Linux-Misc Digest #651, Volume #27 Thu, 19 Apr 01 16:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Newbie - odd problem with Gnome AND KDE (Kevin C. Redden)
Newbie question: - using Windows fonts in Gnome? (Kevin C. Redden)
Re: Am I f******? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000 (John Ridley)
Re: Stupid login tricks (/etc/issue question) ("Jeffrey J. Bacon")
Re: telnet/ftp ("Sudhakar R.")
Re: RedHat 7.1 vs 7.0 for stability/reliability (Vincent Fox)
Re: Stupid login tricks (/etc/issue question) (Proton2112)
Re: Can I add libstdc++.so.2.10 to RH 7? (Markku Kolkka)
Re: Am I f******? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000 (Debbie the Gruesome)
Re: running "strip" on bins, what are the dangers? (Francis Litterio)
Re: Newbie - odd problem with Gnome AND KDE (Markku Kolkka)
Re: Newbie question: - using Windows fonts in Gnome? (Markku Kolkka)
Re: Konqueror and Java (Markku Kolkka)
Re: Loggig syslog messages from a PIX 5.3 firewall (Mike Delaney)
problem with gnome-terminal after upgrade (David Miller)
Re: RedHat 7.1 vs 7.0 for stability/reliability (Arctic Storm)
Re: PC NFS server? (* Tong *)
Sending voice to a modem (JF Bertrand)
Sending voice to a modem (JF Bertrand)
Sending voice to a modem (JF Bertrand)
Re: Am I ****? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000 (Tor Iver Wilhelmsen)
Re: Am I f******? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000 (Tor Iver Wilhelmsen)
Re: Stupid login tricks (/etc/issue question) (Allodoxaphobia)
Re: Which distro for 2.4.x ? (Christian Rose)
Re: Am I f******? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000 (John Ridley)
Re: Which distro for 2.4.x ? (Christian Rose)
Re: Stupid login tricks (/etc/issue question) ("Jeffrey J. Bacon")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Redden)
Subject: Newbie - odd problem with Gnome AND KDE
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:15:43 GMT
Hey all: I've found a very annoying problem with both KDE, and Gnome.
Since it affects both, I wonder if it's not a *feature*.
The problem comes, in typing the ', and " key. If I type it once,
nothing shows up, but anything afterwards is accented? Like typing "a,
comes out as Ä To use the keys, I have to type them twice.
Is this a normal feature of Gnome and KDE? I've seen it in *both*
enviroments. I've just installed gnome 1.2 (or what ever the newest
version is), and still I get that problem. This affects both the
console, and graphic programs. (Like typing in a command line window
(console), and gnome's text editor (graphic), But this doesn't show up
on a pure command line enviroment.
Is there a way to turn this off? Since it affects even word
processors, it makes it impossible to type effectively. Anyone know
what it's for? I have no idea what to look for in the man pages, or
other help screens.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Redden)
Subject: Newbie question: - using Windows fonts in Gnome?
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:18:23 GMT
Hey guys: I'm wondering if there's a way of using Windows fonts within
Gnome, so I can at least have the same fonts (Which are much cleaner,
and readable than Gnomes.) Is this a legal issue as to why the fonts
arn't the same? Or other reasons? I'm not too worried about legalities
on my own system, especially since it's affecting *my* eyes :)
I'm using Gnome 1.2 (The newest version installed off their web site
yesterday [18 April 2001])
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From: John Ridley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Am I f******? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 12:39:31 -0400
I re-read my post, and I can see that you probably thought I was
calling someone in this thread a nazi. I wasn't, I was just saying
words to invoke the "end of thread" trigger. Sorry I wasn't clear.
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 10:12:30 -0500, "Dreamspinner3"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hmmm....never knew that, and I have been posting to Usenet for years. You
>are right. I will drop this thread now. Thanks.
>
>"John Ridley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>> By the way, apparently you didn't get the joke. It's an unwritten
>> rule of Usenet that all flamewars eventually come around to the point
>> where someone mentions either Hitler or Nazis. At that point, the
>> thread is usually considered over.
>>
>
>
=====
John Ridley
http://ridley.dyndns.org
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From: "Jeffrey J. Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stupid login tricks (/etc/issue question)
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 17:32:34 GMT
> I'm not really a shell programmer, but if you try something like:
> echo -e '\033[1;32m This should be in green'
> it should be in colour.
\[\033[1;34m\]Breakfast.ca\[\033[0m\]
that displays on my MOTD screen. (not in color, that exact text)
--
================================
Jeffrey Bacon
================================
Administrator, Breakfast.ca
Student, Carleton U.
Java Programmer, Extrordinaire!
================================
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.breakfast.ca/~jjbacon
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From: "Sudhakar R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: telnet/ftp
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:16:37 -0400
ping my machine from another on the network results in the following error
ping: socket: Permission denied
so , i guess my box is totally inaccessible from the network. any help to
get this fixed will be greatly appreciated. thanx again for your time.
-sud
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Herb Stein wrote:
>Can you ping it? It's starting to sound like a network problem.
>
>"Sudhakar R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> both 'telnet localhost' and 'telnet localhost 21' work fine. when i try
>> telnet from another machine on the network i get the following..
>>
>> mulga@~ [12:05pm] $ telnet matrixuc.homeip.net
>> Trying 129.137.205.235...
>> telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection timed out
>> mulga@~ [12:09pm] $
>>
>> can someone plz help me get this to work.
>> thanx again
>> -sud
>>
>> >u wanna try posting some error messages instead of just saying u can't do
>> >it? It makes us fly blindly w/o some error messages.
>> >
>> >u sure the telnet daemon is installed as well as the ftp daemon?
>> >try 'telnet localhost' and see if it connects
>> >for ftp testing try 'telnet localhost 21' and see what happens, if it
>> >conect then a daemon is running (this can't be used as a test for the
>> >telnet daemon though unless u change teh 21 to a 23 for the telnet port)
>> >
>> >> On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Herb Stein wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Check to what /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny contain. They are
>> >>>used to control which inetd services are accessable.
>> >>>
>> >>>----- Original Message -----
>> >>>From: "Sudhakar R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups:
>> >>>comp.os.linux.misc
>> >>>Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2001 9:53 AM Subject: ftp,telnet
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>> I'd recently installed a RH 7.0 box. But I'm unable to access it over
>> >>>> the network using telnet/ftp. Can someone please tell me how I can
>get
>> >>>> the services going.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Thanx in advance
>> >>>> -sud
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>
>> >
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent Fox)
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.1 vs 7.0 for stability/reliability
Date: 19 Apr 2001 17:43:43 GMT
In <oxtD6.898$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Arctic Storm
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Now that RedHat 7.1 is out, I'm considering upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1.
>7.1 has kernel 2.4.2, although 2.4.3 is the latest stable version.
>7.0 has kernel 2.2.16.
>How does stability of 2.2.6 compare to 2.4.2?
>Is RedHat 7.1 as stable/reliable as 7.0?
>Is the upgrade worth the hassle?
If all you want is the new kernel, just compile the new kernel.
I have a Redhat 6.2 system running the 2.4.3 kernel. Works fine.
--
"Who needs horror movies when we have Microsoft"?
-- Christine Comaford, PC Week, 27/9/95
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From: Proton2112 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stupid login tricks (/etc/issue question)
Date: 19 Apr 2001 17:49:02 GMT
>> PS: is there a website with the color codes listed
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prompt-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1
That page has color code info. I tried inserting some codes but I think
whatever program displays /etc/issue just doesn't interpret them like 'echo'
can. Anyone have any more insight about what displays /etc/issue and if there's
a way we can swap it out for echo?
-P
*i want color dammit! :p*
** REMOVE STUFF FROM EMAIL TO REPLY DIRECTLY **
Static wrote:
> Jeffrey J. Bacon wrote:
>
> > I'm interested in this as well. I have edited the /etc/issue output in
> > rc.local and have a script executing on startup that creates my
> > /etc/motd file but and ANSI codes in it just show up as the codes not
> > the colours. I'd be most interested in how to get this to work.
> >
> > PS: is there a website with the color codes listed
> >
> > David wrote:
> >>
> >> Proton2112 wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I'm using Redhat 6.2.
> >> >
> >> > I am trying to make the login message in /etc/issue have colors. I
> >> > have
> >> >
> >> > not had luck just inserting ansi-looking codes (but maybe I didn't do
> >> > it
> >> >
> >> > right). Anyone know if this can be done? Maybe it's whatever is
> >> > displaying /etc/issue (I have no idea which program it is) doesn't read
> >> > ansi codes.
> >> >
> >> > Any ideas?
> >> >
> >> > proton2112
> >> >
> >> > *remove stuff from email to reply directly*
> >>
> >> /etc/issue and /etc/isue.net are re-written at each boot of the system
> >> with these lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> >>
> >> # echo "" > /etc/issue
> >> # echo "$R" >> /etc/issue
> >> # echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $SMP$(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
> >> #
> >> # cp -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net
> >> # echo >> /etc/issue
> >>
> >> --
> >> Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
> >> Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
> >> ID # 123538
> >> Completed more W/U's than 99.166% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
> >
> I'm not really a shell programmer, but if you try something like:
> echo -e '\033[1;32m This should be in green'
> it should be in colour.
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can I add libstdc++.so.2.10 to RH 7?
Date: 19 Apr 2001 20:35:52 +0300
Guy Parry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I would like to try the latest version of licq, v1.0.3 on RH 7,
> but I get a dependency conflict and it tells me it needs an older
> version of libstdc++ before I can install it. Can I put TWO versions
> of libstdc++ on the one machine if they are differently numbered? If
> so, where can I GET this file?
Yes, look for the compat-libstdc++ package from your RH7 install discs.
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Debbie the Gruesome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Am I f******? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:15:03 -0700
It's called Godwin's Law, and the catch is: you can't
just say Nazi or Hitler. It has to be used in a real
sentence, the usual form is either calling someone
a Nazi or comparing them to Hitler.
In article <9bmv7l$a76f7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Hmmm....never knew that, and I have been posting to Usenet for years. You
> are right. I will drop this thread now. Thanks.
>
> "John Ridley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> > By the way, apparently you didn't get the joke. It's an unwritten
> > rule of Usenet that all flamewars eventually come around to the point
> > where someone mentions either Hitler or Nazis. At that point, the
> > thread is usually considered over.
> >
>
>
>
>
1
--
---
Debbie the Gruesome [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Poodles are space aliens who think they've disguised
themselves as dogs." - Paghat the Ratgirl
http://www.drizzle.com/~das
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From: Francis Litterio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: running "strip" on bins, what are the dangers?
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 18:15:01 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl) writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >What exactly
> >does [strip] do (all I know is something about taking
> >characters or objects our of bins) and what are (if
> >any) the disadvantages/dangers of stripping bin files?
> Since no debugging information is going to be left in
> binaries and shared libraries the disadvantage is you
> can't retrieve much information anymore if something goes
> wrong.
But if you save the unstripped binary, you can take a core file produced
by a stripped binary and examine it with GDB using the unstripped binary.
--
Francis Litterio
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie - odd problem with Gnome AND KDE
Date: 19 Apr 2001 21:19:53 +0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Redden) writes:
> Hey all: I've found a very annoying problem with both KDE, and Gnome.
> Since it affects both, I wonder if it's not a *feature*.
It's a feature of the X Window System, so it affects all desktops and
other applications
> The problem comes, in typing the ', and " key. If I type it once,
> nothing shows up, but anything afterwards is accented? Like typing "a,
> comes out as Ä To use the keys, I have to type them twice.
This is very useful to us non-americans who like to use characters like
ÄÖÉÜ in our native languages.
> Is there a way to turn this off?
Add (or uncomment) the line
Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys"
in the keyboard section of your /etc/X11/XFConfig-4 file
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie question: - using Windows fonts in Gnome?
Date: 19 Apr 2001 21:29:26 +0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin C. Redden) writes:
> Hey guys: I'm wondering if there's a way of using Windows fonts within
> Gnome, so I can at least have the same fonts
You can use TrueType fonts with X, so they will be automatically used in
Gnome as well. See the Font-HOWTO:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Font-HOWTO.html
and the Font Deuglification Mini-HOWTO:
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/FDU/index.html
> Is this a legal issue
Yes, most of the Windows fonts can't be freely distributed.
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Konqueror and Java
Date: 19 Apr 2001 21:12:28 +0300
Andy Rounds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> How do I get Konqueror (1.9.8 on kde 2.0.1) to execute Java applets? I have
> tried to set the "path to JDK" option in the settings menu, to
> /usr/local/jdk1.3 (where the download from SUN exists), but have had no
> luck.
You need a different Java implementation, see:
http://www.konqueror.org/konq-java.html
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike Delaney)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris
Subject: Re: Loggig syslog messages from a PIX 5.3 firewall
Date: 19 Apr 2001 18:02:32 GMT
On Wed, 18 Apr 2001 13:42:20 -0600 in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said something similar to:
: Okay, here's one I am a bit confused about. I have a PIX firewall
: running 5.3 and am able to log syslog messages from it to my Sun Solaris
: 8 box but not to my Red Hat Linux 6.2 nor my 7.1 Linux machines. I
: followed the exact same procedures for configuring each machine so that
: it would accept syslog messages. I also followed the Firewall
: instructions exactly as well.
The syslogd used on most linux systems, unlike most other
implementations of syslog, doesn't listen to the network
by default. Instead, there's a command line option to
syslogd which enables recieving syslog messages from
remote hosts. It soulds like you haven't restarted
the daemon with this flag (see the manpage for what it
is, I don't recall offhand).
--
Mike Delaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"...Microsoft follows standards. In much the same manner that fish follow
migrating caribou." "Now I have this image in my mind of a fish embracing and
extending a caribou." -- Paul Tomblin and Christian Bauernfeind in the SDM
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From: David Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem with gnome-terminal after upgrade
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:51:02 -0400
I recently upgraded from RH 7.0 to 7.1. When I try to bring up a
gnome-terminal I get the following error:
gnome-terminal: error while loading shared libraries: gnome-terminal:
undefined symbol: zvt_term_set_open_im
eh?
Any help is appreciated.
Dave
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From: Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat 7.1 vs 7.0 for stability/reliability
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 19:03:34 GMT
> >Now that RedHat 7.1 is out, I'm considering upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1.
> >7.1 has kernel 2.4.2, although 2.4.3 is the latest stable version.
> >7.0 has kernel 2.2.16.
> >How does stability of 2.2.6 compare to 2.4.2?
> >Is RedHat 7.1 as stable/reliable as 7.0?
> >Is the upgrade worth the hassle?
>
> If all you want is the new kernel, just compile the new kernel.
> I have a Redhat 6.2 system running the 2.4.3 kernel. Works fine.
One of my computers actually has 6.2, so I'm going to try to compile the
kernel 2.4.3 and see how things work out. Sounds risky/dangerous, but here
goes nothing,...
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From: * Tong * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PC NFS server?
Date: 19 Apr 2001 16:09:58 -0300
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows) writes:
> On 18 Apr 2001 21:47:11 -0300, * Tong * staggered into the Black Sun and
> said:
> >I wish every box is installed Linux. If that can't be satisfied for
> >any reason, I wish every windoze box has NFS sever installed so that
> >I can use my Linux to access it.
> >
> >What is your recommended NFS sever for PC/windoze? Thanks
>
> Every Linux distro that I've seen has SMB (aka CIFS, aka Windows File
> Sharing) filesystem support available by default. Did you try that and
> find it lacking, or are your 'Doze boxes not sharing files, or....?
Oh, yeah, forgot to mention that. Yes, I did succeeded smb mounting
the windoze shares. But my particular problem is that the I have
some Chinese dir/file names, ie, fnames with their 8-bit set. Windoze
always try to show how "smart" it is to do the ansi <-> dos
characters conversion for me. Thus causes the problem that my
Chinese dir/file names being completely screwed up.
If I can find a solution to it, I'll sure use the smb approach. So
you mean that doze based NFS servers are all commercial products?
It's, err, Ok as long as they are stable. I tried the NFS server
that comes with xwin32, but it was so buggy that I terminate to use
it almost right away.
--
Tong (remove underscore(s) to reply)
*niX Power Tools Project: http://xpt.sourceforge.net/
http://members.xoom.com/suntong001/
- All free contribution & collection
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From: JF Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Sending voice to a modem
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:14:25 +0000
Hi guys,
I'm about to need to write a program that requires me to call a phone
number and play a message. I don't know where to start.
Is there a modem library for linux. How do you build a route from your
sound card to your modem and stuff like that. Is there a book I could
get?
Thanks
JF
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From: JF Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Sending voice to a modem
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:18:43 +0000
Hi!
I need to write a program the will call a number and play a message.
I need to find out how to connect to the modem, put the modem in voice
mode, route the sound card to the modem and play the message. I will
also need to modem to keep the line open for DTMF after the connection
is made.
Where can I start, is there a linux book on com programming? Or program
that already does that. Can I make the initial connection using chat?
Pleae help me
JF
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From: JF Bertrand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Sending voice to a modem
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 14:25:42 +0000
Hi!
I need to write a program the will call a number and play a message.
I need to find out how to connect to the modem, put the modem in voice
mode, route the sound card to the modem and play the message. I will
also need to modem to keep the line open for DTMF after the connection
is made.
Where can I start, is there a linux book on com programming? Or program
that already does that. Can I make the initial connection using chat?
Pleae help me
JF
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Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Am I ****? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000
From: Tor Iver Wilhelmsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 19:24:27 GMT
"Jim Knowles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On the other hand, there's always the possibility that a preference
> for intercourse with his camera is the REAL reason our friend above
> has refrained from procreation.....
I don't get you assholes: You keep throwing around pathetic insults at
anyone who posted anything non-negative about the presence of the four
letter word in the initial subject line - without EVER providing an
alternative to the common English expression "to be fucked" when used
in this non-sexual context.
Please get some life, all of you.
--
Tor Iver Wilhelmsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This line intentionally left cluttered. dfgjksdfdghsdknfgsjksngskj
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Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Am I f******? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000
From: Tor Iver Wilhelmsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 19:29:13 GMT
John Ridley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hitler. Nazis. There, this thread is officially over. Please shut
> up.
Ah - but Goodwin's Law has a corollary that it's voided if someone
tries to invoke it on purpose.
Thank you very much, the thread will now _never_ die.
--
Tor Iver Wilhelmsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
My random .sig generator picked the t-string this time.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allodoxaphobia)
Subject: Re: Stupid login tricks (/etc/issue question)
Reply-To: If You Reply <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 19 Apr 2001 19:43:13 GMT
--- Jeopardy-style followups corrected ---
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 13:20:33 GMT, Jeffrey J. Bacon scribbled:
>David wrote:
>> Proton2112 wrote:
>> >
>> > I'm using Redhat 6.2.
>> > I am trying to make the login message in /etc/issue have colors. I have
>> > not had luck just inserting ansi-looking codes (but maybe I didn't do it
>> > right). Anyone know if this can be done? Maybe it's whatever is
>> > displaying /etc/issue (I have no idea which program it is) doesn't read
>> > ansi codes.
>> >
>> /etc/issue and /etc/isue.net are re-written at each boot of the system
>> with these lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>>
>> # echo "" > /etc/issue
>> # echo "$R" >> /etc/issue
>> # echo "Kernel $(uname -r) on $a $SMP$(uname -m)" >> /etc/issue
>> #
>> # cp -f /etc/issue /etc/issue.net
>> # echo >> /etc/issue
>>
>I'm interested in this as well. I have edited the /etc/issue output in
>rc.local and have a script executing on startup that creates my
>/etc/motd file but and ANSI codes in it just show up as the codes not
>the colours. I'd be most interested in how to get this to work.
It's probably because the system does not yet know what terminal
type the login is destined to use.
>PS: is there a website with the color codes listed
Here are two sites I reference for ANSI/VT-100 escape sequences:
http://www.graphcomp.com/info/specs/ansi_col.html
http://myhome.elim.net/~hwlee/works/jprj/term_tech/
HTH,
Jonesy
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| Gunnison, Colorado | @ | Jonesy | linux __
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From: Christian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which distro for 2.4.x ?
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:48:36 +0200
Dave Brown wrote:
> So what are you saying...? If I purchase StarOffice, Loki Games, whatever,
> that I'm stoopid because no one should expect a binary that was compiled
> against some library which was compiled by some compiler could possibly
> work in another distribution created under a different set of circumstances,
> just because it's Linux.
Everyone that releases binary-only software should of course test their
software on the different platforms they are targeting. And targeting
*only* Red Hat 7.x is very stupid, IMHO. I'm sure you agree on that.
That said, I know that StarOffice has binaries for Red Hat 7.x, and if I
remember correctly Loki supports it too. I know for sure that I haven't
had any problems playing RT2... :-)
Christian
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From: John Ridley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: rec.photo.digital,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Am I f******? HP Photosmart C500 and Win 2000
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 15:08:19 -0400
Well, "one never knows, do one?"
It'd be nice to have a magic "stop the flamewar" button, wouldn't it?
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 11:15:03 -0700, Debbie the Gruesome
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>It's called Godwin's Law, and the catch is: you can't
>just say Nazi or Hitler. It has to be used in a real
>sentence, the usual form is either calling someone
>a Nazi or comparing them to Hitler.
>
>In article <9bmv7l$a76f7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>> Hmmm....never knew that, and I have been posting to Usenet for years. You
>> are right. I will drop this thread now. Thanks.
>>
>> "John Ridley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> >
>> > By the way, apparently you didn't get the joke. It's an unwritten
>> > rule of Usenet that all flamewars eventually come around to the point
>> > where someone mentions either Hitler or Nazis. At that point, the
>> > thread is usually considered over.
>> >
>>
>>
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From: Christian Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which distro for 2.4.x ?
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 22:00:09 +0200
Bill Unruh wrote:
> ]Red Hat 7.1 of course... :-)
>
> Except it is not yet out:-) (Monday is shipping day)
Err, where did you get that from?
Red Hat Linux 7.1 was released this Monday (April 16th). You have been
able to download ISO:s from ftp.redhat.com and mirrors since that date.
You won't be able to buy a *boxed set* until Monday April 23rd, however.
Remember, Red Hat is not SuSE. :-)
SuSE does not allow you to download ISO:s until the boxed sets have been
availiable in stores for some weeks. With Red Hat, ISO:s are always
available immediately, and boxed sets that you can buy are available
some week later. Quite a difference :-]
> ]It's the first distro built entirely with kernel 2.4, and using 2.4
> ]exclusively. So you know it works with and is properly tested with 2.4.
>
> Well, tested anyway. We will have to wait and see about the "properly"
> part.
I don't think you will be disappointed, really. :)
Christian
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From: "Jeffrey J. Bacon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stupid login tricks (/etc/issue question)
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:06:07 GMT
> >I'm interested in this as well. I have edited the /etc/issue output in
> >rc.local and have a script executing on startup that creates my
> >/etc/motd file but and ANSI codes in it just show up as the codes not
> >the colours. I'd be most interested in how to get this to work.
>
> It's probably because the system does not yet know what terminal
> type the login is destined to use.
>
and how would I tell the system what terminal type to use?
(prompt colors work fine BTW)
> >PS: is there a website with the color codes listed
>
> Here are two sites I reference for ANSI/VT-100 escape sequences:
>
> http://www.graphcomp.com/info/specs/ansi_col.html
> http://myhome.elim.net/~hwlee/works/jprj/term_tech/
>
> HTH,
> Jonesy
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