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From: ercolessi@uimrl4.mrl.uiuc.edu (furio ercolessi)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: FORTRAN compiler
Date: 14 Nov 92 00:31:52 GMT
Reply-To: ercolessi@uimrl4.mrl.uiuc.edu (furio ercolessi)
Organization: MRL - UIUC

In article <RICH.92Nov13164958@omicron.Rice.edu>, rich@Rice.edu (Richard Murphey) writes:
|>In article <92318.155931MEICJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <MEICJ@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes:
|>   Hi, there!
|>      Does any body know if there is a fortran compiler for 386bsd,
|>   /or is any body working on it? For a real scientific use of the
|>   system, not just for fun, a fortran compiler is necessary.
|>
|>Not a compiler, but there is a translator.  I'll put f2c and fsplit
|>executables and patches up for anon ftp tomorrow.  
|>
|>It compiles linpack and other netlib code just fine.  Rich

and there is also the gnu project for a public domain fortran 77 
compiler, a.k.a. "g77".  the compiler is currently in alpha test.
for more information (in particular, how to subscribe to the 
info-gnu-fortran list), finger -l fortran@gnu.ai.mit.edu.
this is a true compiler, not a translator.  however, it
relies on gcc for the final pass(es) (at least this is
what i have understood). 

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From: fizzy@fizzy.ibmpcug.co.uk (Adrian Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: [386BSD] Why does opost drop on the ptys?
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 92 21:56:47 GMT
Reply-To: adrian@ibmpcug.co.uk
Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd
Organization: The IBM PC User Group (Staff Network)

When I am using the pty's over the internet (a lot of people have noticed this),
the 'stty opost' setting sometimes gets dropped. Once dropped it is not kept
after you type 'stty opost' in.

The question? Why - and what can I do to rectify the problem.

Adrian

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers)
Subject: remote lpr/lpd problems...
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 17:56:52 GMT
Organization: SAS Institute Inc.


I'm having an interesting problem with the lpd on 386bsd.

Namely, if I (from a remote lpr) print a small file, things work
fine.  However, if I remotely print a large file the lpd on 386bsd
"looses the connection."

Looking at the lpd sources, I see such a message emitted if a read
from the incoming socket returns <= 0; which is reasonable. (i.e. it
either got EOF sooner than expected or there was a problem.)

The number of bytes read before this happens is *always* 5120; which is
a rather suspicious number.

So, I was wondering if there is a limit somewhere I'm running into.  I
couldn't find anything, but thought I would post and ask..


	- Thanks -
	- Dave Rivers -
	(rivers@ponds.uucp (home))
	(sastdr@unx.sas.com (work))


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: markd@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (Mark Damerell)
Subject: BSD on SUN-3? 
Reply-To: markd@csqx.cs.rhbnc.ac.uk (Mark Damerell)
Organization: RHBNC
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 10:47:09 GMT



Please does anybody know if there are any plans afoot to adapt
the BSD system to either SUN-3 or HP-9000/800 series machines?
My reason for asking is that SUN have withdrawn support and it
seems that HP  are about to do the same. I do appreciate that 
it would be a very difficult thing to adapt BSD to any new 
machine. Even to get BSD Make working is difficult
because it wants to  #include  several machine-specific header
files, all of which must be created for the target machine:
I have done this (maybe with errors) the program compiles 
but I get several 'undefined function' errors at the link stage.

I would like to be able to read some of the man pages, but when
I try to run them through nroff, I get garbage. Please, what 
would be the way to format these for teletype? or V100? or 
X terminal?

My colleagues are much concerned
about the security risk posed by the use of NFS. Would it seem 
reasonable to use the BSD version of nfsd on a machine running
sun-OS 3? The idea is that BSD nfsd can be told to accept calls 
only from specified I-net addresses, but can it interact with
the Sun kernel? I know that any competent hacker can forge an
address, but it would seem difficult to do this if you are the
wrong side of a router, and anyway, the BSD  nfsd  ought to be
more secure than the existing  nfsd  which (I believe) accepts
calls from anywhere. 

We would really like to be able to use the BSD code for secure 
rpc  but this would seem to require a composite kernel containing
a mixture of BSD code for rpc and SUN-OS code for everything else.
Is such a beast possible? Please has anybody any suggestions how 
one might attempt it?

Thank you, mark
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF)
Subject: ftp software inc, their address is...
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 15:59:36 GMT

For those of you who wanted to know where I got the CD-rom with
386bsd on it,

here is the address of the company....

ftp software, inc.
2 High street, North Andover, MA
01845-2620

Main phone:  508-685-4000
fax: 508-794-4488
sales: 508-685-3300


the cd-rom was handed out at the NetWorld Conference in Dallas, Texas.


mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF)
Western Business School  --  London, Ontario
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: jkh@esel.lotus.com (Jordan K Hubbard)
Subject: [386BSD] SO - where do I get the soundblaster code?
Organization: Lotus Ireland
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 10:35:12 GMT

Sorry to bug the net, but the original poster doesn't seem to be
getting my mail.  Anyone out there willing to send me the
drivers or tell me where to ftp them from? (exact path, please, I'm
using ftpmail).

Much appreciated..

					Jordan
			PCS Computer Systeme GmbH, Munich, West Germany
	UUCP:		pyramid!pcsbst!gj gj@meepmeep.pcs.com
	EUNET:		unido!pcsbst!gj
From: awb@ed.ac.uk (Alan W Black)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: CDROMs (was 386bsd or Linux)
Date: 5 Nov 92 09:46:01 GMT
	<1992Nov4.201721.1036@gulasch.hanse.de>
	<EICHIN.92Nov4224548@tsx-11.mit.edu>
Organization: Dept of AI, Edinburgh University, UK

In article <EICHIN.92Nov4224548@tsx-11.mit.edu> eichin@athena.mit.edu (Mark W. Eichin) writes:

From: eichin@athena.mit.edu (Mark W. Eichin)
> 8) Availability
	   Linux and 386BSD are both available for anonymous ftp from
> numerous sites; Austin Codeworks apparently resells both in source
> form; FTP Software Inc was giving away a CDrom at Interop Fall 92 with
                                           ^^^^^
> 386BSD source and binaries (as well as X11R5, the Crynwr Packet
> Drivers, and the RFC's and IEN's) as a promotion. Linux has been
> uploaded to a number of BBS'es around the world. I'm sure other forms
> are available, essentially if you want it you can probably get it.

>
>				   _Mark_ <eichin@athena.mit.edu>
>				   MIT Student Information Processing Board
>				   Cygnus Support <eichin@cygnus.com>

I am very much interested in a CDROM with either 386bsd (or Linux)
on it.  Yes I do understand the legal problems that may exists but
I wasn't previously aware that some CDroms had already been made
with 386bsd on them.  I would be grateful if anybody could
tell me where I could get such a CDROM.

thanks

Alan

Alan W Black                          2 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, UK
Centre for Cognitive Science          tel: (+44) -31 650 4627
University of Edinburgh               email: awb@ed.ac.uk
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: uwp@cs.tu-berlin.de (Udo Wolter)
Subject: [386BSD] Problems with new SCSI-Drivers
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 18:07:29 GMT

Hi !
I compiled Julian's SCSI-Driver into my kernel, but it seems that there's
no swap space anymore. On startup I get the message "warning: no swap space
yet" and later "/dev/as0b: Device not configured". I tried to alter /etc/fstab
but it doesn't change anything. What can I do ?

The second thing is: I have a TANDBERG TDC 3800 SCSI tape device with variable
blocklength and on startup it will be recognized, but when I want to use it I
get many errors (long block) although I can read all files from tape correctly.
But thoses messages on the screen slows down the tape extremely, so I wanna
know what I can do to change it. Any hints ?

I just have one SCSI disk (root on sd0 swap on sd0) but two controllers
(one SCSI, one IDE) and two floppies (on IDE). I have 8 MB on board and had
problems before (system hangs up on high load) where I hope to get help.
Can anyone help me ?
Thanx in advance,
		  Udo

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From: steve@cg57.UUCP (Steve Froeschke)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: Looking for 386BSD BBS
Date: 13 Nov 92 05:46:02 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: E & S Systems Unix Gateway, San Diego, CA

dshaker@qualix.com (Doug Shaker) writes:

>I am looking for a list of BBS's from which one can download
>386BSD files.  Failing a list, I would appreciate any recommendations
>on a site local to the San Francisco bay area. Email preferred.
>If I get enough data to be useful, I will summarize to the net.

Doug, 

I have the /bin, /etc, and most of the patches available on my bbs
system here.  (Dialup, Remote Access).  The phone number is:
(619)-278-8267 (Worldblazer line) -or- (619)-278-9837 (9600 HST line)

You're more than welcome to get them here if you can't find somewhere
closer than San Diego. :-)

Steve

Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: luigi@pical2.uucp (Luigi Rizzo)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: mountd/portmap/NFS problem -- solved.
Date: 7 Nov 92 15:53:54 GMT
Reply-To: luigi@iet.unipi.it
Organization: Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione, Univ. di Pisa (ITALY)


Thanks to all who replied. My problem actually involves two (known)
'features' of mountd and the nfs client code. Portmap seems to be
innocent.

The first bug is related to mountd, and the description is as
follows:

========================================
Bug Number:     MISC006
Problem:
	mountd hangs when exporting a file system sub-directory
Explanation:
        If /etc/exports contained:

                /usr/src -root=0

        And /usr was not a file system unto itself, mountd went into an
       infinite loop and stayed there.
Solution:

        The fix:  in /usr/src/sbin/mountd/mountd.c, line 592 reads:
                while (*cp == '/' && cp > ep->ex_dirp)
        and should read:
                while (*(cp-1) == '/' && cp > ep->ex_dirp)

PATCH00054

Submitted by:
        roe@unibase.sk.ca (Roe Peterson)
Solved by:
        (same)
========================================

Unfortunately, the /etc/exports you get with the standard distribution
(bin01) tries to export /usr/bill while the filesystem is /, thus
triggering the bug. Many many people must have had this problem.  I
didn't understand it because, at first, I thought the bug would appear
only when a mount request actually arrived. Which is wrong!

The second problem has to do with the remote NFS server requiring
for requests to come from a reserved port. The bug description is as
follows:

========================================
Bug Number:     MISC019
Problem:
        NFS bugs.
                Appending to already existing files.
                Read request hangs.
                IBM AIX 3.2 client fixes.
                reserved ports for NFS.
                Subdirectories can be exported.
Explanation:
        In the patch.
Solution:

PATCH00016
PATCH00042
PATCH00053

Submitted by:
        comp.unix.bsd
        root@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca (gopher I)
Solved by:
        comp.unix.bsd
        arnej@Lise.Unit.NO (Arne Henrik Juul)
        martin@innovis.com (Martin Galassi)
        root@snowhite.cis.uoguelph.ca (gopher I)

============================================

I experienced the problem with Ultrix 4.1. Unfortunately this bug is
particularly bad for me because in order to rebuild the kernel I
need disk space, and I hoped to get it by NFS-mounting a disk from a
big brother...  So I'd really appreciate if someone could point me
to a ready-to-run kernel with the NFS patches applied. Same for
a working mountd.

	Thanks
	Luigi
====================================================================
Luigi Rizzo                     Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione
email: luigi@iet.unipi.it       Universita' di Pisa
tel: +39-50-568533              via Diotisalvi 2, 56124 PISA (Italy)
fax: +39-50-568522
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461)
Subject: Re: whereis tfs.com?
Organization: Allen-Bradley Co.
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 15:50:43 GMT

mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF) writes:
: I have been trying to connect to ref.tfs.com.
: 
: Our nameserver does not have a record for it.  Does someone know the ip
: address
: for this host?

The IP address is 140.145.254.251.  I can ping and telnet ref.tfs.com, but
nslookup fails to return an address.  Weird.
: 
: I am looking for julian's scsi drivers and/or kernels.
: 
: 
: How do I recompile with X11 support?
: I think I need to turn on an option, but I am not sure which one.
: 
Make sure you define UCONSOLE and XKERNEL in your kernel config after
installing Terry's patch kit.  Then cook a new kernel. 

: 
: mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF)
: Western Business School  --  London, Ontario

Good luck,

--
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Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co.
Phone: (414)382-4461
Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com

The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer.
I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!
From: rodmur@ecst.csuchico.edu (Dale Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: [BSD4.3reno] /bin/sh problem?
Date: 6 Nov 92 21:30:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: charnel.1deo4sINNdpg
Organization: California State University, Chico
NNTP-Posting-Host: hairball.ecst.csuchico.edu

In article <MJL.92Nov5133721@rigel.bos.locus.com> mjl@bos.locus.com (Mike Leibensperger) writes:
>
>In article <1d9m3vINN8nh@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu>
>rodmur@ecst.csuchico.edu (Dale Harris) writes:
>You only get shell functions with the Korn shell (/bin/ksh, linked to
>/bin/sh on some systems).  The Korn shell requires a seperate license
>from AT&T or USL or whatever, so I doubt that stuff straight out of
>Berkeley (4.3reno, 4.4, Net2) comes with it.

I know that is not quite correct because functions works on most SYSV
system /bin/sh and it isn't linked to /bin/ksh, I check things like that,
also I ran my little script on a NeXT and it really can't be called a SYSV
machine or a BSD machine and its /bin/sh supported the functions and it
didn't come with ksh, it was ported over.

Thanx to the rest of you for proving my suspicions that BSD4.3 /bin/sh 
doesn't support functions, and that I'd probably have to use bash or ksh.


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C)
Subject: Re: [386bsd] Colorado Jumbo tape drive device driver.
Keywords: Colorado, No dice, Tape drive
Organization: University of Utah Computer Center
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 05:32:34 GMT

In article <1dchecINN4pk@hpsdlss3.sdd.hp.com>, mattb@sdd.hp.com (Matt Bonner) writes:
|> In article <1992Nov5.153537.1@vax.sonoma.edu>, levinson@vax.sonoma.edu writes:
|> |> In article <raz.720786927@ultima>, raz@socs.uts.edu.au (The Inimitable Raz) writes:
|> |> > Has anyone developed, is anyone working on, has anyone worked on a 
|> |> > 386bsd driver for utilising Colorado Jumbo 250M, floppy controller
|> |> > attached, tape drives?
|> |> > 
|> |> > Does anyone have any info or code at all for driving these items?
|> |> > 
|> |> > raz@socs.uts.edu.au   (Roland Turner)   (OH) 61 2 906 4681
|> |> 
|> |> It is amazing, that with all the Jumbo systems sold, only you and I are
|> |> asking about a driver for this tape drive!
|> |>  
|> |> If you happen to find one, let me know.  If I find one, I will let you
|> |> know.
|> |>  
|> |> I am still waiting for Colorado Memory Systems to respond to a message
|> |> I sent to their Compuserv address.  It has been about 3 weeks.
|> 
|> This was discussed a few months ago, I believe the final answer was
|> that something in Colorado drive I/O was proprietary, and Colorado 
|> wouldn't share, so you can't write the driver for them.  I could be
|> wrong though, I didn't follow the thread too intently.

Nope.  There *is* a driver.  The person who wrote it hasn't released it yet
and may not do so for some time.  Apparently they have read streaming but not
write.  I publicly ate crow on whether or not it was possible without a change
in the device priority mechanism about 2 months ago when I found out about
it, so I definitely remember.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@icarus.weber.edu
					terry_lambert@novell.com
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From: pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Help me choose a machine
Date: 5 Nov 92 21:31:01 GMT
Organization: ICEM Systems, Inc.

Ok, the time has come.  My bank account is screaming in agony at the
thought of the up coming dollar-ectamy, but it's inevitable now.

I'm going to buy a 486 to run 386BSD, but I've got a few questions
first.

  1) Can IDE controllers and SCSI controllers (Adaptec 1542B) be used
     in the same machine?

  2) How long will it be before VESA support is rolled in to 386BSD?
     (The price difference is not that big $100-$200 and there's a
      HUGE difference in graphics throughput)

  3) Does anyone have a favorite mail-order place that has good
     prices?

  4) Does anyone know of any place to definitely avoid?

  5) Does anyone know of any computers (or motherboards) to prefer
     or avoid?

BTW, I'm an experienced 386BSD person.  I borrowed a 386-40 and I'm
using it with very few problems.  But it's time to get my own }:-)

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: inkari@snakemail.hut.fi (Juha Inkari)
Subject: [386BSD] Unable to exec #!/bin/sh scripts
Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
Distribution: comp
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 00:11:40 GMT


Shell scripts are not executed right on my 386BSD systems.  Exec()
results in cannot execute error and if I try to execute a script from
C-Shell, the shell tryes to interpret the commands resulting in syntax
errors etc. Whats the matter and how to fix it ?

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
From: frank@martha.utcc.utk.edu (frank segner (phrank))
Subject: ->386bsd! man-pages.Z ?
Organization: University of Tennessee Computing Center
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 05:33:52 GMT

hi folks !

recently i made a du (-k) /usr/share/man...   (just about 4 Mb ascii... ;-( )
that reminded me of the time i ran isc, there it was !better! (manpage.0.Z)
my 'zcat whatever.Z |less' would be fast enough...
does someone have an idea where to find a decent replacement for the 
original man?
if so -> let me know ; flames -> /dev/null ;-]
so long
         frank
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.minix,comp.os.linux
From: dc@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Dave Cottingham)
Subject: Soundblaster? MIDI interface?
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.4-b1  
Reply-To: dc@cobi.gsfc.nasa.gov
Organization: NASA/GSFC-Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 22:25:00 GMT

1) Has anyone gotten the Soundblaster to work with 386BSD, minix,
or linux?

2) Has anyone gotten any kind of a MIDI interface to work with
any of these systems?

Please reply via email, if there's interest I will summarize to net.

Thanks,
Dave Cottingham
dc@cobi.gsfc.nasa.gov
From: Maurizio Davini <mau@ipifidpt.difi.unipi.it>
Subject: swapspace and anonymous ftp
X-Xxmessage-Id: <A71F12E90B010897@cerd1.difi.unipi.it>
X-Xxdate: Thu, 5 Nov 92 17: 05:29 GMT
Organization: Department of Physics,University of Pisa
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d11
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 17:00:46 GMT

Hi all,
I would like to know how to set up an anonymous ftp on my 486box running
386bsd and how to add aditional swap spaces....
( I have received a "virtual memory exausted" compiling xvgr
even if I set limit memoryuse unlimited )

                                     Thank you very much
                                          Maurizio
From: veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de (Holger Veit)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
Subject: Re: XView - how much of it is available?
Date: 11 Nov 92 08:54:26 GMT
Organization: Uni-Duisburg FB9 Datenverarbeitung
Reply-To: veit@du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de
NNTP-Posting-Host: du9ds3.uni-duisburg.de
Keywords: xview openlook

In <1992Nov10.193407.2691@netcom.com> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:

[...]
>While you are completing xview, could you also port UIT (User 
>Interface Toolkit for xview)?
>By having UIT it will give us the ability to write xview programs 
>with less pain.

>Amancio

I'll get it and have a look at it. BTW, I personally found programming
with xview wonderful, simple and understandable, compared to Motif and 
and other widget sets (perhaps except interviews).

Holger
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