Linux-Misc Digest #220, Volume #21 Fri, 30 Jul 99 08:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux has finally crashed (Mads Dydensborg)
Re: What I think of linux. (DanH)
How to reduce the size of desktop using ctrl+alt++ (J.N. Subrahmanyam)
Re: Can't mount the drive (=?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Doncieux)
Re: Where can I get a pre-installd Linux box for $250? (Tigger)
Re: The Lex & Yacc source code for C++ ("Noah Roberts (jik-)")
Re: Is RPM unique to Linux ? ("Noah Roberts (jik-)")
[Q] Printer doesn't go Online... Any ideas? (Augusto Cardoso)
Re: Linux Kernel Compilation for 386/486/Pentium? (Roman Fietze)
Re: Download and burn Debian and slackware. (Matt Cole)
Re: Linux has finally crashed (Jon Skeet)
Re: Linux has finally crashed (De Messemaeker Johan)
Download and burn Debian and slackware. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux has finally crashed -> Could be even worse ! (De Messemaeker Johan)
Can't mount the drive ("Chan Kuang")
Re: Red Hat 6.0 and passwd command (Lindoze 2000)
Re: Good IRC client for Linux? (Captain)
Dependencies issues (Kevin Scott)
Loading of sblive driver at startup (Gil)
how to compile qt for kde in RH6.0? (Eric)
Re: Incorrect amount of memory... (Gert Wollny)
Re: Linux has finally crashed (Jon Skeet)
Re: [Q] Printer doesn't go Online... Any ideas? (Robert Schweikert)
filesystem corruption (Yap Chen Kuang)
Re: KDE Defaukt WM on RH 6.0 (James Knott)
where is the binary and source code after rpm? (Eric)
Re: What I think of linux. (Robert V. Grizzard)
Re: modem not responding (Yap Chen Kuang)
Re: Quicktime (Yap Chen Kuang)
Re: Linux has finally crashed (Klamer Schutte)
Re: Linux has finally crashed (Johan Groth)
Re: What I think of linux. (Jon Bloom)
Mount fails (Tom Karelin)
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From: Mads Dydensborg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux has finally crashed
Date: 30 Jul 1999 10:35:28 +0200
mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Ah, but there is a sligth difference here: A X/netscape crash (never
> > happened to me personally, but I did have an X/StarOffice crash and
> > have talked to other about the X/Netscape crash) can be resolved by
> > remotely logging in to the system and killing netscape - sometimes it
> > may be neccesary to restart the X server. For some reason X is able to
> > "lock the console" in this particular situation.
>
> Stop right there. What I said is what I meant. Netscape locks up the
> XServer and every things else. I have other machines here from which I
> could telnet, but the system would not even ping.
Hmm. This is the first time I ever heard of this. Maybe it is because
I have been using MetroX on my client systems until Quake 3 test was
released. (Only supports XF86).
Sorry.
Mads
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From: DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 05:22:26 -0400
Donn Miller wrote:
>
> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, alann wrote:
>
> > You're right, somewhat. I would be curious as to the average age of Linux
> > users. I'm 34. First computer I ever had my hands on was a Commodore PET.
>
> Same here. I can't remeber what year, must have been 1981 or 1982. What
> processor did the PET have, and how much memory did it have? It seems
> like it was like the 64, with Microsoft Basic built in, embedded like.
>
> > That was a LONG time ago. Right now there are a gazillion Windows users.
>
> I'm 30, and started using Linux in 1995. But from 1997 on, I'd been using
> FreeBSD almost exclusively. It'd be interesting to have someone take a
> survey on a web site. I think a quick guestimation would be that the
> average age of FreeBSD users are 10 years greater than those of Linux
> users.
>
> It would be interesting to do a survey, and compare the age of FreeBSD vs.
> Linux users, complete with mean and std. deviation.
33 here. Learned to program on a Cray in '78 (it's been downhill ever
since). Did the TRS 80 CO-CO, Timex Sinclair, Apple IIe, etc until '91
when I got my first PC.
Started Linux in 1997 and have never looked back. Got a priest to come
over and exorcise Bill Gates from my machine about 3 months after I
started using Linux.
Dan
--
UNIX - Not just for vestal virgins anymore
Linux - Choice of a GNU generation
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From: J.N. Subrahmanyam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to reduce the size of desktop using ctrl+alt++
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:04:11 GMT
Dear friends,
Previously, I used to do ctrl+alt+"+" to change the size of the desktop.
Now I am using a different linux system. Using ctrl+alt+"+" I am not
able to change the desktop size. Could somebody help me in changing the
size of my desktop using the above mentioned procedure.
Regards,
subrahmanyam
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?St=E9phane?= Doncieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't mount the drive
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:37:52 +0200
Chan Kuang wrote:
> I have a harddisk with 3 partitions when I had my RH6 installed. My root,
> swap and the third one I called it /freespace. /dev/hda1 is my root,
> /dev/hda6 is my swap and /dev/hda5 is /freespace. When ever I try to mount
> it, I have this message : mount: mount point /freespace does not exits
> it is the same even if I have include it in the /etc/fstab file.
> Can anyone help ?
before trying to mount '/freespace', you must create the directory
'/freespace'
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From: Tigger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where can I get a pre-installd Linux box for $250?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 23:55:13 -0400
Nick wrote:
> Hello,
> Is there any companies out there ont he web that are selling Linux
> boxes (Intel-based) running Redhat 6 for about $250? I heard somthing
> about some kind of consumer boxes being pushed by Prodigy sometime soon;
> but these sounded like more client boxes: I want to run a web and mail server.
> If not for $250, what's the cheapest boxes on the net?
> Thanks
> for any info.
I'll configure linux on a 486 and sell you that for $250...
Ryan T. Rhea
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: The Lex & Yacc source code for C++
From: "Noah Roberts (jik-)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 30 Jul 1999 01:45:01 -0700
Adam Przybyla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In comp.os.linux.development.apps jievis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Who can tell me where can found the source codes of lex and yacc for
> > c++. it is better if the grammers for preprocesser is included.
> > Thank in advance.
> ... new bison 1.27 sopports C++ ;-) Regards
> Adam Przybyla
I think he wants the lex and yacc files to parse C++...not the lex and
yacc that support C++ output.
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Subject: Re: Is RPM unique to Linux ?
From: "Noah Roberts (jik-)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 30 Jul 1999 01:33:32 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne) writes:
> It is even possible to install and use RPM on a Slackware system,
> albeit with the problem that packages designed with specific
> provisions for the peculiarities of a particular distribution's
> peculiarities, packages may not be *usefully* installable.
RPM "runs" on Slackware but does not "function" all that well. It has
to be used with the --nodeps switch so any abilities it might have had
it no longer does...namely dependancy checking.
Better off just using rpm2tgz and using pkgtool or installpkg ar
simply tar.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Augusto Cardoso)
Subject: [Q] Printer doesn't go Online... Any ideas?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 09:44:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'using Linux 2.2.7 (SuSE) for several weeks without problems.
I had to recompile the kernel because I changed the processor, and from
then, I can't print a single page.
Everything seems OK; print requests are queued, but "lpq" shows the printer
status as beinf "off-line"
What can I do, to get it "on-line".
Nothing symptomatic appears during boot...
Thanks for your help :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roman Fietze)
Crossposted-To: gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Re: Linux Kernel Compilation for 386/486/Pentium?
Date: 30 Jul 1999 10:08:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Matt Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Linux was designed to run on a machine as low as a 386; therefore, many of
> the utilities written for it were probably optimized for the 386
> (possibility 1)...i.e., your copy of dd probably isn't optimized for a
> Pentium.
>
> (Possibility 2)...did you use a slower hard drive in a faster computer, or
> a faster hard drive in a slower computer? Try using the same hard drive
> in both systems.
I used exactly the same hardware, exactly the same dd. The only thing
I did was to create two different kernels, one optimized for the 386,
the other for the Pentium. All other files on the system were
untouched. Switched between the two kernels multiple times (using LILO).
This means the 386 kernel run's faster on a Pentium than the Pentium kernel.
Compiler used for compilation: egcs-2.91.66
Roman
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From: Matt Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Download and burn Debian and slackware.
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:35:51 -0500
Gee, I'm trying to figure out the answer to that question myself...
Once you've found a bootable image, you need to use mkisofs to build the
CD image. There's an option (I believe it's -b) that lets you specify the
boot image...it's that simple. However, El Torito requires that you make
a boot catalog...use the -c option (i.e., "-c /boot.catalog" -- this will
place the boot catalog in the root directory of the CD).
Let me know if you ever find a boot image.
Matt Cole
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there any bootable cd images of those two linux distributions
> (slackware 3.9 and debian) out on the internet. Or can someone please
> tell me where i can download the installation trees and burn a
> bootable cd myself. Please give me a short explanation how make the cd
> bootable, I know that I have to use ElTorito extension, but which boot
> image should I include.
>
> Thanks a lot for any input.
>
> Rgds �istein
--
"So Lone Starr, now you see that evil will always triumph, because good is
dumb."
-- Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis), "Spaceballs"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux has finally crashed
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:11:32 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Since this can happen due to so many reasons (power outage, power supply
> > failure, accidentally bumping the reset button, an OS crash, etc) is
> > there any way to avoid this?
>
> No real solution (besides journalling files systems with lower
> performance) seems possible here.
Isn't there some new file system on the horizon using B-trees which is
journalling and yet faster than ext2fs?
--
Jon Skeet - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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From: De Messemaeker Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux has finally crashed
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:06:43 +0200
Jon Skeet wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > > Since this can happen due to so many reasons (power outage, power supply
> > > failure, accidentally bumping the reset button, an OS crash, etc) is
> > > there any way to avoid this?
> >
> > No real solution (besides journalling files systems with lower
> > performance) seems possible here.
>
> Isn't there some new file system on the horizon using B-trees which is
> journalling and yet faster than ext2fs?
Where can i find more info ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Download and burn Debian and slackware.
Date: 30 Jul 1999 09:30:58 +0200
Is there any bootable cd images of those two linux distributions
(slackware 3.9 and debian) out on the internet. Or can someone please
tell me where i can download the installation trees and burn a
bootable cd myself. Please give me a short explanation how make the cd
bootable, I know that I have to use ElTorito extension, but which boot
image should I include.
Thanks a lot for any input.
Rgds �istein
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From: De Messemaeker Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux has finally crashed -> Could be even worse !
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:41:33 +0200
Mads Dydensborg wrote:
> > Stop right there. What I said is what I meant. Netscape locks up the
> > XServer and every things else. I have other machines here from which I
> > could telnet, but the system would not even ping.
>
> Hmm. This is the first time I ever heard of this. Maybe it is because
> I have been using MetroX on my client systems until Quake 3 test was
> released. (Only supports XF86).
>
> Sorry.
Could be worse. Yesterday, i installed Windowmaker 6.0 on my system. I
use the preinstalled Gnome (SuSE 6.1), so i changed the configuration.
Everything works really nice but then :
1. i start gmc (gnome file manager)
2. there is an icon on my desktop that resembles my CD-ROM
3. I double click it and next thing i see is a black screen and then
some BIOS-information :-) Linux just crashed big time :-)
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From: "Chan Kuang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't mount the drive
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 16:09:36 +0800
I have a harddisk with 3 partitions when I had my RH6 installed. My root,
swap and the third one I called it /freespace. /dev/hda1 is my root,
/dev/hda6 is my swap and /dev/hda5 is /freespace. When ever I try to mount
it, I have this message : mount: mount point /freespace does not exits
it is the same even if I have include it in the /etc/fstab file.
Can anyone help ?
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From: Lindoze 2000 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.0 and passwd command
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 02:16:47 -0400
how the heck do you use adduser/useradd properly?
Villy Kruse wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I recently install Redhat 6.0 on a machine to test. When setting up
> >users just edited the passwd file by hand and created the users place a :*:
> >in the place of the password. I then used passwd user_name to set up the
> >passwords for each user and it said it updated everything fine. Every seemed
> >fine.
>
> Try /usr/sbin/useradd /usr/sbin/adduser (they are the same command on
> RH6.0). This will also take care of /etc/shadow if need be, which you
> would need to do separately if you just use an editor. Also, you can use
> pwconv to update /etc/shadow, if you still want to use the editor method.
>
> Villy
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From: Captain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.irc.questions
Subject: Re: Good IRC client for Linux?
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 08:35:44 +0100
>On 20 Jul 1999 18:17:34 -0700, "Noah Roberts (jik-)"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Stefan Walter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a good IRC client for Linux/X11. I'm used to mIRC a bit,
>>> but that isn't available for X, is it?
>>
>>ircii as the engine, and tkirc as the gui front end. Then you have an
>>irc client for console AND X. Also tkirc is the best X irc IMHO, and
>>I have tried those that other people mentioned and they didn't stand
>>under scrutiny.
I use a client called cIRCus. Like others its not as good as mIRC, but
you get a similar interface to mIRC, a window for each channel, private
conversation or dcc session, just no scripting....... but if you're that
desperate, you can always edit the code ;)
--
Capt
Admin for london.uk.eu.dreamwave.org:6667
www.dreamwave.org
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 06:26:12 +0000
From: Kevin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dependencies issues
Dear all,
I am trying to install three RPM pagages, and am having a bit of a
problem with it. When trying to install each one, rpm gives me a list
of failed dependencies. For completeness, here are the exact errors
rpm -Uvh tcl-8.0.4-29.i386.rpm
failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by tcl-8.0.4-29
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by tcl-8.0.4-29
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by tcl-8.0.4-29
rpm -Uvh tclx-8.0.4-29.i386.rpm
failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by tclx-8.0.4-29
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by tclx-8.0.4-29
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by tclx-8.0.4-29
rpm -Uvh tk-8.0.4-29.i386.rpm
failed dependencies:
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) is needed by tk-8.0.4-29
libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) is needed by tk-8.0.4-29
The problem I am having is that I seem to have the files required by
these packages in my /lib directory. What am I missing? Thanks in
advance.
Kevin
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From: Gil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Loading of sblive driver at startup
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 14:33:23 +0400
Everytime I switch on the computer , in order to get the sound working I
have to do "modprobe emu10k1". Is there any way around to get it to
automatically load at startup ? Using Slackware 4 and kernel 2.2.10.
TIA,
Gil
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to compile qt for kde in RH6.0?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:40:35 -0800
Dear RedHat6.0 and interest KDE development programers:
I tried the compile the code on www.kdevelop.org 's tutorial , fail
to link the funciton to qt 's library
I got: qapplication.h: No such file or directory
qpushbutton.h: No such file or directory
I can find them at /usr/include/qt
but when I tried to compile the code in bash shell:
gcc -o f1 f1.c -L/usr/include/qt -lqt
it still response same error
do any one know how to fix?
demand your tech help
if convience please email to me as well as post out on newsgroup, thanks
in advance
Eric
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Gert Wollny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Incorrect amount of memory...
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 12:27:58 +0200
Karl Barnes wrote:
> 1) I cannot get the build to see more than 16MB of memory. I tried rebuilding
> the kernel, but that didn't help. I don't see anything in the FAQs, Read Me's
> or MAN pages about this. Suggestions and pointers to information would be
> appreciated.
Does the bios see more than 16 MB? I recently installed a 64 MB Module
and put it in the wrong slot (3rd instead of 1st) and so the system
didnt see more than 16Mb (Was a GIGABYTE Board). Putting the Dimm Module
into right position solved the problem.
Regards
Gert
--
There are three sorts of mathematicians:
The first one is able to count till three, the second one is not.
Max-Planck-Institute of Cognitive NeuroSience http://www.cns.mpg.de
http://gerti.home.pages.de
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux has finally crashed
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:56:40 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jon Skeet wrote:
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > > Since this can happen due to so many reasons (power outage, power supply
> > > > failure, accidentally bumping the reset button, an OS crash, etc) is
> > > > there any way to avoid this?
> > >
> > > No real solution (besides journalling files systems with lower
> > > performance) seems possible here.
> >
> > Isn't there some new file system on the horizon using B-trees which is
> > journalling and yet faster than ext2fs?
>
> Where can i find more info ?
Um, not sure. I believe it was called "breiserfs" or maybe just
"reiserfs". A search (possibly of SlashDot) may yield some results... I
believe it's still in beta though.
--
Jon Skeet - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 06:55:18 -0500
From: Robert Schweikert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Q] Printer doesn't go Online... Any ideas?
Have you tried killing and restarting the printer deamon? That sometimes does
the trick.
Good luck.
Robert
Augusto Cardoso wrote:
> I'using Linux 2.2.7 (SuSE) for several weeks without problems.
> I had to recompile the kernel because I changed the processor, and from
> then, I can't print a single page.
> Everything seems OK; print requests are queued, but "lpq" shows the printer
> status as beinf "off-line"
>
> What can I do, to get it "on-line".
> Nothing symptomatic appears during boot...
>
> Thanks for your help :)
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From: Yap Chen Kuang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: filesystem corruption
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 23:14:14 +0800
I run redhat 6 at work. Everytime the system isn't shut down properly
the filesystem
is corrupted beyond repair. fsck just hangs.
At home I have Slackware and there's no problem dealing with improper
reboots.
What's the problem and is there a way to fix it without reformatting?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Knott)
Subject: Re: KDE Defaukt WM on RH 6.0
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 17:35:10 -0400
Reply-To: James Knott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steven E Bourland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Al wrote:
>
>> How do I make KDE my default window manager in my Red Hat 6.0 system.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Al
>
>I had a hard time with this one too.
>
>In GNOME there is a 'Desktop Switching Tool' under 'KDE programs',
>System
>Utilities (I think that is it). It is sort of hard to find, it is
>hidden away. If you can't
>find it, let me know (best via email) and I will get the exact location
>for you.
If all else fails, just open a terminal session and enter "switchdesk"
to start the program. You can also create an icon on the desktop to
run it.
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: where is the binary and source code after rpm?
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 14:58:12 -0800
Dear Linux user:
I had redaht6.0, after I rpm -vhi binary.rpm and source.rpm,
where is these binary and source code go, which directory and which
files(have it any doc or readme file?)?
nad for I wnat to know where is the source code and which they are
generate the file.h header file, ie string.h?
are it generally file.c? I am very few find .c file in redaht even
I rpm lots src from disk 2. do you know why?
for your tech help, I highly thanks in advance
Eric Lin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] /* if convience please email me as well as
post to newsgrapu */
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert V. Grizzard)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Date: 30 Jul 1999 11:02:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>Donn Miller wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, 30 Jul 1999, alann wrote:
>>
>> > You're right, somewhat. I would be curious as to the average age of
Linux
>> > users. I'm 34. First computer I ever had my hands on was a Commodore
PET.
>>
>> Same here. I can't remeber what year, must have been 1981 or 1982. What
>> processor did the PET have, and how much memory did it have? It seems
>> like it was like the 64, with Microsoft Basic built in, embedded like.
>>
>> > That was a LONG time ago. Right now there are a gazillion Windows users.
>>
>> I'm 30, and started using Linux in 1995. But from 1997 on, I'd been using
>> FreeBSD almost exclusively. It'd be interesting to have someone take a
>> survey on a web site. I think a quick guestimation would be that the
>> average age of FreeBSD users are 10 years greater than those of Linux
>> users.
>>
>> It would be interesting to do a survey, and compare the age of FreeBSD vs.
>> Linux users, complete with mean and std. deviation.
>
>
>33 here. Learned to program on a Cray in '78 (it's been downhill ever
>since). Did the TRS 80 CO-CO, Timex Sinclair, Apple IIe, etc until '91
>when I got my first PC.
>
>Started Linux in 1997 and have never looked back. Got a priest to come
>over and exorcise Bill Gates from my machine about 3 months after I
>started using Linux.
38. First computing experience was with a HIS 6000 running some flavor of
B---C. I've been playing with Linux since 1995 and have decided this is the
summer I leave Micro$oft behind -- but whether for Linux or *BSD is unknown.
(This is also the summer I learn C.)
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From: Yap Chen Kuang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modem not responding
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 23:17:43 +0800
Maybe (from my experience) you need the modem initialization string.
You can extract this from the .inf files on your modem driver disk.
Just look for a line that says something like ini:ATZblahblah
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From: Yap Chen Kuang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quicktime
Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 23:20:11 +0800
try xanim
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From: Klamer Schutte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Linux has finally crashed
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 13:01:01 +0200
Randall Parker wrote:
>
> In article <rq0sfh$0$37nspbi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> > I believe if you mount your file systems with the sync option (do
> > a 'man mount' for details), it will not cache data but write to the disk
> > immediately.
>
> Could you do that on a per partition basis? ie don't cache on some
> partitions but do cache on others?
>
> For instance, I don't care if the swap file gets corrupted. But I do care
> greatly that a partition that holds a database does not have whole files
> get lost.
If you just want to protect your databases: make sure that your database
syncs often enough to disk. This can be done by
- using file i/o with the O_SYNC flag (for example, with opening
in O_SYNC mode.)
- performing a fsync() to the file descriptor(s) when a transaction has
happened. (might provide better performance.)
Klamer
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From: Johan Groth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Linux has finally crashed
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 13:09:22 +0200
Jon Skeet wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Jon Skeet wrote:
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > > > Since this can happen due to so many reasons (power outage, power supply
> > > > > failure, accidentally bumping the reset button, an OS crash, etc) is
> > > > > there any way to avoid this?
> > > >
> > > > No real solution (besides journalling files systems with lower
> > > > performance) seems possible here.
> > >
> > > Isn't there some new file system on the horizon using B-trees which is
> > > journalling and yet faster than ext2fs?
> >
> > Where can i find more info ?
>
> Um, not sure. I believe it was called "breiserfs" or maybe just
> "reiserfs". A search (possibly of SlashDot) may yield some results... I
> believe it's still in beta though.
Hi,
it's called reiserfs and the URL is
http://idiom.com/~beverly/reiserfs.html.
///Johan
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From: Jon Bloom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.linux.sux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: What I think of linux.
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 07:11:17 -0400
DanH wrote:
>
> 33 here. Learned to program on a Cray in '78 (it's been downhill ever
How did you get your hands on a Cray as a 12-year-old?
Jon
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From: Tom Karelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mount fails
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 11:29:09 GMT
Dear Listers,
Please help me as I am new to Linux.
I am trying to Install Red Hat 6.0 on my old 486 PC
after I defined filesystems and selected packages to install, it formats
my drive and then tells me ' mount failed invalid argument '
Is it that I am missing required filesystem?
I defined /,/usr,/tmp, swap,/data1,/data2
Am I missing something or there is another reason/workaround ?
Thank in advance.
Tom
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