Linux Space Station Raven - SSR-02

(C) Graham Swallow

1. Issue-Two

• 1.1 Copyright
• 1.2 Downloading
• 1.3 Reading the textfile SSR2-00c.txt.gz
• 1.4 Issue-2 Overview

2. User gps

• 2.1 File permission
• 2.2 adduser
• 2.3 /etc/passwd
• 2.4 /etc/shadow
• 2.5 /etc/group
• 2.6 /dev/fd0
• 2.7 fdformat /dev/fd0h1440
• 2.8 /etc/fdprm
• 2.9 chmod, chown chgrp
• 2.10 Symbolic Links

3. BackSpace

• 3.1 BackSpace History
• 3.2 /usr/lib/kbd/keytables/uk.map
• 3.3 stty erase ˆH
• 3.4 vi
• 3.5 bash
• 3.6 X11

4. Example Package Installation - xearth

• 4.1 cmd - a useful utility
• 4.2 mk - a useful utility
• 4.3 xearth
• 4.4 Pre-requirements
• 4.5 Locating xearth on disk4 - sunsite
• 4.6 cd /cdrom/X11/xapps/graphics/
• 4.7 mkdir /tmp/pkgs_cd
• 4.8 tar -C /tmp/pkgs_cd -zxf ./xearth-0.92.tar.gz
• 4.9 cd /tmp/pkgs_cd/xearth-0.92
• 4.10 xmkmf
• 4.11 make
• 4.12 make install ; make install.man
• 4.13 xearth -pos "fixed 62.4 -51.1" -grid &
• 4.14 man xearth
• 4.15 vi  /.xinitrc
• 4.16 delete xearth-0.96
• 4.17 Worked example - done!
• 4.18 configure
• 4.19 make linux
• 4.20 package_elf-01.tgz
• 4.21 old_lib.so

5. sunsite: disk4

• 5.1 unc.edu
• 5.2 Internet anonymous ftp BBS's and mailing lists.
• 5.3 Why GNU ?
• 5.4 Not sunsite
• 5.5 Not sunsite

6. Sunsite Packages

• 6.1 xearth
• 6.2 eject - cdrom
• 6.3 Arena
• 6.4 xloadimage-4.1
• 6.5 xloadimage /tmp/fix_fax/page.pbm

7. ddd

8. lyx-0.8.4 - Word Processor

• 8.1 Install
• 8.2 First Use
• 8.3 TeX Inside
• 8.4 It's not WYSIWYG
• 8.5 MMI features
• 8.6 MMI glitches
• 8.7 Glitches

9. thot

10. URLS to surf

• 10.1 Non http: URLS
• 10.2 Harware URLS
• 10.3 LDP URLS
• 10.4 More URL's to look at

11. .dvi .ps .tgz .shar .me .ps

• 11.1 compression
• 11.2 Packaging
• 11.3 print ready documents
• 11.4 on-line files
• 11.5 Graphics files
• 11.6 Program source
• 11.7 Program objects and library files

12. Ghost Script

• 12.1 Display tiger.ps on a linux graphics console using SVGA_LIB
• 12.2 Display tiger.ps on an X11 graphics console
• 12.3 Text or graphics
• 12.4 tk ref card - example ps
• 12.5 mkdir /tmp/temp
• 12.6 gs -dSAFER -sDEVICE=x11 tk.ps
• 12.7 gs -dSAFER -sDEVICE=x11 -r200 tk.ps
• 12.8 gs -dSAFER -sDEVICE=pbm -r180 tk.ps
• 12.9 xloadimage -rotate 270 tk.2.pbm
• 12.10 gs -dSAFER ...
• 12.11 Output to an epson 24 bin dot-matrix printer
• 12.12 /usr/lib/ghostscript/doc/*

13. gnuplot for botanists.

• 13.1 /usr/lib/gnuplot/demos
• 13.2 gnuplot world.dem
• 13.3 gnuplot all.dem
• 13.4 gnuplot.gih (120 k)
• 13.5 defaults.ini
• 13.6 Online-help
• 13.7 More help

14. archie -via- www

• 14.1 Gopher - what is it
• 14.2 Archie - what is it?
• 14.3 ArchiePlex
• 14.4 example archie session
• 14.5 Unexpected errors
• 14.6 Top of the list - outdated!
• 14.7 No fake dates, please!
• 14.8 Strange Netscape Dialog Box - press Filter

15. Mesa-1.2.6

16. Chinese xterm

17. kaffe - Java Compiler

18. cbb-0.63 beta

19. xfinans

• 19.1 Installation as a user
• 19.2 Transfers
• 19.3 ASCII files

20. pigeon - October

• 20.1 FORGOTTEN STUFF

21. Linuxing with X11

• 21.1 The X11 desktop is a foreign langauge ?
• 21.2 Window focus, follows mouse.
• 21.3 POINT-F5 raises window to front
• 21.4 F1, F2, F3, F4, are strange
• 21.5 Paste into vi within xterm
• 21.6 Text is too small to be readable
• 21.7 ALT-F1 ALT-F4
• 21.8 openwin - or - fvtwm ?
• 21.9 X-clipboard
• 21.10 /usr/openwin/lib/*menu*