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Shell Script Question
by Gary J. Hanley 23 Jul '02

23 Jul '02

Greetings! A shell script question: Can anyone tell me the pros & cons of coding your shell scripts to stay in-process instead of spawning a child process when needed? For example, ${VARIABLE##*/} instead of `basename $VARIABLE` I'm trying to use the former as much as possible now but I wasn't exactly sure if that is better, not so safe or just doesn't matter. Thanks! -- Gary

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Looking for a home - 2 sparc classics
by stoffel＠lucent.com 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

Hi guys, I'm cleaning the garage and I want to get rid of stuff. I've got a pair of sparc classics, probably installed with Linux, plus about 8 or so brand new sun keyboards, somce mice and maybe other stuff. First one to email gets it all. I can try to bring it to the next meeting, or we can arrange a pickup off list. John stoffel(a)lucent.com john(a)stoffel.org

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Debian GNU/Linux -- News -- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 released
by jeff 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

<http://www.debian.org/News/2002/20020719> *sob* i'm so happy =] -jeff

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pine/mozilla/htmlview
by Bill Mills-Curran 22 Jul '02

22 Jul '02

I recently switched to mozilla 1.0, and I'm having problems getting pine to understand that I want to use mozilla as my URL viewer. In the pine setup, I set the URL viewer to a perl script that I wrote that then runs mozilla. (The script works fine when I run it separately.) When I view a URL in pine, I end up with the KDE browser. The output of "ps" shows that pine is running /usr/bin/htmlview instead of my perl script. Any idea why pine is ignoring my setup? TIA, Bill

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booting off cd/floppy images
by Brad Noyes 20 Jul '02

20 Jul '02

Hi All, I have an intersting problem. I have a device (my old iopener) with linux installed and freeBSD (i dual boot). Both installs are really out of date, and i want to re-install linux, but i don't have a cdrom drive, or floppy drive. I only have network connection. Is there a way to add an entry in lilo to boot off a CD image, or floppy image? If anyone sees another way to install linux, i'm all hears. Thanks, --brad

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Brooklyn Bridge for sale on ebay!
by Andy Stewart 20 Jul '02

20 Jul '02

Starting bid: $10,000: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1749445282 Sorry, its off topic, but I really couldn't resist! Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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Wireless question about WEP
by Andy Stewart 20 Jul '02

20 Jul '02

Hi all, I got 64 bit encryption between my laptop and my access point working but there is a problem. The password is OK, and I can ping from my laptop to my network with 64-bit WEP enabled. Others on my network can ping the laptop without any problems. The trouble arises when I try to use the link for something useful, like surfing the web. Web pages come over very slowly if they complete at all. On a wired system, the page comes over quickly, so its not the other end of the Internet causing the problem. If I turn off WEP, everything is great. Also, I seem totally unable to make 128 or 256 bit encryption work at all (not even a successful ping) despite the fact that both sides agree on the password. What should I check? I am using the orinoco_cs driver in the 2.4.18 kernel. My hardware is the Linksys WPC11 (version 3.0) and the Linksys WAP11 version 2.2 Thanks, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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How to set "-dpi 100" for X with kdm
by Andy Stewart 19 Jul '02

19 Jul '02

HI all, When I start my SuSE 8.0 system in run level 3, it comes up in textmode. I log in and issue the startx command and KDE comes up. In my ~/.xserverrc file, I have put "-dpi 100" and the X server comes up in 100 dpi mode and I am a happy camper. Now, I think I'd like to have the graphical login from run level 5. kdm comes up with a nice screen, but the X server is only running at 75 dpi. I cannot figure out where to put the 100 dpi setting for this situation. It appears not to read the same files for the xdm/kdm method of starting the X server as it does when one types startx. So, how do I properly setup 100 dpi for kdm/xdm? Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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writing to tape
by Brad Noyes 19 Jul '02

19 Jul '02

Hi All, I trying to write a program that will write to tape, but i can't seem to get it to work correctly. i have attached a simple piece of source code that will open a file (or device) and write the string "hello, tape". This program will work with a file, and a floppy device, but not a tape device. can anyone give me some pointers? what do i have to do differently to write to tape? Thanks, --brad

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Question about WLUG BBQ
by Andy Stewart 19 Jul '02

19 Jul '02

Hi WLUG, We had a suggestion last night over a few beers that perhaps we could conduct our next Linux meeting in Shrewsbury over a few BBQd burgers, dogs, etc. What do people think of that idea? If this idea is accepted by enough folks, it would be held on the same day and time as our next regularly scheduled meeting. What do folks think of this proposal? Later, Andy -- Andy Stewart, Founder Worcester Linux Users' Group Worcester, MA USA http://www.wlug.org

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