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From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 94 20:13:29 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #729
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Linux-Misc Digest #729, Volume #2 Fri, 9 Sep 94 20:13:29 EDT
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Contents:
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Yggsdrasil Linux uses Their OWN filesystem? (Chang Hyeon Song)
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Re: Monitoring TTY's .. (Stephane Boyer)
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Linux DOOM for X released (David Taylor)
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Linux/AXP Progress Report posted to comp.os.linux.announce (Jim Paradis)
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Re: Linux DOOM for X released (Doug Dejulio)
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Re: Reminiscence... (Kai Petzke)
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bootp problems (Brian Quandt)
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Re: Linux for the CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corp) (Jim Oke)
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Re: Will a math coprocessor REALLY help? (Sven Goldt)
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WordPerfect (David Cabot)
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People should _use_ the LSM (was: Possible FAQ?) (B.A.McCauley@bham.ac.uk)
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Text screen is not restored after exiting from X-windows (Ren B. Bitonio)
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Re: memory above 16Mb ? (Matthew S. Crocker)
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Cirrus Logic 5434 not supported (Yutao Feng)
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Gnu Gopher and linux display problems (Chris Mackay)
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Re: Looking for cheap DC-6525 tapes (525MB) (Margaret S Voges)
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Re: DOSEMU0.52 problem (Sylvain NIERVEZE)
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Re: PCI+Pentium+Linux+X? (Pete Deuel)
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Doom for Linux (Bill West)
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Re: Which is the best Linux CD package? (Dan Newcombe)
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Linux in OpenSystems Today (Robert Mudge)
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Re: 320x200 X resolution? (Sam Oscar Lantinga)
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From: song@lisa.cs.purdue.edu (Chang Hyeon Song)
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Subject: Yggsdrasil Linux uses Their OWN filesystem?
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 17:54:28 GMT
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Hi, netters.
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I just bought this Linux CD-ROM, but I found out that Yggsdrasil uses
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non-standard file system of their own.
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Does it cause any problem?
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Please let me know.
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--
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+----------------------------------------------------------+
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| Chang-Hyeon Song | song@cs.purdue.edu |
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| Purdue University | (317) 477-1462 |
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
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From: s_boyer@smegheads.montreal.qc.ca (Stephane Boyer)
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Subject: Re: Monitoring TTY's ..
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 18:16:24 GMT
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Alpha / Omega Enterprises (alpha@onramp.net) wrote:
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: Ivan Parga (iparga@toconao.usach.cl) wrote:
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: : > I'm running a Linux box and would like to find out if there is software
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: : > that will allow me to monitor someone's tty. We have had some problems
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: : > with people trying to break system security.. it would be nice to be able
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: : > to monitor and record the actions of these people live, while it happens.
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: There is some software available for this, but I have found a quick
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: way to monitor access is to login as that user and then press the up
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: arrow key. Keep pressing it, and it will show you all of the commands
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: that the particular user executed in their last session. Of course it
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: will not monitor what they did in different editors, and mail programs,
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: but it is better than nothing.
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that is if you know their password ;-) instead try as 'root' to look at their
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.bash_history file in their $HOME directory.
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even better install ttysnoop, I use it and it works great!, it should be on
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sunsite.unc.edu
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Steph!
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:---------------------------------------------------------------:
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: s_boyer@smegheads.montreal.qc.ca | Public Linux Download Site :
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: admin@smegheads.montreal.qc.ca | in Montreal, Quebec/CANADA :
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From: ddt@idcube.idsoftware.com (David Taylor)
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Crossposted-To: alt.games.doom,alt.games.doom.announce
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Subject: Linux DOOM for X released
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 11:07:45 +0100
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DOOM v1.666 for Linux using X is available at:
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sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/Incoming/linxdoom.tgz
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The .lsm is also there. Read it before downloading. Both of these
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may be moved if the sysadmin discovers them. If you don't already
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have the DOS v1.666 data file, it's at the same place but called
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doom1wad.tgz.
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If you have bought registered DOOM or have pre-ordered DOOM II, you
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may use the data files from either on it. If you've pirated either
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file, you suck demon phallus.
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WARNING: If you don't know what DOOM is and are getting plenty of
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things done at school or work, you do NOT want to download this
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program.
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=-ddt->
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From: paradis@sousa.amt.ako.dec.com (Jim Paradis)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.sys.dec
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Subject: Linux/AXP Progress Report posted to comp.os.linux.announce
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 14:26:43 -0400
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For those who are interested, I posted a progress report for the
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Linux/AXP project to comp.os.linux.announce
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Linux/AXP is a port of the Linux operating system to DEC's Alpha AXP
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CPU architecture.
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--
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Jim Paradis (paradis@tallis.enet.dec.com)
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The purpose of time is to keep everything from happening at once.
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It's not working.
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From: ddj+@pitt.edu (Doug Dejulio)
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Subject: Re: Linux DOOM for X released
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 19:37:37 GMT
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>>The .lsm is also there. Read it before downloading. Both of these
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>>may be moved if the sysadmin discovers them. If you don't already
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>>have the DOS v1.666 data file, it's at the same place but called
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>>doom1wad.tgz.
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>>
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>This doesn't sound particularly legal.
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There are two WAD files(*) -- the shareware one and the registered
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one. I own registered DOOM, and the WAD is "doom.wad". For the
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shareware one, it's "doom1.wad". As long as the tgz file contains
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only the doom1.wad file, it should be legal.
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(* Actually, there are a zillion WAD files if you count the ones
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written by 3rd parties...)
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--
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Doug DeJulio
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ddj+@pitt.edu
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From: wpp@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de (Kai Petzke)
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Subject: Re: Reminiscence...
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Date: 8 Sep 94 22:30:36 GMT
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donadio@mxd120.rh.psu.edu (Matthew Donadio) writes:
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>I just got done reading hlu's post about Linux being a GNU system, so
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>I decided that it is about time for another post about the good old
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>days. I've been using Linux since 0.12 (Jan 92) and it's amazing what
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>it has become.
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>Do you remember...
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>...when the only choice when getting a distribution was getting the root
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> disk first, or the boot disk first?
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... when System V IPC came first out as ipcalpha, then ipcbeta, and
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ipcdelta, and even that one was severly broken? (Rather special
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experience from me, though).
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>...only having the minix fs?
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... moving from minix to ext2?
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... the kernel printing dots when booting
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... Linus words in the bootloader, that only up to 512k kernels are
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supported, because Linus wants to keep it simple.
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... When a new kernel would break elvis.
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Kai
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--
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Kai Petzke | How fast can computers get?
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Technical University of Berlin |
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Berlin, Germany | Sol 9, of course, on Star Trek.
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wpp@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de |
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From: quandt@cs.umr.edu (Brian Quandt)
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Subject: bootp problems
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 17:08:30 GMT
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GeAtting the follwoing out of bootp can anyone hlep, I'm running
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a slackware install upgraded to 1.1.35 of the os
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ioctl(SIOCSARP) protocol family not supported.
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I get this message by adding a bunch of -d's to the in.bootpd in
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inetd.conf
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Brian
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Crossposted-To: soc.culture.canada
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From: wjoke@lark.muug.mb.ca (Jim Oke)
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Subject: Re: Linux for the CBC News (Canadian Broadcasting Corp)
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 18:49:22 GMT
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ericm@finnegan.ee.mcgill.ca (Eric Masson) writes:
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>Hello Maple Leaf Linuxers,
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>The CBC News (Peter, Pamela, Wendy et al) can be reached on the internet
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>at
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> tvnews@mail.north.net
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>The even better news is that the box running the whole service is
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>a 1.1.48 Linux box 8) So our tax payer dollars aren't going
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>towards expensive operating systems in this time of austerity. I
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>keep my fingers crossed that the CBC will continue in this thrifty
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>line of thought. Linux is surely making waves.
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Good news for Linux fans as well as Canadian tax payers.
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However, although the OS may be on the cheap, the location is not.
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See the latest Saturday Night magazine for a description of the CBC's
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badly bungled venture in the downtown Toronto real estate market
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and how the taxpayers will be on the hook for another few hundred
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millions or so to bail the 'corp out....
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wjo
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>Salut,
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>Eric
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>--
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>=================================================================
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> Eric Masson - ericm@finnegan.ee.mcgill.ca - FAX: 514 398 4470
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>=================================================================
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From: goldt@math.tu-berlin.de (Sven Goldt)
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Subject: Re: Will a math coprocessor REALLY help?
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 19:36:25 GMT
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IMHO a math co wouldn't improve much, but more ram !
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--
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*****************************************************************************
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* # THE MOST IMPORTANT FINANCIAL QUESTION IS: Where is the money ? # *
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*****************************************************************************
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From: cabot@tct.com (David Cabot)
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Subject: WordPerfect
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 15:41:48 GMT
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I remember someone here saying that they were able to run WP for SCO and
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WP for DOS on Linux. Someone here tried to install the SCO version here and
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it core dumped. Any suggestions?
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From: B.A.McCauley@bham.ac.uk
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Subject: People should _use_ the LSM (was: Possible FAQ?)
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Date: 09 Sep 1994 12:00:18 GMT
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In article <34auu8$n24@ionews.io.org> vgoel@io.org (Vaibhav Goel) writes:
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>People keep on asking about BBS software available for Linux.
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This is because they are too lazy to look first.
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> Maybe it's
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>time that a FAQ was available listing software that people got compiled
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>under linux and the places where its available (eg, xbbs, citadel, etc.)
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It exists, it's the LSM.
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=============================================================================
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Title: xbbs
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Version: 1.0
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Description: Source for xbbs ported to linux
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AuthorEmail: No address
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MaintEmail: No address
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DateEntered: 21MAY93
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WhoEntered: Mike Elliott
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Location1: sunsite.unc.edu: /pub/Linux/system/BBS/xbbsv1-0.tar.Z (240529)
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<A HREF="ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/BBS/xbbsv1-0.tar.Z">Location1</A>
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=============================================================================
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Title: Citadel/UX for Linux
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Version: 0.2.24
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Description: Citadel/linUX is a Citadel bbs implementation for Linux. This is
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a port from Citadel/UX 2.24 by Art Cancro. ctdl-bin.tgz
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contains binaries and documentation ctdl-src.tgz contains the
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sources
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Author: Art Cancro (Inspector Gadget)
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Maintainer: Steve Blass
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MaintEmail: sblass@mscfs.edu
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Required: libc.so.4.5.24 (or above i suppose) other than that it's running
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on a 386sx w/4MB ram & 16MB swap
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CopyPolicy: Freely distributable, modifiable for particular systems; as per
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Art Cancro's statement in enclosed citadel.doc.
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Keywords: Citadel, BBS, Linux
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Comments: Citadel is a room based, message oriented bulletin board.
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Citadel/UX also supports voting mechanisms, uucp & usenet
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services as well as concurrent users plus a doorway to the
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subsystem of your choice.
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DateEntered: 26APR94
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WhoEntered: Steve Blass
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EmailEntered: sblass@mscfs.edu
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Location1: ftp.mscfs.edu: /pub/citadel/ctdl-bin.tgz, ctdl-src.tgz (120832)
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<A HREF="ftp://ftp.mscfs.edu/pub/citadel/ctdl-bin.tgz, ctdl-src.tgz">Location1</A>
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Location2: <unknown>: /<nopath>/<noname> (0)
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--
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\\ ( ) No Bullshit! | Email: B.A.McCauley@bham.ac.uk
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. _\\__[oo from | Phones: +44 121 471 3789 (home)
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.__/ \\ /\@ /~) /~[ /\/[ | +44 121 627 2171 (voice) 2175 (fax)
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# ll l\\ ~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ | A1 93 FE EA BE E3 2A 91
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###LL LL\\ (Brian McCauley) | More: finger bam@wcl-rs.bham.ac.uk
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
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From: kiddykid@netcom.com (Ren B. Bitonio)
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Subject: Text screen is not restored after exiting from X-windows
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 21:07:26 GMT
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Hi!
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I just got X-windows running under linux, but the only problem so
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far is the following:
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When I exit a window manager, i.e. fvwm, I expect to return to the
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text screen from which I had invoked startx, the script to run X-windows.
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However, my screen becomes distorted with a flickering green pseudo-rectangle
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and I can never returned to the text screen mode (console).
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I need to reboot in order to have the system running again.
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I hope somebody can help me out. My computer consists of the
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following:
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AST Advantage Plus 486dx2-66
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16 MB RAM
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ATI Mach 32 chipset on a local bus
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17" Panasonic 1795E (PanaSync) which complies with VESA standards
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I heard from a friend that ATI might cause some problems. Is that
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true, and if so, what sort of problems? If not , what can be causing my
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problem of not being able to return to text mode after exiting X-windows.
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Any remedies or utility to fix this ?
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Thanks,
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Ren
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--
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< Ren B. Bitonio (kiddykid@netcom.com, rbitonio@scudc.scu.edu, et. al. ) >
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"I'm amazed that people who weren't born when we started making
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records know all our old stuff,"
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-- Nick Mason of Pink Floyd
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From: matthew@rmc1.com (Matthew S. Crocker)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: memory above 16Mb ?
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Date: 8 Sep 1994 18:32:00 GMT
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Andre Addicks (A.Addicks@telecom.ptt.nl) wrote:
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: Hello,
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: We are trying to setup a Compaq systempro (486/33 Mhz) with 24 Mb internal
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: memory. We compiled the kernel (1.1.45) with the option:
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: 'Limit memory to low 16MB' CONFIG_MAX_16M n
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: Still after booting Linux finds no more than 16Mb. Kernel message:
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: "Memory 15004k/16256k available (652 kernel code, 384 reserved, 216k data)
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: Anybody knows where to find the lost 8Mb ?
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: Thanks in advance,
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Does the computer report 24MB when it runs through its POST? If the
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computer doesn't see 24MB, then linux won't either. Try turning off
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shadow-ROM in the CMOS settings, I had to do that in order for linux
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(or OS/2) to see anything above 16 MB...
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Hope this helps
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--
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-Matthew S Crocker "The mask, given time, comes
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mcrocker@twain.ucs.umass.edu to be the face itself." -anonymous
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*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*OS/2*
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*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*linux*
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From: feng@duke.cs.duke.edu (Yutao Feng)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Cirrus Logic 5434 not supported
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Date: 9 Sep 94 21:02:03 GMT
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My video card is Cirrus Logic 5434, which is not in the options of my
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XFree86, and my X windows can not be configured. Cirrus Logic 5420,
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5422 and 5426 are supported in my installation. Is there anyone here
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also using clgd5434 under XFree86? What can I do to run X with this
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video card? Thanks!
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--Yutao Feng
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin
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From: an018@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Chris Mackay)
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Subject: Gnu Gopher and linux display problems
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Reply-To: an018@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Chris Mackay)
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 01:06:14 GMT
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I just FTP'ed the latest version of Gnu Gopher from
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boombox. It compiled perfectly with one warning which
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wasn't very important. I set it up with the sample
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menus and such but when I run 'gn', nothing appears
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on the screen and if I press the <enter> key, it shows
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what looks like the .cache file to the screen and drops
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back to the prompt. I don't see the traditional gopher menu with a
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selector prompt and such at all. Does anybody have a clue as to what
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I should do?
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Crossposted-To: comp.arch.storage,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
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From: voges001@maroon.tc.umn.edu (Margaret S Voges)
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Subject: Re: Looking for cheap DC-6525 tapes (525MB)
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Date: Thu, 8 Sep 1994 16:37:18 GMT
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In article <ah.778966905@dolphin.doc.ic.ac.uk>,
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Angelo Haritsis <ah@doc.ic.ac.uk> wrote:
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>Dear all,
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>
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>I am looking for a supplier to get *cheap* DC-6525 tapes (525Mb)
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>in the UK. Any suggestions?
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I'm also looking for DC-6525's or DC-6250's only I am in the US.
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>
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>Please reply by personal email.
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Reply to me either way (there may be others who need this info).
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Thanks
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>
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>Thanks,
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>Angelo
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>--
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>#include <standard.disclaimer.h>
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> Angelo Haritsis, Applied Systems Section
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> s-mail: Dpt of Computing,Imperial College, 180 Queen's Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK
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> e-mail: ah@doc.ic.ac.uk - !!!NEW!!! tel:+44 71 594 8434 - fax:+44 71 589 7127
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From: nierveze@supelec.fr (Sylvain NIERVEZE)
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Subject: Re: DOSEMU0.52 problem
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 10:52:13 GMT
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NJBIRDMAN (njbirdman@aol.com) wrote:
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: I compiled dosemu0.52 (kernel 1.1.35, GCC 2.5.8, etc. All went well,
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: but when I try to run it to install (dos -A). I get 0 errors and 0
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: warnings in /etc/dosemu.conf (which is good news) and then a segmentation
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: fault (VERY bad news). I tried a lot of stuff, including recompiling,
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: removing ftape module, removing selection, etc. No change. Any ideas?
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I think that you have a problem with video. I had the same problem which I
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resolved with removing the video line in the /etc/dosemu.conf file and
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replacing it with a very basic declaration like the one said to work with
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xterm:
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video { vga chunks 1}
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it sould work with that, and then you can try other configurations .
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Sylvain NIERVEZE ! Supelec
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Etudiant a Supelec (2eme annee) ! Plateau de Moulon
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nierveze@esesd1.supelec.fr ! 91190 Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex
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nierveze_syl@lsi.supelec.fr !
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From: deuelpm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Pete Deuel)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: PCI+Pentium+Linux+X?
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 01:16:21 GMT
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In article <34khnj$4f@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> djt1@ciao.cc.columbia.edu (David J Topper) writes:
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>From: djt1@ciao.cc.columbia.edu (David J Topper)
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>Subject: PCI+Pentium+Linux+X?
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>Date: 7 Sep 1994 14:12:03 GMT
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>Subject: Pentium PCI + Linux X Motiff
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>I could really use some help on the following:
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>1) Does Linux support the Pentium?
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Yup, ours is a Gateway P5-90 (a Gateway better than usual)
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(PCI HOWTO)
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>2) Does Linux support 32 | 64 bit Video (PCI)?
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The gateway came with an ATI Mach 64; there's an experimental driver, which is
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working great for us! 1024 x 768--woks spectacularly
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(PCI HOWTO, X Free 86 HOWTO)
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>3) Would an SCSI HD make life better?
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Drive access speed will be much better (faster). SCSI may also make it easier
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for you to add a CD ROM and such
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(SCSI HOWTO, Installation HOWTO, I think)
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>4) How does one get Linux + a GUI (X Windows
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/ Motiff) + a C++ compiler> and other utils?
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See Distribution HOWTO--Yggdrasil sells OSF Motif WM for Linux, however
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I've been less than satidsfied with their non-standard file structure. I also
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like Trans-Ameritech--if I had to do it again, I'd get the TA dist. and then
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by Motif from Yggdrasil.
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>5) Are there any major brand hardware peices I need to watch out for?
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Read the HOWTOs to get a sense of it (theres even a Hardware HOWTO)
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>6) Or, is there a list (are there lists) of Linux / Xfree86 / C++
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> compatibility and availability w/respect to Pentium / PCI Video.
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Yup. See The HOWTOs. They are at
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sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO
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Basically, here's the lowdown--> read the HOWTOs + a little extra commentary.
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Good Luck, Linuxer!
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Pete
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"Actually, I'm a lab mouse on stilts..."
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E-mail: deuelpm@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
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From: billw@starbase.neosoft.com (Bill West)
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Subject: Doom for Linux
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 22:19:45 GMT
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For those who can't use ftp some kind soul just posted Doom for Linux at
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alt.binaries.doom.
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Bill West
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Houston TX
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email: billw@starbase.neosoft.com
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From: newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu (Dan Newcombe)
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Subject: Re: Which is the best Linux CD package?
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 15:18:00 UNDEFINED
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In article <info.1129518744D@tigger.jvnc.net> info@acc-corp.com (ACC Corp.) writes:
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>Infomagic do offer one of the best price/performance Linux CD's being their
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>$20 two CD set. Their June release had a live kernal on the CD, but does
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>not run X windows. Infomagic is out of stock of their June release, as are
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>most of their resellers (including ourselves) but are taking orders for
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>their upcoming September release that should be available by the end of
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>September.
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Uh...they have several live "kernels" on the CD. I think what you meant to
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say was that they have a live filesystem (slackware) on the CD that you can
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mount and use. This live filesystem does not have X installed, but you can
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install that from one of the distributions.
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-Dan
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Dan Newcombe newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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"And the man in the mirror has sad eyes." -Marillion
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From: mudge@sunny.dab.ge.com (Robert Mudge)
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Subject: Linux in OpenSystems Today
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Date: 9 Sep 1994 11:50:35 GMT
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Reply-To: mudge@sunny.dab.ge.com
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I saw an editorial about Linux in Open Systems Today
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Magazine. Says as stable as Sun 4.1.3! Great job
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Linus T and crew.
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Linux Lovers...
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
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From: slouken@cs.ucdavis.edu (Sam Oscar Lantinga)
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Subject: Re: 320x200 X resolution?
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Date: Fri, 9 Sep 1994 22:25:38 GMT
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Christopher Wiles (a0017097@wsuaix.csc.wsu.edu) wrote:
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: Good God, why?!?
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DOOM for Linux, why else? ;-)
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: Well ... I suppose you could use the monitor config spreadsheet at
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: sunsite (/pub/Linux/X11 is the closest I can point you ... sunsite is
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: still down). Plug in the rez and you'll get timings.
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Hmm.
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: Yeah ... fingering help@idsoftware.com reveals the same message re: Linux
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: port as it has for the last two months: "RSN!! RSN!!"
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I suppose you speak in ignorance. :) It's out, and
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available from sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/Incoming and at
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dewdrop.water.ca.gov in /pub/doom as the file lnxdoom.tgz
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Enjoy folks! *grin*
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: Seriously, IMHO Doom will probably be more useable in the promised
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: pixel-doubling mode than in a straight 320x200. Easier to make things
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: look innocent when the boss walks in ... "Hey, you're not actually
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: _working_ in 320x200, are you?"
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Well, a couple of things... I've tried it in pixel doubling
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mode, and not only is it slower, but the display is broken. It looks
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like you are looking through one of those windows with glass ribs.
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Also... if you should happen to be one of those that actually play
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games at work, you might want to know that Ctrl-Alt-+ and Ctrl-Alt--
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change X11 resolutions on the fly at the Linux console. :)
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So.... 320x200 resolution anyone? :)
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I'll post if I figure out how to do it.
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Thanks,
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-Sam
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