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From: romano@pimac2.iet.unipi.it (Romano Giannetti)
Subject: mount: unknown error 26240?????
Organization: Dipartimento di Informatica, Universita' di Pisa
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:15:46 GMT

(Sigh...) I'd like to try the extfs, but I am not be able to mount it...
I say:
  mkefs /dev/fd0 1440 
ok,
  efsck /dev/fd0
ok,
  mount -t efs /dev/fd0 /mnt
mount: unknown error 26240

I have the SLS .98p5 distribution, upgraded to 0.99 and to libc.so.4.2.
Kernel made WITH extfs, tcpip, nfs...
I think the mount in the SLS dist was capable to mount efs??? 
Where is my mistake???

          Romano.


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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg)
Subject: Re: IMPORTANT [BUG in 0.99] Re: [ANNOUNCE]: linux version 0.99
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 17:34:30 GMT
Organization: TC Telemanagement, Clearwater, FL
Keywords: kernel linux 0.99

According to pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald):
>In article <2B3611DB.6CD7@tct.com> chip@tct.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>>According to wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius):
>>>In normal C programs, yes, but the kernel is a bit special.  Like, for
>>>instance, who is going to do the initialization?
>>
>>Why couldn't the first thing in the kernel be a zeroing of bss?!
>
>Well, how about the kernel runs in 32bit mode, while the init stuff is
>done in 16bit mode.

Hm.  How about, the first thing in the kernel _after_ transition to
32-bit mode?
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   and remove them with a pitchfork" -- Weird Al Yankovic, "You Make Me"
From: qumqats@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Joel M. Baldwin )
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Cron for Linux?
Date: 27 Dec 92 07:07:07 GMT
Organization: Citrus Grove Public Access ( 916 ) 381-5822    Sacramento CA.  USA
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marc@r-node.gts.org (Marc Fournier - Admin) writes:
: In article <1992Dec21.050300.17459@netcom.com> zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) writes:
: >In article <BzL4M1.Cp8@cs.dal.ca> dinn@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael 'Moose' Dinn) writes:
: >>
: >>Does a cron-type scheduler exit for Linux? the SLS distribution doesn't
: >>return anything on a find / -name \*cron\* -print.
: >
: >tsx-11.mit.edu:pub/linux/sources/usr.bin/vixie-cron.tar.Z
: >
: 	It is also included in the new .99 release in /usr/bin.
: But...it doesn't get started as part of the installation stuff..you
: have to add it to /etc/rc

??????  /usr/bin?????   whats it doing in there?  shouldn't it be in /etc?

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid)
Subject: Re: mount: unknown error 26240?????
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 18:54:21 GMT

In article <1992Dec22.171546.13001@cli.di.unipi.it> romano@pimac2.iet.unipi.it (Romano Giannetti) writes:
>(Sigh...) I'd like to try the extfs, but I am not be able to mount it...
>I say:
>  mkefs /dev/fd0 1440 
>ok,
>  efsck /dev/fd0
>ok,
>  mount -t efs /dev/fd0 /mnt
>mount: unknown error 26240
>
>I have the SLS .98p5 distribution, upgraded to 0.99 and to libc.so.4.2.
>Kernel made WITH extfs, tcpip, nfs...
>I think the mount in the SLS dist was capable to mount efs??? 
>Where is my mistake???

you need to recompile the kernel with the ext filesystem enabled; you
are apparently booting a kernel that does not know how to handle it.

(this is, btw, not a very useful error message. ;) )
jem.

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From: girardi@rniil.rni.sub.org (Norbert J. Girardi)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: pwd command missing in Linux???
Keywords: pwd
Date: 30 Dec 92 10:14:32 GMT
Organization: House of the German Squaredance Freaks

wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong) writes:

>
>    HELP!.. I've been searching my system for the 'pwd' command,
> and like, I can't find it!  The reason for me searching for 'pwd'
> is because I'm having major problems with the permission flags.

opwdo is a BASH builtin command. Try ohelp pwdo from the prompt.

>
>    Everytime I log on as a non-root user, I get the following:-
>
>     Welcome to Linux SLS ....
>     ....etc
>
>      Your password will expire in 0 days.
>      No mail.
>      shell-init: Permission denied
>      pwd: Permission denied
>      : Permission denied
>      #

Check the permissions on ALL directories down from / to your users
home directory.

>
>   I know, this isn't the first time I've posted this problem up,
> and nothing seems to work!  Actually, it worked the first time I
> installed linux, but after screwing around with stuff like lpr,
> getty_ps and stuff like that, the old config files have been
> like totally been screwed completely..well..not exactly screwed,
> but the non-root user login is now completely screwed...
>
>     Can someone please help me with this hair-tearing dilemma??
>
>     Also, while I'm at it, How do I stop the server from giving
> me the stupid "Your password will expire in 0 days."????

[quoting from tweek@netcom.com (Michael D. Maxfield) ]

>>Subject: Oops, I goofed (WAS Re: Son of SLS questions (tm))
>>Message-ID: <1992Dec28.041818.7118@netcom.com>
>>Date: 28 Dec 92 04:18:18 GMT
>>Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
>>
>>In article <1992Dec28.040900.6300@netcom.com> tweek@netcom.com (Michael D. Maxfield) blows it and writes:
>>>Try (as root) `passwd -x 9999 -n 0 -w 100'
>>>-- the numbers are as follows:
>>>         -x = number of days till expire
>>>         -n = minimum number of days till a user may change his/her passwd
>>>         -w = number of days prior to expiration that a user is warned
>>>
>>
>>After the whole arguement, add the users account name whom you wish to
>>change.  IE: `passwd -x 9999 -n 0 -w 100 tweek'
>>
[END quoting from tweek@netcom.com (Michael D. Maxfield) ]

>     Thanks in advance....
>

I hope this helps solving your problems.
Happy linuxing,
    Norbert

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: suvac@rachel.cs.andrews.edu (Radivoj Suvacarov)
Subject: SCSI distribution
Summary: where to get it?
Organization: Andrews University
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 22:48:53 GMT

	I tried to install SLS 98p5, but without success.
I have Adaptec 1542b SCSI controler and a Maxtor drive. After
booting from the floppies, I get an error when trying to run
fdisk. The message says: error reading hda0. I know there is
nothting wrong with my MS DOS partion since I am using it.
Also, during the boot my system configuration is identified
correctly. 
	Is there anything else I should be aware of when dealing 
with SCSI. Is there something like SCSI distribution, and where
could I find it? Please, respond to suvac@andrews.edu.

Regards,

Radivoj Suvacarov



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From: axel@kaa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (Axel Kotulla)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Graphics Ultra and Kernel modify
Date: 21 Dec 92 14:36:13 GMT
Organization: Rechnerbetrieb Informatik - RWTH Aachen
NNTP-Posting-Host: kaa.informatik.rwth-aachen.de
Summary: Problems with fixed font and Graphics Ultra

Hi,

I'am a (obviously little stupid) new user of linux.

The installation from the SLS-disk (ver .98 p5) succeded without any error. My configuration is now

2 HD's:
	first is completly DOS (/dev/hda) (200 MB)
	seconds consists of 3 primary partions
	(/dev/hdb1 for DOS (20 MB), /dev/hdb2 for extended linux filesystem (160 MB), /dev/hdb3 for linux swapping (20 MB))

I use an ATI Graphics Ultra with 1 MB.

So I got the new x8514new.tar.Z from tsx-11.mit.edu

I renamed the old X and copied the Xlinux.8514 over it

My monitor is an EIZO 9080i.

I made the following changes to my Xconfig:

#
# some nice paths, to avoid conflicts with other X-servers
#
RGBPath		"/usr/X386/lib/X11/rgb"
# Use this if the Type1 font code is in the server
FontPath	"/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"

Keyboard
  AutoRepeat 500 5
#  Xleds      1 2 3
  ServerNumLock
#  DontZap

Microsoft	"/dev/ttys2"
#MouseSystems	"/dev/ttys2"
#MMSeries	"/dev/ttys2"
Logitech        "/dev/ttys1"
#MouseMan	"/dev/ttys2"
#Busmouse	"/dev/ttys2"
#  BaudRate	1200
#  SampleRate	150
#  Emulate3Buttons

	( . . . )

ModeDB
# Mode for EIZO 9080i
# clock  horzontal timing      vertical timing                flags
 "640x480"   25     640  672  768  800    480  490  492  525
 "800x600"   50     800  820  860 1028    600  608  610  633
 "1024x768"  76    1024 1064 1176 1300    768  778  793  806
             85    1024 1040 1112 1328    768  804  809  859
 "1152x900i" 64    1152 1184 1288 1400    900  904  933  943  Interlace
 "1280x1024" 110   1280 1296 1408 1696   1024 1034 1044 1081


after starting X-Windows with

startx
, I get the following message:

X386 Version 1.2 / X Windows System [linux v1.1 8514/A alpha]
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)

ibm8514
failed to set default font path '/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/'
Fatal server error:
could not open default font 'fixed'

giving up.
xinit:  Invalid argument (errno 22):  unable to connect to X server
xinit:  No such process (errno 3):  Server error.


all paths exists, so I have no idea what's wrong. Has anyone out there an idea?

2.

Another problem occured while making a new kernel for usage of the german "Umlaute".

If I say 

	make all
or
	make disk

in the directory /usr/src/linux
the compiler tells me that he is looking for versions's 2.2.3 include files. I only got
2.2.2d

After simply renaming 2.2.2d to 2.2.3 (only for testing), I got the message

make: *** No way to make target `/usr/include/sys/cdefs.h'.  Stop.

while compiling in the net-module

Any  idea, what my problem is ?

I would be very thankful for every kind of hint.

Axel

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From: kf8nh@kf8nh.wariat.org (Brandon S. Allbery)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: [FIX] PS FIX FOR 99p2 !!!
Keywords: ps fix 99 p2
Date: Sun, 03 Jan 93 21:16:48 EST
Distribution: world
Organization: Brandon S. Allbery's Personal System

andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !) writes:
> , as it saves LOTS of hassle every time you upgrade your kernel.

Not to mention being able to quick&dirty it by cat'ing files in /proc :-)
(see the "free" program in the /proc-based ps distribution)

> >There has been some question about which device should be used in
> >mounting /proc.  As far as I can tell, it's irrelevant.  Hlu's base
> 
> Well, you can just mount /proc onto /proc

I spent half the day today trying to find the kernel definition for
/dev/proc before finally looking for the mount() syscall and discovering
that some filesystem types (like /proc) ignore the device argument :-)

++Brandon

He's BAAAACK! Brandon S. Allbery     NOTE NEW ADDRESS!!! kf8nh@kf8nh.wariat.org

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wto@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (William T. O Connell)
Subject: swap_free: weirness
Organization: AT&T
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:58:59 GMT

When compiling the kernel, the message "swap_free: weirness"
came out around 15-20 times during the earlier part of the build.
I've never seen this before; what does it mean?

I later put a heavy load on the system under X, and the swap 
partition seems to be working alright (at least according to 'free').

my setup:
486dx/33mhz
8mb RAM
16mb swap partition
version .99p1

- Bill O'Connell        wto@ihlpx.att.com

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald)
Subject: SLS fix: permissions and bootup videomode
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, CANADA
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 92 18:01:02 GMT

Two small fixes have been made to SLS.  They are not worth
downloading if you have SLS 99p1 already, so the aren't in 
HISTORY.

1) added "zafix.taz" to a4.  This just runs "rdev -v Image -3"
2) fixed permissions in a3 "base.taz", including /etc/passwd.

I wasn't going to do this, because I was expecting libc 4.2
and hence a major upgrade (compiler too).  Now that release
looks to be quite close.  So expect base.taz to change again
soon.

Peter
From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
Subject: Re: where can I find 0.99.2 bootimage ?
Keywords: bootimage
Organization: School of EECS, Washington State University
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 20:08:23 GMT

In article <C0AHD2.Gu1@ccu.umanitoba.ca>, rahard@eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:
|> Could somebody upload 0.99.2 bootimage somewhere ?
|> Thanks
|> -- budi
|> --
|> Budi Rahardjo
|> <rahardj@ccu.umanitoba.ca>      <rahard@ee.umanitoba.ca> 
|> Electrical Engineering - University of Manitoba - Canada

Who else wants? I have made them. But they may fail on some machines. See
my previous post.


H.J.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
Subject: [Q] plee for help! regarding TCPIP and serial logins!!
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 12:42:18 GMT

    It doesn't seem as if everyone I ask knows anything about serial
logins.  

    Can someone help me how to get a SERIAL login system working?
I have a 14.4k modem on COM1.  COM2 is where my mouse is..so no worries
there, I think.  My main concern is COM1, or /dev/ttys0....*sigh*

    I've tried what was suggested in the FAQ, but I haven't had any
success!  I've also tried a few experimenting, like any new linuxer would!
Here are the following stuff I've done:-

   1)  Changed my modem setting to CD on always, Answer on first ring
and DTR on always.
 
   2)  had the following inittab settings:-
       ttys0: vt100 : /etc/getty -t 10 9600 ttys0

    And I dialed in from my other terminal, and all it did was connect
and then hang up the modem!

  Another try:-

    1) Changed my modem settings back to original position.
    2) Changed the inittab settings to original settings.
    3) went to kermit. and did the following commands:-

          C-Kermit>set line /dev/ttys0
          C-Kermit>set speed 9600
          /dev/ttys0, speed 9600  (or something like that)
          C-Kermit>remote login
          C-Kermit>server
           ....

    4) Then I'd phone in from my other line, and still get
       a connection, but this time, the connection stayed
       but nothing happens.  So I log in from another
       console, and did a "getty -t 10 9600 ttys0" 
       and the remote terminal would show the standard
       Linux login screen, but when it comes to typing
       things in, nothing happens.  

   So bascially, I'm calling for major help from any Linux pros out there!
I once did make a GOOD FLUKEY connection.  I would actually log in as a
non-root user from remote, and do normal commands..but the local consoles
were being bombarded by messages..... argh!! 

   Do I have the wrong 'getty' or 'uugetty' commands???

   Incidentally, does anyone know where I can get a source file for the
'w' command?  My version of 'w' doesn't work well.  It doesn't display
any information under the 'JCPU','PCPU' and 'what' columns!!  I did
get something from tsx-11.mit.edu, but it still didn't work, even
after I've compiled it.. hmm actually, just remembered the filename:
ps-0.98.tar.Z <i think> and it had the diff file with it, but I couldn't
figure out how to get linux compiling stuff from the B drive.


  Any help appreciated!!!

Incidentally, MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!

<WOULD YOU actually believe I've been like monitoring this are for
like 24hours straight trying to get answers?!! man, I've sure got a life.>

Oh one more thing, does anyone know where I can get some linux-based 
multi-user games, if any exists?

 Thanks again..

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: amir@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Guindehi Amir)
Subject: Re: ps in linux .99p1 broken?
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 15:13:56 GMT

probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon) writes:
: amir@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Guindehi Amir) writes:
: 
: >Same at me, ps,fstat and top dos'nt work with 99p1. Do you have tried the
: >posted fstat.diff.tar.Z ? I will do tomarrow ! ;-)
: 
: >- Amir
: 
: Ps, top, and free will work if you fo a ps -U against the unstripped kernel
: which is stored in /usr/src/linxu/tools/system.

ps -U changes NOTHING ! ;-(( ps always brings out only the HEADER - Line :

root @ titan.chronos.ch [/] # ps -U /usr/src/linux/tools/system
  PID TT STAT  TIME COMMAND
root @ titan.chronos.ch [/] # ps
  PID TT STAT  TIME COMMAND
root @ titan.chronos.ch [/] #

Any Idea ?

: The fstat patch works, and allow fstat and fuser to work again.. Thats the
: only file it patched.

It's surely a FAQ, but how does one apply a *.diff.Z file with diff ? 

: 
: James

- Amir

Email : amir@avvalon.physik.unizh.ch
        aguindeh@iiic.ethz.ch
Subject: Re: Smail 3.1 on SLS 0.99. Can't send smtp mail!
Reply-To: david@prism.demon.co.uk
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.20 $
Organization: ** none **
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 14:46:44 +0000

In article <1992Dec29.034352.29829@tc.cornell.edu> splee@alchemy.tn.cornell.edu (Seng-Poh Lee) writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to get the smail 3.1 package running. It came with the SLS 0.99
> version. I want to get smtp mail working. I've included the smtpd entry
> into the /etc/inet/inetd.conf and I can receive mail via smtp fine. However,
> I am unable to send mail out via smtp. I set up a routers file with the
> entries;
> 
> smart_host:	driver = smarthost, transport = smtp
> 
> In my config file, I have;
> 
> smart_path = my_smart_host
> smart_transport = smtp
> 
> All I ever get is failed mail saying I haven't defined  smart host. And then
> when I invoke smail directly, it bombs out saying that it cannot find
> the smtp driver. Please help!
> 

The smail binary provided with SLS doesn't have the smtp drivers
compiled into it.  I have managed to get smail to compile with smtp
drivers by starting from the source code in the newspak directory on
sunsite.  All I had to change were the following defines in
conf/os/linux.

1.   Change DRIVER_CONFIGURATION to bsd-network.

2.   Add BSD_NETWORKING to the HAVE list.

3.   Add INET_NTOA_USE_STRUCT to the MISC_DEFINES list.

Note that I haven't yet been able to test this as I am currently a
long distance phone call away from my internet dial-in point which
makes testing new software rather expensive.  I should be able to
test it next week.

David

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: kfisher3@mach1.wlu.ca (kevin fisher U)
Subject: Re: G++:where is the c++ library? I couldn't link c++ program.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Wilfrid Laurier University
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 06:10:07 GMT

Weijin Mai (ah214@yfn.ysu.edu) wrote:
: 
: 	I compiled the C++ program and produced an object file. The problem is
: I couldn't link it with the appropiate c++ library. My program uses cout and
: cin and the linker doesn't find the library for these two functions. I used
: the -llibrary switch and tried out all the library in usr/lib without success.
: Why can't g++/gcc determine the library it needs from header file?[D[
: What is the library for iostream.h?

I had this problem, and someone kindly enlightened me, so I will enlighten
you--compile using the -static option.  All your woes will end.
The samaritan that helped me said it was because gcc can only use the static
libraries or something.


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