From: Digestifier To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Reply-To: Linux-Misc@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 17:13:23 EDT Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #795 Linux-Misc Digest #795, Volume #2 Wed, 21 Sep 94 17:13:23 EDT Contents: Premiere PCI/II BIOS (Brian Schaufenbuel) sunsite statistics (Erik Troan) TSENG W32 Server (eruck@rdr.com) Re: QUESTION: FAXing large bitmaps from Linux/X11? (Lad A. Jelen) Novell unveils plan for Corsair (Albert H. Mak) *** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (misc-2.07) (Ian Jackson) Re: SCSI trouble (Huw Leonard) TERM - cannot connect to socket (Chris Herringshaw) PCI-SCSI (Markus Reith) Re: Do HP SCSI DAT drives work? (Soenke Voss) Re: Any Sound Blaster drivers for Linux abailable? (Robert W. Hogg) Re: TERM;ftp & tredir (Olaf Titz) Re: Need Linux CD in San Jose, CA, (Robert W. Hogg) Re: LILO - Getting Rid Of.... (Peter Moulder) Re: Word Processor for Linux? (Forkboy) Ghostscript, resume printing from page n (Bontridder Dirk) Re: Looking for BBS Pkg (Shawn A. Dempsay) Swedish Keymap file needed (S. R. Helgason) Trouble with fdisk 1.5 on big disk (Goncal Badenes) Re: Linux, 40,000 Cover CD's (John Hartridge) Linux v. OS/2 and Desqview - DOS multitasking (Lowell D Fass) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: schaufen@icaen.uiowa.edu (Brian Schaufenbuel) Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Subject: Premiere PCI/II BIOS Date: 19 Sep 1994 23:54:51 GMT I am using rev .06 of BIOS right now... Why should I upgrade? Please help me out (and others, I'm sure) by posting what all of the changes (.08 and .10 I think) do differently than .06.. I heard something about a PCI buffer being disabled. My system with ATI GUP PCI, Q-Logic FastSCSI PCI, 5 other cards withg WinNT 3.1 and WFW 3.11 is ROCK solid. Never a crash... Thanks! -- _______________________________________- Brian Schaufenbuel____________________ Brian J Schaufenbuel 2340 16th Street NW (800)378-1636 daytime Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405 (319)396-3969 evening ------------------------------ From: ewt@.unc.edu (Erik Troan) Subject: sunsite statistics Date: 19 Sep 1994 17:29:31 GMT For those of you who are interested, sunsite Linux area statistics (including a top-10 list) are available at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/ewt/public/stats.html They should be updated nightly. Erik -- ============================================================================ "Due to technical difficulties, the light at the end of the tunnel as been" "turned off until further notice" Erik Troan = ewt@sunsite.unc.edu = http://sunsite.unc.edu/ewt ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help From: eruck@rdr.com Subject: TSENG W32 Server Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 13:46:38 GMT Does anyone know anything about the TSENG W32 server. I just got the Fall release of linux and was told that the X11R6 had incorporated it. I can't seem to find it. Xwin just uses the default TSENG 4000 configuration. -ERIC ------------------------------ From: af786@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Lad A. Jelen) Crossposted-To: comp.dcom.fax Subject: Re: QUESTION: FAXing large bitmaps from Linux/X11? Date: 20 Sep 1994 10:10:59 GMT Reply-To: af786@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Lad A. Jelen) In a previous article, ereidell@media.mit.edu (Evan A. Reidell) says: > >(And is 'fine' FAX resolution exactly 200x200 dpi?) > It is according to my docs. "Normal" resolution is 200x100. -- Lad Jelen, Mentor, Ohio, Home of President James A. Garfield (No, he's not taking calls today.) af786@cleveland.freenet.edu ------------------------------ From: amak@clipper.robadome.com (Albert H. Mak) Subject: Novell unveils plan for Corsair Date: 21 Sep 1994 16:48:42 GMT Reply-To: amak@clipper.robadome.com Page 5 Communications Week Sept 19, 1994 Title: Novell Product Plan Begin Trickling Out "Advance Client Services, the official name for the project also known as Corsair and Ferret, will ship next year, Novell said. It will be demonstrated for the first time at Steward Alsop's Agenda conference this week in Phoenix, said Richard King, executive vice president of the NetWare System Group." ------------------------------ From: ijackson@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ian Jackson) Subject: *** PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING *** (misc-2.07) Date: 20 Sep 1994 04:03:26 -0600 Please do not post questions to comp.os.linux.misc - read on for details of which groups you should read and post to. Please do not crosspost anything between different groups of the comp.os.linux hierarchy. See Matt Welsh's introduction to the hierarchy, posted weekly. If you have a question about Linux you should get and read the Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers list from sunsite.unc.edu, in /pub/Linux/docs, or from another Linux FTP site. It is also posted periodically to c.o.l.announce. In particular, read the question `You still haven't answered my question!' The FAQ will refer you to the Linux HOWTOs (more detailed descriptions of particular topics) found in the HOWTO directory in the same place. Then you should consider posting to comp.os.linux.help - not comp.os.linux.misc. Note that X Windows related questions should go to comp.windows.x.i386unix, and that non-Linux-specific Unix questions should go to comp.unix.questions. Please read the FAQs for these groups before posting - look on rtfm.mit.edu in /pub/usenet/news.answers/Intel-Unix-X-faq and .../unix-faq. Only if you have a posting that is not more appropriate for one of the other Linux groups - ie it is not a question, not about the future development of Linux, not an announcement or bug report and not about system administration - should you post to comp.os.linux.misc. Comments on this posting are welcomed - please email me ! -- Ian Jackson (urgent email: iwj10@phx.cam.ac.uk) 2 Lexington Close, Cambridge, CB4 3LS, England; phone: +44 223 64238 ------------------------------ From: huw@isgtec.com (Huw Leonard) Subject: Re: SCSI trouble Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 18:01:42 GMT In article <1994Sep18.124313.13670@emba.uvm.edu> hirsch@emba-news.uvm.edu (Steven N. Hirsch) writes: >Ranjan Muttiah (muttiah@tamu.edu) wrote: >: Does anyone know why the computer system gets >: stuck in >: scsi0: adaptec 1542 >: scsi: 1 hosts I had problems with this when the DMA on my 1542C was set to zero (which my version of Linux didn't support). Try changing the DMA line to another value. ============================================================ Huw Leonard - Speaking only for himself ------------------------------ From: xxviper@med.umich.edu (Chris Herringshaw) Subject: TERM - cannot connect to socket Date: 21 Sep 1994 01:47:36 GMT I am running (err trying to run...) TERM between 2 machines running SunOS 4.1.2. The problem I am having is that when I try to run any of the term clients, I get the error: :Cannot connect to term socket Does anyone know what I am doing wrong? I ran test on both ends with no problem, and linecheck ran smooth (only escaping 17 and 19). I can't for the life of me find anything in the DOCS about dealing with this type of problem. Help! =) -- ==================================================================== Christopher Herringshaw Networking and Special Projects Division Medical Center Information Technology (MCIT) xxviper@med.umich.edu University of Michigan Medical Center, B1911 CFOB 1414 Catherine Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0704 (313) 747-2778 ==================================================================== ------------------------------ Date: 21 Sep 1994 15:10:00 +0200 From: reith@maxwell.ping.de (Markus Reith) Subject: PCI-SCSI Reply-To: root@maxwell.ping.de Hello, I want to use Linux on my Intel-P60-PCI PC. Therefore I want to buy a 1GB HD and a CD-ROM-drive. Because of several reasons I want to use SCSI but the PCI-board I use has NOT the NCR-chip on board. Can anybody recommend a PCI-SCSI controller which can be used with Linux or should I buy a controller for the AT-bus (e.g. Adapatec 1542cf) ? Is a PCI-SCSI-controller much faster than an AT-bus-controller ? When will the PCI-Adaptec be supported by Linux ? Please send me Your reply by E-Mail. many thanks, Markus Reith reith@maxwell.ping.de ## CrossPoint v3.0 ## ------------------------------ From: soenke@wiwi11.uni-bielefeld.de (Soenke Voss) Subject: Re: Do HP SCSI DAT drives work? Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 17:06:12 GMT In article <35jkir$qhm@netserver.fisonssurf.co.uk>, rgiles@fisonssurf.co.uk (Richard Giles) writes: > Anybody know if HP SCSI DAT drives work on Linux. We have an Adaptec SCSI > card which is already working with a 1 Gig. hard disc. > > Also, can you have multiple backups on the 1 tape. > > Richard > > ------------------------------------------ > Richard Giles (Data Systems Dept.) > Fisons Instruments Surface Systems > Tel. (+044) 342 327211 Fax. (+044) 342 315074 > EMail: rgiles@fisonssurf.co.uk > or richard@vgscient.demon.co.uk (backup only) > Compuserve: 100065,132 > Yes, they do. I'm running an HP 35470 and a 1.2 GB harddisk on an Adaptec 1542B without any problems. You can tar mutiple backups on one tape using the non-rewind device file /dev/nst0 and mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf for winding the tape to the appropriate place. Regards, Soenke =========================================================================== Soenke Voss Faculty of Economics UNIX system administrator Department of Computer Science University of Bielefeld P.O. Box 10 01 31 33501 Bielefeld soenke@wiwi10.uni-bielefeld.de Germany =========================================================================== ------------------------------ From: bhogg@netcom.com (Robert W. Hogg) Subject: Re: Any Sound Blaster drivers for Linux abailable? Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 01:09:58 GMT Hannu Savolainen (hannu@voxware.pp.fi) wrote: : mbru6513@pilot.stu.cowan.edu.au (Matt Bruce) writes: : >Hi, : >Being relatively new to the wonderful world of Linux, I was wondering if : >drivers have been written for the Sound Blaster cards. In particular, I : >have a SB AWE32 with 2 Mb RAM, that would be a shame to leave to MSDOS : >alone. : You poor AWE32 owners! : It's not possible to write a driver which supports full features of the : AWE32. Creative Technology has not released information about the Emu : chip and I bet they will never do that. The same is true with the ASP : also. : The AWE32 works as a SB16 with Linux. However it's much cheaper to buy : a plain SB16 than an AWE32 or SB16ASP. You don't need to get info on the ASP from creative - it's an off-the shelf DSP from Thompson. I forget the exact one - but I'm sure I can dig that info up..... As to the E-mu, you're right - they will NEVER release that info. But who cares - get a SB16 and get the Roland SoundCanvas WaveBlaster-style daughterboard. Works excellent. -- +--------------------------------------------+ | Finger bhogg@netcom.com for PGP Public Key | | | | Bob Hogg - Co-Host of RadioNet | | Airing from 10am-Noon PST | | On KSCO AM1080/Santa Cruz | | | | Future WWW page: http://www.ksco.com/ | +--------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ From: uknf@rzstud1.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (Olaf Titz) Subject: Re: TERM;ftp & tredir Date: 21 Sep 1994 13:30:36 GMT David Delaune wrote: > I'm trying to setup TERM to redirect (tredir) ftp services to a paticular > host/port combo. I can get port 21 redirected fine, but I cannot get the > data connection port 20 redirected so that when the remote hosts attempts > to open it, that my machine can respond to it properly. Anybody done this This is not possible with the way the FTP protocol works (the server does not listen on port 20, instead it connects from port 20 to a different port picked by the client). To get FTP over term, you have to compile an ftp client (e.g. ncftp) or an ftp server (e.g. wuarchive-ftpd) with the termnet library. Olaf -- ___ olaf@bigred.ka.sub.org - uknf@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de __ o click __/<_ also: s_titz@ira.uka.de - uknf@dkauni2.bitnet - praetorius@irc _)>(_)_________ "now i find that most of the time love's not enough in itself" ------------------------------ From: bhogg@netcom.com (Robert W. Hogg) Subject: Re: Need Linux CD in San Jose, CA, Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 01:16:55 GMT Johnathan Corgan (jcorgan@netcom.com) wrote: : I'm looking for the "Linux Developer's Resource" CD title, preferably : from a source in San Jose, Ca., USA, or close by. A place I could pick it : up in person is preferable over mail-order. : Thanks! there's literally a dozen places. Universal CD-ROM on S. Bascom in Cambell, NCA in Sunnyvale, Central Computer on Kiely in Santa Clara. That's all I can think of right now. Universial CD-ROM is probably the best one to go to - the guy that runs it (Charles Liu) started a Linux users group and has a lot of Linux-related materials. Bob -- +--------------------------------------------+ | Finger bhogg@netcom.com for PGP Public Key | | | | Bob Hogg - Co-Host of RadioNet | | Airing from 10am-Noon PST | | On KSCO AM1080/Santa Cruz | | | | Future WWW page: http://www.ksco.com/ | +--------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ From: 930494@edna.swin.edu.au (Peter Moulder) Subject: Re: LILO - Getting Rid Of.... Date: 19 Sep 1994 17:25:16 GMT Tried fdisk /mbr from dos? ------------------------------ From: kmzoerho@mtu.edu (Forkboy) Subject: Re: Word Processor for Linux? Date: 19 Sep 1994 19:01:42 -0400 In article , Colin Kelly wrote: > > I got the auis63L0-wp.tgz package, unzipped and untarred it, and it worked >right away. The wp package is essentially just the editor with a few pieces >included for word processing applications. > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >* Colin R. Kelly * Linux. * >* ckelly@empros.com * * >* crkelly@mermaid.micro.umn.edu * It's not just for breakfast anymore. * >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= I got the 63L1 package yesterday, and also had no problems. Great Word Processor, and only 4.5Mb (WP is about 10, I believe). ======================================================================= | Kris Zoerhoff | EE major | Michigan Technological University | ======================================================================= | Co-sysop Encounters BBS (906)482-6248 | http://www.grfn.org/~dust | ======================================================================= ------------------------------ From: bontridd@btmpds (Bontridder Dirk) Subject: Ghostscript, resume printing from page n Date: 21 Sep 1994 10:11:29 GMT Hello, A few days ago, I was printing with ghostscript a manual (postscript format) of 200 pages. After 60 pages my printer was resetted. How can I resume my printing without printing the first 60 pages of my document? Thanks. -DB- ------------------------------ From: sad8390@hobbes.NebrWesleyan.edu (Shawn A. Dempsay) Subject: Re: Looking for BBS Pkg Date: 21 Sep 1994 09:23:51 -0500 In <1994Sep21.000126.24925@khis.com> tom@khis.com (Tom Rossbottom) writes: >Does anyone know of a good bbs package for Linux? >Something as good(or bad) as those DOS versions with >ANSI Screens for callers/Chat/Mail/etc..... I use the yabbs system on my machine. It has bases for mail and a strong chat area. It doesn't do any uploading/downloading (that is what ftp is for) and no ansi graphics, but I run it VIA term at night and can easily handle 15-20 people logged into the system at the same time. A new version is coming out in the next few weeks but the current version is at: yabbs.phred.org:/pub/yabbs/yabbsnet.tar.gz -- Shawn ------------------------------ From: dv3sighe@hugin.his.se (S. R. Helgason) Subject: Swedish Keymap file needed Date: 18 Sep 94 20:53:32 GMT I need an swedish keymap file, I am using the finnish now and since I have got a clue about the keybindings. It would be very Helpful if someone sent me his keymap.(se|sw|or what ever) file -- /---------------------------------------------------------\ | S.R.Helgason D.V.P. student at HiS | | E-mail: dv3sighe@ida.his.se | | Snailmail: Mariebergsgatan 31 B, 541 45 Skovde, Sweden | \---------------------------------------------------------/ ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help From: badenes@imec.be (Goncal Badenes) Subject: Trouble with fdisk 1.5 on big disk Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 12:42:00 GMT I am having trouble with fdisk (v1.5) when I try to create partitions on my Micropolis 1924 (2.1GB). I am currently running Linux 1.1.51. If I create the partitions under Linux then OS/2 complains with a 'disk 2 has a corrupted partition table', and fails to recognize the partitions that I created. This means that if at that point I create a new OS/2 partition, all my Linux partitions on that disk are gone. :-( If I first create the partitions for OS/2 and then I go to Linux, fdisk complains about partitions overlapping !!! I only have problems with the 2.1GB drive which is at scsi id 1 (also tried id 2 with the same results: I wanted to make sure that the disk wasn't seen by the bios at bootup). At id 0 I have a Conner 540MB, which worked without problems. Could the problem be related to the fact that the disk has more than 1024 cylinders? Another remark: if I create a primary partition with Linux's fdisk at the beginning of the disk, it gives the warning that the logical and physical start of the partition do no match. The problem does not occur if I create the partition with OS/2. A similar type of problem (physical vs. logical mismatch) appears when creating big extended partitions, but as far as I can see, only if I cross the 1024 cylinder boundary (see below). I am including a (slightly edited) transcript of one of my sessions in the hope that will help for troubleshooting. Thank you in advance for any help you might give me. Am I doing something really stupid? Regards, Goncal %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% lluna:~# fdisk -v fdisk v1.5 lluna:~# fdisk /dev/sdb The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2001. This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with some software. Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 2001 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 501 501 2001 1537024 5 Extended Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(1023, 63, 32) logical=(2000, 63, 32) /dev/sdb2 * 1 1 25 25584 83 Linux native /dev/sdb5 501 501 501 1023+ 82 Linux swap /dev/sdb6 1202 1202 1602 410624 83 Linux native /dev/sdb7 1603 1603 2001 408576 83 Linux native Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-7): 1 Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) e Partition number (1-4): 4 First cylinder (26-2001): 501 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (501-2001): 2001 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 2001 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb2 * 1 1 25 25584 83 Linux native /dev/sdb4 501 501 2001 1537024 5 Extended Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(976, 63, 32) logical=(2000, 63, 32) Command (m for help): v 4046878 unallocated sectors Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-5): 4 Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) e Partition number (1-4): 4 First cylinder (26-2001): 201 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (201-2001): 1023 Command (m for help): v 4046878 unallocated sectors Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 2001 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb2 * 1 1 25 25584 83 Linux native /dev/sdb4 201 201 1023 842752 5 Extended Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-5): 4 Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) e Partition number (1-4): 4 First cylinder (26-2001): 201 Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (201-2001): 1100 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 2001 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb2 * 1 1 25 25584 83 Linux native /dev/sdb4 201 201 1100 921600 5 Extended Partition 4 has different physical/logical endings: phys=(75, 63, 32) logical=(1099, 63, 32) Command (m for help): d Partition number (1-5): 4 Command (m for help): q %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% -- Goncal Badenes Tel: +32 16 281529 IMEC Fax: +32 16 281214 Advanced Semiconductor Processing Micropatterning Group Kapeldreef 75 e-mail: badenes@imec.be B-3001 Leuven (Belgium) goncal@cnm.es ------------------------------ From: magna@crosfield.co.uk (John Hartridge) Subject: Re: Linux, 40,000 Cover CD's Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 10:23:19 GMT In article m3apc@csc.liv.ac.uk (A.P. Crossan) writes: >A.P. Crossan (m3apc@csc.liv.ac.uk) wrote: >> Anders Hedborg (ahe@elixir.e.kth.se) wrote: > > >> > When is it supposed to be on the shelves? And what issue should I >> > ask for? > >I've just had a reply -- the answer is October. > It's on the shelves now. John -- John Hartridge ext 3282 | ____ Crosfield Electronics Ltd | / 0,0 /__/ /| / /__/ magna@crosfield.co.uk | /__/ \_/ / / / |/ / / o ------------------------------ From: lfass@acsu.buffalo.edu (Lowell D Fass) Subject: Linux v. OS/2 and Desqview - DOS multitasking Date: Mon, 19 Sep 1994 21:58:44 GMT Does anyone know how Linux compares with OS/2 and Desqview in terms of DOS multitasking (speed and crash protection - I'm aware of which DOS programs don't run under Linux yet). I currently use OS/2, which is great, but something of a sludge, and I'm looking to get into the freeware world. Any comments would be appreciated. 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