Linux-Misc Digest #842, Volume #21 Fri, 17 Sep 99 00:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: Alert: AMD K6-2 350 Mhz processor (remove nomorespam to reply")
Re: 2 More Newbie Questions ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Absurd Linux mentality ! (Christopher Browne)
Parallel port CD writer and Linux (Mark Ferraretto)
Re: StarOffice? (Carl Fink)
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: Figure Out The MS Source Code Yourself (bilge)
Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie (Joseph Crowe)
Re: Scroll with arrow keys? ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: The Incredible Shrinking / ! Help! (Paul Kimoto)
Re: 2 More Newbie Questions (Yves Bellefeuille)
Re: How do you shutdown X and get back to the command prompt. (Anita Lewis)
Boot CD mystery?? ("Edmond")
No /etc/resolv.conf file. (Dave Critelli)
Re: Newbie Question: MS IE4.0 for UNIX. (Grant Edwards)
Re: 2 More Newbie Questions (Paul Gigg)
getright for linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? ("G.T.")
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop? (Christopher Browne)
Re: File Table Overflow ... (Alejandro)
Re: Screen resolution (Anita Lewis)
Recompiling kernal with redhat 6.0 question (Pete Foley)
Re: Figure Out The MS Source Code Yourself (bilge)
Help With CD-Rom (can't mount to install Linux) (Stephen Nelson)
Re: No /etc/resolv.conf file. (Carl Fink)
Re: Figure Out The MS Source Code Yourself (bilge)
Re: getright for linux (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Splicing files together (Bob Tennent)
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From: "Mike Debreceni (remove nomorespam to reply)"
Subject: Re: Alert: AMD K6-2 350 Mhz processor
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:34:40 -0400
Ted Berg wrote:
>
> "Cameron L. Spitzer" wrote:
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, fred smith wrote:
> > >Jim Shaffer, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >: There is a well-known problem with particular versions of Windows 95 and the
> > >: K6-2 and K6-3 at 350 MHz or above. Apparently, some sequence of instructions
> > >: peculiar to that version of W95 result in an internal timing problem.
> >
> > In other words, there is a race condition bug in Microsoft's OS,
> > and AMD's instruction pipelining is efficient enough to expose it.
> >
>
If I remember correctly, the problem was a "divide exception" (i.e.
division by zero). The problem had something to do with a section of
code which ran a tight loop a few times, then divided by the elapsed
time to come up with a speed rating.
The K6-2 and K6-3 ran that section of code so quickly, that the elapsed
time was zero (or at least, shorter than one timer tick). That quickly
led to the division by zero error. It was probably difficult to find,
only because so many symptoms would suggest a hardware problem or a bug
in the K6-2 and K6-3 processors.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 2 More Newbie Questions
Date: 17 Sep 1999 01:14:58 GMT
Jill wrote:
>
> We went to the computer store tonight and found a box that said Mandrake
> linux, which seemed to be claiming it was RedHat 6, but for only $29, versus
> the $49 for RH 6 (minus rebate). Can someone tell me the difference?
> That's question 1.
>
> Question 2 is: which GUI do people in this newgroup prefer, KDE or GNU? I'd
> like to hear some opinions.
Both Mandrake and RedHat have about the same programs. Try the less expensive.
I use AfterStep for my GUI. I love it. Your taste may be different. The
nice thing about Linux is that you can try all of them and choose the one
you like. I did...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Absurd Linux mentality !
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:18:08 GMT
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:57:05 -0700, Erik van Bronkhorst
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I do not know what "tac" is, do you suggest that it copies
>stdout to stdin? ;-)
"tac" provides output in reverse order of the ordering in the input stream.
It is mnemonic, insofar as cat is mnemonic, as "tac" is "cat" spelled
in reverse.
--
Rules of the Evil Overlord #47. "I will not imprison members of the
same party in the same cell block, let alone the same cell. If they
are important prisoners, I will keep the only key to the cell door on
my person instead of handing out copies to every bottom-rung guard in
the prison."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Ferraretto)
Subject: Parallel port CD writer and Linux
Date: 17 Sep 99 01:25:31 GMT
Hello,
I have a TraxData CD-RW 2660 (I think) cd (re-)writer on a parallel port.
Is this supported under linux?
I got cdrecord but it only mentions SCSI cd writers
Thanks
Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Crossposted-To: microsoft.public.office.misc,microsoft.public.office.setup
Subject: Re: StarOffice?
Date: 17 Sep 1999 00:34:16 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 13:00:10 +0200 Helmut Leininger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>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.
Just to add: it also includes a fair-to-middling web browser. Not
better than Netscape Navigator for Linux, but not worse either. And
the help file stinks and still contains some untranslated German
parts, which is sometimes jarring.
--
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: "Matt O'Toole" <[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 18:34:22 PDT
Thomas Muders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Compared to Gnome, KDE is incredibly slow. I don't know why. Good
examples:
> check out how long kfm needs to display a directory with many files
This is true.
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bilge)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Figure Out The MS Source Code Yourself
Date: 17 Sep 1999 01:23:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] blared:
>Putting a law on the books doesn't mean anyone _cares_ about that law.
>I'll reverse-engineer as much as I want. If I sell something based on
>directly-lifted code, I would expect to be procescuted, otherwise I
>expect to be left alone.
>
>It's like radar detectors-once them radar beamies are in my airspace,
>as far as I'm concerned, they're mine.
>
That's fundaamentally my point of view as well, however you should
be aware of the DMA and make other aware too. I believe the
penalties for doing the above are as much as 5 years in a federal
prison - if you dont do it for profit. If you do, penalties increase.
The provision also includes providing any device for which the sole
purpose could be construed to be violating any mechanism used to
protect intellectual property contained in software, broadcasts, etc.
This includes discovering how the mechanism itself works.
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From: Joseph Crowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 18:02:45 -0500
Hi Darren,
On 16 Sep 1999, Darren Winsper wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 1999 15:27:39 -0500, Joseph Crowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > FWIW, MacOS has
> > proven far more stable than Windows
>
> Hmm...I'm not so sure about that. Do you have any actual evidence of
> this? As anyone in COLA will tell you, I despise Win9x, but it at
> least has some form of memory protection, and I have a hard time
> believing MacOS is more stable.
>
I suppose it depends on which versions you compare. Comparing the
current version of MacOS with Windows98....desktop OSs both for light use,
I will tell you from personal experience that MacOS indeed is more stable.
It's a matter of degree, and MacOS does currently make use of the MMU to do
some level of memory protection...about the same as Windows. However,
systemic failures are nowhere near as common as I have seen on Windows 98,
and I have never, I mean never, had to reinstall MacOS due to OS rot.....
e.g. over time Windows bugs and conflicts in dll versions contributes to
such a stability nightmare that even Windows experts have recommended
reinstalling Win98 from scratch every six months.....I can leave my old
Mac on all the time and when I start to use it, things work fine. Same for
my BeBox, my Linux box and, actually my Amiga. I cannot say the same for
my Windows box........I realize this is anecdotal, but the failure modes
for Windows are so frustrating...one cannot even begin to analyze this
closed system.....
> --
> Darren Winsper - http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/darren.winsper
Joseph Crowe
http://www.io.com/~jcrowe
email [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scroll with arrow keys?
Date: 16 Sep 1999 18:39:34 PDT
Adrian Hands <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Works okay on mine.
> up-arrow, down-arrow, page-up, page-down, ...
> I'm using Netscape 4.6
> well, the arrow keys (on the "inverted tee") work... but, I can't use
> the num keypad for arrow keys regardless of num-lock (just noticed
> that).
Mine's 4.6 or 4.61, too. Well, now I know that it *should* work. I have a
feeling this is a system configuration problem, not just a Netscape thing.
Anyone?
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: The Incredible Shrinking / ! Help!
Date: 16 Sep 1999 20:38:54 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ilya wrote:
> Find all the new files that have been created with the find command.
>
> find / -mtime
> find / -newer
>
> etc. You have to create a file with the touch command that and then use it
> with the -newer option. i.e. all files newer than a file 6 hours old.
>
> -mtime stands for modification time, that might help also, but it can only do
> say 1 day and is not granular enough.
If you use GNU find (as Linux does), then you have the "-mmin -N" flag,
which will choose files newer (hence the "-" before "N") than N minutes
old.
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yves Bellefeuille)
Subject: Re: 2 More Newbie Questions
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:12:09 -0400
Reply-To: Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, in comp.os.linux.misc, you wrote:
> We went to the computer store tonight and found a box that said Mandrake
> linux, which seemed to be claiming it was RedHat 6, but for only $29,
> versus the $49 for RH 6 (minus rebate). Can someone tell me the
> difference? That's question 1.
Let's approach this from another direction. Red Hat 6.0 can be free (if
you download it), or it can cost $ 7 (if you buy a CD-ROM from Cheap
Bytes), or it can cost $ 80 ("official" version from Red Hat), or it can
cost $ 100 ("Red Hat Linux Extra" from Red Hat).
The differences between all these versions are that the free version and
the Cheapbytes versions contain only the programs that can be freely
copied and distributed. The "official" version also includes a manual,
technical support, and programs that can't be freely copied and
distributed. The "extra" version includes even more programs.
Mandrake is selling you the free version of Red Hat, with their own
modifications and additions. So, instead of paying nothing or $ 7 for
the free Red Hat, you're paying $ 29 for the free Red Hat with
Mandrake's additions. You'll have to decide for yourself whether these
additions are worth the extra money.
--
Yves Bellefeuille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Francais / English / Esperanto
Maintainer, Esperanto FAQ: http://www.esperanto.net/veb/faq.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Subject: Re: How do you shutdown X and get back to the command prompt.
Date: 16 Sep 1999 23:18:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I guess that depends on which window manager you have. I'm using RH 6.0
with KDE. I go down to the bottom, clidk on the Big White K, and click on
logout. That closes X. fvwm had something similar where I right clicked
on the desktop and got a menu. Oh, just tried it with KDE and it gives a
menu with the right click with logout on the bottom.
Anita
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:09:35 -0400, Raterus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I'm running redhat 6.0 and noticed they inconveniently left out how to
>shutdown X and go back to the command prompt. How do you do this and if
>possible how can I add this to an option on my logoff window?
>
>Rat
>
>
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From: "Edmond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Boot CD mystery??
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:56:28 GMT
I try to prepare a bootable CD ROM and it is not very sucessfully in my
computer which has a Yamaha CDRW 4416 (/dev/hdc) and a
Panasonic CR-588 (/dev/hdc) drives. I don't have any problem to boot RedHat
6.0 CD of Linux Mall. But it seems that my computer doesn't like the CD it
burnes by itself.
1. I copy the RedHat 6.0 of Linux Mall into /usr/local/redhat6.0 and burn a
CD from the harddisk using the following commands:
run 'mkisofs -R -b images/boot.img -c images/boot.cat -o /tmp/redhat.iso
/usr/local/redhat6.0' and
run 'cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0 /tmp/redhat.iso'
The Yamaha CDRW does not see the burned CD and boots failure. If I put
the burn CD into my other computer which has only 1 CDROM drive. It is
fine.
2. Only copy the images directory from RedHat 6.0 into my harddisk and burn
a CD with the above 2 commands. It boots OK with the burned CD.
3. Direct copy the RedHat 6.0 into CD. Sometimes it boots OK, sometime it
does not.
Is it a hardware problem? Or it is related to two CD ROM drives in 1
computer?
Thanks,
Edmond
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Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:47:25 -0400
From: Dave Critelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: No /etc/resolv.conf file.
Hello:
When my kppp app boots I get a message that says no /etc/resolv.conf
file found. Subsequently the dialer connects to my ISP but Communicator
wont fetch any web pages. Do I need a resolv.conf file? If so where to
I get it and what do I need to add to it to get it to work?
Thank you.
Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Newbie Question: MS IE4.0 for UNIX.
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 00:46:55 GMT
In article <7rrntk$4cj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bob Tennent wrote:
>On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 16:25:35 -0500, Eric Dawson wrote:
> >I see that Microsoft has Internet Explorer 4.0 for UNIX available. I use IE
> >on my WIN98 system and would like to use it on my Linux system. I've always
> >heard that UNIX and Linux are compatible. Does this mean that I can use
> >UNIX programs on it?
>The Unix programs that run on Linux are usually open-source programs
>that can be re-compiled or easily ported to Linux.
>
>AFAIK the only Unix version of IE is for Solaris. If you want it
>on Linux, you have to ask Microsoft.
I tried MS IE and Outlook Express under Solaris, and they were
HIDEOUSLY slow. They were apparently running under some sort of
windows emulation library. Startup took forever, and the
applications' response times once they were running was way worse than
acceptible. IIRC that was on a SS5 w/ 64M of RAM.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! But they went to MARS
at around 1953!!
visi.com
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From: Paul Gigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2 More Newbie Questions
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 12:22:17 +1000
Jill wrote:
> We went to the computer store tonight and found a box that said Mandrake
> linux, which seemed to be claiming it was RedHat 6, but for only $29, versus
> the $49 for RH 6 (minus rebate). Can someone tell me the difference?
> That's question 1.
>
> Question 2 is: which GUI do people in this newgroup prefer, KDE or GNU? I'd
> like to hear some opinions.
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Jill Cohen
Howdy,
In regards to the Mandrake bit I think you'll find that Mandrake initially used
a RH distribution as a base then have modified it as time has gone on. So it
is conceivable that they are one and the same (its the beauty of the GPL
license system). Check out Mandrakes web site for more info on what they are
up to. http://www.linux-mandrake.com
Be prepared for a heap of responses for question 2. Mandrake for example
defaults to KDE whilst RH steers you into Gnome and Enlightenment (though you
can change to KDE if you want). Basically its best if you try out all the
different combinations and make up your own mind. I use Gnome with Windowmaker
because _in my opinion_ both are easiest to configure.
Which ever way YOU decide is the correct decision for YOU and don't let the
loonies out there convince you of otherwise.
Good luck.
PG
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: getright for linux
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 03:03:03 GMT
Hello
I wonder whether there is a version (or similar software)
of getright for linux. I need to set up ftp jobs at an specific
time. Is there any way of doing that on linux?
Many thanks
Ed
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From: "G.T." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,de.comp.os.unix.linux.newusers,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 19:12:56 -0700
Matt O'Toole wrote in message <7rs5qu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>Thomas Muders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>> Compared to Gnome, KDE is incredibly slow. I don't know why. Good
>examples:
>> check out how long kfm needs to display a directory with many files
>
>This is true.
Sorry, I don't see that. I use kfm under KDE and WindowMaker and when I
display a directory with 2400 jpegs in it, it's lightning fast (or are you
talking more files?). I gave up on Gnome/Enlightenment cuz they're so slow.
Flirted with Xfce but it was too boring.
Greg
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 01:18:53 GMT
[Crossposting diminished somewhat...]
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 10:57:35 -0400, William Firkser
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You might want to look into more ram. Linux needs at least 32mb to run
>at a reasonable speed - 64mb would make a big difference.
*Linux* requires about 8MB of RAM to run at reasonable speed.
The problem here is that there are a bunch of applications running
atop it that are "RAM-hungry:"
--> Depending on resolution/bitplane counts, XFree86 probably would
like to have 10MB or so of memory;
--> GNOME's libraries probably eat a few megs;
--> Enlightenment is a *ferociously* memory hungry program, and may be
readily configured to chew up 32MB of RAM all by its lonesome.
Note that in running these three things, you've chewed up *all* the
RAM available on the system, and this ignores the consideration that
there might be a desire to actually run applications that might
themselves need a bit of memory.
Replacing Enlightenment by a window manager that is "somewhat less
enlightened" would be an *enormous* help; WindowMaker tends to be
tagged as the favorite of many, and the second favorite of many more.
And GNOME is probably a bit too RAM hungry for a 24MB system. If
running Red Hat Linux, it would be wise to look at the web site
<http://rpmfind.net/> for Netscape Navigator Version 3, as that
version is considerably "less larded" than the newer versions, and
particularly the huge and bloated "Netscape Communicator."
--
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realm will be replaced with surly, world-weary waitresses who will
provide no unexpected reinforcement and/or romantic subplot for the
hero or his sidekick."
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From: Alejandro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: File Table Overflow ...
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 02:31:24 GMT
xfleblon wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm doing batch PPP connections to a Linux server in order to perform
> file transfers.
> Sometime, the upload fails returning the message "File Table Overflow
> ..." ! But the same upload (same file, same server, same location)
> performed few seconds after is successfull !
>
> Does anybody have an idea of the problem, and perhaps know a solution ?
> Please answer at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Thanks
echo 10000 > /proc/sys/kernel/file-max
This is what you increase the number of file open.
>
> FX
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anita Lewis)
Subject: Re: Screen resolution
Date: 16 Sep 1999 18:14:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 14:12:19 GMT, Henry Luk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>During installation, I have set my screen resolution to 1024x768. How can
>I change it to 800x600 in RH Linux 6.0?
>
>
>
Find and edit XF86Config in the Screen section. You will find something
like this:
Section "Screen"
Driver "svga"
# Use Device "Generic VGA" for Standard VGA 320x200x256
#Device "Generic VGA"
Device "My Video Card"
Monitor "My Monitor"
Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
# Omit the Modes line for the "Generic VGA" device
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 1024 768
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubsection
Just invert the line Modes like so
Modes "800x600" "1024x768" "640x480"
That will make 800x600 the default. If you want to use the other sometime
just do Ctrl Alt + and it will toggle to the next one in line. You may or
may not want the Virtual that I have here.
Anita
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From: Pete Foley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recompiling kernal with redhat 6.0 question
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:31:20 GMT
Hello,
I am in the process of attempting to upgrade my kernel. I have done the
following so far:
got 2.2.12
un tared it
ran make config
ran make dep
ran make clean
ran make zImage
Now what do I do? I dunno how to install it into lilo... any help?
some places say run zLilo or whatever to compile it into lilo...
some say "run lilo" to put the new kernel into it
some say edit lilo.conf...
what is the best and easiest way to do this is redhat 6.0? thanks...
-Pete
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bilge)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Figure Out The MS Source Code Yourself
Date: 17 Sep 1999 01:30:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] blared:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] took the lawyer's side and said:
>> You havent read the digital millennium copyright act. It provides
>> for criminal penalties if you even interfere with the normal
>> functioning of the software as determined by the copyright holder.
>
>Putting a law on the books doesn't mean anyone _cares_ about that law.
>I'll reverse-engineer as much as I want. If I sell something based on
>directly-lifted code, I would expect to be procescuted, otherwise I
>expect to be left alone.
I'd appreciate you not misrepresenting a statement of fact as
my opinion. The DMA is a fact and I mentioned it as relevant
to a post to which I was responding. I am very much *opposed*
to the DMA. If you want to bitch and make accusations, look
up your damn congressman. It's easy enough for you to find out
his/her opinion and act accordingly. In my opinion, if people
are this unaware of it, I performed a service by mentioning
it, despite it being signed almost a year ago.
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From: Stephen Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help With CD-Rom (can't mount to install Linux)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 1999 11:57:15 -0700
I have a Mitsumi CD-Rom (FX001D). It is hooked to a ISA driver card. I
don't know how to find out what the address and IRQ number is to mount
the CD-ROM.
I have tried under the "specify options"
Base IO port: mcd=0x340,11
I get a error of "can't find media" after it tries to mount it.
I have a 486Dx66 compputer with a very old Pheonix BIOS that doesn't
support booting from the CD. I also couldn't find out where the CD
address was with Win 3.11 or Win NT. Any help...............
-Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: No /etc/resolv.conf file.
Date: 17 Sep 1999 02:01:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 16 Sep 1999 20:47:25 -0400 Dave Critelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello:
>
>When my kppp app boots I get a message that says no /etc/resolv.conf
>file found. Subsequently the dialer connects to my ISP but Communicator
>wont fetch any web pages. Do I need a resolv.conf file? If so where to
>I get it and what do I need to add to it to get it to work?
The file /etc/resolv.conf tells the networking software how to look up
names. That is, if you tell ncftp to connect to ftp.ibm.com, the
program first checks /etc/hosts to see if that tells it what the IP
number is for ftp.ibm.net. It almost certainly isn't there, so next
the program uses what's called "DNS" (Domain Name Service). It
connects over the Internet to a DNS server and asks it "What's the
numeric address of ftp.ibm.net?" And the DNS server tells it "That
computer's address is 165.87.194.246." Then your computer can
connect to the server. All Internet connections actually use these
numeric addresses -- the names are "resolved" into numbers before a
connection is made.
On your system, for some reason (installation problem?) the
/etc/resolv.conf file was not created, or was deleted, so when you
try to connect to a computer by name, your system can't figure out
the numeric address. The format of a resolv.conf file is like this:
nameserver 127.0.0.1
nameserver 10.0.0.1
However, don't use those numbers -- use the numeric addresses of the
DNS for your ISP, ibm.net, two of which are 165.87.194.244 and
16.87.201.244 if I'm reading the results of the "dig" command
correctly.
You might also try "man resolv.conf" at a prompt on your system.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum
<http://dm.net>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bilge)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Figure Out The MS Source Code Yourself
Date: 17 Sep 1999 01:38:57 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Joel Hanger [EMAIL PROTECTED] blared:
>If Reverse Engineering is breaking the law then they who persecuting you
>have broken the law, for how is it that they know that you used their
>code without reverse engineering it??? The way I see it is that if you
>use someone elses code then how are they going to prosecute you when in
>doing so they have just admitted to breaking the law themselves?
How many examples of such practicess in long existing areas
of law enforcement would be required to convince you how
little their actions to prosecute you can negatively affect
their prosecution of you?
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From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getright for linux
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 03:23:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I wonder whether there is a version (or similar software)
> of getright for linux. I need to set up ftp jobs at an specific
> time. Is there any way of doing that on linux?
> Many thanks
Hi,
man at and man ftp. For man ftp, look around the .netrc file.
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: Splicing files together
Date: 16 Sep 1999 21:38:37 GMT
Reply-To: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca
cat (stands for concatenate).
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