Linux-Misc Digest #958, Volume #20 Wed, 7 Jul 99 20:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Bison 1.28 available (Free Software Foundation)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! (Johan Kullstam)
Help with 3dfx gamma please! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
custom kernel hangs at "configuring modules" during floppy bootup (JFK)
Re: Burning My Own Red Hat CD (Fernando)
Re: Creative Ensoniq Audio PCI ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (I R A Aggie)
Re: No Xvidtune in RH 6.0??? (Charles P Koerner)
Re: accessing c:\My Documents dir on a linux mount
Re: Linux vs Solaris (Philip Brown)
Re: FWD. Toshiba back-tracks on anti-Linux stance (Alex Lam)
Re: Solving the 1024 cylinder LILO problem (Holger Petersen)
Re: No Xvidtune in RH 6.0??? (Shice Beoney)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? ("Fredrich P. Maney")
Re: Road Runner Customer User Agreement Violation - Using Alternative Operating
Systems (Chris Wilson)
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Crossposted-To: gnu.announce,alt.sources.d
Subject: Bison 1.28 available
Date: Tue, 6 Jul 1999 10:30:45 -0400
Bison 1.28 is now available for download. Highlights include better
K&R compiler support, the addition of NLS, and some bug fixes.
Report bugs to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
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Africa:
South Africa - ftp.sun.ac.za/gnu
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Brazil - ftp.unicamp.br/pub/gnu
Brazil - master.softaplic.com.br/pub/gnu
Brazil - linuxlabs.lci.ufrj.br/gnu
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Chile - ftp.inf.utfsm.cl/pub/gnu (Internet address 146.83.198.3)
Costa Rica - sunsite.ulatina.ac.cr/GNU
Mexico - ftp.uaem.mx/pub/gnu
Australia:
Australia - archie.au/gnu (archie.oz or archie.oz.au for ACSnet)
Australia - ftp.progsoc.uts.edu.au/pub/gnu
Australia - mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/gnu
Asia:
Japan - tron.um.u-tokyo.ac.jp/pub/GNU/prep
Japan - ftp.cs.titech.ac.jp/pub/gnu
Korea - cair-archive.kaist.ac.kr/pub/gnu (Internet address 143.248.186.3)
Saudi Arabia - ftp.isu.net.sa/pub/mirrors/prep.ai.mit.edu/
Taiwan - ftp.edu.tw/UNIX/gnu/
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Taiwan - ftp1.sinica.edu.tw/pub3/GNU/gnu/
Thailand - ftp.nectec.or.th/pub/mirrors/gnu (Internet address - 192.150.251.32)
Europe:
Austria - ftp.univie.ac.at/packages/gnu
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Czech Republic - ftp.fi.muni.cz/pub/gnu/
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Finland - ftp.funet.fi/pub/gnu
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France - ftp.irisa.fr/pub/gnu
Germany - ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/os/unix/gnu/
Germany - ftp.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/pub/gnu
Germany - ftp.de.uu.net/pub/gnu
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Hungary - ftp.kfki.hu/pub/gnu
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Netherlands - ftp.nluug.nl/pub/gnu
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Norway - ftp.ntnu.no/pub/gnu (Internet address 129.241.11.142)
Poland - ftp.task.gda.pl/pub/gnu
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Spain - ftp.etsimo.uniovi.es/pub/gnu
Sweden - ftp.isy.liu.se/pub/gnu
Sweden - ftp.stacken.kth.se
Sweden - ftp.luth.se/pub/unix/gnu
Sweden - ftp.sunet.se/pub/gnu (Internet address 130.238.127.3)
Also mirrors the Mailing List Archives.
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United Kingdom - unix.hensa.ac.uk/mirrors/gnu
United Kingdom - ftp.warwick.ac.uk (Internet address 137.205.192.14)
United Kingdom - SunSITE.doc.ic.ac.uk/gnu (Internet address 193.63.255.4)
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Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 07 Jul 1999 18:31:07 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger) writes:
> On 07 Jul 1999 13:36:56 -0400, Johan Kullstam wrote:
> >> Usual German pronounciation is Leenooks, though I think I recall
> >> having heard Lynooks, too.
> >
> >i have to agree with normal german pronounciation - LEE-nucks. that's
> >how linus pronounces it btw.
>
> Perhaps in German, but in English, there are no rules for pronouncing
> an 'i' that would result in the 'EE' sound.
perhaps the problem is really that, in english, there are no rules for
pronouncing <full-stop>
> An 'i' can be soft ('ih') or hard ('eye') sounding. Not 'EE'.
sure it can. the name lisa for example. a whole truckload of words
ending in -ia. mania, lusitania, austria.
> I've always pronounced it with a soft 'i', resulting in 'lih-nooks'.
well, i've always pronounced it like linus does on his audio
sound-byte so there.
> Linus is Norwegian, I beleive, so obviously he'd pronounce it differently
> than I (a Canuck) would.
only for swedish-speaking finish values of norwegian. you realize
that saying he's norwegian is kind of like saying a francophone
quebecer is a yankee.
> As the saying goes; "You say 'to-may-toe', I say 'to-mah-toe'..."
and being a canuck, you probably say aboot when you mean about ;-)
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J o h a n K u l l s t a m
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Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help with 3dfx gamma please!
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 22:27:02 GMT
I just setup my 3dfx card in Linux. I have a small problem.
I downloaded the glide control program, and it`s saving the profile
where it should, but the problem is that no matter what I choose for the
settings, GLQuake is still dark, and I mean pitch black, all you can see
are explosions and the text on startup.
I`ve tried various options and can`t think of anything else, so if I can
help PLEASE HELP!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JFK)
Subject: custom kernel hangs at "configuring modules" during floppy bootup
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 22:41:13 GMT
Hi all,
I compiled a 2.2.5-15 custom kernel onto a floppy with 'make zdisk'.
Now, since this is the same kernel that came with the distribution
(RH6.0), I assume there is no need to rebuild the modules, or to mess
around with the System.map file. Or is there? --Thanks.
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From: Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Burning My Own Red Hat CD
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 17:51:34 -0600
My poor brain (of course it cant be compared with yours) comes to the
connclusion because somebody here propably did the same I need because
he/she downloaded RedHat LINUX and created his/him own CD.
If I had Linux running here you could be sure I did not ask anything.
Matthew Bafford wrote:
>
> [CC'd]
>
> And so it happened, on Wed, 07 Jul 1999 16:25:53 -0600, Fernando typed
> tried to post to a Windows group, and somehow ended up with the following
> posted to comp.os.linux.misc:
> : Is there any freeware/shareware CD Writer software to do that under
> : Windows NT ?
>
> Umm, how did you come to the conclusion that a group of _Linux_ users
> would be acquainted with the applications available for _Windows_?
>
> All you need is a program that'll let you copy an image onto the CD.
>
> HTH,
>
> --Matthew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: Creative Ensoniq Audio PCI
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 22:39:39 GMT
I did a fresh install of MDK 6.0
Installed the sox and esound RPM updates
ran sndconfig
all worked fine.
Then I did another install and trimmed out some seemingly unrelated
daemons and it bombed
I did another custom/"everything" install and all was OK again
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (I R A Aggie)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Date: 7 Jul 1999 22:17:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 7 Jul 1999 20:56:47 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, in <7m0euf$kb5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
[about the number of farmers]
+ Only because we don't HAVE the numbers...
+ How about a percentage? That would be more... Objective...
You didn't really want to go there...less than 5% of the US population
are farmers. Out of a population of roughly 270 million, 5% works out
to just under 14 million. India and China must have several times that
number.
James
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From: Charles P Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: No Xvidtune in RH 6.0???
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 19:38:37 GMT
Ed,
I'm hoping you have the answer by now. I had problems in 5.2 and now in 6.0.
My display is 1/2" larger than the monitor. When I use "xvidtune" I can get
the corrected numbers, but where do they go?
Actually it is " /usr/X11R6/bin/xvidtune" Exactly. I don't think there is
any "Xvidtune". It works, but like I said, I dont know what makes it
permanent. I'm running GNOME. I like it and it was the first thing that came
up.
Pete
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\" wrote:
> What happened to Xvidtune that used to be in 5.2? I just installed 6.0
> today and am amazed at how well it went, or at least I thought. How do you
> adjust the position and size of the picture after you set up X? Oh, the
> pain. When will it end? I thought I was on my way to becoming a seasoned
> linux user till I got 6.0. Thanks.
>
> Ed
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: accessing c:\My Documents dir on a linux mount
Date: 7 Jul 1999 19:38:44 GMT
On 7 Jul 99 18:36:15 GMT, Dave Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I presume that Windows is trying to force everyone to use a graphical
>interface.
Actually, in Windoze you can access file and directory names containing
whitespace from a command prompt within a DOS window. You just need to
put the filespec in quotes. (Such as "C:\My Documents" in this case.)
--
Roger Blake
(remove second "g" from address for email)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Linux vs Solaris
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 07 Jul 1999 19:35:36 GMT
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 01:48:43 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
>Also, "dynamic" pages? How, precisely was that defined (the details
>from the article would help, I suppose). It's one thing to measure a
>load based on simultaneous hits to a cache of static pages, but how
>were things done for the dynamic test? Was NT serving asp?
yeah. It was a rather unbalanced test. ASP, vs some kid of CGI, I think.
a sparc U250 was the solaris machine.
bleah.
Rats. Thought it was on zdnet somewhere, but can't find it there now.
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The word of the day is mispergitude
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: FWD. Toshiba back-tracks on anti-Linux stance
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 12:00:57 -0700
Anthony Campbell wrote:
>
> On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 06:52:37 -0700, Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >-----------------FWD------------------
> > Posted 07/07/99 1:35pm by Tony Smith, The Register, London, UK.
> >
> > Toshiba back-tracks on anti-Linux stance
> >
> > Toshiba appears to have reversed its policy on Linux and decided to
> >support the open source OS on its notebook PCs after all.
> >
> > To prove it, the company's Japan-based Computer Engineering Group has
> >opened a Web site devoted to users keen to run Linux on their Toshiba
> >laptops.
> >
> > The site, which went live on 1 July, doesn't offer much information
> >right now, but it's a start. The site promises full details of how to
> >install Linux on Toshiba's notebooks, though it doesn't say when this
> >will happen.
> >
> > Other promised features include the creation of an information desk
> >for developers, Linux installation information and a list of supported
> >hardware, both PCs and peripherals.
> >
> > The company's move follows Australian notebook owner Geoffrey
> >Bennett's attempt to get Toshiba to refund to him the cost of the
> >bundled copy of Windows 95. Bennett eventually got his money back, and
> >sparked a worldwide protest against Microsoft in the process. �
> >
> >source- http://theregister.co.uk/990707-000021.html
> >-------------------------------------------------------------
>
> This is interesting. I returned my registration card when I bought a
> Toshiba laptop few months ago, suggesting that there should be support for
> Linux. Recently I received a personalized letter from Toshiba, thanking me
> for my remarks (though not specifically mentioning Linux) and asking me to
> join a small panel of users to give them feedback from time to time. In
> view of what you say, this may well be connected with their apparent
> conversion to supporting Linux. This is all good news.
>
> Anthony
>
Sure it is good news. Maybe finally, Linuxers will have lots of laptop
options from a a major manufacturer.
More power to Linux.
Alex Lam.
> --
> Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.1 (Windows-free zone)
> Book Reviews: www.achc.demon.co.uk/bookreviews/
>
> "The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
> Moves on..." - Edward Fitzgerald (Rubaiat of Omar Khayyam)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Holger Petersen)
Subject: Re: Solving the 1024 cylinder LILO problem
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:52:06 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer) writes:
>Partition Magic 4.0 is a proprietary commercial product.
>Therefore it is not a general solution, either.
But, as I head, the ext2-part of PM4 has a sort of lizening
like Aladin's Ghostscript. It ws developped by the (french?)
person who did 'invent' ext2.
And one(?) year after the introduction of PM4, that part of it
should (might?) get Gnu-GPL'd..?
Yours, Holger
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shice Beoney)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: No Xvidtune in RH 6.0???
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 19:46:44 GMT
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999 19:38:37 GMT in comp.os.linux.setup, Charles P
Koerner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following profound gem of
wisdom:
>Ed,
>I'm hoping you have the answer by now. I had problems in 5.2 and now in 6.0.
>My display is 1/2" larger than the monitor. When I use "xvidtune" I can get
>the corrected numbers, but where do they go?
>Actually it is " /usr/X11R6/bin/xvidtune" Exactly. I don't think there is
>any "Xvidtune". It works, but like I said, I dont know what makes it
>permanent. I'm running GNOME. I like it and it was the first thing that came
>up.
>Pete
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Whenever I've wanted to make changes with Xvidtune and have them
stick, I do it by running XF86Setup (as root), clicking done, then
clicking the "Run Xvidtune" button that comes up, then make my
changes, then once I'm done, I quit out of Xvidtune, and click the
Save Changes button. You can do this either from the command line, or
in X.
>Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\" wrote:
>
>> What happened to Xvidtune that used to be in 5.2? I just installed 6.0
>> today and am amazed at how well it went, or at least I thought. How do you
>> adjust the position and size of the picture after you set up X? Oh, the
>> pain. When will it end? I thought I was on my way to becoming a seasoned
>> linux user till I got 6.0. Thanks.
>>
>> Ed
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"Ma cheri... Wait, she'll hate that, she hateth it when I write in
French. I usually conduct my correthpondence in fag, but it'th amazing
how often they're the thame thing!" -Scott Thompson as Buddy Cole the
drag queen, The Kids In The Hall
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From: "Fredrich P. Maney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Date: 7 Jul 1999 18:52:23 GMT
In comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix Anthony Ord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
[deletia]
: What was this about the attitude of US posters?
Maybe it has something to do with the amount of material and personnel
that the US put into the effort compared to the rest of the world.
fpsm
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Crossposted-To: alt.fan.roadrunner,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Road Runner Customer User Agreement Violation - Using Alternative
Operating Systems
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Wilson)
Date: Wed, 07 Jul 1999 19:30:02 GMT
Chris Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>sounds to me you got the run around..bad customer service. Your
>situation has nothing to do with "hacking"...
>
Hey Chris Wilson!
I'm a Chris Wilson too!
:-)
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