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Palm introduces Linux-based laptop.

Posted: 30 May 2007 03:15 PM PDT

ZnU wrote: 

That, and they'd have several years of picking up a market. They can
lock people onto the platform through "killer" applications.
 

A) I was thinking more for wi-fi networks.
B) Not *yet*. Do you honestly think it won't improve over the next few
years?
 

Yes, full fledged operating systems like *Linux*, which is what they're
using. There is absolutely no reason that the current system they're
using couldn't scale up.
 

I've used touch-sensitive keyboards before. I still haven't seen one
that works well. I have no reason to believe that it will work better on
a smaller area.
 

I'm pretty good with graffiti, much better than I am pecking at such
small keyboards.
 

Jobs has lied before. "The one button mouse is here to stay!" "We'll
have 3ghz G5s by the summer!" "Why would anyone want to watch video on a
2 inch screen?" Etc, etc. First and foremost, he's a salesperson, and
he'll do everything in his power to generate momentum for his new
product. Even if it means lying.

Is there a means of automatically setting directory permissions

Posted: 30 May 2007 08:14 AM PDT

On 2007-05-30, voipfc <com> wrote: 

Simply running umask in a shell affects only that shell and
subprocesses. Modifying the umask globally requires modifications to
/etc/profile or the equivalent (and restarting any open shells, or
getting every logged-in user to source the modified file). Modifying it
for one user permanently requires modifying ~/.bash_profile or
equivalent.

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YUM ERROR

Posted: 29 May 2007 09:24 AM PDT

On May 31, 10:46 pm, Wayne Dernoncourt <com> wrote: 

What? You may need to find a new base repository, or mirror an old
one.yourself if the standard . But the problem is more likely the
mixing of livna and other non-Fedora-published repositories. And
mplayer is *NOT* a base Fedora core package, due to patent and
software licensing reasons.

Expecting the FC published base and updates-released and extras to
always interroperate with rpmforge, pidgin, crash-hat, and livna is
asking for your new Bose CD player in your car to interoperate with
the GPS your mom bought you without having to get.... clever with the
wiring.

Diskless Print Server ??

Posted: 29 May 2007 08:19 AM PDT

Douglas Mayne wrote: 

It will certainly run faster than a 10MbpS link will feed it. I run all
parallel on even 100mpbs and its all slower than the parallel interface
will go native..

If 

USB IS slower than parallel IME. 
we used to do that..but with print servers in a box being peanuts, the
novelty wore off. AND they DO need disks.

Error running nautilus as root

Posted: 28 May 2007 05:36 AM PDT

> try at least 'su -' to see how clever your distro set 

This did it! Thanks for your help!

Matthew

free spyware and virus checker for Linux?

Posted: 27 May 2007 12:02 PM PDT

On Sun, 27 May 2007 19:02:03 +0000, Umma Gumma wrote:
 
ClamAV : http://www.clamav.net
F-Prot (free, as in beer, for home users): http://www.f-prot.com/

Viruses...
Linux viruses do exist, in theory. The main purpose for using AV on
GNU/Linux is to prevent prevalent viruses from spreading. AFAICT, The
most prevalent viruses are written with another platform targetted
specifically. For example, using AV could prevent you from forwarding an
EMail with a virus attached. I would say that the virus would need to be
"forwarded" because it is unlikely that a virus would be attached from a
native GNU/Linux system, and be self-propogating from that platform.

Spyware...
AFAICT, spyware is divided into two categories:
1. Designed to track a specific online presence and activity. This method
uses browser cookie tracking, IP connection tracking between collaborating
or associated websites (such as, was publicized with doubleclick), and
other forms of data mining.

2. More virus-like behaviour (keyloggers, rootkits, etc.) This form could
enlist the PC in a bot-net, etc. IMO, people would not be sane if they
allowed their computer to be controlled in this manner.

Given the stark contrast to the two forms it is important to distiguish
which form is of most concern.

laptop display problems with Linux live CD

Posted: 26 May 2007 05:47 PM PDT

On 30 May 2007 05:10:30 -0700,net, wrote
 
Actually I have the opportunity to try several live distributions
in the last few months and Mandriva 2006 thru 2007 Spring works a treat
but so does DSL current,
Puppy 2.0.3cc,
Ubunto 7.04,
Fedora Core 5,

Mandriva 2007 Spring updated my previous 2007 without any hitches
last weekend. It is running on a cheap desktop replacement (heavy
laptop) with Celeron 1.8, 512 MB of DRAM and doing dual boot on a
111 GB hard drive. SiS chipset all around. I had to add a
refurbished 3COM PCMCIA modem to get it online.

You guys who offer advice here are great to spend so much time
with ignorant newbies and help Linux spread. I have been reading
for just over a year and am still using my Amiga for posting and
e-mail after an exhaustion fueled mistake crashed my initial address
and newsgroup listings on the "compromise" as I call my other computer.
Thanks again for all the hints and help you meant for others
but which I also profitted by.

later
bliss -- C O C O A Powered... (at california dot com)

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Where did the upper right hand menu go?

Posted: 26 May 2007 12:22 AM PDT

Darren Salt <demon.cu.invalid> did eloquently scribble: 
 
 
 
 
 

Could've been SuSE or Mandriva, y'know.
:)
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Debian Question: linux-image-2.6...-k7 vs. linux-image-2.6...-amd64

Posted: 25 May 2007 03:37 PM PDT

Ant <com> writes: 

Sarge, Etch, Lenny, and Sid are all different tracks. Currently these
correspond to:

oldstable=Sarge
stable=Etch
testing=Lenny
unstable=Sid (Sid is always unstable)
 

Among free software programs, nearly all have 64-bit ports.
 

Of these programs I have only installed xine and xmms, and both of
them are 64-bit executables.

You can check particular packages by looking at the page of the
package. E.g., for XMMS in unstable:
<http://packages.debian.org/unstable/sound/xmms.html>.

Followups set to alt.os.linux.debian.

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Can cp (copy) use hard linking to save space like rsync snapshots?

Posted: 25 May 2007 04:58 AM PDT

Grant <com.au> writes:
 
 

Hard links work only on the same partition. The do NOT work across
partitions.
And you do not use cp, you use ln
ln file1 file2 makes file2 a hard link to file1
But again, that leaves only one copy of the file, not two. It is NOT a
backup.



 
 

Installing old linux on new RAID hardware

Posted: 25 May 2007 01:47 AM PDT

In <46589b30$0$56922$newsreader.octanews.com> Beta <com> writes:
 
 
[del]

To find out which version is required, have a look inside the kernel
Doentation/Changes files:

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
....
o util-linux 2.10o # fdformat --version
o module-init-tools 0.9.10 # depmod -V
o e2fsprogs 1.29 # tune2fs
....

Module-Init-Tools
-----------------

A new module loader is now in the kernel that requires module-init-tools
to use. It is backward compatible with the 2.4.x series kernels.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

So, you should check if it's a least that version, then you should be
fine. As you will have to compile a custom kernel anyway, you should
check all other program version mentioned in this file, before you
have a go at it.
 
 
 

OK, I see.

Good luck,
Uli
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Running Linux (which version) in a Virtual Machine for Windows XP

Posted: 22 May 2007 01:06 PM PDT

On Tue, 22 May 2007 20:06:20 GMT, Umma Gumma
<Invalid> wrote: 

With a small amount of RAM (256MB or less), you want to avoid bloated
GUI environments like Gnome or KDE. Try Xubuntu or even Damn Small
Linux.


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I have no printer, where is lpr printing?

Posted: 22 May 2007 08:57 AM PDT

Baho Utot wrote: 
Never had that..

My huge HP plotter failed and I got 'man in' to service it. He
diagnosed overcurrent in the main head motor..he basically cleaned all
the cigarette ash, dog hairs and dead mice out of it and greased the
slides with snake oil..it worked!..wonderful two hours of chat as well.
I never ever got a bill either..

Redialing with sendfax (mgetty+fax) if busy

Posted: 21 May 2007 01:25 PM PDT

Alex <com> writes:
 
 

Why are you trying to reinvent the wheel? Faxservers are precisely to solve
problems like you have.

 

It retries the next time the faxq runs. Three times according your config.

 
 
 
 
 

Yes.
crontab -e
0-55/5 * * * * /usr/bin/faxrunq
runs faxrunq every 5 min. When a fax does not go through this tries again
next time it is run.

faxspool spools the fax.

 
 

Problem with configuring Telnet

Posted: 21 May 2007 04:34 AM PDT

In comp.os.linux.setup The Natural Philosopher <a@b.c>: 

[ telnet doesn't work? ]
 
 

It's installed and enabled according to the OP, if you care to
take a look.
 

If you abandon all the advantages of ssh in exchange for
insecurity it just means you haven't really worked much with ssh.

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download linux server with PHP 4 on windowx xp

Posted: 21 May 2007 01:49 AM PDT

On Mon, 21 May 2007 11:24:53 -0500, John Hasler <gt.org> wrote:

 
 
 
 

Of course it will. While linux is running, the windows installation will be
stopped siting dormant on the hard drive.

upgrading to kernel 2.6.21.1 problem

Posted: 19 May 2007 04:14 PM PDT

Hi, thanks and sorry for the late reply, i've been running lots of
experiments here, as i have time avaiable.

Em Segunda, 21 de Maio de 2007 02:17, Jerry McBride escreveu:
 
Actualy some modules have been renamed:
ip_nat_ftp and ip_nat_irc are now nf_nat_ftp and nf_nat_irc
and so the same changes in ip_conntrack_

The "network options" in the kernel config is getting more and more
complicated, it would be great if the helps in that section would give us
the module name that will be created, like the most options in "device
drivers". The "network options" section is becaming too complex and it
should have better helping texts... that's my opinion.

Anyway, i've net, nat and almost everything running now
somewow, the system have adapted to the new module naming.

i have now a weird situation with one program that worked fine in 2.6.18 and
now is not working right, and i have yet to test my firewire interface...
other than that, the rest seems fine now.

 
Humm... module doesn't exist lots a lots of times ;)

Thanks again for your reply
ArameFarpado

C++ compiler cannot create executables

Posted: 19 May 2007 06:12 AM PDT

> checking for libmcrypt version... configure: error: libmcrypt version 

Doh! My mind disengaged for a moment there.
I did a quick Google for libmcrypt rpm and came up with this site:
dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/libmcrypt/

It worked like a charm.

On another note, I couldn't figure out how to add it as a repository
to Yum.
http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/FAQ.php#B4 

I installed rpmforge-release but that didn't seem to add it to /etc/
yum.conf

Any ideas?

How to create the /etc/modprobe.conf file from scratch

Posted: 19 May 2007 12:50 AM PDT

On 20 May, 07:26, maxim2k <com> wrote: 

A farirly significant set of drivers are either hard-loaded into the
kernel, or hard-coded into the initrd.img for the CD or floppy image:
enough to access most basic types of hardware enougeither h to mount
and make accessible the rest of the drivers from the CD or network
boot. It's a real bootstrap sort of process.

Then Anaconda or the installer is supposed to do some guessing and
poking to detect the rest of the hardware and stores the generated
list in the new system's modprobe.conf.

Installing new system drive, doesn't work?

Posted: 18 May 2007 05:26 PM PDT

Baho Utot wrote: 

I set all the permissions as you show them in your list.

Making 2.6.x modules needs full kernel source or only headers?

Posted: 18 May 2007 11:18 AM PDT

On Sun, 20 May 2007 21:22:31 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
 

<shrug> I don't know, I'm only just starting to learn about this modules
stuff.
 

What if I'm not trying to make all the modules, just one of them (my own)?

Geek blowing smoke? (dual-boot advice)

Posted: 18 May 2007 09:45 AM PDT

You're in the Phoenix area? Small world. Me too.

Jack

Moe Trin wrote: 

RTFM'd, Still Having Trouble with FC6 Kernel Sources

Posted: 18 May 2007 06:17 AM PDT

Eric wrote: 

I don't know much about kernel-making,
but is the name of the kernel likely to be specified in the .config file?
I would have thought it was more likely to be implemented
in /sbin/kernelinstall .

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