Linux-Misc Digest #721, Volume #21 Wed, 8 Sep 99 00:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Problem installing (Ranjan Kumar Hegde)
Re: moving directories to new partition (Justin B Willoughby)
Re: Problem printing from StarOffice 5.1 (Carl Fink)
Re: Changing RPM target Directory? (Greg F Walz Chojnacki)
Re: Anonymous ftp home directory contents (Martin Costabel)
Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution (Guy Macon)
xfs on Redhat 6.0 ("Roch Plamondon")
Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution (Terrance Richard Boyes)
Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution (Guy Macon)
Help with ATAPI CD-R drive (R. Christopher Harshman)
Help: Chinese xterm (Kenny Zhu Qili)
Re: What is best HTML Editor for LINUX? (John Hasler)
Re: moving directories to new partition (John McKown)
Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution (Guy Macon)
Re: Optimal Linux RAID Support? Questions. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution (Guy Macon)
autofs and ftpd? (Allin Cottrell)
CAD for model railroading? ("John E. Garrott")
Re: News reader and email app? ("Michael Faurot")
Re: Had it with RH6 (Steve Weiss)
Re: Problem installing (Leonard Evens)
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From: Ranjan Kumar Hegde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Problem installing
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 21:29:33 -0700
I am trying to install sun's StarOffice on my linux PC. The setup
program tries to decompress a bunch of files into /tmp and gives up
saying there is no space left. Is there a way to increase the size of
/ - Or how do I make the setup decompress the files into some other
place ? I have plenty of space in /home and /usr.
Please help me out...
Thanks
--ranjan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: Re: moving directories to new partition
Date: 8 Sep 1999 01:34:54 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Bob Tennent ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes:
> On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 23:31:11 GMT, Ted wrote:
> >I just cleared a partition from my hard drive, so now I have two ext2
> >partitions, and I want to move the /home and /misc to the new partition.
> >How should I go about doing that?
> >
> I've seen reports that cp -a /home/* /newhome will work, but I use
>
> cd /home; tar cvpf - * | ( cd /newhome; tar xvpf - )
Does this copy the .* (dot) files?
- Justin
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_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ Justin Willoughby
_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ http://justinw.net
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Problem printing from StarOffice 5.1
Date: 8 Sep 1999 00:14:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 14:55:21 GMT [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The printer is a Canon BJC200.
>
>I then tried to setup StarOffice 5.1 to use this printer. I started the
>program "psetup" and it came back with the following message: "Abort",
>which is very helpful.
I have SO print to the "generic postscript" device, which is
interpreted by GhostScript and printed using PCL3. This should also
work for you. You lose some special printer features, but it's at
least a workaround.
>Since then, I haven't be able to make any progress on it and I haven't
>found the way to contact (using e-mail) the support for StarOffice.
Check www.sun.com/staroffice for the new owners. There used to be a
news server for support at news.stardivision.com, don't know if
that's still available.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"This fool wishes to reverse the entire science of astronomy."
-Martin Luther on Copernicus' theory that the Earth orbits the sun
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From: Greg F Walz Chojnacki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Changing RPM target Directory?
Date: 8 Sep 1999 02:20:36 GMT
creating the link to /usr/local did the trick.
Thanks for the help!
Greg
--
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http://www.uwm.edu/News/ FAX:414/229-6443
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From: Martin Costabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: Anonymous ftp home directory contents
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 00:58:31 +0200
Chris Pott wrote:
>
> Hello...
>
> I inadvertantly (ok, boneheadedly) removed my /home/ftp directory.
>
> I recreated it, and copied /bin/ls and /bin/sh to /home/ftp/bin/, world
> executable, but still can get no listing via anonymous login.
>
> Is there any way to easily recreate the entire /home/ftp/ directory
> tree?
>
> If not, could someone post the output from an "ls -laR /home/ftp"
> command so I can see what files I need to copy to make this work again?
>
> I'm using wu-ftpd-2.4.2vr17-3.ppc, in case that's relevant.
Seems like you should reinstall the anonftp package.
--
Martin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Guy Macon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.qnx
Subject: Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution
Date: 07 Sep 1999 19:31:32 PDT
In article <Voyager.990907140114.31652I@node141>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pat Ford) wrote:
> Really, I'm a mechanic (licensed and all) as well as a programmer I get
>stumped by cars as often as by computers. think about the computational
>load required by SAABs trionic ignition, it messages the rate of pressure
>increase before and after ignition and detects knock and fuel mixture and
>adjusts them to make the best power while maintaining emissions standards.
>(heavy duty dsp work)
You are aware, of course, that the Model T Ford had a *manual* spark
advance... I can just hear the apologists now: You NEED to understand
when to use spark advance and when to use your manual choke! If those
morons are too ignorant to learn such simple concepts, let them ride
bicycles!
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From: "Roch Plamondon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: xfs on Redhat 6.0
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 02:31:51 GMT
Pls help me
i just tried adding true type fonts on my machine to improve readability in
Netscape
i stopped the xfs server
copied ttf files in a new directory
moved to that dir and issued the following commands
ttmkfdir > fonts.scale
mkfontdir
i added the new directory path to the file /etc/xfs/conf
the result:
Now Netscape dont run with many web pages and is simply inoperable
thank you
--
Roch Plamondon
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terrance Richard Boyes)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.qnx,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 22:56:24 +0100 (BST)
Paul E. Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip]
> Both systems could benefit from an arrangement where a number of
> programs could be associated with a number of files, and clicking on a
> file brings up a menu of those programs to view/run/edit the file with.
Windows has that to some extent (Open/Edit on right click or
Open With on ctrl-right click - though that just gives you a
selection of all "registered" progs, not those for a file "type"),
Amiga has it with DOpus, and has had it (view/edit) with a very
old version of the UNIX "file" command that came with sksh many
years ago.
Also with the extensions to datatypes.library on Aminet you
can define multiple action types, each of which can be a
different program for each datatype. I put this together, with
an AppIcon and some simple ARexx a while ago...
<URL:http://www.pierrot.co.uk/LaunchTool.lha>
... if anybody's interested!
Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga.misc
--
<URL:http://www.pierrot.co.uk/> Team AMIGA
War spares not the brave, but the cowardly.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Guy Macon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.qnx,comp.realtime,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution
Date: 07 Sep 1999 19:35:51 PDT
In article <7r3nlm$vcr$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rennie Allen) wrote:
>OK, that's fine for NULL pointer de-references, what about (the more
>typical), invalid pointer de-reference, one that points into the middle
>of a PTE for instance ?
>
>The point is not that there are ways in Linux that a driver might not
>corrupt the kernel. The point is that in QNX there is practically no
>way that a driver can corrupt the kernel (the exception being a
>protection violation in the interrupt handler of the driver). As you
>mention, interrupt handlers are usually small (on the order of 20-40
>lines of 'C').
Right. And I sure do know which architecture I want in any medical
devices that I am hooked up to!
(Rennie, I am considering what we spoke of - I need a couple of days
to bring the document in question up to date first. More later.)
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From: R. Christopher Harshman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Help with ATAPI CD-R drive
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 01:55:48 GMT
I followed the steps in the CD-Writing HOWTO, and I'm
not able to get my IDE/ATAPI drive (Memorex 1622)
working under Linux. I'm running Slackware 3.5.0,
with Kernel 2.2.9 configured as described in the HOWTO.
If anyone can advise, I'd be much appreciative.
I've provided (hopefully all of) the relevant information
below.
Thanks in advance!
- Chris
ebhon:~# cat /proc/modules
loop 7216 0
ide-cd 21140 0
sr_mod 17476 1
cdrom 12264 0 [ide-cd sr_mod]
ide-scsi 6640 1
scsi_mod 35664 2 [sr_mod ide-scsi]
ebhon:~# modprobe -l
/lib/modules/2.2.9/misc/zftape.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/misc/zft-compressor.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/misc/ftape.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/net/dummy.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/net/bsd_comp.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/net/ppp_deflate.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/scsi/ide-scsi.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/scsi/sg.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/scsi/sr_mod.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/scsi/scsi_mod.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/block/loop.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/block/ide-cd.o
/lib/modules/2.2.9/cdrom/cdrom.o
ebhon:~# dmesg
scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices
scsi : 1 host.
Vendor: SONY Model: CD-ROM CDU55E Rev: 1.0u
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Vendor: Memorex Model: CR-622 E1 Rev: D6.0
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 2x/2x xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55
sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 2x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0)
ISO 9660 Extensions: Microsoft Joliet Level 1
ISOFS: changing to secondary root
ISO 9660 Extensions: RRIP_1991A
ebhon:~# cdrecord -scanbus
Cdrecord release 1.6.1 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 J�rg Schilling
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open SCSI driver.
ebhon:/home# cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,1,0 -data cd_image
Cdrecord release 1.6.1 Copyright (C) 1995-1998 J�rg Schilling
TOC Type: 1 = CD-ROM
scsidev: '0,1,0'
scsibus: 0 target: 1 lun: 0
cdrecord: No such file or directory. Cannot open '/dev/pg1'.
--
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Going for a B.S. : "Information Systems and Media Production" (JNST-UOR)
Celeron 300a | i440BX | Mystique 220 + RRStudio | SB Live! | Win98
PIII-450 | i440BX-2 | Fusion AGP 3Dfx Banshee | Yamaha PCI | Linux / NT
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From: Kenny Zhu Qili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,alt.chinese.text
Subject: Help: Chinese xterm
Date: 8 Sep 1999 02:38:45 GMT
Hi, I installed cxterm yesterday. The installation was OK except I
couldn't get the account set up. It always hangs when writing to
.Xdefaults. But that was Ok since I got cxterm installed anyway. But then
I can't input any Chinese even though I can read. I tried to specify the
input method directory and such but none of my efforts worked. Please
help!
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is best HTML Editor for LINUX?
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 1999 20:30:31 GMT
I wrote:
> WYSIWYG HTML editor is an oxymoron.
Indica writes:
> Hardly, I suggest you go out and learn some more about high end editors
> and site management tools before you make such a statement. You seem to
> be under the impression that all WYSIWYG editors salughter the code.
> That simply is not true.
I said nothing at all about the code. Perhaps I should have written
"WYSIWYG HTML is an oxymoron". Hyper Text Markup Language, not Hyper Text
Layout Language.
> Graphic design is an important part of *many* web sites out there today.
Graphic design seems to be the *only* part of many web sites out there
today.
> Most net users enjoy sites that have some nice looking and fast loading
> graphics.
"Fast loading graphics": another oxymoron.
> If 99% of the pages on the web are "crap" what do you think would make
> them better?
Less graphics, less busyness, and no damn GIF buttons. I could do without
the frames, too.
> Seeing as 99% of the pages on the web are created by individuals with
> little experience,...
I rarely visit personal pages. When I do the page generally belongs to a
hacker whose software I'm interested in. These pages usually are pretty
good. The best pages generally belong to organizations such as Debian.
> I think it's safe to say that the other 1% were created by a team of
> graphic artists, information engineers and people using HTML
> editors....and that's why the 1% are good.
The big commercial sites are some of the worst. Etrade, for example.
I wrote:
> Most Web pages look like they were "designed" by someone who thought she
> was laying out display ads for a women's magazine.
Indica writes:
> I fail to see your point in that statement.
I mean that they look like the designer thought she was laying out an
advertisement, not marking up a Web page.
> ...my reply is that no editor and no person using notepad can make a page
> that will display the same on all browsers.
It isn't supposed to. It isn't even supposed to display the same on my
Netscape and yours, unless we happen to have identical configurations.
That is why HTML is a *markup* language.
> If you want pages to look their best..
I don't *care* what the damn things look like. I just want to get at the
content with a minimum of hassle.
> ...use the best browser,...
For most of my purposes, that's Lynx.
> ...which at the moment is IE5 (windows)...
A bit difficult for me as I do not have Windows. I think I will survive,
though.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: moving directories to new partition
Date: 8 Sep 1999 00:57:42 GMT
I just did something similiar to move my /var subdirectory from the root
filesystem to its own filesystem. I used the "cp" command as follows:
mkfs -t ext2 /dev/hda10
mkdir /var-new
mount /dev/hda10 /var-new
cp -Rdpx /var/* /var-new
mv /var /var-old
umount /var-new
mkdir /var
mount /dev/hda10 /var
Update the /etc/fstab.
The old stuff was in /var-old. I checked that everything copied OK (it did).
I then did the infamous "rm -r /var-old" to kill off the old files.
I put in all the steps just to be complete. The "cp" command really does the
work.
John
On Tue, 07 Sep 1999 23:31:11 GMT, Ted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just cleared a partition from my hard drive, so now I have two ext2
>partitions, and I want to move the /home and /misc to the new partition.
>How should I go about doing that?
>
>Thanks,
>Ted Roden
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>------------------ Posted via CNET Linux Help ------------------
> http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Guy Macon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.qnx,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution
Date: 07 Sep 1999 19:27:11 PDT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mika
Yrjola) wrote:
>Then again, there are quite a few different filesystems to choose
>from, with varying features. If ext2fs does not have some feature, it
>doesn't mean that user can't choose another filesystem.
Only if you are in the wonderful world of Linux. Those who toil in
the MicroCaves of the Evil MicroEmpire have their file systems shoved
down their throat.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Optimal Linux RAID Support? Questions.
Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 02:13:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
David Cooley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'll have to get those and try again... I have Raidtools 0.90-3 from
> the redhat site... I'm running UltraPenguin 1.1.9 and it seems that
> although it's based on RedHat 5.2, RH 5.2 for sparc RPM's won't
install
> giving the error that the SW must be RH 5.1 or greater...
Good ol' RPM... Yeah, I just ordered a copy of "Maximum RPM" so
I can figure out how to make the RPM database happy when I install
my own kernel, tar.gz files, etc. Hopefully the book will be as
good as others have said it is.
Have you gotten brave and tried the --nodeps flag to get the RPM
to install anyway?
> You should see what we have at work!
> E4000, 10cpu's, 1.5G ram, 75G raid 5 (SUN Raid 214 rack), an E450, 2
> cpu's, 512M ram, 500G raid 5, 588 slot StorageTek 9710 tape library
> with 6 9840 drives...
Man, with that much hardware there wouldn't be enough time to
go hang out by the water cooler! ;-)
We've got Ultra1's on the desktops (1 CPU, 256MB) and Ultra2's
in the server pool (2 CPUs, 2GB). We use all of the resources
the servers have available for big chip layout jobs. And we
want more! :-O
Cheers,
- Leo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Guy Macon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.qnx,comp.sys.amiga.misc
Subject: Re: Amiga, QNX, Linux and Revolution
Date: 07 Sep 1999 19:23:36 PDT
In article <7ORqPM$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, kaih=7ORqPM$[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kai
Henningsen) wrote:
>(Guy wrote)
>> You are desribing the internal organization used by the system
>> software. There is no reason why the human interface has to match
>> the internal organization,
>
>Actually, no. The directory structure *is* the user interface; that's all
>the reason it exists at all.
>
>Computers don't *need* directories. And in fact, early computers didn't
>use them.
>
>Directories exist *only* so humans can find files.
If that were true, then I could take a working embedded system that
doesn't interface with humans and remove the directrory structure
without any problem. Your use of "*only*" is too strong.
Directories exist so that software, including the OS can find files.
Directories were designed the way that they are so that software can
present a one-to-one representation of the directories (which humans
are unable to see) on keyboards and display devices. This was an
important thing to do when 64 users were sharing a 1Mhz mainframe.
>
>>>and many reasons why you might want to
>> > organize the human interface differently. Look at what we are doing
>> > right now. This discussion is presented to me as newsgroups which
>> > contain articles. the directory structure and whether all the posts
>> > are seperate files or entries in a relational database.
>
>But by your above argument, we should not show newsgroups to users. I
>guess that's no longer true, then?
Did I ever say that having no human interface was desirable? No. I said
that the human interface does not have to match the internal details.
Then I gave an example that you yourself use (newsgroups).
>> > >People really don't know that. People can run Windows/MS software
>> > >and not know that.
>> >
>> > Nor do they have to. There was a time when you needed to understand
>> > spark advance to operate an automobile. Now it is quite possible
>> > to operate one without ever learning how to open the hood or to add
>> > gasoline to the tank.
>
>Maybe, but extremely few people would think that is a sensible way to go
>about it.
Please park in front of a full service gas station and count how many
people match your "extremely few". You are thinking that most people
are like you. They aren't.
>> > >People don't know what is going on when they 'start a program'.
>> > >They don't know what happens when you 'save a program'.
>> >
>> > Nor should they. When I work on a word processing document I am
>> > faced with the internal implementation detail of fast storage that
>> > dies when power is removed and doesn't require names (RAM) and
>> > slower storage that survives a power failure and requires filenames.
>> > Why should the user need to know any of this?
>
>Because it has consequences for his work - which you just listed yourself.
>(And it's not all that much different from putting your ham on the table,
>or in the fridge. Not knowing the difference can kill you there.)
That's because hams have a physical interface that is unchangable.
If it were a simple matter to make hams that didn't care whether
they were refrigerated, you would be arguing against making such hams.
>> > Why should you have to find programs? Why should you be aware of
>> > the existance of a hard disk?
>> >
>> > You REALLY need to read THE INMATES ARE RUNNING THE ASYLUM. It's
>> > amazon.com's best selling software development book. It even describes
>> > what an apologist is, which fits you (and me, before I read the book!)
>> > very well. Look into it. There is a better way to do things.
>
>If that's what it argues (which I don't know), then it is a dangerously
>misleading book. (And one that I don't need to read, just like I don't
>need to read "Mein Kampf" to know why H*tl*r was wrong.)
Yup. Your an apologist, all right. If the users can't figure out how
to use your design, they must be stupid. No way could it be true that
it's the designs that make the user think that he or she is stupid.
Can't be. Present user interfaces are just fine. A few tweaks are
O.K., but let's never drop the the "human interface must match the
internal details" paradigm. Can't do that! HTML was a great big
mistake. You can't just put up a "link" without at least a menu that
makes the user choose whether he want's to go to another spot on the
page, a different page on another computer, or a file on his hard
disk.
If it's a "dangerously misleading" book, why do you suppose that
it is getting such rave reviews? Why is it listed as amazon.com's
top selling software development book?
>> In other words, the car owner (to follow the logic above) should not
>> need to know the difference between running out of gas, having a flat
>> tire, being out of oil (and locking up the engine), or having a dead
>> battery because he left his lights on or his charging system is not
>> working. He shouldn't notice these things, or try to figgure out what
>> is wrong, just call the tow truck to haul his car to the shop and have
>> it fixed.
>
>Whereas I'd say that if he is this ignorant, he should simply hire a
>driver. And probably a nanny, too. (Hell, I never learned to drive a car
>(and don't plan on ever driving one), but I still know about these
>things!)
You just switched sides. Hiring a driver is an example of deciding not
to have knowledge of internal structure. Or is it only O.K. if a
human shields you from unecessary details, but not if amn Operating
System shields you from unecessary details?
The "this ignorant" comment shows your apologist colors. You really
don't think that hiring a driver is an appropriate way to get around,
no matter how rich you are and how valuable your time is. Choosing
to be ignorant about some things is never acceptable (yet you choose
to be ignorant about the latest human engineering research!)
Try going about the business of software design without insulting
nontechnical users. Your software will be better if you do.
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From: Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: autofs and ftpd?
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 22:11:19 -0400
I'm running autofs (3.1.3) and ftpd (wu-ftpd 2.5.0(1)) on a
GNU/Linux system. I notice that when I ftp into this box
it takes rather a long time for the ftp prompt to come up,
and by examining what's going on remotely I see that an
ftp connection is triggering a mount of all the devices
mentioned in /etc/auto.mnt (DOS drive, floppy, cdrom, zip
drive).
I can't figure why this should happen. The tree under
/home/ftp contains no automounted systems, nor any symlinks
to same. The paths to the automounted systems are
/mnt/floppy, /mnt/cdrom etc. I've seen the same thing
with earlier versions of wu-ftpd.
Can anyone help me understand this and (ideally) give a
clue to stopping it? Thanks. (email much appreciated)
--
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC
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From: "John E. Garrott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: CAD for model railroading?
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 19:52:40 -0700
Any model railroaders out there doing layouts under Linux?
I've tried track layouts with xfig and tgif. Although I use both
for other purposes, I am not satisfied with either for this purpose.
Might be my skill level (or lack thereof). I don't no.
>From what I've read, LinuxCAD is out. I'm not opposed to commercial
products per se, but have a retiree's income to purchase software on.
Suggestions, experiences, etc are welcome.
Thanks in advance,
John
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: News reader and email app?
Date: 8 Sep 1999 02:59:02 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Charles E. Taylor IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: However, I've since installed Leafnode and just use it plus knews for
: my news browsing. I wouldn't recommend this approach if you're heavy
: into binary groups, however.
Actually this is a great solution for binary groups if you use the
"delaybody" feature in leafnode.
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From: Steve Weiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Had it with RH6
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 23:10:50 -0400
FWIW, I was getting pretty frustrated with RH 6.0 too, mainly because of
Gnome/Enlightenment nastiness. I downloaded a bunch of RPMs from
rawhide.redhat.com- I guess these are unofficial packages, Redhat has
disclaimers all over the place to the effect that nothing is guaranteed
to work, etc... but so far it works great. No more X lockups, and
sndconfig picked up my Ensoniq Soundscape card right away. Things are
looking (and sounding) pretty good at the moment...
-S
Chris Campbell wrote:
>
> On Sun, 29 Aug 1999, Chris Campbell wrote:
> >Man, I've had with this piece of crap. I've spent in excess of two
> >weeks trying to get everything to work right. I was using 5.2 before
> >and everything worked right, almost the first time. Now, well, it
> >seems like all the major components are broken.
>
> <snipped a bunch of my own whining>
>
> Well now. I guess my rant served a purpose. I buckelled down and voila`!
> I'm now using Red Hat 6.0, and have full sound using my SB16 PnP, I got my SCSI
> Scanner to be recognised, and it works under Star Office and other apps, I got
> Star Office loaded and working, although I'm not sure I want to use it as a
> replacement desktop or not.
> Let's see, what else. I got pppd AND Kppp working. That one surprised me.
> Ksirc. I'm posting this via the KDE News client.
> Kmail works.
> Oh yeah, my Palm III works with Star Office also. :c) Gotta have my toys.
>
> Left to figure out are PGP for unix, and figuring out whether I want to use
> VMWare or WINE to run Agent for news. (I have to be able to do that, as I post
> a flood of binaries in an emu group every month or so, and all my scripting and
> such works with Agent.)
>
> I'm now a very happy camper.
--
"If you watch TV news, you know less about the world than if you just
drank
gin straight from the bottle." - Garrison Keillor
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Problem installing
Date: Tue, 07 Sep 1999 21:34:50 -0500
Ranjan Kumar Hegde wrote:
>
> I am trying to install sun's StarOffice on my linux PC. The setup
> program tries to decompress a bunch of files into /tmp and gives up
> saying there is no space left. Is there a way to increase the size of
> / - Or how do I make the setup decompress the files into some other
> place ? I have plenty of space in /home and /usr.
> Please help me out...
> Thanks
>
> --ranjan
You don't need to make space in /, just in /tmp. In principle,
you could remove the subdirectory /tmp and create a link
to /home/tmp after creating that directory. I would do that
in single user mode. /tmp is used regularly by a running
system, so trying to remove the directory while at level
3 or 5 could cause problems.
But I suspect you can induce the installation program to use
some other directory than /tmp instead.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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