Linux-Misc Digest #344, Volume #24 Tue, 2 May 00 13:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux and SCO (Bill Vermillion)
how to move DHCP info to ipchains? (MrJack)
Re: Linux and SCO ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS (Bob)
Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: �ڪ� DNS �L�k����r, �ڳs nslookup ���S�k�ΤF, �L�� non-exsistent host/domain,
("vincent")
Creating diskette image ? (Andre-John Mas)
Re: How do I shutdown my PC? ("Joseph")
Re: Tape Backup Parameters (Kerry Cox)
Re: Tape Backup Parameters (Kerry Cox)
Re: Tape Backup Parameters (Kerry Cox)
Re: Creating diskette image ? (Vilmos Soti)
Re: iBCS (Paul Oldham)
Linux Distributions and source ? (Andre-John Mas)
Re: Kernel recompile for IP Masquerade (Julian)
Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie (Damon)
Re: Linux Distributions and source ? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie (Damon)
Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie (Damon)
Re: Help: ttyS3 not receiving data. (input overrun) (Bob Hauck)
Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie (Damon)
Re: Linux Distributions and source ? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Printing via lpr ("Edouard Lauer")
Re: KDE vs Gnome? (aflinsch)
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Vermillion)
Subject: Re: Linux and SCO
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 15:02:19 GMT
In article <GjAP4.20195$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In comp.unix.sco.misc Bill Vermillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Since I don't have any Linux systems running here at the moment -
>> let me ask this. Does the Linux implementation accuratly
>> emulate the VT100 - where the <-- key is ^? and shift <--
>> is ^H.
>I'm not at home either: I recall this as control/backarrow though,
>rather than shift/backarrow.
Well that would be strange mapping in a VT environment. In a
terminal environment if based on the classic hardware
implementation where the control key just forced the top 3 bits
to 0 level - if backspace ( you said back arrow - so I hope you are
talking about what is called the backspace key as opposed to the
left-arrow key - they are not the same) then if the non-shifted
BS/del key gave you ^? (0177/0x7f/127d) then the control backspace
would give you "us" (0037,0x1f,31d).
In the PC keyboard environment you can make any key map to anything
you wish (within reason) - but to have such behavior occur would
surely be against the original control key design.
D
--
Bill Vermillion bv @ wjv.com
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From: MrJack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to move DHCP info to ipchains?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 15:25:36 GMT
Hi,
I have DHCP via roadrunner-
I'm installing ipchains, and have run into the problem of
getting the IPADDR etc into ipchains.
The info I need is laid out very nicely in
/etc/dhcp/dhcpc-eth0.info (may not have gotten that
exactly right since I'm in W98 now).
How do get that info into ipchains, and make sure it gets updated as it
changes?
Thanks very much-
James
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux and SCO
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.sco.misc
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 15:27:56 GMT
In comp.unix.sco.misc Bill Vermillion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <GjAP4.20195$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I'm not at home either: I recall this as control/backarrow though,
>>rather than shift/backarrow.
> Well that would be strange mapping in a VT environment. In a
> terminal environment if based on the classic hardware
> implementation where the control key just forced the top 3 bits
> to 0 level - if backspace ( you said back arrow - so I hope you are
> talking about what is called the backspace key as opposed to the
( yes ;-)
> left-arrow key - they are not the same) then if the non-shifted
> BS/del key gave you ^? (0177/0x7f/127d) then the control backspace
> would give you "us" (0037,0x1f,31d).
there are exceptions for some terminals (control/shift/6 aka control/uparrow)
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 15:30:04 GMT
> I seem more
> confused than before. I am not sure which Linux OS purchase and install.
> As a newbie, can any one recommend a Linux brand name and book for a new
> user?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Roman
Roman,
I am also a Linux newbie and I understand your confusion. I also did a
lot of research and decided on SuSE Linux 6.4
I installed it on my dual boot PC (Windows 98) this past weekend (April
29). The install was easy enough but after re-booting my PC into Linux, I
cannot access the KDE desk top. (More info on this can be seen in the
unanswered Linux question section).
I have been waiting since Saturday for a response from SuSE Tech Support.
They offer 60 day free support but if it takes days to get one response
back, this is going to be very frustrating. They only offer phone support
on Mondays and Thursdays.
I found the SuSe manuals very confusing for a beginner. I therefore
purchased the book 'Running Linux' - I'd heard good things about this
book.
Bottom line - perhaps I would have been better off with another
distribution.
If you are still interested, I can let you know what happens when I hear
from SuSE.
Bob
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS
Date: 2 May 2000 15:41:01 GMT
Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I am also a Linux newbie and I understand your confusion. I also did a
: lot of research and decided on SuSE Linux 6.4
: I installed it on my dual boot PC (Windows 98) this past weekend (April
: 29). The install was easy enough but after re-booting my PC into Linux, I
: cannot access the KDE desk top. (More info on this can be seen in the
: unanswered Linux question section).
: I have been waiting since Saturday for a response from SuSE Tech Support.
Don't bother. If you "can't access KDE" then you messed up bad, pure
and simple., and you should fix it.
Just answer these questions:
1) can you log in at the console (give the parameter "2" at the lilo
boot. E.g "linux 2")?
2) once at the console, can you run X (type /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_VGA16)?
3) can you run X using the correct server (type
/usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA or whatevever)?
4) can you run X using the symlink to the correct server (type X)?
5) can you run X and start the kde services on top of it
(edit .xinitrc to contain the word startkde, make it executable
with chmod, and type startx)?
Give the error messages if there are any.
Peter
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From: "vincent" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
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From: Andre-John Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creating diskette image ?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 15:44:13 GMT
Hi,
Could someone tell me how a can make a disk image file from a
diskette, ie I have diskette and I want to make a file out of
it? I believe I can use dd to do this, but I am not
experienced enough to know how to do this.
Andre
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Before you buy.
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From: "Joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How do I shutdown my PC?
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 11:51:17 -0400
"/sbin/halt " will shut down your computer properly. And if you have one of
those ATX powersupplies with an ATX motherboard, RH 6.0 will turn off the
computer for you :-)
You may have to be root to run it.
Regards, joseph.
Tandem Guy wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hello,
>
>I'm a new user of Linux in general and Redhad 6.0 in particular. This
>may be a silly question, but what is the safest/best way to turn off my
>PC which is running Redhat 6.0 (and only Redhat 6.0). I've been exiting
>out of X-Windows or whatever it is called and then logging off with exit
>which puts me back at the login prompt. Once at the login prompt I kill
>the power to the PC. Should I be doing something more, because when I
>turn the PC on I often get errors telling me there are problems with my
>filesystem which need to be repaired? So, should I be doing something
>more when I'm ready to power off my PC? Thanks in advance.
>
>Tandem Guy
>
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Tape Backup Parameters
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 09:53:23 -0600
Martin Sanborn wrote:
> dump -u0f /dev/nht0 -b 64 -B 2000000 / && dump -u0f /dev/nht0 -b 64 -B
> 2000000 /usr && dump -u0f /dev/nht0 -b 64 -B 200000 /home
>
> Now let's say you've accidentally deleted files on /usr. To restore, cd to
> /usr and type
>
> restore -i -s 2 -f /dev/nht0
>
Martin and others,
I found your comments very helpful. Thanks. I was finally able to get
multiple partitions to be backed up on one tape. However, restoring
them has been a problem, so I may not have actually backed them up
correctly.
I have four partitions on a server that I am backing up; /, /usr, /home
and /usr/local in that order.
Here is how I back up those systems based on your suggestions.
/sbin/dump -u0f /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/" /dev/hda1 && /sbin/dump
-0uf /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/home" /dev/hda6 && /sbin/dump -0uf
/dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/usr" /dev/hda7 && /sbin/dump -0uf
/dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/usr/local" /dev/hda5
Then when I do a restore
restore -b 4000000 -s 1 -f /dev/st1
restore -i -s 1 -f /dev/st1
restore -i -s 2 -f /dev/st1
None of thse options work. All I ever see is the /usr/local partition
which is the last partition I back up. This leads me to believe that the
last backup overwites all the previous backups.
I am using the very latest dump rpm, dump-0.4b15-1, running on a Red Hat
6.1 machine using a HP JetStore 6000 with DDS-2 tapes that hold 4 GBs
uncompressed.
I would be interested in any comments on getting this to work. I am
assuming based on my experience with ufsdump under Solaris that there is
a no-rewind option. I have looked through all the books but cannot find
anything like this for Linux.
Thanks.
KJ
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Kerry J. Cox .,. System Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .,. KSL Radio/TV
(801) 575-7771 .,. http://www.ksl.com/
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Tape Backup Parameters
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 09:56:37 -0600
Kerry Cox wrote:
>
> Martin Sanborn wrote:
> > dump -u0f /dev/nht0 -b 64 -B 2000000 / && dump -u0f /dev/nht0 -b 64 -B
> > 2000000 /usr && dump -u0f /dev/nht0 -b 64 -B 200000 /home
> >
> > Now let's say you've accidentally deleted files on /usr. To restore, cd to
> > /usr and type
> >
> > restore -i -s 2 -f /dev/nht0
> >
>
> Martin and others,
> I found your comments very helpful. Thanks. I was finally able to get
> multiple partitions to be backed up on one tape. However, restoring
> them has been a problem, so I may not have actually backed them up
> correctly.
> I have four partitions on a server that I am backing up; /, /usr, /home
> and /usr/local in that order.
> Here is how I back up those systems based on your suggestions.
>
> /sbin/dump -u0f /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/" /dev/hda1 && /sbin/dump
> -0uf /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/home" /dev/hda6 && /sbin/dump -0uf
> /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/usr" /dev/hda7 && /sbin/dump -0uf
> /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/usr/local" /dev/hda5
>
> Then when I do a restore
>
> restore -b 4000000 -s 1 -f /dev/st1
> restore -i -s 1 -f /dev/st1
> restore -i -s 2 -f /dev/st1
>
> None of thse options work. All I ever see is the /usr/local partition
> which is the last partition I back up. This leads me to believe that the
> last backup overwites all the previous backups.
> I am using the very latest dump rpm, dump-0.4b15-1, running on a Red Hat
> 6.1 machine using a HP JetStore 6000 with DDS-2 tapes that hold 4 GBs
> uncompressed.
> I would be interested in any comments on getting this to work. I am
> assuming based on my experience with ufsdump under Solaris that there is
> a no-rewind option. I have looked through all the books but cannot find
> anything like this for Linux.
> Thanks.
> KJ
>
> --
>
> _.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-*.,_.,+=~'`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,
> Kerry J. Cox .,. System Administrator
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] .,. KSL Radio/TV
> (801) 575-7771 .,. http://www.ksl.com/
> ICQ# 37681165 .,. http://quasi.ksl.com/linux/
> _.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,_.,+*=~`^"-.,_.,+=%~`^"-.,_.,+=~`^"-.,
Uh....I just noticed the no-rewind option. You need to put an n before
the device type. Instead of /dev/st1 it needs to read /dev/nst1. I'm
trying this now to see how well it wokrs. Sorry for the confusion.
RTFM, Kerry.
KJ
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Kerry J. Cox .,. System Administrator
[EMAIL PROTECTED] .,. KSL Radio/TV
(801) 575-7771 .,. http://www.ksl.com/
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From: Kerry Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Tape Backup Parameters
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 09:58:42 -0600
Kerry Cox wrote:
>
> Kerry Cox wrote:
> >
> > Martin Sanborn wrote:
> > > dump -u0f /dev/nht0 -b 64 -B 2000000 / && dump -u0f /dev/nht0 -b 64 -B
> > > 2000000 /usr && dump -u0f /dev/nht0 -b 64 -B 200000 /home
> > >
> > > Now let's say you've accidentally deleted files on /usr. To restore, cd to
> > > /usr and type
> > >
> > > restore -i -s 2 -f /dev/nht0
> > >
> >
> > Martin and others,
> > I found your comments very helpful. Thanks. I was finally able to get
> > multiple partitions to be backed up on one tape. However, restoring
> > them has been a problem, so I may not have actually backed them up
> > correctly.
> > I have four partitions on a server that I am backing up; /, /usr, /home
> > and /usr/local in that order.
> > Here is how I back up those systems based on your suggestions.
> >
> > /sbin/dump -u0f /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/" /dev/hda1 && /sbin/dump
> > -0uf /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/home" /dev/hda6 && /sbin/dump -0uf
> > /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/usr" /dev/hda7 && /sbin/dump -0uf
> > /dev/st1 -b 64 -B 4000000 -L "/usr/local" /dev/hda5
> >
> > Then when I do a restore
> >
> > restore -b 4000000 -s 1 -f /dev/st1
> > restore -i -s 1 -f /dev/st1
> > restore -i -s 2 -f /dev/st1
> >
> > None of thse options work. All I ever see is the /usr/local partition
> > which is the last partition I back up. This leads me to believe that the
> > last backup overwites all the previous backups.
> > I am using the very latest dump rpm, dump-0.4b15-1, running on a Red Hat
> > 6.1 machine using a HP JetStore 6000 with DDS-2 tapes that hold 4 GBs
> > uncompressed.
> > I would be interested in any comments on getting this to work. I am
> > assuming based on my experience with ufsdump under Solaris that there is
> > a no-rewind option. I have looked through all the books but cannot find
> > anything like this for Linux.
> > Thanks.
> > KJ
The no-rewind or /dev/nst1 option does not work under Linux using this
dump command. Any ideas?
KJ
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Subject: Re: Creating diskette image ?
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:14:13 GMT
Andre-John Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Could someone tell me how a can make a disk image file from a
> diskette, ie I have diskette and I want to make a file out of
> it? I believe I can use dd to do this, but I am not
> experienced enough to know how to do this.
If you want to use dd, then
dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy.image
However, a
cat /dev/fd0 > floppy.image
is easier for me.
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Oldham)
Subject: Re: iBCS
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 17:13 +0100 (BST)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Paul Oldham) growled:
> We've been struggling to compile iBCS with Debian 2.1 (2.0.36 kernel).
Thanks to Geoff who gave me the hint that got me to the solution (I'd
omitted to apply the Debian specific patches, and even after that I had to
tweak one Makefile, but it's working now).
--
Paul Oldham, Milton, Cambridge, UK
http://the-hug.org/paul/
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From: Andre-John Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Distributions and source ?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:11:39 GMT
Hi,
Can someone tell me which distributions come with the source
code for the packaged utilities. I know Redhat does, though
I am not sure for Suse and the others?
Andre
--
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Before you buy.
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From: Julian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel recompile for IP Masquerade
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:30:04 GMT
I had the same problem, I am using SuSe 6.1 kernel 2.2.14 and I couldn't
find IP defrag and IP forward/gateway so I finaly just tryd it without
these too and it all worked perfectly.
Julian
Karl wrote:
>
>
> I was recompiling my kernel for IP Masq. today. According to the
> instructions in the Ip Masq. HOWTO, one of the things to set is
> IP: always defragment to yes. I used both make config and make
> menuconfig and I couldn't find that option anywhere. Everything
> else that was listed in the HOWTO was there. Is defragging a
> default in 2.2.x kernels? I'm running RH6.0 with kernel 2.2.5-15.
>
> thx-
>
> kb.
>
> -----------------------------------------------
> No, I don't have Tourette Syndrome.
>
> I just think you're an asshole.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 00:30:41 +0800
Thanks Eric, but i got this error when i tried the command you give
mount: /dev/fd0 is not a block device (maybe try '-o
loop'?)
when i tried with the option -o loop, i got an even longer error message
mount: wrong fs type, ..............
Regards
Damon
P.S. - remove DONT_MASS_WITH_ME to correspond
Eric wrote:
> > 2) How to use DOSEMU to copy files from Linux to a DOS formatted
> > floppy disk.
>
> Why would you want to use DOSEMU for that?
> just mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
> and then copy the files to /mnt/floppy
> umount /mnt/floppy when you're done
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Linux Distributions and source ?
Date: 02 May 2000 12:38:53 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 02 May 2000 16:11:39 GMT, Andre-John Mas
<<8emuna$a19$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi,
>
> Can someone tell me which distributions come with the source
> code for the packaged utilities. I know Redhat does, though
> I am not sure for Suse and the others?
According to the page at http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html , when you
distribute things licensed under the GPL (like 75% of the software in the
average Linux distro) you are legally required to provide the source code
for the cost of transferring a copy. So SuSE, Mandrake, TurboLinux,
Caldera, and every other serious distribution[0] will include a CD or two
containing an enormous amount of source code in .rpm, , .deb, or .tgz
format. Note that commercial packages such as Applixware, StarOffice,
Civilization CTP, and such will not have source available. Also, a couple
of things may have been left out due to lack of space (SuSE 6.1 included
x11amp without the source! You could download the source easily, but
still...)
[0] LinuxOne *SPIT* wasn't going to do this. Idiots.
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There is no Darkness in Eternity \##| creative ways of being stupid,
But only Light too dim for us to see \#| as I have to run nothing but a
(Unless, of course, you're working with NT)\| burp in the butt. --MegaHAL
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From: Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 00:38:05 +0800
Thanks Patricia,
I got the NumLock automatically set on booting up my Linux. A slight misunderstanding
about X
numlocking.
I noticed that the commands you give below permanently map the keyboard in X window.
I was
just looking for a way to default the NumLock as on upon X window startup. That way, i
could
then release the numlock anytime later by just pressing the NumLock button again.
(suppose i
want to use the num pad for navigation instead)
Anyway, it very helpful of you, thank you.
Regards
Damon
P.S.- remove DONT_MASS_WITH_ME to correspond.
>
> Damon
> In your home directory look for the file .Xmodmap (touch /home/.Xmodmap)if it
>doesn't exist
> Add the following lines
>
> keycode 79=7
> keycode 80=8
> keycode 81=9
>
> keycode 83=4
> keycode 84=5
> keycode 85=6
>
> keycode 87=1
> keycode 88=2
> keycode 89=3
>
> keycode 90=0
> keycode 91=period
>
> keycode 86=plus
>
> save .Xmodmap
> Restart x
>
>
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From: Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 00:39:38 +0800
Thanks Rick,
My BIOS numlock is set as on.
Regards
Damon
Rick Bestany wrote:
> For the numlock, you may also want to look in your BIOS.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Help: ttyS3 not receiving data. (input overrun)
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 16:44:17 GMT
On Mon, 01 May 2000 16:22:21 -0500, Duane Touchet
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Actually, it's not bogus. The box does not have Com1 and 2.
Ok, that qualifies for what I meant. I meant that the output looked weird
not that you made it up.
You might look around to see if your system has a script called something
like "/etc/rc.d/rc.serial". If so, you could probably comment out the
setup for ttyS0 and ttyS1.
>Linux, but how do I tell Linux that I don't have a Com1 and 2?
You could use setserial to configure ttyS0 and ttyS1 as 0x3e8 and 0x2e8
and then disable ttyS2 and 3. Something like:
setserial /dev/ttyS0 port 0x3e8 irq 4
setserial /dev/ttyS1 port 0x2e8 irq 3
setserial /dev/ttyS2 uart none
setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart none
Or you could just disable ttyS0 and 1 with the "uart none" syntax.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: Damon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Sorry, need help with simple linux questions from a newbie
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 00:42:50 +0800
Thanks Joachim,
But i don't know why mcopy didn't work. When i go to /mnt/floppy and do a
ls, i can see the file but it's just not on the floppy diskette.
Regards
Damon
Joachim Feise wrote:
>
> Why so complicated? Use the mtools: mdir, mcopy, ...
> Again, for usage consult the man pages.
>
> -Joe
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Distributions and source ?
Date: 2 May 2000 16:33:16 GMT
Andre-John Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Can someone tell me which distributions come with the source
: code for the packaged utilities. I know Redhat does, though
All of them do. Man GPL.
: I am not sure for Suse and the others?
Peter
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From: "Edouard Lauer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Printing via lpr
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 18:48:20 +0200
Hello,
I've setup lpd on Windows NT and printing works fine from Linux. Problem is
that every document comes in Landscape when using the lpr command. Is there
a possibility to print the document in Landscape with little fonts by the
means of lpr???
Printer on NT is a Postscript Printer (Digital LN17ps) with PASSTHRU
defined. Linux version is RedHat 6.1 and printer was defined with printtool.
Thanks a lot for your help,
Edi Lauer
P.S: Please write answer back to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE vs Gnome?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 12:35:18 -0500
Pal Dahle wrote:
>
> Can anyone please inform me what the differences between KDE and Gnome
No real differences, and a whole lot of differences.
> *really* are? What are the advantages/disadvantages of either system.
> Which one should I use as a newbie or as an experienced user? Is either
The best way to decide is to try them both and see which one you like
better. Try some of the other environments also (blackbox and
afterstep are pretty nice also, you might prefer something else)
> one better for development etc?
This one depends on wether you prefer c++ or plain old c. Personally I
find programming in gnome/gtk (c) easier than kde/qt (c++). However I
usually work in a kde environment, as I find it a bit easier to use
than gnome. You might find the opposite or something else that suits
you better.
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