Linux-Misc Digest #542, Volume #24 Sun, 21 May 00 10:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: serial mice & cheap motherboards ? (Mike Keiser)
Re: Polskie TrueType (Stanislaw Flatto)
Re: Editor for linux like WinEDT available? (Andy Piper)
Re: How do I install sofware, must I use yast2 ?? (Stanislaw Flatto)
New Kernel problems ("Fremantle IP Division Meeting")
Re: extra keys functionality? (Steve)
Re: site wide search capability (Steve)
Re: What's the difference between NT4 And Linux? (Steve)
Re: Hard Drive Light Always On (Steve)
Re: Opinions: An Adequate Starter System? (Steve)
Re: database recommendation needed (Steve)
repositioning gdm login window ("W. Taylor Holliday")
Re: StarImpress 5.1 use question (Amanda Baker)
Re: Opinions: An Adequate Starter System? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Disregard--test message (Barry Rutten)
Re: Netscape spell checker in 472 (David Kirkpatrick)
Creative Labs TNT ("Scott")
Re: New Kernel problems ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: chmod problem (Garry Knight)
Problem establishing PPP connection (Atika Mustafa)
afio backup to jazz problems (Nick Garigliano)
Re: Creative Labs TNT (sandrews)
Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux (Richard Steiner)
WinFast TV 2000 install (Eric Ho)
Linux email and file rights problems
/dev/ttyp1: Read-only file system
Re: sig 11 with quake2 (Jacek =?iso-8859-2?Q?Pop=B3awski?=)
Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux (Matthias Warkus)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Keiser)
Subject: Re: serial mice & cheap motherboards ?
Date: 21 May 2000 11:05:40 GMT
>When changing the motherboard, you _did_ use the serial
>connectors that came with the new board, did you? Otherwise,
>there's no guarantee at all that they use the same wiring.
>Only the external plug's layout is standardized; the internal
>part (going from the motherboard to the plug) isn't.
yikes! we hadn't considered that - although we _may_ have tested
it with the included ones at one point, I know that at the
moment it's using the old serial connector. I'll change that
tomorrow morning.
thanks!
- mike keiser
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Polskie TrueType
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 11:11:07 GMT
Rafael wrote:
>
> Pomocy
> Troche jestem zly na siebie, ze pokusilem sie uzywac Linuxa jako
> desktop. Do momentu kiedy uzywalem Linuxa jako serwera caly czas
> wszystko chwalilem. Teraz zaczyna powoli szlak mnie trafiac. A wszystko
> przez te cholerne polskie ogonki.
> Ostatnio chcialem zainstalowac troche truetype fontow. Wszystko gladko
> poszlo, fonty dzialaja, ale uzyskac Polskich fontow nie mozna za chiny.
> Nie wiem czy problem nie tkwi w tym , ze xfs zle albo nie potrafi
> zinterpretowac Unicodu. Jezeli uzywa sie starych truetypow (CE) to
> takich problemow moze nie byc bo po prostu polskie znaki sa w przedziale
> 128-256. Ale nie o to chodzi aby sie cofac.
>
> Rafal
Zrozumiec, zrozumialem ale odpowiem po angielsku.
Transfer TTFonts from MS-Windows system directory. They work.
Should install TTFonts server and initiate it before calling X-Windows.
Actually the call is from rc.local.
Have fun...
--
******* Stanislaw ********
Monolog - one person talking to himself,
dialog - two people talking to themselves.
-Shaike Ofir-
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From: Andy Piper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Editor for linux like WinEDT available?
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 11:29:48 +0100
David wrote:
> is there an editor for linux like WinEDT available? I really like the
> powerful configurability and I never have found something comparable for
> linux. Maybe I searched in the wrong places?
Would nedit help? http://www.nedit.org
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Andy Piper - Fareham, Hampshire (UK)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
OpenUT for Linux http://openut.sourceforge.net
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From: Stanislaw Flatto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I install sofware, must I use yast2 ??
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 11:22:30 GMT
Rick wrote:
>
> Ho on earth can someone install software on a linux machine...
Linux is direct descendant of Grandpa Unix. So the answer is
"administration".
> Do I have to use yast2..
NO. Yast2 is very recent, things were done with Yast and without it.
> Am I missing something ??
Yes, a VERY good book on Unix/Linux administration NOT connected to
particular distribution.
>
> With kind regards, Rick
And as SuSE recommends "Have a lot of fun..."
--
******* Stanislaw ********
Monolog - one person talking to himself,
dialog - two people talking to themselves.
-Shaike Ofir-
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From: "Fremantle IP Division Meeting" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: New Kernel problems
Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 14:54:32 +1000
I have just changed my Kernel from 2.2.5-22 to 2.3.13. My problem is now I
get errors saying there is something wrong wioth the system map !!!!!.
How do I fix this Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: extra keys functionality?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 May 2000 12:27:04 GMT
>
>ps I know i'm root
^^^^^^
Not a good idea, set up a username, you'll have a home directory
and access to all the programs you need to run, and you'll be
much safer.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: site wide search capability
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 May 2000 12:27:00 GMT
On Sat, 20 May 2000 07:12:43 GMT, Mike Thompson wrote:
>Hi Oktay,
>
>You may want look at www.atomz.com. Atomz.com is an alternative
>hosted search service to Searchbutton.com that is also free, but does
>not display ad banners on the search results and allows 100%
>customization to blend seamlessly with your web site. For a quick
>example of another Atomz.com customer, you can try searching
>www.oreilly.com and see what they did with Atomz.com search. You
>would be getting the exact same search engine that Oreilly uses.
>
>I hope you find this information useful.
>
Thanks Mike
That's a very useful resource.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: What's the difference between NT4 And Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 May 2000 12:27:00 GMT
On Sat, 20 May 2000 07:30:02 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>well hi there and hope that you guys could help me out...
>i've got yhis question for my assignment and here it goes...
>the comparison between windows and UNIX.
>i am really stuck here so i guess if there's any website or any other to
>know the comparison. please reply, thank you.
>
And some more.....
http://unix-vs-nt.org/kirch/
http://unix-vs-nt.org/webservers.html/
http://opensourceit.earthweb.com/tools/000327_mainframe.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Hard Drive Light Always On
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 May 2000 12:27:03 GMT
On Sun, 21 May 2000 06:29:47 GMT, Kevin Brown wrote:
>When running RedHat Linux 6.2, my hard drive LED is always on, even
>though the hard drive is inactive. This also occurs in win2000 and
>winNT, but the light works fine in win98, only coming on when its
>supposed to. I have a Tekram P6B40-A4X motherboard with an on-board
>dual udma 33 disk controller. I have a western digital 20 gig drive as
>master and an IBM 6.4 gig as slave on the primary chain. I have a
>creative 52x reader as master and a creative 4x2x24 writer as slave on
>the secondary. I've moved the config of the drives all around, and that
>doesn't seem to have any effect.
>
>This isn't exactly a life-threatening problem, but it does get annoying
>sometimes.
>
>If someone could help me out I'd really appreciate it.
My HD light stays on if I play a CD and let it run right to the end, after
that the led for the HD is on untill I reboot, this exact same problem
used to occur in Win95, but I'm used to it now. It doesn't happen if I
stop the CD before it finishes playing the last track but does happen if
I just play the last track and let it run to the end.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Opinions: An Adequate Starter System?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 May 2000 12:27:04 GMT
I'd say do as much reading as you can before you start, read the MetaFaq
and any HOWTOs that you find relevant (http://www.linuxdoc.org).
Both "Learning Red Hat Linux" and "Running Linux" by O'Reilly are well
worth a read. It's a very steep learning curve, I moved from Win95
to Red Hat 6.0 six months ago and havn't looked back.
Winmodems as a rule don't work, but I think that some of them might.
Check the websites of the various distributions for hardware
compatibility before you make a final coice.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: database recommendation needed
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 21 May 2000 12:27:01 GMT
On 21 May 2000 01:16:57 PST, Neil wrote:
>Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>(I posted this before but I think I worded the subject poorly).
>
>I am a member of a club that is considering setting up a database for our
>small library. I want to make sure that a Linux server ends up what is
>chosen. :-)
>
>Any recommendations on the hardware and database applications,
>etc., needed to do the following? I'd prefer something that will not take
>a lot of programming. I am a volunteer so will have limited time.
>
>They provided me a bunch of info but it I will summarize it quickly:
>
>1. Database (of Max of about 10,000 books, videos, etc.)
>2. Accessible over the Web
>3. Works with barcode scanner to scan in books, etc.
>
>In my opinion 3 is optional, but nice to have. Any suggestions?
I've had quite a bit of experience with libraries and databases,
I'm of the opinion that this is not a simple job, and as you'll find
it gets quite involved and complicated (not the bar code thin, the
porject in general).
If you've got limited time to spend on this I'd definitely go for
an off the shelf product and use your time to evaluate the various
products as thoroughly as you can before buying something. You'll
probably go with Apache (http://www.apache.org) for your web server,
and the product that you buy will have to come with the CGI ready
written and in itself will take some time to taylor to your needs.
If you want something that's reliable it's going to be expensive
(but I have never looked into linux solutions specificly). You
may be lucky and find a freely available MySql library db complete
with it's web interface floating around on the net somewhere, but
I've never done any investigation into MySql so don't take my word
as gospel.
To summarise, spend your time evaluating possible off the shelf
products in as much detail as possible.
PS: The bar code thing won't be a problem, even MS Access can
deal with bar codes.
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From: "W. Taylor Holliday" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: repositioning gdm login window
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 00:30:29 -0400
Hi
I'm running a dual head system w/XFree 4.0. Unfortunately the gdm login
window appears split across the two displays (using Xinerama). How do I
position the gdm login window so that it will appear in the center of
one of the monitors?
thanx
Taylor
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Amanda Baker)
Subject: Re: StarImpress 5.1 use question
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 11:33:39 GMT
Dear Garry,
Many thanks for your reply.
On Sat, 20 May 2000 02:01:43 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Garry
Knight) wrote:
>I've looked in Que's "Using StarOffice" and can't find anything on this
>under StarImpress, but in StarImage it's in the Modify menu.
I will have another look. BTW I should have mentioned that
I'm using StarOffice under Solaris 5.6
>There are 22 newsgroups in the staroffice.* hierarchy, including
>staroffice.com.support.starimpress - you could try asking there.
I'm afraid that Usenet newsgroup hierarchy doesn't exist on
the news servers which I use, which are two of the major UK feeds, so
I suspect they are not widely propagated in the UK at least. Can
anyone recommend another method for accessing those groups?
Many thanks,
Amanda Baker
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Opinions: An Adequate Starter System?
Date: 21 May 2000 11:27:00 GMT
Philo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Tried Red Hat and Storm but think Mandrake is really the best. I really
: would recommend Mandrake and would advise you to install the whole darn
: package (no matter what distro you use)
Being a hobbyist I have to agree, one other plus for Mandrake is they
have extensive tips in mandrakeuser.org, the first place I go to when I
have a problem.
--
jazz annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
Registered linux user no. 164098
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: Barry Rutten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Disregard--test message
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 13:40:41 +0200
john calison wrote:
> test message
How nice of you to send a test message to a linux newsgroup with
Outlook..
--
Barry Rutten
1:00pm up 3 days, 8:58, 5 users, load average: 1.40, 1.21, 1.11
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape spell checker in 472
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 07:54:22 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi John,
?? Not sure what your talking about with "won't see it when reading
main". On NT with NS 4.72 the Edit/Preferences/Mail &
Newsgroups/Messages choice has a selection for Spell Checking. When you
write a mail message with New or Repy it will get spell checked on Send,
if you have the option selected. The spell checking is automaticly
invoked when Send is clicked. Its nice as sometimes I would forget to
spell check my outgoing mail.
Possibly this feature is a Microsoft enhancement to 4.72.
david
John Scudder wrote:
> David,
>
> I have a spell checker in 4.72. It shows up only in Compose mode.
> You won't see it when reading mail.
>
> John
>
> > Hi,
> > On Netscape with NT, 98 & etc. I have a spell checker. I
> > thought I had on for Netscape on Linux but its not there. I do
> > not mail much from Linux so possibly I had the spell checker
> > before in 4.6 and the spell checker was not in the upgrade to
> > 4.72. Composer does have the spell checker but I'm looking for
> > the integration like in Netscape on NT. Is there a way to make
> > Netscape have the spell checker integrated in to Messenger like
> > on NT?
> > David Kirkpatrick
> >
> > --
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Creative Labs TNT
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 08:46:21 -0400
I just installed a Creative Labs TNT video card with 16 M . It replaced an
integrated video chip. Red Hat 6.1 seems to have sensed it, but the screen
isn't the right size. Does anyone know what the proper XFree driver is for
this card? Also, what else should I be changing to get the screen the
correct size?
Thanks
Scott
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Kernel problems
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 12:52:16 GMT
Fremantle IP Division Meeting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I have just changed my Kernel from 2.2.5-22 to 2.3.13. My problem is now I
: get errors saying there is something wrong wioth the system map !!!!!.
: How do I fix this Thanks
Change the System.map file to the one you made the compiled kernel
with. It's not an error, btw. It's an advisory. Just forget about it.
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Garry Knight)
Subject: Re: chmod problem
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 14:09:47 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>On Sat, 20 May 2000 12:29:20 -0700, marge schott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Yes, here are the results:
>>
>>[root@teno /root]# ls -ls
[snip]
>> 0 -r-------- 1 root root 0 May 18 12:57 rhosts
>>[root@teno /root]# rm -f .rhosts
>>rm: cannot unlink `.rhosts': Operation not permitted
>
>This clears it up entirely. Look more closely at the directory listing.
>There is no '.rhosts', but there is an 'rhosts'.
There might be. If she'd done 'ls -als' we'd know for certain.
--
Garry Knight
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Atika Mustafa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem establishing PPP connection
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 13:08:07 GMT
I am trying to connect to the Internet from Red Hat Linux 6.0 through
the following command:
/usr/sbin/pppd /dev/ttyS1 38400 debug connect "/usr/sbin/chat -v
ATD13111111 CONNECT ogin: user assword-BREAK-assword: pass"
(user=userid and pass=password)
I have the following questions
1) why does it take so long (40secs to 1 minute) from the time I enter
the command and the time when the modem actually dials out?
2) How do I establish ppp connection?
Apparantely this method dials out, authenticates the user and then
disconnects. Are there any changes or additional configuration that
needs to be done?
My modem is Zoltrix V.34+ (FMVOC336Fi) 33.6kbps attached on COM1
(ttyS1).
I have also tried using different speeds (38400, 57600 and 115200)in
the pppd command but with the same result.
After running pppd, the ppp logfile in /var/log which has the output,
while trying to establish the connection:
---Start output---
May 21 17:29:58 jupiter pppd[703]: pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid 0
May 21 17:29:59 jupiter chat[704]: send (ATD13111111^M)
May 21 17:29:59 jupiter chat[704]: expect (CONNECT)
May 21 17:30:38 jupiter chat[704]: ATD13111111^M
May 21 17:30:38 jupiter chat[704]: CONNECT
May 21 17:30:38 jupiter chat[704]: -- got it
May 21 17:30:38 jupiter chat[704]: send (^M)
May 21 17:30:38 jupiter chat[704]: expect (ogin:)
May 21 17:30:58 jupiter chat[704]: 38400^M^M
May 21 17:30:58 jupiter chat[704]: login:
May 21 17:30:58 jupiter chat[704]: -- got it
May 21 17:30:58 jupiter chat[704]: send (user^M)
May 21 17:30:58 jupiter chat[704]: expect (assword)
May 21 17:31:18 jupiter chat[704]: ser^M
May 21 17:31:18 jupiter chat[704]: Password
May 21 17:31:18 jupiter chat[704]: -- got it
May 21 17:31:18 jupiter chat[704]: send (pass^M)
May 21 17:31:18 jupiter pppd[703]: Serial connection established.
May 21 17:31:28 jupiter pppd[703]: Using interface ppp0
May 21 17:31:28 jupiter pppd[703]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
May 21 17:31:29 jupiter pppd[703]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1 <asyncmap
0x0> <magic 0x64ac9223> <pcomp> <accomp>]
May 21 17:31:56 jupiter last message repeated 9 times
May 21 17:31:59 jupiter pppd[703]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
May 21 17:31:59 jupiter pppd[703]: Connection terminated.
May 21 17:31:59 jupiter pppd[703]: Connect time 0.6 minutes.
May 21 17:31:59 jupiter pppd[703]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit
clean:
May 21 17:31:59 jupiter pppd[703]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
---End output---
Thanks
Atika
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Nick Garigliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: afio backup to jazz problems
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 08:13:18 -0500
I'm trying to do an afio backup of my redhat 6.2 system to a 1 gb scsi
jazz drive. Here are the steps that I'm using:
- cfdisk to create a primary Linux partition (use entire disk)
- mke2fs to create an ext2 fs on the disk. Disk mounts and can copy
to it.
- from root dir "find . -path '/proc' -prune -o -print | afio -o -z
-Z -v /dev/sdb1"
The backup runs and writes to the disk but at the end the disk can't be
read. Running e2fsck reports that there is no file or directory while
trying to open /dev/sdb1 and then suggests an alternative superblock.
Try that and it reports a whole bunch of bad inodes. I've tried several
variations such as setting the block size in both mke2fs and afio to
1024, running the backup with dev/sdb1 mounted and unmounted, doing the
backup on a small sub directory to ensure that the archive isn't bigger
than 1 gb and some other things that I can't really remember.
One thing that seems odd is that cfdisk (and fdisk) will not let me
change the partition fs type to ext2. After mke2fs it is listed as
ext2, but after trying the backup it is listed as Linux again. I
haven't tried tar yet because I've developed a serious fixation on afio
and need help!!
Thanks,
Nick
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Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 09:12:00 -0400
From: sandrews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Creative Labs TNT
Scott wrote:
>
> I just installed a Creative Labs TNT video card with 16 M . It replaced an
> integrated video chip. Red Hat 6.1 seems to have sensed it, but the screen
> isn't the right size. Does anyone know what the proper XFree driver is for
> this card? Also, what else should I be changing to get the screen the
> correct size?
>
> Thanks
>
> Scott
I have two machines with this card. I use the SVGA aand it works fine
for me.
You may have to tell it how much video ram it has. On one machine that
has an integrated video Xconfigurator detects the internal video, even
though it`s turnned off in the BIOS, the installation programme detected
the the TNT.
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or unrar" - censored by Microsoft."
"You can unzip a self extracting .EXE with WinZip" -BANNED BY MICROSOFT"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 07:56:39 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake unto us, saying:
>So, 60% of 5% of computer users is not a lot of people.
If you could get 60% of 5% of all computer users to send me a dollar, I
would be a very happy man. :-)
>On an unrelated note, is Apache really 60% of the WWW server market?
>Do you know how many of them are on Linux boxes? (I ask because I
>didn't think *Unix* had a 60% share of the WWW server (OS) market.)
http://www.netcraft.com has lots of information along those lines.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
Cogito ergo spud: I think therefore I yam.
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: WinFast TV 2000 install
Date: 21 May 2000 13:27:41 GMT
Hi,
I have a Winfast TV 2000 card and tried to use it with my Linux (kernel
2.2.13). I have tried to compile bttv-0.6.4h, but got the following errors :
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/bttv-0.6.4h/driver'
(cd driver;./MAKEDEV;./update)
*** new device names ***
/dev/video0: char 81 0
/dev/video1: char 81 1
/dev/video2: char 81 2
/dev/video3: char 81 3
/dev/radio0: char 81 64
/dev/radio1: char 81 65
/dev/radio2: char 81 66
/dev/radio3: char 81 67
/dev/vtx0: char 81 192
/dev/vtx1: char 81 193
/dev/vtx2: char 81 194
/dev/vtx3: char 81 195
/dev/vbi0: char 81 224
/dev/vbi1: char 81 225
/dev/vbi2: char 81 226
/dev/vbi3: char 81 227
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
grep: /proc/modules: No such file or directory
insmod videodev
./videodev.o: QM_MODULES: Function not implemented
make: *** [ins] Error 1
Could someone tell me what I did wrong, or the proper steps to set this
up in my Linux ?
I don't want any fancy functions, I only want to watch TV with my Linux
box :)
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux email and file rights problems
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 13:30:02 GMT
Hi people,
I am new to linux and I am having trouble with it. When I log into the
system it tells me that dev//tty0 (i think) is read only. I cannot send
any emails or delete any files as it tells me that the file is read only.
I think the whole drive is read only which is why I cannot do anything.
Does anyone have any ideas how to restore the drive back to the way it was.
Any advice will be much appreciated.
Thanks.
Paul.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /dev/ttyp1: Read-only file system
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 13:30:04 GMT
Hi,
I have trouble with my linux system as I keep getting the message
/dev/ttyp1: Read-only file system when i log in.
I cannot sent emails or ftp, neither can I delete any files as I get an
error message saying that this is a read only file.
Does anyone have any ideas.
Thanks.
Paul.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jacek =?iso-8859-2?Q?Pop=B3awski?=)
Subject: Re: sig 11 with quake2
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 21 May 2000 13:39:19 GMT
Barry Rutten wrote:
>When I first installed quake2 on my suse 6.2 system everything worked
>perfectly.
>But after I install suse 6.3 something went wrong. When I adjust my
>video settings
>and apply them quake suddenly receives a Sig11. This happens with all of
>the 3dfx drivers
>only the software drivers works fine.
1) check if you have Glide installed
2) run quake2 as root
3) install Device3Dfx
4) check if other 3Dfx programs runs OK
if all of that falls - please write something more about
"quake suddenly receives a SIG11" - I hope SIG11 appear
_before_ game begins?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux
Date: Sat, 20 May 2000 23:30:35 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Sat, 20 May 2000 20:12:48 GMT...
...and [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus) writes:
>
> > > > : 3. A DirectX-like platform for hardware-accelerated devices, not
> > > > : necessarily at the kernel level;
>
> > > > Whats wrong with OpenGL?
>
> > > The fact that it's not hardware-accelerated?
>
> > Of course it is hardware accelerated.
>
> No. It isn't.
>
> It may have the potential to be accelerated at some point in the
> future, but, as of this writing, it is not. NVIDIA has flatly stated
> that they will not be doing hardware-accelerated OpenGL until XF86
> 4.0. As XF86 4.0 is not the official XF86 at this point, there is
> not, officially, any hardware-accelerated OpenGL at this point.
I've had hardware-accelerated OpenGL on my machine for months. Other
people have for years. Free OpenGL, that is (Mesa).
> > The entire idea of OpenGL is wrapping hardware
> > acceleration. Everything in the OpenGL API is centred around making
> > effective hardware accelerated implementations possible.
>
> Actually, I think the entire idea of OpenGL is making available a
> high-level 3D API to the user.
>
> It seems to me that if they were more interested in wrapping hardware
> acceleration, OpenGL would look more like Direct3D (which is
> considerably more minimalist).
Direct3D is not built around a single dogma at all (it's a kluge).
Anyway, it surprised me, too, that OpenGL's idea is to provide an API
that is as easy to implement in hardware as possible. The Red Book
(i.e. the official OpenGL manual) told me so.
mawa
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