Poor choice of environment if you ask me. That's my URGENT response.
So there. On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is there a way to use a Cyclades TS1000 as a simple ras in an NT environment? > Please respond Urgent! > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 07/11/2002 05:11:05 PM > > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > cc: (bcc: Oliver T. Pabilla/Channel Sales/Phil-Data) > > Subject: plug digest, Vol 1 #1612 - 13 msgs > > > > Send plug mailing list submissions to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of plug digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: desktop manager (Rick Moen) > 2. RE: desktop manager (Marvin Pascual) > 3. Re: Install Problem (Rick Moen) > 4. Re: desktop manager (Rick Moen) > 5. Developer's Meeting (Ivy Cabeza) > 6. divx Player (proxy) > 7. Re: The joys of Emacs: the one true editor ;) (Sacha Chua) > 8. Re: The joys of Emacs: the one true editor ;) (Sacha Chua) > 9. RE: desktop manager (Marvin Pascual) > 10. Re: The joys of Emacs: the one true editor ;) (Rick Moen) > 11. Re: screen (was: desktop manager) (Sacha Chua) > 12. Re: list of archives (Arnel G. Pastrana) > 13. Re: desktop manager (Rick Moen) > > --__--__-- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 01:08:06 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] desktop manager > From: Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Quoting Sacha Chua ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > [1] screen is a very handy program that multiplexes terminals. We do > > all sorts of weird things with it. <g> I should write something about > > screen soon... > > GNU Screen rocks my world. > > That's why I gave it a section of its own in > http://linuxmafia.com/lwce2001/ . > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 2 > From: "Marvin Pascual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [plug] desktop manager > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:25:27 -0700 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01C228F7.91D231E0 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick Moen > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:08 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [plug] desktop manager > > > > > > Quoting Sacha Chua ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > [1] screen is a very handy program that multiplexes terminals. > > > We do all sorts of weird things with it. <g> I should write > > > something about screen soon... > > > > GNU Screen rocks my world. > > > > That's why I gave it a section of its own in > > http://linuxmafia.com/lwce2001/ . > > I'm sorry for my ignorance but, what can "screen" do to my computing needs? > What are the primary use of that package? What is it for? > > Thanks. > > --- > MARVIN T. PASCUAL > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel. #: (+63-2) 925-2052/981-7022 > Linux User No. 247147 > > ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01C228F7.91D231E0 > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; > name="Marvin T. Pascual.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="Marvin T. Pascual.vcf" > > BEGIN:VCARD > VERSION:2.1 > N:Pascual;Marvin T. > FN:Marvin T. Pascual > ORG:Bureau of Internal Revenue;Information Systems Development Service > TITLE:Information Systems Analyst 1 > TEL;WORK;VOICE:9252052 > TEL;WORK;VOICE:9817022 > TEL;HOME;VOICE:9293952 > TEL;PREF:9252052 > ADR;WORK:;Systems Maintenance and Support Division;#14 Makadios Street, = > Sikatuna Village;Quezon City;;1101;Philippines > LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:Systems Maintenance and Support = > Division=3D0D=3D0A#14 Makadios Street, Sikatuna =3D > Village=3D0D=3D0AQuezon City 1101=3D0D=3D0APhilippines > EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > REV:20020423T181951Z > END:VCARD > > ------=_NextPart_000_0087_01C228F7.91D231E0-- > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 01:29:36 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] Install Problem > From: Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Quoting G-Shock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > RedHat 7.3 cant prove my AHA1520B during installation, Any idea or > > suggestion on how to fix the error. > > Just refreshing my memory: The AHA152x series (x=0 means no floppy > support, x=2 means floppy support) used Adaptec's AIC-6260/6360 > chipsets, and were ISA and VLB-type. The driver was named aha152x. > > This was basically the cheaper cousin of the AHA1542 series, omitting > the better cards' ability to do busmastering DMA -- leading to much > higher CPU load. > > Anyhow, I'll bet I know what the problem is. > > A lot of Linux kernel hardware drivers attempt to probe for the hardware > they support, and identify their hardware "resources" (IRQs, I/O base > addresses, and sometimes DMA channels) by looking for their option ROMs > (aka BIOSes) -- the cards' onboard firmware. This is particularly > helpful for ISA cards, since ISA's tracking of hardware resources was > always pitiful. > > However, a lot of people insert these cheap ISA SCSI cards with the > options ROMs disabled -- especially when they're cheap add-ons to an ATA > ("IDE")-based system, where you want system BIOS interrupt 13h's boot > rootines getting mapped to the ATA devices, without the SCSI chain's > boot ROMs confusing the issue. > > I'll bet you have the AHA1520B's option ROM (BIOS) disabled via the > card's jumpers. This might even be necessary for your system to > successfully boot (though it might not). But unfortunately, it means > that the card will _not_ be auto-probed successfully -- because the > driver can't find the ROM, and therefore can't map out how to talk to > the card. > > If that's the case, then your workaround is to inform the booting kernel > of all the necessary hardware details (what driver, what I/O base > address, what IRQ). See: > http://www.ibiblio.org/mdw/HOWTO/BootPrompt-HOWTO-6.html > > If you use LILO, you can pass this stuff as command-line parameters to > the booting Linux kernel by putting an appropriate "Append=" line in > /etc/lilo.conf (and then, as always, re-running "/sbin/lilo -v" to > implement the change). If you're using GRUB or something else, do > whatever's analogous. > > -- > Cheers, There are only 10 types of people in this world -- > Rick Moen those who understand binary arithmetic and those who don't. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --__--__-- > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 01:31:03 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] desktop manager > From: Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Quoting Marvin Pascual ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > >> GNU Screen rocks my world. > >> > >> That's why I gave it a section of its own in > >> http://linuxmafia.com/lwce2001/ . > > > > I'm sorry for my ignorance but, what can "screen" do to my computing needs? > > What are the primary use of that package? What is it for? > > Out of curiousity, are you asking this question before or _after_ > reading the indicated text? > > -- > Cheers, There are only 10 types of people in this world -- > Rick Moen those who understand binary arithmetic and those who don't. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --__--__-- > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 16:34:57 +0800 > From: Ivy Cabeza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], > Philippine Linux Users' Group Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [plug] Developer's Meeting > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > i would like to propose a developer's meeting next saturday, july 20. > are you guys interested? i believe we have been scheduling one for quite > > sometime now. ASTI is willing to provide the needed facilities. > > we'll be discussing the development of the bayanihan version 2.0. we > will > consider all the comments we have received and we hope people are > willing > to volunteer. ASTI is planning to build an opensource community for the > bayanihan > linux development. however, the meeting is not confined on bayanihan > linux alone. > we could discuss any project including the filipino linux documentation > project > and other future projects. > > also, we welcome non-technical people who wants to contribute in their > own > simple way (maybe through documentation, website maintenance, etc). > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 6 > Date: 11 Jul 2002 08:35:25 -0000 > From: "proxy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [plug] divx Player > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > hi pluggers, > > Can anyone suggest a good divx Player for linux. I've tried divx.com but > there's bugs and problem. Except xine and mplayer. > > Thank you, > proxy > > --__--__-- > > Message: 7 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] The joys of Emacs: the one true editor ;) > From: Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11 Jul 2002 16:49:37 +0800 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Jessie Evangelista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've heard sacha rant before about emacs and to tell everyone the > > Rave, dear. The right term is rave. > > Rant would be something I'd do about certain operating systems sold by > a particular monopolistic corporation... > > > truth, I've never even fired it up. I'm sure a lot of people here are > > not using it so I was just thinking, maybe sacha can give a > > lecture/seminar on Emacs. I'm sure a lot of peeps would love and > > appreciate this. It will also serve to demonstrate emacs in > > action(assuming hands-on access is possible). > > Hmmm. Emacs seems a little intimidating if you're just starting out, > but if you go through the tutorials confident that you can eventually > understand it, you'll survive. > > I could show off the funky things I'm doing with Emacs, I > guess. <laugh> But it's not really much - do my mail, look at my > calendar, speech-synthesize a HOWTO in the background while > participating in #linuxhelp in a split window that's between my > outlined notes and my BBDB records... ;) > > Don't expect a step-by-step tutorial - there are plenty on the Net, > and Emacs has a cool tutorial inside it - but more like a whirlwind > tour of packages I find particularly useful. <laugh> > > Emacs is _so_ cool. > > And it's really good for students, too, which is why I'm cc'ing this to licuts. > Want to get together and talk about cool ways to use software for school? > > -- > Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 4 BS CS Ateneo geekette > interests: emacs, linux, wearables, teaching compsci, making games > > --__--__-- > > Message: 8 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] The joys of Emacs: the one true editor ;) > From: Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11 Jul 2002 16:58:10 +0800 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "Marvin Pascual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I for one, I don't use Emacs eventhough I've heard of the good features that > > it has. I'm a vi user eversince. =) > > See, I used to use vi. (Let's just forget about my pico phase, okay? ;) ) > > Of course, vim was _much_ better. > > I liked how vim knew how to color all these weird files I'd be > editing. I liked how it integrated with ctags so that I could browse > through source code easily. > > I used to switch between vim and emacs. vim for quick hacks, emacs for > extended editing. > > Then I discovered all of these Emacs goodies. > > I realized I could do so many things in Emacs. I think that's pretty cool. > > I tried several mail clients. Liked features from here and there, and > was thinking of learning enough elisp to hack the features together > into one client. Then the people on #emacs clued me onto gnus. gnus is > cool. It's a newsreader that can do mail quite well. > > I tried several organizers. Right now I'm using remember.el to jot > down random ideas and outline mode for my school notes. diary takes > care of my schedule and todo takes care of my tasks. > > I'm trying out some web browsers. Still haven't decided which one I > like the most. w3's asynchronous operation is great, but it messes up > on some pages. I hear w3m has acquired asynchronous support now. > > I can still do vi. I know how to map and map! in order to make my life > easier. I can use hjkl (when I'm not on dvorak) and I can > :%s/foo/bar/g with all the rest of them. But I love emacs. =) > > And you know what? I actually find its interface more intuitive than > vi's. Easier to learn, even. Easier to customize. Easier to tweak. > Yes, some people have a hard time remembering all of those control > sequences, but you'll pick them up through practice. You can easily > define your own keymaps, anyway. =) > > Wishlist for emacs: Better integration with screen! I want to have new > frames show up in another screen window! > > -- > Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 4 BS CS Ateneo geekette > interests: emacs, linux, wearables, teaching compsci, making games > > --__--__-- > > Message: 9 > From: "Marvin Pascual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [plug] desktop manager > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:10:52 -0700 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------=_NextPart_000_0091_01C228FD.E9AA8A60 > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick Moen > > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 1:31 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [plug] desktop manager > > > > > > Out of curiousity, are you asking this question before or _after_ > > reading the indicated text? > > I don't have an Internet connection here and I can't visit your site. =( > > Any overview will do, if don't mind. =) > > Thanks. > > > --- > MARVIN T. PASCUAL > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Tel. #: (+63-2) 925-2052/981-7022 > Linux User No. 247147 > ------=_NextPart_000_0091_01C228FD.E9AA8A60 > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; > name="Marvin T. Pascual.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="Marvin T. Pascual.vcf" > > BEGIN:VCARD > VERSION:2.1 > N:Pascual;Marvin T. > FN:Marvin T. Pascual > ORG:Bureau of Internal Revenue;Information Systems Development Service > TITLE:Information Systems Analyst 1 > TEL;WORK;VOICE:9252052 > TEL;WORK;VOICE:9817022 > TEL;HOME;VOICE:9293952 > TEL;PREF:9252052 > ADR;WORK:;Systems Maintenance and Support Division;#14 Makadios Street, = > Sikatuna Village;Quezon City;;1101;Philippines > LABEL;WORK;ENCODING=3DQUOTED-PRINTABLE:Systems Maintenance and Support = > Division=3D0D=3D0A#14 Makadios Street, Sikatuna =3D > Village=3D0D=3D0AQuezon City 1101=3D0D=3D0APhilippines > EMAIL;PREF;INTERNET:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > REV:20020423T181951Z > END:VCARD > > ------=_NextPart_000_0091_01C228FD.E9AA8A60-- > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 10 > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 02:07:02 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] The joys of Emacs: the one true editor ;) > From: Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Quoting Sacha Chua ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Then I discovered all of these Emacs goodies. > > I realized I could do so many things in Emacs. I think that's pretty cool. > > Herewith, a modest suggestion for your /etc/lilo.conf : > > boot=/dev/sda > root=/dev/sda1 > install=/boot/boot.b > map=/boot/map > delay=20 > vga=normal > default=linux > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=linux > read-only > append="init=/usr/bin/emacs" > > -- > Cheers, "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." > Rick Moen -- Mark Twain > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --__--__-- > > Message: 11 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] screen (was: desktop manager) > From: Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 11 Jul 2002 17:05:26 +0800 > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Federico Sevilla III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > For which use I have found Xfce to be PERFECT! The small "taskbar" > > doesn't occupy that much space, and has icons for my most run programs > > But screen can manage your apps even in console! ;) I get this nifty > little window list in my terminal bar (or as the last line of my > display when I'm in console). Bless those docwriters for putting that > incantation in the manpage. > > > (mozilla, gvim, and wterms with customized titles for various SSH > > stuff). For the task list, I've mapped my Windows keys to the WindowList > > One of the reasons why I tend to prefer X is, well, yes! More keysyms > to play with! I'm tempted to map Win_L to Hyper and Win_R to > Super... ;) > > > running in a screen. I noticed that unlike Pine, mutt (at least along > > with vi) doesn't seem to have an auto-recovery feature for email that > > vi can restore, I think, but I don't know if mutt handles it nicely. > > > I mustn't forget to mention of course that screen allows sessions to be > > given nice names, that allow not just for easy recall of active sessions > > I usually only have one session running, and I invoke screen with screen -x -RR. > That allows me to have the same screen in multiple rxvts when I need it. =) > > I regularly use multiuser screen over ssh. I share screens with this > guy in Romania just for the sheer heck of it. (Seriously!) > It's... well, it's an unusual experience. You should try it. It's tons > of fun. You almost feel like a collective mind or something. > > -- > Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 4 BS CS Ateneo geekette > interests: emacs, linux, wearables, teaching compsci, making games > > --__--__-- > > Message: 12 > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:14:42 +0800 > From: "Arnel G. Pastrana" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: AIIAS International Elementary School > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] list of archives > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --------------9AA15B193AD409DF8F09FCCB > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > Whoops. It turns out I forgot to permit symlinks. Corrected. Please > > check it out again and let me know if everything's okay. :) > > > > It works now Jijo Thanks din:) > > > > > Thanks for the feedback. :) > > > > --> Jijo > > > > -- > > Federico Sevilla III : <http://jijo.free.net.ph/> > > Network Administrator : The Leather Collection, Inc. > > GnuPG Key ID : 0x93B746BE > > _ > > Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at > http://plug.linux.org.ph > > To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------9AA15B193AD409DF8F09FCCB > Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; > name="arnelgp.vcf" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Description: Card for Arnel G. Pastrana > Content-Disposition: attachment; > filename="arnelgp.vcf" > > begin:vcard > n:; > x-mozilla-html:TRUE > org:AIIAS International Elementary School;www.aiias.edu/elem > adr:;;;;;; > version:2.1 > email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > note:Linux user # 277784 > x-mozilla-cpt:;32736 > fn:Arnel G. Pastrana > end:vcard > > --------------9AA15B193AD409DF8F09FCCB-- > > > --__--__-- > > Message: 13 > Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 02:09:54 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [plug] desktop manager > From: Rick Moen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Any overview will do, if don't mind. =) > > OK. Quoting: > > Screen: Runs console sessions remotely on your behalf, keeps them open > after you disconnect, with easy reconnection and resuming all running > applications the way you left them. Natural combination with SSH. > > The GNU Project's screen utility is one of my mainstays, letting me keep > my most-used applications open and able to be resumed exactly as I left > them, all the time. I normally leave several copies of my preferred > e-mail program, mutt, running, plus the lynx Web browser and slrn for > reading Usenet newsgroups. Screen as a "session multiplexer" will keep > my place in each such session. I reach my machine from wherever I am > using SSH remote login, and then do "screen -r" to reattach all the > running screen sessions to my current terminal. > > Screen has a built-in cut-and-paste mechanism reminiscent of the old > Quarterdeck DesqView one. It also has automated session logging, > supports screenshots, configurable window titles, and has a screen-lock > feature. Type "ctrl-a ?" to see a command quick-reference. > > Screen's default configuration file is (naturally) /etc/screenrc, which > individual users can override using ~/.screenrc . > > For the truly devoted, there's an entire screen-type window manager, > called "ratpoison", http://ratpoison.sourceforge.net/ , with the slogan > "Say goodbye to the rodent". > > > References: > http://www.gnu.org/directory/screen.html > http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/screen.html > > -- > Cheers, "He was clearly a man of many qualities, even if most of them > Rick Moen were bad ones." -- Douglas Adams, describing Zaphod Beeblebrox > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --__--__-- > > _______________________________________________ > plug mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > End of plug Digest > > _ > Philippine Linux Users Group. 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