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Linux Documentation Project FAQs
1. General information
2. Getting and installing AfterStep
3. Problems After Installation
4. AfterStep Configuration
5. Icons, graphics and pixmaps
6. Modules
7. AfterStep Application ("as-apps") configuration.
8. General usage, features and bugs
9. Miscellany
10. Other AfterStep-unrelated applications
1. A Word From The Maintainer Of Ftape.
2. "Compiling and installing Ftape" related questions !
3. "Using Ftape" related questions !
4. "Tape and Drivers" related questions !
5. Miscellaneous !
1. Licensing
2. Introduction
3. Questions related to any architectures
4. x86 architecture specific questions
5. Sparc architecture specific questions
6. PowerPC architecture specific questions
7. Alpha architecture specific questions
8. Useful pointers
9. Glossary
10. What's new ?
11. List of contributors
Linux Documentation Project FAQs
Linux Documentation Project FAQs
source: http://tldp.org/FAQ/index.html last updated 27Feb2018
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AfterStep FAQ,
Updated Nov 1998. By Andrew Sullivan
This is the AfterStep Window Manager FAQ (mostly with answers).
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- 4.1 What's a .steprc, and why do I need it anyway?
- 4.2 I'm using AfterStep 1.2 or later, and I can't find the .steprc. Why?
- 4.3 OK, so how do I customize non-.steprc versions?
- 4.4 I just upgraded versions, and now nothing works.
- 4.5 How do I change my startmenu?
- 4.6 Where did the "Decorations" item go in version 1.5?
- 4.7 What are "look", "feel", "desktop", etc. files?
- 4.8 Can I have differently-sized buttons on the titlebar?
- 4.9 Fine, but how do I reduce the number of buttons on the titlebar?
- 4.10 Why does some key not work as I expect?
- 4.11 Why can't I have my .steprc in version 1.4.x or later?
- 4.12 I'm using Red Hat, and I can't find the configuration files you've mentioned.
- 4.13 What is the database file?
- 4.14 What is the base.{yourbpp}bpp file?
- 4.15 How do I get apps to minimize to a different place?
- 4.16 I keep losing my icons, or I can't stand having them follow me.
- 4.17 Suddenly, some windows stay always on top. Why?
- 4.18 Can I make or install a "theme" for AfterStep?
- 4.19 I want to do xyz with {some application under X}. How do I do it?
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Ftape FAQ,
Updated Dec 1997. By Johan De Wit
A FAQ for the Ftape Floppy Tape Device Driver.
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- 3.1 How fast is Ftape ?
- 3.2 When I write to some of my tapes, they seem to spend a lot of time "shoe-shining," or repositioning instead of streaming. Is something wrong with my system?
- 3.3 Do I have to reboot to the DOS world to format tapes?
- 3.4 Is it possibly to format Ditto 2GB tapes with ftape?
- 3.5 Is it possibly to format Ditto Max or Max Pro tapes with ftape?
- 3.6 Ftape detects more bad sectors than DOS on QIC-3020 tapes
- 3.7 Is it ok that I'm not hearing the tape move when I do a fsf or a bsf with mt?
- 3.8 Why does my XYZ backup program complain about "Invalid argument" errors?
- 3.9 I/O errors and FDC - some explanations.
- 3.10 Why do I get "/dev/qft0: No such device" errors?
- 3.11 I get "device busy" when I make multiple backups on a tape using some script.
- 3.12 How do I "..." with tar?
- 3.13 What block-size should I use with tar ?
- 3.14 Where can I find the tar/mt/cpio/dd binaries - sources - manpages?
- 3.15 If I use tapers compression, is it a bad idea to use the compression with zftape, or would it be better to not use tapers compression, and let zftape do it?
- 3.16 How does zftape compression compare to say gzip -9?
- 3.17 I don't trust compression, but hear that the sftape interface is going away. What should I do?
- 3.18 Ftape says "This tape has no 'Linux raw format"
- 3.19 Can I exchange tapes with someone using DOS?
- 3.20 How does `mt eom' work when you've started overwriting a tape in the middle?
- 3.21 When I made backups before using taper, under the 2.0.29 ftape my drive didn't support fsf, under the new zftape it does, why would this be, and what exactly is fsf ?
- 3.22 What exactly is the difference between ftape, and zftape?
- 3.23 What is the difference between a rewinding, and non rewinding drive?
- 3.24 Can someone tell me how to use mt to rewind my TR-3 drive one record using zftape record, so I can verify it?
- 3.25 By non-rewinding, they mean that it doesn't automatically rewind, correct? It doesn't mean that under no circumstances it will rewind, right? I tried using /dev/zqft0, and it instantly rewinds the tape.
- 3.26 What is the difference between what mt considers a record and what it considers a file?
- 3.27 Reusing tapes with zftape without reformatting the tape.
- 3.28 This script implements a simple contents listing for the zftape package using the "MTIOCVOLINFO" ioctl.
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Linux Documentation Project (LDP) FAQ,
Updated May 2004. By Rahul Sundaram
An introductory FAQ for users who come across the LDP and do not yet understand what it all means.
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Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers,
Updated Feb 2004. By David Merrill
This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions for Linux, the free Unix for just about every computer hardware platform on the planet.
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Linux-RAID FAQ
Updated Mar 2003. By Gregory Leblanc
This is a FAQ for the Linux-RAID mailing list, hosted on vger.rutgers.edu. It's intended as a supplement to the existing Linux-RAID HOWTO, to cover questions that keep occurring on the mailing list. PLEASE read this document before your post to the list.
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Linux PPP FAQ,
Updated Dec 1996. By Al Longyear
Replaced by the: Linux PPP HOWTO.
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The Sig11 FAQ,
Updated Dec 1998. By R.E.Wolff
This FAQ describes what the possible causes are for a Linux kernel compile crashes with a "signal 11".
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Linux SMP FAQ,
By David Mentré
Replaced by the: Linux SMP HOWTO.
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Linux Threads Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ),
Updated Jan 1997. By Sean Walton
This FAQ is designed to answer several frequently asked questions about Linux threads.
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- What are threads (user/kernel)?
- What are the common problems with threads?
- Kernel Issues
- Does Linux support threads?
- Are Linux threads the same as other implementations?
- Is the kernel 100% reentrant?
- Do the libraries support multithreading?
- Is there a system call I can use to access kernel threads?
- What do the individual flags mean and do in clone()?
- How are Linux threads accessed?
- Are there ways to determine thread schedule ordering?
- Is there sample code I can use to test out kernel-space threads?
- Threads Programming
- What kinds of things should be threaded/multitasked?
- Are there threading libraries? Where?
- How do Linux threads compare with other OSs'?
- Are there languages that support threads?
- How does one debug threads?
- How do I avoid getting zombies?
- How is threading different from tasks using shared memory?
- What applications or libraries currently use threads?
- Where can I learn more about threads? Are there news-/discussion-groups?
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WordPerfect on Linux FAQ,
Updated Oct 2004. By Rick Moen
WordPerfect for Linux continues to be popular, and is still conditionally available. This FAQ covers its place in the modern Linux world, and answers common questions.
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- Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
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- 1.1. Nature of the FAQ.
- 1.2. The Big Picture.
- 2. Taxonomy and History
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- 2.1. Corel WordPerfect Product Strategy
- 2.2. Versions and Editions
- 3. Technical Problems.
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- 3.1. WP 8.0 DPE for Linux installs but won't start on my Linux distribution. How do I fix that?
- 3.2. WP 8.0 DPE for Linux installs perfectly, and runs fine for the root user, but quits with a segmentation fault if any non-root user starts it. What's the cause?
- 3.3. How do I stop the WP 8.x installer from getting diagnostic message "../install.wp: [: 18-10: integer expression expected" followed a short while later by termination with a Segmentation Fault error?
- 3.4. How do I fix the WP 8.x installer's failures resulting from errors copying files onto my NFS network drive?
- 3.5. How do I fix MS-Word import / export filters (the Filtrix module) on WP 8.x for Linux?
- 3.6. Why didn't Corel itself release any fix for the MS-Word / Filtrix problem, especially given its obligations to purchasers of boxed-set versions?
- 3.7. How do I make WP for Linux's integration with KDE Address Book ("kab") work with KDE2 / KDE3?
- 3.8. I get rendering problems with icons and other graphical objects when running WP for Linux at greater than 16 bits per pixel. How do I fix that?
- 3.9. Can I make WP for Linux use TrueType fonts?
- 3.10. How do I get printing to work?
- 3.11. How do I keep the "WordPerfect 8 for Linux" re-release's installer from crashing?
- 3.12. Can my language's absence from the "WordPerfect 8 for Linux" re-release be fixed?
- 3.13. Why aren't the PostScript Type 1 fonts I've installed available in WP?
- 3.14. Why aren't the PostScript Type 1 fonts I've installed available to applications other than WP?
- 3.15. I see the process "wpexc" still running in my system process table, even after quitting WordPerfect. If the WordPerfect program is "xwp", what's "wpexc", and why does it need to remain running?
- 3.16. What is the "xwppmgr" process?
- 3.17. How do I prevent "xwp" from starting the wrong version of WordPerfect?
- 3.18. How do I get WP to support my wheelmouse?
- 3.19. WP9 stopped working / won't install, even with the upgraded support packages and installer. How do I fix that?
- 4. Downloadable WP 8
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- 4.1. Where can I find a copy of WP 8.0 DPE for Linux? What filenames should I look for?
- 4.2. After I locate WP 8.0 DPE for Linux, how do I install it, and what can I do to improve and fix it?
- 4.3. Given that Corel has ceased publishing it, is redistribution of WP 8.0 DPE for Linux still lawful?
- 4.4. What are the licence restrictions on WP 8.0 DPE for Linux?
- 4.5. Suppose I suddenly need to use my copy of WP 8.0 DPE for Linux in a commercial setting. Can I upgrade my licence?
- 4.6. How can I add more fonts to WP 8.0 DPE?
- 4.7. How do I add additional language files (other than US English) to WP 8.0 DPE (or the 2003-4 "pilot project" re-release)?
- 4.8. Where will we get new WP 8.0 registration keys, if / when Corel stops offering them at the page linked from http://venus.corel.com/nasapps/wp8linuxreg/register.html?
- 5. Non-downloadable WP 8
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- 5.1. Where can I find a copy of WP 8.1 for Linux?
- 5.2. What does WP 8.1 give me that's not in WP 8.0 DPE?
- 5.3. What are the licence restrictions on WP 8.1 for Linux?
- 5.4. Why was WP missing from CLOS Deluxe / Standard Editions version 1.1?
- 5.5. How do I install WP 8.1 (from a CLOS boxed set) on some other Linux distribution?
- 5.6. How do I add fonts to WP 8.1?
- 5.7. What's the difference between the WP versions bundled with CLOS boxed-set versions 1.0 and 1.2?
- 5.8. Where can I get a boxed-set copy of WP 8.0 PE?
- 5.9. Where can I find a boxed-set copy of WP 8.0 Server Edition for Linux?
- 6. WP version 9
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- 6.1. Isn't WP 9 For Linux (in the WP Office 2000suite) better than WP 8.1?
- 6.2. Why didn't Corel do WP 9 as a native Linux port?
- 6.3. Is there anything I can do to maintain or improve WP9 for Linux?
- 6.4. Where can I find a copy of WP9 / WP Office 2000 for Linux?
- 7. Documentation
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- 7.1. What books are available concerning WP for Linux?
- 7.2. WP 8.x's access to on-line docs doesn't work any more, saying "document not found (404 error)". Where did they go?
- 8. The Future
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- 8.1. Why did Corel cease publishing WP for Linux?
- 8.2. Why is Corel still selling WP versions for other Unixes, but not Linux?
- 8.3. Won't WP for Linux re-emerge as part of Xandros Desktop?
- 8.4. If Corel doesn't want to sell WP for Linux, why doesn't it open-source the program?
- 8.5. What alternatives to WP exist on Linux?
- 8.6. What alternatives to WP exist involving Win32 apps on Linux?
- 9. Feedback. Location. Copyright and Redistribution Terms.
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Unofficial SuSE FAQ
By Togan Muftuoglu
This document is compiled from the SuSE English Linux Mailinglist and tries to provide answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
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