Linux-Misc Digest #114, Volume #24 Tue, 11 Apr 00 23:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Minimal installation on small harddisk? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Simple networking question. (for some) ("Robert A. Trifiletti, Jr.")
Re: Why wont init start??? (Andre Kostur)
Re: Simple networking question. (for some) (Steve)
Re: blender (Steve)
Re: trouble going to http sites (Steve)
Re: what does this message mean? (Steve)
Re: PPP dialing (Steve)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Ermine Todd")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Ermine Todd")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Ermine Todd")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Ermine Todd")
Looking for X programming help - simple program to list all open windows on a server
(Kenny McCormack)
AfterStep default directory? (Nails)
Re: help: can't save current session (Kevin Vandersloot)
Q: migrate OS/2 to Linux ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Could somebody help me with a little script? (Peter Buijsman)
Re: help: can't save current session ("Kirk R. Wythers")
Re: rehat6.2 install error "can't find hardware..." ("Kirk R. Wythers")
Re: free or not to free... (Kevin Vandersloot)
Re: Where is ttfmkfdir (Bob Tennent)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ("Ermine Todd")
SSL version of Apache Red Hat Linux5.0x ("John")
Re: Q: migrate OS/2 to Linux ? (Lorne Sunley)
Re: free or not to free... ("David ..")
Re: Packaging software... (Robert Heller)
Re: /home vs /homes (Robert Heller)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Minimal installation on small harddisk?
Date: 11 Apr 2000 17:49:27 GMT
Hi, we have some old Sun IPCs with small 200Mb harddisks. We'd like to use
these machines as X terminals. We've tried installing Redhat but even with
minimal packages chosen we can't seem to meet the 160Mb (40 Mb swap)
available. Any suggestions, or should we try something else, i.e. *BSD?
Thanks.
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From: "Robert A. Trifiletti, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Simple networking question. (for some)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:42:34 -0400
Hi Brad,
NFS is the way to go for mounting drives. There is a linux HOW-To on that
at:
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/tips/NFS-Tips/NFS-Tips.html
Since you can ping the machines i suggest trying to ftp the the others.
That'll give you some access till you work though NFS
BObby
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[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Penn State University - Computer Science
Berks-Lehigh Valley College
AOL IM: TrifPSU ICQ UIN: 42005336
"It is better to regret the things that you do,
than to regret what you don't do.."
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"Brad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Firstly, I don't know much about networking. I know a bit. I have two
> Linux boxes. Both have network cards and they are attached to my hub.
>
> I have managed to set the IP address on both the machines and they can
> 'ping' one another to they hearts content..
>
> ping 192.168.0.1
> or
> ping 192.168.0.2
>
> Works both ways. This was good fun for the first 5 seconds but needless
> to say, the novilty has worn off.
>
> I would like to be able to get at the files on either machine. Possibly
> 'mount' the drives on the other machine. Like I said I don't know much
> about networking but I am willing to learn.
>
> What should I do next? What commands should I play around with. What
> HowTo's should I read? What is possible with this setup of mine?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Brad
>
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Why wont init start???
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andre Kostur)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:51:41 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>hullo...
>
>here's the problem...i'm trying to create a bootdisk, but for some
>reason, init wont start. I've copied a kernel image to disk, and set
>the root device correctly with rdev. I've created bin, dev, sbin, etc,
>root and usr directories and i've copied init and some other useful
>utils (like cp, mv etc) to my boot disk. But...when i try to boot from
>the floppy....the kernel starts loading, then says:
>
>kernel panic: init not found. Try passing init= as kernel parameter.
>
>I thought the kernel automatically looked for init in /sbin (that's sbin
>on the floppy disk in this case). BTW, i'm using init 2.74.
>
>what's the problem...and how can i fix it?
Chances are (as someone else has mentioned), you haven't copied the shared
libraries that init needs to run.
You should check out a couple of HOWTOs (mostly the first one, the second
is mainly for interest):
The Linux Bootdisk HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO.html
Linux From Scratch HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Linux-From-Scratch-HOWTO.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Simple networking question. (for some)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11 Apr 2000 18:53:07 GMT
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 21:53:30 +1000, Brad wrote:
>
>Firstly, I don't know much about networking. I know a bit. I have two
>Linux boxes. Both have network cards and they are attached to my hub.
>
>I have managed to set the IP address on both the machines and they can
>'ping' one another to they hearts content..
>
>ping 192.168.0.1
>or
>ping 192.168.0.2
>
>Works both ways. This was good fun for the first 5 seconds but needless
>to say, the novilty has worn off.
>
>I would like to be able to get at the files on either machine. Possibly
>'mount' the drives on the other machine. Like I said I don't know much
>about networking but I am willing to learn.
>
>What should I do next? What commands should I play around with. What
>HowTo's should I read? What is possible with this setup of mine?
You can FTP from one to the other, and transfer files, you can also telnet
from one to the other.
$ ftp 192.168.0.1
and
$ telnet 192.168.0.1
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Cheers
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: blender
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11 Apr 2000 18:53:06 GMT
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:08:58 +0000, Ian Mortimer wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Is there a specific newsgroup for blender questions ?
>
>I just want to know if it's possible to put a circular hole through a
>mesh object (I can't see anything about it in the manual)
Try it and see if it works.
Don't think that you can do CSG on a mesh object, but the best
place to ask would be comp.graphics.rendering.raytracing, but
why not just try it and if it doesn't work, it doesn't work.
This is not a Linux question is it?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: trouble going to http sites
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11 Apr 2000 18:53:08 GMT
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 22:19:26 -0500, John Scudder wrote:
>This is my first attempt of using Linux on a networked machine. The
>distribution is Caldera OpenLinux 2.3, the KDE desktop, and the computer
>has a Pentium 166 with 32M.
>
>The ethernet card configuration seems to have gone all right. I can
>ping and ftp addresses from the console or Xterm with no problem. I can
>access the simplest of http sites (no graphics) with a kfm window. But
>as soon as I try to go to a site with the least bit of graphics or
>complexity, the desktop slows to a crawl and finally freezes. Netscape
>does not start up...no error messages...it just doesn't start and the
>desktop freezes up.
>
>Does this sound like a network configuration problem or is my machine
>too underpowered?
When not connected to the net does the problem still happen when you
open netscape?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: what does this message mean?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11 Apr 2000 18:53:09 GMT
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 21:27:14 -0600, Patrick O'Neil wrote:
>I have LogWatch installed and running on my system.
>Security messages I get in mail always contain this
>entry:
>
>Security Warning: The following NFS mounts haven't got the nosuid option
Information message, not an error message.
>set :
> - Tempus:(pid475) on /net type nfs
A mountopint labled "/net"
>(intr,rw,port=1023,timeo=8,re
>trans=110,indirect,map=/etc/amd.conf,dev=00000005)
What does it say in /etc/amd.conf
>
>I am not certain how to interpret this since the message says the
>following mount ...etc - what mount is it refering to? There
>is no mountpoint on my system that I can associate with this message
>and I don't know what device is dev=000000005.
>
>Can anyone give me some pointers on how to interpret this and
>what it is refering to specifically?
You really need to read the docks on this stuff.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: PPP dialing
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 11 Apr 2000 18:53:09 GMT
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:14:51 GMT, Bryan Hoyt wrote:
>What program should I use to dial up to my ISP from the command line in Linux?
>Where can I get this program and how do I use it?
On RH6.0 I used to use wvdial, but now use ifup ppp0 to connect and ifdown ppp0
to disconnect, both things mentioned came with the distro. It's very much a
matter of taste.
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From: "Ermine Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:49:16 -0700
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Actually, you can get an XML parser from MS ...
http://msdn.microsoft.com/xml/default.asp?RLD=66
--ET--
"Mike Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Chad Myers wrote:
>
> > <btolder> wrote in message news:OAiWEiko$GA.265@cpmsnbbsa04...
> > > Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:kfJH4.1029
> > > > Except that they've never developed anything. Not anything new
> > > > anyway. MS products are mostly just bloated, crappy copies of
> > > > stuff other people invented.
> > > Where do you see the real innovation happening in this business? What
> > > companies? What specific technologies?
> > The one company that is pushing technologies like XML, technologies
> > for the disabled, internationalization/localization, enterprise
distributed
> > computing, client-side Internet application interaction, server-side
> > Internet application interaction, and much, much more: Microsoft.
>
> Pushing them, yes, but in which direction? You can get a full XML parser
today
> from Sun. You can get promises about BizTalk from Microsoft. Folks at Sun,
IBM,
> and HP would also be pretty surprised to hear that they're not doing
anything
> with localization or distributed computing. As for server-side Internet
> applications, ever hear of Java Server Pages? And I can only presume that
> "much, much more" refers to the amount of extra hardware resources
required to
> run every new OS from Redmond.
>
> > Microsoft usually doesn't invent a lot of big innovations, they make
them
> > usable for the general public.
> >
>
> They make them usable for anyone willing to drink the Kool-Aid and use
nothing
> but Microsoft products.
>
> --
> Mike Jones
> Of all the Thompson gunners, Roland was the best....
>
>
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From: "Ermine Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:53:56 -0700
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Optical mouse using a grid pad have existed for a long time. Creating a
mouse that DOESN'T need a pad and works by sensing the changing appearance
of ANY surface is new.
--ET--
>
> >3) Optical mouse. Doesn't need a special mouse pad and never needs
> >cleaning.
>
> Sun has had these for at least 7 years (at least that's when I remember
> using one on the Sun boxes at the University)
>
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From: "Ermine Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:57:44 -0700
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Actually many/most do. The difference is in attitude. Do you want your
user's to be able to run as Administrator with full ownership and rights on
the system or not? If not, then locking down the system is relatively easy.
But that's typically NOT what users want. The solution (which is being
implemented BTW) is to have the OS be self-healing and not allow
applications to change the system.
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"Paul Black" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> "Robert Moir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Linux can handle that kind of treatment without trashing the entire
> > system!
> >
> > So can NT if it is properly set up.
>
> Obviously no one has managed to set it up correctly.
>
> Paul
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From: "Ermine Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:58:58 -0700
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
And I could still solve the problem today and have nearly instant boot-ups.
You just don't want to admit that the problem is solvable.
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"fungus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
>
> Ermine Todd wrote:
> >
> > You must really not want to solve the problem. I and I alone
> > supported ALL the PC's on a major college campus in the late
> > 80's/early 90's and I had this problem solved.
>
> In the late 80's and early 90s you could fit the entire
> operating system on a couple of floppy disks and there
> were only two or three options for graphics and sound
> cards.
>
> Comparing this situation to a modern PC is oranges and
> apples.
>
> > Each time the user logged on they received a completely
> > new/clean image of the system.
>
> Let's see if a modern user can be bothered to wait ten or
> fifteen minutes to log on to a system.
>
>
> --
> <\___/>
> / O O \
> \_____/ FTB.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenny McCormack)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Looking for X programming help - simple program to list all open windows on a
server
Date: 11 Apr 2000 13:13:27 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have not done any X programming - but I now need to. What I need is a
program that you would run and it would query the X server and return a list
of the names of the open windows (basically, what you get in the "Window
List" of any of the popular Window Managers.
Has anyone done such a thing? Any sample code you care to share?
Note: The overall goal here is that I want to implement the following logic:
Start this program (e.g., an xclock) only if it isn't already
running on the server.
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From: Nails <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AfterStep default directory?
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 19:19:01 +0100
Where do I find the AfterStep default directory? I need to turn off
"edge scroll"
Many thanks
Nails
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From: Kevin Vandersloot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help: can't save current session
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:19:17 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Kirk R. Wythers" wrote:
> Is there a way to "I really mean it this time" save current session? I
> close all open apps, save current session, log off, log back on, and
> wait for 20 zillion app to fire up (xwp, netscape, 15 or so xemacs
> windows, etc...) I would really like to stop all of this stuff from
> loading at login in time...
>
Depends on if you are using GNOME, KDE, etc. If you are using GNOME try going to
settings/ session or something like that ( I am away from my linux machine at the
moment). If it lists all the apps that start up then delete each one you dont
want. If they are not listed you can search in the .gnome directory in your home
directory for a file called session or something I cant remember. You can delete
that file and when you log in again you will get the default session. This could
also be a problem with the window mamager if you are using something like
afterstep or window maker. Go to control center and select window managers and
edit the current window manager. Change the value of 'is session managed' and see
if that helps. If you dont run GNOME I cant help you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Q: migrate OS/2 to Linux ?
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:09:31 GMT
Hello,
is there a way to migrate a OS/2 System to a Linux System ?
I.e. to run OS/2 *.exe under linux ?
Regards, Michael
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Peter Buijsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Could somebody help me with a little script?
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 20:24:46 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi,
I think I've got a problem that can be solved with a short script.
The situation ... my 486 is not Y2K. Everytime I reboot the system the
clock jumps back a couple of years. Date and time remain correct.
I figure I can solve this with a little script that takes the date
from the system, and writes back the date to the system but with the
year changed to the year 2000.
I'm not very god a writing scripts as I'm fairly new to Linux.
Is there somebody who could give me a hand?
--
Peter
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From: "Kirk R. Wythers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help: can't save current session
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:28:27 -0500
I do run gnome... It looks like Setting -> Session Manager Properties. I'll gove it
a try.
Thanks,
Kirk
Kevin Vandersloot wrote:
> "Kirk R. Wythers" wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to "I really mean it this time" save current session? I
> > close all open apps, save current session, log off, log back on, and
> > wait for 20 zillion app to fire up (xwp, netscape, 15 or so xemacs
> > windows, etc...) I would really like to stop all of this stuff from
> > loading at login in time...
> >
>
> Depends on if you are using GNOME, KDE, etc. If you are using GNOME try going to
> settings/ session or something like that ( I am away from my linux machine at the
> moment). If it lists all the apps that start up then delete each one you dont
> want. If they are not listed you can search in the .gnome directory in your home
> directory for a file called session or something I cant remember. You can delete
> that file and when you log in again you will get the default session. This could
> also be a problem with the window mamager if you are using something like
> afterstep or window maker. Go to control center and select window managers and
> edit the current window manager. Change the value of 'is session managed' and see
> if that helps. If you dont run GNOME I cant help you.
--
Kirk R. Wythers University of Minnesota
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Forest Resources
Tel: 612.625.22611530 Cleveland Ave. N.
Fax: 612 625.5212 Saint Paul, MN 55108
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From: "Kirk R. Wythers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: rehat6.2 install error "can't find hardware..."
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:32:07 -0500
Looks like its an unsupported controller card issue (ATA66 and Quantum
Fireball)... Damn.
Thnks for the info,
Kirk
Kirk Wythers wrote:
> I'm having a peculiar problem installing RH6.2. I shrunk a 30 gig FAT drive
> and created a 6 gig ext2 partition and a 128 meg swap partition with a
> utility called "partition manager" (couldn't get fips to behave). FDISK
> "sees" all three partitions.
>
> When I boot up the install CD, soon as I chose an installation method (gnome
> workstation... in my case), I get the error, "Can't find hardware on which
> to install file systems". You'd think that I didn't create the new
> partitions or something...
>
> There shouldn't be any problems with the hardware...
> 30 Gig quantum fireball
> ATA 66 controller card
> 256 megs of RAM
>
> Any ideas are appreciated,
>
> Kirk
--
Kirk R. Wythers University of Minnesota
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Forest Resources
Tel: 612.625.22611530 Cleveland Ave. N.
Fax: 612 625.5212 Saint Paul, MN 55108
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From: Kevin Vandersloot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: free or not to free...
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:25:18 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mark Cubberley wrote:
> is it just worth the $50 to get the CDs
> that now come "idiot-proof" with regard to getting linux as an option
> when booting up your computer?
Probably not. You can get those CDs for cheap ( I got mine at
www.cheapbytes.com ). What you dont get is a paperback manual, and support
by the distribution. You will get the manual as part of the CD just not in
paper form. The cheap CD's are the same as the official CD's so you wont be
missing anything in the way of installers. Unless you want support then go
with the cheap CD's.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Where is ttfmkfdir
Date: 11 Apr 2000 18:15:42 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 17:30:27 GMT, scott thomason wrote:
>I think I've hosed up my xfs server. I'm trying to install some new
>truetype fonts on RedHat 6.2. In the past, I've used the utility
>"ttfmkfdir" to generate the fonts.scale file for xfs (actually, it's
>xfsft). The RedHat /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs file references it, too, but I
>can't find it on my new system anywhere. I've scoured the net, I've
>searched rpmfind.net, and I still can't find it. Can somebody tell me
>where it is? If you are root on your system, you can do a:
>
> rpm -qif `which ttfmkdir`
>
>to tell you what package contains your binary.
>
Try
which ttmkfdir
and if that fails install the freetype rpm.
Bob T.
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From: "Ermine Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 11:26:51 -0700
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/R407/V31site/
--ET--
"Harlan Grove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> While Red Hat (and other distributions) charge for updates
> on CDs, they offer _free_ downloads of updates? What's the
> url for Microsoft's free W2K update?
>
>
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From: "John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SSL version of Apache Red Hat Linux5.0x
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:33:26 -0400
I have a chance to buy RedHat Linux 5.x with the SSL version of Apache
include (Idon't know what version Number)..all for $5.00.
What is the current price of Apache with SSL?
Can the older version of Apache (whatever was contemporary with RedHat 5.02)
be used with an updated version of linux?
Any other info that may help. What's an SSL Apache upgrade cost ?
To reply remove SPAMNOT from return address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lorne Sunley)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Q: migrate OS/2 to Linux ?
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:37:40 GMT
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:09:31, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is there a way to migrate a OS/2 System to a Linux System ?
> I.e. to run OS/2 *.exe under linux ?
>
> Regards, Michael
>
Not that I know off. Unless you use the VMware program
that allows you to boot OS/2 as a client OS. I think
that the host on Linux supports OS/2 as a client. There
was some comment earlier about a beta VMware
with that capability.
--
Lorne Sunley
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: free or not to free...
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:36:31 -0500
Mark Cubberley wrote:
>
> I'm not sure if I'M in the right forum for these types of questions,
> so feel free to point (shove) me in the right direction if I'm not...
>
> For the most part, when initially entering into a linux-based OS, do
> most people download the software or buy the packages, with the CDs,
> manuals, additional software, etc? I understand that the software can
> be gotten for free, however, between partitioning the hard drive and
> other such installation tasks, is it just worth the $50 to get the CDs
> that now come "idiot-proof" with regard to getting linux as an option
> when booting up your computer? If it's worth the cash, where's the
> cheapest place to buy the software? Are the deluxe packages the way to
> go...as opposed to just buying the OS CD which I think you can get for a
> couple of bucks?
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can offer,
> Mark
Personally I would say give it a try frist. You can try it to see if it
is for you by downloading it for free. Then if you like it you can
always go and buy the boxed set which includes a few commercial programs
with it.
Just my 2 cents
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Packaging software...
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:45:03 GMT
Andre Charbonneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:59:01 -0700, wrote :
AC> Hi,
AC> I'm currently working on a regional settings control panel protoype
AC> (that works with system-level localization and uses Qt for UI) and I
AC> would like to put it in a nice package so that other linux users can
AC> give it a try. I would like users to be able to do a './configure' to
AC> generate the makefiles according to their system's settings. Can anyone
AC> help me on this one? Where can I find good documentation about this
AC> topic?
info autoconf
You use autoscan to create a base configure.in, which you then edit and
use autoconf to turn into ./configure.
You will need to create Makefile.in files, possibly config.h.in files
and so on. All of this is explained in the info pages for autoconf.
It is actually fairly easy and painless.
AC>
AC> Thanks,
AC> --
AC> Andre Charbonneau
AC> Software Engineer
AC> Corel Corporation
AC> 728-0826 x5612
AC>
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /home vs /homes
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 18:45:08 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael W. Godfrey),
In a message on 11 Apr 2000 14:46:19 GMT, wrote :
MWG>
MWG>
MWG>
MWG>
MWG> Old habits die hard.
MWG>
MWG> When I installed RH6.2 just the other day, I created a disk partition
MWG> labelled /homes; so of course Redhat then installed all of the home
MWG> directories under /home within the "/" partition leaving /homes empty.
MWG>
MWG> Suitably chastened, I now want to move the home dirs over to the separate
MWG> partition so I can feel free to wipe "/" for complete upgrades etc.
MWG>
MWG> I am happy to rename this partition "/home" if that will make things easier.
MWG>
MWG> What do I need to change to fix everything up?
MWG>
MWG> Any help appreciated.
MWG>
MWG> -- Mike
MWG>
As root:
# tar cvf - -C /home . | tar xvpf - -C /homes
# mv /home /home.back
# mkdir /home
# umount /homes
<edit /etc/fstab: change the line where /homes is mounted mount itself
at /home instead>
# mount /home
At your leisure you can do a rm -rf of /home.back, ONCE YOU ARE SURE the
copy went OK. Check the newly mounted /home partition and make sure
everything was properly copied.
It is probably best to do this at the single user prompt.
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