Linux-Misc Digest #981, Volume #20 Fri, 9 Jul 99 17:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Anybody got EPSON Stylus Color 640 or 850 ---------- (Acadix Software Systems)
Re: Linux/WinNT networking question (Alex Yung)
Re: CIA assassinations (toby)
Re: Making MPEG movies from AVI? (Walter B Kulecz, PhD)
USB Printer support? (Kaushik)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? ("J�rgen Exner")
Good 400mhz portable ("David J. Topper")
ALSA: recording from line in on CS4236B chipset (Roman Sulzhyk)
Can I let other users use the mount command? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Recording wav from a sound card - recommendations? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ident server ("Alan J. Wylie")
Re: suse, RH...? (Chuck Forsberg)
ANNOUNCE: shtool 1.4 ("Ralf S. Engelschall")
Re: dumb question (Lew Pitcher)
Re: running seti@home (D L)
Re: Kernel Compile Error #22 (Michael Davis)
creative Labs Webcam 1 ("J.Janssen")
Re: computer literacy (was 'Linux viruses' or something) (Philip Brown)
ANNOUNCE: GNU Portable Threads (Pth) 1.0 beta ("Ralf S. Engelschall")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Acadix Software Systems)
Subject: Re: Anybody got EPSON Stylus Color 640 or 850 ----------
Date: 9 Jul 1999 13:02:43 -0500
Kaushik ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I'm thinking of buying either an EPSON 850 or an EPSON 640 for my
: Linux box. I am running RH6.0 on a P-II 350 Gateway2000 computer.
: Has anyone used the EPSON Stylus Color 640 on a linux box? Does it
: work? If it does, then I won't have to spend 100 more bucks on a
: Stylus 850. Also, does the Stylus 850 work on a linux box? Has anyone
: used it/is using it?
: Thanks in advance
: Kaushik
Yes, I have one, and no it doesn't work very well. I've tried several
different versions of Ghostscript, and the result is always muddy colors,
and very slow output. I also contacted Epson, and there response was
"unfortunately, we only support Windows and Mac". To get quality output,
I've had to print from Windows using the Epson driver.
My best advice is to get a Postscript printer. Then you won't need any
printer drivers, and the output will be faster and more true to color.
Someone recommended Lexmark to me - they have a low cost postscript inkjet
printer. I can't offer any more, since I haven't tried it myself.
Regards,
-Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Yung)
Subject: Re: Linux/WinNT networking question
Date: 9 Jul 1999 17:58:39 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Paul Mondello ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I would like to setup a network with a central compute/file server running
: Linux with a Windows emulator, like Wine, running on top of it. The client
: PCs attached to the server would be "dumb" terminals. Each terminal would
: basically run and access Windows applications directly from the remote
: server.
: This would be analagous in a UNIX environment to remotely logging
: into a server and setting the DISPLAY variable to point to the local
: machine.
: Does anyone here have any ideas on how feasible this would be? Specifically
: I'd like to get a sense of how hard it would be to implement, how cost
: effective it would be, and how hard would it be to maintain.
It depends on what types of Windows applications you are providing.
Have you checked out http://www.winehq.com/? You maybe better off
using commercial software than WINE since you need to have site
licence on your Windows applications.
Implementation is no different from setting up any Linux box since WINE
is just one of the application. Cost effective is very subjective.
Unless your users are patience, you maybe better off to replace their
existing X terminal with a modern $299.00 PC. I saw the price quote
from http://www.buypogo.com this morning.
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From: toby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 13:29:32 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually, this whole thread is a sublime discussion of how to read core
dumps with gdb. Keep up the good work.
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From: killspam@wkulecz$pam$uck$.bigfoot.com (Walter B Kulecz, PhD)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Making MPEG movies from AVI?
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 18:43:24 GMT
In article <7m2pnp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jeff Volckaert"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>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?
Enormous quality tradeoff, factor of 7-8 in bandwidth.
352x240 MPEG-1 runs about 10 MByte/min. RealG2 "LAN" runs about 1.5
MByte/min for 230x240 size.
A high quality video source captured at "high" resolution 704x480 and
resized to 352x240 in a good encoder like Xing will give about the
same quality as VHS tape when played back full screen.
RealG2 is so blocky and blurry that its degradation is noticible in
even small 320x240 window and generally useless for anything other
than "talking heads".
--wally.
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From: Kaushik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB Printer support?
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 13:26:57 -0500
Is there USB printer support in Linux? What is the advantage of using
USB against using the regular parellel port?
kaushik
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[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: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 11:08:33 -0700
Reply-To: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > On 7 Jul 1999 18:48:36 GMT, Fredrich P. Maney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > > That has far more to do with the fact that Baseball was invented in
the
> > > USA than any sort of national egotism.
May I suggest to watch your own History Channel?
Baseball, this most US game of all, was actually invented in --- guess
what --- in GB.
However, I don't quite comprehend how you play baseball in Linux????
jue
--
J�rgen Exner
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From: "David J. Topper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Good 400mhz portable
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 15:00:10 -0400
Hey folks,
I have yet to find a good 400mhz laptop that has a Crystal semiconductor
chip (which is needed for audio support). Most have Neomagic, which is
not supported.
Anyone out there have some new information? I'm getting desperate for a
laptop.
Thanks,
Dave Topper
--
Technical Director, Virginia Center for Computer Music
Programmer / Analyst, Dean's Office (School of A&S)
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~djt7p
(804) 924-6887
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From: Roman Sulzhyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ALSA: recording from line in on CS4236B chipset
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 17:49:49 +0000
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Greetings gentlemen:
This question is to maintainers/gurus of ALSA, a great package BTW. I've just
installed it and had found it really well implemented, especially /proc support.
I have trouble recording from line in. I can hear the stuff well in my line out
(speakers), but when I do 'cat /dev/audio > foo.out' or use arecord the resulting file
is really quiet, I can barely hear the recording. I think it could be related to some
switches which need to be enabled, so I'm attaching my /etc/asound.conf file:
=== /etc/asound.conf ===
# ALSA driver configuration
# This configuration is generated with the alsactl program.
soundcard("card1") {
mixer("CS4236B") {
element("Master Digital Out-SW",0,100,Switch1(on,on))
element("Master Digital In-SW",0,100,Switch1(on,on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 71
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 71
element("Master Digital Volume",0,200,Volume1(44,44))
element("Synth Switch",0,100,Switch1(on,on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 63
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 63
element("Synth Volume",0,200,Volume1(63,63))
element("FM Switch",0,100,Switch1(on,on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 63
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 63
element("FM Volume",0,200,Volume1(0,0))
element("PCM Switch",0,100,Switch1(on,on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 63
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 63
element("PCM Volume",0,200,Volume1(63,63))
element("DSP Input Switch",0,100,Switch1(on,on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 63
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 63
element("DSP Input Volume",0,200,Volume1(63,63))
element("Digital Loopback Switch",0,101,Switch2(on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 15
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 15
element("Digital Loopback Volume",0,200,Volume1(15,15))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 15
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 15
element("Input Gain Volume",0,200,Volume1(15,15))
element("Mono Bypass Switch",0,100,Switch1(off))
element("Mono Input Switch",0,100,Switch1(off,off))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 15
element("Mono Input Volume",0,200,Volume1(0))
element("Mono Master Switch",0,100,Switch1(off,off))
element("Analog Loopback Switch",0,100,Switch1(on,on))
element("Line Output Switch",0,100,Switch1(off,off))
element("Line Input Switch",0,100,Switch1(on,on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("Line Volume",0,200,Volume1(31,31))
element("Line Input Bypass Switch",0,100,Switch1(off,off))
element("Aux Output Switch",1,100,Switch1(on,on))
element("Aux Input Switch",1,100,Switch1(on,on))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("Aux Volume",1,200,Volume1(31,31))
element("Aux Output Switch",0,100,Switch1(on,on))
element("Aux Input Switch",0,100,Switch1(off,off))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("Aux Volume",0,200,Volume1(31,31))
element("Aux Input Bypass Switch",0,100,Switch1(off,off))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 1
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 1
element("MIC Volume Output",0,200,Volume1(0,0))
element("MIC Output Switch",0,100,Switch1(off,off))
element("MIC Input Switch",0,100,Switch1(off,off))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 31
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 31
element("MIC Volume",0,200,Volume1(0,0))
; Voice 0 : Min 0 Max 3
; Voice 1 : Min 0 Max 3
element("Input Accumulator",0,302,Accu3(0,0))
}
}
=== end ===
Just in case, this is my pcm device stat:
======
[roman@caviar /proc/asound/0]$ cat pcm0
CS4236B
Playback
Mode : OSS compatible
Format : Signed 16-bit Little Endian
Rate : 44100Hz [requested 44100Hz]
Channels : 2
Buffer size : 65536
Buffer used : 32768
Fragments : 128
Fragment size : 256
Underruns : 1
Total underruns: 77
Record
Mode : native
Format : Signed 16-bit Little Endian
Rate : 44100Hz [requested 44100Hz]
Channels : 2
Buffer size : 65536
Buffer used : 65536
Fragments : 8
Fragment size : 8192
Fragments min : 1
Overruns : 0
Total overruns : 0
======
Thank you, any help would be really appreciated. I would also appreciate being
Cc-ed on replies.
Roman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can I let other users use the mount command?
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 18:57:10 GMT
Hi, I am running RedHat 6.0 and I am attempting to allow a user other
than root to mount the cdrom. I tried giving this user his/her own set
of the mount and umount commands by copying them into the user's bin
directory, modifying that users PATH appropriately, and then setting the
+s bit on the mount and umount to allow them to execute the command as a
superuser. This actually lets the user execute the command, but gave a
strange message saying the kernel was not compiled to allow me to mount
iso9660 file systems, which I know is NOT the case since as root I mount
and umount cd's all the time. Making use of the utility sudo is not a
viable option since it forces the user to enter a password after a
period of time has gone by between uses of the sudo command (its
timestamp expires). Does anyone know how I can allow a specific user
other than root to execute the mount or umount commands without limits?
- Dave
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Recording wav from a sound card - recommendations?
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 18:46:44 GMT
In article <7m4t4t$a5r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>I have an AudioPCI and have a stereo hooked up to line in. I
>would like to record some things to .wav. What is the best way to
>do this?
>
>Hopefully a simple gui with a volume meter and easy ways to select
>stereo vs. mono and the bit rate is available!
>
>Thanks,
>Mark
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
I think you set the volume with a mixer (xmix, xmixer,...) For
recording you can use wavplay, which is command line oriented, and its
X-window, widgety counterpart xltwavplay.
--
---- Remove "UhUh" and "Spam" to get my real email address -----
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From: "Alan J. Wylie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ident server
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 20:13:11 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a Linux box which is the server for two windows boxes using
> IP Masquarading Does any one know how I can get the Linux box to act as
> a ident server for these two boxes?
Try oidentd
http://www.numb.org/~odin/
#--
Alan J. Wylie http://www.glaramara.freeserve.co.uk
My e-mail address should _not_ be modified.
Build a system that even an idiot can use,
and only an idiot will want to use it
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chuck Forsberg)
Subject: Re: suse, RH...?
Date: 9 Jul 1999 18:33:38 GMT
In article <7m3tao$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Daniel Forester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi, all... Looking for some recommendations on Suse vs. Redhat, or any
>others (Caldera, Debian...). Pretty sure I'm not quite ready for Slack,
>but ya know. ;-) I'm relatively new to linux, but no dummie. I did
>manage to (it looks like for now) totally screw my Redhat partition;
>haven't dug into it much yet, but I was thinking of just formatting it and
>putting on another distro. ;-) Hence, I'm looking for recommendations.
I installed SUSE 6.1 on top of an older Linux the other day.
The SUSE install floppies knew about the PCI Adaptec controller
on my machine so I didn't have to make boot and root floppies.
The SUSE installation also was able to read a number of config
files on the older Linux that was on the drive, so I didn't
have to do all that again.
There were gobs of complaints during the install but I ended up
with a working Linux with half the usual effort.
BTW I chose SUSE because it was $30 and the other Linux CDs at
the dealer were 2-3x as much and/or older versions.
YMMV
--
Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX PP-ASEL/HP Skylane N2469R [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Omen Technology Inc The High Reliability Software www.omen.com
Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, RZ, SZ, Pro-YAM, ZCOMM, GSZ, and DSZ
TeleGodzilla BBS: 503-617-1698 FTP: ftp.cs.pdx.edu pub/zmodem
POB 4681 Portland OR 97208 503-614-0430 FAX:503-629-0665
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From: "Ralf S. Engelschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce,alt.sources.d
Subject: ANNOUNCE: shtool 1.4
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 09:26:34 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GNU shtool -- The GNU Portable Shell Tool
http://www.gnu.org/software/shtool/
ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/shtool/
(and mirrors of this site - see below)
Version 1.4
The GNU shtool program is a compilation of small but very stable and
portable shell scripts into a single shell tool. All ingredients were
in successful use over many years in various free software projects.
The compiled shtool program is intended to be used inside the source
tree of free software packages. There it can take over various (usually
non-portable) tasks related to the building and installation of such
packages.
It currently contains the following tools:
echo Print string with optional construct expansion
mdate Pretty-print modification time of a file or dir
table Pretty print a field-separated list as a table
prop Display progress with a running propeller
move Move files with simultan substitution
install Install a program, script or datafile
mkdir Make one or more directories
mkln Make link with calculation of relative paths
mkshadow Make a shadow tree
fixperm Fix file permissions inside a source tree
guessos Simple OS/platform guesser
arx Extended archive command
slo Separate linker options by library class
scpp Sharing C Pre-Processor
version Generate and maintain a version information file
path Deal with program paths
So, the intention of shtool is to be a companion tool for autoconf,
automake, libtool, etc. One usually compiles the `shtool' script (out of
it's source scripts) and then move this script to ones own source tree
where it can replace the commonly known scripts. Additionally it can
provide lots of more stuff there.
To see shtool is action you can grab GNU pth (GNU Portable Threads
- see http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/pth.html). Perform the usual `configure;
make; make install' steps and watch the output. You'll see how it interacts
with libtool, how it's used for installation, etc. Then you should look at
the shtool documentation which explains all contained tools in detail. You
can find the documentation under
http://www.gnu.org/software/shtool/shtool-manual.html
Ralf S. Engelschall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.engelschall.com
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The above software will soon be at these ftp sites as well.
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Also mirrors the Mailing List Archives.
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]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: dumb question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 19:47:17 GMT
On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 19:34:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Mitchell) wrote:
>I compiled a "hello, world" app w/ gcc in the /root directory (while logged in
>as root) - gcc test.c, where test.c had this in it:
>
>#include <stdio.h>
>
>int main()
>{
>fprint("hello");
>return 0;
>}
Nope...
it should be...
#include <stdio.h>
int main()
{
printf("hello\n"); /* not fprint(), and include newline */
return 0;
}
>the compile goes fine, but when I run a.out by typing exec /root/a.out, I
Nope...
The command as written (exec /root/a.out) will replace your current shell
(the one you are logged in to) with the execution of /root/a.out, and when
/root/a.out ends, so do you.
What you *want* to do is type
/root/a.out
at the shell prompt. Your shell will fork off a child process, and run
/root/a.out in it. Meanwhile, the shell will stick around, and you won't
be logged out.
>immediately get a login prompt. ls says I have execute permission, but I set
>it with chmod just to make sure. It still does the same thing. Someone please
>help me pull my head out of my ass.
>
>Thanks,
>
>JPM
>
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (D L)
Subject: Re: running seti@home
Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 19:30:11 GMT
On Fri, 09 Jul 1999 12:22:48 GMT, Mihaly Gyulai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>In article <37858fda.104178804@news>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> I can't seem to execute setiathome.
>
>Maybe it's a wrong version... (I also tried 3-4 versions...)
>What does it say, when you try to run it ?
>
>First you have to set it up with your personal data (e-mail,.. etc)
>It's needed before you can use it.
>But this is shown at the first time of running...
>
>So, what does it say ?
I think it said something like this at the shell prompt:
bash : unknown command
I will confirm this by end of today.
I am assuming you just type setiathome and it puts you into config
etc.
Also if I point and click it from KDE, it just says it is unable to
execute.
Versions I have tried so far:
i386-pc-linux-gnulibc1...............
i686-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1............
i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-static.....................
I have a Celeron 300a@464.
Any ideas?
Thanks .
Darren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel Compile Error #22
Date: 9 Jul 1999 15:45:50 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Joseph S. White wrote:
>>
>> and 'make zImage'. All was well but at the end of the
>> compile the very last line reads: make zImage [error 22]
>>
>> No zImage was place in the /i386/boot directory either. Any
>> Idea what is going on here.
>>
>What did it say in the last-but-one, last-but-two, ... , line?
>_Please_ provide sufficient info if you want proper help!
>
>Marc
>
>--
>Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://marc.mutz.com/
>University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics
>
>PGP-keyID's: 0xd46ce9ab (RSA), 0x7ae55b9e (DSS/DH)
>
It's probably the same error I had - Kernel too large.
Do
make bzImage
instead of zImage.
--
// Michael Davis -- Solaris code slave and happy Linux User.
//
// From sunny Toronto...
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From: "J.Janssen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: creative Labs Webcam 1
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 1999 20:48:31 +0100
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to find a driver to install the Creative Labs Webcam 1 under
linux. Does anyone have more information about it.
Regards,
Klaas Toonen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Subject: Re: computer literacy (was 'Linux viruses' or something)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 09 Jul 1999 18:20:23 GMT
On Thu, 08 Jul 1999 17:02:00 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> And because of M$oft's 'easy
>> point-and-click' GUI, most of the people using these systems tend to
>> NOT be computer literate and in fact M$oft's 'easy point-and-click' GUI
>> discourages true computer literacy, which just makes things even
>> easier for the crackers to spread these worms.
>
>I am not 'auto literate' but I use my car effectively and safely every day.
Unless you are driving illegally, you ARE "auto literate", in the sense of
purely opreating the thing, at least. That's why they have driver's
licenses,ya know.
--
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The word of the day is mispergitude
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From: "Ralf S. Engelschall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce,alt.sources.d
Subject: ANNOUNCE: GNU Portable Threads (Pth) 1.0 beta
Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:17:58 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pth - The GNU Portable Threads
Version 1.0 (beta)
Pth is a very portable POSIX/ANSI-C based library for Unix platforms
which provides non-preemptive scheduling for multiple threads of
execution ("multithreading") inside server applications. All threads
run in the same address space of the server application, but each
thread has it's own individual program-counter, run-time stack, signal
mask and errno variable.
The thread scheduling itself is done in a cooperative way, i.e. the
threads are managed by a priority- and event-based non-preemptive
scheduler. The intention is that this way one can achieve better
portability and run-time performance than with preemptive scheduling.
The event facility allows threads to wait until various types of
events occur, including pending I/O on filedescriptors, asynchronous
signals, elapsed timers, pending I/O on message ports, thread and
process termination, and even customized callback functions.
Additionally Pth provides an optional emulation API for POSIX.1c
threads ("pthreads") which can be used for backward compatibility to
existing multithreaded applications.
The documentation and latest release can be found on
http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/
ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/pth/
Ralf S. Engelschall
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.engelschall.com
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