--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: F1400014 Date: 01/02/98 From: DUO ANZIO Time: 08:26pm \/To: ALL (Read 4 times) Subj: mouse & maelstrom Any one know how to get a mouse to work with maelstrom in linux? I can't eem to be able to move my mouse across the screen when I get into the game. My mouse is on com1. Thanks duo telnet://thorny.ml.org --- Teenagers - GODS punishment for unplanned sex !! --- Virtual Advanced Ver 2 for DOS * Origin: Thorny's BBS, Lawrence, Kansas USA, (785) 832-2011 (1:299/121) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: F1400015 Date: 01/02/98 From: EDMUND WONG Time: 06:28am \/To: PATRICK MORAN (Read 4 times) Subj: Linux in Space Hark! Did Patrick Moran whisper to John Greer about: PM> What they ought to do is to send Gates and all of his software up PM> in a shuttle then aim it toward a remote black hole and hit the PM> retros. Wouldn't that be sending him BACK to earth? Don't you mean thrusters or boosters? :) Take Care Edmund --- * Origin: In ways than not, I should be a . (1:153/7083) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: F1400016 Date: 01/04/98 From: PERRY LORIER Time: 12:28am \/To: LAWRENCE LUCIER (Read 4 times) Subj: irc-newbie Lawrence Lucier wrote in a message to Perry Lorier: PL> Undernet has #Linux. LL> Thanks! PL> channel is also +s, so it doesn't appear in a /list so they don't PL> get annoying people joining. LL> Hmmm........is there any way of finding out the names of channels LL> which don't show up with the /list command? Nope, You could possibly "/topic #chan" or "/mode #chan" or "/who #chan"... they may give you some indication if the given channel exists or not, but the reason that they don't appear is because they are +s, they don't want to be found, it stops people joining every channel on IRC and spamming... LL> It appears that LL> UnderNet also carries the OS/2 channel I monitor on EFNet but that LL> too is also unlisted........weird! Just assume they're there and /join them :) Another possible idea is to find someone interesting and /whois them and find out which channels they're on :) PL> Just /join the channel, it's there... LL> I did........thanks again! :-) 'Welcome :) ... Oxymoron: Cherokee pioneer --- O * Origin: Void where prohibited by law (3:774/950.42) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: F1400017 Date: 12/31/97 From: LEO ENGELEN Time: 09:52am \/To: ERIK FORSBERG (Read 4 times) Subj: Can smail readress outgoing mail ? Erik Forsberg wrote in a message to All: EF> I'd like smail to readress the From: header in my outgouing mail, EF> when they leave my system they should have another address than it EF> had when i left pine. EF> Is this possible ? Yes you can, In the generic part of your transport driver, do not include a "from" but a : append_header="From: whatever@you.want.here" Have a look at the man pages transports(5) Groetjes, Leo --- FMail/386 1.02 * Origin: --=< Antwerp - Belgium >=-- (2:292/854.20) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: F1400018 Date: 01/03/98 From: PATRICK MORAN Time: 10:49am \/To: ED SUDA (Read 4 times) Subj: Installation * In a message to Patrick Moran on 01-02-98 * ED SUDA said the following: PM> logical partition. It does not have to be in the MBR. I don't put PM> it in the MBR so that I know I can at least boot my system in DOS ES> I see now that it says "boot sector of your hard disk" here in my > Bible. I ASSumed that it was referring to the "master boot record" > of the hard disk. I guess it should instead say "boot sector of > your partition" or something. It does not mention that installation > option at all. Maybe this will be of some help to you and other people that aren't well versed in IBM's BIOS method of booting. The MBR is a totally separate entity on a hard drive. It is the very first sector on the hard drive. It's main contents is the partition info. Every partition and diskette and other similar devices (tape drives and CDROMs excluded) contain a boot record. The boot record contains information about the partition or diskette or other device as to the sector size, type of file system (FAT-16, FAT-12, FAT-32, HPFS, EXT2, etc.) and some other information. If the device is to be bootable, it will have a binary boot program that the BIOS reads. This program tells BIOS what to execute next and where to find it. (DOS = IO.SYS or IBMBIO.COM and DOS.SYS or IBMDOS.COM. Other OSes will load some other programs.) This is commonly referred to as the kernel. The boot sector also has an identifier code to designate it as a DOS drive (55AA Hex) in the last two bytes of the sector. Therefore drive C: will have both an MBR and a BOOT sector. DOS is wasteful and the entire first track is reserved for the MBR even though only one sector of it is used. For DOS the boot sector will be found in the first sector of track 1 (the first track on the drive is track 0,) cylinder 0. Pat Moran Computer Services (505) 867-9146 Bernalillo, NM bugsy@nmol.com --- SPEED 2.00 #2650 No?! Some people still read mail a packet at a time?! * Origin: * Binary illusions BBS * Albuquerque, NM * 505.897.8282 * (1:301/45) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: F1400019 Date: 01/03/98 From: PATRICK MORAN Time: 10:49am \/To: SIMON HUGGINS (Read 4 times) Subj: Where to put executables * In a message to Patrick Moran on 12-31-97 * SIMON HUGGINS said the following: SH>>> I've got Netscape 3.04 if that helps/confuses you?!?! PM>> That has JAVA 3.04 with it. SH>> So how come I can't get it to work?!?! SH>> I don't understand what I've done :( PM> Where is JAVA304 located? SH> It's java_301 I've got and it's in /usr/local/netscape/java/classes > like it says in the README in /usr/local/bin/netscape Okay, just manually put java_304 in that directory. You can delete the 3.01 version. I had to do this too when I upgraded from 3.01 to 3.04. If I remember correctly, the .tgz package doesn't put it there automatically. Don't know why, but! Pat Moran Computer Services (505) 867-9146 Bernalillo, NM bugsy@nmol.com --- SPEED 2.00 #2650 I forgot to pay my exorcist. He reposessed me. * Origin: * Binary illusions BBS * Albuquerque, NM * 505.897.8282 * (1:301/45) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: F1400020 Date: 01/03/98 From: PATRICK MORAN Time: 10:49am \/To: WILLIAM MCBRINE (Read 4 times) Subj: uhm, help. :) * In a message to Ken Reaverson on 01-02-98 * WILLIAM MCBRINE said the following: KR> While I do have a primary DOS partition defined, Linux won't be able KR> to see it because it's another primary, and I don't know if Linux KR> can see other primary partitions or not, but the other OS's I work KR> with can't, so I assume Linux will be the same way. WM> Linux is smarter than those other OSes. :-) It can indeed mount all the > primary partitions at once. WM> In the case of those other OSes (DOS, Windows, and OS/2), it's largely > their system of drive letter assignment that keeps them from using more > than one primary partition at a time. Fourtunately, Linux is not fflicted > with drive letters. Not only that, Linux could care less what it is. Linux doesn't differentiate between Primary and Logical partitions. They are all the same to Linux. WM> ... That's not a bug, that's a feature -Bill Gates Pat Moran Computer Services (505) 867-9146 Bernalillo, NM bugsy@nmol.com --- SPEED 2.00 #2650 Yes my son, long ago mail was read 1 packet at a time. * Origin: * Binary illusions BBS * Albuquerque, NM * 505.897.8282 * (1:301/45) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: F1400021 Date: 01/03/98 From: PATRICK MORAN Time: 10:49am \/To: WAYNE FALLEN (Read 4 times) Subj: Problems with Linux Redha * In a message to All on 01-01-98 * WAYNE FALLEN said the following: WF> 3: I get to the partition disks part of the installation and Drive > 1 ../dev/hda - Model WDC AC 33100H HDD is selected. (This is the one > already partitioned by FIPS) All you have done with FIPS is make your DOS partition smaller and left a vacant unassigned partition. (Although it may show as two DOS partitions in the partition table. The second partition would have to be formatted anyway.) WF> 4: I press enter at the 'done' section of install You aren't done. You have not partitioned the drive WF> 5: Scanning hard drives is displayed WF> 6: Swap space not defined, continue of repartition is displayed You need to make make a swap partition in addition to a linux native partition. WF> 7: I press enter for continue WF> 8: no linux native partitions defined, you must return to > repartition HDD is displayed That is because you have not defined a Linux partition to format. WF> 9: I press ok WF> 10: I select the menu option WF> 11: what steps would you like to run is displayed WF> 12: display is thus; WF> * select installation path > * setup SCSI > * partition disk > * setup swap space > * find installation files > setup filesystems > choose partitions to format > choose packages to install > install system You have not completed the steps that do not have an asterisk in front of them. Also you have not defined a Linux native or swap partition. WF> 13: I select choose partitions to format and installation is > terminated with message reboot system safely That is because you have not defined a Linux partition. WF> I am unable to run the Linux fdisk - what am I doing wrong?? Go back to the partition disk step and complete it and do the rest of the steps. When you run fdisk, select which partition you want and make it a Linux native filesystem (type 83) Most likely you will want to split that partition left over from DOS into two or three partitions. At least two, one for swap and one for Linux. The swap partition will be type 82. (From the listed available types.) I have never used FIPS or any other similar type of program. I don't like them. I back up and repartition. Fortunately when only one partition is involved, you just need to back up that partition then run fdisk and split that partition up. But make sure you know what you are doing. It best to back up everything. Most likely that partition you split will show up as two DOS partitions. Delete the one you don't want and make new partition(s) in that space. You should be able to identify it by size. Make damn sure it's the right one! Like I say, it's best to back up and redo the system from scratch. Since you are reducing the size of the DOS FAT partition, you may gain a lot by reformatting it and possibly reduce the cluster size. Then setup your swap partition and make the Linux ext2 filesystem with the next step. Also. The reason you can't split D: is that FIPS and other such utilities will only work on primary partitons. Makes sense to me, Logical partitions are within an extended partition and you would have to completely repartition it and remake the logical partitions. Might as well back up and do it right. Pat Moran Computer Services (505) 867-9146 Bernalillo, NM bugsy@nmol.com --- SPEED 2.00 #2650 ... How do I set my laser printer to stun? * Origin: * Binary illusions BBS * Albuquerque, NM * 505.897.8282 * (1:301/45) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 241 LINUX Ref: F1400022 Date: 01/03/98 From: ERIK FORSBERG Time: 05:46pm \/To: PER K HANSEN (Read 4 times) Subj: Re: Installation PKH> The only bad thing is: When i have made a file request or a PKH> crash message to another system than my boss, I have to PKH> manually write ifcico -r1 z2.n235.nX it cant figure it out by PKH> itself (Well I think it can, but i have to do something first). Two minute hack follows: ,,, (o o) File: do_crasch_files ---*reiss*------*schnippel*------oOO--(_)--OOo-------*knabber*-----*fetz*--- #!/bin/sh for f in *; do case $f in *.req) touch `basename $f req`cut esac done ---*reiss*------*schnippel*--------------------------*knabber*-----*fetz*--- Name it whatever, make it executable, run it in your outbound directory.. It should do a *.cut file, for every *.req file in the directory, and if you call ifcico with the -r1 parameter, it probably will call the system.. No warranty ;-) \EF --- FEddi 0.9pl7.1 via ifcico * Origin: --==>> forsberg@audiophile.com <<==-- (2:204/536.2)