Re: [expert] Basic on Linux
On the subject of VBASIC in Linux, does anyone know if the shareware BASIC compiler for DOS called ASIC has been ported over to Linux? I know its a slim chance, but that particular program was simple to use and created very fast, small code. Alex Ken Thompson wrote: > Is there a Basic or Visual Basic like program for linux/KDE? > I understang the folks atXimian are working on something like this but I > prefer to stay with KDE and after reading the horror stories about the > DL/Install of Ximian into LM 7.2/8.0 I'll wait on a final release of the > Basic proggie. > Along the same line of thought, does anyone have a fix for the greyed out > "Edit Socket" button in QT Designer?? > My system: > LM 7.2 PowerPack Deluxe > LM Update #1 > KDE 2.1beta2 > AMD K6 -450 > 128Mb RAM > Fujitsu 30Gb Hdd > ATI All In Wonder 8Mb AGP > SB Live > Iomega 8X4X32 CD R/W > Thanks all, > -- > Ken Thompson > Electrocom Computer Services > Payette, Idaho 83661 > (208) 642-11701 > Web: http://www.nwaa.com > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > HAM: WA7SYR - Member QCWA -- It has long been known that birds will occasionally build nests in the manes of horses. The only known solution to this problem is to sprinkle baker's yeast in the mane, for, as we all know, yeast is yeast and nest is nest, and never the mane shall tweet.
[expert] tcsh question
Does anyone know how to set the "watch" variable in tcsh so I can watch others log in? According to what I've seen one just types "set watch=( )" where number is the frequency with which one would like to check logins, name is the username of the person you're tracking (though it supposedly can be set to "any") and port is, for example, tty0. My eternal gratitude to anyone who can give me some good advice. Alex -- It has long been known that birds will occasionally build nests in the manes of horses. The only known solution to this problem is to sprinkle baker's yeast in the mane, for, as we all know, yeast is yeast and nest is nest, and never the mane shall tweet.
Re: [expert] fortune-mod-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm
Steve Young wrote: > i installed fortune-mod-1.2.1-1.i386.rpm and now every time i log in or run > a shell script it pops up a fortune, i can't figure out how to turn it off > but still keep it on my system anyone ever have this problem or know a fix? > > -- > registered linux user #190334 I suspect that it put an entry into your shell configuration file, which would be /home/user/.bashrc if you're using bash, and (I think) /home/user/.login in you're using tcsh. Try editing those files, or whatever your system uses in their place. Also, it may have added itself into the "primal" version of such file /etc/skel/.bashrc, or into the etc/zlogin file. I would suggest having a look at both of those as well. -- It has long been known that birds will occasionally build nests in the manes of horses. The only known solution to this problem is to sprinkle baker's yeast in the mane, for, as we all know, yeast is yeast and nest is nest, and never the mane shall tweet.
Re: [expert] best video card for Linux?
> I've also heard of problems like that coming from a bad monitor cable. If > your monitor cable is detachable from your monitor, I'd suggest trying a new > one. It might be a bit of a long shot, but its also the cheapest of all > possible solutions. Alex > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Malka > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 3:00 PM > To: expert mandrake > Subject: [expert] best video card for Linux? > > My old Matrox Millennium video card just went dead on me. Still works but > the reds are gone and everything is blue (me too). > > I am therefore going to have to get a new video card. What are the good > ones to look at for Linux? > > I am running Mandrake Linux 7.1 > > Thanks. > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Registered Linux user 183185 -- It has long been known that birds will occasionally build nests in the manes of horses. The only known solution to this problem is to sprinkle baker's yeast in the mane, for, as we all know, yeast is yeast and nest is nest, and never the mane shall tweet.
Re: [expert] kernel problems..
Gerry wrote: > Hello.. I just installed version 2.4.2 of the kernel from source (need 2.4 > for some stuff). At boot i get this message: > > Uncompressing Linux.. > Ran out of input data > -- System halted > > Any idea why this happens ? > > Also, i rebuilt the nvidia geforce-driver to link to the new kernel before > testing if the new kernel worked (i know, STUPID! :) .. No problems with > that, but when i tried to make it again back with the old kernel, it didn't > want to install. It does link against the old kernel, but during installing > it complains about unresolved links. Before i installed that new kernel this > worked fine.. > > Thanks for any help! > > Gerry We just went over something like this in class, and it may be your problem. If you install the kernel code with rpm -Uvh it upgrades your current code and you can't go home again unless you restore from your backup. If you use rpm -ivh it installs the code in a directory of its own. -- I went to a Grateful Dead concert and they played for SEVEN HOURS. Great Song!!
Re: [expert] Changing HD
Tom Strickland wrote: > On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 09:51:11AM -0300, Gabriel Sandor wrote: > > Hello C, > > Tuesday, February 27, 2001, 11:08:55 PM, you wrote: > > CN> Hello from the frozen north; > > CN> I'm planing to upgrade my harddisl from an 8gig to a 20 gig and was >wondering how to move over > > CN> to the new drive with little or no pain. > > CN> I'm running Mandrake 7.2. > > CN> thanx > > Well, if you have only Linux, it's easy, the problem is if you have > > windows also, and how you would configure your partitions. > > The process of moving Linux from one partition or hd to another is > > fairly simple: > > Put your new hd as slave and make all the partitions and format them. > > Just copy all the tree but /proc and /mnt. Create the directories > > under /mnt. Then you should edit your /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf to > > reflect the new location of the partitions. > > At this point you need a boot disk to boot when you swap the hd's to > > their final position. > > When you boot with the diskette, run lilo to remap your boot files and > > that's all. > > I would like to move my /var and /tmp over to new partitions. I tried > moving /tmp, but ran into permissions problems. What would be the best > permissions (security-wise) and how should I set them? > As for /var, I tried copying it over using cp -a or tar, and ran into > problems with either method on startup. What should I do? I had to change HDs recently, and was able to simply create a new directory in the new partition, which I named "new." I used a cp -Rf /old_dir /new then changed erased the old directory and and then typed mv /new /old_dir. Naturally, I had a back up. Alex
Re: [expert] linuxconf over ssh
Franki wrote: > Hi all, > > If I run linuxconf in console mode over ssh,, it works fine,, > > however, how do I get to the accept, dismiss and help buttons at the bottom > of it?? > > I can wander around and change settings, but I can select accept/dismiss to > activate any changes I made.. > > any help would be most appreciated. > > many thanks > > Frank Hauptle It sounds to me like you're in 640 x 480 mode, which KDE and Gnome both have trouble handling. The buttons you want are below the bottom of the screen. I would suggest exiting X-Windows and using xf86config set your computer into 800 x 600 mode, or pressing Ctrl-Alt-Plus (use the plus on the keypad) to put you into a better graphic mode. Hope this helps. Alex
