Re: Two quick questions

1999-03-15 Thread Florian Steffen
1. Gnome is not a replacement for X, nor a Window Manager. You need both X and a window manager (any one will work, but some, like WindowMaker or Enlightenment, provides additional functionalities to work seamlessly with gnome). Gnome is a desktop environment, that means that it provides an integra

Re: how to run compiled programs?

1999-03-16 Thread Florian Steffen
If compiled your program without options, the generated executable is called a.out. To run it type ./a.out. If you have specify a -o option (to name your executable), use ./your_name Rick Hunter wrote: > > i can't seem to run the programs i compiled > ie int main(){printf ("Hi, world!\n");} > >

Re: Why not Debian? (real-time proto with linux!)

1999-03-16 Thread Florian Steffen
I never seen a deb package of the real-time kernel, but it very easy to recompile a kernel under debian, so the process must be the same with RT-Linux, just apply the patch and recompile the kernel. If you are looking for commercial RT-Linux, I have seen at LinuxWorld a company that sells a distri

Re: Install Questions

1999-01-16 Thread Florian Steffen
Dan Furtney wrote: > > I know repartitioning with fdisk/cfdisk is destructive. Is ADDING a > partition destructive? I have a 10 gig drive: 4gb(Win), 2gb(RH) and the > rest unpartitioned. It seems that partitioning the remaining space > wouldn't hurt the existing partitions but I'm not sure. (came

Sound problem

1999-01-26 Thread Florian Steffen
I installed a slink version on my machine, it works fine, great distribution. Now I want to enable the sound, but where are the sound drivers. Nothing in the kernel, nothing in the modules ! I tried to install the alsa library instead of using the sound system of the kernel, but here too, there is