Linux-Misc Digest #623, Volume #19 Sat, 27 Mar 99 17:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: good linux books? (jik-)
[HELP] How to force qmail to deliver immediately? (Lam Dang)
Re: modules net-pf-??? (Jon Gunnar Rue)
Re: Windows opening with their tops off the top of the screen. (Bill Unruh)
HP Deskjet 722C ("Spud")
Digital AlphaStation 200 4/233, 16MB RAM (Christine Salib)
Re: Backing up on Iomega ZIP (Desmond Coughlan)
Re: Dual boot WinNT and RH Linux (Tim Kelley)
Where can I download Linux as one compressed file? (David Dineen)
Kernel panic: VFS (Bruno Barberi Gnecco)
Re: good linux books? (Rusty Lingenfelter)
Re: modules net-pf-??? (Charles Mulks)
Re: lpr problem with /dev/printer (NewsMan)
Re: xosview and 2.2.x (Len Cuff)
Re: Where can I download Linux as one compressed file? (Juergen Heinzl)
pascal debugger ("Feldari")
Re: what "rc" scripts exist for linux? (david parsons)
Re: Help configuring audio card (Pete)
Using Samba and NT Workstation ("Tony Thompson")
Re: Slow system (David Kirkpatrick)
Re: Linux (William Wueppelmann)
Re: mp3 problems, compilation woes and ICQ recommendations (Paul Kimoto)
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Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 05:05:10 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: good linux books?
Christopher Michael Jones wrote:
>
> I have just installed RedHat linux 5.2 on my computer (the
> CD arrived today) and after some initial troubles, I have
> got it working properly. Now, what I would like to know
> what are some really good books on Linux, especially RedHat?
The absolutely best books I have ever seen on Linux were at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ and are entirely free. I have looked at
various store bought books and never found one worth the money asked for
it...especially when that and more info is available for free on the
internet if your not too lazy.....
>
> I find the various howTo's etc. moderately (though not
> very) useful, and I don't want to sit at my computer
> combing through countless webpages looking for those
> rare nuggets of info that are actually useful. And
> I don't want to have to memorize everything that _might_
> be important, or waste my printer's paper and ink trying
> to setup every little thing. I also want to be able to
> get an overall "teaching" on everything I need to know,
> not just one little thing at a time.
Welp, your too lazy....the HOWTO documents have the most information
available, that and man pages. Most books I have seen about linux glaze
over a lot of subjects (never really getting into any dirt) and direct
you to the LDP project or the HOWTO documents, the slightest difficulty
and those books are useless. Books on Linux just suck...what you really
want is Unix books instead, which give more information, though you
usually need to get a few on a variety of subjects because face it...a
single book is NOT going to be able to cover everythhing so they cover
what they can of a few subjects.
The HOWTO documents are also very easy to flip through, just look for
the subject you need to know about to see if there is one...not hard.
>
> To give some background on me, I have a lot of experience
> with many types of operating systems (including various
> unix variants), but I do not have experience in being a
> sysadmin on a unix machine (setting up hardware, servers,
> etc.). One thing I am struggling through right now
> is getting X-window up and running. I can bumble
> through and do stuff, but I'd rather get the knowledge
> and learn how to do it right and deal with _real_
> problems (instead of my not knowing how everything
> works).
Well, you should be able to use Linux just fine then. Read your RedHat
manual.
>
> So, if anybody has any recommendations, your help is
> welcommed.
Learn to RTFM. Learn to search a bit for the information you
need....this is every newbie's stumbling block (or most at least) and
everyone has to get past it in order to make good use of Linux.
I guess "Running Linux" isn't that bad, I borrowed it from the library
when I first started and I got some info out of it....wouldn't have
wanted to buy it though, the info in that book is also nothing not
available on the internet or on the system.
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From: Lam Dang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [HELP] How to force qmail to deliver immediately?
Date: 27 Mar 1999 15:05:02 -0500
I use fetchmail to retrieve mail from my ISP, then
I use qmail 1.03 to deliver it to user accounts.
Is there a way to force qmail to deliver new
incoming mail immediately?
This is analogous to forcing qmail to send new
outgoing mail immediately with
kill -s SIGALRM `pidof -s qmail-send`
--
Lam Dang
PGP key available as [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jon Gunnar Rue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: modules net-pf-???
Date: 27 Mar 1999 18:03:14 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Mulks) wrote:
| In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
| >
| >Hi,
| >
| >I've recompiled my kernel 2.0.34 (RedHat distribution) and since then
| >I'm getting those lines almost each time I'm using some network services
| >(ftp, login, ...) :
| >
| >modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
| >modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
|
| I forget which is which, but one is ipx (Novell),
| the other is netatalk (?) (Apple)
| you probably don't need either of them
|
| >
| >I've checked again my kernel options and I was unable to find something
| >related to 'net-pf' ... I've also search in some HowTo and on the web
| >unsuccesfully :-(
If you had taken a look at the ERRATA at RedHat you would have found
an explanation and a way to get rid of this messages. They have been
known for a long time.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Windows opening with their tops off the top of the screen.
Date: 27 Mar 1999 19:09:25 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Andrew Glikman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
>As an alternative to setting geometries, try holding down the ALT key
>and your left mouse button to move a window. Holding the ALT key and
>your right mouse button will resize a window.
Is this a feature of a specific window manager, because it does not seem
to work in mine (AnotherLevel/fvwm2)
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From: "Spud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HP Deskjet 722C
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 20:32:06 GMT
I have the HP Deskjet 722C, and my kernel is compiled with support for
parallel printers and all that stuff. Also, the dmesg reports that the HP
Deskjet 722C is on par port lp0. Now, how the heck do I get it to print? I
have tried "lpr <filename>", but it doesn't do anything...
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From: Christine Salib <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Digital AlphaStation 200 4/233, 16MB RAM
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 15:36:31 -0500
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From: Desmond Coughlan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backing up on Iomega ZIP
Date: 27 Mar 1999 20:16:07 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Anthony Campbell) writes:
> I'm looking for the best and least expensive way to backup a laptop.
> Nothing fancy; just one user. I think that an Iomega ZIP drive would be
> the best way to go, having read the HOWTO. Anyone got any experience or
> other suggestions?
I have a ZIP drive hooked up to my parallel port, and a cron job set
up to perform a full backup once a week, and incremantal backups every
night. All I need to do is change the diskettes (I have seven,
numbered Monday - Saturday, and one for Sunday). Here is the
appropriate crontab ...
--- CRON ---
#
# This section runs a daily backup of files modified that day
# This must run on Monday Night - Tuesday Mornings, and every morning
# up to but not including, Sunday morning. On Sunday Night - Monday
# mornings, the weekly backup as detailed below will run
#
# Mount the ZIP Drive
0 3 * * tue-sun mount -t ext2 /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip &
# Identify Files Modified in previous 24 hours
15 3 * * tue-sun find / -mtime -1 \! -type d -print >/root/filelist.daily &
# Backup Modified Files to ZIP
30 3 * * tue-sun tar -c -P -T /root/filelist.daily -f /mnt/zip/backup.tar &
# Umount ZIP Drive
0 4 * * tue-sun umount /mnt/zip &
#
# This section runs a full weekly backup of home directories and /etc
# at 03:00 every Monday Morning
#
# Mount the ZIP Drive
0 3 * * mon mount -t ext2 /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip &
# Backup home directories to ZIP
5 3 * * mon tar -c -P -f /mnt/zip/backup.tar /home/desmond /home/annie /home/tcoughla
home/freilly /home/glefebv /home/bmcardle /home/jbaptist /home/dmcdonal /etc &
# Umount ZIP Drive
0 4 * * mon umount /mnt/zip &
--- CRON ---
There's probably an easier way to backup the users' home directories,
something along the lines of $HOME, but I'm no programming expert, so
I leave it as it is for the moment. Should someone know the answer,
however ... :-)
I hope that answers your question.
--
Desmond Coughlan |Restez zen ... Linux peut le faire
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Kelley)
Subject: Re: Dual boot WinNT and RH Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 12:00:52 -05-59
On Thu, 25 Mar 1999 05:36:25 -0500, yaowe ong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I like to install red hat linux and be able to dual boot between window
>nt workstation and rh linux. Is this possible?
>
>Thank you
>
>yo
Yes, so long as you
- install NT first
- make your boot partition FAT, not NTFS
(you can make the system partition anything you want)
LILO is easier to set up for dual booting than NT's bootloader, and is
also safer.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Dineen)
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Where can I download Linux as one compressed file?
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 20:41:35 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
A good while ago I got hold of a magazine cover CD with RedHat 4.1 and
installed it on my PC. I didn't use it very much, though. It couldn't
read the long filenames on my Windows drives and it was a bitch to set
up. Now I've seen KDE running on a later version on a computer in a
university and I'd like to give Linux another go.
I found a mirror that's close to me and that's fairly fast
(ftp.heanet.ie) but here's my problem. In Ireland we get billed per
minute for local/Internet calls and downloading something this big is
fairly expensive. I usually use a great piece of software for the PC
called GetRight for large downloads. I can download a bit every day in
the background without adding too many zeros to my phone bill. But
GetRight will only download single files; I can't just point it at a
directory and let it get on with it.
So,basically, is there somewhere I can download RH 5.2 in one big
file, and then unzip/untar it? Is there a better way?
=========================================================
David Dineen Fruity Bits
www.cs.tcd.ie/spinaweb/98_finalists/02_fruitybits/
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From: Bruno Barberi Gnecco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Kernel panic: VFS
Date: 27 Mar 1999 14:43:03 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just got kernel 2.2.4, compiled and booted it. After some normal
output, the following message showed:
request_module[block-major-3]. Root fs not mounted
VFS: Cannot open root device 03:03
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:03
It seems to me that the 3 came from my linux partition (/dev/hda3). Looking
the list of things to be updated, I found nothing related to fs (except for
things I don't use, as NFS). Any clues?
--
Did you *REALLY* check that interface between the chair and the keyboard?
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[I'm running Linux] -=-=- Electric Engineering at Politechnic School, USP
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From: Rusty Lingenfelter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: good linux books?
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 15:55:40 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Don wrote:
> David Barnes wrote:
> >
> > I like a couple of them. First, the Linux Encylopedia by WGS is a nice
> > one to have. It is, admittedly, just a compilation of HOWTO documents,
> > but I've always found it easier to have books lying around with lots of
> > PostIts marking my most often used pages.
> >
> > Also, Linux in a Nutshell from O'Reilly is good. Most of that book is
> > also online, being the man pages for many commands, but it also has
> > excellent overviews of the various shells, emacs, and vi.
> >
> > The Unix and X Command Compendium -Alan Southerton and Edwin C. Perkins
> > John Wiley and Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-30982-6 is a general collection of
> > Unix commands with lots of practical examples. For example, given the
> > cpio command, there are numerous examples in the book of how to use it.
> >
> > Unix System Administration Handbook -Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder etal
> > Prentice Hall ISB 0-13-151051-7 $60 is a general Unix bible. I love
> > this one.
> >
> Thanks Dave;
>
> I dont know about Chris, but this is the sort of info that I find
> usefull. You mentioned that parts of the Linux in a nutshell is online,
> I guess for one to review before deciding to buy it. I wish all the
> books had some representative online portions to help one in deciding
> whether or not to buy it.
> The tip on "The unix and x command compendium" is interesting also. One
> of the things I have been looking for is some example useage of commands
> for their most common and simplest application. This would enable an
> inexperience user to make use of a particular command while doing
> something without having to stop and study all the detailed uses of the
> command to pick out what is needed. Microsoft did this with the Dos help
> , but I noticed the dos that is part of windows dropped that feature.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Don
I own Linux in a Nutshell (the newest) and I was really disappointed. It is
probably good once you are already an experienced user, but for a new user,
it was less than helpful. I orginally bought 'The Complete Idiots Guide to
Linux'. It was not bad, but left out some important parts, like printer
configuration and the use of 'isapnp'. I bought LIANS for clarification
after reading the readme that came with isapnp. However, when lians arrived,
it contained no reference to isapnp. It is missing information on a number
of the non-unix type commands. It also gave few examples of common usage of
the commands nor examples of common configuration files. I still search it
with questions, but have not found too many answers. Caldera OpenLinux came
with TCIGTL. I have since found that there is significantly more support
available for RH, so I have ordered it. I am also looking at RH Linux
Unleashed. I would be interested in any comments from owner of that book.
Rusty
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Mulks)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,fr.comp.os.linux.configuration
Subject: Re: modules net-pf-???
Date: 27 Mar 1999 04:40:04 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
>Hi,
>
>I've recompiled my kernel 2.0.34 (RedHat distribution) and since then
>I'm getting those lines almost each time I'm using some network services
>(ftp, login, ...) :
>
>modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-4
>modprobe: can't locate module net-pf-5
I forget which is which, but one is ipx (Novell),
the other is netatalk (?) (Apple)
you probably don't need either of them
>
>I've checked again my kernel options and I was unable to find something
>related to 'net-pf' ... I've also search in some HowTo and on the web
>unsuccesfully :-(
>
>Can someone help me ?
>What are those modules ? How do I enable them (If needed ?) ?
>
>All ideas are welcome !!!
>
>Thanks in advance for your time,
>
>Pierre
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From: NewsMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.alpha,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: lpr problem with /dev/printer
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1999 13:25:18 +0900
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> NewsMan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> : I do not understand why I have this problem:
>
> : $ lpr -h -Plp faxcover.ps
> : lpr: connect: No such file or directory
> : jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
>
> : However, I have installed properly
> : lpr-0.33-1
>
> : BTW, I am running RedHat-5.1 with the custom-
> : compiled 2.0.35. Some of the suspects could be
> : compatibility with glibc-2.0.7-29. All the above
> : packages are parts of RedHat-5.2.
>
> : printtool-3.29-3
> : rhs-printfilters-1.46-3
>
> : Within printtool, I am able to send directly to port
> : /dev/lp0. So, unlike PC Linux, I though that
> : Alpha/Linux has been using /dev/lp0 even with
> : Kernel-2.0.35.
>
> : Is anyone having a similar problem?
>
> : G. Hugh Song
>
> Wow! I solved the problem by myself at last. /dev/printer has
> somehow been removed from the dev directory. I have no idea
> how it was removed. How could I ever think that /dev/printer
> must be there in addition to /dev/lp[0-3]? BTW, when I first
> reinstall dev-*.rpm, I got
>
> prw-------
>
> from 'ls -l /dev/pritner'. Then, after I print something, it changed to
>
> srw------
>
> What are those "p" and "s" bits?
>
> Thanks
>
> G. Hugh Song
Further findings: It is a general problem of at least RedHat's Linux
on both Alpha and Intel platforms.
Playing with printtool somehow deletes /dev/printer, which is
known to be one of the so-called sockets (socket for what?).
At what point does this device disappear? Searching through the
dejanews archive of comp.os.linux.alpha showed that people
had similar problems in the past. It must be a bug which nobody
has really figured out yet.
G. Hugh Song
--
Newsman
PS: Reply to ghsong "at" kjist "dot" ac "dot" kr, if you really have to.
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From: Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: xosview and 2.2.x
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:13:20 +0000
Reply-To: Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <7djcit$1ln$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dan Nguyen
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: Does anyone know why xosview doesn't work with kernel 2.2.x ?
>: I've just moved to 2.2.x kernel running SuSE 6. Everything else works
>: fine, pppd, sound, printer etc but the little xosview window which used
>: to appear in the fvwm2 screen has gone !
>: Running xosview from an xterm gives me nothing although ps ef shows it
>: running. Any ideas ? Has 2.2.x changed so much that it can't work any
>: more and, if so, is there an alternative ?
>
>Things in /proc which xosview used, changed.
>
Thanks but will there be a new version which works ? Or is there an
alternative already ?
Also on the subject of /proc, why do I get the message that /proc has
reached it's maximal mount count and e2fsck should be run ?
Cheers,
Len
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Where can I download Linux as one compressed file?
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:35:56 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Dineen wrote:
>A good while ago I got hold of a magazine cover CD with RedHat 4.1 and
>installed it on my PC. I didn't use it very much, though. It couldn't
>read the long filenames on my Windows drives and it was a bitch to set
>up. Now I've seen KDE running on a later version on a computer in a
>university and I'd like to give Linux another go.
Well, forgive me but KDE (or any other desktop) ought not be be the
lone reason to install a Unix OS.
[...]
>So,basically, is there somewhere I can download RH 5.2 in one big
>file, and then unzip/untar it? Is there a better way?
I doubt it ... buy a CD, it is going to be cheaper.
Cheers,
Juergen
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\ Phone Private : +44 181-332 0750 \ /
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From: "Feldari" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: pascal debugger
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 21:31:16 +0100
Is there a pascal debugger for linux ??
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From: o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s (david parsons)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: what "rc" scripts exist for linux?
Date: 25 Mar 1999 20:50:01 -0800
In article <7d96js$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alexander Viro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In article <7d8jfp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>david parsons <o r c @ p e l l . p o r t l a n d . o r . u s> wrote:
>> The complexity in each makefile begins to get somewhat daunting, I'm
>> afraid.
>
>Umm, no. All complexity goes into the standard black magic at the end of
>*main* makefile. Other just declare their existance and dependencies (see
>above) and give all specific actions. Stuff in the end of the main makefile
>goes through the combined lists and adds all dependencies between the goals.
>In the example above you'ld get
>network_stop: nfs_stop
>nfs_start: network_start
Well, if you're going to use touch for setting up the shutdown
registry, you don't need the _stop entries (and, anyways, you
can't have the root services assume that other services have
been called; if you add new services that depend on network,
you've broken modularity to have to go into network and have
it shut those services down.)
So I'd drop the start stanzas, and replace them with:
makefile <foo>:
<foo>:
// start the service here
<foo>_stop:
// stop the service here.
So clients of <foo> would just have
<bar>: <foo>
<bar>_stop:
You'd still need to do some magic for backing down the service tree,
but at least the amount of magic has been reduced substantially.
____
david parsons \bi/ Makefiles. Why did it have to be Makefiles?
\/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help configuring audio card
Date: 27 Mar 1999 21:59:29 GMT
Christian D Freet ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I have an Aureal vortex pci sound card, and it doesn't work in linux (X)...
: probably because I have no idea how to make it work.
personally, i hate people who un helpfully reply "read the HOWTO" or "read
the man pages".
instead, let me offer advice -- read the two HOWTO's dealing with sound and
soundplaying. when you get stuck on something in them, a specific post
about what problem you're having is much more likely to give you better
results.
pete
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From: "Tony Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.samba
Subject: Using Samba and NT Workstation
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 15:49:53 -0700
I'm trying to Linux with Samba and Windows NT Workstation talking. When I
look at the Network Neighborhood on NT it will show the group but it does
not display the computer(times out). The version of Linux I am using is 5.2
and everything now is running on an out of the box server installation.
Things that do work are Apache, FTP and pinging so I know the network does
exist but something must be set wrong in the default install.
Anyone have any ideas?
Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks!
Tony Thompson
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From: David Kirkpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Slow system
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 16:55:44 +0000
Mike,
I noticed this other post which may apply. If it does let me know as
this should not be happening and I would like to know if it is.
dk
"Ronald L. Chichester" wrote:
>
> I must have a problem with my KDE setup. I installed Caldera
> OpenLinux 1.3 on a Compaq 5100 workstation (300 MHz Pentium II with 64
> MB RAM and a 4 GB Ultra-wide SCSI drive). The machine handles Windows
> NT like a breeze. Without the KDE GUI, everything runs fine (and
> quickly). However, with KDE running, the machine runs like an old
> dog. For example, Netscape takes two minutes to load in KDE on Linux
> but only a few seconds under Windows NT. I noticed that there is an
> awful lot of disk activity upon execution of any KDE command (like
> switching from one window to another or even pressing a single button
> within a given program). Is there some way to "tune" KDE so that it
> rivals NT's GUI performance?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ron Chichester
Based on my recent experience, I suspect that you may need to tell Linux
how much RAM you have. Run "free" and see what it shows.
If it shows a lot less than what you have installed, here's what to do.
Add this line to your /etc/lilo/conf with a text editor:
append="mem=xxx"
Then close the editor and run "lilo -C /etc/lilo.conf."
Re-boot and run "free" again and you should have all your RAM.
Be careful editing "lilo.conf". Put the exact amount of RAM you have
installed.
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Bill Pridgen
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MIBO wrote:
>
> I have just installed LINUX and most of it seem to run quite well.
> However, I have been told that the system would be as fast or faster
> than Windows 95 (on the same PC). ALthough I accept that starting up may
> take a little longer than windows, I was surprised that any program
> would take much more time than expected. Netscape would e.g. take as
> long as 1 minute and StarOffice 5 nearly two.
> During loading the program, the HD is making noises like an old coffee
> grinder. I checked the memory usage, which showed that most of the 40MB
> is allocated to 'shared'. The 100 MB of swap is nearly unused (result of
> 'free' command).
>
> What could be the problem? Or do I just have to accept that with LINUX
> the days are shorter than with Windows?
>
> Mike Bosschaert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Wueppelmann)
Subject: Re: Linux
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1999 22:02:17 GMT
In our last episode (Sat, 27 Mar 1999 13:16:11 -0000),
the artist formerly known as Neil Kettle said:
>Which Distrubution is best for a beginner?
>
>Suse or Red Hat
For certain beginners, yes, SuSe or Red Hat would be the best.
There are other distributions available too, each of which might be better
suited to a particular beginner, depending on the would-be user's goals,
needs and other system background.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: mp3 problems, compilation woes and ICQ recommendations
Date: 27 Mar 1999 17:11:09 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mulix wrote:
> When i try to make it, I get a lot of messages
> telling me that make can't find the standard library files, i.e.
> stdlib.h, string.h, etc. I think this indicates an even bigger problem.
You need the development part of libc. Red Hat calls the package
something like "glibc-dev" or "libc-development" or ....
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