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using killall from the background 3231
You have essentially a script being run as a daemon, apparently to give it root priviledge so that it...
using killall from the background 3232
how I get my terminal to login and talk to the site to see what is running. The script clears the...
PLF where'd all the packages go
Kevin" So what is it that you think people are going to do? Contact every organization in the world and ask them if they have someone named "Kevin" working for them...
PLF where'd all the mirrored packages go
I didn't check enough of the mirrors listed on PLFs main site. Of the many I checked, only one site had more than one package, and that "good" site had all the ones I've been...
Recommendations 3235
Most recent Linux distros (like most recent Doze) require at least 128 MB RAM just...
Recommendations 3236
Roark If possible, increase the memory to 256 Megabytes. You will probably not like it at all if it is less than...
control Unix program from Mac
Until now, I always run a C simulation program in unix and use gnuplot # to plot the result. Now I'm thinking of use MPI to run a C program # parallel in unix to get the...
Why are Linux Applications So Unstable
I have been using Linux for about one month now and one thing I have discovered is that Linux applications tend to be very unstable. For example kaffeine crashes all the time. Mplayer...
Apps crash under heavy swapping: inherent flaw or misconfigured Distribution: world
Hello! At work I use a PC with 1GB of RAM under RH LINUX. Quite often I cause it to swap...
Installation Problem of Redhat Enterprise Linux in Dell PowerEdge
In a message on Sat, 11 Jun 2005 11:01:43 -0400, wrote : One of the 'gothchas' with the RHEL distros...
Huge Planned Windope Migration Put On Hold
200.112.12.247 Richard Trouser sock puppet The company I work for had big plans for a Windope rollout early this summer and the Linux team has been squawking non stop for the...
Huge Planned Windope Migration Put On Hold! 3242
I think you just have to look around any large corporation, what are people still running on...
Huge Planned Windope Migration Put On Hold! 3243
Spoon poked his little head through the XP firewall and said: Not in our group. Server: We run a Win 2000 server with a small domain for the trailer in which we work. We also...
Huge Planned Windope Migration Put On Hold! 3244
kobold.demon.co.uk Spoon You were doing fine until you started fabricating the following: The same old microshaft drivel. New accounts, but the same outdated drivel. Microshaft word is incompatible with other...
Huge Planned Windope Migration Put On Hold! 3245
7, in your humerous post, you have perfectly described every Windows admin nightmare. How to deal with uncontrollable users. Since the start of my job here, we have rolled...
Huge Planned Windope Migration Put On Hold! 3246
7 You know what, it is really people like yourself that really and truely forces people from giving open...
Problems burning a double layer DVD
I'm trying to use growisofs to write to a dvd double layer DVD, but not having much success. I have been able to used growisofs to write a single layer...
Problems burning a double layer DVD
Ken, I've successfully burned DL DVDs with k3b. It uses growisofs as a back end, and there is an option (at the end, after burning IIRC) to look at...
Suppressing Output
comp.os.linux.misc - This is my first time posting to a Linux group, so please let me know if there's a better place to put this. I'm pretty new with Linux and have been messing around...
Please Try and Help Terri
There is a lot of evidence that may implicate Terri's husband, may involve the politicians in the state of...
apparanttmp security hole
That is the right permission fortmp (or, the general practice for the directory for a *nix OS). It...
aptget wants to install on remove 3252
Alan Connor Out of curiosity, why did you switch to a woody kernel, instead of grabbing a kernel off of kernel.org? It would likely have saved you a...
aptget wants to install on remove 3253
On comp.os.linux.misc, in Mol" Because the kernel from Debian comes with Debian-specific patches that I...
aptget wants to install on remove 3254
John-Paul Stewart" No you haven't. When you installed each of those versions they came with Debian kernels. Reprinted with permission of Linux Magazine Kernel Configuration...
Userrevised docs Was: aptget wants to install on remove
Alan Connor Which packages require it? I haven't run a Debian kernel since shortly after I started using Linux in 1999. Since they evolve on a per-user basis...
aptget wants to install on remove 3256
Mike Mol said: Because you can't easily add notes to them! I saved parts of the original manpages for...
Mozilla profile
I have a heck of a time with Mozilla. The first time I start it...
sync clock on PC with time on internet
ntp does it. YOur clock may be unaffected because it is so far out, ntp refuses to change it. Timezone in Linux is handled by the various time programs. The...
su without pbuttword prompt
Here, you decide: SU(1) NAME su - change user ID or become super-user SYNOPSIS su - username args DESCRIPTION su is...
Riva TNT problem
Hello i can't get working RIVA TNT2.proc-pci says that it sees: nVidia Corporation NV5 (RIVA TNT2-TNT2 PRO) I don't have such problems with Geforce2* cards. I installed 2.6.9...
Riva TNT problem
vertigo Here, you're configuring the framebuffer device. Don't do that; it's unnecessary, and conflicts with the "video mode selection support" that will let you run your console at higher text resolutions. The standard video...
Linux friendly internet service 3262
Pugilis T. Master" Earthlink. I have had a dialup with them, unlimited, for 21.95 a month, for years...
Linux friendly internet service 3263
In a message on Tue, 29 Mar 2005 11:36:59 -0600, wrote : Netzero's 'Linux' support is limited to one specific...
Linux friendly internet service 3264
Pugilis T. Master I'll either too. Linux will work with most dial-up ISPs. If...
Linux friendly internet service 3265
So, your Verizon first-line tech. support people are of about the same caliber (or lack thereof) as mine. Sorry to hear that. Reportedly, the key is to get a router with ethernet ports...
A few questions regarding samba from a samba and windows rookie
Hi I am trying to implement a simple Samba server on a Slackware 10.1 machine running for a bunch of Windows users that also...
Memory allocation problem
Hi all, I seem to be having this problem allocating memory with a finite element package. Does anyone have any suggestions? I have 1GB of RAM and...
Threads and processes on Linux
I have often heard that in a Linux environment there is no difference between threads and processes. I want to know if that is merely "rhetoric" or...
Threads and processes on Linux 3269
Hello Gus, It is more than "rhetoric". From a scheduler perspective, threads and processes are...
Threads and processes on Linux 3270
Loic, Thanks for the post - very helpful - it clears a few things up for me! I'm going to be cheeky and ask you a question that I posted...
Threads and processes on Linux 3271
sneck! Profiling shows ... what? I would look more closely at synchronization, implicit or explicit. If you're doing a lot of network I-O, it's possible that the...
Saving and restoring sessions across logins
I am aware that some desktops allow you to continue with your session across successive logins. For instance, if just before logging out...
Restricting access to specific commands
Well, you can't stop them easily using their OWN version of rcp, but you can stop...
How to get the locale information
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Please don't top post, and trim unnecessary quoted materiel. I've rearranged...
Need advice Linux vendors
Thanks for the recommendation. I was suprised how many companies are selling linux systems nationally and internationally. Trouble is so many of these companies have their heads up their buttes. You get the impression...
Linux hard drive sequence Drive letter buttignments Problem description
Thank you for all your replies. I will try to better articulate my need, and I hope that...
Linux hard drive sequence Drive letter buttignments Problem description
BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 David D. snip FWIW, You've already been given the answer, several times. The master device on the 1st IDE...
Linux hard drive sequence hdx drive mappings Question clarification
David D. It all depends on what order the hardware is found. It might be that the card with the lowest PCI bus ID is...
Our small business did it. A year without WinXP
We've had Linux for a number of years here at Adams-Blake Co. (Fair Oaks...
Our small business did it. A year without WinXP
John Winters The OO database feature (in 1.0) is lame compared to Access. Access is a complete programming and reporting environment. You can easily put up data-entry screens with logic coded (in VB...
Stallion EasyIO 8port serial PCI card
I am having problems getting our 8-port EasyIO PCI card working on Linux Fedora Core 3. I have...
Different IO rates when copying file
I'm trying to use dd to image the parbreastions on an old drive, using the command: dd if=-dev-hdd4 of=~-tmp-hdd4 The process has been running since about 1:30AM...
DNS trouble last hope
hi everyone, sorry to start another thread on my DNS issues. as yet, they are still unresolved. here i...
Reading USB 1.1 Cameras At The Same Time
I don't know if this is a problem per say in the USB 1.1 specification that these USB webcams I have (Intel Easy PC Camera) use...
Avery's "vi" resources
Hey. I rarely have time these days to spend on the Usenet; yet I find that, every once in a while, I need to ask...
MS Access 'equiv' for Linux
I do a lot of consulting and I always advise Linux when it is "right" for the (business) client. It's getting 'more right' all the...
MS Access 'equiv' for Linux 3287
Al. C You might have a look at Kylix from Borland. I'm not sure what database integration the Open Edition has, it wasn't clear from a quick Google. The only document I...
