Linux-Misc Digest #425, Volume #27 Thu, 22 Mar 01 23:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: Weird(?) magic word for sh to invoke perl under Linux ("Harlan Grove")
Re: *Good* Office software for linux??? ("Harlan Grove")
NFS Installation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RedHat 7 - SCSI Low Level Formatter? (Chris wolcott)
Re: RH7/3Com and 3Com Mini PCI Ethernet adapter (Michael Zingale)
Re: Function drawing ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help: Howto setup dialin server (David. E. Goble)
how to search filesystem for a file?
Re: How to tolerate improper shut downs ? (Robert Heller)
Re: how to search filesystem for a file? (Robert Heller)
Re: how to search filesystem for a file? (Hartmann Schaffer)
Re: How to tolerate improper shut downs ? (Bill Unruh)
Swiching between Linux and Windows (arasu)
Re: Error Uncompressing Large Files... (Paul Colquhoun)
Re: how to search filesystem for a file? (Bill Unruh)
Re: Linux for a 486? (Hartmann Schaffer)
Re: newbie linux and ftp daemon question (3FE)
Re: how to search filesystem for a file? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Swiching between Linux and Windows (David Efflandt)
Re: xawtv problem: "no DGA support" (Vladimir Florinski)
Re: Installation of RedHat Linux 7 with PartitionMagic 5 (Arctic Storm)
Log history.. (Michael B)
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From: "Harlan Grove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.shell,comp.lang.perl.misc
Subject: Re: Weird(?) magic word for sh to invoke perl under Linux
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 01:10:26 GMT
Abigail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in ...
>* Tong * ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote on ...
>%% [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Abigail) writes:
...
>%% > Then /usr/bin/env only works for those who have the correct path.
>%%
>%% yes, Abigail, but the normal situation is that the sys admin won't
>%% change anything for any personal requests. Setting my path correctly
>%% is far more easier than making them believe /usr/bin/perl is the
>%% right place for perl...
>
>Hmmm. So, setting the path correctly on all systems for all users under
>all circumstances (cron! -T!) is *easier* than setting #! once for each
>program on each system? Which you could do from 'make install' anyway?
...
The sysadmin would only do custom software installations into /usr/local or
/opt but would allow mere users to write generally available scripts?
Wouldn't it be FAR MORE LIKELY that this is an individual user writing
scripts for personal use? S/he does have to ensure her/his path is correct,
but if so, then getting the path right would be the way to go - allowing
individuals to put /usr/local/bin, /opt/bin or (Solaris-specific) the POSIX
bin directory before /usr/bin without affecting general stuff.
It should be obvious from the original post that the OP is running a script
in ~. Presumably ALL USERS wouldn't need access to it. Only ONE user would
need the appropriate path. Seems practical.
>As for that sysadmin, I am such a sysadmin. I do believe that
>/usr/bin/perl is the right place - for the perl that comes with the
>OS. The perl that's current, compiled with the available compiler and
>compiled with the options desired does live elsewhere. /opt/perl for
>instance. And guess what, that isn't in someones default $PATH.
...
You mean mere users can't modify their PATH in their own shell profile or rc
files? If people are smart enough to write scripts, wouldn't they be smart
enough to change PATH? Assuming neither . not ~/bin is in their default
path, they're either going to get very sick of typing ./ or similar before
every command or they're going to change their path.
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From: "Harlan Grove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *Good* Office software for linux???
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 01:10:25 GMT
Dan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>I have tried staroffice, koffice, and wordperfect. Can someone tell me how
I am
>supposed to get something done in Linux??? All I need is a good word
processor
>like word, but all the ones I've tried are not that great. I need
something that looks
>decent on the screen (i.e. not choppy fonts) and allows me to do most of
the
>normal things I need to do.
...
Applixware works OK for me, but my word processing needs are modest. What
are the 'normal' things you need to do?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: NFS Installation
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 01:10:03 GMT
I set up the NFS server and exported /mnt/cdrom.
The clients see the directory (I can mount to it on a running
client as well, and I can see the entire tree).
The problem:
When I try to install Linux on a machine using NFS, the install
fails because it does not recognize the tree as a Red Hat installation
tree. The Red Hat CD is in the server's CDROM drive --- What gives?
Any suggestions would be GREATLY appreciated.......
Thanks.
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From: Chris wolcott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 7 - SCSI Low Level Formatter?
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:13:27 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is there a way to perform a LOW-LEVEL format in Linux RedHat 7?
Is there a way to build my own image for the 17SMG build? (I have it
loaded, but it requires manual intervention to boot. . .)
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Michael Zingale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH7/3Com and 3Com Mini PCI Ethernet adapter
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.advocacy,redhat.networking.general
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 19:45:46 -0600
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001, Peter T. Breuer wrote:
>In comp.os.linux.hardware [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 18:04:24 -0800, "Guillermo Auad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>
>>>I have RHat 7.0 installed on my IBM thinkpad and when I type
>>>
>>>% ifconfig eth0 (or eth1)
>>>
>>>it does not find the card. The card, a 3Com 10/100 PCI Mini Ethernet
>>>adapter works properly when I boot Windows 2000 on the same laptop.
>
>What card? What are you talking about???? Laptops don't have "cards" in
>the same way as desktops do. They have pcmcia sockets or cardbus
>sockets. You need to install pcmcia drivers, and pcmcia tools, and so
>on. Then you need to teach the system about your card if its not in the
>database (it will be .. I have plenty of 3com pcmcia cards).
>
I have a Thinkpad X20 with the Intel Mini PCI card -- this is actually a card,
not a PCMCIA card. The MiniPCI card plugs into the laptop motherboard and is
replaceable. It is a different standard than PCMCIA.
I recall reading on the linux laptop page:
http://www.linux-laptop.net/ibm.html
about someone using the 3Com MiniPCI card. Apparently, the driver is in the
2.2.17 kernel, not the 2.2.16 that ships with RH 7. There are instructions at:
http://www2.neweb.ne.jp/wd/fbm/3c556/
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Function drawing
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 17:38:25 -0600
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001, Federico Bravo wrote:
> Is there a program that draws functions either simple such as sin(x) or
> more complex ones?I'm using RH7.0.
> Thanks.
> Federico.
gnuplot
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From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Help: Howto setup dialin server
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 02:21:36 GMT
Reply-To: goble@gtech
On Tue, 20 Mar 2001 09:40:39 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin
Puryear) wrote:
>
>Where is the configuration for the remote peer?
>
Hi Dustin;
Currently the remote computer is my fathers Apple Mac performa 580. As
far as I know, it only requires a username and password.
This remote computer does make a connection and does login, but then
disconnects and my server then shows the error "Could not determine
local IP" in /var/log/ppp.
>
>--
>Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear
>Integrate Linux Solutions into Your Windows Network
>- http://www.prima-tech.com/integrate-linux
>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to search filesystem for a file?
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 02:30:20 -0000
Is there a way in Linux to search through all the subdirectories under the
one your in for a specific file? For instance if I wanted to
find "file.txt" in DOS I would do:
dir file.txt /s
I've tried the -R parameter for LS, two ways:
ls -R file.txt
ls file.txt -R
Neither works, it doesn't even look for the file. The only solution I can
think of is to do this:
ls -R > filelist
which lists everything and saves it to a file called filelist, and then I
can open that in vi and search within there for the name of the file I was
looking for.
This gets to be a pain in the butt after awhile, is there a simpler way to
search everything for a specific file? Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Mike Stewart
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to tolerate improper shut downs ?
Date: 23 Mar 2001 02:51:35 GMT
Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Fri, 23 Mar 2001 00:13:40 GMT, wrote :
AS> How to tolerate improper shut downs ?
AS> At work, there's a RedHat 7 on a Pentium. Frequently, my co-workers
AS> abruptly turn off the computer by pressing the power button; they never
AS> choose the "halt" option. For them, it's easier to push the power button
AS> on the computer than to use the mouse to click on the GNOME foot print,
AS> choose Log out, and then click on "halt". They're not ignorant; they're
AS> just l-a-z-y . And they find the need to turn the computer off once in a
AS> while, which drives me nuts! When I power up again, I get an error that
AS> the computer was improperly shut down, and the drives were imporperly
AS> unmounted, etc. The system undergoes diagnostics and checks, which takes
AS> *time*; TIME is precious to me, and I can't afford to waste any.
AS> Forturnately, only I have the root password, and everyone else uses a
AS> common public account.
AS>
AS> Question (1) Is there a way to have the system set, so that it will
AS> tolerate abrupt power downs?
I don't believe so, at not with normal, standard software.
AS> Question (2) Can/will these abrupt power downs damage the system? Not the
AS> hardware, but the software; specifically, the root account or the operating
AS> system itself,...
Generally not, but it is not generally good. It depends on whether the
root file system gets trashed somehow.
It is best if you have a lots-of-partitions type install: separate root (/),
/usr, /var, and /home partitions (at least). 'Static' file systems (/,
if /tmp is NOT on /) and /usr (if /usr/tmp is not on /usr)) can be
mounted read-only (these will never be messed up on power cuts). You
can't make /var read-only and /home is not *your* problem in a sense --
if your lazy bastard co-workers manage to trash /home by power-cycling,
you can say 'I told you so'. Presumably you have backups, so you can
just do a restore. It is *their* problem if this means they lose a day
or two of work...
Generally, it is easy to re-install Linux, so I would not overly sweat
it. Make a backup of /etc (where /etc/passwd, /etc/X11, /etc/sysconfig,
etc live) and /home (user files) and keep track of any extra stuff.
If your co-workers bitch and moan about the slow boot up, tell them
*exactly* why.
*MY* recommendation:
Remove the power switch. I believe with some of the new boxes
you might even be able to just disable the power switch (smart power
control), without having to cut the wires or bypass the switch.
Otherwise, whip out your soldering iron and wire cutters...
AS>
AS> p.s.
AS> Please don't ask me to tell my co-workers not to turn off the computer.
AS> You must assume that this is beyond my control.
It is NOT if you own a soldering iron and some super-glue (super glue the
power plug in place, both ends).
Also, do you co-workers need physical access to the system box? (CD,
Floppy, etc.)? If not, put it in a tamper-proof metal cage.
AS>
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From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to search filesystem for a file?
Date: 23 Mar 2001 02:58:07 GMT
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Fri, 23 Mar 2001 02:30:20 -0000, wrote :
> Is there a way in Linux to search through all the subdirectories under the
> one your in for a specific file? For instance if I wanted to
> find "file.txt" in DOS I would do:
>
> dir file.txt /s
>
> I've tried the -R parameter for LS, two ways:
>
> ls -R file.txt
> ls file.txt -R
>
> Neither works, it doesn't even look for the file. The only solution I can
> think of is to do this:
>
> ls -R > filelist
>
> which lists everything and saves it to a file called filelist, and then I
> can open that in vi and search within there for the name of the file I was
> looking for.
>
> This gets to be a pain in the butt after awhile, is there a simpler way to
> search everything for a specific file? Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> Mike Stewart
Look at the 'find' command: 'man find'.
>
>
> --
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> http://www.help.com/
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Subject: Re: how to search filesystem for a file?
Date: 22 Mar 2001 21:50:14 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Is there a way in Linux to search through all the subdirectories under the
>one your in for a specific file? For instance if I wanted to
>find "file.txt" in DOS I would do:
find <starting directory> -name file.txt -print
(if you are in <starting directory, "." would suffice) would give you the
pathnames of all files name "file.txt" that are anywhere in this directory
or any sub(sub...)directory thereunder. check out the manual page for all
you can specify instead of "-name file.txt" and "-print". afaik nothing
similar is available under dos or windows.
hs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: How to tolerate improper shut downs ?
Date: 23 Mar 2001 03:07:24 GMT
In <Uywu6.2061$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Arctic Storm
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]How to tolerate improper shut downs ?
]At work, there's a RedHat 7 on a Pentium. Frequently, my co-workers
]abruptly turn off the computer by pressing the power button; they never
]choose the "halt" option. For them, it's easier to push the power button
]on the computer than to use the mouse to click on the GNOME foot print,
]choose Log out, and then click on "halt". They're not ignorant; they're
If they are lazy then tell them to
alt-ctrl-F2
alt-ctrl-del
to shut it down properly.
That is just as easy-- easier-- than pressing the power button.
Or put a big "shutdown" icon on the gnome desktop, which they can push
and which will then run shutdown for them.
]just l-a-z-y . And they find the need to turn the computer off once in a
]while, which drives me nuts! When I power up again, I get an error that
]the computer was improperly shut down, and the drives were imporperly
]unmounted, etc. The system undergoes diagnostics and checks, which takes
]*time*; TIME is precious to me, and I can't afford to waste any.
]Forturnately, only I have the root password, and everyone else uses a
]common public account.
Why in the world do you not gie them each their own account, and then
you can tell who hit the power switch ( last|less)
]Question (1) Is there a way to have the system set, so that it will
]tolerate abrupt power downs?
No.
]Question (2) Can/will these abrupt power downs damage the system? Not the
]hardware, but the software; specifically, the root account or the operating
]system itself,...
Yes. The files are not flushed and thus the disk can be left in an
unstable state.
This is also true on Windows, or any modern operating system.
]p.s.
]Please don't ask me to tell my co-workers not to turn off the computer.
]You must assume that this is beyond my control.
Remove the power switch, so when they try to push it nothing happens.
Put up a big sign telling them the easy way to shut down ( alt-ctrl-F2,
alt-ctrl-del) as easy as on Windows.
Or erase a few of their files and say that happened because someone shut
down the machine with the power switch and you do not have time right
now to reinstall them.
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From: arasu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Swiching between Linux and Windows
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:09:58 +1000
Hi,
I have Linux Redhat and Windows 98 on the same computer in two
different hardisks.
I wish to switch over from Linux to Windows98, and Windows to Linux
wihout
shut down or log out. Can any one inform me how to configure this?
Thanks in advance.
-arasu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Colquhoun)
Subject: Re: Error Uncompressing Large Files...
Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 03:10:03 GMT
On Thu, 22 Mar 2001 16:27:27 -0500, Fred Pishotta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
|Under RH Linux 7.0, both "uncompress filex.Z" and "gunzip filex.Z" are
|failing when the output file ("filex") exceeds (exactly) 2147483647 bytes.
|The error messages vary a bit between the two programs, the former
|complaining "write error onfilex: No such file or directory", the latter
|saying "gunzip: filex: File too large".
|
|I've tried various things with input/output redirection, and the
|error messages vary a bit, but the problem remains. Anybody know where
|the limitation may be? These are some large GeneBank files from the NIH
|I need to uncompress locally.
|
|Since both gunzip and uncompress (different programs) are failing, I
|think it must be something else. Some kernel parameter maybe?
As others have pointed out, it tis the 2Gb file size limit for
kernels earlier then 2.4 on 32 bit hardware.
Just a thought. Is this one file, or is it a compressed tar file
containing multiple files? If it is multiple files, you may be able
to uncompress and untar at the same time to avoid the problem.
tar zxf file.tar.gz
works for gzipped tar files, so it will probably work using gzip
to uncompress compressed tar files (assuming they *are* tar files...)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: how to search filesystem for a file?
Date: 23 Mar 2001 03:10:31 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]Is there a way in Linux to search through all the subdirectories under the
]one your in for a specific file? For instance if I wanted to
]find "file.txt" in DOS I would do:
]dir file.txt /s
find . -name file.txt -ls
]ls -R > filelist
ls -R|grep file.txt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hartmann Schaffer)
Subject: Re: Linux for a 486?
Date: 22 Mar 2001 22:10:58 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Mike Flournoy wrote:
>I am ignorant to Linux but have a old 486 I wanted to use to learn on. It
>appears most newer versions are aimed at Pentiums. Is it possible to run
>linux with a GUI on a 486 or is that just too slow?
i used to run it on a 486dx2/66 with first 16, then 32 mb and 1GB, then 2,
then 4 without any problems.
the base system should install on <100mb disk (actually, there are
distributions that fit on a floppy) and 8mb ram, but in this case there isn't
much you can do with it. all major distributions come with tons of
applications, and esp. the major ones (like redhat) tend to install every-
thing in sight, so you would most likely run out of disk space. afaik each
distribution lets you do a custom install which is time consuming (you have
to pick the packages or package groups, and with the number of available
packages that takes a while). personally, i found the custom install
relatively easy with debian and slackware, not so pleasant with redhat, no
experience with other distributions.
many years ago the common wisdom was that you would need at least 8mb to run
X. i suspect that even if that is still possible it would be painfully
slow, so go with at least 16, better 32mb (unfortunately you didn't specify
how much memory you have, but with less than 16 mb i would stick with a non
X installation, or upgrade the memory). on a 486 i would stay away from the
big desktops like gnome or kde, just stick to one of the early window mangers
like fvwm2 or fvwm95 (if you crave the windows feeling). they provide much
of the same gui functionality, but with less flash.
the rest is a question of picking the applications you install wisely, keeping
available ram and disk space in mind
hs
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (3FE)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: newbie linux and ftp daemon question
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 03:16:48 GMT
On Mon, 19 Feb 2001 20:23:33 +0100, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insisted:
> "Didier Wiroth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:3a917126$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hey,
> >
> > I'm trying to use the proftpd daemon, with SuSE 7.0 which installed a
> > /usr/local/ftp/etc/passwd and /usr/..../ftp/group file. How can you add
> > groups and/or users to these files.
>
> with an editor ?
> read the proftpd documentation.
Well, yeah, but this is Suse and you risk missing something obscure
that relies on yast handling correctly (eg., yp/nis), so just
hammering a config file won't fix it. Suse is very Redhat-ish in that
way.
Run yast as root. See groups and users configuration. And if you use
yp/nis, throw that away, hammer /var/yp/files into place, see
/etc/rc.config.d/* and remember to change YPSRCDIR in the Makefile to
be where you put them (default /etc?). run /var/lib/yp/ypinit -m
often, rcnfs restart, rcnfsserver restart, ... mount -at nfs See your
/etc/hosts and /etc/fstab. Make sure /home on fileserver is symbolic
link to actual /home.real, mount statement in all clients' /etc/fstab
Works famously once you get beyond the disinfo in all the howtos.
--
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to search filesystem for a file?
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 21:06:26 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there a way in Linux to search through all the subdirectories under the
> one your in for a specific file? For instance if I wanted to
> find "file.txt" in DOS I would do:
>
> dir file.txt /s
>
> I've tried the -R parameter for LS, two ways:
>
> ls -R file.txt
> ls file.txt -R
You can do that, but you'll miss dotfiles. If you *want* to use ls, try:
ls -alR | grep filename_you're_looking_for_or_wildcard
However, I'd use find:
# cd /desired_subdirectory
# find . -name filename_you're_looking_for_or_regex
For example, on my system:
[root] /var/spool/lpd/lp0 # cd /usr
[root] /usr # find . -name vi
./local/bin/vi
[root] /usr # find . -name librpm.*
./lib/librpm.so.0
./lib/librpm.so.0.0.0
./lib/librpm.a
./lib/librpm.la
./lib/librpm.so
[root] /usr #
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: Swiching between Linux and Windows
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 03:32:49 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:09:58 +1000, arasu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
> I have Linux Redhat and Windows 98 on the same computer in two
>different hardisks.
>I wish to switch over from Linux to Windows98, and Windows to Linux
>wihout
>shut down or log out. Can any one inform me how to configure this?
>Thanks in advance.
Either check out 'vmware' which can virtually run more than one OS, or
play around with 'wine' in Linux. Although, personally my main box is
Win-free and if I need to do something in Windows, I boot my dual boot
laptop into Win98se and control it from my Linux box using VNC.
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From: Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xawtv problem: "no DGA support"
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:26:02 -0700
CrACKeD wrote:
>
> Vladimir Florinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> : I think this is self-explanatory. You need the DGA extension in the server.
>
> ...which is?
>
> : Which version of X is this?
>
> looks like X 11 release 6.4
Hmm, are you serious about this or playing games with me? I assume you have
XFree86, in which case you must have a 4.0 version (the 3.3 series were based on
X11R6.3). The standard answer is to add the DGA module name to the "Module"
section in the config file. You have to figure out the module name yourself,
since I don't have 4.0 here.
--
Vladimir
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From: Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation of RedHat Linux 7 with PartitionMagic 5
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 03:57:02 GMT
> How do i install RedHat Linux 7 with PartitionMagic 5.
> I allready have one partition with Windows NT4 and other with Windows 98
The issue of Linux installation on its own hard drive partition is poorly
documented if you're new; if you're a veteran, then you don't need the
documentation, so it doesn't matter that it's poor. Catch 22!
Anyway, I've never used Partition Magic, and I see no reason to. Really!
To install RedHat, for starters like you, three partitions are needed.
Unlike Windows, there isn't a single large partition for each operating
system. For Linux, you should have three partitions. Here's why. You
need the "swap partition" for virtual memory. You need the "boot
partition" for booting. And finally, you need the "root partition" for
everything else. Many people will tell you to have other partitioning
schemes, but if you're new, having too many partitions will confuse you.
Here's my recommendation. Using Partition Magic, create a space on your
hard drive that's not partitioned. I mean, a single blank piece of real
estate on your hard drive that's not allocated for anything. Say, about
1.5 GB of free, unpartitioned space. Then the work of PartitionMagic ends.
When you install RedHat Linux 7, you will be given an opportunity to create
the necesary partitions on the blank space.
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From: Michael B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Log history..
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 13:57:43 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I'm running Debian 2.2, and was wondering if log files are archived
anywhere besides /var/log ?
The current logs only go as far back as one month. (i.e .tar.gz)
Regards,
MB
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