Linux-Misc Digest #987, Volume #19 Thu, 29 Apr 99 16:13:15 EDT
Contents:
Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX? (Bill Horne)
Re: Redhat 6.0? (Michael McConnell)
Re: Upgrading RH5.2 -> RH6.0 (Michael McConnell)
Re: making linux go away ("Christopher W. Aiken")
Re: Problems upgrading to 2.2.6: dip, X, glib ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: equal signs at end of lines in email ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: StarOffice 5.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: StarOffice 5.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CLI app: *.jpg -> thumbnail-*.jpg (jason)
Re: making linux go away (Fred Uloth)
Re: Oversized Windows or Something... (Michael Powe)
Help with window managers... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DSL modems under Linux (Doug DeJulio)
Re: Simple PICO usage question (Stew Benedict)
Re: Problems upgrading to 2.2.6: dip, X, glib ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: My new Apsfilter-created /etc/printcap - How do I use the "RAW" device with the
Epson Stylus COLOR ESC/P 2 driver on NT via Samba? (Walter Strong)
Re: Stupid $PATH question that I am ashamed to ask, but having no pride, I proceed
(Michael Powe)
multiple X sessions ("JACK")
Re: converting ps to pdf (Neil Zanella)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Horne)
Subject: Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX?
Date: 29 Apr 1999 14:02:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's fairly easy to modify the key mappings in emacs. You can set up
his copy to emulate all the WordStar keys. See the emacs HOWTO for
details.
I think MicroPro went belly up, but don't know for sure.
HTH.
Bill
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Help, please.
: I know someone who would like to switch to LINUX. Because he can type 100 WPM
: and knows WordStar for DOS better than his phone number, he would like to know
: if a version of WordStar, with control diamond (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+X, and
: Ctrl+D) functionality, exists for LINUX. Or, an equivalent. I looked into
: StarOffice, it looks like it came out of StarWriter.
: Does anyone know what became of WordStar? Has anyone heard of someone buying
: WordStars assets or code or the rights thereto?
: Or, can he just run WordStar in a DOS window? He needs this as an
: honest-to-God word processor, not a text editor.
: I would appreciate any help you can provide.
: THANKS!
: Tom (A newbie and I know it. I appreciate your patience.) Karel
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Bill Horne
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 19:03:38 +0100
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Sean Yamamoto wrote:
> "Gero H. Marten" wrote:
>>
>> Wally McClure wrote:
>>>
>>> where can I download the redhat 6.0 distribution from?
>>
>> You want to download 1GB of software? Better buy the package with
>> cd-roms.
>
> Hey, maybe Wally has T3 connectivity. Even if he has something
> slower like a cable modem, it would probably be an overnight
> download. Anyway, the CD isn't shipping right now.
You sure about that? :) Read my sig ;)
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrading RH5.2 -> RH6.0
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 19:05:33 +0100
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Bob Angell wrote:
> Can anyone point me to some documentation where it
> lists what packages I need to go from RH5.2 -> 6.0?
Everything. RH6 is based around glibc 2.1
It has compatibility libs for glibc 2.0 and libc-5 so your old apps will
(should!) continue to run.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: "Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:34:44 -0400
You might try the Linux fdisk to change the partition type back
to a dos partition. I think the fdisk command of "l" will list the
types and the "t" command will let you set the partitions back to
dos type of partition.
Fred Uloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> No offense is meant here...but if you had read the posting you were
> replying to, you woiuld have noticed "fdisk /mbr" which is the DOS/Win
> fdisk undocumented option of which you speak.
> It works great for removing LiLo, but you will still have problems
> removing the Non-DOS partition.
>
> Good Luck,
> Fred
>
> Petri Ahonen wrote:
> >
> > DOS/Win fdisk has undocumented option. It re-writes boot sector... But
it I
> > can't remember the option (like I wanted to remove linux, heh...).
> >
> > If somebody does, I would like to know it too...
> >
> > Kaufman Alex kirjoitti viestissä <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > >boot from a floppy and launch "fdisk /mbr"
> > >
> > >mike mathog wrote:
> > >>
> > >> I did an install of Red Hat at one point, and now I just want it
gone.
> > >>
>
> --
> "Help Make the World a Warmer Place....Destroy a RainForest!"
> -- Prof. Uloth
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> The views expressed above are my opinion at the time I wrote the
> posting. They are subject to change at any time without prior written
> notice. They do not necessarily express the views of my employer, my
> family, my diety, or my country. And if forced to I will deny that it
> was me who typed the words in the first place.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problems upgrading to 2.2.6: dip, X, glib
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:10:50 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Use of setserial/setrocket to set SPD_* flags is deprecated
'deprecated' doesn't necessarily mean 'doesn't work anymore'.
I still occasionally use dip, get this warning but it still functions.
> both libcs. When I run ldd on one of the libraries I get:
> libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x40007000)
> libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4000a000)
> libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x400ac000)
> /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00000000)
One of the libraries that this library is linked against is linked against
libc5. It's best to split libc5 and libc6 libraries into different
directories to stop errors like this creeping in
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: equal signs at end of lines in email
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:13:23 GMT
Carl Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am receiving a lot of email these days with equal signs (=)
> at the ends of most lines. Sometimes, the equal signs are
> followed by 0A and 20. I am using smail is a mailer. What
Quoted Printable (QP) encoding.
Your email client should be able to interpret these, but it sounds
like it can not.
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Crossposted-To: nwu.comp.unix.linux,nwu.comp.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: StarOffice 5.0
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:22:21 GMT
David Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> BTW. I did read in the Star Office Installation Guide that libc5 is required
> for Star Office to run. I assume that is somewher on your system too. I
> didnt install it at all.
SO4 was libc5 based, but SO5 requires glibc and even ships with a copy of glibc
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Crossposted-To: nwu.comp.unix.linux,nwu.comp.misc
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: StarOffice 5.0
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:21:20 GMT
Esa Tikka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Umm.. you didn't have to fix the permissions of a whole bunch of files
> which were only readable/executable by root after net install?
In my case, I didn't.
The root setup /net, followed by a per user setup worked just fine for me.
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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CLI app: *.jpg -> thumbnail-*.jpg
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:44:25 -0400
Jedi Master Yoda wrote:
>
> The GIMP has a batch mode for running off the command line.
>
> JMY
You learn something new everyday. :-)
-jason
(to reply via email, make the appropriate substitution in my email address)
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From: Fred Uloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 10:39:55 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
When I did the fdisk thing it was because I was in a hurry, had a boot
disk, and did know off hand how to reconfigure Lilo to boot into Win98.
I did this so that my wife could turn on the computer and not find
herself at a linux terminal. I later reinstalled LiLo and reconfigured
it (after consulting some documentation) and have lived happily ever
after. Maybe the guy how started this thread is in the same boat.
Just a word of advice to the RedHat developers. Have the default setup
for a work station prompt you for which OS you want as your default. It
is an option in the customized setup, but not in the default. It'd make
life easier for the newbies who are xjust trying it out for the first
time.
Fred
Andrew Comech wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Apr 1999 04:15:39 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >In DOS, type fdisk \MBR
>
> It's good that everybody is so experienced with removing Linux.
>
> But you got it wrong: it is `fdisk /MBR'!!
> Admit that you are faking us: you _did not_ remove Linux and probably
> are still running the damned thing!
> ;-)
>
> Andrew
>
> --
> Looking for a Linux-compatible V.90 modem? See
> http://www.math.sunysb.edu/~comech/tools/CheapBox.html#modem
--
"Help Make the World a Warmer Place....Destroy a RainForest!"
-- Prof. Uloth
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The views expressed above are my opinion at the time I wrote the
posting. They are subject to change at any time without prior written
notice. They do not necessarily express the views of my employer, my
family, my diety, or my country. And if forced to I will deny that it
was me who typed the words in the first place.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Subject: Re: Oversized Windows or Something...
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Apr 1999 11:58:00 -0700
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>>>>> "xgv4" == xgv4 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
xgv4> I made this same post on another newsgroup and got no
xgv4> response, so I'll try here. It doesn't matter what
xgv4> interface/desktop environment I'm in-Afterstep,Fvwm,
xgv4> Fvwm2,Windowmaker... I get oversized windows and have to go
[ ... ]
xgv4> sure, actually I have no clue to why and whats causing it.
xgv4> I've been told, thats my "Physical and Virtual" resolution
xgv4> aren't the same which is causing the problem, I don't know.
xgv4> Here's an example: When I log on to the net and open my
xgv4> Netscape browser, half of the browser will appear above the
xgv4> bottom of my monitor and the other half will be below my
xgv4> monitor to where I can't see it. But yet I can and I end up
Yes, it's a virtual resolution. This can be annoying. Some programs
are really poorly-behaved in this regard (ghostview). Others (like
Netscape, one of its few graces) will remember the window size &
position from the last time you started it. I like having large
virtual resolution because it enables me to keep multiple windows open
without burying any of them.
You can reset virtual resolution to be equal to the actual resolution
easily enough. You can "train" windows to behavior by putting entries
into your .Xdefaults file, as well, using the `geometry' keyword.
Example:
xterm*geometry 80x25+0+0
This will cause xterm to start in the up lefthand corner (+0+0) in an
80x25 window.
Most window managers have some kind of feature that will allow you to
see the coordinates for a window -- like clicking on it with the right
mouse button. In xfm, clicking the right mouse button on the empty
desktop pops up a menu with a list of open windows & the geometry of
each one.
mp
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powered by GNU/linux since Sept 1997
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"Would John the Baptist have lost his head if his name was Steve?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help with window managers...
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 14:55:38 GMT
Just installed Redhat 5.2 I'm sorry to say, but FVWM is UGLY. Now the install
set up where I can "switch to" AfterStep or WindowMaker. Only problem is,
when I do so, there are things that don't work. For example, in afterStep the
animations don't seem to work, nor do the screensavers. In WindowMaker, none
of my applications are available.
Can someone provide some help? This is my first Linux installation and woul
LOVE to not have to use Winblows anymore. Are there other Windows Managers
out there that would be better?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Doug DeJulio)
Subject: Re: DSL modems under Linux
Date: 29 Apr 1999 14:13:27 -0400
In article <7g9rdt$77i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jason Rotunno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>quick question...are dsl modems supported under linux? if they're not
>much different than regular modems that i don't see why not, but i wanted
>to confirm this or hear otherwise.
>
>anyone using dsl w/ linux that have good/bad comments?
I'm using Linux with Bell Atlantic's "InfoSpeed DSL". The DSL modem
they installed just ends up acting like a 10baseT socket in the wall.
You must have ethernet, and you treat it exactly as if it were a hub
(if hubs had only one port). There's no issue of compatability with
the modem.
With this model, as long as you speak 10baseT ethernet you're
compatable, whether you're a Linux box, an Amiga, or even some small
random PDA with an ethernet card. Hell, you could even just hook up
a standalone printer if it has an ethernet port.
Be warned, some DSL services have other compatability issues besides
hardware compatability with the modem in use. For example, they could
in theory require dynamic IP address assignment via a modified DHCP
using a custom client. This can complicate things.
--
Doug DeJulio | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
HKS, Incorporated | http://www.hks.net/~ddj/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stew Benedict)
Subject: Re: Simple PICO usage question
Date: 23 Apr 1999 22:43:43 GMT
Reply-To: stewb AT earthlink DOT net
pico -w filename
Stew
On Fri, 23 Apr 1999 21:45:01 GMT, Geoff Stanbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've noticed, when looking at some files in PICO, that lines of text
>can sometimes run off of the screen, and when this happens, a $ is
>visible at the segment of the line that is displayed, to show that the
>text continues off of the screen.
>
>When I am entering my own text, however, it automatically wraps around
>to the next line when I run off the screen. How can I prevent this,
>and keep very long lines of text all on one line in PICO?
>
>Thanks in advance.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problems upgrading to 2.2.6: dip, X, glib
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 19:23:29 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > Use of setserial/setrocket to set SPD_* flags is deprecated
>
> 'deprecated' doesn't necessarily mean 'doesn't work anymore'.
> I still occasionally use dip, get this warning but it still functions.
I guess I wasn't clear. It gives this message, and THEN doesn't work anymore.
:-) i.e. when I run my script, I get this error, then right after that I get
"PPP failed" which is the message my script prints when it fails. I never get
this error under 2.0.X kernels. So something is in fact broken under 2.2.6
> > both libcs. When I run ldd on one of the libraries I get:
> > libdl.so.1 => /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x40007000)
> > libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x4000a000)
> > libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5 (0x400ac000)
> > /lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x00000000)
>
> One of the libraries that this library is linked against is linked against
> libc5. It's best to split libc5 and libc6 libraries into different
> directories to stop errors like this creeping in
I did this, and it worked! Thanks. I followed the instructions in the glibc
HOWTO, and it just said to COPY /lib/libc.so.5* to a nother directory, which
was also in my /etc/ld.so.conf file.
David
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter Strong)
Subject: Re: My new Apsfilter-created /etc/printcap - How do I use the "RAW" device
with the Epson Stylus COLOR ESC/P 2 driver on NT via Samba?
Date: 29 Apr 1999 15:28:13 GMT
Bleh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: ##
[far too much]
Just install apsfilter as root and it takes care of the rest. For example, to
print a .ps file it's just
lpr file.ps
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Subject: Re: Stupid $PATH question that I am ashamed to ask, but having no pride, I
proceed
From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 29 Apr 1999 12:37:12 -0700
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>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Comech <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> On 28 Apr 1999 22:24:36 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew
>> Comech) wrote:
>>> Michael Powe wrote:
>>>> >> Citation corrected; please post with a valid mail address.
Andrew> and, even worse,
>>>> Don't munge your address. You are violating Usenet
>>>> standards.
>>> Michael, how did you sleep last night? Get well soon!
Yet another post unencumbered by the thought process. How
surprising.
Andrew> Hi Mike, I am certainly worrying about
Andrew> Michael_the_Truth_Lover's health, not yours...
Heh, I see you're a graduate of the Bill Gates' "I don't give a damn
about standards" school of computing. I'll bet you think Visual Basic
is a great idea & conio.h is part of the standard C language, too.
Oh, that's right you don't care about standards.
Andrew> He is actually a lucky guy: if instead of `Usenet
Andrew> standards' he had written `netiquette', I would call him a
Andrew> ... right away; now, instead, we can wait for his answer
Andrew> first.
Thanks for the laugh. As though something bad would happen to me if
some guy with less sense than bandwidth called me names. Your
impression of your own wit is higher than that of outside observers.
mp
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From: "JACK" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: multiple X sessions
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1999 00:44:00 +0100
hello all...
i remember reading "somewhere" that you can have two Xsessions running
at the same time. i.e one on <alt>-f7 and another on <alt>-f8 ....or
similar.....
could any one tell me how to do this or at least point me in the right
direction.
btw...assuming that its possible..
j
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: converting ps to pdf
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 13:16:31 -0230
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Ian Hay wrote:
> Neil Zanella wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > What's the best way to convert
> >
> > 1) a ps file to a pdf file.
>
> [posted and mailed]
>
> I FINALLY figured out how I did it - a long time ago I had downloaded a
> program called "pstoedit", which can be found (accoring to the readme)
> here:
> ftp://ftp.x.org/contrib/applications/pstoedit/pstoedit.html
> pstoedit -f pdf filename.ps filename.pdf
> It works quite nicely.
I downloaded this and tried it out. Unfortunately the program was unable
to convert some fonts and mathematical symbols used within the document.
The systems I have access to are Red Hat 5.1 systems. I know that those
systems (unfortunately) do not come with a version of ghostscript
containing the ps2pdf uttility.
On the other hand, Red Hat 5.2 machines do contain the ps2pdf utility and I
will be trying ps2pdf on those machines.
If things go wrong I will have to upload my ps files to some place that uses
acrobat distiller and mails me back the pdf file.
For those with a similar problem to my own that need to upgrade
ghostscript, the old ghostscript 3.33 does not come with ps2pdf
and anything more recent than ghostscript 4.03 should contain
the ps2pdf utility as well. Interim versions may or may no have
the utility.
For those interested in the Adobe Distiller (commercial), it can be
downloaded from
http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/LIBRARY/acdunix.htm
(HP UX, AIX, and Sparc. Mac. and Win).
http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/download.html
Unfortunately there is no Linux version yet.
Thanks to all those that helped,
Neil Zanella
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