Real releases G2 player alpha
For those of you who haven't seen yet, the Linux Real player G2 alpha is out, and it works just fine with the latest potato bits. You can get it at http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html - I grabbed the Red Had 5.2/6.0 version and installed with alien (the generic linux package comes as a binary installer, and is almost 2x the size). -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ Osborn's Law: Variables won't; constants aren't.
Re: libungif?
WL == Will Lowe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: WL Thanks for your help. I'm assuming that libungif is some sort WL of freeware clone of libgif? Will The way I understand it, it's just giflib with the compression and/or writing routines stubbed out. I'm not too clear on how everything is set up, which is one of the reasons I want to talk to Jim before I do anything. -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ Osborn's Law: Variables won't; constants aren't. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: FIX FOR HAMM: timezone problem
DS == Dale Scheetz [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: DS We are working on a report of failure in US/central WRT Daylight DS Savings Time, right? DS There is one variable we haven't nailed down yet. The hardware DS clock can be set either to local time or GMT (UTC). As I DS remember, the failure only happens when the clock is set to one DS of these two. (Memory says Local Time is the broken one) Not quite correct. I remember this problem, as I was hit by it :) The problem was with the SystemV CST6CDT timezone. It has an incorrect changeover rule. At the time of the switchover, I had my timezone set to the SystemV/CST6CDT value, and after the switchover it was still thinking it was set to CST. ntpdate synched the clock correctly with UTC, but the displayed time was 1 hour off, since it was displaying CST, not CDT. Switching the timezone to US/Central caused the date to be displayed correctly. I just checked, and now CST6CDT correctly gives CDT, so the problem is an incorrect transition rule in the SystemV/CCST6CDT timezone file. The hardware clock issue is a red herring. I only read my clock at boot time, and my machine had not been booted for several days. I do write the time back immediately after setting the kernel clock with ntpdate, though. -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ Ray's Rule of Precision: Measure with a micrometer. Mark with chalk. Cut with an axe. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intention to package x11amp
BG == Ben Gertzfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BG One question: x11amp uses the real-time functions of Linux (and BG sounds much better) if it's installed suid-root, but there are BG unknown holes that this opens up. Should I use suidmanager and BG make it suid? I would say to register it with suidmanager, leave it non-suid by default, and place a notice somewhere that if performance is an issue, it may be made setuid through suidregister. On my K6-200, the CPU time it takes up is pretty negligible, although I understand it may be an issue on lesser machines :) However, since it does not come with source, my opinion is that leaving it suid by default would be irresponsible of us as a distribution, especially since it is not necessary for proper functioning of the program. -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ One macine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. --Elbert Hubbard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Intention to package x11amp
BG == Ben Gertzfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Larry == Larry 'Daffy' Daffner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Larry I would say to register it with suidmanager, leave it Larry non-suid by default, and place a notice somewhere that if Larry performance is an issue, it may be made setuid through Larry suidregister. On my K6-200, the CPU time it takes up is Larry pretty negligible, although I understand it may be an issue Larry on lesser machines :) BG Good idea. How exactly should I explain the use of suidmanager BG in the README, though? -- Brought to you by the letters H and G BG and the number 10. Disobeying me? No, I don't. -- Final BG Fantasy II Ben Gertzfield http://www.imsa.edu/~wilwonka/ BG Finger me for my public PGP key. I'm on FurryMUCK as Che, and BG EFNet and YiffNet IRC as Che_Fox. I'd put something like this: Although x11amp is more efficient if made setuid root, doing so has the potential of opening security holes, especially since it is a binary-only package. Thus, it is not installed setuid by default. If you require the additional efficency (for instance, if it skips, or freezes) or you are aware of the security issues and consider the risks acceptable, then you may run the following command to set x11amp to run setuid: suidmanager (insert required options here) -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ It is important to keep an open mind, but not so open that your brains fall out. --Stephen A. Kallis, Jr. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Questions about emacs20 file system layout.
APH == Adam P Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: APH BTW, are .elc files arch-dependant or arch-indep? I've always APH wondered about this. .elc files are architecture independent. However, they are not emacs-independent. What happens is: .elc files compiled with xemacs 19.x or emacs 19.y, where y = 28 will work on all v19 or v20 emacsen. .elc files compiled with emacs 19.z with z = 29 will only work on emacs 19.29 or later. .elc files compiled with v20 emacs or xemacs wil only work on v20 emacsen. Makes it difficult at work where, depending on the machine, I have to use emacs 19.28, 19.34 or xemacs 20.3 (where the xemacs is my home machine). -Larry -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Taking my leave/Packages available
It is with great regret that I must give up my involvement with Debian. Between the large volumes of list mail every day and the other commitments in my life, I never seem to have proper time to devote to my packages or other projects of mine that have been on the back burner forever. Therefore, effective immediately, the following packages are available: svgalib (svgalib1, svgalib1-bin, svgalib1-dev, aout-svgalib which probably doesn't need any further updates) zgv xscreensaver xcolorsel pdksh With the exception of svgalib, there's not a lot to the packaging (and svgalib is pretty much dead so the only real changes are minor packaging tweaks), so there's not a lot of work involved. I will remain a loyal Debian user, however, and encourage the rest of you to keep up the good work :) -Larry -- Larry Daffner| Linux: Unleash the workstation in your PC! [EMAIL PROTECTED] / http://web2.airmail.net/vizzie/ One macine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. --Elbert Hubbard -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Bug#4328:
Package: util-linux Version: 2.5-5 If clock is invoked with the -u flag and the kernel has the real time clock enabled, it causes a segmentation fault. omitting the -u flag or running a kernel with the real time clock disabled will not cause the problem. I don't have the strace handy, but I can provide it if needed. Debian version: rex-current uname -a: Linux pinky 2.0.13 #13 Sun Aug 25 09:59:02 CDT 1996 i486 libc: 5.2.18 -Larry
