World: r3wp

out of curiosity, what does AltME need libxaw6 for when REBOL/View 
runs fine on its own?

older View used it for the security requesters. not sure if this 
is still the case with 1.3 or not.

just install Mandriva 2006 and then Rebol/Altme. Altme is acting 
different than the old Mandrake 10.1 install. It's showing all the 
messages in the All Groups-not the Rebol group etc ?

1.3 is linked to libxaw7. Older Views needed libxaw6 just like AltME

with a reboot Mandriva/Altme is working correct now

Alan: that happens the first time AltME syncs up.

Gabriele:thanks,been running Altme on XP so long forgot that :)

Ok, I need some advice from you Linux gurus out there: I'm running 
my xpeers server on an old RH 7.3 installation with EXT3 filesystem. 
The server is running in a data-center, so only remote access via 
SSH.


1. Does it make sense to update the kernel / system? If, how can 
I do this remote?

2. I think with xpeers ReiserFS might be a better choice because 
I have thousands of small files on my system, that needs to be handled. 
How can I update the filesystem?

updating the system does make sense, but it should be done by someone 
familiar with the issue (if you do something wrong, there's nothing 
you can do to fix it remotely)

changing the filesystem is something i would not do remotely.

it can be done (with a *lot* of effort), but it's too risky. it's 
much easier to rent a new server with reiser and move the data.

maybe you can do it by adding a new hd to the server. still a non-trivial 
task though, and i would try it on a local machine at least twice 
before attempting on a remote machine. :)

robert,  I would ask your hosting company if they can give you access 
to the terminal server  (so that you ssh there and then you can reboot 
and see boot messages as if you were on a local terminal - note you 
might have to configure the server first

otherwise you're better off letting them handle the os upgrade or 
better ask for a up to date box (e.g. with Fedora core 4) and migrate

if you have access to the terminal server I can send you info on 
how to configure it so that you get the boot messages

Ok, thanks for the comments. What's this terminal-server stuff? Is 
this a special console I connect too?

The machine is a dedicated one. I'm the only user of it with full-root 
access rights.

i cant run core042 i get: *** Boot error 951, any ideas of what may 
be wrong ?

the terminal server is used by the hosting company to access multiple 
servers consoles without having physical consoles. When they reboot 
a machine the can get the bios boot messages because there is a console 
cable to the terminal server and they normally access the terminal 
server via ssh

ok I am running into a problem running the last stable version on 
View-I can run as root but not a user ? running from root i have 
changed the permissions but when I do that,then I can not run a root 
? I remember on mandrake 10.1 I was able to run View as a user ? 
Also,what do I need to install to get the View 1.3 ? running on mandriva 
2006 ? Thanks from a Linux newbie

Is there any specific need to make View 1.3.50 running under Linux:
- It runs right while clicking the icon
- it fails to run from a terminal:
	./rebol
	** User Error: REBOL: Cannot connect to X server
	** Near: size-text self

Is there some environment vars missing ?

you cant run View in console mode?

I mean - if your server does not have X-Win installed, then you have 
to use Core

(Its not me, but I asked for another guy)
An "xhost + localhost" seems to have solved the problem.

hmm... after upgrading to Ubuntu Dapper, AltME has started working 
again.

Thanks for that info!

which distro do you recommend to linux newbie (me)?

Ubuntu is very nice for beginners

Is it very different from knoppix? HAs knoppix stiil the better hardware-detection? 
Than 1-2weeks knoppix and thenubuntu?

I can only speak for myself, but Ubuntu installed flawlessly on the 
PC's I've installed it on. I use Knoppix only as a live CD.

Knoppix still has better detection, but yes, it's primarily a live 
CD. I use Ubuntu in most cases, but I use MEPIS instead of Knoppix, 
which is also very nice and can both be installed and used as a live 
CD, like Ubuntu

AFAIK knoppix is now debian-compatible, means apt-get works without 
problems.

But if ubuntu installs without problems, its ok.

I've installed Ubuntu for my girlfriend and it seems to work without 
problems. My win-comp crashed badly again so I'm thinging about changing 
my OS. I want to know what alternatives are there, what distro seems 
to work best. I tried Mepis yesterday but was dissapointed, it had 
some strange problems.

easy to use =  Xandros, linspire, mepis, pcbsd. I personally use 
linspire ( the only one that finds all my hardware and it works), 
mepis is real nice but it won't detect my 4 port lan ( only 2 ports) 
Xandros crashes with my video card, pcbsd ( freebsd) is very nice 
but right know it has issues with flat monitors, Oh Oh you can try 
PClinuxOS it is easy too and with a lot of eye candy.

well my fav is still Mandriva-works out of the door and is the only 
distro that worked under Vmware.tried both ubuntu

Is there someone using Mandriva Linux?

ach see Alan:))

Yes Oldes, I do. Mandriva 10.2

Damn Small Linux 2.0 released..  http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/index.html


Damn Small is small enough and smart enough to do the following things:


    * Boot from a business card CD as a live linux distribution (LiveCD)
    * Boot from a USB pen drive

    * Boot from within a host operating system (that's right, it can 
    run *inside* Windows)

    * Run very nicely from an IDE Compact Flash drive via a method we 
    call "frugal install"

    * Transform into a Debian OS with a traditional hard drive install
    * Run light enough to power a 486DX with 16MB of Ram

    * Run fully in RAM with as little as 128MB (you will be amazed at 
    how fast your computer can be!)

    * Modularly grow -- DSL is highly extendable without the need to 
    customize

screen shots  http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-fb.2.0.jpghttp://www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-jwm.2.0.jpg

50mb and includes.. 


XMMS (MP3, CD Music, and MPEG), FTP client, Dillo web browser, links 
web browser, FireFox, spreadsheet, Sylpheed email, spellcheck (US 
English), a word-processor (FLwriter), three editors (Beaver, Vim, 
and Nano [Pico clone]), graphics editing and viewing (Xpaint, and 
xzgv), Xpdf (PDF Viewer), emelFM (file manager), Naim (AIM, ICQ, 
IRC), VNCviwer, Rdesktop, SSH/SCP server and client, DHCP client, 
PPP, PPPoE (ADSL), a web server, calculator, generic and GhostScript 
printer support, NFS, Fluxbox window manager, games, system monitoring 
apps, a host of command line tools, USB support, and pcmcia support, 
some wireless support.

There's 1 mb left .. should talk to them about adding /View

Yes, but does it run REBOL? ;->

:)

View as big as .net BUT including os?

or remove all the other junk and put just REBOL on top of the kernel...

Well, I wouldn't call it 'junk'

Agreed. Think open source rebol linked in each of them :)