Linux-Misc Digest #805, Volume #20 Sun, 27 Jun 99 11:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: NT the best web platform? (Anthony Ord)
wwwthreads 3.5 or 3.5.1? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Virtual Mac OS on Linux, HOW???? (Elmar Weiler)
server for wireless application protocol on linux? (kokin)
Re: xdiff / graphical merge utility? (Reinier Post)
Lexmark 3200 (Michael Thomas)
Re: Plugin for Realplayer G2! (coffee)
Mounting NTFS? ("Nick Thomas")
Re: Mounting NTFS? (Adrian Hands)
Re: Plugin for Realplayer G2! ("R.K.Aa")
Re: Remote fsck possible for Linux? (Peter F. Curran)
Re: Permissions ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: Strange message error....??!? dl_boot: mmap of /dev/zero failed! (Macabre)
Re: Win98 partition mounted, not writable ("Charles Sullivan")
Re: A couple of newbie questions (Adrian Hands)
Re: Linux balkanization a potential blessing (was: Depoliticising the argument (was:
The End of Free Software)) (Tom Christiansen)
Compilation errors with 2.2.10 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: can't run executable ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: problems installing gtk+ 1.2.3 from tarball... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: can't run executable ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: What is fds_bits? (Stephen Anthony)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Ord)
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:16:42 GMT
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 07:58:09 +1200, "Stuart Fox"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Timothy Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> On Thu, 24 Jun 1999 17:48:54 +0100, "John Hughes"
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >There are numerous benchmarks showing NT to be faster. Where are the
>Linux
>> >ones?
>>
>> Faster? Speed is only one aspect of a webserver, and whether you like
>> it or not, it is rarely the most important one.
>>
>> correctness - apache is better
>
>Pardon? I have yet to see IIS serve the wrong page.
Go to www.microsoft.com and click "About our site" you get
--- START INSERT ---
Sorry, there is no microsoft.com Web page matching your
request.
It's possible you typed the address
incorrectly, or that the
page no longer exists.
As an option, you may visit any of the
pages below for
information about Microsoft services
and products.
Microsoft Home Page
Connect to Microsoft's latest
information.
Microsoft Search Page
Search Microsoft web sites using words
or categories.
Microsoft Products Page
View Microsoft products and download
free offers!
Microsoft Support Page
Access technical support and frequently
asked questions.
Microsoft World Wide
Find the Web site of any Microsoft
office world wide.
--- END INSERT ---
If you click it again, you finally get there. Is that IIS's
fault or Microsoft's? No real way of finding out as it is an
.asp target.
This happened at 12 noon Sun 27th June 1999.
>> flexibility - apache and supporting tools better
>Such as?
Look at all the stuff contributed to Apache.
>> features - apache blows IIS away here
>Such as?
Look at all the stuff contributed to Apache.
>> speed - IIS is better only on 4 way SMP intel machines
>Maybe I'll concede this one. It's probably better on 2-way SMP as well.
>
>> stability - toss up, probably
>Yep.
>
>> security - apache better (still waiting for that fix from last weeks
>> exploit?)
>It's been released.
Regards
Anthony
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| When the walls come tumbling in |
| Though we may deserve it |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: wwwthreads 3.5 or 3.5.1?
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:06:26 GMT
Hi,
Does anyone have the tar file for wwwthreads 3.5 or 3.5.1. I'm
interested in porting this to PHP for use on linux and freebsd machines.
The author recently changed the license from the GPL to a commercial one
and a limited non-freely distributable "free" version. I believe either
3.5 or 3.5.1 is the last version available under the GPL.
Thanks,
Andy Mendelsohn
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Elmar Weiler)
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Virtual Mac OS on Linux, HOW????
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 11:40:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Go to http://www.vmware.com. You will be surprised.
CU Elamr
On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 08:25:24 -0700, "Bryant C. Charleston"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
# Can anyone give me any helpful tips on setting up and
running a Virtual
# Mac OS on Linux?? I am familiar w/ Windows 3.1/95/98/NT
4, and am now
# studying the various Mas OSs for work-related
trouble-shooting. I have
# NOT yet gotten familiar w/Linux, BUT I understand that it
CAN be used
# to run virtual OSes.
#
# If so, WHICH version of Linux should I get? WHERE can I
obtain the
# Virtual Mac OS software?
#
# Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks.
#
#
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (kokin)
Subject: server for wireless application protocol on linux?
Date: 27 Jun 1999 12:01:23 GMT
i hope this is not a non-sense question, since i have minimal
knowledge on WAP.
just wanna know, is there any WAP server on linux being developed,
either by individuals or nokia, etc?
kokin
hk
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From: Reinier Post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xdiff / graphical merge utility?
Date: 27 Jun 1999 14:34:06 +0200
"T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>oh. so when you cannot install the program, it's the program's fault.
No: when you have to reinstall a tweaked version of the program
for every new application that uses it, something is wrong.
--
Reinier
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From: Michael Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lexmark 3200
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 14:18:22 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all
I bought my new pc about a month ago:
PII 350
64 MB RAM
2.4 GB hard drive
and have just installed RH6. I am, however, having major problems
installing my printer which is a Lexmark 3200. I can't seem to find a decent
driver anywhere and I can't use it with drivers for other printers.
Can anyone tell me where to find a driver or atleast how to write one in C/C++?
Thanks alot
Michael
--
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,'
John Keats
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From: coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Plugin for Realplayer G2!
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 08:16:58 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello, I'm a Linux newbie, I love the OS, but have noticed a few
> headaches that I've decided to address. One headache is a lack of plugin
> support for Netscape for various MIME types (specifically RealPlayer
> content).
> Cheers, Jalso
>
Ive got a question. What is so different in the way sound is handled
between RH 5.2 and 6.0????? I installed realplayer on RH 5.2 and it
worked fine. I did the same after I upgraded to RH 6.0 and the
realplayer loads but there is no sound.
I sent a bug report to Realplayer and they said that the problem is in
how RH6.0 handles the sound differently. They had not made a fix for it.
How is the sound handled differently and will realplayer ever work with
RH 6.0??????
--
coffee at indy dot net * ICQ 1614986
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From: "Nick Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED](remove zz)>
Subject: Mounting NTFS?
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 14:47:59 +0100
Can someone show me how to
mount a Windows NT NTFS partition?
I am using Linux Redhat 5.1
Thanks.
--
Nick Thomas
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting NTFS?
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 10:06:02 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
$ rpm -q samba
samba-2.0.3-8
$ smbmount "//machine_name/c" "password" -I host -c "mount
/mnt/mount_point"
Where machine_name is the smb name of your NT box,
c is the shared-resource you want to mount,
password is the password,
host is the dns name (or ip address ?) of the nt box,
and /mnt/mount_point is where you want it mounted.
Keep an eye on /var/log/samba/smb.log and nmb.log if you have trouble
Nick Thomas wrote:
>
> Can someone show me how to
> mount a Windows NT NTFS partition?
>
> I am using Linux Redhat 5.1
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Nick Thomas
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From: "R.K.Aa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Plugin for Realplayer G2!
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 15:31:28 +0200
coffee wrote:
> I sent a bug report to Realplayer and they said that the problem is in
> how RH6.0 handles the sound differently. They had not made a fix for it.
>
> How is the sound handled differently and will realplayer ever work with
> RH 6.0??????
This problem is described on the RedHat errata page.
http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/errata/rh60-errata-general.html
Check it out - another problem than just the plugin is also described.
There's a fix for everything, however :)
K.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter F. Curran)
Subject: Re: Remote fsck possible for Linux?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 13:30:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
md5�ϼs�[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Abe Lin) writes:
>Hi, guys.
>For Solaris we can get a console remotely in this setup in the
>*locked* machine room 20 kms away from us:
>
>1.One NT box runs pcanywhere. Serial(s) go to two Solaris machine.
>2.Using pcanywhere from home. Do whatever you like to save the machine
>when it's done. Single user mode. fsck. Anything.
>
>Do we have something for Linux? (With a Linux only solution...)
>Cannot find a useful document on this. I'll keep on dejanews search,
>but nothing yet showed up....
>
>TIA a lot.
There are HOWTO or other docs concerning serial consoles I
believe. You could then run the serial line to another
box which has dialup access. Using a serial terminal program
like "minicom", you should be able to do what you describe.
--
Peter F Curran
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
dough knot male: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Use address in Organization line, finger
for PGP key. Antispaam test in progress.
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Permissions
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:13:31 -0400
I have this line in my /etc/fstab file and I can read/write as a
normal user to my Win98 C: drive.
/dev/hda1 /dosc vfat rw,suid,umask=000,noexec,quiet 1 1
Alexander Ehrnrooth wrote in message ...
>Hi
>I have difficulties setting permissions for files among other things.
>Mainly the files in f/mydocs (f:\ is a FAT partition) where I keep all
>my documents and things.
>They are accessible as root not as user.
>Setting permissions (as root of course) thru GUI or command line
>(chmod 666 or 777) doesn't change anything. What should I do?
>Thanx in advance
>Alexander
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Subject: Re: Strange message error....??!? dl_boot: mmap of /dev/zero failed!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Macabre)
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 14:09:09 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>Some programs on my Redhat5.2 (kernel2.3.6+kde) , don't work anymore
>WordPerfect8 , acrobat Reader 3 et 4, Eagle (pcb design) before they
>were working perfectly , but now when I launch one of them , I have
>always the same error message:
>
>dl_boot: mmap of /dev/zero failed!
>
>What is it???
>If someone can explain me from where it comes, it will be cool, because
>I can't work anymore with all those programs....
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Hi,
Check the permissions on /dev/zero. Weird stuff happens when /dev/null
or /dev/zero aren't world writable.
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From: "Charles Sullivan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Win98 partition mounted, not writable
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 13:09:16 -0400
I have the following in my /etc/fstab file and I can read and write just
fine.
The Win98 partition (/dosc) is automatically mounted at boot time.
/dev/hda1 /dosc vfat rw,suid,umask=000,noexec,quiet 1 1
'umask=000' allows R/W by anyone - turns on all permissions.
'noexec' turns off execute permission for ordinary files but leaves it on
for
directories (which is required to cd into them).
'quiet' eliminates Linux's complaint when it unsuccessfully tries to set
nonexistant permissions when writing a file to the Win98 partition.
(It's be nice if we didn't have to use this - I'm always reluctant to
suppress
potentially valid error messages.)
'suid' - I don't know about this, but I stuck it in there when I was
originally
faced with your problem and never tried taking it out.
I don't know if the "1 1" is required, but have had no problem with it.
Lee Allen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I have mounted my Win98 partition as follows:
>
>mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98
>
>I can then access all of the files just fine, but the directories and
>files are not writable.
>dir -l /mnt/win98
>shows
>drwxr-xr-x
>the subdirectories are the same.
>
>the 'mount' command (without parameters) shows the partition is
>mounted as rw.
>
>As root, if I
>chmod 777 /mnt/win98
>or
>chmod 777 /mnt/win98/subdir
>
>and then
>dir -ld /mnt/win98 /mnt/win98/subdir
>the permissions are still drwxr-xr-x
>
>What's happening? How can I fix it?
>
>This is Caldera OpenLinux 2.2
>
>-Lee
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From: Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A couple of newbie questions
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 09:23:48 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I believe when you run the lilo command (/sbin/lilo) it reads the
/boot/message file (assuming you've got message=/boot/message in
/etc/lilo.conf) and
According to man LILO.CONF(5):
"The map file has to be rebuilt if the message file is changed or
moved."
Also, "changing the timeout from 100 to 200", you're doing that in
/etc/lilo.conf, right ? not /boot/message.
-Adrian
Ken Farmer wrote:
>
> This isn't a problem - just a newbie trying to understand the boot process.
>
> I boot my machine from a floppy using Lilo. The diskette has the usual
> etc/lilo.conf and /boot/message.
> No matter how much I change the /boot/message file, (like changing the
> timeout from 100 to 200 and/or adding text to the bottom of the file) I
> still get the standard message with the 10 second time out. That is, it
> looks like it is getting another message file from somewhere else. There is
> no lilo.conf or message on my hard drive unless they are hidden.
>
> Questions: Is the lilo message file used when booting from the floppy? Or
> does it just boot straight up from the image?
>
> Second question:. After formatting a diskette with fdformat /dev/fd0H1440,
> the mount command gives a message about bad blocks or unknown file system.
> Do I need to make a file system on the newly formatted diskette?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Linux balkanization a potential blessing (was: Depoliticising the
argument (was: The End of Free Software))
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Christiansen)
Date: 27 Jun 1999 08:01:09 -0700
In gnu.misc.discuss,
o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s (david parsons) writes:
: These are the manual pages that start with "THESE PAGES SUCK, AND IF
: YOU COMPLAIN WE'LL STOP SHIPPING THEM!" ?
When you find out whoever it is who pulls that crap, please insert
their face beneath a large boot and continue to apply pressure until
they relent of their perversion.
--tom
http://synack.net/daemonlinux/
--
If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice. --Rush
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Compilation errors with 2.2.10
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 12:33:09 GMT
Hi
I'm wasn't sure which was the appropriate group to post for this problem
so I chose a selection, sorry if its in the wrong one. (Also appologies
if this problem has been raised before).
I've tried to compile kernel 2.2.10 on a base slackware 3.6 system (2.0.35
and gcc 2.7.2.3) but I get the following compilation error:
:
:
make all_targets
make[2]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.10/arch/i386/lib'
gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/linux-2.2.10/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -fno-strength-reduce -m486 -malign-loops=2 -malign-jumps=2
-malign-functions=2 -DCPU=686 -c -o checksum.o checksum.c
checksum.c:200: redefinition of `csum_partial_copy'
checksum.c:105: `csum_partial_copy' previously defined here
{standard input}: Assembler messages:
{standard input}:185: Fatal error: Symbol csum_partial_copy already defined.
make[2]: *** [checksum.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.10/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: *** [first_rule] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.10/arch/i386/lib'
make: *** [_dir_arch/i386/lib] Error 2
This to me looks like a compiler bug as the function on line 105 is
csum_partial_copy_fromuser() but on 200 its csum_partial_copy().
Has anyone else come across this problem and is there a way around it (short
of the nightmare process of downloading and installing a new compiler)?
Thanks for any help
NJR
.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: can't run executable
Date: 27 Jun 1999 14:02:57 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Scott Lanning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
= Okay, suppose the shell searches other names in the path
= before `.'. In that case, the hypothetical hacker can put
= a malevolent 'ls' somewhere in the path, say /etc/sbin,
Hoe would a hacker get permissions to add anything to an sbin directory (and
moreover, what's one doing in /etc anyway?). Only root should have write
permission for sbin, otherwise anyone could screw with your system...
I think it's much more likely that a hacker will break into a users account
rather than root (what with all the extra barriers root is normally fitted
with, like local only root login).
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|[EMAIL PROTECTED] |the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you can't |
| |move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal subjects in:-|to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. |
==============================================================================
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ 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! >*SULK*<|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: problems installing gtk+ 1.2.3 from tarball...
Date: 27 Jun 1999 13:54:13 GMT
Eric Wyles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
= Hi
= I just downloaded gtk+ 1.2.3 and I'm trying to install it
= from the tarball. I changed to the directory I untarred it
= to, but when I run the configure command, I get some error
= messages. It tells me that I am using an older version of
= gtk and that I need to remove it before I can install the
= new version.
If you set the prefix to a new directory, you'll be able to have them
coexist quite nicely.
My newer (1.2.1) gtk is in /usr/lib/gtk/ for example.
The older one just resides in /usr/lib
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| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in |
|[EMAIL PROTECTED] |the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you can't |
| |move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal subjects in:-|to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. |
==============================================================================
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ 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! >*SULK*<|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: can't run executable
Date: 27 Jun 1999 13:56:27 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Brutus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
= Hi, I'm using Open Linux ver 2.2 and I'm having a problem getting
= executables that I compile to run.
= After creating an executable with gcc
= for example "gcc example.cc -o run"
= I then type in "run" and get the error message
= "Command not found"
This is probably the most frequently asked question on the newsgroup.
All you have to do is type ./run instead of just run. This forces the shell
to use the current path.
(The current path is not checked normally in Linux for security reasons)
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| |What to do if you find yourself stuck in a crack in |
|[EMAIL PROTECTED] |the ground beneath a giant boulder, which you can't |
| |move, with no hope of rescue. |
|Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been good |
|Principal subjects in:-|to you so far... |
|Comp Sci & Electronics | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy. |
==============================================================================
|GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ 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! >*SULK*<|
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Anthony)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: What is fds_bits?
Date: 27 Jun 1999 14:16:36 GMT
Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Hi, i was trying to compile BitchX on redhat6.0 and i got this error
>about
>structure has no member "fds_bits"
>Does anyone know what is missing from my system?
I tried compiling snes9x (a super nintendo emulator) and got the same
error. Looked through the Linux source tree and found the member to
be called __fds_bits. (with 2 underscores in front). Changed this in
the snes9x source and it compiled and worked fine.
Steve
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