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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: Sun, 9 Oct 94 00:13:12 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #905
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Linux-Misc Digest #905, Volume #2 Sun, 9 Oct 94 00:13:12 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: [Q] capture echo & error ? (Kevin Dooley)
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Re: Help for NCR 53C810 SCSI disk & Video ATI-68800 chip set (Warwick Allison)
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ISDN for LINUX (Paul Moyer)
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DX2-66 @ 80MHz (was: AMD mystery chip etc. etc.) (Andrew Robert Ellsworth)
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seyon question.. (Wadley James Capel)
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Speeding Linux Tar (fheitkamp@nova.wright.edu)
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Re: seyon question.. (Jinwoo Shin)
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Re: X News-reader for LinuX (Don Rubin)
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Re: DOSEMU/Linux 1.1.51 (Matt Warnock)
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Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! - AND possible FIX (Thomas E Zerucha)
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Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one? (Jeff Kesselman)
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Why doesn't EMAIL work? (Paul Pearson)
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Re: Q: Max # of ftp/gopher/http users on a Linux PC? (Kevin Martinez)
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Re: New book for Linux! (Phil Hughes)
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Re: Lilo booting last booted OS.
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Re: Beautifying Linux/Xfree (Tom Wilson)
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From: kdooley@MCS.COM (Kevin Dooley)
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Subject: Re: [Q] capture echo & error ?
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Date: 8 Oct 1994 20:22:40 -0500
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david her (davidher@netcom.com) wrote:
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: How can I capture both echo & error while a script or program is running ?
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: Sometimes I have to send the complete session of a job , but all I know is
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: 1) redirect echo ex. make > myfile
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: 2) redirect error ex. make 2> error
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: then manually combine myfile+error and arrange error correspond to event
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: inside of myfile. Is any easy way just capture all echo as stdout what I
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: saw on terminal ?
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The easiest way is to redirect stderr to stdout, for example,
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make > myfile 2>&1
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The '&' converts stderr to the file number following: '1' or stdout
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Hope this helps,
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Kevin
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PS. echo displays on stdout.
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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Kevin E. Dooley Chicago Board Options Exchange
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kdooley@mcs.com dooley@cboe.com
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--
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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Kevin E. Dooley Chicago Board Options Exchange
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400 S. LaSalle, Chicago, IL 60605
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kdooley@mcs.com dooley@cboe.com
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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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From: warwick@cs.uq.oz.au (Warwick Allison)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
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Subject: Re: Help for NCR 53C810 SCSI disk & Video ATI-68800 chip set
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Date: 7 Oct 1994 06:20:50 GMT
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chetal@gedny.ml.com (Pradeep Chetal) writes:
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>I just installed Linux on a DELL machine with slackware from sunsite.
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>I had to pick up a modified ncr roootdisk for SCSII NCR 53C810 disk, which was
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>there called ncr.gz and I picked it up and it does WORK!!
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>BUT when I create the boot disk from setup, the kernel there is
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>NOT capable of NCR SCSI. How can I update the system kernel & boot disk kernel
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>to be same as the root disk 'ncr' kernel.
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You need to install the ncr disks (in directories ncr1 and ncr2) also,
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as it contains the kernel. (actually, you only need to install part of it)
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--
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Warwick
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--
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_-_|\ warwick@cs.uq.oz.au /
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/ * <-- Computer Science Department, / WIT SPACE TO LET
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\_.-._/ University of Queensland, /
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v Brisbane, Australia. /
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From: pmoyer@access4.digex.net (Paul Moyer)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
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Subject: ISDN for LINUX
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Date: 4 Oct 1994 17:39:54 -0400
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I recently posted a question in comp.dcom.isdn requiring about
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the need for an ISDN adapter card supported under PC/UNIX. The
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response was very positive (in that there is a need for PC/UNIX
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ISDN card) and was overwhelmed with requests to implement the
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drivers for Linux support.
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The ISDN hardware board is that which is sold by Intel (Inter
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RemoteExpress ISDN LAN Adapter). This card currently support DOS,
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Windows and Windows NT environments and sells for $499.
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Question: If'n we could sell that board to you for around $400,
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with the Linux drivers (in addition to the existing drivers), how
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many of you would be willing to belly up to the bar????
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Please respond to pmoyer@access.digex.net. I look forward to
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hearing from you.
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Sincerely,
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CDA Incorporated
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Paul Moyer
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(703) 821-1858
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From: are1@ritz.cec.wustl.edu (Andrew Robert Ellsworth)
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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.admin
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Subject: DX2-66 @ 80MHz (was: AMD mystery chip etc. etc.)
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Date: 8 Oct 1994 12:47:40 -0500
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>I heard that AMD's version is more reliable than Intel's, and that many
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>people have overclocked it to 80 MHz with no problems. There was even
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>a rumor going around that AMD would start to sell them as 486DX2-80's.
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>If you see an AMD 486DX2-80 system for sale, I guess the rumor is true.
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I've -heard- of many people overclocking Intel DX2-66's as well, and even went
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so far as to contact some fellow overseas (via the net of course) who was
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running his at 80 MHz. I have a DX2-66 (SL enhanced, if that matters -- but
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it still runs at 5 volts) and a clock-selectable motherboard (25,33,40,50).
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I'd -like- to be able to get a >20% increase in speed by moving a jumper, but
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my main concern is the operaing temperature of the chip. The way my MB is set
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up, I have room for about a 3/8" high heat sink on the chip, but a CPU fan
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blocks three of my ISA slots (excellent engineering...), so I rigged a CPU fan
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to blow -across- my heat sink, which is better than nothing at all. Unlike
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my friend's P60, which will fry eggs, I can -just barely- keep my finger on my
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heat sink without it getting too hot to touch. I'm just wondering if I can
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keep my chip within specs (assuming it doesn't kill it right off the bat) with
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the jig-rigged cooling setup I've got now.
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Anyone have any input on this?
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Andy Ellsworth
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are1@cec.wustl.edu
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From: h9202225@hkuxb.hku.hk (Wadley James Capel)
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Subject: seyon question..
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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 11:36:36 GMT
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Hi..
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I want to ask whether I can setenv DISPLAY from the worksatation in the univ
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as I use the dialup line to connect my PC running linux to the workstation?
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I am using seyon terminal emulator and running startx.
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If can't, how can I setenv DISPLAY to my PC except using SLIP account, as my
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univ does not have SLIP account.
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Thanks for any help.
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--
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Kenneth
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From: fheitkamp@nova.wright.edu
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Subject: Speeding Linux Tar
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Date: 8 Oct 94 19:11:28 EST
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I have a 486DX2/66 with Future Domain 1670 SCSI and a Caliper CP150
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tape streamer. The backup performance is slower than I would like.
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I know the drive is capable of 6+MB/min. Any ideas on how to speed
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tar / tape transfer?
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-Fred Heitkamp
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Please E-Mail Thanks!!
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From: jwshin@nitride.EECS.Berkeley.EDU (Jinwoo Shin)
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Subject: Re: seyon question..
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Date: 8 Oct 94 18:01:42 GMT
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h9202225@hkuxb.hku.hk (Wadley James Capel) writes:
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>If can't, how can I setenv DISPLAY to my PC except using SLIP account, as my
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>univ does not have SLIP account.
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Try Term. I'm sure it's available at sunsite.unc.edu. Or if you are using
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slackware distribution, it comes with one of the packages. You'll have to
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tinker it a while to get things working right though.
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--
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Jinwoo Shin jwshin@eecs.berkeley.edu
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System Administrator
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Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center
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From: rubin@setinc.com (Don Rubin)
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Subject: Re: X News-reader for LinuX
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Date: 4 Oct 1994 22:02:27 GMT
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I use XRn and it leaves alot to be desired. Has anyone built
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xvNews for Linux? I would be interested in hearing about any
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other X newsreaders too.
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Don
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--
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,,,
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(o o)
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_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _ _/ oOO--(_)--OOo _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
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_/ Don Rubin Voice: 301-588-8010 _/
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_/ Systems Engineering Technology Inc. Fax: 301-588-0154 _/
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_/ 9703 Forest Glen Court Internet: rubin@setinc.com _/
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_/ Silver Spring, MD 20910-1121 Compuserve: 70402,2714 _/
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_/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/
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From: mwarnock@garlic.com (Matt Warnock)
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Subject: Re: DOSEMU/Linux 1.1.51
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Date: 8 Oct 1994 11:02:00 -0700
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In article <3711sc$ete@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>,
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Ross Boswell <drb@chem.canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:
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>Oz Dror (dror@netcom.com) wrote:
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>: DOSEMU Pre0.53pl25
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>: there is at least one problem. Only root can run it. I check permission
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>: of dos it seems OK.
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>I have this problem too. Any solutions?
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There is a file /etc/dosemu.users (it think that was the name) that needs to
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be set up. If you redirect stderr to a file it will tell you that user x
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is not in the file. The docs haven't caught up, yet, I guess.
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--
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W. Matthew Warnock, Attorney (mwarnock@garlic.com) Tel:408.778.7273
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60 West Main Avenue, Suite 12A, Morgan Hill CA 95037-4553 Fax:408.778.7989
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From: zerucha@shell.portal.com (Thomas E Zerucha)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.development
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Subject: Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! - AND possible FIX
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Date: 8 Oct 1994 18:24:58 GMT
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Please undo my previous patch.
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I think the following code should fix the problem. It works on my system.
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It corrects a locked socket buffer problem with ppp.c (the one with 2.1.2a).
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(change is at the end of ppp_xmit). (compare 3c505.c).
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---
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zerucha@shell.portal.com - main email address
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*** linhb/drivers/net/ppp.c Fri Sep 16 22:09:22 1994
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--- linux/drivers/net/ppp.c Sat Oct 8 13:40:07 1994
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***************
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*** 1760,1767 ****
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ppp_kick_tty(ppp);
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done:
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if (skb->free)
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! kfree_skb(skb, FREE_WRITE);
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return 0;
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}
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--- 1760,1769 ----
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ppp_kick_tty(ppp);
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done:
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+ #if 0
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if (skb->free)
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! #endif
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! dev_kfree_skb(skb, FREE_WRITE);
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return 0;
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}
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc
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From: jeffpk@netcom.com (Jeff Kesselman)
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Subject: Re: Nailed down to 386bsd or linux, now which one?
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Date: Thu, 6 Oct 1994 06:00:01 GMT
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In article <36uu78$7e4@kubds1.kub.nl>, J.J. Paijmans <paai@kub.nl> wrote:
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>In article <Cx7Fwx.qLH@ns1.nodak.edu> tinguely@plains.NoDak.edu (Mark Tinguely) writes:
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>...
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>
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>>
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>>3) there is a slight culture difference between all of the groups. IMO, Linux
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>> is more DOS friendly, *BSD are more DOS-phobic. NetBSD is multi-platform,
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> ^^^^^^^^^^^^
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>Ummm. If I see what the "DOS friendly" linux users here have to say about
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>DOS and MS-Windows, it certainly makes me curious how the DOS-phobic
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>BSD crowd talk about the Microsoft world... :-)
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>Paai
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Hey, at least the Linux community are willignto admit tha there is a USE
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for a DOS emulator.... thats pretty good for UNIX steeped folk...
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From: ppearson@folio.com (Paul Pearson)
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Subject: Why doesn't EMAIL work?
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Date: Sat, 8 Oct 1994 12:28:59
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I can't seem to get email working correctly with Linux 1.0.9
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(the Slackware distribution). I am using elm on the virutual
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consoles and CAN send messages to other users on the same
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system. However, if the user doesn't have an account on the
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local system, the mail never reaches them. Also, mail coming
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from a remote system never arrives at my Linux box. I have
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tried mailing directly to the Linux box's IP address (e.g.
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user@198.60.24.139) rather than utilizing the name server.
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I assume that 'deliver' is working correctly because local mail
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works fine. I guess my question is, how does 'smail' need to
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be set up and does it need to run as a background proccess all
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the time in order for mail to be delivered/received to/from
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remote sites?
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Also, I used 'mail' with the verbose mode turned on and I see a
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message that says something like:
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read error in output from '/usr/bin/uuname'
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ANY suggestions would be helpful -- and please don't say "read
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the HOWTO" because I have and it doesn't seem to help me
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(perhaps it has the answer but I don't see it). Thanks.
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--Paul Pearson
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ppearson@folio.com
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"Please Wait... Brain booting from floppy."
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From: Kevin Martinez <lps@rahul.net>
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Subject: Re: Q: Max # of ftp/gopher/http users on a Linux PC?
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Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 06:51:45 GMT
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Warren Ernst wrote:
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>What I'm really looking for is something like: "a 486-66 starts to bog
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>down at 100 ftp logins transferring data out, but a p60 could take at
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>least 400 without breaking into a sweat".
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>We aren't sure what the average size of concurrent ftp/http accesses will
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>be, but we would like to be more than 200. If a Linux PC is simply
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>incapible of doing this, we would probably get a used Sun.
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Running "yamm" shows me this data from the configuration page:
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Sysname : Linux
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Nodename : mariko
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Release : 1.1.49
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Machine : i486
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Version : #1 Mon Sep 5 19:26:24 PDT 1994
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C.P.U. : i486
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Max Proc. : 999 ( Maximum number of simultaneous processes per user
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Ticks : 100 ( Number of clock intervals per second )
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Max open file : 256
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Job control : Yes ( System support POSIX job control )
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Max processes : 128 ( Maximum number of total simultaneous processes )
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Page size : 4096
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Physical_memory: 5309 Pages. ( 21745664 KBytes, 20.74 MByte )
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There are some parameters here which show limits to my machine in its
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current configuration. It looks like I couldn't have 200 different login
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sessions going at once. There are probably some places in the kernel to
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change these parameters (Similar to SunOS?). Has anyone done this?
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For a machine dedicated to servicing many users doing FTP or similar
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processes, I/O bandwidth and RAM probably mean more than a hotter CPU
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once you are above a certain CPU minimum. 16 MB doesn't seem like enough.
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It certainly wouldn't be enough RAM for a Sparc to support 200 users in
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interactive sessions without lots of swapping, don't know about ftp
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sessions.
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--
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========================================================================
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Kevin Martinez lps@rahul.net Member of the John De Armond Fan Club
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I owe all my success to Roly Poly Fish Heads! Call: 1 510 676 1111
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========================================================================
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From: fyl@eskimo.com (Phil Hughes)
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Subject: Re: New book for Linux!
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Date: Sun, 9 Oct 1994 01:45:30 GMT
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David Reeve Sward (sward+@CMU.EDU) wrote:
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: Well, I just heard of it. In the October CACM on page 43 is an ad from
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: Springer-Verlag for _Linux_-_Unleashing_the_Workstation_in_Your_PC_.
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: The cover has a picture of a "Friends don't let friends use DOS" button
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: :).
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This book is a translation of a book in German. Look for a review (in
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German) of the original book in the December issue of Linux Journal.
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The English translation is "almost done" (we got a comb bound version for
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out booth at Unix Expo last week). We expect to have the real book in a
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couple of weeks. And we will review the English version (in English :-)
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).
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--
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Phil Hughes, Publisher, Linux Journal (206) 527-3385
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usually phil@ssc.com, sometimes fyl@eskimo.com
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From: mvalente@draco.lnec.pt ()
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Subject: Re: Lilo booting last booted OS.
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Date: 7 Oct 1994 07:04:42 GMT
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Bruno Van Wilder (bvwilder@elis.rug.ac.be) wrote:
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: rutger@arrakis.kub.nl wrote:
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: : Hi all,
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: : I would like to know if it is possible that Lilo will boot the last booted
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: : OS. E.g. if I boot Linux then Lilo will keep on booting linux 'till I select
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: : another OS (MS-Dos). I liked this feature in the SLS distribution (0.99.X),
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: : but it is gone in the slackware distribution.
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: I do not think it is possible yet, but it is a good idea indeed.
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An MSDOS utility called BootEasy does just that. Look for it with
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name bteasy or such in your favourite archie.
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C U!
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Mario Valente
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--
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Et in Arcadia Ego
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From: ctwilson@mercury.interpath.net (Tom Wilson)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
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Subject: Re: Beautifying Linux/Xfree
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Date: 8 Oct 1994 22:28:57 -0400
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Ummm, not trying to be picky or anything, but you're crediting me
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with the original posters work. I was trying to say basically the
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same thing you were, except that I was adding that to be VUE-like
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you might need motif...myself, I've used fvwm and xfm to set up a
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fairly handy desktop...
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In article <BCR.94Oct8001740@k9.via.term.none>,
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Bill C. Riemers <bcr@physics.purdue.edu> wrote:
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:>>>>> "Tom" == Tom Wilson <ctwilson@mercury.interpath.net> writes:
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:
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: Tom> In article <372tg0$1ai@huron.eel.ufl.edu>, Alexandra Griffin
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: Tom> <acg@kzin.cen.ufl.edu> wrote:
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not mine.....
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:
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: Tom> :3) Another idea from HP-VUE... this environment
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: Tom> features a "console :bar" area at the bottom of the screen,
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: Tom> containing buttons to switch :virtual desktops, invocation
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: Tom> icons for commonly-used apps, small icons
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:
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:
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:It already exists. Its called "GoodStuff" and is part of fvwm. For
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:example, I prefere to put stuff on the side. So I have a left
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:"management" area that contains the following:
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:
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YUP!
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{CHOMP}
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:By using the side, istead of the bottom, I still have about 1024x910
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:of my 1152x910 display left. Leaving me ruffly a square screen area
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:to work with.
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:
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: Tom> I've been toying with somthing quite similar using fvwm and
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: Tom> xfm...the functionality is quite similar if you don't mind
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: Tom> using fvwm's virtual desktops.
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:
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:Whats wrong with them. I prefere virtual screens to virtual desktops,
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NOTHING AT ALL. PLease, don't be so sensitive..I'm not talking
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about your children. Personally, I think they're fine. My remarks
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were aimed at the *ORIGINAL POSTER*.
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:but normally I use a combination of both. i.e. Completely separate
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:projects go on different desktops, the same project overflows to
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:different virtual screens. Since it is a pain sticking windows
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:switching to another desktop and then unsticking them (the only way
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:I know to move windows between desktops) virtual screens tend to
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:be easier.
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Sounds fine to me.
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: Tom> :for system functions (logging out...), and space for a
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: Tom> clock, :calendar, Xload bargraph, & other stuff. The
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: Tom> appearance of the bar is :very professional, with little
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: Tom> beveled insets for each item. I'm
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Once again, this is the *****original poster,****** *NOT* me.
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:You can arrange your desktop however you want. I agree this should be
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:much easier to configure. It took me quite awhile to come-up with
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:something I think looks just as professional as as the HP-UX
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:environment. Even longer to improve on it. "vuewm" is you can't
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:load your own background, you have to stick to ugly patterns.
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You can load whatever you please...you should see the variety of
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wallpapers that my coworkers use.
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:I much prefere being able to have 'xv" load a random picture from
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:CD every 5 or so minuites, so I'm not constantly looking at the
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:same thing.
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Probably quite possible from VUE, but you have to remember, I
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was the one that was speaking for what was already there,
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not *for* VUE. The overhead is excessive, it's based on motif,
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which, as we all know is *not free*. Nice, mind you, but I'm
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quite satisfied with what I've put together with X, fvwm, and xfm.
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:What is really needed is:
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:
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: 1. A Null box. i.e. Something that can be used to mark areas for
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: xload, xbiff, and icons even when they aren't present, but as
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: far as the window manager is conserned don't exist.
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:
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: 2. Auto-resume from last session. i.e. Each time I end-up opening
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: several xterms in one screen, emacs somewhere else, Mosaic, ...
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: if fvwm could remember what I had running when I quit and ask
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: me to restart them again, it would be quite a timesaver.
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This is the one thing that VUE has that I like, except that it doesn't
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query, you. Does a nice job of remembering what had running if you
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ask it to, though. Now, if its desktops were threaded :-).
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| Tom Wilson | "I can't complain, but sometimes |
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