Linux-Misc Digest #879, Volume #24 Wed, 21 Jun 00 05:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: mind hours in development Linux vs. Windows (Oliver Baker)
Linux.2.2.13 maxtor 40gb/Ultra 66 ("Chris Shaffer")
Re: Is this true ? Compaq iPaq with Linux !: ("Ermin Mistica")
Screen Saver Problem... (Marcus Leung)
installing procinfo 17 (termcap.h missing)
Re: how to share /usr directory? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LILO 21.4.4 compilation (Aaron)
Re: mind hours in development Linux vs. Windows (brian moore)
Temp anon ftp... (Simon Lemieux)
Re: Linux.2.2.13 maxtor 40gb/Ultra 66 (Akira Yamanita)
Re: EMACS RPMs (Patrick Kong)
Re: Is this true ? Compaq iPaq with Linux !: (JF Mezei)
Re: fetchmail, mail, sendmail with pop3 and smtp (Matthew Haley)
Re: Newbie: Shell Script (Alex Loew)
Limites de linux ("Nacho")
Re: Danger in running fsck on a mounted filesystem -- SOLVED (Villy Kruse)
Re: Limites de linux ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: External Modem`s (Michael McConnell)
Re: help with ftp ("LCR")
Re: Scripting woes, need help. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
The Linux Network Administrator's Guide... (Hendrix)
Re: Limites de linux ("Miguel Angel")
Re: Change multiple filenames all at once? (Charles Philip Chan)
Re: GNU/LINUX at city of Boston Public Library departments (Brian Wallingford)
Re: help with ftp (Akira Yamanita)
Re: Choice of Linux / Unix as second OS (Dmitri V)
Re: Linux Hangs (freeze) HELP. (Rafael)
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From: Oliver Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mind hours in development Linux vs. Windows
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:12:33 GMT
Unclaimed Mysteries wrote:
>
> > Anyway it's not
> > going to be very technical. It's more to do with an instance of
> > corporate culture being "infiltrated" by Linux culture.
>
> In that case, there's not going to be very much science journalism going on,
> is there? A gossip columnist could write this article.
>
True...if he or she were a sci/tech gossip columnist. I'm sure you'll
acknowledge there's political gossip, music industry gossip, movie
industry gossip, etc. Computer gossip gets lumped with science gossip in
some organs of the media. Also this company uses its cluster to do
scientific research of a sort I'm pretty familiar with.
Oliver Baker
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From: "Chris Shaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux.2.2.13 maxtor 40gb/Ultra 66
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 23:40:29 -0500
Will this combination work, the 40gb drive is not going to be a boot drive i
have a smaller 4.3 for that, this is just for a ftp server, Anyone who can
point out some reference places on how to get this to work would be greatly
appreciated. I read somewhere about having to get the 2.3 kernel to do this
with large drives, but i dont wanna do that and have to learn netfilter, and
i use ip masq as well.
E-mail is my preferred response, but i do frequent the board often it is
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Reply-To: "Ermin Mistica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Ermin Mistica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: microsoft.public.windowsce,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.psion.misc
Subject: Re: Is this true ? Compaq iPaq with Linux !:
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:26:42 GMT
I think that would be a great idea to replace it with EPOC. Has anyone seen
the "Quartz" from Psion? It's set to come out later this year. When I read
the specs for the Quartz it reminded me very much of the iPaq. Compaq really
is preparing just in case Microsoft bails out on the PDA platform.
Sincerly,
Ermin Mistica
"Amandio J.S. Bacalhau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8iopsd$tg7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> http://news.tucows.com/pdanews/ce/pdace06202000.html
>
> Now i know why they put the OS in FlashROM :-)
> Its not only for CE OS updates...its also to replace CE completly
> if the user wants it...how about also EPOC ?
>
> AJSB
>
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From: Marcus Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Screen Saver Problem...
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:27:45 +0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear all,
I have installed Redhat 6.2.
I would like to set a screen saver in GNome X window,
but most of them doesn't work, they works in the small box
shown in "screen saver setup" window, but it doesn't work
in real case.
why is that? how can I solve the problem?
(it happens also when I used RH6.0)
Thanks a lot,
Marcus
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: installing procinfo 17 (termcap.h missing)
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:30:08 GMT
hi,
i'm running RH 5.1. I downloaded procinfo17 and trying to install it.
i made the changes to the Makefile, however the source files requires
termcap.h. I don't seem to have it on my system.
There is a comment in the Makefile that one may need to use ncurses. what
is that? should i use the curses.h instead of termcap.h in the source file?
thanks,
aner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to share /usr directory?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:26:09 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland) wrote:
> >So, at which point during the installation should I mount it? Should
> >I allow the installation program to really copy the files to there?
> >As there should really be no need to copy the files to there again,
> >can I skip this step somehow?
>
> Well, I have a machine here that's fully set up to run by itself but
most of
> the time loads its apps and data from a central server. You can just
mount
> /usr etc over the top of the existing dir.
What did you do when you install Linux on this machine (NOT the
central server)? I believe the installation program needs to
copy files into /usr during installation.
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From: Aaron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO 21.4.4 compilation
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:47:53 GMT
I belive your 13GB disk is still in 1024 cyliders limit. But 30GB is
out of the limit. That's why yours is working and his is Not working.
I had same problem, now I have to boot linux use boot disk. It was slow.
I am looking for a way to make it faster.
By the way, how do you make 5 partitions in one disk. (I thought Linux
need another Swap partition) ?
> If linux is the only OS going on your disk your current LILO should
work
> fine, as long as your kernel is on the first 1024 cyls. Make a small
(30MB
> is enough) partition as the first partition on the disk, put all of
/boot
> in it, and mount it on /boot. I've actually got four OSes (linux,
win95,
> winNT, and BeOS) booting on one 13GB disk, all while staying within
the
> 1024 cylinder limit.
>
> HTH
>
> Bob
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: mind hours in development Linux vs. Windows
Date: 21 Jun 2000 05:35:09 GMT
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 00:47:19 GMT,
Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Casey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> In a message on Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:22:17 -0500, wrote :
>
> "> Linux PRO's
> "> -Very cheap free to about 1/3 to 1/2 of what nt or novel charge
> "> -Runs well on low end system (486 web server)
> "> -Once set up properly will run well (reports of systems running
> "> uninterupted for 300 + days.
> "> -At one point there was a rumor that micro$oft ran its hotmail
> "> servers on linux boxes cause NT couldn't handle the load.
>
> The story as *I* heard it:
> "Before Microsoft bought them out, Hotmail ran on SparcServers running
> Solaris (a commercial UNIX). When Microsoft bought Hotmail, they
> (Microsoft) tried to convert Hotmail to a batch of NT Server machines --
> the NT Server boxes fail to handle the load, so they (Microsoft)
> reverted back to the (working very well) SparcServers running Solaris."
>
> Hotmail presently seems to be running on FreeBSD machines:
>
> www.hotmail.com is running Apache/1.3.6 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.8 SSLeay/0.9.0b on
>FreeBSD
>
> (Visit http://www.netcraft.com/whats/?host=www.hotmail.com to check this.)
Hotmail uses FreeBSD for the web servers and Solaris for the backend
database servers. I've had a Hotmail employee tell me the above story
isn't true, that they have never tried to move their service to anything
else. I was told, though, that Microsoft is constantly asking for
Hotmail to use NT in any way, and that Hotmail just ignores them.
--
Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: Simon Lemieux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Temp anon ftp...
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:18:38 GMT
Hi,
I have a ftp server right now, but the anon account can't seem to be able to
upload anything, how's that? How can I fix this?
The ftp server is off most of the time anyway...
That would help me a lot!
Thanks,
Simon
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux.2.2.13 maxtor 40gb/Ultra 66
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:59:03 GMT
Chris Shaffer wrote:
>
> Will this combination work, the 40gb drive is not going to be a boot drive i
> have a smaller 4.3 for that, this is just for a ftp server, Anyone who can
> point out some reference places on how to get this to work would be greatly
> appreciated. I read somewhere about having to get the 2.3 kernel to do this
> with large drives, but i dont wanna do that and have to learn netfilter, and
> i use ip masq as well.
>
> E-mail is my preferred response, but i do frequent the board often it is
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
2.2.14 will work according to the Large Disk HOWTO. You could also
patch 2.2.12 but if you're going to do that, you'd might as well
use the 2.2.16 kernel. As long as you're comfortable compiling a
kernel, it shouldn't be a problem and it's not a huge upgrade.
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From: Patrick Kong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: EMACS RPMs
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 23:38:55 -0700
Hello,
Thanks for all replies. I have managed to download version 20.7 and
installed. In order for EMACS to work, all I install are the following
RPMs:
emacs-20.7-1.i386.rpm
emacs-el-20.7-1.i386.rpm
emacs-leim-20.7-1.i386.rpm
emacs-nox-20.7-1.i386.rpm
Thanks again.
Patrick Kong
Patrick Kong wrote:
>
> 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: JF Mezei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: microsoft.public.windowsce,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.psion.misc
Subject: Re: Is this true ? Compaq iPaq with Linux !:
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 02:43:36 -0400
JeffMc wrote:
>
> False,
>
> There are ALOT of non-PalmSize PC , H/PC, PocketPC WinCE devices that use
> flash.
My first PSION Series 5 (ROM 1.0) had FLASH rom. (but later batches had masked ROMs)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Haley)
Subject: Re: fetchmail, mail, sendmail with pop3 and smtp
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 23:46:51 -0700
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 16:46:19 GMT,
Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am a newbie. weaning myself from the windows tit.
>
>I have got the gui enviornment working great.
>
>I like the commandlinebetter, I enjoy lynx for it's speed
>
>my problem is I cannot find clear documentation on how to set up
>
>sendmail, fetchmail and pine, to use my isp's mail.
>
>any help would be appreciated.
>
install-sendmail @
http://cork.linux.ie/projects/install-sendmail/
--
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Now showing... Linux-Mandrake 7.02
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Loew)
Subject: Re: Newbie: Shell Script
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 06:59:26 GMT
I found the problem. When logged in as root '.' is not in my path.
That was the problem.
Thanx to all
ALEX
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From: "Nacho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: es.comp.os.linux.instalacion
Subject: Limites de linux
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:44:26 +0200
1) Alguien sabe con cuanta memoria RAM puede trabajar Linux como m�ximo, yo
se que cuando compilas el kernel puedes elegir hasta 2 GB
2) �Cuantos microprocesadores? (Plataforma Intel)
3) �Soporta tarjetas de red Gigabit? (Intel)
Muchas gracias.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Danger in running fsck on a mounted filesystem -- SOLVED
Date: 21 Jun 2000 07:18:56 GMT
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:31:07 -0400,
Fluri Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Firstly, let me thank Matt (Dances with Crows) for his
>thoughtful and helpful contributions in this matter.
>
>Okay, I tried letting it fsck the root in ro and it didn't
>make a whit of difference. So I scoured the file I'd
>suspected earlier
>
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
>
>more closely. In particular, I compared the invocations of
>fsck in the general boot section versus the fast boot
>section. In the end, after reading the man pages to decipher
>the various switches, I changed
>
> fsck -T -a $fsckoptions / -- -C 0
>
>to
>
> fsck -T -a $fsckoptions -- -C 0
>
>and this solved my troubles nicely. Apparently, somehow that
>explicit reference to the root got included in that command
>string, forcing a check of it on each and every boot. It's
>really unnecessary, since the -a flag makes fsck roll
>through the fstab entries when not cleanly umounted or when
>their time is up, anyway...
>
There are supposed to be two fsck commands in rc.sysinit. One for the
root quite early before doing most anything else including re-mounting
the root rw. Much later the other file systems are checked before
mounting the /usr and the other file systems. Skipping fsck when
required is also dangerous, as continued usage of a damaged file system
will case even more damage, which can't be repaired, whereas if you fsck
early enough the damage can be easily repaired in most cases. If you
combine everything into one big root file system it is even more important
to do fsck when the system thinks it is required. A pure root filesystem
without /usr, /var, /home, /root, or any other data file system does not
get updated very often, and runs a much lower risk of being damaged by a
power failure or a kernel crash.
Villy
VIlly
Villy
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: es.comp.os.linux.instalacion
Subject: Re: Limites de linux
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 01:34:29 -0600
> 1) Alguien sabe con cuanta memoria RAM puede trabajar Linux como m�ximo,
yo
No se por cierto, pero creo que los kernels nuevos pueden soportar por lo
menos 4 GB.
> 2) �Cuantos microprocesadores? (Plataforma Intel)
Tantos como tienes. ; )
> 3) �Soporta tarjetas de red Gigabit? (Intel)
Si. Al compilar el kernel, ay una seccion de tarjetas Gigabit que estan
soportados.
steve
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: External Modem`s
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 00:57:56 +0100
vOn 20 Jun 2000, Richard Watson wrote:
> Joeri Sebrechts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> Do you know how one of these works (a non-usb one)?
>
> I've yet to see an external serial port modem that's a winmodem.
The Motorola L7089 cellphone (using the data cable) is an external winmodem.
(oddly enough, when used over infrared it's a hardware modem, though with
fewer features)
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Eridani Linux 6.2 available]
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From: "LCR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with ftp
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:01:12 +0100
If you are in control of both machines, using NFS is much better
Vilmos Soti wrote in message ...
>Andrey Muraviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Does anybody know how to download directory structure with linux ftp?
>
>There is a program called wget.
>
>Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Scripting woes, need help.
Date: 21 Jun 2000 07:57:22 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have been working on this script for
> a week, posting questions to the newsgroups, linuxnewbie, and question
> exchange. I have recieved many helpful
> suggestions (none of which have been
> the same!) But I am frustrated, I have been so close to getting this
> script to work. What I have now almost works...
> ALMOST.
> find . -xdev -type f \( -ctime > 1 \) -exec cp -aPv "{}"
> find: missing argument to > `-exec'
The find is executing multiple cp commands so you have to
separate them with semicolons. So you have to put a ; on the
end but escape it so that it's not interpreted by the shell:
Try this:
find . -xdev -type f \( -ctime > 1 \) -exec cp -aPv "{}" \;
I don't understand why you've got the parentheses in there.
Is it to protect the ">" from the shell?
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From: Hendrix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: The Linux Network Administrator's Guide...
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:16:04 -0230
Has anyone read the book called "Linux Network Administrator's Guide"
published by O'Reilly and Associates...??? It is supposed to be based
on the Linux Documentation Project's guide of the same name....
My questions are:
1. Is this book identical to the online "Linux Network Administrator's
Guide" found on the Linux Documentation Project's site...
2. If not, is this book any good for a linux networking newbie...???
Thanks a bunch...
Trevor...
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From: "Miguel Angel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: es.comp.os.linux.instalacion
Subject: Re: Limites de linux
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:58:26 +0200
Te recomiendo que te pases por www.kernel.org y te bajes la ultima version
del n�cle . Cuando lo descomprimas en /usr/src/linux/Documentation
encontraras referencias a todo lo que soporta , de igual forma cuando
ejecturas el make menuconfig podras ver todo el hardware que soportan . Por
lo pronto te puedo decir que , el maximo de memoria creo que estaba en 4G ,
Procesadores creo que eran 16 en una placa ( distinto es el soporte de
multicomputadores en red ) y respecto a las GigaBytes decir que si las
soporta desde hace mucho tiempo , pero no se que modelos y fabricantes
soporta .
Si quieres conocer algunas de las cosas que soporta el nucle ,te paso unos
enlaces :
Para el kernel 2.2.X , que es el actual .
http://www.openresources.com/es/magazine/linux-kernel-22/index.html
Para el kernel 2.4 , al que le queda poco para convertirse en oficial ,
http://www.kernelnotes.org/
"Nacho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:8ipofg$9i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 1) Alguien sabe con cuanta memoria RAM puede trabajar Linux como m�ximo,
yo
> se que cuando compilas el kernel puedes elegir hasta 2 GB
> 2) �Cuantos microprocesadores? (Plataforma Intel)
> 3) �Soporta tarjetas de red Gigabit? (Intel)
>
> Muchas gracias.
>
>
>
>
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Subject: Re: Change multiple filenames all at once?
From: Charles Philip Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 21 Jun 2000 02:24:52 +0500
>>>>> "MH" == MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have a bunch of HOWTOs I recently downloaded that are in HTML
> format but for some reason are missing the .html extension. How
> do I add this extension to each of the files in a single
> operation? I'm thinking piping "ls" to "mv" but simply
> providing the extension as the new filename argument obviously
> isn't going to work. How would I do this? Or is there a better
> way?
You can use mmv which can moves/rename multiple files. It should be
included in your distro, if not check freshmeat. The syntax that you
want is:
mmv "*" "#1.html"
Charles
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Crossposted-To: ne.internet.services
From: Brian Wallingford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GNU/LINUX at city of Boston Public Library departments
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 04:28:48 -0400
: It will be easier when: Linux is as easy to setup, maintain & use as
: Windows, most software is written for Linux, most hardware comes with
: drivers for Linux...
:
: Because most organizations have to hire & pay people to setup, maintain
: and run their systems, Linux is very expensive.
Yep. God forbid anyone should spend a few minutes a day learning how to
use and optimize their OS of choice. If your staff is educated and
motivated, it's not expensive at all. Rebooting a mission-critical server
during the business day because of a "hiccup" is expensive. It's sad that
the practice of rebooting has become an accepted ritual.
Like Brian said, it's not rocket science.
:
: Don Saklad wrote:
:
: > How could our urban public library city of Boston public
: > library departments be persuaded to use GNU/LINUX ?...
: >
: > http://www.bpl.org/WWW/trustees31400.html
: > On the technology front, the President reported that
: > implementation of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
: > grant is moving along very well, including the cost of
: > acquisition of 158 new computers, 27 new printers and
: > accompanying workstation furniture, with the exception of
: > the installation of the electronics to get them online.
: > http://www.bpl.org/WWW/trustees31400.html
:
:
:
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From: Akira Yamanita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help with ftp
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:34:16 GMT
Vilmos Soti wrote:
>
> Andrey Muraviev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Does anybody know how to download directory structure with linux ftp?
>
> There is a program called wget.
>
> Vilmos
Or use ncftpget with the -R option for recursive directory downloads.
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From: Dmitri V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Choice of Linux / Unix as second OS
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 05:31:58 +0300
Shotgun Bob wrote:
>
> Your second OS should be BeOS. It's downloadable
> for free from http://free.be.com and it has a much smaller
> learning curve compared to Linux.
Well, but the poster wants to learn *UNIX*-like environment. Although
BeOS is somehow POSIXised, it however lacks manu of UNIXish features,
like there is no users/groups, file permissions, etc. So, if that guy
wants to learn unixism, BeOS is useless.
I am not trying to offend anybody, I tried BeOS, it is a nice OS, but it
has been made for different purposes.
Right now I would say that if you want to learn the general spirit of
Unix, just about anything will come pat: Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD
(they are free, i.e. no money); if you want, you may pay $75 for SUN's
SOLARIS - IMO, it is more stable on Intel x86 than Linux, so you'll have
much less headache tweaking your box.
Just decide. Whatever you take, it will be useful. Knowledge itself is
power, isn't it? :))))
HTH
Dmitri
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From: Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Linux Hangs (freeze) HELP.
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 10:52:22 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I already tried with my compiled kernel it is the same. Aa I said I can restart
my computer if only I turn off power for at least 1-2 seconds. Presing reset
button did not restart computer. Only video is turning of.
Rafael
Gigsaw wrote:
> I assume you are using the default redhat kernel? One thing that may
> help you is by getting all non-essential drivers out of your kernel (Do you
> REALLY need raid drivers loaded in memory?) There are kernel compilation
> docs,.. do a decent search for them. Recompile your kernel with drivers for
> the hardware that you have only. When your machine hangs, RH has the
> "Kernel Hacking" option enabled in their default kernels,. so that you can
> do a "safe" reboot. When your machine locks up,. press and hold Alt+SysRq,
> while typing "S - U - B" This will Synch your filesystems, Unmount your
> disks, and reBoot, your machine. It's a temporary fix,.. if you are still
> having the same problem after you have compiled a new kernel, repost.
> Also,.. RedHat modifies their kernel,.. I hate that personally. They make
> changes to the linux kernel (documented), but also not official.
> Personally, I'd get the much better tested, stable official kernels from
> www.kernel.org . Just my 2 cents, I hope it helps.
> --
> Gigsaw
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> @#Desperado irc.cotse.com
> http://www.cotse.com
>
> Rafael <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > My Linux (Red Hat 6.2, kernel 2.14 and 6.1) hangs. I run on the same
> > computer Windows 98 and it works without hangings. I would like use
> > only Linux on this computer but I can't. It hangs (freeze), the reset
> > button could not restart computer (black screen). I have to turn power
> > of (Hard reset). Please help me. What could be the reason.
> > I have Epox MVP3C2 mainboard, I use S3 868 PCI graphic card with 2 Mb
> > RAM on it.
> > I downloaded lately new kernel 2.14-12 and instaled it. After it things
> >
> > went worst, my computer started eaven hangs at lower speed of the
> > processor.
> > It is realy strange that when I am adding additional PCI card I have to
> > slow down the speed of the mainboard and processor.
> >
> > I have in my computer:
> > Modem Zoltrix Internal Sp Phone V.34 (ISA)
> > TurtleBeach Malibu Sound card (ISA)
> > Realtek 8029 Network card (PCI)
> > Realtek 8129 Network card (PCI)
> > S3 Vision 868 PCI graphic card
> > Hard Drive 27 GB IBM - IDE ATA-66 - master on first controler
> > CD Rom x 32 slave on second controler
> >
> > When I changed Voltage from 2.4 to 2.8 of the core (processor) it little
> > help and it is not hanging so often. But than my procesor geting hotter.
> >
> > I tried changing cards in slots , I take one network card away, but it
> > did not help. I tried 3 different bioses, without help.
> >
> > Please give me some advice, I starting be mad about this problem.
> > Why the same computer not hang in Windows 98 (never) but in Linux very
> > often and it freeze tottaly, no responce and I have turn of power to
> > restart it, reset button did not restart it.
> > It hangs also in text mode, so it means that it is not related to X
> > Window.
> >
> >
> > Rafael
> >
> >
> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Printing more than one page per sheet.
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 08:47:38 GMT
I know that you can print more than one page on the same sheet using the
command below.
mpage -2 -bA4 yourfile.txt | lpr
However I have a number of postscript files that are each a single page
in length and which I want to print on one sheet. I've tried the
commands below but it won't print.
mpage -1 -bA4 -dp image1.ps image2.ps > both.ps
mpage -2 -bA4 -dp both.ps | lpr
If instead I send the final command to a file as opposed to the printer
it produces a file that ghostsrcipt can open ..... just [the pointer
changes to a waitinng symbol which never stops waiting].
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