Linux-Misc Digest #793, Volume #24 Mon, 12 Jun 00 15:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can I use my USB Microsoft optical Intellimouse in X-Windows? (JEDIDIAH)
Re: Linux USB support ! (JEDIDIAH)
fdutils ("Lee Tien Huat")
Proftpd Setup Question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Freewwweb prompts for System password only (Was "Re: No answer from freewwweb")
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: vote on MS split-up ("David ..")
Re: Which Linux is better? (Rod Smith)
Re: limitation of processes? (Robert Surenko)
Re: Linux Partition: Primary or Logical? (Rod Smith)
Re: Anti-Virus for Linux? Firewall Software? (Dowe Keller)
Re: Linux modules to connect to ISP ("David ..")
Re: Freewwweb prompts for System password only (Was "Re: No answer from freewwweb")
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Lynx -dump ("Daniel Lackey")
Re: limitation of processes? ("David ..")
Re: problem with rh6.2/nt dual boot (D G)
KDE logout problem (Don)
>>>>(Linux)<<<< (N/A)
>>>>Linux<<<< (N/A)
Re: Making the Jump (Dowe Keller)
Re: Newbie question: Linux for AMD processor? (Dowe Keller)
Help needed with Apache/Reverse Proxy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Lynx -dump (Akira Yamanita)
GNOME Mailcheck?? ("Kent A. Signorini")
Re: >>>>Linux<<<< ("Peter T. Breuer")
RH 6.1 and random freezes ("Ron")
Re: x terminal problem ("Ron")
Re: Linux uses lots of memory? (Steve Lamb)
Re: >>>>Linux<<<< ("Larry")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Subject: Re: Can I use my USB Microsoft optical Intellimouse in X-Windows?
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:12:32 GMT
On 10 Jun 2000 12:44:39 GMT, Steffen Kluge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dr. Liew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I have a USB mouse that I would like to use in X-Windows.
>
>I've got an "IntelliMouse(R) w/IntelliEye(TM) 1.0" :-)
>and it's working just fine with XFree86 4.0. I haven't tried USB
>yet, I'm still using the USB-PS/2 adapter that came with the
>mouse.
Once you have the USB backport or a 2.3 kernel installed,
the USB stack can treat a USB mouse as if it were a PS/2
mouse and Xfree won't notice the difference.
[deletia]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (JEDIDIAH)
Subject: Re: Linux USB support !
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:13:31 GMT
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 20:00:00 GMT, David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Not to mention that a USB port can handle up to 127 devices, so long
>as they don't use up the 12Mbps communications channel. For low speed
>devices, USB is a good idea.
You also have to be mindful of current drain on the bus.
I suspect this will end up confounding novices in short order.
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From: "Lee Tien Huat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fdutils
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 02:24:29 +0800
Can 'fduitls' retrieve a low level format from a diskette and then duplicate
this low level format to another diskette. The low level format might be any
artificial/uncommon format.
Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Proftpd Setup Question
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:38:44 GMT
I am currently setting up an anonymous ftp server using the latest
version of Proftpd. What directories and files do I have to include in
/home/ftp to make ftp work and be most secure? I believe I have to add
a bin directory with ls. I have noticed in previous installations that
an /etc/passwd and group file has been included. Do I have to include
these files?
Thanks in Advance
Sean
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Freewwweb prompts for System password only (Was "Re: No answer from
freewwweb")
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:37:53 GMT
In article <8htfd2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan) wrote:
> Does freewwweb use PAP CHAP or something? I normally use "EXPECT
ogin:"
> "SEND username" "EXPECT sword:" etc to login to other ISPs, but I saw
> freewwweb send "System password:" when I was EXPECTing "ogin:"
>
> How did you make it work?
> --
> jazz annandy AT dc DOT seflin DOT org
> Registered linux user no. 164098
> Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
> --- OUT THERE??
>
Over the past weekend, I tried freewwweb for the first time. It works
fine in Windows. But in Linux, I used minicom to see what their
response is and got exactly the same message:
TNT Windows Terminal Server
System password:
There's no prompt for username. Is this because they started to change
their login and possibly disable Linux dialup recently?
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: vote on MS split-up
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 12:42:45 -0500
Rick wrote:
>
> "David .." wrote:
> >
> > David Steuber wrote:
> > >
> > > Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > ' ... only becasue the governemnt was able to M$ into court, and the
> > > ' resulting very real legal threat to M$'s continued existence .
> > >
> > > Yeah, Big Brother is watching out for you. Trust Big Brother. He
> > > knows what's best for you and can solve all your problems and give you
> > > everything you need.
> > >
> > > Give the FSF and other open source groups and people some credit, why
> > > don'tchya?
> >
> > It wasn't the DOJ that started MS's Problems.
> > Enough said.
> >
>
> Then who was it? And why has M$'s marketshare problems just happent to
> coincide with the lates antitrust action?
Netscape started the ball rolling, so to speak.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Which Linux is better?
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:00:19 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <zR015.12329$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Yang-Cheng Hsiao) writes:
> Among all the Linux on the market, which one is the
> best to use? Is there any good site on the Web that
> compares the pros and cons of the Linux put together
> by different comapnies?
There is no single best distribution; the word "best" is very
subjective, and so has meaning only when you've defined precisely what
you intend to do with it, what your experience level and preferences
are, etc. For some information that may help you make the determination
yourself, check my web page on the subject:
http://www.rodsbooks.com/distribs/
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: Robert Surenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: limitation of processes?
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:03:08 GMT
Nikodemus Karlsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I played with fork(). Placed in a loop, the new processes started another processes
>and so on.
> The sysetm became inusable, of course, and I had to switch the power off.
> Is there any way to limit the number of processes currently running for a user?
ulimit
> Bye
> Nikodemus
> --
> *****************************************
> Nikodemus Karlsson,
> Teacher in mathematics and science
> *****************************************
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Linux Partition: Primary or Logical?
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:08:22 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Forrest Gehrke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
> I want to partition an IBM ata66 20.5 GB hd for Win98, OS/2 and Linux.
> I know that Win98 requires a primary partition and that OS/2 may be
> located in a logical partition as extended. But what does Linux
> require?
> As OS/2, may it be either primary or logical?
Linux, like OS/2, doesn't suffer from primary partition-itis; you can
put it on a logical partition.
You do need to install a boot loader called LILO to boot Linux. LILO can
reside in the disk's master boot record (MBR), in which case it's the
primary boot loader, or on a Linux partition's boot sector. If the
latter, it can be a primary boot loader (if the partition in question is
a primary partition that's marked as active and no other special boot
loader is in the MBR), or a secondary boot loader (if some other boot
loader in the MBR or an active primary partition handles the first stage
and passes the ball to Linux when you select Linux from that other boot
loader).
Unless you're using a VERY recent version of LILO, the Linux kernel must
reside entirely below the 1024-cylinder limit, which usually works out
to about 8GB. Ditto for the OS/2 boot partition. You should take this
fact into consideration when planning your partitions. The very latest
versions of LILO can reportedly boot a Linux kernel from above the
1024-cylinder point, but I don't know the details of how or what
restrictions there are on this ability. So far, few Linux distributions
include this version of LILO.
> BTW does Linux support ATA66? If so, what driver?
I believe that there is support for ATA66 in some of the latest versions
of the Linux kernel, but I don't know precisely which chipsets are
supported, offhand. You might need to use a late 2.3.x kernel or the
2.4.0-prerelease kernels that have started to float around.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & multi-OS configuration
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller)
Subject: Re: Anti-Virus for Linux? Firewall Software?
Date: 12 Jun 2000 11:24:41 -0700
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:34:55 -0500, Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Are there anti-virus products for Linux?
Don't run unknown programs as root. Viruses are *almost* unheard of
under Linux.
>How about firewall software?
RTFM - or to be more exact RT Firewall-HOWTO. You can find this at
http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO
>
>Thanks,
>Larry
>
>
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux modules to connect to ISP
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:00:10 -0500
jafgon wrote:
>
> Greetings group,
>
> I'm working as a consultant for a local ISP where I live and
> recently ran into an interesting predicament. It is the goal of the
> ISP to distribute the means of connection to new subscribers via CD's or
> download a module via the ISP home page that will walk the new user
> through the entire subscription process. Two modules will be available,
> one for Windows users and the other for Mac users. My question is: Is
> there an application out "there" that provides the same service for
> Linux users? A tarball that can be downloaded via the homepage? Of
> course an app. that has been GPLed would be ideal but I'm willing to
> settle for anything. Thank you for any information you can provide.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jafgon
>
> --
> http://www.bright.net/~jafgon
Unless you use some strange "Microsoft" only configuration setup for
connections to your ISP, all you need to do to allow Linux users to
connect via a PPP connection is supply some information.
All I needed to connect to my ISP was:
1) Phone number for connection
2) DNS IP's
3) Mail server FQDN and/or IP
4) News server FQDN and/or IP
5) Proxy server FQDN and/or IP
6) The normal user account
7) and of course my password and user name
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Freewwweb prompts for System password only (Was "Re: No answer from
freewwweb")
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:09:00 GMT
In article <8i375f$dqh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, yong321, One of the posts said, Use
PAP authentication not login script. Will try that tonite.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan) wrote:
> > Does freewwweb use PAP CHAP or something? I normally use "EXPECT
> ogin:"
> > "SEND username" "EXPECT sword:" etc to login to other ISPs, but I saw
> > freewwweb send "System password:" when I was EXPECTing "ogin:"
> >
> > How did you make it work?
> > --
> > 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??
> >
>
> Over the past weekend, I tried freewwweb for the first time. It works
> fine in Windows. But in Linux, I used minicom to see what their
> response is and got exactly the same message:
>
> TNT Windows Terminal Server
> System password:
>
> There's no prompt for username. Is this because they started to change
> their login and possibly disable Linux dialup recently?
>
> --
> Yong Huang
>
> ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
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Reply-To: "Daniel Lackey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Daniel Lackey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lynx -dump
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:26:58 -0400
I run a crontab: lynx -dump http://myserver.cc/file.php3
If I run this from a command line, it executes fine, but from cron I get:
"Your terminal lacks the ability to clear the screen or position the
cursor."
Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: limitation of processes?
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:14:39 -0500
Nikodemus Karlsson wrote:
>
> I played with fork(). Placed in a loop, the new processes started another processes
>and so on.
> The sysetm became inusable, of course, and I had to switch the power off.
> Is there any way to limit the number of processes currently running for a user?
It can be done in the limits.conf file.
# /etc/security/limits.conf
#
#Each line describes a limit for a user in the form:
#
#<domain> <type> <item> <value>
#
#Where:
#<domain> can be:
# - an user name
# - a group name, with @group syntax
# - the wildcard *, for default entry
#
#<type> can have the two values:
# - "soft" for enforcing the soft limits
# - "hard" for enforcing hard limits
#
#<item> can be one of the following:
# - core - limits the core file size (KB)
# - data - max data size (KB)
# - fsize - maximum filesize (KB)
# - memlock - max locked-in-memory address space (KB)
# - nofile - max number of open files
# - rss - max resident set size (KB)
# - stack - max stack size (KB)
# - cpu - max CPU time (MIN)
# - nproc - max number of processes
# - as - address space limit
# - maxlogins - max number of logins for this user
# - priority - the priority to run user process with
#
#<domain> <type> <item> <value>
#
#* soft core 0
#* hard rss 10000
#@student hard nproc 20
#@faculty soft nproc 20
#@faculty hard nproc 50
#ftp hard nproc 0
#@student - maxlogins 4
# End of file
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From: D G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: problem with rh6.2/nt dual boot
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 11:25:04 -0700
Tom Dorgan wrote:
> then I followed the FAQ instructions for setting up the NT loader to dual
> boot with linux (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader.html).
> This worked before for me.
>
> I peeled off the initial segments of /hda3 /hda5 as well as from the boot
> floppy
> fd0 and tried all of them in NT boot.ini without success. The images from
> the hard drive (hda3 & hda5) do nothing and the image from fd0 prints out
> "80 80 80 80"... and whacks the floppy disk drive. It will boot if I pop in
> the boot floppy, but that's not the idea.
>
> any ideas as to where to proceed from here would be greatly appreciated.
I think it's your root partition that needs to be peeled. If that's on
hda3 or hda5, then it sounds like you've done everything right. Make
sure your boot sector entry in boot.ini points to the correct filename.
Also, the root partition might need to be within the first gigabyte.
Mine is, and it works fine. I don't know the limitations of NT's OS
Loader.
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DG
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From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KDE logout problem
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:30:07 GMT
Recently installed Red Hat 6.2 as a new install as a KDE workstation.
Install seemed to work OK, as do most of the apps. The problem takes
place at logout. The KDE login window appears, I select the restart
option, the screen blanks for about 3 sec, then the login window
reappears. I then "logout" again selecting restart. This time, the
logout completes, but not before telling me about a "crash" and I should
send a core dump to somebody. Can't say more, 'cause this screenful stays
up about three sec before continuing with a restart of the PC and I can't
read that fast. Not sure whether anything is getting hosed, but notices
about crashes make me nervous. Any ideas anyone?
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From: N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: >>>>(Linux)<<<<
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:30:12 GMT
what distribution of Linux would be the best currently out, regardless of
how advanced or complex it is?
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From: N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: >>>>Linux<<<<
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:30:11 GMT
what distribution of Linux would be the best currently out, regardless of
how advanced or complex it is?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller)
Subject: Re: Making the Jump
Date: 12 Jun 2000 11:48:53 -0700
On 12 Jun 2000 07:23:30 GMT, Anthony Campbell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My own vote would be for Debian, but people do find the initial
>installation rather intimidating. I started with Slackware, but got
>stuck; moved to RedHat and got on much better; tried Debian and haven't
>looked back.
>
>Books: Most people recommend Running Linux, by Welsh and Kaufman
>(O'Reilly), and I'd agree. Also, join a mailing list for whichever
>distribution you're using.
I would add, "join your local Linux User Group", if there is one in
your area.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller)
Subject: Re: Newbie question: Linux for AMD processor?
Date: 12 Jun 2000 11:53:29 -0700
Yang-Cheng Hsiao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Do I install the Linux for Intel processor on a machine
>with AMD Athlon processor? Will there any potential
>problem to run Linux on a PC with AMD Athlon
>processor?
The AMD Athlon is an Intel clone, Linux should run fine on it.
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I wanted to emulate some of my hero's, but I didn't know thier
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help needed with Apache/Reverse Proxy
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:39:54 GMT
I'm trying to set up reverse proxy using mod_proxy on Apache 1.3.12
with no luck, I don't even think I have forward proxy working right.
Forward proxy just returns the default apache home page for any
address. Reverse proxy just gives me a 404 - file not found.
Does anyone have any pointers to a beginners FAQ for mod_proxy beside
the one in the stock Apache docs? Or better yet, can someone let me
take a look at the httpd.conf file for a working proxy/reverse proxy
installation? That would really help me figure out what it is I am
doing wrong. I have set up Microsoft Proxy for several companies, and
may be stuck looking at it wrong through a Microsoft-induced mindset of
some type.
TIA!
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lynx -dump
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:53:29 GMT
Daniel Lackey wrote:
>
> I run a crontab: lynx -dump http://myserver.cc/file.php3
> If I run this from a command line, it executes fine, but from cron I get:
> "Your terminal lacks the ability to clear the screen or position the
> cursor."
> Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
> Thanks
Why would you do that in a cron job? It's trying to write to
the terminal screen and it can't do that as an unattached
process (cron job). The following should work.
lynx -dump http://myserver.cc/file.php3 > dumpedfile
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From: "Kent A. Signorini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: mailing.gnome.components
Subject: GNOME Mailcheck??
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 18:58:20 GMT
Does anyone know of a GNOME mailcheck applet that does multiple POP3
accounts but only tells you if there is mail in ANY one of them?
I used to use a program called poppy in Bill's OS that was 12kb in size and
did any number of accounts. I can't believe there isn't a linux program
that will do the same thing.
Please e-mail me your replies if it isn't too much trouble. Thank you.
Kent Signorini
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: >>>>Linux<<<<
Date: 12 Jun 2000 18:56:54 GMT
N/A <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: what distribution of Linux would be the best currently out, regardless of
: how advanced or complex it is?
Go to www.linuxhq.com and find out.
What do you mean by "best"?
Peter
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From: "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.1 and random freezes
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:02:28 -0400
I've made a clean install of RH 6.1 on a Pentium II/233 64MB system and am
experiencing random system freezes that require a hardware reset. They can
occur anywhere within a few minutes to up to an hour. The hardware should
be ok, as the same system had been running Windows 95 for the past two years
continuously without any problem, expect for the typical Windows crashes
(The hard drive has been reformatted and setup for linux only.)
This is not an X windows problem--it occurs in runlevel 3 without any X
running. Also, I do not have a sound card. I'm using a Trident Super VGA
video card and 3Com 3C905 network card.
Could this be a motherboard/bios problem? I'm using an Asus P2L97
motherboard with the Award bios v4.51PG.
Has anyone else seen and solved this problem?
Thanks in advance!
Ron
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From: "Ron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: x terminal problem
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 14:23:06 -0400
Jeff,
It's not clear what problem you're having. Does any of X windows work? Or
is just the terminal window not working? Are you using gnome, kde, or what?
It's most likely that X is not set up correctly. From the console prompt as
root you can run Xconfigurator to setup X again.
Ron
"jeffrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> When i open x terminal in x window,i can't see anything,just colours,and
> some other problem in x window also like this,but when i quit the x
> window and just use the x terminal,all is ok.i got a frend told me that
> this is the graphic card problem,any advice is appreciate,thank you.
> i am using red hat 6.1.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lamb)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linux uses lots of memory?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:03:42 GMT
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000 07:49:06 GMT, M. Buchenrieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Yes, splitvt is a nice tool, though I'd still consider it to be more
>useful if doing it on two (or more) virtual terminals without X
>running (but then, I do have a non-standard keyboard where all the
>F* keys are on the right side - 22 of them, actually).
Ah, here it comes down to just a difference in work habits and
capabilities. I find that I don't trust my short term memory enough to
remember something on a man page in one TTY to actually using it in another
TTY which is why I want X so I can have side-by-side man and usage of
something.
Very handy at work where SA loves to forget to install man pages for
pretty much anything not standard with whatever Solaris version we're running.
I have had to ssh home to use my man database there to get docs. ;)
Anyway, I digress after we've come to an agreement. Have fun. :)
--
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ICQ: 5107343 | main connection to the switchboard of souls.
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From: "Larry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: >>>>Linux<<<<
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 13:34:40 -0500
"N/A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message =
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> what distribution of Linux would be the best currently out, regardless =
of=20
> how advanced or complex it is?
I would say Red Hat simply because of the wide-spread acceptance and =
comptability. There *always* seems to be a Red Hat version of anything =
released (except Microsoft Office of course :-)
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sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux
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