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Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #201
From: Digestifier <Linux-Activists-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
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Date: Sat, 4 Sep 93 10:13:04 EDT
Linux-Activists Digest #201, Volume #6 Sat, 4 Sep 93 10:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Trident and X (Edward O Quillen)
dip w/ SLIP: error (Thomas J Bilan)
Question about hostname (schrott)
Re: *****Need help to download xf86-bin.tar.gz (Andrew R. Tefft)
Re: xdaliclock on Linux (Andrew R. Tefft)
SMC 3016TP Ethernet Card with Linux (SCOTT JOHNSON)
Re: BSD UNIX (Chris G. Demetriou)
MS Inport mouse... (Matt)
Re: POP Server on Linux. ?? (Jason Haar)
Re: BSD UNIX (Michael L. VanLoon)
Installing on 24F (tom owen)
Re: BSD UNIX (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Re: NFS Mounted as root??? (levinson@vax.sonoma.edu)
Re: BSD UNIX (Chris G. Demetriou)
Can't do rsh ! What to do ? (Panda Admin)
PEX problem. (Dongsung Kim)
help installing linux on ibm thinkpad... (Richard A Frankel)
Re: help on tex (Michael Boesch)
Re: BSD UNIX (Hellmuth Michaelis)
Re: BSD UNIX (Rob Healey)
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From: quillen@hal.cvm.msu.edu (Edward O Quillen)
Subject: Trident and X
Date: 3 Sep 1993 21:15:21 GMT
I know this is an old subject but...
Can someone give me help (send Xconfig) for getting X to work well
with a trident 8900c w/ 1Meg and a SVGA noninterlaced moniter?
Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!!
--
Edward Quillen
eoq@vthnw.cvm.msu.edu
Work#:(517)353-5551
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From: bilan@cps.msu.edu (Thomas J Bilan)
Subject: dip w/ SLIP: error
Date: 3 Sep 1993 22:02:18 GMT
I finally installed my system so that it doesn't bleep errors at me for at
least 2 minute intervals so now I'm trying to get SLIP up and running.
I'm using the NET-2-FAQ and following the directions for a dynamic SLIP
connection.
Everything looks good up until I have to key in the local and remote addresses.
The FAQ says to type:
DIP> local xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
DIP> remote xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
but local and remote are not keywords in my version (old or new?). I found
that there is a command called get so I do:
DIP> get $locip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
DIP> get $rmtip xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
^^^^^^ I hope these are the equivalent of the local and remote cmds.
It eats the commands and then I'm supposed to type:
DIP> mode SLIP
Which then gives me the error:
SCICADDRT (<--spelling): Network is unreachable
Does anyone know of this error and how to fix it.
Thanks,
Tom Bilan
Newbie @ large
--
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
$ Department of Death by Engineering ^ Surgeon General's Warning: $
$ Michigan State University ^ Graduate School may cause brain $
$ bilan@cps.msu.edu ^ damage and sporadic loss of hair $
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From: schrott@lise.physik.tu-berlin.de (schrott)
Subject: Question about hostname
Date: 3 Sep 1993 22:18:51 GMT
I have a problem in setting my system's hostname. I recently installed
the net-2 utilities, which include also a new version of /bin/hostname.
It should set the site's name found in /etc/HOSTNAME when called
as "/bin/hostname -S" in rc.local at boot time.
What happens is this: hostname reads the name correctly from the
file, tries to do a "gethostbyname" system call which fails
(Errorcode in h_error is 0) and gives a message:
hostname: unknown host MY_NAME
Also all programs that make use of gethostbyname will fail --
"dip" for example exits with "MY_NAME: Error 0"
I first installed the net-2 utilities under 0.99pl11, then updated to
pl12. I tried both binary and source version (gcc 2.4.5,libc 4.4.1)
My /etc/hosts seems to be set all right, according to the rules
given in it. (Of course I did "hostcvt.build".) Using the old
/bin/hostname together with 0.99pl8, everything worked fine.
Can anyone please give me a hint?
Thanx, Ron
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From: teffta@cs690-3.erie.ge.com (Andrew R. Tefft)
Subject: Re: *****Need help to download xf86-bin.tar.gz
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 22:09:53 GMT
In article <930901.235855.5b9.rusnews.w165w@mulvey.com> rich@mulvey.com (Rich Mulvey) writes:
>slksp@cc.usu.edu writes:
>
>> I don't know how to get xf86-1.3-bin down from the network to a 3.5" so
>> that I can bring home to install into my machine. I tried to use tar and
>> it works on the work station and I get the files, but when I try to use
>> tar xvfM /dev/fd0 on my machine, I doesn't work! I don't want to download
>> through modem as it will take at least 6 hours! Could anyone give me help?
>>
> Please define 'Doesn't work.'
>
> Tell us *exactly* what you are doing on your machine, what *exactly*
>it does in response, and then, post to comp.os.linux.help. :-)
>
I thought I had a pretty good idea of what "doesn't work" meant but
I wasn't sure so I didn't answer before. It could possibly be one
of these:
1. The file as we all know is too big for a 3.5" floppy. But it seems
he has this in hand if he used gnu tar with the M option, as he
implies. If not... split seems it should work with binary files.
2. We don't know whether he ftp'd in binary mode or not, but
of course if not, the resulting tarfile will be corrupted
before copying it to floppy.
I actually like trying to be a bit psychic sometimes. But like you say,
better questions get better answers.
Often, while researching a problem in order to post a question to the
net, I find out the answer myself. Imagine that!
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From: teffta@cs690-3.erie.ge.com (Andrew R. Tefft)
Subject: Re: xdaliclock on Linux
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 22:14:50 GMT
In article <CCp26A.GvK@spuddy.uucp> mitch@spuddy.uucp (Mitchum Dsouza) writes:
>
(in response to xdaliclock not working when compiled with shared libs)
>
>To get over this temporarily you can do any *one* of the following.
>
>1) Perform these steps where you extracted the xdaliclock source. This will
> give you a shared executable with static versions of only the affected
> (broken) functions.
>
> % make xdalicock.o
> % ar x /usr/lib/libg.a free.o malloc.o morecore.o
> % gcc -s -o xdaliclock -L/usr/X386/lib xdaliclock.o \
> free.o malloc.o morecore.o -lX11 -lXext
I preferred this, but the resulting xdaliclock seg faulted.
>4) Comment out the line in load_builtin_font() (approx line 341) in
> xdaliclock.c which says
>
> XDestroyImage (image);
I ended up doing this. Works fine.
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From: sdj@acpub.duke.edu (SCOTT JOHNSON)
Subject: SMC 3016TP Ethernet Card with Linux
Date: 3 Sep 93 14:37:40 GMT
I have an SMC 3016TP Ethernet card I would like to use on my linux system.
I notice that SMC Elite is supported by default but I cannot get it up with
my 3016. Does anyone have any suggestions? I am using a 386SX AMI BIOS if
it helps.
--Scott Johnson
sdj@acpub.duke.edu
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From: cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD UNIX
Date: 3 Sep 93 16:05:17
In article <michaelv.747084422@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
> [ "NetBSD is..." ]
> d) Buildable on as many architectures as possible
>(386/486 currently in production, Amiga & HP300 in beta, many others
>in alpha testing).
actually:
i[34]86 "production"
amiga "production"
mac beta but binaries available
hp300 beta
pc532 late development (it boots, etc., but is missing
important drivers)
sparc development (it almost boots)
sun3 early development
and there are others that i'm missing...
re: amiga: just because binaries aren't available on -lamp doesn't
mean it's not in production use... there are many places carrying
binaries for it in europe, but their names all escape me right now...
chris
--
chris g. demetriou cgd@cs.berkeley.edu
smarter than your average clam.
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From: matt@csc.albany.edu (Matt)
Subject: MS Inport mouse...
Date: 3 Sep 93 17:58:11
When I saw the recent discussion of MS InPort busmice I decided I would give
the one that was lying around the office a whirl. Needless to say I
thought everything would go fine when I rebooted (after rebuilding the kernel
with ms bmouse support) and got the message of MS busmouse detected and
installed... Well, no. My /dev/inportbm was c 10 2... but if I cat
/dev/inportbm or try running the mouse test program on it I get Device or
resource busy. This is with the card set up on IRQ 5 (I don't think anything
conflicts with that, I pulled the soundcard and still no difference) and it set
to be the primary inport device. I've tried it in different combinations of
jumpers (normal/xt, primary/secondary) and none get any farther than this.
What should I do? Is this just not going to work?
Thanks in advance,
-Matt
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From: Jason Haar <j.haar@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
Subject: Re: POP Server on Linux. ??
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 23:16:51 GMT
In article <1993Sep3.135902.26084@sparc4.ncu.edu.tw> Alexander Lin (alec@linux1.net.ncu.edu.tw) wrote:
>
> aaa I try to install pop server on my linux. I got net-2 popd source
> and compiled it. but when I use pop mail, thoght I input correct
> username and password it tells me -ERR invalid usercode or pass-
> word, please try again. What should I do? Thanks for your help.
It's the infamous shadow password effect again. You will need to compile
the pop server with shadow passwords enabled (I don't run pop, but I'd
guess it would be adding "-DSHADOW_PWD" to the Makefile).
If you are unsure that lack of shadow passwords support is at fault, as
root edit your /etc/passwd file and change a (non-root!) usercode password
to "" (i.e. userocde:*: --> usercode::). If you can login via the suspect
protocol with a null password - then shadow passwords is the culprit.
--
Cheers
Jason Haar, Network Consultant
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc
From: michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon)
Subject: Re: BSD UNIX
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1993 00:24:37 GMT
In <CGD.93Sep3160517@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
> amiga "production"
>re: amiga: just because binaries aren't available on -lamp doesn't
>mean it's not in production use... there are many places carrying
>binaries for it in europe, but their names all escape me right now...
Finally, a reason to buy an Amiga... :-) I'm almost tempted.
--
==============================================================================
Michael L. VanLoon Project Vincent Systems Staff
michaelv@iastate.edu Iowa State University Computation Center
==============================================================================
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Subject: Installing on 24F
From: towen@kansas (tom owen)
Date: 3 Sep 93 20:03:18 EST
Help, I'm trying to install linux on a 486 that uses an UltraStor 24F
SCSI card to controll a 525 Mb hard drive. When loading the loader
reports that it can't find any SCSI hosts or drives. When trying to
do a fdisk, it reports that it can't open any devices and the install
script reports that the system has no drives.
I have modified the disktab file to reflect the appropriate values....
heads, sectors, cylinders, offsets, device #, but this was no help
either. The system still reports that there are no SCSI devices or
hosts. I am using SLS 1.03, which installed beautifully on my laptop,
but need help with the SCSI device. Any Help would be appreciated.
Respond by either posting to this group or E-mail to:
owen@jupiter.cse.utoledo.edu
Please do not mail to the address at the top of the posting as this is
not a full-service mailer.
Thanks in advance.
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From: storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD UNIX
Date: 4 Sep 1993 00:56:06 GMT
In article <CGD.93Sep3160517@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
>
>re: amiga: just because binaries aren't available on -lamp doesn't
>mean it's not in production use... there are many places carrying
>binaries for it in europe, but their names all escape me right now...
Are all the relases eventually going to be centered at -lamp?
It'd be kinda nice to have some sort of central repository
for all thes versions....
[Mo macro yet]
Marc 'em.
--
============================================================================
Marc Wandschneider Montreal, Canada
"Satan has a stranglehold on my toilet and he won't let go!"
- frm the Weekly World News
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Subject: Re: NFS Mounted as root???
From: levinson@vax.sonoma.edu
Date: 3 Sep 93 18:25:39 -0800
In article <CCpLwy.G7n@serveme.chi.il.us>, greg@serveme.chi.il.us (Gregory Gulik) writes:
> In article <1993Sep1.170921.1@vax.sonoma.edu> levinson@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
>>
>>First of all we have on campus a system that has alot of hard disk space, but
>>the workstation I want to install LINUX onto does not have enough hard disk
>>space to install the basic distribution. What I am hoping to do is just use a
>>boot disk and have the remote hard disk mounted as type nfs, and have linux
>>resume booting that way, if possible have the remote disk mounted as root.
>
> I did something similar. My Linux box only have a 40MB IDE drive
> in it, so I put the bare minimum on it first, then mounted a partition
> off my Sun, which has a 1.2GB drive, then put some symblic links in
> key places (/usr/lib/gcc-lib, /usr/lib/uucp, etc..) to point to
> directories in the mounted partition.
>
> It's been working great for about a week now! 8^)
>
> -greg
That sounds similar to what I want to accomplish, however I cannot allocate any
space on the workstations hard drive.
>
> --
> Gregory A. Gulik Call Gagme, a public access
> greg@serveme.chi.il.us UNIX system at 312-282-8606
> || gulik@rtsg.mot.com For information, drop a note
> to info@gagme.chi.il.us
--
Eric Levinson
rcisnet2!root@moon.nbn.com | Home computer (UUCP)
levinson@vax.sonoma.edu | Vax
I can also be reached on my BBS system, Color Galaxy Milky Way (415) 883-0696
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From: cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD UNIX
Date: 3 Sep 93 19:10:31
In article <268p36$9f8@homer.cs.mcgill.ca> storm@cs.mcgill.ca (Marc WANDSCHNEIDER) writes:
>Are all the relases eventually going to be centered at -lamp?
>It'd be kinda nice to have some sort of central repository
>for all thes versions....
this would be a goal of mine, but it's hard to realize, in fact, for
several reasons, the biggest of which is if you're a developer in
the middle of europe (like Markus Wild, mw, the person who's the
amiga port's "person", is) who's actively hacking on the code,
it's a *PAIN* to have to edit/hack/commit every little change over
a non-fast link...
for binaries, perhaps; the reason it's not been done so far is that
there's no real FTP maintainer. (i guess i am, but i've better
things to do than track down "random" software releases...)
also, lamp does *not* have an unlimited amount of disk space... 8-)
chris
--
chris g. demetriou cgd@cs.berkeley.edu
smarter than your average clam.
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From: root@panda.hanse.de (Panda Admin)
Subject: Can't do rsh ! What to do ?
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 1993 15:49:52 GMT
Hi,
I wan't to do a rsh via Ethernet with Linux pl10, but I don't get it working ?
What is to do ?
Please eMail me:
bastian@panda.hanse.de
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From: dongsung@iris.usc.edu (Dongsung Kim)
Subject: PEX problem.
Date: 3 Sep 1993 23:37:49 -0700
Hello,
I installed PEXlib in my Linuxx SLS1.02. After I upgraded libc and Xlib stuffs.
I got the following error message.
Could any one tell me why this happen?
My Video card is Orchid Farenheit 1280 + VLB, so I use XS3-0.4.4.
Does my server related to this problem?
=================================
23:10:42> beach_ball
PHIGS error -201 in OPEN PHIGS: Ignoring function, the specified or default X
server does not support a compatible PEX extension
Thanks in advance
Dongsung
dongsung@usc.edu
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From: raf50@JUTS.amail.amdahl.com (Richard A Frankel)
Subject: help installing linux on ibm thinkpad...
Date: 4 Sep 93 10:55:17 GMT
I just got an IBM thinkpad 350c (specifically to run linux) and am
trying to install the SLS release.
However, when I try to run fdisk from linux boot, it does not
recognize the hard disk.
I tried downloading and booting the GCC boot disk, which says:
WD8013 controler not found at i/o 20X
Any help? ideas?. Does this mean the HD controller in the thinkpad is
incompatible with linux? If so, does anyone have suggestions on a 486
laptop to run linux?
Config:
IBM thinkpad 350c
120 MB IDE 2.5" HD
IBM DOS 5.02
thanx in advance,
rick
rfrankel@us.oracle.com
richard.frankel@amail.amdahl.com
--
richard.frankel@amail.amdahl.com
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From: root@exodus.abg.sub.org (Michael Boesch)
Subject: Re: help on tex
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1993 10:03:47 GMT
In article 2E5@bfsec.bt.co.uk, ptrouton@bfsec.bt.co.uk (Paul Trouton) writes:
> SOme of the doc files I have are in the *.tex format. I used latex to produce a
> dvi file ...... so now what do I do to this !!! I would like ps output.
Just use _dvips_, which will translate the DVI-format in PS-format.
Bye
Mike
--
Michael Boesch root@exodus.abg.sub.org
"God not only plays dice, He sometimes throws the dice where they cannot be
seen." (S. Hawking)
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From: hm@hcshh.hcs.de (Hellmuth Michaelis)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: BSD UNIX
Date: 4 Sep 93 13:30:13 GMT
cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
>> [ "NetBSD is..." ]
>> d) Buildable on as many architectures as possible
> pc532 late development (it boots, etc., but is missing
> important drivers)
What is a "pc532" ?
just curious,
hellmuth
--
hellmuth michaelis HCS Hanseatischer Computerservice GmbH hamburg, europe
hm@hcshh.hcs.de tel: +49/40/55903-170 fax: +49/40/5591486
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.386bsd.misc
From: rhealey@gorp.ssesco.com (Rob Healey)
Subject: Re: BSD UNIX
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 1993 13:43:12 GMT
In article <michaelv.747102277@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
>In <CGD.93Sep3160517@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU> cgd@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU (Chris G. Demetriou) writes:
>
>> amiga "production"
>
>>re: amiga: just because binaries aren't available on -lamp doesn't
>>mean it's not in production use... there are many places carrying
>>binaries for it in europe, but their names all escape me right now...
>
>Finally, a reason to buy an Amiga... :-) I'm almost tempted.
>
Hey now! B^). I'll pit the 3000's 0.9 I/O performance against any
386 or 486 based system any day!
I hear the screen/console code doesn't take full advantage of
the hardware yet tho. And there is the issue of shared, or
better yet dynamic, librarys.
I run SVR4 on my Amiga tho so I'm not 100% up to date on 0.9's
status.
-Rob
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