Linux-Misc Digest #114, Volume #28 Fri, 15 Jun 01 12:13:01 EDT
Contents:
3 colo opportunities available (Allen Ahoffman)
Re: Shared library path. (Dances With Crows)
Re: OpenLDAP question (Dustin Puryear)
Re: Two identical HDUs, but Linux disaggrees (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
ps2pdf (GS 7.0) producing poor images (Colin Pinkney)
Re: is WINE super slow? (Lee Allen)
configure the kernel for a serial console (Aravindh)
Fast NICs (Chema)
Linux servers in corporate networks (nag rao)
Re: Two identical HDUs, but Linux disaggrees ("joseph")
Re: XChat 1.7.7-1 problem (208.7.71.51 [hamad])
Re: Fast NICs ("Andy Scutt")
vim in linux (Kevin Tomasek)
Re: Laptop umruesten (Corne Beerse)
Re: help!!:MAC ADDRESS (Corne Beerse)
? :fs type msdos not supported by kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: what is the format of a mp3 cd? (Ronald Cole)
Re: Japanese support in Linux? (Ronald Cole)
Re: gtk-config (Wroot)
Re: linux (william)
Re: vim in linux (Jan Schaumann)
redhat 7.1 and ATI radeon ("Jeff Olivier")
Re: What to use to write my thesis? (Grant Edwards)
Re: Two identical HDUs, but Linux disaggrees (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
How to determine size of memory block allocated by malloc() ? (Zsolt)
Re: Agenda PDA (Giorgio Marzano)
Re: Linux X goes away??? (David Hartnett)
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From: Allen Ahoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 3 colo opportunities available
Date: 15 Jun 2001 09:19:56 -0400
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Shared library path.
Date: 15 Jun 2001 13:39:52 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001 07:27:35 -0500, Joel staggered into the Black Sun
and said:
>How can I add a search directory for shared libraries? /lib, and
>/usr/lib are the defaults, but I want to add /usr/local/lib to that
>path, because some of the programs I am going to use want their
>libraries there. I also want to add /usr/X11R6/lib to the path. I
>can't find any envirounment varibles, so what do I do to change the
>path? Thanks.
Please clarify: Are you having problems compiling programs that depend
on libraries in /usr/local/lib , or having problems executing
already-compiled programs that depend on these libraries?
If it's compiling, then you can add " -L /wibble/lib" to gcc's command
line. Edit the Makefile if you have to.
If it's running, take a look at the contents of /etc/ld.so.conf . Which
distro are you using, BTW? Every one I've seen has put /usr/local/lib
and /usr/X11R6/lib in there by default, since all the X stuff needs the
X11R6 libs and lots of users compile stuff from source.
--
Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see
Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best
http://www.brainbench.com / friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark
=============================/ to read. ==Groucho Marx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: Re: OpenLDAP question
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 08:31:18 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 15 Jun 2001 05:24:22 -0700, Alex Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>My trouble now is that I can't add an organisationalUnit between my
>user entries and the lowest dc. I'd really like to address all the
>users in the form of dn: cn=Alex
>Page,ou=it,dc=begbroke,dc=solid-state-logic,dc=com
>
>My entry for the ou=it looks like this:
>
>dn: ou=it,dc=begbroke,dc=solid-state-logic,dc=com
>ou: it
>objectclass: organisationalunit
Don't you mean organizationalUnit and not organisationalUnit?
Regards, Dustin
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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] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: Two identical HDUs, but Linux disaggrees
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 13:45:55 GMT
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> hdb: 12692736 sectors (6499 MB) w/476KiB Cache, CHS=790/255/63,
>> hdc: 12692736 sectors (6499 MB) w/476KiB Cache, CHS=12592/16/63,
>The disc is reporting this geometry. Linux does not use the BIOS for this.
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From: Colin Pinkney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: ps2pdf (GS 7.0) producing poor images
Date: 15 Jun 2001 13:51:48 GMT
I just installed AFPL Ghostscript 7.00 on my SuSE 6.3 system. I used the
Redhat 7 RPMs but I've upgraded a lot and there were no dependency
problems.
Everything seems to work fine except I'm having problems with ps2pdf
now. It seems that all images in the postscript files I am converting
are compressed with JPEG compression at a very poor resolution.
I've tried setting AutoFilterColorImages to false but this just
produces errors. Setting PDFSETTINGS to /prepress increases resolution
but the images still all show the classic traits of JPEG compression,
especially as they are all diagrams.
I just want the PDF and images compressed without any loss of quality.
Does anyone know what is set wrong or missing?
The previous version that came with GNU GS 5.1 worked fine with the same
postscript files, but of course that is missing various features which I
need now, especially compression.
Thanks
--
Colin Pinkney
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lee Allen)
Subject: Re: is WINE super slow?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:18:27 GMT
On 15 Jun 2001 01:46:02 GMT, Jeremiah DeWitt Weiner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Lee Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I have a dual-boot system (Windows98SE and Linux+Wine) and I have
>> found that Windows apps run just as fast under Linux+Wine as under
>> native Windows. Exception: When the app is running under Linux+Wine
>> but accessing application software and/or files on a Windows
>> partition.
>
>> I agree that 32MB is insufficient I would think 128MB for X and Wine
>> and such a memory intensive application.
>
> I've got 384MB and dual Celeron 366s, and I still find Wine kind of
>slow a lot of the time. Programs generally run well once they've started, but
>they take FOREVER to start up.
>
> I also found that Wine screwed immensely with my Windows setup - I
>ordinarily raise an eyebrow at claims like that, but I saw this happen and I
>can't explain it. (Stuff like c:\Program Files getting renamed, for example.)
Are your applications and/or files located on the Windows partition?
That is the configuration that I have found to be slow.
-Lee Allen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aravindh)
Subject: configure the kernel for a serial console
Date: 15 Jun 2001 07:25:10 -0700
Hi,
I am trying to get Linux running on a proprietary system. My system
has a serial port. Is there anyway to configure the kernel for a
serial console?
Thanks
Aravindh
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Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:25:17 +0200
From: Chema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Fast NICs
Hi everybody:
I am looking for fast and reliable 10/100Mbs NICs for a new cluster. I
can not find pure speed benchmarks published or press reviews about it.
The NICs should be well supported under GNU/Linux and I do not mind the
price, the matter is top speed and a good manufacturer support.
Please give me your opinions or point me to an adequate URL.
Thank you very much.
Chema Box
System Administrator
ETSI Navales UPM
Madrid Spain.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (nag rao)
Subject: Linux servers in corporate networks
Date: 15 Jun 2001 07:34:57 -0700
We hear about Linux replacing a lot of UNIX networks in Corporate
networks. Does anyone have practical experiences on this? In such an
environment, how are user logins handled to multiple machines? Is
NIS/NFS the solution Network administrators prefer?
Want this info to propose to our IS dept.
rao.
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From: "joseph" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Two identical HDUs, but Linux disaggrees
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:36:47 -0400
Use a dos based partitioning tool and put in a single partition on each
disk, of the same size.
"Mea Culpa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> I have the following problem: I have the following IDE-setup:
>
> ALI15X3: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 78
> ALI15X3: chipset revision 193
> ALI15X3: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
> ide0: BM-DMA at 0xd000-0xd007, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:DMA
> ide1: BM-DMA at 0xd008-0xd00f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
> hda: WDC AC26400R, ATA DISK drive
> hdb: IBM-DHEA-36480, ATA DISK drive
> hdc: IBM-DHEA-36480, ATA DISK drive
> hdd: CD-ROM 40X/AKU, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
> ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
> ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
> hda: 12594960 sectors (6449 MB) w/512KiB Cache, CHS=784/255/63, (U)DMA
> hdb: 12692736 sectors (6499 MB) w/476KiB Cache, CHS=790/255/63,
> UDMA(33)
> hdc: 12692736 sectors (6499 MB) w/476KiB Cache, CHS=12592/16/63,
> UDMA(33)
> hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, DMA
>
> For some reason, although /dev/hdb and /dev/hdc are identical HDUs,
> their specs differ. However, @ my BIOS, I specified them both to LBA,
> which resulted in the same CHS-setup. Because I want to do striping
> (RAID), I will run into trouble with this.
>
> Questions: Why is Linux doin' this? How can I make them identical from
> Linux-point-of-view?
>
> I'm using kernel 2.4.4.
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From: 208.7.71.51 [hamad]
Subject: Re: XChat 1.7.7-1 problem
Date: 15 Jun 2001 14:07:23 GMT
in xchat setup go to notification and then in notify check interval set it to 15 sec
and it should be fine then, if doesnt work delete ur
conf dir rm -rf .xchat and start ur xchat again.
> Hi all!
>
> I upgraded to this version through rpm, but when I try to log on an irc
> server. I get conncected, but after notify display I get this message:
> 08:44:45 --- Excess flood
> 08:44:45 --- Disconnected (Remote host closed socket).
> The version supplied with RedHat 7.1 XChat 1.6.3 works OK and I have 10
> nicks in my notify list.
>
> Grateful for suggestions
>
> Sincerely Yours
>
> Roger
> --
> Roger Lindmark
> OS/2 Warp 4.06
> RedHat 7.1
==================================
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From: "Andy Scutt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Fast NICs
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:55:46 +0100
Hiya,
In the years I've been doing this, I've worked for ISPs and ASPs and in
both cases I can honestly saythe best NICs we've had under NT and Linux
are Intel EtherExpress 100+, they aren't cheap �40 UK but they are
reliable and fast.
Scutty
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From: Kevin Tomasek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: vim in linux
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 14:47:59 GMT
there seems to be a small problem with the default version of vim/gvim
in the redhat 6.2 version that i have installed..
we have compiled a vim version for our solaris boxes and it works fine.
on the linux boxes with the default vim, it fails to read the
$HOME/.gvimrc. hence it knows not of new syntax's or colors.
known problem?? is there anyway to trace the startup sequence of vim?
of course we could always compile it for redhat but it seems not right
to have to do that.
thanks..
--
---
Kevin Tomasek
replace XXXXintx with nevikintx
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From: Corne Beerse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Laptop umruesten
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 16:53:34 +0200
Dennis wrote:
> I've got an old Laptop (i386, 400 MB Harddisk, 66 MHz) at home and like to
> prepare it for the internet.
> At the moment, Windows 3.1 is installed and I'd like to know how to change
> this to SuSE 7.0 or 7.1, if that is possible (because of the low Harddisk).
> One more problem ist that there is no CD-Rom Drive in the laptop, just a
> 3,5 inch Drive.
> If it's possible, please give me a detailed descrition how to do that,
> because i've not finished being a newbie ;)
Should be no problem if you have a network connection for the box, and
an other running linux box with cdrom. I just installed Suse 7.1 on a
1GB, Pentium machine without cdrom:
Boot the other machine in linux
export /cdrom (for later)
mount the cdrom on /cdrom
create boot floppies from the cdrom, see readme's and book for details
Now boot the labtop from the floppy (see readme-s etc on first cd for
boot floppy images).
If network is pcmcia, first load the pcmcia module.
Load network module for network device (if needed, my xircom cem288 is
somehow included in the pcmcia or is autoloaded)
contine installing
Do not install the defaut suse set but start installing the minimum set.
Use yast (not yast2)
Success
CB
--
Everything should be as simple as possible but not simpler - A. Einstein
Corne' Beerse | Alcatel Telecom Nederland
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From: Corne Beerse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: help!!:MAC ADDRESS
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:00:08 +0200
sss wrote:
>
> how is this possible???????
>
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
I think you just found one of the first xerox ethernet cards..... :-)
> inet addr:10.0.233.2 Bcast:10.0.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:17782 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:2938 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:11 Base address:0xff90
--
Everything should be as simple as possible but not simpler - A. Einstein
Corne' Beerse | Alcatel Telecom Nederland
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ? :fs type msdos not supported by kernel
Date: 15 Jun 2001 15:22:15 GMT
>From the same CD, I've installed 2 copies of RedHat 6.2.
To /dev/hda5/ and to /dev/hda6/
When running /dev/hda6/ , I can mount the msdos partitions of C: , D:
ie. /dev/hda1 , /dev/hdb1
The actual one line script to do this is:
( mount -t msdos /dev/hdb1 /dosd; mount)
The script for partition /dev/hda5/ which fails looks like:
echo MOUNT D:
mount -t fat16 /dev/hdb1 /dosd
mount
cd /dosd
The error mesg is:
mount: fs type fat16 not supported by kernel
OK, so the 'good' one uses "msdos", and the 'failing' one uses "fat16".
So when I run the /dev/hda6/... script (or command) from the /dev/hda5/
installation it still fails, with error:
mount: fs type msdos not supported by kernel
I can't believe that the 2 kernels differ ?!? copied from same CD !!
----
So I look at the 2 fstab s (while in the /dev/hda5/ installation):
/mnt/hda6/etc/fstab ==
/dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,owner,ro 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
{I haven't actually got a CD installed on this machine. }
/etc/fstab ==
/dev/hda5 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
Which doesn't help me; so I look at both mtab s:
/etc/mtab ==
/dev/hda5 / ext2 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts rw,gid=5,mode=620 0 0
/dev/hdb3 /mnt/Partn-b3 ext2 rw 0 0 <--- shows
/dev/hdb2 /mnt/Partn-b2 ext2 rw 0 0 <--- manually mounted
/dev/hda6 /mnt/hda6 ext2 rw 0 0 <--- partitions
/mnt/hda6/etc/mtab ==
/dev/hda6 / ext2 rw 0 0
none /proc proc rw 0 0
Please someone advise me what's wrong ?
Thanks, email also to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in case I miss this NewsGroup
Chris Glur.
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: what is the format of a mp3 cd?
Date: 15 Jun 2001 08:24:25 -0700
Bruce Stephens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> So I'm afraid you'll need to experiment, because players vary.
Sounds like the minimal standard is a root directory containing 8.3
named files in ASCIIbetical order. I can live with that. Thanks!
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From: Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Japanese support in Linux?
Date: 15 Jun 2001 08:25:43 -0700
Stefano Ghirlanda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I know there is a Japanese distribution based on RedHat but
> unfortunately I can't remember the name. My japanese friend was quite
> happy with it.
Doesn't RHL7.1 support Japanese (as well as a myriad of other languages)?
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Ronald Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Phone: (760) 499-9142
President, CEO Fax: (760) 499-9152
My GPG fingerprint: C3AF 4BE9 BEA6 F1C2 B084 4A88 8851 E6C8 69E3 B00B
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wroot)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: gtk-config
Date: 15 Jun 2001 08:27:48 -0700
Debian User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Try
>
> $ cd /
> $ find -name gtk-config
nothing found
I tried 'locate gtk-config' - same result.
>
> FYI, Today I happened to install gtk+ using dselect in potato. Everything is
> working fine and I was able to compile simple apps from the tutorial.
Well, good for you.
Wroot
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From: william <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:30:07 -0000
Robert Heller wrote:
> Thanks for trying to help me. But I found the problem and it had
nothing to do with the mouse.
I reinstalled Redhat 5.2 and changed everything to GENERIC whenever it
asked for graphics,video, and monitor types.
I typed in startx at root and it works perfectly, well kind of, the only
problem is the home page is to big for my 14" screen, everything is there
but I have to move the mouse up or down to see my taskbar etc. It looks
like the picture would fit great on 17" monitor.
The windows that I open are okay. I don't know if this makes any sense.
Any suggestions?
Bill
>
> william <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> In a message on Sun, 10 Jun 2001 18:30:12 -0000, wrote :
>
> w> I have installed Redhat 5.2 successfully, sort of, on my old Ibm 500
> w> laptop. MY problem is my datapoint on the laptop dosen't work, so I
use
> w> a :ogitech serial mouse which worked fine with win95, but when linux
probed
> w> my system on installing,it found ps/2 on my laptop. When I got thru
> w> installing linux,it asked me to configure my mouse. So I put in
Logitech
> w> now when I run xwindows, the mouse doesn't work, when I move my mouse
> w> all the menus open up all over the window, 1st one and then another,
all
> w> of them try to get in act.
> w> It seems like linux is fighting between the ps/2 of my laptop and
logitech
> w> serial mouse.
> w> Any body have any suggestions of how to disable my ps/2 on my laptop.
In
> w> other words, how do I get Linux to only recognize the logitech serial
> w> mouse. I tried a ps/2 serial mouse and that doesn't work any better.
> w> A serial mouse is all I can plug into my laptop.
>
> I use a serial mouse on my AST 900N laptop -- it too has a 'pointer
> stick' thing, which I don't use. Some things to consider:
>
> If I power up my laptop with the mouse disconnected, it won't see it if
> I plug it in later.
>
> Secondly, there are *old* Logitech mice and new Logitech mice. *Old*
> Logitech mice used a Logitech-specific protocol. New ones use the
> 'standard' Microsoft protocol. How *old* is this mouse? Did you select
> Logitech or Microsoft mouse protocols? Unless the mouse is truly
> stone-age, it is almost certainly a Microsoft protocol mouse, even
> though it says 'Logitech' on it.
>
> Your description of the behavour suggests that you specified the Logitech
> protocol, but the mouse is really speaking the Microsoft protocol.
>
>
> w> Thanks
> w>
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> w> http://www.help.com/
> w>
>
>
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>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Schaumann)
Subject: Re: vim in linux
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:34:11 -0000
* Kevin Tomasek wrote:
> there seems to be a small problem with the default version of vim/gvim
> in the redhat 6.2 version that i have installed..
>
> we have compiled a vim version for our solaris boxes and it works fine.
> on the linux boxes with the default vim, it fails to read the
> $HOME/.gvimrc. hence it knows not of new syntax's or colors.
What happens if you start it with "vim -g"?
What's in your /usr/share/vim/gvimrc
Why not place the stuff you need in ~/.vimrc?
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
chown -R us.enemy your_base
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From: "Jeff Olivier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: redhat 7.1 and ATI radeon
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 10:38:35 -0500
I have the ATI Radeon 64 DDR card and I just installed redhat 7.1. I went
through the normal configurations for X and got it working. Today, when I
tried to boot my machine to linux, X would not initialize and my monitor
gave me a signal out of range error. I have a Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 91
and it recognizes it in the config program. It also recognizes the Radeon
card. I don't know what is wrong. Any ideas?
-Jeff
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.apps.word-proc,comp.text.tex
Subject: Re: What to use to write my thesis?
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:36:00 GMT
In article <ssivier1-52F2BE.19364614062001@news>, Steve Sivier wrote:
>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Scott Pakin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>> Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>> > Factor 3: current usage.
>> >
>> > If you need to do a "heavily" scientific thesis (lots of formulas and
>> > things like that), TeX is THE choice: good quality output with small
>> > efforts.
>>
>> This is very true. I once used the equation editor in PowerPoint
>> (same as in Word) and swore I'd never use it again, it involved so
>> much effort relative to LaTeX (or anything in the TeX family).
>
>I'd have to agree that the equation editor in Word is really bad.
The one in FrameMaker sucks less than the one in Word, but its
output is still not up to professional standards.
>I wrote both my thesis and my disertation in Word, but all the
>equations were written using another app and inserted into my
>Word documents. I wish I'd had access to TeX back then, but it
>really didn't seem to be an option at that time (at least as
>far as I knew).
I remember using TeX/LaTeX under VMS in the mid 80's. IIRC,
there was a version than ran under DOS at that time.
--
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at borrow 26.7% of the RAYON
visi.com TEXTILE production of the
INDONESIAN archipelago?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Svend Olaf Mikkelsen)
Subject: Re: Two identical HDUs, but Linux disaggrees
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:39:32 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mea Culpa) wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have the following problem: I have the following IDE-setup:
>hdb: 12692736 sectors (6499 MB) w/476KiB Cache, CHS=790/255/63,
>hdc: 12692736 sectors (6499 MB) w/476KiB Cache, CHS=12592/16/63,
>For some reason, although /dev/hdb and /dev/hdc are identical HDUs,
>their specs differ. However, @ my BIOS, I specified them both to LBA,
>which resulted in the same CHS-setup. Because I want to do striping
>(RAID), I will run into trouble with this.
>
>Questions: Why is Linux doin' this? How can I make them identical from
>Linux-point-of-view?
>
>I'm using kernel 2.4.4.
The explanation is that the kernel has no certain way to get the disk
geometry setting from the BIOS, since the BIOS disk numbering does not
necessarily relate to the locations on the IDE or SCSI channels.
If a partition table is present, the kernel will guess the setting
from the table, and if a partition table is not present, the geometry
reported from the disk itself will be used.
One thing you can do is to set the heads to 255 in the fdisk "extra
functionality" screen, return to the usual screen, and then create a
partition.
--
Svend Olaf
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From: Zsolt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to determine size of memory block allocated by malloc() ?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.questions
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 15:44:27 GMT
Hi All,
Some Unix systems (e.g. SGI IRIX) have a function:
size_t mallocblksize(void*);
This returns the real (actual) allocation size at the given pointer, which is often
larger than the
requested size. Unfortunately, I could not find anything equivalent to this on Linux
(glibc 2.1 or
2.2). Yesterday, I just received the July issue of Linux journal and it has an
articale by Petr
Sorfa titled "Debugging Memory on Linux". That article states, that there is a
function,
called malloc_usable_space, which does exactly what I need. However, I can't find that
function mentioned anywhere in my /usr/include directory.
Could anybody tell me where can I find this function - or anything else for the same
purpose ?
Do I need to install some extra packages for it ? (I have all the standard development
packages installed that came with Mandrake 7.2 Deluxe 6CD set)
Thanks n advance for any info!
Zsolt
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From: Giorgio Marzano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Agenda PDA
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 17:50:04 -0400
Gerald Willmann wrote:
> they did indeed answer the same day - using M$ outlook.
> great linux shop,
Please forgive them, for i wrote them, and they answer in spme hours :)
I didn't noticed the MUA!
G
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Hartnett)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Linux X goes away???
Date: 15 Jun 2001 08:59:17 -0700
J Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> JT wrote:
>
> > Running RH7.0. I never can be assured if Linux is going to come up in X.
> > Sometimes it does and somethings its just a blank black screen. When it
> > doesn't I have to re-install the who OS over again. Running Matrox Millenium
> > G200 8mgs ram.
>
> bzzt, wrong answer - reinstalling may be the
> windows way of fixing problems, but it's not
> the answer in the Unix world.
>
> Look in the sys logs to find out what is
> making the X server unhappy -
>
> > What confuses me, why would it work sometimes and sometimes not?
>
> Flaky hardware?
>
> the log entries will shed more light.
>
> cu
>
> jjs
What's making the X server unhappy is the fact that this new version 4
is not complete with the necessary drivers for all cards. We will be
lucky if it is a completed server by the end of the year. The best
thing is to probably ignore version 4 and install version 3.3.6, which
performed almost flawlessly because it had a driver base for
everything. RedHat rawhide has 4.1 for the next release but its
unknown if it is complete.
I'm dealing with RedHat 7.1 and it is very disappointing.
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