--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00025 Date: 12/18/97 From: JAMES VAHN Time: 07:41pm \/To: LAWRENCE LUCIER (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Herc mono monitor > As soon as I move my mouse, even the tiniest bit, both of the above mentioned > objects disappear and all I am left with is a very, very small rectangle > situated in the lower left hand corner of the screen.............. > .......which mouse driver did you use when running Herc; X or gpm? Before you run startx, try running 'gpm -k' to kill it. Try other mouse drivers in the XF86Config file. You're almost there.. :-) --- ifmail-tx (i386 Linux) * Origin: jvahn@short.circuit.com (1:346/15.1@fidonet) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00026 Date: 12/18/97 From: JAMES VAHN Time: 07:51pm \/To: RONNIE GIBSON (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Scripts > > #! /bin/bash > > clear > > mc -b > > In these scripts what is the blasted > #! and less so the /bin/bash for? It isn't needed if you're already running bash, but what if the script was for perl....? Then you would use: #!/usr/bin/perl Ditto if the script is tcsh, awk, or what_have_you. It causes that shell to load before the rest of the script is run. --- ifmail-tx (i386 Linux) * Origin: jvahn@short.circuit.com (1:346/15.1@fidonet) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00027 Date: 12/19/97 From: SCOTT MCNAY Time: 04:58pm \/To: JIM BALCOM (Read 5 times) Subj: Installing from CDRom Following up a message from Robert Wilkinson to Jim Balcom: -=> Jim Balcom said unto Robert Wilkinson <=- J> If that one doesn't work for you, then I suggest that you find a different J> hard drive controller, or a different CD-Rom drive. (New 24x CD-Rom drives J> are now less than $80 USD. ) Correction: new 100x CD-ROM drives are now less than $80. --Scott. --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: Wizard's, 254-554-2146, Abacus PLUS, 903-3097 (1:395/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00028 Date: 12/19/97 From: SCOTT MCNAY Time: 05:00pm \/To: ROBERT WILKINSON (Read 5 times) Subj: Installing from CDRom *** Robert Wilkinson wrote in a message to Patrick Moran: RW> should have been at hdc as I have 2 hard drives in the RW> system... however, even DOS couldn't find the drive. So RW> I've decided to upgrade to a newer box and will be moving RW> the drives to it this week. I saw this problem on a couple of IBM systems. Turned out that the problem was due to the PIO setting in the CMOS setup being too high (default tting). --Scott. --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: Wizard's, 254-554-2146, Abacus PLUS, 903-3097 (1:395/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00029 Date: 12/19/97 From: SCOTT MCNAY Time: 05:03pm \/To: WILLIAM MCBRINE (Read 5 times) Subj: Upgrades *** William Mcbrine wrote in a message to Scott Mcnay: WM> It's not the first bug in the Pentium, either, though I'd Oh, definitely, but some people have to be told that several times before they get the idea. ;) The last time I saw a complete list of known bugs in the Pentium and PPro, it was at least a full page long (maybe 2, I don't recall anymore), one item per line. --Scott. --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: Wizard's, 254-554-2146, Abacus PLUS, 903-3097 (1:395/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00030 Date: 12/19/97 From: SCOTT MCNAY Time: 05:06pm \/To: MATT BENEDICT (Read 5 times) Subj: Modem *** Matt Benedict wrote in a message to Scott Mcnay: >What's so great about it? Meaning, why should one rent a modem for $99 >when you can just buy one (cheap, admittedly) for less (yes, 56K)? MB> I like the fact that it is wireless! I don't like the MB> renting part or having to buy into their service. I would MB> like to get a nice wireless network going. I have a bunch of MB> people in my area that have computers and it would be nice MB> to be able to have all our computers connected together via MB> some form of LOWCOST wireless network. Oh, WIRELESS. That's certainly another matter!! ;) --Scott. --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: Wizard's, 254-554-2146, Abacus PLUS, 903-3097 (1:395/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00031 Date: 12/19/97 From: SCOTT MCNAY Time: 05:07pm \/To: PATRICK MORAN (Read 5 times) Subj: Installing from CDRom *** Patrick Moran wrote in a message to Scott McNay: PM> If this so-called ATAPI compliant CDROM is a WINDOZE PnP SM> What's the difference between a PnP CDROM and a non-PnP CD-ROM? > I've seen some Pioneer drives labeled as PnP, but I haven't the > faintest idea how it might be different from a non-PnP drive, > assuming that there is any difference, considering that it's the > adapter that needs the configuration, not the drive. PM> PnP is something used by idiot WINDOZE users that can't read This still isnt an answer to my question, namely, what's different about a PnP CD-ROM drive? It seemed to install and work under both Win95 and MS-DOS just like any other CD-ROM drive. --Scott. --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: Wizard's, 254-554-2146, Abacus PLUS, 903-3097 (1:395/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00032 Date: 12/19/97 From: SCOTT MCNAY Time: 05:13pm \/To: HANS TEGNERUD (Read 5 times) Subj: Memory problems.. *** Hans Tegnerud wrote in a message to Scott McNay: HT> I downloaded a (two actually) program that's supposed to HT> manage some setup options and be able to create a 'setup HT> partition' or something. This is supposed to hold the HT> program that's connected to F10 at boot time. If you can boot up from floppy, you can do without the setup partition. I'm not sure, but I think that the setup partition is normally at the end of th drive. If you have an email address, I can archive these two diskettes (assuming that I can find them ;) and email them to you. --Scott. --- timEd 1.01 * Origin: Wizard's, 254-554-2146, Abacus PLUS, 903-3097 (1:395/11) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00033 Date: 12/19/97 From: LEO MENSINK Time: 04:12pm \/To: ALBERT JANSSEN (Read 5 times) Subj: partities Dag Albert, Op , schreef Albert aan Leo Mensink: L >> gebruiken. Dos-Fdisk geeft na verwijdering van de Dos-formatie aan: L >> St Volumenaam MB Systeem Gebruik D: 396 Unknown L >> 100% AJ>> Is this a FAT32-one perhaps ? Don't think so. Fdisk tells me: DOS 16-bit. AJ>> Or are you using a SCSI-HDD or some (weird;-) EIDE ? Again: don't think so. It's a Quantum Bigfoot 1080 Mb. ...... L >> # fdisk /dev/hda2 --> geeft dezelfde reaktie. AJ>> You can't do that AFAIK (I can; the computer can't...) AFAIK: that's short for? AJ>> fdisk /dev/hda fdisk /dev/hdb fdisk /dev/sda are possible e.g. The only answer is 'Unable to read.' L >> -- Wat moet ik doen om met Linux-Fdisk partities te laten maken? ..... AJ>> (Is the HDD detected, and yes, what info gives it ?) Do you mean: 'hd c: ST - 506 interface disk with more than 16 heads detected...'(?) (disk 0: cyl=528, sect=63, head=64) ...... AJ>> from, as he asked for it, (and as he knew a little dutch) his next AJ>> e-mail had the subject: Ah, U bent een Nederlander ! :) That's a smart guy. Bye Leo * Internet: lmensink@worldonline.nl ... A Vulcan can no sooner be disloyal than he can exist without breathing. --- GoldED 2.50+ * Origin: From...Point..to..Point... (Fidonet 2:500/109.6393) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: EGP00034 Date: 12/19/97 From: LAWRENCE LUCIER Time: 11:10am \/To: RONNIE GIBSON (Read 5 times) Subj: Re: Scripts Ronnie Gibson @ 1:377/35 wrote on 12-17-97 21:14 about *Re: Scripts* RG> -=> Quoting James Vahn to Lawrence Lucier <=- RG> In these scripts what is the blasted RG> #! and less so the /bin/bash for? Points to which shell is being used for command support. --- Sqed/32 1.14/r15155 * Origin: T-Shirts 'N Genes BBS - (250) 748-3408 v32b v42b XA CM (1:340/204)