Linux-Misc Digest #596, Volume #21 Mon, 30 Aug 99 05:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: CD-RW Install Problems - Please help ("Noah Roberts (jik-)")
Re: Running Windows NT Apps under Linux ("Adam C. Emerson")
Re: making linux go away ("Chauzie")
Re: networking slows down (Janet)
Re: Kernel Panic: and I Panic too. (Dallman Ross)
Re: what is the largest partition Linux file system can handle? (Yves Bellefeuille)
Re: ghostcript (Dan Warren)
Re: making linux go away (Frank v Waveren)
Re: new to linux (AngryMob)
Re: My Linux crashes more often than M$ (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Re: new to linux (AngryMob)
Re: distribution question (AngryMob)
Re: distribution question (AngryMob)
Re: new to linux (Greg Phillips)
Where is current kernel config file? (Jason Bond)
Re: what is the largest partition Linux file system can handle? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: SambA security problem or bug?! ("Jens Horn")
Re: How to reset modem after system crash? (Ninewands)
Re: Can only use sound card as root?!? (Stephan Houben)
multiple consoles on multiple monitors ("Tim Kohlman")
Re: making linux go away (DanH)
Re: This is why RH 6.0 really sucks! (Villy Kruse)
Re: procreation and Choice (Richard Kulisz)
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Subject: Re: CD-RW Install Problems - Please help
From: "Noah Roberts (jik-)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Aug 1999 22:10:44 -0700
Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm trying to install a Philips CD-RW model PCA 460RW.
> It's an E-IDE-ATAPI drive. I've attempted a read of the Cd-writing
> how-to and was left somewhat confused.
> I'm running the 2.0.36 kernel on a red hat 5.2 system.
> I don't use lilo to boot...I hit f8 when booting the machine
> and start linux from the command line of a dos prompt.
> I don't think I need to upgrade my kernel...I just need to tell
> linux that I want to enable the SCSI emulation for the cdrw drive.
> When I try and start X-CD-Roast Version 0.96e it says:
Not sure how to use the DOS loader. Yes, you just need to turn on
scsi emulation. If it succeeds you should get messages about such and
such a device at lun 0...etc...You need these scsi support modules or
kernel parts:
ide-scsi
scsi
sr_mod
sg
also the module loop helps a lot in making images.
>
>
> No Generic -SCSI-Support has been detected. Without it,
> not SCSI-Devices can be detected or used by X-CD-Roast.
> Please load the sg-module (e.g. "insmod sg") or recompile
> your kernel with Generic SCSI support.
Your ide-scsi driver may not be getting loaded....or maybe it is not
working out. Do a dmesg and parse it for scsi messages when you load
sr_mod. Try to mount /dev/scd0....
>
> But when I type: insmod sg
> at the command line it says:
>
> (root@blah: /sbin) ./insmod sg
> /lib/modules/preferred/scsi/sg.o: a module named sg already exists
>
> I have the cd-rw drive as the master on the secondary IDE
> and I've included the lines:
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
> label=Linux
> read-only
> append="hdc=ide-scsi"
>
> in my /etc/lilo.conf file but that doesn't seem to do the trick.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,
>
> Jason
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From: "Adam C. Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running Windows NT Apps under Linux
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 06:06:06 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Lee, Joey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greeting
> Do you know any software will allow Windows NT apps run under RedHat Linux
> 6.0? Any instruction is highly appreciated.
> Regards
> JL
There's VMWare, which runs Windows NT under Linux.
--
Adam C. Emerson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.calvin.edu/~aemers19
"Why finish when you can start a new thing to half do?"
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From: "Chauzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:00:34 -0700
What are you running? Win95/98 or NT. I run NT, and dual booting NT/Linux
is easy. I let NT do the booting. I haven't tried Win95/Linux combo yet.
But I saw a mini-HowTo on my Caldera CD showing how to dual boot Linux with
different OS'es. Look under the /doc directory of your linux CD. These
mini-HowTo are short and to the point. No geeky talk from linux snobs.
BTW, I notice that linux access the h/d slower than NT, and the graphic
refreshing (like when you drag a window accross several other windows) under
linux is way slower than NT. Any of you notice this? I guess device
drivers under linux suck.
Dario Andrade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7qclhj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Taking advantage of this conversation, how do I SETUP lilo on my MBR??
>
> I mean, the easiest way, without having to read tons of man pages to do
> something really stupid (in my opinion)...
>
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From: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: networking slows down
Date: 29 Aug 1999 22:23:53 -0700
Chris Mahmood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>
> > I have been recently been experiencing a problem with my networking
> > slowing down.
> Anything in the syslog? Dropped packets, etc?
> -ckm
Nope, there's nothing in the syslog; the only noticeable problem is that
pings get a lot slower, and I have trouble connecting to my box from the
outside.
Janet
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From: Dallman Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: and I Panic too.
Date: 29 Aug 1999 15:12:40 GMT
In comp.os.linux.setup Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You are still confused. You don't want to put the lilo boot
> loader in a logical partition. It won't work. The usual
Of course it will work. You use another boot loader to get
there. I have done this for a couple of years. I have
linux loaded on /dev/hdc6 and have lilo there as well. I use
BootMagic and also the Win NT boot loader to get there
from Win 98 and Win NT, respectively.
--
\ .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. .-. /
\-d-/-m-\-a-/-n-\-@-/-n-\-e-/-t-\-c-/-o-\-m-/-.-\-c-/-o-\-m-/
'-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-' '-'
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: what is the largest partition Linux file system can handle?
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 01:37:44 -0400
Reply-To: Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On 29 Aug 1999, ken@y wrote:
> Newsgroups:
>comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.development.apps.comp.os.linux.setup
>
> trying again. never got any answer on this yet.
You might get more answers if:
1. You didn't post to so many groups.
2. You checked that you spelled the groups' names correctly.
3. You used your real address so that people could write to you.
Newsgroups trimmed.
--
Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ottawa, Canada
Francais / English / Esperanto
Maintainer, Esperanto FAQ: http://www.esperanto.net/veb/faq.html
PGP key at the servers and at http://www.storm.ca/~yan/pgp.asc
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Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 10:13:20 -0400
From: Dan Warren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ghostcript
I think you'll have to either use samba to share the printer for windows
or get a remote lpr utility for win95 (like wlpr) and print to your
remote printer.
"Philipp von dem Bussche-H�nnefeld" wrote:
> 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.
>
> ------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank v Waveren)
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 06:08:32 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chauzie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> BTW, I notice that linux access the h/d slower than NT, and the graphic
> refreshing (like when you drag a window accross several other windows) under
> linux is way slower than NT. Any of you notice this? I guess device
> drivers under linux suck.
Many people have lesser graphics performance under XFree than under windows.
(This is however not always the case, I'm using a custom XFree for the Monster
Fusion, and though I haven't done any benchmarking, it feels faster than under
windows). If you want better performance, you could invest in the accellerated
X server. I've heard it gives about 25%-40% improvement.
hard disk access slowing down is not normal, either you have a very non-normal
hard disk/controller (hmm, so much for grammar), or you need to tweak it.
See man hdparm.
--
Frank v Waveren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 10074100
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From: AngryMob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new to linux
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:01:58 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, I am really new to linux, so I want to obtain more info. My system
> now is pentium II with two partition. One partition is 2.0 gig for
> win95 and MSDOS, the other partition 1.0 gig for winNT. Both partitions
> are FAT. Where can I download linux and what version should I use
> because there are many different linux to me? Is it hard to install
> linux? I really appreciate your help.
if you had two children, and you had to decide on which one gets to live,
who would you chose.... well to apply that to your current problem, say good
bye to either one of your win 95 or win nt partitions... good luck... =)
am
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonadab the Unsightly One)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: My Linux crashes more often than M$
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 06:11:14 GMT
kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I use Gnome with Enlightenment.
Do you use the versions of Gnome and Enlightenment that shipped
with RH 6, or do you have the updated versions?
Have you tried using KDE for a while to see whether it still happens?
I'm probably barking up the wrong tree with this one, but just
out of thoroughness, you are the only one using the system,
right? There couldn't be, say, somebody else killing your login
shell as a joke?
'Right! Now the first person to discover twelfth base
gets a ghost point and one free "Get Out of Jail"...'
-- Calvin
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From: AngryMob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new to linux
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 22:51:12 -0700
Mitja wrote:
> I have SuSE 6.1 Linux and IMHO installation is easy :).
>
> Mitja
> -----
> http://www2.arnes.si/~ljitis1
>
I second that...
am
> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >Hi, I am really new to linux, so I want to obtain more info. My system
> >now is pentium II with two partition. One partition is 2.0 gig for
> >win95 and MSDOS, the other partition 1.0 gig for winNT. Both partitions
> >are FAT. Where can I download linux and what version should I use
> >because there are many different linux to me? Is it hard to install
> >linux? I really appreciate your help.
> >
> >
> >Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> >Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: AngryMob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: distribution question
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:00:48 -0700
Klea Dzonsons wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ive been using RH 6.0 but I want to change distributions,
> a friend recommended I try Mandrake.
> What do you guys think of mandrake? is it stable and easy to configure?
I thought Mandrake was just a redhat clone...
am
> thanks in advance.
> Klea
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: AngryMob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: distribution question
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:59:08 -0700
Klea Dzonsons wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ive been using RH 6.0 but I want to change distributions,
> a friend recommended I try Mandrake.
> What do you guys think of mandrake? is it stable and easy to configure?
I thought Mandrake was just a redhat clone...
am
> thanks in advance.
> Klea
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Greg Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new to linux
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 1999 23:30:59 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi, I am really new to linux, so I want to obtain more info. My system
> now is pentium II with two partition. One partition is 2.0 gig for
> win95 and MSDOS, the other partition 1.0 gig for winNT. Both partitions
> are FAT. Where can I download linux and what version should I use
> because there are many different linux to me? Is it hard to install
> linux? I really appreciate your help.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
Another option is something like DosLinux
(http://www.tux.org/pub/tux/robotti/doslinux/), where you don't need to
repartition your drive.
Or, if you feel like waiting a bit, I'm working on a distro, EuLinux. It
uses a loopback device, like DosLinux does, to mount a standard ext2
filesystem on an existing dos partition. It'll probably be easier for a new
user to install, but has a long ways to go to catch up to DosLinux in terms
of 'finality'.
Greg Phillips
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From: Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where is current kernel config file?
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 00:12:27 -0700
Does anyone out there know where the current kernel
config file resides? I'm trying to compile a kernel and
I want to keep most of the current options. Thanks much,
Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: what is the largest partition Linux file system can handle?
Date: 29 Aug 1999 23:21:06 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>
>You might get more answers if:
>
>1. You didn't post to so many groups.
>
He posted to 2 groups?
>2. You checked that you spelled the groups' names correctly.
>
duh!
>3. You used your real address so that people could write to you.
>
it is considered good manners to reply to newsgroups where the
question is posted.
Mike
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From: "Jens Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: SambA security problem or bug?!
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 08:34:56 +0100
Hi
> I have defined a service called sybase. This service uses:
> comment = Sybase development tools
> path = /opt/sybase
> write list = @sybase
> read list = @sybase
> oplocks = true
> force group = sybase
Just set valid users = @sybase, you dont need the write-/read list.
greetings
jph
--
Jens Horn ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing
to let them. (Robert Frost)
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From: Ninewands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to reset modem after system crash?
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 01:51:24 -0500
Chris Mahmood wrote:
>
> If your system crashes, the least of your worries should be modem. It
> should not "crash" except when there's a hardware failure or you do
> something silly as root like 'cat /dev/random > /dev/kmem'.
> -ckm
My system did not crash, the X-server refused to start properly after I
installed an upgraded gtk+ (v. 1.2.4) that I apparently had
misconfigured. Since I was using gdm to boot directly into X, I
couldn't find a way to regain control of the system, so I re-installed
the system. And yes, I did something silly, I didn't have a backup copy
of /etc ready to plug in after the re-installation.
As for the least of my worries, I have all the pieces picked up now
EXCEPT the modem, so I guess you could say that it WAS pretty low on my
priority list.
Now, all that aside, does anybody have a suggestion what I can do? As I
said, the system is now configured to send /dev/ttyS0 interrupts to irq
10, /dev/ttyS2 interrupts to irq 4. There doesn't appear to be an io
port conflict. The permissions are set right on all the /etc/ppp
scripts and on /dev/ttyS2. When I try using minicom to test dialing, I
get "You are already online. Hang up the line before dialing."
I suspect that the /dev/ttyS0 hardware is responding to the irqs
intended for /dev/ttyS2, but I haven't been able to find a way to move
/dev/ttyS2 to an unoccupied vector. Any help will be appreciated.
Regards,
--
Replace "invalid" with "com" to reply
Beware the fury of a patient man.
- John Dryden
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From: Stephan Houben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can only use sound card as root?!?
Date: 30 Aug 1999 09:15:00 +0200
"Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anyone know which other listing under "/dev" need to have
> their permissions modified for the rest of my sound card features
> to kick in? (I am, of course, *assuming* that this is the
> problem)
>From the Sound HOW-TO:
/dev/audio
normally a link to /dev/audio0
/dev/audio0
Sun workstation compatible audio device (only a partial
implementation, does not support Sun ioctl interface, just u-law
encoding)
/dev/audio1
second audio device (if supported by sound card or if more than
one sound card installed)
/dev/dsp
normally a link to /dev/dsp0
/dev/dsp0
first digital sampling device
/dev/dsp1
second digital sampling device
/dev/mixer
normally a link to /dev/mixer0
/dev/mixer0
first sound mixer
/dev/mixer1
second sound mixer
/dev/music
high-level sequencer interface
/dev/sequencer
low level MIDI, FM, and GUS access
/dev/sequencer2
normally a link to /dev/music
/dev/midi00
1st raw MIDI port
/dev/midi01
2nd raw MIDI port
/dev/midi02
3rd raw MIDI port
/dev/midi03
4th raw MIDI port
/dev/sndstat
displays sound driver status when read
I guess all these need to be readable & writable by any user.
Greetings,
Stephan
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From: "Tim Kohlman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: multiple consoles on multiple monitors
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 17:46:44 +1000
I have two video cards in my RH6.0 box and i want to run consoles on both of
them. Is there any way to do this? I don't want to use X.
Please reply by e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 04:15:55 -0400
Dario Andrade wrote:
>
> Taking advantage of this conversation, how do I SETUP lilo on my MBR??
>
> I mean, the easiest way, without having to read tons of man pages to do
> something really stupid (in my opinion)...
Boot from floppy, mount your drive with your / partition in it, type
/sbin/lilo, get out and reboot.
Dan
--
UNIX - Not just for vestal virgins anymore
Linux - Choice of a GNU generation
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: This is why RH 6.0 really sucks!
Date: 30 Aug 1999 10:42:51 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
William H. Pridgen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I don't think so either. I have RedHat 6.0, and it has
>/etc/resolv.conf.
You probably created it when you configured networking during install
and specified that you have a DNS server on the network.
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Kulisz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: procreation and Choice
Date: 30 Aug 1999 07:51:43 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Yury Donskoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>No, they should abstain from having mindless sex, where no one cares what the
What the fuck is your problem asshole that you'd deny the poorest
of your brethren the only pleasure they might have? YOU may be able
to afford cocaine when the fancy strikes you but they can't! You've
never been in their position and you're obviously too cold-hearted
and self-centered to scrape together the empathy required to under-
stand them, so stop your fucking moralizing!
>outcome is going to be, and no one has to, either, because ivory tower
>intellectuals are always ready to step in and tell them that no thinking is
>required. Religions have always maintained that sex should only be used for
>procreation. I, personally, do not hold this view. But I do think that is
>not an activity to be undertaken lightly and irresponsibly.
Two words: *condoms* *break*!
>> Are you saying that it is irresponsible to reproduce if you have
>> not assured the necessities for your children for the next 20 years?
>> In that case, 80% of the population is wholly irresponsible. Because
>> if that's not what you're saying then what the bloody hell are you
>> gonna do about people who lose their job /after/ procreating?
>
>Yes, it is irresponsible. I don't know where the 80% came from, but when a
2/3s of the US economy is based on "unskilled labour". While NAFTA was
being passed, commentators were saying that "only" unskilled labourers
would get screwed by the deal. And while unskilled workers are being
replaced by robots, professionals are being replaced by software (eg,
accountants are being replaced by tax software, bank tellers by ATMs).
Pretty much ALL work will be automated or at least automatable (enabling
capitalists to use the threat of automation to drive down wages) within
a very short time. So the only people with any control at all over their
own survival (let alone their childrens') will be a very small financial
and labour elite. You might be part of this elite, in fact most people
in this newsgroup might be part of the labour elite, but what fucking
good does this do for the vast majority of the population who can't
become programmers if their survival depended on it (and it does)?!
When they finally come for you in your fenced-off mansion, I'll be the
one telling them to pull out your intestines and just leave you to die.
>family provides for it's children with food, shelter and love, than they have
>done all is required of them. Anything more, and they're heroes.
>Those who lose their jobs after procreating and are therefore not able to
>provide, are not in the same position as those who produce children only to
>increase their monthly welfare checks. The former should be helped, and the
>latter cut off.
The latter are a delusion created and repeated by bourgeois assholes who
need a fantasy to crush any hint of empathy and guilt they might develop
for the plight of the lower classes.
--
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