Linux-Misc Digest #945, Volume #18 Sun, 7 Feb 99 19:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: Which mail program is better? (Gary Momarison)
Re: MS Netshow --- cannot execute binary file. (Prasanth Kumar)
Re: Newbie - Differences between... (James Youngman)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (Matthew Vanecek)
vbox makes noise (Christian Kristukat)
Re: MS Netshow --- cannot execute binary file. (brumelle)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Joseph Totleben)
Re: IDE ZIP DRIVE mounting? >> GOT IT!! ("Robert A. Trifiletti, Jr.")
Re: Write to disk every five minutes? (Buck)
Re: Unzip (Tonny Sejr Kromann)
Re: How to create a man page (Keith)
Re: Ghostscript driver for HP695C Printer?? (Bob Tennent)
Re: Changing the default server depths ??? (Steve Emms)
MS Netshow --- cannot execute binary file. (brumelle)
Re: tarball application? (William Boyle)
Re: 2.2.1 and AX.25 support question (Keith)
Re: Resizing of DOS-Partition (Keith)
Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug? ("mikec")
Re: egcs on redhat linux (Andrei A. Dergatchev)
Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question. (Matthias Warkus)
Re: first unix port to x86 (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: StarOffice vs. Applixware vs. WordPerfect (William Boyle)
Re: Geochron for Linux? (Prasanth Kumar)
Re: K6-400 "kernel paging request" errors ("Cornall Merchandise Pty Ltd")
Re: upgrade to RedHat 5.2 and now my tape backup doesn't work (Leonard Evens)
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which mail program is better?
Date: 07 Feb 1999 14:04:00 -0800
Chris Cocozzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> I am in the process of setting up a mail server for my company using RH
> 5.1.
There are a lot of email resources listed at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/mail.html
--
Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Netshow --- cannot execute binary file.
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:19:31 GMT
brumelle wrote:
>
> I downloaded netshow_linux from the Microsoft site, renamed
> it to netshow, and made it executable. But I cannot execute
> it. For example,
> $ netshow
> bash: /usr/local/bin/netshow: cannot execute binary file
>
> I get a similar error message if I run it from netscape.
>
> The file starts
> 0x7fELF
> so it looks like an ELF binary.
>
> I looked through Dejanews and other people seem to be able
> to run netshow. Any idea as to what I am doing wrong?
>
> I'm using the RedHat 5.1 distribution with kernel 2.0.34.
>
> Thanks,
> Shelby ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
What does the commmand "file /usr/local/bin/netshow" give?
--
Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: James Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie - Differences between...
Date: 07 Feb 1999 11:45:39 +0000
Al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> With Linux (more specifically SuSE Linux) is there anything similar to
> the AIX function 'export EDITOR=vi' where the command line will respond
> to 'vi' commands looking at a .history file?
set -o vi, which is how you do it in ksh under AIX, too.
--
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From: Matthew Vanecek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 20:59:43 +0000
Jeremy Crabtree wrote:
>
> Jim Ross allegedly wrote:
> >
> >Jeremy Crabtree wrote in message ...
> >>Jim Ross allegedly wrote:
>
> [SNIP...for brevity]
>
> > I set up PPP in Win95, 98, NT, so the setting aren't
> >the problem. I should post to see if someone knows, but I don't even get
> >the initial text in a terminal so it doesn't even necessarily relate to PPP
> >itself maybe. PPP is hard as you say, most OSes have a hard time getting it
> >all going right.
>
> This brings up an interesting question, WHY is it so difficult to do
> 'right'?
>
> [SNIP]
>
I've never had a hard time getting it right. I've configured ppp on 3
operating systems and two different distributions of Linux, on several
boxes, with a couple of different kinds of modems. In Linux, I've never
had to install a modem driver. Not so in MS world. I've installed
drivers several different times in Windows. What's up with that? As
long as your Linux kernel is configured to support ppp, and your modem
is set up properly (basically, you only need to have /dev/ttySX set to
the right port; which is usually automagically done, anyhow). Beyond
that, the GUI conf tools do the job in a snap, although with EZPPP/KPPP
you should read the EZPPP HOWTO. (e.g., with those tools, did you make
sure that /etc/ppp/options existed but was empty?).
I'm not anything special, not a genius or anything, but I've never had a
problem getting ppp to work properly. I can't understand why other
people make it such a chore; it's really not.
--
Matthew Vanecek
Studies in Business Computers at the University of North Texas
http://www.unt.edu/bcis
Visit my Website at http://people.unt.edu/~mev0003
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For 93 million miles, there is nothing between the sun and my shadow
except me. I'm always getting in the way of something...
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From: Christian Kristukat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: vbox makes noise
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:33:39 +0000
I am running vbox-2.0.0b4 and it works fine. There's just one little
thing to complain about:
When listening to the standard message there's a very ugly noise (in
german "krachen") at the end of the message (beep as well). How can I
avoid this?
Thank you, C.K
.
email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] =======
http://www.hoc.net/semmel ||| |||
PGP key on request
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From: brumelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MS Netshow --- cannot execute binary file.
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:39:55 GMT
Thank you for your prompt and helpful reply. "file" said
that it was gzipped. Unzipping it produces an executable
file.
Prasanth Kumar wrote:
>
> brumelle wrote:
> >
> > I downloaded netshow_linux from the Microsoft site, renamed
> > it to netshow, and made it executable. But I cannot execute
> > it. For example,
> > $ netshow
> > bash: /usr/local/bin/netshow: cannot execute binary file
> >
> > The file starts
> > 0x7fELF
> > so it looks like an ELF binary.
> >
>
> What does the commmand "file /usr/local/bin/netshow" give?
>
> --
> Prasanth Kumar
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Joseph Totleben)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:53:34 GMT
On Wed, 03 Feb 1999 19:43:28 -0600, Paul Doherty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Eugene O'Neil wrote:
>> >I don't know what school you went to, or how old you are, but that silly pledge
>> >dissappeared back in the 50's or 60's...
>>
>> If it dissapeared before I was born, why do I remember doing it?
>
>Past lives? :-)
I'm still in high school, and we still say the pledge.
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From: "Robert A. Trifiletti, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: IDE ZIP DRIVE mounting? >> GOT IT!!
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 16:09:01 -0500
I GOT IT!!!
mount /dev/hdd4 /mnt/zip
THANKS ALL!!
--
/*************************************************/
Robert A. Trifiletti, Jr.
Penn State University
College of Engineering - Computer Science
AOL IM: Trif018 ICQ UIN: 5377504
Red Hat Linux 5.2...Beware of the Penguin
Testing Windows 98 Service Pack 1
Windows 98 OSR 2131
Internet Explorer 5.0 B2
Microsoft Office 2000 Customer Preview
/*************************************************/
Robert A. Trifiletti, Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:79df03$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> anyone know how to mount an internal IDE/ATAPI Zip Drive/Disk?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Bob
>
> --
> /*************************************************/
> Robert A. Trifiletti, Jr.
> Penn State University
> College of Engineering - Computer Science
> AOL IM: Trif018 ICQ UIN: 5377504
> Red Hat Linux 5.2...Beware of the Penguin
> /*************************************************/
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Buck)
Subject: Re: Write to disk every five minutes?
Date: 7 Feb 1999 20:41:38 GMT
On Sun, 07 Feb 1999 11:35:13 GMT, oak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I'd like to change the behaviour of linux to write to disk every 5 minutes
: instead of every few seconds. Anyone know how I might do this?
:
You can probably change the write interval if you find the source file
that determines this, then recompile it. What I did is remove update
from one of the /etc/rc* directories (can't remember which one now,
you'll have to locate it). This keeps it from loading at boot time.
Occasionally, I do a 'sync' command to flush the buffers to disk once or
twice a day. Since I have a UPS power backup, this has never caused any
problem for me. For harddrive silence, this is the way to go. Anyone
running critical data without a UPS shouldn't do this.
Alternatively, if you want to kill update temporarily, just locate
the process with ps x or pidof, then 'kill -9 [id]'. Restart it
from the command line when needed.
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From: Tonny Sejr Kromann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unzip
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:56:16 +0000
Mark Robinson wrote:
> Is there a program that unzip .zip files? Gzip does not work.
If you can't find this: /usr/bin/zip
then search for Infozip on the Net.
--
Tonny
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: How to create a man page
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:19:47 GMT
On Sun, 7 Feb 1999 16:45:26 +0000, Michail Konstantinidis
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Could anyone tell me what I need to create a man page? Like, what tools
> are necessary etc.?
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated
> Michali
>
I think they are made with groff.
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From: r d t@c s.q u e e n s u.c a (Bob Tennent)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Ghostscript driver for HP695C Printer??
Date: 7 Feb 1999 22:20:57 GMT
On 7 Feb 1999 05:40:21 GMT, Kenny Zhu wrote:
>Could anyone tell me where to get a copy of gs driver for HP 695C deskject
>printer? I found a file called hp850.zip but I couldn't compile it.
The gs driver for the 690C, 692C, 693C and 694C printers is the cdj550
so it would quite likely work for the 695C as well.
Check out
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/doc/Devices.htm
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Emms)
Subject: Re: Changing the default server depths ???
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 20:59:06 GMT
On Sun, 7 Feb 1999 20:35:45 -0000, "Mark"
<~[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi.
> Could someone please explain to me how you change the default colour depth
>within linux redhat 5.2, I have read quite a lot of howtos and also gone
>through two books (Linux unleashed and linux in 24 hours) neither of which
>seem to have the answer. I have an AGP Ati Xpert 98 card and it uses the
>Mach-64 server which loads correctly, but I seem to only be able to access 8
>bpp colour depth.
>
> Any help much appreciated...Thnx
>
>Mark.
>
>P.s If I leave the 8 Bpp colour depth unchecked in Xconfigurator I get an
>error message and cannot load up X until I check one of the boxes.
>
whoops
meant startx - -bpp 16
etc
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxlinks.com
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From: brumelle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: MS Netshow --- cannot execute binary file.
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 22:15:15 GMT
I downloaded netshow_linux from the Microsoft site, renamed
it to netshow, and made it executable. But I cannot execute
it. For example,
$ netshow
bash: /usr/local/bin/netshow: cannot execute binary file
I get a similar error message if I run it from netscape.
The file starts
0x7fELF
so it looks like an ELF binary.
I looked through Dejanews and other people seem to be able
to run netshow. Any idea as to what I am doing wrong?
I'm using the RedHat 5.1 distribution with kernel 2.0.34.
Thanks,
Shelby ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: William Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: tarball application?
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 18:04:10 -0500
The other option is to gunzip the file, then pipe the output to tar. IE:
gunzip -c tarbal.tgz | tar -xvf -
or
gunzip -c tarbal.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
The -c option to gunzip will output the unzipped results to stdout,
which is in turn piped to stdin of tar, which the terminating '-' tells
to use stdin for the input tar file. FYI, not all Unix tar programs will
understand the 'z'ip option, so for those systems, the above methods are
the only way to unzip/untar the source without changing the original
file.
-Bill Boyle
Philippe Nave wrote:
>
> dave dufeau wrote:
> >
> > This is a post from a naïve newbie, please be kind. I need help with un
> > tarring a tarball (I have not dealt with tar's previously.) As a GUI
> > person, I am having a little difficulty with the command lines, and the
> > man pages only confuse me further.
> >
> > the problem- I had two files to untar- a *.tgz file and a *tar.gz
> > file. As I understand it, these are essentially the same thing.
> > Midnight Commander sees the contents of these files just fine, so I know
> > they are not corrupted. I could not untar or pass these through tar's
> > gzip filter (I just don't understand the syntax well enough.) I was able
> > to pass these files through gunzip and am now left with plain ol' *.tar
> > files. Can someone explain the untarring syntax to me in a manner less
> > arcane than the man pages? I just want to untar these
> > binaries....waaahhh!
>
> Scenario 1: you want to unzip/untar in a single operation.
>
> tar xzvf yourfile.tgz
>
> This will work for foo.tgz files and foo.tar.gz files which are, as
> you noted, the same thing.
>
> Scenario 2: you want to unroll a simple tar file.
>
> tar xvf yourfile.tar
>
> Quick command-line option tutorial:
> 'x' : 'eXtract files and subdirectories'
> 'z' : decompress (unzip) as part of the operation
> 'v' : 'Verbose' mode; list out the file names involved
> 'f' : read from a 'F'ile instead of from standard input
> 'c' : 'Create' a new tarball file
> 't' : 'Table of contents' of a tarball
>
> Bonus tip: here's how you create a zipped tarball!
>
> tar czvf newzippedtar.tgz *
>
> Bonus tip #2: here's how to get a list of a tarball's contents:
>
> tar tzvf somedamnthing.tgz
>
> Philippe
>
> --
> =======================================================================
> Philippe D. Nave, Jr.| 'Cry havoc, and let slip the dogs of war!'
> Denver, Colorado USA | How's my posting? 1-800-DEV-NULL
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith)
Subject: Re: 2.2.1 and AX.25 support question
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 23:09:32 GMT
On Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:27:45 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> How will the 2.2.1 kernel affect the AX.25 support for packet radio, as well
> as soundModem support? The AX.25 howto I've found is not newer that late
> 1997. I'm running a RedHat 5.2 system now, and I'm looking to set up an older
> pentium devoted to packet.
>
> Thanks
>
> -- Jon Berry, N8YRE
Jon,
You should post this in one of the ham groups someone there will know
the answers.
HTH,
Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith)
Subject: Re: Resizing of DOS-Partition
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 21:30:49 GMT
On Sun, 7 Feb 1999 09:16:05 +0100, Sebastian Henkel
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a problem with my WIN95 PC and installing Linux.
>
> There is a nice tool for resizing my old partions on my LINUX CD called
> fips. But in order to do any ersizing, I need to sort all blocks on my
> harddisk in front of the partition. Unfortunatly I have run Norton
> Utilities3.0 to defrag my partition. This program optimized my partition by
> moving all my files that are not used very often to the end of my disk. Now
> I can't use fips. Unfortunatly I have no CD-Writer or ZIP drive and my
> partition is 2.1GB large with 600MB free.
> Having a seperate 400MB harddisk I would like to have the full 1GB for Linux
> while keeping my original WIN95 partition.
>
> Can anybody give me any hint of what I can do or tell me of a program that
> can reshuffel my blocks?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Sebastian
>
>
If you have MS-DOS you should run defrag. If you have a windows
swap disk you should delete it before running defrag.
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From: "mikec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug?
Date: Sun, 7 Feb 1999 11:40:24 -0600
I've got Linux to work with a K6-2 3D (266MHz overclocked at 290) with no
problems. I would check in your Bios about suspend modes, as according to my
book you can only use it with a pentium. I don't know if this is your
problem, but it's what I thought of when I read your message.
Hilaire Fernandes wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Javier Pulido wrote:
>>
>> ¡¡SOS!!
>>
>> Problems with the booting of linux in a computer AMD K6-2 (300 MHz) with
>> i430TX (no AGP) and 128 MB, two hard drives and 1 CDROM. Can you help
me?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrei A. Dergatchev)
Crossposted-To: gnu.gcc.help
Subject: Re: egcs on redhat linux
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 23:15:23 GMT
[snip]
>rpm -i glibc-devel-2.0.7-29.i386.rpm
> <standard version that comes with RH5.2>
> <or you could get a later version>
>rpm -i gcc-2.7.2.3-14.i386.rpm
> <standard version that comes with RH5.2>
> <or you could get a later version>
[snip]
;-) Well, how do you know he has x86 processor ?
Andrei
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.conspiracy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.x,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question.
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 22:13:47 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the Fri, 05 Feb 1999 20:56:54 GMT...
..and Dex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Jan 1999 23:34:40 -0500, Jim Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >It's funny you should mention that. I've taught a lot of new people how to use
> >UNIX and Windows and I don't see much difference in the learning curve.
> >
> >The funny thing is that graphical systems have become even harder to use than
> >CLI systems in recent years -- there are just so many gestures you have to
> >learn to get things done, and no way to discover them without a manual, and
> >nobody ships manuals any more.
> >
> >jim
>
> I taught myself DOS and later Windows, but I never needed an
> instruction manual. Windows is only difficult for users who don't have
> the guts to do anything they don't know about. For Linux however, I do
> need a manual. In DOS, some 6 years ago, I discovered that typing HELP
> gave the answer to my questions. Linux should have something as easy
> to use. In fact, in Linux you absolutely need to know the (most
> important) key-combinations because else you're doomed.
In Linux, typing "man" gives the answer to your questions in the same
way HELP gave you answers under DOS.
There's also "info", a hypertext help system. And there's the /usr/doc
directory. And, well, if you've got a system like dwww, susehilf, KDE
help or gnome-help, you can access pretty much all of your system's
documentation via a Web browser.
mawa
--
Contemporary American feminism's simplistic psychology is illustrated
by the new cliche of the date-rape furor: "`No' always means `no'."
Will we ever graduate from the Girl Scouts?
-- Camille Paglia, New York Times, December 14th, 1990, Op Ed.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: first unix port to x86
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 23:43:59 GMT
In article <79kt88$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alexander Viro wrote:
>In article <79kq1q$28g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> What was the first unix port to x86?
>>Bsd or linux?
>
>Xenix. About 8 years earlier.
No, probably Sinix ... it used to run on 8088er machines and was never
meant to be used as a multi user system, but worked as such quite well
from what I know.
How DOS ever could make it ...
Juergen
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From: William Boyle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StarOffice vs. Applixware vs. WordPerfect
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 17:56:09 -0500
For larger documents, use Word to output in Rich Text Format (.rtf).
This should produce a format which can be handled a bit more
consistently by other programs that have an RTF translator. I have
generally had good results with it, although you may have to do some
fixup with table formats and text which is supposed to flow around
illustrations, etc.
-Bill Boyle
Tim Moore wrote:
>
> WP is not a suite although a friend told me it was. Installed, 10 minutes later
> uninstalled.
>
> Applix 4.4.1 (+filters patch) imports and exports office97 pretty good when it
>works. All
> too often it goes into a 100% CPU loop when importing complex or long (e.g. 15+
>pages)
> documents. The spreadsheet is a little on the rudimentary side. Graphics display is
> poor: screen repaints, flicker, dropping bits, etc.
>
> SO5 seems to work best, however it uses up the most memory, has the worst
>documentation
> and doesn't export office97 which is a fatal for me.
>
> Bottom line: none of the 'office97' replacement suits seem to know how to write +95%
>or
> even fault tolerant import filters [or export in SO5 case]. Most crashes on import.
> Spreadsheets work best, Word clones 2nd, ppt a feeble last. Until this changes it's
>not
> possible to switch given so much of the business office world traffics in office97.
>I'm
> still dual booting :(.
>
> That being said give it a try. SO5 is free and I believe a time bombed applix is on
>the
> #3 RH5.2 disk. Remember to check out all three office97 apps.
>
> www.stardivision.com
> --
> [Replies: remove the D]
>
> "Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
> WS Burroughs.
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From: Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Geochron for Linux?
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 20:13:13 GMT
Steve Emms wrote:
>
> On Sat, 06 Feb 1999 23:58:39 -0600, Steve Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >Has anyone seen or heard of a version of geochron for linux?
> >
> >Geochron is a program that shows a map of the world, with real-time
> >display of the areas that are covered by daylight.
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> Try searching one of the popular Linux search engines.
>
> Regards
>
> Steve
KDE comes with a nice one called "world watch". There is also xearth.
--
Prasanth Kumar
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From: "Cornall Merchandise Pty Ltd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.dev.kernel,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: K6-400 "kernel paging request" errors
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 10:40:23 +1100
Hi Stefan,
I have a system which has a VERY similar configuration to yours.
FIC MPV3 M/B
K6-2-400
256Mb RAM
DPT 3334UW SCSI Controller
Raid 1 Assembly
Adaptec 2940W Controller
SCSI CD-ROM
SCSI Tape Drive
After first installing RH 5.2 on this system I was able to re-compile the
kernel to include the EATA-DPR driver in the kernel to mount the raid
assembly.
However, I was unable to compile the kernel again after this.
I found when I dropped the CPU clock to 350MHz and increased the
memory wait states, the kernel, iBCS and samba-2.2 compiled OK.
A couple of days later, I changed the CPU for another K6-2-400 and
found I was able to compile the kernel without any problems.
Since swapping the CPU I haven't had any other problems. (Yet!!)
By the way, I noticed you also have a DPT controller.
Did you install RH directly onto your raid assembly??
If so can you let me know how you did it.
I had to install RH onto an IDE hard drive and mount the raid assembly
after compiling the EATA driver into the kernel.
I want to remove the IDE drive and install RH onto the DPT drives.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Christian Schlesier
Stefan Lucke wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Suffering from an unstable system.
> K6-400 (stepping 12), Motherboard FIC PA-2013 (VIA MP3),
> 256 MB Ram (PC-100), (the board allows to downclock the RAM to 66 Mhz,
what I
> did),
> AGP Matrox G200, 2 SCSI-Controller, EATA-DPT (only Disks)
> and ncr53c825 (DDS-3, CDROM ).
> RedHat 5.2 Kernel 2.0.36 and I tried as well all 2.2.0-preXX. the last
> 2.2.0-pre7ac2.
> The system keeps chrashing.
>
> I am trying to fix the system now since christmas. Getting frustrated....
>
> Any ideas, suggestions??
Even though I´ve got a differnet mother-board (DFI .., AGP Matrox G200,
AHA2940 - disks, dds1-dc, cdrom) Kernel paging errors occure sometimes
upon loading of the bttv driver.
Did you try other FSB clock rates?
With my K6-2 400 it is impossible to compile the kernel with FSB 100MHz
(no go at 400, 350, 300 - errors: sig 11 - sig 6). Kernel compile is
ok at any FSB 95Mhz rate. (428, 380, 333). But now I´ve some trouble
compiling the QT library (sig 11 :-(( at 95 MHz FSB). Perhaps its a good
idea to replace the processor. Mine has production lable (below voltage
infos) A 9849 EPFW.
Stefan Lucke
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: upgrade to RedHat 5.2 and now my tape backup doesn't work
Date: Sun, 07 Feb 1999 16:53:34 -0600
Daddy Rabbit wrote:
> After upgrading from Redhat 5.1 to 5.2, my scsi tape quit working. The
> message I get is that the 'device nst0 is not working'. My question
> is:
>
> How do I get the device up and running again?
>
> TIA
>
> Jim
We have upgraded from 4.2 to 5.0 to 5.2 with an internal SCSI travan tape
drive
and we have not had any problems. /dev/nst0 is the non-rewinding scsi
tape
device. The standard rewinding device is /dev/st0. What happens if
you do
mt -f /dev/st0 status
with a tape in the drive.
Are you sure there isn't something wrong with the tape?
Of course, the kernel has to support scsi tape drives, but the generic
kernel that
5.2 installs does support it. You could try removing the device and
remaking
it using MAKEDEV. I forget how you completely remove it, but the one
time I tried something like that with a device (not a tape drive), I
remember I
had some problems and had to fiddle. I had to do some studying of man
pages
to reinstall the device, but I don't remember all the steps.
Scsi devices are basically very simple under Linux. However, you may
have to
make the device in the first place using MAKEDEV. If you upgraded as
opposed
to reinstalling, it should still be there. But if you reinstalled, you
might have to
make it again.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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