Linux-Misc Digest #193, Volume #21 Wed, 28 Jul 99 09:13:20 EDT
Contents:
Re: Powering down, RH6.0 with new kernel (Mark Howson)
Re: math.h problem (Gergo Barany)
Hauppauge TV-card full screen (Berco van Gool)
Hey has the matrox g400 out yet??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: do these CD-Rs work? (Mark Howson)
Re: latest netscape ("Anita Lewis")
Re: PPA Zipdrive & Redhat 6 (Michael McConnell)
Re: Hauppauge TV-card full screen (J Rappe)
f90 compiling error (Kamran Mohseni)
Re: Real player G2 beta for linux (Gerd Mayer)
Re: help on gcc (Peter.vanHelden)
Need suggestions for tape backup device (Warren Bell)
Re: Shortcomings of Linux? (Barry Wickett)
USB Mouse Suport (Ian Shrimpton)
Re: converting .ai-files (Bernhard Herzog)
Re: Hey has the matrox g400 out yet??? (Brian McKerr)
Re: CIA assassinations (Matthias Warkus)
Re: who makes the best Linux? Microsoft? (Heeeeeeeez back!)
Redhat 6.0 automatic logout/session termination? (JohnZoll)
Re: Looking for a good email client (Stefan Ehlen)
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From: Mark Howson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Powering down, RH6.0 with new kernel
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:40:20 +0100
Steven E Bourland wrote:
> When I first installed RH6.0 and 'shutdown -h now', the machine would
> actually power down on its own (I didn't have to hit the power switch). Being
> the lazy boy that I am, when I compiled a new kernel (2.2.10) and it quit powering
> down on its own
You probably didn't compile the APM stuff into the kernel. Turn on
'Advanced Power Management BIOS support' and 'Power off on shutdown', at
least, from General Setup in the linux source config.
Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gergo Barany)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c,gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Re: math.h problem
Date: 28 Jul 1999 09:34:27 GMT
In article <7nmard$1hs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Lanning wrote:
>Dann Corbit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>: Scott Lanning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>: >
>: where is the benefit to forcing people to add -lm if they
>: use a math function?
>
>On my system there're four math libraries: libm, libmx,
>libm43, and libfastm. What'f libm contains a function also
>in another math lib?
The math functions are just as much a part of the standard library as
the printf() family or anything else. If everything else is linked in by
default, the math library should be, too. If you need another math lib,
you'll have to tell the compiler you want a different one (just like
you'd tell it if you wanted a different library for printf()).
>: > Also, a probe question: would you consider it more consistent
>: > to require an explicit -lc on command line?
>: That would be even more idiotic.
>
>At least it would be explicitly stated on the command line.
>Then people wouldn't be confused when they had to put -lm
>because it would be consistent; then you wouldn't've found
>16,000 archived messages on it. And that was our common goal,
>wasn't it?
Why should I have to give extra arguments if all I want to use is C
(well, extra flags besides -Wall -ansi -pedantic-errors, I mean)?
Gergo
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From: Berco van Gool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hauppauge TV-card full screen
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:27:12 +0200
Hello,
Since a couple of days, I m watching TV on my Linux system. It works
good in a window (400x300), but in full screen mode (800x600) It looks
bad. (Especially fast movements).
Full screen under windows95 is OK.
I want to use full screen mode, what I have to do?
System:
* Redhat Linux 6.0
* Kernel 2.2.5-15
* Hauppauge TV/Radio-card model 419 (BT878 chip set)
* S3 virge DX video card 4mb
* Celeron 433 Processor * Assus P2B AGP Motherboard I hope someone can
help me.
* TV appilcations Kwintv and xawtv
Greetings
Berco van Gool
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Hey has the matrox g400 out yet???
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:58:41 GMT
hi there
i want to upgrade my video card, and i think the g400 would be nice,
there is a bunch of info on it but i cant find one anywhere.
whats the scoop??
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From: Mark Howson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: do these CD-Rs work?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:46:39 +0100
miiHKali wrote:
> I'm about to buy a CD-R drive, but I'm unsure which one. Does Linux support
> Mitsumi CR 4802 TE or HP 8100i?
I'm using a Mitsumi 4802TE with Linux 2.2.9 + cdrecord, works
wonderfully.
Mark
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From: "Anita Lewis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: latest netscape
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 06:12:59 -0400
I see what you mean, Michel. I installed the binaries first, and it was
quite easy. Use the glibc version and netscape's instructions using their
install program. Only thing was that I had a bus error after installing,
just like I had with 4.07. I had to use a fix that gave me a missing
library and gave me a script to use to set things up for netscape. You may
not have that problem. Hopefully not.
Anita
Michel Catudal wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Anita Lewis wrote:
>>
>> Since you are using RedHat, it would be best to go to
>> ftp://updates.redhat.com for that rpm. Then you can rpm -e the old and
>> bring in the new one. I used the binaries because I did not know this.
You
>> would use glibc if you want to go that route.
>>
>> Anita
>>
>
>The problem is that RedHat doesn't have the correct version of
>Netscape. You can get the secure version only at Netscape.
>You go to netscape and choose the 128 bits high encription
>version. They have a 4.61 version.
>
>--
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>use Linux for safe and quick internet access
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>http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat/
>We have software, food, music, news, search,
>history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: PPA Zipdrive & Redhat 6
Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 19:49:33 +0100
Try modprobe instead of insmod.
On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Mark Mykkanen wrote:
> I am having a problem installing my parallel port zip drive in redhat 6.0
> using 2.2.5. I get an error when I run:
>
> root /% insmod ppa
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_claim_Rcca15f23
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_register_device_R064ebecf
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_unregister_device_R3618c96f
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_enumerate_R648d1e26
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/scsi/ppa.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_release_R4430d136
> root /% insmod lp
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_unregister_device_R3618c96f
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_register_device_R064ebecf
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_enumerate_R648d1e26
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_release_R4430d136
> /lib/modules/2.2.5-15/misc/lp.o: unresolved symbol
> parport_claim_or_block_Rf3d047bc
>
> I specified SCSI Disk support and ppa support and anything else that I
> involves printing, trying both in the kernel and as a module.
>
> I ran:
> make dep; make clean; make bzImage; make modules; make modules_install
>
> Everything compiled fine. Then I copied the bzImage to /boot and modified
> the lilo.conf accordingly. It doesn't want to detect my zip drive though.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> - Shamu
>
>
>
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Rappe)
Subject: Re: Hauppauge TV-card full screen
Date: 28 Jul 1999 10:22:11 GMT
Berco van Gool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Since a couple of days, I m watching TV on my Linux system. It works
>good in a window (400x300), but in full screen mode (800x600) It looks
>bad. (Especially fast movements).
>
>Full screen under windows95 is OK.
>I want to use full screen mode, what I have to do?
You may want to try configuring X to run at a very low resolution. If
you ran at 400x300 then your image will fill the entire screen.
--
-john Finally the day came when I did desparately want a job.
jrappe@ I needed it. Not having another minute to lose,
bigfoot. I decided that I would take the last job on earth,
com that of messenger boy. -- Henry Miller
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From: Kamran Mohseni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.fortran,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: f90 compiling error
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 03:55:34 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi guys;
I have a red hat linux 6 on my machine.
I recently instaled f90 Version 2.2(260) compiler from NAG.
I am trying to compile a f90 code that works fine on other machines.
It makes the object file initdns.o.
But when it try to link it with the library that I created, i.e.
/home/mohseni/mohseni/Br/FFTLibHome/libgpfa.a
it gets into trouble.
It seems that I have some linking problem. This is the message I get
Kami > make -f Makeinit
f90 -o initdns initdns.o /home/mohseni/mohseni/Br/FFTLibHome/libgpfa.a
/usr/local/lib/f90/libf90.a(open.o): In function `__NAGf90_open':
open.o(.text+0xc77): undefined reference to `_fxstat'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [initdns] Error 1
Any idea how to fix this.
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Regards.
Kamran.
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Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:44:56 +0000
From: Gerd Mayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Real player G2 beta for linux
Knut J Bjuland wrote:
>
> Where can I get Realplayer G2 beta for linux. I tried
> http://proforma.real.com/mario/player/player.html for the download. but
> it seems only possible to get realplayer 5.0 there.
Try this:
http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html
Gerd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter.vanHelden)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: help on gcc
Date: 28 Jul 1999 11:15:08 GMT
jievis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi, All:
: When I try to compile a c files, I want gcc output a middle files in
: which the expression is computed and enumeration is also computed, the
: output files should be also .c format. So who can tell me the switcher?
: Thanx in advance
man gcc?
Peter
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 23:28:36 -0700
From: Warren Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need suggestions for tape backup device
I'm thinking about getting a tape backup for my machine running RH 5.2.
I don't know anything about them so I'm looking for suggestions. It
will be for home use to do back-ups once in a while. I'm looking for
somthing that's known to hook up easy, run on redhat with no problems
and not cost me an arm and a leg. Any suggestions on what's good?
Also, do they have internal and external? I guess external would be
better?
Thanks,
Warren Bell
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From: Barry Wickett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Shortcomings of Linux?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:47:44 +0100
In article <7nlrsr$2j8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joe Cosby
<URL:mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ** To reply in e-mail, remove "jigtah." from address **
>
> hunched over his computer, typing feverishly;
> thunder crashed, laughed madly, then wrote:
> > On Tue, 27 Jul 1999 05:03:31 GMT, Jeffrey D. Webster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Floyd Davidson wrote:
> > >
> > >> Casper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >> >Oh yeah, i've tried PPPD on a linux machine and frankly it is
> > >> >PATHETIC compared to miami Deluxe. The question is that have you
> > >> >tried Miami Deluxe on an Amiga? I seriously doubt it, otherwish you
> > >> >would not continue to make a fool out of yourslelf!
> > >>
> > >> In what way was pppd pathetic compared to maimi deluxe?
> > >
> > > PPPD is pathetic compared to MiamiDx in many ways. For one, PPPD is
> > >JUST PPPD. MiamiDx is TCP/IP, Firewall, IP-NAT, inetd, several built-in
> >
> > All this tells us that Amigans like to throw lots of only
> > marginally related things together. That doesn't actually
> > support the notion that there aren't things that pppd does
> > that Miami does not.
> >
>
> Well it seems fair to say that one finds Miami superior because it
> has desirable features that PPPD does not, which seems to be what
> Webster is saying.
>
> (The thread originated with someone saying that they had tried
> Miami, and it didn't impress them at all, in comparison
> (eventually) with PPPD.)
>
> So what criteria of comparison should be used?
>
Surely you can't simply compare the two directly at all - feature-wise
anyway.
Miami might have loads built-in, but pppd just sticks to what it is good
at and allows the user to choose what features they need by using other
excellent packages in combination.
Isn't this obvious, or am I missing something somewhere?
Barry
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From: Ian Shrimpton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: USB Mouse Suport
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 12:24:38 +0100
Hi,
Is there any chance of getting a USB Micro$oft wheely mouse working with
Linux? I'm not so bothered about the wheel :)
Cheers
Ian
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From: Bernhard Herzog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: converting .ai-files
Date: 28 Jul 1999 13:29:14 +0200
Jan Scheffczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> has anyone an idea how to convert adobe-illustrator-images (.ai) into
> anything else (GIF, EPS etc.)? The program should run under LINUX in
> cammand-line-mode.
Well, since nobody seems to have answered, I'll post a partial solution.
My drawing program Sketch comes with a command line utility sk2ps that
converts files in all the formats Sketch can read, including ai, to
postscript. However, Sketch's AI import filter is not complete, so it
may not work correctly for all of your files.
Also, sk2ps only produces postscript. To create e.g. gif-files you could
use ghostscript to render the postscript into raster images.
HTH
--
Bernhard Herzog | Sketch, a python based drawing program
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.online.de/home/sketch/
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From: Brian McKerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc,comp.os.os2.setup.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Hey has the matrox g400 out yet???
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 21:35:04 +1000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi there
>
> i want to upgrade my video card, and i think the g400 would be nice,
> there is a bunch of info on it but i cant find one anywhere.
>
> whats the scoop??
I just read a review that said it kicked Voodoo & TNT2 butt !
Interesting.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: CIA assassinations
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:36:34 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 27 Jul 1999 20:07:14 -0500...
..and Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "A.T.Z." wrote:
> >
> > Within a year of 40/50 the US will be under EU supervision (like it was
> > before), because EU market and the Euro is much bigger and stronger then
> > the US market and the US $.
>
> A bit dreamer are you?
> Nothing better than real money, the US dollar.
Remind me that I wave a wad of Euro cash in front of you when I next
come to the U.S.
mawa
--
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wonder if we wouldn't also regard spelunkers as desperate criminals if
AT&T owned all the caves.
-- John Perry Barlow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Heeeeeeeez back! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: who makes the best Linux? Microsoft?
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 12:30:57 +0100
JY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> who makes the best Linux? Microsoft?
Begone troll...
I banish thee....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JohnZoll)
Subject: Redhat 6.0 automatic logout/session termination?
Date: 28 Jul 1999 12:01:00 GMT
Hi everyone...I am a long time redhat user. I recently installed Redhat 6.0 on
a dual processor machine at work. By default it comes up with Gnome and
Enlightment, which are new for me (fvwm2). My problem is the session gets
logged out after a while. Is this some simple config problem (Gnome,
Enlightenment, X, some daemon that runs in 6.0 by default).
I've searched the FAQs, deja, etc...and the only thing I found was in RedHat's
bugzilla "Mandrake" one of the Enlightenment developers claimed to have fixed a
session termination bug...
Any ideas?
Thanks,
John M. Zoll
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefan Ehlen)
Subject: Re: Looking for a good email client
Date: 28 Jul 1999 12:07:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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>
>>>>>> "Michael" == Mykool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Michael> I'm looking for a good pop3 email client. I'm currently
> Michael> using Netscape mail, and am getting a little tired of it.
> Michael> I have no problems, but I think it's time for a change.
> Michael> I don't really care if it is X or console. I've tried
> Michael> elm, exmh, arrow, mutt, pine, postillion, etc, etc. I've
> Michael> gone through this same delimma when choosing a window
> Michael> manager and ended up staying with the one I had used
> Michael> originally. Ain't WindowMaker great!!! I'm not sure if
> Michael> I'll do the same thing here. Maybe one day I'll read the
> Michael> emacs documentation and learn how to set it up for email.
> Michael> All suggestions are appreciated.
>
> mh gives you several options -- exmh, mutt, mh-e in emacs, for front
> ends, or the command line programs. Some people use Gnus, which is
> also a newsreader, for mail because it will thread your emails. Very
> useful for mailing lists, I guess.
Yep! As I learned a few weeks ago, exmh can thread emails, too. It is
indeed very useful.
CU
Stefan
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