Linux-Misc Digest #74, Volume #24 Sat, 8 Apr 00 09:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: repartitioning with FIPS ("Kirk Wythers")
Re: repartitioning with FIPS ("Kirk Wythers")
two print que's using the same device (Ralph C Blach)
Tuxowulf - slightly off topic (Mike Bruno)
vim and 'c' on exit ("Doug")
Re: SMP ("Greg")
Gnorpm Crashes ("Greg")
Re: Psion + Linux ("Greg")
Gnorpm Crashes ("Greg")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Otto")
Re: two print que's using the same device (Grant Edwards)
On the Road with Petilon (Chris Kelly)
How Netscape, AOL, and Sun inhibit competition & innovation (JTK)
Re: GNOME terminal and color text? (David Efflandt)
Error Messages (Jeff Grossman)
Re: Hosts File (David Efflandt)
Re: Netscape 6 won't start (termite)
Re: SMP (Hal Burgiss)
Re: News Readers for Linux (short review of Netscape 6 News) (termite)
Re: Kill! ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: problems unzipping a .gz file ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: News Readers for Linux ("Peter T. Breuer")
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From: "Kirk Wythers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: repartitioning with FIPS
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 20:24:14 -0700
I did... but I can't see any change to the partition. Win98 would not boot
at first so I used RESTORRB to replace the root and boot sector files. After
that 98 booted. However, 98 still thinks there is a single 28 gig partition.
fdisk reads the same thing. I just don't think that FIPS wrote any changes.
I did not do anything with autoexec... could these file be interfearing
somhow? If so, how should I disable them?
krw
xii_gauge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:RSsH4.5854$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I was having the same problem. Hit control, alt, del, and continue. This
> shouldn't affect the system.
>
> Kirk Wythers wrote in message <8cl1r9$i29$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >FIPS crashes on me at the very end when I type "y" to write changes to
the
> >disk and exit. It gives the error:
> >
> >memory allocation error
> > cannot load COMMAND, system halted
> >
> >The only part of the instructions that I couldn't quite follow was the
> >instruction to uninstall the windows swapfile. What is ment by uninstall
it
> >in the 386enhanced part of the windows control panel?
> >
> >I'm running win98 on a 30 gig hard drive with one great big C: partition
> (if
> >that matters)
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Kirk Wythers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: repartitioning with FIPS
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 20:27:19 -0700
Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Kirk Wythers wrote:
> >
> > FIPS crashes on me at the very end when I type "y" to write changes to
the
> > disk and exit. It gives the error:
> >
> > memory allocation error
> > cannot load COMMAND, system halted
>
> That is DOS telling you it can't load the DOS shell command.com
> I think. fips probably completed. Check with Windows to
> see what size your Windows partition now is.
Windows partition is still 28 gigs
>
> >
> > The only part of the instructions that I couldn't quite follow was the
> > instruction to uninstall the windows swapfile. What is ment by uninstall
it
> > in the 386enhanced part of the windows control panel?
>
> You go to the Control Panel and double click on System. Then
> choose Performance. You can disable virtual memory there
> (although it says it is not recommended). Then after you
> have defragged and resized the partition you can change that.
> (You can also get to it by right clicking on My Computer and
> choosing Properties.)
>
I tried this... I dosen't seem to make any difference
> I certainly would have done that first before running fips, but
> it may be academic now if you've already run it. If everything
> is still working, I suppose you shouldn't worry.
>
> >
> > I'm running win98 on a 30 gig hard drive with one great big C: partition
(if
> > that matters)
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> Did you make sure in this process that you had 10 or 20 MB
> available above your Windows partition and below cylinder
> 1024? If not, you may have trouble booting Linux from
> your hard disk.
>
I'm planning on leaving the Windows partition as the first partiton...
>
> --
>
> Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
> Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Ralph C Blach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: two print que's using the same device
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 22:39:44 -0400
I have a hp deskjet printer attached to my linux System and I works
great, for both color and
black and white!
I have it set up to print black and with by default. What I want to
have is lp0 for black and white and
lp1 for color. Both would use /dev/lp0. Any hints?
--
Ralph "Chip" Blach
KF4WBK
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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From: Mike Bruno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Tuxowulf - slightly off topic
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 22:42:10 -0400
Greeings.
Quite a few months ago, I came across Tuxowulf, and
slight rewrite of Beowulf with Tux and the hero, slaying
the accursed NT, who has ravaged the land.
When I tried my bookmark to reread it, I received a host
not found error. It was located at
http://davix.latesky.net/apoc/booke/tuxowulf.html
All the hits from net searches and Deja point to
this site as well. It seems that davix.latesky.net
no longer exists.
Does anyone have a copy of Tuxowulf? It was a good
read and I'd like to pass it on to a few friends.
Thanks,
Mike
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From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: vim and 'c' on exit
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 12:53:45 +1000
Hello all,
I've just installed RH6.2 and now when I exit vim a 'c' is output before the
prompt.
eg. c[prompt here]
It only happens when in an X terminal and only with vim.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Doug
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From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SMP
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:11:53 -0400
"Hal Burgiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:42:36 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I have just installed SuSE 6.3 Kernel 2.2.13.
> >
> >I have 2 PIII processors and I am using the SMP kernel.
> >
> >How do I view the % CPU on both processors ?
> >
> >Tried installing procps but this doesnt show me both.
> >
> >Any idea ?
>
> There is a patch for procps (top). Let me know, I can email patch,
> src.rpm, or 686.rpm (built on RH6.1). Don't recall URL for patch, but I
> got it some the SMP HOWTO (or is it FAQ?).
>
Got a howto on compiling the src into a 686 rpm. Or some simple
instructions on how to do it?
Greg
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From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnorpm Crashes
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:14:34 -0400
I continue to get core dumps whenever I try to use gnorpm. When I start the
app 10 min later it dumps. Running Redhat 6.1 Am I missing a patch or
something ?
Greg
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From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Psion + Linux
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:18:55 -0400
Is the psion device a pcmcia card ?
Are your pcmcia services starting when you start Linux?
Is the cardmgr daemon started when you start Linux?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8ci10a$ke2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Is there a program like PsiWin for Linux?
> If yes, where can I download it?
> Or is it possible to let the Psion communicate with Linux like a Modem?
> http://www.ott-net.ch/Psion2PC.htm
> On this Homepage there it is described how to connect a Psion with
> Windows without PsiWin!
> Can anybody tell me the things I've got to do, to let the Psion
> communicate with Linux?
>
> Thanks Steve
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Almond)
Subject: Comedy - Marx Brothers - The Big Store - Part 1 of 3.r09 (01/43)
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 03:03:28 GMT
From: "Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Gnorpm Crashes
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:14:34 -0400
I continue to get core dumps whenever I try to use gnorpm. When I start the
app 10 min later it dumps. Running Redhat 6.1 Am I missing a patch or
something ?
Greg
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From: "Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 03:32:05 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8clrg2$r3n$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
opinions snipped....
> Excerpts from a story that appeared in San Jose Mercury News
> on Sunday, October 26, 1997.
> -------------------------------------
>
> The ''urgent'' message, from a Microsoft Corp. vice president,
> surprised Mitchell Kertzman, CEO of software maker Sybase Inc.
> It was a few days after Sybase had launched a key product
> called Jaguar CTS, and he wasn't expecting to hear from the
> planet's most potent software company.
>
> Six months later, the words Kertzman heard when he returned the
> call still ring clearly in his memory. Microsoft, the official
> said, thought the way Sybase was positioning Jaguar -- as a
> competitor to Microsoft -- was ''a really bad idea.''
>
> While the official says he never delivered a threat, a stunned
> Kertzman clearly felt one and hurriedly relayed the episode to
> colleagues in Emeryville. ''I think the godfather just called me
> and told me to stop selling drugs on their street corner,'' he
> said. A few weeks later, Microsoft responded to Jaguar. It
> announced its competing product would be included in the
> Windows NT operating system, delivering a blow to Sybase's
> $700 stand-alone offering.
Kertzman word against a no name vice-president from Microsoft, nice. There's
nobody to deny allegations. Depending on one's perspective, one might/might
not believe the story.
>
> [ *** Note: Does the above strategy -- tying -- sound familiar
> to anyone? Is there anyone out there that still thinks Microsoft
> shouldn't be split up? ]
Let's see.... Buy NT server and the $700.00 Sybase software vs just buy NT
server. Hmmm... Is there anyone out there that still thinks Microsoft should
be split up?
>
>
> Steering innovators
> ''Their thesis was give us a call and tell us what our companies
> are doing,'' said Warren Packard, an associate with Draper
> Fisher Jurvetson in Redwood City. ''It kind of got chuckles from
> the audience, but to a certain extent it makes sense.''
Sounds like the venture capitalists liked the idea....
> Last year Microsoft incorporated into its Windows NT operating
> system for running computers on a network a so-called Web server,
> which is software that enables a computer to host Web pages.
Was it only last year :)?
>
> That struck at the heart of O'Reilly & Associates of Sebastopol.
> ''I think at bottom, they were dumping their Web server to drive
> other people out of the market,'' said founder Tim O'Reilly, who
> has managed to be one of the few remaining Web server suppliers.
And Apache has nothing to do with driving Web server suppliers out of
business, right? It is only Microsoft which does that. Get real....
And then there's Linux, the "free" OS. Companies burning CDs which sells for
upto $200.00. Interestingly, the "server" version cost 5 times as much as
the desktop version. Some of those companies, like Red Hat, are buying up
smaller companies. Just like Microsoft and any other technology companies
are doing. It is ok as long as the company name isn't Microsoft. Double
standards all the way....
Otto
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: two print que's using the same device
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 03:36:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ralph C Blach wrote:
>I have a hp deskjet printer attached to my linux System and I works great,
>for both color and black and white! I have it set up to print black and with
>by default. What I want to have is lp0 for black and white and lp1 for
>color. Both would use /dev/lp0. Any hints?
Just set up two queues that both use /dev/lp0.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! My TOYOTA is built
at like a... BAGEL with CREAM
visi.com CHEESE!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Kelly)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: On the Road with Petilon
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 03:21:58 GMT
SILICON VALLEY, CA - April 7, 2000 - World-famous technology
commentator Petilon announced today his intent to persevere in his
planned Down With Microsoft World Tour 2000. Petilon plans to travel
across the U.S. in a '73 Cadillac painted with anti-MS slogans. He
intends to convince as many average citizens as possible of the
evilness of Microsoft, complete with multimedia exhibits. One of these
exhibits compares Windows98 with competing, more advanced technology
such as Netscape 6, Swing, the Java Plug-in, java.io.File, linuxconf,
an xterm, and the NC. "All these companies need is a chance to
compete, and they can come up with some really great products.
Really!" Petilon stated.
Petilon associate Dennis Woodruff downplayed the disappointing "beta
test" in Yuba City, CA, in which Petilon's Cadillac was pelted with
rocks by angry schoolchildren and after which the town elders asked
Petilon to "hit the 101 please".
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Everyone who uses a computer or depends on computers has
> an interest in seeing Microsoft's anticompetitive and anti-
> consumer practices curtailed by antitrust authorities.
> Microsoft's claim that it's defending its right to innovate
> is a cruel joke in an industry that sees its best innovators
> attacked by the company's anticompetitive actions.
> Microsoft's agenda isn't innovation, it's imitation, as well
> as the imposition of suffocating control over user choices
> and an ever-widening monopoly."
> ---- consumer advocate Ralph Nader
>
> (See http://www.cnn.com/TECH/computing/9811/11/nader.idg/ )
>
>** In the story below, read especially the paragraph where
> Microsoft warns Silicon Valley venture capitalists not to
> fund start-ups that may compete with Microsoft.
>
> In other words, not only will Microsoft not innovate, they
> don't want anyone else innovating either! If as a computer
> user, this doesn't get you mad check for a pulse!
>
>
>Excerpts from a story that appeared in San Jose Mercury News
>on Sunday, October 26, 1997.
>-------------------------------------
>
>The ''urgent'' message, from a Microsoft Corp. vice president,
>surprised Mitchell Kertzman, CEO of software maker Sybase Inc.
>It was a few days after Sybase had launched a key product
>called Jaguar CTS, and he wasn't expecting to hear from the
>planet's most potent software company.
>
>Six months later, the words Kertzman heard when he returned the
>call still ring clearly in his memory. Microsoft, the official
>said, thought the way Sybase was positioning Jaguar -- as a
>competitor to Microsoft -- was ''a really bad idea.''
>
>While the official says he never delivered a threat, a stunned
>Kertzman clearly felt one and hurriedly relayed the episode to
>colleagues in Emeryville. ''I think the godfather just called me
>and told me to stop selling drugs on their street corner,'' he
>said. A few weeks later, Microsoft responded to Jaguar. It
>announced its competing product would be included in the
>Windows NT operating system, delivering a blow to Sybase's
>$700 stand-alone offering.
>
>[ *** Note: Does the above strategy -- tying -- sound familiar
>to anyone? Is there anyone out there that still thinks Microsoft
>shouldn't be split up? ]
>
>
>Steering innovators
>
>There's nothing subtle about how Microsoft tries to channel
>innovation.
>
>Last Wednesday, in the second of what Microsoft hopes will be
>annual confabs, several top Microsoft execs traveled to Sand
>Hill Road in Menlo Park to meet with about 100 venture
>capitalists. There, Microsoft outlined its technology plans and
>prodded financiers to invest in start-ups that would dovetail
>with Microsoft's strategies -- and reportedly suggested they
>check with Redmond to steer clear of start-ups that might run
>afoul of Microsoft's trajectory.
>
>''Their thesis was give us a call and tell us what our companies
>are doing,'' said Warren Packard, an associate with Draper
>Fisher Jurvetson in Redwood City. ''It kind of got chuckles from
>the audience, but to a certain extent it makes sense.''
>
>Start-ups often don't know until they're well under way that
>they'll end up on Microsoft's radar screen.
>
>Fear of being in Microsoft's line of sight affects not only
>start-ups but also companies going public. When BEA Systems Inc.
>of Sunnyvale met with investors earlier this year before its
>public offering, ''The most commonly asked question bar none was
>'What are you going to do about Microsoft in this space?' '' said
>Ed Scott, executive vice president of worldwide operations.
>
>**
>
>Last year Microsoft incorporated into its Windows NT operating
>system for running computers on a network a so-called Web server,
>which is software that enables a computer to host Web pages.
>
>That struck at the heart of O'Reilly & Associates of Sebastopol.
>''I think at bottom, they were dumping their Web server to drive
>other people out of the market,'' said founder Tim O'Reilly, who
>has managed to be one of the few remaining Web server suppliers.
>
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
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From: JTK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: How Netscape, AOL, and Sun inhibit competition & innovation
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 22:39:08 -0500
Crapzilla 6.0:
http://home.netscape.com/browsers/6/index.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: GNOME terminal and color text?
Date: 8 Apr 2000 03:55:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 5 Apr 2000 17:08:40 GMT, John H. Chauvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am running Redhat Linux and have a question regarding the use of
>color and the GNOME terminal. I like the look and feel of the GNOME
>terminal but would like to define terminal options such that any text
>shown as bold (using the tput bold command) will show in color
>(yellow). This is easy to achieve using a xterm but I am not sure this
>can be done with a GNOME terminal.
>
>Is it possible to display text in color using the GNOME ternminal? The
>man page gives no obvious hint.
It is quite possible, color ls does it and so does slrn. From examining
the output of ls --color=always dumped to a file and examined with 'less',
it appears to use escape sequences like:
ESC[0m white (default?)
ESC[01;32m green on black
ESC[01;34m blue on black
ESC[01;36m cyan on black
The last digit seems to correspond with colors in 'man terminfo'.
Therefore here is a perl that prints these colors in the console or
gnome terminal:
#!/usr/bin/perl
print <<EOF;
\033[01;30mBlack\033[0m
\033[01;31mRed\033[0m
\033[01;32mGreen\033[0m
\033[01;33mYellow\033[0m
\033[01;34mBlue\033[0m
\033[01;35mMagenta\033[0m
\033[01;36mCyan\033[0m
\033[01;37mWhite\033[0m
EOF
It is up to you to insert such escape sequences in whatever interprets
your text to give you the colors you want.
>Thanks,
>
>John C.
>
>--
>John H. Chauvin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Netcom - Online Communication Services San Jose, CA
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/ http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
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From: Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Error Messages
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 19:35:26 -0700
How can I find out what service is giving me the following error:
Apr 7 06:46:53 apple inetd[520]: pid 20915: exit signal 13
Apr 7 06:53:07 apple inetd[520]: pid 21048: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:53:09 apple inetd[520]: pid 21049: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:53:31 apple inetd[520]: pid 21050: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:53:32 apple inetd[520]: pid 21052: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:53:34 apple inetd[520]: pid 21051: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:55:09 apple inetd[520]: pid 21054: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:55:10 apple inetd[520]: pid 21056: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:55:11 apple inetd[520]: pid 21057: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:56:26 apple inetd[520]: pid 21058: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:56:27 apple inetd[520]: pid 21060: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:56:28 apple inetd[520]: pid 21059: exit signal 14
Apr 7 06:57:54 apple inetd[520]: pid 21046: exit signal 13
Apr 7 07:01:29 apple inetd[520]: pid 21072: exit signal 13
Also, how do I get rid of this message:
Apr 7 20:27:12 apple insmod: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than
/lib/m
odules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep
I am running Redhat 6.2.
Thanks,
Jeff
---
Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Hosts File
Date: 8 Apr 2000 04:08:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 5 Apr 2000 06:18:59 -0700, Jeff Grossman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What is the correct format for a hosts file? I can't seem to get mine to
>work properly. I am running Redhat 6.2.
IP hostname aliases
The hostname would be whatever name you want to find first when Linux does
a gethostbyaddr. Each field is separated by whitespace (spaces or tabs).
Example (note, 2nd line is real hostname with a loopback IP so it works
online or offline).
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.2 efflandt.xnet.com efflandt
10.10.10.1 mainpc.localdomain mainpc ns
10.10.10.2 laptop.localdomain laptop
>Thanks,
>Jeff
>
>
>-----
>Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/ http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (termite)
Subject: Re: Netscape 6 won't start
Date: 08 Apr 2000 04:07:55 GMT
There are a billion stories in the Naked City. From the pen of
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Cory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> this is one of them :
> You need to make a shell script to run it. Netscape 6 requires you to
> be in the same directory as the netscape binary when you start it. Just
> put a cd command in a script and run that.
I just edited the netscape link file I'd made in ~/Desktop and added "cd package"
to the script.
Works like a charm. Thanks for the tip.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: SMP
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 04:23:19 GMT
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:11:53 -0400, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>"Hal Burgiss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> On Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:42:36 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I have just installed SuSE 6.3 Kernel 2.2.13.
>> >
>> >I have 2 PIII processors and I am using the SMP kernel.
>> >
>> >How do I view the % CPU on both processors ?
>> >
>> >Tried installing procps but this doesnt show me both.
>> >
>> >Any idea ?
>>
>> There is a patch for procps (top). Let me know, I can email patch,
>> src.rpm, or 686.rpm (built on RH6.1). Don't recall URL for patch, but I
>> got it some the SMP HOWTO (or is it FAQ?).
>>
> Got a howto on compiling the src into a 686 rpm. Or some simple
>instructions on how to do it?
A little much for a usenet post. Basically, start with a src.rpm of the
correct version to match your patch (oops, it rhymes). Then stick the
patch in appropriate place (..../SOURCES). Then build like any src.rpm.
Relevant portions of my spec file:
Source: ftp://people.redhat.com/johnsonm/procps/procps-%{version}.tar.gz
Patch0: procps-2.0.6-longlong.patch
Patch1: procps-2.0.6-sysmap.patch
Patch2: procps-2.0.6-SMP-CL.patch [This is the SMP patch]
[...]
%prep
%setup
%patch0 -p1 -b .longlong
%patch1 -p1 -b .sysmap
%patch2 -p1 -b .SMP-CL
I always cheat and use someone else's spec file, and then modify as
needed. Saves much time usually. This is redhat's from rawhide a while
back. Probably now part of RH6.2.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (termite)
Subject: Re: News Readers for Linux (short review of Netscape 6 News)
Date: 08 Apr 2000 04:35:10 GMT
There are a billion stories in the Naked City. From the pen of
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Scott Zielinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> this is one of them :
> Anyone know of a good news reader for Linux?
I like knews, myself. It takes some file editing to set up, but than you
can forget about it ...
By the way, the news server that comes with the new Netscape 6 is horrible -
MUCH worse than the 4.7 version.
If you turn Javascript off, (as you should on Usenet), then you can't access
the dialog that lets you subscribe to groups. I've yet to figure out how
to download the active list of groups - there's no option for that, seemingly,
and if you type a newsgroup name wrong, it'll "subscribe" you to it, and you
won't be able to delete it without going into the text configuration files and
hand editing them. Furthermore, you have to save binary pictures to view them,
as far as I've been able to figure out. It's also clunky, unstable and slow.
Stay away.
I do think it's a good web browser, though; better so far than 4.7.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kill!
Date: 8 Apr 2000 04:51:02 GMT
Juice <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: On Fri, 07 Apr 2000, Peter T. Breuer wrote:
:>All you need to test is a new kernel. Compile yourself one.
: Thanks for all the help. And for confirming my suspicions that kill -9 pid not
: working was pretty weird.
: As luck would have it, I just picked up a copy of MaximumLinux. They have a
: copy of mandrake 7.0 and stormix. Doh! I just ordered that! Ah well. Maybe my
: problems will be gone.
If you have a hardware problem, as suggested by your report, then no
they won't be gone!
Take a look at the output of dmesg, or your system logs.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems unzipping a .gz file
Date: 8 Apr 2000 04:58:21 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I don't have any problems unzipping the.gz files that were included with
: the Linux distribution, only the downloaded files won't work. I
: downloaded them with Netscape under Windows 98.
Don't do that then.
: I hope someone can give me a clue on this. I'm beginning to get quite
: desperate.
Run "file" over your downloads. You should find that netscape already
uncompressed (not unzipped!) them for you, but didn't change the file
name to match.
Peter
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: News Readers for Linux
Date: 8 Apr 2000 04:45:54 GMT
In comp.os.linux.help Pjtg0707 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: There is suppose to be a Agent-like reader for X called NewsFlex. However,
: I hadn't been able to locate a copy of 0.86 xforms lib to be able to compile
: it. Anyone tried it? Anyone know where I can download a copy of 0.86 xforms lib
: ?
Any archive site, any distribution. Isn't 0.88 current?
The docs say:
The entire XForms distribution plus the latest info is accessible via
http://bragg.phys.uwm.edu/xforms or http://bloch.phys.uwm.edu/xforms
Peter
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