Linux-Setup Digest #463, Volume #19 Thu, 24 Aug 00 00:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Netscape Bus error (james post)
Re: default font not found (Hal Burgiss)
Re: IP address of NIC eth0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux.... (Grant Edwards)
Re: Kernel compiling: I need an expert:) (Karl Heyes)
Re: HELP!! ZIP drive (sideband)
how to make an email account in redhat (dhane)
I found the solution ("^!^ Ka Fai")
Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux.... (Carl Fink)
Slackware 7 uses LOTS more disk than 3.5! ("Charlie Gibbs")
Bad upgrade renders machine immune to linux :( (Curgoth (Matthew Andrews))
Re: Signature File for KMail (moonie;))
Driver for 3Com 3CCFEM556B PC card ? (Wong Sai-kee)
Re: X windows set up 'is this OK screen' not ok (Uncle Fester)
Re: ALR Quad 6 server and PPro Overdrives. (Kurt Savegnago)
Trouble installing Mandrake: hangs on ISO 9660 Extension: RRIP_1991A (Mark Johnson)
Re: How to run WM on remote display? (Valentin Guillen)
Will X run ok on 266MHz/32MB machine? (Mark Johnson)
SMBMount (Chiah Tong Eng)
mounting WindowsNT server (root)
Re: Kernel modules dissaster! ("LCR")
Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux.... (Christopher Browne)
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From: james post <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Netscape Bus error
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:09:18 GMT
I've gotten the same error, but only when I try to edit a page using
Composer. It will run , but as soon as I try to edit
something such as say, the background image, it will core dump and give a
Bus Error. I looked in /tmp but found
no ndebug file. This crash also occurs will logged in as root. Anybody know
what's going on? Thanks
-James Post
Don Thompson wrote:
> hi,
> Since I've upgraded to SuSE 6.4, I can't get netscape to run except when
> logged in as root. I have tried setting a user with all the same groups
> as root, and get the same results: clicking the icon does nothing,
> typing netscape from a terminal window responds with Bus error.
> What the scoop?
> Thanks, Don
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: default font not found
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:25:46 GMT
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:18:10 -0400, Mike Brickey
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi
> I don't know the cause of this problem but there is a workaround.
> Edit
>your XF86Config-4 file by commenting out(put a '#' in front of the
>line) the line Fontpath "unix/:-1" then add you fonts in like:Fontpath
>"/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" you can add all the fonts you have.
>Then restart X. Same thing happened to me when I upgraded to 4.0.1 from
>3.3.6
It's not a bug. You have your systems setup to use xfs font server from
a different version of X. What you are doing is not just a workaround,
but the right approach. Move all fontpaths from /etc/X11/fs/config. Or
at least try them one at a time. That is where the xfs fontpath is (or
was). Turn off xfs while you are at it.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: IP address of NIC eth0
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:23:14 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Aug 2000 12:27:16 -0700, Darren Welson wrote:
> >At bootup, I get an error 'cannot determine IP addressing information
of
> >device eth0'.
> >what does this mean? All I know is that I must manually start eth0,
even
> >though all of my configurations tell it to start at bootup. Also, my
IP
> >addressing should be correct because as of now, the PC is not
connected to
> >any others.
>
> Most distros have a set of startup scripts in /sbin/init.d/ (That's
> /etc/rc.d/init.d/ for RedHat users) that look elsewhere
(/etc/rc.config
> or /etc/sysconfig/ ) for information about the IP address(es) of
various
> network devices. If you had said which distro you're using, I'm sure
> someone could provide more help, but as it is, I'm shooting in the
dark.
> Probably one of the files that contains the info the boot script is
> looking for is missing or corrupt--fix it.
>
> --
> Matt G|There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us
to see
> Brainbench MVP for Linux Admin / Those who do not understand Unix are
> http://www.brainbench.com / condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
> -----------------------------/ --Henry Spencer
>
Yeah, w/out knowing which distribution you're using, it's kind of hard
to help out.
In Slackware, you'll see errors, but nothing that looks like that.
If you don't have a NIC, comment that part of the startup scripts out.
If you do, configure it properly and those errors should go away.
-rd
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux....
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:51:24 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Josh Rovero wrote:
>> I bought WP8 for Linux (Corel's) at a local Sam's club. I bought Sun's
>> CD-ROM disk for $10 with StarOffice 5.1 on it (it has versions of SO for
>> Win98 [and I have one copy installed as a Win98 ap], Linux, Solaris, and
>> OS/2, by the way), and just this weekend, I decided to spring for Applix
>> 5.0 (an office suite for Linux) at Best Buy (must have been on sale, the
>> cash register rang it up for $62) to see how well it ran.
>
>I spent a fair amount of time comparing Applix and Star Office.
>Applix works better IN MY CASE. Can run it remotely from
>other X displays, handles the interchange with MxxxxSxxx
>formats I need, can spawn as many copies of Word or
>Spreadsheet as I need, all in separate windows. It does
>not take over the desktop like Star Office.
My observations exactly. SO is way too big and slow compared to either WP
or Applix. And the way it thinks it needs to take over and show that damned
desktop is really annoying.
--
Grant Edwards grante Yow! Now I can join WEIGHT
at WATCHERS!
visi.com
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From: Karl Heyes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Kernel compiling: I need an expert:)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:46:12 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Pygeon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've tried to compile a 2.4.0-test6 kernel and everything works fine
> until I tried to make modules. At this time I've the message below.
>
> Also, if I try to boot with my new kernel, I get this message:
> "Warning: unable to open an initial console
This is because you have removed the console code when you rebuilt the
kernel. It's only a warning, but not very helpful if you are trying it out.
check you config. I'm guessing the virtual console stuff.
> Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init=option to kernel"
This is the showstopper. init is the first process in UNIX terms usually
located in /sbin. either something is overriding it (odd but possible, check
the parameters you are passing to the kernel eg lilo.conf), or you maybe
mounting the wrong partition on /. It still maybe a valid filesystem (eg ext2)
just not one with an init program where it's expecting it. You can use rdev
for this.
karl
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (sideband)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: HELP!! ZIP drive
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:30:01 GMT
Fact of the matter is, there are howto's out there about parallel zip
drives, and most include recompiling the kernel.
Customizing the kernel to your machine is the surest way to get the
best performance out of it. Just be sure to read the kernel-howto and
make copies of your original kernel just in case.
Let me say that again.
MAKE COPIES OF YOUR ORIGINAL KERNEL JUST IN CASE.
I have a parellel zip, and it worked the first time I tried it, of
course I had read the howto, compiled the kernel appropriately, etc,
and it "just works"
Good luck to you.
-SSB
On or about Wed, 23 Aug 2000 09:36:14 -0400, "Ralph H. Stoos Jr."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, using the forum comp.os.linux.x did say:
:All,
:
:I am about to rip my hair out!! I have had a Zip drive working before
:with a cool little X tool to operate it but, I don't remember if it was
:KDE or Gnome and what the hell version/distro of Linux !!
:
:Loaded RedHat 7.0 beta. Expected by then they would have by default a
:way to get to my parallel port ZIP drive. They don't.
:
:Downloaded jaZip-0.32 which is the X window tool to manipulate ZIP
:drives. Had to get xforms first. Did that and installed xforms before
:compiling jaZip. So, jaZip gives error #1 when compiling. Tried
:insmod to load ppa and recompile, no dice. Tried removing scsi module
:and ppa modules and rebooting. Tried kerneld restart and loading
:modules again per the HOWTO. No dice.
:
:Downloaded the drivers from the IOmega page. They only work on kernel
:2.2.14, Redhat 7.0 has kernel 2.2.16. Have never compiled a kernel so
:am a little scared of that because I am on my production machine for
:work.
:
:Mandrake 7.1 found my Zip drive at home no problem during install. What
:gives? Does anyone know of a tool that comes as an RPM that is Gnome
:compliant that will just load and go? This is nuts. I would go buy a
:USB Zip drive but I am not sure it would be any easier to get going.
:
:Would going to a 2.4 kernek help this?
:
:Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Please reply both to the
:newsgroup and to:
:
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
:Thanking you prematurely,
:
:Ralph
:
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From: dhane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to make an email account in redhat
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:29:23 GMT
i heard that when you have an internet account in a redhat linux, that you
can make an personal email account in it. im using redhat linux release 6.0
(hedwig). is it possible?
--
Posted via CNET Help.com
http://www.help.com/
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From: "^!^ Ka Fai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I found the solution
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 10:31:29 +0800
Update the fdisk version by updating the util-linux rpm package. After
that, I got the 0xfd partition flag during fdisk.
^!^ Ka Fai
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux....
Date: 24 Aug 2000 02:38:22 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:51:24 GMT Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>My observations exactly. SO is way too big and slow compared to either WP
>or Applix.
It's significantly faster than WP on my box. Faster to load, faster
to use. That and it works with icewm.
>And the way it thinks it needs to take over and show that damned
>desktop is really annoying.
Supposedly the next version will decompose it back into applications.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Programming
<http://www.iconsf.org/>
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From: "Charlie Gibbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Slackware 7 uses LOTS more disk than 3.5!
Date: 23 Aug 00 18:40:23 -0800
Recently I upgraded my laptop from Slackware 3.5 (2.0.34) to 7 (2.2.13).
The full installation on 3.5 took about 400 megabytes. Imagine my
surprise when the 7 installation took nearly a gig! Especially when
my laptop has a 1.3-gig hard drive! Did Slackware really grow that
much?
I've tried deleting some packages, but I still have to really keep
an eye on disk space - between Wine (about 250MB) and a few other
things I'm down to 60 megabytes free.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how to keep things a bit more
compact? It's nice to have a newer kernel, but things are getting
pretty tight.
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charlie Gibbs)
Remove the first period after the "at" sign to reply.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Curgoth (Matthew Andrews))
Subject: Bad upgrade renders machine immune to linux :(
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 03:06:27 GMT
Hello all,
After an attempt to upgrade my mandrake 7.0 system failed badly, I
ended up wiping the partition table and starting from scratch.
I d/led and burned two sets of mandrake 7.1 CDs, since the first set
didn't quite seem to work. I checked the md5 sums on the files after
download, and ran rpm -qpl on the cd images to check that the rpms
were ok.
Despite all this, when i try to install mandrake 7.1, i get as far as
the install of the Bdflush package, and I get an error installing the
package, regardless of which set of cds I use.
Even older mandrake or redhat install CDs that worked fine previously,
will now fail.
Windows reinstalled, and runs fine.
I also swapped drives, and tried to install on my second HDD, but I
got exactly the same problem.
Could the fouled up install have caused a hardware failure, preventing
bdflush from installing but not affecting Windows noticeably?
Has anyone else run into anything even remotely like this?
--
Dream well...
Curgoth
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Signature File for KMail
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 23:07:16 -0400
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, David Stackis wrote:
>I set up KMail for my KDE desktop using RH Linux 6.2
>
>The question I have is...why does KMail always look for a "signature file"
>when I choose to create a new message to send?....when I click "Cancel", I
>am then allowed to see my blank e-mail message, and do w/it what I want.
>
>During setup of KMail I left blank the text box where I specify the
>signature, yet every time I create a new e-mail, it wants a "signature file"
>
>It almost seems like the "signature file" is required, but I know there is a
>way to disable this...
>
>That's what I love about Linux.....The freedom of choice....
>
>TIA!
>David Stackis
>http://www.stackis.com
Just open a text editor and save a blank file with the filename .signature in
your home directory. This will solve your problem.
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: Wong Sai-kee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Driver for 3Com 3CCFEM556B PC card ?
Date: 24 Aug 2000 03:20:37 GMT
I'm configuring a Siemens NIXDORF notebook to act as a fax gateway
for our small network. We have either the 3Com 10/100LAN_56K Modem
PCMCIA card or the Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100+ Modem 56.
Which drive should I use such that I can use it as fax send/receive
over linux ?
Thanks in advance.
SK
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From: Uncle Fester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: X windows set up 'is this OK screen' not ok
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 03:30:16 GMT
"moonie;)" wrote:
> >And, OK, it wasn't OK, it was slightly shifted to the left of center and
> >there was a 1/2 inch of wasted blackness around the edges [or is that the
> >new aesthetic style?]... but the script doesn't have any easy adjustment
> >buttons.
>
> You have to adjust this with your monitor, just as you would in windows after
> changing refresh rate.
Or use xvidtune.
--
Chuck Kandler
Windows--computing for the Unwashed Masses
Registered Linux User #180746
http://counter.li.org
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From: Kurt Savegnago <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: intel.motherboards.pentium_pro,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: ALR Quad 6 server and PPro Overdrives.
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 22:44:21 -0500
Brian wrote:
(Big Snip for Brevity's sake)
>
> What kernel are you running?
>
> 2.4.0-test?
>
> How long does it take to build a new kernel from scratch "make clean"?
>
> 8^)
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brian
Hello,
I deloused 2.4.0-test6 and it does run fine. I had some
problems with re-installing the PCI driver for the Actiontec
modem but all is well. I just learned about using make with
the -j 4 switch and haven't had a chance to try it. I did
install gcc-2.95 with make bootstrap MAKE="make -j 4" -j 4
and all four cpu's were utilized up to 98% simultaneously
concurrently, something I had never seen before. I'll have
to try doing the kernel sometime.
Best regards,
Kurt Savegnago
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Trouble installing Mandrake: hangs on ISO 9660 Extension: RRIP_1991A
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Johnson)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 03:46:35 GMT
I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0 on a computer that doesn't have a floppy
drive. The computer boots from the linux CD ok, when it gets to the
"second stage installation" it throws up an error:
_X11TransUnixSocketConnect: Can't Create: errorno = 111
(or something to that effect, it scrolls too fast)
then it continues on and then suddenly hangs at the line:
<7> ISO 9660 Extension: RRIP_19911A
I never ever get to the initial installation screen...
Is the X11 error significant, or the fact that I don't have a floppy drive?
Any suggestions?
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From: Valentin Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: How to run WM on remote display?
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 03:54:00 GMT
Mike,
I use MI/X a win32 freeware program for win9x/NT, has shipped on three
of the last four SuSE releases. Find it here:
http://www.rahul.net/kenton/xsites.html#XMicrosoft
I've exported my environment sucessfully several times (KDE) but get
much better performance by just using indivudual apps remotely, instead
of using the whole environment.
My fastest machine is a 200mHz box, and it's sufficiently fast to make
using it this way feasible. Every computer has no less than 96mb ram,
and that may make a substantial difference.
Regards,
Valentin Guillen
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Subject: Will X run ok on 266MHz/32MB machine?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Johnson)
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 03:55:12 GMT
Does anyone have any experience running X on 32MB of RAM. Does it run
fairly well? I will be mostly running in console mode via telnet, but I
would like to run X (possibly accross VNC) sometimes.
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From: Chiah Tong Eng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SMBMount
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 11:37:34 +0800
did u see the smb services being started up during bootup?
if not u have to create a file
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S91smb that is linked to /etc/rc.d/init/d/smb
u can refer to the SMB howto for more details
=====Original Message=====
From: Micky
Posted At: 8/18/00 2:24 PM
Conversation: SMBMount
Subject: SMBMount
I mount a NT share on Linux (RedHat) with a command SMBMOUNT, everything
is
working.
But if I go to see the directory the day after I cannot reach any
information and I must remount again the unit.
Someone know why?
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mounting WindowsNT server
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:38:42 +0200
Hi, just a question:
I established connection to windowsNT server within a network (ping is
successful), but i do not get any directories from there in an
"explorer". My handbook says I can mount the server via console command
mount, but it does not work. Does anyone have an idea, how to get
exchange possibilities with the server?? My Linux is the S.u.S.e Linux
6.4., the rest i not so important I think, as everything else work
relatively fine. Finally, I am completely new to this linux
distribution, so try to explain it in details. Thanks.
Yours Markus
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From: "LCR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel modules dissaster!
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 05:06:09 +0100
depmod -a
"Yura" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:oKVo5.173256$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello.
> Here is my problem. I'm trying to compile kernel on RedHat
> 6.2 Compilation goes fine and I can boot new kernel. Weired
> problem comes up when it's time to laod modules. Here is the
> error message: modprobe: Can't open dependencies files
> /lib/modules/2.2.14-5.0/modules.dep
>
> Weired thing is that this error message floods the screen
> and doesn't let the boot proces to continue, just a hell
> load of message like this. Oh yeah, that file does not
> exist. I don't know if it';s supose to
> but obviosly make modules_install doesn't write it there.
> I tried to compile kernek without modules, everything in.
> Same problem!
>
> modules.dep does present in my original
> /lib/modules/blah-blah so I suppose it comes with the
> distribution. But !!! even if I rename my original modules
> folder and reboot the system with original kernel. I get
> only one complain about modules.dep not found and system
> continues to boot and gives me the login. No flooding of
> same error message from depmod.
>
> Anybody has an idea?
>
> I do install new System.map. I searched through Deja.com and
> someone posted that saying no to CONFIG_MODVERSION should
> help - no it didn't.
>
> Please help!
>
> I do this basically because I need support for NTFS and
> writing support to.
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: FYI: Applix vs. StarOffice vs. WP8 for Linux....
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 04:09:36 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Carl Fink would say:
>On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 01:51:24 GMT Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>My observations exactly. SO is way too big and slow compared to either WP
>>or Applix.
>
>It's significantly faster than WP on my box. Faster to load, faster
>to use. That and it works with icewm.
>
>>And the way it thinks it needs to take over and show that damned
>>desktop is really annoying.
>
>Supposedly the next version will decompose it back into applications.
I got a note last week from some of the developers (they're trying
to figure what Cool Stuff to do with the spreadsheet side of things,
and I've got some interesting "possible design notes") and heard
essentially the same.
The intent seems to be to decompose the system into "engines" for
the respective areas (WP, spreadsheet, DB, ...), and have those each
be "servers" that "client front ends" will interact with.
That being said, I remain a tad skeptical. I figure that this sort
of "decomposition" is likely to amount essentially to starting the
design process from scratch. In effect, this means that they throw
away StarOffice as it exists now, and design something Completely
New.
There might be _some_ usable code fragments in the existing code base,
but if the "decomposition" discussion is to be taken seriously, it amounts
essentially to the next "version" really being rebuilt from scratch,
and having minimal relationship with the existing code.
The net impact of this would amount to being rather like the Mozilla
project. The most recent "M17" version is getting somewhat usable,
but it has been two and a half years since the initial code release
was done.
A from-scratch redesign of SO _could_ go faster than that, but not by
2 years :-).
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/spreadsheets.html>
"Feel free to contact me (flames about my english and the useless of
this driver will be redirected to /dev/null, oh no, it's full...)"
-- Michael Beck, describing the PC-speaker sound device
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