> I was looking around for plug-ins for the Communicator browser and wondered
> about RealAudio. When I went to the Realaudio site and found the downloads
for
> Linux, I was given the choice to get a.out or ELF binaries??? What is a.out
> and what is ELF? Do I need to compile these or are they pre-compiled? Just
a
> wild guess, but does a.out have anything to do with assembly language?
a.out and ELF are binary formats. a.out is ancient but was used until about 3
years ago in Linux systems; it did did originally mean assembler output. ELF
means Executable and Linking Format. The default RH install should handle both,
but ELF is the 'current' way to go. a.out is smaller and is still used for
low-memory/low-storage situations, e.g., some emergency recovery floppies.
> Next Q: How do I tell how much HD space is left/used in bash? can it be done
> with 'dir' or 'ls'? I have created an alias for ls that adds the following
> options: -lsa --color. Would I need to add an extra option for HD space?
Use 'df' to see the disk free space. 'df -h' is nicer. If you *really* want
this to appear with every "ls", then alias ls to "df -h;ls -lsa --color" or "df
-h|grep '/$';ls -lsa --color" if you only care about the root partition's
freespace.
> Last Q: When I connect to my ISP using 'ifup ppp0' or by activating the ppp0
> interface from the Control Panel in X, I don't get any info about the
> connection. Is there any way to find out what IP address my ISP assigned me
> for this connection?
See /sbin/ifconfig
> Also, is there anyway to verify my connection speed?
Not very easily. You can only see this if your dial chat has debug on and you
review (grep!) the connection script.
> I have a K56 Flex modem that usually gives me 46K connections. do I need to
use
> any utilities for this?
You shouldn't need anything special.
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