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From: Digestifier <Linux-Admin-Request@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu>
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To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Reply-To: Linux-Admin@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu
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Date: Sun, 4 Sep 94 02:13:32 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #20
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Linux-Admin Digest #20, Volume #2 Sun, 4 Sep 94 02:13:32 EDT
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Contents:
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Re: FTAPE...Im' soo close, yet so far???? (Michael James Porter)
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Re: Using an Exabyte with Linux
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Re: [HELP] NIGHTMARE CONFIGURING THE NETWORK WITH A 3C503/16 PLEASE HELP !! (David Miller)
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Re: Is it possible to have NFS via TERM ? (Mr AJ Bradley)
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Re: Which is better: tar->gzip or gzip->tar? (Tom Griffing)
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What kernel/dosemu/netutils is stable? (Matt Warnock)
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Re: Hostname on Slackware 2.0 (Mark A. Horton KA4YBR)
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modurated newsgroups (Hans Petter Fasteng)
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RE: PLIP: Laptop to Desktop (ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu)
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RE: FTP via TERM (ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu)
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Re: Xconfig for Diamond SS24X ... (Karl J. Runge)
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MediaVision SCSI and MediaVision CDROM - not good (StepheP)
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[ALERT] Password problem with Linux (Jerry Ablan)
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Re: Mysterious serial port. (Park Medical Systems)
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From: mike@strauss.udel.edu (Michael James Porter)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: FTAPE...Im' soo close, yet so far????
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Date: 1 Sep 1994 23:51:13 -0400
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Define FLOPPY_HACK, I think.
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In article <CvH8HH.5vx@ecf.toronto.edu>,
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RYAN Colin Patrick <ryan@ecf.toronto.edu> wrote:
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=>Hello,
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=>
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=>
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=>I'm trying to get ftape to go and have run into a snag. I have kernel 1.0.0,
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=>ftape -1.13.b and modutils 0.99.15.pl1. I have succesfully complied the
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=>modules and went throught the drv. hello world test without any problems.
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=>I'm pretty sure that make made it to the end of the compile as ftape.o does
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=>exist. The problem is when I do 'insmod ftape.o'. I get:
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=>
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=>darkstar:/usr/src/ftape-1.13b# insmod ftape.o
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=>_enable_irq undefined
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=>_disable_irq undefined
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=>_free_dma undefined
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=>_free_irq undefined
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=>_request_dma undefined
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=>_irqaction undefined
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=>
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=>Whats up??
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=>Thanks ahead....Colin Ryan: ryan@ecf.utoronto.ca
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=>
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From: <brashear@MR.NET>
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Subject: Re: Using an Exabyte with Linux
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 94 12:06:48 CST
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Reply-To: <brashear@MR.NET>
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On 31 Aug 1994 21:17:12 +0200,
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root <root@kirk.in-berlin.de> wrote:
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>
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>Hi together,
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>
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>Unfortunately it seems that linux don't like such a beast :-(
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>I plugged it in and everything seems to be okay. While booting the
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>kernel tells me Target 5 Exabyte Model: EXB-8200 Rev. 4.25 SCSI-1
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>But when I try to access the device nothing happens.
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>The streamer had been connected to an old SUN but I haven't got any
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>documentation. Did I miss something or doesn't Linux support Exabytes?
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>
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>By the way, of cause I created the device files.
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We use an 8200 also. It gets accessed as /dev/rmt0. The only problem is that
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sometimes, the SCSI cable connections aren't "tight" or other flakey cable
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problems. Reconnect, Reboot and it runs. This sequence may take a couple
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of tries but...
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======================================================================
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Robert J Brashear brashear@oneoff.com
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Technical Services Manager 76450.3557@compuserve.com
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The One-Off CD Shop Minneapolis 74660.2625@compuserve.com
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612-374-4643 (voice)
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612-374-3901 (fax)
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From: davem@er4.rutgers.edu (David Miller)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: [HELP] NIGHTMARE CONFIGURING THE NETWORK WITH A 3C503/16 PLEASE HELP !!
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Date: 3 Sep 1994 16:18:01 -0400
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Christophe Person (chrisp@boole.neusc.bcm.tmc.edu) wrote:
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: Hi,
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: I am still stuck since a week with a network problem and I pull my hairs
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: off (and eat my nails also). Please help !!!!!!!!
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: I was running slackware 1.2 without problem for a while and upgraded
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: my system WITH THE ORIGINAL/FULL DISTRIBUTION from sunsite.unc.edu. Since, I
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: can't anymore boot my new kernel with my 3C503 card.
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: I get this #$&#*$&! SIOCADDRT Invalid Argument ass soon as I try to
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: access it.
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Check your version of libc when you install those new NetKit
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programs as they depend on some newer semantics in the libc calls...
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Just my 2 cents...
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Later,
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David S. Miller
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davem@eden.rutgers.edu
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davem@remus.rutgers.edu
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davem@usacs.rutgers.edu
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davem@bazooka.rutgers.edu
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davem@linux.helsinki.fi
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From: ajbra2@mdw059.cc.monash.edu.au (Mr AJ Bradley)
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Subject: Re: Is it possible to have NFS via TERM ?
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Date: 2 Sep 1994 10:49:25 GMT
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>You are wrong. Term versions 1.x only had TCP. Starting with version 2.0.0 now also UDP is available.
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>>
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>><a href="http://dirac.bcm.tmc.edu/people/chrisp.html">
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>>Christophe Person</a>
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All of which is true!
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Maybe someone can put together a termNFS FAQ or something.. i'd love
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to mount /var/news and /var/mail!
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Adam Bradley- 3nd Year Comp Sci |
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Monash University- Clayton Campus | "The time I spend all by myself,
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Melbourne Victoria, 3162. | is often spent with you"
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email- ajbra2@ccds.cc.monash.edu.au| (John Denver)
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Linux - XFree86 - Term |
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From: tom@metronet.com (Tom Griffing)
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Subject: Re: Which is better: tar->gzip or gzip->tar?
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 04:10:52 GMT
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In article <342ap6$ijf@fermat.mayo.edu>, Jeff Arnholt <arnholt@mayo.edu> wrote:
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>For best compression on previously uncompressed files,
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>which is better: tar * | gzip, or gzip * | tar?
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>IE, is it best to tar compressed files, or compress
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>a tar file of uncompressed files? Does gzip -r * work
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>better than either solution?
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>
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>I'm looking for the most robust method to archive groups
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>of files.
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For me, the order doesn't make much difference, except
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that it's easier to use GNU-tar like so:
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tar czf {outputFileOrDevice} {fileSpec}
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and
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tar xzf {inputFileOrDevice}
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Works for me!
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--
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_____________________________________________________
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| Thomas L. Griffing | |
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| tom@metronet.com | (214) 352-3441 |
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|__________________________|__________________________|
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From: mwarnock@garlic.com (Matt Warnock)
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Subject: What kernel/dosemu/netutils is stable?
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Date: 1 Sep 1994 21:38:59 -0700
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I need working dosemu and net stuff for a LAN. It doesn't have to
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talk to the Internet (yet) though I would like to use term. After
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being unable to get dosemu working with 1.0.9, I upgraded to 1.1.48
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and dosemu pre53pl16. Now dosemu works great, but a simple ping with
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the old net stuff crashed the system. So I upgraded to net utils
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1.1.46 (the most recent I could find); after reboot the system crashes
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within seconds after the daemons load, giving an error "tried to kfree
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memory that was never kmalloced" or some such, then swapper killed.
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Is there some combination that works? Please advise. Remember, I
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need all three (dosemu, kernel, and net stuff).
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Thanks in advance!
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--
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W. Matthew Warnock, Attorney (mwarnock@garlic.com) Tel:408.778.7273
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60 West Main Avenue, Suite 12A, Morgan Hill CA 95037-4553 Fax:408.778.7989
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From: mah@ka4ybr.com (Mark A. Horton KA4YBR)
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Subject: Re: Hostname on Slackware 2.0
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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 01:57:38 GMT
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Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy Venugopal (jkvg@everest.ccs.neu.edu) wrote:
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: Could someone please tell me how to get slackware to recognize my system name?
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: The hostname and domainname commands are broken, (Changing one changes the
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: other) and at login time regardless of what I do I get something like this--
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: Welcome to Linux 1.0.9
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: (none) Login:
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: In spite of anything I do the (none) above refuses to get replaced by my
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: hostname. Could someone in the know please clue me in on the reason? Could it
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: be that I ruined something when I recompiled my kernel to make it recognize my
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: ps/2 auxiliary port mouse?
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: Thanks for your help.
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: --
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: Jagadeesh K. Venugopal
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: Graduate Student, College of Computer Science
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: Northeastern University
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: Boston, MA 02115
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: xmosaic url: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/jkvg
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Simply put your qualified hostname in /etc/HOSTNAME... the initialisation
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routines will parse it out of there. Or you can (as root of course) invoke
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"setup" and perform a "Configure" on your system including configuring
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networking (or simply run netconfig again), answer the questions, and you're
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set.
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- m
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--
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"Linux! Guerrilla UNIX Development Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus."
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============================================================
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Mark A. Horton ka4ybr mah@ka4ybr.atl.ga.us
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P.O. Box 747 Decatur GA US 30031-0747 mah@ka4ybr.com
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+1.404.371.0291 33 45 31 N / 084 16 59 W
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From: hansf@kfdata.no (Hans Petter Fasteng)
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Subject: modurated newsgroups
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Date: Sat, 3 Sep 1994 23:17:01 GMT
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I have bean linked with UUCP to a site on the net that feeds us news and
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mail, and I just whant to know if I have to configure moderated newsgroups
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compleatly right on my site, or is this taken cear of on the net, from some
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more intelligent site on the way?
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-Hans
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From: ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu
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Subject: RE: PLIP: Laptop to Desktop
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Date: 31 Aug 94 03:31:46 GMT
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In Article <3403i6$efj@schema.fiu.edu>
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ege@solix.fiu.edu (Dr. Raimund K. Ege) writes:
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>I have been folloing the recent discussions on PLIP setup
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>and after reading the HOWTOs and getting a cable made (following
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>the pin-out as described in NET-2-HOWTO) dared to try:
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>the desktop (sierra) is a 486/66 running Linux 1.1.18,
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>the laptop (oblivion) is a 486/25 running Linux 1.0.8.
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[Chomp]
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>What did I do wrong ?
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>Are the 2 kernel versions compatible in using PLIP ?
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>Could it be that my laptop has a wrong parallel port chip
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>(something to that effect was mentioned in the NET-2-HOWTO,
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> the laptop is a Midwest Micro Elite subnotebook) ?
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>Any help is appreciated.
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>
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>--
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>Raimund K. Ege School of Computer Science
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I believe you are correct about the kernel versions being incompatible. I also
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believe that version 1.1.18 has some problems with PLIP. The newer kernel
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versions (1.1.4*) have pretty stable PLIP implementations, but I've found that
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kernel version 1.0.9 is by far the fastest PLIP kernel that I've seen.
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Probably 1.0.8 is just as fast.
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Also, you may want to check your cable. Here's the pinout of mine, from a
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document I found via veronica.
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\begin{plip.doc}
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This is the wiring diagram for the cable necessary to link two
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machines together by their parallel ports. This is the same wiring
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diagram used by a Turbo LapLink cable, available for sale from many
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PC parts outlets.
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1 - 1
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2 - 15
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3 - 13
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4 - 12
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5 - 10
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6 - 11
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7 nc
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8 nc
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9 nc
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10 - 5
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11 - 6
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12 - 4
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13 - 3
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14 - 14
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15 - 2
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16 - 16
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17 - 17
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18 nc
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19 nc
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20 nc
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21 nc
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22 nc
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23 nc
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24 nc
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25 - 25 (ground)
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\end{plip.doc}
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Your ifconfigs and routes look good.
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Good luck!
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Dave
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_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ David M. Del Signore
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_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ University of Toledo
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_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Toledo, Ohio
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_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu
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_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ suprdave@esserv01.eng.utoledo.edu
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From: ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu
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Subject: RE: FTP via TERM
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Date: 31 Aug 94 03:38:11 GMT
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In Article <JKVG.94Aug30182949@everest.ccs.neu.edu>
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jkvg@everest.ccs.neu.edu (Jagadeesh Krishnamurthy Venugopal) writes:
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>Hi.
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>I have been pretty successful at setting up a telnet service to my Linux
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>machine using the term package, from school. So anyone who telnets to a
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>specified port to my school machine automatically connects to my home linux.
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>This was done by tredir 5000 23 on my school account.
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>Unfortunately redirecting FTP this way fails. Ftp logs the user in but then
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>hangs and has to be killed. I have absolutely no idea why this is so.
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>If anyone has telnet and ftp running via term, could you please clue me in on
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>this?
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>Thanks,
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>Jagadeesh
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I believe the problem is that ftp opens two tcp connections to a site, and the
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problem is that you can only specify one alternate port to connect to. From
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etc/services:
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ftp-data 20/tcp
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ftp 21/tcp
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I'm not sure what port ftp-data tries to connect to if you specify an alternate
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port for ftp.
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Dave
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_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ David M. Del Signore
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_/ _/ _/_/ _/_/ _/ _/ University of Toledo
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_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Toledo, Ohio
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_/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/
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_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ddelsig@uoft02.utoledo.edu
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_/_/_/_/ _/_/ _/_/ _/_/_/_/ suprdave@esserv01.eng.utoledo.edu
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From: runge@s1.gov (Karl J. Runge)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.help
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Subject: Re: Xconfig for Diamond SS24X ...
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Date: 3 Sep 1994 23:14:39 GMT
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In article <cgb102.67.000FC3B3@psu.edu>, cgb102@psu.edu (Craig Bates) writes:
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|> >Hello there:
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|>
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|> > I remembered someone posts an Xconfig file is specific for the
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|> >"Diamond SS24X", and it can display in 1024x768 mode by adjusting the
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|> >freq of the vga card.
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|>
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|> > I can not remembered where I got that file because it has been a while.
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|> >I tried the sunsite, but it seems not there. I can only find the generic one
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|> >for Diamond, and I can not make it to display in 1024x768 mode.
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|>
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|> > Can anyone who has this file send me a copy or tell me where I can find
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|> >this file?
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|>
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|> > Any help will be very much appreciated.
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|>
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|>
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|>
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|> >have a nice day, :)
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|>
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|> >Tony Wang
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|> >e-mail: hwang@ecst.csuchico.edu
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|>
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|>
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|> I would like a copy also please. I just can't get it to go in 1024x768 mode.
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|>
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Um, I don't really like the idea of giving out Xconfigs, I figure everyone
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should "roll their own" with the spreadsheet template provided by the
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XFree distributions combining with your Monitor Specs. Check it out if you
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haven't already.
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My Diamond SS24X was purchased in Nov 1992. My monitor is a MicroScan 4A/ADI
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15" purchased at the same time. I used the "freq" program to set a Clock at
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80MHz. This is a bit over specs for my Monitor. But it hasn't blown in over
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a year of this (and I'd like an excuse to buy a 17" anyway ;-). DIAL DOWN
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the value from 80MHz TO BE SAFE. I have lower (e.g. 72 75 77 MHz modes there
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as well, try them first, I am pretty sure they work for my setup)
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Here is the relevant portion of my Xconfig. Ignore the 1072x768 mode I cooked
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up: I use it to completely fill the monitor screen. I got 1152x900 to work
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as well, but the characters weren't crisp enough and led to eyestrain.
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Good luck and BE CAREFUL. Read your Monitor's user manual and use the
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spreadsheet first, that's how I made these!
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# The graphics drivers
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# First the 8-bit colour SVGA driver
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#
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vga256
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ViewPort 0 0
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# Modes "640x480" "800x600" "1024x768" "1152x900"
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Modes "1072x768" "1024x768" "640x480"
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## Clocks 25 28 31 50 72 75
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## ClockProg "/usr/X386/diamond/freq" 25
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#
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# Next the 1-bit mono SVGA driver
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#
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vga2
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Virtual 800 600
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ViewPort 0 0
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Modes "640x480"
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# Modes "800x600" "640x480"
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#
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# Hardcode the clocks for faster more reliable startups.
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#Clocks 25 28 32 36 40 48 50 65
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#
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# And last, the database of video modes
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#
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ModeDB
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#
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# name clock horizontal timing vertical timing flags
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"640x480" 25 640 664 760 800 480 491 493 525
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28 640 640 728 776 480 480 482 493
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31 640 664 704 832 480 489 492 520
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"800x600" 36 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625
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40 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628
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50 800 856 976 1040 600 637 643 666
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"1024x768i" 44 1024 1040 1216 1264 768 777 785 817 Interlace
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"1024x768" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806
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72 1024 1074 1220 1328 768 768 785 800
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75 1024 1048 1184 1328 768 771 777 806
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77 1024 1024 1264 1384 768 768 771 788
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80 1024 1072 1312 1344 768 783 786 830
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# 80 1072 1104 1288 1360 768 783 786 830
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# 80 1024 1128 1376 1400 768 768 780 789
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85 1024 1032 1152 1360 768 784 787 823
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"1072x768" 80 1072 1104 1288 1360 768 783 786 830
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# "1152x900" 75 1152 1152 1384 1504 900 900 903 918
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"1152x900" 72 1152 1160 1328 1400 900 900 933 943
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77 1152 1152 1384 1504 900 900 903 919
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# 80 1152 1176 1336 1384 900 900 903 920
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80 1152 1216 1376 1440 900 900 903 920
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"1280x1024i" 80 1280 1296 1512 1568 1024 1025 1037 1165 Interlace
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"1280x1024" 80 1280 1280 1440 1568 1024 1024 1027 1043
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110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
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135 1280 1312 1456 1712 1024 1027 1030 1064
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--
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=======================================================================
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Karl J. Runge -- Linux: it's the Real thing -- runge1@llnl.gov
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(510)-423-0611
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Cleanliness is next to emptiness. (510)-516-7127
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From: stephep@aol.com (StepheP)
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Subject: MediaVision SCSI and MediaVision CDROM - not good
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Date: 3 Sep 1994 19:59:02 -0400
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Hi all!
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I'm attempting to mount/access/boot linux from CD. I have
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the following hardware:
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CPU: Compaq Presario 650 (486DX2/50)
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Sound card: ProAudio Specrtum 16 (MediaVision)
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CD-ROM: Media Vision CDR-H93MV Rev. 1.32 (Feb 94)
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Original problem - when booting kernel use to get:
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Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, id 1, lun0
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scsi0: resetting for second half of retries,
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... and then the system hangs ...
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Got past it by rebuilding kernel with methods below. The hints
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were provided to me by users on the net (thanks Olav, Alex).
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Built one kernel with the drive that I have inserted in
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the black list of scsi.c.
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The other kernel defines "NO_MULTI_LUN" in scsi.c so that
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the kernel does not check for multiple logical unit unmbers.
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The CD-ROM is defined in fstab as follows:
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/dev/sr0 /mnt/CD iso9660 defaults,noauto,ro
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Now my current problem is - mounting the CD-ROM. When I try to mount the
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drive
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with the mount command.
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mount /mnt/CD
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The CD-ROM drive access light becomes active. The system waits for about
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five
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minutes. The the following message pops up. Another weird thing is that
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when
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linux is booted I cannot open the CD-ROM door - the open button has become
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disabled.
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mount: wrong fs type, /dev/sr0 already mounted, /mnt/CD busy, or other
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error
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The kernel is built with iso9660 file type, the drive is not mounted
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so I don't think it is busy. So ... it must be "other error" ...
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Also used maknod to build /dev/sr0 with major number 11 minor 0.
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Also download the new distribution and rebuilt new kernels with the same
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results.
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Any ideas what this other error could be? And more importantly how I can
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get
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around it? Please reply by mail my news access is flakey at best.
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Thanks - StepheP@aol.com
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------------------------------
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From: munster@MCS.COM (Jerry Ablan)
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Subject: [ALERT] Password problem with Linux
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Date: 3 Sep 1994 19:09:11 -0500
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I just found a most heinous thing. I had my root password set to
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'squiggle*halbert' a long, but good password.
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However, by mistake, when su'ing, I only typed in squiggle and IT LET ME IN!
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I further tested another password of mine that ended in a number and I left
|
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off the number (i.e. Butthole7, only typed Butthole), and it again let me
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pass.
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So I need to know if I'm goofy and this is cool or did I find something that
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everyone's known about or is it something new?
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Running Linux v1.1.35 with shadow stuff (did it before shadow too).
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-- Jerry
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------------------------------
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From: parkmed@CAM.ORG (Park Medical Systems)
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Subject: Re: Mysterious serial port.
|
|
Date: 1 Sep 1994 09:54:50 -0400
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|
C.P.Townsend (townsend@panix.com) wrote:
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: In <33gejf$rnr@cumulus.CAM.ORG> parkmed@CAM.ORG (Park Medical Systems) writes:
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|
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: >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
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|
: >895 2nd Avenue arseneau@jodan.nyongwa.montreal.qc.ca
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|
|
: 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?
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|
|
: 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).
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|
|
|
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
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