Linux-Misc Digest #714, Volume #23 Tue, 29 Feb 00 21:13:06 EST
Contents:
Linux Counter: 137615 registered Linux users ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: compile new module (timman)
Re: lyons book (Christopher Browne)
copying from linux to win ("Max")
Re: connecting to internet via command line (" Rinaldi J. Montessi")
Re: what setup of Redhat 6.1 is most similar to WIN95/98? ("Matt O'Toole")
Problem in installing staroffice ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Counter: 137615 registered Linux users
Date: 1 Mar 2000 01:00:17 GMT
This is the monthly report from the Linux Usage Counter.
It is posted on the 1st of every month on the newsgroup
comp.os.linux.misc, and on the Linux Counter "announce" list.
Registration and information is available via the World
Wide Web; connect to URL http://counter.li.org/
This is the preferred interface to the counter.
NOTE: You can UPDATE your record in the counter if you have
your registration key, which was sent to you when you registered.
EMAIL:
To enter your registration into the statistics, send an E-mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], with the SUBJECT line containing the word "Linux",
such as:
I use Linux at home
I use Linux at work
I use Linux at school
Any questions should be adressed to the maintainer of the counter,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Good luck!
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This is the Linux Counter summary as of Tue Feb 29 17:09:23 2000
There are 137615 persons registerd.
3097 users have been registered by friends.
There are 73668 machines registered.
I guesstimate that between 0.2% and 5% of all Linux users have
registered with the Linux Counter.
So the total number of Linux users is probably between
2,752,300 and 68,807,500 people.
WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE
The table is sorted by number of Linux users divided by population
No Country Pers Fri Mach P/Mpop Mpop
======================================================================
1 NO Norway 2999 51 1331 684.1 4.4
2 IS Iceland 181 4 89 669.6 0.3
3 FI Finland 3097 57 1610 606.6 5.1
4 DK Denmark 2943 17 1082 560.6 5.2
5 SE Sweden 4764 62 2205 535.2 8.9
6 AQ Antarctica 2 0 0 486.0 0.0
7 NF Norfolk Island 1 0 0 452.7 0.0
8 FO Faroe Islands 16 0 2 364.8 0.0
9 SI Slovenia 626 8 165 320.8 2.0
10 EE Estonia 465 17 287 318.6 1.5
11 GI Gibraltar 8 1 11 278.1 0.0
12 MS Montserrat 3 0 1 234.9 0.0
13 NL Netherlands 3611 52 1796 231.9 15.6
14 CA Canada 5872 84 2995 203.7 28.8
15 AT Austria 1617 31 879 201.5 8.0
16 LU Luxembourg 73 0 31 175.5 0.4
17 AU Australia 3174 50 1807 173.8 18.3
18 NZ New Zealand 587 3 361 165.4 3.5
19 US USA 43147 857 21652 161.9 266.5
20 CH Switzerland 1117 17 664 155.0 7.2
21 BE Belgium 1457 526 736 143.3 10.2
22 IE Ireland 500 5 216 140.2 3.6
23 HU Hungary 1290 48 743 129.0 10.0
24 DE Germany 9986 190 5164 119.5 83.5
25 CY Cyprus 82 0 7 110.1 0.7
26 SG Singapore 361 7 140 106.3 3.4
27 PT Portugal 1018 10 319 103.2 9.9
28 AD Andorra 7 0 6 96.2 0.1
29 GB Great Britain 5533 111 2803 94.6 58.5
30 MC Monaco 3 1 3 94.6 0.0
31 ES Spain 3682 33 1016 94.0 39.2
32 FR France 5229 116 2095 89.7 58.3
33 IL Israel 485 14 237 89.5 5.4
34 GL Greenland 5 0 1 85.9 0.1
35 KR Korea (South) 3860 19 437 84.9 45.5
36 VG Virgin Islands (British) 1 0 0 75.8 0.0
37 PL Poland 2849 55 1259 73.7 38.6
38 CZ Czech Republic 671 21 380 65.0 10.3
39 LI Liechtenstein 2 0 3 64.3 0.0
40 PW Palau 1 0 0 59.0 0.0
41 BG Bulgaria 498 6 190 57.8 8.6
42 KY Cayman Islands 2 0 3 57.7 0.0
43 HR Croatia 288 6 82 57.6 5.0
44 LT Lithuania 205 3 99 56.2 3.6
45 CR Costa Rica 182 0 79 52.6 3.5
46 UY Uruguay 165 0 38 50.9 3.2
47 GR Greece 522 16 205 49.5 10.5
48 BM Bermuda 3 0 4 48.3 0.1
49 IT Italy 2572 67 1038 44.8 57.5
50 MT Malta 16 0 7 42.6 0.4
51 VE Venezuela 873 3 119 39.7 22.0
52 SC Seychelles 3 0 0 38.7 0.1
53 MV Maldives 10 0 1 36.9 0.3
54 BN Brunei 11 0 7 36.7 0.3
55 BR Brazil 5622 59 1121 34.6 162.7
56 SK Slovakia 176 1 117 32.7 5.4
57 GU Guam 5 0 1 31.9 0.2
58 BB Barbados 8 0 2 31.1 0.3
59 RO Romania 673 36 331 31.1 21.7
60 AR Argentina 955 7 259 27.5 34.7
61 BZ Belize 6 0 6 27.4 0.2
62 TW Taiwan 530 5 186 24.7 21.5
63 FM Micronesia, Federated States 3 0 0 23.9 0.1
64 TT Trinidad and Tobago 30 1 5 23.6 1.3
65 BS Bahamas 6 0 2 23.1 0.3
66 CL Chile 331 6 127 23.1 14.3
67 MY Malaysia 453 7 103 22.7 20.0
68 LV Latvia 56 0 41 22.7 2.5
69 SV El Salvador 128 0 20 22.0 5.8
70 PR Puerto Rico 83 0 17 21.7 3.8
71 VI Virgin Islands (U.S.) 2 0 1 20.6 0.1
72 ZA South Africa 829 12 358 19.9 41.7
73 MX Mexico 1866 19 368 19.5 95.8
74 MP Northern Mariana Islands 1 0 1 19.1 0.1
75 MH Marshall Islands 1 0 0 17.1 0.1
76 RE Reunion 11 0 4 16.2 0.7
77 NC New Caledonia 3 0 9 16.0 0.2
78 AG Antigua and Barbuda 1 0 2 15.2 0.1
79 PA Panama 40 0 14 15.1 2.7
80 AW Aruba 1 0 0 14.8 0.1
81 AM Armenia 50 0 8 14.4 3.5
82 AN Netherlands Antilles 3 0 1 14.4 0.2
83 BH Bahrain 8 0 3 13.6 0.6
84 TR Turkey 837 9 175 13.4 62.5
85 PF French Polynesia 3 0 4 13.3 0.2
86 KW Kuwait 26 0 11 13.3 2.0
87 RU Russia 1744 35 669 11.8 148.2
88 YU Yugoslavia (Serbia and Monte 123 6 72 11.4 10.8
89 NA Namibia 19 0 11 11.3 1.7
90 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 30 0 3 11.3 2.7
91 AE United Arab Emirates 32 1 15 10.5 3.1
92 CO Colombia 375 3 124 10.2 36.8
93 MO Macau 5 0 1 10.1 0.5
94 MQ Martinique 4 0 1 10.0 0.4
95 TN Tunisia 90 0 13 10.0 9.0
96 QA Qatar 5 1 3 9.1 0.5
97 MU Mauritius 10 0 3 8.8 1.1
98 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenad 1 0 0 8.4 0.1
99 UA Ukraine 418 10 186 8.2 50.9
100 PY Paraguay 43 0 10 7.8 5.5
101 GP Guadeloupe 3 0 4 7.4 0.4
102 JP Japan 913 7 274 7.3 125.4
103 MK Macedonia 15 2 4 7.1 2.1
104 SR Suriname 3 0 4 6.9 0.4
105 LC Saint Lucia 1 0 0 6.3 0.2
106 BY Belarus 65 5 24 6.2 10.4
107 VU Vanuatu 1 0 3 5.6 0.2
108 BO Bolivia 40 0 11 5.6 7.2
109 PH Philippines 379 4 74 5.1 74.5
110 EC Ecuador 57 0 13 5.0 11.5
111 MD Moldova 21 0 8 4.7 4.5
112 JM Jamaica 12 0 2 4.6 2.6
113 PE Peru 113 0 23 4.6 24.5
114 CU Cuba 48 6 19 4.4 11.0
115 LB Lebanon 16 1 5 4.2 3.8
116 BW Botswana 6 0 3 4.1 1.5
117 TH Thailand 226 3 79 3.8 58.9
118 DO Dominican Republic 28 0 9 3.5 8.1
119 HN Honduras 19 0 5 3.4 5.6
120 GT Guatemala 34 0 7 3.0 11.3
121 MN Mongolia 7 0 5 2.8 2.5
122 OM Oman 6 0 1 2.7 2.2
123 GA Gabon 3 0 2 2.6 1.2
124 KZ Kazakhstan 34 0 16 2.0 16.9
125 NI Nicaragua 8 0 2 1.9 4.3
126 ID Indonesia 375 34 131 1.8 206.6
127 SA Saudi Arabia 28 0 10 1.4 19.4
128 GY Guyana 1 0 0 1.4 0.7
129 CM Cameroon 20 0 8 1.4 14.3
130 AL Albania 4 2 4 1.2 3.2
131 ZM Zambia 11 0 4 1.2 9.2
132 JO Jordan 5 0 3 1.2 4.2
133 ZW Zimbabwe 13 0 8 1.2 11.3
134 GE Georgia 6 0 24 1.1 5.2
135 PG Papua New Guinea 5 0 1 1.1 4.4
136 LK Sri Lanka 21 1 2 1.1 18.6
137 KG Kyrgyzstan 5 0 2 1.1 4.5
138 IN India 947 16 264 1.0 952.1
139 CN China 1191 4 218 1.0 1210.0
140 EG Egypt 60 1 9 0.9 63.6
141 UZ Uzbekistan 19 0 7 0.8 23.4
142 MA Morocco 24 0 10 0.8 29.8
143 MG Madagascar 9 0 1 0.7 13.7
144 AZ Azerbaijan 5 0 2 0.7 7.7
145 SL Sierra Leone 3 0 0 0.6 4.8
146 CI Cote d'Ivoire 8 0 4 0.5 14.8
147 PK Pakistan 67 5 13 0.5 129.3
148 IR Iran 32 0 21 0.5 66.1
149 SN Senegal 4 0 0 0.4 9.1
150 VN Vietnam 32 0 4 0.4 74.0
151 MR Mauritania 1 0 0 0.4 2.3
152 NP Nepal 9 0 0 0.4 22.1
153 DZ Algeria 10 0 6 0.3 29.2
154 MZ Mozambique 6 0 2 0.3 17.9
155 CF Central African Republic 1 0 0 0.3 3.3
156 KE Kenya 8 0 2 0.3 28.2
157 KH Cambodia 3 0 1 0.3 10.9
158 TM Turkmenistan 1 0 1 0.2 4.1
159 BD Bangladesh 29 0 8 0.2 123.1
160 NE Niger 2 0 0 0.2 9.1
161 TG Togo 1 0 0 0.2 4.6
162 LA Laos 1 0 1 0.2 5.0
163 LY Libya 1 0 1 0.2 5.4
164 TZ Tanzania 5 0 0 0.2 29.1
165 RW Rwanda 1 0 0 0.1 6.9
166 UG Uganda 2 0 0 0.1 20.2
167 ET Ethiopia 3 0 0 0.1 57.2
168 XW The World (Somewhere in it) 245 218 1 0.0 5771.9
169 NG Nigeria 3 0 1 0.0 103.9
170 WF Wallis and Futuna Islands 1 0 1 0.0 0.0
WHERE PEOPLE USE LINUX
Place Users Percent
==============================
school 27471 20.25%
home 120335 88.68%
not used 19 0.01%
work 56492 41.63%
somewhere 2884 2.13%
==============================
TOTAL 135691 100.00%
NOTE: The total is the 135691 users who answered this question.
Some gave more than one answer, so the number of answers is 207201
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From: timman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: compile new module
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 01:10:52 GMT
In article <OdDs4.321$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Kendal Montgomery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Correct, but after running make modules, you can run a make
modules_install
> to put that directory in place. If you are compling the same kernel
version
> as what you are running you may want to rename or make a tar backup
of the
> current /lib/modules/X.Y.Z directory before you run the make
modules_install
> or else it will over write it.
>
> --
>
> Kendal L. Montgomery
>
> ".the comPuter Wizard."
>
> Findlay Industries, Inc.
> -- Corporate IT
>
> D. Butler <nospam*[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
in
> message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > I think, as long as it's the same kernel version and the 'make
config' (or
> > configuration file) is set up to compile that module, you can just
type
> > 'make modules' from the kernel source directory. After that,
install it
> > into the proper /lib/modules/* directory. I may be entirely wrong,
to
> tell
> > the truth. I'm quite new at this, but I believe that's possible.
> >
> > -Dave B.
> >
> > timman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:88rjqk$5f7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > Is it possible to just compile a module without recompiling the
entire
> > > kernel? If so, what would the syntax be? I just want to add
support
> > > for an NE2000 network card but don't want to have to recompile the
> > > whole works.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Tim Fischer
> > > MCSE,MCP+Internet
> > > COMPAQ/DEC ASE
> > >
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > > Before you buy.
> >
> >
>
>
Ok, how bout if I make it harder. I don't have room on my machine to
even extract the source tree. Everything was compiled on another
machine that I don't have access to. If I get just the ne.c file can I
compile just that?
--
Tim Fischer
MCSE,MCP+Internet
COMPAQ/DEC ASE
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: lyons book
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 01:25:01 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Alex Vrenios would say:
>I believe this is long out of print. I was given a (bad) copy
>for a Unix OS Internals course a while back. (Was it SysV R6?)
>
>If you are looking for something LIKE that, don't miss the book
>titled "Linux Core Kernel Commentary" by Scott Maxwell. It comes
>with a CD and is about $32 on amazon.com.
_Lions' Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition, with Source Code_ is available
from Peer to Peer Publishing:
<http://www.peer-to-peer.com/catalog/opsrc/lions.html>
It describes UNIX Revision 6, which vastly predates SVR6, and is an
interesting book.
I once used it to validate that the "stat" structure hasn't
substantially changed in 20 years, and was able to usefully disagree
with someone that found what they thought was a bug in Solaris
behaviour, thinking that there was a recent behaviour change. I went
back to Lion's, and validated that "UNIX has *ALWAYS* worked that
way."
--
"Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of
one's native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent
programmer." -- Edsger W.Dijkstra
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: "Max" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: copying from linux to win
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 01:33:49 -0000
this program saved my life (and 2 months worth of php scripts)
it is called explore2fs and allowed me to see my linux partition from
windows and copy files to windows.
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm
thanks to John Newbigin for this beauty.
max
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From: " Rinaldi J. Montessi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.install,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: connecting to internet via command line
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 20:39:54 -0500
Max posed:
>
> can anyone please tell me how to connect to the internet from command line.
> i used to do it fine using kppp in kde on linx red hat 6.
> my x windows has crashed bad, my floppy drive does not work and i need some
> files urgently.
>
> many thanks
> max
Assuming you have properly set up to run without kde/kppp you can
try ~/sbin ifup ppp0. ftp and lynx will work without X, assuming,
of course, you've set them up. One should not depend on anything
"windows", X included. In linux, the command line is always there.
--
Rinaldi]$
I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too
many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. - Thomas
Jefferson
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Reply-To: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what setup of Redhat 6.1 is most similar to WIN95/98?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:38:27 -0800
"Donald Parsons MD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Some Windows users want to be convinced that they can dispense with
> Windows98 and use a setup of linux that will do all of the same things.
> If anyone knows if this is possible, please list all the installation
> steps.
Well, it depends on what you do in Windows, and whether or not there are
corresponding Linux apps. For the "average" user, who mostly uses his
computer to surf the web, use email, and write and print letters and other
documents, all of these things can be accomodated well by Linux, and for
free. Nescape Communicator is just like it is in Windows, and there are
several excellent word processors available, including Wordperfect and
Framemaker. GIMP is an excellent Photoshop clone, with 90% of the
functionality, and 0% of the cost. There are some simpler financial
programs, but as yet there's nothing quite like Quicken. What do you need?
If you're using Redhat, install using the "workstation" option. A Windows
user should feel most at home with KDE, so select that as your desktop. If
you don't have a boxed Redhat set with the documentation, most of it is
available online at www.redhat.com. Read up a bit, follow the directions,
and away you go.
Matt O.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,sg.linux
Subject: Problem in installing staroffice
Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 09:58:51 +0800
Hi, could anyone help? i keep getting a "Segmentation fault" followed by
a core dump during installation of my staroffice. I downloaded the
application in separately in 7 modules and untar in a home/user
directory. After running ./setup at command, the above error appeared.
Is there a way to decipher the core for some clues?
I'm using RH6.1 on a Pentium 90 (overclocked to 100mhz) with 48M ram.
Any help appreciated and thanks in advance.
Regards
Damon
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