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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: Mon, 13 Sep 93 13:13:23 EDT
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Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #225
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Linux-Activists Digest #225, Volume #6 Mon, 13 Sep 93 13:13:23 EDT
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Contents:
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Tape Drive (Trakker) / ZModem (LMRusu)
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Re: What are the various PC bassed Unix box OS? (Malcolm Beattie)
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ESCOM Powerstreamer laeuft unter Linux! (Andreas Bartelt)
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Drivers for Colorado, IOMEGA tape streamers? (Demetrius Dracopoulos)
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What about a new numbering for Linux? (Rainer Kirsch)
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Re: Setting up an Address. (Matt McLeod)
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Re: What are the various PC bassed Unix box OS? (Mark A. Davis)
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Re: Microsoft bus mouse problems in X - SLS 1.01 (0.99p9) (Byron C. Howes)
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Re: Mathmatica like package for linux? (Charles Blair)
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Re: SuperUser <s> (Joeri van Ruth)
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Mice (Roy Davis)
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Network unreachable under new slackware (Michael S Finger-1)
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Re: gcc is swapping to disk all the time! (Derrick Cole)
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Re: SLS wont mount /proc (Derrick Cole)
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Re: Linux broke my computer! (Michael S Finger-1)
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Re: S3 Video Chipset/Swapping Problems (Scott D. Heavner)
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x/y/z-modem transmission problems; ever fixed??? (Bob Myers)
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UUCP uid (was: UUCP on SLS 1.03) (Willie Lim)
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Auto-answer with uugetty or getty (Willie Lim)
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Can a VGA monitor be connected to ... (manuel Toledo-Quinones)
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Re: ESCOM Powerstreamer laeuft unter Linux! (Andreas Bartelt)
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From: rusu@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (LMRusu)
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Subject: Tape Drive (Trakker) / ZModem
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Date: 13 Sep 93 05:07:39 GMT
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Hi,
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I'm using Linux from SLS 1.03 package (It's great!!!) and I have 2
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questions about it:
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1. I have a 250M Colorado Trakker tape backup drive that plugs into a
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parallel port. Can I somehow use this drive with Linux and if yes how?
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I'd really like to backup from Linux onto it.
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2. I'm logging in my school's computer very often and I'd like to use ZModem
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to download and upload files to my account. What comm program should I use
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to be able to download with sz? I tried kermit but it takes about 5 times
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as long as when I use ZModem with PCPlus for DOS.
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Thank you and I'll post a summary of responses!
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L.R
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc
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From: mbeattie@black.ox.ac.uk (Malcolm Beattie)
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Subject: Re: What are the various PC bassed Unix box OS?
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 08:48:52 GMT
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In article <1993Sep12.235912.32501@unixland.ci.net> bill@unixland.ci.net (Bill Heiser) writes:
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>In article <michaelv.747547179@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
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>>>>iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) writes:
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>>>>>In article <chmae.747045462@guug.de> chmae@guug.de (Christoph Maethner) writes:
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>>>>>>I don't think I will ever need a 486 , I would perfer more RAM.
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>>>Wouldn't this, however, be an argument *for* getting a 486? I am just
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>>>wondering, as I have heard that UNIX on a 486 should conceivably run
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>>>better because the 486's hardware, especially if it has a local bus,
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>>No matter how fast the drive and controller, RAM will always be
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>>faster.
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>I ran a Unix SVR3 on a 386/25. I then upgraded the machine to a
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>486/33. Overall system performance was *twice* as fast (using the
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>same peripherals) with the 486 machine than on the 386.
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That's because of the difference in clock speeds. A rule of
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thumb is that at a given clock speed a 486 is about 1/3 faster
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than a 386, and that performance increases roughly linearly
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(very, very roughly) in this range of clock speeds.
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Comparing your 386/25 with your 486/33 you can see where the
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factor of two comes from. The usual "386 v 486" question
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centres on the comparison of a 386/40 with a 486/33.
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--Malcolm
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--
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Malcolm Beattie <mbeattie@black.ox.ac.uk> | I'm not a kernel hacker
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Oxford University Computing Services | I'm a kernel hacker's mate
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13 Banbury Road, Oxford, OX2 6NN (U.K.) | And I'm only hacking kernels
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Tel: +44 865 273232 Fax: +44 865 273275 | 'Cos the kernel hacker's late
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From: Andreas.Bartelt@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Andreas Bartelt)
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Subject: ESCOM Powerstreamer laeuft unter Linux!
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 09:57:34 GMT
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Hallo!
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Da hier in letzter Zeit ueber den ESCOM Powerstreamer und Linux
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spekuliert wurde, hier eine Erfolgsmeldung:
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Ich habe den genannten QIC-80 Streamer mit ftape-9.6 und
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dem Linux Kernel 0.99pl12 erfolgreich installiert.
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Mit 'tar' konnte ich eben eine Datei sowohl auf Band schreiben, alsauch
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zurueckladen! Ein ueberpruefen mit 'diff' ergab keine Fehler.
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Ich will noch nichts zur Zuverlaessigkeit sagen, aber bei der Reife die
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das Paket erreicht hat, gibt es kein zurueck mehr! :)
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Happy streaming,
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Andreas
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--
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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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Name : Andreas Bartelt / Nickname: Tares
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Organization: Fachbereich 10 Informatik Softwarelab., Universitaet Oldenburg
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EMail : Andreas.Bartelt@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE
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FTP-Adm/Unix: bartelt@aix01.HRZ.Uni-Oldenburg.DE
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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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From: dd@doc.ic.ac.uk (Demetrius Dracopoulos)
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Subject: Drivers for Colorado, IOMEGA tape streamers?
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Date: 13 Sep 1993 12:33:18 +0100
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Hello,
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Does anybody know if there are available drivers for the Colorado, and /or
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IOMega tape streamers?
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Many Thanks
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Dimitri
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Dimitri Dracopoulos
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Dept. of Computing
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Imperial College
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180 Queens Gate
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London SW7 2BZ
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UK
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From: kirsch@ps1.iaee.tuwien.ac.at (Rainer Kirsch)
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Subject: What about a new numbering for Linux?
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 12:55:58 GMT
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Hello Linux developers and friends!
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I am shure, that it is time for a change with the Linux numbering system.
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Everyone, who really knows Linux, knows that it is an experimental system.
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Keeping this in mind, there is no reason to avoid numbers greater than 1.00.
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I think the best way of a change would be to skip off the redundant 0.99.
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e.g:
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Linux 0.99p12 would change to Linux 12.0
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This change would also stop the need (if there was really one) of several
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versions having the same name (like under Linux 0.99p12)
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Many thanks to all developers of Linux!
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Rainer Kirsch
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Technical University of Vienna,Austria,Europe
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+--------------------------------------------------------+
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| Rainer Kirsch |
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| kirsch@ps1.iaee.tuwien.ac.at |
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+--------------------------------------------------------+
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| Institut fuer Allgemeine Elektrotechnik und Elektronik |
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| TU-Wien (Vienna / Austria / Europe) |
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+--------------------------------------------------------+
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From: matt@krikkit1.apana.org.au (Matt McLeod)
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Subject: Re: Setting up an Address.
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1993 15:26:46 GMT
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Paul Trouton (ptrouton@bfsec.bt.co.uk) wrote:
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: I am running Linux at home on a 486. I have access through work to Email and Internet
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: News. I love these two services very much and am afraid of loosing them if I changed my job. For this reason I am considering buying a modem and working from home. My idea
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: is this. If I was allowed to keep my account at work, could I forward my mail and news to home. Should I do this by simply downloading mail etc at night, or would it be better to put in a line, with a modem and keep it on line.
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: Is there such a thing as a modem that I can leave on and that will store Email and other info, without the computer having to be on.
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: Could you reccommend a modem for use with linux at home. I need Email and internet services.
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: Can I get an internet number for use with FTP? is it costly? is it possible?
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: Can my account in work forward News to my home address? Or will I have to log into work and read news online?
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: If I loose my account in work, where else can I log onto to get access to internet News without having to pay a fortune for the service.
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: In Brief I want help on what hardware and software I need to be able to use FTP, EMAIL and Internet News facilities at home.
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If you want the works, then you'd need to set up an IP connection of some sort
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onto the net. This would probably mean running SL/IP. I not familiar with
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the state of the net in the UK, but here in Australia it is pretty restricted,
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and a true IP connect is impossible unless you're with one of the Universities.
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If what you really want is just mail/news, consider setting up uucp. Everything
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you need comes with SLS, and it's a damned sight cheaper to run...
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Matt
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: Thanks in advance Paul...
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--
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Matt McLeod
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Bob-Fearing Freelance Writer
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matt@krikkit1.apana.org.au
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc
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From: mark@taylor.uucp (Mark A. Davis)
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Subject: Re: What are the various PC bassed Unix box OS?
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 12:15:46 GMT
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mbeattie@black.ox.ac.uk (Malcolm Beattie) writes:
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>In article <1993Sep12.235912.32501@unixland.ci.net> bill@unixland.ci.net (Bill Heiser) writes:
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>>In article <michaelv.747547179@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> michaelv@iastate.edu (Michael L. VanLoon) writes:
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>>>>>iiitac@swan.pyr (Alan Cox) writes:
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>>>>>>In article <chmae.747045462@guug.de> chmae@guug.de (Christoph Maethner) writes:
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>>>>>>>I don't think I will ever need a 486 , I would perfer more RAM.
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>>>>Wouldn't this, however, be an argument *for* getting a 486? I am just
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>>>>wondering, as I have heard that UNIX on a 486 should conceivably run
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>>>>better because the 486's hardware, especially if it has a local bus,
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>>>No matter how fast the drive and controller, RAM will always be
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>>>faster.
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>>
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>>I ran a Unix SVR3 on a 386/25. I then upgraded the machine to a
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>>486/33. Overall system performance was *twice* as fast (using the
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>>same peripherals) with the 486 machine than on the 386.
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>That's because of the difference in clock speeds. A rule of
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>thumb is that at a given clock speed a 486 is about 1/3 faster
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>than a 386, and that performance increases roughly linearly
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>(very, very roughly) in this range of clock speeds.
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>Comparing your 386/25 with your 486/33 you can see where the
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>factor of two comes from. The usual "386 v 486" question
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>centres on the comparison of a 386/40 with a 486/33.
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You also forgot that his 386 had no math processor and the 486 does.
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/--------------------------------------------------------------------------\
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| Mark A. Davis | Lake Taylor Hospital | Norfolk, VA (804)-461-5001x431 |
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| Sys.Administrator| Computer Services | mark@taylor.wyvern.com .uucp |
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From: bch@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (Byron C. Howes)
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Subject: Re: Microsoft bus mouse problems in X - SLS 1.01 (0.99p9)
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 13:23:23 GMT
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-=> Quoting Kurt Hildebrant to All <=-
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KH> From: Kurt.Hildebrant%bbs@dmapub.dma.org (Kurt Hildebrant)
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KH> Organization: Dayton Microcomputer Association; Dayton OH
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KH> I am experiencing problems getting X up on my 486/50.
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KH> Using SLS 1.01 (Linux 0.99p9), 8 meg RAM, 212 meg HD, Trident 1 meg
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KH> video card, Microsoft bus mouse. The mouse works fine in DOS.
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KH> /dev/mouse points to the correct bus mouse driver and Xconfig is set
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KH> up for the bus mouse, but X pukes and says that it can't open the
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KH> mouse.
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KH> Is there a problem using Microsoft bus mouse ? Should I switch to a
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KH> COMx mouse ? Thanks for any help.
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First make sure you have the right IRQ. If your mouse uses IRQ 2, set the
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mouse IRQ in busmouse.h to IRQ 9. (Don't ask. I'm not sure I understand
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it all either.) While you're at it, to save time. Set the mouse IRQ for
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the inport mouse support (atixlmouse.c?) to IRQ 9 as well.
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Configure linux to have both INport and busmouse support.
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Now, using the mouse tester, try all combinations of drivers and
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configured devices. My mouse finally responded reasonably to the inport
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device and the MMseries software. Go figure. I thought I had a busmouse too.
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--Byron
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Byron C. Howes Computer Systems Manager
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bch@uncecs.edu UNC Educational Computing Service
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From: ceblair@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Charles Blair)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
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Subject: Re: Mathmatica like package for linux?
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Date: 13 Sep 1993 13:52:00 GMT
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I have barely begun using the gnu Calc program. It does arbitrary precision
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arithmetic, and claims to have stuff like matrix inversion and some kind of
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integrals (I think both definite and indefinite), along with many other things.
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I found installing challenging. I think I had to rename a .el
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file as .elc before it would work.
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From: ruth@fwi.uva.nl (Joeri van Ruth)
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Subject: Re: SuperUser <s>
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 14:20:55 GMT
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jacobsen@csc.mc.edu (Eric Jacobsen) writes:
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> I am a new Linux user, and I made a mistake which caused my "root"
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>user to never be able to log back in. I finally reinstalled the operating
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>system. Is there a way to create multiple SuperUsers?
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It's always a good idea to keep the a1.3 disk around (assuming you
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installed SLS). You could have booted it, mounted your
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linuxpartition, and repared the rootacount.
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Joeri
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--
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Joeri van Ruth | We don't want to go back to tomorrow, we want to go forward
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ruth@fwi.uva.nl | --- Dan Quayle
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From: davisrj@arts.dfrf.nasa.gov (Roy Davis)
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Subject: Mice
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 14:37:09 GMT
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Hi all,
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Has anyone gotten a logitech trackman to work with Xwindows? The docs say
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that your basically screwed if you use one but has anyone tried to write a
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patch to get it to work? I'm rather fond of my track ball and would hate
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to have to get another mouse just for Xwindows.
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- Roy
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The following is the sig that would appear if I knew what he was doing:
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=========================================================================
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= Roy Davis is : = TTFN - VF102 =
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= davisrj@arts.dfrf.nasa.gov = Neophyte (ne-o-fite) - =
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= davisrj@arts2.dfrf.nasa.gov = newbie + <2 years exp =
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From: fing0004@gold.tc.umn.edu (Michael S Finger-1)
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Subject: Network unreachable under new slackware
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 15:23:22 GMT
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Last tuesday, I installed the new version of Slackware via NFS. My network
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stuff doesn't work when I boot off of my hard drive, but works fine booting off
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of the original disk one with the same rc.inet1 setup. I have even tried
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regenerating the kernal. Here is my rc.inet1:
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>> #! /bin/sh
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>> HOSTNAME=`/bin/hostname`
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>> # Attach the loopback device.
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>> /etc/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
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>> /etc/route add 127.0.0.1
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>> IPADDR="138.64.49.60"
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>> NETMASK="255.255.252.0"
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>> NETWORK="138.64.48.0"
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>> BROADCAST="138.64.48.255"
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>> GATEWAY="138.64.48.100"
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>> /etc/ifconfig eth0 ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST} up -trailers
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>> /etc/route add ${NETWORK}
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>> /etc/route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1
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>> /etc/route add ${IPADDR}
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If it matters here is my rc.local as well:
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>> /usr/bin/setterm -blank 10
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>> if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 ];
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>> then
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>> /bin/hostname -S escort.atk.com
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>> /bin/sh /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1
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>> /bin/sh /etc/rc.d/rc.inet2
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>> else
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>> /etc/old.hostname escort.atk.com
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>> fi
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>>
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>> if [ -x /etc/clock ]; then
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>> /etc/clock -s
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>> fi
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>>
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>> if [ -x /etc/syslogd ]; then
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>> syslogd # turn on logging of su's, logins etc.
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>> fi
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>>
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>> if [ -x /etc/syslogk ]; then
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>> syslogk on > /usr/log/kernel& # log all kernel messages.
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>> fi
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Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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-Mike Finger
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From: cole@concert.net (Derrick Cole)
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Subject: Re: gcc is swapping to disk all the time!
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Date: 13 Sep 1993 15:35:54 GMT
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In article <26m7gt$e2e@news.bu.edu> manuel@engc.bu.edu (manuel Toledo-Quinones) writes:
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>
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>Hi!
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>I just sucessfully installed linux in my pc. Thinks seem to be working
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>well. However, when I tried to compile a program using gcc, the compiler
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>starts swaping to disk and takes forever (10min+; actaully I abort the
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>compilation because it was taking too long). The source code for the
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>program takes about 60kbytes of disk space, and my computer have 4Mbytes
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>of memory. I compiled the same source using djgpp under dos without
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>problems.
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>Is this situation normal, or do you think something is wrong in the
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>setup? Can I do something to improve the situation? Any help will be
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>greatly appreciated.
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I'll have a lash!
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First thing I'd ask: Do you have a swap-space, either partition or file,
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created (mkswap ...) and enabled (swapon -a)?
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Derrick
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Limbaugh Watch for Monday September 13, 1993:
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- Day 237 (257 if Rich/Dead) of "America Held Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal")
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- The Election was 315 days ago
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- 1224 days remain
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From: cole@concert.net (Derrick Cole)
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Subject: Re: SLS wont mount /proc
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Date: 13 Sep 1993 15:38:23 GMT
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In article <26uf52$1fb@flotsam.ee.pdx.edu> bairds@flotsam.ee.pdx.edu (Scarrow) writes:
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>
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>Also, add a line for the swap partition if you have one. For example (from
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>memory):
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>
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>/dev/sda2 none swap defaults
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I thought it was
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/dev/whatever none swap sw
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Or has it evolved?
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Derrick
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Limbaugh Watch for Monday September 13, 1993:
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- Day 237 (257 if Rich/Dead) of "America Held Hostage" (aka the "Raw Deal")
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- The Election was 315 days ago
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- 1224 days remain
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From: fing0004@gold.tc.umn.edu (Michael S Finger-1)
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Subject: Re: Linux broke my computer!
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 15:51:23 GMT
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It may be that your setup configureation got hosed. Try rebooting and enter
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your hardware setup program (Usaully pressing <DEL> or <F2> or somthing during
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boot) and make sure that your floppiesa re set up correctly.
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I hope that fixes you floppy problem.
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-Mike
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From: sdh@fishmonger.nouucp (Scott D. Heavner)
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Subject: Re: S3 Video Chipset/Swapping Problems
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 15:44:51 GMT
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Reply-To: sdh@po.cwru.edu
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John "Mr_Muppet" Gonyo (gonyo@oswald.cs.odu.edu) wrote:
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> And for the swapping problem:
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> I've got a 486-66 w/ 16mb RAM and a 5mb SWAP partition. I had a background
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> script logging the /proc/meminfo every 5 seconds while I ran X and
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> loaded it up with those goofy games and whatnot. Eventually, no more windows
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> could be opened, and upon returning to the shell, I noticed that
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> ram used was near 16mb, while swap used was 0!! It says that there is
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> 5megs of swap, 0 used, 5megs free! Why doesn't it use the swap device?
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> (Yes, it's mounted from fstab)
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Did you figure out why no more windows could be opened? There
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are a few reasons I can think of:
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1) You're out of pty's -- I think there are only 16 for Linux
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and no one ever answers questions on how to increase them.
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2) You're out of processes. 64 is the max number the standard
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Linux distribution can have open. I think this can be
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adjusted with NR_TASKS in include/linux/tasks.h and
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recompiling the kernel. (There might be other things
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to do, so search the archives or repost for instructions).
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Other things that may not be as you think:
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3) You didn't install the swap correctly. It's not mounted,
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but swapon'ed. A command 'swapon -a' will activate all
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the swap files in /etc/fstab. Check this with free, which
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should report something like (this is the kmem free)
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size used cache free shared
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memory: 15284 3748 10832 704 2540
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swap0: 10396 0 10396 0
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total: 25680 3748 10832 11100 2540
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4) You're reading used and free space wrong. (Kmem) Used is the
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measure of how much is used by the processes. Free really
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includes the memory allocated to cache (which can be used by more
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processes). Below is what /proc/meminfo says which matches
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the above free command. You have to subtract buffers from
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the used to get the amount used by the processes.
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total: used: free: shared: buffers:
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Mem: 15650816 14934016 716800 2592768 10547200
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Swap: 10645504 0 10645504
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So in reality:
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Kmem free space = size - used
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Proc free space = total - ( used - buffers)
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.help,comp.os.linux
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From: bmyers@asd470.dseg.ti.com (Bob Myers)
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Subject: x/y/z-modem transmission problems; ever fixed???
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Reply-To: bmyers@asd470.dseg.ti.com
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 15:36:22 GMT
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I've been trying to get these transfer protocols to work on my .99.p11 system
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at home. So far, after recompiling the rzsz9202.tar-z/dff source and installing,
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I see a number of errors when transmitting, but no errors when receiving. this
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holds true for zmodem and y-modem batch.
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I can use kermit to transfer files, along with the normal uucico mechanism. However,
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trying to run a bbs software package makes these others a necessity to be working.
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Can anyone who has these working tell me what they did? I'd greatly
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appreciate it.
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-bob
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From: wlim@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM (Willie Lim)
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Subject: UUCP uid (was: UUCP on SLS 1.03)
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 16:51:21 GMT
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After some experimenting I found out the root of my Linux UUCP
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problem. It seems that ownership of the UUCP files (in /usr/lib/uucp,
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especially) has to be set to uid 11, the default uid set by Linux
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during installation. (Uid 11 is not in the installed passwd or group
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files.) I was setting the ownership to "uucp" (uid = 5, I think)
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which should work but I think that I may have to set (haven't tried
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this yet!) the ownership of several of the UUCp executables, (e.g. cu,
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uuname, etc. in /usr/bin), from uid 11 to "uucp" too. After setting
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the ownership, I could uucico to download and upload mail to a remote
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UUCP host via cron. Smail mail conversion to C.* and D.* files works
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like mint and so does uugetty for dial-outs.
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However there are still some workarounds needed:
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1) I have to use -x with a level of 2 and above to get uucico to
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actually dial out. If I don't use -x or use -x1, the modem will
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not dial out even though two lights on Hayes Smartmodem (forgot the
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names for the lights but it is the 3rd and 4th lights from the
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right). Interestingly they are the same set of lights that flicker
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a lot when I don't use the -r flag for getty or uugetty for the
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modem line (cua1).
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2) I have to occassionally delete the audit.local file otherwise
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uucico will not dial out. I don't know why. Perhaps it has
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something to do with the file size???
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Other than that UUCP mail works fine. I'll try out the news
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capability later.
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Willie
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From: wlim@gdstech.GRUMMAN.COM (Willie Lim)
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Subject: Auto-answer with uugetty or getty
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 16:57:54 GMT
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I am having problems dialing in to my Linux SLS 1.03 machine. The
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modem (on cua1 with "uugetty -r" or "getty -r") would answer but I
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don't get the system to respond; no prompt no nothing. I tried
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creating /etc/default/getty.modem and /etc/default/uugetty.modem so
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that the getty.log doesn't complain about missing default file for
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modem. I also tried changing the "next" labels /etc/gettydefs to
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cycle through the various modem speeds (originally they cycle through
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themselves e.g. 2400 back to 2400). But to no avail.
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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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Willie
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From: manuel@engc.bu.edu (manuel Toledo-Quinones)
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Subject: Can a VGA monitor be connected to ...
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Date: 13 Sep 1993 16:52:21 GMT
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a SVGA card, and then used in 600x800 res. mode to run X with colors? This
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is probably a stupid idea, because I don't know if the pin def./connector
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is compatible between SVGA and VGA. But still it would be a very inexpensive
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way of upgrading to color.
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Any comments?
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Thanks,
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manuel
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From: Andreas.Bartelt@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Andreas Bartelt)
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Subject: Re: ESCOM Powerstreamer laeuft unter Linux!
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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 15:36:48 GMT
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Andreas.Bartelt@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Andreas Bartelt) writes:
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I'am really sorry. This article should have been posted to
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de.comp.os.linux not to comp.os.linux.
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Bye,
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Andreas
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--
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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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Name : Andreas Bartelt / Nickname: Tares
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Organization: Fachbereich 10 Informatik Softwarelab., Universitaet Oldenburg
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EMail : Andreas.Bartelt@Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE
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FTP-Adm/Unix: bartelt@aix01.HRZ.Uni-Oldenburg.DE
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*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
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