Linux-Misc Digest #896, Volume #20 Fri, 2 Jul 99 17:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RealAudio5 (Leonard Evens)
Re: Backup Problem (Ken)
Re: Linux balkanization a potential blessing (Jay A. Carlson)
Re: lpr print fails with "official name" error (Unclebob)
play a wav file ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Need help setting up SoundBlaster Live (Ronald Haynes)
Re: /dev/hda1 = /dev/hda3? (John Girash)
Re: GNOME & E (Leonard Evens)
Re: Please HELP: sending email from RH6.0 (Nicolas Anquetil)
Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux (Bob Schreibmaier)
lpr print fails with "official name" error ("Joe Polvino")
Re: Tell me I'm wrong... (guest)
GNOME & E (John Assalone)
Why do the rights keep changing on me? Help! ("dkmallick")
Re: Problems with c++ compiler (Frank Sweetser)
Problems with c++ compiler ("Ryan T. Rhea")
Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux (Mircea)
[Q] Multi boot: Linux [/dev/hda] and NT [/dev/hdb] ("Bunbi")
Re: Ishmail segfault (Stephen Chadfield)
Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud (Chris Mauritz)
Re: Can I use Linux as a server to a Windows based calendar/scheduling application?
("Steve Hiner")
Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info (Alan Boritz)
Re: GNOME & E (coffee)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 08:07:19 -0700
In <377cd028$2$zpunffba$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 07/02/99
at 10:34 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>An Aiwa SCSI was the best choice for me. The drive was less than
>$100 new in OEM box.
Can you provide a source for this drive? It sounds interesting.
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Happily using OS/2 Warp on the Central California Coast.
http://www.redshift.com/~bstephan
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.rpm.general,redhat.general
Subject: Re: RealAudio5
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 13:09:42 -0500
Aung San Hlaing Myint wrote:
> On installing RealAudio5 and trying to execute rvplayer, I have this
> message: segmentation fault (core dumped). I'm a newbie to Linux and I'm
> using Red Hat 6. Please help me how to solve this problem and play
> realaudio files.
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
Apparently the rpm package for realaudio which they provided no longer
works under RH6.0 although it worked fine under RH5.2. We will have
to wait until someone fixes it.
I was also unable to get the programs as provided by Real Audio for Linux
as a tar file to work. But a slightly earlier version we had on a disk
does
seem to work under RH6.0, but with some glitches.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 11:09:38 -0700
From: Ken <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backup Problem
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.unix.admin
I use an HP SureStore 12/24 DDS3, and I see something similar. I backup
root and usr consecutively, and then verify them with "restore Cf
/dev/nst0". I have to do a dummy restore between the two real ones to
move the tape to the beginning of the second dump. Here's my script:
#!/bin/sh
# backup system using dump
# should be run from a root login shell to get path set to sbin
directories
# dump just / and /usr
# this is the non-rewinding device
TAPE=/dev/nst0
# 20 kbyte tape records
BLOCKING=20
# size in kbytes: DDS3 tape is 12 gbytes long = 12,000,000 1 kbyte
records
SIZE=12000000
# check tapealert SCSI page at start and after every operation
# (see HP documentation and tapealert manpage)
function checktape () {
# returns 0 on success, 1 on general error, and -1 on TapeAlert log
present
# sends log to stdout
tapealert -d $TAPE -o
if [ $? != 0 ]; then
exit 1
fi
}
checktape
mt -f $TAPE rewind
checktape
dump 0ubfB $BLOCKING $TAPE $SIZE /
checktape
dump 0ubfB $BLOCKING $TAPE $SIZE /usr
checktape
mt -f $TAPE rewind
checktape
# verify root filesystem backup
restore Cf $TAPE
# next is dummy that returns "Success" error message
checktape
restore Cf $TAPE
# verify /usr filesystem backup
checktape
restore Cf $TAPE
checktape
mt -f $TAPE rewind
checktape
Stuart R. Fuller wrote:
>
> Richard A. Kurnik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : Has anyone seen the problem where you can't put more than one dump on a
> : tape? The dumps seem to go correctly but when I go into the interactive
> : restore function it sees the first dump. When I try to get to the second
> : dump it returns the error "Is not a dump tape".
> :
> : I'm using a Sony SDT 7000 with 120M tapes.
> :
> : The dump command I use is:
> : /sbin/dump -0fubds /dev/nst0 126 6100 400000 /
> : /sbin/dump -0fubds /dev/nst0 126 6100 400000 /usr
> :
> : on a Linux RedHat box.
> :
> : The restore command I use is:
> : restore -ivf /dev/nst0
>
> After the first restore is done, the tape position is not likely at the
> beginning of the next dump. So, you need to move the tape to the next dump:
>
> # mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf
>
> Stu
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Ken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jay A. Carlson)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Linux balkanization a potential blessing
Date: 2 Jul 1999 19:02:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.unix.bsd.misc, Cameron Hutchison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>:If a program is designed to run only in a GUI environment then it is not
>:unreasonable to have the documentation also available for that environment.
>
> This is simply misguided. Not malicious, but fundamentally and perhaps
> dangerously misguided. There are all kinds of corresponding situations
> where it's entirely nonsensical.
[...]
> You're right. I claim that that is *not* documentation.
Wandering over to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.unix.bsd.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>:My point is that you the BSD advocates are arbitrarily defining "free",
>:just like the FSF.
>
> No, I don't think so. We simply use it in the way that the common man
> on the streets of Seattle, San Francisco, or Salem uses it. No tricks.
> No artful lies. No surprises.
I'm not going to pull the trigger; no point in wasting either fish or barrels.
--
Jay Carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The MITRE Corporation, Bedford MA
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Unclebob)
Subject: Re: lpr print fails with "official name" error
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 19:09:02 GMT
On or about Fri, 2 Jul 1999 12:37:55 -0400, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=> I have an old Slakware release (3.3?) of linux and set up my printer
=> according to the HOW-TO. The test pages printed from echoing to the /dev
=> entry works fine, and I followed the filters.
=> When I use lpr to print, I get en error from lpr saying something to the
=> effect of "hostname(1): unable to get official name of machine". When I run
=> hostname as either root or a user, I get "darkstar" which is the default.
=> This machine is standalone, so I haven't done anything as far as networking
=> goes.
=> -joe
Depending on your system, use;
set PRINTER= 'your printer's name'
export PRINTER='your printer's name'
If one works put it in a startup file.
Get the name from printcap.
--
=>
unclebob at nym dot alias dot net |
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'idiot box (id'ee-ut) n. singular'
'linux box connected to an idiot.'
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: play a wav file
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 18:41:26 GMT
Can someone tell me how to play a wav file in C on a pc running
Mandrake linux 6.0. Or even better if someone knows of a program to
turn text-to-speech. I have a dos program that came with the early
sound cards, but where can I get a linux version?
Thanks
Ringo
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Ronald Haynes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Need help setting up SoundBlaster Live
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 11:52:08 -0700
Hi, I have downloaded the required driver from
Creative, and have installed it, had it working,
but now nothing.
A couple of questions...
in the manual setup instructions..(I am running
SUSE 6.1) it says to remove any sound drivers...does
that mean to remove any .o files in /lib/modules/2.25/misc
relating to sound? What about the soundcore.o file?
I copied the sblive.o file to the required location
and made the additions to the /etc/conf.modules.
Whenever I make changes to /etc/conf.modules and
I boot the kernel it complains that modules.dep is
either older or newer that conf.modules...does
depmod -a take care of this problem? Do I have
to edit modules.dep manually?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Please email at : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks,
R Haynes
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From: John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /dev/hda1 = /dev/hda3?
Date: 2 Jul 1999 14:58:55 -0500
Richard Fontana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have Linux (RH 5.1) installed using 3 partitions (all of) my first hard
: disk and one partition on my second hard disk. Originally, at least, it
: was set up so that / was mounted on /dev/hda1 and /usr/local was
: mounted on /dev/hda3. To make a long story short, I installed Solaris x86
: on a second partition on disk 2 and, er, did some experimenting, with the
: result that I was unable to boot Linux, though I'm not entirely sure why
: it happened. After various acts of desperation I just went through the
: RedHat 'update' option on the installation CDROM, which I guess just
: created a new lilo.conf file, and now everything is back to normal, with
: one strange exception. Here's what fdisk /dev/hda gives:
: Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
: /dev/hda1 1 1 609 1227712+ 83 Linux native
: /dev/hda2 610 610 626 34272 82 Linux swap
: /dev/hda3 627 627 1023 800352 83 Linux native
: This is as things were before. However, for other purposes, the first
: partition is now called "/dev/hda3" and the third partition is called
: "/dev/hda1". /etc/lilo.conf reads:
Just a thought: Caldera OpenDOS' fdisk (annoyingly!) will renumber partitions
without being told to (e.g. when at first I had hda2,3,4, after running COD's
fdisk I had hda1,2,3). Perhaps Solaris' fdisk did something similar and RH's
update was smart enough to figure out the new config to use in fstab & lilo.
jg
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a useless old expression, it means passing time until you die." the West
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-- John Girash -- girash @ cfa.harvard.edu - http://skyron.harvard.edu/ --
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: GNOME & E
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 13:39:18 -0500
John Assalone wrote:
> I went through the Enlightenment config a whole bunch of times, but
> nothing worked. Someone told me to check the "new popups get keyboard
> focus", but i had already done this. I'm not talking about new windows,
> but about ones that I raise from the task list...I guess i'm asking how
> to configure the task-list's properties.
>
> coffee wrote:
> >
> > John Assalone wrote:
> > >
> > > I
> > > want to be able to click once with the left button to raise a window and
> > > have it automatically get focus - how can i do this?
> >
> > Click on your footprint on the task bar and choose settings/control
> > Center/Run configuration tool for enlightenment.
> >
> > --
> > * I no longer accept mail from Hotmail because of spam *
> >
> > coffee at indy dot net * ICQ 1614986
If I understand your question properly, I have explored a closely
related question. I think there is no way to do what you want.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Nicolas Anquetil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please HELP: sending email from RH6.0
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 15:08:30 -0400
> > Basically, I want my computer to connect PPP automatically and then
> > send me the (dynamic) IP address so that I can log on it from the
> > university.
> Rather than sending mail, have you considered a script that has your
> home computer log into your university account and write the IP
> address to a file?
This is not a "clean" solution. It supposes the script as to log on at
the university (to write to the file) and for this, I need to put my own
account's passwd in a script. (My own account is different from the PPP
acount which is only used to connect.)
I will probably end up doing something like that, but I would rather not
put my account's passwd in clear in a script.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Schreibmaier)
Subject: Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 15:49:32 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've just tried it again, and you can download it from the link I
>posted. Maybe you're trying the .rpm? I wouldn't know about that one,
>but the "G2 player for Linux 2.0/2.2" link is OK.
I wonder if anyone got this to work with a Slackware system? I'm
running a Slackware system with 2.2.10 kernel, libc5, their libc6
runtime library, etc. It seems that when I try to run the
g2a1_linux22.bin file either from an xterm window or without X,
I get a "memory fault" in return.
Any ideas?
Bob
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From: "Joe Polvino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lpr print fails with "official name" error
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 12:37:55 -0400
I have an old Slakware release (3.3?) of linux and set up my printer
according to the HOW-TO. The test pages printed from echoing to the /dev
entry works fine, and I followed the filters.
When I use lpr to print, I get en error from lpr saying something to the
effect of "hostname(1): unable to get official name of machine". When I run
hostname as either root or a user, I get "darkstar" which is the default.
This machine is standalone, so I haven't done anything as far as networking
goes.
Any clues?
-joe
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From: guest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux
Subject: Re: Tell me I'm wrong...
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 14:06:36 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Nope your not wrong. If your BIOS allows it (it should) change the
bootup sequence so it goes to c: with out looking for a: or your cdrom.
then slap a password on that sucker, so no one can change the bios. Of
course if a wannabe hacker wants in there is little you can do to stop
him/her when there is physical access to the comp. By opening the box
and pulling the power the bios is reset and the system is wide open once
again. But that is a slightly more obscure instance then a users simply
coming in with a floppy.
HTH
David Previti
SPAM BLOCK IN EFFECT Remove Nospam in my e-mail for a response..
HellNo wrote:
>
> I downloaded a copy of SYSLINUX (linux on a floppy) and ran it of my
> floppy drive...
>
> After loging in as root (*no password*) I had complete access to /root
> after mounting my RH6.0 partition! It seems to have read/write/xecute
> access to all dirs. I even managed to reboot the machine
> using '/mnt/linux/usr/sbin/shutdown -r now' rather than using the
> reboot file that comes with SYSLINUX. Has anyone tried this? Someone
> please tell me I got it all wrong.
>
> Any input is more than welcome.
>
> --
> HellNo
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ICQ: 21535717
>
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: John Assalone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: GNOME & E
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 15:49:36 -0400
i'm running enlightenment on top of gnome. The task buttons have 2
states that i'm aware of - active and minimized. Right now, if i want to
switch tasks by clicking one of the buttons, I have to click first with
the middle button (to minimize) and then with the left button (to raise
the window and make it active). Also, with my current config, the newly
raised/activated window does not automatically receive keyboard focus. I
want to be able to click once with the left button to raise a window and
have it automatically get focus - how can i do this?
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From: "dkmallick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Why do the rights keep changing on me? Help!
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 14:19:43 -0500
I am running Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on a Pentium II. I have two different user
accounts - one under my name and one under my wife's name. Everything is set
up according to the book, as far as I know. I run gnome on my account and my
wife's account has a kde default. Everytime my wife runs the cdplayer or the
mp3 player like xmms, it changes the rights to several dev files (as
follows):
/dev/cdrom
/dev/mixer
/dev/sequencer
/dev/fd*
As a result when I log into my account, I cannot listen to my cds or mp3s
(the programs give me error messages). When I check on the files, i see
their rights something like this:
crw------- *wife's account name* root blah blah blah
What I am usually doing, is I become root and do 'chmod a+rw' and 'chown
root.root' on all the above files, and everything is back to normal. But the
problem repeats if the cdplayer or the mp3 player is fired up from my wife's
account.
WHat is going on? What can I do to stop this problem?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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From: Frank Sweetser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problems with c++ compiler
Date: 02 Jul 1999 15:53:58 -0400
"Ryan T. Rhea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> checking for c++... c++
> checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ ) works... no
look at the config.log file, it should contain somewhat more verbose error
messages.
--
Frank Sweetser rasmusin at wpi.edu fsweetser at blee.net | PGP key available
paramount.ind.wpi.edu RedHat 5.2 kernel 2.2.5 i586 | at public servers
"The problem might possibly be to do with the fact that asm code written
for the x86 environment is, on other platforms, about as much use as a
pork pie at a jewish wedding."
Andrew Gierth in comp.unix.programmer
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From: "Ryan T. Rhea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems with c++ compiler
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 15:28:09 -0400
I have run into a problem when trying to compile progams with an
OpenLinux distribution. Most of the errors I have gotten from running
'configure' scripts before using 'make'. I have gotten this with
several popular programs. The output from the 'configure' script looks
like this:
loading cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... found
checking for working autoconf... found
checking for working automake... found
checking for working autoheader... found
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for AIX... no
checking for POSIXized ISC... no
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++ ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler
cannot create executables.
As you can see, I can't even get to the make stage. I have not altered
or updated any of the C++ related files. I am only vaguely familiar
with C++ at all, so any help here is welcome.
Thanks in advance,
Ryan T. Rhea
please send a courtesy copy of any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RealPlayer G2 for linux
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 16:27:46 -0400
OK, I'm back home now, so I can give you details. RP-G2 is installed in
/usr/local/RealPlayerG2; in the same directory, I have unpacked the
libstdc++.so.2.8.0 from RedHat 5.2, and made a symlink to it, named
libstdc++.so.2.8; you can even rename the file, FWIW, you won't use it
for anything else than RP. And I start the player with the script:
#!/bin/bash
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/RealPlayerG2
/usr/local/RealPlayerG2/realplay
MST
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From: "Bunbi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Q] Multi boot: Linux [/dev/hda] and NT [/dev/hdb]
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 19:02:21 -0400
Reply-To: "Bunbi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have two IDE hard drives on my computer. The first IDE (/dev/hda)
harddrive (Master) is used by Linux (RedHat-6.0). Meanwhile, the slave
(/dev/hdb) drive is used by Windows NT-4.0 Workstation. What I would like
to do is to setup my computer to do a multi boot using LILO, i.e. Linux on
/dev/hda and NT on /dev/hdb). Therefore, I am looking for the LILO
configuration file to allow me to do such a setup.
If you have dones such a setup and would like to help, please e-mail me your
lilo.conf file. Thank you.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Stephen Chadfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ishmail segfault
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 16:33:03 GMT
I have succesfully compiled that version against SWiM Motif and it works
well. This is also on a fairly unmolested RH5.2 system.
Don't know to suggest, I'm afraid...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Is anybody running Ishmail?
>
> I just installed it (v1.3.4) on a stock RH5.2 system, and it segfaults
> whenever I select anything from the Options menu. I'm running it under
> GNOME. I've tried reinstalling it from scratch, and that doesn't help.
> I've tried both the tar and pkg downloads (which don't seem to differ
> much).
>
> Anybody have any suggestions? Thanks.
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
From: Chris Mauritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Intel could nip dual-Celeron move in bud
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 20:27:40 GMT
In comp.os.linux.hardware Philip Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jun 1999 08:51:17 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>That will just shift the mind share away from them and onto AMD. If Intel
>>doesn't want to sell two celerons then I'm sure AMD would be happy to sell
>>two K7s. I just hope the K7s drop below $200 in the next few months.
>>
> huh? Is AMD finally making multiprocessor capable cpus? Last I checked,
> AMD chips didn't do that.
The K7 (Altheon) supports SMP.
C
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Christopher Mauritz
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From: "Steve Hiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Can I use Linux as a server to a Windows based calendar/scheduling
application?
Date: Fri, 2 Jul 1999 11:04:30 -0700
Karl-Heinz,
I knew it would be a good idea to post my question. I didn't know I would
get this good a suggestion.
I hadn't even considered StarOffice. I can save on download time by using
that copy sitting on my hard drive (I knew there was some reason I hadn't
deleted it even though I wasn't using it). I have the Linux and Windows
versions of the original 5.0 release of SO (I think there have been bug
fixes since I picked it up).
How does the server side work?
Does the Linux version have the server software included with it?
This actually solves another big problem over there. They are currently
using WordStar 2000 (ick). I grew up using WordStar on my old 8088 system
but by today's standards it is way out of date. Remember the days when you
could fit your OS, wordprocessor and all your documents on one 5.25" 360k
floppy?
I am going to have to go check out the pricing. Knowing you work over
there - do they give discounts to non-profit organizations? (I realize that
the normal selling price is basically a discount, especially compared to MS
Office, but I thought I'd check)
Wow, I could do so much with StarOffice, relatively cheaply too. You may
have just sold 30 copies of your suite! (If we do buy it will it do you any
good for me to tell them that you are responsible? If you write back it
would be beneficial if you would email me directly as well since my ISPs
news server tends to kill messages quickly and this is a long weekend here
in the US.)
A very happy,
Steve Hiner
developer {AT} isiaz {DOT} com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Boritz)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.hp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems
Subject: Re: Need Iomega Ditto 3200 (3.2G) Tape Drive info
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 12:57:03 -0400
In article <377a58a4$1$ofgrcuna$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 06/30/99
> at 09:51 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alan Boritz) said:
>
>>Stay away from the Travan format and floppy controller tape drives,
>>since there are no OS/2 programs on the market that can reliably
>>operate them.
>
>I respectfully disagree. While floppy tapes may not be the best
>choice, I don't think they are a bad choice based on my own
>experience. I'm using a QIC-3020 (Conner 3200) device with a
>high-speed 2MBits/sec controller and have found it to be reliable and
>quite speedy. I have had no problems, but I would consider going to
>SCSI just to get a better user interface backup program such as
>BackAgain/2.
Well, my experience hasn't been so good. I'm still running a Conner 420 drive
here, with a collection of otherwise useless (but expensive) Sony QW-5122F
tapes and discovered that all of the backup sets I've got will not do a
complete restore of the OS/2 system files with Backmaster. Dualstor can't
deal with these tapes, and can't do a system restore on Warp 4, either. I've
got the original Seagate Backup for OS/2 (written by MSR, BTW), and although
it works with the Sony tapes, it's an absolutely horrible program to run and
takes about a half-hour just to assemble the file names to back up when doing
a full system backup. There is no compatibility between these programs and
any contemporary backup program (MSR claims to be writing and reading real QIC
format, while Seagate and others have modified the QIC format to suit their
purposes). There's no way to do an unattended backup here with any of these
programs or tapes so I've given up trying.
>I have used Seagate (now Veritas) Backup Exec, BackMaster and
>Backmaster Ultra, andNova Back for OS/2. There's something about each
>of them I hate, but Backup Exec works the best in spite of its
>perfectly horrible and hated user interface. I have found all the
>programs I tried to be reliable in that they can safely backup and
>restore properly. But, again, this is not to say it is the best
>solution, only that I have found it to be a satisfactory solution.
I stopped buying Seagate products when they held back support for their OS/2
product, and then released an "upgrade" in less than a year for full price
with no substantial program improvements. At the same time they were selling
the OS/2 "upgrade" product, the Seagate people at PC Expo were telling the
public that they had dropped their OS/2 product line.
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From: coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ahn.tech.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: GNOME & E
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 20:51:25 -0400
John Assalone wrote:
>
> I
> want to be able to click once with the left button to raise a window and
> have it automatically get focus - how can i do this?
Click on your footprint on the task bar and choose settings/control
Center/Run configuration tool for enlightenment.
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