Linux-Misc Digest #97, Volume #21 Tue, 20 Jul 99 13:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: newbie wants advice (Steve Martonak)
Re: Does Your KeyBoard Do This Under X ? (Stephen Thomas)
Suse : configure isdn (=?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Frahm)
Re: HP false advertising!!!! (Norman Dulaney)
install, image file load problem (David Lafreniere)
Re: root password (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: 3com / US robotics 56K (Davis Eric)
Lyx and textclasses (Bruno Barberi Gnecco)
Re: still having mouse prob (Allen Wong)
Re: Does Your KeyBoard Do This Under X ? (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: my version of the Linux FAQ ("TiTi")
Re: Karl Marx was fat and hairy chap (Richard Kulisz)
Re: Debian /etc issues ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Screen fonts? (Steffan O'Sullivan)
Re: Scrolling with a mouse wheel in Linux (Chris Gushue)
Re: Linux on Macintosh Classic (Robert Lynch)
Re: DAT tape refuses to load - help? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Does Your KeyBoard Do This Under X ? (Ken Harrington)
ppp ip address problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: HP false advertising!!!! ("David J. Topper")
Re: HP false advertising!!!! ("David J. Topper")
Re: Newbie : Question HELP!! (JM)
Re: CIA assassinations (MK)
Re: Permissions - why can a user delete a file not his own? (Frank v Waveren)
Re: CIA assassinations (MK)
Re: CIA assassinations (MK)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Martonak)
Subject: Re: newbie wants advice
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:07:11 GMT
Anon User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all -
>I am thinking of switching from Windows 98 to Linux, and am now in the
>"finding out" stage. I have some questions.
With multigig HDs becoming common, there is no need to switch, you can
have both Win98 and linux.
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From: Stephen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does Your KeyBoard Do This Under X ?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:08:34 -0400
> I have a normal microsoft keyboard
Since when is the 'microsoft' keyboard normal? I guess it is defacto
standard now to have those stupid $%#!ing logo keys perverting my
keyboard. It's always fun when you go to hit CTRL or ALT and land on
one of those stupid things and screw everything up. I wish people would
refuse to buy this crap. Winmodems, winprinters, MS 135-key keyboards
(the Word key! the IE key! the registration key!), what other hardware
can be ruined?
Rant
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=F6rn?= Frahm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse : configure isdn
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:20:12 +0200
I have SuSE 6.1 and i want to set up a isdn sPPP-connection with my
FritzCard!PCI. In the menu admininstrate>Configure Hardware>Configure
ISDN, i filled out with the correct params and then there comes up a
dialog box which says that that all is correct, but when i click this
dialogbox away, another dialogbox
says i should recompile isdnctrl. Now i dont know what to do? How do i
compile the isdnctrl?
J�rn Frahm
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From: Norman Dulaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: HP false advertising!!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:50:23 -0500
yes it is a lie but 366 is good and you want even see a diffence between 366
and 400 so be happy with it . I am sure you have been lied to before!
David J. Topper wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I've already posted once before about my lame experience with HP and
> their OMNIBOOK line. Basically, they shipped me the wrong unit and took
> their sweet time about doing it (eg., no next day air).
>
> Here's the kicker. Check out the following web page:
>
> http://www.hp.com/omnibook/
>
> It says the machines are available with the new 400mhz processor. Well
> that's a bold faced lie! I was just told by an HP sales rep. that they
> ARE NOT available with the 400mhz processor.
>
> Isn't that false advertising? Isn't that illegal? Do I (we) have a
> case? What's the deal?
>
> 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: David Lafreniere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: install, image file load problem
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 06:17:03 -0400
Hi, I've been trying to install red hat linux 6.0 on my computer but I
have a problem using the boot/install disk. When I boot with this
disk it says:
loading initrd.img
loading vmlinuz
uncompressing Linux
crc error
--system halted
and then the system freezes.
Does anybody know what's going on? Is there anything I can do to fix
this problem? I tried making a new disk but that didn't help.
Anyway, the problem doesn't come from the disk cause I've installed
linux on another system using the same disk.
It seems like if my computer was unable to load the install image file.
Has anyone made a smaller install image file than the one from Red Hat??
My system: Pentium 166 MMX
32 MB RAM EDO
TItanium motherboard with award modular bios
Thank you very much!!!!!!!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general
Subject: Re: root password
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:27:19 GMT
On Sun, 18 Jul 1999 22:14:39 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Why doesn't single user mode ask for root's password as well? It
>would seem to me that this could be a security breach. What is there
>to stop someone from walking into my office, booting my system up in
>single user mode, and then having their way with my files?
Does your office have a lock on the door?
Leaving your computer physically unsecured is equivalent to leaving your
keys in the car. A physically unsecured computer running any OS can be
"hacked" into by even the most amateur 10 year old.
--
Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://sprk.com/blackdeath/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
Humming along under SuSE Linux 6.0 / OS/2 Warp 4
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From: Davis Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: 3com / US robotics 56K
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 13:44:40 GMT
Hi,
Try Jaton Communicator II. It is terrific in my Linux box. I use RHL 6.0
and Win95. It can be found and used in both OS.
Good luck,
Davis
In article <7n153b$ci4$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
gATHIS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> k96rk01 wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I'm trying to find a 56K modem that will work under linux. I
checked the
> > "Linux modems list," aka "Winmodems are not modems," and discovered
that
> the
> > 3com / USRobotics Sportster 56K, model 1785, allegedly works fine.
> >
> > The problem is that I can't find any of these being sold anywhere.
The
> > closest model number I can find is 1787, and I can't find any
technical
> > details that tell if this one would probably be compatible, too.
I'm
> curious
> > if anyone else out there has had any success with this model.
> >
> > Also, if you know of another 56K modem that works well with linux, I
> wouldn't
> > mind hearing about that, either.
> >
> > thanks in advance for any advice,
> > rob kent
> >
> > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network
==----------
> > http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your
> Own
>
> I got the same problem (which modem to buy) - now I have USR 56k
external
> faxmodem and it works great!
> If you wan't or have any problems I can send you my mini-HOWTO file
about
> configuring modem and PPP connection onRedhat. Just mail me.
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
>
--
I do not feel shameful if I was and am an idiot; I
will feel shameful if I haven't realized it.
--Myself
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From: Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lyx and textclasses
Date: 20 Jul 1999 09:39:01 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm having some problems with LyX and textclasses. First, I want
to define an environment just like Standard, but that begins each line with
"--- ". I tried to do this with items, but I couldn't make the spacing as
Standard, nor force the next line to be indented. (the reason is that in
portuguese, paragraphs beginning with --- mean that someone is talking).
Second, is there someone way to tell lyx about new or modified
textclasses quicker than running configure?
Best regards,
--
Did you *REALLY* check that interface between the chair and the keyboard?
Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ #1383173 [Running Linux]
Electric Engineering at Polytechnic School, USP
http://www.geocities.com/RodeoDrive/1980/ :: Unlimited Simulator Homepage
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From: Allen Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.install
Subject: Re: still having mouse prob
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 07:04:55 -0700
John,
Is this a PS/2 mouse?
Allen
--
Linux: If you're not careful, you might actually learn something.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: Does Your KeyBoard Do This Under X ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:36:04 GMT
On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:08:34 -0400, Stephen Thomas wrote:
>Since when is the 'microsoft' keyboard normal? I guess it is defacto
>standard now to have those stupid $%#!ing logo keys perverting my
>keyboard. It's always fun when you go to hit CTRL or ALT and land on
>one of those stupid things and screw everything up. I wish people would
>refuse to buy this crap. Winmodems, winprinters, MS 135-key keyboards
>(the Word key! the IE key! the registration key!), what other hardware
>can be ruined?
The "Microsoft Natural Hard Drive"?
--
Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://sprk.com/blackdeath/
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
Humming along under SuSE Linux 6.0 / OS/2 Warp 4
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From: "TiTi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: my version of the Linux FAQ
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:41:40 +0200
Reply-To: "TiTi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ahahahaha, it's perfect, you really thought about all the most common
questions ;)
Maybe you should add how to reboot using "reboot" commands, not reset :)
- TiTi
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Karl Marx was fat and hairy chap
Date: 20 Jul 1999 15:03:21 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
U. Art <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Richard Kulisz wrote:
>> What's special about working people is that they're the *only* group
>> to have never had a chance to rule in the whole history of the Earth.
>So maybe that's good...
I see you favour dictatorship. Many people do, they just don't want to
admit to such a horrible and shameful thing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Debian /etc issues
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:51:31 GMT
humm Since the NETBSD /etc common files should look and act the same as
debian /etc common file like init.d, and resolv.cong... you should just
have to reistall the packages and deselect or dpkg usualy rewrite your
.etc files when you install the packages. And since your /etc files
really depend on what you have in stalled someone elses /etc files may
not show up in your /etc director and that could throw you.
In article <Pine.SOL.3.96L.990718205826.6048A-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ashley W Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In a feat of unmitigated stupidity, I overwrote my debian /etc
directory
> with a NetBSD /etc directory. As a result, my machine is most
unusually
> configured. It boots and networks (almost) properly, but it's very
very
> wrong.
>
> Would someone please send me a listing of the contents of the debian
/etc
> directory? That would be very much appreciated. It would be even more
> helpful if I could find a pointer to those files and their contents
on the
> internet. I haven't been able to find anything like that on
> www.debian.org.
>
> Again, thank you very much.
>
> -Ashley Campbell
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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Subject: Screen fonts?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steffan O'Sullivan)
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:04:57 GMT
Newbie here - this must be a frequently asked question, but I can't
find anything on it.
Screen fonts in linux staroffice are terrible. Is there a way to
improve them?
--
-Steffan O'Sullivan |
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Seek Grailo, Even Better Than the True Grail"
Chapel Hill, NC |
www.io.com/~sos | -James Thurber sums up the 20th Century
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From: Chris Gushue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scrolling with a mouse wheel in Linux
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:21:14 -02-30
Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Chris Doland wrote:
:>
:> Is it produced my Microsoft?
:>
:> On Mon, 19 Jul 1999 19:42:32 -0400, jb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> >Is it possible to setup my Linux system to use the wheel scroller on my
:> >mouse while in X?
:> >I am running RedHat 5.0?
:> >If so, how can I do it?
:> >
:> >Thanks
:> >J Burns
:> >
:> >
: Produced by Microsoft ? No, I'm pretty sure Microsoft doesn't produce
: or distribute RedHat.
I would assume he meant if the mouse was produced by Microsoft...
--
Chris Gushue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ:409207
http://home.thezone.net/~seymour/index.php3
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Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:46:43 -0700
From: Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Linux on Macintosh Classic
Andrea Hohendahl wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> is it possible to install a Linux version on a Macintosh Classic?
>
> Thank you for your response.
There's a hugely amusing account of such a port ("Linux for Macintosh
68K Port") by Alan Cox in a recent Linux Journal; if you are a
subscriber, you can read it online at:
http://interactive.linuxjournal.com/Magazines/LJ57/2996.html
Linux Journal is always pretty good, but if all the articles were as
good as this one, it would out-sell Time magazine!
HTH. Bob L.
--
Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.best.com/~rmlynch/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: DAT tape refuses to load - help?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 14:11:08 GMT
Having recently taken over the work of dealing with tape backups, I find
that the device has never properly worked. Yes, I have cleaned it
(rather a bit of dust inside) but that still has not solved the problem.
Yes, the device takes DDS3 tapes - well that is what the manual says and
they are the tapes supplied with it.
I have just noticed that the startup log (dmesg) shows the controller is
'auto-terminated'. would it help if I changed the dip-switches to
configure a terminator on the drive?
> When inserting a DDS3 tape into a HP surestore drive, it just goes in
> and then comes straight back out again. I did once manage to get a
tape
> loaded, but all attempts since then have failed.
> It is connected to an Adaptec SCSI controller, and I am running RedHat
> 5.1
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
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> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
>
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From: Ken Harrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does Your KeyBoard Do This Under X ?
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 08:24:58 -0700
Stewart Honsberger wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:08:34 -0400, Stephen Thomas wrote:
> >Since when is the 'microsoft' keyboard normal? I guess it is defacto
> >standard now to have those stupid $%#!ing logo keys perverting my
> >keyboard. It's always fun when you go to hit CTRL or ALT and land on
> >one of those stupid things and screw everything up. I wish people would
> >refuse to buy this crap. Winmodems, winprinters, MS 135-key keyboards
> >(the Word key! the IE key! the registration key!), what other hardware
> >can be ruined?
>
> The "Microsoft Natural Hard Drive"?
>
> --
> Stewart Honsberger (AKA Blackdeath) @ http://sprk.com/blackdeath/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Remove 'thirteen' to reply privately)
> Humming along under SuSE Linux 6.0 / OS/2 Warp 4
SHHHHH!!!! "They" might hear you!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ppp ip address problem
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:16:10 GMT
when dialing in on a NT RAS Server I have the problem that the local
address
it gives me for the ppp0 device is the eth0 address.I call in on a nt
RAS server. This works according to /var/log/messages Jul 20 12:13:53
mobajs1
pppd[746]: local IP address 194.171.168.107 Jul 20 12:13:53 mobajs1
pppd[746]: remote IP address 192.168.1.130
The strange thing is that ppp gives me the eth0 ip address as local.
When I call in from WINNT it does work, but I want to get rid of WINNT
I dial with pppd. I use pppd call sol0. Here is my sol0 script:
modem
crtscts
lock
asyncmap 0
defaultroute
/dev/ttyS3
38400
crtscts
ipcp-accept-remote
ipcp-accept-local
name <name>
remotename <remotename>
-detach
defaultroute
connect '/usr/sbin/chat -v ABORT "BUSY" ABORT "NO ANWER" ""
ATDT<number>CONNECT'
ifconfig gives me
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:C7:24:05:6B
inet addr:194.171.168.107 Bcast:194.171.168.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
Interrupt:3 Base address:0x300
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:194.171.168.107 P-t-P:192.168.1.130
Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:10 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
netstat -r gives me
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt
Iface
192.168.1.130 * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
ppp0
mobajs1.solvisi * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
eth0
localhost * 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0
lo
194.171.168.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0
eth0
default 192.168.1.130 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0
ppp0
ping 192.168.1.2 works (dialin server/win server/dns server)
ping 192.168.1.130 works
ping 192.168.1.1 does not work as also all other ip addresses in this
net.
this all is very weird to me. What's happening? shouldn't the ppp0-local
address be something else? It is when dialing in with NT.
Can somebody help me with this?
Andre
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From: "David J. Topper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: HP false advertising!!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:34:56 -0400
Norman Dulaney wrote:
> yes it is a lie but 366 is good and you want even see a diffence between 366
> and 400 so be happy with it . I am sure you have been lied to before!
Indeed, but that doesn't make it right. They sold and charged me for a 400mhz
machine. I spent hours on the phone with their tech. support in order to
prevent something like this from happening. There were also several HP press
releases concerning the new 400mhz chip.
Lies are bad ... just like poorly written operating systems.
DT
--
David Topper
Technical Director - Virginia Center for Computer Music
Programmer Analyst - School of Arts and Sciences
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~djt7p
(804) 924-6887
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From: "David J. Topper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.laptops,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: HP false advertising!!!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 11:32:52 -0400
"Stuart R. Fuller" wrote:
> : Isn't that false advertising? Isn't that illegal? Do I (we) have a
> : case? What's the deal?
>
> Calm down and get a life.
I have a great life, thanks. But if it's ok with you, I'll calm down when I
feel it's appropriate. Corporate entities acting out of line is, I think, an
implicit vice Linux stands against. At least that's true for some of us.
Your valuable input is appreciated though.
DT
--
David Topper
Technical Director - Virginia Center for Computer Music
Programmer Analyst - School of Arts and Sciences
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~djt7p
(804) 924-6887
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From: JM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie : Question HELP!!
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:04:02 GMT
Assuming you have the XF86_SVGA server selected for X, your XF86COnfig
file in
/etc/X11/ directory (generally, this may vary - use locate to find the
occurences and make
a good guess) will contain something similar to this:
# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************
# The Colour SVGA server
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
Device "Generic VGA"
#Device "VGENERAL"
Monitor "GENERAL"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768"
The above line is what you are going to work on.. Select the only one
resolution that
you need and delete the rest. Make a copy of the line and comment the
backup out
using a # sign as on the 3rd line below, if you're not sure.. Be careful
not to have unmatching quotes etc..
while editing. There might be multiple subsections of "Display" with
different Depth
values 8,16,24 etc, with the supported resolutions for each. Make
appropriate changes
as above and choose to start X with the required depth with 'startx --
-bpp 16' (/24/32 etc)
Hope this helps..
ViewPort 0 0
Virtual 320 200
#Virtual 1152 900
EndSubsection
EndSection
Andrew wrote:
> I have been involved in Linux for .... about 5 days!
>
> I have the "desktop bigger than my screen" problem. I have remmed (#)
> the Virtual commands out of the XF86Config file, but still no joy!
>
> I am running RH5.2, and I have tried with a SiS AGP card (which I
> believe is not a good idea) and now with a Viewtop card, which has a
> S3 Trio64V2/DX chip on it.
>
> Any other suggestions ?!?
>
> Help!
> Andrew
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:18:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 18:20:24 +0600, Holy Cow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> Also, those outside monopoly are free to compete with monopoly,
>> >Absolutely true. As true as that cripples are free to compete with
>> >athletes.
>>
>> Absolutely, they are indeed. Life's unfair.
>That's another very popular bs line. Life's unfair--OK, so don't make it
>worse than it needs be.
True. The problem is, too many people try to make everything
equal. Say, I don't have talent for playing violin. I don't want
to, but in political terms too many people demand some reparation
for not being lucky.
>When someone knocks you over the head and takes
>you wallet, would that be the first thing that would come to your mind
>when you come to your senses <g>?
That's what they do in socialism. They tax either customer or the
company, which adds taxes to prices (what, are they going to bankrupt
because of love to customer?) and customer pays again. They hit you on
the head, take wallet, say that it is for your own good, buy the
plaster for you for some money from the wallet, take the rest of money
for themselves and then expect "thank you".
I am not anarchist. The problem with market is that free customer's
choice is distorted easily by violence. Like rule of mafia in Russia
now. So the point of existence of government is preventing violence,
internal and external. And that's it.
Marcin Krol
==================================================
Reality is something that does not disappear after
you cease believing in it - VALIS, Philip K. Dick
==================================================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank v Waveren)
Subject: Re: Permissions - why can a user delete a file not his own?
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.slackware,comp.os.linux.security
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 17:06:38 GMT
In article <7n174g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Rahul Tripathi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In comp.os.linux.misc W Canaday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>> You can prevent users from deleting files in a directory by setting the
>>> directory's "sticky bit" using chmod. The command would be something
>>> like:
>>>
>>> chmod o+s dirname
>
> Hang on. s is the setuid bit. The sticky bit is t.
> "chmod +s" on a directory wouldn't do anything.
Which brings us to a question i've been wondering about for a while.
What does the suid/sgid bit do on dirs? If it does nothing, as you say,
why would the filessystem code allow it? It seems weird to me. (But then again
a lot of things seem weird to me).
Anybody?
--
Frank v Waveren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:28:17 GMT
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On Sat, 17 Jul 1999 10:40:27 +0600, Holy Cow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Oh, please. Citations? References?
>Conquest, for one. I can actually find the page if you want. The german
>general staff fed them money all the while in order to destabilize
>Russia, which they were at war with.
They needed Russia off their backs, because they obviously wanted to
break Western front.
>After all, how did Lenin get in
>Russia in the first place?
In a sealed train provided by Germans.
Marcin Krol
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (MK)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 16:13:32 GMT
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On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 18:44:37 +0600, Holy Cow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 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.
>A very good point.
I don't think so. Nearly all miseries in the world have been caused
in that or another way by government (know any privately founded
concentration camp or mass use of guilotine?). Pure capitalism is
what makes possible to achieve the best _possible_ at all in society.
Anything less is suboptimal (again, that optimum is not perfect, it is
lousy at times).
Socialism is historical anomaly, faulty idea, asking to run society
partially on it is like asking chemistry to run half on reason, and
half on philosophical stone idea, or like asking physicists to keep
researching both empirics and perpetuum mobile.
Marcin Krol
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