Linux-Misc Digest #150, Volume #24 Fri, 14 Apr 00 15:13:02 EDT
Contents:
setterm and color ls (Neil Zanella)
Re: Microsoft ("David ..")
Re: ATI Rage 128 and RH6.2 (Lien-Fei Alex Chu)
Re: how to format a hard drive with Linux red hat 6.1 installed on it ("David ..")
Re: Find and Mandrake 7? (Matthias Mueller)
Allowing users to shutdown ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to format a hard drive with Linux red hat 6.1 installed on it ("David ..")
Re: What the heck is linux doing? (Tim Hockin)
Re: mp3 problems (Robie Basak)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Firewall Networking problem (Robie Basak)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Robie Basak)
Re: newbie: patching kernel troubles :((( (Ken Mort)
sound not playing (Parminder Lehal)
Re: Quicktime player for Linux? (Dances With Crows)
Re: ATI Rage 128 and RH6.2 (asage)
Re: Microsoft (John Hasler)
FrameMaker won't recognize license (sparq49)
Re: Allowing users to shutdown (Andreas Kahari)
FYI printing to SAMBA servers? (Ben Russo)
Error Compiling Kernel "make bootsect.s" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Gerald Willmann)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Terry Sikes)
Re: Microsoft (Robert Wiegand)
Illustrator 4 Linux?!? (Mike Lawson)
Re: Linux Crashed and Can't Get Up (William R. Ramby)
Re: Forgot my ROOT PASSWORD... (Chris Eldredge)
Re: Error Compiling Kernel "make bootsect.s" (Dances With Crows)
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: setterm and color ls
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:41:43 -0230
Hello,
I tried out setterm for setting the background and foreground colors on a
linux console but every time I do an ls --color the colors are set back
to white on black. Is this a bug or a "feature"?
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:10:21 -0500
Bastian wrote:
>
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:49:03 +0200, Lenine Liebenberg wrote:
> >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.
> >
>
> Old joke: Windoze is "Where do you want to go today", OS/2 was "Where do you
> want to run today", and linux is "Where do you want to fly today".
>
> Bastian
Hmmm! I thought Linux was "Where you will be tomorrow". ;o)
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ID # 123538
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From: Lien-Fei Alex Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.list,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 and RH6.2
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:18:31 -0400
I am not sure if I am right or not. I was trying to get on RedHat's web
site to check for the info... But... Can't get into their web site..
Maybe it's down?
Anyway, XFree3.3.6 does support the Ati Rage 128... However, I don't not
think the r128 come with it.. And that might be the reason why it does
not recognize the card. You might want to go to RedHat's web site to see
if the card is listed as supported. (I am still using 6.0)
If it's not, than you can go to the following web site and get the
driver.
http://www4.ncsu.edu/~distclai/2daccel.html
Hope this helps.
Alex.
By the way, you do not need to post the same message on different news
groups... Just post it on the one you think it is appropriate. If you
could not get the info from it, then try other new group..
"Amadeu K. Sum" wrote:
> 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 .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to format a hard drive with Linux red hat 6.1 installed on it
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:15:15 -0500
Newhomes support wrote:
>
> I nedd to get the commands to format a hard drive with linux red hat 6.1
> installed on it, Ive already tried to install win98 over it but it just
> hung up my installion
>
> Please help
>
> Thanks,
>
> Newhomes.com
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
fdisk delete all linux partitions and save changes.
If you can't boot into linux then use the linux installation boot disk
and delete all the linux partitions when you get to the partitioning
section of the install. Choose the BACK button and save the changes when
asked. Reboot and install that other OS.
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From: Matthias Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Find and Mandrake 7?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:21:29 +0000
Hi,
> Would this be true even with the cron daemon not loaded? I disabled
> the loading of any daemons that I didn't need to have running on the
> box, cron being one of them. And a better question is if it was a
> cron job, what exactly is it searching with with find?
updatedb uses find to update the locate-database. Perhaps it is it.
Don't know how this is started, but on my Debian Box it's started by
/etc/cron.daily/find.
Bye,
Matthias
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Allowing users to shutdown
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:25:07 -0400
How can I give myself priviliges to shutdown or restart the system as a
non-root user? Everytime I try to halt the machine or restart it I'm
prompted for the root password.
I'd like to speed this up, putting in the password is wasting precious
seconds.
8^)
In case it helps, I'm using GNOME.
Thanks.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to format a hard drive with Linux red hat 6.1 installed on it
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:25:50 -0500
Newhomes support wrote:
>
> I nedd to get the commands to format a hard drive with linux red hat 6.1
> installed on it, Ive already tried to install win98 over it but it just
> hung up my installion
>
> Please help
>
> Thanks,
>
> Newhomes.com
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
Use linux fdisk and delete all linux partitions and save changes.
If you can't boot into linux then use the linux installation boot disk
and delete all the linux partitions when you get to the partitioning
section of the install. Choose the BACK button and save the changes when
asked. Reboot and install that other OS.
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ID # 123538
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From: Tim Hockin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What the heck is linux doing?
Date: 14 Apr 2000 17:25:28 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: The sensible way would be MSB ... LSB (This is Big endian and the way good
: CPU architectures like motorola does it.)
: The stupid way is LSB ... MSB (Little endian).
: Another one of the many reasons why x86 architecture is shite.
This is a troll - endianess is completeley arbitrary, and no one offers any
significant advantage over the other. There are plenty of reasons x86 is
crap, but this really isn't one of them. Don't get me started on Segment
Descriptor Caches, though.
Tim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mp3 problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 14 Apr 2000 17:40:56 GMT
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 00:00:27 -0400, Will Joyner said:
>Hi
>
>I am running a 250 mhz Cyrix II processor with 64 megs of RAM. When I
>run xmms or gqmpeg and begin to play a mp3 it runs fine. But as soon as
>I startup netscape or any other application, it slows the mpeg down or
>audible static is heard. I have tried switching the output module from
>esound to OSS in xmms, but no avail. I have chosen to give each player
>priority, which seems to work a little. Is there a way that I reduce
>the amount of processing/ram that these applications use or is there
>another way I can optimize my computer to run the fastest? I have
>enabled all the stuff I know to make it run faster.
>
>In WINDOZE I didn't have this problem, so I am hoping that it is
>something I can fix in Linux.
That's because Windows will give a process plenty of time if it wants
it, slowing down other processes in the meanwhile. It's supposed to
have pre-emptive multitasking but in reality this doesn't seem to
work. The advantage of this is that games and other real-time
processes in Windows have less of a hard time working smoothly.
OTOH, Linux gives each running process a fair share of the CPU, so
this is why sound gets choppy sometimes.
There's a program called rtstools you can get from:
http://www.mirror.ac.uk/sites/sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/misc/
which allows root to set realtime priority on a process - this will
give the specified process permission to remain running for as long as
it likes; only when idle will Linux give other processes time.
On my computer, decoding mp3s using mpg123 takes about 3% CPU on
average (PII 450), so doing this is safe. If your player is busier,
then other processes' performance will suffer, and if it utilizes the
CPU 100%, nothing else will work (ie. like when Windows crashes).
Robie.
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:29:58 -0400
William Brogden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> When the IBMPC first came out there were three operating systems
> available
> for it, DOS 1.0, CP/M-86 and the UCSD P-system
>
> However, DOS was the cheapest so the others faded away.
you forget ROM BASIC which the PC did in fact ship with.
--
johan kullstam l72t00052
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Firewall Networking problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 14 Apr 2000 17:51:07 GMT
On 14 Apr 2000 12:30:24 GMT, Cyber World said:
>
>I have a problem to make a firewall router work in a real IP range.
>IP: 202.181.233.0/26
>GW: 202.181.233.1
>
>I want to put a firewall inside this network and use all true ip for my web and
>mail server.
> External Network (Internet)
> <router>
> |
> |
> eth1|202.181.233.2/26
> ---------------
> | | Server Network (DMZ)
> | |eth0
> | |----------------------------------------
> | |202.181.233.60 | |
> | | | |
> | | | |
> --------------- ------- -------
> | WWW | | DNS |
> ------- -------
> 202.181.233.61 202.181.233.62
>
>
>How to make a route to the Server Network?
>Should anything need to add in the router?
You'll need to tell your router to forward everything destined for
202.181.233.0/26 through to 202.181.233.2.
On the firewall, you'll need to set up static routes as follows:
route add -net 202.181.233.0/26 dev eth0
route add -host 202.181.233.1 dev eth1
route add default gw 202.181.233.1
Then, set up ipfw/ipchains/iptables as required. I'm familiar with
ipchains (kernel 2.2.x), to differentiate between inside/out, the
easiest way would be to use:
ipchains -i eth0 # for outside
ipchains -i eth1 # for inside
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 14 Apr 2000 17:56:04 GMT
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 05:33:25 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch said:
>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.
IIRC, Xerox invented the mouse/GUI. Apple took the idea from them (Lisa?),
and Microsoft from Apple.
>[snip]
Robie.
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Subject: Re: newbie: patching kernel troubles :(((
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Mort)
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 17:57:14 GMT
Your kernel source from redhat probably
only has the i386 (for intel) source. It
looks like the patch is bombing when it
tries to patch the files for the alpha
architecture.
>Good day/night etc..:)
>I have REdHaT 2.2.11. I need to patch it up to the 2.2.14.
>Got three patches, patch-2.2.12...patch-2.2.14 ;
>Read Kernel-HOWTO, README from 2.2.11 kernel
>Documentation..Followed exactly to instructions, but after
>some succesfull steps i got:
>
>
>The text leading up to this was:
>--------------------------
>|diff -u --recursive --new-file
>v2.2.11/linux/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c
>linux/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c
>|--- v2.2.11/linux/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c Sat
>|May 22
>13:41:43 1999
>|+++ linux/arch/alpha/kernel/alpha_ksyms.c Wed Aug 25
>|17:29:45 1999
>--------------------------
>File to patch:
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From: Parminder Lehal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: sound not playing
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 08:36:32 -0400
Hello,
I have a strange problem on my linux machine.
When I try to play or record a sound file it gives me
/dev/dsp busy error . I was able to play and record sound
before it started about 2 week ago.
There seems to be no problem with the sound card as cdplayer
is running and gnome system sounds are working properly.
Can anybody suggest, what is wrong?
Thanks
Parminder Lehal
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Quicktime player for Linux?
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:59:42 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:23:06 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Is there a better player for MOV files than aKtion and Xanim? I just
>downloaded the x-men trailer, but I can't view it with aKtion.
>Is there something better?
Newer Quicktime videos are compressed using the Sorenson codec. This
particular encoding scheme is not recognized by any free software, or
indeed anything that I know of for Linux/BSD. They can't just open the
specs for it, because of N+1 evil licensing problems. They aren't
producing a binary plugin for xanim because "Who uses that fringe
operating system anyway? It's not worth our time to do a port." Sad
state of affairs, really. I assume some intrepid souls are trying to get
the Windows Media Player running under Wine, so they can reverse-engineer
the SOrenson decoder at least, but this won't happen for a while. *SIGH*.
--
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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From: asage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.list,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ATI Rage 128 and RH6.2
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 13:56:17 -0400
Hi,
I was thinking of getting the new XFree4. I just checked out the site, and
it seems that the ATI Rage 128 is now supported! go to: www.xfree.org
Allison
Lien-Fei Alex Chu wrote:
> I am not sure if I am right or not. I was trying to get on RedHat's web
> site to check for the info... But... Can't get into their web site..
> Maybe it's down?
> Anyway, XFree3.3.6 does support the Ati Rage 128... However, I don't not
> think the r128 come with it.. And that might be the reason why it does
> not recognize the card. You might want to go to RedHat's web site to see
> if the card is listed as supported. (I am still using 6.0)
> If it's not, than you can go to the following web site and get the
> driver.
>
> http://www4.ncsu.edu/~distclai/2daccel.html
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Alex.
>
> By the way, you do not need to post the same message on different news
> groups... Just post it on the one you think it is appropriate. If you
> could not get the info from it, then try other new group..
>
> "Amadeu K. Sum" wrote:
>
> > 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: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:07:36 GMT
Lenine writes:
> Hi there all you deluded mother******
Another 13 year-old earns another free T-shirt...
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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Subject: FrameMaker won't recognize license
From: sparq49 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:01:18 -0700
When I install FrameMaker, eveerything seems fine, but when I run
the program, I get a message saying there are no licenses
installed, and asks me if I want to run in demo mode. The license
install seems to go fine, no problems with the serial number, and
the licenses file in ~jim/fminit seems OK.
Has anyone else had to deal with this.
TIA
Jim
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Allowing users to shutdown
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:03:49 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> How can I give myself priviliges to shutdown or restart the system as
a
> non-root user? Everytime I try to halt the machine or restart it I'm
> prompted for the root password.
>
> I'd like to speed this up, putting in the password is wasting precious
> seconds.
>
> 8^)
>
> In case it helps, I'm using GNOME.
>
> Thanks.
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Some answers:
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http://www.linuxvoodoo.org/howto/all/00000059.html
http://frf.hypermart.net/linux-newbie/FAQ2.htm#shutdown_as_user
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Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 14:16:53 -0400
From: Ben Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: FYI printing to SAMBA servers?
FYI printing to SAMBA servers?
The following link is to a web page where there is software for Linux
that will create a "fake device" file in the /dev/ directory that looks like a
local LP port. This device then allows the machine to seamlessly print to
a SAMBA server or a network printer.
http://www.lantronix.com/products/utils/rtel/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Error Compiling Kernel "make bootsect.s"
Date: 14 Apr 2000 13:36:12 -0400
When I try to compile the kernel,
$make xconfig, $make dep, $make clean, $make zImage modules modules.install
I get an error. After compiling for some time, when it gets to bootsect.s it
dies. This is Mandrake 7 and I wish I had the error on hand, but from looking
at bootsect.s this seems to be a problem with the size of the kernel, since
bootsect.s looks like bootstrapping code. I then tried
$make bzImage modules modules.install
and that gives an error looking for bbootsect.s which I don't have?
(bootsect.S is in /usr/src/linux-2.2.5/arch/i386/boot/ in RH 6.0, what I use
at work) Using bzImage the kernel is 1.45...mb in size when it dies.
So... Do I need to remove MORE things from the kernel? I tried to make
most things modules, for other video/ethernet/mice whatever just in case I get
a new machine I might get away not having to recompile and I ditched
everything that I will never use, Amiga/Ham Radio/weird sound cards/FM/Video
cards...
Any ideas? I've only done this a few times w/ RH 6.0 with varied sucess
and I usually went back to the stock kernel, but I really need to solve a
problem with the Mandrake 7 machine locking up overnight and I hope a new
kernel might be what the doctor ordered.
Thanks,
-John
ps. the $make zImage >>> modules modules.install <<< is right?
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From: Gerald Willmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 11:13:03 -0700
On 14 Apr 2000, Robie Basak wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2000 05:33:25 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch said:
> >Eric Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >news:HxrJ4.2775$[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.
>
> IIRC, Xerox invented the mouse/GUI. Apple took the idea from them (Lisa?),
> and Microsoft from Apple.
I think they are talking about optical mice. I'm using one right here on
my 1991 Sun IPC. So M$ did not invent it, contrary to what you might have
read. I wouldn't consider it a big innovation, though. Wheel or optical,
I couldn't care less as long as it moves the cursor.
GErald
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Sikes)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: 14 Apr 2000 18:24:31 GMT
In article <OLmLUmap$GA.303@cpmsnbbsa04>, Ermine Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Clearly you don't understand the registry or how to use it.
What's not to understand about one of the worst ideas to hit computing
in history?
>A centralized, secure database accessible via a defined API that is
>guaranteed to be available and contain current state and that is
>automatically protected via backups.
Otherwise stated as:
A centralized point of failure that results in endless end-user
confusion and the inability to simply move or copy programs to other
locations or machines.
>This also allows for remote management so the state of the registry
>can be accessed and modified remotely by a central administrator if
>necessary.
How does a distributed file system (i.e. NFS/AFS) not allow this?!?
(Sorry to jump in Matt, but the Windows registry is one of my personal
pet peeves.)
Terry
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 12:53:50 -0500
"David .." wrote:
> > Old joke: Windoze is "Where do you want to go today", OS/2 was "Where do you
> > want to run today", and linux is "Where do you want to fly today".
> Hmmm! I thought Linux was "Where you will be tomorrow". ;o)
I heard: Linux - "Do you actually want to get there"
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From: Mike Lawson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Illustrator 4 Linux?!?
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:20:08 GMT
Hi,
I'm looking for a vector based drawing application similar to Adobe
Illustrator. Does anybody know a good application?
Thanks and best regards,
Mike
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From: William R. Ramby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Crashed and Can't Get Up
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:30:13 GMT
I agree with Robie. If you want to chase off newcomers and irreversibly
doom Linux to a niche market, keep answering questions with insults like
Peter gave out.
Robie Basak wrote:
>
>
> On 12 Apr 2000 15:32:39 GMT, Peter T. Breuer said:
> >Raul Trujillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >: Now, when I tried rebooting, it tells me to press: CTRL+D for a normal
> >: start up or to give the root password for maintenance. Anyways I type
> >: the password and type 'fsck' and it responds with "Parallelizing fsck
> >: version 1.15 (18-Jul-1999). I also tried 'mke2fs /dev/hda1' but tells
> >
> >man fsck.
> >
> >: me that 'hda1' is in use. Can someone tell me what I must do to get
it
> >: back up and running?
>
> It might still be mounted read-write; you're lucky it was, otherwise
> mke2fs will wipe it. Do:
> mount -o ro,remount /dev/hda1 /mount_point
> (I don't know what your mount_point is, you should (it's in /etc/fstab)
>
> >
> >
> >NAME
> > fsck - check and repair a Linux file system
> >
> >SYNOPSIS
> > fsck [ -sACVRTNP ] [ -t fstype ] [--] [ fsck-options ]
> > filesys [ ... ]
> >
> >E.g. "fsck /dev/hda1"!
> >
> >Now what was the mote in your eye that prevented you doing or seeing
> >that?
>
> Excellent point, unless he doesn't know about the man command.
> Windows people (if he is one) won't be used to having an easy yet
> comprehensive online help system.
>
> Robie.
> --
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From: Chris Eldredge <[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 14:39:53 -0400
If you don't like the fact that any idiot can walk up to your computer
and type "linux single" at the lilo prompt, you should man lilo.conf and
add parameters to make it prompt for a password when options are
specified. The other important thing to do if you are serious is
disable booting from floppies/cdroms and password protect your bios
setup. And if you are really nuts, encrypt your important data so
people can't remove your hard drive and get the information off that
way.
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To be really modern one should have no soul.
To be really Greek one should have no clothes."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Error Compiling Kernel "make bootsect.s"
Date: 14 Apr 2000 14:57:44 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 14 Apr 2000 13:36:12 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<<8d7kuc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> When I try to compile the kernel,
>
>$make xconfig, $make dep, $make clean, $make zImage modules modules.install
>I get an error. After compiling for some time, when it gets to bootsect.s it
>dies. This is Mandrake 7 and I wish I had the error on hand, but from looking
I'd say that since bootsect.s is real-mode assembly code, and the standard
assembler doesn't do real mode, that you need to install the dev86 RPM for
its real-mode assembler as86. There should be something on the Mandrake CD
called "dev86-X-Y-Z.rpm", so try "rpm -Uvh"ing that package.
Oh, and since kernel 2.4 is coming out Real Soon Now, don't get too
attached to the idea of not compiling very often...
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| Computers are lousy actors
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| Lusers are vicious drama critics
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| BOFHen burn down theatres.
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