Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #144
From: Digestifier <Linux-Misc-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
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Date:     Sat, 21 May 94 15:15:29 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #144, Volume #2                Sat, 21 May 94 15:15:29 EDT

Contents:
  Re: News on 1.4 and the linux port from iD! (Michael Will)
  Re: How long has your Linux Boxbeen up? (Michael Meifert)
  Re: Interest in a weekly Linux news? (Stuart Herbert)
  Re: Wangdat 4mm dat drives on Linux (Michael K. Johnson)
  div2escp2 (Dirk Bernhardt)
  Re: Seeking Laser Printer Recommendations (Larry Doolittle)
  Re: What Does Linus Look Like? (Sami-Pekka Hallikas)
  Re: Who are you & what do you do w/ Linux? (Sami-Pekka Hallikas)
  Re: BRIEF/vi Compatible GUI Text Editor (Har-Peled Sariel)
  Re: GNU Manifesto and Lisp window system (Jym Dyer)
  Linux booting root from HD?????? (x93christia1@wmich.edu)
  Linux for the masses? (WordProcessing again) (Byron A Jeff)
  Re: Linus's fame -> job offers (Bernd Meyer)
  Re: Hackers CD. (Was: Re: InfoMagic CD set - WOW!) (Bill Hogan)
  postscript converter for linux (naji al-khudairi)
  Re: Help selecting good SCSI disk (Guy Dawson)
  Only one button of my mouse works, help please. (Zhiping Liu)

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Crossposted-To: alt.games.doom
From: michaelw@desaster.student.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Will)
Subject: Re: News on 1.4 and the linux port from iD!
Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 19:24:08 GMT

eapu290@rigel.oac.uci.edu (Nanda "Peace Rules" Kutty) writes:
>Dude, what makes you think that linux Doom is going to be that much
>better ? 
I don't think DOOM/Linux will be better than DOOM/Dos, but I think
not using DOS at all is better. I do not want to take my machine from the
net for every gameplay, my users won't like that.

>Secondly, why would Id put more than adequate energy into 
>a product which will NEVER sell commercially. 
Why should it not? I will buy it. I know others that will.

>As crappy as dos is, once
>you start Doom, you'll be in awe. Don't wait! Doom on my Xfree86 is going
>to much, much slower. ( 386-40 8Mb )
We will see... 

My 486dx2/66-PCI and ATI-GUP-mach32 will probably help :-)

Cheers, Michael Will
-- 
                                           Lew Glendenning wrote:
   In my experience, and there are some social psychology studies
to support me, in real life, smart people make just about as many
        really dumb decisions as dumb people, they just make them

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From: dk3hg@dk3hg.hanse.de (Michael Meifert)
Subject: Re: How long has your Linux Boxbeen up?
Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 14:09:06 GMT

charlto@silver.cs.umanitoba.ca (Mike Charlton) writes:

>rodkey@rain.org (John Rodkey) writes:

>>dminor@metronet.com (David Minor) writes:

>>>Just out of curiosity, how long has your Linux system been up?  I have a 
>>>client who is using a Linux system as a DOS file server.  Due to power work
>>>being done over the weekend, I had to shut it down after 146 days, 22 hours
>>>and 7 minutes.  "Joshua" is Slackware 1.1.0 (0.99.pl13) on a 386/33 ALR.

>>>-Dave

>>Dang!   And I thought I was doing pretty good with pulsar (486/33) being up
>>for 64 consecutive days.  Of course, it was rebooted because of a power outage,
>>and it was about 50 days before that....  Still second-best.  Oh well... :)

>Well, the only time my machine goes down is when I'm installing a new
>kernel.  Of course that seems to be every couple of weeks or so... :-)

>              Mike

/users/dk3hg/2% uname -a;uptime
Linux db0hht 0.99.13 #4 Wed Sep 29 13:29:24 1993 i386
  2:03pm  up 130 days, 23:53,  2 users,  load average: 0.11, 0.03, 0.01

This is a Packet Radio Node (386/25 8Mb)

        Michael
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From: ac3slh@sunc.sheffield.ac.uk (Stuart Herbert)
Subject: Re: Interest in a weekly Linux news?
Date: 21 May 1994 16:20:06 GMT

Matt Welsh (mdw@cs.cornell.edu) wrote:

: >> Is there any interest in reviving Linux News or have Linux Journal and
: >> c.o.l.a. made it obsolete?

: Linux News was _essentially_ a collection of announcements, which
: c.o.l.a has obsoleced, and maybe one or two `feature' articles. 
: I don't object to posting a weekly `feature' in c.o.l.a, but that is
: the kind of thing that LJ can provide as well.

The problem with c.o.l.a. is that you're dependant upon people mailing you
articles to approve.  If Linux News however actively collated information
that appears all over the place, I for one would be interested.

Stuart
--
Stuart Herbert -- S.Herbert@shef.ac.uk

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From: johnsonm@merengue.oit.unc.edu (Michael K. Johnson)
Subject: Re: Wangdat 4mm dat drives on Linux
Date: 21 May 1994 16:30:47 GMT


chuckm@canada.hp.com (Chuck Munro) writes:
   Michael K. Johnson (johnsonm@merengue.oit.unc.edu) wrote:
   > I'm thinking very seriously about getting a Wangdat 4mm dat drive for
   > a Linux box.  I'm wondering if anyone out there is using one with
   > Linux, and if so,

   I use an HP DDS drive with Linux and an Adaptec 1542B (I also use this
   combination with DOS).  I have had absolutely no problems with it.

Glad to hear it!

   If you can, arrange to test one before you buy.

Insight offers 30 days no-asked return, which is pretty much the
same.

Thanks!

michaelkjohnson

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Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 20:34:27 +0200
From: Dirk_Bernhardt@punk.fido.de (Dirk Bernhardt)
Subject: div2escp2

Hi all!

  I've got an Epson Stylus 800 which understands escp2-Commands. So I am
  wandering  if  there is a way of converting dvi-Files into escp2-Files
  directly rather than using dvips -> gs -> escp2.

  Any hints? Thank you for your help!

Tot ziens,

          /Krid/


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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc
From: doolitt@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (Larry Doolittle)
Subject: Re: Seeking Laser Printer Recommendations
Reply-To: doolitt@cebaf4.cebaf.gov (Larry Doolittle)
Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 17:30:57 GMT

In article <2rh70iINN5d@newsstand.cit.cornell.edu>, bau1@cornell.edu    
          (Bogdan Urma) writes:
> Mark P. Nelson (mpn@AlleleB) wrote:
> : Jason Yanowitz (jmy@yid.hampshire.edu) wrote:
> 
> : : I am going to buy a laser printer for home use and am looking for the
> : : best one to get for the cheapest amount (has to be less than $1000,
> : : <$700 preferable).
> 
> : I have an HP LJ4L, which cost me $689.  It prints beautiful postscript
> : graphics out of Linux.  In fact, halftones look better than on the 800dpi
> : NewGen at my girlfriend's office.
> 
>      But the HP 4L is NOT a postscript printer! The HP 4ML is!

I have the HP4L also (cost me $699 :-( ).  While it is not
a _native_ PostScript printer, it works well with GhostScript.
As long as you have a Linux machine with a coprocessor
(mine is a 486DX), performance is perfectly acceptable.
GhostScript exercises the floating point of the machine.

I have never run into memory limitations, even though the
printer has only 1M RAM (its "memory enhancement" clearly
works).  The print quality is excellent!  My only niggle
is that it flickers the room lights (2 Hz) when it is
printing due to its high current "instant on" fuser.  

Bottom line is that I agree with Mark - the LJ4L is a nice
printer for printing PostScript files under Linux.

         - Larry Doolittle   doolittle@cebaf.gov


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From: semi@dream.nullnet.fi (Sami-Pekka Hallikas)
Subject: Re: What Does Linus Look Like?
Date: Wed, 18 May 1994 09:47:23 GMT

Harald Milz (hm@seneca.ix.de) wrote:
> Phil Hughes (fyl@eskimo.com) wrote:
>>> For those who can't handle this electronic stuff, try page 45 of Linux
>>> Journal #2 (with beer :-) ).
> Or maybe iX 12/93 pg. 128 (sorry, couldn't resist ;0)

Or what about Helsingin sanomat 27 March 94, but I can't remember page.
OR my video of Linux 1.0 announcement at Helsinki University.
OR from some tapes from Finnish goverment television comppany (there was
some talk about Linux/Linus in television news, some time ago).
(couldn't resist it neather ;))

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From: semi@dream.nullnet.fi (Sami-Pekka Hallikas)
Subject: Re: Who are you & what do you do w/ Linux?
Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 22:14:28 GMT

Bogdan Urma (bau1@cornell.edu) wrote:
> of months, I keep running into the same names, and out of curiosity I 
> would like to know how you people got introduced to Linux and what you
> use Linux for. I think it would be kind of interesting to see what 

I'm 22 yrs old boy at South West corner of Finland (6 kilometers or about 5
miles from Turku). I heard of linux first time when version was 0.10 or
something like that. I tested it and saw that this might be something.
I start using Linux from 0.95 version and last october I start running my
bbs with it...

Every day I fix some of this system and write more scripts that help's me
more and more :-)... 

Is there more you like to know?

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From: sariel@libra.math.tau.ac.il (Har-Peled Sariel)
Subject: Re: BRIEF/vi Compatible GUI Text Editor
Date: Sat, 21 May 1994 17:14:56 GMT

Bill Hogan (bhogan@crl.com) wrote:
: Win Bent (whb@rastaban.usc.edu) wrote:

: : I DO NOT OBJECT to selling software on The Net.  I DO OBJECT to
: : announcements which bury the word "pricing" so that one might not
: : realise that it's a commercial offering.

:   I very much object to seeing "commercials" on the net!

:   If anyone is free to post commercial advertisements on the net then
: everyone is free to post commercial advertisements on the net!

:   "The Net" is like a school: people come here to communicate with other
: people interested in learning about related things.

:   We do not give salespeople free access to our classrooms.

:   Why do we not give salespeople free access to our classrooms?

:   Should we give salespeople free access our classrooms?

:   Should we give salespeople free access to our newsgroups?

:   Think about it.

: BH
:
: --
:   Bill Hogan
: {bhogan@crl.com}

     I fail to see the problem. If people dislike advertisements in the
   regular Linux newsgroups, a new newsgroup can be created, called:

          linux.announce.adv

   for posting advertisements of comercial products for linux.

     This seems to solve the deep ethical problems mentioned above :).

                  sariel

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From: Jym Dyer <jym@remarque.berkeley.edu>
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU Manifesto and Lisp window system
Date: 21 May 1994 18:00:16 GMT

> A Lisp-based window system? Is that still happening?

=o= Jeepers, haven't you heard of GWM?  (The "G" is for
"Generic," not "GNU".)
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From: x93christia1@wmich.edu
Subject: Linux booting root from HD??????
Date: 21 May 94 13:38:28 EDT

Well, I'm sure this has been in a million FAQ's, but since I'm new to linux
I have no choice but to ask for help. I have recently installed an older
version of Linux .097 root and boot. I do not need the newest really, just
I'm playing around with Linux. But my real question is. How do I edit the
Linux boot disk to tell it to read the root off of my hard disk? Currently
it is still reading boot and root off of floppy. That is slow. Please
email me as I rarely read and post to news... mail to:

x93christia1@wmich.edu
or
99chris2@lab.cc.wmich.edu

Thanks!


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From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Linux for the masses? (WordProcessing again)
Date: 21 May 1994 14:27:11 -0400

In article <1994May21.000155.9445@kf8nh.wariat.org>,
Brandon S. Allbery <bsa@kf8nh.wariat.org> wrote:
>In article <2rj4a6$9rq@nic.umass.edu>, cmay@titan.ucs.umass.edu (CHRISTOPHER M MAY) says:
>+---------------
>| Linux isn't for the feint of heart when it comes to computer knowledge.
>| It's really for those who want to push the envelope of what their PC
>| can do, under a multitasking Unix-like OS.
>+------------->8
>
>To make it short and unsweet:  if you want an operating system For Hackers
>Only, use *BSD.
>
>Does it *offend* you that someone might want to make a *ix usable without
>having to be a Unix God?  Why?  Why do you need to argue against *any* attempt
>to produce a non-hackernix, even if it can't/won't prevent you from using a
>hackernix if that's what you prefer?  (Not that I want to hear the answer; I'm
>not a psychoanalyst.)

This is an important point. Linux is quickly becoming bigger than all of us
and a lot of novice users who are open minded are starting to try it.
I at least offer it as an alternative to folks because the software is
free and Linux can wring many more uses out of your machine than DOS/Windows.

Where we're having problems breaking through is with the simple core software
base that many unix OS's don't have because they've never been in the
personal computer market with all the feature and the right price before.
(meaning that Unixware and Mark Williams didn't have the features, while
SCO and Intel SVR4 didn't have the price. Linux has both).

The last two installations I've done have been for novices. I'm batting
500 right now (one is still working with Linux, the other not). Let me
share some perceptions:

1) The lemming syndrome: novices need to be able to be part of a group
   that share similar software. Brand name is a monster in the PC software
   business. The best example of this is xspread: Unix product, runs on
   Linux, looks and acts like lotus 1 2 3. A novice linux user can go
   and get basic commands and whatnot from Lotus users and books. It gives
   them a sense of comfort to them.

2) Documentation: We're doing pretty good here. The LDP has excellent books
   available. Also all the "Unix for Dummies" type books on the market are
   starting to fill the gap. The one thing that's yet to be written is
   the type of 15-20 printable manual for each application that in tutorial
   fashion shows users how to use an application without assuming that they
   already know how to use it. Most experts understand that an editor is an 
   editor is an editor, but we get that from experience. So having a tutorial
   document is a good thing.

3) Word Processing: I've finally figured out that outside of the expert class
   that folks really only use computers to write documents. I can name
   a dozen folks that I work with that only used their machines to write
   documents until I introduced them to E-mail, which is essentially a
   another document tool. We need a word processor that native to the
   platform. I know that it's been kicked around before but I have a new
   twist to add: It needn't be complicated. Most of the ideas that have kicked
   around have centered around complex issues like object based semantic 
   models and SGML layout architecture. But at heart there are only 5 or
   6 essential tasks that a WP needs to perform:

   1) Getting text into a document (obviously)
   2) Applying attributes to portions of the text (fonts, size, bold, italics)
   3) Printing
   4) The ability to include graphics
   5) WYSIWYG
   6) Simple interface for commands.
   7) On-line and offline documentation
   
   Before you add more (and there is probably more) ask youself how often
   any other feature is used by the average user. Remember also that we
   already have tools for doing complicated layouts. The key to a good
   WP is that it performs that average WP tasks and not much else.

   I light of this I have a new proposal for getting a simple WP off the
   ground: start with an existing product and extend it into the WP arena.
   I have not yet seen or run Harry's WP yet which may do the job but I'll
   start with an example I'm familiar with: JOE.

   JOE is a simple editor. JOE also has innovative features for an editor 
   (help that stays up while you edit, multiple windows), and has the start
   of rudimentary WP functions. And it's simple which is the most important
   thing. Most importantly JOE doesn't intimidate folks with hard to use
   interfaces or massive complexity. Type joe and start typing. Doesn't
   get much simpler than that. I'm partial to it because I can introduce it
   to novice users (like my 10 YO, or my parents) and they pick it up
   quickly.

   Right now JOE and fullfill items 1 and 7 on my list and these are the
   ideas that I have for the others:

   2) Attributes: Seems to me that SGML has the right procedural model
      for attributes: just tag them with text. So it you want something
      in bold Century 15 pt just tag it:

      [Cent-b-15]This is Century bold 15 text.[def] and some more text
      in regular format.

      Keep it in regular text so that simple editors can edit it and it 
      can be mailed or processed with text tools.

   3) Printing wise I think the tools already exist: simply convert to
      PostScript and Print it out. Or convert the above tags into something
      else. The important thing is that the ability to print should be
      able to happen from the app without leaving it.

   4) Included graphics: Encapulated postscript is an obvious choice. Include
      graphics just like xfig does. Supply a bounding box and the graphic
      will go right in. Question: is there a linux tool that is Like Xpaint
      for VC's. Seems it would be simple to create using the SVGA lib.

   5) WYSIWIG: I'm a believer in text based applications because I've seen
      many situations where one works from terminal, over modems, telnet
      links and the like. So both a text based and X based display model
      need be addressed:

      text: The most important thing is that the app computes the amount of
            space each character takes and only show an appropriate number
            of character for each line. Something in 30 point should only
            show 5 characters to the line if that's all that fits.
            
            The Second most important thing is to somehow highlight the
            attributes for the text. The color console model will be good
            for this. And I think that simply highlighting text that has
            attributes attached for mono terminals is sufficient.

         X: Obviously an X tool can show everything is it's proper form.
            And it should be used when at all possible. How difficult
            would it be to build a TCL/TK front end? I've only played with
            it briefly.

   6) Simple Interface for commands: solution is to use the mouse when at
      all possible. Attribute selection should be done by doing a selection
      type drag over the text, hitting a button, and choosing an attribute.
      the attribute will then be applied to the selected text and the 
      document will adjust to reflect any text changes.

      Also arrow and control key commands should be available so that
      terminal users can still work.

Anyway given these criteria (and I'll gladly accept any other suggestions)
how difficult would be be to either adapt JOE (or HWP) or generate a new
application?

I of course know the charge of "You dreamed it up. You write it!" But I'm
unfortunately too deep in my research to do anything else right now.

Anyway not having something simple to create documents is really hurting 
Linux expansion and the non native tools (like WordPerfect or Word for
DOS) can't do the complete job. Plus it always raises the question "If
I'm running WordPerfect anyway then waht difference does it make under which
OS?"

We need to somehow develop something that simple, different, and better.

I'm aware of the WORD mailing list folks but frankly we haven't heard
a whole lot from them lately. The Linux tide is being stemmed for the lack
of a basic yet essential tool. And this can be complementary to a richer
and more powerful tool. But I think this is something we need to do in
typical Linux fashion: Get it out quickly, let people bang on it, improve
it 'til it's acceptable, then distribute the hell out of it.

Comments accepted, flames ignored.

Later,

BAJ
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Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel!
Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332   Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu

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From: umisef@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Bernd Meyer)
Subject: Re: Linus's fame -> job offers
Date: 21 May 1994 18:32:14 GMT

Russell Nelson (nelson@crynwr.crynwr.com) wrote:
:    a positive way?  He could probably create a cult around us if he wanted.
: Well, given the size of the Linux community, I'd say that Linus has
: guaranteed employment for the next ten years.  He could walk into just
: about any Unix-using house and say "Okay, I'm here for my job", and if
: they didn't have one, they'd *create* one for him.  I'm sure that
: Linus has already been asked if he's looking for a job.

: Fame translates into job offers.


I have been thinking about this for quite some time - a way to give back
something to those linux developers out there. The best thing I have
come up with so far is to offer them a place to sleep and a nice meal if
they decide to travel.

So my (very very raw!) suggestion is that we create a list of people who
would be willing to give a bed (or a place to put the sleeping bag on
:-), a dinner and a breakfast to, well, anyone listed in the credits
file - and whoever wishes to be added to that list can send mail asking
for it. Of course, anybody travelling would have to phone first, and
prepare for a number of people being out of town or "out of town" or
....

What does the rest of the linux community think about this? Any takers?
I would offer to organize this myself, but as I don't know where I may
be in 6 weeks time (and the possible locations are about 16,000km apart
:-), this doesn't seem such a good idea...

Bernie

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And we buried ours / and the Turks buried theirs  | ..... living in Oz ....
And it started all over again"                    | 
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From: bhogan@crl.com (Bill Hogan)
Subject: Re: Hackers CD. (Was: Re: InfoMagic CD set - WOW!)
Date: 19 May 1994 18:53:10 -0700

Rick (pclink@qus102.qld.tne.oz.au) wrote:

: ... as a long time hacker, I *always* want *full* source for
: whatever I'm using.  That's why I got involved with Linux in the first
: place.  As a hacker, I also like to dabble in other areas - audio/video
: processing, AI, db's, speech synthesis, VR, GUI's, etc.

: Who's interested in a hackers CD?

: I envisage a CD with a minimum Linux runtime - kernel, boot utils, and
: compiler.  The rest of the CD is filled to capacity with gzip'ed source
: code, say 1Gb of the finest hackery.  Any takers?  Any suggestions on
: what to include?

: Rick.

  Sounds like Yggdrasil to me.

  If I an not misreading the blurb I downloaded from their ftp site, I 
can in principle recompile the ENtire system on my machine, from CDROM, 
in about 28 hours (on a 486DX33).

  Naturally, if I had that capability, I would not be able to live with 
myself until I actually did it.

  If you would like me to uuencode some of their stuff and sent it up to 
you, let be know!

  Bill
-- 
  Bill Hogan
{bhogan@crl.com}

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From: nma2255@u.cc.utah.edu (naji al-khudairi)
Subject: postscript converter for linux
Date: 19 May 1994 17:18:12 -0600


        I have been hearing about the Linux Network Administrators guide
(or something to that affect) on the net.  I downloaded it, but I cannot
print out postscript files.  Is there a small package I can get for Linux
that will let me print postscript files to a Canon Bubble-Jet 200?

Thanks!

-- 
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From: guy@dearg.cuillin.org.uk (Guy Dawson)
Crossposted-To: comp.arch.storage,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Subject: Re: Help selecting good SCSI disk
Date: 19 May 1994 21:58:55 GMT

In article <1994May19.091716.23065@jet.uk>, cpg@jet.uk (Chris Gatcombe) writes:
|> Hello,
|> 
|> I am selecting a 1.0 GB disk, since I have heard there may be problems
|> concerning 1GB+ disks. I don't know if the problems are with the
|> controller bios, the disk, or the PC's bios.  I don't want to risk
|> buying a 2GB disk only to find I can't use a large part of it.  My main
|> concerns are to ensure full compatibility with DOS/Windows and Linux.
|> 

The DOS problems with disks bigger than 1GB are related to the
SCSI adaptor BIOS. On Adaptec 1542Bs it was not until Version 3.20 of
the BIOS that disks bigger than 1GB were supported in DOS.

Later cards ( 1542C & CF ) can deal with disks bigger than 1GB...

|> I have selected an Adaptec 1542CF, and as for a disk, I have quotes for
|> the following:
|> 

I've had good experiences with the DEC drives. I know several IBM RS/6000
VARS who spec them!

Guy
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From: liuz@msc.cornell.edu (Zhiping Liu)
Subject: Only one button of my mouse works, help please.
Date: 21 May 1994 14:51:23 -0400

Hi, everyone:

Only one button of my mouse works. Under X, I can select strings but cannot
paste them, really anonying.

I am using a mouse that has three physical buttons and it has a switch
of 2<->3, if I switch to 2 it is MicroSoft compatiable otherwise it is
a three button MouseSystems compatiable.

I used both of these configurations in my Xconfig, they all have the same
problem. I am using Slackware 1.2 and XFree 86 2.1. During the setup of
my configuration, I chose "selection -t ms" to be added to 
/etc/rc.d/rc.local, but all these efforts cannot save me.

Are there some other people encounted such a problem and could you please
mail your solutions?

Many thanks

zack

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