Re: [techtalk] resolution
That depends on your veiw of easy I suppose ;) but I prefer editing my XF86config files by hand. Its usually under /etc or /etc/X11. Heres a short rundown of the relevant sections: Section "Monitor" <- make sure you have a modeline setting for the resoltuion you wish to use. If you are unsure what this should be set to you may want to use xf86config / SaX to try and guess / determine the settings. Ex: Modeline "1280x960" 106.50 1280 1296 1552 1664 960 960 970 1003 Section "Screen" <- locate the section for your card and create or modify the section for the resolution you wish to run at. Set your default color depth value to what you are using at that resolution. Ex: DefaultColorDepth 16 Section "Screen" Driver"Accel" . . . SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1152x864" #Virtual1152 864 EndSubSection . . EndSection Perhaps that will be of help. "K. Ziel" wrote: > > Hi all-- > > This is a most basic question..but there are so many basic things I am not sure > how to dothat I'd better start asking!! > > I ran xf86config because i wanted to get a higher screen res..i'm currently at > 1024x768, and want more real estate. > > Anyway...let me just say that it is a good thing that I saved the original file > before over-writing, because what i ended up with was the upper left 1/4 of my > xlogin screen now taking up the entire monitor... > > So...is there an easier way than running through that entire config again? > also..i've run xsetres on solaris before, but didn't seem to be able to find > anything similar on my system (redhat) > > Apologies for the basic question...thanks all for your time :) > > kristin--thank God for backups!! > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] resolution
Had a cut/paste error. sorry! the example for the screen section should look as follows: Section "Screen" DefaultColorDepth 16 Driver"Accel" . . . SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1152x864" #Virtual1152 864 EndSubSection . . EndSection [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Tar file splitting
No problem, we only charge $5 for newbie questionz ;) you could use split. man split for more detailz (of course) Ex: split -b 1024k big_file.tar little_file_prefix If you big file was 10 meg, then 10 little files with the prefix of 'little_file_prefix' would be generated. The sequence at the end of the prefix designates the order of each 1 megabyte block when reassmebling. To peice back together, simply cat each peice into the previous one using the append >>. Ex: cat foo_aa >> foo.tar; cat foo_ab >> foo.tar; cat foo_ac >> foo.tar; ad infinitum. Obviously a script to do this would be usefull, however I dont have one at my disposal, and writing code after 4am violates some law of nature... ;) hope this helps. Xavier Gutierrez Munoz wrote: > > Sorry for asking such a newbie's question but I don't know how to split a > tar file to fit a set of floppies. I just want to get my october's read > mail out of the server via ftp but I want to pack and compress it before I > do that. > > Alternative is downloading it and compressing later using WINZIP > (rgh!). This is 'cuz I connect to my server (Debian Linux) from > Faculty (Windows 98). > > Thanx in Advance. > > -- > > Xavier Gutierrez Muñoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Freedom is nothing but the chance to do better. > -- Camus > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] iGeek
heres another which have some cool cases IMHO. course, coolest in my book is a caseless boxen flayed out across my wall like a dissected digital lifeform. or something. http://www.colorcase.com/products/index.html > "Y." wrote: > > I'm not sure if someone if someone has posted about this before. But I > wondered what ppl's thoughts were about the iGeek computer from BeComputing. > See http://www.becomputing.com/geekmachines/igeek/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: Re: Re: [techtalk] Netiquette exp (OFF TOPIC!)
On One Day In Novemember 'Lots of People' Wrote: > vi, ...> > Well, I vote to keep html and rtf in the lists simply for the entertainment value of the discussion threads it produces. And those who really dont like html / rtf can add a filter i spose. (it really is trivial to convert incoming html / rtf to plaintext) -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] identd and irc servers
identd is usally started via inetd. your distro probably has a package for it. If not, it is a minor issue to download and install. If you are using IP masquerading you will need to use a modified identd server specifically for use in such a situation. This identd server will need to be on the masquerading gateway as well as all internal machines whishing to use identd over the masqueraded connection. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Re: meta-stuff
Deb Richardson wrote: > ... > I would like to know what people think about this. Sounds good to me. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Bugzilla and Perl modules for MySql Help!!!
look for any type of config.cache / Configure.cache / *.cache / etc. in the directory. Usually this file(s) stores the configuration information from previous configures. Jennifer Tippens wrote: > I answered a > question in the MakeMakefile wrong and now I can't get it to ask me the > question again. I re-un-tarred the module and ran perl Makefile.PL again, but > it just said writing makefile, done. No chance to change my mind -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Fwd: jokes!
J B wrote: > > i must apologize for this posti accidentally hit the wrong button... The 'Send' button? ;) -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Re: Distributed Projects + Jokes
Allright, a few other distributed computing projects which may or may not be of interest: Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search: http://entropia.com/ips/ Distributed .Net (already mentioned, but they have other projects aside from RC5) http://www.distributed.net/ And of course, SETI: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ Theres some others, but I cant remember them offhand.. And for some *good* jokes ;) GNU has an open source humor project.. ^_^ http://www.gnu.org/fun/humor.html -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Re: DVD-ROM on Linux?
Subba Rao wrote: > > Thanks to every one who replied. To summarize the main problem > with DVD are the filesystem support (in development) and CSS encryption (legal > barrier). Here are all the various links for DVD on linux. There is a software crack available for the windoze and linux platforms to decrypt the DVD data. It was on cdrom.com for a while, not sure if they still have it. If anyone really wants it let me know. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Re: DVD-ROM on Linux?
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > > Merely that you currently have to pay for that right, because of the > DVD decoder patents. > You can play DVD's on linux / BSD / other systems with software decoders. These are not as efficient as hardware decrpytion (obviously), but they do allow you to play the movies from hard disk or other medium. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Re: DVD-ROM on Linux?
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > > Is that legal, though? What's the terms on software implementations > of the decoding algorithm? > Well, i spose the crack itself is illegal to distribute (software to circumvent copyright protection mechanism are illegal last time I checked), however, if you are not distributing the decoded audio/video or playing pirated videos then you *should* be fine. Not to mention that fact that the DVD consortium will never decide to break down your d00r and scan for dvd software decoders. In short, im not sure about all of the legality issues. The software decoders are widely available, and if your not actively disseminating copyrighted videos and such, i dont think it matters should it be illegal at all. This is one of those copyright issues which I think should be done away with.. Its pointless for the DVD industry to try and protect their video with cyphers, as this can all be cracked. Its just a matter of effort. And the fact that this deprives most non windoze OS users the features of their DVD hardware only compounds this fact. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Re: DVD-ROM on Linux?
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote: > > > Well, some of us actually care about following the law, and agitate > for its change through legal channel. BTW, the DVD thing is patent, > not copyright. > Well, the encryption scheme is used to protect the copy rights covering the movies themselves. Thats what i meant with that whole issue aforehand. As for following tha law, more power to you. I follow what I beleive to be right and just, and accept the consequences if any due to my actions. DVD software decoders fall under this category; I own the movie, I own the player, I will use it as I wish. Just my 2 cents. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] USB Camera and IRQs
Tech Docs wrote: > Is there any way to make Intel USB Camera work on Linux? Linux refuses to > even identify my USB. I am sure, I am messing up somewhere. > > How do I check what resources each device is using on Linux? > To list IRQ's and io ports in use try: cat /proc/interrupts (IRQ's) cat /proc/ioports There is a way to specify ranges to devices, usually with arguments to the drivers via /etc/modules.conf or boot params. There is also a way to exclude IO ports and IRQ's when autoloading modules, but I forget where this is done.. (perhaps im confusing this with something else..) -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://CubicMeterCrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Eterm
sara korhonen wrote: > > ok, so this is one the REAL rtfm-questions, but after i rtfmed and rtfmed > and dind't figue out, i gave up and decided to ask, whether anyone here > knows how to get Eterm, to have a background color at the same time when > it's transparent? meaning that the background color would also be somewhat > transparent. argh, this is hard to explain, but i hope someone understood > what i was looking for. anyone? > I think this is the option your looking for: --tint mask Tints the background pixmap (either an image file or the transparent portion can be shaded). The mask is an integer, usually specified in hexadeci mal in the form 0xRRGGBB, where RR, GG, and BB are hexadecimal numbers between 00 and ff (0 and 255 decimal) which represent the brightness of the image's red, green, and blue values, respectively. A value of 00 will mask that color out entirely, while a value of ff will not change that color at all. Some common tints are: none 0xff red 0xff8080 green 0x80ff80 blue 0x8080ff cyan 0x80 magenta 0xff80ff yellow0x80 If your version of Eterm does not support --tint then your out of luck. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Filename star
Kelly Lynn Martin wrote:
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> And even so that's just a function of how ls and the shell behave --
> there's nothing in the kernel that makes a leading dot special.
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> The only names that are special as far as the kernel is concerned are
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Re: [techtalk] missing posts
Theresa Radke wrote: > > I've recently sent a few posts that have not shown up, does anyone else have this >problem ever?? Should I be concerned/? > Ive had posts take up to 3+ hours, perhaps more, to appear on occasion. Can't recall any getting lost. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] TNT/TNT2 drivers / X server
Anyone ever use the TNT/TNT2 cards under linux with the modified XFree86 server and OpenGL ? Im looking for a compiled server or code / patch and perhaps a FAQ or HOWTO. Not having much luck, and Riva appears to have pulled their driver code for a while for some reason.. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] TNT/TNT2 drivers / X server
Beverly Guillermo wrote: > > What exactly is the problem that you're getting? What configuration > program are you using for the xfree86 setup? > > Xconfigurator > XF86Setup > xf86setup > > Are you trying to use the NVidia chipset? > Right now I am using a SVGA server without incident. I edited the /etc/XF86config file by hand, and manually created the symlink to X. This server does not support the hardware 3D acceleration I wish to use on my TNT2 via OpenGL though, so I want to get a modified XFree86 server that supports the hardware acceleration features of the TNT chipset. Riva's site has said that their drivers are in the process of being updated (for the last month I might add) so I am unable to download the drivers / patches / rpm or whatever they distribute. I have searched around on the net but all pages I have hit so far refer me back to the Riva website to download the drivers. So, in short, I need the riva drivers, but they are not available. I had hoped someone else might have an Xserver for TNT2 3D acceleration, or know where one might be located. Also, any sticky issues concerning configuration of the server or OpenGL with the server would be helpful. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] TNT/TNT2 drivers / X server
Beverly Guillermo wrote: > > k > Well, the latest development version of XFree86, I believe 3.9.17, has > updated additions to the drivers for TNT/TNT2. Cool, i didnt realize they added support. I'm dl'ing now.. hopefully this will work. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Monitor Size
GJS wrote: > > I'm using a 15" monitor. The text size is often smaller than I > want, but it gets too heavy if I increase it too much (and > without anti-aliasing that ain't too purty). Would a 17" monitor > make much difference to my aging eyes or would the change be > minimal? Is it worth shelling out the bucks? > Im using a 19" which seems to be the sweet sport for price/performance at the momemnt. I was able to find a radius monitor which uses a Trinitron picture tube, and the quality is pretty good for just over $400. I dont think I could work on anything else at this point :) of course, if you can afford a nice 21" trinitron, then I would go that route... -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Screen colours :-)
"Wendt,Andrew" wrote: > > > What do you people prefer as colours for extended viewing of text? :-) > i would die without my green text on a shaded Eterm background.. Makes me think of the old 'green screen' CRT's way back when.. :) My roomate seems particularly fond of the classic amber color on a clear eterm with a dark theme background. Of course, i havent used an office suite thingy since i cant remember when, but i imagine black text on a white background would work best there.. just my pointless 2 cents... -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Partial execution of /etc/rc.d/rc.M
Subba Rao wrote: > > During the system bootup, the init script /etc/rc.d/rc.M is partially executed. > The last 3rd of the file does not get executed. When I run those remaining commands > manually, they work fine. Why is that happening? Is there a specific command at the 2/3rd point that could eb causing this? > > Assuming there are some hidden characters in the rc.M file, I deleted the problem > portion of the file, and retyped them. That did not help either. If there are some > hidden characters in a text file, how do I find them out? > I like ghex ;) -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] New Linux machine
> So my questions follow two > lines -- what are considered good prices on hardware these days? And > what kind of configurations should I be looking for? I can give some hardware and software recommendations... #include > > Here are the services I'd like to setup on the computer: Firewall, VPN > or something equiv (I don't know much about SSH ...), X, SMTP, Mailing > list, IMAP, Web, Database, and Backup. > Firewall: ipchains comes with the 2.2.X kernels standard in any recent distribution. You may have to explicitly select it during install. VPN: Check out some of the following: Vtun: http://vtun.netpedia.net/ Tinc: http://ftp.nl.linux.org/linux/tinc/ There are also some commercial VPN products... X, SMTP, IMAP, Web, Backup: These should come with any good distro. Mailing list: Try majordomo. Database: MySQL, mSQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc.. Sounds like MySQL might be a good fit for what you need to use a db for. > So, what do you think I should get? And how much should something > like this cost? I'm especially clueless about backup options. I > don't think I'll be buying DLT for home use ... Do they make DVD RAMs > that support Linux? Also, IDE or SCSI? I've only used SCSI on > servers, but I'd guess it'd be a bit expensive for personal use, > unless there's a compelling reason I don't know about ... My suggestion: ~500Mhz celeron, PII, athalon.. take your pick. 128-256 M ram. and CDR / DVDR, or tape for backup. They do have DVD recordable support under linux. check out cdrecord, perhaps gcombust / X-CDRoast as a frontend. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Monitor Size
I found some info which may or may not be of interest: Concerning size and viewable size: http://www.pcguide.com/ref/crt/sizeNominal-c.html Other Misc. Monitor info: http://www.pctechguide.com/06crt2.htm http://www.pctechguide.com/06crtmon.htm -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] CD-R Problems
> Stephan Zaniolo wrote: > > > > I have a Hewlet Packard CD-Writer Plus 8100i that > > I'm trying to set up. (I'm not trying to get the CD-RW feature to work, > > just the CD-R) It's an IDE drive. I started with "Installing an IDE CD-R Once you get SCSI-Emulation setup you should be able to use both features. > > Under Linux" from LinuxGurus.org. I disabled the IDE CD-ROM driver, > > activated SCSI Emulation, and turned on SCSI CD-ROM drivers and SCSI > > Generic Support (no modules, I haven't progressed that far yet). > You dont need to explicitly disable IDE support, this could and probably will cause other problems. All you should need to do at this point is tell the system at bootup that /dev/hdc or whatever is using SCSI-emu. Do this with a kernel paramter passed via lilo or other bootprog. /etc/lilo.conf: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] CD-R Problems
Something got hosed, let me try again: coder wrote: > > > /etc/lilo.conf: > -- image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12 --root = /dev/hda1 --label = linux-2.2.12 --append="hdc=ide-scsi" Note that you may still need to load the sg, and possibly ide-scsi and loop kernel modules once your system has started. Hope that helps. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Re: [grrltalk] CD-R Problems
"Jenn V." wrote: > > Jamie Walker wrote: > > > > Most Linux based CD-R(W) software can only talk to SCSI devices. To get > > them working under Linux, you use SCSI emulation whereby the kernel > > "converts" an IDE device on the bus into a SCSI device that the > > applications talk to. You don't need an IDE driver in this situation. > > In that case, I don't use 'most Linux-based CD-R software' - because I've > never faced this situation. Maybe the fact that I've never run into it is a > Debian thing? Perhaps? > actually CDrecord uses SCSI commands. All your IDE burners are ATAPI compliant (well, the vast majority) which is SCSI commands over IDE. So, with SCSI emulation loaded. If you never encountered this problem you havent used cdrecord, or perhaps your using newer versions of X-CDRoast / gcombust / cdrecord which can support ATAPI IDE burners without scsi-emu. However, this is a very recent addition and im not sure what software supports it. Have you made sure your not using sg or scsi-emu modules when burning cd's via lsmod? Perhaps the kernel auomounter is handling this for you automatically. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] .iso format
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hey All, > I was wondering if anyone has any info about the iso > images (such as RedHat ftp site). I want to build a RH > distro that already includes security and bugfixes. I am > under the impression that the .iso images copies onto > the CD which also make it bootable. Anybody?? > Thanks, > To mount an ISO image stored as a file on disk you will need loop back block device support. If you have this feature in your kernel, the following will mount the image as read only (you cannot read and write to an ISO image directly, you must create a new image via mkisofs, or mkhybrid) mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0 /image_file.iso /mnt/cdrom For bootable: create the boot image, perhaps as a copy from a file via: dd if=/dev/fd0 of=boot.img bs=18k Once you mount the disk image as a loopback block device, you should be able to copy the standard boot.img files stored on the iso image for use as the boot image during burn. Pass this boot.img file as an argument to mkisofs, or mkhybrid as the boot image to use. There is usually an option for this in the GUI front ends to CD bruning such as gcombust or XCDRoast. As for the actual burn, just burn the image like normal. Hope that helps... -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] career/family question
Linda Walsh wrote: > > No one is "equal" in every way with everyone else -- well, maybe genetic twins, > but the difference between queen elizabeth and prince charles is probably less than >the > difference between the queen and a pygmy woman in africa. I was going to say the same thing. Gender differences can be quite minor when compared to things such a nationality, religion, etc... There are 4 billion people on this planet, all unique. That takes a nice amount of diversity. On the same note, there are a lot of things in common between sexes, or nationalities, or what have you. It all depends on what you looking at. I think what everyone has been talking about though, if not explicitly stated, is that there are far too many negative or damaging differences due to ignorance, prejudice, and apathy. This goes for all sorts of issues, of which gender inequality is only one, and perhaps a bit ill named. How many females would want to be even remotely male? Not many I think... > Also it's very difficult under the *current* regime for woman to be "equal" to >men > even if it were biologically possible. There are things that women experience in >open > society far more than men -- such as rape. Id have to say rape is the most fucked up issue of the day. Its bad enough here, and then you hear about how bad it is in places like africa. I think this is one issue that doesnt get near enough attention, seems like far too many people are content to ignore it, or downplay its severity. But, i think this group knows that, soo i wont delve into a rant. ;) > Men are more likely to be victims of all > other violent crimes. The perpetrator in both cases, however, has about a 90% >chance of > being a man. Men don't have to worry about getting pregnant. Men don't have to > worry about losing control over their own body by having abortion rights ending. True. Things have come a long way from where they started, but there is a long way yet to go. > So...all of that is why you can't just look at men and women as "equal" in >today's > world. There are tons of other examples, but that's enough for now -- gotta get home > to my partner. :-) Maybe tomorrow... -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
[techtalk] Direct 3d acceleration
Allright, ive got something on topic for once... *grin* ive been playing with OpenGL support under Linux/X with drivers for the TNT/TNT2 working fine. However, I noticed that currently these drivers do not support direct access to the acceleration hardware, so performance is incredibly low from where it should be. I think SuSE is working on enhanced drivers to handle this, as well as SGI perhaps.. but I cant seem to find any working code, or code in general. So, my questions is this: Does anyone have OpenGL support for direct hardware access in XFree86 or even a commercial product? -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] mkfs
Raven Brooke wrote: > > So, I just tried to format a floppy, and was told- > bash: mkfs: command not found > > never had a problem with this before, anyone know what might have > happened, or how to fix it? > Double check your path; usually system commands like this one are under /usr/sbin or /sbin -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] mkfs
As a side note, this usually occurs if you use 'su' to switch to root. If you use 'su -' root's environment should be configured properly, and these types of path errors wont occur. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Is this normal?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is this normal? I -think- this is just place-holder, but I don't really know what is >going on here or if it is a good thing or a bad thing. Any information would be >appreciated! Root is not logged in at the time of this ps. > Yes, that is normal. Each one of those tty's is tied to a given character based login session, mapped keys F1 through F6. The agetty program handles the login process and shell execution for a given FX mapped character mode session. (usually your only on F1. If you want to switch to a character mode session from X windows, press . to get back to X press .. ) -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxchix.org
Re: [techtalk] Netscape
Carolyn Jarie Getter wrote: > > In Netscape, when I go to certain pages, it (Netscape) goes *poof* (shuts > down). I don't begin to know where to look to figure out why. All my > settings are default settings, except that I enlarged the font size. Any ideas, > anyone? > > Carolyn > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk Unfortunately, this is not a configuration problem. Everyone has this problem to varying degrees of annoyance with the 4.X versions of netscape on linux. This is almost always a problem with the java and java script implementation in netscape. Try turning off java script and java and going to those pages. If it still crashes, then you may want to look at upgrading your netscape version. To turn off java/java script: Menu Bar- | |-Edit- | |- preferences Select the 'Advanced' tab in the left side of the dialog box and de-select the java and java script options. -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] cgi - mail question
"Shelly L. Hokanson" wrote: > > <> > > i'm using the net-lib package (with active-perl for windoze) for a simple > web based emailer via SMTP. wondering if anyone has any experience using > this module with any of the major ISP's, or if i must be running my own mail > server as well in order for it to work. You dont need to run your own server, however, whatever SMTP server your ISP is providing, you should use. For example, at home if I were using Mindspring for network access, my mail server would be 'mail.mindspring.com'. If I were on ADSL, it might be 'mail.swbell.net'. and so on. If your ISP SMTP server is configured in the script, but your sending mail from your school network, you will have problems. The ISP SMTP server will refuse to forward your mail, since, as far as it knows you are not allowed (since you are on your school network). One way to check is to make sure the SMTP host your using at school 'mail.somecollege.edu' is the same as in the script, and try that. > > the cgi script basically takes form input from a user, then uses the smtp > net package w/ datasend & dataend to send the form input out via smtp. short > and sweet. the script fails when attempting to call the function 'mail' > that's built into this module. according to the documentation, a value > returned as undefined is the equivalent of a failure, which is what happens > to me upon calling the mail function. > I beleive this is what happens when a forward is refused. > thanks all - > > shelly > -- .oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo.oO()Oo. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://cubicmetercrystal.com/ "You are the product of a mutational union of ~640Mbytes of genetic information." ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[Fwd: Re: [techtalk] Desperate Plea for CDROM mounting help!!]
I keep forgetting about the default reply to.. ;) Original Message Subject: Re: [techtalk] Desperate Plea for CDROM mounting help!! Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2000 00:45:09 -0600 From: coder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "S. Stubbs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <00a001c051de$da9d37e0$0200a8c0@mother> "S. Stubbs" wrote: > > I am able toburn a CD just fine, I burned 2 CDs today, but I cannot mount the > CDrom drive just to look at the contents of a CD. I still think in my mind that > it You may want to try mounting it as a SCSI drive. The way most linux CD burning software interfaces with an IDE CDROM burner is via the SCSI emulation provided by ATAPI complaint CD burners (almost all IDE burners). So, to mount the cdrom, you would use /dev/scd0 - /dev/scd6 as the device. Usually /dev/scd0. Try: $ mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom and see if that works. Otherwise you may want to try 'scsi_info' on the various devices /dev/scdX until you find one that matches your CDROM. On my system this is: [root@logic dtcp_stack]# scsi_info /dev/scd0 SCSI_ID="0,0,0" MODEL="Memorex CRW-2642" FW_REV="1.0h" Hope that helps. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[Fwd: Re: [techtalk] Technical issues (was Re: [grrltalk]"Confrontational" postings)]
Original Message Subject: Re: [techtalk] Technical issues (was Re: [grrltalk] "Confrontational" postings) Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 23:52:28 -0600 From: coder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mary Gardiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mary Gardiner wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 21, 2000 at 03:18:55AM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Techtalk is probably the list you actually wanted, where we discuss > > technical issues and only technical issues. > > *Is* that actually the purpose of techtalk? Most of what I see on it is "I > have problem X, can you solve?" > > Perhaps that's what you meant by 'technical issues', sorry. > > And that's an OK thing for a mailing list to be of course. > > But when I first read the term "technical issues" I thought about a list > where topics of discussion were more: what's a good design for an SMTP > program? when's a good time for a program to enter release 1.0? (Both > questions I've faced recently.) > I think techtalk should include technical support type questions (the usual) but also technical design,configuration,analysis (also posted, however less frequently?) ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] CD Rippers
Here is a nice analysis of the current MP3 encoders available: http://www.airwindows.com/encoders/index.html Summary: - bladeenc and LAME are the best encoders for 128k and up, with 320K bladeenc leaving everything else behind. - LAME has an emphasis towards energy and high performance, bladeenc an emphasis towards tonal clarity and accuracy. hope you find it usefull. Aaron Malone wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 28, 2000 at 02:03:01PM +, BobTFish wrote: > > Bladeenc is not a great encoder. Better than the frauenhoffer one but for > > quality you want to use LAME or a derivative. Bladeenc puts *far* to much > > overring in your mp3s.. > > Hear hear. Bladeenc is also extremely slow compared to other, better > encoders. My personal favorite is Gogo; however, checking the developer's > page, he seems to have stopped work on it. Oh well, you can grab a copy > of the latest version I have at http://munge.net/gogo236.tar.bz2 . Very > fast, and a nice psychoacoustic model to boot. > > -- > Aaron Malone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > System Administrator "Never tell the truth to > Poplar Bluff Internet, Inc.those unworthy of it." > http://www.semo.net-- Mark Twain > > ___ > techtalk mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[Fwd: Re: [techtalk] DESIGN: N-ary trees]
One day I will get the hang of 'reply to'. Original Message Subject: Re: [techtalk] DESIGN: N-ary trees Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2001 20:38:31 -0600 From: coder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Has anyone come up with a useful design of an N-ary tree (I'm > thinking of a 4-ary tree) where you can lift a whole branch of > the tree and move it elsewhere? > > Dancer and I were arguing 4-ary trees (for use in cartesian spaces > in computer games), and I argued it as not being practically feasible, > and him as wanting to have one... > Ok, I have two random tangents, the first is about N-ary trees, the second about your 4-ary trees to be used with cartesian points. I am not an expert in algorithm analysis, but here are a few things of relevance which may be interesting (this is a geek list ;) The various flavors of b-trees are N ary trees, in that they contain large branching factors (greater than 2). These are very usefull within file systems as they provide fast lookup but also use disk space in an efficent manner. For example, ResierFS uses B*trees. B+trees are also common. Note that the degree of a btree determines how many leaves and elements per node it contains. A tree with degree of 2 is the simplest btree and is called a '2-3-4' tree, and can have as many keys per node. (So, this might be an example of your 4-ary tree, and they are used in practice). The difference between B-trees, B+trees, B*trees, etc is in how the keys are stored in each node. I don't recall offhand what this difference is :/ Now, the big thing to note here is that all of these trees the keys are ordered by a single comparison. If you are trying to order cartesian spaces there are two values to take into account. The X axis location and the Y axis location. This makes things a bit more difficult. The only thing I can think of to handle this would be a dual tree, one for each axis. But this (and any other data structure except for a special hash) will not be a single relocation if you change both the X and Y values of a given node. If you change only one value for a given node, say move it along the X axis, then you simply need to remove it and then reinsert in the proper place in the X tree. Change both values, and you now have two removes and inserts. You probably want to locate a given node quickly, so this adds a hash table to the mess. So, you would end up with something akin to the following (pardon my ascii art) y | | d | b |a c x X tree: (Nx Node X) --- Nc / \ Nb Nd / Na Y tree: --- Nb / \ Na Nd / Nc Node Index: --- (hash) 'a' -> Na 'b' -> Nb 'c' -> etc. This way to locate a given named node, such as 'a', you use the hash table. To find other nodes close to 'a' along the X axis you can traverse the X tree. To find other nodes close to 'a' along the Y axis you can traverse the Y tree. If you have other operations which need to be fast, then you may have to use an alternate data structure all together. ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
