Linux-Misc Digest #937, Volume #23 Fri, 24 Mar 00 00:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Do you hate vi? (Matt Chiglinsky)
Re: 56k transmission from modem ("David ..")
Re: Suggestions on AMD box? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux consoles: background color (David Efflandt)
Re: 56k transmission from modem (Dances With Crows)
Re: Linux consoles: background color (Dances With Crows)
Re: Multiple ISP dialout HOWTO? (David Efflandt)
Re: Sony laptop screen blank in Linux? (David Efflandt)
few problems, please help (Ugo Bellavance)
Boot Screen (jdaspinw)
Re: Processes that Start Upon Boot (final)
Re: Linux GUI query (Richard Steiner)
Re: emachines (john mcclelland)
Re: sendmail (Grant Edwards)
Convert man page to text file? (Len Philpot)
math.h in gnu c library has problem ("Xiaobai Wang")
Re: Processes that Start Upon Boot (Len Philpot)
Re: Boot Screen (Len Philpot)
Re: Convert man page to text file? (Hal Burgiss)
Image file ("constants")
Re: linux & 3com USR 56k PCI fax Modem (jdaspinw)
Re: Windows 2000 has 63,000 bugs - Win2k.html [0/1] - Win2k.html [0/1] (Allin
Cottrell)
Re: math.h in gnu c library has problem (Grant Edwards)
Re: Red Hat Linux 6.2 & XFree86 4.0? (Allin Cottrell)
Re: Boot Screen (Dances With Crows)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Chiglinsky)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.editors,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: Do you hate vi?
Date: 24 Mar 2000 03:20:37 GMT
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:19:27 +0100,
Ralf Arens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Matt Chiglinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 12:24:52 +0100,
>> Ralf Arens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>Matt Chiglinsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>>> Now I'm pretty much out of ideas for things that vi can't do that emacs
>>>> can do. Oh wait...there's that life animation.
>
>>>What is "that life animation"? Conway's Game of Life? If yes, see
>>>below.
>
>>>> Damn. I guess I'll have to load up emacs to see that. ;)
>
>>>Why? $VIMRUNTIME/macros/life/life.vim:
>
>> LOL! :) Well, I meant vi not vim.
>
>No need to laugh at this, it works in Vi.
Dude, that's why I was laughing! :) The fact that someone took the
time to recode something so silly in an editor.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 56k transmission from modem
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:16:09 -0600
By the way most ISP's use T1 phone lines.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Suggestions on AMD box?
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 20:22:03 GMT
I set up an AMD K6-2 400, Tyan Trinity board with 64mb, a Diamond
Stealth III and so on dirt cheap and it runs like a raped ape!
ps, select Creative Labs Graphics Blaster 3d CL-GD5464 as your video
card.... No savage 4 (reliable) drivers yet...
Ken
On Sun, 12 Mar 2000 14:03:58 -0500, DigitalRealmz
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi.
>
>Looking for suggestions on a good AMD based box to run Linux. What I
>want is a good, LOW-cost, do-it-yourself project. What motherboard?
>Sound card? Vid card? Modem (56K)? etc.??? I don't need the fastest set
>up, so suggestions on using an 800MHz proc aren't the kind of thing I'm
>looking for. If I can put together a 300MHz box for under $500 CDN,
>woo-hoo, that's perfect. But I'm just as happy with 166MHz.
>
>Thanks.
>V
>P.S. Sorry for the cross-posts. After posting to comp.os.linux, I
>noticed there was a larger reader base in alt.os.linux, and in
>comp.os.linux.misc.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Linux consoles: background color
Date: 24 Mar 2000 03:26:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:51:46 -0330, Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Hello,
>
>Since I have a dead pixel I would like to change the color of my
>Linux consoles to black on white. This is because the dead pixel
>which is read shows up on black but not on white. This may sound
>really fussy but I still think that being able to change background
>and foreground colors on a Linux virtual console makes a reasonable
>request. So, how do I do it?
man setterm
Simply setterm foreground and background colors in ~/.bash_profile or the
main /etc/bashrc. This works in the console, but for X you would need to
see docs for your window manager or xterm.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: 56k transmission from modem
Date: 23 Mar 2000 22:28:00 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:21:48 +1100, stewart menday
<<38dab515$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi
> Your standard V90 modem will receive at 56k but only send at 33K. What
>do the ISPs use to transmite at 56K. I wish to connect 2 computers and have
>them communicate at 56K not 33K.
You cannot do this over a phone line with normal modems. The ISP's end
has to have a special digital connection and a special modem, one that's
an order of magnitude more expensive than the standard consumer fare. Do
like the previous poster said and connect the 2 computers with a Cat-5
crossover cable and 2 NICs. If that's impossible, you can get a
null-modem cable that will run at least 115200 bps. This is only good for
short distances, < 200 feet.
If you need greater distances with higher speeds than 33.6 kbps, then your
only real option is to get DSL/Cable/ISDN connectivity for both computers.
HTH,
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Linux consoles: background color
Date: 23 Mar 2000 22:34:32 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:51:46 -0330, Neil Zanella
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>
>Hello,
>
>Since I have a dead pixel I would like to change the color of my
>Linux consoles to black on white. This is because the dead pixel
>which is read shows up on black but not on white. This may sound
>really fussy but I still think that being able to change background
>and foreground colors on a Linux virtual console makes a reasonable
>request. So, how do I do it?
setterm -background white ; setterm -foreground black
Put that line in your .bashrc and things will be groovy, I think. If you
want this done automagically at boot time, you'll have to put some lines
with that command and chvt[1-6] in /sbin/init.d/boot.local. I think it
can be done.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Multiple ISP dialout HOWTO?
Date: 24 Mar 2000 03:35:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:31:52 GMT, bianquesi Agarwal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>Hi
>How do setup my SUSE 6.3 to dial out to multiple ISP's .
>Does anyone know any free ISP that support LINUX.
I am not familiar with SUSE, but if you can set up one, you can set up
another just like it. If using a script, just give the next one a
different name. You can set different options for different connections
in /etc/ppp/peers/ files (see 'man pppd'). To make things easier with
pap-secrets, you may want to use a different username for each ISP, but
this is not required.
http://www.freewwweb.com/ works well with Linux. All you have to do,
other than setting up the connection, is go to their home page first after
connecting (or set your browser to their home page). POPs are available
all over US and Canada, which helps me when out of town, since I normally
use a local ISP.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Sony laptop screen blank in Linux?
Date: 24 Mar 2000 03:47:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 08:06:08 GMT, Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Did you recompile the kernel with APM support enabled and the right APM
>options turned on (there's one specific option for turning off the
>backlight in the console if I remember correctly)?
I tried various kernel options, but the option that 'might' turn off the
backlight does not, and PM on boot does not work because the APCI standby
mode does not work with APM (no crash, just Standby unsupported error). So
the only power saving mode I can use with apmd is manually going into deep
suspend with apm -s, Fn-Esc, or Fn-F12. But my goal is to totally blank
the screen with cpu still running. It seems that ACPI4Linux is still
under development.
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Does anyone know how to turn off the backlight automatically during
>screen
>> blanking in the console on Sony PCG-F450 (TFT display) with NeoMagic
>256AV
>> video. I have tried all the usual setterm -powersave and -powerdown
>> settings (which work for the regular monitor on my main PC). The
>screen
>> does blank, but the backlight remains on. Note, even when in blanks in
>> Win98, the backlight remains on, however, it does go completely black
>when
>> it blanks in X.
>>
>> This has ACPI which is newer than the old APM, so the Fn-D that works
>in
>> Win98 and older F3xx models to manually blank the screen and apm -S
>> standby mode do not work in Linux. It will go into deep suspend (apm
>-s
>> or Fn-Esc), but I am just trying to turn off the screen while the CPU
>> keeps working in the background.
>>
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>
>
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From: Ugo Bellavance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: few problems, please help
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:55:36 -0500
1- I cannot listen to mp3 and browse/icq at the same time. I think I
found the prob, but I am unable to solve it. My network card and my
sound card share the same irq. When I try to change the nic IRQ in the
bios, the sound card changes also, to get the same one. My nic is a
realtek 8029 compatible (smc). My sound card is an onboard ensonic
PCI. (Soyo 6IZA mainboard).
2- I have a Panasonic CD-Rom and a HP 8100 CD-RW IDE. I can mount the
Cd-rom, but not the CD-RW myself. I can burn, though. When I type the
command to mount, it says that it is not a valid block device.
3- I used drive optimisation, and, at boot, it works for my hda, which
is my hard drive (quantum KX Plus), but it says "failed" for hdd, which
i don't know what it is. Thanks a lot to all. I would appreciate if
you could send me a copy to the address below.
--
Ugo Bellavance [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cfi Informatique [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: jdaspinw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Boot Screen
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:05:11 -0800
I've heard that you can change the boot screen on your
computer. I have a compaq presario, and in my attempt to
erase all traces of "evil empire" products from my computer,
I would also like to remove their name from the bootup
screen of this computer. So where in Linux should I look
for this, or is it stored inside Linux at all? Does anybody
know?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (final)
Subject: Re: Processes that Start Upon Boot
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 24 Mar 2000 00:08:28 -0500
Buck Turgidson has said that...
:On RedHat 6.1, I am short of memory, and want to minimize the background
:processes that start upon booting. I want to start with httpd and lpd.
:They probably don't use a lot of memory but every little bit helps. I am
:trying to run Oracle 8i with the Java option with 80MB on a P166. Yeah, I
:know, my wife says I'm cheap, too.
:
:Is it just a matter of removing the S85httpd link in /etc/rc5.d? Is that
:the accepted way, or is there a better way? Maybe renaming it to xS85httpd?
:
:Thanks for any advice. If there other standard processes that aren't
:totally necessary, please mention them. I obviously want cron and stuff
:like that.
:
:Buck
:
:
I'd recommend renaming the file to K<old_filename>, which usually
translates to killing the process, or not starting it. Browse
through /etc/rc6.d (shutdown runlevel) for hints.
What you disable depends on what you don't need the machine to do,
but then, finding out what you need it to do would probably involve
reading lots of files in /etc/init.d (or wherever your startup
scripts are,) and lots of man pages. Try uninstalling packages
you're not using.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Subject: Re: Linux GUI query
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 22:17:00 -0600
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, Harvey Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>Hi Folks,
>
> What choices are there for Linux GUIs?
Heh. Go here to see some of the choices available:
http://www.PLiG.org/~xwinman/
> I know about KDE and XFree86; are there any others?
XFree86 is an X server. It provides the basic graphics services that
the actual window manager software will use, and almost all of the GUIs
available for Linux will require an X server at the base.
KDE is a desktop, composed of a window manager and a number of somewhat
integrated utilities. It runs on top of XFree86.
There are dozens (literally) of other X-based desktop environmnets for
Linux besides KDE, including Gnome, AfterStep, WindowMaker, etc.
> Is there any appreciable difference in application support
> for the various GUIs?
Most X applications don't care which window manager or desktop they are
running under. Some care because they use special features of one or
the other. It depends. "Applications" generally don't care.
> Further, is there any work going on to define a common
> GUI API to which application developers could write
> and which would leave the actual GUI a user choice?
See http://www.kde.org and http://www.gnome.org for details.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
From now on, I want you all to call me Loretta.
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From: john mcclelland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: emachines
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:23:23 -0800
It has an Intel Celeron 500. It has an integrated video card ATI Rage Mach
II.
It recognizes the video card, but it will not work when it tries to start
Xwindows.
The monitor is integrated into the unit like an imac. I have all of the
specs for the vertical and horizontal sync rates and it still will not work.
Any help appreciated
"David .." wrote:
> What processor does it have?? If it is Intel then you should be able to
> install it.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: sendmail
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:30:33 GMT
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 00:30:12 GMT, wally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to get my sendmail(v8) to work. ? .
>Where is the sendmail.m4 file?
>
>Is the sendmail.cf same as the sendmail.m4 file.
You know, I finally just gave up on sendmail and installed
qmail instead. I found it much easier to configure.
--
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at at Pizza Hut??
visi.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Len Philpot)
Subject: Convert man page to text file?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:36:19 GMT
OK - I can't remember...
How do I filter the output of a man page to a text file without getting
all the (formatting (?)) backspace characters and such?
man man_page > man_page.txt
leaves all kinds of garbage in man_page.txt.
Thanks in advance.
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Reply-To: "Xiaobai Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Xiaobai Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: math.h in gnu c library has problem
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:36:15 GMT
I am trying to use the c compilor(gnu c) that come with RedHat Linux 6.1.
In my program I called sqrt() function. When I run 'cc myprogram.c' a
message says "Undefined reference to 'sqrt'". Then I looked /usr/include
directory there is no sqrt function defined in math.h it was defined in
gtmath.h. Then I include gtmath.h in my program and run cc command it
listed more undefined references. I could not find the entry for the
undefined references in those *.h files under /usr/include. Does someone
know what I have missed?
Thanks!
Xiaobai
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Len Philpot)
Subject: Re: Processes that Start Upon Boot
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:38:06 GMT
On 24 Mar 2000 00:08:28 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (final)
wrote:
>>
>>
>>Buck Turgidson has said that...
>> :On RedHat 6.1, I am short of memory, and want to minimize the background
>> :processes that start upon booting. I want to start with httpd and lpd.
>> :They probably don't use a lot of memory but every little bit helps. I am
>> :trying to run Oracle 8i with the Java option with 80MB on a P166. Yeah, I
>> :know, my wife says I'm cheap, too.
>> :
>> :Is it just a matter of removing the S85httpd link in /etc/rc5.d? Is that
>> :the accepted way, or is there a better way? Maybe renaming it to xS85httpd?
>> :
>> :Thanks for any advice. If there other standard processes that aren't
>> :totally necessary, please mention them. I obviously want cron and stuff
>> :like that.
>> :
>> :Buck
>> :
>> :
>>
>>I'd recommend renaming the file to K<old_filename>, which usually
>>translates to killing the process, or not starting it. Browse
>>through /etc/rc6.d (shutdown runlevel) for hints.
>>
Or just rename S<old_filename> to s<old_filename> and it won't run. Only
first-character-uppercase start/kill scripts are executed.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Len Philpot)
Subject: Re: Boot Screen
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:40:46 GMT
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:05:11 -0800, jdaspinw
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I've heard that you can change the boot screen on your
>>computer. I have a compaq presario, and in my attempt to
>>erase all traces of "evil empire" products from my computer,
>>I would also like to remove their name from the bootup
>>screen of this computer. So where in Linux should I look
>>for this, or is it stored inside Linux at all? Does anybody
>>know?
If you're seeing it when Linux boots (and all MS stuff has been
removed), it's not in Linux at all. It's most likely in Setup somewhere
and may be impossible to remove. To get into Setup on a Compaq, press
F10 when the flashing block cursor appears at the upper right corner of
the screen right after the POST finishes. Compaqs usually beep twice at
this point, as well. From there, you're on your own. Be careful, though,
as there's much in setup you can mess with that will seriously disable
your system if you're unsure of what you're doing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: Convert man page to text file?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:40:29 GMT
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:36:19 GMT, Len Philpot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>OK - I can't remember...
>
>How do I filter the output of a man page to a text file without getting
>all the (formatting (?)) backspace characters and such?
>
>man man_page > man_page.txt
man man_page | col -bx > man_page.txt
>leaves all kinds of garbage in man_page.txt.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "constants" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Image file
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:44:27 -0500
I installed Linux Mandrake on my computer and let Mandrake set up the
partitions. I had to format my hard drive later on and decided to put
Mandrake on my windows partition by creating an image file. When I try to
use Mandrake it runs very slow. It never did that when it was on a seperate
partition. Is it normal for Linux to run slower using an image file? Plus if
I want to install Mandrake using the custom setup it asks me to put what I
want for partition sizes. What should I put for root, etc, and all the other
partitions? I have a 8.4 gig drive and have windows 98. I don't really care
how much space Linux takes up, as long as I have atleast 2 gigs for windows.
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From: jdaspinw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux & 3com USR 56k PCI fax Modem
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:42:04 -0800
That's a bunch of crap. Not nearly half of the pci modems
out there are winmodems. If it says on the box that it is
compatible with dos, then it is compatible with Linux. That
particular modem IS NOT a winmodem, so here's what you need
to do. Go to a shell prompt
Type in:
cat /proc/pci
It should return some values of your pci cards that you have
installed. Look for an entry that has something to do with
3Com.
You'll need to find two things. First you need the IRQ #.
It's usually 10 or 5, something like that. Then you'll need
the first I/O address. For example, mine is 0x1400.
Once you have those, still in the shell, type this in:
setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port 0x1400* irq 10*
*I/O address is of course your modem's I/O address, like I
said mine was 0x1400, so your's will look similar. And you
should understand that the irq also may be different.
Once you have that typed in, go to your ppp dialer if you
are in KDE or GNOME, or use MINICOM if you don't have a GUI.
Go to the ppp setup and query your modem. If the modem is
ready, then you can breathe a sigh of relief. then go back
to the shell and go:
cd /etc
on the next line type:
joe rc.config
inside the rc.config scroll down until you find a reference
to the modem at ttyS#, where # is some integer, and put that
same line you typed in to configure the modem in the first
place:
setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port 0x1400 irq 10
You have to do this, or you will have to type that line into
your shell prompt every time you want to use your modem.
All the rc.config does is tell the kernel what to start when
the system starts up.
If you have any other problems feel free to e-mail me.
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From: Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 has 63,000 bugs - Win2k.html [0/1] - Win2k.html [0/1]
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:36:56 -0500
Eric Peterson wrote:
> Which would you prefer? Personally, if everything I wanted to run had a
> Linux version, I doubt that I would EVER boot Windows again.
What the heck you want to run that doesn't have a Linux version?
--
Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: math.h in gnu c library has problem
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 05:04:38 GMT
On Fri, 24 Mar 2000 04:36:15 GMT, Xiaobai Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am trying to use the c compilor(gnu c) that come with RedHat Linux 6.1.
>In my program I called sqrt() function. When I run 'cc myprogram.c' a
>message says "Undefined reference to 'sqrt'".
1) Include math.h so that gcc knows sqrt returns a double.
1a) Use -Wall so the compiler warns you about things you
oughtn't do.
2) Link in the math library when you compile your program:
$ gcc -Wall -o myprogram myprogram.c -lm
^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^
\ \ \_link w/ math library "libm"
\ \_ name of executable to create
\_ turn on warnings about bad coding style
Good luck
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at Milwaukee?
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From: Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat Linux 6.2 & XFree86 4.0?
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 23:47:20 -0500
Tom Williams wrote:
> Thanks! I ask because I also tried building XFree86 4.0 from source
> using gcc-2.95.2 and that 03/20 snapshot and *both* hang during the
> "makedepend" in the "xterm" directory. Did you have to do anything
> special to get it to build? I got XFree86 3.3.6 to build ok, but not
> 4.0.
I saw the same weirdness when building XFree 4.0. Looking at the
log file I saw that it had a garbled notion of the host type: it
was looking for headers under "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/1-pc-linux-gnu"
(why??). I made a symlink from the proper location
(in my case "/usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu") to this
spurious directory, and then the build went fine (gcc 2.95.2).
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Allin Cottrell
Department of Economics
Wake Forest University, NC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Boot Screen
Date: 24 Mar 2000 00:06:01 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000 20:05:11 -0800, jdaspinw
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>I've heard that you can change the boot screen on your
>computer. I have a compaq presario, and in my attempt to
>erase all traces of "evil empire" products from my computer,
>I would also like to remove their name from the bootup
>screen of this computer. So where in Linux should I look
>for this, or is it stored inside Linux at all? Does anybody
>know?
Never having seen one of these machines, I don't know exactly what you're
asking. When you turn a PC on, the BIOS is active before the hard disks
are ever activated, and the first thing the BIOS does is display some text
("Compaq Presario FooBIOS version blah.blah.blah") and a graphic that
usually has nothing to do with the WinXX, but has the BIOS manufacturer or
hardware manufacturer featured prominently.) Removing that screen
involves hacking into the BIOS, which could possibly thwack your whole
machine unless you know exactly what you're doing.
The start-screen displayed upon entering WinXX can be removed or changed
by messing with C:\LOGO.SYS (don't let the name fool you, it's a 24-bit
.BMP file! Keep it the exact same size, though...)
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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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