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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Setting up Anonymous FTP under SVR4 (Consensys 1.3)
Date: 25 Jul 92 18:31:22 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <Bry5Hq.KKr@trauma.rn.com>, larry@trauma.rn.com (Larry Snyder) writes:
> mcr@csi.on.ca (Michael Richardson) writes:
> 
>>  I can put and get just fine. Maybe this is a security feature :-)
> 
> Your setup looks just fine - like ours here.  anonymous ftp works
> here fine -- the only problem we have is with making symbolically
> linked filesystems available via anonymous ftp logins --
> 
> ie: when we mount a filesystem under the home/pub directory (using
> a symbolic link) even though it's mounted -- we can't access it when
> logged in anonymously.
> 
> the link is made -- and can be accessed via other logins --
> 
> -- 
> Larry Snyder                                    internet: larry@gator.rn.com
> 4950 Estero Blvd, Ft. Myers Beach, FL            uucp: uunet!rde!nstar!larry
----------
	The difficulty with symbolic links when logging in as anonymous
is that username causes ftp to execute a chroot to anonymous' home directory.
Thereafter links are wrt that root. That's why we need to "cp" libc.so.1
(whatever) to <anon's home>/usr/lib rather than just symbolically link it.
	Joe D.
From: fr@compu.com (Fred Rump from home)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Dell Unix..
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:45:16 GMT
Organization: CompuData Inc.

rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:


>Sure, you can buy a less polished version of SVR4, and spend your time at
>church keeping it running.

Whatever V4 has to do with running a UNIX system at a church escapes my sense 
of logic. We have over 200 such systems running in churches without any 
sysadmins or general computer knowledge etc - just your ordinary 
volunteer/secretary/housewife/minister/priest type of user who wouldn't know 
an operating system from a prompt as they never see either.

They all run on that nasty SCO environment which we've all heard so much about 
here in past times (it's Dell's turn today).

And by the way, these non-computer types read news (our own cdi.* groups), 
write and read email, and generally feel at home with their systems as if they 
were designed for churches - which they were, of course. It makes for all the 
difference in the world to let a vertical VAR handle all that computer stuff 
and let users be users and do their church thing. We've spent around 20 
man/years at the back end so that life would be easy at the front end. 

Personally, I've never believed in teaching users about computers and 
operating systems - confuses the hell out of them. It's tough enough 
remembering all the things you can do with the application. :-)


Fred
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From: dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd
Subject: X386 1.2E has been updated to 1.0.1 (incorporating MIT fix-13)
Date: 23 Jul 92 16:03:43 GMT
Followup-To: poster
Organization: AT&T

X386 1.2E 1.0.1 is now available.  This update incorporates the recently
released fix-13 from MIT.

[ For those who do not know, X386 1.2 is the Intel-based Unix SVGA server
  provided with X11R5.  X386 1.2E is a set of enhancements to that server. ]

The following files are available:

	X386-1.2E-1.0.1.diff.Z		Patch kit reletive to X11R5-PL13
	1.0-1.0.1.diff.Z		Patch kit for 1.0.1 relative to 1.0
					(This includes MIT's fix-13)
	Type1.patch1.Z			patch required for the Type1 font
					code to work with PL13, relative
					to the X386 1.2E Type1.tar.Z

These are available from:

	export.lcs.mit.edu (under /pub/contrib/X386-1.2E)
	ftp.physics.su.oz.au (under /pub/X386)
	ftp.win.tue.nl (under /pub/X386)

An update to the SVR4 binary distribution, containing those files that have
changed, can be found in the files core-1.0.1.tar.Z-?? on

	ftp.physics.su.oz.au (under/pub/X386/SVR4)
	ftp.win.tue.nl (under /pub/X386/SVR4)


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
Subject: Re: esix 4.0.4 experiences
Organization: The Gator Public Access Unix Site - 219-289-3745
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 11:04:21 GMT

markd@silogic.uucp (Mark C. DiVecchio (K3FWT)) writes:

>5. Man pages included
>6. SLIP

Dell has been shipping with SLIP and man pages now for the last
6 months - I wonder why ESIX decide not to ship man pages and SLIP
with their 3 release? 

>2. ttymon still does not work reliabily. Does work at all with
>ttydefs file as shipped.

How about with multiple high speed modems supporting floating baud rates?

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4950 Estero Blvd, Ft. Myers Beach, FL            uucp: uunet!rde!nstar!larry
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: ihno@generics.ka.sub.org (Ihno Krumreich)
Subject: Re: Convert ELF --> i386 absolute??
Organization: Generics GmbH
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 17:29:42 GMT

an336@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Steven P. Thorn) writes:



>I need to convert a relocatable ELF 386 object file into an absolutely
>located image suitable for burning into a prom for a '386-based
>embedded system.  Has anyone ever done this relocation by hand before,

>and who is willing to part with some code?  It would save alot of time....

You have ld. let ld do the job. To give you an idea look at the unix kernel.
It is also loaded at an fixed adress. Have a look at /etc/conf/cf.d/kernmap.

Ihno

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From: shite@sinkhole.unf.edu (Stephen Hite)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.os.linux
Subject: What the 17" monitor reviews never tell you
Date: 22 Jul 92 04:17:43 GMT
Organization: Univ. of North Florida


   I just wanted to let anyone who is deciding to purchase a 17" monitor
for X386 work to be be cautious when making their decision.  I just
bought one of the highest rated monitors in the $1100 price range
(the Nanao 550i) and the one  I got has a tremendous problem with this
"rainbow effect" at 1024x768.  There's a term for it that starts with the
letter 'm' that I can't remember but the "look" is akin to a magnetic field
pattern.  I tried adjusting the horizontal and vertical stretching of the
image and it has absolutely no effect on the difference in display quality
(that is, the "rainbow patterns" stay just as obvious...
I understand that all monitors have this to some degree and it is easily 
remedied by adjusting these controls BUT not in my case.  At 800x600, I
have no complaints, the picture is perfect.

  I'm not putting down Nanoa.  I'm sure there are lots of F550i's that
are picture perfect at 1024x768 with no "rainbow effect" apparent to
the naked eye.  However, mine is not acceptable and NONE of the reviews
in magazines warn you that this can be a problem.  I don't know but maybe
some manufacturer's tubes have more of this kind of problem than others?

  Perhaps Thomas Roell can comment on this?  Is my case unusual or is it
all just a crap shoot?  I would strongly recommend that if you're in
a big city to buy your 17" monitor locally even if it costs an extra
$100 because at least you can try before you buy.  


Steve Hite
shite@sinkhole.unf.edu
From: mike%jim.uucp@wupost.wustl.edu (Mike Suter)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: system dump
Date: 23 Jul 92 20:23:53 GMT
Organization: BITS, St. Louis, MO

gary@sci34hub.sci.com (Gary Heston) writes:

>In article <1992Jul22.075012.27943@jabaru.cec.edu.au> d10590@tanus.oz.au (Robert Chalmers) writes:
>>Could someone tell me how to stop the message 'dump image in swaop area, do
>>you wish to save it?' from appearing each time I start up. I say yes and save
>>it, still there next time. I say no, and continue, still there next time. Any
>>idesas anyne.

Try executing this to get rid of the swap dump (works on SCO):

dd if=/etc/termcap of=/dev/swap bs=1k count=4

>You are shutting down your system properly, aren't you? You can't just hit 
>the power switch; otherwise there *will* be a dump image in the swap area
>every time, not to mention bits and pieces of files vanishing.

I dont know about that--when you switch the power off, Unix doesn't
have time to dump anything to swap.  I agree with the part about
vanishing files, though :)

>Make sure you do a powerdown or shutdown command before turning the machine
>off. Unix is a *lot* more complex than DOS.....

Amen!

Mike
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From: esr@snark.thyrsus.com (Eric S. Raymond)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Dell SVR$ (and Dell hardware) total lack of success on Postscript
Date: 21 Jul 92 15:35:25 GMT

In <1992Jul20.202516.29768@rwwa.COM> Robert Withrow wrote:
> In article <1992Jul18.002830.9207@dellunix.dell.com>, 
>   donn@dellunix.dell.com (Donn Baumgartner) writes:
> 
> | Bull.  [...] your complaint is unjustified.  We're familiar with your
> | problem - even in development we've heard your whining, [...] IT'S NOT
> | DELL'S PROBLEM that someone else's printer and cable doesn't work with
> | our machine/software.  We have no obligation or commitment to make your
> | particular (and peculiar) setup work [...] I *personally* wish you would
> | find out what Compaq is selling these days.
> 
> Assuming the above is not a forgery, I'd like to nominate Donn to the
> Tact Hall of Fame.
> 
> P.S. Eric:  Should this be added to your FAQ?

Probably.  There's nothing new about the policy, but popping off at a
paying customer like that indicates arrogance and a poor attitude.
-- 
      					Eric S. Raymond = esr@snark.thyrsus.com
From: johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Date: 19 Jul 92 18:45 MDT
Subject: Re: ISC3.0 (SYSV3.2) and COM3/3rd seria
Nf-ID: #R:sledge.711324562@messua:1086768343:9207191345.AA13415@iecc.cambridg:-768986761:001:824
Nf-From: iecc.cambridge.ma.us!johnl    Jul 19 18:45:00 1992


>How to tell the Kernel that there exists a 3rd serial line to use with
>"asy".

Either you can use kconfig, or it's proabably easier to edit the config
file yourself, it's called /etc/conf/sdevice.d/asy.  Here's what mine looks
like:

asy	Y	1	7	1	4	3f8	3ff	0	0
asy	Y	1	7	1	3	2f8	2ff	0	0
asy	Y	1	7	1	5	3e8	3ef	0	0


The second column is Y to configure, N to leave out a given line.
The 6th column is the interrupt, the 7th and 8th the beginning and end of
the I/O addresses.  The asy driver can handle up to 16 terminals; add new
lines to the file as needed.  The driver supports shared interrupts if
the cards physically do (but most don't.)

After you edit this file, you need to build and install a new kernel in the
usual way with kconfig.

Regards,
John Levine, johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us, {spdcc|ima|world}!iecc!johnl
From: jgd@dixie.com (John De Armond)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Willie Dee and writing letters. (was Re: >>An example of Dell's)
Date: 30 Jul 92 04:33:01 GMT
Organization: Dixie Communications Public Access.  The Mouth of the South.

mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:

>>( To everyone else other than Bill and his buddy above, ME is a really
>>whippy little magazine, combining small business and technical
>>information in one package.  If you're thinking about developing
>>a product or starting a business, the magazine is a must. )

>Also, I think that closing
>paragraph probably comes damned close to commercial use of the net,
>since you obviously have a stake in the magazine (writing for it and
>all). 

Damn close?  I tried to make that as overt an advertisement as I could.
Guess I need to work on my copyrighting skills a bit, huh?


>Well, then, since you make no effort at all to be objective, I guess
>you're the kind of 'journalist' that gives the profession such a bad
>name.  And here I've always been under the impression that GOOD
>journalists tried to be objective and get all the facts first.  Of
>course, that could very well still be the case.  Of course, in that
>case we have to not include you in the genre of 'good journalist'.

Good, because I'm not a journalist.  I am a writer and publisher.
I do not write newscopy.  I usually write a blend of fact and opinion.
Until someone manages to pass a law to the contrary, I can express any 
opinion I so desire and I so desire to fairly often.

>>This Dell incident will make an excellent case study.  Whether said study
>>shows a company which agressively attacks a problem and solves it or
>>whether the company plays ostrich at the first sign of controversy is 
>>still up in the air, though the events of the last 24 hours give me hope.
>>I'm writing my article right now so do hurry.

>Absolute evidence on just what kind of 'journalist' you are.  You
>really DO think you're Jerry Pournelle, don't you?  

Nah.  Jerry writes for Byte and I write elsewhere.  He and I would
probably get along, though.  We seem to have similar _Opinions_ 
regarding vendor support.

>Well, John, I
>don't know how Dell feels about this (although I certainly hope they
>reconsider the decision to be less forthcoming on the net that folks
>like you [afraid descriptive terms simply failed me, there] have
>forced them into, but as far as I'm concerned, you can take your
>'article' and, well, . . . be very careful not to get papercuts when
>you do it, anyway.

Thank you very much.  And when it comes back out, maybe I'll send it
to you.  Should fit your local landscape fairly well.  Or at 
least smell the same.  Oh my, another opinion.  I simply MUST stop 
that.

John
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From: davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Dell Issue 2.2
Keywords: info, bugs fixed...
Date: 23 Jul 92 13:36:25 GMT
Reply-To: davidsen@crd.ge.com (bill davidsen)
Organization: GE Corporate R&D Center, Schenectady NY

In article <19120@ector.cs.purdue.edu>, yeh@cs.purdue.EDU (Wei Jen Yeh) writes:
| Hello,
|   Does anyone know if Dell Issue2.2 has been released or not?  I've sent
| emails to info and support at Dell, but have not gotten any information
| concerning this matter yet.  If somebody is running 2.2, can you verify that
| the bug in 2.1 concerning supporting RLL and MFM drives is fixed in 2.2?
| I'd really like to put my old MFMs to use.  thanks.

  What bug? I haven't seen a problem, what are the symptoms? Other than
not enough disk, which is why you go to SCSI ;-)
-- 
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	It never ceases to amaze me that otherwise rational people, able to
	understand calculus, compound interest, and the income tax form, can
	continue to believe that poker is a game of chance.
From: rsj@wa4mei (Randy Jarrett)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: asy device uses 2 IRQs? any way to free them?
Keywords: asy drivers IRQ Starlan NAU
Date: 26 Jul 92 18:51:01 GMT
Organization: Amateur Radio Gateway WA4MEI, Chamblee, GA

In <15799@pitt.UUCP> jack@dsl.pitt.edu (john p. nelson) writes:


>  In trying to set up an AT&T 6386 to run WINTCP/386, I seem to be out
>of IRQ's.  I have a PC Starlan NAU already at IRQ2, cartridge tape
>drive at IRQ5, and IRQ6 seems to be used by kd driver (keyboard) and
>LPD has IRQ7.  The Starlan-10 NAU I want to use for tcp uses on
>2,3,4,5,7 as does the Starlan NAU.
>  IRQ3 and IRQ4 seem to be assigned to asy driver, I guess to control
>the remote boot feature.  This seems a high price to pay, unless I
>can find an NAU with IRQ10 or some further flexibility.
>  Am I understanding this correctly?  Is there any way to get rid of
>the asy 'feature', or to free up at least one of the IRQ's?
>  Thanks for any help.
>  Jack Nelson
>-- 
>John P. Nelson, M.D., U. of Pittsurgh, Dept of Psychiatry
>(412) 624-4802, 3811 O'Hara St, Pittsburgh PA 15213
>jack@nelslab.wpic.pitt.edu jack@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu jpn@med.pitt.edu 


If you are not using any serial ports you should be able to remove
the asy driver from your kernel and rebuild. This should free up the
3 & 4 IRQ's.

Randy


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From: davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Getting a tape drive to stream...
Date: 26 Jul 92 10:35:55 GMT
Organization: Aegis Society, Kyoto Japan

aw1@stade.co.uk (Adrian Wontroba) writes:

>In article <2065@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (only in JAPAN, post otherwise) writes:
>>I have ISC, could you/somebody tell me what CTBUFSIZE does in SCO?
>>Maybe there is something similar for ISC....

>It allocates a fixed size buffer at init time, rather than dynamicly
>attempting to allocate a buffer at run time. Prior to my 3.2v2 upgrade I
>could only use the tape drive in single user mode.

Thanks. I've been using dd with moderate success with ISC 2.2/3.0...

Some people said they were going to post a buffer program but it's 
never appeared that I know of.


Dave

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From: edhall@rand.org (Ed Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Dell Unix..
Date: 26 Jul 92 16:44:01 GMT
Organization: The RAND Corporation

In article <1992Jul26.042446.9804@mksol.dseg.ti.com> mccall@mksol.dseg.ti.com (fred j mccall 575-3539) writes:
>Uh, that was no support person, that was a developer.  Some people
>have apparently lost sight of this (and yes, there IS a distinction
>:-)).

Agreed, but the distinction was pretty blurred in this case.  I tend to
consider people by the role they take, and not their title.  No slight
of Donn intended, although I guess support isn't considered a very
noble activity in a lot of places.  Too bad...

		-Ed Hall
		edhall@rand.org
From: donn@dellunix.dell.com
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Date: 18 Jul 92 01:42 MDT
Subject: Re: Dell Unix..
Nf-ID: #R:intermec.uucp:1889:1992Jul17.214224.5589@dellunix.d:576265249:001:1999
Nf-From: dellunix.dell.com!donn    Jul 18 01:42:00 1992


In article <1889@intermec.UUCP>, duane@intermec.com (Duane Charron) writes:
|> 
|> 	Hi, Y'all.  I called up Dell and asked for info from them on the
|> implmentation of unix they had.  After all of the Net Talk about it I
|> thought I would look at it prior to purchasing a unix system.  Well
|> When I got the info I was shocked to see "SCO" everywhere on the sheet.
|> I thought it was there own version of Unix, I guess not they just
|> sell the SCO Stuff.  What a shocker...
|> 
|> 					DUane

Give us a frigging BREAK!  Dell Computer Corporation sells Dell Unix SVR4
as well as SCO Unix, DOS, Windows, OS2, etc.  Just because you ask some
(probably new & busy) sales person for a data sheet on unix and got something
on sco unix doesn't mean Dell doesn't have better unix products available...
just that Dell is hard pressed right now to properly train all the new sales
and tech support people it's hiring (by the droves).  Besides, sales people
are notorious for knowing little about software and quick to dispose of callers
who waste their time asking about it.  Reality is not always pretty. :-)
							- Donn
        _
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        |                                     Unix Development
        |        Just Wanna Skate...          Dell Computer Corporation
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       / \       Skate Free or Die!           Austin, Texas 78758
    __/   \__                                 email: donn@dellunix.dell.com
    oo     oo                                    or  uunet!dell!donn
                                              TEL: (512) 339-5470
disclaimer:  I speak for myself...            FAX: (512) 338-8780

P.S.  I am not your personal contact at Dell :-)   If you have a question
      about Dell or Dell Unix, send mail to support@dell.com or info@dell.com
      [My mail box thanks you :-]
From: spt@sgtech.sgtech.com (Steve Thorn)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Utility to locate ELF?
Date: 22 Jul 92 17:38:46 GMT

I hope this the right newsgroup... if not, please redirect me.

I need to generate 32-bit protected-mode code for an embedded '386.  I'm
using as,cc and ld to generate an "ELF 32-bit LSB executable 80386 Ver 1"
output file.  I'm going through the manuals, deciphering the ELF format
so I can relocate the .text and .data by hand, and I got to thinking,
perhaps someone has done this before....

Well?  Am I the only one?  Has anyone done this who is willing to
let go of your source code?  It'll save me a lot of time, selfishly
speaking.

-steve


Steve Thorn                         spt@sgtech.com
Star Gate Technologies, Inc.        ...!uunet!abvax!sgtech!spt
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