Linux-Misc Digest #246, Volume #26 Mon, 6 Nov 00 11:13:04 EST
Contents:
ide cdrom and cdrom writer with scsi harddisk using cdrecord can't find cd reader
("Pat Patton")
Re: Installing Linux in 4Mb RAM?? ("Matt Kimber")
Re: Where to place IDE tape drive? (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Installing Linux in 4Mb RAM?? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Regular Expression Subsitution (Lee Allen)
Re: Time Prob (C. Hilts)
sound driver for Compaq Deskpro EN (Peter Nobels)
Re: strange problems with LILO (A. B. Leal)
Re: Telnet/useradd question ("jdn")
Good ISP in So. FL that supports Linux? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Mandrake install problems ("Ez-Aton")
Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux. (Adam Theo)
Beowulf cluster ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help with LinkSys (Tulip) Eth. Card on Red Hat 6.2? (Adam Theo)
Re: Partition Magic - Win ME & multiboot ("Allan West")
Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux. (Robert Kiesling)
A somewhat unorthodox question about Linux/NT. (Madhusudan Singh)
Help on email problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux. (Christopher Friesen)
man page colors ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to install Sun's Star Office ? ("David ..")
Re: Mandrake install problems (log)
Re: Just getting into linux ("Chris Barnes")
Re: Beowulf cluster ("David ..")
Re: man page colors (Robert Kiesling)
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From: "Pat Patton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ide cdrom and cdrom writer with scsi harddisk using cdrecord can't find cd
reader
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 07:51:37 -0500
I have a scsi controller with the primary harddisk (id 0) and 2 ide cdrom
drives. When using xcdroast (cdrecord) it only shows the cd recorder and not
the other ide cdrom. Loaded modules are scsi-ide and sg. The system shows
both drives found and the cd writer is assigned a scsi device, but xcdroast
does not show the reader.
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From: "Matt Kimber" <matt-nospam-powersoft.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux in 4Mb RAM??
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 21:15:47 -0000
Please tell me if I am wrong, but I think older versions of Slackware (4.0?)
used to be able to do this with certain boot parameters - I can't tell you
for sure because I don't have a Slackware CD right now, but it might be
worth a try if you need more packages than the mini-distributions can give
you.
--
"Someday we'll look back on all this and slam into a parked car."
- Anonymous
Regards,
Matt
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where to place IDE tape drive?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 08:18:36 -0500
Paul Steckler wrote:
> I have two PC's connected via Ethernet,
> a Win98 box and a RedHat 6.2 box. I'd like
> to back up both of them with an IDE tape drive.
I have two PCs connected via Ethernet as well.
One is a dual-boot Windows95/Red Hat 6.0++ box that usually
runs Red Hat Linux, and the other is this one that runs Red Hat
6.0++ only (no Microsoftware was ever on this machine). The old
one had an 850 megabyte Travan drive that gave up the ghost a
few months ago, and this one has a DDS-2 drive on a narrow SCSI
controller.
> Of course, I don't want to have to get two tape
> drives.
I did not wish to replace my old Travan drive when I found out
how much new ones would cost.
> Using Samba, I think I can mount the volumes
> from one machine on the other, and backup both
> machines with a single drive.
You should have no trouble exporting the Linux volumes to the
Windows machine with Samba, but I do not know about the other
way around. I think it is only possible if you are running
Windows NT.
> Samba will let me do the mounting in either direction.
How do you do that with regular Windows (i.e., not NT)?
> I can Linux drives visible on the Win98 box, or
> vice-versa (at least this is what I'm told).
>
> So is there any reason to prefer having the tape drive
> on one machine vs. the other?
If one machine has a tape drive, and the other does not, that
might be a guide, unless you like moving hardware around. I
have the drive on the machine with the larger hard drives, the
machine with a SCSI controller for the drive (I would not use
IDE for tape, since my tape drive (HP C1599a) requires a narrow
SCSI controller.
> A conjecture: The backup software for Windows may
> be easier to use, hence it might be nicer to have the
> drive there. Also, installation on Windows may be
> more straightforward.
If you are running Windows NT, it should be possible for your
Linux machine to see its files (though I do not know how to do
it). If you are running vanilla Windows, I do not think you can
do it, so you would need to put the tape drive onto the Windows
machine. (Since my goal is to get rid of Windows, I would hate
to be dependent on that machine for anything. Likewise, Windows
is so crappy that I would not trust its backups much.)
Doing backups on a Linux machine is trivial. I have cron start
a backup every morning when I am likely to be asleep. I used to
use a combination of find commands to make a list of files to
backup, and cpio to write them to tape. That works very well
and is free. I now use BRU instead of find and cpio, because it
is easier, but it is not free, so you may wish to stay with
find and cpio. Provided your Windows machine is running Linux
at the time of backups, your Linux only machine could easily
backup that machine as well.
> Any help on this appreciated.
>
> -- Paul
What I do, since the "Windows" machine usually runs Linux, is
to have the Linux-only machine backup the other machine using
nfs. And the "Windows" machine can see the Windows partition
when running Linux, I can back that up, too. (I do not actually
back up very much on the "Windows" machine: the /etc system and
just the Quicken and TurboTax stuff on the C: drive.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 7:55am up 12 days, 20:13, 3 users, load average: 3.13, 3.12, 3.09
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installing Linux in 4Mb RAM??
Date: 6 Nov 2000 13:16:25 GMT
Matt Kimber <matt-nospam-powersoft.demon.co.uk> wrote:
: Please tell me if I am wrong, but I think older versions of Slackware (4.0?)
: used to be able to do this with certain boot parameters - I can't tell you
root=/dev/fd0
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Allen)
Subject: Re: Regular Expression Subsitution
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 13:38:15 GMT
On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 04:13:39 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Fester)
wrote:
>I have an expression of s/something/\0/, which essentially repeats exactly
>what it found. Is it possible to make the \0 entirely in lowercase? (in
>other words, match a pattern, and replace it with an all-lowercase version
>of itself)
>
>I thought of doing something like
>
>$ sed "s/something/`tr A-Z a-z \0`/" file
>
>however, it apparently does not substitute the \0 into the tr command.
>
>Any help?
I don't get it.
If you are looking for a specific string and want to 'toupper' it,
then you can harcode the replacement, ie:
sed 's/something/SOMETHING/g'.
If you want to toupper everything, you can just use tr, without sed.
Maybe your needs are a bit more complex than your example
indicates...?
-Lee Allen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (C. Hilts)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Time Prob
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 13:50:27 GMT
On Sun, 5 Nov 2000 20:27:04 -0800, Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>server for my home network. I believe that NTPdate works better if you do
>not have a fulltime network connection (like dialup ppp).
Agreed, I have my clock updated from my ip-up script. (Look in or below
/etc/ppp)
Chris
* Remove NOSPAM from my email address if you want to contact me *
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Nobels)
Subject: sound driver for Compaq Deskpro EN
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 13:52:18 GMT
Hi,
does anyone have an idea where i can find a driver to activate the
onboard soundchip of a Compaq Deskpro EN 860?
I know it's an Intel (SoundMax in windows) but neither Compaq nor
Intel have a driver for it...
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Subject: Re: strange problems with LILO
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (A. B. Leal)
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 13:57:42 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rune Elvemo) wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
[30 GB disk, Lilo prints LIL and hangs]
>on the new system *all* my partitions are ReiserFS ones, and I'm using
>LILO version 21.6, which handles ReiserFS boot disks...
>
>here are two VERY important lines.... (I didn't include the rest of the
>lilo)
>
>boot=/dev/hda
>root=/dev/hdb1
Did you include an "lba32" option line in your lilo.conf ?
I believe that the latest "Lilos for large disks" (>21.5)
don't use that critical feature unless it is specified.
At least, mine used to hang the same way until I put it in.
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From: "jdn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet/useradd question
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:04:59 GMT
Thank you. Perfect. Works just right.
jdn
"Glitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> after you add the user u need to set the password
>
> use the command u have below to add the user then do the following
>
> passwd test
>
> It will ask u to enter the password and then again to confirm...after
> this try telnetting in as this user. Should work.
>
> HTH
>
>
> jdn wrote:
> >
> > Trying to setup to be able to telnet into my RedHat 6.1.
> >
> > I have two accounts that already exist, root and another.
Authentication
> > fails if I try to telnet in as root (according to /var/log/messages),
works
> > with other account.
> >
> > From CLI, I type:
> >
> > 'useradd test'
> >
> > but cannot telnet in using that account, saying authentication fails,
and
> > cannot log in using that account either.
> >
> > How do I get root access to telnet, and how do I create an account using
> > useradd so that I can login and access telnet using that account?
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > jdn
> > kingcrim at earthlink dot net
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Good ISP in So. FL that supports Linux?
Date: 6 Nov 2000 14:15:35 GMT
The question says it all. Am not using DSL or cable modem, just a trusty
ol' 56k USR external modem that worked well with freeI until they filed
under Chapter 11...*sniff*
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: "Ez-Aton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Mandrake install problems
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 16:31:49 +0200
Do you have the memory hole (betwin 15 and 16M) enabled in the BIOS? That is
the reason.
Ez.
"CSNI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:xSsN5.583077$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have 128M
>
> I also get an error when loading the second stage ram disk.
>
> I can get as far as partitioning the hard disk. It will either halt or
> reboot about half way through. And at the Misc menu it says it only has
> 127M?
>
>
> "Daniel Lenski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8u54rb$g4u$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Linux sometimes has a problem detecting how much memory your computer
> > has. This causes it to try to access RAM that isn't there! How much
> > memory do you have?
> >
> > When you install 7.1, try pressing F1 at the first
> > screen and typing in 'linux ram=???M', where ??? is the number of
> > megabytes of RAM that you have. This has worked for me many times.
> >
> > > Im installing mandrake 7.1 on an Asus CUSL2 Intel 815E Atx 133
> > > motherboard with a 733 processor. Using the Drakx install program,
when
> > > I reach the partition format proceedure, the system hangs or sometimes
> > > reboots on its own, usually at the latterportion of the hard drive. I
> > > also get an error saying that
> > > "seems like memory is missing as install crashes'
> > >
> > > does anyone have any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Daniel Lenski
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > "If we couldn't laugh at things that didn't make sense,
> > we couldn't react to a lot of the world around us."
> > --Calvin and Hobbes
>
>
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From: Adam Theo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux.
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:54:58 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> i agree 100%. i was conned into buying the LNE100TX for the same
reason.
> "linux tested " - yeah, right! my foot!! went through the same steps
but
> still havent been able to configure the damn card.
>
> could SOMEBODY pls. provide a step-by-step approach to this
> problem...dont want to give up on linux. not just yet...
i just made a new thread on my problems getting a inkSys model NC100U
to work on my red hat 6.2 box. i think i have narrowed the problems
down a lot, and if i get any successful replies, i'll take the time to
make a step-by step tutorial for how i got mine working... and i'll
learn from the mistakes i see in all the other tutorials i've been
reading over the past 2 days to get it working...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Beowulf cluster
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 14:54:50 GMT
Hi,
Is there an "easy"-to-follow guide to setup a Beowulf cluster.
It's only ment as a try n' error setup.
What I mean is that when I looked at www.beowulf.org there were a lot
of information but not a consistent guide.
It was more like, "here is a little part of the whole soloution, you
configure it like this and the rest you have to find somewere else."
Any help appreciated.
Fredrik
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From: Adam Theo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help with LinkSys (Tulip) Eth. Card on Red Hat 6.2?
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 15:00:50 GMT
i just broke down and got DSL from Sprint/Earthlink for my home.
i have been running Linux for a while, and am *fairly* familar with it.
not an expert, more like an 'advanced newbie', i guess. i decided to
set the connection up with an ethernet hub, so all computers in my
house have equal access. wiring is done, everything on the pure network
hardware side is functioning without a hitch. NIC card is inserted in
the first client computer, in my bedroom. CAT 5 cable is also inserted.
the ethernet hub says it is recieving an OK signal from my computer's
NIC card, so all good there.
my bedroom computer is intel-based red hat 6.2 (zoot), (now) fresh
install. standard gnome workstation. it didn't ask to set up network at
installation, so i have read up on doing ethernet on linux alot now.
then started. kernel is 2.2.14-5.0, and i am trying to use modules
loaded by the kernel daemon instead of integrating the drivers directly
into the kernel.
at boot, the computer detects the NIC card, so it is inserted properly,
and running 'lspci -v' from command line (it is a PCI NIC card) returns
the proper info about the card.
the card is a LinkSys, model NC100U, version 2.0. i have founf it uses
the tulip driver.
contrary to the documentation, the linux driver is not included on the
diskette. a tulip driver is included in the red hat distro, but it does
not seem to work (later). i downloaded the netdriver-2.0.src.rpm file
of network drivers from the tulip website (SCYLD.com). i followed the
instructions (they were not very clear instructions, but i managed).
no errors so far, and tulip.o is in the '/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net'
directory, and running 'depmod -a' does not produce any errors.
the entry in /etc/conf.modules is made, using the "kernel daemon
configuration utility" from the Control Panel. the entry looks like
this:
options eth0 io=800 irq=9
alias eth0 tulip
however, running 'modprobe eth0' produces the following errors:
Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent than /lib/modules/2.2.14-
5.0/modules.dep
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net/tulip.o: invalid parameter parm_io
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net/tulip.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.14-
5.0/net/tulip.o failed
/lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/net/tulip.o: insmod eth0 failed
and trying 'modprobe tulip.o' returns:
Note: (same note about conf.modules being more recent...)
modprobe: Can't locate module tulip.o
before i installed the tulip driver from the SCYLD website, i tried the
same thing using the tulip driver that was pre-installed with red hat
6.2. the exact same thing happened.
the one thing i *think* could be wrong is that the kernel daemon is not
running. i'm feeling quite good about myself here, since i knew nothing
about any of this two days ago (trust me, didn't have a clue), but now
have read enough to make an educated guess, since...
i ran (as root) 'ps aux', and did not see a line that seemed to
indicate that /sbin/kerneld was running at all, and there was no "S"
symbolic link for 'kerneld' in the '/etc/rc.d/rc3.d' directory (i read
it as /etc/rc.d/rc.3, but my system seems to have it as what i have
typed before).
this could very well be the problem, ernel daemon is not running, and
therefore cannot use the modules. but i have found nothing on how to
activate the kernel daemon. i suppose this is my question, then, unless
someone sees something else the matter?
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From: "Allan West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partition Magic - Win ME & multiboot
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 15:14:26 -0000
HMW wrote in message ...
>I understand that Partition Magic is having a serious problem with Windows
>ME because this version of Windows does not recognize the "normal" DOS
>shell. Therefore you cannot partition and multi-boot under pm5. I
understand
>this is the same with latest pm boot and partition tools. I would like to
>use Partition Magic simply because I would to change my partitions
>"nondestructively" in the future. Can I just use lilo and later on in the
>future when Partition Magic works can I repartition nondestructively.
>
If partition magic was not already released then it would be a fine idea to
wait until was released. But as it is available there is no need to wait
now :-)
http://www.powerquest.com/
Regards,
Al
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux.
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 15:14:56 GMT
Adam Theo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > i agree 100%. i was conned into buying the LNE100TX for the same
> reason.
> > "linux tested " - yeah, right! my foot!! went through the same steps
> but
> > still havent been able to configure the damn card.
> >
> > could SOMEBODY pls. provide a step-by-step approach to this
> > problem...dont want to give up on linux. not just yet...
>
> i just made a new thread on my problems getting a inkSys model NC100U
> to work on my red hat 6.2 box. i think i have narrowed the problems
> down a lot, and if i get any successful replies, i'll take the time to
> make a step-by step tutorial for how i got mine working... and i'll
> learn from the mistakes i see in all the other tutorials i've been
> reading over the past 2 days to get it working...
If at all possible, please, write it up using DocBook and make it
available via the LDP, http:/www.linuxdoc.org/. It'll be archived
permanently, and you'll receive appropriate credit for your work.
--
Robert Kiesling
Linux FAQ Maintainer
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.mainmatter.com/linux-faq/toc.html http://www.mainmatter.com/
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From: Madhusudan Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: A somewhat unorthodox question about Linux/NT.
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 10:27:20 -0500
Hi all,
I have a somewhat strange question to ask. I have a dual boot system
with Win NT and Red Hat 6.1. Mostly I use Linux, but some of my friends
still amazingly stick to NT. This becomes a problem as many of them
forget to reboot the computer into Linux (I am using System Commander
with Linux as the default OS) and I cannot access it remotely.
Is there a way to hack into NT and force it to reboot, say, half an
hour after every logout ?
I know its a funny way of doing it, but still I would be interested in
an answer, if there is one.
Thanks,
Madhusudan Singh.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Help on email problem
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 15:19:52 GMT
I am running Mandrake 7.1 (preinstalled by a vendor along with postfix).
Just this past weekend, I can't send and receive any emails. On command
line, I tried to send a simple and short msg, and the error I got was
send-mail: warning: mail_queue_enter: create file
maildrop/215541.25660: No space left on device
But when I checked /var/spool/postfix and do a df there, I found that
there were 100+ MB left.
Does anyone know what's going on here??
Thanks for any help and hints!
Jerry
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From: Christopher Friesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux.
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 10:22:41 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> i agree 100%. i was conned into buying the LNE100TX for the same reason.
> "linux tested " - yeah, right! my foot!! went through the same steps but
> still havent been able to configure the damn card.
>
> could SOMEBODY pls. provide a step-by-step approach to this
> problem...dont want to give up on linux. not just yet...
1. Make sure you've got the proper include files for your kernel
installed.
2. Download the latest tulip.c, pci-scan.c, kern-compat.h, and any other
files you need from www.scyld.com in their networking section. It may
be helpful for you to read all their information.
3. Compile pci-scan.c and tulip.c using the compile options in the
comments at the end of the source files. There should be no errors. If
there are, there is a problem with your machine--update gcc, get the
proper include files, whatever is needed.
4. As root, do a "modprobe pci-scan" then a "modprobe tulip". Again,
there should be no errors.
5. As root, do "insmod pci-scan", then "insmod tulip".
6. Do whatever version of "ifconfig" is needed to bring up your
interface. For a static IP address of 192.168.10.10 on interface eth0,
the command would be:
ifconfig 192.168.10.10 eth0
7. Make the appropriate changes to install the modules at boot.
Basically, that should do it.
--
Chris Friesen | MailStop: 043/33/F10
Nortel Networks | work: (613) 765-0557
3500 Carling Avenue | fax: (613) 765-2986
Nepean, ON K2H 8E9 Canada | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: man page colors
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 15:33:00 GMT
I am running with RH6.2 and have unaliased ls to remove the
color substitution. However, I cannot seem to change the
colors for the man pages. I keep getting white bg, with
yellow bold/underline. Very difficult to read.
I can use my middle mouse button to change the VT options, viz. Enable
Reverse Video, but would prefer to change the man page color definitions
permanently.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to install Sun's Star Office ?
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2000 22:35:33 -0600
Carl Fink wrote:
>
> On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 21:44:50 GMT Arctic Storm
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I went to Sun's web site and downloaded the file
> >so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin.
>
> >According to the Sun's instructions, I simply type the name of the file,
> >but when I do that, I get an error that no such command exists.
>
> You didn't read the instructions carefully. In non-DOS systems, the
> command shell will only run programs that are in a special listing
> of directories called the "PATH", which does not include your current
> directory on your system. If you typed
>
> ./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
>
> and Enter, that might work. (The period "." means "this directory".)
>
> You might have to use the chmod command to inform your system that
> this is a program.
>
> chmod u+x so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin
>
> (Both of the above commands would be easier to type if you knew about
> completion, BTW.)
> --
> Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Manager, Dueling Modems Computer Forum
> <http://dm.net>
To install it as root so that all users can access it you would use the
"/net" switch which will install where you want it so that the main
program files are protected from users. Then make a symlink from
"soffice" to /usr/bin so that users can access to use it. Then login and
at a command line enter "soffice" which will install the user files.
./so-5_2-ga-bin-linux-en.bin/net
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
Completed more work units than: 98.783% of seti users +/- 0.01%.
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From: log <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Mandrake install problems
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 15:50:52 GMT
if you have dma/66 hardware, do this
when you start the install CD, hit F1 to get to the lilo prompt and
type
linux ide2=noautotune
On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 01:08:33 GMT, "CSNI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Im installing mandrake 7.1 on an Asus CUSL2 Intel 815E Atx 133
>motherboard with a 733 processor. Using the Drakx install program, when I
>reach the partition
>format proceedure, the system hangs or sometimes reboots on its own, usually
>at the latterportion of the hard drive. I also get an error saying that
>"seems like memory is missing as install crashes'
>
>does anyone have any ideas?
>
>
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From: "Chris Barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Just getting into linux
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2000 10:00:42 -0600
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> I am still new at linux. I am using outlook express for all my emails.
> I was wondering if there is any way to read them if I change to linux?
> Regular email clients are in *.mbx if I am not mistaken and outlook
> express has *.dbx
You won't be able to use OE on Linux, but there is a fairly easy way to move
the messages already in OE.
Step 1: make sure you are running an IMAP server on your Linux box.
Step 2: in OE, *add* another account which uses the IMAP server on
the Linux box.
Step 3: In OE, drag the messages from the current INBOX to the IMAP account
INBOX
Whalla. Your OE messages are now in the /var/spool/mail/"userid" file!
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Beowulf cluster
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 10:01:24 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Is there an "easy"-to-follow guide to setup a Beowulf cluster.
> It's only ment as a try n' error setup.
> What I mean is that when I looked at www.beowulf.org there were a lot
> of information but not a consistent guide.
> It was more like, "here is a little part of the whole soloution, you
> configure it like this and the rest you have to find somewere else."
This link might help.
http://www.osfaq.com/article.php3?sid=29
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Subject: Re: man page colors
From: Robert Kiesling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 06 Nov 2000 16:05:47 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I am running with RH6.2 and have unaliased ls to remove the
> color substitution. However, I cannot seem to change the
> colors for the man pages. I keep getting white bg, with
> yellow bold/underline. Very difficult to read.
>
> I can use my middle mouse button to change the VT options, viz. Enable
> Reverse Video, but would prefer to change the man page color definitions
> permanently.
A bit further down in the xterm/rsvt/mxterm/whatever man page, there
should be a listing of the X resources that apply to the terminal
settings. For an xterm, some of them might be:
XTerm*SimpleMenu*BackingStore: NotUseful
XTerm*SimpleMenu*menuLabel.font:
-adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
XTerm*foreground: lightgray
XTerm*background: darkslategray
... and so on. Use "XTerm" for all instances of xterm, and "xterm"
for specific xterms. Keep them in your ~/.Xdefaults file, and in your
login script, add the line:
# xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xdefaults
Apps often use ~/.Xresources for the same purpose.
There should also be a bunch of default resources for the standard
XFree86 clients in the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/,
btw.
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