Re: CML2 1.1.3 is available

2001-04-17 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 11:20:48PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Peter Samuelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Wait ... I thought you were just using Python bindings to Tk. Are you > > telling us the Tk library, which for 8 or 10 years has been pretty much > > *the* X toolkit/widget set for scriptin

machine hangs during Ghost multicast traffic

2001-04-20 Thread Andrew Pimlott
I periodically experience major system slowdowns, which are obviously network related because they instantly go away when I pull out the network cable, and return when I put it back in. The machine is not totally unresponsive, but nearly so. For example, if I hit enter at a shell prompt, it may

Re: Persistent module storage [was Linux 2.4 Status / TODO page]

2000-11-06 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 08:00:05AM +, David Woodhouse wrote: > I'm more interested in the case where the module is loaded for the second > time: Is there really a reason to unload a module in normal usage? Beyond miniscule memory savings and hack value? You can solve the whole problem with

Re: [PATCH] OOM killer API (was: [PATCH] VM fix for 2.4.0-test9 & OOM handler)

2000-10-11 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Oct 12, 2000 at 01:58:49AM +1100, Matthew Hawkins wrote: > On 2000-10-11 10:33:39 -0400, Bruce A. Locke wrote: > > > > Your making the deadly assumption that all applications behave themselves > > exactly the same all the time. Oops... netscape decided to freak out and > > take up all yo

Re: Larger dev_t

2001-03-27 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 02:13:47PM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote: > The problems with devfs (other than kernel memory bloat, which is pretty > much guaranteed to be much worse than the bloat a larger dev_t would > entail) is that it needs complex auxilliary mechanisms to make > "chmod /dev/foo" work

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 04:02:49PM -0500, Timur Tabi wrote: > ** Reply to message from Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on > Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:46:25 -0400 > > > I agree entirely that Linus, as creator of the license, is > > privileged with respect to interpretat

Re: tcp stack tuning and Checkpoint FW1 & Legato Networker

2001-07-04 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 07:02:36PM -0700, George Bonser wrote: > > I want to set the tcp_keepalive timer to 60 seconds and understand > > possible implications for Linux. > > echo 60 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time By default, this is only polled by the kernel every 75 seconds, so you wou

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:17:16PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > IANAL, but I believe that Linus's position as anthology copyright holder > makes him privileged in this respect. Regardless of what you find in the books, recall that Linus has stated that decentralizing the copyright of Linux was

Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic

2001-06-21 Thread Andrew Pimlott
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 04:13:22PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Andrew Pimlott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:17:16PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > > > IANAL, but I believe that Linus's position as anthology copyright holder > > >