Linux-Misc Digest #403, Volume #25 Thu, 10 Aug 00 12:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Why does Gettyps change port permission? ("Paul Wickham")
Re: Why does Gettyps change port permission? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: IBM offers COIN to OS community (James Scott)
sound card recommendation (Stephen Britton)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (John Hasler)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (John Hasler)
booting Linux after installing Windows ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: booting Linux after installing Windows ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Quick questions : installing RPM's in X ("Michael")
Re: booting Linux after installing Windows (Davide Bianchi)
Re: sound card recommendation (Johan Kullstam)
Re: Linux on AMD ("ne...")
Re: Linux on AMD ("ne...")
Re: mgetty: prevent answering ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
those damn ^M characters from win files... ("Kirk R. Wythers")
automount for windows shares with spaces (Amish Chana)
Re: those damn ^M characters from win files... (Andreas Kahari)
Re: i am heaven (Axel)
Re: Please Bare With Me(another question) (JCA)
Re: those damn ^M characters from win files... ("Kirk R. Wythers")
Re: mgetty: prevent answering (Wolfgang Fritz)
Re: Open Games API? (Andre-John Mas)
Re: Why does Gettyps change port permission? ("Paul Wickham")
Re: Off topic question about colors (John Roberts)
Re: Linux on AMD (David C.)
Re: sound card recommendation (Dances With Crows)
Re: Open Games API? (Andre-John Mas)
Re: those damn ^M characters from win files... (Stephen Hui)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (phil hunt)
X and the Diamond S540... (/dev/null)
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From: "Paul Wickham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why does Gettyps change port permission?
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:12:16 +0100
Hi why does getty ps change the port permission of a serial port and how can
I change this?
Regards
Paul Wickham
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why does Gettyps change port permission?
Date: 10 Aug 2000 13:29:15 GMT
Paul Wickham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi why does getty ps change the port permission of a serial port and how can
: I change this?
Read the manual perhaps? From mgetty.config:
# use these options to make the /dev/tty-device owned by "uucp.uucp"
# and mode "rw-rw-r--" (0664). *LEADING ZERO NEEDED!*
port-owner uucp
port-group uucp
port-mode 0664
# use these options to make incoming faxes owned by "root.uucp"
# and mode "rw-r-----" (0640). *LEADING ZERO NEEDED!*
#fax-owner root
#fax-group uucp
#fax-mode 0640
Peter
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From: James Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss,sci.op-research
Subject: Re: IBM offers COIN to OS community
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:48:17 +0100
>
> The one problem with COIN at this point is that it does not appear
> to include much in the way of the actual _solver_ code. They talk
how about implementing OSI hooks for lp_solve, then you'd have a
completely open source tool.
James
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From: Stephen Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.freebsd.misc
Subject: sound card recommendation
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:51:51 -0400
I need to buy a sound card for my computer that i just put together.
What is a good generic sound card(preferably pci) compatible with Linux
and FreeBSD.
Thanks,
Stephen Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:28:22 GMT
blowfish writes:
> You told me that the $25k that you have received through contributing to
> Debian, came from the Finnish government.
Produce a quotation.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 12:39:26 GMT
blowfish writes:
> Anyway. You have sold your code for profit.
For there to have been a sale there would have to have been a contract
which obligated me to deliver the code and my customer to pay me. None of
my Debian work has involved such a contract (some of my other work has).
> Because you know the whole idea of GNU-GPL, FSF and profit takings are
> contradictory to one another.
Wrong.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: booting Linux after installing Windows
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:46:51 GMT
hi,
I had a linux redhat 6.2 machine and I installed Windows. Now I'm not
getting the Lilo prompt. Is there anyway that I can boot the vmlinuz
image through a boot disk? Once I can acccess the linux partitions in my
computer , I can rewrite lilo using /sbin/lilo.
Thanks in avance
Sandy
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: booting Linux after installing Windows
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:56:24 GMT
First arrange a CD which contains the redhat image or get a floppy which
has kernel. (CD is a better option). Now, boot ur computer through the
CD-ROM by writing this at the boot prompt of CD Boot.
Boot prompt :> vmlinuz root=/dev/hda?
where /dev/hda? is the partition which is the root partition.
the system will boot up with some errors.
Now, log in as root and edit the /etc/lilo.conf file
change the line having /dev/hda to /dev/fd0
place a floppy in the comp and run /sbin/lilo
now you have a bootdisk.
Other better way of preparing a boot disk is to use mkbootdisk (as root)
In article <8mubo9$j4i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi,
> I had a linux redhat 6.2 machine and I installed Windows. Now I'm
not
> getting the Lilo prompt. Is there anyway that I can boot the vmlinuz
> image through a boot disk? Once I can acccess the linux partitions in
my
> computer , I can rewrite lilo using /sbin/lilo.
> Thanks in avance
> Sandy
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quick questions : installing RPM's in X
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:12:57 -0400
Thanks.
By the way... I did mention that I could install the rpm's from a
command line in an xterm. Hmmm...reread my post and it might not have
been clear, but that's what I meant in my 2nd paragraph.
I don't mind using the command line....just figured that what I was
asking for should be included in X, or else it would seem kinda
pointless to have programs that install RPM's within X.
Michael
Dances With Crows wrote in message ...
>On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 08:36:43 -0400, Michael wrote:
>>From X I can't change my login without logging out of X, and logging
>>back into the system as root. When I am logged in as a normal user...I
>>get permission denied errors when trying to install an RPM
>>
>>I tried, from within X, to open a terminal window and su in as root
from
>>there...but that didn't give me root permissions in X (which I can
>>understand...just thought I would try it. (It did allow me to install
>>the RPM from the terminal window...but that isn't using the X
>>functionality to install an RPM )).
>>
>>I figure there must be an easier way to install RPM's when using X ,
>
>Yes. It's called "using the command line in an xterm".
>
>But if you can't live without graphics, do this:
>
>$ xhost +localhost
>$ su -
># export DISPLAY=0:0
># $GRAPHICAL_RPM_INSTALLER
>
>--
>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] (Davide Bianchi)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: booting Linux after installing Windows
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:23:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 13:46:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>hi,
> I had a linux redhat 6.2 machine and I installed Windows. Now I'm not
>getting the Lilo prompt. Is there anyway that I can boot the vmlinuz
>image through a boot disk? Once I can acccess the linux partitions in my
>computer , I can rewrite lilo using /sbin/lilo.
>Thanks in avance
If you have created the "rescue" disk during the installation, simply
boot with it, it will ask if you want to boot from /dev/hda5 (usually
the standard), simply press enter and your'in.
Then edit your lilo.conf file to add the Windows partition and type
lilo to update the MBR and re-install the boot loader.
If you do not have the Rescue Disk, you can create it from the Red
Hat Cd Rom.
Davide
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: sound card recommendation
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 10 Aug 2000 10:28:43 -0400
Stephen Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I need to buy a sound card for my computer that i just put together.
> What is a good generic sound card(preferably pci) compatible with Linux
> and FreeBSD.
i have this card and like it --
soundblaster ensonique pci 128.
cheap, easy to install, works in linux. i don't know about freebsd.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
sysengr
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:29:00 GMT
On Aug 9, 2000 at 17:44, [EMAIL PROTECTED] eloquently wrote:
>
>Check what video card you will be using, and if it has X support. Then check
>if it is stable with the mb. I can;t get a GeForce 2 because X doesn't
>support it yet.
Nothing fancy. A Matrox G400 will suit me just fine. I've
been clueing myself up at the AMD site and wanted pointers
on what works well for the good folks here.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Memory fault -- brain fried
10:26am up 31 days, 13:30, 7 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:29:30 GMT
On Aug 9, 2000 at 13:30, David C. eloquently wrote:
>"ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> Questions. What do I go for, Socket A or Slot A? What mobo would you
>> recommend?
>
>AMD's new chips are all coming out for Socket A. Slot A is in the
>process of being phased out.
>
>In terms of performance, I don't think it will matter much.
>
>If you get a good deal on a Slot-A board/CPU go for it. But don't
>expect to be upgrading your CPU on that board. The Thunderbird and
>Duron are both Socket-A packages.
Thanks for the pointers.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653 (http://counter.li.org)
Ambiguity:
Telling the truth when you don't mean to.
10:28am up 31 days, 13:33, 7 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mgetty: prevent answering
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 14:29:45 GMT
On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:26:00 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
>[...]
>
>UUrgh.
>
>(sigh)
>
>Why not simply using mgetty's built-in functionality? See "man mgetty",
>specifically the part about using "/etc/nologin.ttyS*" - which does
>exactly what the poster wanted to achieve.
How I read the poster's original question, is that he/she had already
tried that, and found for some reason it wasn't working. I don't know
why, I was just trying to throw up alternatives. No, they weren't
elegant. Downright ugly in places, which you've noted. :-)
Gord
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From: "Kirk R. Wythers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: those damn ^M characters from win files...
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:44:56 -0500
Can anyone suggest a utility or better yet an option in an editor
(emacs, xemacs, vi, whatever...) that can search for and remove the
return characters (^M) from windows files? I'd appreciate it. Thanks,
Kirk
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Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 07:48:36 -0700
From: Amish Chana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.samba,alt.os.linux.slackware,alt.os.linux
Subject: automount for windows shares with spaces
Does anyone know how to create the entry in the autofs map file for a
smbfs mount to a windows share with a space in its name.
For example, in the entry below the windows machine has a share named
"etsi a1", but according to /etc/log/messages automount only uses
"//winpc/etsi" in the mount.
share_a1 -fstype=smbfs,username=user,password=pass ://winpc/share a1
Thanks,
Amish
(please reply to this newsgroup as the email address does not work)
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Subject: Re: those damn ^M characters from win files...
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Kahari)
Date: 10 Aug 2000 16:51:42 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Kirk R. Wythers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can anyone suggest a utility or better yet an option in an editor
>(emacs, xemacs, vi, whatever...) that can search for and remove the
>return characters (^M) from windows files? I'd appreciate it. Thanks,
>
>Kirk
>
See the 'dos2unix' command. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, it's
available in the 'utils/sysutils' package.
/A
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From: Axel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.non.sequitur,alt.sex.fetish.linux,rec.autos.makers.mazda.miata
Subject: Re: i am heaven
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 09:50:19 -0500
translated from the [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Beekeeper):
>mahwah, new jersey? eh, forget it. i used to know people from other
>places around there. BIG PLACES.
>
>then there's rahway. i tell you these people don't know when to quit.
>
>what's that? oh, right. bottom of glass. gotcha. wink nudge.
>
>she's not gorgeous, she's leaning towards the left. wait, back
>towards the middle again. shit, there she goes, someone give 'er a
>hand, huh?
>
>new jersey. fuckin' figures.
>
i park around the back. i knew that no one i ever knew visited cecil
county, but my red mazda miata with the linux sticker in back was rather
obvious.
i walk into the club. the entrance has all manner of artwork depicting the
wonders to be found inside. for the first time, i am not ashamed to be
here.
what shame is there? you open the door to your conjugal room to find the
lips of your lifemate wrapped around someone else's baby-maker, and you'll
find you have a DAMN GOOD EXCUSE to be here too. and the pulsing music is
drawing me inside.
hellicopters circled the pentagon like so many vultures.
inside is smoke and flashing light, and the smell of testosterone, tobacco,
and silicone. i am easily the oldest male in the room, by far. young boys
with hairless faces are staring up in fascination, dollar bills clenched in
their teeth, awaiting the moment they can cream their jeans and go home
satiated.
i order my $5 obligatory mountain dew. for the first time since age 8, i
am completely unaroused.
"candi" approaches me, buttoning up her mini-vest around her perfectly
round, balanaced, plastic globes.
"you look like the sort we rarely get in here. woman problems?"
i then realize that the suse iso image i was downloading was probably done.
meanwhile, a small central american nation is being overthrown; my tax
dollars at work.
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From: JCA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please Bare With Me(another question)
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 07:38:02 -0700
What do you mean "bare with me"? Is it not "bear with me" or what?
Now have you read the XFree86 HOWTO?
N/A wrote:
> what if my hardware isnt in the list when configuring X? specifically the
> video card and monitor spec's.?
>
> --
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From: "Kirk R. Wythers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: those damn ^M characters from win files...
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:20:42 -0500
Thanks... I thought I had used something like that before.
Kirk
Andreas Kahari wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Kirk R. Wythers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Can anyone suggest a utility or better yet an option in an editor
> >(emacs, xemacs, vi, whatever...) that can search for and remove the
> >return characters (^M) from windows files? I'd appreciate it. Thanks,
> >
> >Kirk
> >
>
> See the 'dos2unix' command. On Debian GNU/Linux systems, it's
> available in the 'utils/sysutils' package.
>
> /A
>
> --
> # Andreas K�h�ri, <URL:http://hello.to/andkaha/>.
> # ...brought to you from Uppsala, Sweden.
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From: Wolfgang Fritz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mgetty: prevent answering
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 17:18:41 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> On Thu, 10 Aug 2000 06:26:00 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
> wrote:
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >UUrgh.
> >
> >(sigh)
> >
> >Why not simply using mgetty's built-in functionality? See "man mgetty",
> >specifically the part about using "/etc/nologin.ttyS*" - which does
> >exactly what the poster wanted to achieve.
>
> How I read the poster's original question, is that he/she had already
> tried that, and found for some reason it wasn't working. I don't know
> why, I was just trying to throw up alternatives. No, they weren't
> elegant. Downright ugly in places, which you've noted. :-)
He did it wrong. I posted that, but the message apparently hasn't left
my news server. He used /etc/mgetty+sendfax/nologin.ttyS2, not
/etc/nologin.ttyS2.
I personally find it a little bit strange to put all files in
/etc/mgetty+sendfax with the exception of nologin.ttyxx. But there might
be a reason. Maybe someone can enlighten me (only concerning this issue
please).
Wolfgang
>
> Gord
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From: Andre-John Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc
Subject: Re: Open Games API?
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:16:58 GMT
In article <tuek5.3551$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Isn't openGL supposeed to fit this ?
> My understanding ( limited, though ) was that something written with
openGL
> calls could be easily recompiled for whichever OS supported it.
>
What you say is true, though surprisingly graphics is only part
of developing a game. There are other aspects such as audio and input
devices to be taken into account. By building an API that includes all
aspects of game development then it would help in making the game
developer's life easier, and everyone gets to gain from that. I would
certainly consider OpenGL as the solution for the graphics, because the
last thing we need is yet another graphics API.
Andre
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From: "Paul Wickham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why does Gettyps change port permission?
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:30:16 +0100
Ummmm... yeah, but I am using getty ps as I can't figure out how to stop
mgetty trying to init the modem every few minutes, and I want to use auto
answer on the modem....
Paul
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8muanb$rg6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Paul Wickham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : Hi why does getty ps change the port permission of a serial port and how
can
> : I change this?
>
> Read the manual perhaps? From mgetty.config:
>
> # use these options to make the /dev/tty-device owned by "uucp.uucp"
> # and mode "rw-rw-r--" (0664). *LEADING ZERO NEEDED!*
> port-owner uucp
> port-group uucp
> port-mode 0664
>
> # use these options to make incoming faxes owned by "root.uucp"
> # and mode "rw-r-----" (0640). *LEADING ZERO NEEDED!*
> #fax-owner root
> #fax-group uucp
> #fax-mode 0640
>
>
> Peter
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From: John Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Off topic question about colors
Date: 10 Aug 2000 15:32:08 GMT
Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
'[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
': Peter T. Breuer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
':> John Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
':> : I got X server to run 16 bit color. Had been runing 8. My question is I
':> : don't know what the 8,16,24 bit translate to. I am used to 256 65k and or
':> I think you'd better leave your university then, before you're thrown
':> out. An 11 year old would answer that question in an IQ test on sight.
': Oh, I don't know... He could be doing Phylosophy and Art...
'Turns out he's not a student, but on the staff (grounds staff, if I
'recall)? I really should have deduced that - bayesian logic said he was
'not capable of being an academic student but I dismally failed to
'consider a large enough set of possibilities. He wasn't an academic or
'technical user at all! I don't think my assessment was inaccurate, but
'he was offended, so apologies .. I had this vision of ucdavis (which is
'a good place) being fooled by falsified SAT scores ...
': (The perfect combination for getting a job where you can use the immortal
': line "Do you want fries with that?")
'Hmmm ... no work available in cake shops? I believe you need minimum
'SAT scores in all areas anyway.
': :)
'Peter
As I told you, out of the public eye, that I was not as proficent in
computer as you. Since you have chosen to belittle me not once, but three
times, I will only say one thing. Your parents named you well. You are
the biggest peter (tool) I have met so far in this news group.
Others have either offered help, or passed up my post.
To them I will just say;
thank you for the knowledge. Jesus!! what an arrogant fuck!!
The next time your daddy sends you money for your education, remember how
he EARNED it. Not by being a complete ass, I'm sure. After you leave the
safety of school, the real world awaits. By day three someone will hand
you your head for lunch. That ticket I would buy.
John Roberts
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux on AMD
Date: 10 Aug 2000 11:35:09 -0400
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Check what video card you will be using, and if it has X support. Then
> check if it is stable with the mb. I can;t get a GeForce 2 because X
> doesn't support it yet.
If you will be exclusively using Linux on that hardware, a less
expensive video card may be just fine. I'm using a Riva TNT card on
mine and it works great.
AFAIK, XFree86/Mesa still doesn't support hardware 3D acceleration, so
all the new features of the latest boards won't gain you very much. In
terms of 2D performance (Which definitely affects XFree86), IMO, most
modern boards perform equally well.
(If hardware accelerated OpenGL is available for Linux, I'd love to
know. A pointer to a web site for a non-commercial offering would be
greatly appreciated.)
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: sound card recommendation
Date: 10 Aug 2000 15:38:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 10 Aug 2000 10:28:43 -0400, Johan Kullstam wrote:
>Stephen Britton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I need to buy a sound card for my computer that i just put together.
>> What is a good generic sound card(preferably pci) compatible with Linux
>> and FreeBSD.
>
>i have this card and like it --
> soundblaster ensonique pci 128.
>cheap, easy to install, works in linux. i don't know about freebsd.
The Ensoniq AudioPCI (Identifies under Linux as an ES1371 or ES1370) is
supported in FreeBSD for sure. About $30.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Tyranny is always better organized
http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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From: Andre-John Mas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc
Subject: Re: Open Games API?
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:28:22 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Wade Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <8mrq53$ncj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andre-John Mas
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > So, is there such an API in development, or are there any people
> > out there interested in such a solution? Maybe the developers of
> > these OSs could help push such an API?
>
> Unfortunately, it's not that simple. Different platforms support
> different hardware, have different methods of handling sound, have
> different multitasking models, etc.
Although there is some of that to be taken into account, more and
more hardware is being accessed via an abstraction layer and POSIX
is actually supported on a good number of platforms, so at least
you know that have common threading model available. The whole point
of an API would be to hide these differences.
> Such an API would be an enormous undertaking, and would likely be
> quickly discarded by developers because it didn't do things the way
they
> wanted it done. That is to say, if it did things in a non-optimal way
> on Windows to allow for Linux and the Mac, then Windows programmers
> would quickly ignore it and write Windows-specific code to do things
the
> most optimal way.
This used to be the case in the past, but with 3D accelerator cards
using OpenGL, computers being so fast and games companies wanting
to look for the larger user base ( they would rather avoid putting
all their eggs in one basket if the could afford it ), then there
certainly be people interested in such a solution.
> Not to the mention the even more enormous task of trying to keep it up
> to date as 3 different operating systems change (4 OS's when MacOS X
> comes out).
This is the whole point of an API, to hide these differences from the
games developer as much as possible.
The way I reckon the API would take form is for a working reference
platform to exist and then everyone else simply implements the API
as necessary on their platform - much in the same way as OpenGL or
the JavaVM.
Andre
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From: Stephen Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: those damn ^M characters from win files...
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 10:38:26 -0500
What you could do in emacs is mark the ^M character, copy it (Ctrl-W),
then do a search-replace (Meta-%, I think). Yank the ^M into the
search-replace buffer (Ctrl-Y), and replace with nothing (leave the line
empty). Hit y (yes) a few times and you're set.
Yes, it's the long way around. Yes, there IS a better way. Yes, I'm
perfectly content doing this because it works.
Some Win32 editors (like EditPad, http://www.jgsoft.com/, it's tabbed,
it's cool) can "export" from DOS to UNIX and vice versa.
Stephen.
"Kirk R. Wythers" wrote:
>
> Can anyone suggest a utility or better yet an option in an editor
> (emacs, xemacs, vi, whatever...) that can search for and remove the
> return characters (^M) from windows files? I'd appreciate it. Thanks,
>
> Kirk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (phil hunt)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:10:06 +0100
On 09 Aug 2000 21:36:20 -0400, Robert Krawitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> Robert Krawitz wrote:
>> >
>> > blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> >
>> > > Robert Krawitz wrote:
>> >
>> > > Okay. I agree that source codes are human readable. But most real human
>> > > are not geeks or machineheads.
>> >
>> > Totally irrelevant. Freedom of speech is not confined to speech
>> > understood only by the majority of people.
>> >
>> I would believe that machine codes are not speech to most real human.
>
>Again, that's TOTALLY IRRELEVANT. Source code in particular, and in
>many cases binary, is meaningful to people with the appropriate
>training. Therefore it is a legitimate form of speech.
Indeed. Welsh isn't understood by most humans, but something in Welsh
has the same freedom of speech as anything else. Most scientific and
technical writing isn't understandable by most people, either.
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From: /dev/null <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X and the Diamond S540...
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 15:49:00 GMT
I just installed Corel Linux which uses a gui setup (just fine in 16bit
color). Corel defaults to running KDM after the machine starts. I've
got a Diamond S540 and when KDM loads I get a blank screen followed by
something like a PowerSave shutdown of the monitor. Switching Virtual
Terminals, turns the monitor back on and gives me a character login
prompt. The same thing happens to X if I user startx form the command
prompt.
Could someone provide some insight on this? I'm fairly baffled at this
point and don't really know where to start.
Thanks.
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