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| 1999/10/9-12 [Computer/SW/OS/FreeBSD, Computer/SW/OS/Linux] UID:16678 Activity:kinda low 75%like:16677 |
10/8 I have a computer running RedHat 6.0. I just got an ethernet
installing a NIC, but I'd rather not reinstall. Thanks.
\_ You can find a list of drivers in
/usr/src/linux/Documentation/Configure.help; make sure the
driver for your card is configured in your kernel or compiled
as a module.
\_ I installed a bsd box a while ago with totally random hardware
which was all recognized instantly. I had no idea what all that
\_ Did writing that give you a big ego boost?
\_ Don't forget to mention that it isn't a real sentence.
It doesn't have a period at the end.
\_ Uhm, okay.
crap was, but bsd did. And I don't have to rebuild the kernel
every Monday, Thursday and every second Saturday.
\_ WTF?! Isn't linux supposed to just work? This looks worse
than fucking windows! -sameer
\_ This sounds as if you are the victim of one or
more unrealistic expectations. "All OSes suck
equally. Some OSes are less equal than others..."
-brg
\_ yes, everything just magically works right off the
configuration is fairly easy. just
route add -net 128.32.43.0/24 eth0
ifconfig eth0 128.32.43.52
route add default gw 128.32.43.254
insmod 3c509.o
\_ Unless of course you're using a modern OS which
doesn't require you to recompile your kernel just
to add new hardware. At least linux is up to the
level SunOS 4 was at a decade ago and doesn't make
you recompile the kernel to repartition your disks
like the truly ancient Unixes.
route add -host 128.32.43.52 eth0
you're done (i just made up ip numbers).
\_ Oh yeah, that was totally trivial. How obvious to any
fool.
\_ what I originally wrote was something different.
some dipshit changed what i wrote. basically
windows 95 does the exact same thing (load driver,
configure interface, and create routing table) but
has some pretty front end which you could easily
replicate under any other OS.
\_ don't be an idiot. If the support isn't compiled into
the kernel, of course it won't work. -tom
\_ troll deleted
\_ It seems to be fairly common practice these days
for Linux distributors to configure everything as
a module that isn't in the core kernel, so you don't
generally have to recompile kernels. But if you have
an especially outlandish device you might have to
update your kernel sources and recompile. If you buy
a machine from VA Linux, for example, they will
patches and other good things for your box which
constitute their "officially supported" kernel, which
keeps you from having to track down quite so many
random little patches (and they give you precompiled
versions, too.) ... In theory, there's nothing which
prevents you from adding modules in after the kernel
is compiled, provided you get the symbol versions
right. But I haven't seen any concrete examples of
people doing this, especially since reconfiguring
one's kernel isn't particularly difficult, what with
"make xconfig" and all. -brg
\_ wait, I thought people recompiled and installed
linux kernels all the time? Isn't this the point
of an open src? you modify it to your needs? I
remember having to recompile an old version of
slackware on my 386 just to get ps2 mouse
support. - paolo
\_ In the days when 1MB of memory costed $50
yeah. |
| 1999/10/9-13 [Consumer/Audio] UID:16679 Activity:low |
10/8 drool, what i've always wanted in my car: http://www.empeg.com \_ get a lifE \_ Did you grow a dick by writing that? \_ What is it with your obsession with dicks? Do you feel your manhood being challenged by MOTD replies? \_ You want an mp3 geek player in your car? Oh whoa! The gurlz will surely be all over you after they see that! Oh dude! UR S0 K00l! \_ Did your dick grow a whole millimeter by writing that? I never said anything about getting gurlz from an mp3 player moron. \_ D00de oh dr00l U R s0 RAD!!! gurlZZZ11 he sed dick!! arf! arf!! U R sutch a hiteknologee stuuuuuuuud!!!! gurlz!! dick! |
| 1999/10/9-11 [Academia/Berkeley/CSUA/Motd] UID:16680 Activity:moderate |
10/8 mangled motd entries deleted. you're not funny you twit. stop
rearranging things. hasn't someone narrowed the search down
yet? post their logins. it's lynching time.
\_ Yeah, we just finished tracking down the hoser in question.
We'll squish him as soon as we get around to it. --root
\_ Ok, we tracked him down: it was dickylee. Squished. --root
\_ squish squish squish!
\_ FREE DICK!
\_ Unconfirmed reports that it wasn't dickylee -- he was
just having terminal emulation problems. The real
motd-mangler is still out there.... |
| 1999/10/9-14 [Computer/Networking] UID:16681 Activity:kinda low |
10/9 do those of you who use pacbell as a dsl provider also use them
as your ISP?
\_
\_yes. Its cheap but unreliable.
\_ Are you implying that the ISP portion is unreliable? I have
been assuming that when my DSL goes down, it is my $40 DSL
service (which basically HAS to be through pac bell) and not
the $10 ISP service.
\_ When it goes down, its usually the connection to the redback
dsl concentrator. Could be problems with the isp part, but
more likely a dsl problem. Of course I barely use their isp
parts such as email a and what not.
\_ PACBELL N3WZ S3RVURZ H4V3 K-R4D W4R3Z, D00D!!!!!!!!1
\_ In our office {441 soda}, we have several using PacBell DSL,
one using DSL to orconet, and one using TCI@Home inel
cerrito. Bay FAR the best service quality has been through
PacBell DSL with PacBell as the ISP. Also, this gives you
a single point to yell at when something goes wrong.
\_ Slightly off topic but you mention cable. tci@home has been
ok sofar (had it for a month) but they don't seem to have a
service status page, don't announce their scheduled downtimes
(which I keep forgetting to note down when I run into them),
and mail servers are a bit flakey but usable. It's ok but
certainly not perfect. JAFCU.
\_ @Home refunded me 1/2 month's fees when their service
was a bit dodgy for about a week.
\_ @Home publicly states their service is for 'casual home
users' and no 'servers' are allowed. Unlike pacbell...
\_ ISP wise they're okay but watch the billing. I got my ADSL in
March and they have yet to get my billing correct.
\_ I went for 9 months with them not charging the DSL part of the
bill. I was only paying a $30 isp fee...
\_ I got my phone installed August 5th, my dsl working September
4th, and so far not a bill in sight. -jor |
| 1999/10/9-13 [Computer/SW/Database, Computer/Companies/Yahoo] UID:16682 Activity:nil |
10/9 Anybody know of a scientific or research search engine? I want to
read about say fault-tolerant OSs. Yahoo points me to a bunch of
commercial sites. I just want academic research sites or journal
publications on it. Thanks.
\_ go to melvyl, and type "ins" to get into the inspec database
it has most techincal publications, and basically kicks ass.
the syntax is very similar to the cat database in melvyl,
the help is easy to use, and there are some amazing features
like you can set it up to email you when a new article comes out in
your specialty in any publication. dont waste your time with the
internet at large if you have access to the berkeley library system.
\_ Try http://www.acm.org then click on Digital Library. You have to
subscribe, but if you're a student it's very very cheap and
worth it. -mogul
\_ possibly helpful: use "host:edu <keyword>" on altavista -tom |