Linux-Misc Digest #198, Volume #24 Thu, 20 Apr 00 05:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus? (Tim Hockin)
Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus? (Floyd Davidson)
Re: HowTo: ORB 2.2Gb Parallel Port? (Markus Kossmann)
Re: Problem with VIA AC97 PCI Sound card (Rod Smith)
Re: Best printer for linux box? (Rod Smith)
Re: AutoCAD R14 on linux? (Uwe Bonnes)
Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus? (Joshua Baker-LePain)
kernel source & Compiling - Redhat vs SuSE (ION)
Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus? (Thaddeus L. Olczyk)
Debian ISO ("Viper")
Netscape printing (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Isn't there a browser which DOES work? (Charles E. Taylor IV)
Re: Debian ISO ("David ..")
Re: help with dual Win98 and Linux6.1 (John Malone)
Re: newbie question (adam)
GNOME pixmaps? ("oliver austin")
Re: Problem with VIA AC97 PCI Sound card (D G)
How to Install tar.bz2 (Paul)
Re: Debian ISO (Andreas Kahari)
Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus? (D G)
Urgent: Am I attacked, all logs are empty ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Does anybody know a gzip-compressor in hardware ? (Jan Panteltje)
Re: Isn't there a browser which DOES work? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to make a HP SureStore 5000 works under linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: floppy mounting (Dances With Crows)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Karel Jansens)
Flavor ("Viper")
Re: How to Install tar.bz2 (Dances With Crows)
Problem with Red Hat 6.1 install booting... (Scott Bishop)
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From: Tim Hockin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus?
Date: 18 Apr 2000 17:41:02 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Thaddeus L. Olczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'm got a dual cpu machine and a basic problem:
: I've got the Storm and Mandrake distros (gee guess where I've got them
: from ) and I want to know if either supports a dual cpu machine. I'm
: willing to install both ( at this time I don't have enough time to
: rebuild the kernel ).
: How can I tell if either is actually running a dual kernel?
: ( maybe /proc/cpu ?)
you have time to ask questions, wait for answers, and install both distros,
but you don't have time to compile a kernel?
--
Tim Hockin
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
This program has been brought to you by the language C and the number F.
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From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus?
Date: 18 Apr 2000 09:15:51 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L. Olczyk) wrote:
>I'm got a dual cpu machine and a basic problem:
>I've got the Storm and Mandrake distros (gee guess where I've got them
>
>from ) and I want to know if either supports a dual cpu machine. I'm
>willing to install both ( at this time I don't have enough time to
>rebuild the kernel ).
>How can I tell if either is actually running a dual kernel?
>( maybe /proc/cpu ?)
cat /proc/cpuinfo
If it gives you info about only 1 cpu, thats all that it has boot.
If two have been booted, there will be info on both.
--
Floyd L. Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska)
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From: Markus Kossmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HowTo: ORB 2.2Gb Parallel Port?
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:43:26 +0200
"albertus:^)" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I just bought an ORB 2.2Gb external *parallel port* drive.
>
> I want to use this also in Linux.
>
> How do I mount it in Linux? Right now, I'm using Mandrake 7.0 dist.
>
Have a look at http://www.torque.net/parport/paride.html
--
Markus Kossmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Problem with VIA AC97 PCI Sound card
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 13:52:08 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <8dgubr$bof$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kenny Zhu Qili <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi there. I have a AC97 PCI sound card using VIA 82C686A chipset. I'm
> using kernel 2.2.13 with via82cxxx module. I put the following two lines
> in /etc/modules.conf:
In the future, could you please set your news reader to wrap text at
something less than 80 columns? Your message arrived
one-line-per-paragraph, which makes it difficult to read and/or reply on
some systems.
> alias sound via82cxxx
> option sb support=1
>
> And after I do a modprobe sound, I get sound drivers loaded properly as
> I can see that in /proc/sound. But I just can't get any sound out of my
> speaker. Please help me! Do I need to recompile the kernel? Thanks.
The 2.2.13 kernel driver will only get you 8-bit SoundBlaster-compatible
sound, at best. I suggest you dump it and use the ALSA driver
(http://www.alsa-project.org). You need at least version 0.5.6, but it
works pretty well in my experience, and produces 16-bit sound.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Best printer for linux box?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.periphs.printers
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 13:56:56 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <FIYK4.12$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"The Wogster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> John Hong wrote in message <8dgh50$9ap$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> Easy...just get the cheapest postscript printer available.
^^^^^^^^^^
>>Lately, it appears to be the Lexmark Optra 40.
>>
> Are there Linux drivers for the Optra-40? Lexmark is notorious for it's
> worship of the great god Micro$oft and Bill Gates, the prophet.
As stated in the message to which you replied, the Optra Color 40 is a
PostScript printer. As such, it needs to special treatment in Linux.
(BTW, although there are no Ghostscript drivers for many Lexmark inkjets,
Lexmark has produced OS/2 drivers for most of their inkjets. This hardly
qualifies as "worship of the great god Micros$oft," IMHO.)
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Uwe Bonnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: AutoCAD R14 on linux?
Date: 18 Apr 2000 17:43:04 GMT
Mark Charland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Is there a program that will help me run AutoCAD on linux? I read
: somewheres that there is a program that lets you run winblows or NT on top
: of linux, but I dont remember the program, or if it will help. AutoCAD 14
: is written for either win95 or NT 4.0, win98 is not supported, but it
: works.
http://www.vmware.com for a commercial virtual machine
http://www.winehq.com for an evolving free Windows "Emulator"
Bye
--
Uwe Bonnes [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Institut fuer Kernphysik Schlossgartenstrasse 9 64289 Darmstadt
========= Tel. 06151 162516 ======== Fax. 06151 164321 ==========
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus?
Date: 18 Apr 2000 18:03:17 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rebuilding the kernel doesn't take longer than 30 minutes on a slow
> computer. You *have* to rebuild the kernel to make use of the SMP
> support.
This is *false*. The kernel you are using must have been compiled with
SMP support activated.
> As far as I know, SMP support isn't something that the distribution
> supplies, the SMP stuff lies in the kernel (and several different
> distributions may very well ship with the same kernel).
Several distros support SMP out of the box, e.g. all RedHat 6.x distros
have supported SMP (with separate UP and SMP kernel rpms).
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux
Subject: kernel source & Compiling - Redhat vs SuSE
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ION)
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 17:47:04 GMT
Hello! This may be a dumb question, but here it goes anyway!
If I have source code for a driver that I want to add to my kernel, I can
easily compile it using my RedHat system and kernel, etc.
However, what I was wondering was if I could compile a kernel for a SuSE Linux
system on a Red Hat system?
I'm assuming not, because of needing the source tree for the SuSE distrib, but
how about if I would have it... could I use my RedHat system to compile it?
Also, how much different is a RedHat kernel from a SuSE kernel? In other
words, is it just the core components that differ, or would a network card
source file (just for an example) have to be specific for SuSE?
Sorry for all the questions! Thx in adv.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L. Olczyk)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus?
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:14:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 16:30:34 GMT, Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I'm got a dual cpu machine and a basic problem:
>> I've got the Storm and Mandrake distros (gee guess where I've got them
>>
>> from ) and I want to know if either supports a dual cpu machine. I'm
>> willing to install both ( at this time I don't have enough time to
>> rebuild the kernel ).
>> How can I tell if either is actually running a dual kernel?
>> ( maybe /proc/cpu ?)
>>
>>
>
>Rebuilding the kernel doesn't take longer than 30 minutes on a slow
>computer. You *have* to rebuild the kernel to make use of the SMP
>support.
>
It's not the compile time, it's the time to:
extract the source from a distribution,
tweak the configuration parameters,
compile the kernel,
check for mistakes in the compile,
install packages needed for the compile,
substitute kernel and reboot,
fix problems with kernel,
finally after you get everything working...,
remove all extraneous stuff ( source and all ).
That all can take quite a while.
>As far as I know, SMP support isn't something that the distribution
>supplies, the SMP stuff lies in the kernel (and several different
>distributions may very well ship with the same kernel).
>
>/A
RedHat used to when the SMP kernel first came out
( hoping Mandrake does too, since it's dervied from RedHat ).
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From: "Viper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Debian ISO
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:19:10 GMT
I am trying to find a copy of the iso binary disc for debian (i386) does
anyone know where i can find it? I have already tried using the pseudo image
program but could not get it to work. Any help would be appriciated.
Viper
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Subject: Netscape printing
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:19:14 GMT
Hello,
I tried to print from Netscape (Version 4.6 and 4.72) and in some cases,
when the page is mainly a form, it created zero length postcript files.
In other cases, it works fine. Is it a known bug/feature with netscape?
Is there a workaround? I really don't like to go to a Windows machine
if I have to print out a filled-out form for reference.
Thanks for your time, Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles E. Taylor IV)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Isn't there a browser which DOES work?
Date: 18 Apr 2000 17:38:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Penpal International <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Isn't there a browser for linux which DOES work? I work with netscape...
> Just like windows, keeps crashing all the time!
Turn off Javascript and Java and Netscape becomes much more
well-behaved.
(Disclaimer: I use Navigator only - I don't have any desire to use
Netscape to read news or send e-mail)
--
Charles E. "Rick" Taylor, IV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://orangesherbert.ces.clemson.edu
"We got the MRxL, and you got none!"
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Debian ISO
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 13:34:47 -0500
Viper wrote:
>
> I am trying to find a copy of the iso binary disc for debian (i386) does
> anyone know where i can find it? I have already tried using the pseudo image
> program but could not get it to work. Any help would be appriciated.
>
> Viper
ftp.debian.org maybe?
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: John Malone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with dual Win98 and Linux6.1
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:44:20 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, billy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
<Snip>
>what about if I reinstall Win98? does the win98 boot file overwrite
>Linux6.1`s. is it Ok if I do that?
>
Win98 writes to the Master Boot Record.
After installation Win98 boots - no choice in the matter.
But there is hope.
Boot up using the Linux installation disk.
Put in the root disk when prompted.
At the point where you are invited to type "setup", instead type "fdisk"
(no quotes).
If this doesn't work type "fdisk /dev/hda" as some distributions require
this. You don't say which type of Linux you use ???
When you are in fdisk press the letter 'p' to print the partition table
to the screen. You will see three entries.
/dev/hda1 is where Win98 lives.
Now the other two /dev/hda? entries refer to the extended partition and
the logical drive (D:) that in your case takes up the whole of the
extended partition.
Linux lives in the entry that does _not_ say "EXTENDED".
Remember this number.
For this example I'll call it /dev/hda3 - it may be different for you.
Just remember it.
Press the letter 'q' to exit fdisk.
Remove the root disk. Put in the installation disk and reboot.
This time round when you get to the place where you are invited to enter
extra parameters and you are presented with "boot:" then type
mount ROOT="/dev/hda3" (with quotes)
This will boot the Linux that you installed earlier.
Once you are into Linux read
man lilo
man liloconfig
Possibly in the /usr/doc/faq/HOWTO directory you will find Good Things.
Depends on your Linux.
Good Luck
P.S.
Careful with that fdisk - it bites.
Just use p to print and q to quit and you'll be OK
If in doubt remove floppies and reboot.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Lurk and Learn
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From: adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:35:21 GMT
i got into my machine's bios and turned PnP off. however, linux still
would not recognize the card. ie, there is no mention of eth0 when i
run dmesg. resetting the modem did not seem to help.
any suggestions?
tia, adam
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Josef Oswald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > HOW do you turn off PnP in windows' BIOS??
> >
> > thanks alot...
> During start up you will see a line press del that is your friend :-)
>
> Sometimes all you need to do in the Bios is to turn off the pnp for
the
> device ( like a NIC) but then you will need to install a non-pnp
driver
> under WindXX to get the NIC working again....You need to know which
IRQ
> your Nic uses....
>
> hth :-)
> >
> >
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > James Franklin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I know when I had problems with my NIC it was because my BIOS was
set
> > > for PnP, ergo it did not initialize anything. When I turned off
the
> > PnP
> > > OS option of my BIOS, windows still worked (it simply used the
devices
> > > as initialized by the BIOS), and the NIC was properly initialized
by
> > > BIOS for Linux.
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From: "oliver austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: GNOME pixmaps?
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:46:44 +0100
I'd like to include the GNOME button pixmaps, the tick the cross etc, in my
application.
Please could somoene tell me where to find them in the RedHat 6.1 distro ?
Also I've lost the howtos I want to sort out delete key and I remeber
reading about it there....but now I can't find them?
Ta oliver
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problem with VIA AC97 PCI Sound card
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:48:53 -0700
Kenny Zhu Qili wrote:
>
> Hi there. I have a AC97 PCI sound card using VIA 82C686A chipset. I'm using kernel
>2.2.13 with via82cxxx module. I put the following two lines in /etc/modules.conf:
>
> alias sound via82cxxx
> option sb support=1
>
> And after I do a modprobe sound, I get sound drivers loaded properly as I can see
>that in /proc/sound. But I just can't get any sound out of my speaker. Please help
>me! Do I need to recompile the kernel? Thanks.
>
> Kenny
You probably need a sound driver from http://www.alsa-project.org/
--
DG
e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to Install tar.bz2
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:46:11 +0100
i`m trying to install a program in the following format
xxx-1.1.1.tar.bz2.
i`ve tried tar -xzvf etc but to no avail!!
Can anyone help or advise?
Paul
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Debian ISO
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 18:47:34 GMT
In article <yG1L4.1925$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Viper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to find a copy of the iso binary disc for debian (i386)
does
> anyone know where i can find it? I have already tried using the pseudo
image
> program but could not get it to work. Any help would be appriciated.
>
> Viper
>
>
Give the right answers to the questions at
<URL:http://cdimage.debian.org/>.
You will come to a page with the text "NOTE: USE OF THESE SITES IS
DISCOURAGED!!".
There's a Debian NG: linux.debian.user
/A
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# All junk email is reported to the appropriate authorities.
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How to tell if kernel is running multiple cpus?
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 11:55:47 -0700
Andreas Kahari wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I'm got a dual cpu machine and a basic problem:
> > I've got the Storm and Mandrake distros (gee guess where I've got them
> >
> > from ) and I want to know if either supports a dual cpu machine. I'm
> > willing to install both ( at this time I don't have enough time to
> > rebuild the kernel ).
> > How can I tell if either is actually running a dual kernel?
> > ( maybe /proc/cpu ?)
I think it's /proc/cpuinfo.
> >
> >
>
> Rebuilding the kernel doesn't take longer than 30 minutes on a slow
> computer. You *have* to rebuild the kernel to make use of the SMP
> support.
>
> As far as I know, SMP support isn't something that the distribution
> supplies, the SMP stuff lies in the kernel (and several different
> distributions may very well ship with the same kernel).
I don't know about Mandrake or Storm, but since Mandrake is based on
RedHat, there is a high likelihood it comes with the SMP kernel. RedHat
6.1 ships with the SMP kernel and works like a charm on my dual
processor machine.
Search the installation CD for a file that has 'smp' in it. It's
kernel-smp-2.2.12-20.ix86.rpm on mine (x86 is 386, 586, or 686).
--
DG
e-mail is: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(remove the Z's--they're what I do when I read SPAM!)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Urgent: Am I attacked, all logs are empty
Date: 18 Apr 2000 15:09:13 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am running Red Hat 6.0.
I just find out most of the log files in /var/log are empty since 3
days ago, these files are boot.log, messages, netconf.log,secure,
xferlog.
I also find there are two mysterious files in /root, which are named
as 1, la.pid. If I remove these two files, they will be recreated by
some process 3 minutes later.
Has anyone seen this before?
Thanks
Bing
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Panteltje)
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: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:17:45 GMT
>Thanks for the answers !
>
>First, we do not do archiving or compressing large files.
>We generate data on-the-fly, compress it with zlib (compression-level 1) and
>send it over network. All in memory...
>We don't have disk i/o for this purpose. Our bottleneck is CPU power...
>So if we had an PCI-Busmaster DMA gzip-card with a kernel-module for Linux (:-),
>we surely would benefit from this...
>
>I have 18 Servers (single Processor 500MHz PIII) for this task and will upgrade
>these with dual machines from VA-Linux...
>If we do the same without compression we would need only 4 servers, but suffer
>more traffic :-) and bandwith allocation...
>Simply more servers is not a solution !
>
>I thought about ASIC's, but currently don't know anybody who can develop such a
>thing...
>Maybe someone have adresses or telephone numbers ?
>
>--Andy
>
Try asking is sci.electronics.design
Some people tehre are involved very much with designing chips.
No guarantee for a solutuon though.
Jan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Isn't there a browser which DOES work?
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:07:52 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Penpal International <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Isn't there a browser for linux which DOES work? I work with
netscape...
> Just like windows, keeps crashing all the time!
>
> --
> Penpal International
> http://ppi.searchy.net/
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
A few things that may help with netscape...
1. UPGRADE
I don't know about other distros, but redhat 6.1 still ships something
like netscape 4.5. You can get RPMs for at least netscape 4.7, and can
get tarballs of netscape 4.72 with 128 bit encryption from the netscape
site. This should help your stability a lot.
2. Turn off JAVA and JAVA script (edit:preferences:advanced)
This has let me see some sites that locked things up otherwise. Of
course, you'll lose some functuionality at these sites...
3. Planned restarts
I found that earlier versions had a memeory leak or something a
gradually consumed all of the system resources if it was up for several
days. That and the mail client would stall retrieving large messages.
I haven't noticed this problem since I upgraded, but watch the memory
used by netscape. If it gets out of hand, it can pay to restart it when
you don't have anything critical going on.
Still not rock solid, but netscape now stays up for at least several
days at a time for me now. Better then netscape or ie under windows by
far!
Eric
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to make a HP SureStore 5000 works under linux
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:15:16 GMT
I wouldnt like to appear like a lammer but I'm
having some problems to install and to make it
work under linux... If someone here already had
this problem, please let me know ( and the
solution too :-)) ).
Thanks in advance,
Clayton Fonseca
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: floppy mounting
Date: 18 Apr 2000 15:31:35 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 18 Apr 2000 16:48:11 GMT, DAVID L. ORMAND
<<8di3kb$6a3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>Okay, peecee with 1.44M 3.5" and 1.2M 5.25" floppies, set up as such
>in the BIOS. I can mount 1.44M 3.5" and 1.2M 5.25" DOS-formatted
>floppies, no problem. I cannot mount 720K 3.5" floppies (aka Atari
>disks) or 360K 5.25" floppies. My guess is, Linux sees these drives
>at boot up per the BIOS as the give size, and doesn't know what do
# mount -t vfat /dev/fd0h720 /mnt/720floppy
# mount -t vfat /dev/fd1d360 /mnt/360floppy
...man setfdprm if you want to do things a bit more automatically.
--
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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: jansens_at_ibm_dot_net (Karel Jansens)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: 18 Apr 2000 20:33:31 GMT
"Erik Funkenbusch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mike Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
> >
> > > Mike Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > > I can't speak for Honeywell, but I wonder why you couldn't find a
> patent
> > > on such
> > > > a device. To wit, US patent #US4799055: Optical Mouse, filed on April
> 26,
> > > 1984,
> > > > whose description reads in part:
> > >
> > > I did find that patent, but if you understand what it's saying, it's
> > > describing the optical mouse pad of the more typical form of optical
> mouse.
> > > Note that it requires seperate light and dark paterns seperated by
> edges.
> > > In other words, a cross hatch pattern of light and dark. That's exactly
> the
> > > design of the normal optical mouse pad.
> >
> > Bullshit. A "normal optical mouse pad" does not have a *random surface
> pattern*.
> > That's the key differentiating feature.
>
> It's not a random surface pattern, but a random surface pattern of light and
> dark spaces seperated by edges.
>
> You have to look at the entire sentance, not just one fragment.
>
"(...) any random surface pattern of relatively light and dark areas
separated by edges (...)" is the relevant part of the sentence. As far
as I can see this means a surface that is not of uniform colour and
texture, on which the "new" Microsoft optical mouse wouldn't work
either.
It's so funny when they wriggle...
Karel Jansens
jansens_at_attglobal_dot_net
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President of the United States thermonuclear device
Windows weapons FBI biohazard Microsoft uranium
submarine kill timer explosives
Have a nice day, guys!
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From: "Viper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Flavor
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:33:44 GMT
What is the best and securist flavor of linux to use?
Viper
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: How to Install tar.bz2
Date: 18 Apr 2000 15:34:04 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:46:11 +0100, Paul
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>i`m trying to install a program in the following format
>xxx-1.1.1.tar.bz2.
>i`ve tried tar -xzvf etc but to no avail!!
>Can anyone help or advise?
bunzip2 -dc blah.tar.bz2 | tar xzf -
or
tar --use-compress-program=bunzip2 -xzf blah.tar.bz2
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \###| Programmers are playwrights
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: Scott Bishop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Problem with Red Hat 6.1 install booting...
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 14:30:41 -0500
I'm having a bit of a problem, and I was hoping someone could help me.
I've got a machine with a P-120 CPU, 24 MB of RAM, a 2 GB hard drive,
and no CD-ROM drive. I want to install Red Hat 6.1 onto it using NFS.
When I boot the machine using a boot disk (tried this with boot.img and
bootnet.img, and their updated counterparts from updates.redhat.com), it
gets up to "Uncompressing Linux...", and then halts with the error "crc
error -- System halted." Does anyone know off the top of their heads
what could be causing this problem? I'd really like to get RH going on
this machine... might be the first step into getting the entire office
away from Microsoft.
Thanks in advance...
--
--Scott Bishop
WALKER BOLT Manufacturing Co.
(Notice: The opinions stated in this message are not necessarily those
of my employer, nor of any other sane individual for that matter.)
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