Linux-Misc Digest #85, Volume #24 Sun, 9 Apr 00 07:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: repartitioning with FIPS ("XII Gauge")
Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf) (Janet)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
question (MGatto)
Why won't a vfat partition mount read-write (Chetan Ahuja)
Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf) (Alain Ketterlin)
Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf) (Alain Ketterlin)
Re: Does anybody know a gzip-compressor in hardware ? (Anthony Hill)
Re: Problem with PPP and default gateway! (David Efflandt)
Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Converting Mac Word 4 and PICT files to HTML/JPG or GIF on Linux (Peter Kerr)
Re: SCSI hangs (Tim De Vos)
Re: Why won't a vfat partition mount read-write (Bastian)
Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf) (Martin Schroeder)
Image tool to grab image from the screen ("Andrew Shiue")
how to back up a linux system ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: "XII Gauge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: repartitioning with FIPS
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 05:22:14 GMT
Did you shrink the partition with FIPS after using RESTORRB? If you didn't,
do it and then run scandisk with the thourough option and automatically fix
errors. It will take awhile for scandisk to run, this is normal.
Kirk Wythers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8cm592$pf3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf)
Date: 08 Apr 2000 22:21:39 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (L.J. Wischik) writes:
> Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Actually, Adobe does have a version of Acrobat for Linux. I am running one
> >> right now.
> >Adobe's webpage says otherwise (Current version: 4.05, Platforms:
> >Macintosh, Windows) so where and how did you get it. Thanks,
>
> Adobe's "acrobat for unix availability" is at
> http://www.adobe.com/support/salesdocs/d6b6.htm
>
> * Acrobat is the graphical wysiwyg editor for PDF documents
> * Acroread is the graphical viewer. (or you can use ghostview)
> * Distiller converts ps to pdf
>
> Version4 of Acroread and Distiller are available for unix.
> Only version3 of Acrobat is available.
>
> --
> Lucian Wischik, Queens' College, Cambridge CB3 9ET. www.wischik.com/lu
Hrm, I thought Acrobat and Distiller had been merged into one product,
just called Acrobat. At least, that's how it seems to work for other
platforms.
Janet
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Reply-To: <btolder>
From: <btolder>
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 21:37:07 -0700
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In comp.os.linux.misc Otto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So you think that Windows 98 is a crime. Then you're probably screaming
> > bloody murder when you look at Red Hat's version numbers, 5.0/5.1 and
> > 6.0/6.1. The time elapsed between the versions isn't even close to three
> > years which is the case of the Windows95/98 switch. Not to mention the
rest
> > of the Linux distributors and the fact that their R & D is minimal, when
> > compared to Microsoft's. Yet, the price of the Linux distros are similar
to
> > Windows platform prices.
>
> Not very good at maths, are you?
> Even if you get the full priced distro of, say, SuSE at 25 quid, you can
> install that legally on as many machines as you want. Yours, your
companys,
> your friends, all at no extra cost.
>
> Try that with M$ windows, and see how fast you get accused of software
> piracy.
The cost of M$ software is incredibly reasonable. It's running about $90
every 3 years for an OS upgrade. That's $30 per year. Most companies budget
more for office supplies and copies per employee per year.
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From: MGatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: question
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 05:57:36 GMT
In types.h, one of the linux src/header files, there are typedefs like
this:
typedef __kernel_time_t time_t;
I cant identify __kernel_time_t in any of the other included header
files, so does __kernel_time_t get defined straight from the kernel?
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From: Chetan Ahuja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why won't a vfat partition mount read-write
Date: 9 Apr 2000 07:46:18 GMT
Hi,
I am trying to share some stuff on a windows 95 partition (FAT16)
with my linux applications (notably netscape bookmarks). The
problem is, I simply can't mount my vfat partition in read-write
mode. I think I have tried everything. The device node (/dev/hda2)
has read-write permissions for everybody ( Although I don't think
it should matter), I tried mounting from the fstab file with the
rw option, I tried mounting from the command line with the -o rw
option... etc etc. I am baffled. Anybody has any suggestions..
By the way, it's a mndrake 7.0 distro. kernel 2.2.14, mount
version 2.9z. Any hints clues etc will be appreciated.
Thanks
Chetan
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From: Alain Ketterlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf)
Date: 09 Apr 2000 09:57:20 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric G. Miller) writes:
> >ps2pdf file.ps file.pdf
> No it doesn't. It mangles fonts.
You're probably talking about gs5.5. gs6.0 is much better, and deals
correctly with fonts (provided you have Type1 versions of CM
installed).
-- Alain.
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From: Alain Ketterlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf)
Date: 09 Apr 2000 09:59:10 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jonathan Baron) writes:
> \usepackage{times}
>
> But the math looks fine, such as it is. Maybe my math isn't
> sophisticated enought to notice the problems. Jon
\usepackage{pslatex}
will try its best to use times also in math mode.
-- Alain.
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From: Anthony Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips,comp.compression,de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,comp.lang.perl.misc
Subject: Re: Does anybody know a gzip-compressor in hardware ?
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 02:01:05 -0400
On Fri, 07 Apr 2000 10:06:05 +0200, Andreas Vierengel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>my company's business relies heavily on the gzip compression algorithm.
>I was thinking about a PCI-card, with a small driver for let's say: linux, which
>does only gzip, but really fast !!
>Does anybody know a company or somebody who sells or can develop such a thing ?
>However it must be x-times faster than today's top pentium !
I'm sure someone could develop an ASIC that could compress and
decompress gzip files quite effectively, but really, I think you'ld
find that the amount of time your system spent doing I/O to this card
would negate any performance advantage you might see. Your best bets
for improving things would probably be to get a faster processor
and/or multiple processors and a faster hard drive, possibly some more
memory.
Anthony Hill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Problem with PPP and default gateway!
Date: 9 Apr 2000 09:02:47 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 9 Apr 2000 05:03:09 GMT, Kenny Zhu Qili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi there. A number of people have posted on this topic but none of them seemed to
>have address my issue. This is my scenario: I have two computers at home, one of
>which is a gateway (192.168.1.1) doing IP masquerading. The other one 192.168.1.2 is
>an average machine. When I use the gateway to dialup PPP connection and do the IP
>forwarding, everything is fine. But occasionally when I use the other machine to
>dialup, the pppd on that machine (192.168.1.2) refuses to replace the default gateway
>route. I think
> that's already a fact of life for pppd. But is there anyway to walk around this? You
>know I don't want to permantly remove the "route add default gw $GATEWAY" line from
>my rc.inet1, because then I won't be able to use IP masquerading! Please help me.
On the secondary box, take down your LAN default route in /etc/ppp/ip-up
(ip-up.local in RedHat) and stick it back in from ip-down.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf)
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 09:41:36 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Apr 2000, Pjtg0707 wrote:
>> Actually, Adobe does have a version of Acrobat for Linux. I am running one
>> right now.
> Adobe's webpage says otherwise (Current version: 4.05, Platforms:
> Macintosh, Windows) so where and how did you get it. Thanks,
Mine was included with my DISTRO.
(SuSE has it in the pay section)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Kerr)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Converting Mac Word 4 and PICT files to HTML/JPG or GIF on Linux
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 21:52:05 +1200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mary-Anne G.
Wolf) wrote:
> I have a disk of files in MSWord 4 format on a Mac IIsi running System
> 6. (System 7 would be too slow for this machine, but I can borrow a
> System 7 Mac if necessary.) The Word 4 files contain pictures in what
> I assume to be Mac PICT format, pasted by way of the Mac Scrapbook.
> I also have the same pictures in UltraPaint format, which is where
> I created them.
>
> I want these files to end up in HTML format with JPG or GIF pictures
> on a Redhat 6.1 Linux machine. I can move these using a DOS format
> floppy or other solutions, but the format conversion is the real
> issue here.
>
> Sun's StarOffice won't open Mac Word 4 files at all; the dialog says
> it will open PICT files, but that has never worked for me.
>
Use ClarisWorks: It will open the Word file with all formatting intact,
and you can copy the PICTs out and save them separately as GIF - assuming
all the XTND translators are present and correct.
The newer versions of ClarisWorks claim to Save as... HTML. You will need
System 7 to run this version, & I would take that html with a large grain
of salt ;-) It may be quicker to save as text and hand tag it.
Graphic Converter is a Mac shareware which opens most any picture format
and will save jpeg.
--
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University of Auckland mis-spent youth
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From: Tim De Vos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SCSI hangs
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 12:22:13 +0200
Robert Heller wrote:
>
> Tim De Vos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> In a message on Tue, 04 Apr 2000 23:59:15 +0200, wrote :
>
> TDV> "Stuart R. Fuller" wrote:
> TDV> >
> TDV> > Tim De Vos ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> TDV> > : Hello,
> TDV> > :
> TDV> > : Every time I do some disk-intensive tasks my SCSI bus hangs
> TDV> > : for about 1 minute. I use Redhat 6.1 with an Adaptec 2940
> TDV> > : U2W (bios version upgraded to 2.2.20) on an SE440BX-2.
> TDV> > : Any ideas what could be wrong. It's happening frequently and
> TDV> > : the system doesn't respond so that's very anoying. All devices
> TDV> > : are correctly terminated and I have no SCSI problems under Windows.
> TDV> >
> TDV> > Look in /var/log/messages for relevant messages, and maybe post a few of them
> TDV> > here.
> TDV> >
> TDV> Apr 4 23:49:52 PIII kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> TDV> pid 20443, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Read (6) 00 73 5f 08 00
> TDV> Apr 4 23:49:52 PIII kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> TDV> pid 20444, scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 Read Capacity 00 00 00
> TDV> 00 00 00 00 00 00
> TDV> Apr 4 23:49:54 PIII kernel: SCSI host 0 abort (pid 20444) timed out -
> TDV> resetting
> TDV> Apr 4 23:49:54 PIII kernel: SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel
> TDV> 0.
> TDV> Apr 4 23:49:54 PIII kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Performing Domain validation.
> TDV> Apr 4 23:49:57 PIII kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) Synchronous at 10.0
> TDV> Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
> TDV> Apr 4 23:49:57 PIII kernel: (scsi0:0:4:0) reducing SCSI transfer speed
> TDV> due to Domain validation failure.
> TDV> Apr 4 23:49:57 PIII kernel: (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 80.0
> TDV> Mbyte/sec, offset 31.
> TDV> Apr 4 23:49:59 PIII kernel: scsi : aborting command due to timeout :
> TDV> pid 20446, scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 Write (10) 00 00 cb 4b
> TDV> 84 00 00 08 00
> TDV> Apr 4 23:50:02 PIII kernel: (scsi0:0:2:0) Synchronous at 20.0
> TDV> Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
> TDV>
> TDV> I don't know what to try next.
>
> Some questions:
>
> What are the make and models of SCSI IDs 0, 2, and 4?
>
> It *looks* like unit 4 is being strange.
>
> At UMass we have had some trouble with Quantum ultra-wide disks.
> The pure Linux box started having disk I/O errors after the disk was 1
> month old. No data was lost -- the drive had not totally died or
> anything. Another (similar) machine with the same sort of Quantum
> ultra-wide disk running MS-Windows NT lasted a number of months with no
> *apparent* problems, until it failed to boot one day. The drive in
> question was in much worse shape. It *seemed* that MS-Windows was much
> more tolerant of 'flaky' hardware than Linux. To add another data
> point: I am part owner of a server that was shipped with Quantum
> ultra-wide disks -- running Linux it too started reporting disk I/O
> errors after the disk was 1 month old. All of the machines have had
> their disks replaced and have been running *perfectly* for many months
> since -- clearly the rest of the hardware is good.
In the mean time I tried to remove my PlewWriter PX-W4220T and all my
problems
are gone! How can I reinstall it so I can write CD's again? Any
suggestions?
Greetings
Tim De Vos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bastian)
Subject: Re: Why won't a vfat partition mount read-write
Date: 09 Apr 2000 10:26:42 GMT
On 9 Apr 2000 07:46:18 GMT, Chetan Ahuja wrote:
> Hi,
> I am trying to share some stuff on a windows 95 partition (FAT16)
> with my linux applications (notably netscape bookmarks). The
> problem is, I simply can't mount my vfat partition in read-write
> mode. I think I have tried everything. The device node (/dev/hda2)
> has read-write permissions for everybody ( Although I don't think
> it should matter), I tried mounting from the fstab file with the
> rw option, I tried mounting from the command line with the -o rw
> option... etc etc. I am baffled. Anybody has any suggestions..
>
> By the way, it's a mndrake 7.0 distro. kernel 2.2.14, mount
> version 2.9z. Any hints clues etc will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Chetan
Can you _mount_ it only as read-only, or does it give you an error message
when you try to mount it read-write? Or can you mount it as read-write (without
error message) and just not write to the device?
If it's the latter, I'd suggest you check the directory permissions for your
mountpoint.
Bastian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Schroeder)
Crossposted-To: comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: acrobat for linux (ps -> pdf)
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 23:36:58 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <8co448$5eu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>I want a good utility for converting dvi or postscript files
>(generated from latex documents) to pdf files. There is free software
>(dvipdfm), but the TeX faq claims that Acrobat's distill utility is
>better and inexpensive (at least for academics). I have two questions:
>1. Does Adobe have Acrobat for Linux?
Not yet. A server version has been announced.
>2. Is it worth the money?
Announced price is 5000 USD.
>Appreciate any help.
Use pdfTeX or VTeX or GhostScript.
Best regards
Martin
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From: "Andrew Shiue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Image tool to grab image from the screen
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 17:06:05 -0400
Does anyone know this kind of program in the Linux?
Thanks,
--Andy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: how to back up a linux system
Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 10:51:42 GMT
What are the steps in a simple way of backing up a Linux system into a
single file? Is this possible? Also, can I use the Imation LS-120 drive
in backing up a Linux system? If so, how? Also, can anybody tell me if
LS-120 disks are resistant to molds or any other factors that can
destroy it? Finally, how can I restore backups under Linux?
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