Linux-Misc Digest #967, Volume #20 Thu, 8 Jul 99 16:13:13 EDT
Contents:
URGENT: top-3.4 (John Assalone)
Re: Need opinions- how's S.u.S.E. 6.1 (naftali)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! ("Shane D. Killian")
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (Robin Smith)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! (Martin Boening)
Re: .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile - which do I use? (Mat Diss)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (I R A Aggie)
scsi tr4 backup? (Eric Thomas)
Re: Q for NFS guru (Santiago de Pablo)
Re: WIN9X vs WINNT vs Linux ("David Manley")
Re: MODEM ("R.K.Aa")
Re: format >2GB hard (Oliver.Natt)
Re: iso9660 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Filesize larger than 2 GB on Intel machines an Linux 2.0.36
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Where To Find Non-X Based Linux Apps? ("Brett R. Rosselle")
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! (Tom Christiansen)
Re: Help! Can't print in Linux from a compiled kernel (Joceli Mayer)
Re: linx vs hurd (Philip Brown)
If rsh works and rcp doesn't: check this (Allen Ashley)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? ("Fredrich P. Maney")
Re: WIN9X vs WINNT vs Linux ("Pascal Melanson")
Debian 2.1 module probs (Andrew_Luke NESBIT)
Re: Making MPEG movies from AVI? ("Jeff Volckaert")
Printer will only print letter size! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Assalone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ahn.tech.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux
Subject: URGENT: top-3.4
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 13:59:35 -0400
I need to build/install the new version of top (ver 3.4). When I run
"make" (after running "./Configure"), I get the following output:
gcc -DHAVE_GETOPT -c commands.c -o commands.o
commands.c:156: field '__errno_location' declared as a function
commands.c: In function 'err_string':
commands.c:215: parse error before '('
commands.c: At top level:
commands.c:225: 'errp' undeclared here (not in a function)
commands.c:225: parse error before '('
commands.c:226: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
commands.c:227: parse error before '}'
commands.c:232: redefinition of 'first'
commands.c:226: 'first' previously defined here
commands.c:232: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
commands.c:233: parse error before '}'
commands.c:236: 'string' undeclared here (not in a function)
commands.c:236: initializer element is not constant
commands.c:236: warning: data definition has no type or storage class
commands.c:239: parse error before 'return'
commands.c: In function 'err_compar':
commands.c:313: parse error before '('
commands.c:313: parse error before '('
commands.c:313: parse error before ')'
commands.c: In function 'show_errors':
commands.c:344: parse error before '('
commands.c: In function 'kill_procs':
commands.c:417: parse error before '('
commands.c:424: parse error before '('
commands.c:430: parse error before '('
commands.c: In function 'renice_procs':
commands.c:492: parse error before '('
commands.c:498: parse error before '('
commands.c:502: parse error before '('
make: *** [commands.o] Error 1
I need this ASAP any help is greatly appreciated
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From: naftali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need opinions- how's S.u.S.E. 6.1
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 17:43:26 +0300
I used SUSE 6.1, and I would like to mention it is one big piece of crap.
first of all it is really REALLY slow. on the same computer I managed to
get emacs working at half the run time on Redhat 6 and 5, than I did on SUSE,
and I am not a novice and I went through alot of distributions including slackware,
and I must say, SUSE was the worst I've seen so far, also their installing
procedure is highly uninformative and takes forever, on Redhat the installation
took 40 minutes om SUSe it took 2.5 hours for the same type of installation.
SUSE has some good merits:
1) as said before it does have alot of new software
2) its global initiation files are highly documented and informative.
3) it comes with a very detailed installation instructions on the cover.
BUT in my VERY humble opition
1) since the files are in RPM format you can just use rpm -i under redhat and install
all the software you require.
2) you can download all the files you wanna install out of the internet
3) if you need highly detailed installation instructions on the cover, maybe you
should have someone else install the linux for you.
to put a long story short....
Stick to red-hat
%On Thu, 1 Jul 1999, Warren Bell wrote:
%
%> I've been running RedHat 5.2 and am wondering how SuSE Linux is. It
%> seems to have a lot of the same features and RPM format. Is it just as
%> good as RH? Better?
%> I just want to make sure SuSE is a good OS and works well. It seems to
%> be packed with features and apps for about half the price of RH 6.0.
%
%Suse is not an OS. Linux is the OS - no matter which distro you use.
%Don't think it's worth reinstalling Linux w/o specific reasons. Or would
%you simply reinstall because the new distro might have a better
%installation procedure ???
% Gerald
%
%
%
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From: "Shane D. Killian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.tv.red-dwarf
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 11:02:36 -0400
Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Binesh Bannerjee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > : Don't be silly. If you're going to be serious, be serious.
> > : Otherwise, Linux is obviously pronounced "smeg".
> >
> > No, no no... It's pronounced "Vindaloo".
>
Actually, it's spelled "Linux" but it's pronounced "Throat
Warbler-Mangrove."
--
Shane D. Killian -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://users.vnet.net/shanek
"uuunnn k mmmmmmk hhhhhhhh khbbbbbbbbbbbh
gnhjjjjjjjjjjj rrrrrrrrrddddfc gvb uyyyyyyyhubbbbbbb"
--Sinclair Mitchell Killian, born 1/29/98
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From: Robin Smith <[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: 08 Jul 1999 16:00:18 +0100
John Imrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<snip>
> Put it this way. Brittain conned the US into joining, we new about the Japanese
>attack on
> Perl Harber over two weeks before it happened.
<snip>
Please invest in a spell checker
Brittain = Britain
new = knew ( in this sense )
Harber = Harbour
Please only post to newsgroups if you are over 5 years old :-)
Robin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Boening)
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
Date: 8 Jul 1999 18:17:55 GMT
Hi there,
Someone wrote along the line:
>>
>>perhaps the problem is really that, in english, there are no rules for
>>pronouncing <full-stop>
>>
Again, completely off topic, but this reminds me of the opening dialogue
to one of Monty Pythons sketches, called Raymond Luxury Yacht Interview:
Interviewer: Good evening. I have with me in the studio tonight one of
Britains leading skin specialists - Raymond Luxury Yacht.
Raymond: That's not my name.
Interviewer: I'm sorry - Raymond Luxury Yach-t.
Raymond: No, no, no - it's spelt Raymond Luxury Yach-t, but it's pronounced
'Throatwobbler Mangrove'
...
And now, for something completely different
Martin
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SBS SCN VAS, Otto-Hahn-Ring 6, D-81739 Muenchen (Perlach), Germany
Phone: +49 896 364 2904 FAX: +49 893 365 1031
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From: Mat Diss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.general
Subject: Re: .bashrc, .bash_profile, .profile - which do I use?
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 17:15:02 +0100
Every user executes /etc/profile when logging in, so you can set the system
wide variables there.
After executing /etc/profile, each user executes the .profile in their home
directory, so put user specific variables there.
Mat.
> Hi,
>
> I've installed Oracle (boy, was that fun!) on Red Hat 6, which uses the
> bash shell by default for all the users.
> Last time I used UNIX (Solaris) there was a .login file in the home
> directories, but not on Red Hat. There's a .bashrc file, a .bash_profile
> file and a /etc/profile file.
> Also, when following installation instructions for Oracle (not Oracle's
> instructions, which didn't work, but someone else's, which did), I had
> to alter a file somewhere to change 'oracle' and 'root' users' shells to
> sh rather than bash, then had to create a .profile file, etc.
>
> Anyway, can someone explain what role each of these files has.
> Also, where should I set system-wide (ie for all users) env vars? Where
> should I set my own env vars (speaking as a normal user)? Etc.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> - kev
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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: 8 Jul 1999 15:34:35 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 7 Jul 1999 17:43:17 -0700, Jason O'Rourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, in
<7m0s75$afe$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[about the US Civil War being the most costly US war in terms of life]
+ James - that fact is not really relevent.
Well, when someone is making the claim that the US lost more combat troops
than all of England's population, it is rather relevent...
+ WWII was still costly to the US
+ in terms of lives lost, though it pales in comparison to the price paid by
+ the Soviets and Chinese (approx 30million each).
I'm gonna call you on this. Where did you get these figures from? I am
unaware of them. Typical figures for *all* of WWII comes to ~25 million
deaths, including the 6 million Jews and other "undesirables".
But as Stalin stated so eloquently, the death of a single person is a
tragedy, the death of a million is but a statistic.
James
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Thomas)
Subject: scsi tr4 backup?
Date: 8 Jul 1999 18:32:03 GMT
i have seagate 4/8GB scsi backup device. i would like to use it. please.
the funny thing is, it is always detected at bootup. i finally got the
media for it, started up bru which seemed to be working. in fact it
controlled the tape for over 11hrs. later, when i tried to verify the
backup it said there was no tape in the device, which is kind of funny.
since it was just writing to it. now, whenever i start up bru, it starts
by only letting me do backups-- asks for a tape to put in, then says
there is no tape. so i gave up with bru and tried kbackup, since i had it
working with a dat on another machine. kbackup is nice with an autodetect
feature, couldnt find my tape either.
i guess, i need a refresher on the types of commands/config/dev files i
should be looking at. mt doesnt work at all, so i suspect there is a full-on
configuration problem with my system. as usual. any help would be
appreciated.
thanx in advance.
e
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From: Santiago de Pablo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Q for NFS guru
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 17:40:44 +0200
Rob Lahaye escribi�:
>
> Hello,
>
> I would like at bootup to mount from another machine the following
> directories: /usr, /usr/local, /home using NFS
>
> MAIN QUESTION: This means at the time the NFS procedure starts, there
> is no /usr available. Will that work?
>
> What precautions do I need to take when linking machines together
> in such a way? (I'm also thinking of using NIS).
>
> [ I'm running Redhat 6.0 with kernel 2.2.5 ]
>
> Thanks for help and advice,
>
> Rob
Suppose you have no problems with /home: a nice way to see your own
files if you use one computer or other. Be sure that root's home is
out of /home, or you'll have problems if the NFS server dies :-O.
About /usr/local I don't know, because I'm not a Linux guru ;-).
Surely the same as /home.
BUT about /usr, well, I don't recommend to don't do it: the same or
bigger problem if the server dies. My experience when I did it with
Windows 3.1 and a Novell server is that the OS must be physically in the
computer: less problems and ... what do you want to do with its hard
drive? On the other hand, data (/home) must be in the shared server,
and applications (not necessarily /usr/local, maybe /opt or /winapps)
can be in both: local (faster) or shared (less space and more protected
against users).
Santiago.
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Reply-To: "David Manley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "David Manley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WIN9X vs WINNT vs Linux
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:45:00 -0400
Crossposted-To: microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.win95
If the French think Microsoft is 'dangereux'...one more reason to use it.
Pascal Melanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7m2jdi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> For those who read french... check the following article... and it will
> explain why Linux would be a good choice.
> http://www.net-mag.net/chro/Xl.htm
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "My father thaught me everything I know. Too bad he couldn't teach me
> everything he knows."
>
>
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From: "R.K.Aa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MODEM
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 17:49:32 +0200
Jorge Dominguez wrote:
>
> I can't to use my built-in modem because the minicom program
> show the follow message :
> /dev/modem locked
>
> How i can to unlock the device ?
If a file called LCK..modem has gotten stuck in /var/lock - delete it.
K.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oliver.Natt)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.setup.win95,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.win95.misc,comp.os.msdos.misc
Subject: Re: format >2GB hard
Date: 08 Jul 1999 18:41:20 +0200
Jon Splane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kamran Mohseni wrote:
> >
> > Hey guys;
> >
> > I have a HP pentium II 233MHz machine with 6GB hard disk. I Want to have
> > both Windows and Linux on my machine. So I partitioned the system with
> > 2.6GB (created as FAT32) for windows and 3.6GB for Linux. I've installed
> > linux RH6.0 without any problem. The problem is that I can only format
> > 2GB of my windows partition (I used the boot disk from Windows98 to
> > format c). It doesnot let me to format more than 2GB. I used the
> > command
> >
I had a similar problem. The MS-Format does not look into the partition table
but gets some information about the partition size from the first 512 bytes of
the partition (urgh!). If you made the partition with the linux fdisk, there
ist nothing written into the partition but only the partition table. So just
clean the first 512 bytes of your windows-partition. Do a
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1
as root (I assume that hda1 is your windows-partition). Then the
windows-format should recognize the size of this partition correctly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: iso9660
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 18:16:37 GMT
In article <7m2l3a$7e7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse) wrote:
> In article <7m2ftl$e8n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> >Everything seemed to go ok, but iso still isn't supported by the
kernel
> >and needs to be loaded as a module, STILL.
> >
> >I was wondering if I missed something or if someone could tell me why
it
> >didn't work. Thanx.
> >
> >I am running Redhat 5.2 kernerl version 2.0.36.
>
> Probably the lilo.conf hasn't been changed to load the kernel from
> /vmlinuz as that is where the make zlilo and make bzlilo puts
> the kernel. So therefore you are still booting the original kernel.
> Add an extra image= entry in the lilo.conf file specifying the new
> kernel file, and re-run lilo.
>
> What is the problem with using the isofs as a module anyway?
>
> Villy
>
Nothing, just wanna have it at my fingertips without having to load it
first.
Thanx.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Filesize larger than 2 GB on Intel machines an Linux 2.0.36
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 18:20:45 +0059
Get a real computer :-).
>From an overbearingly smug Alpha owner!
--
Richard Simpson
Farnborough, Hants, Uk Fax: 01252 392118
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am not aware of any views shared by myself and my employers.
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Reply-To: "Brett R. Rosselle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Brett R. Rosselle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where To Find Non-X Based Linux Apps?
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 1999 17:20:44 -0500
Does anybody know of a good site that has an abundance of Linux apps that
are not X based? I am running Slackware 4.0 on some machines without X (disk
space & video limitations).
Thanks in advance,
Brett
--
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Bertelsmann mediaSystems
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
+1.317.542.6886 Tel
+1.317.542.6550 Fax
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From: Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Christiansen)
Date: 8 Jul 1999 13:19:15 -0700
In comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ('Wulff) writes:
:I gotta ask......Where does everyone get this "aboot" stuff from?
:I've been a Canucklehead for 30+ years and the only time i've heard
:anything remotely close to the pronunciation is from a Newfie
:(Newfoundland)
This is the inherent flaw of writing out your spellings using your
local pronciations. It simply doesn't travel well. Please don't do it.
As I said before, what's happening is that Canadians[1] seem to say
[@'b&Ut] where most Americans[2] would say [@'bAUt].
Decryption of symbols and terms at http://language.perl.com/misc/IPA/
--tom
[1] Canadians that aren't from the far (south)west, that is.
[2] Americans that aren't from the far north(east), that is.
--
TCP/IP: handling tomorrow's loads today
OSI: handling yesterday's loads someday
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From: Joceli Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Help! Can't print in Linux from a compiled kernel
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 19:22:06 +0000
dkmallick wrote:
> I am using Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on a Pentium II 333.Everything prints fine
> from the kernel 2.2.9 that came with the distribution. Howver, I cannot
> print anything from kernel 2.2.5 that I had to compile just so that I can
> use my sound card. I made sure that I compiled this kernel with parallel
> port support, printer support etc.
> When I am in printtool, it lists the printer (HP Laserjet 4L), I can restart
> lpd, but when I try to test print an ASCII page, it gives me the message
> that the print is qued but the printer daemon cannot be started.
> I can see the print jobs in the queue by using lpq.
> I have tried using 'lpc start all' and gives me the message that printer
> cannot be connected.
>
> What am I doing wrong? Any help will be greatly appreciated.
1) check if you are printing to /dev/lp0 or /dev/lp1 (the right one should be
/dev/lp0 I think, older kernels use lp1), try " more /etc/printcap "
2) check if parport module is working; try "/sbin/insmod parport" (it doesn't
hurt if it is already there ...)
3) if you have a IOMEGA ZIP at same port and have an All Alladim chipset, your
problem is another, let me know.
good luck
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Subject: Re: linx vs hurd
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 08 Jul 1999 19:27:15 GMT
On 07 Jul 1999 20:32:16 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>...
>that's pretty funny considering some of the comments from the
>Halloween doc. The one I'm thinking of in particular was something to
>the extent of "....Any fool can buy a copy _Writing Linux Device
>Drivers_ and get a working driver in no time; compare that to
>developing drivers for NT." Well, I guess MS doesn't claim NT has a
>microkernel anymore.
saying "I have a microkernel" is not neccessarily contradictory to
"writing device drivers for me is a bitch". A microkernel is a concept.
The concept doesn't guarantee the implementers know what they are doing!
That being said, I think you are still right that MS can't claim
NT has a microkernel any more :-)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen Ashley)
Subject: If rsh works and rcp doesn't: check this
Date: 8 Jul 1999 19:00:34 GMT
Surprising, but your .bashrc file may be the problem. I had
a line:
stty erase ^H
in my .bashrc and that prevented the file transfer from
taking place. I got an error message in response to the
rcp command, the file seemed to be transferred, but it
just disappeared. Taking the stty line out of the .bashrc
fixed the problem.
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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: 8 Jul 1999 16:28:22 GMT
In comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix Jon Skeet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[deletia]
: What does where it was invented have to do with anything? It's still
: incredibly silly to call a competition in one country a World Series. I
: really don't see what its invention has to do with anything...
Well considering that outside of Japan, to my knowledge the US and
Canada are the only places where Baseball is played. The governing
bodies of Baseball are in the US, most of the players/teams/fans
are in the US. Seems to make perfect sense to me that the World
Series (the pinnacle of baseball) would be played in the US.
fpsm
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From: "Pascal Melanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.win95
Subject: Re: WIN9X vs WINNT vs Linux
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:10:37 -0300
why don't you be more specific on the meaning of that...
David Manley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:e5juFHXy#GA.232@cppssbbsa04...
> If the French think Microsoft is 'dangereux'...one more reason to use it.
>
> Pascal Melanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:7m2jdi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > For those who read french... check the following article... and it
will
> > explain why Linux would be a good choice.
> > http://www.net-mag.net/chro/Xl.htm
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > "My father thaught me everything I know. Too bad he couldn't teach me
> > everything he knows."
> >
> >
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew_Luke NESBIT)
Subject: Debian 2.1 module probs
Date: 8 Jul 1999 14:07:19 GMT
Hi all.
Okay, I've just started to configure my newly installed Debian 2.1 system,
and one of the first things I did was to rebuild the kernel (2.0.36).
It's been recompiled so that most filesystems I use frequently are statically
compiled in the kernel, e.g. vfat, iso9660, and of course, ext2.
However, on init, the system seems to look for vfat, iso9660, autofs, and
linear _modules_, even though they are compiled into the kernel statically.
The "stock" kernel which I used before I did a rebuild had these as modules.
Now, I know that there is a file /etc/modules which lists which modules to
load for some startup script, but I would have thought that with Debian's
nifty kernel-package, it would have been updated. Is there a program which
will do this automatically, or do I have to adjust this file (and possibly
others) by hand each time I recompile?
Another problem is that whenever I mount a cdrom, I get complaints about
"unable to load NLS charset iso8859-1 (nls_iso8859_1)" even though the cd
seems to mount OK. What gives?
Thanks very much for any help.
Andrew Nesbit
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From: "Jeff Volckaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Making MPEG movies from AVI?
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:14:31 -0400
I'm going to try using Real Producer and make realvideo clips out of it.
They have version 6.0 for Linux and 6.1 for WinXX. Both are free. I played
with the windows version and have had great success. It can even capture on
the fly. Very cool. No more recording HUGE AVI's and then re-encoding down
to MPEG.
I'm not married to MPEG, just small video clips. We'll see if the Linux
version works with the Hauppauge card. It recommends the 2.2 kernel so it
must be pretty new. I wonder how compression compares between MPEG and
Realvideo?
Jeff Volckaert
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In article <7m26st$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Jeff Volckaert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hello Everybody,
> >
> >I have a hauppauge tuner card in my Redhat 6.0 system that i've been
using
> >XawTV with to watch TV. I've been messing around with the AVI capture
> >utility 'streamer' to make movies. I'd like to compress these to MPEG
> >movies and downloaded 'mpeg2encode'.
> >
> >I have three problems... the first is I can't get sound with streamer. I
> ....<snip>...
> >
> >The third problem is I can't figure out how to convert the AVI movies to
> >MPEG in mpeg2encode. It wants a parameter file. I copied one of the
sample
> >parameter files and they all want seperate files for each frame. Anyone
> >used this program before?
> >
> ....<snip>...
>
> I used mpeg2encode once myself. It was a very awkward thing to
> use and I didn't get sound either. However, you don't use it on AVI
> files. Looking in my old notes I captured video using something called
> 'stream' (don't remember where I got it but probably can be located at
> http://roadrunner.swansea.uk.linux.org/v4l.shtml). Now this stream
> utility captured individual frames and wrote them as files, it's VERY
> disk intensive. From what I've heard, the way to go really is to use
> compression a la mpeg, and it almost demands a special hardware card
> to do it in real time and there's not much, if any support for the more
> advanced compression utilities in Linux right now. However, I captured
> to a small window about 20 seconds of video, created an mp3 video from
> it, and my brother was able to view it on his Windows95 (or 98 I don't
> know which) system. (My brother hasn't seen the light yet, but I'm
> working on him.) Like I said, I didn't get sound, and basically abandoned
> the whole business for the time being.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Printer will only print letter size!
Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 19:08:59 GMT
Hello-
I am using RedHat 6.0 and I am trying to print 11x17 paper. However,
everytime I try to print it prints on letter size. I have a HP 5000n.
They are postscript files.
Thanks
Sean
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