Linux-Misc Digest #710, Volume #23 Tue, 29 Feb 00 14:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: Switching Window Managers (Kerry Cox)
Drivers ("Csand")
Re: zipdrive backup problem (Ben Marriage)
HELP! "xterm -t" and Tektronics 4014 graphics ("David Hawkins")
Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure ! (eRob)
Re: Restrict ftp users to a specific directory (Josef Drexler)
Re: How do I cleverly route two DSL connections? (Josef Drexler)
Multi-Platform OS And Embedded Toolkit ("Yugesh")
linux without xwindows? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: diald confusion (John Hasler)
Re: Drivers (Robert Heller)
Glibc2 and _xstat problem. (Bob Camp)
Where's my book? (Fred)
Re: Hollywood plus DVD Decoder card (PCI) drivers needed (David Damerell)
Re: Windows v.s. Linux (Tim Hockin)
Re: Boot-up error and mouse problems (Max Waterman)
SCSI over IDE/ATAPI (Henrik Becker)
Re: Non-X GUI? (Gerald Willmann)
ppp netscape, etc. (Kenneth H Johnson Sr)
Re: Internet Radio ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Will my Windows programs run on Linux (Alan Lobo)
Re: SCSI over IDE/ATAPI (Albert Ulmer)
Re: ppp netscape, etc. (Hans Dumbrajs)
Re: Will my Windows programs run on Linux (Albert Ulmer)
egcs C compiler problem ("Tyrone Harvey")
Re: Hollywood plus DVD Decoder card (PCI) drivers needed (JEDIDIAH)
Re: xfstt trouble ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ppp netscape, etc. (Patricia)
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Switching Window Managers
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 09:32:45 -0700
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What do you want to use? I recommend using Window Maker. Grab the source
code at http://www.windowmaker.org/ untar and unzip it in a separate
location. Read the INSTALL file and do the necessary ./configure, make
and make-install. There are some other options you cna do as well. Just
read the INSTALL file very carefully. There is another file that will
install your startup in .xinitrc and THAT is what determines which window
manager starts in some instances.
If you have any questions, email me. Check out the many window managers
at the following URL.
http://www.plig.org/xwinman/
Good luck.
KJ
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FJM wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using RH6.1 and Enlightenment. How do I choose a different window
> manager?
>
> Thanks
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What do you want to use? I recommend using Window Maker. Grab
the source code at <A
HREF="http://www.windowmaker.org/">http://www.windowmaker.org/</A> untar and
unzip it
in a separate location. Read the INSTALL file and do the necessary
<b>./configure</b>, <b>make</b> and <b>make-install</b>. There
are some other options you cna do as well. Just read the INSTALL
file very carefully. There is another file that will install your
startup in .xinitrc and THAT is what determines which window manager starts
in some instances.
<br>If you have any questions, email me. Check out the many window
managers at the following URL.
<br><A HREF="http://www.plig.org/xwinman/">http://www.plig.org/xwinman/</A>
<br>Good luck.
<br>KJ
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<p>FJM wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hi,
<p>I am using RH6.1 and Enlightenment. How do I choose a different
window
<br>manager?
<p>Thanks</blockquote>
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From: "Csand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Drivers
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:27:55 -0600
I'm running Red Hat 5.1 and am wondering what driver I'm using for
networking. I've got a IBM token ring card (I know, you don't have to say
anything about token ring). It's running like a champ though. I was
wondreing what driver is being loaded to use the card and am not sure how to
tell. I would appreciate any advice anyone could give.
Craig
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Ben Marriage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: zipdrive backup problem
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 16:44:16 +0000
Allin Cottrell wrote:
>
> I've been in the habit of backing up my system to DOS-formatted
> 100MB zipdisks in a parallel-port zipdrive: tar up chunks, gzip
> them, and copy the files to /mnt/zip. This worked fine for
> quite a long time, but recently I've run into a problem: for
> many of the archive files on the zipdrive, tar or gzip now
> complains they're corrupt when I try to read them back. I'd
> suspect a bad disk, but this has happened with all 4 of the
> disks I'm using.
>
> Anyone seen anything similar, or have any idea what might be
> going on?
>
I've been having problems writing to my zip disks too.
mount -t vfat /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip
can read from the disks fine, but any writing ends up corrupt. No idea
what the problem is, but I was going to post a query to a newsgroup too!
Hope somebody else can help?
Ben
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From: "David Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP! "xterm -t" and Tektronics 4014 graphics
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:53:15 -0800
In the man pages, it states that you can redirect
the serial port to an "xterm -t" and it will
interpret the serial input as Tektronics 4014
graphics.
I have an old and slow DOS box running ZStem
as a Tektronics 4014 interpreter and would like
to run Linux on that box.
How would I go about redirecting serial port
input to an xterm? Do I use pipes? I'm just starting
with Linux, so this may be a fairly straightforward
process.
Thanks for the help.
Dave Hawkins.
Caltech.
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Subject: Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure !
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (eRob)
Date: 29 Feb 2000 16:48:13 GMT
In article <895ika$rm6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>Because you dickheads offer the source code of your programs (!!!)
Are you familiar with the term "talking out of your ass?"
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From: Josef Drexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Restrict ftp users to a specific directory
Date: 29 Feb 2000 16:48:59 GMT
And Lo! It was upon the 01 Mar 2000 that Brad said unto the world:
> another question regarding that...... Ok i understand that bit, but now,
> if a USER logs in, not anon, normally they can go back a
> directory......say they log into /home/user1/ they can easially go back
> to /home/ How can I stop that from happening, so that each users home
> directory via ftp is /home/username/ and that it has no parent directory,
> so they will never be able to get to /home/ or any other part of the
> system for that matter? Brad
It's not so easy to do with wu.ftpd because you'd have to set up binaries
for ls etc. in each user's home directory.
However proFTPD has a built-in "ls" command, so that with proFTPD you can
just put "DocumentRoot ~" in the config file and then your users will be
confined to their home directories.
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From: Josef Drexler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: How do I cleverly route two DSL connections?
Date: 29 Feb 2000 17:00:34 GMT
And Lo! It was upon the 29 Feb 2000 that Gopal Santhanam said unto the
world:
>
> I have two DSL connections for our office. They are on different subnets
> (one from Flashcom and one from PacBell).
>
> I want to leverage the PacBell's ADSL for high download speeds by using
> it as the default gateway for the office intranet. This can be easily
> done by using a masquerading firewall, pointing all the internal
> machines' default gateways to that firewall, and setting the firewall
> machine's default to PacBell's DSL subnet router.
>
> I'd like to use the Flashcom's SDSL as my anonymous ftp server. This
> takes advantage of the higher upload speeds of the SDSL. However, when I
> try to get through from outside the office to the "ftp address" I am
> unable to get through. I have concluded that this is because the packet
> from outside comes to my SDSL but the response is sent back through the
> PacBell ADSL. I can even see through ifconfig that the Ethernet card
> connected to the SDSL is consistently receiving packets but not
> transmitting during this test.
I'm not sure if this is going to work, but you could (if you have a 2.2.x
kernel) use source-based routing. Then you could route packets not
originating at the firewall with the ftp server, i.e. they are from the
internet, through the ADSL. Packets coming from the firewall/server would
be routed through the SDSL instead.
Go look at freshmeat for iproute2 and related tools if you want to try this
approach.
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From: "Yugesh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Multi-Platform OS And Embedded Toolkit
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:02:25 -0600
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binary file.
Download an Evaluation version at
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: linux without xwindows?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:14:58 GMT
Where could I find out what you can do in Linux without x windows. What
programs can you run, etc.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: diald confusion
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:42:25 GMT
Anthony writes:
> The reason that the dial-on-demand doesnt work well is that there are
> many net applications that generate requests so often that the timeout
> setting, no matter how long or short you set, will unlikely to timeout:
> you will get lots of dns requests, mail server checks per 5 minutes and
> many other stuff that prevent the timer from timeout.
Diald can be configured to use different timeouts for different kinds of
requests and to independently limit which kinds of requests bring up the
link.
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Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Drivers
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:35:51 GMT
"Csand" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:27:55 -0600, wrote :
"> I'm running Red Hat 5.1 and am wondering what driver I'm using for
"> networking. I've got a IBM token ring card (I know, you don't have to say
"> anything about token ring). It's running like a champ though. I was
"> wondreing what driver is being loaded to use the card and am not sure how to
"> tell. I would appreciate any advice anyone could give.
lsmod will list loaded modules.
You can also look in /var/log/messages. For example, I have a 3Com 509
Ethernet card:
Feb 22 15:12:38 sauron kernel: eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, BNC port, address 00 20 af
dd 77 6f, IRQ 10.
Feb 22 15:12:38 sauron kernel: 3c509.c:1.16 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Feb 22 15:12:38 sauron kernel: eth0: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
And on anther machine has two network cards, a 3Com 905 and a DEC FDDI
card:
Feb 9 14:46:54 holly kernel: defxx.c:v1.04 09/16/96 Lawrence V. Stefani
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Feb 9 14:46:54 holly kernel: fddi0: DEFPA at I/O addr = 0x1400, IRQ = 5, Hardware
addr = 00-00-F8-40-E5-54
...
Feb 9 14:46:55 holly kernel: 3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker
http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
Feb 9 14:46:55 holly kernel: eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0x1480, 00
:50:04:89:d7:da, IRQ 11
Feb 9 14:46:55 holly kernel: 8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split,
autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
Feb 9 14:46:55 holly kernel: MII transceiver found at address 24, status 786d.
Feb 9 14:46:55 holly kernel: MII transceiver found at address 0, status 786d.
Feb 9 14:46:55 holly kernel: Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame
receives.
(defxx.c is compiled into the kernel, 3c59x.c is loaded as a module).
">
"> Craig
"> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
">
">
">
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From: Bob Camp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Glibc2 and _xstat problem.
Date: 29 Feb 2000 17:16:45 -0000
Hi Folks
I am in the middle of a move to glibc-2 and have hit the _xstat problem.
In particular netscape 4.7 reports:
./netscape: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6: undefined
symbol: _xstat
Searching around the net I find a fair bit of discussion on this, including
this excerpt from the Apache FAQ:
/quote
Missing _xstat symbols are mostly due to a broken libc
installation, e.g. compiling against glibc 2.1 headers and
linking with glibc 2.0 will lead to such an error.
/unquote
In fact I am using glibc-2.1.2 and this does not include _xstat, viz:
nm -D /lib/libc-2.1.2.so | grep xstat
0009e584 T __fxstat
0009e9f0 T __fxstat64
0009e6e0 T __lxstat
0009eb10 T __lxstat64
0009e428 T __xstat
0009e8d0 T __xstat64
The only solution I have found is a suggestion to kludge the library by
adding the function `void _xstat() {}'. This however has its own problems.
I initially started to compile the library but this failed after a couple of
hours with:
gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -r -o librtld.os '-Wl,-(' dl-allobjs.os ../libc_pi
c.a -lgcc '-Wl,-)'
gcc -nostdlib -nostartfiles -shared -o ld.so \
librtld.os \
-Wl,--version-script=../ld.so.map -Wl,-soname=ld-linux.so.2
/usr/i486-pc-linux-gnulibc1/bin/ld: cannot open linker script file ../ld.so.map:
No such file or directory
Unfortunately a null file of this name is not good enough as it results in
a parse error, and I have been unable to identify what the contents of
`ld.so.map' should be.
My questions therefore are:
a) Is there a known solution for the _xstat problem?
b) What should be in the glibc `ld.so.map' file?
Any help on these problems or pointers to other possible solutions will be
much appreciated.
Thanks for your help.
Bob
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Analogue and Digital IC Design.
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 12:52:29 -0500
From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where's my book?
Several weeks ago I was in the library, looking at
books on Unix programming.
In one book I saw a table of process
characteristics. There were roughly thirty
characteristics listed. The table stated, for each
characteristic, the effects of a fork, and the
effects of an exec. Most characteristics remain
invariant after a fork, and quite a few remain
invariant after an exec. But not all of them.
Like a fool, I put the book back on the shelf. The
library is not large, and the number of Unix books
is not huge. I thought I would have no difficulty
in finding the book again, if I ever wanted to
examine the table. I'm embarrassed to admit this,
but I did not even note the book's title or its
author.
Well, the day has come when I want to examine that
table. I went to the library recently, and I tried
to locate the book. I spent quite a while in this
endeavor. No success.
I suppose that, in the aggregate, the folks who
read this newsgroup have read every Unix book ever
published. Can someone help me identify the volume
containing the table? The title would be welcome.
Or even the author's name.
Please send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for your help!
Yours,
Fred Theobald
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From: David Damerell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Hollywood plus DVD Decoder card (PCI) drivers needed
Date: 29 Feb 2000 18:03:54 +0000 (GMT)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Charles Blackburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know it's a silly question, but even windows users can piarate DVD's.
>It's called recording on a video!!
With a Macrovision stripper or a chipped player, yes. Otherwise, no.
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From: Tim Hockin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows v.s. Linux
Date: 29 Feb 2000 18:16:55 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: There is a strong competition, for example Nintendo never crashes.
not true! My n64 crashed on me just the other day...
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From: Max Waterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Boot-up error and mouse problems
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:24:18 -0800
The Ekedahl Family wrote:
>
> Though I have no idea about the virus problems I would like to ask for more
> information about your mouse, do you know what port it's plugged into? PS/2
> or Serial? And what kind of mouse is it? (ie. name brand and model)
>
> I had a similar problem with my Microsoft IntelliMouse PS/2, I finally
> figured out that in XF86Setup there are two listings for Intellimouse,
> "Intellimouse" and "IMPS/2" after finding that second setting for my mouse I
> can use it no problem, and I can use the wheel in a few of X's windows! BTW
> in XF86Setup the only way to get that set is to use the "tab" key and
> 'enter' through all the settings then select "apply", after that I was able
> to use the mouse to change the rest of the settings in XF86Setup.
I'm told mouseconfig should select the correct protocol for IMPS/2 - however, I'm now
running a later version of XFree86 (3.3.9?), so they may have been fixed in my version.
Also, I am a bit cautious about using config programs designed to configure the whole
of the
XF86Config file just to change one thing - I suspect that they change things I don't
want
them to - for this I just edit the file by hand. I'm told you can use the
/usr/sbin/mouseconfig program to change just the mouse protocol too.
Please let us know what works.
Max.
>
> --
> Erik Ekedahl
> (e-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> (web page) www.geocities.com/soho/atrium/9422/
>
> Erik was beginning to behave rather strangely, or rather not actually
> beginning to behave strangely but beginning to behave in a way which was
> strangely different from the other strange ways in which he more regularly
> behaved.
>
> "Nikko Odiseos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:JRKt4.1339$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I installed RH 6.1 and now whenever it or my win98 boots up, there is an
> > error message with a red screen (after Lilo) saying something like: "there
> > is a virus. Does not support OS. Chip Away Virus. Continue boot?" And
> iif
> > I select yes, it boot5s away no problems. Whats that?
> >
> > Also, my mouse seems to be ill-configured, though I have tried every
> optiojn
> > using mouseconfig. I can only move it to the top of the screen where it
> > stays. What is this about? Thanks! Please "reply to all"
> >
> >
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From: Henrik Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI over IDE/ATAPI
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:23:27 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
why spend more bucks on SCSI? Is it realy woth it? Just wondering ...
Gruss / Regards,
Henrik Becker
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Non-X GUI?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:27:05 -0800
On 29 Feb 2000, Equinox wrote:
> associated with X. I don't particularly enjoy wading through an
> elephantine /etc/XF86Config file, attempting to *locate* (let alone
> fix) whatever problem du jour is causing X to not start.... then
> winding through a maze of subdirectories, finally landing about eleven
> or so directories deep, just to get to a config file that lets me set
> up my window manager... et cetera... I swear, I'd almost rather be
> dealing with WinDOS *.ini files.
not sure what problem du jour you are talking about but usually you set up
XF86Free once and then it runs - on the machine I'm writing this from X
has been running for months. Alternatively you buy one of the commmercial
Xservers which might be a bit easier to configure - only tried Xmetro and
it was pretty straightforward when I started with linux.
Which wm you use should be determined on the last line of your .xinitrc
file which you should find right in your home directory.
Gerald
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From: Kenneth H Johnson Sr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ppp netscape, etc.
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:30:06 GMT
I can not connect to netscape, or redhat, or any other isp.
When trying to connect to netscape. I am unable to connect to
netscape.com.
None of my attempts to connect to the internet have been successeful.
I am lost! Please help. My moden works fine. what am I doing wrong.
I am trying to use Linux redhat 6.1 operating system.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Internet Radio
Date: 29 Feb 2000 18:36:46 GMT
In alt.os.linux.slackware John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is Xmms? Is it an application like realplay?
xmms == x multimedia system
sorta like winamp - plays mp3s, you can feed it URLs, etc.
has skin support, all the major features like eq, play lists, etc.
brian
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gpg infos http://members.xoom.com/midknite
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From: Alan Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Will my Windows programs run on Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:31:30 GMT
Thanks a lot for the advice. I do want to change to Linux, mainly for
price reasons. I would much rather pay �25 than �100 for an OS!! Also I
have heard that Linux is a lot faster.
Thanks again
Alan
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From: Albert Ulmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI over IDE/ATAPI
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:44:13 +0000
Henrik Becker wrote:
> why spend more bucks on SCSI? Is it realy woth it? Just wondering ...
You might want to check http://www.scsifaq.org to find out more...
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From: Hans Dumbrajs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ppp netscape, etc.
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:44:40 +0200
Kenneth H Johnson Sr wrote:
> I can not connect to netscape, or redhat, or any other isp.
Uhm...what do you mean "connect to netscape or redhat"? Neither of those
are ISPs.
>
> When trying to connect to netscape. I am unable to connect to
> netscape.com.
How are you trying to "connect to netscape"?
>
> None of my attempts to connect to the internet have been successeful.
> I am lost! Please help.
Ok.. first of all I guess nobody here understands what you're trying to
do. Do you use a modem?
Who is your ISP? What are the error messages?
> My moden works fine. what am I doing wrong.
> I am trying to use Linux redhat 6.1 operating system.
>
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From: Albert Ulmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Will my Windows programs run on Linux
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:47:13 +0000
Alan Lobo wrote:
> Thanks a lot for the advice. I do want to change to Linux, mainly for
> price reasons. I would much rather pay �25 than �100 for an OS!! Also I
> have heard that Linux is a lot faster.
Forget about using Linux if all you're looking for is a cheap drop-in
replacement for Microsoft Windows to run your existing applications on.
This will not work!
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From: "Tyrone Harvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: egcs C compiler problem
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:53:19 -0800
Any ideas on how a Newbie can deal with this?
Redhat 6.0, kernel 2.2.15
Attempting to ./configure ALSA
C compiler (egcs) working....no
compiler cannot make executables
Thanks
tyrone
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Hollywood plus DVD Decoder card (PCI) drivers needed
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 18:54:18 GMT
On 29 Feb 2000 18:03:54 +0000 (GMT), David Damerell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Charles Blackburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I know it's a silly question, but even windows users can piarate DVD's.
>>It's called recording on a video!!
>
>With a Macrovision stripper or a chipped player, yes. Otherwise, no.
So long as the video stream hits addressable memory at some
point, there really is no copy protection as such.
All an end user has to do is exploit whatever framebuffer
direct access features thier OS may have (DGA/directX).
In this respect, all software DVD decoders are essentially
the same in terms of security.
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Resistance is not futile. / | \
Need sane PPP docs? Try penguin.lvcm.com.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: xfstt trouble
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 19:02:44 GMT
In article <89grdo$ndd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Paul) wrote:
> I installed xfstt on by box and it hosed my XF86Config file. I reran Xconfigurator
>
> and ran startx which started ok but in the wrong screen mode. Tried it all agaion,
> same thing. Tried it a third time, startx died with "faltal server error, no valid
>mode found"
> That's all I get now. I looked at my XF86Config file, but I'm not sure what to
>tweak. Everything looks ok
> Any help is appreciated. i
> --
> Kevin Paul
> University of New Mexico
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
> u
> m
Check the font path section of XF86Config file. It's right at the top of the
file. The line you have to add is like this:
FontPath "unix/:7101"
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From: Patricia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ppp netscape, etc.
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:02:36 +0100
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Kenneth H Johnson Sr wrote:
>I can not connect to netscape, or redhat, or any other isp.
>When trying to connect to netscape. I am unable to connect to
>netscape.com.
>None of my attempts to connect to the internet have been successeful.
>I am lost! Please help. My moden works fine. what am I doing wrong.
>I am trying to use Linux redhat 6.1 operating system.
>
>
>--
>Posted via CNET Help.com
>http://www.help.com/
Kenneth
Does /etc/resolv.conf excist?
It must contain the DNS of your provider
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HTH :)
Patricia
http://www.crosswinds.net/~beginnerslinux
Red Hat Linux release 6.0 (Hedwig)
Kernel 2.2.5-15
8:03pm up 6 days, 21:37, 2 users, load average: 1.16, 1.47, 1.68
Tue Feb 29 20:03:31 CET 2000
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