Linux-Misc Digest #104, Volume #26 Sun, 22 Oct 00 14:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: Which windowing system? X-windows? ("gSe7eN")
Problems with floppy (Filipe Bonjour)
Re: Apache and authenticated logins help please (Bill Moseley)
Re: Help me choose the best fileserver OS for a Compaq proliant server. (Dustin
Puryear)
Re: Linux gaming (Dustin Puryear)
Re: need help with tab key (Thomas Dickey)
Re: Does RoadRunner work in Linux? ("Steven Barker")
Re: ISP advice sought, lansing.mi.us (David Efflandt)
Re: decent synaptics driver? (Rick)
Re: WEBEARLY (Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4h=E4ri?=)
Re: Does RoadRunner work in Linux? (Neil Cherry)
Re: How to mount logical Windows partition? (Arctic Storm)
Re: System spends too much time in X, but only sometimes...? (Hal Burgiss)
Re: decent synaptics driver? (Rick)
GPL questions? (Neil Cherry)
Re: Server crashing (Edvard Fagerholm)
Re: Problems with floppy (Leonard Evens)
Re: How to mount logical Windows partition? (Dances With Crows)
Re: System spends too much time in X, but only sometimes...? (Dances With Crows)
Re: Diabolical plot uncovered... (Dances With Crows)
Re: Server crashing (Neil Cherry)
Re: GPL questions? (Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4h=E4ri?=)
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From: "gSe7eN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which windowing system? X-windows?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:12:21 GMT
I'm sorry if I sounded like a jerk, but I guess you responded better than I
thought you would. I felt bad about saying that after I posted it, but I'm
just really pissed off at Micro$haft right now. It's like comparing Linux
to winblows, something that just shouldn't be done. So don't take that as a
personal attack, take it as a Vote for Ralph Nader Because He Really Wants
to See Bill Gates Dead attack. And that's true, too!
Bill Kocynjski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> (A copy of this message has also been posted to the following newsgroups:
> comp.os.linux.misc)
>
> In article <yu8I5.2163$ms5.25794@news>, "gSe7eN"
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I'm sorry to tell you, but there's no such thing as X-windows.
> >
> >
>
>
> Thanks. Actually I mean the X Window System, as in "OpenGL: Programming
> for the X Window System" by Mark Kilgard. I haven't used it so got the
> name a bit wrong, thanks for the pointer.
>
> Bill
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From: Filipe Bonjour <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Problems with floppy
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 13:13:39 -0200
Hi,
I'm having some serious trouble using my floppy disk under Red Hat 6.2.
Anytime I try executing mount, mke2fs, mkbootdisk this is what I get:
root 1 % mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/
mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
root 2 % mke2fs /dev/fd0
mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
mke2fs: Device not configured while trying to determine filesystem size
root 3 % mkbootdisk 2.2.14-5.0
Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost.
Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort:
mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
Does that mean that the drive is physically damaged? Doesn't sound like
it to me.
I basically know nothing about devices, but I tried just about everything
I could think of, including reinstalling the RPMs dev and MAKEDEV from the
CD-ROM.
Could anyone please help me? If you reply, please cc to my address
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, thanks.
Thanks in advance,
Fil
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From: Bill Moseley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Apache and authenticated logins help please
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 07:36:33 -0700
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 20:57:21 GMT Jason Woodrum ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
remarked...
> I would recommend .htpasswd/.htaccess. For more information on the actual
> setup, check out http://www.smart.net/references/how-to/htpasswd.html.
No. What was wrong with the link I provided? The link above gives the
typical bad information about using <LIMIT>. Use the Apacheweek link.
> You need to add the first "directory" section to your access.conf file in the
> /etc/httpd/conf directory.
Not sure what you mean here.
>
> Good luck!
>
> -Jason
>
> --
> Old timer, n.:
> One who remembers when charity was a virtue and not an organization.
>
> "Bill Moseley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Fri, 20 Oct 2000 18:55:15 GMT Alvaro Muir ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > remarked...
> > > Is there an easy way to have a page prompt for a usrname and password in
> > > apache, without javascript? I cant find it in the man or the conf file.
> >
> > You would be better off asking in a group that discusses Apache, of
> > course.
> >
> > The Apache FAQ pointed to this:
> >
> > http://www.apacheweek.com/features/userauth
> >
> >
> > --
> > Bill Moseley
>
>
>
--
Bill Moseley
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.openbsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help me choose the best fileserver OS for a Compaq proliant server.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:29:19 GMT
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 03:12:20 GMT, dcs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I would appreciate any input anyone can offer. I don't have the bandwidth to
>benchmark all these OSs, so I hope the net.community can help me narrow down
>my choices. Here are my choices:
>
>FreeBSD
>NetBSD
>OpenBSD
>Linux (RedHat or TurboLinux Server 6.x)
>Windows 2000
As others have mentioned, your list of *BSD choices is pretty much out.
That only leaves you with Linux or Windows 2000. Is it at all possible
for you to run at least limited trials using both? That is always a
good way to go.
Also, I have heard that there is a distributed file system ala Beowulf
that works well in high-load environments on Linux. I'm not sure if what
I heard is about a project still in alpha or in production. I can look
around my stack of papers if you want.
FYI, Samba performs very well, but you will *definately* need to tweak
it for a high-load/performance environment. One of the biggest issues
will be how your applications access the data (large chunks vs small
chunks).
--
Dustin Puryear <$email = "dpuryear"."@usa.net";>
Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network
- http://www.prima-tech.com/integrate-linux
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: Linux gaming
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:31:14 GMT
On Sat, 21 Oct 2000 04:35:14 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Is there any good websites or magazines dedicated to PCGaming in Linux?
www.linuxgames.com
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Dustin Puryear <$email = "dpuryear"."@usa.net";>
Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network
- http://www.prima-tech.com/integrate-linux
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From: Thomas Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need help with tab key
Date: 22 Oct 2000 15:34:34 GMT
John D Prokopek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running RH6.2 and somehow my tab key has gotten mapped to
> backspace.
> I am accessing my linux box via an exceed xdmcp session. I have checked
> exceed for any mapping and it seems to be using the default which i am
> confident does not map the tap key.
> The backspace behavior occurs in xterm windows and while running gvim,
> the gui version of vim.
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. this is quite annoying
I've seen a number of reports which point to using xmodmap
with numbers rather than symbols (e.g., 22 = Backspace). The numbers
are dependent on the keyboard configuration.
--
Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://dickey.his.com
ftp://dickey.his.com
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From: "Steven Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Does RoadRunner work in Linux?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:42:17 GMT
Hi, The best linux I found with roadrunner is suse 6.4, if it detects the
nic card it will work, set the nic settings for dhcp, that should do it
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> If RoadRunner works in Linux, which dist. works best for it? (i.e. which
> one is EASIEST to set up?)
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: ISP advice sought, lansing.mi.us
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:12:14 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 22 Oct 2000 02:53:09 GMT, Dances With Crows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It appears as if I'm stuck without DSL/cablemodem access for at least 2
>months, so I'd appreciate advice on a reasonable dial-up ISP in the
>Lansing, MI, USA area.
>
>I was looking at http://voyager.net ; they seem to have something
>reasonable going on. Buried in the Tech Support section of their page
>are DNS numbers, confirmation that they use PAP for authentication,
>and info on POP3 and SMTP access. Everything I can see from there
>makes me think that their service would work just fine with Linux.
>Heck, I would've signed up with them on Friday, but they don't take AmEx
>and my Visa card is currently lost in the depths of bureaucracy.[0]
I thought Voyager was acquired by (or merged with) Core.com. Check out
http://www.core.com/ unlimited service (24hr at a time) under $10/mo, mail
and news, works fine with Linux. I don't think they have shell access,
but I just use it as my out of town ISP, since it is nationwide. I was up
and running an hour after I signed up on a Sunday night. They have 4 pops
in Lansing.
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: decent synaptics driver?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 12:22:32 -0400
cortisone wrote:
>
> "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > The regular P/S 2 driver that drives the syaptics touchpad on my Compaq
> > 1270 laptop makes the mouse movement erratic. Does anyone know of a
> > driver that will work with it?
> >
> > Any and all help appreciated.
> > --
> > Rick
> > * To email me remove NOSPAM from my address *
>
> Try http://www.synaptics.com there's a project going on for linux
>
> Leo
Thanks. I'll look there.
--
Rick
* To email me remove NOSPAM from my address *
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4h=E4ri?=)
Subject: Re: WEBEARLY
Date: 22 Oct 2000 18:37:18 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Damien BRUCKER wrote:
>Hi
>
>Does WEBEARLY exist for Linux?
>
>If so, where could I find it?
>
>Thank you
>
>Damien
>
If it did, it would say so on the site
<URL:http://www.goto.co.uk/uk/ACH/achpreswe.htm>
but it doesn't.
For more info, contact "Goto software".
/A
ps: There might be similar products though, but I find it unlikely
since GNU/Linux users often find cheaper and easier ways to speed
up their internet connections (e.g. by using the Squid proxy and
configuring the modem the correct way from the beginning).
--
Andreas K�h�ri,
Uppsala University, Sweden.
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Debian GNU/Linux, the choice of a GNU generation
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Cherry)
Subject: Re: Does RoadRunner work in Linux?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:37:38 GMT
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 15:42:17 GMT, Steven Barker wrote:
>Hi, The best linux I found with roadrunner is suse 6.4, if it detects the
>nic card it will work, set the nic settings for dhcp, that should do it
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> If RoadRunner works in Linux, which dist. works best for it? (i.e. which
>> one is EASIEST to set up?)
Or if you've got a cable modem connecting to your ether NIC in your
Linux box, considere picking up an external firewall box. Let it do
the IP Masq, NAT/PAT etc. I use a NetGear RT311 but others are
available. Whatever you do make sure you turn off every unnecessary
service and get IP Chains/Net Filter up and running. Within 5 minutes
of having the system connected you receive probes.
BTW: I paid $120 (US, includes S&H) back in June.
--
Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.home.net/ncherry (Text only)
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/lightsey/52 (Graphics)
http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge)
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From: Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to mount logical Windows partition?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:39:42 GMT
Yes, it worked!
I typed mount -t vfat /dev/sdb5 /mnt/vfat at the command prompt, and I'm
now able to access it.
I didn't know that logical partitions are designated starting with the
number 5.
Thanks.
===================
Arctic Storm wrote:
>
> I have a hard drive that's been partitioned.
> The first partition is a primary partition. The second partition is a
> logical partition within an extended partition.
> The first partition is easily mounted as sdb1 (the first partition of
> the second SCSI disk).
> For some reason, I get an error for trying to mount sdb2, because it's a
> logical partition within an extended partition.
> Any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: System spends too much time in X, but only sometimes...?
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:42:32 GMT
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 07:10:37 -0400, Jean-David Beyer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Is this normal? I hate to have the CPU time wasted (if it is
>being wasted) like that, since I have two instances of
>SETI@home stuff that could be using that time better than
>spinning inside X somewhere. I have a Matrox G200 AGP video
>board, but I do not suppose that matters. Why does it use so
>much CPU time sometimes and not other times? 25% of an 1100 MHz
>machine (I have two 550MHz Pentium IIIs in this machine) seems
>a lot. Most of the cycles are spent in "System", not "User".
Ah, another one! It is an SMP issue. I've been chasing this for a year
now. If there is an answer to this mystery it is buried in some crypt
somewhere. I also have a G200, but not sure if that is a factor or
not. Also, not everyone with SMP sees this, so there are other factors
as well. You will notice some apps are bigger offenders than others:
realplayer, xmms, rxvt, some of the WindowMaker doc apps. You will
also notice that this is cyclical, and hits each CPU individually, one
right after the other. I timed it once here, and it was every 3 and
half minutes or so. Not sure that that is constant though. If you have
enough apps open, it will actually peg each CPU at 100% briefly. I
have had some lengthy conversations on this with a few others. Seems
to have started around kernel 2.2.10. It has something to do with Unix
domain sockets. It may be a phantom load, IOW not accurately being
reported by top et al.
What is your kernel version, X version, and window manager? Here is
2.2.18pre15, 3.3.6, and WindowMaker .61.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: decent synaptics driver?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 12:44:03 -0400
cortisone wrote:
>
> "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ha scritto nel messaggio
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > The regular P/S 2 driver that drives the syaptics touchpad on my Compaq
> > 1270 laptop makes the mouse movement erratic. Does anyone know of a
> > driver that will work with it?
> >
> > Any and all help appreciated.
> > --
> > Rick
> > * To email me remove NOSPAM from my address *
>
> Try http://www.synaptics.com there's a project going on for linux
>
> Leo
It seems a couple of third party comman line utilities exist. Maybe I
can muster the courage to try one :-)
--
Rick
* To email me remove NOSPAM from my address *
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Cherry)
Subject: GPL questions?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 16:44:19 GMT
I need some pointers on using the GPL, I know this isn't exactly the
right place but if you be so kind as to point me in the direction,
Thanks.
What I specifically want to know is: what do I have do to setup the
GPL license to make it enforcable. Just saying it is, is not enough.
--
Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.home.net/ncherry (Text only)
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/lightsey/52 (Graphics)
http://linuxha.sourceforge.net/ (SourceForge)
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From: Edvard Fagerholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Server crashing
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 17:01:24 GMT
Robert Heller wrote:
> Linux does not really like sharing interrupts across different kinds of
> devices (sharing interrupts for different instances of the same device is
> allowed, depending on how 'smart' the device driver is). *My* guess is
> that when things get busy on eth1 and/or if the disk(s) on ide3 are
> involved, somebody loses an interrupt and then waits 'forever' -- I.E.
> you get a 'deadly embrace' (deadlock). If you can somehow change the
> interrupt assignments around to avoid this interrupt sharing, things will
> probably work better.
>
Well i had similar problems with an asus isdn card. The problem is that
changing the pci slot of eth1 doesn't change it's irq. If i set the irq
manually from the bios, linux will override it and use the same old
irqs. On my asus p2b mainboard, i could change the irq by changing pci
slot, but it doesn't work now. Also there seems to be no way to assign a
custom irq to the HPT366 chip. Any suggestions?
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Problems with floppy
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 11:52:26 -0500
Filipe Bonjour wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm having some serious trouble using my floppy disk under Red Hat 6.2.
> Anytime I try executing mount, mke2fs, mkbootdisk this is what I get:
>
> root 1 % mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy/
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
>
> root 2 % mke2fs /dev/fd0
> mke2fs 1.18, 11-Nov-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
> mke2fs: Device not configured while trying to determine filesystem size
>
> root 3 % mkbootdisk 2.2.14-5.0
> Insert a disk in /dev/fd0. Any information on the disk will be lost.
> Press <Enter> to continue or ^C to abort:
> mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device
>
> Does that mean that the drive is physically damaged? Doesn't sound like
> it to me.
>
> I basically know nothing about devices, but I tried just about everything
> I could think of, including reinstalling the RPMs dev and MAKEDEV from the
> CD-ROM.
>
> Could anyone please help me? If you reply, please cc to my address
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, thanks.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Fil
>
> --
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Fil Bonjour | Dr. Fil Bonjour |
> | Rua Alberto de Salvo 53 (Fundos) | Unicamp - IMECC, room 126 |
> | 13083-670 Campinas SP, Brazil | CP 6065, 13081 Campinas SP, Brazil |
> | (+55.19) 3289.77.84 | (+55.19) 3289.60.44 (dept. fax) |
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> | | http://www.ime.unicamp.br/~bonjour |
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
My guess is that there is something about the drive that Linux
doesn't like. I presume this happens with every floppy you
put in the drive.
Can you boot from a floppy? Can you read and write to floppies
under Windows?
I once had a bizarre problem with my floppy drive because an
IO board I put in the computer created a problem with the
floppy disk controller. So if you added some additional hardware,
you might try removing it to see if the problem goes away.
Also, check all your cables, particularly if you opened the
computer recently for some reason.
Such a problem could be caused by a variety of things, e.g.,
an interrupt or IO conflict, but I never figured it out in
my case. Getting a different IO board solved the problem.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: How to mount logical Windows partition?
Date: 22 Oct 2000 17:11:29 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 13:27:42 GMT, Arctic Storm wrote:
>I have a hard drive that's been partitioned.
>The first partition is a primary partition. The second partition is a
>logical partition within an extended partition.
>The first partition is easily mounted as sdb1 (the first partition of
>the second SCSI disk).
>For some reason, I get an error for trying to mount sdb2, because it's a
>logical partition within an extended partition.
If this is a PC-style partition table, you're a bit confused. The rules
go like so:
You can have up to 4 primary partitions, numbered 1-4. One (and only
one) of these primary partitions can be an extended partition, which can
contain lots of logical partitions. Logical partitions are numbered
from 5-16 (for SCSI disks) or 5-63 (for IDE disks).
So if you have a primary partition (/dev/sdb1) and an extended partition
(/dev/sdb2) that contains a logical partition (/dev/sdb5) the way to
mount the logical partition involves the device file with "5" in it.
The partition scheme used in PC hardware made a bit more sense back when
hard drives were ~20M and 512 bytes was a significant amount of space.
However, we'll probably be stuck with it for the next 10-20 years.
--
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....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: System spends too much time in X, but only sometimes...?
Date: 22 Oct 2000 17:11:34 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 07:10:37 -0400, Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>I have top running in one pane of my desktop, where I run
>GNOME/Enlightenment. Normally, X takes only a relatively small amount
>of CPU time, such as 5 or 6% and sometimes less. But sometimes it goes
>up to 25% or even a little more. The version I have (pointed to by
>/etc/X11/X) is
>
>Is this normal? I hate to have the CPU time wasted (if it is being
>wasted) like that, Why does it use so much CPU time sometimes and not
>other times? 25% of an 1100 MHz machine (I have two 550MHz Pentium IIIs
>in this machine) seems a lot. Most of the cycles are spent in "System",
>not "User".
The standard answer is "X does this; don't worry about it." I noticed
this a *long* time ago; on my machine, the system load spikes up about
0.1 every couple of minutes due to X. I *think* that the load spiking
like that is due to kpm/top/gtop/xosview catching X just as it's writing
a bunch of data into video RAM. This is fairly processor-intensive, but
on reasonably modern graphics hardware like the G200/G400/TNT2/Xpert98,
that operation is extremely fast and happens several times a second.
Also remember that E is a bit of a pig wrt anything it touches. Sawfish
will most likely suck up less RAM/CPU.
Do not worry about this unless you're having performance problems, and
if SETI is that important to you, get rid of X, most of the daemons, all
but one virtual console, and any interrupt-generating hardware you can
part with.
--
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....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Diabolical plot uncovered...
Date: 22 Oct 2000 17:11:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 22 Oct 2000 05:17:59 GMT, jeff wrote:
>Sheesh... I spent much of the last month trying to get my otherwise
>fine-and-dandy Debian Potato to recognize my serial ports. Along the way
>I... lost sleep, fried a motherboard, doubted my sanity, seriously
>considered writing Linus out of my will, and, in general, fumed and pouted.
>But WAIT! I JUST FOUND THE PROBLEM...
>
>I was trying to use ttys0, and I _should_ have used ttyS0!!!
>
>How has everyone else in the world avoided this diabolical plot?
This sort of thing happens to lots of people. I avoided that particular
problem ("Unix is always, *always* case-sensitive") but it took me
several months to realize that "Ctrl-Alt-Plus" for switching screen
resolutions in X meant "Ctrl-Alt-(Keypad +)".
What tends to work best in cases like this is to RTFM first, try thing
A, if it doesn't work skim TFM again and try thing B, skim TFM again and
try thing C, then ask someone, "I can't get $THING working. I tried A,
B, and C, and got error messages X, Y, and Z. Help!"
--
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!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Cherry)
Subject: Re: Server crashing
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2000 17:12:59 GMT
On Sun, 22 Oct 2000 17:01:24 GMT, Edvard Fagerholm wrote:
>Robert Heller wrote:
>> Linux does not really like sharing interrupts across different kinds of
>> devices (sharing interrupts for different instances of the same device is
>> allowed, depending on how 'smart' the device driver is). *My* guess is
>> that when things get busy on eth1 and/or if the disk(s) on ide3 are
>> involved, somebody loses an interrupt and then waits 'forever' -- I.E.
>> you get a 'deadly embrace' (deadlock). If you can somehow change the
>> interrupt assignments around to avoid this interrupt sharing, things will
>> probably work better.
>>
>
>Well i had similar problems with an asus isdn card. The problem is that
>changing the pci slot of eth1 doesn't change it's irq. If i set the irq
>manually from the bios, linux will override it and use the same old
>irqs. On my asus p2b mainboard, i could change the irq by changing pci
>slot, but it doesn't work now. Also there seems to be no way to assign a
>custom irq to the HPT366 chip. Any suggestions?
Hmmm, Linux doesn't override anything unless you set it up that way
(or it defaulted to that setting). One thing I did with my PNP BIOS
was to shut it down. Once I had everything to where I wanted the BIOS
would change it on me (ARGH!).
Do you have the Linux PNP tools? Sounds like it's setup to change the
PNP setting after boot
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas =?iso-8859-1?Q?K=E4h=E4ri?=)
Subject: Re: GPL questions?
Date: 22 Oct 2000 19:14:55 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Neil Cherry wrote:
>I need some pointers on using the GPL, I know this isn't exactly the
>right place but if you be so kind as to point me in the direction,
>Thanks.
>
>What I specifically want to know is: what do I have do to setup the
>GPL license to make it enforcable. Just saying it is, is not enough.
>
If the info on <URL:http://www.gnu.org/> (or, more specifically, at
<URL:http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html> (there's a
pointer to an e-mail address there that might be useful for you)) is
not enough, maybe the folks at the gnu.misc.discuss forum could help
you.
/A
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Andreas K�h�ri,
Uppsala University, Sweden.
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