Linux-Misc Digest #662, Volume #19 Tue, 30 Mar 99 21:13:13 EST
Contents:
PA -Jobs in Information Technology - IT Career Connectors ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Need help disabling screen blanker (garv)
Re: Linux as a POP3 server (Bob Hauck)
Re: Web-Browser on Sparc-Linux (Dara Hazeghi)
Re: Linux as Domain Server? (Bob Hauck)
Re: IE5 under Linux (Luck IT consulting)
Re: Powersave (Nalin Dahyabhai)
HD sleeping?! ("Kiki")
Installation via NFS and Xircom CEM2 card ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Database library for C++ Linux (gcc) (David M. Cook)
Re: please recommend some books for newbie ("Peter Aitken")
waiting on mandrake 5.3 ("Galo")
newsreader for linux (Daniel Franzen)
Fouled up terminals... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: ?Corel Netwinder prices? ("Michael Faurot")
Problem with Postscript printer (Ariel Cohen)
Re: RedHat install aught to be easier (Was Re: Catch MicroSoft napping.) (Timothy
Litwiller)
Dumb question about console color... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: g77 anyone? (Mark Brown)
FIXED THE PROBLEM ("Stressed")
Re: linux and scsi-tapes (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (Ed Young)
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... (David M. Cook)
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... ("John Nelson")
Re: Database and Wordprocessing apps for console mode? (David M. Cook)
Re: Typing accented characters in Linux? (David M. Cook)
uninstall ("Roland Herrera")
devices under 2.2.4 with Redhat (Edward A. Baron)
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Subject: PA -Jobs in Information Technology - IT Career Connectors
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 18:11:07 GMT
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From: garv <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help disabling screen blanker
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 10:24:31 -0800
James S. White wrote:
> How does one go about disabling RedHat's blanking of the screen?
> TIA.
I use <setterm -blank 60> to set the blanking for 1 hr.
In X I use <xset s off>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Linux as a POP3 server
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 18:52:01 GMT
In article <7dq6mu$q5o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Bob Hauck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>>> I set up my RedHat5.2 box as a pop3 server the other day. I simply
>>> grabbed the latest version of Pine, coimpiled it from source
>>
>>Um, I believe that RH5.2 comes with a pop server as part of the
>>imap rpm.
>>
>
> And it is the very same version that comes with the pine package,
Right, but it will be compiled with the right options to work
with the way RH 5.2 is set up.
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From: Dara Hazeghi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: Web-Browser on Sparc-Linux
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:10:22 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'm looking for a Web-Browser that I can use on an Sparc Station 5 that is
> running on Sparc-Linux (Redhat 5.2).
>
> Is here anybody, who can give me a hint, what is the best one to use on
> such a system?
> The bad thing is that one can't compile Netscape by himself. :-((
Netscape already runs their. It's just in their unsupported directory. Go to
http://home.netscape.com/download/unsupported.html
It's under SPARC Linux
>
>
> Bye
>
> Ralf
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Linux as Domain Server?
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 19:12:47 GMT
In article <7dp4nb$cc6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Julian Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Can you setup a Linux box in such a way that it can act like a
> NT domain server?
This has worked for a while with Win95 clients. The doco that
comes with Samba tells how. However, the Samba 1.9.x branch does
not get along with NT4 SP3 in this respect as far as I can tell
(at least I could never get it to work). I understand that some
of the domain stuff works with NT in 2.0.x, but haven't tried it.
I'm sure someone else here has.
One option is to use Samba for the actual serving of files and
printers but keep an NT box just for authentication. You can get
Samba to forward login requests to NT by using "security =
server" and setting the "password server = " appropriately.
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Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 00:13:08 +0200
From: Luck IT consulting <bofh@ovb.!spam.net>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: IE5 under Linux
SuSE never had a 5.2 and i cant think of any distro that had..
Ahem... I still have SuSE 5.2 somewhere.
lucky
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From: Nalin Dahyabhai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Powersave
Date: 30 Mar 1999 22:55:26 GMT
Ewan Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I've just migrated from Slackware to S.u.S.E. and no longer have my
: config files. I must say that I like BSD initialisation better than SysV
: initialisation. But the point is, I can't remember the command that sets
: the monitor to poweroff after a certain number of minutes.
setterm -powersave on
Cheers,
Nalin
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From: "Kiki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: HD sleeping?!
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 01:00:55 +0200
Hi!
I have my Linux box up 24 hours a day, and during the night I notice it
accessing my hard drive often, sometimes a soon as every 10 minutes.
Is there any way to find out what processes are doing that? I want to set
hard drive on my Linux box sleep all night! But I can not shut down Linux
box because I want to use "crond". Any idea how to sleep my hard disk for
all night?
Thanks!!! Christian
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Installation via NFS and Xircom CEM2 card
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 21:33:42 GMT
Sorry if this has been asked thousand of times, but I'm new to this stuff,
and still does not have the answer :
I have an Olivetti laptop with a Xircom CEM2 card but no CDROM.
I'd like to install LINUX ( RedHat 5.2 ) from an NFS server.
I booted with the install floppy, then was asked for a supplemental disk, but
then, my Xircom card does not appear in the supported list ...
Can anyone point me to the right direction ?
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Database library for C++ Linux (gcc)
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 22:10:15 GMT
On Sun, 28 Mar 1999 00:44:18 GMT, No Spam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The software has to make use of X-window features and it has to be in C++
>because it is going to input data from hardware.
I don't follow your logic.
Are you confusing C and C++? I've noticed windows users tend to fall into
this habit of thinking there is a language called C/C++. They are separate
languages.
Dave Cook
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From: "Peter Aitken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: please recommend some books for newbie
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 17:17:14 -0500
You can read the entire text of Red Hat Linux Unleashed on the web. Go to
www.mcp.com and follow the Personal Bookshelf link. I think it is a very
good book for beginners.
Peter G. Aitken
Jason wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi all linux expert
>
>Would anyone of you recommend some good books to me?
>Or, is it worth to buy book as I am a newbie?
>Do you guys think that any good site on the web is good for beginner?
>
>any suggestion
>
>Thanks in advance
>
>
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From: "Galo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: waiting on mandrake 5.3
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 14:56:14 -0500
Reply-To: "Galo" <Busta'[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
anyone else...UPS is taking their sweet time
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From: Daniel Franzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: newsreader for linux
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:27:42 +0000
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Fouled up terminals...
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:08:20 +0100
Okay, I know I asked this once before, unfortunatly I lost the replys...
How do you get a malfunctioning terminal back on track if X has crashed, but it
hasn't given you your prompt back, but is still echoing?
ADVthanksANCE
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ?Corel Netwinder prices?
Date: 30 Mar 1999 22:40:27 GMT
Christopher Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: My theory is that they'd "sell like hotcakes" at a price of about $400.
Agreed. I'd definetly be interested at that price for both personal
and business use.
: My basic idea in 1997:
: Take a N64 ($200). Add 16MB of RAM, a video chip supported by XFree86
: (S3V), keyboard, and Ethernet hardware. This should still cost under
: $400. More modern units now come with CD-ROMs, which would make
: deployment of Linux cheaper still, at $2 for a CD, rather than $50 for a
: cartridge.
: Reality is closer to that than you might think; I have heard reports
: assortedly of the availability of Linux-based development platform
: support for both N64 and Sony PlayStation.
This might fly for personal use. I'd have a hard setting up a "Nintendo
thin-client" for business use though. :) On the other hand, it would
all depend upon how it was packaged. Having a Nintendo on your desk
running Linux might not be so bad, only so long as it didn't look like
a video game console.
: A "disposable" computer with *no* hard drive, a CD-ROM, maybe some
: FlashROM, and modest CPU/RAM packaged in a minscule case not too much
: larger than the CD-ROM unit would be entirely handy and cheap.
Esentially a hand-held PC running Linux. That would be cool.
: A NetWinder that includes hard drive may be worth $600, but certainly at
: over $1K it represents premium pricing for proprietary hardware, which
: prevents mass sales...
$600 is about the same price as a low-end PC. I'd still rather have a
PC than a Netwinder at this price.
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==============================================================================
Michael | mfaurot | Everything is controlled by a small evil group
Faurot | phzzzt.atww.org | to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs.
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From: Ariel Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problem with Postscript printer
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 18:46:30 +0200
Dear Linux collective wisdom,
I am trying to use the Kyocera FS-800 PostScript printer with
Linux (Slackware). It prints PostScript files easily, but the
output quality leaves rather a lot to be desired. It can't be a hardware
problem with the printer, since it prints from Windows (ouch!) just fine.
I am using the /etc/printcap entry for a generic printer, but perhaps I
shouldn't? Or is there something else I need to do in order to ocnfigure
the printer to work properly?
Thanks for any help,
Arik
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From: Timothy Litwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat install aught to be easier (Was Re: Catch MicroSoft napping.)
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 17:46:16 -0600
note mixed with old message for clarity
Tim Laursen wrote:
> John Nelson wrote:
>
> > "Just about ..."? Don't hold your breath. When, and IF, MS delivers on the
> > promises made for Win2K, it may be a winner. The one thing that MS has going
> > for it is easy installation and configuration. Like it or not, the fact is
> > that Linux has a long way to go in this regard, and will fail to penetrate
> > those areas where that feature (ease of use) is high on the list.
>
> A long way? Weel.... I just helped a guy install RedHat Linux 5.2 for
> the first time, and made a few mental notes about what the weaknesses of
> the install procedure are:
> First of all the procedure of making boot disks should be made easier,
> for example with a Windows install script. Let's face it: Most people
> already have Windows installed on their machine, when they start, so why
> not take advantage of it? When you insert the RedHat CD in the drive,
> while Windows is running, a window should pop up, telling the user
> exactly what to do now. This part will not take forever to implement.
>
Sounds good to me.
>
> The next difficulty is the Hard drive repartitioning. Disk Druid is
> pretty mediocre, and fdisk is not exactly user friendly. This needs a
> bit of improvement. Especially there needs to be a help button, that
> provides clear and concise information about what is going on here, and
> what the user should do now. A simple thing as defining a mount point is
> a mystery to a new user, so an on line description with an example or
> two would be in place.
>
good idea
>
> Now we come to the point where you select which packages to install.
> First of all: the option to select "Server" and "Work station" as
> predefined installation schemes does more harm than good. Those schemes
> are bound to make wrong assumptions about what the user wants, and it
> gives a false impression, that if you select one of them, your system is
> destined to serve only that one purpose. When you get the list of
> packages to install, all the information about the individual package
> you get is the name. For example, what is the difference between
> "Windows inter connectivity" and "Samba"? There really should be a
> "details" button to each package, that gives information about what it
> contains.
>
F1 on any package tells you about that package
>
> Then the user get to choose which programs should be automatically
> started at boot time. This list needs a serious overhaul! The names of
> most of the programs are just unintelligible abbreviations! How the hell
> is a new user going to know if he needs ypbind or not, and how is he
> supposed to know that this is the same as NIS? Descriptions PLEASE!
>
sounds reasonable
>
> Okay, the user have finally gotten through the installation and is at
> the log in prompt. What now? Well it is fair to assume that he/she can
> manage to log in as root, but the first thing that happens after that
> really should be, that he is presented with a message like
> "Congratulations! You have successfully logged on for the first time.
> The next thing you should do is to create one or more user accounts for
> normal use. This can be done by bla. bla. bla."
>
> Now the user for the first time starts an X session, assumably by typing
> startx, and what does he get? A bloody awful looking window manager,
> which is by NO means customized to reflect the software packages that
> was selected during installation! The menu shortcuts to programs may or
> may not work! You don't even get a pop up window explaining how to
> customize anything or how to change to another windows manager. Why
> don't you get at least Afterstep as default? It is way nicer than the
> crap you get by default. Why does a new user account not get a default
> .xinitrc file with the permissions set up correctly? It is a lot easier
> to modify an existing file, than creating it, and then remember to make
> it executable.
>
well #1 how do we know what customization the user wants? a distribution like
mandrake does a lot of waht you want in the graphical user interface department,
it is all setup and most of the apps are ready to use. (KDE interface)
>
> So, I did mention quite a few weaknesses, but neither of them should be
> extremely hard to fix. My conclusion is that: Yes, there is some way to
> go, before Linux gets easy to install and use, but I don't think it is
> extremely long.
>
> And with these words, I withdraw from the discussion again, since I
> don't get to read news groups all that often.
>
> Thank you for your attention.
>
> --
>
> (\ Best regards, /)
> -||||8- Tim -8||||-
> (/ 2B OR NOT 2B = FF \)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Dumb question about console color...
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 09:14:02 GMT
Hi, all.
Well it does really sound dumb, but my question is that when you're fist time
installing Red Hat from boot.img, you get this nice set of colorful text,
red, blue, green... and when you're done and boot, you only get grayscale
fonts on the console. Now that I overlooked someone else's console and
noticed all this colorful fonts again, I really want this happening on my
monitor too. What do I need to do? I did a little bit of research, but just
can't find any starting point. I'm sure it's not that complicated... So,
please help me. I'll be really delighted to have some colors.
Thanks a lot in advance.
Best Regard,
Dee
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From: Mark Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: g77 anyone?
Date: 30 Mar 1999 22:03:11 +0100
Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Oliver D. Bedford wrote:
> > does anybody here use fortran on Linux? I´ve compiled a f77 program on
> > a K6-2 (350 Mhz) and it is slower compared to a SGI Box (R10000 @ 195
> > Mhz)
> > by a factor of 3-4.
g77 isn't always the best compiler there is for optimization - it does
pretty well on some programs, and poorly on some othera. The
following options can help improve performance, but may not all be
supported in all gcc/g77 versions:
-Os - optimize for size (can fit things into cache)
-funroll-loops
-funroll-all-loops - unroll loops (works better for FPU than integer)
-malign-double - you need at least glibc2.0.7 for this to work
-mcpu=amdk6 - tune for K6 (drop the "amd" in egcs snapshots)
-march=amdk6 - generate K6-specific code (drop "amd" as above)
They should all be supported by egcs and Pentium gcc. There are some
other suggestions in the g77 manual. You might also want to give a
recent egcs or pgcc snapshot a spin, or at least a newer compiler.
> Fortran is part of a nightmare period I try to forget.
IME it's a perfectly nice language for numerical programming.
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From: "Stressed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: FIXED THE PROBLEM
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 01:06:44 GMT
The post from "esac" was correct.
In all of my clients, there's some place to tell it to do passive transfers.
Some are just a tab to click, others are even a cfg or ini type file. <--
Something to remember for OSs like Linux!
For some gateway and firewall setups, you just have to set it to passive.
Now all I have to do is read some rfcs and figure out the difference between
passive and its opposite! :-)
P.S. You people in these Linux groups have all been great. And the sense of
humor is great. Sometimes I get the best laugh of the day coming here and
reading. Thanks again.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: linux and scsi-tapes
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 23:00:12 GMT
Thomas Seifert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: hi,
: i'm using tar to saving my work on a scsi tape. how do i find out how much
: space is left on an used tape after backing up some mb's
Generally speaking, you can't. The tape is not a block structured device, so
you generally can't say "I've used 50% of the blocks on this tape, therefore
it's 1/2 full".
Instead, what you do is to take note of the capacity of the tape, and subtract
from that the amount of data you've stored on the tape (plus 10% for
overhead).
Stu
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From: Ed Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: 31 Mar 1999 01:02:58 GMT
Harry wrote:
>
> > The optimum trade-off point between intuitiveness
> > and power is, however, a matter of preference.e
>
> There isn't a trade-off between usability and power. Some really
> great examples of software usability - IBM's VisualAge for Java
> comes to mind - are also the most powerful. By contrast, some of
> the least usable software - vi comes to mind - is also the least
> powerful.
>
> Also, I think a metaphore should be used when it's illustrative
> of a point. Not knowing a language is like not knowing how to use
> software. Perhaps a better example is coding in binary and using
> an IDE?e
You are perhaps displaying your ignorance of vi.
I use gvim in Linux and WinNT (when I have to be in NT) for
the power you say it lacks. The editors in IDE's frustrate me
no end because of all the keystrokes you have to use to get
anything done. I also find vi quite useable. This
useability is actually portable to utilities like less,
and the bash shell. Must be a *unix* thing...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Crossposted-To:
microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:54:16 GMT
On Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:11:24 -0800, John Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>That said, there are a few products available that shield the user from most
>of this complexity. The Cobalt Qube and Corel Netwinder are two examples of
>how it SHOULD be. Maybe its too much to expect from the Linux development
>community, and we'll just have to rely on profiteers who understand the
>needs and wants of the marketplace better.
Both of those products depend heavily on the work of the Linux development
community. They succeed because they provide an interface only to a very
specific set of functions. Creating a easy to use, _general purpose_ Linux
box is a much bigger challenge, one that's being taken up by groups like KDE
and GNOME, not by the profiteers.
Dave Cook
--
No Linux for you!
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From: "John Nelson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
microsoft.public.windowsnt.misc,microsoft.public.windowsnt.setup,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 20:11:24 -0800
vaclav vyvoda wrote in message ...
>..and thank you for the typical MS PR BS..
Well..., he started out telling the truth...
>
>On Alexander I. Butenko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>: ANyway I greatly doubt that Linux will be easier to use than NT Server.
I'm
It IS easier to get an NT box running and doing common tasks.
Getting it running RIGHT, without BSOD's and other annoyances, is often
another kettle of fish, especially when bringing more services online that
just what comes in the NT package.
The sad fact, STILL, is that Linux is a pain in the ass to install and
configure unless you know what you're doing.
And THAT fact is what is keeping Linux from making inroads into markets like
small business and home networks.
That said, there are a few products available that shield the user from most
of this complexity. The Cobalt Qube and Corel Netwinder are two examples of
how it SHOULD be. Maybe its too much to expect from the Linux development
community, and we'll just have to rely on profiteers who understand the
needs and wants of the marketplace better.
>: sure that NT Server will be a ideal use for a small home network, becaus
>: eit's very easy to configure comparable to Linux and supports most
network
>: clients better.
Rubbish. NT is expensive in itself. It demands more expensive hardware to
deliver an equal level of performance. What network clients does Linux not
support?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Database and Wordprocessing apps for console mode?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 01:32:45 GMT
On Tue, 30 Mar 1999 13:29:28 GMT, Martin R. Soderstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Just wondering, is PostgreSQL overkill for a single user to keep track of
>addresses and a few other small databases (i.e. nothing more than about 300
>records...at least, not yet). Keep in mind I want to stay in CONSOLE MODE.
Postgres is overkill and underkill at the same time. There are some simple
flatfile database apps. See
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/database
>And I'm aware of DOSEMU, but would really like something native to Linux (or
>a unice, anyways). The freedom and speed of the small console wordpro seems
>like it would be compromised and convoluted by having to run DOSEMU first.
Not really. If you are familiar with WordPerfect, this is probably a good
solution.
An alternative is to learn a markup language.
If your needs a really simple, an editor may do everything you
need (centering, justifying, etc.)
Dave Cook
--
No Linux for you!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David M. Cook)
Subject: Re: Typing accented characters in Linux?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 01:35:08 GMT
On Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:45:33 +1200, Anton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How would I type this in Linux?
In X, you would type
Compose ' e
By default, the Compose key is the Scroll Lock key.
Dave Cook
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From: "Roland Herrera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: uninstall
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 02:05:32 +0100
Please a helper !
I've installed linux red hat 5.2 on my D partition -
( LILO boot is on C )
How do I uninstall + get rid of LILO + get my partition back ?
Well - I don't have the time to guess what it all does
Thx
Roland
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Edward A. Baron)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: devices under 2.2.4 with Redhat
Date: 29 Mar 1999 16:54:04 GMT
I upgraded from kernel 2.0.36 to 2.2.4 in the hopes of getting
sound to work.
Now I have 3 problems:
I've lost my printer. From the control panel I go
and try to set up my printer and get
"/dev/lp[0-2] not found
could indicate a hardware problem"
an ls on it says it is a character special file.
do I need to insmod paraport at some point
during boot up?
I configured the kernel with paraport paraport_pc and paraprot_probe
as modules?
I can't get my ppp connection to work (I know you've heard this
before). I've copied and modified the /usr/doc/ppp-3.x.x
scripts to /etc/ppp
after doing
and insmod slhc, ppp
I get a connect ppp <---> /dev/ttyS1
and then a hangup. It could be the PAP isn't working
but how do I get it to tell me more.
Sound: I went to 2.2.x to get better PnP support.
I have an Ensoniq Soundscape Vivo PnP card.
It is configured via pnpdump and isapnp.
So is the modem so that works to some extent.
after doing an
insmod soundlow
insmod sound
/usr/sbin/sndconfig say the kernel isn't configured for
sound.
Again sould I be doing these insmods earlier in the boot
sequence (I do them now post boot.)
Thanks, please email hints.
-ed baron
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