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I have a sujjestion for the organisers of this dijest. The contents column can be made with HTML links.
Then the search in this mail will be easy
Love Salil
Linux India Digest wrote:
> Linux India Digest Monday, January 31 2000 Volume 01 : Number 553
>
> In this issue:
>
> Re: [LI] rp3 problems
> Re: [LI] help installing source rpm
> [LI] All Network Gurus
> [LI] The 3dimage975 card headaches
> Re: [LI] Software devlopment under linux
> [LI] New Celeron 433
> Re: [LI] Linux India - Chennai Chapter
> Re: [LI] New Celeron 433
> [LI] Re: info libc sockets
> Re: [LI] New Celeron 433
> Re: [LI] majordomo prob
> Re: [LI] Help me to install mtv
> RE: [LI] Re: info libc sockets
> Re: [LI] New Celeron 433
> Re: [LI] OMNIS HOWTO Required...
> Re: [LI] Help me to install mtv
> Re: [LI] Bringing some style to my C code - How?
> RE: [LI] New Celeron 433
> RE: [LI] New Celeron 433
> RE: [LI] New Celeron 433
> Re: [LI] Printer problems, perplexed!
> Re: [LI] HELP: Fortune
> [LI] Card and modems
> Re: [LI] Linux in a college subject
> Re: [LI] HELP: Fortune
> Re: [LI] Help me to install mtv
> Re: [LI] Help me to install mtv
> RE: [LI] Re: info libc sockets; not available
> Re: [LI] Return-Path in mutt composed mail.
> Re: [LI] World Clock
> Re: [LI] rp3 problems
> Re: [LI] cron error mail
> [LI] Problem with root floppy creation
> Re: [LI] Oracle on Linux-shared lib error
> [LI] Beautified my Code Successfully - Thanks
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 11:14:32 +0530
> >From: "Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] rp3 problems
>
> Sandip Bhattacharya forced the electrons to say:
> > I have a resolv.conf file with all the namesrvers of VSNL that I know
> > of. Now as soon as wvdial and/or rp3 dials and connects, it overwrites
>
> First of all, I should warn you of one thing - you can put as many name
> servers in your /etc/resolv.conf, but only the first three are used by the
> resolver functions. The rest are silently ignored.
>
> > resolv.conf with the nameservers that it has received as part of the PPP
> > handshaking process. Now in case it doesn't(which happens sometimes) the
>
> While looking through the documentation of pppd, I had noticed an ms-dns
> option, which tells MS clients what the DNS addresses are. Probably, in one
> case, your machine is (incorrectly) recognized as an MS client by MTNL's ppp
> server, and it sends you DNS addresses, and in the other case, it doesn't.
>
> > 2. Is there a way I can turn off this not-quite-helpful habit of
> > overwriting my resolv.conf file? I appreciate the helpful offering of
>
> What I have been doing is to keep my resolver configuration file elsewhere,
> and have a line
>
> cp -f /etc/resolv.conf.back /etc/resolv.conf
>
> in /etc/ppp/ip-up.
>
> Binand
>
> - --
> #include <stdio.h> | Binand Raj S.
> char *p = "#include <stdio.h>%cchar *p = %c%s%c; | This is a self-
> int main(){printf(p,10,34,p,34,10);return 0;}%c"; | printing program.
> int main(){printf(p,10,34,p,34,10);return 0;} | Try it!!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 11:18:07 +0530
> >From: "Binand Raj S." <binand@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] help installing source rpm
>
> Syed Khader Vali forced the electrons to say:
> > Sending one mail with cc'ing to two others means three mails. Please mail to
> > only one mail in the future.
>
> Not always. I have been noticing this, when someone from the list sends a mail
> to me CC the list, or vice versa, I get only one copy. sendmail (I think) is
> doing a fine job of identifying emails from their message ID and allowing only
> one copy to be delivered to me (or is it one of the other programs involved?
> They are imapd, fetchmail and procmail).
>
> Is that correct, or am I hallucinating?
>
> Binand
>
> - --
> #include <stdio.h> | Binand Raj S.
> char *p = "#include <stdio.h>%cchar *p = %c%s%c; | This is a self-
> int main(){printf(p,10,34,p,34,10);return 0;}%c"; | printing program.
> int main(){printf(p,10,34,p,34,10);return 0;} | Try it!!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 11:25:40 +0530
> >From: paradigm@xxxxxxxx
> Subject: [LI] All Network Gurus
>
> Hi all Network Gurus,
>
> How do I check a Network Hub? In my office there are three Compex 10MB and
> one Accton hub 10MB connected Samba and Windows95 boxes. Recently I
> noticed that there is a collusion on these three hubs, even copying a small
> 1 MB file takes more time and yellow indicator blinks continuously. I want
> to know whether I can check individually each ports and any software or
> hardware for the same? I used all my tricks but no scope. Anything is
> wrong with Accton Hub and Compex compatibility? Please help me. Please
> give your suggestions.
> Eagerly waiting.
> Thanking you in advance.
> Anil.
>
> Registered Linux user #156732
>
> paradigm TECHNOLOGIES Pvt. Ltd.
> No. 28, McNichol's Road, Chetpet, Chennai-600 031, INDIA.
> Tel: ++ 91 44 8257907 , ++ 91 44 8212763, ++ 91 44 8213654
> Fax: ++ 91 44 821 0418, Email: Anil <paradigm@xxxxxxxx>
> Visit us: http://business.vsnl.com/paradigm
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
> !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: 30 Jan 2000 22:30:13 -0800
> >From: Vimal Mathew <vml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LI] The 3dimage975 card headaches
>
> Hi,
> I guess Suvendra and Pankaj might be the lucky ones. Like I said
> in my mail, the installation for one card was smooth. But, systems
> do exist where the 3dImage shows wierd problems, like crashing on
> switching to text mode(Ctrl-Alt-F?) ...etc. The problem exists either
> in the driver or some crazy hardware+software combo. which throws up
> in Linux. I *had* fooled around with the Modelines, but to little
> avail.
>
> - --vml
>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 00:48:15 -0600
> >From: Sathya Rangaswamy <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Software devlopment under linux
>
> "amit.choudhary" wrote:
>
> > Hello Pramod,
> >
> > Interesting to know about Python. We have been Perl freaks till now (it
> > is good enuff for us) but now we'll experiment with Python too. The
> > portability surprises me.
> >
> > \
>
> I have programmed in perl and python. Python seems much more easier to code
> in. It will be nice to see
> python receive wide acceptance just as perl has. It suppports a good foreign
> function interface
> ie you can call C++,and Java (under Jpython). It is an OO language and
> supports polymorphism,overloading and inheritance.
> You will need a good editor as python is sensitive about the tabbing in your
> source code ie the syntax is
> based on the indentation of statements . This is a difference from the usual
> env but leads to
> prettier and easy to read code ;-)
> Emacs with its python mode works great. Incidentally some of the RH GUI's are
> written using python
> hth
> sathya
>
> >
> > Given its amazing power and simplicity, it is a pity that
> > few people are using it in India (or am I mistaken?). Why not give
> > it a try? Check out the Python website http://www.python.org.
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, Virajit Gundale wrote:
> >
> > > Hi friends,
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 13:12:34 -0000
> >From: Chetan Korke <koral@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LI] New Celeron 433
>
> Hi all,
>
> I am planning to buy an new mc.
>
> Since my budget is limited I will be going for an Celeron 433 with an
> INTEGRATED AGP CARD AND INTEGRATED SOUND. Other than that 64mb RAM and a
> 8gb HDD.
>
> What I want to know is that are there any compitablity issues of Linux with
> the integrated AGP/Sound Motherboards ? If yes what are the makes/models of
> mother boards with integrated AGP/Sound which I can specify to my vendor
> and are *cheap*.I will be going for an PCI Ethernet card. Which is the most
> preferred (cheap) PCI Ethernet card for Linux ?
> I want to allocated 2 GB to Linux. What should be the recommended
> partitions size ilike ? (the rest will be devoted to Win NT/95).
>
> TIA
>
> Regards
>
> Chetan
>
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>
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>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:56:56 -0600
> >From: Sathya Rangaswamy <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Linux India - Chennai Chapter
>
> *Sathya* - Teleindia/ APIC wrote:
>
> > Hi:
> >
> > This is Sathya, CEO, Teleindia, Chennai. (http://www.teleindia.com)
> >
> > T
>
> That makes two 'sathyas' on this list now but I am only a lowly sys admin
> :-o)
> Anyway dont be surprised to find the Linux movement in 'full swing' at
> chennai already :-)
>
> Good luck on the chennai LUG.
>
> #####################
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> #####################
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 01:59:06 -0600
> >From: Sathya Rangaswamy <contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] New Celeron 433
>
> Chetan Korke wrote:
>
> > are *cheap*.I will be going for an PCI Ethernet card. Which is the most
> > preferred (cheap) PCI Ethernet card for Linux ?
> > *********************************************
> >
>
> Any ne2000 ISA clone will be 'cheaper' than the PCI card :-)
>
> - --
> #####################
> contact@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Life is free and so is Linux
> www.intellinux.com
> #####################
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:34:58 +0530
> >From: C Hanish Menon <hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LI] Re: info libc sockets
>
> On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > hi ,
> > i am looking for information on socket-programming on linux,
>
> - ---------
> Keep :-)
> HanishKVC
> http://HanishKVC.tripod.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:24:13 +0530
> >From: Rohit <rohits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] New Celeron 433
>
> > Since my budget is limited I will be going for an Celeron 433 with an
> > INTEGRATED AGP CARD AND INTEGRATED SOUND. Other than that 64mb RAM and a
> > 8gb HDD.
>
> Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! What is that? Detailed info please!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:13:23 +0530 (IST)
> >From: Sandeep Singh Cheema <cheemas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] majordomo prob
>
> >On Sun, 30 Jan 2000, Syed Khader Vali wrote:
>
> > Well, I think you seem to have installed majordomo by hand !!
> > Other wise normally wrapper is in /usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper .
> > And do you have this line in your /etc/aliases
> > majordomo: "|/usr/lib/majordomo/wrapper majordomo" or at
> > More info would be better.
>
> hi khader
> yes, i hv installed it by hand, took the default makefile directories,
> thats why all the executables and config files in
> /usr/test/majordomo-1.94.4
>
> the alias entry is correct according to the path:
> majordomo: "|/usr/test/majordomo-1.94.4/wrapper majordomo"
>
> things work absolutely fine on another m/c (that is hpux 11.00), thoough
> the sendmail version is 8.8.6- while here, on linux it is 8.9.3 but that
> shouldnt cause any problem, or does it?
>
> - ------------------------------------------------------
> Sandeep Singh Cheema
>
> ******************************************************
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:29:14 +0530
> >From: Rohit <rohits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Help me to install mtv
>
> > the software to play VCD, but i could not determine which one would be
> > suitable for me. Secondly how to install this software.
>
> Linux - read hat - rpm
> search karo, main ekal hi download kiya hain.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:29:52 +0530
> >From: "Ajit, Kumar (IE10)" <ajit.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [LI] Re: info libc sockets
>
> http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~beej/guide/net
>
> Ajit
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: C Hanish Menon [SMTP:hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 2:35 PM
> > To: linux-india@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [LI] Re: info libc sockets
> >
> > On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > > hi ,
> > > i am looking for information on socket-programming on linux,
> >
> > ---------
> > Keep :-)
> > HanishKVC
> > http://HanishKVC.tripod.com/
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > The Linux India Mailing List Archives are now available. Please search
> > the archive at http://lists.linux-india.org/ before posting your question
> > to avoid repetition and save bandwidth.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 14:47:42 +0530
> >From: Rohit <rohits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] New Celeron 433
>
> > I want to allocated 2 GB to Linux. What should be the recommended
> > partitions size ilike ? (the rest will be devoted to Win NT/95).
>
> 16 MB BOOT [max]
> RAM or 16 MB, whichever is bigger = <swap>
> 200 MB /tmp <max> [temporary downloads etc]
> 100 MB /var [spool + mail etc]
> 1500 MB /usr
> 200 MB /usr/src
>
> Bahut ho gaya na be! All the best for /opt etc..
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:34:12 +0530
> >From: Archan Paul <archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] OMNIS HOWTO Required...
>
> Hi Saugata,
> OMNIS is really looking cool but the stability issue make be very poor
> due to basic as base language and due to poor support to clustering. I
> would like to share the knowledge with u.
>
> Archan
> archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Saugata Chakrabarti wrote:
> >
> > Dear linuxer,
> > Last few days I am trying to do some thing with OMNIS Studio. At first
> > look it is really great, as it is running under Linux. A machine with 32mb
> > RAM and 200MHz is enough for development env. in OMNIS. The total concept of
> > development is something new out here.
> > If u r eXperienced with VB6 and try to port your knowledge here; sorry U
> > will be disappointed. OMNIS have it's own novelty.
> > I want to keep contact with some person who are working in OMNIS Studio
> > <doing development work>, and willing to join me (in net only). :-)
> > I have following questions:
> > 1) How to access ODBC (of NT box in network running ORACLE-8i) from
> > OMNIS Studio of LINUX Box.
> > 2) Here making library is enough, how can I track all other link library
> > <no way to do "make dep" here??>
> > 3) Here i am using dataBase linking manually, but when i will port that
> > apps to other box then how to re-established the required links in here.
> > 4) Still i am confined within local apps, how can i build web-apps
> > through it??
> >
> > I have gone through Docu of OMNIS, it will be better for me to have direct
> > human HELP rather that docu help. I like CHAT/mail,
> >
> > for mail: <saugatac@xxxxxxxx>
> > for chat: <use XCHAT-GNOME/ [xchat irc] at irc.xchat.org catch me as
> > "linuxer100">
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:37:09 +0530
> >From: Archan Paul <archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Help me to install mtv
>
> On installing the rpm, it is giving dependency error on SDL. Any info
> from Atul?
>
> Archan Paul
> archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Rohit wrote:
> >
> > > the software to play VCD, but i could not determine which one would be
> > > suitable for me. Secondly how to install this software.
> >
> > Linux - read hat - rpm
> > search karo, main ekal hi download kiya hain.
> >
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:43:35 +0530
> >From: C Hanish Menon <hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Bringing some style to my C code - How?
>
> Hi
>
> On Fri, 28 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > Seriously, being a hardware guy, I would like to know whether anyone
> > in this group is playing with h/w interfacing on Linux.
> >
>
> Well I do once in a while. Am sure many others on this list do to.
>
> - ---------
> Keep :-)
> HanishKVC
> http://HanishKVC.tripod.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:03:47 +0530
> >From: "Urmil Parikh" <urmil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [LI] New Celeron 433
>
> Hi
>
> That means that the AGP card and Sound card are both built on the M/B
> itself (just as your on board IDE controller). So you do not have to
> buy and plug them separately.
>
> I have also heard of All In One M/Bs which have AGP card, Sound card,
> Ethernet card and even 56K MODEM integrated on it and it supports
> Celeron / PII / PIII upto 500 MHz. Does anybody know about it? Is it
> Linux compatible? It is widely available in Mumbai. I don't know about
> other cities.
>
> Regards
> Urmil Parikh
>
> - -----Original Message-----
>
> > Since my budget is limited I will be going for an Celeron 433 with
> an
> > INTEGRATED AGP CARD AND INTEGRATED SOUND. Other than that 64mb RAM
> and a
> > 8gb HDD.
>
> Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! What is that? Detailed info please!
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:06:06 +0530
> >From: "Urmil Parikh" <urmil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [LI] New Celeron 433
>
> Hey Rohit, you forgot / and /home !!!
>
> Regards
> Urmil Parikh
>
> - -----Original Message-----
>
> > I want to allocated 2 GB to Linux. What should be the recommended
> > partitions size ilike ? (the rest will be devoted to Win NT/95).
>
> 16 MB BOOT [max]
> RAM or 16 MB, whichever is bigger = <swap>
> 200 MB /tmp <max> [temporary downloads etc]
> 100 MB /var [spool + mail etc]
> 1500 MB /usr
> 200 MB /usr/src
>
> Bahut ho gaya na be! All the best for /opt etc..
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:12:35 +0530 (IST)
> >From: Syed Khader Vali <sidgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [LI] New Celeron 433
>
> >>>>> "Urmil" == Urmil Parikh <urmil@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Urmil> Hey Rohit, you forgot / and /home !!! Regards Urmil Parikh
>
> Urmil> -----Original Message-----
>
> >> I want to allocated 2 GB to Linux. What should be the
> >> recommended partitions size ilike ? (the rest will be devoted
> >> to Win NT/95).
>
> Urmil> 16 MB BOOT [max] RAM or 16 MB, whichever is bigger = <swap>
> Urmil> 200 MB /tmp <max> [temporary downloads etc] 100 MB /var
> Urmil> [spool + mail etc] 1500 MB /usr 200 MB /usr/src
>
> Urmil> Bahut ho gaya na be! All the best for /opt etc..
>
> Hey you forgot /bin /sbin /usr/sbin, /usr/local and what about /mnt ;-)
> Khader
>
> - --
> - ---------------------------------- @}---------
> Syed Khader Vali skhader@xxxxxxxxxx
> Debian 2.2.4 (potato)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:36:52 +0530 (IST)
> >From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <r.suresh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Printer problems, perplexed!
>
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, thus spake V S Ashoka:
>
> > alias rm='rm -i'
> > alias cp='cp -i'
> > alias mv='mv -i'
>
> > It behaves perfectly now. I can't remember any differences between this
> > and the one I had earlier. But the diff. is that these three lines would
> > be printed and nothing else. In fact, since bashrc is active everytime you
>
> They have NO connection. Maybe all stuff printed to screen first is
> printed to lpr by some weird reason. Use printtool instead of tweaking
> manually.
>
> > open a Xterm, these 3 lines would show up on screen. I think this was
> > linked to the lpr also getting these 3 lines.
> > Ashok
>
> - --
> Suresh Ramasubramanian | President, CAUCE India
> r.suresh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | suresh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> http://www.india.cauce.org | Stopping Spam In India
> - --
> Keep the number of passes in a compiler to a minimum.
> -- D. Gries
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:01:10 +0530
> >From: Rohit <rohits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] HELP: Fortune
>
> Raj Mathur wrote:
> > Hi Suresh,
> > You need to use the strfile program to convert the properly-formatted
> > ASCII fortune file into the .dat format.
>
> Oye!
> How about a proper step by step guidance? Let me guess...
>
> You write a file in ASCII with your own quotes.
> Separate every quote by a % sign on separating line. [ad infinitum]
>
> yahan tak clear hain. Ye sala strfile kya hain? [Right now I can not an
> strfile so please bear - this box running win95]
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 15:42:21 +0530
> >From: Rohit <rohits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LI] Card and modems
>
> Pablicx!
>
> I am here, this time wishing to put my machine over the net. Using
> Dialup.. naturally.
> >From Bombay users, I would request some names [modems and cards] [I
> think we use a modem when using telephone lines while a card helps when
> wired to network, right?] for the hardware. I have one ISA slot free.
>
> Please recommend some names as well as costs. If anyone wants to rid
> himself off of his modem, do let me know that too. Hey! Do we need BOTH
> a card AND a modem to have a dial-up machine ready to roll?
>
> Queries may be elementary, my dear Watsons, but I have barely begun.
>
> Thanks in anticipation. Please take a moment to write.
>
> Rohit
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 16:52:36 +0530
> >From: C Hanish Menon <hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Linux in a college subject
>
> > "Mani. M" wrote:
> > >
> > > It was great to find Linux as a case study in the text book:
> > > Operating System Concepts, Silberschatz, Galvin
> > > for a subject in BITS Pilani.
> > >
> > > Unix, Linux and Windows NT are studied and compared.
> > > Highly technical though.
> > >
>
> A suggestion don't take the comparison blindly as things in Linux kernel change
> relatively fast so the implementation discussed may no longer be the one used
> in the kernel. For that matter even Windows 2000 when released will be bit
> different from the original WinNT principle in many ways if I am not wrong.
>
> - ---------
> Keep :-)
> HanishKVC
> http://HanishKVC.tripod.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:05:33 +0530 (IST)
> >From: Syed Khader Vali <sidgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] HELP: Fortune
>
> >>>>> "Rohit" == Rohit <rohits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> Rohit> Raj Mathur wrote:
> >> Hi Suresh, You need to use the strfile program to convert the
> >> properly-formatted ASCII fortune file into the .dat format.
>
> Rohit> Oye! How about a proper step by step guidance? Let me
> Rohit> guess...
>
> Rohit> You write a file in ASCII with your own quotes. Separate
> Rohit> every quote by a % sign on separating line. [ad infinitum]
>
> Rohit> yahan tak clear hain. Ye sala strfile kya hain? [Right now
> Rohit> I can not an strfile so please bear - this box running
> Rohit> win95]
>
> Hi there,
> This is what man strfile on muh *linux* box says
>
> strfile reads a file containing groups of lines separated
> by a line containing a single percent `%' sign (or other
> specified delimiter character) and creates a data file
> which contains a header structure and a table of file off-
> sets for each group of lines. This allows random access of
> the strings.
>
> The output file, if not specified on the command line, is
> named sourcefile.dat.
>
> HTH
> Regards
> Khader
>
> - --
> - ---------------------------------- @}---------
> Syed Khader Vali skhader@xxxxxxxxxx
> Debian 2.2.4 (potato)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:16:13 +0530
> >From: C Hanish Menon <hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Help me to install mtv
>
> Hi
>
> On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> > On installing the rpm, it is giving dependency error on SDL. Any info
> > from Atul?
> >
> > Archan Paul
> > archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >
>
> SDL is the platform independent library used by mtv for Graphics. So you
> require this. You can get link to it from lokigames website. Or even a search
> on freshmeat.net should help.
>
> - ---------
> Keep :-)
> HanishKVC
> http://HanishKVC.tripod.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:18:03 +0530 (IST)
> >From: Syed Khader Vali <sidgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Help me to install mtv
>
> >>>>> "C" == C Hanish Menon <hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
> C> Hi On Mon, 31 Jan 2000, you wrote:
> >> On installing the rpm, it is giving dependency error on
> >> SDL. Any info from Atul?
> >>
> >> Archan Paul archanp@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
>
> C> SDL is the platform independent library used by mtv for
> C> Graphics. So you require this. You can get link to it from
> C> lokigames website. Or even a search on freshmeat.net should
> C> help.
>
> Or Still better check out http://www.mpegtv.com ;-)
> Regards
> Khader
>
> - --
> - ---------------------------------- @}---------
> Syed Khader Vali skhader@xxxxxxxxxx
> Debian 2.2.4 (potato)
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:22:38 +0530
> >From: C Hanish Menon <hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [LI] Re: info libc sockets; not available
>
> Hi
>
> Sorry here, What I meant was
> a) info libc
> b) check for sockets
>
> - ---------
> Keep :-)
> HanishKVC
> http://HanishKVC.tripod.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 14:10:15 +0530
> >From: "G.Gautam" <gautamg@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Return-Path in mutt composed mail.
>
> Hi,
>
> I removed "lists linux-india@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" from my muttrc. The problem seems to have gone away.
>
> Thanks to all who helped!
>
> Gautam
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:21:20 +0530
> >From: "Jiju Thomas Mathew" <digitelnet@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] World Clock
>
> > Does it work. How?
> >
> > $ perl abc.pl (cut from the text below) gives error around line 11.
> >
> >
> > At 04:47 AM 01/28/2000 +0530, you wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >> Has anyone come across a decent world clock program for Linux?
> > >I got my solution (no frills but maybe it would help)
> > >#---------cut here
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> # --- from here to
> my @zonedif=("GMT Dublin=0", "London=0", "Warsaw=+01:00",
> "Paris=+01:00","Berlin=+01:00", "Rome=+01:00", "Amsterdam=+01:00", "Eastern
> Europe=+02:00","Prague=+01:00", "Athens=+02:00", "Helsinki=+02:00",
> "Istanbul=+02:00","Brasilia=-03:00", "Atlantic Time=-04:00",
> "Alaska=-09:00", "Hawaii=-10:00","Midway Island=-11:00",
> "Wellington=+12:00", "Sydney=+10:00","Adelaide=+09:30", "Tokyo=+09:00",
> "Seoul=+09:00", "Hong Kong=+08:00",
> "Singapore=+08:00", "Bangkok=+07:00", "India (IST)=+05:30","Colombo=+05:30",
> "Abu Dhabi=+04:00", "Muscat=+04:00", "Tehran=+03:30","Kuwait=+03:00",
> "Riyadh=+03:00", "Kabul=+04:30", "Cairo=+02:00", "Moscow=+03:00",
> "Bangalore=+05:30", "Trivandrum=+05:30");
> #--- here it should be one line (line no 2)
> foreach (@zonedif){
> ($zonename,$diff)=split /=/,$_;
> ($hr,$mi)=split /:/,$diff;
> $hr1=$hr*3600;
> $mi1=$mi*60;
> $diff=$hr1+$mi1;
> $gmt_now=time;
> $zonetime=gmtime($gmt_now+($diff));
> printf "%-25s= %-s\n",$zonename,$zonetime;
> }
> > >#---------cut here
> it gave output
> GMT Dublin = Mon Jan 31 10:48:22 2000
> London = Mon Jan 31 10:48:22 2000
> Warsaw = Mon Jan 31 11:48:22 2000
> .......................removed some lines from here to save bandwidth
> Moscow = Mon Jan 31 13:48:22 2000
> Bangalore = Mon Jan 31 16:18:22 2000
> Trivandrum = Mon Jan 31 16:18:22 2000
> just now
> - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> - --------
> Jiju Thomas Mathew
> Linux registered user #154193 -- http://counter.li.org
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:11:55 +0530
> >From: "Jiju Thomas Mathew" <digitelnet@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] rp3 problems
>
> > Sandip Bhattacharya forced the electrons to say:
> > > I have a resolv.conf file with all the namesrvers of VSNL that I know
> > > of. Now as soon as wvdial and/or rp3 dials and connects, it overwrites
> >
> > First of all, I should warn you of one thing - you can put as many name
> > servers in your /etc/resolv.conf, but only the first three are used by the
> > resolver functions. The rest are silently ignored.
> >
> > > resolv.conf with the nameservers that it has received as part of the PPP
> > > handshaking process. Now in case it doesn't(which happens sometimes) the
> >
> > While looking through the documentation of pppd, I had noticed an ms-dns
> > option, which tells MS clients what the DNS addresses are. Probably, in
> one
> this may not be the case, in my machine this was the same way and I had to
> search thru
> the config files and find what was causing the rewrite, well it was the
> dynamic ip
> client which is invoked thru /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post
> find
> cat $tr > /etc/resolv.conf
> in this script and change it to something else like i did
> cat $tr > /etc/ppp/resolv.conf
>
> and you should be off.
> - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> - --------
> Jiju Thomas Mathew
> Linux registered user #154193 -- http://counter.li.org
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2000 10:32:14 +0530
> >From: "Jiju Thomas Mathew" <digitelnet@xxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] cron error mail
>
> > Jiju Thomas Mathew wrote:
> > > > I am having no files in /etc/cron.hourly. I have following line in
> > > > crontab for hour.
> > > > 1 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly.
> > > ^^^
> > > this is what makes the error, remark the hourly line by putting a # in
> > > front.
> > > > /bin/bash: root: command not found
> >
> root is no command, but one minute past every hour, cron tries to run what
> is inside
> cron.hourly, does not find any thing to run hence 'command not found'.
>
> I went over this and dumped this to /etc/cron.hourly/dohour
> #!/bin/bash
> echo "done now" > /dev/null
> and done
> chmod u+x /etc/cron.hourly/dohour
>
> this has done the trick and now no error messages on the hour.
> - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> - --------
> Jiju Thomas Mathew
> Linux registered user #154193 -- http://counter.li.org
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:24:45 +0530 (IST)
> >From: Ghins Mathai <ghins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LI] Problem with root floppy creation
>
> I have been trying to create a root floppy. I am using the Bootdisk-HOWTO
> as my guide. Once I insert the root floppy, I get a message:
>
> "unable to open initial console"
>
> What could be the reason for this ?
>
> Regards,
> Ghins Mathai
> - ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Cropp's Law:
> The amount of work done varies inversly with the time spent in the
> office.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:25:42 +0530
> >From: C Hanish Menon <hanish@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [LI] Oracle on Linux-shared lib error
>
> Hi
>
> > eventhough the installation says success, we you run
> > svrmgrl it is giving an error :
> > error in loading shared libraries
> > libclntsh.so.1.o cannot open shared object file.
> > No such file or directory.
> >
> > even SQLPLUS is giving the same error.
> > If anyone knows the solution for this problem , pls
> > let me know.
> >
> > Thanks & Regds,
> > Shammy
> >
>
> a) Check if libclntsh.so.1.0 or rather libclntsh.* is there in your machine.
>
> if this is not there then you will have to get it. (In case of a symbolic
> link check whether the link points to a valid file or not.
>
> b) If its there, check if this path is in the /etc/ld.so.conf file.
>
> If not add it.
>
> c) Next do a ldconfig . And try if it works or not. (it should at this point).
>
> - ---------
> Keep :-)
> HanishKVC
> http://HanishKVC.tripod.com/
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 17:38:03 +0530
> >From: "S.Thirumani" <thirumani.solaiappan@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [LI] Beautified my Code Successfully - Thanks
>
> Hi,
>
> My sincere thanks to all of those who have responded to my query on how
> to beautify my C code and yes for the coffee and tea too. In the
> process I learnt some things. So I just thought of summarising all of
> them in this mail. The indent program is really good and does a pretty
> good job. Also I tried the xemacs editor which is also very helpful. I
> found the cb to be inadequate.
>
> Finally I recommend indent for doing the formatting and for getting a
> good print of it I found one very good utility a2ps with all its hazaar
> styles catering to everybody's needs. More information on this can be
> had from the following link
>
> http://www.inf.enst.fr/~demaille/a2ps
>
> So indent + a2ps satisfied me.
>
> Regards
> Thiru
>
> ------------------------------
>
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