Linux-Misc Digest #995, Volume #25 Tue, 10 Oct 00 05:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: various LILO vga settings/tux images (David Efflandt)
RedHat 6.2 Network Install? (Jon McLin)
Mac and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problem logging in with re-create user ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Best way to backup? ("David ..")
Re: Making "forwarding" permanent ("David ..")
dual-boot causing BIOS problem? ("Rudd")
Re: Best way to backup? (David M. Cook)
Re: Cable modem, ethernet, and DHCP ("casa")
Re: How to install Linux RH7? (Bo Berglund)
Re: How to install Linux RH7? (Bo Berglund)
Re: Where could I get SuSe PPC? (Andrew J. Brehm)
Re: resizing ext2fs (Eric)
Re: Where could I get SuSe PPC? ("hans eric")
Re: Linux contra Microsoft (Harry Lewis)
Re: Not Too Well Aquainted With E-Mail Software Setup (Obviously) ("hans eric")
Filesystem question ("David Quinn")
Re: Mac and Linux (Gunnar Andersson)
Re: Email rejected by aol.com - why? (Villy Kruse)
Re: How to get ide-scsi to auto-load? (Villy Kruse)
Re: Linux contra Microsoft ("Tom Emerson")
Re: Linux contra Microsoft (Tyler Larson)
Re: How to uninstall stuff (Villy Kruse)
Re: problem installing rpm >3 (Villy Kruse)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: various LILO vga settings/tux images
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 04:17:03 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 08 Oct 2000 17:00:35 GMT, JC Vollmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello everyone.
>Can someone tell me what would be the valid settings for vga= in
>/etc/lilo.conf. What are the different tux images/resolutions available?
If you have proper framebuffer support compiled in per the HOWTO, you can
set various graphic modes. For example visa=792 is 1024x768 16-bit color
with a fine, but clear font.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
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Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 21:17:47 -0700
From: Jon McLin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 6.2 Network Install?
A friend asked for some assistance installing RedHat 6.2 on a machine without a
CD, but with a network card. Having successfully installed many distributions
in many different configurations, I foolishly agreed.
- Unlike RH 5.2, RH 6.2 doesn't have by default support an NFS
installation. Solution: make a disk with bootnet.img from the RH 6.2 CD.
- The bootnet. img on the CD is non-functional. Tried many times, dd to
floppy then boot. System doesn't recognize it.
- Try advanced install. RH 6.2 croaks.
- Boot with RH 5.2 bootdisk. Linux recognizes network card and we are off!
Only when I point it to the 6.2 NFS disk, it dies a slow and painful death...
- Boot with Mandrake 6.0. Ooops, this is RH 6.0, also missing the NFS mount
option.
- Boot with Caldera 2.4. Can't see the network card (an SMC 9000)
Any suggestions on how to proceed? It is rather amusing/ironic/tragic that a
network card recognized by a three-year old distribution isn't recognized by the
Latest and Greatest.
I expect I'll disassemble the box tomorrow to see if there is a spare IDE
connector to which I may attach a CD. My friend thinks there is not, but I
remain ever the optimist...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mac and Linux
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 04:09:29 GMT
Hi. Is there a dual boot system for Macs, so I can run Linux and dual
boot with Mac OS 9.* or OS X? If not, would it be veasiable to run
Winlunx with Virtual Windows?
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Problem logging in with re-create user
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 04:09:51 GMT
Hi,
I'm having trouble loggin in with a particular re-created user.
I've setup my NIS and for a final test of the NIS.
I deleted a user and recreated it successfully.
However, I cannot login in using the graphical interface for this
particular.
I've tried to change a working userid this particular name. Still it
won't allow to login.
Can anyone kindly help?
Is there a file where linux archive the history of user create where I
can clean this particular user confi?
Thanks a million.
Han Ming
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Before you buy.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best way to backup?
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 23:18:59 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Until I install a tape drive or backup unit, I'm looking for a way to
> backup the entire linux root partition on a regular basis to a local
> disk or maybe to a network share. Does anyone know of a good *safe* way
> to do this? I'm thinking I can tar it up, but don't know the best
> parameters. Could i use cpio?
If it is an SCSI tape drive you might check Arkeia, they have a free
download for personal use.
http://www.arkeia.com/
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Making "forwarding" permanent
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 23:26:15 -0500
Micer wrote:
>
> I finally got ipchains to work with FORWARD and MASQ by reading in the HOWTO
> that recent Linux Kernels have forwarding turned off by default. The way to
> make it work is to do this:
>
> "echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward"
>
> It works great, except for one problem: I have to do it every time I boot my
> RedHat 6.0 Linux. How can I make the forwarding option permanent without
> having to put the above command into my ipchains script?
>
> Micer
Just add the line above to the end of your "/etc/rc.d/rc.local" file and
it will be loaded every time you boot.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "Rudd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: dual-boot causing BIOS problem?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 00:14:14 -0600
I am dual booting Corel Linux OS v1.2 and Windows 98 SE on a Toshiba
Satellite 4015CDS laptop, using LILO. Very recently, I changed from the
CLOS 1.0 to 1.2, and at that time I began seeing the following problems:
1) My Iomega USB Zip 100 drive is inaccessible in Win98 (and is not
accessible in Linux either, though it "should" be according to Corel). All
drivers are present and functioning correctly (in Win98 device manager, as
pertains to the Zip drive) - but the drive just isn't there.
2) My Win98 boot-up and shutdown seems to be pausing for 30-60 seconds where
there was not a pause before, AND the 'shutdown' no longer shuts the
computer down: it 'restarts' no matter what option I select. (The physical
on/off switch is my only means of powering off in Win98, though poweroff
*does* work in CLOS where it didn't before.)
I know very little about the BIOS (how it works, what settings to adjust,
etc.) but I suspect that my problem lies there. I have noticed that my ACPI
(power management) and USB Zip 100 share IRQ settings (11) -- which leads me
to think that this must have something to do with it (?). Further, as CLOS
1.0 did not have "preliminary USB support", nor APM features by default, I
did not encounter any problems with a dual-boot before. I am greatly
puzzled and wonder if anyone has some experience with this sort of problem.
Thanks,
Rudd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Best way to backup?
Date: 10 Oct 2000 06:18:39 GMT
On Mon, 09 Oct 2000 21:10:22 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Until I install a tape drive or backup unit, I'm looking for a way to
>backup the entire linux root partition on a regular basis to a local
>disk or maybe to a network share. Does anyone know of a good *safe* way
>to do this? I'm thinking I can tar it up, but don't know the best
>parameters. Could i use cpio?
Do you really need to backup the entire root directory, or can you get away
with /etc, /home, and /var?
Dave Cook
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From: "casa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Cable modem, ethernet, and DHCP
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:40:56 +0200
do a locate 3c509.o
then insmod (path where 3c509.o is found)/3c509.o
ifup eth0
and it should work
and one thing dont fill in an IP addy when u use DHCP.
the idea of dhcp is getting an ip giving to u by your isp. when u fill this
in
u wont get any lease
James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hey guys, thanks for all the help. But it is STILL not working. Now, I
am
> either a complete idiot or tremendously unlucky. I went into netconf and
> set everything to blank except kernel module and net device.
> kernel module = 3c509
> net device = eth0
> of course
> Then I tried rebooting. During the initialization, I got to "booting up
> eth0" and then it hung for a while. Then I got the error again, unable to
> setup eth0 via dhcpcd..failed. But this time, the PC light on the cable
> modem actually turned on and the data light was blinking.
>
> Then when I was logged in, as root, I typed "pump -i eth0" and then the PC
> light came on again, it hung for a while, then it said "operation failed"
> and the light went off. I even tried typing "dhcpcd -r" and the same
thing
> happened. The light goes on then off. Please don't hate me for bothering
> you guys but I really wish to learn Linux. But I can't when some things
> don't work. BTW, the ethernet isn't the only thing working. But I'm
taking
> it step by step.
>
> thanks again
>
> James wrote:
>
> > Arg, linux newbie here with some problems setting up my cable modem with
> > dhcp. I have Mandrake 7.1. I type in "netconf" which takes me to the
> > network configurator. In "Basic Host Info" there is a "hostname +
> > domain" entry which is set to "localhost.localdomain".
> > Under the "adapter1" tab is the following info:
> > net device: eth0
> > kernel module: 3c509
> > irq: 10
> > ip: my ip
> > the dhcp radio button is selected
> >
> > When I close out of netconf and tell is to activate changes I get an
> > error. Here it is:
> >
> > Executing /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S10network reload:
> > > Bringing up device eth0 Determining IP information for eth0 via
> > dhcp...faile
> > > [FAILED]
> >
> > And that's that. No internet connection. I've already read a couple of
> > how-to's (especially cable modem, dhcp mini-howto, and the ethernet
> > howto) and they didn't help.
> >
> > I have a 3com Etherlink III (3c509B)
> >
> > Any help is appreciated! Getting frustrated and wanting to switch back
> > to Winblowz.
> >
> > James L
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bo Berglund)
Subject: Re: How to install Linux RH7?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 06:31:04 GMT
On Mon, 09 Oct 2000 20:38:31 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bo Berglund)
wrote:
..snip...
>Now I am getting desperate, is there no user friendly way to set up
>Linux on the odd PC? Why must I add a lot of partitions without
>knowing the sizes needed? Should not the partitioning wait until the
>packages have been selected so that the system could calculate an
>optimum size?
>
>So what do I do now? I just wanted a Linux system up and running so I
>could experiment with firewalling and web/email servers etc....
Apparently what i did wrong was follow advice in an old RedHat5 manual
about partitioning. In this they say I need to cut my disk down into a
number of separate partitions:
/, /usr, /home, /tmp, /var, /usr/src, /usr/local and swap
In doing so one has to give sizes for each without knowing anything so
the result is that some of these are too small...
A person replying said that you need only two, swap and /, all of the
data/software will perfectly well reside in the one big / partition.
So I guess the question is really:
What good are these partitioning schemes? Looks like they are more
evil than good (to me at least).
Bo Berglund
Software developer in Sweden
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PGP: My public key is available at the following locations:
Idap://certserver.pgp.com
http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bo Berglund)
Subject: Re: How to install Linux RH7?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 06:39:11 GMT
On 10 Oct 2000 02:21:28 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
wrote:
>If you have only a 1.5G drive, RedHat 7 may not be the best choice.
>RedHat 6.2 took up about 1.1G for everything I wanted the last time I
>installed it. Most other distributions have a number of default
>configurations you can select from, including "minimal", "standard", and
>"everything". The SuSE minimal install is about 200M(!) but lacks an
>awful lot of stuff (no X, no gcc, no emacs, no kernel source.) Slack
>and Debian can be pared down even further. Plus, there are a number of
>widely publicized bugs with RedHat 7, including the inability of the
>shipped gcc to compile a kernel--check Slashdot for the continuing
>argle-bargle on *that*.
>
OK, so I'd better go with RH6.2 then if I understand this correctly?
Of course one of the things I want to do is compiling the kernel since
I want to add support for PPTP VPN into it. I MUST be able to comile!
I will try 6.2 today then (after downloading all of that data...)
Thanks for the advice on the partitioning, I will probably need the
boot partition.
And regarding RAM, I have 64M lying about, but for some reason my P166
won't start up with that installed even though the RAM test in BIOS
passes. It just hangs when it should display the screen with the
hardware list and start booting....
Bo Berglund
Software developer in Sweden
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
PGP: My public key is available at the following locations:
Idap://certserver.pgp.com
http://pgpkeys.mit.edu:11371
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: Where could I get SuSe PPC?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew J. Brehm)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:08:07 +0100
Alexandre Binette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm looking to get for free the SuSE PPC version of Linux. Does anybody
> know where to find it?
>
> Thank you very much for your precious help,
Have you tried www.suse.com?
--
Fan of Woody Allen
PowerPC User
Supporter of Pepperoni Pizza
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: resizing ext2fs
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:17:27 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
> On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 23:32:07 -0230, Neil Zanella wrote:
> >I have an ext2fs partition which I would like to split up into two.
> >I was wondering whether there is some Linux tool that does non
> >destructive repartitioning on ext2fs the same way FIPS works
> >with DOS. That is, I would like to shrink the ext2fs partition
> >to make room for another one without loosing any data contained therein.
>
> There's a tool called "gpart" that does ext2 partition shrinking. Take
> a look on http://freshmeat.net/ for it, or look for ext2resize, which
> does something very similar. gpart has the restriction that the start
> of the ext2 filesystem can't move, so you can shrink or expand the
> partition, but not move it very easily. Don't know about ext2resize.
> HTH!
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
> Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Workin' in a code mine, hittin' Ctrl-Alt
> http://www.brainbench.com / Workin' in a code mine, whoops!
> -----------------------------/ I hit a seg fault....
That should be GNU parted and not gpart
You can find it www.gnu.org
Eric
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From: "hans eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.powerpc,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Where could I get SuSe PPC?
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:47:13 +0200
Moin!
There is a beta of 6.3 for PPC at suse's ftp server. It is a approx. 500 MB
.iso file.
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/ppc/
A nice collection of distributions for PPC is on:
www.linuxiso.org
Hope it helps.
hans eric
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From: Harry Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux contra Microsoft
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 08:57:11 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> BTW, there is a lot of windows software that have to be compiled before
> you use it.
Are we talking X-Windows here? <g>
Actually my company publishes source code for Windows (NT and 2000)
applications, but our audience are corporate users who'd wish to change
the source before compiling. For the average user (or even the average
business user), having to compile an application before using it is
unheard of.
That being said, I don't think the need to run a makefile before being
able to use an application or OS module makes the OS less suitable for
users. It does, however, raise the threshold for administrators.
Harry
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From: "hans eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Not Too Well Aquainted With E-Mail Software Setup (Obviously)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:56:04 +0200
Moin!
Check this out!
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/mail/pop/pop-02.html
Yahoo give good help on this topic!
The server for outgoing mails (smtp) seems to be:
smtp.mail.yahoo.com
Best regards
hans eric
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From: "David Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Filesystem question
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:01:22 +0100
I have a 6Gb drive which I have added to an existing linux box. I want it
to be FAT32 so I used cfdisk to create a primary partition on it of type 0C
(Win95 Fat32 (LBA)).
If I run fsconf, it reports it as a vfat drive of size 6197M.
It is shared through Samba but the Windows client reports it as an NTFS
volume of size 3.77Gb. I though it may just be windows misrepresenting it
so I filled it with files and it does run out of space at 3.77Gb.
Is there a maximum size for a fat32 partition on Linux? Is it Samba that's
misrepresenting it or windows? Or have I chosen the wrong filesystem for
the partition?
Any help appreciated.
David Quinn
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From: Gunnar Andersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mac and Linux
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 10:05:59 +0200
Yes there are a graphic dual (3-4) booter used by YDG, SuSE (PPC),
...called BootX. Its default when installing YDG and MKLinux i think. You
will have to install it seperably in Suse but it come with the cd's.
The booter makes it possible to choose different Linux distributions and
different MacOS versions from start-up. Not Lilo PC style, but mac style,
with point and click.
Regards Gunnar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi. Is there a dual boot system for Macs, so I can run Linux and dual
> boot with Mac OS 9.* or OS X? If not, would it be veasiable to run
> Winlunx with Virtual Windows?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Email rejected by aol.com - why?
Date: 10 Oct 2000 08:10:20 GMT
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 17:39:44 +0000 (UTC),
David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>I would think that the syntax error is that is that the FROM: address does
>not contain a valid internet hostname (localhost is not an internet name).
>Set a valid FROM: in your mail client, or in pine you can set a domain
>(but not username). There is a way to set sendmail for that, but I would
>not know how, since I have a valid hostname.
>
The name used in the MAIL FROM: is the system name unless changed in the
sendmail.cf file. Search for Dj in /etc/sendmail.cf. This name will
be used regardless what the From: address you specify in your pine or
other mail program.
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: How to get ide-scsi to auto-load?
Date: 10 Oct 2000 08:17:07 GMT
On 10 Oct 2000 02:21:25 GMT, Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>cat >> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>modprobe ide-scsi
>modprobe sg
>^D
>
The file /etc/rc.d/rc.modules was original used of this purpose
and is still supported on Redhat. Look for rc.modules in
/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit.
cat >> /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
modprobe ide-scsi
modprobe sg
^D
chmod a+x /etc/rc.d/rc.modules
Villy
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From: "Tom Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux contra Microsoft
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 01:18:54 -0700
Larry Ebbitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:33:12 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> >BTW, there is a lot of windows software that have to be compiled before
> >you use it.
>
> Could you expand on that? I'm not personally aware of any and I know
> no one
> who has a compiler for C. I have IBM's Visual Age for C++ on an NT
> system at
> work, but that is not too general-purpose.
Ummm... "java"? <ducking & running>
[oh, wait, it's not COMPILED, it's INTERPRETED...] :)
(whew, got out of that one Just In Time)
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From: Tyler Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux contra Microsoft
Date: 10 Oct 2000 08:15:13 GMT
At the risk of contributing to a thread whose signal-to-noise ratio is
worse than my telephone lines, I propose my $0.02:
> But the fact is that in terms of user-friendliness Linux really is
> behind Windows a bit.
I'm going to have to agree with you there. Windows is much more... smooth,
for lack of a better term. But I think that is bacause they focus more
effort on making it look good than making it work well. The average user
doesn't know enough to understand why windows in inferior to everything else
out there; he just knows that it looks smooth. He thinks that it LOOKS like it
should run well, and therefore he assumes that it does.
I think that with a little effort, Linux can be made to look and feel
much better than windows. It's just never been as great a priority. Hackers
aren't impressed by glitter.
> Don't get me wrong - I love Linux, (I'm using it now), but I consider
> myself a reasonably advanced user, and I still find little things
> cropping up that surprise and often confuse me.
amen.
> Maybe, two or three years down the line, someone (most likely Mandrake,
> SuSE or Caldera) will release a very accessible Linux distribution for
> the masses - but right now it doesn't cut the mustard in that
> environment. If you ask me.
I agree, but I think there's more. Microsoft doesn't have public opinion on
their side any more. I think that people are ready for something new,
something that works this time. And Linux can easily be the answer. The
biggest hang-up I believe lies in the software. IMHO, projects like
wine should be a major focus of those who want to make Linux the new
standard. I'm willing to bet large sums of money that no one reading this
message uses windows because it's such a quality product. Rather, it's
the only platform for which the software is available. But instead of
focusing our attention on rewriting the software for our OS (which, don't
get me wrong, is definately worth while), we should work harder at making
THEIR binaries work on our platform.
Now, I realize that this isn't a permanant solution; there are always
subtle problems involved. But if I can run the *few* programs that I
now have to use windows for on Linux, then I'll have absolutely no use for
windows. And then, suddenly, the playing field is just a little more
level: your choice of an OS is no longer dictated by the software available
for it. IBM and Compaq start selling computers running their own
distribution of Linux, with some wine dirivative seamlessly integrated
into the archecture. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, developers start
rebelling against the Empire. "We don't need to write for the windows
API," they'll say. After all, you can't take full advantage of Linux's
power if you're running under wine (which, incidently, is a step up from
Windows-- some applications have actually been benchmarked running faster
on wine on top of Linux than on the the same machine running windows).
A new breed of ultra-powerful "Linux-optimized" applications emerges bearing
a little penguin sticker on the bottom left corner of the package. Having
a "Linux-enabled" system becomes a major selling point, because the old
windows machines can't run any of the "new generation" of software. And
the Microsoft Anti-trust case (which remains unresolved) is dropped because
the monopoly is broken, and windows only runs 47% of the world's personal
computers.
Ah... Glorious, isn't it? I should give up C++ and start writing
science fiction instead.
You don't agree with my narrative? I agree that it's way over-simplified.
But I believe the the principle is there.
--
-Tyler
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: How to uninstall stuff
Date: 10 Oct 2000 08:27:54 GMT
On Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:32:25 -0000, Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "Arctic Storm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> In a message on Mon, 09 Oct 2000 05:11:12 GMT, wrote :
>
>"S> I have RedHat Linux 7.0.
>"S> Installing stuff is easy; rpm -Uvh filename,...
>"S> What about uninstalling?
>"S> How do you do that?
>
>rpm -e packagename
>
>Read all about the rpm command:
>
>man rpm
>
>
Note that the package name is no the same as filename, though. This is
a common mistake. Do "rpm -qa" to list all installed package names.
If you have a file name on the disk you can do "rpm -qf filename", for
example:
$ rpm -qf /bin/gzip
gzip-1.2.4-12
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: problem installing rpm >3
Date: 10 Oct 2000 08:30:31 GMT
On Mon, 09 Oct 2000 15:30:05 -0000,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
WYWINWWS
>Villy Kruse wrote:>>> On Thu, 05 Oct 2000 20:52:55 -0700, MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:>> >> >Don't know why the 4.0 version doesn't work, but 3.0.5 will. I read>
>>somewhere that it isn't recommended to upgrade to to 4.0 from any> >version earlier
>than 3.0.5.>>> You need 3.0.5 to decode the rpm file for release 4.0. The 3.0.5>
>version was specifically built for RH6.x and RH5.x for this purpose> and is available
>from the redhat update collection.>> The alternative way is to do a full RH7.0
>upgrade.>>>> Villy>I've upgraded to 3.0.5 but I still can't install packages >3. I
>triedinstalling 3.0.6 but i get an error saying that it will conflict withglibc2.1.
>Please Help !!! I still can't get RH7 from where I live. and it'simpossible to
>download it.. so upgrading to v7 is not possible yet...
>
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