Linux-Misc Digest #148, Volume #24 Fri, 14 Apr 00 11:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: Q: Best printer for linux box? (Tim Dixon)
Re: small web server hardware (Nguyen-Dai Quy)
Re: Q: migrate OS/2 to Linux ? (Kevin Croxen)
newbie: Help! Ultra66 & Linux (Andrew Tkachenko)
algorith for first fit ("Ken Dunne")
Microsoft ("Lenine Liebenberg")
Re: algorith for first fit (Koos Pol)
Re: rehat6.2 install error "can't find hardware..." (Andrew Tkachenko)
Re: Q: Best printer for linux box? (Al Anderson)
Re: How hard to upgrade? (Leonard Evens)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Rod Smith)
Re: Best printer for linux box? ("David S. DeWitt")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD... (Leonard Evens)
linear option for lilo (Leonard Evens)
IBCS problem (pH)
Re: system time has changed with no reason (Xiaoyong Wu)
ATI Rage 128 and RH6.2 ("Amadeu K. Sum")
LPR printing problem (David Taylor)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Dixon)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Q: Best printer for linux box?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:12:11 GMT
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 02:10:16 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Can somebody recommend a printer?
>
>My Epson Action Laser 1400 is driving me nuts, because the sheet
>feeder constantly pulls in two sheets and jams. I want to replace
>it with a new/used printer, but have no idea which one avoids that
>problem.
>
>Here are my priorities, in order:
>
>Required:
>
> 1. GOOD non-jamming sheet feeder which accepts ordinary paper
>
> 2. Runs perfectly under Linux (possibly with some fiddling)
>
>Optional:
>
> 3. Color
>
> 4. Two-sided printing
>
> 5. Cheap
>
> 6. Fast
>
>Any recommendations? I'm considering a refurbished Epson Color Stylus
>440, because it satisfies #2, #3 and #5; does it satisfy #1? Is there
>a printer which satisfies all six conditions?
>
I just purchased a Lexmark Optra Color 40 from buy.com. It was
clearanced at $85, including shipping. It covers 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6
nicely. 4 is a manual process but works (ie. the printer doesn't
duplex, but you can send the paper with one side printed through the
machine with no trouble).
The big advantage is that it speaks Postscript 2, which removes any
need for Ghostscript configuration (and eliminates any need for your
computer to render the page). It has fantastic text output (great
graphics output too, but the text really looks spectacular). My guess
is that since it is running the Postscript itself it can optimize
things nicely. Rumor has it that you need to add memory; I had a 32MB
EDO SIMM (72-pin) which works perfectly.
I don't know if there are any left. Btw, the printer is clearanced,
but the ink cartridges are used in a number of Lexmark printers, so
they won't be disappearing any time soon.
If buy.com is out, or if you don't want this for some reason, take a
look at the "Supported Printers Database" maintained by Grant Taylor
at http://www.picante.com
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From: Nguyen-Dai Quy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: small web server hardware
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:25:54 -0400
Alexis Bilodeau wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm currently developping a web site using apache/php3/mysql. I want to
> install it on my own computer if it's possible. The purpose of the site
> is to bring my company on the Internet (of course) and to make my
> products/prices available.
> Here's my hardware:
> PIII-450 on an Asus p3b-f mb
> 192 Mb PC-100 SDRAM
> Diamond Viper V770 32Mb
> SBLive!
> 8.4 Go Maxtor HD with 256k cache
> 10 Mbits/s ethernet card with cable modem internet access
> I'm running Mandrake 7.0.
>
> My questions are: what is really important to upgrade?
Not need :-)
> Is it sufficient for a small access server (don't we all start small? :
> ) )?
Of course IMHO :-)
My PC is only P200,64Mb RAM and I have
Apache/MySQL/PHP3/Proftpd/SSHD/POP3... and it works fine :-)
--
Nguy�n-�ai Qu�
LTAS-M�canique de la Rupture, ULG
Rue des Chevreuils, 1, B�t B52, Local 522
B-4000, Li�ge, BELGIQUE
T�l:+32-4-366.9098 Fax:+32-4-366.9311
http://w3.to/quy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Croxen)
Subject: Re: Q: migrate OS/2 to Linux ?
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:16:12 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, G. Asch wrote:
>
>Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>A> <[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 ?
>
>A> With Linux you get a MUCH more stable system, even if you dont do
>A> 24/7, you can login in the morning and logoff at night without
>A> crashing, day after day.
>
>tztz. OS/2 is not Windows. I have an old 486 with os/2 3 for outdoor
>wordprocessing, and I can't remember my last reboot.
>OS/2 is unfortunately orphaned and dying, but it is as stable as St. Peter.
Dying maybe, but not yet quite orphaned: some pencil-pusher
at PSP finally happened
to notice that the "dead" OS made IBM $90+ million last
year. They have since announced the appearance of
a series of "Convenience packs" (i.e., Warp4 base
brought up to current code levels) with a new version
of the client due in September. They've also just
banned the installation of Windows2000 on company
workstations (I wonder what THAT'S suddenly all about).
All this being said, I've found that everything I need I've
already migrated over to Linux, with VMWare handling the
few unavoidable duties I used WinOS2 for. Haven't actually
booted OS/2 since December... Just a matter of time before
I reclaim disk space.
--Kevin
>Come to linux for the fun!!
>--
>_________________________________________________________
>
>Gabriel Asch
>Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>!!! Note: to foil spammers,
>if you reply by email, your message must either contain a
>proper Reference header or you must quote !this line!
>
> "in a sense, you are already dead"
> J. L. Borges
>
>________________________________________________________
>
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From: Andrew Tkachenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie: Help! Ultra66 & Linux
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:34:07 +0000
is it truth, that Ultra ATA/66 supported in kernel ver. higher 2.2.10? I
saw it in a READ.me for Ulotra 66 driver, wich i downloaded from
promise.com.
Neither Mandrake 7.0 nor RedHat 6.2 can't find my drives, connected to
Ultra66. Terrible..:((
--
===========================================
Buing a Pentium III you can reboot faster
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From: "Ken Dunne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: algorith for first fit
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:34:10 +0100
Hello,
Im a student in limerick, Ireland and would appreciate some help on a small
project i have,
here it is:
Assume that a segmented memory management system maintaims a circular
freehole list.
Develop an algorith for first fit.
Ensure that it does not go in to an infinite loop if requested for space
larger than any it has.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Ken
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Reply-To: "Lenine Liebenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Lenine Liebenberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Microsoft
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:49:03 +0200
Hi there all you deluded mother******
Just wanna tell you that Linux will never ever rule as microsoft is the
richest, most established company in IT today. As far as I am concerned you
people are all fucked up to think that freesoftware will get you anywhere in
this world.
If you disagree (which you probably will as you are all screwed up) don't
hesitate in e-mailing me so we can sort this out once and for all and I can
win you all over to a decent OS
aout
Lenine
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
OR
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koos Pol)
Subject: Re: algorith for first fit
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:46:24 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:34:10 +0100, Ken Dunne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Hello,
|
| Assume that a segmented memory management system maintaims a circular
| freehole list.
| Develop an algorith for first fit.
| Ensure that it does not go in to an infinite loop if requested for space
| larger than any it has.
If I recall correctly this area is well covered in "Operating System
Concepts" by Silberschatz
Koos Pol
======================================================================
S.C. Pol - Systems Administrator - Compuware Europe B.V. - Amsterdam
T:+31 20 3116122 F:+31 20 3116200 E:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Check my email address when you hit "Reply".
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From: Andrew Tkachenko <[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: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:46:31 +0000
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
The same thing happened to me..$##! ATA 66 not supported..u should
download driver for ATA 66 from www.promise.com...make a bootable floppy
disk and so on..
--
===========================================
Buing a Pentium III you can reboot faster
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From: Al Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Q: Best printer for linux box?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:08:10 GMT
Hi,
I suggest you contact the host (Grant Taylor) of the following website -
he is expert regarding printing under Linux....
http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/
Cheers & Happy Printing,
Al
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can somebody recommend a printer?
>
> My Epson Action Laser 1400 is driving me nuts, because the sheet
> feeder constantly pulls in two sheets and jams. I want to replace
> it with a new/used printer, but have no idea which one avoids that
> problem.
>
> Here are my priorities, in order:
>
> Required:
>
> 1. GOOD non-jamming sheet feeder which accepts ordinary paper
>
> 2. Runs perfectly under Linux (possibly with some fiddling)
>
> Optional:
>
> 3. Color
>
> 4. Two-sided printing
>
> 5. Cheap
>
> 6. Fast
>
> Any recommendations? I'm considering a refurbished Epson Color Stylus
> 440, because it satisfies #2, #3 and #5; does it satisfy #1? Is there
> a printer which satisfies all six conditions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Len.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Inkjet refill kits, bulk ink, cartridges and toners
http://www.netwares.com
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Save up to 80% on your printing costs
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How hard to upgrade?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:01:22 -0500
The Scotts wrote:
>
> Not hard, but RH6.2 reset my pap-secrets file to old data (so couldn't
> log in to ISP). And that's a problem not covered in the RH
> documentation. Next time around I intend to incrementally upgrade using
> rpm rather than the install disc.
Personally I think this is an overreaction. There are always minor
problems like this that one has to deal with, but it is generally
much easier to upgrade all at once than a package at a time.
Also, upgrading individual pcakges could also change configurations
in some cases.
>
> Bob Scott
>
> >
> > Just wondering how hard it would be to upgrade different dist's of Linux
> > ie red hat 6.1 - 6.2? How much downloading required? difficult for a
> > newbie?
> >
> > Joe
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:16:42 GMT
In article <MnCJ4.2083$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Eric Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:HxrJ4.2775$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> > The aforementioned mouse.
>>
>> Sorry, but I saw a similar mouse advertised in the late 80s.
>> It failed because it was too expensive, but MS did NOT innovate it.
>
> Interesting. Nobody else in the universe except for you has seen this
> mythical mouse. You have no names and no way to prove your statements.
> Name the mouse and manufacturer or retract your statement.
I recall hearing something about such a mouse in the 80s, too. I don't
recall the name of the manufacturer, though.
>> > Squiggly-underline spellchecking.
>> > Squiggly-underline grammar checking.
>>
>> So a squiggly line is innovative?
>> Spell and grammar checkers existed long before MS adopted them.
>
> On-the-fly correct-as-you type grammar checking did not exist before.
I don't know when Microsoft "invented" this feature, but it was present in
a word processor on the Atari ST line in 1986 or 1987. Well, for spell
checking, anyhow, not grammar checking.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: "David S. DeWitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.printers
Subject: Re: Best printer for linux box?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 09:18:38 -0500
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8d5ulv$ud5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can somebody recommend a printer?
>
> My Epson Action Laser 1400 is driving me nuts, because the sheet
> feeder constantly pulls in two sheets and jams. I want to replace
> it with a new/used printer, but have no idea which one avoids that
> problem.
>
> Here are my priorities, in order:
>
> Required:
>
> 1. GOOD non-jamming sheet feeder which accepts ordinary paper
>
> 2. Runs perfectly under Linux (possibly with some fiddling)
>
> Optional:
>
> 3. Color
>
> 4. Two-sided printing
>
> 5. Cheap
>
> 6. Fast
>
> Any recommendations? I'm considering a refurbished Epson Color Stylus
> 440, because it satisfies #2, #3 and #5; does it satisfy #1? Is there
> a printer which satisfies all six conditions?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Len.
>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
I love my Tek Phaser 340 plus. I have been looking at a phaser 840 does
automatic duplex printing in full color . It satifies all of you condition
expect #5. And black ink is free
David DeWitt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:17:18 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Looks like you haven't heard of the Windows Registery.
> Applications run by mere users on NT systems can modify the
> Registery. Some improper registery settings can bring down
> that application and possibly others relying on the changed
> settings. How does one prevent improper Registery settings
> while allowing applications run by non-admin users to store
> settings from one session to the next?
The problem is the registry is about data only, there are
no semantics related to the data. Users should only get
access to an interface that can set *and* verify the settings.
Then the only problems would relate to the application itself.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,nf.comp.linux,redhat.general,linux.redhat.misc,aus.computers.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD...
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:09:49 -0500
Tux wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> Do I have to reinstall Linux if I forgot my root password, or is there
> some way to get back into the system without doing this...???
>
> Thanks..
You can boot single user with
linux single
at the lilo boot prompt. In most cases the system is not set to
require a password. However, that can be changed by an appropriate
line in /etc/lilo.conf. If it has, then your only option is
to boot from a rescue disk, mount your root partition and
edit the passwd or shadow file to remove the password.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: linear option for lilo
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:14:13 -0500
The latest RedHat 6.2 installer specifies that it will set
the linear option for lilo because it is needed for some
SCSI disks. It can be turned off by clicking the appropriate
box. This has seemed harmless to me so I left it as is in
upgrading some machines which had IDE drives and in any case
didn't need the linear option. Does anyone have any comments
about whether or not I should have changed the option?
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: pH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IBCS problem
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 16:34:08 +0200
I installed a demo of an SCO application on a laptop, but somebody
resinstalled Linux (Suse 6.3 delivery) and IBCS wasn't included.
I install ibcs2.rpm again, but the system still refuse to execute the
programs ("Cannot execute binary file")
Any idea ?
Thank's
H.P.
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From: Xiaoyong Wu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: system time has changed with no reason
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:42:18 -0400
That might have something to do with your power saving settings.
Is that happens everytime the screensaver on and power saving starts?
Disable the suspend mode in BIOS will help or remove apmd service might
help.
-Xiaoyong
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Yongfeng Luo wrote:
> My linux rh6.1's system time changed with no reason. Do you have any
> clue to investigate it why? Which log file could i review?
>
> best regards
>
> yongfeng luo
>
>
>
>
--
If a man has talent and cannot use it, he has failed.
-- Thomas Wolfe
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From: "Amadeu K. Sum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.list,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ATI Rage 128 and RH6.2
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 10:54:12 -0400
Has anyone experienced problems in setting up RH6.2 with a
ATI Rage 128 video card? Actually, there seems to be a
problem with XFree86, which although v3.3.6 says to support
this card, it does not recognize the card, or even when the
parameters are entered manually. Any help is greatly
appreciated. Thanks.
Amadeu
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: David Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LPR printing problem
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:58:46 +0100
I have set up lpr printers on my linux server but they keep stopping.
I am running Redhat Linux release 5.2 (Apollo) with a 2.0.38 Kernel. I
have set up the printcap entries as follows:
<<...>>
CBS_NP_01|HP Laserjet (Training):\
:lp=:\
:rm=CBS_NP_01:\
:rp=raw:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/CBS_NP_01:\
:mx#0:
(Above is an example of the printcap entry for an HP Laserjet 2100TN
network printer)
CBS_01_COM1|Epson TM-U950:\
:lp=:\
:rm=CBS_PS_01:\
:rp=CBS_01_COM1:\
sd=/var/spool/lpd/CBS_01_COM1:\
:mx#0:
(The above is an example of the printcap entry for a D-Link DP100 print
server, printing to the COM port, which has been named CBS_01_COM1)
These printers print perfectly once the machine has been powered up, and
seem to print without incident for a while, and then (at an apparently
random interval) all the current lpr printers stop printing. In order
to get the printers started again what I have to do it type:
lpc stop all
ps -ax | grep lpd (and make a note of all the lpd processes that
are currently running)
kill <pid>
lpd (to restart the lpd process)
lpc start all
The printers then burst back into life and carry on printing the
currently spooled jobs along with any new ones, again for an apparently
random length of time.
Why is this happening? Is there a known problem here or am I missing
something?
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