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From: Digestifier <Linux-Activists-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 93 13:13:05 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #281
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Linux-Activists Digest #281, Volume #6 Sat, 2 Oct 93 13:13:05 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Forward: QIC-80 (Denis Fortin)
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Re: how getting XENIX-Support (Joe Portman)
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DLL Jump 4.4pl (Chris Fuller)
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Re: IDE Support (rich@mulvey.com)
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Re: WHAT HAVE I TO DO TO SET UP THE .PROFILE (Savio Lam)
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How can one switch between DOS and LINUX? (q00023@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU)
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Re: Oakdriver for X (Rick D. Hochhalter)
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.xinitrc problem. (Maciej Otreba)
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How set time zone? (Jim Matthews)
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Adeptec 1542 w. 2GB Micropolicer harddisk? (Johan Sultan)
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>Re: Forward: QIC-80 (Gareth Bult)
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Re: Dead DIP (Gareth Bult)
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Re: ps doesn't work (Gareth Bult)
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Re: A few problems with LINUX (Gareth Bult)
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telnet hangs... (Brett Michaels)
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Yggdrasil cdrom problem booting (Frederick J. Goodrum)
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Welcome to the comp.os.linux.* hierarchy! (Matt Welsh)
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----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.386bsd.bugs,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.misc
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From: fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca (Denis Fortin)
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Subject: Re: Forward: QIC-80
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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 05:07:29 GMT
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In article <9309261951.AA27137@leon.nrcps.ariadne-t.gr> Kostas Kourakis writes:
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> I've seen your suggestion regarding the creation of support
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>for the Mitsumi CD Rom Drive [on 386BSD], and certainly it's a wise move, I
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>could never understand why very popular and cheap hardware was kind of
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>"snubbed at" my most of the recent OS (including Unixware, NT etc.).
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Actually, Windows NT now has a shareware (cheap, $20 I think) driver for
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the Mitsumi CDROM drive written by a fellow in Germany (Email:
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100273.334@compuserve.com)... Which means I may buy one if I can find
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one for cheap again (a local store had them for about $200 recently).
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Windows NT also supports some inexpensive floppy-based tape drives
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(QIC-40/QIC-80), such as the CMS Jumbo-250... (I have the Hardware
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compatibility list somewhere)
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Anyway, my intent is not to start another "my O/S is better than
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your O/S" war, but just to point out something I'd just discovered.
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(Yay! I may be back in the market for a CDROM and tape drive soon.)
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(For the record, I run both NT and FreeBSD at home, so I'm not biased ;-)
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--
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Denis, fortin@zap.uniforum.qc.ca
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From: baron@hebron.connected.com (Joe Portman)
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Subject: Re: how getting XENIX-Support
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Date: 1 Oct 1993 19:04:59 -0700
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In article <28fmmr$1555@obelix.uni-muenster.de> bowinke@uni-muenster.de (J<>rg Bowinkelmann) writes:
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>Hi Linux-Freaks,
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>SLS 1.03 runs realy wunderful (mostly), creating a new kernel is no
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>problem, mostly, except if you want the promised Xenix-Filesystem
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>support.
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Umm, Xenix FS support is still alpha. For the older kernels you can
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get a set of patches from tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPAH/xenixfs
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I don't recommend them, as during my testing with PL11,PL12 and PL13 kernels
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they consistenly fried my test file system. Your mileage may vary.
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For a more up to date set of patches you can contact:
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Bruno Haible, haible@ma2s2.mathematik.uni-karlsruhe.de and ask him for
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the latest set of patches that implements Xenix, Coherent and SysV file
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system. I am using them with a clean PL13 kernel and they seem to work fine.
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NOTE: These patches are still considered ALPHA software, so you will be
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using them at your own risk.
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As a side note, there was no support for the Xenix Divvy Table or the
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Xenix bad-tracking/aliasing. I have implemented clean patches for both
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and am using them daily in product to produce backups. Mail to me if you
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would like to have these.
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> Is there anybody who know how I can create a kernel with Xenix-File-
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>system support...?
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Yup. :-)
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--
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=============================
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Joe Portman (Westin Hotels & Resorts)
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NOTE: These opinions are my own and not those of my employer
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------------------------------
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From: crf@imb.imb.uh.edu (Chris Fuller)
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Subject: DLL Jump 4.4pl
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Date: 1 Oct 1993 22:11 CST
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I originally tried to install SLS, but after installing the first series,
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the system started reporting an incompatibility on boot-up. It struck me
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as funny that an entire distribution package would have such an incompat-
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ibility.... but I managed to find TAMU and have used it without trouble,
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but I still get this same sort of error and a core dump every single time
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I try to run something like the DOSEMU package. What the heck is wrong
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and how can I fix it?
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crf@imb.imb.uh.edu (Chris Fuller)
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p.s.: If this is in the FAQs, I'm sorry.... but I looked and I couldn't
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find it....
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From: rich@mulvey.com
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Subject: Re: IDE Support
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 03:51:07 GMT
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Dave Rasmussen (dave@csd4.csd.uwm.edu) wrote:
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: Does Linux support hard drives on a IDE VLbus controller?
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Yes, I used it ( temporarily ) on a Compudyne 486DX2-66 with
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an IDE Vesa LB.
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- Rich
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--
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Rich Mulvey Amateur Radio: N2VDS Rochester, NY
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rich@mulvey.com "Ignorance should be painful."
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------------------------------
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc.help,comp.os.linux
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From: lam836@cs.cuhk.hk (Savio Lam)
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Subject: Re: WHAT HAVE I TO DO TO SET UP THE .PROFILE
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 03:01:19 GMT
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Reply-To: lam836@cs.cuhk.hk
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Bryan E. Glancey Jr (glancebe@omnigate.clarkson.edu) wrote:
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> Rachid BELMOUHOUB <belmouh@cig.ensmp.fr> (belmouh@idefix.ensmp.fr) wrote:
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> : Hi,
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> : I have succefully now installed the SLS 1.03 release, on my 486DX50 clone,
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> : I went through the Linux user's guide in search of informations about how to
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> : configur my system but haven't found lot of things about the file .profile
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> : I tryed to set the PATH environment variable to run X11, I did like in my
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> : .cshrc file on a sun at work but after sourcing the .profile, I have run
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> : printenv and none of the changes I've made was taken, I tryed unset PATH
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> : and I had an answer that the systen can't unset PATH. Is there any document
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> : that explains how to do this, or any one here that could help me.
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> : Thanx
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> : Rachid
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> :
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> ME TO!! Also, any information anyone can give me on which are
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> the auto running shell files (I am used to the .cshrc and .login) would
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> be apreciated.
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cshrc, .login are files read by csh, tcsh. .profile is read by bash
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when it's started up as a login shell. SLS uses bash by default, so
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profile should be used. See the man pages for the shells may help.
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Regards,
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Savio Lam.
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--
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###############################################################################
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# | _ #
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# ------------------------------- | _| |_ #
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# Lam Lai Yin, Savio | |_ _| #
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# | | | #
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# Internet: lam836@cs.cuhk.hk | / \ Can't live with DOS? #
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# Department of Computer Science | | DOS | #
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# Chinese University of Hong Kong | | | Try Linux... #
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# ------------------------------- | | | #
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# | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ #
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###############################################################################
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------------------------------
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Subject: How can one switch between DOS and LINUX?
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From: q00023@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU
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Date: 2 Oct 93 03:35:34 -0600
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Reply-To: q00023@TIGGER.STCLOUD.MSUS.EDU
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Dear everybody,
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I would like to know how one can switch from DOS to LINUX at different time.
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Like if I want to use DOS for one thing, later on I want to use Linux. Do I have to reboot the computer and insert the boot disk to do that? Please help me on that.
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New to Linux,
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Gabriel
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------------------------------
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From: rhochhal@topaz.idbsu.edu (Rick D. Hochhalter)
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Subject: Re: Oakdriver for X
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Date: 1 Oct 93 10:06:52
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Same with me. I have an SVGA card that uses the OAK 077 SVGA chip and
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I don't want to have to buy another video card just to be able to use
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X on my system.
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TIA. Rick Hochhalter
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From: motreba@mat.torun.edu.pl (Maciej Otreba)
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Subject: .xinitrc problem.
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Date: 2 Oct 1993 07:48:59 -0500
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Hi everybody,
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I have the following problem running XFree mono from SLS 1.03 at 386DX/40.
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The server properly starts when my private .xinitrc is empty or doesn't
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exists. If I want to run xterm or xclock from this file, X server shuts
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down with error message : "client error: coudn't open display for .0".
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Could anyone tell me what's going on? Any ideas?
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Tnx,
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Maciej
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PS. Please, reply by email.
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M.
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--
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___________________________________________________
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| Maciej Otreba / E-MAIL: |
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| 87-116 Torun, POLAND / otreba@pltumk11.bitnet |
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| Dzialowskiego 4/4 / motreba@mat.torun.edu.pl |
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| phone +48-56-485645 / motreba@cc.torun.edu.pl |
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|____________________/______________________________|
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From: floyd@ni.umd.edu (Jim Matthews)
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Subject: How set time zone?
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Date: 2 Oct 1993 09:29:18 -0400
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Well, I poked around in the FAQs and HOWTOs and didn't find anything, so...
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How do I set the time zone in linux? I'm in Maryland, so I need the date
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displayed in EDT format. Right now linux does an /etc/clock -s in my
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rc.local, which sets the time to the local HHMMSS but with the GMT zone.
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Then, when utilities convert that to EDT to calculate the actual local time,
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they end up eight hours off!
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Thanx! -Jim
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--
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____ |
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( / floyd@wam.umd.edu | University of Maryland
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/._ _ eng.umd.edu | Computer Science
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\_/// X \ ni.umd.edu | Standard Disclaimers
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From: mnljsn@cs.umu.se (Johan Sultan)
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Subject: Adeptec 1542 w. 2GB Micropolicer harddisk?
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 14:07:39 GMT
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Hi!
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Hi. A friend of mine has a PC with a Adaptec 1542 controllercard, and
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he has a 2100 MB Micropolicer harddisk, and he is trying to install
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one partition with Linux, and one with dos. Now, he has got it to
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work if he disables support for drive larger than 1GB on the controll-
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ercard, but if he does that he can only use half his harddisk.
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So, if anyone knows if he is able to use ALL of his harddisk, please
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let me know.
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/mnljsn@cs.umu.se (Johan Sultan)
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From: gareth@gblinux.demon.co.uk (Gareth Bult)
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Subject: >Re: Forward: QIC-80
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 14:59:52 GMT
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With regards Mitsumi Drivers....
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They've been around for ages... indeed they are standard in the pl13 kernel.
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From: gareth@gblinux.demon.co.uk (Gareth Bult)
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Subject: Re: Dead DIP
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 15:06:36 GMT
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On 28 Sep 1993 00:36:19 -0400;
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----Brett Michaels (rettm@access.digex.net ) said:
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>I have been working with DIP and SLS 1.0.3. I followed all of the latest
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>NET-2 instructions.
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>When I use DIP I can not get it to talk to the modem. I have a 14.4 modem
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>attached to /dev/cua1.
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>I use:
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> dip -t
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> >port /dev/cua1
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> >speed 9600
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> >reset (nothing happens to the modem)
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> >dial xxxxxxx (no string is sent)
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>
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>Then when I exit dip via a ^C, the modem line is frozen for use by other
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>comm. programs. I have to reboot. No processes seeem to be runningnas
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>shown by ps.
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I had a similar problem at one point. Turns out 'dial' just would not work.
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I now put a;
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send ATZ\r before the reset command and;
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send <number>\r instead of dial. This now works fine.
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Gareth.
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From: gareth@gblinux.demon.co.uk (Gareth Bult)
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Subject: Re: ps doesn't work
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 15:12:12 GMT
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On 30 Sep 1993 12:57:46 GMT;
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----Studenten (rk1158a@ecx.tuwien.ac.at ) said:
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> When I used ps it said, I need the directory /proc and
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> the line "/proc /proc proc defaults" in /etc/fstub (or something
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> like that). After doing so and rebooting (after shutdown) everything
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> was the same. I still get the above message.
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When you build the kernel, there is an option for /proc support.
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If you answer 'No', /proc support is not linked into the kernel.
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This results in all applications (like your version of ps) failing to work.
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Try rebuilding the kernel with /proc support or obtain the kmem version
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of ps.
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Gareth.
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From: gareth@gblinux.demon.co.uk (Gareth Bult)
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Subject: Re: A few problems with LINUX
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Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1993 15:16:43 GMT
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With regards your disk...
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Are you using Minix file system type? if so, this is limited to 64Mb.
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(as far as I'm aware)
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Try using the ext filesystem type;
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ie;
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mkefs -c /dev/hda0 `blocks /dev/hda0`
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;; the blocks command is fairly standard and returns the number of blocks
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;; on a device. (note the back quote)
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mount -text /dev/hda0 /<whatever>
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Gareth.
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From: brettm@access.digex.net (Brett Michaels)
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Subject: telnet hangs...
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Date: 2 Oct 1993 12:20:30 -0400
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I am using SLIP with the pl12. I can connect to my gateway and name
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server and the nameserver resolves hostnames correctly.
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When I type telnet <remotehostname> it tells me I am connected but does
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not drop me to the login prompt. No remote hosts can be accessed this
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way. However I can telnet to myself. The same goes for ftp.
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rlogin hangs and does nothing.
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Anyone know hwere I should look?
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From: frgoodrum@delphi.com (Frederick J. Goodrum)
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Subject: Yggdrasil cdrom problem booting
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Date: 2 Oct 1993 16:53:16 GMT
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I purchased Yggdrasil CDROM and am trying to install linux in the
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cd_dependent mode (my hard drive is to small for the other versions)
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I Cannot boot from the hard drive however as the kernel (sic?) cannot find
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my CDROM.
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Booting from the floppy is ok.
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According to the online doc I have to recompile linux setting the ISO-9660
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flag. The is great if I can fit the sources on my pc. but according to the
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doc that ain't gonna happen. This sounds like a chicken and egg problem.
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question: Is there a minimal group of source files I can copy to my hard
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drive to perform the recompile?
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Should I request an updated CDROM (I thought the floppies and the CD
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would be in sync)?
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Thanks in advance
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------------------------------
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From: mdw@sunsite.unc.edu (Matt Welsh)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.announce.help,comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux,news.answers,comp.answers
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Subject: Welcome to the comp.os.linux.* hierarchy!
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Date: 2 Oct 1993 17:02:44 GMT
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Archive-name: linux/announce/intro
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Last-modified: 8 August 93
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Welcome to the comp.os.linux.* hierarchy!
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Background
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=========================================================================
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This posting is an introduction to the comp.os.linux.* hierarchy
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of USENET newsgroups.
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Linux is a free implementation of UNIX for 80386/80486 machines
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covered by the GNU GPL. Most of the development of the Linux
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kernel has been done by Linus Torvalds, an internationally
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reknowned UNIX wizard from Helsinki, Finland.
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For the past two years or so, the newsgroup comp.os.linux has
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grown be one of the most popular groups on USENET. Late in 1992,
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a CFV for splitting comp.os.linux was posted; the only group which
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passed was comp.os.linux.announce, a moderated newsgroup for Linux
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announcements and patches.
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Six months later, during the summer of 1993, another CFV for
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splitting comp.os.linux was posted. The voting period for the
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comp.os.linux reorganization results ended at 23:59:59 UTC on
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4 August 1993 (4:59PM US Pacific Time, 7:59PM US Eastern Time.)
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The results are as follows:
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comp.os.linux reorganization results - 1842 votes
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Yes No : 2/3? >100? : Pass? : Group
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---- ---- : ---- ----- : ----- : -------------------------------
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1692 135 : Yes Yes : Yes : comp.os.linux.admin
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1741 90 : Yes Yes : Yes : comp.os.linux.development
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1647 177 : Yes Yes : Yes : comp.os.linux.help
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1660 155 : Yes Yes : Yes : comp.os.linux.misc
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Because of this split, the newsgroup comp.os.linux will be
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deleted on 11 November 1993. The new newsgroups will be created
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on 11 August 1993. This posting describes these newsgroups,
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including comp.os.linux.announce, which will remain entact.
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General Policy
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=========================================================================
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The general policy for the Linux newsgroups is simple. Who sets
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the policy? We all do. All of us on USENET are interested in
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communicating openly about a number of topics. That's why we
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have USENET. If you want the Linux newsgroups to work for you,
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a few suggestions:
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* Read the Linux FAQ and follow the newsgroups for some time
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before posting questions. This is very important. comp.os.linux
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suffered from HUGE amounts of noise and traffic because much
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of the growing readership never bothered to READ the newsgroup;
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they only posted questions.
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The same thing will happen with the new newsgroups unless you
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read the FAQ (found on sunsite.unc.edu in the file
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pub/Linux/docs/FAQ) and read the newsgroup for some time before
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posting questions. Chances are, your question has already been
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recently answered, and a simple browsing of the newsgroup
|
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will answer it. We suggest using a threaded newsreader such as
|
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"trn" which will allow you to browse and mark articles by
|
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subject, so you don't have to read each and every article in
|
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each newsgroup.
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* Crossposting between the Linux newsgroups is STRONGLY
|
||
discouraged. If you do crosspost questions between Linux
|
||
newsgroups, expect to be flamed to oblivion. The reason we
|
||
have a newsgroup split is to categorize discussions into
|
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separate newsgroups. Crossposting negates this effect.
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If your posting cannot fit into ONE of the newsgroups
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c.o.l.admin, c.o.l.help, or c.o.l.development, then you
|
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should post it to c.o.l.misc.
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|
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The one exception is for announcements. Occasionally, an
|
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important announcement (such as this one) will be crossposted
|
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between c.o.l.announce and one or more of the other c.o.l.*
|
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groups. These announcements must be approved by the .announce
|
||
moderator; see below.
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||
|
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* Reply to questions via e-mail if at all possible. While
|
||
discussion in the newsgroups is encouraged, if someone is
|
||
asking a simple question to which the answer is well-known,
|
||
there is no reason to post the reply. Don't assume that
|
||
the person posting the question actually reads the newsgroup
|
||
or will even note your followup if they do. Reply via e-mail
|
||
unless the reply is of general interest.
|
||
|
||
* Don't flame newbies. Over the course of the past few months,
|
||
the Linux community has developed an oversensitive ego and
|
||
a reputation for being unfriendly towards newcomers, mostly
|
||
because of unwarranted flaming by a handful of righteous
|
||
individuals. If someone posts, saying, "Hi! I'm new to
|
||
this group! What is Linux?" (which will inevitably happen
|
||
as the new newsgroups are propagated), DO NOT FLAME THEM.
|
||
When someone sees a new newsgroup pop up within "rn", they
|
||
are justifiably curious about the new group and probably
|
||
don't know that well over 80,000 people who know EVERYTHING
|
||
about Linux read the group. Right?
|
||
|
||
Instead of being rude, you can send a polite note to the
|
||
poster, saying, "Hello, Linux is a free implementation of
|
||
UNIX for the 386 and 486. You can get the FAQ from
|
||
sunsite.unc.edu in /pub/Linux/docs. Let me know if I can
|
||
be of help!". That's all. Not difficult, eh? You can even
|
||
save your stock reply in a file and simply send form-letters
|
||
to newbies if you wish. But there is very little point in
|
||
flaming or ever being rude. It goes against everything that
|
||
Linux can and should be.
|
||
|
||
Just remember that nobody knows everything---not even Linus---
|
||
and that you were a newbie once, too. :)
|
||
|
||
|
||
comp.os.linux.announce
|
||
=========================================================================
|
||
Comp.os.linux.announce is a moderated newsgroup for Linux
|
||
announcements and source patches. The purpose of this group was
|
||
to get all of the ``important'' Linux information out of the
|
||
regular newsgroup and into a place where all Linux users could see
|
||
the important announcements without having to wade through a
|
||
jungle of other postings. So far, this group has been very
|
||
successful.
|
||
|
||
The moderators for this group are myself (Matt Welsh,
|
||
mdw@sunsite.unc.edu) and Lars Wirzenius (wirzeniu@cc.helsinki.fi).
|
||
We will be sharing the moderator duty, and backing each other up
|
||
to make sure that postings to this group will be approved as soon
|
||
as possible after they're submitted.
|
||
|
||
Submissions to this group should be mailed to the address:
|
||
linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu
|
||
|
||
If you have any problems or questions about c.o.l.announce, please
|
||
send mail to the moderators at
|
||
linux-announce-request@tc.cornell.edu
|
||
Or simply mail us directly. This is not a request address for
|
||
mailing list subscription; see below.
|
||
|
||
A separate posting details the guidelines for submitting to this
|
||
group. I plan to approve just about anything that's posted to this
|
||
group, except for questions or discussions about Linux. So, please,
|
||
post away. :)
|
||
|
||
There are also archives of comp.os.linux.announce available at a
|
||
number of Linux FTP sites: check
|
||
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/Linux/docs/linux-announce.archive
|
||
|
||
There is a mailing list mirror of the comp.os.linux.announce
|
||
newsgroup; to join, send mail to
|
||
linux-activists-request@niksula.hut.fi
|
||
With the line
|
||
X-Mn-Admin: join ANNOUNCE
|
||
at the top of the body (not in the subject). Approved postings to
|
||
c.o.l.announce will automatically be mailed to this mailing list
|
||
channel.
|
||
|
||
|
||
comp.os.linux.admin
|
||
=========================================================================
|
||
This newsgroup was created simply to thwart the unique newsgroup
|
||
acronym "c.o.l.a", previously used by c.o.l.announce. However,
|
||
this newsgroup is also used for discussions and questions about
|
||
running Linux systems, either in a single-user or multi-user
|
||
environment.
|
||
|
||
Clearly, there is no large distinction between c.o.l.admin and
|
||
c.o.l.help. However, .admin should be mostly used for discussions
|
||
about RUNNING Linux, not USING or PROGRAMMING it. Unfortunately,
|
||
especially with Linux, the line between system administrator and
|
||
system user is very fuzzy. In short, we anticipate c.o.l.admin
|
||
to be mostly about questions with installing, setting up, and
|
||
configuring Linux systems, as well as other discussions relating
|
||
to system administration.
|
||
|
||
|
||
comp.os.linux.development
|
||
=========================================================================
|
||
c.o.l.development, or "c.o.l.d" for short, is a newsgroup for
|
||
questions and discussions about Linux kernel and systems-level
|
||
development. Please note that this is a newsgroup about
|
||
development OF Linux, not development FOR Linux. In other words,
|
||
c.o.l.d isn't for questions about programming or porting software
|
||
to Linux. Instead, this is a newsgroup for discussions about
|
||
developing the Linux kernel itself, including writing device
|
||
drivers, adding new features, and so on. In addition, discussions
|
||
about development of shared libraries, and other essential
|
||
systems-level projects, are welcome here.
|
||
|
||
Hopefully, this newsgroup will embody some of the content and
|
||
scope of the linux-activists mailing list channels such as GCC,
|
||
KERNEL, SCSI, and NET.
|
||
|
||
|
||
comp.os.linux.help
|
||
=========================================================================
|
||
Comp.os.linux.help is perhaps the most general of Linux
|
||
newsgroups. It is for any general user, programming, or
|
||
setup questions and discussion about Linux. If your question
|
||
is about Linux development, post to c.o.l.development. If
|
||
it is about system administration, post to c.o.l.admin.
|
||
However, if your question is of a more general nature, such
|
||
as "How do I set up Linux for use with an NE2000 card?",
|
||
c.o.l.help is your place.
|
||
|
||
Remember that you should not crosspost between .help and
|
||
other Linux newsgroups. This means that if you are asking for
|
||
help in .development, that's fine, but .help is for those
|
||
questions which don't fit into .admin and .development.
|
||
|
||
|
||
comp.os.linux.misc
|
||
=========================================================================
|
||
This group is the canonical ``catch-all'' for discussions and
|
||
questions which don't fit into the other Linux newsgroups.
|
||
While c.o.l.help is generally for questions, c.o.l.misc is for
|
||
discussions of a general nature about Linux, such as setting up
|
||
a file hierarchy standard, questions about Linus' personal life
|
||
and virtual beer, and the inevitable flame war. Again, it should
|
||
be noted that crossposting between c.o.l.misc and other Linux
|
||
newsgroups is strongly discouraged. If your posting or question
|
||
does not fit into ONLY ONE of the other Linux newsgroups, post
|
||
it to .misc.
|
||
|
||
|
||
Comments
|
||
=========================================================================
|
||
If you have questions or comments about this document, please
|
||
direct them to mdw@sunsite.unc.edu. Flames to /dev/null; cheques
|
||
and money orders to Linus Torvalds. Thanks.
|
||
|
||
--
|
||
Send submissions for comp.os.linux.announce to: linux-announce@tc.cornell.edu
|
||
|
||
------------------------------
|
||
|
||
|
||
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
|
||
|
||
The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
|
||
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
|
||
|
||
Internet: Linux-Activists-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU
|
||
|
||
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux) via:
|
||
|
||
Internet: Linux-Activists@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU
|
||
|
||
Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites:
|
||
nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux
|
||
tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux
|
||
tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de pub/msdos/replace
|
||
|
||
The current version of Linux is 0.99pl9 released on April 23, 1993
|
||
|
||
End of Linux-Activists Digest
|
||
******************************
|