Linux-Misc Digest #704, Volume #23 Mon, 28 Feb 00 22:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: Non-X GUI? (Antryg Windrose)
Re: Hard disk space expansion for RH Linux ??? ("Benson Lei")
How to display ONLY unread news headers... (Jeff Pierce)
Re: Access files on NT from the linux box ? (Rod Smith)
What is the best way to mirror my Web/mail/FTP server ("Charles Scott")
Re: Windows 2000 has 63,000 bugs - Win2k.html [0/1] - Win2k.html [0/1] (Christopher
Browne)
Re: resize linux partion (Bob Tennent)
Re: What is the best way to mirror my Web/mail/FTP server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problems with DELL 4300's and RedHat ("S. Park")
Re: Linux can't do single sided diskettes!? ("Tony Harris")
Re: login? (Leonard Evens)
Re: How to display ONLY unread news headers... (cll)
Re: Licq install problem...easy answer (The Scotts)
Unmount Problem! (Cynix)
Re: Netscape Navigator, Adobe Acrobat Reader (The Scotts)
Re: slocate.cron and cron.weekly Errors ("Dave Stevenson")
Quintus Prolog (Edward M Grill)
Re: printing through ghostscript? ("S. Park")
Re: Where are printer drivers located? (Carl Fink)
Re: Old versions of Slackware (Allan Adler)
Re: Can't access my Dell's modem with Redhat 6.0 ("S. Park")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Antryg Windrose)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Non-X GUI?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:20:20 GMT
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000 23:27:15 -0500,
Allin Cottrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Equinox wrote:
>
>> Are there any window systems / GUI's (other than X) available for
>> Linux and other Unix-like systems?
>
>No, none worth bothering with, if you actually want to run any
>applications.
Indeed. I'm sure there must be a few out there. However, pretty much
everybody codes for X. It's become the de facto standard for *nix
platforms.
Keep in mind that you can drastically change the look and feel of the
interface depending on the window manager you use. Fvwm has a
configuration that looks an awful lot like Win98, or you can go with
Gnome or KDE. I use LessTif myself. Or, you can play with the X and Xt
libraries and write your own window manager. The same batch of
applications will run in all these different environment. (Well, I think
Gnome provides a bit of functionality that the others ignore, IIRC.)
Antryg
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From: "Benson Lei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard disk space expansion for RH Linux ???
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:33:15 +0800
Thank you for your understanding in my expression
Benson
=============
Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 15:34:27 +0800, Benson Lei wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I would like to know if I have a existing volume space( say, Vol1) in RH
> >Linux V6.1 System already:
> >
> >1) Can I add an additional volume space( say, Vol2, 3 .... ) without
> >re-install the OS ?? and How ???
> >
> >2) Any document support Linear mode for Linux since I do not how to
> >implement ???
>
> Sounds like you've used Novell (vol1, vol2).
>
> Just set the jumpers on your new HD, boot the machine, then
> with fdisk create the partitions etc. You'll need to put
> the appropriate lines in your /etc/fstab file to ensure
> that these partitions are mounted at boot time.
>
> If your new disk is the second HD, it'll probably be
> called hdb and the partitions will go hdb0, hdb1, hdb2
> etc. Your existing (or first) HD will be hda and partitions
> will be hda0, hda1, hda2 etc.
>
> Have a look around in the HOWTOs they give lots of good
> information on this type of thing, complete with the comands
> you'll need to use and instructions on the changes that you
> need to make to system files such as /etc/fstab.
>
> Gool luck.
> --
> Cheers
> Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> %HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
>
> web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
>
> or http://start.at/zero-pps
>
> 6:45pm up 1 day, 14:36, 7 users, load average: 2.08, 2.11, 2.09
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:31:43 -0500
From: Jeff Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to display ONLY unread news headers...
How in the world do you make Netscape 4.7 to list ONLY the UNREAD
message headers???
in 3.5 Gold you had a selection in a pull doewn menu> "Show only unread
messages". That does not exist anymore. Now you ahve "Disk Space" under
preferences.
So, how do you cause ONLY UNREAD message headers to be listed????
--
Jeff Pierce
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http://pages.preferred.com/~piercej
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Access files on NT from the linux box ?
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat,redhat.networking.general
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 01:49:59 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <hDEu4.31970$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Greg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I have a small network with NT and Linux,
>
> What I want to do is back up my Linux data to the NT machine over the
> network, I could then automate this process.
>
> My network works fine and from NT I can access the Linux box, but how do
> access files / transfer files from the Linux box via the command line.
Use smbmount. It's part of the Samba package. Unfortunately, its syntax
and options have changed two or three times from 2.0 to 2.06. With the
more recent versions, the following should work:
smbmount //ntboxname/ntsharename /linux/path/to/nt/mount/point
You'll be prompted for a password. You may need to configure your Samba
options (like the workgroup name) in /etc/smb.conf, /etc/samba/smb.conf,
or some similar file, or enter overriding options on the smbmount command
line.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux networking & WordPerfect for Linux
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From: "Charles Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: What is the best way to mirror my Web/mail/FTP server
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:45:28 -0600
I have a Web/mail/FTP server that I would like to mirror for redundancy.
What is the best way to do this? It doesn't have to be mirrored real-time
but I want it to be updated every 24 hours minimum.
I am running Linux Slackware on kernel 2.2.10. I already have two
identically configured machines.
Thanks,
Charles
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 has 63,000 bugs - Win2k.html [0/1] - Win2k.html [0/1]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:08:37 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when Donovan Rebbechi would say:
>On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 07:22:09 -0800, JCA wrote:
>>crashed wrote:
>
>> This is a very commendable feeling but, unfortunately, not the way things
>> have
>>historically worked out, the egregious example being that of home VCR formats.
>
>There are more to "merits" than the product quality. There are very good
>reasons why home VCR formats worked out the way they did.
>
>>Any tactic within the law should be used in order to kill the Redmond beast,
>>least it kills Linux and the open source movement first.
>
>When you talk about "history", think about all the great revolutions -- the
>(Chinese) cultural revolution, the Russian revolution, the French revolution
>... and also think of their aftermaths. Once the means become corrupted, the
>end follows suit.
Indeed.
For instance, after the French revolution came Napoleon.
This was neither an unalloyed benefit nor an unalloyed bad thing;
Napoleon had some "aspects of enlightenment" so that whilst there was
"tyranny," there was also established a code of law that is still used
to this day.
But to take things more directly back to the times of the revolutions,
there was great bloodshed and even corruption amongst those that
established the revolutions.
>> This is a kind of >Alliance vs. Empire struggle.
>
>Put your light saber down, buddy. The only "struggle" is that to offer
>good quality software to the users.
Indeed.
And even if we go along with the "Star Wars" characterization, it's
not obvious that when the Rebel Alliance wins, that everything turns
into hugs and kisses for everyone. [Which is why I consider Dune to
be *great* literature, and Star Wars to be silly fantasy.
<http://www.kithrup.com/brin/starwars.html> explains the problems with
Star Wars further...]
The Rebel Alliance is left with picking up the pieces of a political
economy, including dealing with:
a) Establishing a just judiciary across the Alliance;
b) Establishing trade agreements between worlds;
c) Establishing policies that may involve tax powers, which might mean
that they have to board smugglers' vessels to collect import duties
or to interdict transport of illicit goods;
d) Establishing a "peace time" military;
None of which are trivial matters, and *all* of which would involve
establishing policies that people formerly downtrodden by the former
regime will find disquietingly similar to what they used to have.
[Timothy Zahn's series "Heir to the Empire," "Dark Force Rising," and
"The Last Command" provide a politically-plausible aftermath to the
destruction of the Imperial Emperor...]
Bringing this back from "Sci-Fi" to relevance, in a "world where Open
Source Is King," there would be a *need* for organizations and
political structures that are disturbingly similar to what was true in
the "bad old days" of Microsoft.
--
... it's just that in C++ and the like, you don't trust _anybody_, and
in CLOS you basically trust everybody. the practical result is that
thieves and bums use C++ and nice people use CLOS. -- Erik Naggum
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/sf.html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: resize linux partion
Date: 29 Feb 2000 01:51:51 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:30:21 GMT, AJAY wrote:
>
> Accidentaly I have alocated more space for linux. Now I want to resize so
>that to create one more linux partion and rest to create WIN partion. Can
>somebody tell me how to do this???
>
There is an ext2resize package. You can also use parted-boot
if you know how to use a boot disk. Both of these can mess up your
installation beyond repair if you do the wrong thing.
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.linux.isp,alt.linux.slakware,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: What is the best way to mirror my Web/mail/FTP server
Date: 29 Feb 2000 02:13:47 GMT
In alt.os.linux.slackware Charles Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a Web/mail/FTP server that I would like to mirror for redundancy.
> What is the best way to do this? It doesn't have to be mirrored real-time
> but I want it to be updated every 24 hours minimum.
i believe rsync will do this. if you can't find anything better, i suppose
you could use lftp with some scripts and a cron job...
brian
--
brian kowolowski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
gpg infos http://members.xoom.com/midknite
gpg print 92ED E797 9752 5839 56DE D2A5 F337 5142 D5EC FC43
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From: "S. Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Problems with DELL 4300's and RedHat
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:16:54 GMT
Jason Scharlach wrote:
>
> I've been having problems with a recently purchased DELL 4300
> preinstalled with RedHat 6.0. In an attempt to resolve these problems I
> have been in contact with DELL and have attempted to contact RedHat but
> they don't seem to read their e-mail there so I figured I'd ask out
> here.
> Firstly, is there anyone out there who has actually successfully
> gotten a response from RedHat on an e-mail support contract? If so, let
> me know how you managed to get to somebody.
>
> Anyways, here's the message I sent to RH. If anyone has any ideas
> please let me know.
>
> -----------------------------------------
> I've been fighting with this problem for the past week and after going
> through DELL tech support they told me to contact you guys.
>
> Here's the problem.
>
> We recently purchased a DELL Poweredge 4300 server pre-installed with
> Redhat 6.0. Incidently, the 4300 is on the list of Certified Hardware
> for RH 6.0. The system was working fine until we installed and
> attempted to use a second hard disk in the 8x1 backplane. As soon as
> you attempt to access partitions on both hard disks at the same time
> corruption occurs - usually trashing the partitions you were just
> accessing and forcing a re-install of the OS. This is 100%
> reproducable. Infact, if you attempt to perform an install of all
> components and have it automatically mount partitions on both disks the
> install will fail 100% of the time. It does not matter what hard drives
> you use - I have performed installs on both disks and they work
> perfectly
> until you attempt to access the second drive (ie: by mounting it or
> using fdisk to modify the partition table).
> I went through all of the DELL provided hardware diagnostics and
> everything checked out. Not conviced, I then proceeded to attempt
> installing RH 6.1 which also gave the problems. I then installed NT4.0
> on the system and it appears to work perfectly and access both hard
> disks with no problem. So, in my opinion what is wrong is one of 2
> things. 1) The DELL 8x1 backplane is faulty but NT somehow manages to
> mask this or 2) Redhat (Linux) does not support the backplane
> technology.
> What I need to know is, has Redhat ever tested their product in a DELL
> 4300 with multiple hard disks? If they have and it works, I need to
> know so I can get the hardware replaced by DELL. If they have never
> tested this how can you possibly be including an OS with a machine that
> can't scale to multiple hard drives?
>
> Please respond ASAP.
>
> Jason Scharlach
> Quarry Integrated Communications
> -------------------------------------------
I don't have an experience with servers and backplane hardwares, but
what I can help you is you'd better bug DELL more strongly. In my
opinion it's DELL's responsibility if they decide to load Linux with the
possibly unsupported hardware. Redhat is a mere packager so that they
have limited knowledge of all available hardware configuration. Linux is
still struggling with Ultra 66 EIDE... It's my two penny thought.
Hope somebody with more experience with your hardware can answer better.
Cheers.
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From: "Tony Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,linux.help,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.config
Subject: Re: Linux can't do single sided diskettes!?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:41:01 -0500
Both good suggestions! Unfortunately neither worked...
mtools: Good looking software. Hadn't thought of it. Tried it, I like the
options, and it works for normal 2-sided DOS diskettes of assorted
varieties, but SINGLE-sided, no go. "Sector too big". Of course it's not,
since DOS1.1 diskettes use a 512 byte sector just like other versions, but
perhaps it's trying to check sectors on the *unformatted* side of the disk.
"devices.txt" and creating the appropriate /dev/fd*: Sounds great, but in
checking out devices.txt, on both RH5.1 and RH6.1, it lists numerous
available formats, none of them SINGLE sided. I need one that would be
effectively H180, i.e. using a 1.2MB floppy drive to read a 180K diskette
(single sided, double density).
Still looking for help on this...
Thanks!
Tony Harris
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: login?
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 20:17:09 -0600
> jmr wrote:
>
> Hello there,
>
> I'm using RH 6.0 and I found this in my last log (successful! logins):
>
> root pts/3 Sun Feb 27 18:08 - 18:09
> (00:00)
> root pts/2 Sun Feb 27 18:05 - 18:25
> (00:20)
> root pts/3 Sun Feb 27 17:57 - 17:57
> (00:00)
> root pts/2 Sun Feb 27 17:51 - 17:56
> (00:04)
> root pts/2 Sun Feb 27 17:45 - 17:49
> (00:04)
>
> There has been no IP recorded for these logins.
> And anyway,
> 1. the root user has of course a complicated password set,
> 2. you must first telnet in with a normal user's account (except from
> the console, which is very unlikely that someone did) and cannot
> telnet as root like this
>
> Any idea what this could be?
>
>
> J.M. Roth
> ________________________________________________________
I believe these are some sort of pseudo terminals associated with
terminal windows. pts is a subdirectory of /dev and 0, 1,2,etc
seem to be character devices in that subdirectory. My last
shows me logged in repeatedly at such terminals. When I su
to root and create a new xterm as root, I find root logged in
at such a terminal. Has someone been sitting at the console
and logging in as root?
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: cll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to display ONLY unread news headers...
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:29:03 +1300
Jeff Pierce wrote:
>
> How in the world do you make Netscape 4.7 to list ONLY the UNREAD
> message headers???
> in 3.5 Gold you had a selection in a pull doewn menu> "Show only unread
> messages". That does not exist anymore. Now you ahve "Disk Space" under
> preferences.
> So, how do you cause ONLY UNREAD message headers to be listed????
>
> --
> Jeff Pierce
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://pages.preferred.com/~piercej
>
View -- Messages -- New
cll
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:29:28 +0000
From: The Scotts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Licq install problem...easy answer
Don't know if they're on your mandrake disk, but rufus or most any other
rpm site has it:
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/QByName.html
Bob Scott
Dave Brown wrote:
>
> When i try installing the licq rpm binary file their are a few dependencie
> problems, when i try running the "rpm -i <licq file>" it says:
>
> error: failed dependencies:
> qt >= 2.0.2 is needed by licq-0.76-1
> libgt.so.2 is needed by licq 0.76-1
>
> Are these files on my mandrake 6.1 disk? if so what is the name of the rpm?
> If not were can i find these files, and where should i extract them to (if
> tarballed)?
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> BTW: Thank you all for helping me setup my modem this place (searchlinux)
> is a goldmine for answers =) I'm now on the internet in linux...Its
> amazing!
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:34:36 +0800
From: Cynix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.setup,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux,cn.bbs.comp.linux,linux.redhat.misc,tw.bbs.comp.linux,hk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.anwsers
Subject: Unmount Problem!
I'm using Linux Redhat6.1.
I can't unmount the file system and proc when during shutdown. System
stated that "Unmount file system : Busy" and "Unmount proc: busy"
This problem occur once i set the quota for my user and group.
Thanks for help.
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Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:35:38 +0000
From: The Scotts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape Navigator, Adobe Acrobat Reader
I installed Acrobat4 last night per the readme using default values and
have no problem printing a pdf file when Acrobat is started within KDE
(not from the terminal). But it won't load a file as an application
from inside Netscape, although I followed the supplied instructions (I
think).
Bob Scott
nldgr wrote:
>
> Bob Hauck wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 04:49:00 GMT, ndg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >lpr % s
> >
> > Try just "lpr".
> >
>
> Printer went off to the races printing one diddy a page; had to whoa it with
> lprm.
>
> Also tried lpr /home/temp/f1040.pdf which is the file in the directory I wanted
> to print; same result as just using lpr.
>
> Oh well, guess I won't be able to file my tax return this year; I'm sure good
> ol' Uncle Sam will understand my dilemna.
> Thanks anyways guys; I'll figure it out eventually.
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From: "Dave Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: slocate.cron and cron.weekly Errors
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:37:56 GMT
Hi all
This is the first message I've seen from this thread. Perhaps my ISP has
eaten the others:-) From what Taylor posted, it sounds the same problems as
I've been getting. A repost of the answer to the slocate.cron problem, as
well as any pointers to curing makewhatis.cron of its ills, would be much
appreciated.
TIA
--
Dave Stevenson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
In order to E-mail me, please make the obvious change to the above address
Taylor Hutt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I have the exact same errors mentioned in the 1st message of this
> > thread. I too am running Mandrake. I have taken care of the
> > slocate.cron error with the help of the semi-colons, thanks to Dr.
> > Jones. I still have the cron.weekly error (from makewhatis.cron)
> > though, with the mail message getting to be over 100K in size. A whole
> > bunch of bzcat errors, with one of two descriptions, "corrupted file -
> > use the -tvv option to test integrity" or "the file is not a bzip2
> > file". How do I resolve this? Do I need to run the 'bzip2recover'
> > program? I am fairly new to Linux, so I want to explore the simple
> > options before I run any major utility at this point.
> >
>
> Anyone else have trouble?
> I'm getting all sorts of email to root saying my bz2 manpages are
> corrupt under Mandrake.
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From: Edward M Grill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Quintus Prolog
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 21:26:55 -0500
Reply-To: "crazy eddie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Does anyone know where i could found the libraries and a compiler for
Quintus Prolog for LINUX? i recently put together a LINUX box and want to do
some (if not all ) of my PROLOG programming for this class project on it.
Where
might i find the libraries and a compiler for LINUX? I have Storm Linux
running ( based on the Debian GNU distro. ) Can anyone give me some
suggestions or links to check out?
Thanks in advance!
Eddie
--
**********************************
SUNYAB CSE major
"beware of the penguins....!"
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "S. Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: printing through ghostscript?
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:46:43 GMT
"Kirk R. Wythers" wrote:
>
> I am setting up an HP 970 (desk jet) as a local printer on lp0 (RedHat
> 6.1 with kernel 2.2.14). So far I can't seem to get color printing. I'm
> thinking that this must be a filter issue. Should I be using
> ghostscript? if so, how can I check to make sure that I am printing
> through ghostscript? printtool does not list ghostscript as a filter...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kirk
>
> --
> Kirk R. Wythers University of Minnesota
> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Forest Resources
> Tel: 612.625.22611530 Cleveland Ave. N.
> Fax: 612 625.5212 Saint Paul, MN 55108
If you didn't skip ghostscript installation, it should be integrated
with printtool. Try to select cj550c filter. At least it works with HP
DJ832C printer.
Cheers.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink)
Subject: Re: Where are printer drivers located?
Date: 29 Feb 2000 01:01:40 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000 14:26:56 GMT ndg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I wanted to try to use the WP print driver with Netscape and Acroread.
>Will that work if I copy the wp driver into the other directories?
No.
--
Carl Fink [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I-Con's Science and Technology Guest of Honor in 2000 will be Geoffrey
A. Landis. See <http://www.iconsf.org> for I-Con information.
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Subject: Re: Old versions of Slackware
From: Allan Adler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 28 Feb 2000 21:49:08 -0500
"WME" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[re DOS debug facility commands that let you do a binary write a
file to any specified place on the disk, including the boot sector.]
> If I remember correctly it is wxxx where xxx is the number of bytes to be
> written. I might be able to find those commands for you. I might have them
> lying around somewhere. I am not an expert on this topic.
According to the manual I have for DOS 4.01, the w command in debug has
the syntax
W[address [drive: record record]]
I think it knows what has to be written, since it ought to be the filename
given when one starts debug, e.g.
debug foo.bar
or else one can select the name using the N command in debug. They say
that if you simply use the W command with an address, assuming you haven't
done anything to chance the BX and CX registers, then the file is written
beginning at that address.
What address on the disk is the beginning of the bot sector? According
to my ancient copy of Norton's book Programmer's Guide to the IBM PC
(1985), on p.112, one examines the boot record in debug by executing, e.g.,
DEBUG
L 0 0 0 1 ; load first sector
U 0 L 2 ; unassemble and list first and second bytes
U 2E ; unassemble and list all bytes form 2E on
The L command has the same syntax as the W command. I think L 0 0 0 1
means load the stuff from record 0 0 to record 0 1 into memory. That
suggests to me that the sequence to write the file foo.bar to the boot
record is:
debug foo.bar
w0000
but I really don't understand the syntax.
Is that correct? How badly can I screw up the disk if I get it wrong?
Allan Adler
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From: "S. Park" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't access my Dell's modem with Redhat 6.0
Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 02:50:38 GMT
Michael Compton wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I've installed various releases of RedHat on a variety of Pentiums,
> including 6.0 on a Dell Inspiron, with little or no trouble. However,
> I'm now trying to install 6.0 on my new Dell Dimension T700r, and can't
> get the modem working. I've triple-checked all of the settings against
> my "successful" installations and things seem to be set up properly, but
> I just seem to talk to the modem.
>
> "ifup ppp0" generates a chat error that says "can't get terminal
> parameters". When I run minicom, I can't seem to get "init modem" to
> work, either with /dev/modem or /dev/ttyS1
>
> Thanks in advance for any assistance or pointers!
> -Michael Compton
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Check the site http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html to see what
kind of modem yours is and if it works under Linux.
Cheers.
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