Linux-Misc Digest #829, Volume #20 Mon, 28 Jun 99 11:13:26 EDT
Contents:
Re: Getting Ftape to work with a Ditto 2GB Parallel Port Tape Drive (Chris Aiken)
Re: Netscape crashes on Java (Chris Aiken)
Re: Docbook? Linuxdoc? Re: Documentation issues. (Peter da Silva)
Re: Netscape bus error (Chris Aiken)
strange error ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ppp success at last! (amp)
Re: Xwindows Manger (Charles Mulks)
Re: Documentation issues. (Peter da Silva)
Re: Backup recommendations? (killbill)
tr0 & kernel panic! (Michele Beltrame)
Re: Mounting Troubles (jik-)
Re: Getting Ftape to work with a Ditto 2GB Parallel Port Tape Drive ("Jeff
Volckaert")
Re: leafnode ("Daniel Wagner")
Re: ISPS (Dave Brown)
Re: Debian 2.1, dselect/apt problem (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Re: Docbook? Linuxdoc? Re: Documentation issues. (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Re: leafnode (Greg Weeks)
Internet Mail Weirdness - Help requested urgently ("Charles Nahm")
Re: NT the best web platform? ("Oliver D. Bedford")
Re: help me please, system... (Andreas Kyek)
Re: Please Help Resolution Change In KDE (Jim Porter)
Trouble with Compaq Deskpro & RH 6 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Chris Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Getting Ftape to work with a Ditto 2GB Parallel Port Tape Drive
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 07:41:35 -0400
I don't own a Zip drive, however there is some good information on
parallel port disks, scanners, etc. at: http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html
Maybe something out there can help you.
...hope this helps
...cwa
Melvin Branch wrote:
> If you ever get an answer please e-mail me. I've been trying to get mine
> working for over 6 months. I even tried redhat support they told me, join a
> newsgroup or follow the "HOW TO" documents. Needless to say these alternates
> have been utterly useless. Hope you have better luck then I did.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris O'Neill) wrote:
> >Okay, I give up....... What's the secret???? I've been mucking for
> >two days trying to get my Ditto 2GB parallel port tape drive (LPT1) to
> >work with RedHat Linux 6.0 but haven't had any success. I've tried
> >recompiling the kernel, setting-up boot-time parameters in lilo, and
> >all sorts of other gunk. (Sigh!) And, yes, I *have* read the
> >Ftape-HOWTO and other documents, but I find them somewhat cryptic.
> >(Sigh!)
> >
> >Can someone out there who's using this drive with Linux puhleeeze send
> >me an e-mail walking me through the steps to get it going???? (Sigh!)
> >
> >Thanks, in advance, for any assistance anyone can offer.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Chris O'Neill
--
===================================================================
Definition of Windows 95:
A 32 bit upgrade to 16 bit extensions for an 8 bit operating system
designed to run on a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company that
doesn't like 1 bit of competition.
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From: Chris Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape crashes on Java
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 08:32:50 -0400
See RH FAQ: http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/support?faq
...cwa
Chuck Cusack wrote:
> I have ReadHat 6.0, and netscape 4.6-1.
> It seems that whenever netscape launched a java applet,
> an error message comes up, and netscape crashes before I
> can read the error. I recall hearing there was some problem
> with the netscape and Redhat 6.0, but can't find any info
> on it. What sould I do--get an old version of netscape?
> If so, which one, and from where.
> A pointer to a site where this is discussed would also be good.
>
> Thanks,
> Chuck Cusack.
>
> Reply to me personally if you wish.
> My e-mail is [EMAIL PROTECTED], unless you are a spammer,
> then it is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
===================================================================
Definition of Windows 95:
A 32 bit upgrade to 16 bit extensions for an 8 bit operating system
designed to run on a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company that
doesn't like 1 bit of competition.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter da Silva)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.text.sgml
Subject: Re: Docbook? Linuxdoc? Re: Documentation issues.
Date: 28 Jun 1999 12:26:58 GMT
In article <7l6d8h$foc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jochem Huhmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Which makes a huge difference in reality. The available range of
>parsers and applications is wider for XML as for SGML. And because
>they are simpler to write, they are cheaper and more common.
IIRC, you can always convert SGML to equivalent XML simply by rewriting a
handful of shortcuts, like "<TT/foo.c/" to "<TT>foo.c</TT>". So that's
just an extra pass and once you've done that you're home free.
--
In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
`-_-' Ar rug t� barr�g ar do mhact�re inniu?
'U` "Be vewy vewy quiet...I'm hunting Jedi." -- Darth Fudd
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From: Chris Aiken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape bus error
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 08:36:02 -0400
See this, maybe it will help. http://www.redhat.com/cgi-bin/support?faq
...cwa
Anita Lewis wrote:
> I have looked on deja.com for this and found several articles on it. I
> had the bus error with 4.07 and it was recommended I upgrade to 4.61. I
> did that and still have the error when running from xterm.
>
> Supposedly the library link problem was corrected before 4.07.
>
> I'm thinking it must be a problem with fonts. I know in the fs/config
> there is a listing for 100dpi. I also not that in XF86Config, 100dip is
> commented out. Does this mean I should take it out of fs/config? I
> haven't tried that yet, because in the reading I did, it talked about
> adding 75dpi and 100dpi in to the fs/config. Now I'm thinking that
> maybe in my case I need to take 100 dpi out, because my X config doesn't
> allow for it. Either that or I need to work some more on X config to
> see if I can get 100 dpi. I'm just thankful to have X working.
>
> Anita
--
===================================================================
Definition of Windows 95:
A 32 bit upgrade to 16 bit extensions for an 8 bit operating system
designed to run on a 4 bit processor by a 2 bit company that
doesn't like 1 bit of competition.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: strange error
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:16:39 GMT
Hi,
After a long time of no activity, Redhat 5.2 gives the following error
message repeatedly: "Directory sread (sector 0x20) failed". Does anyone
know the origin of this message or what it means? This only happens
after a couple hours of idle-time and only periodically. Thanx in
advance.
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From: amp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp success at last!
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 12:53:07 GMT
I _finally_ got ppp working correctly (and automated) on my Red Hat 5.2
installation! Thank you to all who gave help. In the end, it turned
out that I needed to setup the pap secrets file. I had no indication
that my ISP required pap but I thought, "what the heck, let's try it."
It worked! Now I'm on to more challenges. I'll be screaming for help
in the near future!
Thanks again all.
--amp;
--
// ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Andrew M. Pierce
http://www.cdc.net/~amp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Mulks)
Subject: Re: Xwindows Manger
Date: 28 Jun 1999 13:34:04 GMT
In article <7l6i4t$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>Hi everyone,
>I've setup my Xwindows Manager and it took a default manager one which is
>fvwm95-2. how can I switch to a different manager when I startup my
>Xwindows. I wanted to try out all different Xwindows managers that come
>with slackware 3.4. Also, would someone show me how to change a
>background color of xterm? thanks in advance.
>
>--
>Regard,
>
>Quoc Nguyen
>Computer Science
>
>******************************************************************
>* This method is to define as the member of a class the class of *
>* all classes similar to the given class. *
>* Bertrand Russell *
>******************************************************************
take a look at http://www.msu.edu/~mulksc/LinuxHints
to see how I handle multiple window mamgers on a Redhat 5.2
system. You can probably modify it for slackware
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter da Silva)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Documentation issues.
Date: 28 Jun 1999 12:30:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In gnu.misc.discuss, Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I don't understand why the guy three levels up considers Docbook
>> verbose, though. I've never found it more verbose than any other
>> declarative markup.
><para> tags around every single paragraph?
You know, when I was maintaining the FreeBSD FAQ, it was full of paragraphs
that weren't properly tagged like that. I generally fixed these spots where
I found them, because I personally prefer explicit markup, but it never seemed
to cause a problem for the parser.
So, basically, are you sure it actually requires them?
--
In hoc signo hack, Peter da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
`-_-' Ar rug t� barr�g ar do mhact�re inniu?
'U` "Be vewy vewy quiet...I'm hunting Jedi." -- Darth Fudd
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From: killbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Backup recommendations?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:12:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
> What about timing issues? I've read that if the CDR (or CDRW) doesn't
> get written to consistently enough, the resultant media (especially
> in the case of CDR) is coastered. At least with tape, you can use tar
> (with a reasonably decent buffer size) and go.
>
Interestingly, under Linux I have never created a coaster, no matter how
much I picked on my system during a burn, with either a SCSI or ATAPI
drive. Windows 95 was a different story. When I had a 4x scsi drive on
an adaptec 1510 card, I never had a coaster. When I went to a 36X ATAPI
drive, I started getting occasional coasters. I just upgraded to win98,
so I will have to wait and see if works any better then 95 did.
Note that there are also two formats that windows can write CD-Roms.
The normal ISO9660 format must be created in a continous spiral from
middle of the disc to outside of the disk, and any interruption means
death. A packet write disk, however, can be written too like any
removable media, and is not time critical. The ISO9660 format stores
more data, and can be read by any CDROM made since the beginning of
time. The packet write format requires a pretty up to date drive and
support from you OS. Rumors of linux support for packet write disks
(UDF format, I think is what it is called) persist, but I have not tried
it yet.
Don't get me wrong... tapes have some significant advantages over CDRW
drives for archiving, mainly in the area of convenience. However, if
you are a normal user with reasonable sized systems, and don't want or
can't afford to have both a tape drive and a CDRW drive, I think a CDRW
drive can be used in such a way as to be a completely sufficient backup
solution, and may have a few advantages over tape.
In a nutshell:
Tape drives are more convenient.
CDRW drives are more flexible.
each have some advantages over the other.
--
Bil Kilgallon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
--"I believe, what I believe, has made me what I am. I did not make
it, It is making me, it is the very truth of God, not the invention
of any man". Rich Mullins, quoting G.K. Chesterton.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michele Beltrame)
Subject: tr0 & kernel panic!
Date: 28 Jun 1999 13:20:31 GMT
Hi!
I'm experiencing some problem on a Linux machine with token ring network
adapter. The amchine was working perfectly until some days ago, so I
suspect an hardware failure. I get the following KERNEL PANIC (condensed):
tr0: ASB error 20 in cmd 0D
unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual addres 00000080
and then kernel panics and the machine hangs. What could it be?
Thank you in advance, Mickey.
--
Michele Beltrame
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.io.com/~mick/
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From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Mounting Troubles
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 02:32:46 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Thanks for the help--seeing that I didn't have several of those fd0* bits,
> I used mknod to enter them in the hopes that their lack was causing the
> problem. After creating them, I tried mounting my floppy again and. . .I
> got the same error. What the hell?
Ok, this may not be the right answer, but what _I_ would do....
su
rm /dev/fd*
cd /dev
MAKEDEV fd
WARNING!!!!!!!!!
Read the documentation on MAKEDEV....I _think_ it might work, but I
don't know. You might want to talk to linpeople about
it...irc.linpeople.net or something #linpeople
You have obviously done a little research on four own...wish I could
help you more but I can't. If you get desperate...BACK UP...and try the
above...worse you can do is fuck your access to the floppy drive.
One thing....you did make them as block devices right?
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From: "Jeff Volckaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Getting Ftape to work with a Ditto 2GB Parallel Port Tape Drive
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 08:59:37 -0400
Try doing "insmod zftape" before using the drive.
Jeff Volckaert
Chris O'Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Okay, I give up....... What's the secret???? I've been mucking for
> two days trying to get my Ditto 2GB parallel port tape drive (LPT1) to
> work with RedHat Linux 6.0 but haven't had any success. I've tried
> recompiling the kernel, setting-up boot-time parameters in lilo, and
> all sorts of other gunk. (Sigh!) And, yes, I *have* read the
> Ftape-HOWTO and other documents, but I find them somewhat cryptic.
> (Sigh!)
>
> Can someone out there who's using this drive with Linux puhleeeze send
> me an e-mail walking me through the steps to get it going???? (Sigh!)
>
> Thanks, in advance, for any assistance anyone can offer.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris O'Neill
>
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From: "Daniel Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: leafnode
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:30:49 +0200
Good guest, my version is 1.7, i'll try to upgrade to a newer one
Daniel.
--=20
Java rulz! Linux rulz!
E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 41472160
WWW: http://www.computer.privateweb.at/daniel.wagner/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: ISPS
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 28 Jun 99 14:24:58 GMT
In article <7l7mgq$eg8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Darren Paxton wrote:
>
>Since Microsoft has the dominating share in the market of computing (I
>do not think anyone would doubt this statement), every ISP in the world
>is generally based on Microsoft. As we all know, this is a very
>annoying factor for those of us who wish to connect through our Linux
>boxes. The only way that we do connect is by hacking the dns servers
>and trying to find out from technical support what authentications are
>used, etc.
Microsoft does not have a dominating share of the computing market. It
dominates "desktop computing". ISPs are based on a variety of OSs, I
suspect a small minority are NT servers. However, the great majority
of their customers are Windows users, so they populate their customer
support with Windows "expertise".
I've not setup to connect to many different ISPs, but haven't had any
more problems getting a Linux box connected, sometimes with RedHat's
tools, or "wvdial", or my own chat scripts, than I've had using
Windows Dial Up Networking. Some ISPs distribute their own CDs with
a Windows dialer due to the same peculiarities of connections dialogs.
Users of Linux should simply make their presence known with requests
to ISPs for Linux help, to make them aware of the need to deal with
Linux. ISPs are not looking for ways to expend resources which they
don't feel provide some return.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Subject: Re: Debian 2.1, dselect/apt problem
Date: 28 Jun 1999 13:14:22 GMT
Barry Samuels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>dpkg: error processing
>/var/cache/apt/archive/webmaker_0.8.5-1_i386.deb (--unpack): trying to
>overwrite '/usr/share/icons/mini/html.xpm' which is also in package
>kdebase.
>
>I have tried temporarily removing the offending file but as that makes no
>difference I assume the file is being found in the kdebase package details.
Yes.
>As the package fails to upgrade is there anything that I can do about this?
You can install it with dpkg directly, by giving it the --force-overwrite
flag.
HTH,
Ray
--
Tevens ben ik van mening dat Nederland overdekt dient te worden.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J.H.M. Dassen (Ray))
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: Docbook? Linuxdoc? Re: Documentation issues.
Date: 28 Jun 1999 13:18:15 GMT
[F'up set]
Russ Allbery <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Welcome to the current sorry state of SGML documentation. A while back, I
>looked through a whole bunch of web pages and sgmltools-related packages
>trying to find some usable documentation. The only thing I managed to find
>were DTDs and documentation that read like DTDs.
There's a Dutch saying that amounts to "it's easy to critizise work you
don't have to do yourself". Writing documentation is difficult. What do you
expect of SGML documentation? Explanation of the concepts, of the tools,
tutorial?
Personally, I've found the FreeBSD Documentation Project Primer
(http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/docproj-primer/book.html) to be a very
good introduction for those who want to start using SGML for documentation.
Ray
--
Tevens ben ik van mening dat Nederland overdekt dient te worden.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Weeks)
Subject: Re: leafnode
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 09:20:49 -0500
In article <7l7l5j$4gv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Daniel Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello!
> I wanted to setup a local news-server for offline reading and posting in my home-LAN
>and i decided to use leafnode cause i've heard that it's easy to use, but now i've
>got several problems.
> 1. With "News-Readers" like Netscape, Krn or Outlook Express i only get the groups
>and the messagecount but no messages.
> When i subscribe to a ng it doesn't get listed in the directory
>/var/spool/news/interested.group (in leafnode documentation they wrote there should
>be a file with ng name for each subscribe ng.)
> Can anybody help me with my problem, or should i use inn for offline reading/posting?
> Thanks Daniel.
Netscape has problems. What version of leafnode are you running? 1.7.?
had problems like this with all readers.
Greg Weeks
--
http://durendal.tzo.com/greg/
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From: "Charles Nahm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Internet Mail Weirdness - Help requested urgently
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 10:34:21 -0400
We have a Linux mail server that provides email to about
45 windows 95 and NT clients. Everything was fine until
this morning. All of a sudden the incoming email does not
work. The Outlook Express error message gives:
Error Number: 0x800CCC0F
Which means nothing to us.
The Linux server is running Qualcomm's qpopper as the
POP3 server on Port 110.
The outgoing mail still works fine. Also, mail arrives to the
Linux system with no problems. The only problem arises
from trying to get the email from the Linux server to the
client machines. The proxy services of web access and
newsgroup access are still working fine as well.
In var/log/messages the following error message appears
many many times, and it is a message that is new, so it may
be related to the problem:
"modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0"
Please help me out if you can via email to [EMAIL PROTECTED],
any help at all will be appreciated.
Charles Nahm
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From: "Oliver D. Bedford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 15:55:43 +0200
John Hughes wrote:
>
> There are numerous benchmarks showing NT to be faster. Where are the Linux
> ones?
For example in the current issue of the german c�t magazine.
> Apart from mouthing off why doesnt the Linux community get some benchmarks
> done?
a) General benckmarks make no sense.
b) The "Linux community" (whatever that is) is no multi-billion
corporation and has to focus on more important points.
Oliver
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Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 16:07:18 +0200
From: Andreas Kyek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help me please, system...
Hey,
I do no not know whether this is also right for linux,
but from my experience with HP and IBM machines the problem is
that you will not see anything in this file until one "buffer size"-amount of
output is written. That's why in a program you need to flush the buffer
in order to see the output directly.
Andreas
Thierry BUCCO wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've a little problem.
>
> I've a program wich execute 4 other programs, with system(), and for the 4
> programs stdout and stderr are redirected in /root/stdout.txt.
>
> like this
>
> in my program :
>
> -> system("/usr/bin prog1 1>>/root/stdout.txt 2>>/root/stdout.txt");
> -> system("/usr/bin prog2 1>>/root/stdout.txt 2>>/root/stdout.txt");
> -> system("/usr/bin prog3 1>>/root/stdout.txt 2>>/root/stdout.txt");
> -> system("/usr/bin prog4 1>>/root/stdout.txt 2>>/root/stdout.txt");
>
> the 4 programs is still running, doesn't stop.
>
> So when i execute myprogram, the stdout.txt file is created but there is
> nothing into. I must stop my program to see information into stdout.txt.
>
> the problem is my program can't be stopped.
>
> Help me please...
>
> thierry - FRANCE
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Porter)
Crossposted-To:
alt.2600,linux.redhat.announce,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Please Help Resolution Change In KDE
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:34:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ctrl + Alt + "+" or
Ctrl + Alt + "+"
On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 03:48:03 GMT, "Intro Technologies"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have installed Linux for the 1st time in my life, it boots into something
>called KDE...after I login I see a nice pretty screen but the fonts are HUGE
>and all the windows are HUGE not allowing me to do anything, can someone
>please tell me how I could change the resolution easily, I have a Viper V550
>16MB AGP Card and Panasonic P110 (21inch) monitor. Again, when Linux boots
>all I see is a login screen and after I login everything is HUGE.
>
>If you can please help me, E-Mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Thank You Very Much
>
>Matthew Ploszanski
>Intro Technologies
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>PS. Will my D-Link 530TX PCI Ethernet card work with Linux, Will my cable
>modem?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Trouble with Compaq Deskpro & RH 6
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 13:39:36 GMT
Greetings, all.
I recently installed RedHat 6.0 on a Compaq Deskpro here at work, and
I've run into a strange and annoying problem.
Usually about once a week (it seems to have this strange affinity for
Friday afternoons, but not consistently), the machine will simply
freeze---completely. It will not respond to keyboard or mouse input,
and I cannot telnet in from another machine on our network to reset the
thing remotely. (Normally, telnet communications work fine.) About the
only thing I can do is hit Reset and reboot; ctrl-alt-del is not an
option.
I've done some searching on deja.com, and I've seen several messages
dealing with Compaq keyboards freezing on boot. I have a Compaq
keyboard, but I don't think that's the problem: it's never frozen on
boot, and ALL input seems to be blocked when this happens.
Any ideas? There's nothing in the logs to indicate what the problem is.
I'm running a custom kernel built off RedHat's 2.2.5-22 source. FWIW,
ethernet card is an Intel EtherExpress100 Pro (or whatever; it uses the
eepro100 module), and the video card uses the Mach64 chipset. There's
some sort of sound HW on the motherboard, but I haven't tried to get
that to work yet, so I don't have any sound drivers running. Other than
that, it's a fairly standard PC: IDE hard drive, etc.
The possibility of flaky hardware has occurred to me, but this never
happened when I was running NT4 on this machine---don't get me wrong, I
had plenty of crashes under NT, but never like this.
If anyone has any ideas, I'd love to hear them. I'm getting tired of
waiting for fsck to check my 6G drive on bootup...
Thanks,
Richard
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