Linux-Misc Digest #742, Volume #20 Tue, 22 Jun 99 13:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Sound and X (was Re: Commercially speaking....? (Richard Corfield)
error "/dev/tty Device not configured" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Best dual cpu board for Linux recommandation needed. Thx. (Alex Lam)
many boxes -> 1 monitor (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: Oracle8i for Linux!!! ("David M. Gurley")
Re: first/second/third world (MK)
No init found! ("Matt Welsh")
Re: MP3's ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux: now or never ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Run in background (Nelson Minar)
Re: printing ps files on Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HELP ! verrry slloooww reading DAT tape (John Phillips)
Problems reading CD created under Win9x ("R Potts")
Re: Red Hat 6.0 Bugs (ray beckler)
Re: Star Office key problem! (Chris Aiken)
DOSEMU? (John Thompson)
Re: Netscape crashing with ATI video (Chris Aiken)
Re: COL225: LILO says: geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (1137 > 1023)
(Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: Does Linux have IRQ's (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: SuSE vs Red Hat? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Linux uid limits! (Johan Kullstam)
Re: MP3's (Stephen Anthony)
Re: Linux uid limits! (bill davidsen)
Re: Redhat 6.0 and USB mouse (mei)
Re: Does Linux have IRQ's (Alan.J.Thackray)
Re: Linux + RAM >64M ("bob")
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From: Richard Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.msdos.misc,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Sound and X (was Re: Commercially speaking....?
Date: 22 Jun 1999 15:12:23 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug DeJulio) writes:
> The problem with using a mechanism other than X is that you often want
> audio and video to be in synch. If they're completely separate, it's
> harder to synchronize events.
>
> Sometimes it would be nice to have a unified *media* server (regular
> X-like graphics, complex 3d, audio, animations, etc) instead of the
> simple graphical I/O server that X provides. Lots of interesting work
> would be simpler.
This should be possible using the X Extensions mechanisms. We already
have 3D exctensions in the form of PHIGS and more recent developments.
I'd have thought that a standardised X sound extension would be the
way to go. You could play a sound much like you now paint a pixmap -
great for applications that need to repeatedly make the same sound.
The sound event mechanism of a couple of posts back could perhaps be
in the form of an audio equivalent to the current cursor font - an
audible "sound font for system beeps and similar noises". Use of such
would reduce the amount of sound clips to be stored on the server,
standardise common sounds (a-la sound event system) and possibly allow
the user to change the sounds for each event. In the same way that an
application now says "Give me the text entry cursor" it can say "Play
me the warning beep".
- Richard.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: error "/dev/tty Device not configured"
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:31:24 GMT
Thanks in advance for any help.
I am using cpio to backup a Redhat Linux box at midnight every night.
The version Redhat is 5.2. The version of cpio is 2.4.2. I am backing up
to a Travant tape drive.
The command I am using to backup is:
find /\(-name proc -o -name mnt\) -prune -o -print|cpio -ocvB
-F${tapedev}
The program works 3 out of 4 or 5 times. Occasionally, it fails with a
"/dev/tty Device not configured" error. It appears to at least start
backing up.
Any clues?
Thanx,
Jon
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Best dual cpu board for Linux recommandation needed. Thx.
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:37:36 -0700
Swietanowski Artur wrote:
>
> Alex Lam wrote:
> >
> > I am building a server, want some recommendations on dual cpu
> > board, scsi adapter
>
> ASUS P2B-DS (with Adaptec 2940 U2W on board). I've a couple of those,
> another P2B board at home. I run Win95, Win98, Win NT, Solaris 7,
> and now Linux (RedHat 5.2 and 6.0 / Mandrake 5.3 and 6.0).
>
Wait.
I thought the on board SCSI on ASUS P2BDS is the Adaptec 7890 U2/W/SCSI,
and the 2940U2W is an add on board?
Correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.
Alex Lam.
> Never a hint of a problem. Also, many, many favourable reports all
> over the hardware NG with *no* problem reports that I recall.
>
> HTH,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: many boxes -> 1 monitor
Date: 22 Jun 1999 14:35:56 GMT
Hi,
I have resiscitating a couple of old 486s that I'm setting up for various
purposes... e.g. loghost for a local network.
This little room is really to little to have each machine comfortably
hooked up to its own monitor... so I'm wondering what is the best way og
having the share a single one. The only 2 ways I know are these:
* telnet from the only machine with a monitor. Simple but some machines
should be very secure (e.g. the loghost). ssh could be a remedy for this
but still I feel there is little control when things go bad, e.g. seeing
the console, booting and so on.
* have an hardware switch with cables from all machines coming in.
My ideal solution would be a "software switch..." e.g. something by which
I could travel between machines as I now travel between consoled with
ALT+F*. Since I won't be running X on these guys, I could map CTRL+ALT+F*
to do machine switching...
Stefano
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From: "David M. Gurley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Oracle8i for Linux!!!
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:41:40 -0500
Is this a demo version?
tester wrote:
> I heard a couple people already got their CDs... Anyone else have their CD
> for Linux yet?!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: first/second/third world
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 14:54:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 22 Jun 1999 06:47:58 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
wrote:
>>It is fun to see your misuse of English in the terms that you
>>use to describe the USA. Is it that you don't own a dictionary
>>and are making up usage, or perhaps maybe you know nothing about
>>things that you are talking about?
>Of course, you don't need any argument to prove that the USA isn't
>fascist or imperialist because Everyone Knows That, right?
No, because experience indicates that.
>>or a mugger? Is it that you also choose not to protect yourself
>>from the excesses of a bureaucratic gov't?
>And how do you suggest protecting oneself from that? Knowing your
>type, it's probably with nuclear bombs, am I right? The only effective
>way to protect oneself from the government is to start a mass movement.
>History proves this again and again, but that doesn't seem to matter
>since those in power have a vested interest in your type never learning
>anything from it. You prove yourself to be far more a pawn of those in
>power than the socialists you attack in your ignorance.
Conspiracy theory of quality worse than those in X-files.
MK
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From: "Matt Welsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No init found!
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:22:57 -0400
hi,
I installed linux on a 2 gig partition of my main drive(I know this is a lot
but I wanted to be safe.) The distribution was Slackware 4.0 using a new
2.2.x kernel. I installed it and everything worked fine. I then proceeded
to make the boot disks. After that I rebooted to boot into my new system.
The kernel messages flew by and then they stopped. The last line said
"ernel Panic: No init found!" The machine then halted. I was forced to
give it the 3 fingered salute. I then used the same install boot and root
disks to install 3.5 which uses the 2.0.34 kerenel, however because of the
fact that I used the boot disks from the 4.0 distribution my system was 3.5
running a 2.2.x kernel. The packages once again installed fine. I then
proceeded to reboot. The same message appeared after the kernel ran. Once
again I booted the install disks and formatted and installed 4.0. I then
used the limited commands on the root disk to check that there were files on
the native linux partition, and there were. The computer is a 450 PII with
128 megs of ram and a 13 gig hardrive. Can anyone make sense of this and
help me. It would be very helpful,
Thanks,
Matt
I am a different Matt Welsh than you are thinking but that really is my name
:o)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: MP3's
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 15:46:33 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
> Can anyone recommend a good MP3 player? Or the best one from personal
> experience? Currently use WinAmp for my Windoze box. Thanx in advance.
mpg123. Freeamp is almost there.
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Movesource Network Systems Specialist
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux: now or never
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 15:30:40 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Mr S A Penny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>I'm sure the majority of people in this newsgroup can install Linux over
>>lunch break. Clearing out the cruft is another matter (what the heck is
>>a tamagotchi server anyway?).
> I'd love to know if you find out, I mean, it's obviously a central server
> thing for tamagotchi clients, but as I've never come across a tamagotchi
> client, it seems a little silly to have it installed as default (deb 2.0).
> man -k tamagotchi returns nothing, I've not found a single word of
> documentation on it and I consider it a very odd thing! \;/
You telnet into it. Completely useless, but some people like it.
(Just don't select a machine category, go through and install
the packages you want.)
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Movesource Network Systems Specialist
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From: Nelson Minar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Run in background
Date: 22 Jun 1999 11:53:24 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. David Allen) writes:
>>>How do I make my C program to run in background after getting initialised.
> Insert this into the code where you want it to fork off...
> if(fork()!=0) {
> exit(0);
> }
> And that's all you've got to do.
That's not really true.
Proper daemons do a lot of magic things about ignoring signals,
closing I/O channels, etc. Any good Unix programming book will have
more details, I know the excellent book Unix Network Programming (2nd
edition, volume 1) has a well explained chunk of code for going daemon
in section 12.4
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/013490012X/nelsonminar
Someone mentioned a function daemon(3). I can't find documentation in
Redhat 6.0, but it is in /usr/include/unistd.h. That might be a simple
way to do it, but I've never used it myself.
PS - never trust advice from people whose email address is
@localhost.localdomain :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: printing ps files on Linux
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 15:50:14 GMT
Thomas Freixanet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi ,
> Is it possible to print Postscript files on non Postscript printer on
> Linux ? I can do that on Windows using ghostview but the Linux version
> doesn't seem to have this feature.
> Thanks for your help.
gs --help will give you a list of options and supported devices.
Then, just do gs -sDEVICE=djet500 (for example) -sOutputFile=- | lpr
You could also install apsfilter or magicfilter, it sits in your
printcap and detects and translates between various formats.
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Movesource Network Systems Specialist
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From: John Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP ! verrry slloooww reading DAT tape
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 15:37:55 GMT
Try setting blksize to 0 for variable block size. Some OS's do not write
the same block size through a write session.
In comp.os.linux.hardware Leon Garde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In aus.computers.linux Chris Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Just to let everyone know, I have found a work around....but I would
>> still like to be able to read the tape using the "tar" command.
>> I was able to use the "mt setblk 1024" to set the tape size and then
>> "dd if=/dev/st0 of=dump bs=1024" followed by a "tar -xvf dump". Great,
>> it reads at between 10 and 15Mb / minute. Changing "bs=xxx" to anything
>> else slows everything dowm by orders of magnitude.
> dd if=/dev/st0 bs=1024 | tar xvf -
> would have worked .. without filling up the hard disk .. surely ...
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From: "R Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Problems reading CD created under Win9x
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:48:53 -0300
I recently donwloaded a 140MB file and had some one copy it to a CD for me
under Win95. When I look at the CD under Linux I can see 68MB of the file
but when I look at it under a Win95 macine I can see the whole thing.
What's up with this and how can I see the whole file. I don't have access
to a CD-RW under Linux or another UNIX OS.
Thanks
Rob
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From: ray beckler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat,linux.redhat.announce,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.0 Bugs
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:10:11 -0400
Greg Boyce wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, D. Michael Basinger wrote:
> >On Thu, 10 Jun 1999 09:55:57 +0200, Luca Satolli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
>
> >>2. Netscape Communicator 4.51 crash on java applet and have a big bug on
> >>addressbook so tha u can't use it. I've updated it to 4.6 and the
> >>problem are still there!!
> >
> >I also get this. I glad slashdot.org does not use java.
>
> I have the same problem myself. The way I worked about this is by disabling
> Java within Netscape. That way I don't have to worry about crashing if I
> stumble on a page that uses Java. I've been told this issue is due to the
> upgrade to glibc2.1. I'm guessing it's because Netscape was compiled on
> glibc2.0.
>
I had a similar problem, but only after reconfiguring X. I checked my previous
XFconfig86 and it had direct references to the fonts where the new one used a font
server. I changed it back to the direct reference and problem solved.
ray
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From: Chris Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Star Office key problem!
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:17:36 -0400
I don't know that using Windbloz makes a difference. StarOffice
only wants you to register your name/address.... Then need your
media key ( from your manual ). During registration the post a
page for you to print with your "customer number" and "reg key".
They may also e-Mail you the same info.
...cwa
Nails wrote:
> I purchased SuSe 6.0 (5c/d set) but 6 weeks on i still cannot get an
> internet connection! How can i get a key for SO5.0 with only a windows
> net connection?
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DOSEMU?
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 10:35:38 -0600
I am trying to set up dosemu on my machine so my daughter
can run some old DOS games (Commander Keen) without having
to shut down linux. I have the dosemu package
(dosemu-0.66.7-5; probably not the newest, but that's what's
on my linux cd) installed and can bring up a DOS "C:>"
prompt in an xterm. But that's about all! I can run the
programs on the image file but I haven't been able to get
the DOS session to see my Windows partition on the HD (tried
"lredir d: /mnt/win98" in the image's AUTOEXEC.BAT with the
win98 partition properly mounted from linux) but am unable
to access the "D:" drive from the DOS session; I cannot
access the floppy from the DOS session, nor can I copy any
files to or from the DOS image (not that there's a whole lot
of room on the image anyway). The dosemu documentation has
not been much help.
I do not necessarily need to see the Windows partition from
dosemu if I can find a way to either increase the size of
the image file or create a FAT filesystem in a file that
DOSEMU can use (perhaps using dd in a way analogous to
creating a swap file?). Any help appreciated...
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From: Chris Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape crashing with ATI video
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 09:33:18 -0400
There have been other posts about Netscape crapping out on
Java sites. I believe I read that it has something to do with the fonts
or a missing line in the Netscape fonts file (???). You might want to
look around some of the other Linux news groups. The fix seemed
to be a very simple one. Sorry I don't remember exactly what it
was though.
...cwa
Rod Smith wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've recently put together a new system (called Nessus), and am having
> problems with Netscape on it. Netscape crashes on some, but not all, web
> sites. One that gives me problems is:
>
> http://www.tnt.turner.com/crusade/
>
> When it crashes, Netscape leaves behind the message "Bus error" on the
> xterm from which it was launched. The crash typically occurs just after
> Netscape announces that it's starting Java. I've tried Netscapes 4.07,
> 4.60, and 4.61, all with the same effect. I'm using Mandrake 6.0 on
> Nessus, but I also have the problem when I use Nessus as an X terminal
> and run Netscape itself on another system (called Speaker), running Red
> Hat 6.0. Further, the problem occurs if I boot Nessus into Windows and
> use the X-Win32 demo X server to run Netscape on Speaker, but not if I
> use VNC from Nessus running Windows to run Netscape on Speaker. I have
> no problems accessing this site using Netscape directly in Windows or
> MacOS on another system, nor using Netscape from Speaker when using
> Speaker's own display (driven by a Matrox Millennium). Nessus uses a
> recent low-end ATI board (the vendor claims it's an Xpert98 board;
> Windows identifies it as an ATI 3D Rage LT Pro AGP 2X; and I'm using the
> Mach 64 X server in Linux). I'm using XFree86 3.3.3.1 on both systems
> (the RPMs from the Mandrake and Red Hat distributions). I run all
> systems at 1024x768, 16-bit.
>
> Given the symptoms, I suspect a bug in the interaction between Netscape
> (or possibly Java) and the ATI XFree86 server, but I'm not positive of
> this (the crash under X-Win32 suggests otherwise, or at least that the
> bug turns up in other servers, too).
>
> If anybody has any ideas about this, I'd appreciate hearing them. Thanks.
>
> --
> Rod Smith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Subject: Re: COL225: LILO says: geo_comp_addr: Cylinder number is too big (1137 > 1023)
Date: 22 Jun 1999 15:40:40 GMT
In article <37747c46.14271800@wingate>, Chris Raper wrote:
>BTW, what does System.map do?
/sbin/lilo creates a file containing a list of disk blocks where the
bootimages can be found.
Some Linux distributions call this file System.map.
It's a stupid name. They should call it lilo-dsk.map or something.
The Lilo documentation (see http://judi.greens.org/lilo and click on
"well documented") just calls it "the map file."
Cameron
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Does Linux have IRQ's
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 13:06:23 GMT
[Note F`Up-To: header]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lucius Chiaraviglio) writes:
>"jacob childress" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Brian Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>news:7hh4dp$jud$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>> The hardware has IRQ's, all software has to use them or
>>> run in a much slower polling way. [. . .]
>>
>>like brian said above, an OS doesn't necessarily have to use IRQ's in all
>>circumstances. for instance, windows NT polls the parallel port instead of
>>using IRQ 7. just an interesting tidbit...
Linux has been doing this for years now.
> Not only that, but one can (apparently -- it seemed to work
>for us) put another device on the IRQ that would have been used by
>the printer port without messing anything up.
Sure. Why not ?
>Would this also work
>under Linux if one told it not to use the parallel port (or whatever)
>IRQ?
[...]
<scratching head>
This is the default setup. I've been using a variety of soundcards
with IRQ 7 in Linux without any problems whatsoever.
Michael
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: SuSE vs Red Hat?
Date: 22 Jun 1999 09:41:39 -0400
Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On winblows 98 it bombed on reboot and will only boot in
> safe mode. I don't understand what it's problem is. Changing
> a modem and removing COM3 should not be so traumatic.
this is just microsoft's way of telling you to please reap the disk
space for more linux.
> Anyhow, how would I restore my boot from NT which resides on
> my Win 98 partition if I decide to go the easy way and reinstall
> Win 98?
the ways of microsoft are mysterious and strange. i don't think there
is an `easy way'.
--
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux uid limits!
Date: 22 Jun 1999 09:38:24 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Georg Acher) writes:
> IMHO nobody is thinking about the possibility that an int can be
> 16bit when programming for Linux.
and rightly so. considering 16 bits is a pain in the ass. i refuse
to use a platform/compiler with less than 32 bit ints.
> The clean solution is to specify
> the length you want for your variable (__int32 etc.), all other
> assumptions lead to portability problems.
the clean solution is to get a decent programming language that
doesn't inflict this kind of pain upon you. consider common-lisp.
integers can be as big as you like - limited only by your memory.
> As mentioned in types.h
> for Alpha, there exist even 32bit compilers for Alpha, so you simply
> can't rely on the C types...
no. this is part of why C sucks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Anthony)
Subject: Re: MP3's
Date: 22 Jun 1999 15:50:57 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Hi,
>> Can anyone recommend a good MP3 player? Or the best one from personal
>> experience? Currently use WinAmp for my Windoze box. Thanx in advance.
>mpg123. Freeamp is almost there.
Then get gqmpeg, which is a frontend to mpg123. It even has skins to make
it look like WinAmp (but I've never tried this).
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bill davidsen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux uid limits!
Date: 21 Jun 1999 21:31:20 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Justin Vallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| > sizeof(short int) >= 2
| > sizeof(int) >= 2
|
| I don't think so. You could have 8-bit short, 8-bit int, 8-bit long.
No. Int must be 16 bits minimum, long 32.
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the fountain of immaturity.
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From: mei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0 and USB mouse
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 17:26:25 +0200
Reply-To:
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Coy A Hile ha scritto:
> IIRC, linux doesn't have USB support, at least not in 2.2.x series of
> kernels.
Even if the source for usb are there (in the kernel source). I know the 2.3.X
has it but I was not able to start this kind of kernel (problems about INIT).
Ciao Mei
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan.J.Thackray)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Does Linux have IRQ's
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:10:10 GMT
If you wish to use the IRQ7 for the sound card it is probably a good
idea also to switch off the printer port ECP/EPP modes and set it as a
"standard" printer port in the BIOS.
On 22 Jun 1999 15:24:07 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
wrote:
>On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 06:50:17 GMT,
>Lucius Chiaraviglio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Not only that, but one can (apparently -- it seemed to work
>>for us) put another device on the IRQ that would have been used by
>>the printer port without messing anything up. Would this also work
>>under Linux if one told it not to use the parallel port (or whatever)
>>IRQ? This could help free up some IRQ's on some machines --
>>especially necessary these days since some machines come out of the
>>box with no IRQ's left over.
>
>Correct. I use this every day as my sound card is on IRQ 7 and my
>printer is serviced by polling. Just specify irq=none when loading the
>parport_pc module.
>
>
>--
>William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
>Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
> ~ ()>()
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From: "bob" <bbo>
Subject: Re: Linux + RAM >64M
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:47:53 +0100
Thomas Ruedas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> From my original posting, which initiated this thread:
> >to know if there is a problem for Linux to address more than 64M. I
> >seem to remember having read that it is necessary to recompile the
> >kernel after an appropriate change if one wants to run Linux with more
> >64M, but I'm not sure and I didn't find a reference to the problem now.
> I looked at the FAQ on http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/iwj10/linux-faq/ as
> well as on the HOWTO Index http://www.uni-paderborn.de/Linux/mdw/HOWTO/
> but didn't find an answer; might be that I overlooked it, but I just
> didn't find one. Please read my original post before pissing me off.
>
> In the meantime I got some answers to my question (thanks again) and was
> also kindly pointed to other FAQ collections (which indeed contained the
> answer).
> --
> --------------------------------------------
> Thomas Ruedas
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> J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
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all you have to do is add a append line to your lilo.conf file
i.e.
/etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
timeout=50
root= /dev/hda1
image=/vmlinuz
label=linux
append = "mem=128M"
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