Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-31 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 08:16:11AM +0300, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: Everyone loses from binary only modules. I point you again to http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ols_2006_keynote.html as well as http://lwn.net/Articles/162686/. No, only Linux vendors and users loose from binary only drivers. In

Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-31 Thread Muli Ben-Yehuda
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 09:12:09AM +0300, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote: On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 08:16:11AM +0300, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: Everyone loses from binary only modules. I point you again to http://www.kroah.com/log/linux/ols_2006_keynote.html as well as

Re: strange error message

2006-07-31 Thread Dan Kenigsberg
I have a vague memory that bidiv 1.4 had a buffer overflow bug. Which version are you using? Do you have a specific doc where you reproduce the error? Could you share it with us? What is your locale? On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 07:41:02AM +0300, Avraham Rosenberg wrote: Hi, I use the following

Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-31 Thread Ehud Karni
On Mon, 31 Jul 2006 01:20:22 paul wrote: Matan Ziv-Av wrote: Even if your license quibble for MS-Windows is reasonable, you theory still allows for buying a single copy of a music CD or a DVD, and copying it for all members of your company. I am sure AKUM will not accept that. You

Re: Are there non-free versions of Linux?

2006-07-31 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 09:49:54AM +0300, Muli Ben-Yehuda wrote: You have a strange definition of the real world. In the server space, if you don't have a Linux driver you're SOL. How many servers are there in the world, compared to desktops? What hardware do people buy for servers? How many

Re: strange error message

2006-07-31 Thread Avraham Rosenberg
On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at 10:46:56AM +0300, Dan Kenigsberg wrote: I have a vague memory that bidiv 1.4 had a buffer overflow bug. Which version are you using? Do you have a specific doc where you reproduce the error? Could you share it with us? What is your locale? On Mon, Jul 31, 2006 at

Mysterious gpdf freeze up

2006-07-31 Thread Omer Zak
Today gpdf acted on me. I do not know what caused this and how to fix it. I am enclosing below details about the problem, with the hope that someone can help me diagnose and fix it. Description of the problem: --- There is a PDF file which I have been viewing several

UPDATE: The problem was worked around (was: Re: Mysterious gpdf freeze up)

2006-07-31 Thread Omer Zak
I do not have apt-source in my Debian Sarge installation, and aptitude did not list any package with a similar name. So the advice was not useful. :-( I did run debsums gpdf to see whether any file got corrupted. Everything was OK. I logged off and logged on back. Did not help. After

Re: strange error message

2006-07-31 Thread Dan Kenigsberg
From one reason or another I got your mail only through the list, which filtered out your doc example. You may try to send it to me offlist again. Independently, you may try upgrading to bidiv 1.5. As I told you, 1.4 had a bug that may cause the memory management error you see. On Mon, Jul 31,