Linux-Misc Digest #222, Volume #24 Fri, 21 Apr 00 09:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: voodoo 2000 video card problem (Doc Shipley)
Login problem (S.Prakash)
query about LINUX ("abdul rahman")
Re: Where can I get licq RPM? (Ed Clarke)
Re: Saving Real Audio Streams (Erik de Castro Lopo)
Acrobat PDF files (Charles Blackburn)
Re: the smallest o\s (Charles Blackburn)
Re: Using hdc as a file dump (Charles Blackburn)
Re: pilot-xfer on Linux (Henrik Becker)
Re: Login problem (Koos Pol)
Re: query about LINUX (Koos Pol)
MBSE BBS for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
printer problems ("Ian")
Re: Help - How do you pronounce GNU? ("Felice")
Re: printer problems ("Ian")
Re: Acrobat PDF files (Slawomir Siwek)
Re: Help - How do you pronounce GNU? (Joseph Dale)
Re: tar commands (Robie Basak)
Re: Arbitary precision libraries. (Robie Basak)
Re: /etc/issue.net? (Robie Basak)
Re: query about LINUX (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Linux beyond newbie q? inspiron 7500 redhat 6.1 (Michael J. Ayers)
Re: neighbour table overflow kernel messages (Robie Basak)
Re: Acrobat PDF files ("Chris Beauchamp")
Re: query about LINUX ("G. R. Gaudreau")
Re: Help with Yamaha YMF 744 (Edwin Johnson)
Re: on-the-fly file-compressing? (Peter Petersen)
Re: on-the-fly file-compressing? (Peter Petersen)
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From: Doc Shipley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: voodoo 2000 video card problem
Date: 21 Apr 2000 05:21:30 -0500
Parminder Lehal wrote:
>
> I am unable to configure X for my voodoo 2000 video card.
> Documentation says that SVGA server runs fine for this card
> but in my case it only works in 320X240 pixel mode. I am
> using REDHAT6.0 and XFree86-3.3.3
>
> Can any body help ? Please................
>
The Voodoo3 is only supported in XFree86 v3.3.5 and later.
--
Doc Shipley
Network Support
TARL Labs, UT
Austin, Texas
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From: S.Prakash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Login problem
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:30:05 GMT
Hi,
I am having a problem with the logging into the linux server. I was
working fine, but since today morning it is not allowing any of the user
ID's to login.
I am using RedHat linux 6.2. If i go into /etc/passwd file and remove the
Passwd option then without password all the users are able to login.
Can anyone tell what is stopping the machine from logging in with the
password.
Regards,
Prakash.S
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From: "abdul rahman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: query about LINUX
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:49:18 +0800
hi everybody
i would like to use Linux Os, but have difficulty understanding the
different between Linux Red Hat 6.0 & 6.1, Suse Linux 6.1, Linux Mandrake
7.0, Corel Linux and Win Linux 2000. is there anybody out there whose can
explain to me whats the different and which one to use i also notice that
some of the above Os have different amount of CD's, as little as 1 to as
much as 5.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Clarke)
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: Where can I get licq RPM?
Date: 21 Apr 2000 10:57:13 GMT
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 11:51:23 +0800, Buck Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I find RPMs that end with .src.rpm. How do I go about installing
>these? When I try to install them with GnoRPM, absolutely
>nothing happens when I click on install.
rpm -Uvh something.src.rpm
cd /usr/src/redhat/SPECS
rpm -bb something.spec
[crunch crunch crunch]
cd ../RPMS
rpm -Uvh something.rpm
This is for redhat rpm (redhat package manager). First rpm installs the
source, second one patches,compiles,links,builds binary rpm, third one
installs the newly created binary rpm.
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From: Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Saving Real Audio Streams
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:57:39 +0000
Bill Putney wrote:
>
> Is there a way I can save streaming real audio content to my hard drive as
> .ra or .wav files, so I can play them back later? This would be extremely
> handy.
There is if you are willing to listen to them as your save them.
Check out vsound :
http://www.zip.com.au/~erikd/vsound/
Cheers,
Erik
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+-------------------------------------------------+
Erik de Castro Lopo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
+-------------------------------------------------+
"If dolphins are so smart, why do they live in igloos?" -Eric Cartman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Blackburn)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Acrobat PDF files
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:08:16 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi all
Is it possible to create an Acrobat PDF file in linux?
I am asking this as I was wondering whether I need to buy Acrobat 4.0 for
<shudder> windopes to create them?
I would be writing documents in staroffice most probably, but I will be burning
the doc onto a CD for reading under linux and <shudder> windopes.
Any help would be appreciated.
--
Charles Blackburn -=- Remove NOSPAM to email a reply.
Summerfield Technology Limited - SuSE Linux Reseller & Birmingham L.U.G sponsor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
12:24am up 11 days, 5:35, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.11
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Blackburn)
Subject: Re: the smallest o\s
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:13:57 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 23:30:07 +0100, ewrwerwerewr ewrwerwe wrote:
>hello I was wondering if anyone knew of any open source code that is very
>small & can install on a floppy?
>Thank you very much in advance
there's linux on a floppy, and the linux router project to name but two.
try www.linuxrouter.org (i think)
or even freshmeat.net and have a trawl around there.
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Summerfield Technology Limited - SuSE Linux Reseller & Birmingham L.U.G sponsor
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11:13am up 11 days, 16:24, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Blackburn)
Subject: Re: Using hdc as a file dump
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:18:04 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In comp.os.linux.misc, you wrote:
>My current system is setup with my main HD as hda, the CDROM as hdb and
>a 428MB HD as hdc (according to LILO). I would like to use the 428MB HD
>as a sort of storage bin for all my tarballs and mp3's which are
>currently taking up alot of room on my main harddrive. Being aware that
>this process might be beyond the scope of USENET help could somebody
>point me in the right direction to a HOW-TO? If it's a pretty straight
>forward process, how do I go about doing this? Thanks in advance.
easy, just format a filesystem onto hdc, and then mount it as a volume onto
your main HD, here's mine
/dev/hda3 on / type ext2 (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
/dev/hda1 on /boot type ext2 (rw)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=0620)
/dev/hda4 on /u type ext2 (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /mnt/jaz type vfat (rw,gid-500)
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Summerfield Technology Limited - SuSE Linux Reseller & Birmingham L.U.G sponsor
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
11:13am up 11 days, 16:24, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00
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From: Henrik Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: pilot-xfer on Linux
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 13:02:14 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Duane Evenson wrote:
>
>
> Richard Goldberg wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I had been using pilot-xfer on linux to back up my palm III for several
> > years.
> >
> > I just upgraded my OS from Mandrake 6.1 to VA-Linux Redhat and all of
> > the sudden pilot-xfer does not work anymore.
> >
> > I get "Unable to bind to port '/dev/cua0'"
cua's are an old standard, the new serials are ttyS0 and ttyS1
maybe you'll find some hints in the jpilot-manual, check below
--
Henrik Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.HenrikBecker.de
support FREE SOFTWARE www.KDE.org www.WINDOWMAKER.org www.LINUX.org
dt. J-Pilot Handbuch fertig: http://www.henrikbecker.de/jpilot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koos Pol)
Subject: Re: Login problem
Date: 21 Apr 2000 10:50:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 10:30:05 GMT, S.Prakash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Hi,
|
| I am having a problem with the logging into the linux server. I was
| working fine, but since today morning it is not allowing any of the user
| ID's to login.
|
| I am using RedHat linux 6.2. If i go into /etc/passwd file and remove the
| Passwd option then without password all the users are able to login.
|
| Can anyone tell what is stopping the machine from logging in with the
| password.
I think you could check if the whole login sequence is still in order:
Create a dummy user with a password and see if you can login with that id.
Also, are there any diagnostics in /var/log/mdessages?
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koos Pol)
Subject: Re: query about LINUX
Date: 21 Apr 2000 10:54:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:49:18 +0800, abdul rahman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| hi everybody
|
| i would like to use Linux Os, but have difficulty understanding the
| different between Linux Red Hat 6.0 & 6.1, Suse Linux 6.1, Linux Mandrake
| 7.0, Corel Linux and Win Linux 2000. is there anybody out there whose can
| explain to me whats the different and which one to use i also notice that
| some of the above Os have different amount of CD's, as little as 1 to as
| much as 5.
It is all a matter of taste. RedHat is generally considered more appropriate
for technical skilled people, and SuSE for not so technically skilled ones.
What is a fact is that SuSE comes with the largest distribution. (you decide
if that is a pro or a con) The others I don't have experienc with.
Just pick one (the cheapest?) and see if you like it or need to change...
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: MBSE BBS for Linux
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:18:02 GMT
Does anyone of you here use MBSE BBS for Linux? I browsed its home page
and I was impressed with its features. Can you tell me if it works? If
it does, I'll be using it in my computer.
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: printer problems
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:41:52 +0100
I get this when I try to configure my printer :-
An error has occurred on usr/lib/rhs-printfilters/printerdb : no such file
or
directory at usr/lib/libDrakX/printer.pm line 296
Can anyone help?Thanks.
P.S. I have posted this letter a few times but I can't seem to get a
response, I hope someone can help.
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From: "Felice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Help - How do you pronounce GNU?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:39:04 GMT
unless You know Italian or spanish You won't
Tandem Guy ha scritto nel messaggio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Thanks. Also it's nice to know I'm not the only one reading
>comp.os.linux.misc in the middle of the night :)
>
>Joseph Dale wrote:
>
>> Tandem Guy wrote:
>> >
>> > So, how do you pronounce GNU?
>>
>> like "nu", but with a "g" or "guh" in front.
Felice
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: printer problems
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:55:32 +0100
No need to answer my question as I have just stumbled across the answer
myself. The problem is that I have a winPrinter, goes well with my winModem.
My printer is a HP 720.
P.S. Bodyswerve Packard B stuff, as it's all bobbins.
Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8dpeoi$l0c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I get this when I try to configure my printer :-
>
> An error has occurred on usr/lib/rhs-printfilters/printerdb : no such file
> or
> directory at usr/lib/libDrakX/printer.pm line 296
>
> Can anyone help?Thanks.
>
> P.S. I have posted this letter a few times but I can't seem to get a
> response, I hope someone can help.
>
>
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From: Slawomir Siwek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Acrobat PDF files
Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:03:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Charles Blackburn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisa�(a):
> Hi all
> Is it possible to create an Acrobat PDF file in linux?
You may use Tex/LaTeX (pdflatex)
You may use any kind of program which generates PostScript files (ps2pdf)
--
S�awomir Siwek.
Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne SA
To co przed @ to pu�apka na spamer�w.
Linuser #126048
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From: Joseph Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Help - How do you pronounce GNU?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:18:20 GMT
Felice wrote:
>
> unless You know Italian or spanish You won't
>
> Tandem Guy ha scritto nel messaggio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Thanks. Also it's nice to know I'm not the only one reading
> >comp.os.linux.misc in the middle of the night :)
> >
> >Joseph Dale wrote:
> >
> >> Tandem Guy wrote:
> >> >
> >> > So, how do you pronounce GNU?
> >>
> >> like "nu", but with a "g" or "guh" in front.
>
> Felice
Well, I only know French, English, German, C, Java, Lisp, Scheme, HTML,
and MIPS assembly language, and I'll bet you can figure out which one I
use for everyday discourse (it ain't MIPS).
So, please enlighten us!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: tar commands
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:23:27 GMT
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 10:51:50 +1000, Russell said:
>I have another problem. Recently I have been trying to learn how to backup
>using tar, however, I can only seem to manage to tar certain files within a
>directory but not to a device.
>
>The devices I would like to backup to are a floppy (/dev/fd0) and a
>removable HDD (/dev/hdc1), so far I have been unsuccessful in backing up to
>these devices, the command I have used so far are, tar -cf Archive1.tar
>(file names that i want archived) to the device i want it backed up to
>/dev/fd0 or /dev/hdc1.
Just replace the filename with /dev/fd0 or /dev/hdc1; if you want
multi-volume floppies, add the option -M.
>I would like to be able to backup to either one of these devices and restore
>these file or directories to it's original location, any hints or suggestion
>would be appreciated.
>
>Thank you
>
>Russell
>
>using RedHat 6.2
>
>
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: Arbitary precision libraries.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:24:13 GMT
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:21:41 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>Hi
>
>Does anyone know of any arbitary precision libraries for Linux?
GNU has one; I can't remember the name. Check out:
http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html
it's in there somewhere.
Robie.
>
>Thanks
>
>-Ed
>
>
>--
>Did you know that the oldest known rock is the famous Hackenthorpe rock,
>which
>is over three trillion years old?
> -The Hackenthorpe Book of Lies
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: /etc/issue.net?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:26:11 GMT
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 01:36:39 GMT, Chris F.A. Johnson said:
>On Tue, 18 Apr 2000 07:30:18 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>: I tried to remove /etc/issue.net or put empty words in it so that
>: nothing to be displayed while login, especially the information of
>: operating system and version number. But every time after I reboot the
>: machine, the original issue.net overlapped again. How can I keep my own
>: /etc/issue.net?
If you're using Redhat, you'll find that issue and issue.net are written
in /etc/rc.d/rc.local; just comment out the relevant lines.
Or, you could:
>Create a file .hushlogin in your home directory (from a shell,
>"touch ~/.hushlogin" will do it).
>
>
>--
> Chris F.A. Johnson
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.interlog.com/~cfaj
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Everything in moderation - including moderation
Robie.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: query about LINUX
Date: 21 Apr 2000 08:26:41 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Koos Pol wrote:
> It is all a matter of taste. RedHat is generally considered more appropriate
> for technical skilled people,
Perhaps this (above) should be "Debian".
> and SuSE for not so technically skilled ones.
> What is a fact is that SuSE comes with the largest distribution.
Larger than Debian?
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Michael J. Ayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux beyond newbie q? inspiron 7500 redhat 6.1
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:30:04 GMT
ADAM wrote:
>
> Ok a question seen everywhere on every board. But still not answered in
my
> book. I have RedHat 6.1 on a Dell inspiron 7500 and cannot make the
> Xserver work, tried gazillionz of combinations with xf86config only come
up
> short if having a screen split in 3 when i use Redhat 5.2 and Mandrake
7.
>
> Problem 1: Now when I load 6.1 up everything loads up with the wrong
> kernel version.
>
> system.map incorrect kernel version
> fails to activate swap partition
> /lib/modules/2.0.36/modules.dep FAILS
> filesystems mount /fs type devpts not supported by kernel
>
> Login screen shows Kernel 2.0.36 on an i686
> shows login prompt,
> 5 seconds later flickers then screen blanks. and I can't do anything
>
> When I boot from floppy it boots up clean but the kenel version is
> different: 2.2.something (sorry im on my win98 partition) but still
blanks
> out...
>
> problem 2... doesn't recognise lan card 3com 3CCFE574BT or cardmgr not
> working.
>
> problem 3... probably the most important. Xserver ok I've read all the
> necessary thing I need for a new Xserver (XFree86) and stuff, but do not
> know what (exactly), how to transfer from floppy (Im a newbie remember
and
> my LAN card doesn't work), and why it reads my GRFX card but chokes on my
> generic LCD monitor.
>
> Please help! Thanks.
> -adam
> email if you can help [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
First and foremost: Get a copy of the latest Kernel in RPM form from a
linux mirror.
Do a rpm -U --nodeps <kernel.rpm>
Then...edit /etc/lilo.conf to point to the newley installed kernel
Then run /bin/lilo to load the kernel into the bootloader
Reboot
This should fix all your lan and kernel problems.
Find out from xfree86.org what version of the x binary to use for your
video card and install that
Then use the XConfigurator to point to that binary. Once you do that and
test the X server...make sure that you have the screen resolution set to i
BELIEVE 1024x768....otherwise your laptop screen might come out a little
screwed up. Let me know if you need anything. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robie Basak)
Subject: Re: neighbour table overflow kernel messages
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:34:17 GMT
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 19:39:58 GMT, Tom Williams said:
>Hi! I'm usgin RedHat 6.0 w/ a custom 2.2.14 kernel and glibc-2.1.3.
>The system has been working fine for a long time and recently I've
>started noticing "neighbour table overflow" kernel messages in
>/var/log/messages. Coincidentally, the Apache 1.3.12 server running on
>the box is NOT accessible. It starts just fine and binds to both IPs
>(it's a multi-homed machine) on port 80 fine, but when I try to connect
>using "lynx" on the Machine itself, I get a "Cannot connect to host"
>message and "lynx" terminates.
>
>I'm guessing it's related to the "neighbour table overflow" messages but
>I'm not sure. Any ideas as to what this message means?
This happened to be once; I think that the kernel's arp cache is
overflowing.
I solved the problem by separating the two ethernets the two NICs
were connected to. I'm not sure how much that would help you,
though.
>
>My system is a Pentium II-400 MHz w/ 256 MB of RAM.
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Peace.....
>
>Tom
>
>
>Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
>Before you buy.
Robie.
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From: "Chris Beauchamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Acrobat PDF files
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 12:33:32 GMT
"Charles Blackburn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi all
>
> Is it possible to create an Acrobat PDF file in linux?
>
> I am asking this as I was wondering whether I need to buy Acrobat 4.0 for
> <shudder> windopes to create them?
>
A quick search on freshmeat.net for pdf came up with (among other things)
http://odo.kettering.edu/dvipdfm/ ... There seems to be quite a few
different ones.
HTH
Chris
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From: "G. R. Gaudreau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: query about LINUX
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 08:52:11 -0400
Koos Pol wrote:
>
> On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 18:49:18 +0800, abdul rahman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | hi everybody
> |
> | i would like to use Linux Os, but have difficulty understanding the
> | different between Linux Red Hat 6.0 & 6.1, Suse Linux 6.1, Linux Mandrake
> | 7.0, Corel Linux and Win Linux 2000. is there anybody out there whose can
> | explain to me whats the different and which one to use i also notice that
> | some of the above Os have different amount of CD's, as little as 1 to as
> | much as 5.
>
> It is all a matter of taste. RedHat is generally considered more appropriate
> for technical skilled people, and SuSE for not so technically skilled ones.
> What is a fact is that SuSE comes with the largest distribution. (you decide
> if that is a pro or a con) The others I don't have experienc with.
>
> Just pick one (the cheapest?) and see if you like it or need to change...
The Mandrake-Linux 7.0-2 distro (note that the '-2' is a bug-fixed iso)
is also good for non-technical people, such as me, for instance. I found
the install to be a breeze. As well, their Netscape package (4.70) is
pretty stable; I've yet to experience a crash with it, even with java
and javascript turned on, which often causes problems on other distros.
If you're like me, a cheap bastard :), you can ask a friend to use
his/her high speed connection to download the iso image and burn it unto
a CD, or get a copy somewhere, cheap. You don't have to spend big bucks
to get it; after all, it *is* Linux. All in all, they have a good distro
for beginners or non-technical people.
--
G. R. Gaudreau
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.xoom.com/grgaud/
Customer: "I just installed Windows 98..."
Tech: "Yes?"
Customer: " Now my computer won't work!"
Tech: "You've already said that."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edwin Johnson)
Subject: Re: Help with Yamaha YMF 744
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 Apr 2000 12:54:50 GMT
I have a Yamaha card in my Panasonic laptop and it isn't supported, but the
commercial driver from OSS (www.opensound.com) installed effortless and
works flawlessly. As I remember the license was $25 plus $10 for the
specific driver.
...Edwin
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 11:09:37 +0200, Thys de Wet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anybody know how i can get this card to work under redhat 6.2 ??
>It detects it and then proceeds to tell me that it is not supported....
>HELP
>
>Thanx
>Thys
>
>
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~ Edwin Johnson ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~
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From: Peter Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: on-the-fly file-compressing?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:47:41 +0200
On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:14:36 +0200, "Melanie Charlier"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hi everybody!
>
>is there a way to do on-the-fly compress at linux filesystems as i can do in
>windows?
>
>marcus
>
I use e2compression, and it works extremely well, haven't had a single
problem (as far as I am aware), and the performance doesn't suffer
(much).
-pepe-
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From: Peter Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: on-the-fly file-compressing?
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:56:20 +0200
On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 14:47:41 +0200, Peter Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I use e2compression, and it works extremely well, haven't had a single
>problem (as far as I am aware), and the performance doesn't suffer
>(much).
Just have to add something, in order to avoid confusion:
In a german linux group I mentioned serious and repeated file system
crashes that I suffered from in the past, but this was with an older
kernel and *without* e2compression.
At present, I use kernel 2.0.36 and e2compression, under these
circumstances I never had problems with file system disasters, and
e2compression saves quite a lot of disk space.
Don't forget to compile in the kernel "indirect cluster bitmap" (if I
remember correctly the term), or you won't be able to compress larger
files.
Regards
-pepe-
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