HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: johnsonm@stolaf.edu (Michael K Johnson)
Subject: New stuff at tsx-11...
Reply-To: johnsonm@stolaf.edu (Michael K Johnson)
Organization: The Internet
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 16:43:29 GMT

#define L	tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux
#define B	tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/binaries
#define BUB	tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/binaries/usr.bin
#define BUBX	tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/binaries/usr.bin.X11
#define S	tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources
#define SUB	tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin
#define SUBX	tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/sources/usr.bin.X11
#define PAT	tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/patches
#define DOCS	tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/docs


L/ALPHA/cdrom/README.CDROM
		cdrom-0.4.tar.Z
	The latest version of the cdrom filesystem.  Works with .97p4,
	can disable rock ridge extensions.  for more info, read the
	README.CDROM

L/ALPHA/X8514/X8514.tar.Z
		X8514.src.tar.Z
	8514 X server, bin and src.

L/ALPHA/Xega/X386ega.tar
	ega/vga X server

SUB/origami.tar.Z
	source for the origami editor

SUBX/xfm1.1.tar.Z
	source for xfm1.1, an Xwindows file manager.

DOCS/project_registry
	project registry, latest version...




I am back at school, no longer connected at 2400 baud, but with a real
connection.  (yay!!!)  This means that I will be able to start doing
stuff at tsx-11 more now, and hopefully we will get caught up in the
next week or so.  If you uploaded things long ago to tsx-11, well,
they may finally appear...  More files later as I work on this.

michaelkjohnson
johnsonm@{stolaf,tsx-11.mit}.edu


Please Note:

I help /maintain/ the archives at tsx-11.mit.edu.  These announcements
that I make are announcements that I have taken things that someone
/else/ has written, and made them available for public consumption at
tsx-11.mit.edu, somewhere in the hierarchy /pub/linux.

I am /not/, unless otherwise explicitly stated, the one to contact
about bugs in the programs -- Please look through the files that you
get for the name of the author.  If program X has bug Y under
conditions Z, either mail the author, or post news about it.  Stuff
sent to johnsonm@stolaf.edu about it will generally end up in the
great bit home in the sky, as I just don't have time to act as a
middleman and pass on bug reports.  Sorry, but that's the way it is.

I do not guarantee that this is either complete or correct.  I will
try to use, as I have used, the subject "New stuff at tsx-11..." to
facilitate WAIS and other searches.

When you upload files to tsx-11, please put them in the incoming
directory, using binary transfer mode when appropriate (almost
always), and then mail ftp-linux@tsx-11.mit.edu and tell us that the
file is there, and what it does.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: adam@soda.berkeley.edu (Adam J Richter)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: shared libs
Date: 12 Sep 1992 21:24:55 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu

In article <1992Sep12.171316.19047@athena.mit.edu> pmacdona@tadpole.bcsc.gov.bc.ca writes:
>Does using PIC
>generate Position Independant Data (PID) as well [...?]

	If you reflect upon it, you'll realize that doing position
independent data is not particularly different from doing position
independent code on a 386, since the initialized and uninitialized
data sections are located at known displacements from the program
counter.

	Indeed GCC does generate position independent data, apparently
following the convention described in the _System V Application Binary
Interface: Intel386(tm) Processor Supplement_.

	To see an example of how this convention works, try compiling
a small program position independent assembly language like so:

		gcc -fpic -S foo.c

	where foo.c might contain something like:

		int var;
		main() {
		  var = 5;
		}


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From: vds7789@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com (Vincent D. Skahan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: tin1.1pl4 goes BOOM on 097pl4
Date: 10 Sep 92 18:45:26 GMT
Organization: none

have any of the 'news' folks out there experienced
problems with the 'tin' newsreader blowing up with
a SIGSEV fault after switching to 097pl2 or above ?

Just to be sure, I recompiled it with 2.2.2d 
(all from mcc-interim 097p2) and same thing happened.

The same binary worked fine at 095c+ through all of
096...

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
Subject: Re: utter frustration with making GCC 2.2.2d
Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 1992 00:20:32 GMT

In article <1843a2INNgqm@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis) writes:
>
>
>
>i have followed the FAQ.GGC and release notes to no avail. Would some1
>please help me out a bit.
>
>I got the follow files from tsx-11:
>2.2.2d(db,lib,misc).tar.Z    3 files!!!!
>binutils.tar.Z
>0.97pl1inc.tar.Z
>install.2.x
>
>Due to linux's filename lenght limitations I renamed them as follows and put
>them in my root dir:
>
>2d(db,lib,misc).tar.Z
>097inc.tar.Z
>

Your first mistake was renaming the files.  You DO NOT have to rename
the files, the names get truncated to 14 characters automagically.
Of course, you could always manually edit the entire install script
to reflect the new file names but trust me:  it's more trouble
than it's worth.

Another thing worth pointing out:  it doesn't matter what directory
your gcc files are in, as long as you run the installation script
from that same directory.  I ran mine from /misc/tmp/GCC2.2.2d.  :-)

>Then, as the docs say, I typed sh install.2.x -v 2d /foo/src/linux

In the programming world, we often use "foo" as an example, and this
is no exception.  For most (but not all) Linux installations, it
is /usr/src/linux.

I'm not sure about the "2d" part, either.  It's been a while so
I'll let someone else comment on that.

>
>It barfed when it looked for that dir, /foo/src/linux. So I made it
>and uncompressed and untared 097inc.tar.Z into it, making
>/foo/src/linux/include/linux....which it was looking for.
>Now it barfs looking for /foo/src/linux/include/asm.
>

If you have the kernel source installed properly (I suggest you make
sure by reading the docs that were in the same place where you found
the kernel source) AND properly applied the first patch AND give the
install script the correct path to the linux source AND didn't change
the names of the gcc files (just let the names get chopped), gcc
installation should be a piece of cake.

>i am totally confused. Are there any better docs????

The only time I had a problem with it was when I DIDN'T read the
docs first.  Being accustomed to manual installations, I thought I
could just skip the docs.  :-)

This is the EASIEST gcc installation we've had yet!

I think the installation instructions need to be improved, though,
based on the number of people that are having problems.  The only
thing wrong with it (that I can see) is that it doesn't predict
places where people might go wrong, like renaming the files.  I
know people aren't following instructions to the letter if they
do things that are NOT in the instructions, but we can keep that
from happening in the future.  We can learn from this by keeping 
the installation script the same and just adding a few more comments 
to the instructions to keep people from making these same mistakes.

-- 
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From: combee@prism.gatech.EDU (Ben Combee)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: More SEGV's with GCC 2.2.2d in MCC package
Date: 6 Sep 92 14:15:52 GMT
Organization: Satellite of Love, Gizmonic Institute

OK... I had previously posted about SEGV (segment violation) errors
when compiling clone Rogue using GCC 2.2.2d included in the MCC
0.97pl2 release.  Well, these errors have surfaced in compiling both
UMoria 5.3 and the Linux kernel.  They occur with both optimizations
on and off and if I have swap space activated or not.  I'm wondering
if anyone else has been having these problems.  It is getting a little
annoying.  Of course, it may be my hardware... I think my motherboard
isn't quite up to spec.

Thanks for your help.  I hope someone replies this time. :)

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From: doug@owl.isis.org (Douglas W Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: VT100 keyboard...
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 22:45:30 GMT
Organization: Quoi! me organized?

Hi all,

Could anyone suggest why I cannot make use of my vt100 (vt220 in fact) 
keyboard in the same manner as my console keyboard?  For example, how would 
I go about doing a command recall/edit with a vt term like I do with my 
console?  I do have my TERM variable correct but dont seem to be able to do 
much better than 123's and ABC's...

I also have a question about joe.  The first attempt of running joe on a 
terminal I got 'Could'nt locate keymap' message and figured that this may 
have to do with the file protection.  Got past that point, but here again, I 
cannot use my arrow keys and all.

Could anyone suggest an editor that would respect/support the vt keyboard 
half decently?

Thank you,

Doug! {doug@owl.isis.org}
From: grtorlba@sumax.seattleu.edu (George Torralba)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Distribution limiation(s) aka Copyright
Date: 15 Sep 92 17:41:19 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Seattle University, Seattle WA

I just have a question on whether or not the writers of Linux allow
private parties to distribute the software for a fee (supposedly copying
charges).  And if so, do they have a limit/cap on how much money (per disk)
could be collected?  I say a guy asking for $3.50 per disk.

George

PS. replies by email is preferrable since I don't normally subscribe to
this newsgroup.


Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: patrick@wowbagger.pc-labor.uni-bremen.de (Patrick Steiner)
Subject: Problems with SVGA card and X11
Organization: PC-Labor der Universitaet Bremen
Distribution: comp
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1992 13:28:43 GMT

HEEEEEEEELP,

wo can help me ?  I am punished with a Highscreen 368DX/25 and a ET4000
card (enhanced VGA). I tried the last two weeks to get X11 running, but
it does not work. Has anybody worked with a configuration like that, or
would anyone be so kind to help me. (I am a beginner with Unix).

patrick@pc-labor.uni-bremen.de
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: david@prism.demon.co.uk (David Metcalfe)
ReplyTo: david@prism.demon.co.uk
Subject: Re: 0.97pl4 breaks SCSI extended partition code
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.15 $
Organization: ** none **
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 1992 19:46:27 +0000


In article <3566@ra.nrl.navy.mil> eric@tantalus.dell.com (Eric Youngdale) writes:

> 	No, the problem is more insidious than that.  Drew kind of hinted 
> at it when he swore at the bootstrap loader, but I will explain.
> 
> 	Previously, the array sd_sizes was uninitialized, which means that
> it was in the bss section.  A normal C program can count on data items
> in the bss section as being initialized to 0, but this is not always the
> case with the kernel.  It really depends a lot on the bootstrap loader.
> It appears as if lilo is able to zero the bss section, but shoelace does not.
> As I recall, if you boot your kernel from a floppy, then the bss is not cleared
> as well.  I could be all wet on this, though.
> 
< rest deleted >

Well I still boot from a floppy, so that explains why I got caught
this time around.  It would appear that although the bss section can
contain anything (if it is not initialised), it contains the same
data for a particular version of the kernel.  I guess this is not
altogether surprising considering the computer has just been
rebooted.

Thanks for the very complete explanation.

David

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From: aliu@usc.edu (Alex C. Liu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Yet another Caps/Ctrl keyboard patch
Date: 8 Sep 1992 23:42:58 -0700
Organization: None to Speak of
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: aludra.usc.edu
Keywords: caps/ctrl keyboard patch

Hi,
	This is my patch for the keyboard driver kernel.  This doesn't
really swap the CAPSLOCK with the CTRL key, but it makes both keys a
CTRL key.  To use the CAPSLOCK you must hold SHIFT and the CAPSLOCK
key simultaneously.

----cut here----
*** linux0.97pl4/kernel/chr_drv/keyboard.c	Fri Jul 31 17:50:04 1992
--- linux/kernel/chr_drv/keyboard.c	Tue Sep  8 21:46:16 1992
***************
*** 208,213 ****
--- 208,214 ----
  
  static void caps(int sc)
  {
+      if (kmode & (RSHIFT|LSHIFT)) {
  	if (!(kmode & CAPSDOWN)) {
  		kleds ^= CAPSLED;
  		kmode ^= CAPS;
***************
*** 214,219 ****
--- 215,223 ----
  		kmode |= CAPSDOWN;
  		set_leds();
  	}
+      }
+      else
+        ctrl(sc);
  }
  
  void set_leds(void)
***************
*** 231,237 ****
--- 235,244 ----
  
  static void uncaps(int sc)
  {
+      if (kmode & (RSHIFT|LSHIFT)) 
  	kmode &= ~CAPSDOWN;
+      else
+         unctrl(sc);
  }
  
  static void show_ptregs(void)



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Organization: University of Maine System
Date: Friday, 11 Sep 1992 10:55:43 EDT
From: <IO20585@MAINE.MAINE.EDU>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: What should be in Imake.tmpl ?

I've tried using xmkmf to make the Makefile for a few X apps,
but I don't have the Imake.tmpl file on my system. I have not found
anything that lists what should be in this file.
Thanks in advance for the help.
From: mdr4@po.CWRU.Edu (Mark D. Rutherford)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: X11: What is "Cannot convert string..."
Date: 10 Sep 1992 00:37:11 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: mdr4@po.CWRU.Edu (Mark D. Rutherford)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


A few of my X11 apps when executed, periodically give me this error:

' Cannot convert string "...." to type FontStruct'

What does this mean, and how can I fix it?

Thanks

Mark

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: rajat@watson.ibm.com (Rajat Datta)
Subject: Re: Will ps0.97.2 work with 0.97.3 kernel -- mine won't!
Date: Wed, 09 Sep 1992 16:05:40 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

In article <1992Sep7.032352.27099@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> bjones@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (William A Jones) writes:
>
>		symbol '_low_memory' not found
>		trying to read invalid address

I'm at patchlevel 4.  ps can be compiled and made to work with a
trivial patch.  Replace k_addr("low_memory") with
k_addr("low_memory_start") in ps.c. There are other changes necessary
for top & free and I'm content to wait for the official changes for
those.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: Upholder@uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth)
Subject: Re: SLIP and X386
Reply-To: Upholder@uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth)
Organization: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1992 17:17:03 GMT

rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller) writes:
>In article <55pnpxd.genie@netcom.com> genie@netcom.com (The Genie) writes:
>>Is it possible to use SLIP and X Windows together?

In a word, yes.  ka9q can allow remote Xclients over SLIP (provided you have
issued 'start x' sometime that session or in startup.net)


>>With packages like ka9q, is it possible to redirect all
>>tcp/ip packets to the serial modem?  A true SLIP
>>connection would allow things like xhosting, etc.

>ka9q is like a boat.  Just as a boat is no good for driving around town,
>but can cross a river where there's no bridge, ka9q is no good for inter-
>process communication, but it can communicate on the net without the help
>of kernel TCP/IP.

>The same way, 'xhost' needs kernel TCP/IP.  It cannot use the ka9q package,
>because ka9q is suited only to serving a single USER, not other processes.

as I understand it, xhost currently doesn't work because it relies on TCP/IP
code that doesn't exist in your average linux kernel.  If you are interested
in limiting connections to your X display under slip, it will need to be done
INSIDE ka9q.  

I don't know how to do this, I haven't tried.  As it is, I either don't
'start x' for security reasons, or do 'start x' when I'm just messing around.


(I hope that was a more direct answer to your question).
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From: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: error messages concerning _setjmp and pixmap
Date: 15 Sep 92 14:55:38 GMT
Reply-To: mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis)
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: thor.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, ajok@uta.fi (Ari Kohtam{ki) says:

>mal11@po.CWRU.Edu (Matthew A. Lewis) writes:
>
>: Ohyeah.....BTW......when I exit X11, my screen is garbled if I started
>: out with a SVGA text mode, namely 132x44. Has anyone found a way to reset
>: this? Someone said delete some of the clock timings but I am using the
>: auto-detect routine so there are no clocks listed in my Xconfig.
>  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>What's this??? Never heard about it. Sounds nice. Where can I get it?


The way I heard it was that if you commented out all the
clock timing in Xconfig then the server would autodetect your
timings. I had problems with clock.exe. It gave me really
bogus clock timings.

Hope this helps

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: compress each file in tar - a partial fix
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 08:26:33 GMT

There was a package posted to usenet a year or so ago that did
decompression on files that were fopen'ed.  The idea was, you
compressed the files (using their utility), then read them just
like you would a standard file.  The decompression was done on
the fly, transparently to the programmer.  It was great for
help files, etc. that were compressed, but had to be read by the
code.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: dminer@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Dan Miner)
Subject: Quest for standard keyboard layouts.
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1992 05:29:55 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla

	I'm taking a crack at a word processing program.  (Anyone,
familiar with qedit?  :)  I'm using curses.  Here is the setup.

stdin: modified by ioctl(s) to quit processing STOP/START.
curses: noecho, nonl, raw.
	(I want FULL raw mode which is interesting to obtain.)

	Now, I'm using getch() (from curses) to get a char.
I want to use cursor keys.  I get a sequence of chars for them.
ESC[A	for up arrow
ESC[B	for down arrow
etc...

	I wrote a little routine to look for this.  
descript:
	watches for ESC
	once found, count the # of '[' chars
	store last unique char

	Now, I want to use the escape key but with this routine I
need to press it twice for it to come through.  Also, any ALT key
combo sets the high bit (bit 7).  I can handle this.  I like it, but
my input routine for just ONE char is getting a little hairy.  

	Is there a way to make the keys just ONE char?  I want to
have it portable enough to run under BSD and SysV also.  Any ideas how
I can get my keys standard for all these platforms?

Thanks,
Dan
Hackers' Guide Coordinator/(playing with my research :)
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From: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu (Charles Hedrick)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: free on ps097pl4 doesn't know about my swap
Date: 9 Sep 92 22:41:23 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

int177c@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Jae Won) writes:

>The ps recognizes the swap partition but free doesn't seem to.
>	How can I fix this?

I mentioned this when I announced this version of ps.  The structure
of swap space has changed.  Since my system never swaps, I'm not in a
position to test this code.  I was hoping someone for whom it matters
might fix it.  I'm also suspicious of the memory usage numbers
reported by free, though I copied the code from show_memory in the
kernel.  Note that you should not necessarily expect the numbers shown
in free to add to the total memory.  There are several different
memory statistics possible.  I tried to pick things as close as
possible to what was being shown in previous versions.  This did not
result in a set of numbers that add to the total.  I'd say once
Linus is finished tweaking memory management and swap space structure
we should go back over free again.  With major changes in data
structure at each patch level, it's not clear to me that it's
worth spending much time on free.
From: Steve_Goyette@mindlink.bc.ca (Steve Goyette)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Sun Workstation 2/50
Date: 12 Sep 92 08:12:54 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
Distribution: world

Hi all,

        Want to know (And correct me if this is a stupid question) if I can use
my Sun Workstations in conjunction with my 486 running Linux??? Would this be
possible through TCP/IP (And if so, How???)  Anyway, I am trying to get the
suns working, I just order the SCSI host adapter and a 60 Meg Mag tape, now all
I have to do is get the operating system. (I have it, but it's on 9 track GCR
tapes and nobody wants to touch them...Go figure!!) anyway, I digress....If
this is possible, I have another question (And maybe even if it's not) The Sun
2/50's boot automatically through the ethernet, so can linux support an
Ethernet card and if so, can Linux be used to boot the sun???

        Like I said, theses MAY indeed be stupid questions.  Being a relatively
NEWBIE (Related to many other Newbies!!) I have just gotten into Linux, and got
the sun's as a way to tear myself away from my PC box for a while (A
hobby)(Yes, I really must get a life)


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