Linux-Misc Digest #847, Volume #24 Sun, 18 Jun 00 02:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: External Modem`s (Joeri Sebrechts)
Re: smb.conf : allowing guest access (Andrew Williams)
Re: Time sync problem in Cron (Toni)
Re: Xserver help (BadAccess error) (Dances With Crows)
Re: xmms ("Stephen E. Hargrove")
Re: Multiple NICs (Dances With Crows)
Re: where is www.linuxjournel.com?? (John McKown)
Re: fdisk \ dos (Vilmos Soti)
Re: where is www.linuxjournel.com?? (Hal Burgiss)
Webacm 32 and IPMASQ ("WoNkO")
Re: fdisk and dos ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: NT 4.0, DOS, Linux -- Is It Worth It? ("Lonni J. Friedman")
Re: xmms ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: Horrible sound at startup with SB 64 (aflinsch)
Re: Read Linux partition from Win95 ? (John Hasler)
Ghostscript/printing question (Chuck Lidderdale)
Re: Netscape 4.63 can't access Newsgroups ("Dr. Guillermo A. Morales")
Re: X won;t start --Anyone!! (Hal Burgiss)
EMACS RPMs (Patrick Kong)
Re: Linux using up 256 Mb??? (Adam Schuetze)
Dammit... ("Michael Brailsford")
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:29:27 -0400
From: Joeri Sebrechts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: External Modem`s
It's not guaranteed that an external modem is not a winmodem (and thus
likely to only work in windows). I've seen external winmodems before.
You need to make sure it's not a winmodem (if they mention "designed for
windows" on the box, it's a winmodem probably), or otherwise check for
the winmodem support in the hardware howto on www.linuxdocs.org
Sadly enough the easiest way to know if your modem is a regular modem is
still checking the price tag. They are generally more expensive. But in
return you get a real modem, instead of a front-end to your cpu that
drains time away from more usefull stuff, like animating all those XXX
movies ;-)
As far as I know (but it's been a while) ISA modems are generally no
different from external modems to setup. I don't remember the details,
but I managed to set it up on my very first install of linux, back when
I knew absolutely nothing of *nix, so it can't be that hard.
good luck,
Joeri Sebrechts
Ali wrote:
>
> Will any external modem work with linux or is it specific brands.
> Also are ISA modems easy enough to set up.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
> Ali
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:49:00 -0400
From: Andrew Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: smb.conf : allowing guest access
have you tried one of:
- force user
- guest only ?
for the share. The second one is more promising.
along with allowing 'null passwords' (global)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Here's the prolem: I want everyone on a lan to be able to read from the
> cdrom on a linux computer ( redhat 6.0), no updates whatsoever.
> The most action it sees is when I backup some work onto it once a week or
> so.
> People are using NT4(sp5) , w2k, w98 and Redhat Linux 6.0
>
> smb.conf set for :
>
> 1) explicitely allowed connections from the ip's of those computers
> 2) using encrypted passwords
> 3) map to user = Bad User
> 4) guest acount =pcguest
> 5) made a "nobody" user account with smbpasswd.
> 6) security = user
>
> From a win98 box, which sends "casper" ( computer name Europa), I keep
> getting a prompt for the password.
> In the log for Eurpoa ( in the /var/log/samba directory) , i see that it
> does not find user "casper" , and that's it !
> Ok, so what am I missing here ?
>
> I've also tried commenting out the "guest account = pcguest". Same result.
>
> ???
> TIA
> joseph
--
Mielipiteet omiani - Opinions personal, facts suspect, especially on my
http://home.germany.net/101-69082/samba.html
Simple Samba Solutions web page. ICQ 1722461
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 10:47:19 -0400
From: Toni <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Time sync problem in Cron
> 1 * * * *
Works now...with full path (excuse me, i am a liunux newbie).
;-)
Greetz,
Toni.
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 15:03:41 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Xserver help (BadAccess error)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 17:19:57 GMT, Arul
<<8i8era$5s2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>The remote client tries to grab mouse button which my X server
>does not allow.
>
>Is there any way to tell my X server to allow this (like
>startup option or XF86Config parameters).
[snip]
I had a look through the man page for XF86Config, and found two options:
AllowNonLocalModInDev (put this in the ServerFlags section)
AlwaysCore 1 (put this in the Mouse section)
one or both of those may be what you want. However, your client program
may be doing something stupid--I've run a lot of X clients on remote
servers, and never had this problem. What is the name of the client here,
and which X server are you using? (SVGA, Mach64, S3...) Also,
comp.os.linux.x may be a better place; the X gurus hang out there.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "Online
But only Light too dim for us to see\ gender bending going too far?" --/me
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 18:32:39 -0400
From: "Stephen E. Hargrove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xmms
"Andrew N. McGuire" wrote:
> Try it with your regular sound card drivers... I had this same problem
> before, what I did to fix it was this.
>
> 1. Open xmms.
> 2. Place your cursor over xmms and press Cntrl+P.
> 3. Under the Audio I/O Plugins tab, select MPEG Layer, then click
> 'Configure' [ make sure the plugin is enabled as well ].
> 4. Try setting decoder resolution to '8 bit'.
> 5. Try playing another mp3.
>
> If the above instructions do not work, you may email me at the address
> in my signature. The slowness you speak of is the EXACT same problem
> I had before, and the above is what I did to fix it.
Hi Andrew. Thanks for getting back with me. I tried the above, but it's the
same story. I tried it with soundon and also rebooting to the kernel which has
sound compiled in. I've set the resolution to 8 bits and alternated the sample
rate to 1:1, 1:2 and 1:4. I'm using the OSS driver for the output plugin. The
esound plugin moves slightly faster, but not enough to generate any sound.
Any thoughts you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
--
Steve
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:13:20 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Multiple NICs
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000 01:47:58 -0400, Zachary M. Morvik
<<394b10d5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
[3 NE2000 network cards]
>One card works and is configured now. My intention is to get all three of
>these NICs working and then use IP Masquerade to re-map ports for my DSL
>line. Does anyone have a quick outline of what direction I should head in
>to get these NICs installed?
modprobe ne io=XXX,YYY,ZZZ irq=A,B,C
Match up the values so that the card using irq A is using I/O range XXX.
That should get you started; or you can put the following lines in
/etc/conf.modules:
alias eth0 ne
alias eth1 ne
alias eth2 ne
options ne io=XXX,YYY,ZZZ irq=A,B,C
>configure the IO, IRQ, etc. for the other two network cards? Do I have to
>re-compile the kernel?? I know, for optimum performance, I do, but I would
>just like to work off of modules for now.
You will not need to recompile the kernel, but no matter what you do,
having 3 NE2000 cards bashing around will not give you optimal
performance.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:05:51 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown)
Subject: Re: where is www.linuxjournel.com??
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:39:36 +1000, Sam Wun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This website is vanished from the web, has it been changed name lately?
>I am just looking for some info about setting up my Oracle8i in Linux.
>
>Someone said that www.linuxjournel.com could help. Is there any other
> website contains
The URL is misspelled www.linuxjournal.com (you have an "e" instead of
an "a"). I just checked and the site is up as of 9pm US Central time
Wednesday 14 June 2000.
John
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:45:52 -0400
Subject: Re: fdisk \ dos
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
paul simdars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Has anyone used Linux fdisk to partition their dos drive? I have one
While I read many times that to create a partition for dos use the
dos fdisk, I consistently ignore this advice. I always use Linux' fdisk
to manage my partition table.
> drive which has only dos partitions on it but dos doesn't seem to be
> able to partition it correctly. It keeps adding an extra partition so I
> thought I'd do it with Linux. Anyone had any experience?
It is strange. If there is nothing important on the disk, and you want
to repartition it completely, then try erasing the MBR completely:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hdX bs=512 count=1
This will overwrite the MBR for the Xth drive. Sometimes it is important
to have a clean start.
Vilmos
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:48:18 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: where is www.linuxjournel.com??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 10:39:36 +1000, Sam Wun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>This website is vanished from the web, has it been changed name lately?
>I am just looking for some info about setting up my Oracle8i in Linux.
>
>Someone said that www.linuxjournel.com could help. Is there any other
>website contains
Unless you typo'd it, it is linuxjournal.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:53:19 -0400
From: "WoNkO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Webacm 32 and IPMASQ
Greetings!
Here's my delimma, and I hope someone out there can help me :(... I'm
running a linux box serving as a firewall for my internal network.. on one
of my windoze machines (internal) I am running a webcam program that can
serve up a java utility to let users see live video on a web page. This
software (webcam32) serves up the java on port 8888 (also streams video on
this port).
I have used IPMASQADM to set up the following rule:
ipmasqadm portfw -a -P tcp -L $IP_REAL 8888 -R $TOIP_PC 8888
which SHOULD forward all traffic on port 8888 to my windoze box.... with no
luck :(
I was wondering if I have to REVERSE forward to get this streaming video to
work? If so, how?
Any help is appreciated!
Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BTW, I ran nmap, and port 8888 IS open on the internal machine...
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:12:24 -0400
From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fdisk and dos
"David .." wrote:
>
> paul simdars wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone used Linux fdisk to partition their dos drive? I have one
> > drive which has only dos partitions on it but dos doesn't seem to be
> > able to partition it correctly. It keeps adding an extra partition so I
> > thought I'd do it with Linux. Anyone had any experience?
> > Thanks.
> > Paul
>
> This is a newsgroup not a chat room. This is your 4th posting of the
> same question within 5 minutes. Relax and give someone time to answer.
He did a forth? I kill filed him after #3, as have many others i'd
imagine.
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 20:20:07 -0400
From: "Lonni J. Friedman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NT 4.0, DOS, Linux -- Is It Worth It?
Wayne Watson wrote:
> I just purchased RedHat 6.2. I have a computer with DOS and NT 4.0 installed on it,
>and would like
> to have all three available. I'm beginning to wonder if it's worth the trouble. I
>fired up the RH
> install disk and eventually was confronted with a screen that asks "Where do you
>want to install
> Linux?" and shows the following partitions:
> hda1 500M
> hda5 2G
> hda6 2G
> hda7 2G
> hda8 1.4G
>
> The partitions correspond to my C:, D:, E:, F:, and G: drives. DOS is on C: and NT
>4.0 is on D:.
> They are all partitioned as FAT.
Well that is problem #1. Linux needs an ext2 partition. Would you try
to install NT4 in a FAT32 partition??
>I suspect I want to tell the install program to start Linux at hda6
>
> or drive E:. I decided to call RH install support and they immediately suggested the
>NT How-To or
> using Partition Magic 5.0. The How-To seems unnecessarily complex and I really don't
>want to buy
> more s/w, especially if installing 6.2 with NT 4 .0 is going to be all that
>troublesome. That is,
> this experience does not inspire me to believe I can do the dual (triple?) dance
>without getting
> bit.
THe HOW-TO is complex in order to cover all possibilities. Would you
prefer that it was vague and incomplete? Read the HOW-TO, and then read
it again twice more. If you still have trouble understanding it, ask
specifically about what is confusing you here.
> BTW, why didn't Linux refer to the above partitions as hda1,2,3, ..., etc instead of
>hda1, 5,
> 6...?
Most likely because you have an extended partition which is holding
hda5, 6, 7 & 8. Sounds like you need to become alot better acquainted
with your computer if you are unaware how the HD is currently
partitioned.
> After pondering this for awhile and recalling that I did a similar installation with
>NT 4.0 and
> Linux successfully a few years ago, I almost feel as I can push on with the install
>by simply
> telling the install program to put Linux at hda6. I recall that I ended up with a
>Lilo boot, which
> was fine. Eventually I got killed by creating a new NT partition beyond the Linux
>partition, and
> could never boot Linux again. So for two years, I've stayed away from all this.
>However, the
> computer that I'm attempting to install NT 4.0 and Linux on is not my primary
>computer, so I'm not
> quite as concerned about a disaster over there. .
The only way you'll have a disaster is if you muck around with your
exteneded partition (hda2).
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 22:01:01 -0400
From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xmms
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Stephen E. Hargrove wrote:
+ "Andrew N. McGuire" wrote:
+
+ > Try it with your regular sound card drivers... I had this same problem
+ > before, what I did to fix it was this.
+ >
+ > 1. Open xmms.
+ > 2. Place your cursor over xmms and press Cntrl+P.
+ > 3. Under the Audio I/O Plugins tab, select MPEG Layer, then click
+ > 'Configure' [ make sure the plugin is enabled as well ].
+ > 4. Try setting decoder resolution to '8 bit'.
+ > 5. Try playing another mp3.
+ >
+ > If the above instructions do not work, you may email me at the address
+ > in my signature. The slowness you speak of is the EXACT same problem
+ > I had before, and the above is what I did to fix it.
+
+ Hi Andrew. Thanks for getting back with me. I tried the above, but it's the
+ same story. I tried it with soundon and also rebooting to the kernel which has
+
+ sound compiled in. I've set the resolution to 8 bits and alternated the sample
+
+ rate to 1:1, 1:2 and 1:4. I'm using the OSS driver for the output plugin. The
+
+ esound plugin moves slightly faster, but not enough to generate any sound.
+
+ Any thoughts you might have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Are you using a sound blaster pro/16?
If so try using these:
# Sound Blaster Pro/16 support:
/sbin/modprobe sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 dma16=5 mpu_io=0x300
/sbin/modprobe opl3 io=0x388
/sbin/modprobe v_midi
To set up your sound card with the drivers that come with the kernel.
Also, do you have permissions to access /dev/dsp?
I would check these, if that dont work, let me know what kind of sound
card, and so forth that you have.... In addition to posting here,
feel free to cc me at the address in my signature, so I can give
a quicker response..
Good Luck!
anm
--
/*-------------------------------------------------------.
| Andrew N. McGuire |
| [EMAIL PROTECTED] |
`-------------------------------------------------------*/
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 09:48:13 -0400
From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Horrible sound at startup with SB 64
"Fabio S." wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if somebody know why every time I boot, when the
> sound modules are loaded, I ear a huge and very annoying noise. I remarked
It happens when you initialize the sound card, it's normal.
Solution #1 - Don't reboot.
Solution #2 - Turn down the volume on your speakers.
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 12:05:40 -0400
From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Read Linux partition from Win95 ?
Andrew E. Schulman writes:
> But who needs to bother with that, when you can boot Windows,...
First you'll have to install it.
> ...insert a floppy with explore2fs or a similar utility, and modify
> /etc/shadow at will?
No unencrypted file system is safe from such an attack, regardless of the
OS.
> Linux file permissions and ownership are a joke!
Linux file permissions and ownership have nothing to do with it.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 14:20:41 -0400
From: Chuck Lidderdale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ghostscript/printing question
How to I tell lpr/ghostscript to do Duplex printing?
Thanks
Chuck
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From: "Dr. Guillermo A. Morales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.63 can't access Newsgroups
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 05:44:45 GMT
Ok, I figured out what the problem was. Since my Linux box is behind a
firewall I had to use the real long name of the server. Once I did that
the whole thing worked like a charm!!!
Thanks a lot to all of you who sent me suggestions/ideas to fix this
problem.
Keep Linux running... forever.
Guillermo.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Dr. Guillermo A. Morales" wrote:
>
> OK, The problem was I had not setup the pop parameters. Once I did that the
> message went away. However, the problem remains: Netscape can't access
> newsgroups.
>
> It keeps saying that it can't find the newsgroup servers!!! I've tried many
> name combinations to get it to work, but no luck so far. I still have to go
> back to Windows to do this (sight).
>
> Your help will be deeply appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Guillermo (Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
> "Dr. Guillermo A. Morales" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:5eD25.3638$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi, I just installed Red Hat 6.1 with several programs being Netscape one
> of
> > them.
> >
> > I have been able to get Netscape to surf the net and send/receive emails.
> > But when I try to use it to read Newsgroups Netscape keeps telling me it
> > can't do it because I did not provide a username! I have gone to
> > Preferences/Newsgroups, gave the name for the server (in this case it's
> > News) and input also my name with email address, etc.
> >
> > Why does Netscape keep telling me it I did not give username? And how can
> > this be fixed?
> >
> > Please copy your answers to my personal email account as well
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
> >
> > Thank you very much in advance.
> >
> > Guillermo.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
--
=====
Guillermo A. Morales
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 22731651
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:41:20 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: X won;t start --Anyone!!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:01:10 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm running RH6.1. My X was working fine but ever since I rebooted my
>machine I cannot get into X.
>I'm getting this error message when I try to start X.
>
>-fontTransSocketUnixConnect: Can't connect: errno=111
>
>failed to set default path 'unix/:-1'
>fatal server error
>could not open default font 'fixed'
>
http://feenix.eyep.net/xstuff/xfs.html#trouble
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Patrick Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: EMACS RPMs
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 22:47:47 -0700
Hello,
I have just installed a bare copy of RedHat 6.2, ie. no RPMS except
IPCHAINS. Now, I want to install EMACS, could someone tell me which
package I should install? I have installed the following package but no
use:
emacs-20.5-7.i386.rpm
with the command
rpm -ivh emacs-20.5-7.i386.rpm
There are some other packages, ie:
emacs-el-20.5-7.i386.rpm
emacs-leim-20.5-7.i386.rpm
emacs-nox-20.5-7.i386.rpm
emacs-X11-20.5-7.i386.rpm
Should I also install those packages? Or there are something else. I
would like to install only the necessary packages. Thanks very much.
Patrick Kong
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Adam Schuetze)
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linux using up 256 Mb???
Reply-To: adam_schuetze at iname dot com
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 05:48:30 GMT
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Not long ago, in a galaxy somewhat nearby, Dr. Guillermo A. Morales
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried the "free" command and there is 75588 bytes are actually used.
> Is this OK? I'm running X (Gnome), Netscape and a terminal. I find hard
> to believe that this will take about 74 Mb or RAM. Please correct me if
> I'm wrong.
Well, if I can use the "top" output on my box as an example:
X is using 17M
Netscape is using 13M
I don't use gnome terminals, or gnome at all, so I cannot
compare. Gnome (and kde) and all it's associated gui stuff are
cpu/ram pigs, and of no use to me. I want my linux to look/feel
like unix, not windows.
Even the gnome terminals are a waste of ram. Try running an
"rxvt" terminal (which are even more light-weight than xterms),
and compare the ram/cpu usage between rxvt and a gnome terminal.
On an individual basis, gnome terminals don't use all THAT much
ram, but when you have 10 of them running...
Anyway, to answer your question, I'd say that 74M doesn't seem
out of proportion, considering that you are running gnome.
> I also tried the command "top", as previously suggested, and I see that:
>
> 1) Under user there's guille, root and also nobody! How come is root
> displayed if I'm only logged in as guille (my user account)?
When your machine boots up, various processes start up. The are
generally run as root. Some processes (I think samba, does
anybody know for sure?) run as user nobody.
cheers,
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From: "Michael Brailsford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Dammit...
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:02:49 -0600
Will someone please respond?
When installing Mandrake, I get half way through the install, and I get
problems. I've searched high and low for an answer, but I can't find
anything for my specific problem. Ok, here are the specifics. I downloaded
Mandrake, and put the Mandrake directory on root on my c:\. I bought and
installed a new 10.2 GB hardrive that I will be dedicating to Linux, that
drive is d:\. When I create the boot disks I use hd.img, to install from
the hardrive. When I reboot, everything works perfectly well. I have no
problems creating the partitions on d: or anything like that(I have a "/",
"/home", and swap partitions). Then when DrakX attempts to continue
installing the packages, it gives me "depslist.ordered does not match
hdlist" error. I think the problem may be that since the drive it is
installing from is DOS the directories "RPMS", and "RPMS2" are in lowercase,
and Linux needs them to be uppercase. I have tried to find "mv" to rename
them, but I have had no luck. I can't just rename them in DOS since it is
case insensitive. When I attempt to continue with the install I get other
errors, but I am assuming that they are all a result of the first error.
What do you think? Any help would be VERY greatly appreciated. BTW this is
my first Linux install, so if possible I would like to stay with the
graphical install as much as possible.
Michael
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