Linux-Misc Digest #502
Linux-Misc Digest #502, Volume #27Sun, 1 Apr 01 15:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (Part 1 of 6)
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Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers
This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions for Linux, the free
operating system kernel that runs on many modern computer systems. The
kernel source code documentation says that Linux "aims for POSIX
compliance." Linux uses mostly free, GNU system utilities and
application software, although commercial programs are available also.
Originally written for 386/486/586 Intel/ISA bus machines, Linux
versions exist for nearly every hardware platform in existence that is
capable of running it. (Please refer to the question, "What Is Linux?"
below.) This FAQ is meant to be read in conjunction with the Linux
Documentation Project's HOWTO series. ("Where Can I Get Linux Material
by FTP?" and, "Where Can I Get the HOWTO's and Other Documentation?")
The INFO-SHEET and META-FAQ also list sources of Linux information.
Please read them, and, "You Still Haven't Answered My Question!"
before posting to a Usenet news group. You can also get Postscript,
HTML, and SGML versions of this document. ("Formats in Which This FAQ
Is Available.")
1. Introduction and General Information
1.1. What Is Linux?
1.2. Where Do I Start?
1.3. What Software Does Linux Support?
1.4. Where Can I Find Application XXX? (Was: Has Anyone
Ported/Compiled/Written XXX for Linux?)
1.5. Does Linux Run on My Computer? What Hardware Is Supported?
1.6. What Ports to Other Processors Are There?
1.7. How Much Hard Disk Space Does Linux Need?
1.8. How Much Memory Does Linux Need?
1.9. How Much Memory Can Linux Use?
1.10. Does Linux Support Universal System Bus Devices?
1.11. Is Linux Public Domain? Copyrighted?
1.12. Is Linux *nix?
2. Topics of Current Interest.
2.1. How Do I Cope with Anti-Linux FUD?
2.2. Should I Upgrade to the 2.4.0 Kernel? Now?
2.3. Should I Use the Red Hat 7.0 kgcc Compiler?
2.4. What Resources Are There for Linux DeCSS and Other Open
Source DVD Software?
2.5. Where Is Information About Electronic Privacy Laws that
Affect ISP's?
2.6. How Is the DocBook Version of the FAQ Produced?
3. Network Sources and Resources
3.1. Where Can I Get the Latest Kernel Version?
3.2. Where Can I Get the HOWTO's and Other Documentation?
3.3. Where Should I Look on the World Wide Web for Linux Stuff?
3.4. What News Groups Are There for Linux?
3.5. What Other FAQ's and Documentation Are There for Linux?
3.6. Where Can I Get Linux Material by FTP?
3.7. I Don't Have FTP Access. Where Do I Get Linux?
3.8. I Don't Have Usenet Access. Where Do I Get Information?
3.9. What Mailing Lists Are There?
3.10. Where Are Linux Legal Issues Discussed?
3.11. Where Can I Find Out About Unmaintained Free Software?
3.12. Are the News Groups Archived Anywhere?
3.13. Where Can I Find Out About Security Related Issues?
3.14. Where Can I Find Linux System Specifications?
4. Compatibility with Other Operating Systems
4.1. Can Linux Share My Disk with DOS? OS/2? 386BSD? Win95?
4.2. How Do I Access Files on My DOS Partition or Floppy?
4.3. Does Linux Support Compressed Ext2 File Systems?
4.4. Can I Use My Stacked/DBLSPC/Etc. DOS Drive?
4.5. Can I Access OS/2 HPFS Partitions from Linux?
4.6. Can Linux Access Amiga File Systems?
4.7. Can Linux Access BSD, SysV, Etc. UFS?
4.8. Can Linux Access SMB File Systems?
4.9. Can Linux Access Macintosh File Systems?
4.10. Can I Run Microsoft Windows Programs under Linux?
4.11. Where Can I Get Information about NFS Compatibility?
4.12. Can I Use True Type Fonts with Linux?
4.13. How Can I Boot Linux from MS-DOS?
4.14. How Can I Boot Linux from OS/2's Boot Manager?
5. File Systems, Disks, and Drives
5.1. How Can I Get Linux to Work with My Disk?
5.2. How Can I Undelete Files?
5.3. How Do I Make Backups?
5.4. How Do I Resize a Partition (Non-Destructively)?
5.5. Is There a Defragmenter for Ext2fs, Etc.?
5.6. How Do I Format and Create a File System on a Floppy?
5.7. Does Linux Support Virtualized File Systems Like RAID?
5.8. Does Linux Support File System Encryption?
5.9. I Get Nasty Messages about Inodes, Blocks, and the Like.
5.10. My Swap Area Isn't Working.
5.11. How Do I Add Temporary Swap Space?
5.12. How Do
Linux-Misc Digest #502
Linux-Misc Digest #502, Volume #26Sat, 9 Dec 00 16:13:04 EST
Contents:
COREL detected my Winmodem! But... (Andrew Purugganan)
Where's DEbian's rc.local? (Andrew Purugganan)
Can't build DDD ("Generic User")
Re: Can't use RealPlayer (E J)
Re: Kernel for 4Mb RAM 386 (The Phoenix)
Re: MySql is Unstable (Dances With Crows)
Recommend TEXT (not X) based visual FTP client (Alex Barylo)
xterm and aliases (Timo Benk)
Re: xterm and aliases (Bit Twister)
Re: Activating the Multimedia keys (Andreas Mohr)
How to get user input in a startup script? ("Scott M. Navarre")
Re: How do I totally remove Linux from hard drive to use whole HD for (Valentin
Guillen)
How to get user input in a startup script? ("Scott M. Navarre")
Re: xterm and aliases (Floyd Davidson)
Re: How do I totally remove Linux from hard drive to use whole HD for windows again?
(Anita Lewis)
Re: Recommend TEXT (not X) based visual FTP client (Sinner from the Prairy)
Re: nsform* ("Garry Knight")
Re: How do I totally remove Linux from hard drive to use whole HD for windows again?
("Garry Knight")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: COREL detected my Winmodem! But...
Date: 9 Dec 2000 17:58:32 GMT
COREL Linux was able to detect my PCtel Winmodem, but I can only use the
Connection Wizrd to connect (hmmm, looks like another OS to me :-)
Where does it keep the settings though? I want to be able to use the
modem for telnet/serial connections but I can't find out what these are
(COM port, etc)
WHen I try the dial up dialog (a different utility) and I go thru each
ttyS0, ttyS1, etc it's either busy or doesn't respond. Any clue?
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Where's DEbian's rc.local?
Date: 9 Dec 2000 18:01:27 GMT
I came from RedHat/Mandrake Linux, and now I want to get familiar with
Debian-style distros. RedHat has an rc.local where I can enter my custom
boot thingies (ifconfig, alias for modules, etc). WHere can one put these
things?
BTW it's COREL Linux on a 2.2.16 kernel, ITH
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jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: "Generic User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can't build DDD
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 18:28:54 GMT
I'm trying to compile the DDD source and during the configure stage, I get
a "Can't find -lX11 library, try using -x-include-include=DIR
and -x-include-libraries=DIR"
(or something of sorts) error. I see the libX11.so.* library in my
/usr/X11R6 directory
so I did as suggested and did a
./configure -x-include-libraries=/usr/X11R6/libraries
to no avail. Any ideas?
-chris
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can't use RealPlayer
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 18:25:29 GMT
You could have put realplayer 7 beta anywhere. I had my old realplayer 7 beta in
/usr/local/realplay.
$su -
password:
# cd /usr/local
# rm -r realplay # remove realplayer 7 beta stuff
Is the current realplayer 7 installed
You might want to check your netscape
Edit->Preference->Navigator->Application
Have all the Real Player entries point to the current Real Player 7.
Help->About Plug ins
Do you have the old realplayer 7 beta plug in? If so, Replace it with the current
Real Player 7
plugin.
$ vi $HOME/.mailcap # edit your netscape
Have all the Real Player entries point to the current Real Player 7.
Carfield Yim wrote:
> E J wrote:
>
> > I think you are probably the old version of real player is hiding somewhere
> > living with your freshly install real player
> > $ which realplay # findout where your real player is living. The default should
>be the following
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/realplay
> > $ /usr/X11R6/bin/realplay # check if the real play is the right version
> > On the realplay Help->About
> > RealPlay [tm] (Unix)
> > Version 7.0.3.338
> >
> > If real player is living in the wrong place, it is probably the old real
> > player (Beta Real Player 7?)taking over from the newer real player. Just
> > remove the older player.
>
> How to remove?? There is no realplay package in my rpm...
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From: The Phoenix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel for 4Mb RAM 386
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2000 18:27:06 -0100
Andreas Schweitzer wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, The Phoenix wrote:
> >> In article <[E
Linux-Misc Digest #502
Linux-Misc Digest #502, Volume #25 Sun, 20 Aug 00 05:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1? (sfcybear)
Re: Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1? ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: Website of the Greatest Linux Logo ("David ..")
Problems uninstalling gtk+ ("Stefan Viljoen")
Re: WARNING: Somebody is trojaning UseNet with Perl Script. ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1? ("Andrew N. McGuire ")
Re: looking for linux compatible external modem (Andrew Onifer)
FTP message Question ("Default User")
Re: Is Mandrake Really Red Hat... ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: Help! Urgent problem with gzip (fred smith)
Re: Installing 2nd hard disk ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Installing 2nd hard disk ("Hiawatha Bray")
Re: Installing 2nd hard disk ("Peter T. Breuer")
ANNOUNCE: Unix::Sysadmin Developer Release ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Sound in flash (E J)
Re: Can't install Rh 6.1 486 with 15gb hd and Promise Drivemax (Ulrich Brachvogel)
BeFileSystem driver for LINUX (Ulrich Brachvogel)
From: sfcybear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1?
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 05:00:04 GMT
Xfree 4.0 comes with Mandrake 7.1. you have a choice of which to load.
the 3.x or 4.0.
In article <399f5880$0$66410$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Gerardo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Which version of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1? Is Xfree 86 4.0
available in
> any distribution?
>
> Thanks,
> Gerardo
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1?
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:10:59 -0500
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Gerardo quoth:
~~ Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:10:02 -0400
~~ From: Gerardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
~~ Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mandrake, comp.os.linux.hardware,
~~ comp.os.linux.misc, comp.os.linux.setup
~~ Subject: Which verison of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1?
~~
~~ Which version of X Free 86 is in Mandrake 7.1? Is Xfree 86 4.0 available in
~~ any distribution?
If you've already installed it 'X -version' will tell you. If not,
you should check the ftp servers.
Freebie 1: version 3.3.6
Freebie 2: not to my knowledge (but certainly could be wrong)
Regards,
anm
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~ "Plan to throw one away; you will, anyhow." - Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. ~
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Website of the Greatest Linux Logo
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:20:14 -0500
Nesman wrote:
>
> hi,
> where is the website for the Linux logo collections in hi-res? like the
> Gnome foot, the Penguin, etc.
> thanks,
> nesman
Do a search at http://www.google.com/linux for "logo"
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Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "Stefan Viljoen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems uninstalling gtk+
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 07:46:51 +0200
Hi!
How do I uninstall an old gtk+ (non RPM) version of gtk so that I can
install a new one? I. e. how do I totally remove gtk+ and install the newer
version? I already have the new version, installing it doesn't help as I
have a depending application (xmms) that keeps on detecting the old version
(1.2) in the ./configure step and then refuses to finish so I can make it,
even though I have the new version of gtk+ (1.3) installed.
Thanks!
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Stèfan Viljoen a. k. a. Rylan
http://home.intekom.com/rylan/
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
F/EMS Dispatcher
Potchefstroom Emergency Services
South Africa
"We want you to be soldiers - deadly as long as you still have one arm or
one leg and you are still alive."
- R. A. H. in "Starship Troopers"
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From: "Andrew N. McGuire " <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WARNING: Somebody is trojaning UseNet with Perl Script.
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2000 00:54:33 -0500
On Sat,
Linux-Misc Digest #502
Linux-Misc Digest #502, Volume #24 Wed, 17 May 00 13:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: /opt verus /usr/local (Bob Tennent)
Re: STAROFFICE HELP... (Praedor Tempus)
Re: WWW: Updated TOC and free Kernel-docs on KernelBook (Suzanne Lemeiux)
Re: Burning a Redhat 6.2 CD (JEDIDIAH)
swap-free error message??? what is this? (David Taylor)
Re: WYSIWYG web page generator (John Wingate)
Re: How can I add more swap? (David Bell)
Re: 2 network cards: problems, but more clues! (David Oh)
Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux (JEDIDIAH)
Re: WYSIWYG web page generator ("Max Roeleveld")
Re: WYSIWYG web page generator (JEDIDIAH)
GLIB 1.2.7 and GTK (Dieter Kedrowitsch)
Help!: Root password messed up (David Bell)
Calendar? (Fyre)
Re: 2.3 Kernel memory problems (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Why .bashrc not take effect? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: gcc problem (Paul Kimoto)
Re: Need ideas for university funded project for linux (eyez)
CD hiccups when playing MP3s (Andrei Zmievski)
Re: 2 network cards: problems, but more clues! ("Steve Cox")
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: /opt verus /usr/local
Date: 17 May 2000 16:08:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 17 May 2000 15:41:39 GMT, Blake LeBaron wrote:
>I'm a new linux user, and I'm confused on one aspect of it. Where is
>the the appropriate place to put installed software packages? I see
>some want to go to /opt, and others prefer /usr/local. What is the
>current standard for this?
>
I suggest using /opt for packages that insist on being kept together
under a directory. This is usually the case for commercial packages
such as WordPerfect. Use /usr/local for packages that distribute
themselves into standard sub-directories such as bin, lib, man, etc, src,
include, and so on. But "whole" packages can go under /usr/local as well.
Bob T.
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From: Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,nf.comp.linux,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: STAROFFICE HELP...
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 10:09:15 -0600
Charles Philip Chan wrote:
>
> >>>>> "Tux" == Tux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi guys... Is there a way to start individual Star Office
> > programs without going through the Star Office desktop... I
> > would like to have a link to Star Writer on my KDE desktop...
> > I'd like the link to open Star Writer only, not the Star Office
> > desktop, which is starting by default on my machine...!!!
> > Thanks...
>
> Unfortunately, no :-(, everything have to be started from the
> desktop. The desktop is one of the most controversial thing about Star
> Office and have generated many heated debates. This is also the main
> reason why I dumped Star Office.
I still use it but, damn, I HATE that freakin' desktop. If I selected
the desktop integration setting dealie so it became my full desktop,
then
that is one thing, but I don't and never will. If I don't then it
should
dump that damn start button crap and just be the office suite. This is
a suggestion I have passed to Sun (they even replied to my previous bug
report regarding a problem with spreadsheets and charts so they can be
responsive).
praedor
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Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 12:24:13 -0400
From: Suzanne Lemeiux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WWW: Updated TOC and free Kernel-docs on KernelBook
Gary Lawrence Murphy wrote:
>
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
>
> The KernelBook Project: http://kernelbook.sourceforge.net
>
> The KernelBook Project is a collaborative effort of open source and
> commercial developers to create a functional specifications guide to
> the Linux 2.3/2.4 kernel. This book in progress will be released
> online for peer review and will be published by Macmillan Computer
> Publishing under the Open Publishing License. Our intention is to
> complement rather than compete with existing kernel documentation
> projects.
>
> The project website now sports a revised TOC which includes some of
> the proposed 2.3.99 changes ... I'm not 100% happy with the placement
> of some items, and there are other new services which didn't fit
> anywhere (an example is exec-binary) but its a start; comments are
> welcome. I have also updated the tools and contrib chapters (although
> Bug-Reporting and Oops Tracing are not finished)
>
> Also, I have generated HTML and downloadable PDF/PS files from Tim and
> Alan's excellent new kernel-doc collection in Documentation/DocBook;
> these are not part of the KernelBook project, but I figure there will
> be plenty of people who won't know how to do the D
Linux-Misc Digest #502
Linux-Misc Digest #502, Volume #21 Sun, 22 Aug 99 06:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Problem starting/booting with Mandrake ("William B. Cattell")
Re: *nix vs. MS security
Re: Cracks for Linux?^ (Bill Bonde)
Re: Media key for staroffice 5.0 ("Donald E. Stidwell")
Re: Soundcard gives PR, and I don't want that. (Jordi Backx)
Re: HTML Apps: votes needed here! (Frank v Waveren)
X-Windows freezing (muzh)
Re: reading file on Win98 part. (Leonard Evens)
Which distribution to use? ("Varma")
Re: Internet access with ASDL (Yousuf Khan)
Re: IDE CD Recording (Albert Ulmer)
Re: Linux books, Is this a good deal? ("Ryan T. Rhea")
Re: Kernel question- extra files in /boot ("Ryan T. Rhea")
Re: Questions about Kpackage (SmokeSerpent)
Can't mount Xenix drive on Linux system ("FYOM")
Re: help: two bootup issues (Rob Lahaye)
Re: Which distribution to use? ("Ryan T. Rhea")
Re: Alert: AMD K6-2 350 Mhz processor ("Ryan T. Rhea")
Re: shutdown&reboot for normal users??? (Oliver.Natt)
Re: How to I remove Lilo ("Ryan T. Rhea")
Kernel question- extra files in /boot (Warren Bell)
some challenging security questions... ("Ryan T. Rhea")
can only ftp myself? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
From: "William B. Cattell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Problem starting/booting with Mandrake
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 07:19:38 GMT
6135 wrote:
>
> After I power-cycle, the boot up code goes through
> all kinds of diagnostic-type tests, then says the
> following:
>
> /dev/hdb1: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY;
> run fsck MANUALLY
> (i.e. without -a or -p options) [FAILED]
>
> *** An error occurred during the file system check.
> *** Dropping you to a shell; the system will reboot
> *** When you leave the shell, give root password for maintenance
> (or type control-d for normal startup);
>
> Then, I type control-d and it just freezes.
>
> Any assistance would be greately appreciated.
>
> Scott
Sounds like the file system is not getting shutdown
properly. I think this is a documented problem with
Mandrake 6. First, boot up the system. When you get the
message you listed above, type in the root password and get
to a shell prompt (#). Type fsck.ext2 /dev/hdx where 'x' is
the number of your root linux partition. In my case I would
type fsck.ext2 /dev/hda2. that will clean up the file
system. after it's done (you're back at the # prompt, type
reboot. Hopefully the system will come back up normally.
Use the 'update' feature to get updates of Mandrake's
packages. I know there's a package update for the init
scripts, lilo, networking and X.
Bill
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==
http://members.home.com/wcattell
==
Park not thy Harley in the darkness of thine garage, that it
may collect dust for want of being oft ridden. Ride thy
Harley
with thy brethren, and rejoice in the spirit of the road.
==
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: *nix vs. MS security
Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 01:31:04 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Christopher
B. Browne wrote:
>On Fri, 20 Aug 1999 20:17:24 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>>Tell this instructor to pull Bill Gates' c*ck out of his ass and get a
>>clue.
>
>This is more-or-less exactly the *wrong* thing to do.
>
Yeah, I know. Sorry, I guess I should have warned y'all.. Excuse my
rant :)
>
>"Confrontation leads to anger... Anger leads to fear... Fear leads
>to using Windows NT in mission-critical combat systems... And this is
>how the ancients fell...
>
>
>>Microsoft OSes are buggy and crash-vulnerable, which makes them
>>very insecure. Everyone knows that it takes months for M$ to patch
>>holes in their software.
>
>Describing things in such a "bull-in-the-china-shop" manner is just
>going to get the poor student a failing grade.
>
>After all, even if the instructor is a severe ignoramus, the
>instructor is still the authority responsible for giving out grades.
Yeah, I know. :)
>--
>...you could spend *all day* customizing the title bar. Believe me. I
>speak from experience." -- Matt Welsh
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: Bill Bonde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.ap
Linux-Misc Digest #502
Linux-Misc Digest #502, Volume #20Sat, 5 Jun 99 07:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: IP Masquerade over paralell line (Peter Caffin)
Re: Performance tuning of FreeBSD and Linux: pointers requested (Robert Huff)
Linux Red Hat 6.0 with two monitors ("raul")
Re: KDE is giving me huge fucking headaches... (Jonas Pedersen)
Re: Can't connect to my ISP yet, here's the pppd-output... (Gernot Fink)
Re: ANNOUNCE: JASSPA distribution of MicroEmacs '99 (Jon Green)
Re: 2.2.5-15 kernel eats memory! (James Stafford)
Re: Does Java run well on Linux? ("Pokka")
Re: Boot still hangs at: Ok booing the kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Initial string for u.s.r. external modem? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problem with installing RPM files in Slackware (Beed)
Leafnode Problem with TRN (Dr Vincent C Jones PE)
Re: Problems connecting to MySQL database in MS Access 2000... ("tester")
Re: SuSE vs Red Hat? (Keven R. Pittsinger)
Does WABI work in Red Hat Linux 6.0? (Brad Corsello)
Re: NT the best web platform? (Jim Henderson)
Re: Peeling off HTML code... (Ding-Jung Han)
Which Internet Service Provider is especially Linux-friendly?
(Dxx-Richard_T_Myers(00))
From: Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: IP Masquerade over paralell line
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 15:22:24 +0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The plan: To vastly expand my A1200 when I return home from University
> in about two weeks, and install Debian. To connect it to my 486 Linux
> box via the parallel port,
On DOS machines, there are drivers for ethernet across the parallel ports
of two PCs. You've got to rig up a special cable for it, however. I'd be
very surprised if there wasn't a Mini-HOWTO or some documentation on
getting this going under Linux.
> that being the only port which is free on the 486 box.
However, to save yourself an awful lot of work, you might find it easier
to pick up a 4-port or 8-port multi-IO card to replace the 2-port job on
most standard PCs. You'd then have an extra port waiting. This is more
expensive, however, it'll save you time and give you a little more
flexibility.
> To use my 486 box to connect to my ISP via ppp. To use
> IP-Masquerading to access the net via my amiga and 486 box
> simultaneously?
Not a problem. ipfwadmin.
> What sort of cable would I need?
For the parallel port method? Two parallel cables that you can reasonably
easily take apart and solder the insides of. Networking with parallel
ports is rare enough that you'll be *very* lucky if you find anything
pre-made.
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From: Robert Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Performance tuning of FreeBSD and Linux: pointers requested
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 1999 21:04:12 -0400
Chris Hedley wrote:
> [1] An enormous slab of ceramic, 5 inches per side, with around 5,000 pins,
> half of which do I/O. The slab is *covered* in silicon, including no less
> than 14 S/390s at well over 600Mhz and lots of cache. How they hope to cool
> that bugger I've no idea.
Liquid nitrogen.
Back in college, in the early 1980s, I heard a report from a
usually reliable source that someone at IBM Cambridge Scientific
Center (I think) had asked "Exactly how small can we make a System
370?" (Not including peripherals, but including all the channel
controllers.)
Several million dollars later, the answer was: about the size of a
large loaf of bread. The thing had wires coming out all over and
lived in a fish-tank (25 gal. ?) of liquid nitrogen. The cooling
used more power than running the electronics.
Robert Huff
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From: "raul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux Red Hat 6.0 with two monitors
Date: Sat, 5 Jun 1999 01:31:29 +0200
Can I plug two video cards in linux, with kernel 2.2.5?
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From: Jonas Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE is giving me huge fucking headaches...
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 1999 11:03:11 +0200
Le physicien nocturne wrote:
> Zeleng wrote:
>
> > It's been a week since I first tried to install the K Desktop
> > Environment... and for a week now, I still haven't been able to pass
> > the "./configure" stage.
> >
> > At some point during the configuration, it gives me an error message:
> >
> > checking for KDE... configure: error:
> > in the prefix, you've chosen, are no KDE head
Linux-Misc Digest #502
Linux-Misc Digest #502, Volume #19 Thu, 18 Mar 99 14:13:08 EST
Contents:
Why do top and ps disagree about CPU utilization? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 10G disk and fdisk/diskdruid problems (James Knowles)
Apache server will not connect ("Jason Loll")
Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment? ("John M. Janney")
Re: (No) PPP (at all) using Zyxel external ISDN TA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How get rid of "hostname:" message from rxvt, xterm? (Paul Kimoto)
Re: g77 anyone? ("Oliver D. Bedford")
Re: PostgreSQL question (ingenuit)
[?] Help w/ ftpd (Francisco Cribari)
Re: Ghostscript and HP 882 (Grant Taylor)
Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment? ("John M. Janney")
Re: Backing up /proc ? ("David Z. Maze")
Problem for Linux Gurus (Sasa Ostrouska)
can I get better MetroX graphics? (Doug Sanderson)
Re: Althought ping is real fast, Telnet is long to accept connection (brian
moore)
Re: g77 anyone? (Scott Kruger)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Why do top and ps disagree about CPU utilization?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:10:38 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Top and ps seem to disagree wildly about how much CPU time processes use. If
I have a process that's chewing lots of CPU, top will report it near 100%,
yet ps shows only moderate CPU usage (typically < 30%). I wrote a little
Python script to read the relevant /proc/PID/stat file and compute a
percentage from that and got results that tend to agree much better with ps
than with top. Treating /proc/PID/stat as an array named stat and the
previous stat reading as an array named last, I calculated the CPU
utilization during the latest interval as
((stat[13]+stat[14])-(last[13]+last[14]))/interval
where all numbers are in 1/100's of a second. My interval is currently set at
five seconds. Does ps perhaps compute CPU utilization over a much longer (or
shorter) interval? If so, why does my calculation differ so much from top's?
Presumably both use the same raw data and the same interval.
Thanks,
Skip Montanaro
Mojam: http://www.mojam.com/
Musi-Cal: http://www.musi-cal.com/
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 10G disk and fdisk/diskdruid problems
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 18:12:34 +
> There is a big difference between a formated and unformatted disk. The
> unformatted disk is 9.1 and formatted 8.6.
Marketing, my son, marketing. They play all kinds of tricks to make you
think you're getting more than you do.
I always knock off about 10% of the displayed capacity to get a rough
idea of what a formatted disk looks like.
Caveat Emptor
(Or in today's world, sue the bleeding slime and let the gov't sit on
'em until they die.)
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From: "Jason Loll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Apache server will not connect
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:31:13 -0600
I am trying to set up the Apache server with RedHat5.2 with my dynamic dns
address.
1. When I go to my loopback address (127.0.0.1) I get the Apache index page
telling me
that I have correctly installed Apache.
2. I use traceroute www.redhat.com or any other address and use the #1
address thinking
that this is my dynamic address.
3. I open Netscape Navigator and go to this address and get a Netscape:
Error
Netscape's network connection was refused by the server 209.32.53.62 .
The server may not be accepting connections or may be busy.
Try connecting again later.
I have looked at the configuration files but have not found anything. what
am I doing wrong?
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From: "John M. Janney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE vs GNOME and what about Enlightenment?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 09:14:41 -0600
>From what I've seen (screenshots), I also prefer the look of GNOME.
But does anyone have experience, in terms of everyday use (not as a
programmer, but as someone who uses their system for daily tasks with tools
like StarOffice)?
I'm interested in as many personal stories about individuals' experiences
with both KDE and GNOME so I (and others who read this newsgroup) can get a
good idea of the stability, usefullness, etc. of both KDE and GNOME, and
thus compare them in order to make an informed decision before fumbling
through one or the other and crashing my (and their) system.
I am really looking to get a full fledge Linux system soon (I use Linux only
for web servers now) to migrate my desktop operations, but am looking at Red
Hat 5.3 (coming soon, so I hear) with GNOME support (and drag-n-drop)
Linux-Misc Digest #502
Linux-Misc Digest #502, Volume #18Thu, 7 Jan 99 09:13:09 EST
Contents:
Intermittently SLOW 486 Machines (Forrest Hoffman)
Re: Start Linux from within windoze?? (Karl Kahre)
Re: Real Audio for Linux dilemna (Bev)
Re: NOSPAM in addresses.. (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: Netscape eats up *all* the swap (Philip Brown)
high uptime server designs? (Leslie Mikesell)
help needed mounting fd0 ("Matteo Anselmi")
Re: /dev/audio --Help (Codifex Maximus)
[Q] Corel WordPerfect 8.0 ... Any experiences? (Augusto Cardoso)
Re: NOSPAM in addresses.. (Tom Smith)
Re: Why I choose HP-UX over Linux (Kim G. S. OEyhus)
Re: LILO 3 way boot (Bill Voight)
possible show-stopper? (steve mcadams)
Re: good office package for linux (John Thompson)
Adobe Framemaker on Linux? (Hilary McClure)
From: Forrest Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Intermittently SLOW 486 Machines
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 16:13:00 -0500
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I've encountered a number of 486DX2 66 MHz machines which exibit really
unusual behavior. These machines sometimes run 10-15 times slower than
they normally should. Using a couple of benchmarks (including
BOGOMIPS), I've determined that these machines run at typical 486/66
speeds (when they are "well") and appear to be well configured. The
machines get "sick" and "well" apparently at random. Rebooting
sometimes makes them better, but not always. You can run a code, get a
slow time, then run the same exact code again and get the expected
time. Some machines are sick more often than others.
The problem is real. It is not a problem with the clock. Times are
reported correctly and the speed never changes while a code is running
(i.e., it either runs at the slow speed or at the fast speed). We've
seen this behavior under RedHat 4.1, 4.2, and 5.1.
The machines all have Mylex or Northgate BIOS versions 6.1x or 6.2x. We
don't see this behavior from AMI BIOS machines.
Has anyone else encountered this kind of problem? Does anyone have
suggestions for a fix (besides replacing the machines...we already
thought of that)?
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From: Karl Kahre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Start Linux from within windoze??
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 20:50:02 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Due to my school's policy regarding "other" OS's, I'm fighting to have Linux
> installed on three lab computers coexisting with NT. They are concerned
> about possible support issues which may mess up the NT side of things, and
> don't want a dual boot situation where "regular" students inadvertantly get
> into the wrong system.
>
> My question is ... can I use loadlin or something else to boot Linux out of
> a command line prompt in WinNT?
>
> Or does someone know of a good setup for a dual boot which might make Linux
> available at the press of a button somewhere in the process??? (I know
> nothing about what NT has in the way of boot managers.)
>
Create a boot floppy disk and boot from that onto your Linux partition. No
dual boot is necessary, without the floppy it will boot into NT and you can't
see the Linux partition. Boot from the floppy and it puts you into the Linux
partition. Any Linux users would need a floppy, of course.
>
> TIA,
>
> Kenward
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