Linux-Setup Digest #303, Volume #19 Wed, 2 Aug 00 15:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: New Linux user... (ben)
Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400? !!!SOLVED!!! (David C.)
Re: Linux x86 and Mac HFS filesystems (Jochen Lippert)
Re: Multiple System.map symlinks/files ??? (RogerB)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (John Hasler)
Re: fetchmail: domain name must exist?! ("Anders Gulden Olstad")
Re: Linux x86 and Mac HFS filesystems (J Bland)
cripes-now what do I do - pleeeaaassseee Pkg dependencies ??? ("Ian Turnbui")
Re: Multiple System.map symlinks/files ??? (jac0b)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (Jay Maynard)
Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
building smp kernel (Neil McFadyen)
Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400?
Re: Windows 2000 and RedHat 6.2 ("Kai Uwe Schmidt")
Install RH from Slack? (David Lewis)
/sbin/loader locks up (David Lewis)
Re: Red Hat 6.1 Pakete nachtr�glich installieren ("Kai Uwe Schmidt")
Red Hat 6.2 & sound support: bummer! (Fausto Arinos de A. Barbuto)
Re: environmeeent variables (Paul Kimoto)
Re: IBM ThinkPad LapTop Installation (Paul Kimoto)
Re: rc.local file (blowfish)
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (Johan Kullstam)
Newbie sound problem ("Steve Riskus")
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From: ben <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New Linux user...
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 16:58:31 GMT
howdy-
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Boneyard Spleeneater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I have a third computer I was going to partition into many hard
drives
> and run it as a server. I'm probably gonna run Win2k for now, but I
wanted
> to install a couple different flavors of Linux. I was told that Linux
can
> actually mess up one's hardware for windows, but I'm willing to risk
it.
who told you this? i've never heard of it before. sound like a M$ zealot
fluffing the neg hype run. linux will not mess up your hardware unless
you give it wrong settings and this is really only for the monitor/video
settings. sure hd's can be a pain but i've never heard of
permanent damage from an os. it's almost always human error. most stuff
just won't work with the wrong settings but if you give refresh rates to
high for you crt you could kill it. this is only easy to do if you're
not very smart or too lazy to research your hardware for its settings
which i guess is one and the same.
> Which brings us to my question...
>
> Anyone know where I can find good resources on running Windows AND
> Linux on a machine? I could do a dual boot, with the other flavor(s)
on
> other logical drives. I installed the Linux that came with my machine
when
> I first set it up, and it sucked ass. I have RedHat, Caldera, and
> Slackware handy, but I want to make sure I install them without
messing up
> my networks ability to access the net.
>
> I'm really looking for Linux for dummies sort of resources. I
missed
> out on the whole DOS command line thing, and I need info on Linux that
can
> help me with that. I guess What I'm asking for in a nutshell is where
do I
> get beginner info for Linux? Except for the dual boot part, which I'm
> willing to slog though any amount of jargon to get it right.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> J
>
>
the other post listed plenty of sites for ya to cheq out...keep an eye
on ng's. and be leery of heavy books with lotsa pages...you usually end
up using info off the web. good luck. be leery of irc help cuz some
can be rude to newbies. as if they, like everyone, weren't a newbie at
some point. they've got a point to some degree, i mean, the moment
you've got a problem don't ask until you've tried solutions this way
the easiest stuff isn't being rehashed all the time. in other words,rtfm
no matter what.
oh..welcome to the real world
hope this helps and excuze my windoze..im at work
ben
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David C.)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400? !!!SOLVED!!!
Date: 02 Aug 2000 13:13:00 -0400
sideband <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> I still think the dual processor setup would be faster than a single
> processor, provided all apps and the OS itself is optimized for those
> dual processors.... But that's just my two cents...
Depends on what you're testing.
Neither Linux nor Windows can schedule a single thread to more than one
processor. So a dual-processor system will not show much difference
from a single-processor system, unless your test program is running
multiple threads/processes at once.
-- David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jochen Lippert)
Subject: Re: Linux x86 and Mac HFS filesystems
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 19:18:20 +0200
James Felix Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> appreciated. Do I need hfsutils? Could I just mount(8) the partition
> and tar the files across?
Exactly. :)
Jochen
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (RogerB)
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.newbie,linux.redhat.development
Subject: Re: Multiple System.map symlinks/files ???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:20:31 GMT
You might not have to do anything except keep the xxx part
of System.map.xxx diferent so that they don't get overwriten. The file
map in /boot is for the hardware geometry of the harddrive.
I have a a few kernels running and it seems that the kernel looks
for the version info in the System.map files.
On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:54:10 -0400, jac0b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello,
> I'm compiling different versions of the linux kerenl. What I
>would like
>to do is be able to have multiple Systam.map-x.y.z 's. This way when I
>boot into a different versions of the kernel it wont complain about the
>System.map-x.y.z being the worng version. Here's my system:
>
>Distro: RedHat 6.0
>Booter: Lilo
>
>I notice that the map= is a global setting in lilo.conf. I try to
>specify it in each image subsection, but lilo complains about that.
>
>Please email me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and reply to the group so others
>can learn from this.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Alvin Beach
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:20:01 GMT
Christopher Browne writes:
> ...as well as under a license whereby Be Software pays me $500,000, and
> then is allowed to include a GnomoVision DVD in their boxed sets of BeOS.
On the other hand, had Christopher released GnomoVision under the BSD
license, Be would already be allowed to include GnomoVision in their boxed
sets of BeOS under a proprietary license without paying him a penny or
revealing the source to their enhancements to him or anyone else.
The fact that the GPL does not permit this seems to be what enrages the BSD
trolls: they are evidently offended that we are not willing to make them a
gift of unlimited rights to our code.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: "Anders Gulden Olstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fetchmail: domain name must exist?!
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:22:24 GMT
Peter Bismuti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I've got sendmail/fetchmail working, I can pull off my mail from the pop
> server and read it in elm, but I can't reply or send email out, when I
> try I get this message, can anyone tell me how to fix this? Thanks!
>
>
> ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ----- Transcript of session follows -----
> ... while talking to nu.cs.fsu.edu.:
>>>> MAIL From:<peterb@roughneck> SIZE=1182
> <<< 501 <peterb@roughneck>... Sender domain must exist
> 501 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data format error
You must tell sendmail to disguise your outbound mail, so it looks
like it's coming from a domain that exists. Eg. cs.fsu.edu or
an other domain you use in your mailadress.
Edit your sendmail.cf file
...
# who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M)
DMcs.fsu.edu
Djcs.fsu.edu
...
It's also a good thing to use an accountname on your linuxbox that is
corresponding with your emailadress, eg. "bismuti" to ensure that
responses get through.
--
Sing While You May
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (J Bland)
Subject: Re: Linux x86 and Mac HFS filesystems
Date: 2 Aug 2000 17:30:16 GMT
>I'm wondering how best to transfer some large amount of data (35gb)
>from a Mac formatted hard drive (HFS, not HFS+) to an ext2 partition.
>What I've done so far is build a new kernel with support for both Mac
>HFS and the Macintosh partition table format, and on startup the
>system reports all the partitions on the Mac disk. However, none of
>the userland utilities I tried seem to be able to cope with the disk.
>
>I really don't want to pull the disk and have to borrow a friend's
>Macintosh to move the data over, so any pointers/clues/etc would be
>appreciated. Do I need hfsutils? Could I just mount(8) the partition
>and tar the files across?
With HFS in the kernel I have been able to mount HFS floppy discs here and
read data from them.
I would suggest doing a mount -t hfs /dev/hdX /mnt/mac
or similar and copying the files direct from the disc as would any other.
Frinky
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From: "Ian Turnbui" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: cripes-now what do I do - pleeeaaassseee Pkg dependencies ???
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 18:48:12 +0100
In an attempt to get my LPC3-TX Ethernet card working I'm having to go thru'
all sorts of minefields. Part of the makefile supplied uses gcc ????. I
have found various gcc-.... .rpm files on my cdrom but when I copied
gcc.2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm to /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586 and then:
rpm -i gcc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm it failed reporting:
error: failed dependencies:
binutils >= 2.9.1.0.25 is needed by gcc-2.95.2-3mdk
and guess what - I can't see this on my cdrom anywhere ???
Please put me out of my misery.
Also, I'm getting tired of having to constantly retype stuff I typed on just
the line before when it needs just a little change. Is there anyway to
recall the last command in the console - sort of like F1 / F3 in DOS where
F1 allows the same char to be typed and F3 brings the whole of the last
command back?!
TIA
Ian Turnbull
0961 931941
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : www.turnbui.freeserve.co.uk
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From: jac0b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.newbie,linux.redhat.development
Subject: Re: Multiple System.map symlinks/files ???
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:44:17 -0400
Thank you. I was just a little confused. Should I not have a System.map
symbolic link then? For example: System.map->System.map.xxx
Alvin Beach
RogerB wrote:
>
> You might not have to do anything except keep the xxx part
> of System.map.xxx diferent so that they don't get overwriten. The file
> map in /boot is for the hardware geometry of the harddrive.
> I have a a few kernels running and it seems that the kernel looks
> for the version info in the System.map files.
>
> On Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:54:10 -0400, jac0b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hello,
> > I'm compiling different versions of the linux kerenl. What I
> >would like
> >to do is be able to have multiple Systam.map-x.y.z 's. This way when I
> >boot into a different versions of the kernel it wont complain about the
> >System.map-x.y.z being the worng version. Here's my system:
> >
> >Distro: RedHat 6.0
> >Booter: Lilo
> >
> >I notice that the map= is a global setting in lilo.conf. I try to
> >specify it in each image subsection, but lilo complains about that.
> >
> >Please email me at: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and reply to the group so others
> >can learn from this.
> >
> >Thank you,
> >
> >Alvin Beach
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jay Maynard)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: 2 Aug 2000 17:46:37 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:20:01 GMT, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The fact that the GPL does not permit this seems to be what enrages the BSD
>trolls: they are evidently offended that we are not willing to make them a
>gift of unlimited rights to our code.
1) I am not a troll. I am posting my honest beliefs, just as you are.
2) I am not offended that you are unwilling to grant unlimited rights in
your code. I am offended that you insist on redefining "free" to your own
ends so that you may incorrectly apply it to your limited grant of rights.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: fwd: SuSE Linux 7.0 released
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 17:41:14 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
.. wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > ... and it's bad news! They split the distribution in two versions:
> > personal (for private, desktop users) and professional (server
> > related). They are also more expensive, don't have any major release
> > (neither kernel 2.4, KDE 2.0, etc.) because they're too soon.
There's
> > is no reason to upgrade to 7.0. Wait til kernel 2.4 is released ...
> >
>
> From what I've read all over the net today. There're enough
improvement
> to justify the upgrade to SuSE 7.0.
There might be enough improvement (just) to justify 7.0 but not to
justify the
huge price increase. The professional edition will be bascically the
same as the current 6.4 in terms of content i.e 1500+ applications on 6
CDs but from what I can gather is going to cost more than twice the
price thats very bad news.
>
> Especially for Windozlised newbies... With SuSE 7.0. Installation will
> be fully automated, other than keying in the info for networking , or
> info for ppp dial-up.
>
> I'm not sure about this count, I cannot read German well. But seems
like
> SuSE 7.0 even will reconise Baillie (?Spelling?) code, and even a
blind
> person can install it.
>
> And I never care for any games, or the latest 3D-Graphic cards. And I
> don't use any IDE anymore. All wide SCSI LVD, FFS, LVM, SMP ,a decent
> sound card. I don't even use IPCHAINS anymore. So, 2.4 kernel means
> nothing to me. And I don't even think I'll upgrade for 2.4 kernel at
> all. Everything I needed is already supported by default with SuSE's
> 2.2.14.
>
> Never minded about the 2.4 kernel de jour.
>
> But I hope SuSE has taken out all the stupid games from the
Professional
> version.
>
> The important stuff are the apps.
>
> And if you look carefully into SuSE 6.4. You'll find many of the
> excellent stuff from the *BSD are included. That's a really good
sign.
>
> Combining the best of both opensource OS/s. (I've been hacking *BSD
> stuff to run under SuSE, and SuSE's stuff to run under Free/Open/BSD
> here for awhile.)
>
> SuSE's end users will end up big winners, with a very stable, secure,
> and painless to install and update platform. ;-)
>
> -Alex / blowfish.
>
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > .. wrote:
> > > -------------------SuSE Linux 7.0
released----------------------------
> > > "...The optimised support for fully automated installation and
SuSE's
> > > new ALICE tool
> > > (Automatic Linux Installation and Configuration Environment),
allow
> > > efficient configuration management for computer networks..."
> > >
> > > http://linuxpr.com/releases/2272.html
> > > -------------------------------------------------------
> > > --
> > > - If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on
his
> > > hands,
> > > lives a very boring and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to
waste
> > his
> > > time.
> > > Simplicity rules. That's why I use Easy Edit (ee).
> > >
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.
>
> --
> - If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
> hands,
> lives a very boring and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste
his
> time.
> Simplicity rules. That's why I use Easy Edit (ee).
>
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Before you buy.
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From: Neil McFadyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: building smp kernel
Date: 2 Aug 2000 17:41:04 GMT
After installing redhat 6.2 from cdrom on an smp box,
then rebuilding the kernel by
make menuconfig
make deps clean modules modules_install bzImage
copying the bzImage to replace the image in /boot
copying the /usr/src/linux/System.map to /boot
doing a depmod -a
running lilo
rebooting
I get error messages for
unresolved symbols for some modules
How do I fix it?
--
===================================================================
Neil McFadyen, P.Eng.
System Administrator
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Carleton University
Ottawa, Ontario
K1S 5B6
tel: 613-520-2600 ext 5636
fax: 613-520-5715
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Why is Athon 650 slower than P-II/400?
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 18:06:28 GMT
On 2 Aug 2000 16:51:10 GMT, J Bland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> OK, here's another thought. Redhat stock kernels are optimized for
>>>> pentium. Maybe you should recompile and specify your processor type,
>>>> etc.
>>>
>>>I think you sent the thought telepathically. I tried both the 2.2.16
>>>kernel and the 2.4-pre5 kernel. Same results. *whimper*
>>
>> Are you sure about that?
>>
>> I thought it was only Mandrake that optimized their kernels
>> (and the rest of the distro) for Pentia...
>
>SuSE is i386 but the standard kernel is pentium optimised (along with
>386/smp etc ones).
>
>Frinky
...then it sounds like it should be a i586 rpm then...
--
Finding an alternative should not be like seeking out the holy grail.
That is the whole damn point of capitalism.
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From: "Kai Uwe Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 and RedHat 6.2
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 20:05:39 +0100
There's a nice way to do this "by hand": Boot up Linux. Then you have to get
the lilo into a file done by typing: dd if=/dev/<where you installed lilo>
bs=512 count=1 of=bootsect.lin
Now copy bootsect.lin to the drive where boot.ini is located. Open the file
boot.ini with an editor and append the following line:
<dos path>\bootsect.lin=Linux
dos path means the path of the drive where boot.ini is located. The Win2000
boot loader should now be able to boot directly into linux when you choose
the option "Linux".
But how you get the Win2000 boot loader to work, I can't tell you. Sorry.
Hate Windows.
Hope to have helped
Kai Uwe
"Daniel Waites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I've just upgraded to Windows 2000 and now I can only boot Linux from a
> floppy. These are the previous and current setups:
>
> Previously:
> Windows 98 is installed on the first hard drive.
> RedHat 6.2 is installed on the second hard drive. LILO is installed in
the
> superblock of the root partiton, not in the MBR.
> PQ Bootmagic is installed on a small primary partition on the first hard
> drive, which selects which OS to load.
>
> Currently:
> Windows 2000 is installed on the first hard drive.
> As far as I know, Bootmagic is still there, but its partition is no longer
> marked active in the partition table.
> RedHat 6.2 is still on the second hard drive.
>
> I am using Bootmagic from the 4.0 release of PartitionMagic. As I
> understand, there was no Windows 2000 support in that release. To make
> matters worse, PowerQuest no longer will support 4.0.
>
> How do I get Bootmagic working again? Or is there an alternate way to get
> Windows 2000 and Redhat 6.2 to dual-boot? I can't use LILO in the MBR,
> since it's incompatible with the Win2000 boot loader and it can't mount a
> boot partition from the second hard drive.
>
> Thanks is advance.
> Daniel Waites
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: David Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Install RH from Slack?
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:04:01 -0500
I'm trying to install RH6.1 on a Pentium-s 133 that is
currently running SlackWare 3.2. How is the best way
to do it?
I've tried booting from the RH CD-ROM but it hangs
when it tries to run /sbin/loader. I've tried expert mode
(not that I'm ACTUALLY an expert) but it hangs after
I say "done" loading special drivers (or something like
that - I didn't load any special drivers).
Can I run the install after booting into Slackware? Do
I need to set something different? Has anyone else had
/sbin/loader lock up?
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From: David Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: /sbin/loader locks up
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 13:04:36 -0500
I'm trying to install RH6.1 on a Pentium-s 133 that is
currently running SlackWare 3.2. How is the best way
to do it?
I've tried booting from the RH CD-ROM but it hangs
when it tries to run /sbin/loader. I've tried expert mode
(not that I'm ACTUALLY an expert) but it hangs after
I say "done" loading special drivers (or something like
that - I didn't load any special drivers).
Can I run the install after booting into Slackware? Do
I need to set something different? Has anyone else had
/sbin/loader lock up?
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From: "Kai Uwe Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Red Hat 6.1 Pakete nachtr�glich installieren
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 20:12:04 +0100
Wenn Du KDE benutzt, dann kannst du das Tool kpackage benutzen. Hat ne
sch�ne Oberfl�che und ist einfah zu bedienen. Auch die Kommandozeile tut
hier gute Dienste: rpm -Uvh <name des packets>. Wenn ich mich recht erinnere
gibt es noch ein Tool, das xpackage hei�t. Sollte auch funktionieren.
Kai Uwe
"Matthias Schulz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hallo,
>
> wie kann ich m�glichst einfach zus�tzliche Pakete, die aud fer CD von Red
Hat
> (6.1) sind nachinstallieren? Kann ich die Oberfl�che des Setup-Vorgangs
> irgendwie aufrufen und daf�r benutzen?
>
> Vielen Dank schon mal,
>
> Matthias
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From: Fausto Arinos de A. Barbuto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Red Hat 6.2 & sound support: bummer!
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 18:05:26 GMT
Hello,
I have recently installed Red Hat 6.2 on my
computer. Then it came the time to setup the
sound devices. sndconfig did a good job as to
detecting the correct hardware, a CMI 8738
[/C3DX] PCI audio device. However, no sound
has ever been heard from the sound boxes.
sndconfig said it would perform a sound test
but no sound ever echoed from the multimedia
speakers. What's wrong? What to do? Can't RH
6.2 work with PCI devices?
Yet another question: during the install, I
selected a US keyboard with "deadkeys", as
I wanted accent support for my texts in
Portuguese. There was a text box to test the
accents, and they worked fine. But now that
RH is installed, no one of the text editors I
have yields neither accents on the vowels (or
any other character) nor cedils. I tried to
select a US-Latin keyboard from kbdconfig,
but that choice was of no use. What to do in
this case?
Any help will be much appreciated. Thank
you!
---Fausto
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: environmeeent variables
Date: 2 Aug 2000 14:17:56 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tom Connor wrote:
> I'm not sure what I did but I've been getting error messages when I try
> to print, and today when I tried to bring up IDLE for Python. The
> message was: 'no display name and no $DISPLAY environment variable.
Are you running (under) X? The DISPLAY environment variable should be set
automatically if you are. (It should have a value like ":0.0".) If a
program requires $DISPLAY, it probably requires X.
> I'm new and am trying to find something to give me a good understanding
> of environment variables; how they are set and the options.
The "environment" is a set of variables (and values) that are passed on
from programs (like shells) to other programs ("applications") that they
start up. If you start your program from a shell, then (assuming bash,
zsh, or the like) you can set environment variables using the syntax
$ export VARIABLE=value
(note, that's "VARIABLE", not "$VARIABLE"). If you want it set all the
time, you put that line (without the "$" prompt, of course) in the
appropriate shell startup file.
(In tcsh, the syntax is
% setenv VARIABLE value
.)
--
Paul Kimoto
Disclaimer: Other than explicit citations of URLs, hyperlinks appearing
in this article have been inserted without the permission of the author.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: IBM ThinkPad LapTop Installation
Date: 2 Aug 2000 14:23:33 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Michael Perry wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 18:14:00 -0700, Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> I would like to install RedHat Ver 6.2 on my IBM ThinkPad but don't know
>> where to start.
> I would start by visiting the linux laptops page and check out if someone
> else has installed Linux on your model of laptop. Chances are that someone
> has and has some config notes.
That's http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ .
You may also be interested in http://www.linux-thinkpad.org/ , and
eventually in http://panopticon.csustan.edu/tpctl/tpctlhome.htm .
>> Would RH ver6.2 recognize my modem
Many built-in modems are Windows-only devices. This may be the case with
Thinkpads.
>> What about a mouse? My ThinkPad uses a PS/2 mouse.
That is probably fine. The Trackpoint is a PS/2 device.
>> Would I have to recompile the Kernel to get a smaller one?
If you _want_ a smaller one, that is the way to get it. You may _have_ to
recompile the kernel to get support for certain things, like APM.
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: rc.local file
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 11:42:36 -0700
TJ O Connor wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> If you don't have an rc.local file what would be the corresponding file on
> Linux
> Suse 6.3
>
/etc/re.config
> --
>
> TJ O'Connor 2200 Cork Airport Business Park,
> Sys Admin. Kinsale Rd., Cork, Ireland.
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- Alex / blowfish.
--
- If Vi is God's editor. Then, God must have too much free time on his
hands,
lives a very dull and unproductive life; so he needs Vi to waste his
time.
But Vi was still too fast. So God created EMACS on the 8th day - which
takes
Eight Months to load, And Counting Still...
KISS rules. That's why I use Easy Edit (ee). Small. Simple and fast.
:-)
- The UN-GEEK CODE:(?What is a
geek?)-#!?+++??++++|$????+++++?????+++!!!!???+++---
geek + vi | ~/emacs
==>ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!!.......:P~
newbies + Windoz | C:\LOOKOUT
EXPRESS==>_the_horrors_the_horrrrrrrroOOOOORRRRRRRRRSSSSsssss!!! :-|
- My SAS (Sing-A-Song)Fingerprint -v.i007bone: Doe1(-a deer a female
deer.) RaY2(- a drop of golden sun.)
Me3(- A name, I call myself.) FAr4(- A long, long way to run.) Sew5(-A
needle pulling thread.)
lA6(-A note to follow sew.) TeA7(-A drink with jam and bread.) That
will bring us back to DOe-oh-oh-oh...
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
Date: 02 Aug 2000 14:22:08 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jay Maynard) writes:
> On Wed, 2 Aug 2000 16:20:01 GMT, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >The fact that the GPL does not permit this seems to be what enrages the BSD
> >trolls: they are evidently offended that we are not willing to make them a
> >gift of unlimited rights to our code.
>
> 1) I am not a troll. I am posting my honest beliefs, just as you are.
>
> 2) I am not offended that you are unwilling to grant unlimited rights in
> your code. I am offended that you insist on redefining "free" to your own
> ends so that you may incorrectly apply it to your limited grant of
> rights.
this always happens. many people say that the united states of
america is a free country yet there are many things which are
illegal. you can't just go around killing people wantonly. you
cannot use many drugs. the first infringes upon other people's
freedom. the second, however, does not yet it is still forbidden.
free doesn't necessarily mean anarchy.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
sysengr
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From: "Steve Riskus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie sound problem
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 14:56:25 -0400
Ive installed caldera open linux 2.2 on my computer and now im trying to
configure sound. My soundcard is a ensoniq soundscape vivo. My problem is I
do not know the cards I/O address. IRQ or DMA setting and i do not have
windows so I cant use device manager to find them out. Is there a way to
find these values by looking at the motherboard? If not where do I find
them. The manuals for the sound card and motherboard are no help at all.
thanks
Steve
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