Linux-Misc Digest #580, Volume #21 Sun, 29 Aug 99 10:13:08 EDT
Contents:
Re: Infinite reboots with 2.0.37 or 2.0.38 (Geoff Short)
Re: Color printig in Caldera 2.2 only B/W on DJ 690C. (Dan Warren)
Re: why not C++? (Michael Schuerig)
Re: Linux Journal or Linux Magazine (Kenny A. Chaffin)
Re: Linux Journal or Linux Magazine (Kenny A. Chaffin)
Web Server Tuning (Kernel Upgrade) for RedHat 6/Kernel 2.2.5 (John Murtari)
Re: This is why RH 6.0 really sucks! (Philip Lehman)
Re: Dial-in server config problem (fred smith)
modprobe can't find char-major-4 (Pat Heuvel)
Re: modprobe can't find char-major-4 ("Jack Bakes")
Re: new to linux ("Jack Bakes")
Re: This is why RH 6.0 really sucks! ("William H. Pridgen")
Re: Any Voodoo 3000 (OEM) drivers for Linux ? ("Jack Bakes")
ghostcript (Philipp von dem Bussche-H�nnefeld)
Re: EPS = EPSI (Chris Rennie)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Geoff Short)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Infinite reboots with 2.0.37 or 2.0.38
Date: 29 Aug 1999 11:12:46 GMT
ELVIS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I never had problems installing a new kernel until 2.0.37... figured 2.0.38
: would solve the problem. No luck. System is an old vanilla 486DX4/100 SiS
: chipset PCI that runs fine (well... as fine as Linux ever runs) under
: 2.0.36. Pure Linux, no other OS. Optimized as router. Originally
: Slackware Spring '96, upgraded as soon as new 2.0.x kernels came out.
: libc5.4.46, gcc 2.7.2, etc.
Same problem here -- solved by upgrading (well, using different machine)
to gcc 2.7.2.3 (see /usr/lib/gcc-lib/*)
Geoff
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 08:00:31 -0400
From: Dan Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Color printig in Caldera 2.2 only B/W on DJ 690C.
Go here: http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi and find your
printer in the database. From there you can follow links to an updated
driver for your printer.
Good luck
Dan
"William B. Cattell" wrote:
> Jordi Backx wrote:
> >
> > I've tried everything, but I just can't print in colors on my Deskjet
> > 690C in Caldera 2.2. Even though the damn thing is supported in the COAS
> > printing tool.
> > It doesn't matter if I print from WP, The gimp, GV or netscape; the
> > printer prints it all, except in grays.
> > My configuration in COAS, does anyone know what's wrong in here (??) :
> >
> > name: lp
> > alternative names: -
> > description: HP Deskjet 690C
> > Type: HP Deskjet 550C and 560C
> > Resolution: 300 x 300
> > Paper size: DIN A4
> > Device: /dev/lp0
> > Speed: 57600
> > Max jobsize (0=unl.): 0
> > Suppress headers: yes
> > Spool dir: /var/spool/lpd/lp
> > Send EOF to eject pg: no
> > Add. GS options: no
> > Uniprint driver: - (can't be edited)
> > Remote host: - (can't be edited)
> > Remote queue: - (can't be edited)
>
> Is the 690 one of HP's PPA printers? If so you're SOL until
> someone writes a color driver. Tim Norman has some really
> slick software to let PPA printers print in BW (he's working
> on color).
>
> Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Schuerig)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: why not C++?
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 13:54:10 +0200
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Spike! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Tristan Wibberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>> BTW, has anyone read Stroustrup's paper where he suggests overloading
> >>> the whitespace operator? It's quite an elegant idea, for example
> >>> mathematicians would be able to write:
> >>>
> >>> v = a x + b y + c z;
> >>>
> >>> instead of the usual:
> >>>
> >>> v = a * x + b * y + c * z;
>
> Why doesn't it surprise me that Stroustrop came up with this lame idea.
Someone has to get caught each time that paper is mentioned. Yes, it
really does exist. And, yes, it's really been written by Stroustrup.
But...
> For a man that had the opportunity to clean up the C syntax and make it
> more readable yet managed the impressive task of making it even more of an
> dogs dinner than it already was, he really should have learnt his lesson by
> now.
You can bet that similarity to C was instrumental in the widespread
adoption of C++. If it were not to offer some kind of compatibility to
existing C code, it wouldn't be nearly as widely used as it actually is.
There's a similar effect with Java.
> I just wish academics like him would crawl back into their ivory towers
> and shut the doors for good since they seem to forget that programming
> languages are tools to be used by people, not machines, and therefor should be
> as syntactically clear as possible, not look like line noise.
How long does someone have to be in industry so that you don't consider
them an "academic" in your derogatory sense? No, sorry, but the design
of C++ has above all been driven by practical concerns.
> NJR (a C/C++ programmer for 15 years)
About time to reconsider your preconceptions.
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny A. Chaffin)
Subject: Re: Linux Journal or Linux Magazine
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 06:06:58 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Kenny A. Chaffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> >>
> >> Thing is, you can't form an opinion of a magazine from reading what a
> >> bunch of strangers have to say about it. I like Linux Journal. What
> >> does that mean to you? Nothing. For all you know, it might rank right
> >> behind Reader's Digest and TV Guide on my list of must-reads.
> >
> >And yes, your opinion IS worth something. We are, after all, a society
> >and cooperating, forming opinions, sharing information, and interacting
> >is what makes a society work.
>
> My point is simply that you don't know anything about whether my
> particular tastes in magazines align with yours. You still have to go
> get an issue or two of each and only then can you decide "That Jim Hill
> is a bonehead...Reader's Digest sucks." I will grant that from then on
> you can safely discount my opinion but for now you're working with a
> tabula rasa.
>
>
> Jim
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> Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
> Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
>
Read the previous postings...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny A. Chaffin)
Subject: Re: Linux Journal or Linux Magazine
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 06:08:03 -0600
In article <H6Ux3.227$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, rodsmith@adsl-151-
203-46-57.bellatlantic.net says...
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Hill) writes:
> >
> > Thing is, you can't form an opinion of a magazine from reading what a
> > bunch of strangers have to say about it. I like Linux Journal. What
> > does that mean to you? Nothing. For all you know, it might rank right
> > behind Reader's Digest and TV Guide on my list of must-reads.
>
> True, but if you give a REASON for your likes or dislikes, that's another
> matter. For instance:
>
> "I like Linux World because it's got a cute penguin on the cover." --
> This opinion is easily dismissed, except perhaps by penguiphiliacs. ;-)
>
> "I like Linux World because the writing is unusually concise and it's got
> lots of articles useful to newbies." -- This opinion provides information
> that helps you to evaluate whether it's a reasonable choice for other
> people, not just the original poster.
>
> "I have mixed feelings about Linux World, because the issues vary a lot in
> quality." -- This is a bit vague, but provides information you can't get
> by reading just one or two issues.
>
> In the end, of course, each person does have to make the evaluation for
> him- or herself, but others' opinions need not be valueless. A regular
> reader can provide information that you can't get from spot-checking a few
> issues -- is the quality consistent? Does the magazine run lots of
> "theme" issues? Do they re-hash the same stories again and again? Etc.
>
> --
> Rod Smith
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://members.bellatlantic.net/~smithrod
> Author of _Special Edition Using Corel WordPerfect 8 for Linux_, from Que
>
Exactly. Thanks, Rod. How do we get into these things anyway.....
Best Wishes,
KAC
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From: John Murtari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.install,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Web Server Tuning (Kernel Upgrade) for RedHat 6/Kernel 2.2.5
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 08:09:01 -0400
Folks,
Having a frustrating time getting good info on Kernel Tuning.
We are currently running RedHat 6/Kernel 2.2.5 and not terribly
impressed with performance. Have read some "good stuff" on both
Linux and Apache Tuning at:
http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/citi-netscape
A bit frustrated with the Linux tuning -- the above recommended
adjusting kernel params snd_cwnd * send_cwnd_cnt -- but didn't give
any recommended values, how to do it, or rationale? Same with
setting /proc parameter netdev_max_backlog
We run primarily web servers with a lot of outbound traffic, anyone
have experience with trying to adjust the MTU size of ethernet
interfaces to get better througput?
On the above site read some more "good stuff" about improving
the Linux scheduling algorithm -- we would like to upgrade our
Kernel, but don't know what would incorporate some of these changes
and also be a good fit in our existing RedHat 6 environment.
Must be a lot of folks out there serving up web pages on an
Apache/Linux platform. Any wisdom here would be a great help to
all.
Best regards!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Lehman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is why RH 6.0 really sucks!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 29 Aug 1999 14:13:27 +0100
On Sat, 28 Aug 1999 23:06:13 -0400, someone claiming to be
Jack Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 4.Compare Slackware 4.0 and RH 6.0, which one is better? I never get
> chance to try Slackware. I don't need useless fancy things, I only need
> the pure Linux. Could anyone tell me which one is better for me,
> slackware or RH?
Debian.
But I doubt that this would solve your problems, they seem to be
related to Oracle.
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Philip Lehman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dial-in server config problem
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 1999 17:31:22 GMT
Jim Ridenour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm trying to set up my RH Linux 5.0 server for dial-in. The
: problem is it won't answer the phone. Here is a run down of what I've
: done so far.
<snip>
: Have put uugetty.ttyS1 in /etc/default. It is copied below, but is
: the standard one from a book named RH Linux Secrets and is also very
: similar to an example in /docs/examples.
This file needs to be in /etc, and it should be named:
conf.uugetty.ttyS1
When I first switched to RedHat I fought with this for days because
the documentation said it should be in /etc/default. I finally read the
source code and saw that the RedHat build moved it to /etc and changed
its name, apparently in conformance with the FSSTND, but somehow they
forgot to change the documentation.
Good luck!
Fred
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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this:
While we were still sinners,
Christ died for us.
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From: Pat Heuvel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: modprobe can't find char-major-4
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:24:02 +1000
Gday all,
I get the above message each time I start an xterm (repeated in batches
of 64 times, according to my message log). Can someone give me a hint
where to start looking?
I have a P133 running glibc-2.1.1, kernel 2.2.12, XFree3.3.3.1, Mach64
accelerated server.
I understand it is a kernel module I am missing, which should be aliased
in conf.modules. But which module?
TIA,
Pat
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From: "Jack Bakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modprobe can't find char-major-4
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 13:58:43 +0100
> I understand it is a kernel module I am missing, which should be aliased
> in conf.modules. But which module?
In my conf.modules, if you scroll down, there's a line:
alias char-major-4 serial
or something like that.
I had to replace it with
alias char-major-4 off
That got rid of the problem.
I couldn't find the module in 2.2.x kernel sources, maybe it's earlier?
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From: "Jack Bakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new to linux
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 14:07:23 +0100
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:7qai6a$dfp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> what version should I use because there are many different linux to me?
Oh... now you're asking for it!
Seriously, I use SuSE 6.1 and it works fine. To be honest, with any major
distribution nowadays you can expect all the packages that you'll be needing
to be included: gnome, kde, GNU stuff, wine (for win games) etc. SuSE comes
on 5 cd's but it's mainly rubbish. On the other hand, I'm entirely happy
with my system + got no complaints.
As for installation, it's pretty easy (at least with SuSE), but if you're
unsure, be certain to ask a knowledgeable friend before messing about with
your partition table etc. You could end up with an unbootable PC. Your main
problem in installation is choosing which packages you want, which you can
always change later. www.debian.org offers a free download, but it's pretty
big and I'd rather go with the Linux Emporium stuff, which is the cost of a
CD. You'll need about 1Gb for a comfortable installation + I always like
more!
(Sorry if I need de-moronizing, this isn't my normal PC!)
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From: "William H. Pridgen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is why RH 6.0 really sucks!
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 08:05:05 -0500
Jack Zhu wrote:
>
> > I have a resolv.conf file. There's something wrong with your computer.
>
> That's strange! I installed RH 6.0 several times to my different PCs, all don't have
> this file. I have to add this file by myself to make IP_Forward work.
>
> BTW, my RH 6.0 CD is $2 copy from Linuxmall.com. Is this the reason the
>'resolv.conf' is
> missing? I don't think so.
I don't think so either. I have RedHat 6.0, and it has
/etc/resolv.conf.
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From: "Jack Bakes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Any Voodoo 3000 (OEM) drivers for Linux ?
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 14:17:30 +0100
stephen chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can you run 24bit on a Voodoo 3
Yeah, I think it's just with the depth-buffer + when rendering in 3d that
you're restricted to 16-bit.
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From: Philipp von dem Bussche-H�nnefeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ghostcript
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 13:31:00 GMT
Hi,
I am want to use my Linux Box as a prostscript print server.
Therefor I connected it with a Hewlett Packard Ljet 6L.
Now I want to print files from my Windows computer over the linux box
using ghostscript to emulate a phostscript printer.
Does anybody know where I can get help to this topic.
cu,
Philipp.
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From: Chris Rennie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: EPS = EPSI
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:33:31 +1000
Martin Schreck wrote:
>
> I am using Applixware. It offers me to import EPSI-Files. Is that same
> to EPS? Because when I import it I don't see the picture but only a gray
> surface. So either the EPS-file is broken or EPS is not equal EPSI.
EPS approximately equals EPSI. According to the Adobe Red Book,
an EPSI (Encapsulated PostScript interchange) format file is an
EPS file that has in its header section a bitmap representation of
the image. The bitmap begins with the line
%%BeginPreview: width height depth lines
and the bitmap follows in hex format.
The idea is that the preview bitmap is so simple to decode and
view that any program should be able to display it prior to
printing the real PostScript version. This is what makes it
nice for interchange - but by no means obligatory.
About your problem: maybe what you are seeing is the preview image,
which is a gray-scale image. The main EPS version may be okay.
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