Linux-Misc Digest #548, Volume #21 Thu, 26 Aug 99 14:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: startx -- -bpp 16.....too long to type (Hans J�rgensen)
RE: shadowing and blackout (james)
Re: netscape 4.51 for linux ("CCITT5")
Re: The optimization debate (was: why not C++?) (Paul D. Smith)
Re: Best language for graphical apps? (Grant Edwards)
Ad Extinguisher -- Pollution Control for the Internet ("Travis S. Metcalfe")
Re: lilo and Ontrack (Yannick Arnoud)
Re: lilo and Ontrack (Yannick Arnoud)
Re: My Linux crashes more often than M$ (kev)
Re: My Linux crashes more often than M$ (kev)
It's crashed yet again! (kev)
Re: My Linux crashes more often than M$ (Uwe Bonnes)
Re: The optimization debate (was: why not C++?) ("Stefan Monnier "
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Re: Give back on ppp connect/Netscape problem ("Matthew O. Persico")
Re: VMware - wow! (puddin tame)
Re: VMware - wow! (John Edwards)
Re: Mounting Windows? (Oliver.Natt)
Re: slocate.cron and cron weekly errors Mandrake 6.0 (Warren Bell)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hans J�rgensen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: startx -- -bpp 16.....too long to type
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:18:15 +0300
TurkBear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Uh, rather than modifying startx, as someone else suggested, you can simply
>>modify $HOME/.xserverrc to run the exact server and commands you wish.
>>Do a "man xinit" for details.
>Even easier, create an alias called something like myx and
>set it to the startx -bpp16 setting ( or whatever you want for command line
>options...You could even set up multiple aliases like
>my16x='startx -bpp16'
>my24x='startx -bpp24'
>etc
I like to start X with a small shellscript (/usr/local/bin/x):
startx -- -bpp 16 > ~/.xlog 2>&1
This way i can tail -f ~./xlog and get error-msg's.
--
Hans J�rgensen - Boris - #Linux.dk & #Danmark on the Undernet
Homepage -> http://boris.n3.net
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From: james <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: RE: shadowing and blackout
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:30:57 GMT
Does anyone know what causes shadowing and line blackout with onclick and
mouseover ?
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From: "CCITT5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.hacking,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: netscape 4.51 for linux
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 08:42:46 -0700
Reply-To: "CCITT5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I have redhat 6.0 installed and it came with netscape 4.51. It's always
> crashing whenever anything that has to do with java is on the website
> I'm trying to access. How can I fix this. Thanks.
>
>
I've had trouble with Java in Netscape 4.51 on every platform I've used it
on. Linux, Macintosh, and Windows...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul D. Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: The optimization debate (was: why not C++?)
Date: 26 Aug 1999 10:50:58 -0400
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randall Parker) writes:
rp> I would argue that good coding styles, once one has internalized
rp> them, are not much if any additional effort to practice. So why
rp> not do them everywhere?
My argument is that (a) just because a particular idiom, like counting
down instead of up, gives better performance in some cases it probably
won't in all cases: that's extremely compiler and architecture dependent
and _normally_ I don't think programmers should spend time worrying
about the system on this level, as it leads to bad habits, (b) even
where it does help, it likely won't make a noticeable difference, and
(c) you can't figure out where something like this _will_ make a
noticeable difference until you run the code and see where it's spending
it's time. The primary result I took away from the paper I mentioned on
profiling ("News Need Not Be Slow") is that you can almost never guess
exactly where your program will spend it's time... so don't. Profile it.
I think we're actually almost in agreement.
For example, I completely agree with you that all optimization shouldn't
be left to the end: that is, _macro_ optimizations, or optimizations of
high-level algorithms, should obviously be considered up-front. But
that's a much harder thing to do, and I think many programmers
substitute _micro_ optimizations instead, and feel like they're
accomplishing something.
I don't believe micro-optimizations buy you much at all, generally, and
they often take longer to program, have more bugs because they're more
complicated than they need to be, and are harder to read, understand,
and maintain for the same reasons.
The right time for this kind of minor code tweaking is _after_ all the
code is written and working; maybe even after the first release. _Then_
you go in with a profiler and examine the results, and say "hey, my
program spends 13% of its time in strcmp(), maybe I can improve that by
testing the first char inline before calling the function", or writing
an inline function, or even reversing loops to count down instead of up.
Also, armed with this info you can see whether the changes you make
really help the situation or not... or even make it worse.
On a micro level, I believe the best way is to write the code the most
straightforward way possible first, _then_ when it all works, come back
and see where you can tweak it to be faster. Remember, slower, working
code is always better than faster, broken code.
That being said, if you like to count down and that's your style, that's
great. I have no issue with people cultivating styles that are more
likely to lead to more efficient code! I, myself, quite often use
temporary pointers to walk through arrays rather than incrementing a
counter and using array indexing. I actually do it because I find the
code simpler to understand that way, but it's probably faster, too.
But, I don't think it's a useful exercise for the average programmer to
be examining the assembly output of their current compiler, and trying
to adjust their C coding style accordingly. Programmers should be
worrying about writing straightforward, easy to read, easy to maintain,
portable code first and foremost. Any optimizations on this level can
wait.
--
===============================================================================
Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Network Management Development
"Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
===============================================================================
These are my opinions---Nortel Networks takes no responsibility for them.
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From: grant@nowhere. (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Best language for graphical apps?
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 15:59:48 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Noah Roberts (jik-) wrote:
>Sean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>tcl/tk
Stk (Scheme/tk) http://kaolin.unice.fr/
I could never get Tcl syntax (particulary quoting) figured out.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! I am having a
at pleasant time!!
visi.com
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From: "Travis S. Metcalfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ad Extinguisher -- Pollution Control for the Internet
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 12:02:25 -0500
I recently found out about a C++ program that filters advertisements and
(optionally) animated GIFs out of web pages and replaces them with
little black lightning bolts. It was written for Win95/NT and the full
source has been released under GPL (see http://www.ispec.net/adext/).
I'm very interested in seeing it ported to Linux, but I lack the skills
necessary to do so myself. If anyone else is interested in this project,
please contact me -- the internet is only getting more commercial, and I
already have a bad case of information overload...
Travis
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From: Yannick Arnoud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo and Ontrack
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:17:17 +0200
> Yannick's approach will work. The Ontrack Disk Manager (or whatever
> they call it these days) will also work. Just install Ontrack first,
> according to its instructions, and write down the CHS numbers it
> gives you.
Thanks for your answer. I will try that asap. The only last worry I have
is about finally installing lilo. Lilo will be on the MBR and I am afraid
it will erase Ontrack.
If so, I will still be able to boot under Linux as the 10.1 Gb disk will
be seen (command linux append="...") but windows will no more see the
disk as ontrack will be gone.
Am I wrong ?
Yannick
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From: Yannick Arnoud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo and Ontrack
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:21:26 +0200
> > I recently bought a 10.1 Go DD as a second disk.
> >
> > In order to be seen as a 10.1 Go disk by the motherboard (Intel 440
> LX),
> Neither Linux nor any Windoze 95,98,NT use the BIOS HD parametrs. They
> just need to be informed, if any HD is installed or not.
In fact, the Bios perfecly see the HD, and the reported size is correct.
But for unknown reasons, Windows sees this 10.1 Gb disk as a 8 Gb disk.
The only way to see within windows the right size is to use Ontrack.
This problem will only happen if the HD is larger than 8 Gb.
> My disk is partitioned to two 2GB partiitions, one for W95, one for
> Linux. Both is running perfectly. No problems at all.
This could explain why you have no such problem...
Thanks for your answer,
Yannick
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From: kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: My Linux crashes more often than M$
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:34:05 +0100
DeAnn Iwan wrote:
> Are you overclocking, by any chance? If so, try turning down the CPU
> speed a bit and see if the problem goes away.
Nope, not overclocking at all.
- Kev
>
> kev wrote:
> >
> > Robin Smith wrote:
> >
> > > kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Well it's just done it again! I'm using Red Hat 6, and every now and
> > > > then, it just decides to log me out, thus losing all unsaved information
> > > > from the apps I had open. It doesn't give any hint that anything is
> > > > wrong, it just logs me out. This is _very_ annoying. What was that about
> > > > Linux being the stablest OS there is?
> > > >
> > > > So I'm forced to appeal to you guys to give me some insight into what is
> > > > wrong. Again. I've had so many problems with RH6, I spend far too much
> > > > time trying to fix problems when I should be using it to be productive.
> > > >
> > > > Do non-Red Hat users have these problems?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > - Kev
> > >
> > > Anything of interest in the messages file? E.g. PANIC ...
> >
> > I checked as soon as I logged back in and didn't see anything untoward.
> >
> > > Your description is unclear, do you just lose X or the whole system.
> > > If X then which Window Manager?
> >
> > All my windows get closed and I get taken back to the login screen (dialog
> > box, ie X running).
> > I use Gnome with Enlightenment.
> >
> > >
> > > If not it could probably be a hardware fault e.g. build up of heat.
> > > Does the problem happen after five minutes or five hours of uptime?
> >
> > About once a week or so.
> >
> > I'm convinced there must be one underlying problem, cos Navigator keeps dying
> > for no apparent reason, even though I turned Java off - my NN dies if it gets
> > near any Java. I have posted many questions about this, received many replies
> > and tried every fix under the sun, but I still can't get it to like Java.
> >
> > ta,
> >
> > - Kev
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From: kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: My Linux crashes more often than M$
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:35:33 +0100
Thanks very much Heiki, but that's a fix I keep seeing. I've tried it and it
hasn't made any difference at all.
I've come across one or two other people on this group a few weeks ago for whom it
didn't work either.
- Kev
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From: kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: It's crashed yet again!
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 17:40:04 +0100
Hi,
Another X lock-up.
This time after returning to the machine, moving the mouse (may have
pressed a button too while movig it) to get rid of screensaver, but
instead, the screensaver carried on running, but with an error message
in the top corner of the screen something like "Unable to grab pointer".
Any idea why it does this?
How to stop it doing this?
Thanks,
- Kev
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From: Uwe Bonnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: My Linux crashes more often than M$
Date: 26 Aug 1999 16:37:05 GMT
kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: All my windows get closed and I get taken back to the login screen (dialog
: box, ie X running).
: I use Gnome with Enlightenment.
But that's not Linux failing, but some application...
Bye
--
Uwe Bonnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt
========= Tel. 06151 162516 ======== Fax. 06151 164321 ==========
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From: "Stefan Monnier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: The optimization debate (was: why not C++?)
Date: 26 Aug 1999 13:12:41 -0400
>>>>> "Paul" == Paul D Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> My argument is that (a) just because a particular idiom, like counting
> down instead of up, gives better performance in some cases it probably
> won't in all cases: that's extremely compiler and architecture dependent
In this specific case, you could probably argue that comparing against
a universal constant (i.e. zero) is inherently faster than comparing
against some other number. So it's very unlikely that the mere fact
of counting down would ever be detrimental.
But counting down might have side effects like "traversing an array
from the end to the beginning" which might defeat some hardcoded
prefetch strategies. So, it's just better to write things in as obvious
and simple a way as possible, since that's what compilers and machines
are optimized for.
> likely to lead to more efficient code! I, myself, quite often use
> temporary pointers to walk through arrays rather than incrementing a
> counter and using array indexing. I actually do it because I find the
> code simpler to understand that way, but it's probably faster, too.
Last time I timed such code, I found out that it was actually slower
because the pointer manipulation defeated the simple alias analysis
and prevented some code reorganization, while the more straightforward
array access was much better understood by the compiler (and automatically
turned into a temp-pointer walking through the array).
If code is easier to understand for a programmer, it's probably also easier to
understand for a compiler, leading to better code.
Stefan
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From: "Matthew O. Persico" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.windows.x.kde,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Give back on ppp connect/Netscape problem
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 12:43:14 -0400
Jayan M wrote:
>
> <sarcasm>
> seems you were forced by someone to use linux.. sorry for you!
> </sarcasm>
Wrong. I am trying to use it in order to DUMP NT on it's sorry butt.
> you are trying to work with an operating system that is still under
> active development and is being made more and more 'easier for the
> dummies' day by day. Well, if editing 4 lines into a resolv.conf file
> sticks in someone's craw (what'ver that means) I think he should
> stick with windows for a little longer and don't worry about the
> rest of the world whose craw's are being sticked in.. :-)
"sticks in someone's craw" is an expression for an action that is truly
annoying.
The point I was trying to make is that, as far as I can see, redhat is
trying to promote GNOME and/or KDE as the solutions that will promote linux
BEYOND those of us that can edit resolv files and it ain't there yet. And
I'm just annoyed that I was sucked into the promotion and that the net
effect was to DESTABLIZE my system in terms of how easily I can get things
done. It's also going to turn off many newbies who might want to try this
thing and can't anywhere and that's not going to help the cause either.
I used to have 5.2 running over a year ago with zero problems and zero
headaches. I stopped for reasons too long to go into here. Now I try to
come back up with 6.0 and it's one nightmare after another. This morning,
my attempt to install a Perl extention dies because none of the standard
headers are in the standard places!
I think my next step is to re-install with NO kde and NO gnome. Then I've
got a raw *nix system and I'll build on that.
I guess it's my fault for assuming that stuff that LOOKED that good
actually WORKED that good. It is obviously too early in the ballgame for
that.
> remember editing autoexec.bat and config.sys with all those goofy
> 8 letter sys and com and exe file names and even goofier arguments
> that does not follow any standard pattern..
Son, I remember writing PETbasic programs out to cassette tapes. I actually
OWNED a C64 and worked on a VIC-20. Been there, done that. And when I was
there, I learned to reply to mail and news UNDERNEATH the text I was
replying to, not above.
:-)
>
> Well, at least in Linux if you do edit these little text files
> here and there, things work!!!
>
> Jayan
>
> "Matthew O. Persico" wrote:
>
> > Which all just begs the question:
> >
> > How is it done under Windows? I just enter a phone number, username,
> > password, click a couple of TPC/IP settings (dynamic IP, dynamic DNS) and
> > I'm off. No fiddling with scripts. No fidding with /etc/resolv (which
> > really sticks in my craw). How is it that the supposedly brain dead system
> > makes connection to ISPs a no-op yet, from the number of PPP subject I read
> > aross many a Linux news group, on the Linux side, ISP connection is fraught
> > with peril?
> >
> > MotorHead wrote:
> > >
> > > I have fought this problem for a couple of days now. It was
> > > exascerbated by the fact I had also changed ISP's, but this turned out
> > > to be the clue I was looking for. What leads one astray is that the
> > > modem can connect, but you still may not be logged into you ISP and
> > > ppp initiated. My other clue was my /var/ppp/messages stated that my
> > > "login script failed". What I did then was start a minicom session and
> > > watch what my ISP was asking for during the login process, and then
> > > used this information to properly change my login script. What had me
> > > fouled up was that my previous ISP used "login:" to ask for the
> > > username, while my new one used "username:". The default "expect"
> > > for Gnome network configuration is "ogin:", a substring for "login:"
> > > My new ISP, as stated used "username:", so the correct
> > > substring for the "expect" entry would be "sername:" or something
> > > shorter. Just "ame:" would work. Don't forget the colon and quotes are
> > > not necessary. Once this was changed, the modem connected, the login
> > > took place, and ppp was started by the ISP. Netscape came up and
> > > connected to it's home page. To change this you must edit the ppp0
> > > interface. Edit the first "expect" entry ( under the communication tab
> > > for Gnome network configurator) and change the substring to match what
> > > your ISP asks for. With Kppd, the is a separate login script tab when
> > > you go into setup/account setup/edit. This worked for me and I hope
> > > some others.
> > > Isn't this fun!
> > >
> > > On Sat, 10 Jul 1999 09:05:36 -0400, "Spotillius Maximus aka \"Spot\""
> > > <*****@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > >I'm able to dial out and connect to my ISP with kppp, but, when I start
> > > >Netscape, or any other program that uses the internet, I get a can't connect
> > > >error message. It seems that I may not have a permission or path set
> > > >properly. I have read books and Howto's and still can't resolve this. I'm
> > > >sure it's something simple that I'm overlooking. Thanks.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Ed
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > Matthew O. Persico
> >
> > You'll have to pry my Emacs from my cold dead oversized
> > control-pressing left pinky finger. -- Randal L. Schwartz
--
Matthew O. Persico
You'll have to pry my Emacs from my cold dead oversized
control-pressing left pinky finger. -- Randal L. Schwartz
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From: puddin tame <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: athome.users-unix,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: VMware - wow!
Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 11:05:06 -0500
I guess you have the hardware to run something like this at home? No? Then
try VMware.
steve mcadams wrote:
> Jason Pell wrote:
>
> > You must have a base OS on which to run a virtual machine, thus the
> > reason
> > it is called a _virtual_ machine..
>
> From this I conclude that yes, it is in fact a crude hack.
>
> I guess most people have no experience with true virtual machine
> operating systems like IBM's VM/ESA (or whatever its latest version has
> been renamed to, I've been away from it since 93).
>
> They have an operating system they called CP (Control Program) that runs
> the base hardware. Its sole purpose in life is to TRANSPARENTLY host
> other operating systems. The operating systems running on top of it can
> not tell they are not running natively. You can even run CP
> second-level on top of CP to debug it. It runs at full processor speed,
> the systems on top of it run at full processor speed except that there
> are lot of interrupts happening that are processed by CP and result in
> remapping of memory and hardware to allow sharing of the processor and
> its associated hardware on a transparent basis.
>
> It is my understanding that the Intel x86 architecture lacks a couple of
> instructions that make TOTAL TRANSPARENCY impossible. This is why I was
> initially skeptical.
>
> If vmware is running on top of NT or on top of Linux then at best it is
> acting as an interpreter. Better than nothing but absolutely not a true
> virtual machine operating system by the definition that I'm used to.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Edwards)
Crossposted-To: athome.users-unix,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: VMware - wow!
Date: 26 Aug 1999 17:24:30 GMT
steve mcadams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
:
: I hope that I didn't imply that I thought it was fraudulent or
: anything. I just don't see it as very useful compared to a true virtual
: machine operating system. Its reliability will probably be on the same
: order as WINE.
Not while WINE is in alpha phase it won't. Maybe in a few years time
it might mature, until then....
: I'm sure there are things one could do with it, but
: personally I don't think I'd want to fiddle with it.
I use it as a development platform, the "undoable disk" is _very_ useful.
: Buying a used
: system for $300 or so would give reality and Win/Linux network easily
: enough.
With NT capable systems hitting the second hand market, that could be
a more worthwhile purchase, but takes up a more workspace/electrical
power/network sockets, etc.
--
-= John Edwards =-
-= Computing Service, Brunel University =-
-= Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =-
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Oliver.Natt)
Subject: Re: Mounting Windows?
Date: 26 Aug 1999 16:47:44 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (SB) writes:
> If you want to use the WIN partition all the time
> This is a simple way to do it.
> You should (as root) edit your boot.local (or whatever the local init
> file is...) file to include the command
> mount /dev/hda1 /windows -t vfat
That is not the way one should do that. Better edit your /etc/fstab. It should
contain a line like
/dev/hda1 /windows vfat defaults 0 0
then.
> cd /
> mkdir windows
>
That is ok.
I personally prefer the follwing entry in /etc/fstab:
/dev/hda1 /windows vfat noauto,user 0 0
This one allows every user to mount or unmount the windows-partition with
'mount /windows' and 'umount /windows' respectively.
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Date: Thu, 26 Aug 1999 16:45:27 +0000
From: Warren Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slocate.cron and cron weekly errors Mandrake 6.0
Thanks, I'll see if that fixes the problem. Another thing that you
might look at is in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Netscape and scroll
down to the part where it assigns keys to netscape. The first
~Ctrl<key>R you come to, change this:
Meta ~Ctrl<Key>R: undefined-key() \n\
Alt ~Ctrl<Key>R: undefined-key() \n\
To this:
Meta ~Ctrl<Key>R: xfeDoCommand(reload) \n\
Alt ~Ctrl<Key>R: xfeDoCommand(reload) \n\
This gets the reload to work with Alt-R. I still can't find how to get
the left and right arrows to work.
Dr Vincent C Jones PE wrote:
>
> I consider it a bug, along with several others I've found in my first
> week of getting it up and running.
>
> the line
>
> [ -e /usr/bin/updatedb ] && { sh /usr/bin/updatedb } || { /usr/bin/slocate -u -e
>/tmp -e "/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net,/proc" }
>
> should read
>
> [ -e /usr/bin/updatedb ] && { sh /usr/bin/updatedb ; } || { /usr/bin/slocate -u -e
>/tmp -e "/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net,/proc" ; }
>
> Note the added semicolons before each close curly brace.
>
> I also had to fix
>
> -- /etc/init.d/apmd to recognize UTC=yes as well as UTC=true for using
> a HW clock in UTC/GMT.
>
> -- deleted /etc/inputrc so that set -o vi would work.
>
> -- modified .Xmodmap so that the backspace key would be somewhat
> reasonable (although I still have not gotten back the use of
> "alt-arrows" in Netscape).
>
> In all, a very frustrating week for what should have been a simple
> upgrade. I guess you get what you pay for.
>
> Also: I upgraded to standard 2.2.11 to get some thinkpad fixes, and find
> that in the process I've lost the ability to run the nfs server deamon.
> Anyone know what's going on there or if there is a Mandrake FAQ or HOWTO
> anywhere?
>
> --
> Dr. Vincent C. Jones, PE Expert advice and a helping hand
> Computer Network Consultant for those who want to manage and
> Networking Unlimited, Inc. control their networking destiny
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> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Warren Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I installed Mandrake 6.0 recently and am getting some major errors from
> >cron. I'm getting something from cron.daily that says:
> >
> >##########
> >/etc/cron.daily/slocate.cron: line 6: syntax error: unexpected end of
> >file
> >
> >Here is my slocate.cron file:
> >
> >###########
> >#!/bin/sh
> >
> >[ -e /usr/bin/updatedb ] && { sh /usr/bin/updatedb } || {
> > /usr/bin/slocate -u -e /tmp -e "/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net,/proc"
> >}
> >
> >And cron.weekly is sending me a email with tons of errors. Like 1000+
> >lines. Some of them are:
> >
> >###########
> >bzcat: Input file ./ghostscript.1.bz2 doesn't exist, skipping.
> >bzcat: ./rdist.1.bz2 is not a bzip2 file, skipping.
> >bzcat: ./statserial.1.bz2 is not a bzip2 file, skipping.
> >
> >bzcat: Compressed file ends unexpectedly;
> >perhaps it is corrupted? *Possible* reason follows.
> >bzcat: Success
> >Input file = ./convfont.1.bz2, output file = (stdout)
> >
> >
> >Does anyone know what these are from? Is this a bug in 6.0 releases?
> >I've searched the newsgroups and found one other person with the same
> >problem on RH6 but no answer.
> >
> >This is a stock Mandrake 6.0 with most of the updates.
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