Creating maxium number of threads for a process

2002-05-12 Thread Yosi
Hi, As far as I know, kernel 2.4.x the only limit on the number of running threads per process is the amount of free RAM/swap. I'm trying to test that whether pthread_create fails only when memory is exhausted. The test machine is RedHat 7.3 with kernel v2.4.18, 256MB RAM and 512MB swap. I

Re: Creating maxium number of threads for a process

2002-05-12 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, May 12, 2002, Yosi wrote about Creating maxium number of threads for a process: ... A small test that creates a lot of threads fails exactly at 1531 threads. Trying to create more threads past this figure fails with the error Interrupted system call (error number 11). Could you try

Loadsharing over multiple ISP connections

2002-05-12 Thread Ohad . Levy
Hi list, Is it possible to split traffic to the internet via two or more physical connections? Maybe create a policy using ip2? Ohad. = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the

glibc-2.2.5 breaks VMware

2002-05-12 Thread Boris Zingerman
Hi After upgrading to RH-7.3 vmware on my machine doesn't work anymore. I get message AIO: NOT_IMPLEMENTED F(566):1081 It seems to be related to glibc-2.2.5 which is used by RH7.3 . AOI interface either changed or may be moved to external library (RH7.3 installs libaio-0.3.12-1 which was not

Re: Loadsharing over multiple ISP connections

2002-05-12 Thread Eli Marmor
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to split traffic to the internet via two or more physical connections? Yes. You have 2 options: 1. Only for sessions which were initiated by you: This one is simple, and I (as well as many others) already implement it. The magic is done by your

OT: The Open CD: free software for win32

2002-05-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Hi I thought I should report of a new project that may be interesting to many of the people here: http://theopencd.org/ It aims at creating a collection of free softwaer for win32 that will be easy to install in one shot and thus hopefully increase its popularity. Currently they have a list

Re: Creating maxium number of threads for a process

2002-05-12 Thread Yosi
From: Nadav Har'El [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Yosi [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Creating maxium number of threads for a process Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 12:40:47 +0300 Could you try creating as many processes (with fork), not pthreads, and see if that succeeds? Maybe pthreads

Re: Creating maxium number of threads for a process

2002-05-12 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, May 12, 2002, Yosi wrote about Re: Creating maxium number of threads for a process: I find that hard to belive that a thread (otherwise known as a light weight process) will have a bigger overhead than an actual process. There's almost nothing lighter about threads than processes in

Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Matitiahu Allouche
I am glad to announce that IBM Israel is ready to distribute updates to the source for OpenOffice word processor (swriter), aimed at providing Bidi (Hebrew and Arabic) support. According to the guidelines set by our legal department, we cannot release the full product, so we have built a set

Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, May 12, 2002, Matitiahu Allouche wrote about Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D: I am glad to announce that IBM Israel is ready to distribute updates to the source for OpenOffice word processor (swriter), aimed at providing Bidi (Hebrew and Arabic) support. That's

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Daniel Feiglin wrote: Oy, vay! It seems that the Hebrew didn't come out too well. I used Mozilla 1.0RC mail client, with the KDE language setting, on Hebrew. What it says, is: From information that has come to our attention, there is suspicion (oleh chashad) that in your

Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
Just one note On Sun, 12 May 2002, Matitiahu Allouche wrote: I am glad to announce that IBM Israel is ready to distribute updates to the source for OpenOffice word processor (swriter), aimed at providing Bidi (Hebrew and Arabic) support. Glad to see you managed to get at least that

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Geoffrey S. Mendelson
Daniel Feiglin wrote: What it says, is: From information that has come to our attention, there is suspicion (oleh chashad) that in your organisation, there is inconsistency (choser hatama) between the the number of programmes installed on computers belonging to your company, and the

Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Shachar Shemesh
I'm willing to do it, but I will only have the HW to do it in a few days (buying a new computer). Plus - I will be compiling on Debian, and I'm not sure how adapt Debian is at compiling RPMs. If anyone else with shorter timelines wants to volunteer, please do. Shachar Tzafrir

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Oleg Goldshmidt
Geoffrey S. Mendelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i would check with your lawyer first, but it sounds to me that you could fight it on any of the following grounds: Alternatively, Dear Sir, We will be happy to provide the information you have requested. Of course, we are assuming that you

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Shachar Shemesh
You missed out on how the BSA works. They will tell you that We will be happy to perform the audit for you. Of course, if a single illegal software is found, all audit costs will be payed by you. I am not sure what the legal basis of such a claim is, but that seems to be the claim they are

RFIs: Various Perl Modules

2002-05-12 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi! My partner and I were assigned to design a unified way for the Technion to manage its seminars, a project which we will receive academic credit for. We spent some time designing and thinking about the project. Our supervisor told us that we are free to use whatever existing tools and

Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote: I'm willing to do it, but I will only have the HW to do it in a few days (buying a new computer). Plus - I will be compiling on Debian, and I'm not sure how adapt Debian is at compiling RPMs. If anyone else with shorter timelines wants to

Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Yotam Rubin
On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 06:54:54PM +0300, Tzafrir Cohen wrote: On Sun, 12 May 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote: I'm willing to do it, but I will only have the HW to do it in a few days (buying a new computer). Plus - I will be compiling on Debian, and I'm not sure how adapt Debian is at

Re: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Gilad Ben-Yossef
On Sat, 2002-05-11 at 22:32, Daniel Feiglin wrote: From information that has come to our attention, there is suspicion (oleh chashad) that in your organisation, there is inconsistency (choser hatama) between the the number of programmes installed on computers belonging to your company,

Modem 56k which works on linux

2002-05-12 Thread Ely Levy
Can anyone recommand a modem which works on linux and supports voice/fax recongnition , caller ID , v.92(if there are any). Also I don't have any ISA slots in my computer so I need either pci one or external. after weeks of looking help would be most appriciated Ely Levy System group Hebrew

Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Nadav Har'El
On Sun, May 12, 2002, Shachar Shemesh wrote about Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D: I'm willing to do it, but I will only have the HW to do it in a few days (buying a new computer). Plus - I will be compiling on Debian, and I'm not sure how adapt Debian is at

RE: M$ $oftware audit pushes schools toward Linux

2002-05-12 Thread Tzahi Fadida
maybe you should send them: Your are invited to check my licenses if you will agree for a small fee of 50k$ an hour, compensating lost man hours. I mean, if you would just use linux then you had more time for real work instead of microsoft hassle. :) * - * - * Tzahi Fadida [EMAIL PROTECTED]

eggdrop on linux.

2002-05-12 Thread Tzahi Fadida
Hi, I was asked to put a constant irc bot (eggdrop) on my linux server. My concern is that since it interacts directly with the irc, there could be reprecautions like bufferoverflows, etc. also, i saw it may require me to open another port to my system. my question are: 1) what are the areas i

i want to compile!

2002-05-12 Thread root
i have a new athlon 1900xp with 256mb ddr but i need tu be guided because i don't know how to make a tarball/rpm after the compilation... = To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message

Re: i want to compile!

2002-05-12 Thread Tzafrir Cohen
On Sun, 12 May 2002, root wrote: i have a new athlon 1900xp with 256mb ddr but i need tu be guided because i don't know how to make a tarball/rpm after the compilation... There should be instructions on http://www.openoffice.org . In adition, Mati's message refered to compilation

Re: Modem 56k which works on linux

2002-05-12 Thread Shaul Karl
Can anyone recommand a modem which works on linux and supports voice/fax recongnition , caller ID , v.92(if there are any). Also I don't have any ISA slots in my computer so I need either pci one or external. after weeks of looking help would be most appriciated Ely Levy System group

Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Moshe Zadka
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Shachar Shemesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm willing to do it, but I will only have the HW to do it in a few days (buying a new computer). Plus - I will be compiling on Debian, and I'm not sure how adapt Debian is at compiling RPMs. If anyone else with shorter

Re: eggdrop on linux.

2002-05-12 Thread Boris Kreitchman
On Sun, 12 May 2002, Tzahi Fadida wrote: I was asked to put a constant irc bot (eggdrop) on my linux server. My concern is that since it interacts directly with the irc, there could be reprecautions like bufferoverflows, etc. also, i saw it may require me to open another port to my

Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Matitiahu Allouche
Nadav Har'El wrote: Is there a special reason why the binary version distributed by openoffice.org cannot contain your patch, or even why the patch isn't integrated with the official source (like was done in Mozilla)? Does your patch have the same license as the regular openoffice.org code?

Re: Bidi updates for OpenOffice word processor Rel 641D

2002-05-12 Thread Matitiahu Allouche
Tzafrir Cohen wrote: Any comments on the binary compatibility of existing OpenOffice builds? I don't understand what you ask. We are talking about creating a new build. Shalom (Regards), Mati Bidi Architect Globalization Center Of Competency - Bidirectional Scripts

Re: Compiling a single kernel module

2002-05-12 Thread Shaul Karl
On Sat, 11 May 2002 13:32:25 +0300, Dan Aloni wrote: On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 10:09:09PM +0300, Amir Sela wrote: Is there a way, to compile a single module out of the kernel source tree, without fiddling about manually with the Makefiles and such ? I wanted to compile ntfs.c(as a

Re: Modem 56k which works on linux

2002-05-12 Thread Orna Agmon
I can't promise you it will work, but according to the web (and I ordered one myself on Friday), U.S.Robotics has an external 56K fax-modem which is supposed to work with Linux. (99$ on atid mahshevim, 95$ on excelnet) If I am wrong, this is a really good tiem to correct me:) Orna. On Sun, 12

Re: Modem 56k which works on linux

2002-05-12 Thread Yedidyah Bar-David
Hi, On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 09:54:20PM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote: Can anyone recommand a modem which works on linux and supports voice/fax recongnition , caller ID , v.92(if there are any). Also I don't have any ISA slots in my computer so I need either pci one or external. after