Linux-Misc Digest #924, Volume #23 Wed, 22 Mar 00 14:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: mail client for windows with enhanced features running on a linux mail server?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: installation problem (Leonard Evens)
Re: Help with root (Andreas Kahari)
Re: graphic file viewer & popmail client for CLI? (Grant Edwards)
Re: How do i read my linux partition from dos (Vilmos Soti)
X won't start (Andy9701)
Re: Solved: Problems logging in at ISP (Bob Hauck)
Commercial X Server performance (Jim McIntyre)
solaris & lilo ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Salary? (Bob Hauck)
Re: reading binary file format (Stefano Ghirlanda)
Re: How can linux display the long filename in DOS and CDROM? (Colin Watson)
Linux kernel will not power down
Re: staroffice running slowly (Alexis Bilodeau)
Re: Linux kernel will not power down (Dances With Crows)
QUESTION: time stampinig in user programs (Christian Langis)
I need "umsdos" like file system ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
DVD-Player and Linux ? (cyrax)
Re: Linux kernel will not power down (Andreas Kahari)
Getting Segmentation Faults on this program ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't Download Tar Files (Binyomin Kaplan)
-*=HELP*=- pc vid card for SUN monitor?????? (Stephen Kauffman)
Re: reading binary file format (Andreas Kahari)
ISDN "NO DIALTONE" ("Martin")
monitor configuration (Default User)
Re: LILO (Neil Koozer)
Red Hat 6.1 and the Vodoo2 (Mike Red)
Making mouse cursors invisible (Jay Freeman)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mail client for windows with enhanced features running on a linux mail
server?
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 16:58:06 GMT
hi,
another solution would be a a self made cgi web mail client - just an
idea ...
joni)
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installation problem
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 11:19:25 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Red hat 6.1
>
> after booting of a floppy and electing to install, it asks for a driver
> disk...
You probably chose a custom or expert install. Just choose cancel
and continue.
But first get the anaconda installer updates as someone else
recommended.
>
> I did not have this problem with 6.0
>
> what is it looking for.... have tried both CD-rom and Video card driver
> disks but no go.....
>
> I have scoured how to's and help files but nothing...
>
> thanks for any help
>
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Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with root
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:11:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Swami Chandrasekaran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> Last night when I was trying to install the Newtwork Simulator (ns
from
> UC Berkeley), I had to update my .bashrc file. After I updated it,
> nothing seems to work on the root shell (maybe the problem is due to
> something else).
>
> Whatever command I type, it says "command not found". But I can log
into
> my other user accounts and the commands work fine there. What is this
> problem. Please help me solve this.
>
> //Swami.
>
>
What you probably did was setting $PATH to something nasty (or even
illegal, so to speak). Figure out where emacs lives (from a user
account, type "which emacs") and open the '.bashrc' file and correct the
error. If you're lucky, you may even have a backup of the old file saved
as '.bashrc~' (you should look at this one first, "/bin/cat .bashrc~",
before saving the new '.bashrc' (which will overwrite the backup)).
/A
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From: grant@nowhere. (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: graphic file viewer & popmail client for CLI?
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:28:10 GMT
In article <8basis$pi1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Bill Berry wrote:
>Well, either until I get a new computer, or my emachines eOne (don't laugh!)
>is supported by XFree86 or MetroLink I guess I'll have to use the CLI...sigh.
For looking at jpeg files, you might want to see if you can
find seejpeg or zgv.
>I like elm on my school unix server, how do I set that
>up at home? Etc.
If you like elm, you might want to try mutt. It's quite
similar, and more actively supported.
--
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at MEMORIZE the collected
visi.com poems of EDNA ST VINCENT
MILLAY... BACKWARDS!!
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Subject: Re: How do i read my linux partition from dos
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:29:06 GMT
Bill Kammermeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> linux partion from DOS.
ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/utils/dos
Vilmos
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From: Andy9701 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X won't start
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:21:36 GMT
I'm having some problems with X not starting up correctly. When I boot
up, everything goes fine until Linux tries to start up X. I get the
gray colored screen, with the X cursor, and then usually the screen
would flash and I'd get a gui login. However, at this point now it
just sits there, and doesn't do a thing...I didn't let it sit for very
long, so that might be the problem.
I recently compiled kernel 2.2.14, upgrading from 2.2.5-15 (Red Hat
6). That was two days ago, I haven't had any problems up until now.
Any ideas what the problem may be, and how I could fix it?
Thanks in advance,
Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To:
nl.comp.os.linux.overig,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.dial-up,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Solved: Problems logging in at ISP
Date: 22 Mar 2000 17:34:57 GMT
Reply-To: bobh{at}slc{dot}codem{dot}com
On 22 Mar 2000 01:03:36 GMT, Bill Unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dani=EBl=20H=F6rchner?=
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>]setting a nameserver address to 0.0.0.0 to indicate a dynamically
>]assigned DNS IP address doesn't work with my ISP.
>It means that their ppp server is very broken. Are they really assigning
>your a permanant IP address?
He said nameserver, as in "server assigned dns" in Windows. You're
talking about regular dynamic IP's. Different stuff.
Some older releases of the USR terminal server firmware didn't do DNS
assignment correctly, even for Windows clients. On the other hand, some
of the newer releases don't support RADIUS menus any longer. So, it is a
dilemma.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: Jim McIntyre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Commercial X Server performance
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:34:59 GMT
Has anyone noticed a significant performance boost from commercial X
servers like the metrolink product or the X server from xi graphics.
TIA
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: solaris & lilo
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:34:29 GMT
Does any one know what the lilo.cfg entry
for booting solaris x86 will look like?
Thanks, MiKe
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Salary?
Date: 22 Mar 2000 17:40:55 GMT
Reply-To: bobh{at}slc{dot}codem{dot}com
On 22 Mar 2000 00:44:11 GMT, James T. Dennis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the silicon valley typical junior sysadmin rates are
> currently about 60-70K per year. Advanced sa's are
> pulling down 80-90K base.
Yeah, but have you prices housing in San Jose? How many hours of commuting
time to get that figure down to something within reason?
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reading binary file format
Date: 22 Mar 2000 17:42:52 GMT
Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:> Hi,
:> I would need to write a file converter from a binary file whose format
:> not known. I would like to hear from anyone with experience about
: reverse-
:> engineering file formats.
: The simplest way would be to write to the makers of ReferenceManager and
: ask them. That would also show if you may use the format at all in any
: private/GPL code. There could be legal problems.
I think noone has managed to patent a file format so far, let it be making
illegal *reading* of a file in any particular format. But correct me if I
am wrong.
Thank for the other sugestion, I am now waiting for an answer.
Stefano
--
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email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], tel: +46-8-164055, fax: +46-8-167715
the free science campaign: http://ethology.zool.su.se/freescience
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How can linux display the long filename in DOS and CDROM?
Date: 22 Mar 2000 17:35:15 GMT
Michael Pronath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Francis Lam the Bert in Sesam) writes:
>> I've installed linux for some time but I don't know how to make linux
>> display the long filenames in DOS and CDRom. Should I begin with changing
>> sth in the /etc/fstab file?
For ordinary Windows 95-type filesystems, mount as type vfat rather than
fat, msdos, or umsdos. vfat support must be compiled into your kernel or
available as a module; see the "Filesystems" section in the kernel
configuration.
For CD-ROMs, make sure that you've enabled Microsoft Joliet extensions
in the same section of the kernel configuration (and recompiled and
reinstalled the kernel if necessary).
>I've got a somewhat related problem, perhaps could anyone comment on this:
>A set of HTML documents that refer to each other by links was burned on
>a cdrom. This was obviously done under old Windoze, as all filenames are
>8.3 lower case. Unfortunately, all links in the HTML-files are 8.3
>_upper_ case. Like '<A HREF="METATOC.HTM">', but there is a file
>'metatoc.htm' on the cdrom. Result: No links can be resolved, no images
>are found.
>I didn't find any mount option for that.
It's almost right at the top of the iso9660 section in 'man mount' ...
Try 'check=relaxed'. As the man page notes, this is probably only
meaningful together with 'norock' and 'map=normal', but the latter is
the default and if this is an old Windows CD then Rock Ridge extensions
probably aren't available anyway.
--
Colin Watson [[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
"I guess we'll have to use something other than TCP to talk to
the University of Mars." - /usr/src/linux/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux kernel will not power down
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:34:06 GMT
I recently compiled kernel 2.2.14. The compile ran smoothly. It runs
beautifully. However, when I attempt to shut down, it runs all the way to
the powerdown message and stops. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
--
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From: Alexis Bilodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: staroffice running slowly
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:57:13 GMT
Richard Steiner wrote:
>
> Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Jorge Ravazzola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> spake unto us, saying:
>
> >hi , im trying staroffice for linux under red hat 6.0 and it haves a
> >really poor performance on my pentium 233 with 32 mb ram .Is this a
> >common problem among staroffice users or it is just me and my machine,
> >and if it so, could anyone give a clue of where to start loooking for
> >the problem? thank you very much
>
> StarOffice is a huge monolithic program, and 32MB is really pushing the
> bottom end as far as RAM is concerned (partiuclarly if you're using a
> relatively heavy desktop environment like KDE).
>
> I would suggest buying another 32MB of RAM.
>
> --
> -Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
> OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
> + VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
> I used to have a life... Now I have a computer!
I have a pIII - 450 with 64 Mb RAM and StarOffice drives me crazy...
Using another program is the best solution...
--
Alexis Bilodeau
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Linux kernel will not power down
Date: 22 Mar 2000 12:57:52 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000 17:34:06 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>I recently compiled kernel 2.2.14. The compile ran smoothly. It runs
>beautifully. However, when I attempt to shut down, it runs all the way to
>the powerdown message and stops. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Make sure your kernel is compiled with "APM support" and "Power off on
shutdown" enabled. Also, make sure that /sbin/init.d/halt
(/etc/rc.d/init.d/halt on RH and derived) contains the command "halt
-p".
If that doesn't help, just push the power button on the machine manually.
(the simplest solution!)
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: Christian Langis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: QUESTION: time stampinig in user programs
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:19:35 +0000
Hi there.
I am programming scientific applications for which I
need very sharp time stamping functions. First I used GETTIMEOFDAY which
return time stamp information precise to the micro second. But the since
our programs did not behave in time as we expected, we suspected that
system execution time might have something to do with the time
discrepancies of our program. Therefore, we wanted to use usertime time
stamps only. Therefore, we switched to TIMES.
Our system is set up on RedHat 5.2. And with the simple test:
#include <sys/times.h>
#include <stdio.h>
void main(void)
{
struct tms buffer[1];
clock_t res;
res = times(buffer);
printf("res = %ld\n", res);
printf("tms_utime=%ld\n", buffer->tms_utime);
printf("tms_stime=%ld\n", buffer->tms_stime);
printf("tms_cutime=%ld\n", buffer->tms_cutime);
printf("tms_cstime=%ld\n\n", buffer->tms_cstime);
sleep(1); //sleep for 1 second
res = times(buffer);
printf("res = %ld\n", res);
printf("tms_utime=%ld\n", buffer->tms_utime);
printf("tms_stime=%ld\n", buffer->tms_stime);
printf("tms_cutime=%ld\n", buffer->tms_cutime);
printf("tms_cstime=%ld\n\n", buffer->tms_cstime);
}
we get the execution:
res = 78324562
tms_utime=0
tms_stime=0
tms_cutime=0
tms_cstime=0
res = 78324663
tms_utime=0
tms_stime=0
tms_cutime=0
tms_cstime=0
which shows that TIMES doesn't work (it does not fill the TMS
strcuture).
Does anybody knows what is the problem? Or does anybody knows other
useful timestamp functions (preferably usertime only)?
thanks
--
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NRC researcher 1500 Montreal road
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ottawa, Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: I need "umsdos" like file system
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:05:19 GMT
Is there file system like "umsdos" but based on "vfat" instead of
"msdos".
I have "vfat" partition and want to "chown" and "chmod" dirs and files
on it.
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From: cyrax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DVD-Player and Linux ?
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 19:24:05 +0100
I would like to know if there is any DVD-drive-manufacturer who also distributes
linux drivers for its DVD-drive ? Is there any DVD-drive that definitely works
under LINUX (the right software etc...)???
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux kernel will not power down
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:25:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I recently compiled kernel 2.2.14. The compile ran smoothly. It runs
> beautifully. However, when I attempt to shut down, it runs all the way
to
> the powerdown message and stops. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
>
Are you running on a computer with APM support? Did you enable "poweroff
on shutdown" when configuring the kernel?
/A
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Getting Segmentation Faults on this program
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:33:39 GMT
Hello everyone,
The program is
ftp://ftp.livingston.com/pub/le/software/linux/choicenet_1.0.2_Linux_1.2.tar.Z
or
ftp://ftp.livingston.com/pub/le/software/linux/choicenet_1.0.2_Linux_2.0.tar.Z
it's *supposed* to allow you to run a kiddy-safe net using built in features
on Livingston Portmasters, except, the darn thing wont even run. I've tried as
many tricks as *I* know, but, to no avail.
Doing a strace on filterd, or any of the binaries in this tarball, shows it
dying off on a getpid(), this holds true for all the binaries, the getpid() is
after about 6 mprotect(); which, after reading the manpage, says that it'll
die with a SIGSEGV, which is what I'm getting.
an ltrace gives me this:
atexit(0x400106dc) = 0
atexit(0x4008ff50) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
+++ killed by SIGSEGV +++
which I don't *really* understand.
running gdb on filterd gives me a buncha errors about no debugging symbols, I
expected that, and this little tidbit:
0x40159724 in getopt_long_only () from /lib/libc.so.6
just after gdb reports it as giving a SIGSEGV.
The documentation notes that this program is meant for 2.0.30, and since I
don't have access to that kernel, nor can my current compiler deal with trying
to compile it, thus, I'm left hoping that someone can put me on the right
track here.
I would appreciate any help at all, thank you.
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From: Binyomin Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't Download Tar Files
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:26:36 -0600
Yan Seiner wrote:
> Netscape automagically (and silently) un-gzips tars....
>
> This may be your problem.
>
If what ends up in the directory I downloaded to is still
a single file with the suffix .tar, then it did not do this, right?
I seem to remember some maddening past behavior from netscape
that involved not letting one choose the directory
to download to and then unzipping the file on the desktop.
But one knows when that has happened because one watches
in horror as the stupid thing scatters files all over the desktop.
Fortunately netscape has not been doing this to me lately. It seems
to let me download to a directory of my choosing and then
unzip the file myself. And I have also unsuccessfully tried getting around
naming conventions by changing a name to, say, "fred.tar."
And the files that originally did not work had names
that windows can deal with anyway. One was "ch8_tar.tar".
Even DOS can deal with this, right? 6 alphanumerics
and an underscore, that's less than 8 characters before the dot,
and only one dot before a three-letter extension. Also,
FTP works fine; the problem is with HTTP downloads.
And I don't think this was a problem before.
Binyomin
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From: Stephen Kauffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: -*=HELP*=- pc vid card for SUN monitor??????
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 17:25:09 -0500
i have a great sun mon, two actually. i need to put on to use on a pc.
do you know of any pc vid cards that support sun monitor refresh rates??
i already have a vid cable.
thanks.
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reading binary file format
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:34:38 GMT
In article <8bb0ms$p07$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> :> Hi,
> :> I would need to write a file converter from a binary file whose
format
> :> not known. I would like to hear from anyone with experience about
> : reverse-
> :> engineering file formats.
>
> : The simplest way would be to write to the makers of ReferenceManager
and
> : ask them. That would also show if you may use the format at all in
any
> : private/GPL code. There could be legal problems.
>
> I think noone has managed to patent a file format so far, let it be
making
> illegal *reading* of a file in any particular format. But correct me
if I
> am wrong.
>
> Thank for the other sugestion, I am now waiting for an answer.
> Stefano
Ok, use some program that dumps the file (or part of the file) as
hexadecimal and ASCII. Try to figure out if the file is made up from
constant sized chunks or if each record is preceeded with some size
information. Do you know how many records there ought to be in each
entry? Or was that a dumb question? (I don't know a thing about that
format).
Create a small sample file using ReferenceManager in which you put known
values. Examine this file.
If the file format is not using fixed sized records (and maybe even
compression), then I would say that it's next to impossible to reverse
engineer it. Well, not impossible, but unhealthy.
I still think the easiest way would be to contact the makers of
ReferenceManager unless you find some other program or description on
the web.
/A
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From: "Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: ISDN "NO DIALTONE"
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:43:02 -0000
I have configured my ISDN BT Speedway (Hi Sax Fritz!) card and all my
network settings, but on dialling get the message "NO DIALTONE".
Does anybody know how to sort this out?
Thanks
Martin
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From: Default User <"user name"@here.com>
Subject: monitor configuration
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:11:37 GMT
I have just installed Mandrake Linux 6.5 on my PC, which came with 17 in
monitor (Acer G772, 0.25dpi) capable of running true color(32bit) at
1280x1024 under windows environment. My computer also has a 16mb AGP
video card. But during the installation, the x-configurator
automatically probed the monitor and determine that the monitor can only
work at 8bit and 600x480 display size. The icons are so big that it make
me feel like I am 70 years old with vision disability.
So how can I change this setting after installation? Especially is there
a way to do so in the x-environment (KDE, GNOME)?
Any help is very much appreciated.
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From: Neil Koozer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 10:31:20 -0800
Mohammed Khalid Ansari wrote:
>
> HI,
> I am wondering on the following point.
>
> 1)It is independent of the file system. You can use LILO with DOS, UNIX,
> OS/2, and Windows NT.
It's independent after being installed, but the installer runs only on
linux. I'm not certain if it runs on other unixes or not.
> 2) what is a map file?
It's a list of physical sectors for the loader to load. This method is
used because the loader is too small to know the details of several
different file systems. For example, it can load the linux kernel from
an msdos file system.
> 3) what happens exactly (step by step) when the system boots up?
(1) The bios loads the first sector of the first hard drive and executes
whatever it finds there.
(2) If that code happens to be lilo's first stage, it loads 6 or 7
sectors that are mapped by a little 'map' that is contained within the
loader. After printing "LI" it jumps to whatever it loaded.
(3) If those 6 or 7 sectors of loaded code happen to be the image of the
file /boot/boot.b, then it finishes printing "LILO" and does the tasks
that the installer, /sbin/lilo, has set it to do.
Remember that lilo serves as both a boot manager and a boot loader. As
a loader, lilo can be invoked by other boot managers, and as a manager
it can invoke other loaders.
The map file, /boot/map only pertains to the linux-loader portion of
lilo; when lilo executes other loaders, it's the resposibility of those
loaders to know how to boot their respective operating systems.
Neil.
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From: Mike Red <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Red Hat 6.1 and the Vodoo2
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 18:33:09 GMT
Hello..
I have a Trident 3DImage and a Vodoo2..
but I can't configure my Linux Red Hat 6.1 for the X-Windows environmet.
I NEED HELP.. PLEASE..!!
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From: Jay Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Making mouse cursors invisible
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:41:12 -0600
Hi,
I'm developing a kiosk system using Redhat 6.1. It is a touch screen
driven app that plays mpeg video files in fullscreen mode using mtvp. I
really want the mouse cursor to go away! These machines aren't going to
have mice attached to them anyway. I discovered that if I copy the nil2
font file over the cursor font file (in usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc) that the
cursor becomes a tiny little dot which is close enough to invisible to
suit me. However, mtvp is getting a cursor from somewhere else and
putting it right in the center of the screen every time a video starts.
Any ideas on where it's coming from and how to get rid of it?
Thanks in advance,
Jay
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