about
> >>open source software. If something sucks, its fixed - fast.
> >>
> >If this is so.. Please explain Disk Druid?
>
> If there are two programs that fulfil the same general purpose, one of
> them is buggy, and the other is not, people will tend to use the one
> that is less buggy.
>
> Add to this the consideration that changes are made by those that are
> *capable* of programming. The people that are capable of fixing Disk
> Druid very probably already use fdisk because it is generally more
> featureful, and thus don't greatly *care* that Disk Druid is
> "broken."
i think it also has a hell of a lot to do with how often you are
likely to run disk druid. i don't know about you, but i repartition
my drives fairly seldom - on the order of once per year if that.
now some people are always setting up machines, but these will be a
minority.
btw what is it that is broken with disk druid anyway? i found it kind
of awkward and confusing, but i think that is almost completely due to
me running it a grand total of twice with over a year between.
--
johan kullstam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: Is This Illegal?
Date: 2 Jun 1999 23:07:11 GMT
On 2 Jun 1999 21:23:53 GMT,
K Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks to everyone who either e-mailed or posted a follow-up to my post.
>
> Just so my post was not misconstrued as I am intending, although I could
> see how it may have been, to burn distro CDs to distribute for profit, I
> refer to you the links below:
>
> http://x29.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=
> 484192806&CONTEXT=928357649.1487929504&hitnum=7
>
> http://x40.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=
> 484202166&CONTEXT=928357893.1605828611&hitnum=3
You don't want the 'context' and such, since that will expire.
The proper URL is http://x40.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=484202166
> As you can see, my post arose to question the legality of the practice of
> the business mentioned in the 2nd link; furthermore, I clearly instruct
> the original poster as to how he can obtain a RH6.0 CD more economically
> if he's had experience with it already, and never even mention or allude
> to some "gray" market product.
But it's not a gray market at all. It's quite legal (and the GPL
encourages it) to redistribute GPL'd code. It's more than just your
right: the goals of the GPL are to make it almost a responsibility to
share software with everyone.
> I'm NOT looking for apologies; I just want to set the record straight and
> I certainly didn't appreciate the tone with which some of the replies were
> written in, especially via e-mail. I'll stop now before a flame war
> ensues.
I don't know who wrote you or what irked you: but it is legal to copy
GPL'd code with the only real provisions being that source be provided
and that you can't deny the right to distribute to others. RedHat, for
example, can't stop CheapBytes or Computer Book Source or you or me from
taking all their GPL'd work and duplicating it for any price we want.
According to the folks at RedHat, though, they don't even care if
CheapBytes does it: it helps get the brand name out there, which is
exactly what Red Hat wants. They -want- you to think "Red Hat"
when you hear the word "Linux".
An interesting interview with them last week used the example of "Heinz
Ketchup". Why is it that every burger joint on the planet has a bottle
of Heinz on the table when it may as well be Hunts or any other brand?
Because what Heinz is selling isn't ketchup at all: they're selling
their brand name. You know that bottle, their logo, and you know what's
in the bottle. Red Hat is striving for precisely that level of brand
name recognition, because that is what drives their sales.
Cheapbytes is a long way off from that sort of recognition. And
"Computer Book Source", whoever they are, are even further.
--
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: Walter Francis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xscreensaver in GNOME/Englightenment forgets password?
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 12:30:55 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I found when I got up this morning and came in to check email, I left
myself logged in as usual, I have the screensaver set to turn on after
10 minutes, requiring a password, and turning off the monitor 20 minutes
later.
Usually this is no problem.. Today, regardless of what password I put
in I couldn't unlock xscreensaver! I tried my password several times
(sleepy fingers aren't to be trusted :) and even the root password..
Finally logged in on a virtual console (first on my user account to make
sure the password wasn't munged, no problem there!) as root and killed
xscreensaver. (Which in turn knocked me out of X, back to the GUI
login.. Maybe it's a feature..)
Anyone else seen or heard of this happening?
--
Walter Francis
http://wally.hplx.net Powered by RedHat 6.0
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From: Simon Burr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: 3 Jun 1999 00:59:07 +0100
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Richardson) writes:
[Stuff about Squid being used as an HTTP accelerator snipped]
>I think images can still be cached though. (not sure, but I think so.)
AFAIR anything which is either dynamically generated (ie /cgi-bin/), marked
as non-cacheable within its HTTP headers or with password protected areas
doesn't get cached.
However the same can not be said for browsers. I've got vague[1] memories
of the problems I've had in persauding a browser from a certain Redmond
based company that images generated from CGI scripts shouldn't be
cached. I think my kludge in the end was generating the image via a URL
which contained the time_t value from when the image was generated along
with the PID of the CGI script doing the generation. The image was a graph
which was generated from some SQL entered via a form.
[1] Vague since my mind is protecting my sanity
--
Simon the stressed [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Remind me again... just *why* am I doing this ?
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Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 23:58:04 +0000
From: /gf/ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: WordPerfect 8
It turns out WordPerfect 8 is not really enjoyable
as crippled as it is.
Before I go ahead and buy the full version, does it allow
to make the pull-down menus bigger? My eyes have problems
reading the menu entries.
Thanks!
--
gianfranco accardo
gfa2c ibm.net
@
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From: Erik Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Commercially speaking....?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.help,linux.news.groups,uk.comp.os.linux
Date: 02 Jun 1999 17:44:57 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Erik Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> OK, if this is the case then how is calling a GPL'd Linux kernel function
>> any different than calling a GPL'd library function? Being called is what
>> they both were designed for.
> When was the last time you linked against the Linux kernel?
Well what do you call this?
$ldd a.out
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40007000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00000000)
erik olson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Paul John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: where o where might i find xagent???
Date: 02 Jun 1999 19:54:44 -0400
Matthew Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Yeah, I tried xagent out too. It certainly shares nothing in common
with it's windows counterpart :)
I went straight back to Emacs & Gnus. I've yet to find anyting
better. It works beautifully with Leafnode.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > hi
> >
> > i cant seem to find this proggie
>
> I found xagent-0.7.5.tgz at ftp://sunsite.unc.edu in directory
> /pub/Linux/system/news/readers/
>
> Hope you have better luck with it than I did. I found it wants to
> download the entire list of groups every time you fire it up, and my
> server has over 58,000 groups on it. Needless to say, I don't have all
> day to wait when I only subscribe to about 20 of those 58,000.
>
> Gave up on it and went back to Netscape.
>
> --
> Matthew .....
>
> The linuX Files -- The Source is Out There.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.minix,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Subject: Re: Does this OS exist?
Date: 2 Jun 1999 16:23:14 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently
scribe:
: Didn't know where to post this question...
: Does there exist an OS with these characteristics?
: - completely 32-bit
: - runs in protected mode
: - single user
: - singletasking
: - single processor
: - command line interface
: The closest that fits the above are DOS (but not 32-bit/protected mode)
: and Minix (but not singletasking or single user). Any others I have
: missed?
Why would you want one? Apart from the single user/single tasking thing,
linux fits the bill nicely.
But... As you didn't specify a CPU architecture...
Another one that comes close is QDOS (The QL operating system based on the
68000 CPU). It's single user, but again, it's multitasking...
And the 68000 doesn't have a "protected mode", although it does have a
"supervisor mode", which most of the OS calls operate under.
--
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|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
| | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
| Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
| Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
| Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
=============================================================================
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
|5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Coursen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,linux.help,linux.news.groups,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Commercially speaking....?
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 17:49:30 GMT
On 02 Jun 1999 17:44:57 GMT, Erik Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.advocacy Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Erik Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>> OK, if this is the case then how is calling a GPL'd Linux kernel function
>>> any different than calling a GPL'd library function? Being called is what
>>> they both were designed for.
>
>> When was the last time you linked against the Linux kernel?
>
>Well what do you call this?
>
>$ldd a.out
>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40007000)
>/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00000000)
>
I'd call it linking agains libc and the dynamic loader. What do you call it?
>erik olson
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
--
Stephen Coursen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP problem?!
Date: 2 Jun 1999 16:54:40 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hope that helps. (And yes, if I knew how to get the furshlugginer
>chat script to initialize the modem without minicoms help that would be
>great too. But figuring that out is just too far down on my queue right
>now as I don't reboot very often.)
9600 is pppd's default speed. So put an option like
57600
or
115200
into /etc/ppp/options.
Note that if you put in a figure that pppd does not recognise it will
use the default speed.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: first/second/third world
Date: 2 Jun 1999 16:47:07 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst pspc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently
scribe:
: Do I need to add that this is not necessarily an exact analogy?
: After all I don't expect MS to fall apart quite as badly as the SU did
: <grin>.
But we can always keep our fingers crossed....
--
______________________________________________________________________________
|[EMAIL PROTECTED]| "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! |
| Andrew Halliwell | I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and |
| Finalist in:- | get out the puncture repair kit!" |
| Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf |
==============================================================================
|GCv3.12 GCS>$ d-(dpu) s+/- a C++ US++ P L/L+ E-- W+ N++ o+ K PS+ w-- M+/++ |
|PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ X+/X++ R+ tv+ b+ DI+ D+ G e>e++ h/h+ !r!| Space for hire |
==============================================================================
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From: "John" <John_B52 (at) hotmail.com>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.javascript,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.os2.advocacy
Subject: Re: free computer5
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 17:26:01 -0400
what sounded the dumbest was the 5th anniversary bit, especially since dell
has been around since 1984.
I check to make sure on their web page, noticed they are factory installing
RED HAT Linux 6.0 on their computers now, anyone else doing that? bye bye
bill gates.
webmaster wrote in message <7eg4sd$bsp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Free Computer at http://giveaways.arecool.net
>
>DELL IS GIVING AWAY 500 FREE PENTIUM 500 Computers to celebrate their 5th
>anniversary.
>
>Hurry and if you are one of the first 500 people you win a new computer!!!
>
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Favorite Linux Distribution
Date: 2 Jun 1999 20:34:02 -0500
Sylvia Wong wrote:
>
> (will still install Debian when I have time. Btw, the upgrade from 5.2 to
> 6.0 is trouble free, except for staroffice)
>
Not really as long as you install version 5.1 and ignore the
warning messages during install. Mine works great.
Anyone knows if this will work on Slackware 4.0?
I will install Slackware 4.0 on another drive (8.4G) once
I receive my cheapbyte version of slackware. I would like
to be able to run it from both slackware and RedHat 6.0
without having to reinstall.
--
Tired of Windows' rebootive multitasking?
then try Linux's preemptive multitasking
http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat/
We have software, food, music, news, search,
history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (User941444)
Subject: Re: Dumped Redhat like a stale girlfriend...SuSE is for me
Date: 3 Jun 1999 01:02:20 GMT
>
>J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) wrote:
>>
>> Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I appreciate the publicity Redhat has given Linux, but I refuse to pay $70
>> >for slick marketing and commercialism.
>>
>> You can check out places like www.cheapbytes.com and www.lsl.com for cheap
>> distribution CDs.
>>
>> In any case, SuSE is IMO much more commercial than Red Hat. Red Hat's core
>> system is free software; cheap CDs of it are available, and Red Hat
>> contributes quite directly to free software development. Last time I
>> checked, YaST (SuSE's setup utility) wasn't free software, which prevents
>> folks like CheapBytes from offing affordable CDs.
>>
>> Ray (a happy Debian user and developer)
>> --
>> UNFAIR Term applied to advantages enjoyed by other people which we tried
>> to cheat them out of and didn't manage. See also DISHONESTY, SNEAKY,
>> UNDERHAND and JUST LUCKY I GUESS.
>> - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
>I thought we were all usin' Linux!!!!!! Getta Grep!!!
>
Hmmm, are we all using Linux, or different versions. I mean, if I use Red hat
or slackware, once installed is there actually a difference or just in the
installation package.
I doubt having several differnet, similar verions of one product is going to
help Linux overtake Windows in the desktop market. I think users like
standardization, i do ?
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From: Mike Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Choices, choices...
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 13:27:53 -0400
I hear good things about the newest Caldera(I forget exactly what version it
is - the newest one, though). From what I've read it has the easiest install
routine of all Linux distribtutions. On the other hand, if you're experienced
user then maybe go with Red Hat, since it's widely regarded as a good system
and... "user friendly"(sorry, but I'm having a little trouble with red hat
myself... I'm knew at it too, and a little bitter... ; )
Max da Newbie wrote:
> So what's it going to be????
>
> A newbie, just starting out in the world of Linux, wants to experiment and
>
> network at home...
>
> All these choices though...
>
> Redhat, Caldera, Debian, Slackware...
>
> So which should it be? Thoughts, considerations, experiences, loves and
>
> hates all appreciated on this topic...
>
> Max da Newbie
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Scott <"chanman9"@(*REMOVE*)hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Help! GPF when booting linux!
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 12:37:57 -0500
Jerome Mrozak wrote:
> I have a HP Omnibook 800ct that _used_ to boot SuSE 6.1 (kernel 2.2.5)
> OK. Currently, when I boot the kernel it finds the hard disk drivers
> but won't go farther. It delivers this message:
>
> Partition check:
> hda:general protection fault: 0000
> CPU: 0
> EIP: 0010:[<c01255c4>]
> EFLAGS: 00010286
> <register dump follows>
>
> Funny thing is, when I boot from the install disk and mount the file
> system, it works OK.
>
> I've rebuilt the kernel (I have the sound drivers in the kernel and
> build it with make bzImage).
>
> It was reliable until I had a hinge problem in my laptop, and now it
> won't work.
>
> BTW, the Win95 partition works fine.
>
> Any help out there? Thanks.
>
> Jerome.
My Computer had the same problem until I took the case off my computer
and put
more air on my processor. I don't know if it pertains to your machine,
but mine was
a heat issue with the processor.
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Reply-To: "Chad Mulligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Chad Mulligan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Commercially speaking....?
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 18:52:09 -0700
William Wueppelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:rkh53.11190$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In our last episode (Tue, 01 Jun 1999 12:49:30 +0000),
> the artist formerly known as Jamie said:
> >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 they didn't, they'd have to pay Caldera a lot of money. So right now,
> the most convenient truth is that DOS 7, Windows 4.x and Internet Explorer
> consitute an operating system.
>
> >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).
>
> In fact, if you change one (count em) character in the msdos.sys file, DOS
> 4 won't automatically run win.com at boot up. Of course, Windows does
> provide a lot of operating system functionality that DOS can't, but
there's
> still no reason the two couldn't or shouldn't be decoupled.
>
I prefer pressing the F8 key and then selecting Previous version of DOS from
the command line. In my experience though there ain't much DOS there beyond
a few files of the same names, particularly if you don't use andy DOS mode
drivers in CONFIG.SYS or install on a blank hard drive. Most of the linkage
you refer to is left over from upgrade installations, which sadly, most of
the OEM preinstalls retain attributes of.
>
>
> --
> It is pitch black.
> You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: db and dbm format
Date: 2 Jun 1999 17:31:13 GMT
Can anyone explain what the .db and .dbm formats are and what program(s)
use them?
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From: Bryan Brandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: "su" always returns 0
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 1999 13:35:49 -0400
We've run into several problems with the "su" command under RedHat 6.
Firstly, executing any "su" command with the "-c" option will always
return 0, despite the passed command failing. This occurred under RH5
as well. Perhaps this is as designed, but it's unlike any other Unix
platform I've worked on.
Even worse, performing the following command as root, where the file
/tmp/xxx does not exist:
su - bbrandt -c "cat /tmp/xxx; echo $?"
Produces:
cat: /tmp/xxx: No such file or directory
0
Apparently, any command executed through an "su" will always have a
return code of 0! I've tested this with a variety of commands.
I haven't tested this explicitly on other distributions, so I'm not sure
that it's specific to RH or not. I'm not entirely sure it's necessarily
a problem with "su" itself or perhaps with the shell. It is awfully
annoying though. At least in RH5 we could work around the "su" always
returning 0 problem by echo'ing the actual return code within the su to
a temp file, but no longer in RH6.
Does anyone have any ideas either how this can be fixed, or a logical
explanation of why this was done?
Thanks,
Bryan Brandt.
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From: "James Surles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions,comp.text.tex,comp.unix.misc
Subject: App question - psnup
Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 21:09:24 -0400
I apologize for the cross-posting, and I also apologize if this is off topic
in any of the newsgroups I post this in.
I have a postscript file which contains slides. The page width is 11" and
the page height is 8.5" (landscape).
================================================
| |
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| SLIDE #1 |
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| |
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================================================
The orientation is as above. I want to use psnup to put 4 slides on 1 page
for proofing and revisions, with the same orientation. As such:
================================================
| Slide #1 Slide #2 |
| |
| |
| Slide #3 Slide #4 |
| |
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================================================
I think the command line
psnup -w11in -h8.5in -4 infile.ps outfile.ps
should accomplish this, but it cuts the tops and bottoms of the slides off
when they are reproduced. Can anyone tell me the proper set of command line
parameters to do what I'm trying to do?
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
James.
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