Linux-Setup Digest #551, Volume #20 Thu, 1 Feb 01 17:13:12 EST
Contents:
Re: Why "up"grade to Netscape 6? (Huw Lynes)
My Panel is not working (Doug Poulin)
What does XF86Setup use for its own XF86Config defaults?? (DTi4565459)
Anybody got XF86Config file for Compaq Deskpro EN (DTi4565459)
Re: Newbie help ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: My Panel is not working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
HELP: How do I uninstall package? ("Charlie Huang")
Re: What does XF86Setup use for its own XF86Config defaults?? (H.Bruijn)
weird screen after installation.... ("Paul McCosker")
Re: Access both CD and CDRWs in RH5.2
Re: Using a swap partition and a swap file together? (Jim Randell)
SMP & APM & 2.4.x (Jim Randell)
pcmcia in linux 2.4 kernel (alan arbizu)
Pb halting linux 2.2.5-15 ("Vulcho, El")
Re: another printer problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: My Panel is not working (Doug Poulin)
Re: USB printer with kernel 2.2.18... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
photopaintquestion (Axel Haenssen)
Re: My Panel is not working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how do I mount my tape drive? (John Thompson)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Huw Lynes)
Subject: Re: Why "up"grade to Netscape 6?
Date: 1 Feb 2001 19:02:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Stevenson wrote:
>I've read several newsgroups & articles and all I see is that Netscape 6
>is slow and buggy.
>Why do people jump to it? What are the features you have found better
>than at 4.7x ?
>
>I am new to Linux and installing RH 6.2. Here are my choices:
>
> Netscape 4.72 ships with RH6.2
> Netscape 4.75 downloadable from netscape.com
> Netscape 4.76 i've seen it referenced,
> but it's not offered @ netscape.com
> Netscape 6 There's an implied .0 following the 6.
> On principle, I avoid x.0 releases of anything.
> Not netscape? Any reasonable substitutes?
>______________________________________________
The bottom line here is that netscape 6 is dreadful for
everyday use. It is a monstrous and disgraceful memory
hog. I'm stuck with an old p166 laptop at work and would
have to go and make a cup of tea while netscape 6
started up and then it would crash every five minutes.
Opera is supposed to be better but I found that to be
less than stable. I'm currently useing konqueror from
KDE 2.01. It is a damn site faster than all the rest
but does nice things like encryption as well. I can
heartily reccomend it. It's also not a bad file
manager.
HTH
Huw Lynes
To reply you know what "dot" should really be.
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 14:31:18 -0500
From: Doug Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: My Panel is not working
Running RH7.0, Gnome.
My panel isn't showing minimized apps anymore. How do I get those back?
--
Doug Poulin
MIS Specialist
Net to Net Technologies
603-427-0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459)
Date: 01 Feb 2001 19:38:39 GMT
Subject: What does XF86Setup use for its own XF86Config defaults??
I ask because the Setup program starts off with a very nice GUI, but after I
run program, startx keep crashing.
dave
http://www.columbia.edu/~mdt1/
(1 = one, not little L; and don't forget the trailing / )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DTi4565459)
Date: 01 Feb 2001 19:48:50 GMT
Subject: Anybody got XF86Config file for Compaq Deskpro EN
All efforts get X running in appropriate screen size have failed so far.
dave
http://www.columbia.edu/~mdt1/
(1 = one, not little L; and don't forget the trailing / )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie help
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 19:45:33 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"ice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi all
> i dont know if this is the right place to ask. but here goes. i started
> reading the new book rebel code ( all about the history of GNU and Linux )
> and i would look to get involved. I have being programming for about
10 yrs
> so have experience. A couple of question i have are as follows
>
> does linus still mantain the kernal code and release it.
> where can i get the version of linux that is from linus or do you have to
> get one from suse, redhat etc
>
> many thanks
>
> ice
> <be cool and dont blow hot>
>
>
Go to Kernel.org
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: My Panel is not working
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 19:48:03 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Doug Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Running RH7.0, Gnome.
> My panel isn't showing minimized apps anymore. How do I get those back?
>
> --
> Doug Poulin
> MIS Specialist
> Net to Net Technologies
> 603-427-0600
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
add the tasklist applet to your panel, you can set the properties for it
to tweak once loaded by right-click, properties.
Scott
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From: "Charlie Huang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HELP: How do I uninstall package?
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 12:02:14 -0800
Could someone tell me how can I uninstall the package, for example, to
uninstall Netscape.
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H.Bruijn)
Subject: Re: What does XF86Setup use for its own XF86Config defaults??
Date: 1 Feb 2001 20:04:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 01 Feb 2001 19:38:39 GMT, DTi4565459 allegedly wrote:
>
>I ask because the Setup program starts off with a very nice GUI, but after I
>run program, startx keep crashing.
It uses the lowest common denominator, VGA. 640x400 16 colors.
But most often using the text based configuration tool is much easier,
/usr/bin/X11/xf86config. Maybe you select things that are impossile. Is
there a message on the display detailing the reason for failure?
> dave
>
>http://www.columbia.edu/~mdt1/
>
>(1 = one, not little L; and don't forget the trailing / )
A signature is seperated from the message body with line consisting of
the sequence HYPHEN HYPHEN SPACE as below. That allows email programmes and
newsreaders to seperate them from the body of the message in replies,
follow-ups and such. It is pretty useless to receive your own contact
information in messages addressed to you. It is very illogical but
somehow the sequence "-- " evolved as the standard seperator.
Warning more of the same ;-)
To quote son-of-rfc1036:
http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/outerspace/netnews/son-of-1036.html
<<If a poster or posting agent does append a signature to an
article, the signature SHOULD be preceded with a delimiter
line containing (only) two hyphens (ASCII 45) followed by
one blank (ASCII 32). Posting agents SHOULD limit the
length of signatures, since verbose excess bordering on
abuse is common if no restraint is imposed; 4 lines is a
common limit.>>
Hence, posting software MUST prevent the user from using excessively
long signatures, or at least warn the user against it. A widely
accepted standard is the so-called McQuary limit: up to 4 lines, each up
to a maximum of 80 characters.
NOTE: While signatures are arguably a blemish, they are a
well-understood convention, and conveying the same
information in headers exposes it to mangling and makes it
rather less conspicuous. A standard delimiter line makes
it possible for reading agents to handle signatures specially
if desired. (This is unfortunately hampered by
extensive misunderstanding of, and misuse of, the delimiter.)
NOTE: The choice of delimiter is somewhat unfortunate, since
it relies on preservation of trailing white space, but
it is too wellestablished to change. There is work underway to
define a more sophisticated signature scheme as part
of MIME, and this will presumably supersede the current
convention in due time.
NOTE: Four 75-column lines of signature text is 300
characters, which is ample to convey name and mail-address
information in all but the most bizarre situations.
Herman
--
If a trainstation is the place where trains stop, what is a workstation?
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Herman Bruijn mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Netherlands website: http://hermanbruijn.com
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From: "Paul McCosker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: weird screen after installation....
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 22:56:03 +1100
I have installed mandrake.....did everything by the book....when the screen
comes up i get a window in the centre which seems to be fragments of about
20 similar windows. When i move the window from side to side it gets better
or worse until it disappears off the edge of the screen....then all looks ok
until i activate an icon at the bottom of the screen and up comes 20
expanded little windows instead of one. Any help appreciated.
I have erased mandrake and reinstalled with same problem.....
my next idea is to erase mandrake and install red hat.....
Thanks
Paul McCosker.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Access both CD and CDRWs in RH5.2
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 20:13:41 -0000
On Thu, 1 Feb 2001 23:18:13 +1000, ON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can anyone help with mount ?
>
>How can I configure mount to try TWO filesystems on the /dev/scd0 ?
Howabout making a symlink in dev from scd0 to something like
/dev/cdrw and making a corresponding entry in fstab?
[deletia]
--
Also while the herd mentality is certainly there, I think the
nature of software interfaces and how they tend to interfere
with free choice is far more critical. It's not enough to merely
have the "biggest fraternity", you also need a way to trap people
in once they've made a bad initial decision.
|||
/ | \
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Subject: Re: Using a swap partition and a swap file together?
From: Jim Randell <[EMAIL PROTECTED][8+1].co.uk>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 20:22:05 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jens Schleusener) writes:
> Hi,
>
> unfortunately the swap partition of my linux machine is too small for
> some applications converting big images. Since it is impossible to
> increase the swap partition or to add a swap partition I have the
> question if it is possible to use a "hybrid" swap system by adding
> a swap file (may be with lower priority). The swapon man page doesn't
> give an answer for me.
Yep, there's no problem doing this.
See <URL:http://www.slashdot.f9.co.uk/jim/tips-swap.html> for more
details.
--
Jim Randell
http://www.slashdot.f9.co.uk/jim/
To reply replace the [sum in brackets] by it's value
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Subject: SMP & APM & 2.4.x
From: Jim Randell <[EMAIL PROTECTED][8+1].co.uk>
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 20:22:07 GMT
I've upgraded from 2.2.18 to 2.4.1 and everything works fine _except_
my machine no longer powers off on halt.
I'm using [[ append="apm=power-off" ]] in /etc/lilo.conf and get the
following lines from dmesg:
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.14)
apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe (power off active).
(which are the same as they were in 2.2.x).
Not a show stopper - but any tips would be appreciated. (I can provide
more info if required).
--
Jim Randell
http://www.slashdot.f9.co.uk/jim/
To reply replace the [sum in brackets] by it's value
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From: alan arbizu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pcmcia in linux 2.4 kernel
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 09:43:15 -0800
Hi..
i have an ISA pnp pcmcia adapter in my pc and haven't been able to
bring it up on 2.4 (it works fine on 2.2.18 + pcmcia-cs)
the pnp stuff looks ok, i can see the card detected.. but i'm
not sure how to configure the kernel for pcmcia. I set almost all
the pcmcia options to 'y' so they'd be built into the kernel. When i
insert a card into one of the slots, there is no beeping to let me
know it's been recognized. If i run 'cardinfo' it says it can't find
the proper bus.
Anyone had any success getting pcmcia to run in 2.4, especially how
you configured the kernel would be a great help.. thanks!
/a
--
Alan E. Arbizu / http://www.arbizu.org
SW Design Engineer, CSO-eCSL
Hewlett-Packard
Cupertino, CA, 47L/J6-L6
TN-447-0240
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From: "Vulcho, El" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Pb halting linux 2.2.5-15
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 21:48:47 +0100
I'm experiencing problems when halting my Linux box (2.2.5-15 kernel):
the
next time the OS starts, I frequently get messages such as :
<dev> was not clenly unmounted. Check forced.
which is clearly not good.
The problem occurs when halting from both the prompt and gdm.
I've also experienced it using shutdown.
However, I've never had the problem when rebooting and switching the box
off manually, which is pretty weird since the halt script hardly does
anything
different in that case.
I also tried to alter the halt script a bit, especially around the
mount/umount
commands, but nothing's ever worked.
Thanks in adavnce,
Ju.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: another printer problem
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 21:00:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Marc Ulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After having installed my HP LaserJet 1100 with the printtool in RedHat
> 6.0 would the printer only spit out blank pages? I know it isn't simply
> a toner issue. This happens even for the printtool's test of directly
> writing ASCII to the printer port.
>
> Thanks,
> Marc
In printtool, edit your printer entry and click 'selct' by input filter,
under prining options select fix stair stepping text.
Scott
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 16:24:00 -0500
From: Doug Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: My Panel is not working
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Doug Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Running RH7.0, Gnome.
> > My panel isn't showing minimized apps anymore. How do I get those back?
> >
> > --
> > Doug Poulin
> > MIS Specialist
> > Net to Net Technologies
> > 603-427-0600
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
> add the tasklist applet to your panel, you can set the properties for it
> to tweak once loaded by right-click, properties.
>
> Scott
> ---
> Support provided by Linuxgruven, Inc.
> www.linuxgruven.com
> 314-727-0918
>
> Sent via Deja.com
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you are correct sir!
--
Doug Poulin
MIS Specialist
Net to Net Technologies
603-427-0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.portable,linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: USB printer with kernel 2.2.18...
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 21:40:41 +0000 (UTC)
In comp.os.linux.portable Ben Bergen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to set up my epson photo 870 with redhat 7.0. I have built
> a new kernel with usb printer support and I have a lpd-o-matic filter
> for my printer. In /dev/usb there is an inode
> crw-rw---- 1 root lp 180, 0 Aug 24 03:00 lp0
> I used control-panel to add the printer. When I try to start lpd I get
> this
> Starting lpd: Warning - lp: cannot open lp device '/dev/usb/lp0' - No
> such device
> So it seems like the kernel isn't recognizing the device at boot up.
> Has anyone gotten a usb printer to work? If so what did you have to
> do. This seems like a generic problem which has nothing to do with the
> specific printer. Thanks in advance...
I had an Epson 740 and used it with the USB backport for the 2.2
kernel (this was on SuSE 6.2, I don't remember the exact kernel
version). I'm also using a Redhat 7 system to connect to my digital
camera via USB.
The problem you describe sounds as if the usb modules are not loaded.
You can check with /sbin/lsmod, this should show something like this:
...
usb-uhci 19052 0 (unused)
usbcore 42088 1 [usb-uhci]
...
On Redhat 7.0, these two modules are loaded during boot, but you will
also need the printer module to talk to the printer.
You should be able to load it with "/sbin/modprobe printer".
I hope you are aware of http://www.linux-usb.org/ and especially the
Linux USB Guide.
I'm still trying to figure out how to load the modules automatically
when they are needed. One way is to add "alias char-major-180
printer" to /etc/conf.modules (on SuSE) or /etc/modules.conf (on
Redhat) and edit /lib/modules/.../modules.dep to tell that the printer
module needs usb-uhci, but I'm not sure if that's the best way.
Hope this helps,
Rainer
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From: Axel Haenssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: photopaintquestion
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 16:50:11 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Guys,
does somebody has experiences with intalling Corel-Photopaint under
RedHat Linux 7.0? I don't get the font-server to work.
Thanks in advance
Axel
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: My Panel is not working
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2001 21:52:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Doug Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Doug Poulin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Running RH7.0, Gnome.
> > > My panel isn't showing minimized apps anymore. How do I get those
back?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Doug Poulin
> > > MIS Specialist
> > > Net to Net Technologies
> > > 603-427-0600
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >
> >
> > add the tasklist applet to your panel, you can set the properties for it
> > to tweak once loaded by right-click, properties.
> >
> > Scott
> > ---
> > Support provided by Linuxgruven, Inc.
> > www.linuxgruven.com
> > 314-727-0918
> >
> > Sent via Deja.com
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> you are correct sir!
>
> --
> Doug Poulin
> MIS Specialist
> Net to Net Technologies
> 603-427-0600
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Glad I could help! Have a good one.
Scott
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: how do I mount my tape drive?
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 20:04:17 -0600
Darren and Marla Welson wrote:
>
> I am adding a tape drive to an existing AHA-1542 SCSI controller. I have
> one HD already configured and working, but I cannot figure out how to access
> my tape drive. I have tried:
> mount -t ext2 -r /dev/sdb /mnt/tape
> mount -t ext2 /dev/tape /mnt/tape
>
> but no go. Is it possible I will need to recompile my kernel?
Tape devices don't use file systems so you don't mount them.
Just read and write the data directly to the device.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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