Which Linux Distribution do you use?

[dnar]

Ok, time to find out exactly what your using. If you use more than one distribution, please select your preference.







Non-Linux users, please install Linux now. (http://www.linux.org/) :D

[kirek]

I am not a full Linux convert yet, I am still dual booting. But I am trying to ditch window$.
I've been using RedHat up until now, but I just installed Slackware 8 last night. So far it is very cool. Now if I get my SBLive and the wheel on my mouse working I'll be set. (That's not asking too much is it?):D

I'll keep you posted.

[dnar]

Watch out for that SBlive bro, you may have DMA problems with it. There are tons of posts re: this problem on the many linux NG's.

[wylie]

Dude I have an sblive....anything I should know BEFORE the big install??

[dnar]

Well maybe...... There have been issues with the SB Live card, UDMA100 and VIA KT133A chipsets..... great I hear you say.

I have not had any probs, but I avoided the SB Live card.

I flashed my BIOS (EPoX) the other week, one of the fixes was for this very problem.... Maybe make sure your running the most current BIOS for your mobo first, while it's running (and I use that term loosly) Windows.

Also, the latest 2.4.x kernels (RH7.1 is 2.4.2) have moved to solve these problems. Once your up and running, we can set you off down the kernel upgrade path. This is were all the fun starts, download the kernel source, configure and compile it, load it into your boot partition. I'm starting to shiver with anticipation, this is real fun! It just seams real daunting when you first do it.

Don't worry wylie, once you have done it once, you'll be able to do it in your sleep. :D

[kirek]

Well I got the SBLive sorted out. Started out recompiling the kernel, (2.4.5) but it didn't help. That's okay though I needed to do it anyway. Appearently Slackware's default device permissions are a little restrictive. Found a newsgroup post that said to try chmod 666 /dev/dsp (666 :eek: ) and everything is cool. Also got my mouse wheel working. :) Had to add a couple lines to XF86Config, and I don't have the code with me 'cause I am at work. :(

Last thing I did was get lm_sensors running so I can monitor my temps. Dnar, we were discussing your scripts before the old board blew up, and I will send you the output of sensors sometime tonight if that's still cool...

Well now, only the ide cdrw and my printer to configure. :cool:

[kirek]

By the way, can I change my vote to 'Slackware'. I really like this distro so far! :cool:

Later...

[dnar]

Jolly! Mouse, you need:









Section "InputDevice"




Identifier "Mouse0"




Driver "mouse"




Option "Device" "/dev/mouse"




Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"




Option "Emulate3Buttons" "off"




Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"




EndSection









The last 2 options are the ones m8. For apps that do not have key-mapping that works with scolling, there is imwheel, although I ditched it, after it changed some stuff :mad:





Next!:





CDROM HOWTO (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CDROM-HOWTO/index.html)


CD Writing HOWTO (http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html)



Send me the output, I will have a play. It may take a few days m8, this place is occupying a "bit" of time, and I am desperately trying to "squeeze" work and family in too :D

[phil]

Yikes!!! You really are brave siggy asking that in here :D


What is Linux?

Back in August 1991, a student from Finland began a post to the comp.os.minix newsgroup with the words:

Hello everbody out there using Minix - I am doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and proffesional like gnu) for 386(486) AT Clones.

The student was Linus Torvalds, and the "hobby" he spoke of eventually became what we know today as Linux. A full-featured POSIX-like operating system, Linux has been developed not just by Linus, but by hundreds of programmers around the world. It is an operating system, not just a program like Word etc.


How's that dnar?

[Rick_Deadly]

Just started using Mandrake. I've always used RedHat before.:p

[dnar]

Originally posted by phil


Yikes!!! You really are brave siggy asking that in here :D

What is Linux?

Back in August 1991, a student from Finland began a post to the comp.os.minix newsgroup with the words:

Hello everbody out there using Minix - I am doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and proffesional like gnu) for 386(486) AT Clones.

The student was Linus Torvalds, and the "hobby" he spoke of eventually became what we know today as Linux. A full-featured POSIX-like operating system, Linux has been developed not just by Linus, but by hundreds of programmers around the world. It is an operating system, not just a program like Word etc.

How's that dnar?





Bravo !, Bravo ! :cool:

I like the "not professional like GNU" bit! :ironymodeoff:

Phil, your choice of words man, "program like word"......... Is that what you call it???

[dnar]

Originally posted by kirek

Last thing I did was get lm_sensors running so I can monitor my temps. Dnar, we were discussing your scripts before the old board blew up, and I will send you the output of sensors sometime tonight if that's still cool...



Well now, only the ide cdrw and my printer to configure. :cool:

I received your script kirek. I see you have been hitting it with an axe. Good to see :D

What you may not have realised, is that I did things a certain way, for optimisation purposes. You will notice I call /usr/local/bin/sensors only once, piping the output through grep and then to a temp file. Why? This is faster, execute the binary only once and then you can read the temp file many times (it will be in the disk cache anyway) and the temp file is SMALL!

I see your logfile re-sizer, that one had me going initialy, playing with tail -f...... Unfortunately, if you reduce the size of a file being tailed -f it will stop working! Unless you use "tail -f --retry". I use the "tick-a-stat" gnome applets to tail my generated log files, but tick-a-stat does not handle log files being truncated, and no options/switches to get this behavour!!!!

What you did not see, is that I have several log-file cleanup scripts, that run whenever I start my desktop, before I start tailing the log files. If I stay in my desktop for more than a week, some logfiles get pretty big!!!!! No problem though. I will one day write a descent GUI file tailer myself. Not enough hours in the day....

Anyways, do you use Gnome? do you want to run things like me, with Tick-a-stat? (http://members.iinet.net.au/~dnar/images/gah/clientmonitor.jpg)

[phil]

Originally posted by siggy
Thanks for the info.

Why are these post different widths?


They are not now :)

[kirek]

Well that script was the quick and dirty one.:D
When I have more time I am going tweak it more.

Yes I use Gnome, but I have never played with the "tic-a-stat" applets. I will be tonight for sure.
Well I better get back to work.

Later

[kirek]

Thanks siggy,
It took me a while but I finally found one.
:D

[wylie]

Originally posted by siggy
Wylie, you need an Avatar.
Yeah I know...although being the only one without one is something of an avatar in itself...
Slackness and lazy on my part....