From: Digestifier To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Date: Sun, 4 Sep 94 02:13:32 EDT Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #20 Linux-Admin Digest #20, Volume #2 Sun, 4 Sep 94 02:13:32 EDT Contents: Re: FTAPE...Im' soo close, yet so far???? (Michael James Porter) Re: Using an Exabyte with Linux Re: [HELP] NIGHTMARE CONFIGURING THE NETWORK WITH A 3C503/16 PLEASE HELP !! (David Miller) Re: Is it possible to have NFS via TERM ? (Mr AJ Bradley) Re: Which is better: tar->gzip or gzip->tar? (Tom Griffing) What kernel/dosemu/netutils is stable? (Matt Warnock) Re: Hostname on Slackware 2.0 (Mark A. Horton KA4YBR) modurated newsgroups (Hans Petter Fasteng) RE: PLIP: Laptop to Desktop (ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu) RE: FTP via TERM (ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu) Re: Xconfig for Diamond SS24X ... (Karl J. Runge) MediaVision SCSI and MediaVision CDROM - not good (StepheP) [ALERT] Password problem with Linux (Jerry Ablan) Re: Mysterious serial port. (Park Medical Systems) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: mike@strauss.udel.edu (Michael James Porter) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: FTAPE...Im' soo close, yet so far???? Date: 1 Sep 1994 23:51:13 -0400 Define FLOPPY_HACK, I think. In article , RYAN Colin Patrick wrote: =>Hello, => => =>I'm trying to get ftape to go and have run into a snag. I have kernel 1.0.0, =>ftape -1.13.b and modutils 0.99.15.pl1. I have succesfully complied the =>modules and went throught the drv. hello world test without any problems. =>I'm pretty sure that make made it to the end of the compile as ftape.o does =>exist. The problem is when I do 'insmod ftape.o'. I get: => =>darkstar:/usr/src/ftape-1.13b# insmod ftape.o =>_enable_irq undefined =>_disable_irq undefined =>_free_dma undefined =>_free_irq undefined =>_request_dma undefined =>_irqaction undefined => =>Whats up?? => =>Thanks ahead....Colin Ryan: ryan@ecf.utoronto.ca => => => ------------------------------ From: Subject: Re: Using an Exabyte with Linux Date: Fri, 2 Sep 94 12:06:48 CST Reply-To: On 31 Aug 1994 21:17:12 +0200, root wrote: > >Hi together, > >Unfortunately it seems that linux don't like such a beast :-( >I plugged it in and everything seems to be okay. While booting the >kernel tells me Target 5 Exabyte Model: EXB-8200 Rev. 4.25 SCSI-1 >But when I try to access the device nothing happens. >The streamer had been connected to an old SUN but I haven't got any >documentation. Did I miss something or doesn't Linux support Exabytes? > >By the way, of cause I created the device files. We use an 8200 also. It gets accessed as /dev/rmt0. The only problem is that sometimes, the SCSI cable connections aren't "tight" or other flakey cable problems. Reconnect, Reboot and it runs. This sequence may take a couple of tries but... ====================================================================== Robert J Brashear brashear@oneoff.com Technical Services Manager 76450.3557@compuserve.com The One-Off CD Shop Minneapolis 74660.2625@compuserve.com 612-374-4643 (voice) 612-374-3901 (fax) ------------------------------ From: davem@er4.rutgers.edu (David Miller) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.help Subject: Re: [HELP] NIGHTMARE CONFIGURING THE NETWORK WITH A 3C503/16 PLEASE HELP !! Date: 3 Sep 1994 16:18:01 -0400 Christophe Person (chrisp@boole.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu) wrote: : Hi, : I am still stuck since a week with a network problem and I pull my hairs : off (and eat my nails also). Please help !!!!!!!! : I was running slackware 1.2 without problem for a while and upgraded : my system WITH THE ORIGINAL/FULL DISTRIBUTION from sunsite.unc.edu. Since, I : can't anymore boot my new kernel with my 3C503 card. : I get this #$&#*$&! SIOCADDRT Invalid Argument ass soon as I try to : access it. Check your version of libc when you install those new NetKit programs as they depend on some newer semantics in the libc calls... Just my 2 cents... Later, David S. Miller davem@eden.rutgers.edu davem@remus.rutgers.edu davem@usacs.rutgers.edu davem@bazooka.rutgers.edu davem@linux.helsinki.fi ------------------------------ From: ajbra2@mdw059.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr AJ Bradley) Subject: Re: Is it possible to have NFS via TERM ? Date: 2 Sep 1994 10:49:25 GMT >You are wrong. Term versions 1.x only had TCP. Starting with version 2.0.0 now also UDP is available. >> >> >>Christophe Person All of which is true! Maybe someone can put together a termNFS FAQ or something.. i'd love to mount /var/news and /var/mail! Adam Bradley- 3nd Year Comp Sci | Monash University- Clayton Campus | "The time I spend all by myself, Melbourne Victoria, 3162. | is often spent with you" email- ajbra2@ccds.cc.monash.edu.au| (John Denver) Linux - XFree86 - Term | ------------------------------ From: tom@metronet.com (Tom Griffing) Subject: Re: Which is better: tar->gzip or gzip->tar? Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 04:10:52 GMT In article <342ap6$ijf@fermat.mayo.edu>, Jeff Arnholt wrote: >For best compression on previously uncompressed files, >which is better: tar * | gzip, or gzip * | tar? >IE, is it best to tar compressed files, or compress >a tar file of uncompressed files? Does gzip -r * work >better than either solution? > >I'm looking for the most robust method to archive groups >of files. For me, the order doesn't make much difference, except that it's easier to use GNU-tar like so: tar czf {outputFileOrDevice} {fileSpec} and tar xzf {inputFileOrDevice} Works for me! -- _____________________________________________________ | Thomas L. Griffing | | | tom@metronet.com | (214) 352-3441 | |__________________________|__________________________| ------------------------------ From: mwarnock@garlic.com (Matt Warnock) Subject: What kernel/dosemu/netutils is stable? Date: 1 Sep 1994 21:38:59 -0700 I need working dosemu and net stuff for a LAN. It doesn't have to talk to the Internet (yet) though I would like to use term. After being unable to get dosemu working with 1.0.9, I upgraded to 1.1.48 and dosemu pre53pl16. Now dosemu works great, but a simple ping with the old net stuff crashed the system. So I upgraded to net utils 1.1.46 (the most recent I could find); after reboot the system crashes within seconds after the daemons load, giving an error "tried to kfree memory that was never kmalloced" or some such, then swapper killed. Is there some combination that works? Please advise. Remember, I need all three (dosemu, kernel, and net stuff). Thanks in advance! -- W. Matthew Warnock, Attorney (mwarnock@garlic.com) Tel:408.778.7273 60 West Main Avenue, Suite 12A, Morgan Hill CA 95037-4553 Fax:408.778.7989 ------------------------------ From: mah@ka4ybr.com (Mark A. Horton KA4YBR) Subject: Re: Hostname on Slackware 2.0 Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 01:57:38 GMT Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy Venugopal (jkvg@everest.ccs.neu.edu) wrote: : Could someone please tell me how to get slackware to recognize my system name? : The hostname and domainname commands are broken, (Changing one changes the : other) and at login time regardless of what I do I get something like this-- : Welcome to Linux 1.0.9 : (none) Login: : In spite of anything I do the (none) above refuses to get replaced by my : hostname. Could someone in the know please clue me in on the reason? Could it : be that I ruined something when I recompiled my kernel to make it recognize my : ps/2 auxiliary port mouse? : Thanks for your help. : -- : Jagadeesh K. Venugopal : Graduate Student, College of Computer Science : Northeastern University : Boston, MA 02115 : xmosaic url: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/jkvg Simply put your qualified hostname in /etc/HOSTNAME... the initialisation routines will parse it out of there. Or you can (as root of course) invoke "setup" and perform a "Configure" on your system including configuring networking (or simply run netconfig again), answer the questions, and you're set. - m -- "Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus." ============================================================ Mark A. Horton ka4ybr mah@ka4ybr.atl.ga.us P.O. Box 747 Decatur GA US 30031-0747 mah@ka4ybr.com +1.404.371.0291 33 45 31 N / 084 16 59 W ------------------------------ From: hansf@kfdata.no (Hans Petter Fasteng) Subject: modurated newsgroups Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 23:17:01 GMT I have bean linked with UUCP to a site on the net that feeds us news and mail, and I just whant to know if I have to configure moderated newsgroups compleatly right on my site, or is this taken cear of on the net, from some more intelligent site on the way? -Hans ------------------------------ From: ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu Subject: RE: PLIP: Laptop to Desktop Date: 31 Aug 94 03:31:46 GMT In Article <3403i6$efj@schema.fiu.edu> ege@solix.fiu.edu (Dr. Raimund K. Ege) writes: >I have been folloing the recent discussions on PLIP setup >and after reading the HOWTOs and getting a cable made (following >the pin-out as described in NET-2-HOWTO) dared to try: > >the desktop (sierra) is a 486/66 running Linux 1.1.18, >the laptop (oblivion) is a 486/25 running Linux 1.0.8. > [Chomp] > >What did I do wrong ? >Are the 2 kernel versions compatible in using PLIP ? >Could it be that my laptop has a wrong parallel port chip >(something to that effect was mentioned in the NET-2-HOWTO, > the laptop is a Midwest Micro Elite subnotebook) ? > >Any help is appreciated. > >-- >Raimund K. Ege School of Computer Science I believe you are correct about the kernel versions being incompatible. I also believe that version 1.1.18 has some problems with PLIP. The newer kernel versions (1.1.4*) have pretty stable PLIP implementations, but I've found that kernel version 1.0.9 is by far the fastest PLIP kernel that I've seen. Probably 1.0.8 is just as fast. Also, you may want to check your cable. Here's the pinout of mine, from a document I found via veronica. \begin{plip.doc} This is the wiring diagram for the cable necessary to link two machines together by their parallel ports. This is the same wiring diagram used by a Turbo LapLink cable, available for sale from many PC parts outlets. 1 - 1 2 - 15 3 - 13 4 - 12 5 - 10 6 - 11 7 nc 8 nc 9 nc 10 - 5 11 - 6 12 - 4 13 - 3 14 - 14 15 - 2 16 - 16 17 - 17 18 nc 19 nc 20 nc 21 nc 22 nc 23 nc 24 nc 25 - 25 (ground) \end{plip.doc} Your ifconfigs and routes look good. Good luck! Dave ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ David M. Del Signore _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ University of Toledo _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Toledo, Ohio _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ suprdave@esserv01.eng.utoledo.edu ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ------------------------------ From: ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu Subject: RE: FTP via TERM Date: 31 Aug 94 03:38:11 GMT In Article jkvg@everest.ccs.neu.edu (Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy Venugopal) writes: >Hi. >I have been pretty successful at setting up a telnet service to my Linux >machine using the term package, from school. So anyone who telnets to a >specified port to my school machine automatically connects to my home linux. >This was done by tredir 5000 23 on my school account. > >Unfortunately redirecting FTP this way fails. Ftp logs the user in but then >hangs and has to be killed. I have absolutely no idea why this is so. > >If anyone has telnet and ftp running via term, could you please clue me in on >this? > >Thanks, >Jagadeesh I believe the problem is that ftp opens two tcp connections to a site, and the problem is that you can only specify one alternate port to connect to. From etc/services: ftp-data 20/tcp ftp 21/tcp I'm not sure what port ftp-data tries to connect to if you specify an alternate port for ftp. Dave ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ David M. Del Signore _/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ University of Toledo _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Toledo, Ohio _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu _/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ suprdave@esserv01.eng.utoledo.edu ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ------------------------------ From: runge@s1.gov (Karl J. Runge) Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help Subject: Re: Xconfig for Diamond SS24X ... Date: 3 Sep 1994 23:14:39 GMT In article , cgb102@psu.edu (Craig Bates) writes: |> >Hello there: |> |> > I remembered someone posts an Xconfig file is specific for the |> >"Diamond SS24X", and it can display in 1024x768 mode by adjusting the |> >freq of the vga card. |> |> > I can not remembered where I got that file because it has been a while. |> >I tried the sunsite, but it seems not there. I can only find the generic one |> >for Diamond, and I can not make it to display in 1024x768 mode. |> |> > Can anyone who has this file send me a copy or tell me where I can find |> >this file? |> |> > Any help will be very much appreciated. |> |> |> |> >have a nice day, :) |> |> >Tony Wang |> >e-mail: hwang@ecst.csuchico.edu |> |> |> I would like a copy also please. I just can't get it to go in 1024x768 mode. |> Um, I don't really like the idea of giving out Xconfigs, I figure everyone should "roll their own" with the spreadsheet template provided by the XFree distributions combining with your Monitor Specs. Check it out if you haven't already. My Diamond SS24X was purchased in Nov 1992. My monitor is a MicroScan 4A/ADI 15" purchased at the same time. I used the "freq" program to set a Clock at 80MHz. This is a bit over specs for my Monitor. But it hasn't blown in over a year of this (and I'd like an excuse to buy a 17" anyway ;-). DIAL DOWN the value from 80MHz TO BE SAFE. I have lower (e.g. 72 75 77 MHz modes there as well, try them first, I am pretty sure they work for my setup) Here is the relevant portion of my Xconfig. Ignore the 1072x768 mode I cooked up: I use it to completely fill the monitor screen. I got 1152x900 to work as well, but the characters weren't crisp enough and led to eyestrain. Good luck and BE CAREFUL. Read your Monitor's user manual and use the spreadsheet first, that's how I made these! # The graphics drivers # First the 8-bit colour SVGA driver # vga256 ViewPort 0 0 # Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1152x900" Modes "1072x768" "1024x768" "640x480" ## Clocks 25 28 31 50 72 75 ## ClockProg "/usr/X386/diamond/freq" 25 # # Next the 1-bit mono SVGA driver # vga2 Virtual 800 600 ViewPort 0 0 Modes "640x480" # Modes "800x600" "640x480" # # Hardcode the clocks for faster more reliable startups. #Clocks 25 28 32 36 40 48 50 65 # # And last, the database of video modes # ModeDB # # name clock horizontal timing vertical timing flags "640x480" 25 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525 28 640 640 728 776 480 480 482 493 31 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520 "800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666 "1024x768i" 44 1024 1040 1216 1264 768 777 785 817 Interlace "1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806 72 1024 1074 1220 1328 768 768 785 800 75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806 77 1024 1024 1264 1384 768 768 771 788 80 1024 1072 1312 1344 768 783 786 830 # 80 1072 1104 1288 1360 768 783 786 830 # 80 1024 1128 1376 1400 768 768 780 789 85 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823 "1072x768" 80 1072 1104 1288 1360 768 783 786 830 # "1152x900" 75 1152 1152 1384 1504 900 900 903 918 "1152x900" 72 1152 1160 1328 1400 900 900 933 943 77 1152 1152 1384 1504 900 900 903 919 # 80 1152 1176 1336 1384 900 900 903 920 80 1152 1216 1376 1440 900 900 903 920 "1280x1024i" 80 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace "1280x1024" 80 1280 1280 1440 1568 1024 1024 1027 1043 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054 135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064 -- ======================================================================= Karl J. Runge -- Linux: it's the Real thing -- runge1@llnl.gov (510)-423-0611 Cleanliness is next to emptiness. (510)-516-7127 ------------------------------ From: stephep@aol.com (StepheP) Subject: MediaVision SCSI and MediaVision CDROM - not good Date: 3 Sep 1994 19:59:02 -0400 Hi all! I'm attempting to mount/access/boot linux from CD. I have the following hardware: CPU: Compaq Presario 650 (486DX2/50) Sound card: ProAudio Specrtum 16 (MediaVision) CD-ROM: Media Vision CDR-H93MV Rev. 1.32 (Feb 94) Original problem - when booting kernel use to get: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, id 1, lun0 scsi0: resetting for second half of retries, ... and then the system hangs ... Got past it by rebuilding kernel with methods below. The hints were provided to me by users on the net (thanks Olav, Alex). Built one kernel with the drive that I have inserted in the black list of scsi.c. The other kernel defines "NO_MULTI_LUN" in scsi.c so that the kernel does not check for multiple logical unit unmbers. The CD-ROM is defined in fstab as follows: /dev/sr0 /mnt/CD iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro Now my current problem is - mounting the CD-ROM. When I try to mount the drive with the mount command. mount /mnt/CD The CD-ROM drive access light becomes active. The system waits for about five minutes. The the following message pops up. Another weird thing is that when linux is booted I cannot open the CD-ROM door - the open button has become disabled. mount: wrong fs type, /dev/sr0 already mounted, /mnt/CD busy, or other error The kernel is built with iso9660 file type, the drive is not mounted so I don't think it is busy. So ... it must be "other error" ... Also used maknod to build /dev/sr0 with major number 11 minor 0. Also download the new distribution and rebuilt new kernels with the same results. Any ideas what this other error could be? And more importantly how I can get around it? Please reply by mail my news access is flakey at best. Thanks - StepheP@aol.com ------------------------------ From: munster@MCS.COM (Jerry Ablan) Subject: [ALERT] Password problem with Linux Date: 3 Sep 1994 19:09:11 -0500 I just found a most heinous thing. I had my root password set to 'squiggle*halbert' a long, but good password. However, by mistake, when su'ing, I only typed in squiggle and IT LET ME IN! I further tested another password of mine that ended in a number and I left off the number (i.e. Butthole7, only typed Butthole), and it again let me pass. So I need to know if I'm goofy and this is cool or did I find something that everyone's known about or is it something new? Running Linux v1.1.35 with shadow stuff (did it before shadow too). -- Jerry ------------------------------ From: parkmed@CAM.ORG (Park Medical Systems) Subject: Re: Mysterious serial port. Date: 1 Sep 1994 09:54:50 -0400 C.P.Townsend (townsend@panix.com) wrote: : In <33gejf$rnr@cumulus.CAM.ORG> parkmed@CAM.ORG (Park Medical Systems) writes: : >Hi everyone. I have a linux box running v1.0.8 on a 386DX33. When I : >boot the machine the boot up messages say that there are two serial : >ports. I have no problem using /dev/ttyS0. The problem I am having is : >with /dev/ttyS1. Everytime I try to do anything with the second port : >(kermit, seyon, setserial) I get a message saying that the device is busy : >and I'm put back to the prompt. : >Danny Arseneau : >895 2nd Avenue arseneau@jodan.nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca : Check /etc/inittab to see if you have any getty-ps or agetty processes : grabbing the port at boot time. Also, you presumably have a mouse : (else you wouldn't be trying seyon) - but you didn't mention if that's : the device on /dev/ttyS0 -- if it isn't, well, time for more serial : ports, n'est-ce pas? : townsend : -- : Johnny Appleseed wore a coffee sack OK, here's some more info about my mysterious serial port. 1) There is no mouse on my system. ( I made an error about mentioning seyon). 2) Currently there is only one modem. It is connected to /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/cua0 (both work). 3) If I type setserial -a /dev/cua0, I get the expected response which is all the info about the serial port. If I type setserial -a /dev/ttyS0 I get a message saying that the device or resource is busy. I expected this since this is the device I am using for the SLIP connection, which is working fine. 4) If I type setserial -a /dev/cua1 or setserial -a /dev/ttyS1, I get a message saying that the device or resource is busy. 5) When the machine is booted, the startup messages indicate that the two serial ports are recognized as /dev/ttyS0 and /dev/ttyS1. Both of these ports are 16450's. They are both on the same multi i/o board. This card also has the disk controller's, parallel port and the game port. 6) When I try to use kermit or run a getty on /dev/cua1 or /dev/ttyS1, I get a message which says that the device or resouce is busy. 7) I am unable to locate any LCK* files for /dev/ttyS1 or /dev/cua1 anywhere on the hard disk. THe only ones I do find are for /dev/ttyS0 which is busy with the slip connection. I would like to thank the people who have already made suggestions for things to check. Unfortunately none of these suggestions have panned out. If anybody has any other ideas, I would really like to hear them. I am about to get another phone line installed here next week, and I would like to have this problem solved by then. I need to install the second modem on this machine. Thank you for all your help. Danny Arseneau Dataden Computer Systems |arseneau@jodan.nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca 895 2nd Avenue |voice (514)696-6195 Ile Bizard, Quebec |fax (514)696-0848 Canada H9C 1K3 ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is: Internet: Linux-Admin-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux.admin) via: Internet: Linux-Admin@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites: nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux sunsite.unc.edu pub/Linux End of Linux-Admin Digest ******************************