Linux-Misc Digest #172, Volume #25 Tue, 18 Jul 00 17:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Apache question (Jessica Miller)
Re: Are there substantially more/less RPMs for RH or SuSE? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wanted: convertor .ps -> .eps (Martijn Brouwer)
Where's the code for gcc's random() function (Geoffrey Steeves)
Re: Modprobe runs all the time (Kerry Miller)
EFF DVD Update: July 14, 2000 - EFF Moves to Disqualify Kaplan
xv run from panel takes panel as root window. (Tijmen Stam)
Netscape Mail Server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
EFF DVD Update: July 17, 2000 - DMCA Trial Begins with a Bang
Re: Apache question (Dances With Crows)
Re: CDRECORD MESSAGE (Magnus)
Re: How to watch or scan a directory? (Dances With Crows)
Re: lilo error (Leonard Evens)
Re: lilo error (Dances With Crows)
Re: wanted: convertor .ps -> .eps (Vikram V Asrani)
Re: is there a port to windows media player? (Rick Ellis)
Re: Use "force" with rpm? ("Jan Schaumann")
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From: Jessica Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache question
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 15:13:27 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm running Apache on Red Hat 6.2. Does anybody know how to just show a
directory listing instead of a web page? I've seen it done before but I
don't know how.
Thanks,
Kerry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Are there substantially more/less RPMs for RH or SuSE?
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 20:08:35 +0100
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Okay. For example: let's take glibc for example here. Let's say app X
> needs glibc version 2.0; okay. Red Hat, Mandrake, SuSE all have glibc2.0
> installed. but Red Hat might named it glibc-rh20, and Mandrake might
> just name it glibc, and SuSE might called it glibc-2.0. So, your
> computer will get very confused and spill out all kinds of error
> message.
> It depends a lot on the file structures and version on the machine that
> created that rpm package.
> Or the same app has been configured to run on a different version of the
> lib file.
Very true... One of the big problems I always encountered when trying Red
Hat rpms on SuSE is a lot insisted that needed "libjpeg.so.62", which didn't
exist on my system.
I just created a symlink from libjpeg.so.6 to .62, and these then work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martijn Brouwer)
Subject: wanted: convertor .ps -> .eps
Date: 18 Jul 2000 20:06:33 GMT
Does anybody know a good and simple program that can convert postscript
files to encapsulated postscript?
Thanks,
Martijn
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From: Geoffrey Steeves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Where's the code for gcc's random() function
Date: 18 Jul 2000 20:08:49 GMT
I'm tring to learn more about how it works. I downloaded gcc-2.95 and
searched though the files and found 2 called random.c
/gcc-2.95/libiberty/random.c
/gcc-2.95/libio/dbz/random.c
I tried setting the seed to 0 and running each of these and I get
different results from when I make a little program that calls random()
with a seed of 0. Any idea where the code for the random function is
hiding? Thanks for the help.
--
_______________________________________________________________________________
Geoff Steeves // University of Alberta Physics //
http://www.ualberta.ca/~gsteeves
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From: Kerry Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modprobe runs all the time
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 15:18:29 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, I'll do a search on dejanews for it. What do I have to do to make
it stop looping? I see that kmod is also running.
Tnx,
Kerry
> In article
> Keith Owens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> December 1999
>
> The combination of kmod and modprobe can loop, especially if modprobe
> uses a system call that requires a module. If modules.dep does not
> exist and modprobe was started with the -s option (kmod does this),
> modprobe tries to syslog() a message. syslog() needs Unix sockets,
> if Unix sockets are modular then kmod runs "modprobe -s net-pf-1".
> This runs a second copy of modprobe which complains that modules.dep
> does not exist, tries to use syslog() and starts yet another copy of
> modprobe. This is not the only possible kmod/modprobe loop, just the
> most common.
> ...
>
> I found this tidbit in a post, kernel 2.3 patch.
> http://www.dejanews.com
> Power Search for:
> linux & kmod/modprobe & loop
>
> --
> Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: <pauly>
Subject: EFF DVD Update: July 14, 2000 - EFF Moves to Disqualify Kaplan
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:11:11 -0700
EFF DVD Update: July 14, 2000
Universal City Studios et al v. 2600 Magazine
EFF Moves to Disqualify Kaplan:
Judge was Time Warner's Lawyer on DVD Issues
On July 14 EFF's defense team filed a motion to disqualify Judge Lewis
Kaplan from presiding over the DeCSS trial after discovery revealed that he
advised Time Warner on DVD matters while in private practice from 1993 -
1996. Judge Kaplan was a partner in the powerhouse NY law firm Paul Weiss
when he counseled Time Warner, a plaintiff in the case, on antitrust issues
related to DVD technology, an issue to be decided in this case.
2600's defense team has also learned that while in private practice, Judge
Kaplan accused its lead litigator, Martin Garbus of professional misconduct
and cautioned a co-worker against taking a position in Garbus' law firm.
Both incidents create a conflict of interest for the Clinton-appointed
federal judge, who has pushed for a speedy trial since the initial court
appearance.
The trial, which will determine the scope of the move studios' control over
DVD player technology under the DMCA, is set to begin Monday, July 17th at
9:30a.m. in federal court (500 Pearl Street) in Manhattan. The New York
Linux Users' Group has received a permit to hold a public demonstration
protesting the DMCA and the movie studios' radical interpretation of the
Act's anti-circumvention provisions outside the court house at 10:30a.m. on
the 17th.
You can subscribe to EFF's mailing list to receive the regular
DVD updates. To subscribe, email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and put this in the body: subscribe cafe-news
EFF's archive of MPAA v 2600 litigation:
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/
===============================================================
The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( http://www.eff.org ) is the leading
global nonprofit organization linking technical architectures with legal
frameworks to support the rights of individuals in an open society. Founded
in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to
support free expression, privacy, and openness in the information society.
EFF is a member-supported organization and
maintains one of the most-linked-to Web sites in the world.
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From: Tijmen Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: xv run from panel takes panel as root window.
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 22:28:36 +0200
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I have made a nifty littel' script using xv to set the root window and
it's called with "-now" everytime I start x (see below)
I found out that I can drag'n drop an image to it, so I placed in my
panel, but then it changes the panel bg and doesn't affect the root
window unit I reboot x. or call it with -now. What should I do?
And I found out I can't drag'n'drop to a symlink. What do you suggest, a
copy or a hard link?
And last but not least: a place all my self-made scripts in /usr/bin,
but I dont think that's the right place for it. Are there any
conventtions on that?
Tijmen
### start script
#!/bin/bash
####
# test for help or no options
if (test -z "$1") || (test "$1" = "-h")
then
echo "Set Background 1.0 - (GPL) 2000 Tijmen Stam"
echo "setbg [-h] [ filename [-nochange] ] | [-now]"
echo "-h prints this help message"
echo "-now activate the settings"
echo "-nochange don't change the root window, just change the
settings."
echo "filename simlinks
/usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/Found/currentbg to filename"
echo " filename has to be the first argument!!!"
exit
fi
####
#Test for currentbg error
if (test "$1" = "currentbg") || (test "$2" = "currentbg")
then
echo "You can't set the currentbg to currentbg!!!"
exit
fi
####
#Test for -now
if (test "$1" = "-now")
then
xv -root -quit -maxpect -rmode 5
/usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/Found/currentbg
exit
fi
####
#Set the BGfile envvar, ...
if (test -e "$PWD/$1")
then
BGFILE="$PWD/$1"
elif (test -e "$1")
then
BGFILE="$1"
else
echo "file or option unknown. setbg -h prints help"
exit
fi
rm -f /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/Found/currentbg
ln -s "$BGFILE" /usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/Found/currentbg
####
# ... check the -nochange isn't activated ...
if (test "$2" = "-nochange")
then
echo "$BGFILE set as root image, not changed"
exit
####
# ... and run it
else
xv -root -quit -maxpect -rmode 5
/usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/Found/currentbg
fi
exit
### end script
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counter.li.org reg#178552-54654, Machine#78930 & #78931
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<p>I have made a nifty littel' script using xv to set the root window and
it's called with "-now" everytime I start x (see below)
<br>I found out that I can drag'n drop an image to it, so I placed in my
panel, but then it changes the panel bg and doesn't affect the root window
unit I reboot x. or call it with -now. What should I do?
<p>And I found out I can't drag'n'drop to a symlink. What do you suggest,
a copy or a hard link?
<p>And last but not least: a place all my self-made scripts in /usr/bin,
but I dont think that's the right place for it. Are there any conventtions
on that?
<p>Tijmen
<br>
<p><tt><font size=-1>### start script</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>#!/bin/bash</font></tt>
<p><tt><font size=-1>####</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1># test for help or no options</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>if (test -z "$1") || (test "$1" = "-h")</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> then</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo "Set Background 1.0 - (GPL) 2000 Tijmen
Stam"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo "setbg [-h] [ filename [-nochange] ]
| [-now]"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo "-h
prints this help message"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo "-now
activate the settings"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo "-nochange don't change the root
window, just change the settings."</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo "filename simlinks
/usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/Found/currentbg
to filename"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo " filename has to be
the first argument!!!"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> exit</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>fi</font></tt>
<p><tt><font size=-1>####</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>#Test for currentbg error</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>if (test "$1" = "currentbg") || (test "$2" =
"currentbg")</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> then</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo "You can't set the currentbg to
currentbg!!!"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> exit</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>fi</font></tt>
<p><tt><font size=-1>####</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>#Test for -now</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>if (test "$1" = "-now")</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> then</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=-1> exit</font></tt>
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<br><tt><font size=-1>if (test -e "$PWD/$1")</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> then</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> BGFILE="$PWD/$1"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>elif (test -e "$1")</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> then</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> BGFILE="$1"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>else</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo "file or option unknown. setbg -h prints
help"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> exit</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>fi</font></tt>
<p><tt><font size=-1> rm -f
/usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/Found/currentbg</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> ln -s "$BGFILE"
/usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/Found/currentbg</font></tt>
<br>
<p><tt><font size=-1>####</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1># ... check the -nochange isn't activated ...</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>if (test "$2" = "-nochange")</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> then</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> echo "$BGFILE set as root image, not changed"</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> exit</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>####</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1># ... and run it</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>else</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1> xv -root -quit -maxpect -rmode 5
/usr/share/pixmaps/backgrounds/Found/currentbg</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>fi</font></tt>
<p><tt><font size=-1>exit</font></tt>
<br><tt><font size=-1>### end script</font></tt>
<br>
<pre>--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Netscape Mail Server
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 20:07:22 GMT
Reccomendations? Is it good, bad, terrible, perfect? I am planning on
using it for the mail server for around 10 people. Comments?
Jonathan
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: <pauly>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: EFF DVD Update: July 17, 2000 - DMCA Trial Begins with a Bang
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 13:14:41 -0700
EFF DVD Update: July 17, 2000
Universal City Studios, et al v. 2600 Magazine
DMCA Trial Begins with a Bang
EFF's motion to recuse the judge because he had advised plaintiff Time
Warner on DVD antitrust issues while at the law firm Paul Weiss was denied
without allowing argument at the opening of trial on July 17 in NY federal
court. After refusing to allow the defense team to stay the trial so it
could appeal the disqualification ruling to the Second Circuit Court of
Appeals, Judge Kaplan then ordered the defense team to proceed to trial
immediately.
The movie studios' first witness was Michael Shamos a Carnegie Melon faculty
member who claimed to make and trade a DiVX DVD by using the DeCSS software.
On cross-examination by EFF's defense team, Shamos testified that it took 20
hours over a 4-day period to conduct the experiment including 10 hours
devoted solely to the synchronization of the film's audio and video.
Shamos, who admitted to being paid $30,000 by MPAA for his participation in
this case, stated the law firm Proskaur & Rose designed the test and
provided him with detailed instructions on precisely what to do. The
"technology expert" was also forced to disclose that an assistant Eric Burns
conducted most of the experiment and that Shamos has no knowledge of a
single incident of illegal copying attributable to DeCSS.
Shamos also testified that the studios' lawyers asked him to remove
references to the First Amendment and the NY Times (who linked to the
software) in early drafts of his court declaration because it would "cloud
the case with First Amendment issues." While the courtroom was packed with
journalists and concerned Netizens alike, dozens of protesters demonstrated
against the studios' broad interpretation of the DMCA outside the courthouse
during the trial.
Tuesday's testimony is expected to include EFF's technology expert Frank
Andrew Stevenson the Norwegian cryptographer who first analyzed the CSS
algorithm and published his results.
You can subscribe to EFF's mailing list to receive the regular
DVD updates. To subscribe, email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
and put this in the body: subscribe cafe-news
EFF's archive of MPAA v 2600 litigation:
http://www.eff.org/IP/Video/MPAA_DVD_cases/
==================================================================
The Electronic Frontier Foundation ( http://www.eff.org ) is the leading
global nonprofit organization linking technical architectures with legal
frameworks to support the rights of individuals in an open society. Founded
in 1990, EFF actively encourages and challenges industry and government to
support free expression, privacy, and openness in the information society.
EFF is a member-supported organization and
maintains one of the most-linked-to Web sites in the world.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Apache question
Date: 18 Jul 2000 20:21:10 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 15:13:27 -0500, Jessica Miller
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm running Apache on Red Hat 6.2. Does anybody know how to just show a
>directory listing instead of a web page? I've seen it done before but I
>don't know how.
In httpd.conf around line 360, I see:
#
# DirectoryIndex: Name of the file or files to use as a pre-written HTML
# directory index. Separate multiple entries with spaces.
DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm
So any directory that has an index.html or index.htm will display that
page. If a file by those names doesn't exist, a directory listing will
be displayed. If you have the line
IndexOptions FancyIndexing
included, the index will look prettier and have icons; if not, it won't.
HTH,
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
"We should have a policy against using personal resources for company
business." "The Company didn't pay for these pants, so I'm taking them
off at the door!" --J. Moore and A. DeBoer, the Monastery
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Magnus)
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: CDRECORD MESSAGE
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 20:34:07 GMT
>I get this message when I do "cdrecord -scanbus":
>
>0,0,0 0) 'IDE-CD ' 'R/RW 4x4x24 ' '1.01' Removable CD-ROM
>cdrecord: Warning: controller returns wrong size for CD capabilities
>page.
> 0,1,0 1) 'LG ' 'CD-ROM CRD-8483B' '1.00' Removable CD-ROM
>
>What kind of problem is this? Does anybody know any solution?
Maybe you will have to recompile your kernel for scsi emulation support.
=================
Mvh Magnus Lundin
=================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: How to watch or scan a directory?
Date: 18 Jul 2000 20:37:25 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 20:54:47 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I want to filter all files, a user copies to a directory.
>My filter-script is used like this: filter.sh [file to filter]
>Does anybody know a way? I don't want to use a cronjob.
Too bad, 'cause that'd be the easiest way. How is the user transferring
these files in? FTP, shell commands, or upload through a Web interface?
If the user is uploading files through a PHP script or something
similar, you can just have the script call the filter... check the PHP
manual and/or http://php.net/ for information on how exactly to do this.
If this is through the shell, I suppose you could set PROMPT_COMMAND to
run a variant of the find/exec below, though you'd have to lock up his
.bashrc. Or make ~/.bash_logout non-modifiable by the user, and run the
filter when he logs out...?
Really, I think a cron job would be your best bet. Set it to execute
every 10 or 15 minutes, and have it only operate on files that are newer
than 10-15 minutes. Set MAILTO= to "" so the mail logs don't fill up,
like so:
MAILTO=""
0,15,30,45 * * * * find /path/to/dir -mmin -15 -exec /path/to/filter.sh
{} \;
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
"We should have a policy against using personal resources for company
business." "The Company didn't pay for these pants, so I'm taking them
off at the door!" --J. Moore and A. DeBoer, the Monastery
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: lilo error
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 15:25:55 -0500
"Ken R." wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I just installed a new hard drive( Seagate Barracuda 9.1gig *IDE*),
> when lilo is supposed to load i get L and the screen just fills up with
> zeros(0). I have reinstalled lilo and tried it with linear, lba and
> lba32 (after i upgraded lilo to the newest version) It is the only hard
> drive and is hda1. I used the MBR for the boot loader. If anyone has an
> idea on something to try that be a big help.
>
> Thanks, Ken
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
See the Lilo User's Guide which comes as part of the distribution.
It should be in /usr/doc or in the archive created from the tar file
of the version you installed. 'L' may indicate some sort of
geometry mismatch.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: lilo error
Date: 18 Jul 2000 20:47:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 18:22:12 GMT, Ken R. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just installed a new hard drive( Seagate Barracuda 9.1gig *IDE*),
>when lilo is supposed to load i get L and the screen just fills up with
>zeros(0). I have reinstalled lilo and tried it with linear, lba and
>lba32 (after i upgraded lilo to the newest version) It is the only hard
>drive and is hda1. I used the MBR for the boot loader. If anyone has an
>idea on something to try that be a big help.
0x00 "Internal error". This code is generated by the sector read
routine of the LILO boot loader whenever an internal inconsistency is
detected. This might be caused by corrupt files. Try re-building the map
file. Another possible cause for this error are attempts to access
cylinders beyond 1024 while using the LINEAR option. See section "BIOS
restrictions" for more details and for how to solve the problem.
That's direct from the LILO documentation. I assume the partition table
is correct and the BIOS and the Linux kernel agree on the drive
geometry? LILO can work with most "drive overlay" programs, but there
may be a couple of them that it can't handle--remove the drive overlay
if possible; Linux doesn't need it. The BIOS translation should be set
to LBA if possible; Linux won't care but LILO will be happier. Also
check the jumpers on the drive and make sure they're set to "master".
Can you boot the system from a boot floppy, and does everything look OK
then?
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
"We should have a policy against using personal resources for company
business." "The Company didn't pay for these pants, so I'm taking them
off at the door!" --J. Moore and A. DeBoer, the Monastery
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From: Vikram V Asrani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wanted: convertor .ps -> .eps
Date: 18 Jul 2000 20:49:31 GMT
Reply-To: Vikram.V.Asrani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Martijn Brouwer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
=> Does anybody know a good and simple program that can convert postscript
=> files to encapsulated postscript?
Check if ps2epsi is installed on your machine. It can be used to convert
post script into a special form of encapsulated post script (though not sure
how different eps and epsi are).
--
Vikram.V.Asrani ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Ellis)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: is there a port to windows media player?
Date: 18 Jul 2000 21:00:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Stewart Honsberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Perhaps, but there are plenty of .asp only sources on the net.
>Check http://www.shoutcast.com - you'll find literally hundreds of streaming
>MP3 servers. Pick and choose according to genre, bandwidth, and bitrate.
How would that solve his desire to listen to a source that is only asp?
--
http://www.fnet.net/~ellis/photo/linux.html
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From: "Jan Schaumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Use "force" with rpm?
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2000 17:01:52 -0500
It was Tuesday, July 18, 2000 2:36 PM that Mike Fontenot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spoke the words:
>
> I've been told that (in order to get my ATAPI EIDE tape drive (/dev/ht0)
> to work properly), I need to update my kernel from 2.2.14 to 2.2.16. I
> was told to download an rpm from SuSE called "k_eide.rpm".
>
> When I did an "rpm -U k_eide.rpm", it listed four conflicts (involving
> vmlinuz, vmlinuz.autoconf.h, vmlinuz.config, and vmlinuz.version.h).
>
> Should I use "--force" when I do the rpm?
>
This may not be a direct answer to your questions, but why not download the
kernel from ftp://ftp.kernel.org (I believe) and compile it yourself?
Sooner or later you will have tolearn hwo to compile the kernel yourself,
so why not now? You certainly should read carefully through the appropriate
HOWTO's from http://www.linuxdoc.org
While recompiling the kernel for the first time might seem scary, it's not
that difficult if you're careful.
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
The meek shall inherit the earth; the rest of us, the Universe.
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