Linux-Misc Digest #926, Volume #26 Fri, 26 Jan 01 15:13:07 EST
Contents:
Windows98 sees Linux-disk as CD ("Gerard H. Pille")
Re: Linux *Really* Takes Off Beginning May 2001 (Steve Withers)
Re: Need a Browser (Sinner from the Prairy)
Kernel 2.4 and Kmod! (Florian Schroff)
Re: Question about tarballs ("Justin Dubs")
Re: "raw" devices with 2.4.0 kernel? ("Justin Dubs")
Dynamic DNS service (Eric Ho)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Bill Delphenich)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (filthy-mcnasty)
find - exec without path? (Christian Hartmann)
Re: Linux *Really* Takes Off Beginning May 2001 (David)
Re: Linux *Really* Takes Off Beginning May 2001 (Harlan Grove)
linux drivers for Adaptec 19160 SCSI controller? (Digital Puer)
Re: find - exec without path? (David)
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Steve Mading)
Re: rpm -Fvh glibc-2.2.1-4mdk.i586.rpm ("lobotomy")
Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else (Harlan Grove)
3D home modeller/game? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Dynamic DNS service ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: any problems with matrox g400 + Abit kt7-raid? (James Tappin)
Re: Linux *Really* Takes Off Beginning May 2001 (Jean-Pierre Moreau)
How to convert lots of jpgs to pngs? (Steve Anthony)
Re: How to convert lots of jpgs to pngs? (Steve Lamb)
Re: No space left on device for /var filesystem (Bill Unruh)
Re: Student Suspended Over Suspected Use of PHP (Ken Arromdee)
Re: where to get files? (Markku Kolkka)
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From: "Gerard H. Pille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Windows98 sees Linux-disk as CD
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:20:17 +0100
Hello,
If you wonder why I ask this question here, it's because I know where
one can get an answer.
I installed Linux on a separate disk, a slave on the same ide-port as
the master. Used Linux fdisk to partition it. LILO MBR on the master
disk.
Now Windows sees these partitions as CD-ROMS.
If you wonder why I care, it's because I have a cd-writer too, and HP's
burning software is not so bright, in so far that it allways writes to
the first CD-device it finds, burner or not. Now I wouldn't like to
burn my Linux installation.
So, if one of you sees the light at the end of the tunnel, and wants to
share his illuminicence ...
Thanks,
--
Gerard H. Pille
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From: Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux *Really* Takes Off Beginning May 2001
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 06:49:15 +1300
David wrote:
>
> Steve Withers wrote:
> >
> > From May 2001 all new Microsoft products will REQUIRE registration or
> > they won't work.
>
> I thought they were going to require "activation" instead of
> registration.
Verifying the owner by any other name would smell as sweet.
Call it what you will. If you install it, it won't continue to run
unless you dial-up and register it with Microsoft.
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From: Sinner from the Prairy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need a Browser
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 12:59:34 +0000
Jan Schaumann wrote:
> > > Why run Linux and then use IE?
> > Well, when a dumb*ss dessigns a page that you *must* see, now you can go
> > and check it out.
> Pages you can't view even in NS are not worth looking at. Some people might
> even go as far as to say that any page you can't view in a text-browser ain't
> worth it.
Tell that to some government agencies of some d*mb-*ss countries that
think that anything non-Microsoft is either non-existent or "sure it is
ilegal".
I've been there and it s*cks.
> > Or as a way to D/L a service pack for your crashed
> > windows partition from IExplorer-only web-pages.
> Brrr.... *shudder*
> A windows partition.... tstststs
There's people out there that still have them. Mostly as a museum or as
a virus-friendly enviroment.
> > Also, as a way to test WINE and hekp in its development.
> Hey, you found a valid excuse. Not bad.
:)
Salut,
Sinner
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From: Florian Schroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Kernel 2.4 and Kmod!
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:13:10 +0100
Hi
I compiled Kernel 2.4 with Kmod, but I dont know how to configer kmod
(kmod.txt doesnt work). while booting I get a lot of error-messages.
please help me
ciao flo
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From: "Justin Dubs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Question about tarballs
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 03:23:40 -0500
Man files can be a little deep sometimes. If you want a quick rundown of
the basics, here ya go.
Just as a reference for tar:
c - create a tar
f - specify the filename after this
x - extract a tar
z - uncompress before extraction
v - verbose mode
... so ...
To create a myfiles.tar containg all the files in ~/myfiles
tar cf myfiles.tar ~/myfiles/*
To extract the original tar file into the current directoroy
tar xf myfiles.tar
Same as above only it shows you what it is doing
tar xvf myfiles.tar
To compress that tar into myfiles.tar.gz
gzip myfiles.tar
To extract the tar.gz file into the current directory and show what it is
doing
tar zxvf myfiles.tar
Hope that helps,
Justin Dubs
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From: "Justin Dubs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "raw" devices with 2.4.0 kernel?
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2001 20:25:30 -0500
Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> System: dual P-III running 2.4.0 kernel and glibc 2.1.3
>
> I'm trying to access a scsi disk partition as a raw device.
>
> I've done:
>
> raw /dev/raw/raw1 /dev/sdd
>
> The open() and fopen() system calls successfully open /dev/raw/raw1
> but read() and fread() fail. Error from read() is "INVALID ARGUMENT",
> which I take it means that the device is not suitable for reading.
> fread() reports reading 0 bytes.
>
> Yes, I'm reading a multiple of the raw block size (8192 bytes, in fact).
> (I've also tried 512, 1024, and 4096.)
>
> Reading from /dev/sdd works, of course.
>
> Also, dd CAN read /dev/raw/raw1 (!), but programs like wc fail
> with the same INVALID ARGUMENT I'm seeing.
>
> Does anyone know (a) what's going on and/or (b) how to fix it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Steve Wampler- SOLIS Project, National Solar Observatory
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Why not make use of the magic of open-source software and download the
source code for the dd command. Then you can see how it opens up files. Or
use truss. I think that truss MAY show you the arguments passed to fopen(),
but then I haven't used it for a long time. I think it may be called ntruss
or struss or something like that in linux. Either way, good luck.
Justin Dubs
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From: Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dynamic DNS service
Date: 26 Jan 2001 18:22:18 GMT
Hi,
I am not sure which newsgroup I should post to, so please forgive me
if I post in the wrong group.
I want to know what kind of software people use for those Dynamic DNS
service, I mean the server side. Is is some kind of specially written
software ? Or is it public domain software ?
Best Regards,
Eric Ho
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From: Bill Delphenich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 13:35:15 -0500
Steve Withers wrote:
> It is intersting that the US produced Windows......the country with
> one-party (two faction) politics has also given us no choice on the
> desktop. While politically diverse Europe with multi-party, proportional
> systems as the politcal norm, has given us Open Software and Linux....
>
> Sort of the illusion of freedom (US politics) vs the reality of freedom
> (European politics - outside Britain).
Sadly ironic, huh?
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (filthy-mcnasty)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:36:26 0000
Wonderful. I think Billion Dollar Bill may finally have shot himself in
both feet
Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>G'day
>
>I've been following developments closely on this.
>
>It appears that sometime this year all new Microsot software will need
>to be registered....or it will cease to function.
>
>This may offer OS alternatives like Linux a huge toe in the desktop
>door.
--
Will Cornish of Cardigan, UK
No nastier than you and no filthier than usual
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian Hartmann)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: find - exec without path?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:22:15 GMT
Hello,
I use the following command:
find /opt/sicherung/ -type f -maxdepth 1 -name "*" -exec sh
/opt/oracle/db_stuff/ftp_send_aktuell.sh "{}" ";"
How is it possible to pass the filename to the script
ftp_send_aktuell.sh wihout the file-path for every file, i.e. only the
filename?
Is there a way? If yes, how?
Christian Hartmann
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux *Really* Takes Off Beginning May 2001
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:49:39 GMT
Steve Withers wrote:
>
>
> Verifying the owner by any other name would smell as sweet.
>
> Call it what you will. If you install it, it won't continue to run
> unless you dial-up and register it with Microsoft.
I won't be buying any more M$ junk. The last junk I bought from them was
win95 and then I found a real OS. I'm happy to say I'm M$ FREE!!
M$ to some extent is shooting themselves in the foot so to speak with
this new scheme as well as the .NET scheme. Since a lot of people have
no reason to upgrade every time M$ comes out with a new version. I know
people who still use win95 because it does what they need it to do.
It will turn more businesses and people to alternative systems to get
away from the M$ licensing costs and though it may slow it down some, it
probably won't stop the copying like they are trying to do.
My $0.02
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From: Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux *Really* Takes Off Beginning May 2001
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:37:54 GMT
In article <1Zhc6.1603$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Lloyd Llewellyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Presumably one would receive a number to 'activate' the software...
>>armed with this a bootlegger could make copies. Or do they have
>>another scheme?
>
>It generates a key based on the hardware you're installing to.
Oh, joy! So if, say, my harddisk crashes and I buy a new, larger one,
then reinstall, presumably I'd need a new key. Why do I think this
wouldn't be painless?
Fortunately, anyone who's used both Office 97 and 2K knows how little
functionality was added in the latter. No pressing need for any
upgrades any time soon.
I can't wait until Microsoft starts charging by the CPU instruction.
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From: Digital Puer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.periphs.scsi
Subject: linux drivers for Adaptec 19160 SCSI controller?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 11:05:38 -0800
>From Adaptec's website, I read that they do not have a driver for
their low-end Ultra-160 scsi controller, the 19160. Has anyone been
able to find a suitable driver?
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: find - exec without path?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 18:57:46 GMT
Christian Hartmann wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I use the following command:
>
> find /opt/sicherung/ -type f -maxdepth 1 -name "*" -exec sh
> /opt/oracle/db_stuff/ftp_send_aktuell.sh "{}" ";"
>
> How is it possible to pass the filename to the script
> ftp_send_aktuell.sh wihout the file-path for every file, i.e. only the
> filename?
>
> Is there a way? If yes, how?
>
> Christian Hartmann
You could make a symlink.
ln -s /path/to/ftp_send_aktuell.sh /bin/ftp_send
Then use something like this. (may not be correct syntax)
find / -type f -maxdepth 1 \( -name "*" \) \-exec ftp_send {} \;
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From: Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: 26 Jan 2001 18:56:19 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: G'day
: I've been following developments closely on this.
: It appears that sometime this year all new Microsot software will need
: to be registered....or it will cease to function.
Well, they *claim* that this will only be an option, not a
requirement - there will be two payment methods for software,
the traditional buy it all up-front style, and the pay-as-you-go
style (with automatic updates). The registration is just for
the pay-as-you-go style. Of course I have about 0 trust in
Microsoft to stick to this claim...
: This may offer OS alternatives like Linux a huge toe in the desktop
: door. With more and more homes being networked and having multiple PCs,
: how many home and small business users are going to be forced to pay up
: and stop using the "One CD fits all" approach they use today?
: In my own case.....I would have to upgrade 7 home PCs every year for
: both Windows and MS Office.....to the tune of lots of dosh per annum. As
: it is, I now have 3 of those systems on Linux...and quite happily.
: But some of my family members are reluctant to give up Windows. I may
: have to suggest to them that they pay for it in future....as I will only
: be paying for Linux software from 2001 onward.
: It is intersting that the US produced Windows......the country with
: one-party (two faction) politics has also given us no choice on the
: desktop. While politically diverse Europe with multi-party, proportional
: systems as the politcal norm, has given us Open Software and Linux....
False. While it is certainly true that open software is much more
internationally developed than Microsoft software is, the GPL was
done in the US, the FSF (GNU) is centered in the US. Without the
existance of GNU, Linux wouldn't have been started. The Linux kernel
was started by a Finn who since then has moved to California,
and today there are still a large number of US people involved,
including "Maddog" Hall (unofficially the second in command after
Linus, I would guess). The infamous RMS is in the US and started
at MIT. The Gnome project was started by a Mexican. Enlightenment was
started by an Australian, KDE was started by (I think) Germans.
The opensource world is diverse and not US-centric, but definately
has a *lot* of US people in it. It just doesn't have the
disproportionate amount of US representation we are used to seeing
in other areas. The US only accounts for 5% of the world's population,
and so it's not surprising at all that it doesn't account for the
majority in a system where anyone in the world can have a hand in
participating. *No* single country has a majority of developers in
the opensource world and that's the way it should be.
: Sort of the illusion of freedom (US politics) vs the reality of freedom
: (European politics - outside Britain).
: There is an underlying cultural thing operating here somewhere...... :-)
: Steve
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From: "lobotomy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm -Fvh glibc-2.2.1-4mdk.i586.rpm
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,alt.os.linux
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:15:49 GMT
Build it from source. OpenSSH doesn't require glibc2.2, in fact it
doesn't even require glibc2. If you build it against the libraries on
your system it will work fine. The fact that it won't be in your rpm
database *probably* won't be as much trouble as breaking the glibc
dependencies for everything on the system, unless you have software
installed from RPM that depends on OpenSSH.
In article <94ramg$4u6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi,
>
> According to Mandrake Update, openssh* packages have security issues, so
> they have to be updated to openssh >= 2.3.0
>
> Now, some of these packages require glibc-2.2 (I have glibc-2.1)
>
> I can not do rpm -Fvh glibc-2.2.1-4mdk.i586.rpm because dependencies
> will be broken.
>
> Since glibc is so vital, I'm little bit reluctant to use --force and
> --nodeps. Should I do it?
>
>
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From: Harlan Grove <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS to Enforce Registration - or Else
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:12:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Steve Withers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
...
>This may offer OS alternatives like Linux a huge toe in the desktop
>door. With more and more homes being networked and having multiple PCs,
>how many home and small business users are going to be forced to pay up
>and stop using the "One CD fits all" approach they use today?
Don't believe in copyright, do you? The license is pretty clear.Don't
blame Microsoft for enforcing their legal rights. If you don't like it,
don't use it. If you oppose copyrights in general, work for changes in
the law.
>In my own case.....I would have to upgrade 7 home PCs every year for
>both Windows and MS Office.....to the tune of lots of dosh per annum.
>As it is, I now have 3 of those systems on Linux...and quite happily.
So you admit you're a software pirate?
>But some of my family members are reluctant to give up Windows. I may
>have to suggest to them that they pay for it in future....as I will
>only be paying for Linux software from 2001 onward.
Buy one copy for one PC and make them share.
>It is intersting that the US produced Windows......the country with
>one-party (two faction) politics has also given us no choice on the
>desktop. While politically diverse Europe with multi-party,
>proportional systems as the politcal norm, has given us Open Software
>and Linux....
Nothing like a little gratuitous anti-Americanism.
A little history and geography. Unix was invented where? System V and
BSD where? FreeBSD where? X where? The Free Software Foundation began
and is based where? GNU software pre-linux wasn't open source? Emacs
wasn't the first widely used open source software? And Europe being
such a hotbed of software creativity, Linus Torvalds lives where?
Nice try. It's a global phenomenon. It's also true that Siemens and
Groupe Bull (and others - are there others?) simply lacked the vision
and drive (and opportunities) Microsoft had. While Microsoft was
rolling out Windows for good or ill, those clever Europeans were
perfecting Videotex. Such genius.
>Sort of the illusion of freedom (US politics) vs the reality of freedom
>(European politics - outside Britain).
>
>There is an underlying cultural thing operating here somewhere......
Absolutely true. It's how we define 'freedom'. For those in the US of
Libertarian bent, Microsoft can do what it wants to within certain
legal bounds (which it's overstepped, IMO). No one forces you or anyone
else to use it (we can also argue about 'forces' in the context of what
one must use at work - no one forces you to work for a given employer).
Finally, as for US politics, better bland/boring politics and a diverse
and vibrant society than the reverse.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: 3D home modeller/game?
Date: 26 Jan 2001 19:11:46 GMT
I was wondering whether there's any 3D home builder-type software or game
out there. If any of you ppl have seen the Sims, it's kind of like that
where you are allowed to spend [for interiors, furnishings. anything] within
your budget. Like a dollhouse without the Barbie :-)
Would like my kids to be able to dress up the house (without getting
into 'mature' or 'adult' situations that Sims is known for).
--
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Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Dynamic DNS service
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:15:30 GMT
In article <94sf8q$8tt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am not sure which newsgroup I should post to, so please forgive me
> if I post in the wrong group.
> I want to know what kind of software people use for those Dynamic DNS
> service, I mean the server side. Is is some kind of specially written
> software ? Or is it public domain software ?
>
> Best Regards,
> Eric Ho
>
>
Try the folloing places for DDNS softare:
http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/03/21/922025815.html
http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/07/15/932060123.html
http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/02/26/920012637.html
http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1998/06/22/898529616.html
http://freshmeat.net/appindex/1999/09/07/936692694.html
Paul
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From: James Tappin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: any problems with matrox g400 + Abit kt7-raid?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 07:32:07 +0000
the Everrambling and MultiSyllabic Sean DEE wrote:
> I have previously posted a very similar message in
> comp.os.linux.hardware, so forgive me if you have read this already.
> I will now post this question to general linux sites, in quest of the
> caveats that may be overlooked when browsing the manufacturers'
> websites.
>
> Has any one experienced any issues regarding this combination?
> I have several distros lying around here, so there is no
> preference other than supporting sound and 3d applications
> and maybe the second monitor out put to T.V.
I've had some very bad lockups with G400 on serveral different MB's on
starting any X-server more advanced than the 16-colour VGA server. The only
option was to login remotely and re-boot.
One of those was a kt7-raid, (the others were a fairly new dual PIII system
and an old BX440 board). [Equally another kt7-raid based box has been
working fine]. I've switched all the problem machines to Voodoo-3 3000
cards.
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Subject: Re: Linux *Really* Takes Off Beginning May 2001
From: Jean-Pierre Moreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:43:22 GMT
About the coming registration system for Microsoft products.
David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> M$ to some extent is shooting themselves in the foot so to speak with
> this new scheme as well as the .NET scheme. Since a lot of people have
> no reason to upgrade every time M$ comes out with a new version. I know
> people who still use win95 because it does what they need it to do.
>
> It will turn more businesses and people to alternative systems to get
> away from the M$ licensing costs and though it may slow it down some, it
> probably won't stop the copying like they are trying to do.
My hopes are not too high that Microsoft can loose market for this.
They will turn it in a kind of useful feature to protect you against
'hackers' (meaning crackers), terrorists, music and video pirates,
Nazis, pedophiles and all kinds of
Dangerous Individuals Rambling
Dangerously the Internet Freely and Frivolously
(DIRDIFF) (Hmm... I will take a trademark on it ;).
How they will do it? I don't know, but MS has a lot of people paid to
think about it.
But more to the point, I think that MS now is in a position to be
more monopolistic than ever, because the court case will float aimlessly
for years, and their NET iniative begins to make them the only
real players on the Internet. I hope it only begins. But some companies
and Internet sites no more have Netscape or Standard web compatibilities.
And MS counts on people taking it as A Good Thing: only one 'standard'!
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] ( s/notuser/jpm-qc/ ; s/baddomain/iquebec/ )
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From: Steve Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to convert lots of jpgs to pngs?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:11:07 +0000
I have a directory of approx. 600 jpegs. I'd like to convert them all to
pngs. I know how to write a shell script to deal with the extensions,
like changing .jpg to .png. I just need a command-line program that will
do the conversion. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Steve Anthony
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Lamb)
Subject: Re: How to convert lots of jpgs to pngs?
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2001 19:56:15 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 26 Jan 2001 16:11:07 +0000, Steve Anthony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I have a directory of approx. 600 jpegs. I'd like to convert them all to
>pngs. I know how to write a shell script to deal with the extensions,
>like changing .jpg to .png. I just need a command-line program that will
>do the conversion. Any ideas?
convert from ImageMagick.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: No space left on device for /var filesystem
Date: 26 Jan 2001 19:58:46 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder) writes:
][EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bhaskar Bose) writes:
]>For some strange reason I cannot write to /var anymore.
]>It complains that "No space left on device".
]Well, that would explain it.
]>However,
]>there is plenty of free space left on the device .
]>According to df, it says that there is 800Megs free.
]The actual _output_ of "df" would have been helpful.
]My guess: You've been running out of inodes on the /var
]filesystem, therefor no new files can be stored on it
]anymore. In this case, you're a bit out of luck. You'll
]have to reformat the partition with a different inode
]setting.
No. That is almost never the solution. To run out of inodes you need a
huge number of empty files or almost empty files. This is almost always
a pathology. Fix the pathology. Erase all those empty files. That is
all you need to do. (by fix I include fixing the problem which made
those empty files) Eg logrotate will make and exponential number if you
have a rule like file* in one of the logrotate files.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Arromdee)
Crossposted-To: alt.php,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Student Suspended Over Suspected Use of PHP
Date: 26 Jan 2001 19:59:14 GMT
That article is a spoof. It contains other fake stories like "Microsoft
purchases evil from Satan".
--
Ken Arromdee / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://www.rahul.net/arromdee
"Eventually all companies are replaced." --Bill Gates, October 1999
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where to get files?
Date: 26 Jan 2001 21:33:58 +0200
gman1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have redhat 7.0(fully installed)....
> I downloaded kde 2.0.1, qt 2.2, etc... from KDE....
> to install KDE I need:
> libjscript.so.2
> libkdecore.so.2
> libkdevi.so.2
> libkfile.so.2
> libkfm.so.2
> libkhtmlw.so.2
> libkimgio.so.2
> libmediatool.so.2
I had the same problem when upgrading my RH7 to KDE 2. Here's what I
figured out.
The rpm program reports dependency problems in a misleading way. You
_don't_ need those files, on the contrary you need to get rid of them!
Those are files that depend on the KDE1 packages that will be replaced
by installation of KDE2.
To find out the packages causing problems:
1. find the full path of the file causing dependecy error
locate libkdecore.so.2
2. find the package containing file
rpm -qf <path found in step 1>
3. repeat 1. and 2. for all files
4. remove offending packages with rpm -e
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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