Linux-Misc Digest #117, Volume #25 Wed, 12 Jul 00 17:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can't get darn printer to work! (Antonio Contreras P�rez)
Zip drive acceleration under Linux? ("Severin Greimel")
Re: WordPerfect 8 for Linux won't install under SuSE 6.4 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Read Linux CD? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Linux crashing on boot (Dimitris Terzis)
Re: the little mouse that couldn't (cabal2112)
Sound card config problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
suid (on binary file) problem (Martin Pilka)
Re: Sound card config problem (Martin Pilka)
Re: 1280x1024 Resolution ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
eth1 fails on boot!! ("Devon Harding")
Re: Linux in China? (James Lee)
Wu-FTP question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: print server (Dances With Crows)
Re: Why isn't [X]Emacs a word processor? (James Lee)
Re: Mandrake 7.1 (Andrey Vlasov)
Re: Wu-FTP question (Martin Pilka)
Re: Linux in China? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
locking files ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Application required - Word Processor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Reading NT tapes? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: GCC ("micromans")
Re: CD Burner woes
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From: Antonio Contreras P�rez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Can't get darn printer to work!
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:19:52 +0200
El lun, 10 jul 2000, Jimi Aleshin escribi�:
>Hi,
>
> I have Redhat Linux 6.1 kernel 2.2.12-20 on an i386 and a Hewlett
>Packard DeskJet 695C. I just set it up yesterday and can't get it to
>print at all. The lpd deamon is on and running, and I used printtool to
>configure the printer. The only thing I get is that the job is queued
>and spooled. I know that the job goes in the Spool directory right
>before it prints. But I do not know where to go from there to get the
>paper printed? I'm probably missing something right in front of my nose.
>Anybody have any ideas?
>
>BTW, I only set this up to be a Local printer.
I had the same problem with the same printer.
There are differents versions of "apsfilter". The one that cames with SuSE 5.x
did not work. I used a version that was distributed with a spanish magazine. I
remember there was a ps file (a tiger) to make a test with the printer.
But I'm afraid I'll take at least 1 month to visit home, where I have the CD.
Take a look at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and ask for the
apsfilter in numbers 6 or 7 if you want to look for the original package.
Other way you can test is using the files I've got installed. Now I have a
HP610C, and I remember It worked without reinstalling the filters. I don't know
if finally I did it or not. Anyway, I'll send it to you.
Bye.
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From: "Severin Greimel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Zip drive acceleration under Linux?
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:57:20 +0100
Hi folks
I have a working parallel-port Zip drive running under Linux, but it seems to
be a lot slower than it is under a Windows system of a friend of mine.
Iomega has a Windows tool called "Parallel-Port Accelerator" or something
like that, and it configures the parallel port to allow maximum transfer rates
(well, at least it claims to...). How can I do that under Linux?
Thanks for any help,
Severin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: WordPerfect 8 for Linux won't install under SuSE 6.4
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:03:37 +0100
Stewart Honsberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 12:43:33 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> I've got WordPerfect 8 for Linux sitting here, downloaded from LinuxBerg,
>>> and it refuses to install. I've installed it without a hitch on SuSE 6.2
>>> and SuSE 6.0, but with SuSE 6.4 it just refuses to install.
>>Why bother to download it? WP8 is included on the SuSE CD set.
> Sorry, missed this part. I'm using the downloaded ISO version of SuSE.
Well, I did follow with...
"If you're using the evaluation CD...."
:)
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| Computer Science | - Father Jack in "Father Ted" |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Read Linux CD?
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:22:10 +0100
Micromans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Whenever I want to read the RedHat linux CD I can't. I do a "cd /mnt/cdrom"
> and ls.
> It is defined as ISO something or other (ISO9066??) in the fstab.
> So to read it I do a "mount /mnt/cdrom" and get in fine. I can then do "ls".
> How come? What file system does the CD use?
ISO9660. All removable devices are usually unmounted as standard.
You can set the to automount using autofs and automount.
Or rather, you *should* be able to...
I've managed to get automount to work with the floppy, but for some reason
can't get the CDROM to automount.
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| Computer science | vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge |
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From: Dimitris Terzis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux crashing on boot
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:09:43 GMT
Hi guys...
I am facing an annoying problem with one of my Linux boxes, which is
based on an AMD K6 CPU. I run RedHat 6.1 which is fine, but I need a
newer kernel, so I downloaded 2.3.99-pre9 and installed it using the
same procedure I have followed succesfully for several other similar
occasions (including 2.3.99-pre9 installations in other machines).
After installing the new kernel, I am rebooting the system and it stalls
exactly after the "Ok, uncompressing the kernel" message - the system
just freezes there. I tried 2.4.0-test3 and got the same result.
Because it doens't even start the booting process, /var/log/messages is
not written, so I don't have a clue as to what the cause of the problem
might be.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Dimitris
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From: cabal2112 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,redhat.general,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: the little mouse that couldn't
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:12:13 GMT
In article <395c89bb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc Jesse Drogin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I have one of those cool Logitech mice (not the mouseman, it is not
> > modled, it must be older, just says Logitech) that has the wheel as
the
> > middle third button.
>
> What driver are you using? I use TurboLinux which has its own hardware
> configuration file (so am not sure where the actual details are). I
have a
> Logitech Mable+ (with wheel). Could not figure out how to get it to
work
> until I realized I was using it with the MS Intellimouse drivers in
> Windows, so I chose PS/2 Intellimouse with wheel.
>
> Not many programmes support the wheel. It works in Lyx. I can scroll
my
> Kterm window in KDE. Unfortunately, it does not work in Netscape
(where I
> really wanted it to work).
>
hey
there's is a patch available to get netscape to work..i dont have it
with me but it can be found pretty easily (i found it by perusing linux
newsgroups). it works pretty much only for the main scroll bar in ns and
not sub-bars etc. if i remember correctly, the patch is just a portion
of text to be entered into the imwheelrc file to control the ns scroll
bar.
hope this helps
cabal (xcuze my windoze, im at work)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sound card config problem
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:18:38 GMT
I'm having a problem getting my sound card (Creative Labs Sound Blaster
16C PnP) to work on my system (Debian Linux. Kernel 2.2.14. Dell
Dimension XPS T550). this machine is a dual boot NT/Linux. Sound works
perfectly in NT. The soundcard properties that the Audio device in NT
was set up with indicate that the following ports should be OK for use
with soundcard: IO=0x330, 0x388; DMA=anything but 03; IRQ=anything but
10. Using this information i have been trying to get sound up in Linux.
After doing a pnpdump into /etc/isapnp.conf, I uncommented what seemed
to be the appropriate lines for this sound card.
My /etc/isapnp.conf basically now reads:
################################
# (DEBUG)
(READPORT 0x0273)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
# Card 1: (serial identifier e5 ff ff ff ff 70 00 8c 0e)
# Vendor Id CTL0070, No Serial Number (-1), checksum 0xE5.
# Version 1.0, Vendor version 1.0
# ANSI string -->Creative ViBRA16C PnP<--
(CONFIGURE CTL0070/-1 (LD 0
# Start dependent functions: priority preferred
# IRQ 5.
# High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
# First DMA channel 1.
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
# Next DMA channel 5.
(DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
# Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
(IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
# End dependent functions
(NAME "CTL0070/-1[0]{Audio }")
(ACT Y)
))
################################
I issue 'isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf' and I get the following out:
Board 1 has Identity e5 ff ff ff ff 70 00 8c 0e: CTL0070 Serial No -1
[checksum e5]
CTL0070/-1[0]{Audio }: Port 0x388; IRQ5 DMA1 DMA5
---Enabled OK
No errors, this is good. But then I issue 'modprobe sb io=0x0388 irq=5
dma=1 dma16=5' (sb being the driver that I think is most appropriate for
my card) and I get:
/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o
failed
/lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o: insmod sb failed
I've tried many many different values for IRQ and DMA following the
"Hint" advice - but i still get the same damn error mesgs! When I do an
lsmod I get:
Module Size Used by
soundcore 2372 0 (autoclean)
lockd 30632 1 (autoclean)
sunrpc 51588 1 (autoclean) [lockd]
ntfs 33640 0 (unused)
msdos 5276 0 (unused)
fat 28800 0 [msdos]
3c59x 18336 1
No other sound drivers are running as far as i can tell (soundcore
should not cause a conflict, right?)
What could be the problem?! Any ideas?!?!
Going Insane,
GG
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From: Martin Pilka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: suid (on binary file) problem
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:34:57 -0400
hello all!
i'm running redhat 6.2. i have file like this:
$ ls -l xmms
-rwsr-sr-x 1 root root 930064 Feb 22 18:05 xmms
$
it's a binary file (not script). i expected that it will run under root
permissions, no matter who will run that process. but it isn't. it takes
the permissions of user who executed it ... where did i mistake?
thank you...
martin
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From: Martin Pilka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound card config problem
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:40:06 -0400
hello GG!
try to set "non pnp os" somewhere in your bios, that's what helped me...
martin
> I'm having a problem getting my sound card (Creative Labs Sound Blaster
> 16C PnP) to work on my system (Debian Linux. Kernel 2.2.14. Dell
> Dimension XPS T550). this machine is a dual boot NT/Linux. Sound works
> perfectly in NT. The soundcard properties that the Audio device in NT
> was set up with indicate that the following ports should be OK for use
> with soundcard: IO=0x330, 0x388; DMA=anything but 03; IRQ=anything but
> 10. Using this information i have been trying to get sound up in Linux.
> After doing a pnpdump into /etc/isapnp.conf, I uncommented what seemed
> to be the appropriate lines for this sound card.
> My /etc/isapnp.conf basically now reads:
>
> ################################
> # (DEBUG)
> (READPORT 0x0273)
> (ISOLATE PRESERVE)
> (IDENTIFY *)
> (VERBOSITY 2)
> (CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
>
> # Card 1: (serial identifier e5 ff ff ff ff 70 00 8c 0e)
> # Vendor Id CTL0070, No Serial Number (-1), checksum 0xE5.
> # Version 1.0, Vendor version 1.0
> # ANSI string -->Creative ViBRA16C PnP<--
>
> (CONFIGURE CTL0070/-1 (LD 0
>
> # Start dependent functions: priority preferred
> # IRQ 5.
> # High true, edge sensitive interrupt (by default)
> (INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
> # First DMA channel 1.
> (DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
> # Next DMA channel 5.
> (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 5))
> # Logical device decodes 16 bit IO address lines
> (IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
>
> # End dependent functions
> (NAME "CTL0070/-1[0]{Audio }")
> (ACT Y)
> ))
> ################################
>
> I issue 'isapnp /etc/isapnp.conf' and I get the following out:
>
> Board 1 has Identity e5 ff ff ff ff 70 00 8c 0e: CTL0070 Serial No -1
> [checksum e5]
> CTL0070/-1[0]{Audio }: Port 0x388; IRQ5 DMA1 DMA5
> ---Enabled OK
>
> No errors, this is good. But then I issue 'modprobe sb io=0x0388 irq=5
> dma=1 dma16=5' (sb being the driver that I think is most appropriate for
> my card) and I get:
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o
> failed
> /lib/modules/2.2.14/misc/sb.o: insmod sb failed
>
> I've tried many many different values for IRQ and DMA following the
> "Hint" advice - but i still get the same damn error mesgs! When I do an
> lsmod I get:
>
> Module Size Used by
> soundcore 2372 0 (autoclean)
> lockd 30632 1 (autoclean)
> sunrpc 51588 1 (autoclean) [lockd]
> ntfs 33640 0 (unused)
> msdos 5276 0 (unused)
> fat 28800 0 [msdos]
> 3c59x 18336 1
>
> No other sound drivers are running as far as i can tell (soundcore
> should not cause a conflict, right?)
>
> What could be the problem?! Any ideas?!?!
>
> Going Insane,
> GG
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 1280x1024 Resolution
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:40:01 GMT
Valentin Guillen wrote:
> It certainly could damage it, but the X server would probably simply
> fail to deliver it to you. But this so vividly illustrates what
>could
>potentially happen by not knowing or not having the info you need. You
>won't ever forget now, that the max vert refresh rate you should
>attempt
>at that res is 66.
My point is, that you told me to uncomment:
1280x1024 @ 74 Hz, 78.85 kHz hsync #This is the one you want!
Doesn't this line tell my monitor to use 74Hz refresh rate? My monitor
manual says the highest I can go is 66Hz, so this is obviously not the
line I want.
Isn't this the line I want?
# 1280x1024 @ 61 Hz, 64.2 kHz hsync
Modeline "1280x1024" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
Thanks,
-- John
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From: "Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: eth1 fails on boot!!
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 16:05:46 -0400
insmod seems to fail on boot-up.
When I try it manually insmod 3c509 after boot, it fails the first time
with:
'resource busy'
then when I retry again, it says:
eth1: 3c509 at 0x320 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 a0 24 78 8a ab, IRQ 5.
3c509.c:1.16 (2.2) 2/3/98 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Then when I do 'ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.1', it says:
eth1: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses.
Here's a few lines from my /var/log/messages:
Jul 9 13:36:10 mars network: Setting network parameters succeeded
Jul 9 13:36:11 mars ifup: eth0: Host name lookup failure
Jul 9 13:36:12 mars network: Bringing up interface lo succeeded
Jul 9 13:36:13 mars ifup: Determining IP information for eth0...
Jul 9 13:36:13 mars pumpd[283]: starting at (uptime 0 days, 0:00:42) Sun Jul
9 13:36:13 2000
Jul 9 13:36:21 mars syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
Jul 9 13:36:13 mars pumpd[283]: configured interface eth0
Jul 9 13:36:13 mars ifup: done.
Jul 9 13:36:14 mars network: Bringing up interface eth0 succeeded
Jul 9 13:36:14 mars insmod: /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net/3c509.o: invalid
parameter parm_io
Jul 9 13:36:14 mars ifup: Delaying eth1 initialization.
Jul 9 13:36:14 mars network: Bringing up interface eth1 failed
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux in China?
Date: 12 Jul 2000 20:19:54 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Yes and no. The significance is that you're getting add'l confirmation
> of direct government support for Linux as a preference over Microsoft in
> China. New data, existing theme.
Red Flag Linux was put together by a research lab of China, funded by
the govt.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Wu-FTP question
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:11:21 GMT
I am running RedHat Linux 6.2 and have freshly installed wu-ftp 2.6.0.
When trying to ftp to my machine, I get the connection (good) but cannot
login (very bad). The userid/password that work fine for telnet get
denied by ftp. The anonymous login is also not working--though for a
different reason.
Here's a typical session transcript:
Connected to [Yuri's machine].
220 [Yuri's machine] FTP server (Version wu-2.6.0(2) Wed Jul 12 14:07:05
CDT
2000) ready.
Name ([Yuri's machine]:yashuev): ftp
331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
Password:
530 Can't set guest privileges.
Login failed.
ftp> user yuri
331 Password required for yuri.
Password:
530 Login incorrect.
Login failed.
ftp>
When I create /etc/ftpusers file and put the user "ftp" in there, I do
not get "Can't create guest priveleges" message-- the login failes with
"login incorrect" for both registered and unregistered users....
I would appreciate any ideas.
Yuri
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: print server
Date: 12 Jul 2000 16:23:06 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:51:17 -0500, Rob
<<TR1b5.304041$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hopefully I am in the right group, if not please forgive me and direct me to
>the right one....But anyway here is my problem. I have a netgear PS110 print
>server over 100 Base T Ethernet. It has it's own static IP and on the same
>subnet as the others in my office. What I wanted to do is tell mandrake 7.0
>that it is there and try to print to it. The printer I have is a Lexmark
>Z51. Thanks
Add an entry like so to your /etc/printcap (taken straight from the
printing-HOWTO):
z51|Lexmark Z51:\
:lp=/dev/null:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/z51:\
:rm=IP.ADDR.OF.PS110:rp=XXX:
The rp= bit must be set to the queue name the Z51 has, if the PS110 serves
more than one printer. You could try leaving it blank. Also check
http://linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Printing-HOWTO.html for a lot more info. I
can't remember off the top of my head whether the Z51 can take PostScript
or not; you may have to fiddle with print filters. HTH,
--
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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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why isn't [X]Emacs a word processor?
Date: 12 Jul 2000 20:23:18 GMT
Is wordpad a word processor? What about lyx?
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From: Andrey Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.x,comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 13:25:11 -0700
Hi guys,
this page for you
http://wtsupport.metatec.net/technotes/redhat6.2-tecra8100.html
Andrey
javier wrote:
> Hello,
> I was trying to help a colleague get X running on his Toshiba Tecra
> 8100. He's got a Savage 3 chipset. Apparantly, there is a patch for the
> file s3vga_vbe.c in the XFree86-3.3.x distribution which we applied.
> Then we rebuilt and reinstalled XF86, but whenever we tried to configure
> X using Xconfigurator, none of the test configurations worked. We got a
> "chipset does not support configuration" error for everything we tried.
>
> Has anyone had any luck running X on such a machine/chipset?
>
> Thanks.
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From: Martin Pilka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Wu-FTP question
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 15:30:49 -0400
hello!
run linuxconf as a root, there's a separate wu-ftp section, where you
can set things you need.
martin
> I am running RedHat Linux 6.2 and have freshly installed wu-ftp 2.6.0.
> When trying to ftp to my machine, I get the connection (good) but cannot
> login (very bad). The userid/password that work fine for telnet get
> denied by ftp. The anonymous login is also not working--though for a
> different reason.
>
> Here's a typical session transcript:
>
> Connected to [Yuri's machine].
> 220 [Yuri's machine] FTP server (Version wu-2.6.0(2) Wed Jul 12 14:07:05
> CDT
> 2000) ready.
> Name ([Yuri's machine]:yashuev): ftp
> 331 Guest login ok, send your complete e-mail address as password.
> Password:
> 530 Can't set guest privileges.
> Login failed.
> ftp> user yuri
> 331 Password required for yuri.
> Password:
> 530 Login incorrect.
> Login failed.
> ftp>
>
> When I create /etc/ftpusers file and put the user "ftp" in there, I do
> not get "Can't create guest priveleges" message-- the login failes with
> "login incorrect" for both registered and unregistered users....
>
> I would appreciate any ideas.
>
> Yuri
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux in China?
Date: 12 Jul 2000 13:37:37 PST
James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Red Flag Linux was put together by a research lab of China, funded by
> the govt.
I can't help noticing the similiarity in the name with 'Red Hat' Linux.
Is 'Red Flag' Linux based on the 'Red Hat' distribution or is that just
a coincidence?
--
Neil
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: locking files
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:44:41 GMT
Hello, I was wondering how linux locks files.
I was using vi to edit a file and I mistakenly opened the same file on
top of itself. I got the message that the file was locked, realized my
mistake and exited vi. When I tried to vi the file again, I got the
message that the file was locked. I ended up recreating the file and
killing the vi job but this set me wondering how this works.
Where does linux keep track of the files it locked? Is there a way to
lock / unlock file manually?
Thanks!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.msdos.apps
Subject: Re: Application required - Word Processor
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:39:34 GMT
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > "Barns" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > Hi guys,
> > >
> > > I dusted off my 386 20 mhz which had been minus a screen for 5
years.
> > > I just want to use it for word processing. Is there a freeware
word
> > > processing package available. My machine has Linux 1.2.1 and MSDOS
6.22.
> > > (Did I hear someone laugh - I am from Africa!!)
> > >
> > > (I don't have a CDRom either)
> > >
> > > Thanks - Bernard
> >
> > Some people have mentioned LaTeX. That's a macro package that sits
on top
> > of TeX and some of us actually prefer plain TeX which presumably
would use
> ...<snip>...
>
> One thing I forgot to mention is that with TeX or LaTeX,
> you'll need either dvi or postscript capability, either a dvi or
> postscript printer or ghostscript and a printer that ghostscript can
> work with. All of this requires disk space too of course. You didn't
> say how tight you were on that score.
I used EmTex some time ago on a similar system. This has a dvi driver
which provides direct VGA access for viewing. It also has drivers for
a variety of printers. This driver does not handle postscript however.
Postscript output would be possible using ghostscript, but viewing the
entire document with postscript images might be a problem.
The way I see it, emtex would be a good solution using Dos in a none
graphics mode. I have not used any none-graphics dvi viewers in
Linux. assuming that one is available I would lean towards using
Linux because it is a better OS, and you can easily hot-key between
consoles so you dont have to wait, say, while you are printing or
texing a large document (OK, I know Dos is supposed to background
printing, but it is more restrictive than proper multitasking :).
(La)TeX has been around for a long time. It will continue to be around
for some time producing good quality output. I think this is a prime
candidate for a solution.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Reading NT tapes?
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 20:53:22 GMT
Does ayone know of a way to read tapes written by the NT Tape Backup tool?
I have a tape drive (HP SS T20) on linux which was used a LONG time ago on
an NT box. We would like to access a tape that was made on the box back then
to grab some text files. Any ideas?
Aaron Price, Technical Assistant, UNIX, CGI.
American Association of Variable Star Observers
http://www.aavso.org
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From: "micromans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GCC
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 14:00:36 -0700
What is the "...devel..." package and where do I get it?
Mark M.
emwafol wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I think i had a similar problem...
>i needed the devel. files too. If you installed gcc as an RPM then get
>the ...devel.. packagte too :)
>hope this works for you :)
>
>--Anders Folkesson
>
>Micromans wrote:
>>
>> I am trying to "make" squid on Linux RedHat 6.0.
>>
>> There was no "make" on the machine so I used RPM to put it there.
>>
>> Then I have to do a "./configure" from the directory containing the squid
>> release.
>>
>> When I dot the "./configure" I get error messages as follows:
>>
>> checking for gcc... gcc
>> checking whether the c compiler (gcc -g) works... no
>> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: c compiler
cannot
>> create executables
>>
>> What else do I need to install or configure to make this work?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Mark M.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: CD Burner woes
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 21:02:14 GMT
On 11 Jul 2000 22:16:04 EDT, Hiawatha Bray <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello again...been out of town for awhile.
>
>Anyway, I don't understand what you're saying. My listings are like the one
>you describe, but I have eight of them. What do I do to tell the cdrecord
>program which one to use? How do I provide this instruction? Thanks.
You should be able to use any of them. Try LUN 0.
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