Linux-Misc Digest #56, Volume #21 Fri, 16 Jul 99 18:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Linux IRQ oops ("Hunter Ritchie")
Re: Static IP? ("Fred Cabanes")
Re: How to suspend and restart a process with its idp number? (Elchonon Edelson)
Re: open systems?!? Re: Why does Apple not cooperate with Be? (Lars Duening)
KPPP Internet problems ("Lushen")
Re: CIA assassinations (Matthias Warkus)
Re: What happened to fdformat (Ruud Mol)
Re: Iomega ZIP parallel zip drive under red hat linux 6.0 problem solved ("G-man")
Upgrade from slackware 3.4 to 4.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
E Equational Theorem Prover 0.5 "Phuguri" released (Stephan Schulz)
Re: What are the sync and refresh rates are for the Dell I7000 Laptop? (Marc Mutz)
cscope port? (Ty Sun)
Re: Linux IRQ oops (H.Bruijn)
Re: rlogin without password ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
soe refreshing XXX_PASSWORDS with custom hacks... ("rawer")
Re: Major RedHat 6.0 Disappointment (coffee)
Re: CIA assassinations (Nonnaho)
Re: Linux Universe kernal 1.2.X (Gergo Barany)
Re: question about raw devices. (Michael Hasenstein)
Re: Upgrade from slackware 3.4 to 4.0 (Robert Komar)
Re: Shortcomings of Linux? (Michael C. Vergallen)
Re: Can someone recommend.... (William Wueppelmann)
Re: Dial up problem (William Wueppelmann)
Re: Full Paths (William Wueppelmann)
Re: Solving the 1024 cylinder LILO problem (John Reiser)
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From: "Hunter Ritchie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Linux IRQ oops
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:08:11 -0400
Penguins,
This is a repost because the last one didn't seem to take.
Anyway, I've just installed RedHat 6.0 on an old 486 machine with 20Mb
RAM. It takes about 4 hours for the install, so I am resistant to repeating
the procedure.
Problem:: I oopsed during the install and set my Ethernet card to be
used at IRQ 5. Unfortunately, the card itself is set to be used at IRQ 10.
Question:: How or where do I manipulate settings (through commands or
script modification) to get Linux to look for the card at IRQ 10? I've
tried 'ifconfig' and 'ether=' at boot. Neither has worked (which means they
both probably do and I just didn't use them correctly.)
I know it is possible to reconfigure the card itself with a DOS utility,
but am avoiding that because it conflicts with my "master plan".
Any help clearing this mess up is greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Pops
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From: "Fred Cabanes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Static IP?
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:29:00 -0400
Roadrunner won't give you a static IP. You may also want to remember that
for cable modems, the speed of data moving downstream from the internet to
you machine is >> than the speed of data going upstream. If you started
serving up pages from home, don't expect the 1mb/sec you may see when
downloading from the net.
Nathan D. East wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I'm looking to start up a webserver out of my apartment, and I'd like to
>find out how I could get a static IP. I thought a cable modem would do
>the trick, but it looks like Roadrunner uses DHCP. Any ideas?
>
>-Nate
>
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From: Elchonon Edelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to suspend and restart a process with its idp number?
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:03:03 GMT
Michael Lee Yohe wrote:
>
> > I would like to know how to suspend a process using its idp number and
> > to restart it later again with its idp number.
>
> I'm going to assume you mean PID number. There is no "real" method of
> doing this with the exception of signal handling. If the program that
> you are attempting to "restart" implements signal handling, then a
> simple "hangup" request would do the trick -- "kill -HUP <pid>".
> However, most programs do not listen for signal - thus a "hangup" would
> terminate the process.
I think what was being asked for here was not how to cause the process
to restart, so much as how to pause/continue.
If you have the pid of a process, you can always suspend it with
kill -STOP <pid>
and a process stopped in this manner can be continued with
kill -CONT <pid>.
--
Elchonon Edelson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
IntelliSoft Corp. http://isoft.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lars Duening)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc,comp.sys.be.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: open systems?!? Re: Why does Apple not cooperate with Be?
Date: 16 Jul 1999 18:57:57 GMT
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 11:24:07 -0500, Jerome Jahnke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lars
> Duening) wrote:
>
> > Well, "can't sue" means for me that Apple won't even be able to file a lawsuit
> > in the first place; "thrown out of court" means for me that the lawsuit was
> > filed and then (after Be's defense) dismissed. Money- and lawyerwise, I can
> > imagine that there is a difference.
>
> Do you have any idea how our legal system works?? I can go to court and
> sue anyone for anything I want.
I know (in general) how the legal system works; but apparently I read more
meaning from your choice of words than you actually put into them.
> The terms "can't sue" and "thrown out of court" are indeed synonomous.
So you can sue anyone for anything you want, just that in some cases you
can't, but then you won't know until after you did.
Please excuse me while I lie down and have a cup of tea and no tea :-)
--
Lars "btw, I rest my case" Duening; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Lushen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KPPP Internet problems
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 04:09:09 +0800
I am having trouble connecting thru a PPP connection to my ISP thru external
modem. It uses script based login but it just drops off after login and
about 30 seconds. I am using RH6.0 and KPPP.
Here is the log ;-
Jul 17 02:40:12 ben kernel: registered device ppp0
Jul 17 02:43:17 ben pppd[1179]: pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
Jul 17 02:43:17 ben pppd[1179]: Using interface ppp0
Jul 17 02:43:17 ben pppd[1179]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS0
Jul 17 02:43:43 ben pppd[1179]: Hangup (SIGHUP)
Jul 17 02:43:43 ben pppd[1179]: Modem hangup
Jul 17 02:43:43 ben pppd[1179]: Connection terminated.
Jul 17 02:43:43 ben pppd[1179]: Connect time 0.5 minutes.
Jul 17 02:43:43 ben pppd[1179]: Exit.
does it have something to do with lock files ?
Please help :-(
Ben.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:55:27 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 16 Jul 1999 18:11:38 +0100...
..and Phillip Lord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> >>>>> "MK" == MK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> MK> Every socialism evolves into Soviet system, because this is
> MK> inherent fate of socialism being unsustainable system. From
> MK> Jamestown to Russia. Read "Animal Farm" by George Orwell for
> MK> good metaphor of mechanism of transformation.
>
> Oh nonsense.
Socialism works in well-defined parts of the society (e.g.
agricultural cooperatives; NB I'm not talking about Kolchozes, but
about the kind of cooperative you find in Germany), as does
capitalism.
It's the Marxist-Leninists' fault to think one can run a whole society
on socialism as well as it is the Libertarians' fault that one can run
the works on capitalism.
mawa
--
A pianist playing Chopin's _Revolution_Etude_ at the full tempo (76
bars per minute) hammers out sixteenths at a rate of ~10.8 per second.
This would be considered pretty good performance for a submachine gun,
especially if sustained for the �tude's full length. -- mawa
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From: Ruud Mol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: What happened to fdformat
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:13:42 +0200
fdformat is no longer used in debian installations. Use 'superformat
/dev/foo' instead.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I know this sounds stupid, but I used to think that you can low-level
> format a floppy in Linux using "fdformat". Well, on my Debian system
> this is what I get:
> ----------------------------------
> histria ~ # fdformat
> bash: fdformat: command not found
> histria ~ # man fdformat
> No manual entry for fdformat
> -----------------------------------
> (as root). How can I format a floppy ?
> Thank you,
> Cristian Barbarosie
>
> --== Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ ==--
> ---Share what you know. Learn what you don't.---
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: "G-man" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Iomega ZIP parallel zip drive under red hat linux 6.0 problem solved
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:05:37 GMT
Thanks, Phillips, for the detailed post.
Phillip George Geiger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7mniu7$g6c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks to all that sent me suggestions on how to get the $%(#!! thing
> working. Help, particularly the free kind, is always appreciated.
>
> Success came when, contrary to what the FAQ implies, I discovered that
> a parallel port zip drive is not ALWAYS /dev/sda4.
>
> On my computer it happened to be /dev/sdc4 -- maybe that's because I
> have 3 SCSI adapters in it and a handful of SCSI hard drives and
peripherals.
> I dunno.
>
> So if you're ready to take a chainsaw to your spiffy new ZIP drive because
> you've done
> $ insmod parport
> $ insmod ppa
> $ mount -t vfat /dev/sda4 /zipdrive
> and all the damn thing says back to you is
> mount: /dev/sda4 is not a valid block device
> try /dev/somethingelse, in particular /dev/sdb4, /dev/sdc4, and so on.
>
>
>
> --
> Phil Geiger
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Upgrade from slackware 3.4 to 4.0
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 19:26:26 GMT
I am currently running slackware 3.4 with kernel 2.0.35 and WordPerfect
for Linux installed. What is the simplest way to upgrade to 4.0 ?
Should I backup everything and reinstall or is there a simpler way ?
Eric Headley
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephan Schulz)
Crossposted-To: gnu.announce,gnu.announce,gnu.utils.bug,alt.sources.d
Subject: E Equational Theorem Prover 0.5 "Phuguri" released
Date: 16 Jul 1999 10:43:44 GMT
The E equational theorem prover version 0.5 "Phuguri" has been
released.
Version 0.5 participated in two categories of the 1999 CADE ATP System
Competition (http://www.cs.jcu.edu.au/~tptp/CASC-16/, results are
mirrored at http://wwwjessen.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~tptp/CASC-16/)
and won fourth place in both. It won two of the five subdivisions of
the prestigious MIX category. A prerelease version of E 0.5 was a
major component of the E-SETHEO system that won MIX.
E is a a purely equational theorem prover for clausal logic with
equality. Thus, you can specify a mathematical problem (e.g. a
mathematical puzzle), a (small) piece of program code or some hardware
elements in clausal logic (using rules of the form "If A and B and C
then D or E or F" in a PROLOG-like syntax), and try to have the system
prove certain properties of the described structure. Be warned that
this can consume inane (in fact, theoretically unlimited) amounts of
CPU time and memory for difficult problems.
E 0.5 has been tested on all 3334 CNF problems of the TPTP problem
library, version 2.2.0, and showed no unexpected behaviour. Some
results are available from the web site.
E is available as a source distribution for UNIX-variants. It installs
cleanly under all UNIX variants I could get my hands on: Various
versions of GNU/Linux for Intel and SPARC, SunOS, Solaris and HPUX.
E is distributed under the GNU General Public License.
You can find the source distribution and additional information at
http://wwwjessen.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/~schulz/WORK/eprover.html
Our servers are usually rebooted Monday mornings between 3:30 and 4:00
ME(S)Z, and may be unavailable during this time.
Have fun!
Stephan
========================== It can be done! =================================
Please email me as [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephan Schulz)
============================================================================
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Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 21:49:57 +0200
From: Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: What are the sync and refresh rates are for the Dell I7000 Laptop?
http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~steveh/inspiron/
is what you want.
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)
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From: Ty Sun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: cscope port?
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:43:48 -0400
Hi. Have you ported Lucent's cscope to linux or know how hard it might
be?
Please let me know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks!
- Matt -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux IRQ oops
Date: 16 Jul 1999 20:06:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 15:08:11 -0400, Hunter Ritchie allegedly wrote:
>Penguins,
>
> This is a repost because the last one didn't seem to take.
> Anyway, I've just installed RedHat 6.0 on an old 486 machine with 20Mb
>RAM. It takes about 4 hours for the install, so I am resistant to repeating
>the procedure.
>
> Problem:: I oopsed during the install and set my Ethernet card to be
>used at IRQ 5. Unfortunately, the card itself is set to be used at IRQ 10.
>
> Question:: How or where do I manipulate settings (through commands or
>script modification) to get Linux to look for the card at IRQ 10? I've
>tried 'ifconfig' and 'ether=' at boot. Neither has worked (which means they
>both probably do and I just didn't use them correctly.)
>
> I know it is possible to reconfigure the card itself with a DOS utility,
>but am avoiding that because it conflicts with my "master plan".
>
>Any help clearing this mess up is greatly appreciated.
>Thanks in advance,
>Pops
>
The script these settings are kept in is one of:
/etc/conf.modules
/etc/modutils/network
/etc/lilo.conf
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*
I am quite sure the first, or possibly the second one will do the
trick. (assuming you use modules to load the network driver)
--
Herman
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------
If a trainstation is place where trains stop, what is workstation?
=====================================================================
Herman Bruijn hbruijn dix.Mines.EDU
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: rlogin without password
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:38:04 GMT
Hello, and thank you for your replies.
I had tried putting a .rhosts file in the user's directory as you
explained, but it didn't work.
I found that creating a /etc/hosts.equiv file with the name of remote
hosts allows anyone from the remote host to log in without a password
(providing they have an account on the remote system with the same
name), but I cannot seem to be able to specify specific users or groups
as you can with an SGI.
I would be interested to use ssh if it is more secure, but I cannot find
any information on it. There is no man page.
Could you please point me to some ssh documentation???
Thank you,
Clarence Donath
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "rawer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.video
Subject: soe refreshing XXX_PASSWORDS with custom hacks...
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 22:47:15 +0100
http://rawpass.infopage.com.tj/
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From: coffee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Major RedHat 6.0 Disappointment
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 07:40:23 -0400
Ben Short wrote:
> Solution: Don't use redhat *wink*
Ive been using redhat for a while now and have never had a problem with
it.
--
coffee at indy dot net * ICQ 1614986
Kokomo, Indiana, USA
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From: Nonnaho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 13:57:17 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dick Klutz wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Noah Roberts (jik-) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Nonnaho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >> He believes that ANYONE that does not agree with
> >> him, he hates, is "evil", and deserves to die. Since no one agrees with him,
> >> he hates everyone, they are all "evil", and they all should die! That is
> >> his point.
> >
> >Sounds perfectly reasonable to me...whats your problem?
>
> He's just pissed I showed he likes children to be tortured; even I have
> never defended /that/ behaviour.
I'm not pissed about anything. After all, YOU are the one that kill filed
me because I had a nasty habit of demonstrating how foolish you are. And
now your proving to the world how much of a liar you are since I NEVER indicated
ANYTHING about torturing children ( or children at all for that matter ).
You better watch out what you say or some of my CIA friends will knock you
off to make more room for someone that actually contributes to society :-)
Don't worry, I understand your anger. With a name like Dick Klutz, who WOULD
be happy?
--
Nonnaho
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gergo Barany)
Subject: Re: Linux Universe kernal 1.2.X
Date: 16 Jul 1999 20:38:07 GMT
In article <rsKj3.3802$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steven Charbonneau wrote:
>Hi,
>I am running the Linux version 1.2.X that came with the book Linux Universe
>from Springer-Verlag by Strobel an Uhl. When talking about what version I am
>running, would I call this simply 1.2.X? Would I be able to program this
Yes, we usually go by the kernel's version number (since the kernel is
the only piece of software actually called Linux).
>kernals ConfigXF86 to support AGP cards? or to support the USB ports ?
>I made a promise to myself to learn this OS four years ago when I couldn't
>get it to work on my PS1, and the "hacker" mentality behind it says to learn
>to program this old kernal and stay away from "buying" Red Hats.
Actually it's "kernel". And the hacker mentality doesn't just say you
should be knowledgeable about your system but also that you shouldn't
have to duplicate work done before by others.
If you don't want to buy a commercial distribution, get the newest
Debian, and hack the newest kernel. Alternately, get the newest Debian,
install the Hurd, and hack that.
Gergo
--
How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!
How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in,
With gently smiling jaws!
-- Lewis Carrol, "Alice in Wonderland"
GU d- s:+ a--- C++>$ UL+++ P>++ L+++ E>++ W+ N++ o? K- w--- !O !M !V
PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP+ t* 5+ X- R>+ tv++ b+>+++ DI+ D+ G>++ e* h! !r !y+
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From: Michael Hasenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: question about raw devices.
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 23:11:31 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Please clarify something. I'm attempting to create a raw device.
> I run fdisk and create the following partition:
>
> brw-rw-rw root disk 8,1 May 1998 /dev/sda1
>
> Is this technically a block device with a buffered interface?
>
> Do I have to run "mknod c /dev/raw_device 8 1" to create a block device
> with an unbuffered interface?
>
> A la: crw-rw-rw root disk 8, 1 /dev/raw_device
>
> Or is the first raw? If so, why the leading "b"?
Linux doesn't support raw devices. There's a kernel patch at
ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/sct/fs/
Read the docs that come with it.
--
Michael Hasenstein
http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/
Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998
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From: Robert Komar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrade from slackware 3.4 to 4.0
Date: 16 Jul 1999 20:39:26 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I am currently running slackware 3.4 with kernel 2.0.35 and WordPerfect
: for Linux installed. What is the simplest way to upgrade to 4.0 ?
: Should I backup everything and reinstall or is there a simpler way ?
There should be a file called UPGRADE.TXT on the cdrom (or get it
from an ftp site if necessary). It contains info on how to do
what you want. Personally, I always wipe out the old stuff and
reinstall, but that's only easy if your /home and /usr/local
stuff are on separate partitions from / and /usr.
Cheers,
Rob Komar
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael C. Vergallen)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Shortcomings of Linux?
Date: 16 Jul 1999 21:08:18 GMT
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 17:58:20 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Is this guy right on the money regarding the mentioned shortcomings
>of Linux?
Maybe some of his points are correct...As the poster only gives vague
references to the shortcommings and the code he uses...Like everything
in C.S. their are somanny variations and permutations possible that one
can not really be shure that all the code will work in all circumstances.
However I do want point out to the poster that linux does not have this
problem on all hardware platforms ... the intel platform suffers most
from problems because the hardware variations are huge. No two boards
from the same manufacturer but purchased 3 months appart will behave in
the same way 100 % of the time.
>> There are three major TCP/IP stack families: BSD, Microsoft
>> and Linux. And yes, out of these three Linux has come up by
>> far worst in my two years of interoperability testing. It is
>> the only stack for which I ever had to put explicit workarounds
>> in my code.
I'm not shure this is only Linux's problem... I've got a network
comprising some Sun, Intel, and Alpha systems and all do tend to need
tweek here and there in the code..to cooperate in a homogene environment.
However I don't use Microsoft's products so I don't know how they fare at
IP level but from what I've heard is that they are actually worse then any
Unix.
>> Initially bugs I reported to the Linux developers were
>> dismissed as "no bugs", but after the recent discussion
>> and flamewars renewed talks with Linux developers could
>> confirm at least one of the bugs, and I am happy to say
>> that it is fixed in some of the more recent Linux versions.
This happens sometimes because not all bugs show up in code when tested on
normal systems its only when tested in a certain application that bugs can be
easely detected that affect the particular issue.
>>
>> In any case, direct bugs are not really the main issue. The
>> problem is that Amiga Inc. needs a TCP/IP kernel that is
>> very solid, well peer-reviewed, well extensible, widely used,
>> well-understood, professionally maintained etc. From my
>> point of view Linux simply does not fit into that category.
>> It is maintained by hobby programmers, which by itself is not
>> bad, of course, but IMHO makes it unsuitable for use in
>> multimedia convergence systems and vertical markets. For those
>> kinds of applications Amiga Inc. needs solid support because of
>> the fast pace TCP/IP is changing these years. Just yesterday
>> IANA announced that IPv6 addresses are now being assigned to
>> regional Internet registries, i.e. the IPv6 transition WILL
>> begin, probably very soon -- at a time when some issues of
>> IPv6 are still not completely hashed out (e.g. multicast
>> routing in IPv6). Microsoft is pushing these things very
>> hard, and I don't doubt that they will succeed, as usual.
I disagree with your assertion that Linux is maintained by hobby
programmers. I would not really call Donald Becket et all hobbyists.
They however do suffer from some time restraints to work on the real fine
tuning of the kernel..due to the fact that Linux is being enhanced allmost
dayly.
<rest of rant deleted >
Michael
--
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Sportstraat 28 http://www.double-barrel.be/mvergall/
B 9000 Gent ftp://ftp.double-barrel.be/pub/linux/
Belgium tel : 32-9-2227764 Fax : 32-9-2224976
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: Can someone recommend....
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:40:35 GMT
In our last episode (Thu, 15 Jul 1999 19:10:43 +0100),
the artist formerly known as Andrew Arbon said:
>Hello,
>
>Can someone recommend me a good offline news reading program and a good
>email editor for X windows, please?
slrn is a good newsreader. Pine is a good enough (for what I need it for)
email client, though I've heard mutt is better. vim is a good email
editor. All will run under X, though they aren't X applications so if you're
specifically looking for something with lots of scrollbars, buttons, drop
down menus and the like, these aren't what you're looking for. However, if
you just want good mail and news clients that can run in an X environment,
these work very well for me, though I mostly use them from the console.
--
It is pitch black.
You are likely to be spammed by a grue.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: Dial up problem
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:40:35 GMT
In our last episode (Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:17:40 -0400),
the artist formerly known as toby said:
>You need to add these two lines to your /etc/resolv.conf file
>
>search <your_domain_here>
>nameserver <your_name_server_here>
nameserver <your_secondary_name_server_here> (if you have one)
Note that the IP addresses, not the server names are needed, naturally
enough.
You'll probably want to make sure you have
order hosts,bind
in /etc/host.conf
as well. At least, if bind isn't there, I assume it won't query the DNS
servers and if hosts isn't there, you won't be able to use your localhost
loopback (right?)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: Full Paths
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 20:40:36 GMT
In our last episode (Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:04:06 -0500),
the artist formerly known as Russ said:
>I either don't understand the answers or I didn't ask the quetion properly.
>If I change directories into a directory such as " cd /usr/russ/" then once
>inside the directory there is a program called fast, when i type "fast" it
>says "bash: fast: command not found" but if I type "/usr/russ/fast" the
>program will work. I don't see why I should have to add /usr/russ to the
>path, if in side the directory wanting to run the program. I have never had
>this problem till my recent upgrade.
This is likely because you had "." in your PATH environment before. In
Unix, the current working directory is not automatically searched for an
executable; if you want that behaviour, you have to add "." to your path.
There are a number of reasons why you wouldn't want that behaviour,
especially, as has been mentioned, if you are root. You can do this by
editing your .bashrc file and if you have a path statement there, addding
":." to the end of it or, if you are inheriting the path from elsewhere,
yopu can add
PATH="$PATH:."
export PATH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Reiser)
Subject: Re: Solving the 1024 cylinder LILO problem
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 21:23:04 GMT
>The number of bytes in the master boot record (512) minus the size
>of the partition table (4*16=64) minus the (not always necesarry)
>2-byte signature at the end as well as the 2-byte jump at the start
>gives 444 useful bytes to boot from.
>This seems to be too small to test and _perhaps_ use the new Bios-
>features.
I've done it: ftp://ftp.teleport.com/pub/users/jreiser/mbr03.tgz .
There is even enough room for around 42 bytes of user-specified
partition names. I have 17 partitions on my 6.4GB EIDE disk, and I
use labels such as "dos", "os2", "RH6", "NT", etc.
Also get e2boot4c.tgz which understands the ext2 filesystem enough to
boot kernels, including hard links, soft links, initial RAM disks,
pre-set and keyboard command lines, timeout, etc. e2boot4c doesn't
need _any_ extra space: just the 1024 bytes of block 0 of ext2
filesystem. e2boot4c is spartan; but you don't have to re-run it
every time you remake/copy/rename a kernel, repartition the disk, or
do anything else that leaves the filesystem consistent.
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