Linux-Misc Digest #865, Volume #21 Sun, 19 Sep 99 01:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: Star Office v Applix Office 99 (Richard Steiner)
Re: Screen resolution (Richard Steiner)
Re: Linux (RH6.0) crash -> recovery how ? (Leslie Mikesell)
Re: Samba browser? (Peter Caffin)
Re: PPP - server assigned DNS address (Tom Eastep)
Re: ATAPI Zip disk on Linux (Greig Scott)
Re: Anyone else feel the need to fix up the clipboard in linux? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Seting up IMP webmail (Bill Pitz)
Seting up IMP webmail ("Matt")
How to change the time zone as displayed by "date"? ("Anson To, Chi-hang")
HELP!! Lost filesystem; Bad superblock! ("Ryan T. Rhea")
Re: Anyone else feel the need to fix up the clipboard in linux? (Todd Knarr)
Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Re: WIN95/LINUX (muzh)
Re: A few questions (Craig Stewart)
Re: Screen resolution ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: A simple way to upload multiple files per ftp (Herb Stein)
Re: Anyone else feel the need to fix up the clipboard in linux? (-~=Darek M=~-)
hdparm and DMA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
18+ ONLY PLEASE 45636 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: IBM PS/2 with linux, how? (John Doe)
Re: Best Linux Distro? / Best GUI? (Doug Mast)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: Star Office v Applix Office 99
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 20:20:43 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>I have a coulpe of questions for Star Office 5.1 users. First, can the
>Linux version read both the Windows version and MS Office files
>directly, or do you need to use a filter?
I don't understand the question. Even Microsoft Word 97 uses a filter
to read files in its own native format.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux + BeOS + FreeBSD + Solaris + WinNT4 + Win95 + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
1 + 2 = 3; Therefore, 4 + 5 = 6.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: Screen resolution
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 20:18:52 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>*Somebody* needs to seriously re-write xf86config or Xconfigurator....
>
>Both xf86config and Xconfigurator write the screen resolutions from
>fewest to most pixels and the X server always uses the first viable
>resolution it finds.
Sure, but xf86config already provides the option to reorder the video
resolutions near the end before you save the results. Has for years;
it's just not obvious to new users.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux + BeOS + FreeBSD + Solaris + WinNT4 + Win95 + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
Sure... Now he tells me...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux (RH6.0) crash -> recovery how ?
Date: 18 Sep 1999 20:45:08 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Istvan Zsolt Kovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm using RH6 on pentium machine. After updateting some packages
>(gnome, XFree86, etc ) everything worked fine until I shut down Linux
>(the usual way CTRL+ALT+DEL). During shut down I got some warings saying
>that some directories are read only. When I tried to reboot all goes
>well until the root file system has to be mounted. Here the boot stops
>but doesn't hang. If I press CTRL+C the boot process continues with the
>same kind of warnings like at shut-down and it stops again when trying
>to initialize the system files in /etc/rc.d and /var. At this point
>CTRL+ doesn't help anymore and the only way to move on is to shut down
>again with CTRL+ALT+DEL.
>
>I tried the std recovery procedure with the boot/root disk but then I
>get an other error:
>...
>VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly
>Trying to unmount old root .... <3> error -16
>Change root to /initrd : error -2
>
>and the system is blocked.
>
>Can anybody please give me a hint how can I fix this problem without
>loosing all my data?
The first thing to try if you think a start-up script is hanging
is to try booting in single-user mode by typing:
linux single
at the lilo prompt. If this works you can back out some of the changes
and try to reboot or go up to normal mode with 'init 3'. If you
have to do some debugging to find out where it is stopping, try
putting 'set -x' somewhere near the top of /etc/rc.d/rc. This will
show the init script lines as they are executed and give you a
hint about what is wrong.
If you can't get it to boot single-user, you can boot from the
RedHat CD (or floppy first, then to CD) and go through the motions
of an upgrade up to the point where it scans the disk for packages.
At this point hit <alt> and F1 through F4 until find the one
that has a root shell prompt (I always forget which VT has it).
Do a 'df' and you will see how your hard disk partions are mounted
and you can either work that way or 'chroot' to the root location
to do the repairs which will probably involve fixing lilo if you
couldn't boot at all.
Les Mikesell
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From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Samba browser?
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 00:15:07 +0000
Kertis Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip: my quick little script thing]
> That's cool, but it doesn't exactly help if you don't already know all
> of the names of computers on the LAN.
Quite true, but, the previous poster, John Coonrod, didn't say that
this particular aspect was required. All he asked for was something
that allowed the browsing of Samba shares.
Norbert Stoop's suggestion of LinNeighborhood is probably a good one,
though I've never had cause to use this particular app.
--
_ _ _ _
|_|_ |__ _ | _ |_|_o _ peter at ptcc dot it dot net dot a u |
| (/_|(/_| |_(_|| | || | it.net.au/~pc |
PO Box 869, Hillarys WA 6923, AUSTRALIA |
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From: Tom Eastep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: PPP - server assigned DNS address
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 01:37:23 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> How can I specify 'server assigned DNS address' (dynamic DNS?). Thanks!
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
We might be of more help if we knew which distribution you are using...
-tom
--
Tom Eastep \ Opinions expressed here
[EMAIL PROTECTED] \ are my own and not
Shoreline, Washington USA \ those of my employer
Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] \________________________
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From: Greig Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ATAPI Zip disk on Linux
Date: 19 Sep 1999 02:44:36 GMT
Cameron L. Spitzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Then you're letting the driver decide how big the partition can be,
: and the driver gets the wrong answer. Do this:
: mke2fs -c -m0 /dev/hdc4 98270
: or whatever number you get with wc /dev/hdc4 or
: dd conv=noerror if=/dev/hdc4 of=/dev/null bs=1k
Thanks for the input. However, the situation has now
degraded badly. First I tried the above commands with dd and wc.
wc gave 100646912 and dd gave 98288 (1K blocks) which, when
multiplied by 1024 gives the same size as wc. When I format the
ZIP disk under windows 98, it says 100433408 is available which
conforms to 98079.5 1k blocks. If I mount the DOS formatted
disk under linux, and do df, it says there are 98078 1k blocks. Close
enough.
I'm beginning to wonder if I have reformatted my ZIP disks too many
times with all this experimenting. Now
mke2fs -m 0 /dev/hdc4 may or may not fail with the "ext2fs_mkdir:
Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read"
message. This form of mke2fs always worked before.
mke2fs -c -m0 /dev/hdc4 doesn't give this error and shows itself
checking 98288 blocks, ie the correct number given from dd above.
Since I already created a /mnt/zipln directory, and do:
mount /mnt/zipln (fstab was setup for ext2 filesystem here)
cd /mnt/zipln
I get bash: /mnt/zipln: Not a directory. This has consistently
been happening now. However, df shows the disk as mounted with
size 95167.
If I do mke2fs -c -m0 /dev/hdc4 98288, no error message occurs
and after mounting, and cd /mnt/zipln it works (but I believe
some prior attempts with this failed giving the not a directory
message again.)
Can anyone explain why after an apparently successful mke2fs,
I could get "not a directory" when I change to the disk directory.
Also, the -c option in mke2fs just forces a check of the media.
Is there some other side effect occurring, and why would
mke2fs -m0 /dev/hdc4 (ie without explicitly giving disk size)
have worked before and now shows problems?
Right now, I'm pretty frustrated. Furthermore, we have the evil
precedent that the DOS formatted ZIP is totally reliable, while
formatting and mounting the ZIP for ext2 is downright flakey!
Greig
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: Anyone else feel the need to fix up the clipboard in linux?
Date: 19 Sep 1999 02:46:22 GMT
Dave Carrigan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Darek M writes:
: >> Could it be a reality in the future that linux would have
: >> the same universal clipboard as Win that held the info and
: >> let you paste it in Netscape, BitchX, a terminal or an ftp
: >> client like Igloo?
Earth to Darek, Earth calling Darek: Universal clipboard? well, Dave says
how you *can* make it work. But there was a previous post, I think, in
this NG along the lines 'newbie rants or bitches about linux'. Can I copy
say an entire image (GIF or whatnot) and paste it inthe middle of a
document, and even resize it to my heart's content? Now THAT would be
universal, and the fact of the matter is, it can now be done with
Windows. Oh I'm sorry, even with 3.1 Windows. Not that I'm advocating that
OS, mind, but just a reality check for the GNOME or KDE gurus out there.
Think of it as the ONE thing that truly defines a GUI, and if your GUI
can cut it (pun intended), well then PASTE it
--
Andy Purugganan
annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
e-mail reply always appreciated, but i'll still be lurking here
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From: Bill Pitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Seting up IMP webmail
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:12:25 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking Matt <matt@a> wrote:
> Has anyone had any success installing and configuring IMP/Horde under Redhat
> 6. I have tried about a dozen times, checked the database structure and SQL
> create statements.... no luck. As soon as I try to log in I get an access
> denied error.
> Warning: Access denied for user: 'impmgr@localhost' (Using password: NO) in
> ./lib/db.lib on line 213
> Anyone have any ideas?
I haven't had experience specifically with IMP, but it looks like you have
a password set for that DB user and haven't told it a password. Try adding
--password=whatever to where it calls your sql app.
-Bill
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From: "Matt" <matt@a>
Crossposted-To: aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Seting up IMP webmail
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 12:31:18 +1000
Has anyone had any success installing and configuring IMP/Horde under Redhat
6. I have tried about a dozen times, checked the database structure and SQL
create statements.... no luck. As soon as I try to log in I get an access
denied error.
Warning: Access denied for user: 'impmgr@localhost' (Using password: NO) in
./lib/db.lib on line 213
Anyone have any ideas?
Matt
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From: "Anson To, Chi-hang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to change the time zone as displayed by "date"?
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 10:56:35 +0800
Hi,
I found out that there's some problem with the system clock on my machine
when I'm testing some Java applet on it. The applet works perfectly
fine on other machine except mine. When I execute "date" under the
shell, the time is correct but the time zone is "CST" instead of "HKT"
(as I'm living in Hong Kong...) However, the symbolic link "/etc/localtime" has
already pointed to "/usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Hong_Kong". I've "man date" but I really
don't understand the syntax to change the time zone. Can you give me a big hand on how
to change the time zone?
Many many thanks in advance!!
Sincerely yours, Anson
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From: "Ryan T. Rhea" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux
Subject: HELP!! Lost filesystem; Bad superblock!
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:22:41 +0000
Due to a power failure, I am unable to mount an ext2 filesystem. It
contains very important data that I need to recover. Here is the
message I get from mount:
[root@garcia ryan]# mount -t ext2 /dev/loop4 /mnt
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop4,
or too many mounted file systems
So next I try e2fsck and dumpe2fs:
[root@garcia ryan]# e2fsck /dev/loop4
e2fsck 1.14, 9-Jan-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
Couldn't find ext2 superblock, trying backup blocks...
e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read
while trying to open /dev/loop4
[root@garcia ryan]# dumpe2fs /dev/loop4
dumpe2fs 1.14, 9-Jan-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
dumpe2fs: Bad magic number in superblock while trying to open
/dev/loop4
Couldn't find valid filesystem superblock.
Obviously, something is foul with the superblock. I
tried running the '-r' (repair) option with e2fsck. I also tried the
'-b' (alternative superblock) option with 8193 and 16385 as the
superblocks. I got those from the man page - I don't know if there are
other superblocks I could try.
Is there a way to report possible superblocks... Or a way to repair the
superblocks without knowing their number?
Anyway, like I said I really need to recover this data. Any help is
greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Ryan T. Rhea
Winthrop University
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone else feel the need to fix up the clipboard in linux?
Date: 19 Sep 1999 03:34:57 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc <7s1ipu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Purugganan
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Earth to Darek, Earth calling Darek: Universal clipboard? well, Dave says
> how you *can* make it work. But there was a previous post, I think, in
> this NG along the lines 'newbie rants or bitches about linux'. Can I copy
> say an entire image (GIF or whatnot) and paste it inthe middle of a
> document, and even resize it to my heart's content? Now THAT would be
Well, technically it can be done. If you have a book titled 'The X
Toolkit Cookbook', it describes precisely how this can be done. Whether
any particular application _can_ do it depends on whether the source
and receiving applications have been coded to do so. The requirements
are that a) the source application be capable of supplying the selection
in the appropriate format ( probably either the PIXMAP or FILE_NAME
targets ) and b) the receiving application has to request the selection
in the appropriate format ( again, probably PIXMAP or FILE_NAME ).
As for resizing, once the data is in the receiving program it's up to
the receiving program to do that just as it would be for anything
else.
This is sufficient to implement generic clipboard and drag-and-drop
functionality for arbitrary data between arbitrary programs. In fact,
the xclipboard client can also be extended to handle this, allowing
for even more flexibility than the Windows clipboard ( xclipboard
allows multiple selections to be held simultaneously ) for data
formats xclipboard supports.
>From a practical standpoint, few X applications implement anything
other than the TEXT target for selections. Windows would be in the
same boat if applications didn't know how to copy anything other
than text to and from the clipboard.
--
If I employed software developers and they gave me something like this,
I'd shoot them.
-- Abby Franquemont
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: REQ: The fastest Window Manager for a slow Laptop?
Date: 19 Sep 1999 03:59:35 GMT
On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 19:57:01 +0000, Brett Rosselle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>On a side note, I have been beaten up repeatedly (not here) for calling
>KDE/Gnome window managers. It has been pointed out to me that they are in fact
>a desktop environment that run on top of whatever window manager you choose to
>run. If you really want speed, run WindowMaker by itself without KDE or
>Gnome.
>
Did I beat you up?
I didn't try to beat you up.
I'm actually quite a nice guy. :-)
Robert
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From: muzh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WIN95/LINUX
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 15:35:07 +1200
Please give more information -- eg
How big is the hard disk? (Disks more than 1024 cylinders big give
problems)
How far did you get with the installation?
In the meantime, to at least get Windows working again boot your
computer with your Windows rescue floppy (you have one, don't you?) and
at the command prompt type 'fdisk /mbr' without the quotes.
cll
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am making my first installation of LINUX (5.2) and want two partitions
> in my hardisk, one for WINDOWS 95 and the other for LINUX. I am trying
> several times the installation but when reboot the system it tells me
> LIL and does not continue. WHAT IS HAPPENING? or HOW DO I HAVE TO MAKE
> THE INSTALLATION.
>
> THANKS FOR YOUR HELP.
>
> CARLOS.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Craig Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A few questions
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 22:42:14 -0500
For parallel-port scanners, check out the page:
http://www.buzzard.org.uk/jonathan/scanners.html
good luck,
Craig
Hans Marcus Kruger wrote:
> Hello out there
>
> I have a few questions and it would be great if someone could help me
>
> 1. I have an parallel port scanner. Is there any chance to scan under
> Linux? I also have an digital camera (Casio) that transferes the data
> over serial cable. For both periferical I have the twain-driver(
> altought I think they wount help me a lot!).
>
> 2. When I lock my screen in KDE, it asks me for my password. Thats
> fine, but if someonen doesnt know my password, he can just jump (Ex.:
> ALT + CTRL + F1) to the terminal I started the X-server press CTRL +
> C. From there on he will have complete access to my files. (I tried it
> on SuSE 6.1 with KDE).
> Is there a way to change this?
>
> 3. How can I configure my Linuxbox to act as an NTP-server for my
> local network, using it's internal clock (which is adjusted from time
> to time to the internet NTP-servers).
>
> Thanks in advanced
> HMK
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From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Screen resolution
Date: 18 Sep 1999 20:17:55 PDT
Richard Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> spake unto us, saying:
>
> >*Somebody* needs to seriously re-write xf86config or Xconfigurator....
> >
> >Both xf86config and Xconfigurator write the screen resolutions from
> >fewest to most pixels and the X server always uses the first viable
> >resolution it finds.
>
> Sure, but xf86config already provides the option to reorder the video
> resolutions near the end before you save the results. Has for years;
> it's just not obvious to new users.
It should be. If its user interface were better implemented, it would be.
Plus, you shouldn't have to "reorder" anything, unless you want something
out of the ordinary. The defaults should be set to typical setups, not
unusual ones.
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Herb Stein)
Subject: Re: A simple way to upload multiple files per ftp
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 03:38:14 GMT
Look at the man page for ncftp. It may do what you want. It does allow
downloading entire directories trees.
In article <7rpb1e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johannes Nix
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Can somebody tell me a simple way to upload a filesystem tree with multiple
>> files. I have to do it periodically, so I wan't to do it with the help
>> of cron. ^^^^^
>
>
>Wound't it be indicated to use cron to upload periodically? Perhaps
>combined with a timestamp check ?
>
>Well, you can use ftp and say "prompt off" and "mput *". But this does
>not recurse into directories.
>
>You could create a script as input to ftp which goes to the
>directories and does this automatically. There exist a "mirror"
>command which does exactly this.
>
>If you have shell (or secure shell) access, use rsync. It can be much
>faster. It also handles hard links correctly etc.
>
>Another tool I remember is lftp. Perhaps practical also.
>
>Johannes
>
>
--
Herb Stein
The Herb Stein Group
www.herbstein.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
314 215-3584
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From: -~=Darek M=~- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone else feel the need to fix up the clipboard in linux?
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 21:01:27 +1700
umm yeha ok, are you done bloating your ego by flaming a
'newbie'?
Don't make assumptions that cater to your ego, I did not ask
about copying and pasting gif or any other files. All I
asked about was being able to copy text from a terminal and
paste it in a text editor or whatever, a process which, from
what I have seen so far, is unpredictable for the lack of a
better word (It's late ok? :).
You could learn something from the post right below ours.
But hey, we all meet assholes in our lives that think they
are above all and anything others say is idiotic BS. But
some of us learn to ignore such slobs and recognize them for
egotistical idiots they are.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: hdparm and DMA
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1999 04:32:32 GMT
I'm having trouble enabling DMA in SuSe 6.2. During startup it tells me
that it's disabled in bios, but at post it lists UDMA2 enabled. If I
try to enable it using hdparm I get "Operation not permitted." I was
able to enable it in Mandrake 6.0 on the same computer without
problems. This machines statistics:
K6-400
64MB-Ram
GA-5AA motherboard
Maxtor DiamondMax Plus (10.2GB, 7200 RPM)
I've been able to enable other items using hdparm, this has boosted me
from 6.0MB to about 8.0MB/sec (did not try it when in Mandrake, but
other machine with a Fireball KA gets almost 20MB). That would be ok on
this machine, but I'd like to not have my cpu pegged at 100% while
copying.
Eric
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Crossposted-To:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Doe)
Subject: Re: IBM PS/2 with linux, how?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 19 Sep 1999 00:41:07 -0500
On Sat, 18 Sep 1999 15:35:11 +0100, Shaw Carruthers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Herve Fache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>Is it now possible to install linux on an IBM PS/2 386 with MCA/SCSI
>>buses? My RedHat 5.1 crashes when the hardware is to be detected...
>>
>
>Upgrade to a 2.2.x kernel as it supports MCA as a standard option.
>
Try slackware 4.0 or suse 6.1,6.2. They have install images
that are compiled for ps/2.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug Mast)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Best Linux Distro? / Best GUI?
Date: 19 Sep 1999 03:45:03 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 19 Sep 1999 12:11:13 +0930,
Klea Dzonsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Okay, I cant really be considered a newbie anymore, but I still have alot to
> learn.
> Anyhow, what exactly *is* a kernel panic?
> Ive heard that phrase being used alot, but what exactly happens during a
> kernel panic,
> what are the effects on the OS when this happens?
It's an OS crash, similar to the Windows Blue Screen of Death. The
main difference is: most non-newbie Windows users have experienced a
BSOD firsthand. :-)
Doug.
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