From: Matthew & Melissa Nuzum <whi...@counsellor.com> Subject: Unexecutable binaries Date: 1997/06/13 Message-ID: <5nq44i$5j5$1@news10.gte.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 247997449 Organization: GTE Intelligent Network Services, GTE INS X-Auth: D800844E418484954A958491 Reply-To: whi...@counsellor.com Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions Hello there, After a year and a half of happily using slakware 3 I decided I could use the benifits of an upgrade. Due to curiosity, I chose Red Hat 4.2. After about 36 hours I have only one problem left, I can't run some programs. I can be in the /usr/games directory and type the command fortune and always I get the response command not found. Despite the fact that ls shows me a list of all the games on my system, I can't execute a one of them. These results are the same no matter how I am logged in (root or user). I have also noticed that I can compile a program and then type the name of the executable and get the same response. This is frustrating. If anyone can lend insight it would be greatly apreciated. Thank You, Matt P.S. Please respond via mail and news.
From: dmc...@cts.com (David M. Cook) Subject: Re: Unexecutable binaries Date: 1997/06/13 Message-ID: <slrn5q2er3.c21.dmcook@mozart.cts.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 248110238 Cache-Post-Path: optional.cts.com!unk...@psc1194229.cts.com References: <5nq44i$5j5$1@news10.gte.net> Organization: CTS Network Services Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions On 13 Jun 1997 00:26:58 GMT, Matthew & Melissa Nuzum <whi...@counsellor.com> wrote: > After a year and a half of happily using slakware 3 I decided I could >use the benifits of an upgrade. Due to curiosity, I chose Red Hat 4.2. >After about 36 hours I have only one problem left, I can't run some >programs. You must have put "." in your PATH on that Slackware system a long time ago and forgot about it! Dave Cook
From: Matthew & Melissa Nuzum <Ne...@cyberdude.com> Subject: Re: Unexecutable binaries Date: 1997/06/20 Message-ID: <5oct28$ml$1@news10.gte.net>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 251239800 References: <5nq44i$5j5$1@news10.gte.net> <slrn5q2er3.c21.dmcook@mozart.cts.com> To: "David M. Cook" <dmc...@cts.com> Organization: GTE Intelligent Network Services, GTE INS X-Auth: D801960E47D584CD4C8491E0 Reply-To: Ne...@cyberdude.com Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions David M. Cook wrote: > > On 13 Jun 1997 00:26:58 GMT, Matthew & Melissa Nuzum > <whi...@counsellor.com> wrote: > > > After a year and a half of happily using slakware 3 I decided I could > >use the benifits of an upgrade. Due to curiosity, I chose Red Hat 4.2. > >After about 36 hours I have only one problem left, I can't run some > >programs. > > You must have put "." in your PATH on that Slackware system a long time > ago and forgot about it! > > Dave Cook Thanks for the help. It is amazing what I've forgotten since I first set up the system to working. Is it just me, or is RedHat (or maybe Linux in general) getting focused away from the shell? My older system came well set up for shell level and X was a bugger. With the new system it's the opposite. I even had to figure out how to set up color_ls! I thought that was assumed since the early 90's. Here is a deep thought: What REALY is a GPF(OE), and how come I don't experience them under Linux? I can't go ten or twelve keystrokes in 95 since I added a Zip drive, but under Linux, the Zip is a dream come true. Every thing I loved about my machine is better in Linux, and everything I hated went away. later, Nuzie
From: "Brian Thurston" <brian_t...@rocketship.com> Subject: Re: Unexecutable binaries Date: 1997/06/20 Message-ID: <01bc7d63$fc0128e0$0100007f@bongo.integate.bc.ca>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 251317643 References: <5nq44i$5j5$1@news10.gte.net> <slrn5q2er3.c21.dmcook@mozart.cts.com> <5oct28$ml$1@news10.gte.net> Organization: Internet Gateway Corporation Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions Hi Nuzie: Basically a GPF or General Protection Fault is an attempt by some process (program) to access memory outside its assigned boundary. The problem you appear to be suffering with W95 is not typical. I run Windows 95 for weeks at a time without incident. I also have NT4, Linux (2 distributions) and OS/2. They all have their good points and bad - including Linux. I am just learning the joys (that's sarcasm) of printing to a BJ-200 printer in Slackware 3.2 Linux - Do you guys all put up with this kind of crap? (I also have RedHat 4.2 on a different partition and while it prints to the Canon through Ghostscript, it prints UGLY - DOS, WFWG3.11, W95, NT4, System 7 and OS/2 blow Linux (all versions I have ever seen) out of the water when it comes to printing ease and quality of output. Don't get me wrong, I like Linux alot (I bought another 2 gig hd just to run it), but it is ugly. You are obviously a smart fellow; If you are having trouble with Windows 95, why don't you just fix it. You aren't suggesting that everyone using a Zip drive in W95 is typically experiencing GPFs every 12 or so keystrokes, are you? I have always found the endless sniping about Windows 95 or NT to be infantile. It reminds me of the fanaticism and zealotry associated with some OS/2 and Mac users - it's very unattractive and has done little to foward their case (just look around). Hope you get your Zip drive fixed in W95. Just one guy's opinion. Regards Brian. > Here is a deep thought: > What REALY is a GPF(OE), and how come I don't experience them under > Linux? I can't go ten or twelve keystrokes in 95 since I added a Zip > drive, but under Linux, the Zip is a dream come true. Every thing I > loved about my machine is better in Linux, and everything I hated went > away. > later, > Nuzie