Linux-Misc Digest #179, Volume #25 Wed, 19 Jul 00 13:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: Making KDE screensaver work in WM? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Linux, here i come - but one BIG problem stopping me (Dave Brown)
Re: learning linux (DeAnn Iwan)
Need help installing a microphone. (Madhusudan Singh)
Re: How do I read newsgroup with @home? (Guy Davis)
Re: help me keep my interest in linux (Bob Hauck)
Re: Help on Mail Server ??? (Bob Hauck)
Action Tec 56K call waiting modem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problem with make on Caldera 2.3 linux box. (Bob Hauck)
Re: strange tar behaviour (-ljl-)
Re: Video Capture Card for Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: non-English letters in xterm (Stefano Ghirlanda)
email logs (Peter Alliett)
Xwindows (EMC Monitor) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HTTP PUT (Pickle)
Re: non-English letters in xterm (Krzys Majewski)
Re: email logs ("Jan Schaumann")
Re: How to tell if software or hardware is ruining my box ("Tom Brinkman")
Regular expression in sed (Michael Armbrecht)
Re: linux mandrake 7.1 installation error?!? help! ("psychoholic1213")
Re: HTTP PUT (Dances With Crows)
Re: Need help installing a microphone. (Dances With Crows)
newbie question - Linux kernel ("dams")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: Making KDE screensaver work in WM?
Date: 19 Jul 2000 14:47:42 GMT
Andrew Purugganan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ I don't recall seeing a tab in Wmprefs to set up a screensaver. I would
[ be happy though adding a screensaver to WM whether via menu or Wmprefs,
[ and I really prefer running KDE's, without having to include ALL KDE
[ (meager resources, you know, which does seem to conflict with WANTING all
[ this eye-candy nonsense ;-) I just put in this thing that replays FLash
[ movies (Kflash I think)...
[ Is there a quick and dirty way to run it or set it up
Oops I found out form the author himself, it actually was written up for
Xscreensaver
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Linux, here i come - but one BIG problem stopping me
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 19 Jul 2000 10:27:52 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Lairo wrote:
>...
>when i ran partition magic, it gave the following error:
>
> Error #108: Partition didn't end on cylinder boundary.
>
>Any ideas on how i can fix this mess so i can create some partitions for
>linux???
I've not had good experience with Partition Magic 4.0. It doesn't like
a lot of partition tables! And the manual says that if you have a
partition table problem, just delete everything and start all over again.
I have found that the Partition Magic (?) which is built in to
the Caldera installer will deal with the same drive that their commercial
version refuses to touch. So I just boot up the Caldera install CD,
repartition (or resize, or whatever) and then I'm okay. One warning,
I don't think the Caldera installer deals with relocating partitions
like the commercial version does. When I've resized ext2 partitions,
I've always done a backup, reformatted the partition, and restored.
I don't know about PM 5.0 -- never saw it.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: DeAnn Iwan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: learning linux
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:25:39 -0400
There are many downloadable books on line that are part of the Linux
Documentation Project. I think the collection is now at www.linux.org.
Check out the guides and how-tos.
Lord Apophis wrote:
>
> hi all i am learning redhat 5.1 at school and i think it is finally getting
> me hooked. anyway what i am wanting to know is what books are available in
> Australia for learning linux RH for newbies. stuff like installation, setup,
> customisation etc...
>
> thanks
> Lord Apophis
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From: Madhusudan Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need help installing a microphone.
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:31:42 +0000
Hello,
My system is a P-2 450 MHz with 64 MB RAM.
I have a Crystal PnP sound card and it works fine on my RH Linux
6.1. (I can listen to MIDI files etc.)
I have recently added a Labtech AM-242 microphone to my system and
have been able to make it run with Windoze. How do I do it with Linux ?
(The technical support staff at Labtech is primitive and they know only
windoze.).
Any help will be appreciated.
Madhusudan Singh.
PS If you could send me a copy of your response, I would be grateful.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Guy Davis)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: How do I read newsgroup with @home?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:35:32 GMT
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:00:47 -0700, Patrick Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi all:
>
>I am trying to use @home newsgroup (appearently I am using another
>account right now) with my Caldera 2.3 box with kernel 2.2.16. The
>problem is that I am using a Win98 SE machine as the gateway
>(192.168.0.1) and the address of this linux box is 192.168.0.2. My
>win98 SE machine can use the @home account by just using "news" as the
>news server, but not the linux machine. I think I am missing something
>here .....
>
>Thanks very much in advance.
>
>Patrick.
>
On the Windows box open up a DOS prompt and run 'tracert news'. This
will give you the fully qualified domain name (FQDN). Then use the
FQDN on the linux box rather than 'news'.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: help me keep my interest in linux
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:54:53 GMT
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 02:52:51 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Not with Coax... Or have newer cards totally abandoned that standard
>now?
Mostly. For one thing, 100 Mbit is not specified on coax and 100 Mbit
cards are getting pretty cheap. For another, it is very annoying to
have your whole network die when someone unplugs their wire. For
another, there is virtually no cost difference any more when you
consider the cost of coax vs a hub.
It is not recommended to use coax for new installations.
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-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Help on Mail Server ???
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:56:50 GMT
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 19:39:19 -0700, Benson Lei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1) httpd: no process killed
> error running postrotate script
>
>2) errors occured while rotating /var/log/lastlog
>
>3) errors occured while rotating /var/log/maillog
> stat of /var/log/maillog failed : no such file or directory
Cron is complaining that it is not able to rotate the named log files.
Perhaps you have no httpd running, or it is logging to a different
directory or file name, or some such thing. It is not a mail problem
but a problem with your maintenance scripts.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Action Tec 56K call waiting modem
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:49:01 GMT
Hello All,
I am new to linux and would like to configure my
Actiontec 56K call waiting modem with my machine.
I have no idea on the communication software. I
had recently installed Red hat linux on my system,
and would like to no some basic commands to
connect my modem.
The final thing which I would like to achieve is
browse the net using linux.
I tried at etc.
root> at <enter>
It says "garbled time".
Please do help on commands so that I can dial my
netzero/lycos isp numbers.
Regards
Ramkumar V
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Crossposted-To: comp.programming,comp.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.programming.system
Subject: Re: Problem with make on Caldera 2.3 linux box.
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:05:18 GMT
On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 23:08:29 -0700, Patrick Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Using the same makefile,
How did you transfer the file? Perhaps it got mangled in transport.
Also, Solaris make and gnu make are not 100% compatible.
>I have successfully compiled a set of code in Solaris, but not in
>Caldera 2.3 (kernel 2.2.16).
>makefile:168: *** missing separator. Stop.
Line #168 in the makefile probably has a command that is indented with
a space instead of a hard tab.
bogus: some-stuff
$(CC) $(CLFAGS) $<
The second line above has to be indented with a tab rather than with
spaces.
>Also, how do I see what version of glibc I am using? Would it cause
>this problem?
"rpm -q glibc", and no.
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: strange tar behaviour
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:58:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse) wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Jul 2000 12:59:01 GMT, -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >In article <8kv0pp$l9k$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > "Andreas Moroder" <andreas[nospam][EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
...
> >> If I write two "sessions" to tar session on the norewind scsi
device,
> >> ex.
> >> tar cvf /dev/nst0 dir1
> >> tar cvf /dev/nst0 dir2
> >>
> >> all works well.
> >>
> >> I I want to read the data written, I must call three times
> >>
> >> tar tvf /dev/nst0
> >>
> >> the first time it reads the dir1
> >> the second simply does nothing
> >> and the 3th reads dir2.
> >
> >This is expected behavior; use 'mt' to position the tape before
reading.
> >There appears to be several different behaviors for tar; BSD, SysV,
> >... .
>
> Is it???
Linux XXXXX 2.2.16-0.4 #1 Mon Jun 19 03:19:21 PDT 2000 i686 unknown
Excerpt from /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/README.st
BSD AND SYS V SEMANTICS
The user can choose between these two behaviours of the tape driver by
defining the value of the symbol ST_SYSV. The semantics differ when a
file being read is closed. The BSD semantics leaves the tape where it
currently is whereas the SYS V semantics moves the tape past the next
filemark unless the filemark has just been crossed.
The default is BSD semantics.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Video Capture Card for Linux?
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:05:23 GMT
Please tell me where to find those drivers.
Thanks
pedro
In article <z_Jc5.2161$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"cdaniel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I found drivers for the ATI All In Wonder video boards.
> The board I'm using is the All In Wonder Pro PCI 8Mb. Rage 64
chipset. The
> software is XATITV or ATITV .
>
> The drivers for the Mach 64 video install with the distribution and
then you
> have to do a search for the software. The TV tuner portion is
supported as
> well as full screen and background video display. There is also a good
> compliment of command utilities.
>
> I haven't fully tested the capture functions or tried the software
with more
> current AGP or 16Mb boards. But this one seems to work well so far.
>
> I'm sure that there are other capture type boards of better and worse
> quality that work as well, and I'm interested in hearing more about
those
> and the software that runs them.
>
> "Brian Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:963860775.307675@sj-nntpcache-3...
> > Hi,
> > Has anyone found a Video Capture Card (e.g. Intel Smart Video
Recorder
> III)
> > that has Linux drivers?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brian
> >
> >
>
>
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From: Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: non-English letters in xterm
Date: 19 Jul 2000 17:21:35 +0200
> You might check that your font support iso8859-1
> [nlsn@nlsn nlsn]$ set |grep LC
> LC_ALL=C
> LC_COLLATE=fr
> LC_CTYPE=fr
> LC_MESSAGES=fr
> LC_MONETARY=fr_FR
> LC_TIME=fr_FR
> LC_TYPE=ISO-8859-1
I have tried these with "se" as language but it does not work.
I will try to be more precise about my problems. They regard
particularly the three letters: �, �, � (aumlaut, oumlaut and aring if
you don't see them). When I type them in bash, nothing is
displayed. When they appear in a file name, they are displayed as a
question mark.
Thanks for all your help
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Alliett)
Subject: email logs
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 13:57:33 GMT
I am trying to figure out ho to get my LINUX box to email its log
files to me daily.
I just can't figure out how to write the script to actually generate
the mail.
Thanks,
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Xwindows (EMC Monitor)
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:20:13 GMT
Hello All,
I recently bought a EMC 17" monitor from best buy. I would like to
configure Xwindows in linux for the same. I am using a 810 Intel
chipset. If anyone has tried, and has a Xconfig file. Please send it to
me.
Any pointers to this will also be helpfull.
Regards
Ramkumar V
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From: Pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HTTP PUT
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:30:02 GMT
Hello all,
I am in desperate need of help regarding the HTTP PUT method. I am running
RedHat 6.2 with Apache web. We have 4 web authors that need to upload
content to the Web Server. The application being used to upload supports
the HTTP PUT method. However, my server is not HTTP PUT 'aware', I guess.
How do I easily implement the HTTP PUT method? Your help is much
appreciated........P-L-E-A-S-E.... I will return the favor(s)....I promise
;~)
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From: Krzys Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: non-English letters in xterm
Date: 19 Jul 2000 09:38:17 -0700
You have to teach all the programs you use to handle 8-bit characters
(instead of just ignoring the 8th bit). If vi and pine work inside an
xterm, then the problem is not xterm but something like bash or less
or more or whatever you're using that doesn't show the letters.
The less and bash man pages should be helpful, search for something
like "8". -chris
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefano Ghirlanda) writes:
> Hi,
> I am having problems with non-English characters display in xterm.
> First I have to say that all other applications that I care about
> work: emacs, netscape, lyx and even the vi I'm usign now and pine
> inside an xterm - mybe this points to bash as the problem?
>
> The language I'm interested into is Swedish, whose characters are
> in the iso-latin-8859-1 set.
>
> Characters on the console also do not work, but at the login prompt
> do.
>
> Thanks for any help,
> Stefano
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From: "Jan Schaumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: email logs
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:39:46 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Peter Alliett) wrote:
> I am trying to figure out ho to get my LINUX box to email its log files
> to me daily.
>
> I just can't figure out how to write the script to actually generate the
> mail.
>
Hmm, from the top of my head, without any testing and/or guarantee:
#! /bin/bash
echo "Subject: Your Daily Logs" >~/logs_message echo "" >> ~/logs_message
date >> ~/logs_message cat /var/log/yourlog >> ~/logs_message echo
"----------------------------" >> ~/logs_message cat /var/log/anotherlog
>> ~/logs_message cat ~/logs_message | /usr/sbin/sendmaill
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Or something along those lines. You wanna put this into /etc/cron.daily/
and make sure that you purge the logs daily, too, so yo don't get longer
and longer emails.
Note: this will put the contents of your logs into the email - thus it
might get huge. I don't know of any way to send attachments through a
script - if anybody knows, please post.
-Jan
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-- Steven Wright
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From: "Tom Brinkman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to tell if software or hardware is ruining my box
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 11:45:01 -0600
In article <8l477q$cv8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "max barwell"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings, I am running Redhat 6.2, 2.2.16 kernel, helix gnome &
> sawfish, and have upgraded most apps and services as I also run
> 2.4.x kernels too. My trouble is that for a while I thought my box
> was the best in the world
> , fast and cool, but lately its been a real dog. alot of HD
> grinding, apps pretending their staroffice : ) (I mean slow as),
> and other oddness such as random logouts, and the kernel twice
> failing to boot with a crc error message. I am fairly good with
> linux but no guru and I was wondering If people could point out a
> utility or some things I could check to see if my hardware is
> flaking out, or if my system is somehow corrupted or just bogged
> down in some way. I have a P2 400, 64 MB ram, and a 10 GB HD if
> that helps. Any suggestions much appreciated.
>
> Max.
First thing you prob'ly need is another 64mb of ram. Then you
should use hdparm to see if your HDD is runnin up to snuff,
'hdparm -tT /dev/hd(x)'. For a 5400 rpm drive you should get
140+mb/sec<>10+mb/sec, and a 7200 rpm should get 140+/22+.
'info hdparm' is a good place to start ;)
Random reboots and crc errors are most often hardware problems.
Try with the case cover off and a table fan blowin into the box.
Also try your ram in different slots, and if more than one stick,
in different orders. Has your cpu's heatsink and fan got dust
bunnies... clean 'em up. If it's a ready made (eg, Dell) and they
saved a buck by not putting a fan on the cpu, get one.
With 64 mb ram (or even 128) you should be runnin at least
a 128mb swap, and it should be on/near the first partition.
--
~~ Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael Armbrecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Regular expression in sed
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:39:56 GMT
Hi,
I am trying to extract email addresses from a text file, using the
following regular expression to match them:
"^.* .*@.* ". (Looking for some characters at the beginning of the line,
then the mail address surrounded by blanks). The problem is: For some
reason this expression does not match the mail address, but includes the
next word and the following space (blank), too, and I don't have a clue
why. What did I do wrong??
Anybody who can help??
Thanks in advance
Michael
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From: "psychoholic1213" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux mandrake 7.1 installation error?!? help!
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 12:45:25 -0400
i got it to boot up well with loadlin...but the password that i gave the
installation program for root doesn't work...help!!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: HTTP PUT
Date: 19 Jul 2000 16:53:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 16:30:02 GMT, Pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am in desperate need of help regarding the HTTP PUT method. I am running
>RedHat 6.2 with Apache web. We have 4 web authors that need to upload
>content to the Web Server. The application being used to upload supports
>the HTTP PUT method. However, my server is not HTTP PUT 'aware', I guess.
>
>How do I easily implement the HTTP PUT method? Your help is much
>appreciated........P-L-E-A-S-E.... I will return the favor(s)....I promise
You need to tell Apache what to do with PUT requests. From the PHP3
manual:
=====
to handle such a request you have to first tell your web server that you
want a certain PHP script to handle the request. In Apache you do this
with the Script directive. It can be placed almost anywhere in your
Apache configuration file. A common place is inside a <Directory> block
or perhaps inside a <Virtualhost> block. A line like this would do the
trick:
Script PUT /put.php3
This tells Apache to send all PUT requests for URIs that match the
context in which you put this line to the put.php3 script. This assumes,
of course, that you have PHP enabled for the .php3 extension and PHP is
active. Inside your put.php3 file you would then do something like this:
<? copy($PHP_UPLOADED_FILE_NAME,$DOCUMENT_ROOT.$REQUEST_URI); ?>
This would copy the file to the location requested by the remote client.
You would probably want to perform some checks and/or authenticate the
user before performing this file copy.
=======
You can also do the same thing with CGI scripts, but I can't remember
off the top of my head how to do that. As it says above, this assumes
you have PHP running and configured correctly.
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...In Hong Kong action movies, they don't have Hollywood Guns with
infinite bullet supplies. Instead, they have Hong Kong Pants(tm) which
hold an infinite supply of loaded pistols. --M. Sphar, the Monastery
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Need help installing a microphone.
Date: 19 Jul 2000 17:03:23 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[posted and mailed]
On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 15:31:42 +0000, Madhusudan Singh
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Crystal PnP sound card and it works fine on my RH Linux
>6.1. (I can listen to MIDI files etc.)
> I have recently added a Labtech AM-242 microphone to my system and
>have been able to make it run with Windoze. How do I do it with Linux ?
>(The technical support staff at Labtech is primitive and they know only
>windoze.).
Please define "make it run." Do you want to speak into the mike and
have the sound come out of your machine's speakers, or do you want to be
able to record sound input from the mike to a .wav file on your hard
drive, or some combination of the two? Anyway, have a look at the
ecasound package, available on http://freshmeat.net/ . The "wavrec"
program included with RedHat is very bare-bones, but useful for making
sure the mike is working correctly and the mixer is set up right (Mic1
as record source, record volume appropriate, etc.)
>PS If you could send me a copy of your response, I would be grateful.
The U of M runs a reasonable news swerver. If you could explain your
reasons for not making use of it, I would be grateful. (Hint:
Nettiquette says, "Ask a question on Usenet, read the answers on
Usenet.")
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
...In Hong Kong action movies, they don't have Hollywood Guns with
infinite bullet supplies. Instead, they have Hong Kong Pants(tm) which
hold an infinite supply of loaded pistols. --M. Sphar, the Monastery
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From: "dams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newbie question - Linux kernel
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 10:14:01 -0700
Hi,
Is Lniux kernel based on BSD or SVR4?
Thanks,
D
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