Linux-Misc Digest #833, Volume #21 Thu, 16 Sep 99 09:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: killall (Jon Skeet)
Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent? (Joerg Schilling)
The UltimateOS has the best news on Linux! ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
Re: Man documents in HTML or PDF format ? ("Luke Th. Bullock")
Re: winmodem driver to linux (Scott Alfter)
Re: Magnified Display (Jon Skeet)
3DFX in linux HELP !! (u)
ps -ef ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
GM56Flex-V isa modem (Oliver Batchelor)
Mail-Virus-Scanning (Alois Deininger)
Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent? (Volker Borchert)
Re: StarOffice5.1 + FAX (efax) (Carl Fink)
cable modem configuratin (dhcp) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: StarOffice? (Helmut Leininger)
Re: STUPID C question (Erik Rissanen)
How can I mount smbfs system ? (Vitaly Lipovetsky)
Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!! ("Paul 'Z' Ewande�")
Can't mount CDROM (Chin Yew Tuck)
Re: ps -ef ? ("R.K.Aa")
Netscape Fonts? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I don't understand Linux graphics modes! (Station)
Re: raw CD copy : how ? (Torsten Scheck)
Re: Mail-Virus-Scanning ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
xterm -e doesn`t work ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I don't understand Linux graphics modes! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!! (Mark Timmings)
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? (Andreas Muck)
Re: --> [Q] Linux and IBM RS6000 ?? (Alberto Varesio)
Re: Documentation (-ljl-)
Re: xterm -e doesn`t work (Niel Markwick)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Subject: Re: killall
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:40:53 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Any idea what is happening? Thanks.
Not a clue, but using -i (interactive) might help you work it out without
quite so much hassle :)
--
Jon Skeet - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.misc,alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 07:57:47 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ken Pizzini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On 15 Sep 1999 17:07:51 GMT, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>So what is your problem? It seems that you did use too many programs
>>that do option parsing with getopt() and thus do not implement the typical
>>UNIX program beavior.
>
>Huh? getopt() _is_ the "typical UNIX program behavior" for
>command-line parsing. There are historical artifacts like
>tar and dd which do not conform to it, and programs like
>"find" which would become even more painful to use if they
>tried to conform to it, but most programs do either use it,
>or act almost like they do (e.g., "tail").
>
>There do exist reasons to not use getopt() (or another interface
>which implements getopt()-compatible parsing as a distinctive
>subset, such as GNU's getopt_long()), but in the absence of a
>good reason it is generally much more comfortable and less
>surprising to a seasoned user if programs behave in a getopt()
>kind of manner.
So you have the same opinion as I have!
All my programs including star use getargs() which is more or
less getopt() alike in syntax. However it is older than getopt()
(I use it since 1984) so there are minor differences.
The original poster did:
- post wrong statements about getars() behaviour
- insists in minor differences between star and historical tar
to be a major problem while star is closer to the
behaviour of a typical UNIX program than historical tar.
- Unless you add something like the compat module from star
you will not be able to implement historical tar's behaviour
usign getopt().
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: The UltimateOS has the best news on Linux!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 04:50:03 -0400
http://TheUltimateOS.com
News (all OS'es)
Reviews
Stories
Editorials
Free @TheUltimateOs.com email!
And much more
Fast loading news pages
A lot of News not a lot of graphics
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From: "Luke Th. Bullock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Man documents in HTML or PDF format ?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 07:49:01 GMT
The GURU Vitaly Lipovetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Where can I find Man documents in HTML or PDF format ?
For online reading: http://www.ntua.gr/cgi-bin/man-cgi
--
/Luke
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Alfter)
Subject: Re: winmodem driver to linux
Date: 16 Sep 1999 06:29:27 GMT
In article <7rotle$uql$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>who [sic] can it be that still there not a driver
>for winmodems for linux
Most Linux users prefer to use Real Modems (TM). Most power users in
general, for that matter, do the same. Winmodems are lobotomized pieces of
junk that nobody in his right mind would install in a computer. The only
reason you see so many of them today, especially in new computers, is that
they're cheap. As with most other things in life, though, you get what you
pay for.
(BTW, Real Modems aren't that expensive. You can find white-box internal
USR Sportster Voice 56K modems (model 1787, if I remember right) for maybe
$70-$80. At that price, why fart around with Winmodems?)
_/_
/ v \
(IIGS( Scott Alfter (salfter at (yo no quiero spam) delphi dot com)
\_^_/ http://people.delphi.com/salfter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Subject: Re: Magnified Display
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:50:36 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've just installed Red Hat 6.0 on my P166MMX about 6 times with various
> configurations and managed to get X started up running Gnome and
> Enlightenment. But the display is magnified about 5 or 6 times and
> doesn't scroll so I can only use the top half of the windows by moving
> them around.
> How can I fix it?
By "magnified", are you sure it's not just using a low resolution? Run
XConfigurator and select the highest resolution you can cope with by
default.
--
Jon Skeet - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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From: u <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3DFX in linux HELP !!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:05:07 +0200
Hi there !
I'd like to configure my Diamond Monster 3DFX in linux , but there
are little documentation around and is confusing , should I have to use
Mesa ? Should I have to use a special drivers in 3DFX web site ? is
there any kernel implementation for 3DFX so I have to recompile my
kernel ?
I'm using Red Hat 6.0 and I think my kernel is something like 2.2.X
.
Any help will be welcome ! ;-)
See you (Gus Perez )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ps -ef ?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 09:52:01 GMT
why is there no ps -ef on linux ?
all the other unixes (ibm, dec, hp, sun) do have it.
i suppose, ps ax is close - but why is it different ???
i am having a hard time to make shell scrips work on linux due to those
nasty little things.
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From: Oliver Batchelor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: GM56Flex-V isa modem
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:42:49 +1200
I am having trouble with setting up a modem under linux (slackware
3.6)
and before anyone says anything - it is NOT a winmodem.
I decided to try the isapnp program because I didnt know what any of
the dip switches or jumpers did- no manual (I would greatly appreciate
information if someone else has this modem too)
I typed pnpdump >isapnp.conf and it finds it ok - I uncomment the bit
so it has address 3e8 and irq 4 ie. ttyS2
because I already have a io card taking ttys0 and 1
I also uncomment (ACT Y)
then I run isapnp isapnp.conf
it works ok.
I then try it out in minicom and it doesnt find it - cant type
anything to the modem !
Can anyone tell me whats wrong ? a conflict of some sort ?
thanks,
Oliver Batchelor
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From: Alois Deininger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mail-Virus-Scanning
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:30:02 +0200
Hi
I use Linux as a mail relay hub for different other operating systems !
It works wonderful, but now we have the problem, that many
MS-Office-Viruses,
and others, go over this relay.
So i want to scan all mails, whether they includes viruses !
Does anyone know a software for this ?
Thanks
Alois
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Volker Borchert)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.admin,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.misc,alt.solaris.x86
Subject: Re: Are tar tapes OS dependent?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 08:23:54 GMT
In article <7roptp$8qk$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joerg Schilling)
writes:
|> Why do you believe GNU invented getopt_long() ????
Because they wanted those (sometimes annoying, when there is no
short equivalent) long option names?
--
"I'm a doctor, not a mechanic." Dr Leonard McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"I'm a mechanic, not a doctor." Volker Borchert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: StarOffice5.1 + FAX (efax)
Date: 16 Sep 1999 02:52:58 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 16 Sep 1999 01:34:22 GMT YOON, Joo-Yung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I would like to know how I can send a fax
>under StarOffice 5.1 by using efax.
What I do is print the file using the generic PostScript driver, to a file.
Then I type
fax 12223334444 filename.ps
and away it goes.
If you fax often (I do not) you might set up a fax queue.
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: cable modem configuratin (dhcp)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:39:00 GMT
I need help to configure my connexion. I am with
videotron. My lan adapter is installed, but i
cannot get my connexion working
thanks. Please reply also at : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Helmut Leininger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.office.setup
Subject: Re: StarOffice?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:00:10 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kim wrote:
> Has anyone ever used Sun's free "office" product called StarOffice?
>
> The package is said to be multi-platform (Win95/98/NT, Linux, Solaris,
> OS2). Looking for feedback - especially from those who have used it in
> Windoze environment.
>
> Thanks, Kim
Integrates Word Processing, Spreadsheet, ... and is compatible with
MSOffice formats as long as you do not use macroes or Basic. Slow in
loading and performance. Files created are considerably larger than
MSOffice's. Very low costs.
Regards
--
Helmut Leininger
Bull AG / Vienna
Open Systems Support
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This opinion is mine and not necessarily that of my employer.
No guarantees whatsoever.
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From: Erik Rissanen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: STUPID C question
Date: 16 Sep 1999 12:45:44 +0200
[snip advice on forgotten #includes for beginner C programmer]
Here's my top tip to a beginner C-programmer: If you use gcc, compile
evrything with '-Wall -pedantic -ansi', and the compiler will warn you
about many of the common newbie misstakes. (Also very usefull for
experienced programmers.)
That is:
gcc -o foo foo.c -pedantic -Wall -ansi
Good luck.
/Erik
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From: Vitaly Lipovetsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How can I mount smbfs system ?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:17:42 +0300
When I tried to use smbclient I received the following message
smbclient -L pdc-svr
Added interface ip=172.17.3.108 bcast=172.17.255.255 nmask=255.255.0.0
read socket failed. ERRNO=Connection refused
read socket failed. ERRNO=Connection refused
read socket failed. ERRNO=Connection refused
getlmhostsent: Ill formed hosts line [127.17.2.1]
getlmhostsent: Ill formed hosts line [172.1.17.24]
Connection to pdc-svr failed
--
My best regards,
Vitaly Lipovetsky.
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From: "Paul 'Z' Ewande�" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:46:17 +0200
Nicolas De Rico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message :
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Windows is like heroine. You have to flush it out of your system. You
> do that by formating your hard drive and installing Linux. Keep your
Which kind of drug is Linux [nevermind all the other OSes in existance],
since you have to switch from one alleged drug [Windows] to the apparently
another one, which seems to be The One True Way of Computing ?
> system Windows-free for 2 months and then you'll feel much better. If
> you think that you can't live without win-application A or B, then it's
> just the addiction talking. The Win-Purge may hurt you at first, but
> not for long.
If you want to be really computer drug free, you'll have to sell or give
away your box, IMO.
Paul 'Z' Ewande
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From: Chin Yew Tuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't mount CDROM
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:31:21 GMT
When I type :" mount -t iso9660 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom"
Redhat 5.2 returned the error msg : "mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block
device"
I tried mounting the floppy drive, it worked. Can anybody help me to solve
this problem ? Thank you.
regards
Chin
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From: "R.K.Aa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ps -ef ?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:01:08 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> why is there no ps -ef on linux ?
> all the other unixes (ibm, dec, hp, sun) do have it.
> i suppose, ps ax is close - but why is it different ???
>
> i am having a hard time to make shell scrips work on linux due to those
> nasty little things.
Hmm... ps -ef works fine here (RH6)
ps -V displays: procps version 2.0.2
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Netscape Fonts?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Sep 1999 11:15:16 GMT
How do I find out what font Netscape is using on a certain
part of web page? I check the preferences, and it says to
use the document defined or dynamic font.
I've looked into the source of the page, which seems to be
from "Front Page" but no font is listed in the source, AFAICT.
--
Fred
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From: Station <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I don't understand Linux graphics modes!
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:15:00 +0100
Dear all,
After a lifetime of being spoonfed M$ OSs, I've got myself a RedHat 5.1
CD. I successfully (I think) installed it on my PII350 with a Matrox
G200. I have *never* used any form of UNIX (I'm only 20...) and am
still fairly confused.
What I nedd help with is setting the graphics mode. With my clean,
fresh install, I'm trying to get XFree86 going (using "startx").
Problem is, it runs in 320�200�8, and there doesnt seem to be a thing I
can do about it. I know I can do 1600�1200�24 with my card and monitor,
but I can't persuade it do do anything but 320�200�8. WHat should I be
doing?
TIA,
Russ
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From: Torsten Scheck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: raw CD copy : how ?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:27:02 +0200
> Hmmm, yes. But what about a mixed mode (data & music, etc) CD? Is there some
Try the latest version of 'cdrdao'. It supports a mode to read a data
track now. The audio tracks must be grabbed with cdparanoia. The
resulting data and audio tracks can be burned with cdrdao.
Torsten
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Mail-Virus-Scanning
Date: 16 Sep 1999 11:27:22 GMT
Be warned: Meta-Advice
If you can't find any virus checker, check out perl. Be warned that this is
a programming language, but it works great for text processing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: xterm -e doesn`t work
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:24:24 GMT
Hi,
i�ve a strange problem:
i want to start a xterm when a specific user logs in and start a
subprogram (sqlplus).
xterm -title SQLPLUS -bg LightSalomon -ls -e sqlplus
doesn`t work !!!
The subshell dies within a second.
xterm -title SQLPLUS -bg LightSalmon -ls -e ping localhost
works fine.
Due to the -ls flag the environment is set ok, PATH is ok also.
Who can help me ?
Th@nx.
Karlheinz
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: I don't understand Linux graphics modes!
Date: 16 Sep 1999 11:25:11 GMT
> I've never used Unix before. I'm only 20.
Don't worry, I'm 17 and have been using Linux for two or three years now ...
> How do I persuade it to use another graphics mode than 320x200.
a) Press "Ctrl+Alt+Keypad-Plus". If that helps, go to c)
b) Type xf86config and reconfigure X.
b1) Type startx
b2) If you see a message saying that 1024x768 mode was accepted, go to bb
b3) Else, double check your config (correct monitor ???)
bb) If you still have only 320x240 go to a
c) Edit /etc/X11/XF86conf
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From: Mark Timmings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: I WANT TO DITCH WINDOZE BUT I CANT!!!
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 08:35:38 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nicolas De Rico
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Windows is like heroine. You have to flush it out of your system. You
>do that by formating your hard drive and installing Linux. Keep your
>system Windows-free for 2 months and then you'll feel much better. If
>you think that you can't live without win-application A or B, then it's
>just the addiction talking. The Win-Purge may hurt you at first, but
>not for long.
Funny, I always used the *drug dealer* analogy when explaining
Microsoft's business strategies with the likes of IE. They give away
some freebies only to get you hooked on the OS, once hooked they charge
you a fortune for the OS and apps. but by now it's too late - you're
hooked :-)
Mark
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From: Andreas Muck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 11:48:20 GMT
Hallo David,
David Rabanus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I wonder which window manager might be the fastest on a Compaq Laptop
> (Presario 1215, 24MB RAM, 180 MHz)
[...]
> "enlightenment" and "gnome" (although I don't understand what tasks each of
> those exactly fulfill). Anyway: I turns out that this system is VERY slow.
> Even slower than Windows 95.
:-(
please note, I can speak for myself only. Not so far ago I've found
_xfce_ by searching on my installation cd's. Description promises a
very fast desktop environment. I just installed the program, run the
installation-script and got a nice and very fast workspace :-)
I've read this group since a few months but I've never read _xfce_ . I
don't know why. I find it to be a very stable and fast system. The
only teardrop I wish to mention is the fact that _xfce_ is not very
configurable. But I want to work with my computer - that's all. And so
_xfce_ is quit the right for me.
Hope I helped!
Andreas
--
"I am a gentleman:
I live by robbing the poor."
G. B. Shaw
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From: Alberto Varesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: --> [Q] Linux and IBM RS6000 ??
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:05:39 +0200
Josep Lluis Guallar Esteve wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> We have some aeging IBM RS6000 and they had been running AIX. Now they
> have their well deserved retirement but...
>
> ...can I install Linux on those machines? They can be great for
> developing and intranet-web servers.
>
> Any distribution supports this hardware?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Josep L. Guallar
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
What models ?
There are some distributions supporting RS/6000, but only if they are PowerPC!
If so, try http://www.linuxppc.com http://www.linuxppc.org
http://www.yellowdoglinux.com and look around.
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Documentation
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 12:09:23 GMT
In article <7rp6cq$dma$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David Truesdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know this can be a real bad subject from time to time. I am in need
of
> some example documentation on setting up Apache and sendmail. I know
LDP has
> docs only problem is they are incoplete or don't cover the subject I
am
> looking into. Documentation is probably the biggest thing this OS
needs to
> be better than it's counter part. If anyone has any examples of
setting up
> these please email them to me I need some help. Thanks
Have you looked at the documentation bundled in these packages.
I compiled/installed Sendmail and WN (web-server) with the
documentation contained therein. I had never done this before.
Another source is the HOWTOs.
--
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From: Niel Markwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xterm -e doesn`t work
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:55:08 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
> i�ve a strange problem:
> i want to start a xterm when a specific user logs in and start a
> subprogram (sqlplus).
> xterm -title SQLPLUS -bg LightSalomon -ls -e sqlplus
> doesn`t work !!!
> The subshell dies within a second.
> xterm -title SQLPLUS -bg LightSalmon -ls -e ping localhost
> works fine.
> Due to the -ls flag the environment is set ok, PATH is ok also.
>
> Who can help me ?
> Th@nx.
> Karlheinz
try usinf the -l anf -lf (log to file, and define logfile name) options
to see what was written to the xterm before it exited.
What is probably the problem is the the '-ls' option is passed to the
shell that the xterm starts... except that it isn't starting a shell, it
is startign sqlplus, so your PATH and other oracle variables are not
set.
Try some tests with a wrapper shell script - eg:
#!/bin/bash
#
# display environment for logging purposes
set
#
# maybe need to read profile files
. /etc/profile
. $HOME/.profile
. $HOME/.bashrc
#
# now try sqlplus
sqlplus
#
#
echo "Exiting wrapper"
--
Niel Markwick
Brussels, Belgium.
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