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<p><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Wed, 31 May 2000
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10:48:35 +0100<br>
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From: "Anne Parker" <<a
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href="mailto:alp30@admin.cam.ac.uk">alp30@admin.cam.ac.uk</a>><br>
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Subject: kppp playing up<br>
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I'm running RedHat 6.0, with KDE as my user desktop and fvwm as
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my root<br>
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desktop.<br>
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I have set up ppp and can activate it successfully through the
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Network<br>
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Configurator when logged in as root. When I go to my user
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desktop, I can dial up my ISP (ClaraNET) and collect email, surf,
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etc - providing I have already started the relevant apps. Once I
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have logged on, I can't start new apps because kppp has (I think)
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started playing with resolve.conf. If I go to a terminal and log
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on as a different user, it says that my hostname is, e.g.
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du-208.clara.co.uk, which is presumably my dynamic IP address. It
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doesn't even reset it after I've logged off - I have to su root
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and type<br>
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"hostname localhost"<br>
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before KDE will talk to me again. I'm know I've successfully set
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up kppp in the past, but the various examples I've seen in books
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tend to assume that your machine has its own name and IP address,
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so I may have chosen some incorrect settings in kppp this time.
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Can anyone help with the correct kppp settings for a plain
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standalone box (localhost, 127.0.0.1) dialing on a regular phone
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connection to an ISP that assigns a dynamic IP address?<br>
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Thanks<br>
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Anne</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Thu, 1 Jun
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2000 09:15:38 +0530<br>
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From: "karthik subramanian" <<a
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href="mailto:karthik_subramanian@grabmail.com">karthik_subramanian@grabmail.com</a>><br>
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Subject: HELP!!! Keyboard Problems<br>
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Hi,<br>
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i'm running Red Hat 6.2 on a Pentium-MMX(233MHz.). i get crazy
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problems with my keyboard... after i work with my computer for
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about 20 minutes or so, i start missing keystrokes and sometimes
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keystrokes are duplicated. then Linux throws this error at me: <br>
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"Keyboard: too many NACKs -- noisy keyboard cable?"<br>
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if i'm running X (i use KDE), and i exit, i see this message too:<br>
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"QGDict: Look: Attempt to insert null item"<br>
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it's so bad that i can hardly get any work done on my PC...<br>
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the typematic rate setting option in BIOS is disabled - enabling
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it and fiddling with the rates does not help either. i don't know
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what's happening, could somebody please help!!!!<br>
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thanks,<br>
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karthik</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Fri, 2 Jun
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2000 10:01:38 +0530<br>
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From: "Karthik" <<a
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href="mailto:kartjeevs@yahoo.com">kartjeevs@yahoo.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Startx Blues<br>
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I am a LINUX newbie. I have installed it on a Pentium II 233 Mhz
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machine.I have a S3 TrioV2 DX/GX video card and Samsung Samtron
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4Bni (14") monitor. I can boot up an login into root but
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when i issue the command the command startx to get into X, my
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screen flashes and I get a blank screen. Can anyone please help
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me with this problem.<br>
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Thanks.</p>
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<p><em>[Have you tried running 'Xconfigurator' (remember,
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it's case sensative)? Did you set up your graphics card
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properly during setup? It sounds to me that you've made an
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error during the X setup section of your installation. -Alex]
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Fri, 23 Jun
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2000 06:25:22 GMT+08:00<br>
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From: "Michael Smith" <<a
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href="mailto:mwdsmith@singnet.com.sg">mwdsmith@singnet.com.sg</a>><br>
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Subject: RH Upgrade Problems<br>
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Dear Sir/Madam,<br>
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I am having a problem with my computer...<br>
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I did an upgrade installation of Redhat 6.2 on my machine; which
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now,after booting and loading Linux, would reach the text login
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prompt, then supposedly Linux would start X11, but X11 never
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appears, my screen is blank with some fuzzy, jagged white lines
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flashing across my screen every<br>
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few seconds. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace and Ctrl+Alt+F1-6 don't seem to
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work as<br>
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they normally do. Before I upgraded, I was happily running
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Mandrake 6.0 (which is a beefed<br>
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up version of RH as I understand) on my 166 Mhz, 64 MB Ram home
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PC. If you know what the problem is and how to fix it, great, I
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would like to hear from you! But even information on how to stop
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X11 (if it is X11) from loading would be appreciated. Any other
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ideas?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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Michael Smith (mwdsmith@singnet.com.sg)<br>
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P.S. Pls keep in mind that I have only been using Linux for 3 or
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so months so am not an expert at everything.<br>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Fri, 23 Jun
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2000 04:43:01 +0530<br>
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From: "Dipankar Mitra" <<a href="mailto:sunres@vsnl.com">sunres@vsnl.com</a>><br>
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Subject: how to use wav file on diskless linux.<br>
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hello,<br>
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I want to put a diskless linux m/c & want to use wav file on
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those diskless m/c<br>
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Can any one help me how to do that , giving me step by procedure
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for<br>
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that.<br>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Tue, 20 Jun
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2000 14:24:48 +0100 (BST)<br>
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From: Paul Nettleship <<a
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href="mailto:paul_nettleship@yahoo.co.uk">paul_nettleship@yahoo.co.uk</a>><br>
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Subject: The answers gut - File formats!!!<br>
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<br>
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Hello,<br>
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<br>
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I was just having a quick look through your magazine and the
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'answers guy' sections really intrested me,<br>
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and prompted this question....<br>
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So, I've always wondered about file formats for exe and obj
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files. I guess there is all sorts of<br>
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intresting data hiding away in there. Symbol tables, mark up info
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and god knows what else.<br>
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Is there some standard for these! Or is it completely compiler
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dependant?<br>
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<br>
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Just out of interest, Paul.</p>
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<p><em>[Well, it's not strictly a Linux question, but yes,
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there are [obviously] standards for all executable files and
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object files. The compiler couldn't just throw together a
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load of rubbish now could it? -Alex] </em></p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Mon, 19 Jun
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2000 21:07:47 -0400<br>
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From: "Gary R. Cook" <<a
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href="mailto:grcook@erols.com">grcook@erols.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Signaling application running in xterm window of mouse
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click event</p>
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<p align="left">If I am running an application in an xterm window
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(e.g., xterm -e myapp) and I click on that window, making it my
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active window, how can I notify my application of that event?<br>
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Thanks!!</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Mon, 19 Jun
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2000 11:16:34 +0200<br>
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From: "Angus Walton (EEI)" <<a
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href="mailto:Angus.Walton@eei.ericsson.se">Angus.Walton@eei.ericsson.se</a>><br>
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Subject: Grep<br>
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<br>
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Hi,<br>
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I'm quite new to Linux, but I want to learn as much as possible.
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Here's my question (not really a problem, it would just be
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interesting to find out how to do this):<br>
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Lets say I do a 'finger' and heaps of users are spewed up onto
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the screen. I only want to see the users which are preceeded with
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the text 'potatoe'. So, I do the command 'finger | grep
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"potatoe" ' .But, some users, for example tomatoe_man,
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are connected to the computer
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'potatoe.shellaccount.mycomputer.com', which means that they come
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up<br>
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aswell. Without making finger not display the 'Where' column, how
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would I weed out these users?<br>
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Keep up the good work on the gazette. <br>
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<br>
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Aengus Walton</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Sat, 17 Jun
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2000 22:10:27 -0500<br>
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From: Ivan Gauthier <<a href="mailto:igsys@telcel.net.ve">igsys@telcel.net.ve</a>><br>
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Subject: linux crash <br>
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<br>
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dear sir,<br>
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<br>
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i would like to know if there is solution for the following
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problem:<br>
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when Linux crash due for example to an electric blackout, on the
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next boot it tries to repair the file system (in this case the
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hard disk has 2 partitions, on the 1st. the complete operating
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system is installed, including boot, home, root etc., the 2nd.
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partition is used for user programs files and database data.
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Linux is RedHat 6.0 and Mandrake 6.0 (nad 7.0) but most of the
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time it cannot repair and give a message like:<br>
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<br>
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** e2fsck cannot automatically repair file system. please do
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e2fsck<br>
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manually without the -a or -p options. **<br>
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<br>
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(type control-d to continue or type root passwd ..)<br>
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<br>
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here my questions:<br>
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1- if one types control-d nothing happen (well linux tries to
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repair but it finished as before..)<br>
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2.- when manually repairing the file system a LOT of files are
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lost, including important ones like inetd.conf, and not only on
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this partition but on the 2nd. one. is this normal? . and what
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can be done..<br>
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<br>
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this question is not really a problem but an option i would like
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to have. do you know how to get the "hour clock" or
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"glass clock" on KDE after doble clicking an icon on
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the desktop. (like Corel Linux is doing with KDE )<br>
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many thanks<br>
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<br>
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ivan gauthier<br>
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venezuela</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Thu, 15 Jun
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2000 16:25:23 +1000<br>
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From: "Nick Adams" <<a
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href="mailto:unitedusers@yahoo.com">unitedusers@yahoo.com</a>><br>
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Subject: Port 80 Telnet<br>
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<br>
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Hello,<br>
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Quick question.<br>
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I want to change my port to accept telnet connections to port 80.
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This enables me to connect from behind my proxy at work. How do I
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do this?<br>
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Thanks,<br>
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<br>
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Nick Adams</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Wed, 14 Jun
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2000 17:05:20 +0100<br>
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From: David Whitmarsh <<a href="mailto:david@sparkle.local">david@sparkle.local</a>><br>
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Subject: Second X server and Redhat 6.2/gdm<br>
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<br>
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Following up on Bob Hepple's tip on running a second X server, I
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tried to to the same on my Redhat 6.2 box. I found that I could
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start a new X server on the command line, but it gave me only the
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basic X-server screen (fine grey check with the X cursor), and no
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login screen. Same problem with Xnest.<br>
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I could however run two X servers at once by placing a second
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entry in the gdm.conf file and restarting gdm.<br>
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It would be nice to only have the overhead when I want the second
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server though. Any thoughts on how to get the login screen?<br>
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Regards,<br>
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<br>
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David Whitmarsh<br>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Tue, 13 Jun
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2000 11:03:17 +0800<br>
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From: "michaelkwan" <<a
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href="mailto:michaelkwan@mdr.com.hk">michaelkwan@mdr.com.hk</a>><br>
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Subject: Sendmail Question<br>
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<br>
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Hi,<br>
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I have setup the RedHat6.1 with sendmail 8.9.3. All the clients
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use IMAP4 to connect to the server using Outlook Express 4.<br>
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The problem I found is, there will be several processes for the
|
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same user running the [imap]. As a result, the user cannot
|
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receive or delete any mail in their mailbox. I have to 'kill' the
|
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|
'extra' processes otherwise the mailbox will be read only. Is
|
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|
there any thing I can do with this?<br>
|
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|
Thanks!<br>
|
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<br>
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|
Michael Kwan</p>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" ">Mon, 12 Jun
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2000 11:32:28 -0300<br>
|
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|
From: Eduardo Spremolla <<a
|
|||
|
href="mailto:lalo@terminus.dtdantel.com.uy">lalo@terminus.dtdantel.com.uy</a>><br>
|
|||
|
Subject: Pentium III boot problem<br>
|
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|
<br>
|
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|
I have here a Pentim III machine and when it boot ~= 4 out of 5
|
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|
times it<br>
|
|||
|
locks with a mesage:<br>
|
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|
387 failed, traying to reset.<br>
|
|||
|
I comes from the bugs chequing module. Is there some issue with
|
|||
|
PIII and the check? or did I got a faulty CPU ?<br>
|
|||
|
Thanks in advance.<br>
|
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|
<br>
|
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|
Eduardo Spremolla<br>
|
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|
Montevideo,Uruguay</p>
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<hr>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
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height="32">Sat, 10 Jun 2000 01:12:02 +0200<br>
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|
From: "almighty" <<a
|
|||
|
href="mailto:mightyfredy@wanadoo.fr">mightyfredy@wanadoo.fr</a>><br>
|
|||
|
Subject: Graphics card setup<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
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|
hi i'am a new lunix user but i want to know how can i make lunix
|
|||
|
set my graphic card: <br>
|
|||
|
(intel (r) 810 Chipset graphics driver pv1.1)<br>
|
|||
|
it's could be fun if you can send me a solution to enjoy linux<br>
|
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|
thanks a lot<br>
|
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|
<br>
|
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|
P.S:sorry for my english because i'am french</p>
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<hr>
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
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height="32">Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:20:33 -0700 (PDT)<br>
|
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|
From: "Timothy McPherson" <<a
|
|||
|
href="mailto:a9958@asl.bc.ca">a9958@asl.bc.ca</a>><br>
|
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|
Subject: TERM Variable<br>
|
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|
<br>
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|
Hi,<br>
|
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|
Hoping someone might have an solution for me. I have a Solaris
|
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|
system<br>
|
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|
with a number of Wyse 60 terminals connected to it. I have a
|
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|
Corel Linux PC on a LAN with the same Solaris box. I believe I
|
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|
have compiled the terminfo wyse60 entry correctly on the Linux PC
|
|||
|
(as it did NOT have one originally).<br>
|
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|
Basically I took the output from the command "infocmp
|
|||
|
wy60" on the<br>
|
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|
Solaris box and used "tic" to recompile it on my Linux
|
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|
PC. So far so good. The entry is now in /etc/terminfo/w/wy60 and
|
|||
|
"infocmp wy60" is identical to the Solaris one. I set
|
|||
|
my TERM variable to wy60 but it doesn't look to healthy either
|
|||
|
through an xterm session, a console text login or a telnet on
|
|||
|
either. Any ideas? Am I going about this the wrong way? Basically
|
|||
|
if I can get this working properly I can scrap Windows in favour
|
|||
|
of Linux on all PCs on the LAN:) Thank you for any help you can
|
|||
|
offer.<br>
|
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|
-Timothy</p>
|
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|
|
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|
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<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
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height="32">Wed, 07 Jun 2000 12:11:48 -0500<br>
|
|||
|
From: Brian Finn <<a href="mailto:nacmsw@airmail.net">nacmsw@airmail.net</a>><br>
|
|||
|
Subject: Linux Webserver and AS/400 Database?<br>
|
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|
<br>
|
|||
|
Hi,<br>
|
|||
|
I was just curious if any good readers have any success stories
|
|||
|
about using a Linux server running the Apache web server as a
|
|||
|
front end for a DB2 database on an IBM AS/400? I'd like to know
|
|||
|
what solutions there are (or should be) for accessing DB2 data
|
|||
|
from a Linux box.<br>
|
|||
|
Thanks!<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
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|
<hr>
|
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|
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|
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|
<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
|
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|
height="32">Tue, 6 Jun 2000 10:46:13 -0700<br>
|
|||
|
From: "Christine Rancapero" <<a
|
|||
|
href="mailto:crancapero@nationalsecurities.com">crancapero@nationalsecurities.com</a>><br>
|
|||
|
Subject: hi<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
Do you have an issue regarding the advantages and disadvantages
|
|||
|
of migrating linux mail server to an MS exchange? Your help is
|
|||
|
gratefully appreciated....thank you very much =)<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
</p>
|
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|
|
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|
<hr>
|
|||
|
|
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|
<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
|
|||
|
height="32">Mon, 05 Jun 2000 14:34:43 -0500<br>
|
|||
|
From: Noah Poellnitzh <<a
|
|||
|
href="mailto:noah.poellnitz@ssa.crane.navy.mil">noah.poellnitz@ssa.crane.navy.mil</a>><br>
|
|||
|
Subject: linux booting<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
I was wondering if you have ever heard of anyone booting up a
|
|||
|
system with a linux boot floppy. The system previously lacks the
|
|||
|
ability to boot from a CD , but after installing linux, uses the
|
|||
|
CD drive to install another operating sytem which at teh same
|
|||
|
time will write over the Linux system.</p>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<hr>
|
|||
|
|
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|
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|
|||
|
<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
|
|||
|
height="32">Sun, 4 Jun 2000 09:09:23 +0100<br>
|
|||
|
From: "Graham" <<a
|
|||
|
href="mailto:smiffy10@email.com">smiffy10@email.com</a>><br>
|
|||
|
Subject: mother board help desperately needed<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
Hello there,<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
I have added a video card and sound card to a GMB-P56SPC mother
|
|||
|
board (ESS I think) I have managed to disable the sound chip (
|
|||
|
both sound and video were both onboard with SIS 5596 video and
|
|||
|
SiS 1868 sound chips) with jumper JP13 unfortunately I cannot
|
|||
|
find a video jumper. <br>
|
|||
|
Please help how do I disable the onboard video?<br>
|
|||
|
Many thanks in advance<br>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<hr>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
|
|||
|
height="32">Sat, 03 Jun 2000 12:04:54 -0400<br>
|
|||
|
From: James Dahlgren <<a href="mailto:jdahlgren@netreach.net">jdahlgren@netreach.net</a>><br>
|
|||
|
Subject: modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
First I want to thank you and all the people at Linux Gazette for
|
|||
|
all<br>
|
|||
|
the fine work you are doing. Many of the services running on my
|
|||
|
Linux box wouldn't be running without the help I've gotten from
|
|||
|
your fine site.<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
I'm assuming this is trivial, but it still bothers me. I've
|
|||
|
usedSlackware, RedHat, and Mandrake distributions of the 2.2.x
|
|||
|
kernel. I'm not sure which pppd version the Slackware and
|
|||
|
Mandrake had but the RedHat has pppd 2.3.7. Iv'e use the
|
|||
|
2.2.5,10,13,14,15 kernel revisions. With all of them I get error
|
|||
|
messages when pppd starts:<br>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<pre>
|
|||
|
Jan 15 17:54:40 paxman modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-21
|
|||
|
Jan 15 17:54:41 paxman modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-26
|
|||
|
Jan 15 17:54:41 paxman modprobe: can't locate module ppp-compress-24
|
|||
|
</pre>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
It doesn't matter if I'm calling my ISP or a friends Linux box so
|
|||
|
I'm pretty<br>
|
|||
|
sure that it isn't something that the other side of the
|
|||
|
connection is requesting.<br>
|
|||
|
I can't find any references to these modules in the kernel
|
|||
|
documentation. ( using grep, I haven't actually read all the
|
|||
|
kernel docs ). The closest thing to it that I see is the bsd_comp
|
|||
|
module which loads without errors when the command "modprobe
|
|||
|
bsd_comp" is executed. As near<br>
|
|||
|
as I can tell, I don't have the modules that modprobe can't
|
|||
|
locate.<br>
|
|||
|
What am I doing wrong?<br>
|
|||
|
What do I have to do to either get the modules in question, or to
|
|||
|
tell<br>
|
|||
|
pppd not to try to load them?<br>
|
|||
|
Any help on this perplexing matter would be greatly appreciated.<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
Jim Dahlgren</p>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<hr>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
|
|||
|
height="32">Fri, 2 Jun 2000 11:48:21 -0600<br>
|
|||
|
From: "Doug" <<a href="mailto:doug@springer.net">doug@springer.net</a>><br>
|
|||
|
Subject: IPX, RH 6.2, socket: Invalid argument<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
I am a sorta newbie on Linux. I have Red Hat 6.2, am running
|
|||
|
Samba and DHCP and ftp server on a peer-to-peer Windoze network
|
|||
|
with ethernet. All of the above works fine. I am trying to get
|
|||
|
netbios working over ipx for a port I am doing from DOS. My
|
|||
|
initial install was RH 5.2, then I upgraded to 6.2. My linuxconf
|
|||
|
does give me a Segmentation fault (core dumped) message when I
|
|||
|
try to run it, which it didn't do before I upgraded to 6.2. My
|
|||
|
main problem is this:<br>
|
|||
|
When I try to run 'ipx_interface add eth0 802.3', I get the
|
|||
|
following:<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
'ipx_interface: socket: Invalid argument'<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
Any clues as to what is going on? How to fix it? Places to go for
|
|||
|
more<br>
|
|||
|
info <br>
|
|||
|
on netbios over ipx?<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
Thanks,<br>
|
|||
|
Doug <br>
|
|||
|
</p>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<hr><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|||
|
<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
|
|||
|
height="32">Fri, 2 Jun 2000 11:48:21 -0600<br>
|
|||
|
From: "Allen Tate" <<a href="mailto:allendtate@yahoo.com">allendtate@yahoo.com</a>><br>
|
|||
|
Subject: Getting Linux to see my network card during bootup<br>
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
I have recently installed Phat Linux (which by the way is an excellent
|
|||
|
Linux distribution for beginners) and for the life of me, I can't find
|
|||
|
which boot script I need to edit to get the system to see my network
|
|||
|
card during bootup. Can someone point me to the correct boot script or
|
|||
|
the correct HOWTO file? The strange thing is that the KDE System tool
|
|||
|
can see the Ethernet card and tells what the IRQ and I/O are. Please
|
|||
|
email me privately at
|
|||
|
<A HREF="mailto:allendtate@yahoo.com">allendtate@yahoo.com</A> and I'll explain
|
|||
|
in better detail about what I'm talking about.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<H4>Alan wrote back and said:</H4>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> Never mind, I figured it out. I transposed 3c509 for 3c905. That didn't
|
|||
|
work so I used the 3c59x driver and it came right up. I love it when I
|
|||
|
figure it out on my own.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<hr><!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|||
|
<p align="left"><img src="../gx/envelope.gif" alt=" " width="32"
|
|||
|
height="32">Fri, 2 Jun 2000 11:48:21 -0600<br>
|
|||
|
From: Tom Russell<br>
|
|||
|
Subject: How to run Windows programs on Linux
|
|||
|
<br>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<p>Whether or not Microsoft is successful in their appeal
|
|||
|
to the US High Courts on technical grounds, the facts remain that after
|
|||
|
a lengthy and involved legal process, they were found guilty of breaking
|
|||
|
the laws of their country, and secondly of using their monopoly powers
|
|||
|
to hold up innovation in what is still a developing industry.
|
|||
|
<p>As a believer in religious principles, and the laws and
|
|||
|
morals of my country, I find it unethical and personally abhorrent to continue
|
|||
|
to use or recommend products and services produced by Microsoft.
|
|||
|
<p>I recently read that Corel are using a Linux Windows emulator
|
|||
|
to enable their Windows office suite to operate successfully in the Linux
|
|||
|
environment without the need for any Microsoft products or services.
|
|||
|
<p>Could you please let me and other concerned readers know
|
|||
|
how to do this for other non Microsoft products, so we are no longer forced
|
|||
|
to be immoral and unethical by association with a guilty party.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<a name="gen"></a>
|
|||
|
<P> <hr> <P>
|
|||
|
<!-- =================================================================== -->
|
|||
|
<center><H3><font color="maroon">General Mail</font></H3></center>
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> <HR> <P>
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|||
|
31 May 2000 18:24:10 +0200
|
|||
|
<BR>From: Jan-Hendrik Terstegge <<A HREF="mailto:webmaster@jhterstegge.de">webmaster@jhterstegge.de</A>>
|
|||
|
<BR>Subject: Re: Linux Gazette - German Translation [LG #54, General Mail]
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> Hi guys!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> In LinuxGazette 54 you printed under General Mail my eMail from 29 Apr 2000,
|
|||
|
concerning my question for a german translation of LinuxGazette.
|
|||
|
Today the new issue came out and I created a translation of the article
|
|||
|
"Building a Secure Gateway System".
|
|||
|
Hoping that more Linux guys will help me to translate more articles, I copied
|
|||
|
it to my webpage.
|
|||
|
The german LinuxGazette Mirror-Page can now be found under
|
|||
|
<A HREF="http://www.linuxgazette.de">http://www.linuxgazette.de</A>.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> I hope that after my call someone will help me to get more and more
|
|||
|
articles online.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
|
|||
|
[We also have a <STRONG>Spanish</STRONG> translation now at
|
|||
|
<A HREF="http://gaceta.piensa.com ">http://gaceta.piensa.com</A>. -Ed.]
|
|||
|
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
<P> <HR> <P>
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|||
|
Mon, 26 Jun 2000 08:49:51 -0700
|
|||
|
<BR>From: Heather Stern <<A HREF="mailto:star@betelgeuse.starshine.org">star@betelgeuse.starshine.orglg@ssc.com</A>>
|
|||
|
<BR>Subject: Kudos to our translators
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> Pass my thanks to our translators everywhere. It's a tough and usually
|
|||
|
unsung job.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<BLOCKQUOTE> <EM>
|
|||
|
[And as an amateur translator myself, I'll add that it's quite
|
|||
|
time-consuming. -Ed.]
|
|||
|
</EM> </BLOCKQUOTE>
|
|||
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|
|||
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|
|||
|
<P> <HR> <P>
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|||
|
Wed, 14 Jun 2000 01:05:46 +0300
|
|||
|
<BR>From: Charles Kibue <<A HREF="mailto:ckibue@mailafrica.net">ckibue@mailafrica.net</A>>
|
|||
|
<BR>Subject: Thanks!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> Hi!
|
|||
|
Here's from a very happy Linux user in Kenya......
|
|||
|
Your magazine is very informative as well as interesting to read. I got some
|
|||
|
issues on my disk from the SuSE installation of the LDP and I sure look forward
|
|||
|
to reading more issues from you.
|
|||
|
Thanks to you all and you sure will be hearing a lot more from me.
|
|||
|
Cheers.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> Composed on a Digital HiNote VP562 Series Laptop...powered by...
|
|||
|
SuSE Linux 6.3!
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
|
|||
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|
|||
|
<P> <HR> <P>
|
|||
|
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|
|||
|
<IMG ALT=" " SRC="../gx/envelope.gif">
|
|||
|
Tue, 20 Jun 2000 17:22:37 +0100
|
|||
|
<BR>From: Steve Emms <<A HREF="mailto:sde@linuxlinks.com">sde@linuxlinks.com</A>>
|
|||
|
<BR>Subject: Who controls the Linux Media ?
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> I run <A HREF="http://www.linuxlinks.com">LinuxLinks.com</A> - a linux
|
|||
|
portal and recently we added a personalised calendar service to our web
|
|||
|
site. We submitted an article to LinuxToday (owned by internet.com) and it
|
|||
|
was published only to be pulled almost immediately. The reason given was
|
|||
|
that website enhancements are no longer news. However a similar service
|
|||
|
offered by another website was published. And who owns that website ? Why
|
|||
|
internet.com of course.
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> OK, this calendar isn't state of the art - but it is a free service and it
|
|||
|
does complement the existing facilities on the site. And sure, it is up to
|
|||
|
LinuxToday what they think is newsworthy and so post. But wait a minute,
|
|||
|
this sort of thing has made the news before - linuxstart announced a similar
|
|||
|
calendar service - take a look at
|
|||
|
|
|||
|
<P> http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn99-07-13-015-10-PR
|
|||
|
|
|||
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<P> What's the difference ? Well, Linuxstart are owned by internet.com
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enhancements to major Linux websites like LinuxLinks is not important. But
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owned by VA Linux. Is it and sites like it being penalised because they
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<BR>From: LUG Account <<A HREF="mailto:ilug@hbcse.tifr.res.in">ilug@hbcse.tifr.res.in</A>>
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<BR>Subject: Claims of First Indian OS: Aryabhatt Linux
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<P> Press Release<BR>
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in response to articles on `Aryabhatt Linux' as<BR>
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the first Indian Operating System.
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<P> We introduce ourselves as the Linux Users Group, Bombay Chapter (<A
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HREF="http://ilug-bom.org.in">ilug-bom.org.in</A>). We are a non-profit
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voluntary organisation actively involved in promoting open source software.
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Our activities include mailing lists for users, training, workshops, open
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source projects etc. Our group constitutes more than 400 man years of Linux
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experience vested in its members.
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<P> We draw your attention to the following articles which have
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appeared in the publications mentioned below.
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<P> 1. "Made-in-India Linux to go global", Express Computer dated
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29/05/2000, page 1.
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<P> 2. "Linux Technologies launches Aryabhatt Linux", Times
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Computing dated 31/05/2000 page 5.
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<P> 3. "Aryabhatt Linux", PC Quest dated June 2000 page 174.
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<P> ... and several others.
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<P> In these articles there are numerous inconsistencies, false
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claims and trademark violations made by the company Linux
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Technologies Pvt. Ltd. We have evaluated their Linux
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distribution Aryabhatt Linux and compared it with other currently
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available distributions such as Red Hat, SuSE, Mandrake etc.
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Listed below are some of the findings:
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<P> 1. RedHat Trademark Violation?: The packaging of Aryabhatt Linux
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distribution mentions that it is "Based on RedHat Linux 6.1",
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but fails to comply with RedHat's Licensing policy, as is
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evident from the following excerpt taken from
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http://www.redhat.com/about/trademark_guidelines.html
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<P> " C. You may state that your product "is based on Red Hat<61> Linux X.X,"
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but you must do so in a fashion that indicates that "Red Hat Linux" is
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not the name or brand of your product and that Red Hat is not a source
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or sponsor of your product. Some guidelines to follow on this point
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include:
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<P> " You must clearly indicate how your product differs from Red Hat<61>
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Linux. This includes listing the packages that you deleted from Red
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Hat<61> Linux and those that you added to your product, as well as
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indicating any and all other changes you made. This information must
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be clearly and prominently presented in all packaging, advertisements
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and other marketing materials for your product in a typeface no
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smaller than the typeface you use for the words "Red Hat<61> Linux."
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<P> " The use of "Red Hat<61> Linux" must be in a typeface (which includes
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appearance, size and color) no larger than one-third the size of the
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typeface used for the name of your product.
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<P> " The typeface you use for the words "Red Hat<61> Linux" must be the same
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typeface you use for other written text to describe your product. You
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may not use a unique typeface for "Red Hat<61> Linux" in order to set it
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off from the other text included on your product.
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<P> " You may not do anything at all to state or imply that your product is
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an official product of Red Hat, Inc. and may not do anything else to
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create confusion in the market between your product and the products
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of Red Hat, Inc.
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<P> " You must include the following statement in a prominent place in your
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product packaging and in all marketing and promotional efforts for
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your product:
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<P> "Red Hat<61> is a registered trademark of Red Hat, Inc. This product is
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not a product of Red Hat, Inc. and is not endorsed by Red Hat, Inc.
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This is a product of [name of publisher] and we have no relationship
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with Red Hat, Inc."
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<P> 2. Linux trademark violation?: Linux is a registered trademark of
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Linus Torvalds who was the original developer of the Linux
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kernel. He has permitted use of this trademark subject to an
|
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explicit mention of his ownership. Neither their web site nor
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the product packaging mentions this fact.
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<P> 3. It is not an original Indian Linux distribution: The Aryabhatt
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Linux is a distribution based on another Linux distribution
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viz Red Hat Linux 6.1 as mentioned on the product packaging.
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<P> 4. Misrepresentation of License: Most of the programs distributed
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in Red Hat Linux are licensed as GPL (General Public
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License). This licensing policy permits anybody to go through
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the source code and modify as per their requirements. It also
|
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explicitly requires the GPL to be mentioned clearly. Arybhatt
|
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Linux does not seem to have been licensed under GPL since
|
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the GPL copy on the CD is issued by Red Hat and not by Linux
|
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Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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<P> 5. GPL requires distribution of source code as well as free
|
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download of source code: Under GPL it is mandatory to
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distribute source code FREE OF COST either on CD's or on ftp
|
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sites. As on date Linux Technologies has not made any
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provisions for the same. The company also does not have any
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ftp sites.
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<P> 6. The Graphics Driver for SiS6215: Graphics Drivers for SiS6215 card
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were developed by SuSE GmbH (suse.com) and XFree86 (xfree86.org)
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and copyrighted under GPL. Linux Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
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falsely claims to have developed the same.
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<P> 7. Misuse of Linux Logo: The Linux logo which depicts a penguin
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has been affectionately referred to for a long time as Tux by
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the entire Linux community. It also appears on most of the web
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sites, publications and articles pertaining to Linux. Other
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Linux distributions also feature Tux on their packaging. By
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writing Peggy across the penguin and registering it as their
|
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own trademark, Linux Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has attempted to cash
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in on the popularity of Tux and deeply hurt the sentiment of Linux
|
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users.
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<P> 8. The picture on product packaging box: The product packaging
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box as well as the step by step User Guide of Aryabhatt Linux
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depict a picture of peggy surrounded by networked
|
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computers. This picture was designed and copyrighted by
|
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Jassubhai Digital Media and was published in the August 1999
|
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|
issue of CHIP magazine, CHIP Linux special and Network
|
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|
Computing.
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|
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<P> 9. Most of the applications in any Linux Distribution are developed by
|
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GNU (www.gnu.org). Linux Technologies Pvt. Ltd. does not
|
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acknowledge the same.
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<P> 10. Though Aryabhatt Linux is claimed as "customized for the
|
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Indian user", as on date, it does not support any Indian
|
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Language. And the claimed hardware support for the locally
|
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assembled hardware already exists in other distributions of
|
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Linux.
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<P> 11. On going through the step by step guide, we found numerous
|
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inconsistencies and wrong information.
|
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<P> As Indians we would love to have an Indian Linux distribution but
|
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we are thoroughly disappointed and disgusted with Aryabhatt
|
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Linux's blatant attempt to hijack the efforts of the open source
|
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and free software community. This ruthless exploitation of free,
|
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open source software will tarnish the image of the Indian
|
|||
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software industry. We therefore urge you to set the record
|
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|
straight as regards the claims of Linux Technologies Pvt. Ltd., if you
|
|||
|
have published articles related to Aryabhatt Linux. For others who have
|
|||
|
not published any reports, pleas consider this as information.
|
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|
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<P> This message is released in public interest, and in the interest
|
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|
of Open Source Software by the following active members of the
|
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Indian Linux Users Group, Bombay Chapter:
|
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|
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<P> Aditya Kulkarni adityak@linuxfreak.com
|
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Apurva Shah apu@freeos.com
|
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G.Sagar sagarg@bol.net.in
|
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Kiran Jonnalagadda jace@radiolink.net
|
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Kishor Bhagwat kishorbhagwat@usa.net
|
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Mitul Limbani mitul@mitul.com
|
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Nagarjuna.G nagarjun@hbcse.tifr.res.in
|
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|
Parag Mehta linuxadmin@softhome.net
|
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Philip Tellis philip.tellis@iname.com
|
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Prakash Advani prakash@freeos.com
|
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Prakash Shetty info@maxlinux.net
|
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|
Rajen Parekh rajen@softhome.net
|
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|
Rakesh Tiwari rakesh_tiwari@jasubhai.com
|
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Sandesh Rao sandeshr@vsnl.com
|
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Terrence D'Souza jtdesouza@yahoo.com
|
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Vikas Pawar vpawar@usa.net
|
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|
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|
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<P> Contact Address: GNU/Linux User Group of India, Bombay Chapter
|
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ilug@ilug-bom.org.in
|
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http://www.ilug-bom.org.in
|
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|
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<P> Mailing Address: Dr. Nagarjuna G.
|
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Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education
|
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TIFR, V.N. Purav Marg,
|
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Mankhurd, Mumbai 400088
|
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INDIA
|
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Phones: 091-22- 556 7711, 555 4712, 555 5242
|
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Fax: 091 - 22 - 556 6803.
|
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|
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|
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<H4> Richard Stallman <<A HREF="mailto:rms@gnu.org">rms@gnu.org</A>>
|
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replies:</H4>
|
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|
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<P> It sounds like this company is violating the GPL in the use of some
|
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FSF-copyrighted software. If that is true, we can try to enforce the
|
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GPL. Would you please double-check for us that FSF-copyrighted
|
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programs are included on their CD and on their ftp site, and send us
|
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the names of the specific programs you identified? We also need to
|
|||
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know the URLs and the official name of the product.
|
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|
|
|||
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<P> Also, could you tell me how to contact them? We need the company
|
|||
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name, snail addresses, email addresses, etc. With this information,
|
|||
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we can have lawyers contact them to object.
|
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|
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<P> Meanwhile, one more item you can add to your list is that they're
|
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calling the whole operating system "Linux". Linux is actually the
|
|||
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kernel, one of the important pieces of the system. That is what Linus
|
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wrote in 1991.
|
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|
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<P> At that time, we had been working on the GNU operating system for
|
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almost a decade, and it was almost complete enough for self-hosting;
|
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the only major piece missing was the kernel. Combining Linux with GNU
|
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produced a complete free operating system, versions of which are now
|
|||
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integrated by Debian, Red Hat, and others. Everyone is free to
|
|||
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redistribute it, but they ought to call it GNU/Linux and give us a
|
|||
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share of the credit. It isn't a legal requirement, but it is the
|
|||
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right thing to do.
|
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|
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<P> See http://www.gnu.org/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html for more explanation.
|
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|
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<P> Regarding the idea of an "Indian operating system": I think that kind
|
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of nationalism is not a good thing for world peace.
|
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|
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<P> But India should not feel left out. The GNU system has been an
|
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international project since the very beginning; no single country
|
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originated it. Humanity originated it. And India is part of
|
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humanity.
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This page written and maintained by the Editor of the <I>Linux Gazette</I>.
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Copyright © 2000, <A HREF="mailto:gazette@ssc.com">gazette@ssc.com</A><BR>
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Published in Issue 55 of <i>Linux Gazette</i>, July 2000</H5>
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