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From: Digestifier <Linux-Activists-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 00:13:06 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #246
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Linux-Activists Digest #246, Volume #6 Tue, 21 Sep 93 00:13:06 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: Auto-answer with uugetty or getty (Mark A. Horton)
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Unable to access SCSI disk on Gateway 66E? (Moti Thadani)
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Adaptec 1542B vs 1542C vs 1740 (Doug McLaren)
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[Q] Comments on my configuration of PC please... (Taek-Soo Kim)
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serial-ports connection (Helmut Deichmann)
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Re: weird fdisk on slackware bootdisk (lou Williams)
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Cant see 20 lines on terminal (ph9991_hall@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu)
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Re: PROBLEM: X386 freezing up station (Zack Evans)
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Re: Fourport support for PL12 (Jon Brawn)
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Writing device drivers (Hugo Eide Gunnarsen)
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Re: PROBLEM: X386 freezing up station (Robert Cooper)
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SLS 1.3 with Ultrastore 34 Image (Steve Smoot)
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Xwindow/openwin problems (James W Abendschan)
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Xpilot 3.0 and .99pl13 (Byron Faber)
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Re: Fourport support for PL12 (Byron A Jeff)
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Re: Where is Slackware Linux dist? (curtis varner)
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Re: LPD and 1.03 (Eric Sulzner)
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From: mahmha@crl.com (Mark A. Horton)
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Subject: Re: Auto-answer with uugetty or getty
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Date: 20 Sep 1993 14:10:47 -0700
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Jack Roberts (roberts@nscf.org) wrote:
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: mahmha@crl.com (Mark A. Horton) writes:
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: >Gert Doering (gert@greenie.muc.de) wrote:
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: >: wlim@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM (Willie Lim) writes:
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: >: >Any suggestion on what needs to be set to get dial in to work on my
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: >: >SLS 1.03 machine?
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: >: Use "mgetty" from the "mgetty+sendfax" package. It has been written
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: >: especially for use with "smart" modems and offers extensive logging to
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: >: nail down problems.
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: > I have been very pleased with the getty_ps package in
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: > SLS-1.02. If you take the time to configure it like
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: I only have one modem and would like to use it in a dialin and dialout
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: capacity. Do either of these packages allow for this without having to
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: kill the getty manually in order to dialout?
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Don't know abt. mgetty, but getty_ps does just that for data -
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no fax support. It works just like real-live uugetty but better in that
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it will let you set up a modem initialization string to send each time
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the modem is released from use (either uucp drops it or it drops from
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terminal mode.) as well as being able to use Dialers file type "expect-
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send" chat entries. This allows the modem to autobaud and the getty
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software to adjust the speed so the user doesn't have to keep banging
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away on the enter or break key until the system finds a speed it's happy
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with. I think it's already installed but not active until you change
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the format of the entries in inittab. Source and doc should be found in:
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/usr/src/getty_ps (at least it is on mine :)! )
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Good luck!, Mark
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: --
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: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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: | Jack Roberts |
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: | National Science Center Foundation Usenet: roberts@nscf.org |
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From: thadani@unity.Convergent.Com (Moti Thadani)
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Subject: Unable to access SCSI disk on Gateway 66E?
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Date: 20 Sep 93 17:34:55 GMT
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I tried to install Linux on my Gateway 66E (EISA) PC and found
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that the bootable floppy (disk a1) does not detect the 500MB
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SCSI disk. It does detect the SCSI controller (which is the
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Ultrastor, 24F I believe) and otherwise seems functional
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(allows me to log in as root and when I try to run fdisk
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/dev/sda it comes back saying "cannot open /dev/sda"). Is it
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something I'm doing wrong?
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--
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________________________________________________________________________
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Moti N. Thadani (408) 456-5619
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Unisys Corporation thadani@sj.unisys.com
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San Jose, CA
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From: dougmc@utpapa.ph.utexas.edu (Doug McLaren)
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Crossposted-To: misc.forsale.computers.pc-clone,comp.periphs.scsi
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Subject: Adaptec 1542B vs 1542C vs 1740
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Date: 20 Sep 1993 21:41:10 GMT
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I've got a Wangec E51000HT 1.0 GB 1/4" external tape drive and want
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to use it under Linux ...
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I have an Adaptec 1522, and have used it under DOS, but of course, the
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1522 doesn't work under Linux so ...
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I'm looking at buying another Adaptec SCSI card, so I have a few
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questions ...
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- I know that xxx0 has no floppy controller and xxx2 does, so
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that's no biggie.
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- But what's the difference between the Adaptec 1542B and 1542C ?
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- And how do they compare to the (EISA) 1742?
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- And what's a good price for all these cards, especially used.
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(I've got a EISA 486/50 ...)
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(Also, if anybody knows anything about the tape drive - what kind of
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tapes do I need to use to get one gig on it, and do I have to do
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anything special to do it ?)
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--
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======================= \ Zippy says:
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Doug McLaren, \ Uh-oh -- WHY am I suddenly thinking of a VENERABLE
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DemoN on IRC \ religious leader frolicking on a FORT LAUDERDALE
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dougmc@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu \ weekend?
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========================== /
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From: tkim@zonker.ecs.umass.edu (Taek-Soo Kim)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: [Q] Comments on my configuration of PC please...
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Date: 20 Sep 1993 21:55:34 GMT
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Hi there,
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After some survey and recommendation, I decided to purchase
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the following PC. Any comments would be very helpful.
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486-DX2 66 (Comtrade)
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EISA
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16MB RAM
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Adaptec 1742 scsi-2 controller
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545MB HD
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Orchid Fahrenheit 1280+ or VA (32bit VLB) with 1MB.
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17" Monitor (MAG or CTX).
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As you can see, I have not fixed the monitor and the video card.
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Any suggestion is welcome.
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I plan to attach scsi tape drive in the future, any recommendation
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on this would also be appreciated.
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Taek-Soo Kim
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ps. Thanks to those who responded on my previous posting
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"[Q] Diamond grapics card and tape backup"
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From: heyn@eis.cs.tu-bs.de (Helmut Deichmann)
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Subject: serial-ports connection
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 22:12:52 GMT
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Hi
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I have a problem. In my linux 0.99pl12 it seems to be able only to
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install up to three ttyS* ports in inittab via getty.
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Any other then ttyS0 - ttyS2 that I have tried like ttyS3 did not
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apear under ps -aux after rebooting.
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Do any one know to handle this problem cause I need more of these
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ports.
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An other thig is, I have installed a port with /bin/getty 9600 ttyS3
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and then a login apeart on my kermit-terminal, but I was not able
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to answer this login.
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Please help.
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Bye, bye
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Helmut
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From: nsyslaw@straylight.acs.ncsu.edu (lou Williams)
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Subject: Re: weird fdisk on slackware bootdisk
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 13:29:05 GMT
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Robert Cooper (cooper@s1.elec.uq.oz.au) wrote:
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: bf703@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Patrick J. Volkerding) writes:
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: >In a previous article, pit@gccs.imp.com (Peter Berger) says:
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: >>
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: >>What I'm interested in now, is what fdisk is this? (I mean from
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: >>what package? So I can avoid ever trying this version...).
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: >>
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: >Have other people experienced trouble with this version of fdisk?
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: Well I don't know if this is an fdisk problem or a mke2fs
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: problem, but after creating partitions greater than 70MB
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: I was unable to format them, kept saying can't find block
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: for inode table....
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I had this same problem as well. However, I found that by INCREASING
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the partition size by 1 meg worked well. I started making /dev/hdb2
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at 120M for /usr and had the above problem. So, I deleted /dev/hdb2 and
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recreated the partition at the same starting block, but increasing it
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by 1meg to 121 meg. All worked fine afterward.
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| Lou Williams (nsyslaw@acs.ncsu.edu) | Amatuer Radio: KE4ARM |
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| Unix Systems Programmer | Phone: (919) 515-2794 |
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| NCSU Administrative Computing Services | FAX: (919) 515-3787 |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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| Ack! Thpppppffffffft!!!! -Bill The Cat. |
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+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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From: ph9991_hall@rivers.acc.uwrf.edu
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Subject: Cant see 20 lines on terminal
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Date: 19 Sep 93 19:15:40 -0600
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** NOTE ** My newsreader is on a separate system. If possible, please REPLY
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TO James.F.Hall@uwrf.edu although I will be checking both systems. Thanx.
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Problem with Linux--
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I recently reinstalled Linux on my box.. and now I fear I made a mistake.
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Problem: I can't see the bottom 20 or so lines of text on my terminal.
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Intention: I want a basic 80x25 text terminal. Eventually, I may want to get
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graphical text (ala a Sun) on this sucker, but only if this is available.
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Error?: I may have hit a wrong key when installing Linux this time, maybe on
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the "preset graphics" part.. I don't know.
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Basically, I need to find a way to determine how my terminal is set up, and
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then find a way to get it to the way I want..
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Any help would be greatly appreciated! And, no, I don't yet have access to
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the other comp.os.linux.* groups. :-(
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--
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James.F.Hall@uwrf.edu
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From: zevans@nyx.cs.du.edu (Zack Evans)
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Subject: Re: PROBLEM: X386 freezing up station
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 00:24:25 GMT
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In article <platz_b3.1@hugo.rz.fh-ulm.de> platz_b3@hugo.rz.fh-ulm.de (RZ Diplomantenarbeitsplatz) writes:
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>Hi,
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>I got a problem when running X386. Sometimes the X-Server freezes
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>the complete station. All X-Clients seem to stop ( clock doesn't
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>update, xload doesn#t update ). I haven't tried to login into my
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>station from remote, but i'm quite sure that the machine is hanging.
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Well, try it to make sure anyway.... does CAPS LOCK still work? (The ultimate
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diagnostic, that one :) )
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>The problem is that this doesn't happen all the time. Sometimes
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>I can open lots of shell-windows and anything will work fine, but
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>othertimes the statiob hangs after opening just two windows.
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I wonder if this might be the memory fragmentation that was mentioned somewhere
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else recently... do you only ever have problems when the machine has been on
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for a while? Also, if you are using SLS PL12, it might the memory leak in that
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kernel that is hitting you.
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>I think my configuratuion in Xconfig is ok.
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If it wasn't it would probably not run at all...
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>I'm running linux 0.99p12 and XFree 2.0.
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^^^^^^^^^^
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You can't be - do you mean 1.3?
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>Question is: Is the defect described above a known failure
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> (I hanve't found anything about it in README files).
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Haven't seen it in the groups or on the lists before...
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>I've got a second problem:
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> The size of my swap partiotion is about 22 MByte (shown by fdisk).
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> I did a mkswap with the given size. When I say swapon /dev/xxxx
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> I get 16xxx KByte swap partition activated. Why is there some swap
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> space left unused ?
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This bit's easy - Linux will only support up to 16MB on any one swap partition
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or file. Divide your swap partition into two and run mkswap and swapon on them
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individually, and you should be OK.
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Zack
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--
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Zack Evans pyc081@cent1.lancs.ac.uk or zevans@nyx.cs.du.edu
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UNIX was not designed to stop its users from doing stupid things,
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as that would also stop them from doing clever things.
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From: jonb@specialix.com (Jon Brawn)
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Subject: Re: Fourport support for PL12
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Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1993 18:03:10 GMT
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Although Specialix deal in intelligent I/O controllers, we do have a
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dumb 4-port:
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``The Specialix I/O4 is an entry level 4-port serial interface expansion
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card, with full modem control. Compatible with the AST Fourport/XN
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board, it supports terminals, modems and other serial devices.''
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MODEL DESCRIPTION LIST PRICE
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I/O4 Non-intelligent, 4-port card $ 300
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These boards use 16C450 UARTs, which aren't socketed. We have a few of these
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in stock here in the US office. I don't know if the other Specialix offices
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have stock at the moment.
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Initially, contact me here (jonb@specialix.com) for information.
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tytso@athena.mit.edu (Theodore Ts'o) writes:
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> From: ackad@eis.cs.tu-bs.de (Claude Ackad)
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> Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 13:28:22 GMT
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> Does the fourport support (AST fourport card) exist for the
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> kernel 099PL12? What are the right settings for the kernel?
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> Thanx for any hints.
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>Yes; from the INFO-SHEET:
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>0.3.3 Supported hardware:
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>You will need the setserial version 2.01 to get the AST Fourport serial
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>ports to be configured (in /linux/sources/sbin on tsx-11.mit.edu).
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>Configure the AST Fourport cards in enhanced mode, not in compatible
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>mode, and use separate IRQ's if you have two Fourport cards --- although
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>the Fourport docs claims that two Fourport cards can share an IRQ, I've
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>never seen it work. I generally use IRQ 5 and IRQ 2 for my two AST
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>Fourport cards.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux,development,comp.os.linux,misc
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From: hugogu@slagg.met.sintef.no (Hugo Eide Gunnarsen)
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Subject: Writing device drivers
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 93 00:46:43 GMT
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Hi.
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I'm trying to write some device drivers for linux.
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The problem is that I can not find any documentation about this subject.
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If anybody know about, or have any doc., please tell me.
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Especially stuff like register_chrdev etc, so that I can fill
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the proper structs, and use the kernel functions (printf!=printf)
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and so on.
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Hugo E. Gunnarsen
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hugogu@slagg.met.sintef.no
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From: cooper@s1.elec.uq.oz.au (Robert Cooper)
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Subject: Re: PROBLEM: X386 freezing up station
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 00:44:26 GMT
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platz_b3@hugo.rz.fh-ulm.de (RZ Diplomantenarbeitsplatz) writes:
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>Hi,
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>I got a problem when running X386. Sometimes the X-Server freezes
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>the complete station. All X-Clients seem to stop ( clock doesn't
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>update, xload doesn#t update ). I haven't tried to login into my
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>station from remote, but i'm quite sure that the machine is hanging.
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>The problem is that this doesn#t hppen all the time. Sometimes
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>I can open lots of shell-windows and anything will work fine, but
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>othertimes the statiob hangs after opening just two windows.
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>I think my configuratuion in Xconfig is ok. I can create lots
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>of processes if I don't use X386.
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>I'm running linux 0.99p12 and XFree 2.0. Window-Manager is olvwm.
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>Hardware: Cyrix 486DLC, VGA 16 ET4000 SVGA card, 8 MBYte RAM,
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> 16 MByte Swap space
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I am experiencing similar problems with Xfree 1.3. I also
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have an ET4000 and 8MB RAM, but I have a 486DX 33.
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>Question is: Is the defect described above a known failure
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> (I hanve't found anything about it in README files).
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> Can I do anything to avoid it?
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Yes, I've done this too, and I think my setup is OK....looks
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like the ET4000 drivers may be buggy. I have also tried
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the NoSpeedUp option in Xconfig, but that doesn't make any
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difference.
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Rob.....
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Robert Cooper, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia cooper@elec.uq.oz.au
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.....Discoveries are not made by following instructions.....
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From: smoot@elmer-fudd.cs.berkeley.edu (Steve Smoot)
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Subject: SLS 1.3 with Ultrastore 34 Image
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Date: 21 Sep 1993 01:11:55 GMT
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Hi,
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I;m trying to bring up SLS (hot off of tsx-11) on a machine with
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a Ultrastore 34f. I got Image.Ultrastor, and am having a problem.
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It dies, unable to mount root device.
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I modified Image.Ultrastor as per SCSI-howto: Subection B4,
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(hack a couple of bytes.) But it did no good.
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Has anyone gotten this to work?
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-s
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Here is the suggestion in the HOWTO:
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4. The bootable kernel for an ALPHA driver does not work,
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resulting in a "kernel panic : cannot mount root device"
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message, or it does not work with your Linux distribution.
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You'll need to edit the binary image of the kernel (before
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or after writing it out to disk), and modify a few two byte
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fields (little endian) to gurantee that it will work on your
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system.
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1. default swap device at offset 502, this should be set to 0
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2. ram disk size at offset 504, this should be set to the size
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of the boot floppy in K - ie, 5.25" = 1200, 3.5" = 1440.
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This means the bytes are
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3.5" : 0xA0 0x05
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5.25" : 0xB0 0x04
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3. root device offset at 508, this should be 0, ie the boot
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device.
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Here is the code I used to do this:
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main(){
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FILE *fp,*out;
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unsigned char c,c2; int i;
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fp=fopen("Image.UltraStor","r");
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out=fopen("NewImage","w");
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c=getc(fp);c2=getc(fp);
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for(i=0; !feof(fp); i++) {
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if (i>509) {
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putc(c,out);putc(c2,out);
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} else if (i==502) {
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putc(0,out);putc(0,out);
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} else if (i==504) {
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putc(160,out);putc(5,out);
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} else if (i==508) {
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putc(0,out);putc(0,out);
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} else {
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putc(c,out);putc(c2,out);
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}
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c=getc(fp); c2=getc(fp);
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}
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fclose(fp);
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fclose(out);
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}
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Seems like it should have worked...
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From: jwa@sunset.cse.nau.edu (James W Abendschan)
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Subject: Xwindow/openwin problems
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 01:25:42 GMT
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Hi. I have a friend who has a 17" CTX CTS 1760 Proscan monitor and an
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Orchid Celsius localbus video card. We managed to get X running, sort
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of, only the image being displayed is incredibly huge, regardless of the
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resolution [we've tried 640x480, 800x600, and 1024x768, all with similar
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results. The higher resolutions shrink the picture a bit, but not enough
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to make it usable.]
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When we start X, the "logo" is partially displayed in the lower left
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corner of the screen. Then bash comes up in what resembles 20-column
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mode. Openwin has the same problem.. huge menus that scroll off the
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screen. By "huge" I don't mean with alot of options.. I mean the size
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of the letters is gigantic.
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I have tweaked all sorts of values in Xconfig, but the problem doesn't
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go away. Is there another file that controls this?
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My next idea is to attempt to set the resolution to something like 2048x1024
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and see what happens.
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Any ideas are welcome.
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--
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$10C3: back to your quiet nightmares
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From: btf57346@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Byron Faber)
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Subject: Xpilot 3.0 and .99pl13
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Date: 21 Sep 1993 03:19:46 GMT
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Ok.. quick question:
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I installed the MCC from sunsite.unc.edu. original .99pl10+ + gcc2.4.5
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I just installed pl13.
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telnet and rlogin break as said. (is this right for .99pl10+ original code)?
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xpilot 3.0 says it can't create Dgram Socket.
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Is that right and do I have to recompile xpilots?
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Please mail me.. or post.
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Thanks,
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Byron Faber
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--
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PGP 2.3 key available (in plan file) at: Support questionable code:
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btf57346@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu & Pgp 2.3 and others
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btf57346@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu
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From: byron@cc.gatech.edu (Byron A Jeff)
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Subject: Re: Fourport support for PL12
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Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1993 03:24:39 GMT
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In article <CDnzHB.BJu@specialix.com>, Jon Brawn <jonb@specialix.com> wrote:
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>Although Specialix deal in intelligent I/O controllers, we do have a
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>dumb 4-port:
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>
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>``The Specialix I/O4 is an entry level 4-port serial interface expansion
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>card, with full modem control. Compatible with the AST Fourport/XN
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>board, it supports terminals, modems and other serial devices.''
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>
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> MODEL DESCRIPTION LIST PRICE
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> I/O4 Non-intelligent, 4-port card $ 300
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>
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>These boards use 16C450 UARTs, which aren't socketed. We have a few of these
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>in stock here in the US office. I don't know if the other Specialix offices
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>have stock at the moment.
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>
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>Initially, contact me here (jonb@specialix.com) for information.
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OW! $75 a port for a 16450 that you can't swap out. I'm not even a customer
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for serial boards and I can suggest something better than that:
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================================== Begin Included text ====================
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**************************************
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*** STB 4-COM Card $110 delivered. ***
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**************************************
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A 4 port, 16bit, serial I/O card, 112,000 baud max (burst rate), that
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provides 4 high performance RS-232 Asynchronous Serial Communications
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ports, each on one seperate IRQ, or allows sharing one or more IRQs.
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Each port INDEPENDANTLY configurable by jumpers for addresses:
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h3E8, h2E8, h1E8, h1A8, h3F8, h2F8, h1F8, h2A8
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and for IRQs 15, 12, 11 10, 5, 4, 3, 2
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* You CAN use 2 4COM Cards in one machine *
|
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Full 16 byte 16550 FIFO buffering on each port (16554 chip)
|
|
Includes 4 (six inch) 8pin DIN to DB9 male converter cables.
|
|
15 month manufacturer's warranty & free tech support from STB.
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Works fine with DOS, DESQview, DV/X, Windows, and OS/2 2.+
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[ I've had reports that It works line with linux too: BAJ ]
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Remember, our price INCLUDES delivery. (to USA)
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Along with any card order we offer $34.95 Belkin lifetime warranty
|
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(DB9 Female/DB25 Male) Premium Modem cables for $10.95 each.
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Also, along with any card order we offer $18.95 Belkin lifetime warranty
|
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(DB9 Female/DB25 Male) Serial Adapter Blocks for only $3.65 each.
|
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(these allow you to use your old DB25/DB25 modem cables with the 4COM)
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All Prices INCLUDE SHIPPING (UPS or US Mail) to USA
|
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Send check or money order (NC residents include 6% sales tax)
|
|
to: PreRapture(tm) Solutions, 1806 Albany St , Durham, NC 27705-3134
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|
|
For Orders *ONLY* 1-800-SELLCOM(735-5266) Ext 64 (VISA/MASTERCARD)
|
|
For Technical Questions, leasing, or outside USA call 919-286-1502 Ext 40
|
|
STB Tech Support 214-234-8750 / USRobotics Tech Support is 800-982-5151
|
|
|
|
As advertised in BoardWatch Magazine, Connect Magazine, & Computer Shopper
|
|
|
|
Steve Winter PreRapture BBS 919-286-3606 USR-H16/V.32b
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|
|
|
================================= End included text ====================
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|
BAJ
|
|
---
|
|
Another random extraction from the mental bit stream of...
|
|
Byron A. Jeff - PhD student operating in parallel!
|
|
Georgia Tech, Atlanta GA 30332 Internet: byron@cc.gatech.edu
|
|
|
|
------------------------------
|
|
|
|
From: cvarner@ucrengr.ucr.edu (curtis varner)
|
|
Subject: Re: Where is Slackware Linux dist?
|
|
Date: 21 Sep 1993 03:24:41 GMT
|
|
|
|
Hello,
|
|
|
|
Slackware can be found at ftp.cdrom.com in the
|
|
/pub/linux/slackware directory. I just downloaded the stuff today -
|
|
with the exception of the stuff in the zooed directory, and it took
|
|
up 40MB to store the a1-14, e1-e5, f1, q1, x1-x11 disks.
|
|
|
|
Things I've noticed that SLACKWARE has, besides the same
|
|
stuff that SLS has are (to best of my knowledge):
|
|
|
|
- networking that works
|
|
- nfs install that works
|
|
- pine binaries
|
|
- TAMU package
|
|
- latest version of Emacs (19.19)
|
|
- the XS3-0.0.4 - for S3 accelerated video cards
|
|
- Other editors - such as JOVE and JOE
|
|
|
|
Those are just the things I can think of off the top of
|
|
my head. Both SLS and SLACKWARE have more or less the same
|
|
packages - the difference lies in how the series are named,
|
|
and the quality of the install scripts. I've done quite a few
|
|
installations of linux in the past two weeks, and the times I've
|
|
tried SLS, I haven't been able to install over NFS. Slackware
|
|
has worked everytime. I also like the installation script
|
|
SLACKWARE uses. Good work, Patrick.
|
|
|
|
Curt Varner
|
|
CS Student, UC Riverside
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
------------------------------
|
|
|
|
From: esulzner@demo5.intel.com (Eric Sulzner)
|
|
Subject: Re: LPD and 1.03
|
|
Date: 21 Sep 1993 03:42:16 GMT
|
|
|
|
In article <27kbmf$14t4@hermes.acs.ryerson.ca>
|
|
bzarnett@acs.ryerson.ca (Bryan Zarnett - SPEC/F93) writes:
|
|
|
|
|
|
LPD demon doesnt seem to run properly on version 1.03. LPD doesnt appear
|
|
in the process list after its typed (over a dozen times) and when I use
|
|
LPR it gives a file not found. Any ideas?
|
|
|
|
If I switched back to an old LPD would it run on 1.03, I have the one from
|
|
patch level 6 running around on disk still.
|
|
|
|
- Bryan
|
|
|
|
I was able to solve my lpd and lpr problems by running them with strace
|
|
-f in separate windows so I could watch both. Most of the problems were
|
|
errors trying to open files or devices.
|
|
|
|
BTW, I think there's an SLS 1.03 and a Slackware 1.03 now, so you need
|
|
to specify.
|
|
|
|
--
|
|
Eric Sulzner esulzner@cadev6.intel.com
|
|
disclaimer -> I am not speaking for Intel.
|
|
|
|
------------------------------
|
|
|
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|
|
** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **
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The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests
|
|
to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is:
|
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|
|
Internet: Linux-Activists-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU
|
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|
|
You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux) via:
|
|
|
|
Internet: Linux-Activists@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
|
|
tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de pub/msdos/replace
|
|
|
|
The current version of Linux is 0.99pl9 released on April 23, 1993
|
|
|
|
End of Linux-Activists Digest
|
|
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