Linux-Hardware Digest #785
Linux-Hardware Digest #785, Volume #14 Thu, 17 May 01 10:13:06 EDT Contents: Re: Linux: reduced capacity of my hard disk? (David Balazic) Re: Will my sound card work? (Ron Bellomo) I need help. RH7.1 wont configure my ATI Xpert 128 AGP 32 RAM. Log attached (Sarkie) Re: DAT Drive: Hardware compression HOWTO (Gary Smith) Re: DAT Drive: Hardware compression HOWTO (Joshua Baker-LePain) Tape, Travans and Misery (John Chewter) Re: Linux: reduced capacity of my hard disk? (Eric) Compat. with Shuttle AI61 Motherboard w/900 mhz Athlon (REO) From: David Balazic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux: reduced capacity of my hard disk? Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 14:41:24 +0200 Eric wrote: I installed Linux Mandrake 7.2 on a 3.24 GB hard drive (Fujitsu MPC 3032 AT) working as such under WIndos '98. After installation I realized that Linux was utilizing 2.1GB only! Originally my Bios said the disk had 6704 cyl, 15 heads and 63 sectors, but now it says 4092, 15, 63 and I am unable to recover the original disk capacity! Luckily enough the disk did not contain any significative data, so I could re-format it: but whichever program I use (DOS or Linux fdisk) to make partitions and format I always get 2.11 GB! I used also a program sent to me by Fujitsu, erasing completely the disk, but the final result is always the same. I did an automatic installation the first time putting the subject disk as the only device on IDE1. May be (I am not sure about this) that before the installation I set the 16bit mode in the Bios and eliminated LBA. What else can I try to recover the original size? No way. The disk you descibe below here is *not* 3.24GB. It could be reported as 2.11G but that's about it. (It's actually 2.04 G) I am confused also by the way the characteristics of the disk are quoted by Fujitsu: Are these numbers on the disk? All data contradicts with the first line. . Storage capacity (formatted) 3.24 GB . Disks 1 . Heads 2 . Trak capacity (formatted) 98.304 . Cylinders 11.116 . Sectors/Track 192 . ecc. ecc. physical CHS=6/2/192 Multiply these numbers (6*2*192)*512=2.04GB) These numbers are pretty contradictory to each other. This is not a 3.24 G disk, according to the CHS values reported whereas my bios originally told me it was 6704 cyl. 15 heads 63 sectors and This one is 3.02GB Linux fdisk says now: 4092 cyl. 16 heads 63 settori. And this is 1.96GB in size. How can I compare these data? You must have mixed up some data. The first and last data could well belong to the same disk, the middle one is a different HDD. The Fujitsu MPC 3032AT is a 3.24 GB drive. ( see http://hdd.fujitsu.com/global/drive/mpc30xx/mpc30xxat.html ) What does linux print at bootup ? ( look in the file /var/log/boot*, or run the command dmesg ) Also post the contents of relevant files in /proc/ide/ -- David Balazic == Be excellent to each other. - Bill Ted - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- From: Ron Bellomo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Will my sound card work? Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 11:51:21 GMT Try modprobe es1371 If it works, add this line to your rc.local file and sound should work on restart of your computer. It worked for my system when I was running RH 7.0 and now 7.1 Hope this helps. On Thu, 17 May 2001 03:27:02 -0400 Rio de Janeiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bought this sound card hoping it will work in linux. Sound Blaster 16 PCI, Model CT4740. And I have no idea how to make it work for linux and worst i can't find info regarding my sound card model I just bought it today :(. If you know how to compile it plz let me know. Thanks. -- From: Sarkie ((REMOVE the EXTRA , )) news@.pcav.com Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x Subject: I need help. RH7.1 wont configure my ATI Xpert 128 AGP 32 RAM. Log attached Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:07:10 -0400 I have an ATI Rage 128 4x AGP card 32ram and a Viewsonic A75f monitor. Could someone provide me a XF86config or tell me which file I need to edit i.e, XF86config XF86config-4, I have no clue which one to use, but it appears that the X server wants to use the -4 file. Please be a little more specific, I am new to Linux :) please? My log output is below, Please tell me exactly what I have to do. Please CC your response to [EMAIL PROTECTED] XFree86 Version 4.0.3 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 16 March 2001 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.4.1-20mdksmp i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: /var/log/XFree86.0.log, Time: Tue May 15 11:40:31
Linux-Hardware Digest #785
Linux-Hardware Digest #785, Volume #13 Thu, 26 Oct 00 10:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: MSI694 and Promise ATA100 (Jabroni154)
Which one is IDE patch for linux kernel 2.4.0-test9? ("À̽ÂÇå")
Excellent NIC card for Redhat (Jeff Moore)
Which one is IDE patch for linux kernel 2.4.0-test(6,7,8)? ("À̽ÂÇå")
Re: use un-cachable RAM as swap on RAM drive ("Joachim Ring")
Re: Ghost partition (Jeff Moore)
Re: Please recommend a webcam and good SW for it. (Jeff Moore)
Re: use un-cachable RAM as swap on RAM drive (Jeff Moore)
USB connect of Visor with 2.2.18pre17 (Holger Schauer)
Re: Mystery Processor wont run Redhat 6.1 (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Ghost partition (Eric)
Re: Mystery Processor wont run Redhat 6.1 (Grzegorz Mazur)
backup with ecrix vxa-1 (Peter Maas)
Re: ATA100 RH7.0 ("Christopher Keller")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jabroni154)
Subject: Re: MSI694 and Promise ATA100
Date: 26 Oct 2000 08:06:22 GMT
Do you have the global parameter: "linear" in your "lilo.conf" file?
JRT
Yes, I do
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From: "À̽ÂÇå" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Which one is IDE patch for linux kernel 2.4.0-test9?
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 18:31:16 +0900
Which one is IDE patch for linux kernel 2.4.0-test9?
Thanks
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From: Jeff Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Excellent NIC card for Redhat
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 04:34:02 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just bought a combo pack from CompUSA and it works great.
I bought the D-Link 10/100 Network in a Box, 5 Port Network Kit,
DFE-910, with two DFE-530TX+ 10/100 NIC cards and a 5 port 10/100 auto
switching hub.
I installed the cards and changed the nic modules and it came right up
and works great.
I have yet to initialize it in 100mbs mode but I have it up serving
appletalk netatalk to two macs at 10mbs and it works great the first
time.
I am currently using a cyrix 6x86 166+, RedHat 6.0 with the RealTek
RTL8129 / RTL8139 (rt18139) module driver, using IP masquerade firewall,
caching dns, netatalk, leafnode news server, and smtp mail, and I have
checked all these servers and they all work great.
Good Job D-Link.
Jeff Moore
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From: "À̽ÂÇå" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Which one is IDE patch for linux kernel 2.4.0-test(6,7,8)?
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 18:38:30 +0900
Which one is IDE patch for linux kernel 2.4.0-test(6,7,8)?
Thanks..
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From: "Joachim Ring" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
Subject: Re: use un-cachable RAM as swap on RAM drive
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 11:48:24 +0200
Here's exactly what you're looking for:
http://home.austin.rr.com/bkeryan/slram/
unfortunately he seems to use win, maybe a reason to convert?
joachim
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From: Jeff Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Ghost partition
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 04:47:02 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That's not a ghost partition.
Linux installs the extra 2 partitions in an extended partition map (hda2
extended partition, not primary partition) all the partitions 5 are
included in this extended partition. This is not necessary if you have =4
partitions, if you use fdisk you can make all your partitions primary
(1-4). This is not too important as a user, but if you reinitialize with
more than 4 partitions then you will have to make an extended partition to
hold the partitions 5 and above. Don't forget your swap partition which
doesn't show up in your boot or fstab sometimes, and is required for swap
virtual memory, but does not have a file system designation. Just be sure
to make your /boot partition completely below the 1023 cylinder if you use
fdisk so your kernel and lilo can boot properly. swap and /boot partitions
are both required and very important, read about disk partition
requirements before you try to use fdisk. This is required reading for
installing your own partitions for initializing your hard disk. Also very
important that you know how to do this if you ever use more than one hard
disk or scsi disks possibly.
Hope this helps you in your future install endeavors.
Jeff Moore
Mark Post wrote:
On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 19:32:05 -0500, "Clifton T. Sharp Jr."
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At startup, I have three partitions; 'fdisk' shows the two I put there.
Ideas?
[from 'dmesg' output]
Partition check:
hda: hda1 hda2 hda4
[from 'fdisk']
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2495 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System
/dev/hda1 133265072 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda2 *34 2495 19776015 83 Linux native
What does cfdisk show? I've always liked it more than fdisk.
Mark Post
Postmo
Linux-Hardware Digest #785
Linux-Hardware Digest #785, Volume #12Tue, 2 May 00 08:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux (Slawomir Siwek)
V3, Kernel 2.3.99-pre6 XFree86 v4.0 - HELP ! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Problem with setting up HCF v.90 56k PCI modem for Linux. (Henrik Johnsson)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Michael Borgwardt)
Re: K7 Athlon 700 or BP6 dual celeron ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: K7 Athlon 700 or BP6 dual celeron ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: linux hd problems (Markus Holzapfel)
Re: powerup restart with ATX (Graham Murray)
Really Inexpensive Array of Disks (Mario Lang)
PCMCIA modem problem (Christian Rudischer)
Re: Really Inexpensive Array of Disks ("Richard Gaywood")
Re: powerup restart with ATX ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Int 13h Device Not Found, BIOS not installed (M. Buchenrieder)
Driver for S3 Savage IX ("Theodor Bastberget")
Re: HP CD-RW dies when it spins down (Steve Martin)
HP LaserJet 3150 Support ? ("Michael Zill")
Re: Weird printing problem (Thaddeus)
Re: Weird printing problem ("Peter T. Breuer")
poweroff failure ? (Marc O. Gloor)
Re: HP CD-RW dies when it spins down (Jerry Natowitz)
Re: Teles S0/usb box and linux (ISDN) ("Martin Liebl")
From: Slawomir Siwek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: BT878 TV-Karte unter Linux
Date: 2 May 2000 08:10:55 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But I still have another little problem: is there a possibility to use
Video-IN connector (simple cinch) under Linux (I don't believe
kwintv/bttv-driver can do this, am I right?)
Of course. It is possible. I used this possibility to watch video w/o any
problem.
--
S³awomir Siwek.
Polskie Sieci Elektroenergetyczne SA
To co przed @ to pu³apka na spamerów.
Linuser #126048
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,3dfx.glide.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: V3, Kernel 2.3.99-pre6 XFree86 v4.0 - HELP !
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:15:10 GMT
Since upgrading to the latest development kernel I have come across a
problem with my X setup.
I have compiled the tdfx module through the kernel configuration, and
have rebuilt the Glide_V3 source rpms, and the tdfx_dri-3.9.18.src.rpm.
The tdfx_drm-0.8.5.src.rpm won't compile under this new kernel, but I
don't think I would need it because the tdfx module is now included in
the kernel.
Basically the problem is thiswhen I try and run certain programs
they seem unable to create their own windows.
If I try and run XMame I get the error :
"failed to create MITSHM block"
If and try and run a Mesa test program like Gears the command just sits
there trying to do something, but the window is never created and I have
to ALT-C to stop the process.
I'm not sure whether this is because I haven't compiled something
correctly into the kernel (there is a lot of new stuff in there).
Anyone else seen this ?
Many thanks
Andrew
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Henrik Johnsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem with setting up HCF v.90 56k PCI modem for Linux.
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 08:35:12 GMT
In alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq Mun Sing [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi guys,
I need some help from the pro. out there.
I bought a CALDERA Linux last week and I having problem getting the
modem up.
You have what is known as a winmodem, which means that instead of
having a controller on the modem, a few dollars are saved by using
the main CPU for the work instead. Unfortunately the manufacturers of
these modems haven't published the interface, so noone has been able
to write the necessary drivers for OSes other than windows.
Buy a new modem and save yourself a lot of headaches, the HCF modems
has quite a reputation for being unreliable and having poor throughput.
/Henrik
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Borgwardt)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: 2 May 2000 08:42:54 GMT
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Yanglong Zhu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Hi all,
I wake up to a horrific reality that some computer manufacturers may be
trying to suppress and uproot Linux and all other free Operating
Systems. How? They make computers that do not read nor write those free
OS bootdisks in drive A. It is a very bad trick upon us free OS users.
I really don't think it's intentional, it may just be a technical problem.
I've recently run into the same phenomenon in a Toshiba notebook.
Linux installation bootdisks tend to use Syslinux as a bootloader, and
the Toshiba couldn't boot it, despite having no problems with LILO
or a Kernel written raw
Linux-Hardware Digest #785
Linux-Hardware Digest #785, Volume #10 Sat, 17 Jul 99 14:13:35 EDT
Contents:
Xwindows Config Problem ("a1")
Re: Recommend: good AGP video card ("Paul Langford")
Re: What type of linux (if any) support SiS530 video chip set? (Jacob L Anawaltr)
FIC PA-2013 compatibility ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3c905C-TX installation failure (Navin Sharma)
Re: RH 6.0 3C905C TXM Problems ("Mike Cappella")
question aboot windows partition (Brian Devlin)
AGP support ("David Woo")
Re: Why using only "8 bits per RGB value?" (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Compact Flash vs. SSFDC Smart Media (Mark Durham)
teles 16.3c PNP (HRitz2908)
Re: IRQ conflict oops (Wayne Larmon)
Re: es1371 (Alan Fried)
Re: es1371 (alessa ricky)
Re: Problem installing zip-drive on RH 6.0, using insmod ppa (David Eaton)
Re: APM: Halt crashes when trying to poweroff. (fIPS)
NETWORK EQUIPMENT (John)
Re: FIC PA-2013 compatibility ("William B. Cattell")
Re: Linux/KDE; KDat backup on dat tape proggy ("William B. Cattell")
hd recording cd mastering w/ linux and sblive ("Greg Martin")
bttv tuner card problems ("Ryan C. Stallings")
From: "a1" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Xwindows Config Problem
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 03:32:35 -0400
I have Red Hat 5.1 I cannot get the OS to see my Mouse for nothing.
I have a serial mouse. I went into XF86Config and made sure that the
necessary entries reflected that fact.
Other problem. I cannot get the resolution to be 1024 x 800 . It always
defaults to 320 x 200.
This is a pain I really need help. Can you imagine I run XWindows, but when
I do I cannot see properly and its "hands off the mouse"
Help Please I need to navigate and See.
a1
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From: "Paul Langford" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Recommend: good AGP video card
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 21:12:35 +0100
Reply-To: "Paul Langford" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello Carlos,
The Matrox Millennium G200 AGP is solid. Also, if you can get the utility
software for Linux, the ATI All-in-Wonder Pro AGP (with at least 8 Mbytes),
has a TV tuner: it uses the Rage Pro chipset. They sell it as working up to
1280 x 1024, but I use mine at 1600 x 1200, 75 Hz refresh. The Rage 128
chipset is also available, but that's over the top unless you're wanting
games. I am not sure about any drivers for that yet.
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Bye for now,
Paul Langford.
Phone: +44(181)9980905
Fax: +44(181)9916969
Carlos Wexler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:7mbamf$ek1g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
Hi everyone,
I am in the process of selecting an AGP video card for a new computer and
I am looking for recommendations... I plan to use it with a 19" monitor
at 1600x1200. The requirements are good XFree support and sharp images at
the abovementioned resolution. I will probably use it with 16bit
color---I can't see the difference wrt 24bit :-(. I don't care for gaming
speeds or TV in/out. OpenGL acceleration would be nice but not essential
and I can't spend a fortune... (if I save enough, I might be able to get a
2xPIII@500MHz for a nice SMP setup).
Thank you!
Carlos
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From: Jacob L Anawaltr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: What type of linux (if any) support SiS530 video chip set?
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 02:45:05 -0600
You need to find an xwindows server that supports your vidieo chip, and
then
install it onto or use it with any linux distribution that you prefer.
You may find that you are better off looking up what vidieo cards/chips
that
Xfree86 does support and install that card.
Perhaps someday more card designers will provide the appropriate linux
"drivers".
Good Luck!
Jacob Anawalt
Pete wrote:
I just bought a cheap box to install linux on... it runs everything ok
except Xfree86. The version of Caldera I have on CD doesn't support the on
board AGP video chip set my computer has... I would like to run an X window
environment,... does anyone know how I can get around this problem? Or is
there another type of linux that will support SiS 530 / 5595? (I would
prefer to use the chip set I have but if it isn't possible I will do what
it takes to get up and running!
-- Posted via SearchLinux --
http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FIC PA-2013 compatibility
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 1999 08:59:45 GMT
Old motherboard fried, time to upgrade.
The FIC PA-2013 w/2mb L2, running a 450mhz K6 -2 looks inviting (and
inexpensive!). Anyone out there have any info on Linux compatibility
with this set-up? I'll be running SuSE 6.1. Thanks in advance!
Bri
Linux-Hardware Digest #785
Linux-Hardware Digest #785, Volume #9Fri, 19 Mar 99 22:13:29 EST
Contents:
Re: "Select the application, and then the platform" ("Todd Bandrowsky")
Sound Blaster Live and linux ("zzz")
Re: cdj890 driver does not work (Grant Taylor)
Re: $2500.00 DREAM machine (Dave Michaud)
Re: For all you Nicrosoft lovers ("Richard Van Fossan")
Re: Can Linux use 36-bit Xeon addressing? (david parsons)
Re: Mediavision "Memphis" kit PAS16 card - sssw playback . . .
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
test (Dae)
Re: All the current OSes are idiotic (was Re: Is Windows for idiots?) (Wildman, the
Cuberstalker)
Re: Is Windows for idiots? (Bloody Viking)
Re: For all you Nicrosoft lovers (PJ)
Installing Redhat on Compaq/K6-233 Laptop (Lars Jensen)
Re: $2500.00 DREAM machine (Donovan Rebbechi)
From: "Todd Bandrowsky" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: "Select the application, and then the platform"
Date: 19 Mar 1999 20:20:17 GMT
Reply-To: "Todd Bandrowsky" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Perhaps true in some instances, but if you're in a situation where you
need to create things which are heavily scripted, which need to be able
to interoperate with many other environments, or which need to be rock-
solid stable, then Windows is hardly an optimal solution, either.
Very true.
This presupposes that writing a GUI application with a lot of
user-interaction is as easy for *nix as it is for Windows. I doubt whether
that is the case. The circumstantial evidence - the look and feel of *nix
applications - argues that producing user-oriented software is more
difficult
on *nix.
I would say that this is true but for non-obvious reasons. People tend to
tout the advantages of Windows IDE's, and, although I do fall in that camp,
I have found that Unix programmers tend to make up for what we as Windows
developers percieve as shortcomings by the judicious use of scripts. In
terms of raw features, Windows debuggers don't have too much over Unix
debuggers. You can actually make something work with GDB, as sick as that
sounds.
I will say though, that Windows leads for a few reasons:
a.Lack of Unix documentation on X programming. Just about every book at
the store detailing Unix development emphasises the Web or other text based
programming. X, is, afterall, something of a Unix afterthought, and not
really what Unix is all about. On the other hand, Windows GUI documentation
and sample code is everywhere, and, much of what everyone needs to know can
be found in Charles Petzold's quintessential book.
b.Lack of a standardized widget library. Like, every X application has
its own open file dialog. Yikes. Windows programmers quit that crap with
Windows 3.1! Windows has a set of core widgets that ship with, and it
seems like X has ten different widget sets, none of which really stacks up
completely against Windows. This leads to c.
c.Lack of a viable component software architecture. This is a biggy.
Unix does not have a language neutral binary component standard ala Windows
Active X. This is partly because CORBA is not nearly as prevalent on Unix
as COM is on Windows, and is complicated because key pieces of CORBA
technology are something one has to pay for. A developer can deploy Active
X stuff for free.
For all of its faults, Active X is mature, being many iterations down the
road from the bad old days of custom control DLL's, and their evil cousin -
VBX's. At some point, CORBA may or may not address this, I do not know.
Java Beans are the only thing that comes close to this, but they are, in my
humble opion, nothing more than an virtual machinized VBX.
d.Really shitty printer support. X does not seem to have the same
concept of device independent drawing surfaces characterized by the infamous
Windows (and OS/2), DC. In my limited experience with X, I see nothing like
the concept of a Windows printer DC or metafiles. It seems like with X, the
way to print is still based on generating postscript files. That could be a
pretty big hurdle for a developer to cross.
e.Font support. X does not have anything like true type fonts. I've
yet to see an X application on my Linux box that does anything that I take
for granted on Windows.
f.A cultural bias in the unix community against event driven programming
in general. Unix tends to be more of a fire and forget kind of a culture.
Users are NOT interested in going back to the 1970's
Well, I would hardly characterize a character mode interface as going back
to the 70's. And, certainly, the state of the art for high resolution high
end graphics happens to be on Unix, not on Windows. So we should keep our
mouths shut on that point before Unix advocates mention little computing
boxes like Cray.
One of the
