Linux-Misc Digest #366, Volume #25 Sun, 6 Aug 00 19:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Re: where find gnome-ppp users guide ("Kevin Vandersloot")
Re: Data repository? (Steven Lee)
Directory sread? (Dave Barcelo)
Re: Linux vs Windows ME ("D. C. & M. V. Sessions")
Backup /usr files (permissions?), repartition, restore? (MH)
Re: SCSI Timeout Problems (Stuart R. Fuller)
Animations in Gimp (Robert J Carter)
Suse Linux 6.4 and Mylex DAC960 PDU Raid Controller Problems (Ashley)
Re: libtermcap.so (Shaun)
Re: Animations in Gimp (Dances With Crows)
Re: Directory sread? (Dances With Crows)
Re: kde 2.0 beta 3 (Martin Skj�ldebrand)
Re: when will we see RH6.3? 7.0? (Vegard Engen)
Re: sending Fax (E J)
Re: ADSL with Suse 6.2 (Randy Cooper)
Re: rsh and password ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: Linux on Toshiba laptop ?? (E J)
Need XF86Config for Tecra 8100 ("Lam Dang")
Modem Lights App for Windoze? ("gavin.liquorish")
aliases in modules.conf ("Gerard Milmeister")
Re: Should I build up an athlon box or buy an Imac DV? (MH)
Re: when will we see RH6.3? 7.0? (Christopher Browne)
Re: Modem doesn't work (and it's not a WinModem) (Bit Twister)
VNC and my proxy (Maik unruh)
Re: (Peter Mitchell)
What do you mean by this? (Yet Yu Lee)
Re: linux can't boot (Peter Mitchell)
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From: "Kevin Vandersloot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where find gnome-ppp users guide
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 18:19:54 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
joebuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Where can I find the gnome-ppp users guide for
> downloading? I downloaded the gnome users guide
> and it apparently does not include the gnome-ppp
> users guide.
>
Nowhere. gnome-ppp is not actively developed.
Consider using RedHat's dial-up tool rp3. It is
disigned for gnome and is actively developed.
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From: Steven Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Data repository?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 14:29:53 +0200
In article <8mhn0s$d0c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "jeff"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In my software searches, I have not been able to find a "data
> repository."
> I'm looking for something vaguely like Info Select, but simpler would be
> ok,
> and a command line interface would be fine. Mainly just a place to
> easily
> store and quickly search and retrieve from lots of bits of diverse text
> information. Any suggestions?
I have no idea what Info Select is. What's wrong with grep?
--
Steven Lee
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dave Barcelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Directory sread?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 13:36:25 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What does this mean?
Aug 6 04:02:11 dh231b04 kernel: Directory sread (sector 0x20) failed
Aug 6 04:02:11 dh231b04 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
Aug 6 04:02:11 dh231b04 kernel: 02:00: rw=0, want=16, limit=4
Aug 6 04:02:11 dh231b04 kernel: dev 02:00 blksize=512 blocknr=32
sector=32 size=512 count=1
Is it due to a configuration error on my part?
Thanks
dave
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From: "D. C. & M. V. Sessions" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux vs Windows ME
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 11:42:05 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> As you all know, the future of Linux and Windows ME
> are dependent on their stability in the marketplace.
Gross oversimplification.
> In a consumer and capitalistic society, products dissappear
> if there is no demand, or there is a better product that can
> be gotten and is widely available.
>
> Now Linux is based on a free system. There are currently
> 3 main free systems in capitalistic societies... namely
>
> 1) radio (ear)
> 2) television (eyes and ear)
> 3) internet stuff (eyes and ear) coming real soon.
[Snip lots more analysis based on fundamental misunderstanding.]
You can add another: Science is free. When someone makes a
scientific discovery, they publish it for any and all others
to review, critique, reproduce, and build upon. Whatever
economic theories you may have will have to deal with this
reality, because no other system for scientific discovery
tried in human history comes close to the open publication
system in terms of results.
--
| Bogus as it might seem, people, this really is a deliverable |
| e-mail address. Of course, there isn't REALLY a lumber cartel. |
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+----------- D. C. & M. V. Sessions <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------+
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Backup /usr files (permissions?), repartition, restore?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 11:50:43 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I need to increase the size of my /usr partition. I performed a backup
of /usr to a drive on another machine using cp -a. I noticed "unable to
perform operation" errors as the files were being copied. I assume this
has to do with file permissions, since most files in /usr are owned by
root. I noticed that the user:group identies on the backup files had
been reset to large numeric values. I presume this is some sort of
default behaviour.
My question is this: Can I safely delete my existing /usr partition and
restore all the files from backup to a new, larger /usr partition? If
not, how do I accomplish resizing the /usr partition without having to
reinstall my entire system?
TIA
--
"For it is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not
true.
In order to overcome that tendency it is not sufficient to exhibit the
true;
it is also necessary to expose and denounce the false."
-- H. L. Mencken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: SCSI Timeout Problems
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:10:03 GMT
A J Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi
:
: I have a linux box with two SCSI drives on it. Today I got some messages in
: the system logs that worry me (see below). Can anybody please explain what
: might be happening? If it is a problem, how do I fix it?
:
: The SCSI card is an Adaptec AHA-2940 and the drives are Seagate Hawks
: ST31230N and ST31200N.
:
: Thanks
: Austin
:
: Aug 6 04:02:50 shl-1486 kernel: Current error sd08:04: sns = f0 5
: Aug 6 04:02:50 shl-1486 kernel: ASC=21 ASCQ= 0
: Aug 6 04:02:50 shl-1486 kernel: Raw sense data:0xf0 0x00 0x05 0x00 0x1f
: 0x74 0x44 0x0a 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x00 0x21 0x00 0x01 0xc0
: Aug 6 04:02:50 shl-1486 kernel: scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:04, sector
: 355844
SCSI ASC and ASCQ code of 2100 indicates "Logical block address out of range".
I'd shutdown and run fsck against the partition.
Stu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert J Carter)
Subject: Animations in Gimp
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:16:18 GMT
I have a friend who is driving herself around the wall trying to figure
out how to to animations in gimp.
Any pointers would be appreciated :-)
--
Robert J Carter at Oghma dot on dot ca
Use My initials to reach me via e-mail
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From: Ashley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Suse Linux 6.4 and Mylex DAC960 PDU Raid Controller Problems
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:17:53 +0100
Hi,
Has anyone successfully installed Suse Linux 6.4 onto a Mylex DAC960
PDU? I beleive that this should be possible but when I try installing
under YAST2 I get the following errors during the package installation
phase.
Could't setup swap partition /dev/rd/c0d01
RPM returned an error
The root password could not be set
Couldn't write values to /etc/rc.config
I have also tried using the text based YAST installation but that
doesn't even detect the array.
I know that the hardware is set up correctly as I can install and run
Redhat 6.2 without any problems.
Any help would be appreciated.
Ash
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From: Shaun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: libtermcap.so
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:27:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Andrew J. Perrin) wrote:
> A software package I'm installing crashes saying it can't find the
> file libtermcap.so. Any ideas where it might be located?
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/libtermcap.so.2.html
RPMFind has been a godsend for me. Bookmark it, you'll use it again :)
Shanu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Animations in Gimp
Date: 6 Aug 2000 20:32:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 19:16:18 GMT, Robert J Carter wrote:
>I have a friend who is driving herself around the wall trying to figure
>out how to to animations in gimp.
>Any pointers would be appreciated :-)
More specific, please? Is she trying to make animated GIFs? To do
this, you make an image with one layer for each frame in the animation,
convert the image to indexed more, and save as GIF. Gimp will then ask
you if you want to save the image as an animation.
Also, try following this link for even more information:
http://www.google.com/search?q=GIMP+animation+tutorial
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Tyranny is always better organized
http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Directory sread?
Date: 6 Aug 2000 20:38:43 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 06 Aug 2000 13:36:25 -0500, Dave Barcelo wrote:
>What does this mean?
>Aug 6 04:02:11 dh231b04 kernel: Directory sread (sector 0x20) failed
>Aug 6 04:02:11 dh231b04 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device
>Aug 6 04:02:11 dh231b04 kernel: 02:00: rw=0, want=16, limit=4
>Aug 6 04:02:11 dh231b04 kernel: dev 02:00 blksize=512 blocknr=32
^^^^^
Device 02:00 is /dev/fd0, or the floppy drive. This is most likely
*not* an error on your part, but could be due to a number of things. If
the floppy itself has bad sectors on it, you will get messages like this
when you attempt to access those bad sectors. If you're trying to read
a floppy that's formatted with a filesystem your kernel doesn't have
support for, or if you're trying to read a 1.7M floppy using the regular
/dev/fd0 device, you'll see messages like this. Mount a 1.7M floppy
using /dev/fd0u1722 for best results.
(Hint: You can format a normal HD floppy to 1.7M instead of 1.4M by
doing "fdformat /dev/fd0u1722 && mkdosfs /dev/fd0u1722", and both Linux
and Win9x will be able to read/write to this floppy, no problem. WinNT
will choke and die[!!] )
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Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Tyranny is always better organized
http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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Subject: Re: kde 2.0 beta 3
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Skj�ldebrand)
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 20:52:44 GMT
==> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Daniel Bechard
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Daniel> I download a bunch of files (kde 2.0 beta 3) for exemple
Daniel> kdepim2-1-92-1.src.rpm When I tried to install this file
Daniel> with package it did not seem to work Is there something I
Daniel> have to do beside using package to uptade the kde files?
src.rpm are source files. You need to ./configure; make; make install
the beasts before you use them.
M.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vegard Engen)
Subject: Re: when will we see RH6.3? 7.0?
Date: 6 Aug 2000 21:10:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 3 Aug 2000 23:27:03 GMT, Peter Bismuti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>When is the next release of RedHat due, anyone know?
My guess that 7.0 will come with a 2.4 kernel. Thus, it will be out soon
after we have a "non-paperbag" version of 2.4.
There is, alas, a beta out now. But based on what I heard, I would not
recommend it for the faint of heart. There are some glitches, at
least if I'm to trust a couple of friends who have tried it.
- Vegard
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sending Fax
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 14:48:30 -0700
Tried hylafax but after messing around it for a week, I found it was not
usable because I need a class 2 fax modem.
I got efax which will work on class 1 (mine and most cheap fax non
winmodems) and fax 2 written by a fellow Vancouverite here in Canada.
It works great with a fax entry in my printcap, so I got Star Office 5.2
and with a little work I got Word Perfect to fax out by switching from
printer to fax. I never tried receiving a fax, but I assume it works
fine.
I got my efax from the Redhat 6.2 Powertools CD which is avaiable as a
free down load for individual programs or the entire CD.
Daniel Bechard wrote:
> How can I send fax with Open Linux 2.4
>
> Thank you
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From: Randy Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ADSL with Suse 6.2
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 16:50:46 -0500
You might want to try the Roaring Penguin implementation of PPP over
Ethernet. That's what I use with Redhat 6.2. The URL is
http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe.html
If you are using PPP over Ethernet this is a good site to visit as it has
quite a bit of information regarding this
topic including a white paper.
You may find that you have to set your MTU to 1400 or even 1325 to get all
web and ftp sites working.
Volker K�ster wrote:
> Hi,
> I wanted to run ADSL under Suse Linux 6.2, so I updated my Kernel from
> version 2.2.10 to current version 2.2.16. The new kernel works quiet
> smoothly, but I'm not sure if I also have do update my system libaries
> to emulate a Suse 6.3 system (if I have to update my libaries which do I
> have to update?). But in general: Is it possible to run T-DSL (the ADSL
> version from German Telekom) with Suse 6.2?
>
> After I ran the new kernel, I installed the pppoed-0.42-0 and tried to
> initiate a connection with the T-Online server, but the log file
> (/var/log/messages) just told me that Linux coudn't open the file
> /dev/pppoex. What do I have to do to fix this problem?
>
> Volker
>
> PS: Antworten k�nnen auch in Deutsch erfolgen ;-)
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rsh and password
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 16:53:21 -0500
On Sun, 6 Aug 2000, David Steuber quoth:
^^ "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
^^
^^ ' ^^ 2) run X applications on apostrophe with their display showing up on
^^ ' ^^ my terminal
^^ '
^^ ' export DISPLAY=host:0.0
^^ ' xterm
^^
^^ This won't work so well with apostrophe at my ISP on the other side of
^^ a NATed firewall ;-). Firewalls on both ends in fact.
Oops! Sorry I forgot about that. :-)
^^ I think I've got the answer to that question though. Unfortunatly, I
^^ won't be able to test it until apostrophe has been relocated. It is
^^ not a major deal though. XEmacs has a -nw flag that allows it to run
^^ in my xterm. I still use the mouse a bit though :-(.
IIRC you can also use the -t flag. Or of course you could use
vi^H^Hvim.
^^ ' What is it with Linux geeks (in the good sense) naming their machines
^^ ' solo?
^^
^^ In this case, the machine is a Gateway Solo 5150. I'm not too
^^ imaginative.
^^
^^ Is there another solo you were thinking of?
Yes, I was the system administrator for an ISP, and one of my
cohorts named his firewall solo, as in 'Han Solo'. Now I am
a system administrator for the Walgreens Co. and one of
my cohorts (who left) had one of his machines named solo, IIRC.
^^ As for apostrophe, that was named after the quote character I use in
^^ GNUS and VM for quoting text that I am replying too. Again, a lack of
^^ imagination at work.
I would be changing my machine name constantly if I did that. I
guess it would now be named caret-caret huh? Interesting piece
of UNIX trivia the caret. In the original Bourne shell the ^
was a synonym for the |. :-)
Sorry I was not of more help,
anm
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on Toshiba laptop ??
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 14:56:53 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've tried to install Linux Mandrake 7.1 on my Toshiba Satellite
> 2655XDVD laptop. After installing, I had to reboot. While booting, the
> laptop holds on " Starting PCMCIA ". What to do ???
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dieter Janssen
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
I don't know, but you might want to shut down PCMCIA services until you
figure it out what is wrong and see if everything else is
OK beyond the PCMCIA services.
At the lilo prompt, get into single user mode
lilo: linux single
# cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
# rm S45pcmcia
# reboot
Once you get pcmcia fix relink it
# cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d
# ln -s ../init.d/pcmcia S45pcmia
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From: "Lam Dang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need XF86Config for Tecra 8100
Date: 06 Aug 2000 18:03:43 -0400
I've installed RedHat 6.2 on my Tecra 8100
laptop. So far I can boot from a floppy with
vga=791. I've also got eth0 to work.
I'm trying the X framebuffer server
XFree86_FBDev) with startx. But I get the
error message:
No valid modes found.
If you've made this setup work (with any
driver), please mail me you XF86Config file
or post it here.
Thank you.
--
Lam Dang
dangit AT ix DOT netcom DOT com
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From: "gavin.liquorish" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Modem Lights App for Windoze?
Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 23:16:24 +0100
Hi
I have tried to find, without any luck, a program that monitors a PPP link
on a Linux box from a Windoze98 box.
There is Modem Lights for gnome, but that runs on linux, and there are
several programs that monitor a PPP link on a modem connected to a windoze
box, but none that allow me to monitor the link remotely.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a client/server program that allows
me to do this?
The only way I have been able to do this so far is by running VNC
"http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/" and reducing the size of the window
so that only "Modem Lights" is showing, or am I going to have to write some
software that can do what I want?
Thanks for any help
Gavin
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From: "Gerard Milmeister" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: aliases in modules.conf
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 23:13:48 +0100
Is there any documentation about the aliases in
modules.conf? For example to load the emu10k1
driver I need to include
alias char-major-14 emu10k1
I understand that this means, on accessing the
character device with major 14 load the module
emu10k1.
But what about
alias tty-ldisc-3 ppp_async
And what must I do to automatically load
the ipchains module?
(I am using kernel 2.4.0-test5)
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From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Should I build up an athlon box or buy an Imac DV?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 15:21:28 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm using a computer I built up from components a couple of
> years ago, one with a Cyrix 686, PCI bus, 64 meg of Ram, a desktop
> case. (I never liked towers, I want a computer I can put things on
> top of, but, having stuffed boards and cables inside this desktop box,
> I can see why people might prefer towers.) Anyway, I've got the itch
> to get a new machine, something more powerful. My first inclination
> was to get an Athlon based system. Researching it, it seems you have
> to be very careful about components to get the best use, particularly
> the RAM should be CAS 2. They also are power hungry and the power
> ultimately gets converted to heat of course, so you need fans, and a
> robust P/S. The house I live in predates electrification in this
> area, so the wiring was installed as an afterthought and is old with
> few outlets and I'm a little concerned about drawing too much power
> from any of them. Also, I already have 2 monitors, but one is very
> old, a 14" NEC C400, and the other, which I love, is an LCD monitor.
> (I'm glad I didn't get addicted to Civilization Call to Power from
> Loki until I'd gotten that new monitor to stare at.) But I can't
> afford another LCD monitor so if I want to run both computers, which I
> do, then one of them would be going back to that old NEC, or else
> spend I'd spend more money on a better quality CRT type monitor but
> not another LCD one.
>
> Now Apple has lowered prices and I'm looking at Imacs and
> thinking, I wouldn't have to get a new monitor, the machine is quiet!
> It has a small footprint, how powerful??? (I'd probably get the DV for
> $1K). It can run linux but how many linux applications since most
> stuff is geared around the 386 architecture. I also get the benefit
> of Apple's own O/S if I want their games/apps. There's supposed to be
> video-editing software built in for the DVs but if I wanted to edit my
> old analog VHS tapes I'd need more equipment to convert to
> digital. The Imac's processor is RISC based, which might be of
> interest to me. I used to be an assembly language programmer long
> ago, worked with Motorola 68000s, 8086's, 6502's and other processors
> that most of you would have never heard of. I toyed with the
> 80[23]86's on the assembler level but hated the instruction set and
> could never bring myself to learn much of it. The PowerPC would have
> to be nicer, though I suspect I'd never get around to investigating it
> at this stage of my life. Still, just knowing there was a decent,
> semi-efficient design at the heart of the system would probably give
> me some pleasure.
>
> The biggest drawbacks are really, it's unknown territory
> (That's also a plus in a way). There's bound to be some
> incompatibilities with all my old stuff. One can't dink around with
> the inside (again, that may also be a plus in some ways. I'm a
> software guy; I don't dink around with hardware just for the sake of
> dinking around.) But Apples are very proprietary and I don't know
> anyone who knows their stuff.
>
> So, in my quandary, I'm putting this out on the net to see if anyone
> can offer a new slant on the thing. I realize most people who might post
> would have different considerations than mine, but perhaps the discussion
> might be of interest to others and a random observation might really
> clarify things for me.
> -------- Remove "UhUh" and "Spam" to get my real email address -------------
Whatever your criteria might be for choosing one system over another,
power consumption shouldn't enter into the equation unless you are
buying a laptop. An Athlon system requires a 300W power supply,
equivalent to a couple of light bulbs, about 1/5 the power required by a
toaster.
--
"For it is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not
true.
In order to overcome that tendency it is not sufficient to exhibit the
true;
it is also necessary to expose and denounce the false."
-- H. L. Mencken
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: when will we see RH6.3? 7.0?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 21:47:48 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Vegard Engen would say:
>On 3 Aug 2000 23:27:03 GMT, Peter Bismuti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>When is the next release of RedHat due, anyone know?
>
>My guess that 7.0 will come with a 2.4 kernel. Thus, it will be out soon
>after we have a "non-paperbag" version of 2.4.
Consider too that it likely will include:
a) XFree86 4.0
b) Some form of Helix Gnome, perhaps even awaiting "Nautilus"
>There is, alas, a beta out now. But based on what I heard, I would not
>recommend it for the faint of heart. There are some glitches, at
>least if I'm to trust a couple of friends who have tried it.
... Which I don't regard as worthy of the slightest bit of "alas."
By releasing the beta now, with clear labelling that it is not for the
"faint of heart," it offers the opportunity for some _actually useful_
testing to take place.
It doesn't beat genuine regression testing, and it would do RHAT well
to take some cues from the test suites Cygnus had for GCC, and have
some _heavily automated_ test suites to make sure RHAT Linux conforms
to _some_ form of "functioning well."
I saw a "technology pre-release" from Caldera of Linux "pre-2.4" with
some experimental libc, gcc, and X stuff boxed at CompUSA the other day;
that's probably about as "flakey" as the present form of RHAT 7...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Modem doesn't work (and it's not a WinModem)
Reply-To: This_news_group.invalid
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 22:31:48 GMT
Sorry, have not been following this thread.
Have you checked the bios. I had a problem where the port was set
as auto and would not work until I set com1 with the correct
io/irq.
Assumed you set the modem port with the "control-panel" utility.
Until you get minicom to get an OK from the modem, It has to be
the link in /dev, the mother board circuit, cable, or modem,
or an io/irq conflict.
to show io port address cat /proc/ioports
to show block devices cat /proc/devices
to show interrupts cat /proc/interrupts
On 6 Aug 2000 15:49:38 GMT, David Rysdam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What doesn't the modem respond to? Have you tried using minicom?
>
>On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, Kristofor Wiklund <long email snipped> wrote:
>>>> I've just installed Slackware 7.0 on my new computer. I have found
>>that
>>>>my modem does not respond under Linux, but it does under Windows. As I
>>have
>>>>stated it is not a WinModem. It is 3Com 56K modem that I have used on my
>>>>old computer. On my old computer the modem worked fine under Linux and
>>>>Windows. Any ideas what the problem could be?
>>>
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From: Maik unruh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: VNC and my proxy
Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 00:21:10 +0200
Hi!
I=B4m sitting in front of my Linux Workstation. Behind this WS is a Linux=
Server which is connected to the internet.
Now i want to use VNC from my Workstation and connect to a PC over the
internet. But of course this does not work because of my proxy!
I know that it is possible to route the VNC port (5900) through my
server, but i don=B4t know, how!
Does anyone know?
I also thought of connceting direcly from my server, which would work,
but there is no X-Server running on my server. Is it possible to
redirect the X-Output from my server to the X-Server on my Workstation?
Tanks for any help!
MfG
Maik Unruh
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From: Peter Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re:
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 15:31:29 -0700
I copied a Linux CD onto a Windows hard disk and the links
copied without damaging anything. However, they didn't work!
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From: Yet Yu Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What do you mean by this?
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 22:52:17 GMT
I use Red Hat 6.2 and KDE. I use a free internet ISP. My runlevel is
3. When I exited X Window I got this error, and what does 'AUDIT': ...
:client 14 rejected from localhost' means?
sh: /lib/cpp: No such file or directory
kpanel: waiting for windowmanager
kpanel: ok, commencing initialization
ERROR: KFM is not running
KFM NOT READY
AUDIT: Sun Aug 6 15:25:18 2000: 1510 X: client 14 rejected from local
host
AUDIT: Sun Aug 6 15:26:18 2000: 1510 X: client 14 rejected from local
host
AUDIT: Sun Aug 6 15:28:29 2000: 1510 X: client 14 rejected from local
host
AUDIT: Sun Aug 6 15:29:53 2000: 1510 X: client 14 rejected from local
host
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From: Peter Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux can't boot
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2000 15:39:17 -0700
You could also try using Norton utility or similar to edit
the partition table in DOS/Win and put it back to what it
was. The advice about a boot partition is good if your BIOS
is a little older and doesn't support large hard disks, but
I don't think it is needed for BIOSs that have this built in
(eg by LBA).
As for why it happened ........ No idea!
Peter
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