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From: hum@pike.ee.mcgill.ca (Herbert Hum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: problems with MS Busmouse and X386-S3
Date: 23 Nov 92 17:03:28 GMT
Organization: McGill University - VLSI Laboratory, Montreal, CANADA.

I tried sending this out last night from a different machine, but I guess it
never went out.

Anyway, I loaded up the SLS .98pl5 version of Linux last weekend and I'm 
really impressed.  Hats off to the development team!

I also tried to get X running on my GA-300 Local Bus S3 card with the 
X386-S3-0.2b binaries but to no avail.  I have a Microsoft Busmouse and
all that was printed on the screen was the background of X along with the
'xclock' notification and a skeleton of the xclock window.  It required input
from the mouse and the screen froze.  Only Cntrl-Alt-BS got me out of X.
In the Xconfig file, I used Microsoft /dev/bm, and it does not work.  I used
the test routine in /usr/X386/lib/X11/tst/mouse, and it confirmed that no
input was received from the mouse.  Does anyone know what's wrong?

Also, I tried to get the X386-S3 driver to work in 1024x768 mode, but it
doesn't work, only 800x600.  Any hints how I can get higher resolutions?

Thanks in advance,
Herbert Hum
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: ah017@yfn.ysu.edu (John B. Lee)
Subject: Applications for Linux
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 16:39:46 GMT


Are there any applications for Linux (i.e. spreadsheets, wordprocessors, etc.)?

John Lee
usr7245a@tso.uc.edu
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From: dkyoon@alnitak.usc.edu (Dae-Kyun Yoon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Help needed to compile "nemacs" (Kanji version Gnu emacs)...
Date: 19 Nov 1992 19:08:21 -0800
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
NNTP-Posting-Host: alnitak.usc.edu


I am now trying to compile nemacs-3.3.2 which is a version of
GNU-emacs with Japanese Kanji support.  I believe the nemacs version
is based on emacs-18.55.  I had many small problems while compiling
and all of them could be easily fixed until now.  However I am stuck
with the following compile errors for which I need some help from
the experts, especially from whom have already compiled emacs under 
Linux.

while compiling "nemacs-3.3.2/src/unexec.c":

==========================
cc -traditional -Demacs        -c unexec.c -o unexec.o
unexec.c: In function `make_hdr':
unexec.c:438: storage size of `f_thdr' isn't known
unexec.c:439: storage size of `f_dhdr' isn't known
unexec.c:440: storage size of `f_bhdr' isn't known
unexec.c:441: storage size of `scntemp' isn't known
unexec.c:491: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
unexec.c:491: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
unexec.c:495: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
unexec.c:496: invalid use of undefined type `struct filehdr'
unexec.c:498: sizeof applied to an incomplete type
......... and whole bunch of error messages omitted.......
===================================

The relevant part of the source is :

====================================
/* ****************************************************************
 * make_hdr
 *
 * Make the header in the new a.out from the header in core.
 * Modify the text and data sizes.
 */
static int
make_hdr (new, a_out, data_start, bss_start, entry_address, a_name, new_name)
     int new, a_out;
     unsigned data_start, bss_start, entry_address;
     char *a_name;
     char *new_name;
{
  int tem;
#ifdef COFF
  auto struct scnhdr f_thdr;		/* Text section header */ <== 438
  auto struct scnhdr f_dhdr;		/* Data section header */
  auto struct scnhdr f_bhdr;		/* Bss section header */
  auto struct scnhdr scntemp;		/* Temporary section header */
  register int scns;
#endif /* COFF */
  unsigned int bss_end;

................ and many lines omitted .............

        #ifdef COFF
          /* Salvage as much info from the existing file as possible */
          if (a_out >= 0)
          {
491 ==>    if (read (a_out, &f_hdr, sizeof (f_hdr)) != sizeof (f_hdr))
	      {
        	  PERROR (a_name);
	      }
           block_copy_start += sizeof (f_hdr);
           if (f_hdr.f_opthdr > 0)
	     {
	       if (read (a_out, &f_ohdr, sizeof (f_ohdr)) != sizeof (f_ohdr))
	         {
....................  lines omitted .......................
=================

I know this is related to the COFF definition, so I tried without COFF
but it also generated lots of error messages from different places.
BTW, I am using "s-usg5-2-2.h" for my configuration file. Is this the
right choice or there is any other (more close to Linux) configuration
file ?

I will appreciate any comments and advice.

Thanks.
DK,
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From: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Packaging Linux
Date: 23 Nov 92 07:15:30 GMT
Reply-To: rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly)
Organization: The Man With Ten Cats

In article <1992Nov20.190818.27245@samba.oit.unc.edu> jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid) writes:
>In article <1992Nov20.160444.16116@scifi.uucp> njs@scifi.uucp (Nicholas J. Simicich) writes:
>>In article <17612@mindlink.bc.ca> Neklan_Brozensky@mindlink.bc.ca (Neklan Brozensky) writes:
>>
>>I personally think that another essential for mass-usage is going to
>>be a filesystem that doesn't require sync() or fsck.  This isn't an
>>impossible task, and yes, there is a performance hit, but I don't
>>think you are going to sell a system to the masses that they can't
>>turn off whenever they want to.
>>
>This isn't really a function of the filesystem so much as U*IX-like os's 
>standard use of buffer caching to speed disk access.  I think that the
>performance hit for disk intensive jobs is higher than you think...
>(try dyking out the buffer cache code in the kernel, if you want to try,
>or easier put sync in the crontab to go off every second, come to think
>of it, thats a way to make a system for people who insist on no buffering)


SVR4.2 with the Veritas file system does a sync() on last write.  Univel
claims that a secretary will be able to type a letter in Word Perfect, save
the file, and then hit the power switch.  I believe that Veritas is a
journaling file system, and they obviously have sync() written to return
on successful execution rather than successfully being scheduled.

Maybe someone will reverse engineer the Veritas FS. :-)

-- 

Rick Kelly	rmk@rmkhome.UUCP	unixland!rmkhome!rmk	rmk@frog.UUCP
From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: function-->macro bugs.
Date: 21 Nov 92 00:51:43 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Nov21.005143.5731
Organization: School of EECS, Washington State University

In article <By0ows.95I@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, jy10033@ehsn11.cen.uiuc.edu (Joshua M Yelon) writes:
|> 
|> Our "stdlib.h" does something unusual: it defines malloc as a macro.
|> According to the standard, though, malloc is a function.  Indeed,
|> there are many functions that have been converted to macros by our
|> header files.
|> 
|> 
|> Here's why it's wrong to make a function into a macro:
|> 
|> 1. This is correct:
|> 
|> extern void *malloc();

You should use

#ifdef __STDC__
#include <stdlib.h>
#else
extern void *malloc();
#endif

But not both.

|> 
|> but if I put it in my program, and malloc is a macro, it will crash,
|> saying "malloc called with zero arguments." 
|> 
|> 2. This is correct:
|> 
|> void *(*allocator)() = malloc;
|> 

That one is the real problem. Since you should use

-DNO_FIX_MALLOC

malloc (0) will return NULL.

|> this is also correct, but it will come back with "undefined external:
|> malloc" if malloc is a macro.
|> 
|> 3. This is correct:
|> 
|> /* My-super-efficient-malloc: */
|> static void *malloc(n)
|> int n;
|> {...
|> 
|> but it will blow up if malloc is a macro.

In that case, you should use

-DNO_FIX_MALLOC

|> 
|> In case you think these are far-fetched examples, and you don't think
|> they are likely to bite us, I'd like to point out that both emacs 18.59
|> and f2c _would_ compile out-of-the-box, but don't because of these errors.
|> 
|> I'd like to get these errors repaired, but when I wrote to HLU, he
|> gave me a "solution" involving compiler switches, and did not seem to
|> recognize this as an actual bug that requires proper repair.  Since I
|> do not have any desire to argue the point with him, I have dropped
|> this message into a public place, so that this group can solve the
|> problem or ignore it as it sees fit.
|> 

Quite a few programs don't expect NULL from malloc (0), which, however, is
allowed under POSIX. The most of codes are fine with the current hack. If you
prefer, you can always use

gcc -DNO_FIX_MALLOC

or you can just edit your stdlib.h such that no malloc macros is default.
You have total control on what you put on your machine. Even better, I can
send you a new `specs' which will define -DNO_FIX_MALLOC for you without
touching any header files.

H.J.
From: deryck@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (Deryck F Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Maxtor 7213 woes...
Date: 16 Nov 92 09:56:01 GMT
Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept.

OK, perhaps I should have remembered that discussion about the Maxtor 7213
and Linux, but I thought the problem only persisted with the early PROMs.
Anyway, here's the problem...

I just got a nice shiny new Maxtor (the PROM revision is 65a I think)
that is configured as the slave of two drives (wouldn't work as the
master with my old Kyocera KC40GA drive).  I have a 100M DOS partition
and I wanted to use the rest of the disk for Linux. I grabbed the SLS
distribution and with my 28 floppies in hand started to install...

I've partitioned the remainder of the disk as:
	16M	/dev/hdb1	swap
	16M	/dev/hdb2	/tmp
		/dev/hdb3	extended partition
	26M	/dev/hdb5	/
	44M	/dev/hdb6	/usr

The install seems to work except I couldn't run mkefs on any of the
partitions (mkswap seems to work, although I haven't really tried
exercising the virtual memory). I keep getting the error:

HD: write_intr: drive status = 0x51
HD: write_intr: error no = 0x10

I checked and the status is (READY_STAT | SEEK_STAT | ERR_STAT)
and the error no is ID_ERR.

If I use mkfs instead, the partition seems OK but after copying files onto
it, e.g.
	# mkfs /dev/hdb6 num-blocks
	# mount /dev/hdb6 /mnt
	# cp -R /usr /mnt
	# umount /dev/hdb6
	# fsck /dev/hdb6

The fsck gives heaps of errors about incorrect zones, files cross-linked,
and generally the entire file system is wrecked.

I've gotten Linux installed on a 22M partition on my Kyocera drive and its
working fine. I've tried building new kernels with all sorts of tweaks
in the blk_drvs/hd.c but all to no avail.

Can anyone help me :-(

Deryck
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From: ramirez@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: number of concurrent users
Date: 20 Nov 92 02:06:14 GMT
Organization: NYU Medical Center, New York, NY 10016, USA

Hello all,

        I was just wondering, is there a maximum number of concurrent users for
Linux?  Is that number depended of machine's capabilities?  How about a 486
66MHZ?
Assuming that all users need to run interactive sessions with the system.

        What are some of the considerations?

Thanks in advance.
ramirez@mcclb0.med.nyu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: dplakos@nswc-wo.nswc.navy.mil (Daniel Plakosh)
Subject: Re: SLS update
Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:00:20 GMT

In article <1efbi7INN6n@menudo.uh.edu> wjin@cs.uh.edu (W. Woody Jin) writes:
>After reporting partition information, the system just hangs and
>nothing happens.   What is wrong ?
>
 My system does the same. I also would like to know what is wrong 
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: pmacdona@sanjuan (Peter MacDonald)
Subject: looking for /usr/bin/crypt
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, CANADA
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 17:43:14 GMT

Does anyone know where I can get a the source for crypt.c (the command
line utility).  I added support for it to "sc" but we don't have the
command available.  Also, vi/ed should support it as well.

Peter
pmacdona@sanjuan.uvic.ca

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: lmorris@mdd.comm.mot.com (Larry Morris)
Subject: Re: Packaging Linux
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 21:33:42 GMT

In <1992Nov20.160444.16116@scifi.uucp> njs@scifi.uucp (Nicholas J. Simicich) writes:

>I personally think that another essential for mass-usage is going to
>be a filesystem that doesn't require sync() or fsck.  This isn't an
>impossible task, and yes, there is a performance hit, but I don't
>think you are going to sell a system to the masses that they can't
>turn off whenever they want to.

Let me see:
	OS/2 :  requires Shutdown
	Windows with smartdrv:  requires "smartdrv /c"
	386 Unixes:  You bet they require sync.
	WinNT:	I expect it will need synced (if/when it ships).


So, if we exclude DOS and the Mac, how many systems do not require
some type of shutdown.  Flip the power on OS/2 with several hundred
Meg of HPFS data and grab some coffee while it checks the file system.  
And I venture to say that Windows and smartdrv are nearly a definition of
"the masses". 


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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale)
Subject: Re: Mitsumi CDROM support
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory
Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:12:46 GMT

In article <9211181206@myamiga.mixcom.com> smp@myamiga.mixcom.com (Steve Palm) writes:
>eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
>: In article <Bxx8DE.HH3@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>: >I just got a Radio Shack CDROM because it was cheap ($200). It seems to
>: >be a mitsumi, at the driver software has MITSUMI in it. The
>: >interface is a very plain card that looks like it just has a couple of
>: >i/o ports on it. It's not scsi. Does anyone have more documentation on
>: >the interface, or source code for drivers?
>: 
>: 	Not that I know of.  As I understand it, this is a proprietary
>: interface of one kind or another.  If someone could figure out the details, it
>: might not be that hard to add a linux driver, but for now you will be limited
>: to DOS.
> What sort of information would be needed?   Hell, I'd be happy if I could
> just start an audio CD while in Linux. :)

	You would need to know what the bus is for one thing.  Is it just an
IDE bus, or is it completely different?  The main thing you would need to know
how to program the adapter to get at the cdrom - (if it is an IDE, then you
could probably borrow code from the hd code).

-Eric
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From: rzhwj@sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de (Wolfgang Johannes)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: New BBS in Germany
Date: 21 Nov 1992 11:10:22 GMT
Organization: Universitaet des Saarlandes,Rechenzentrum
NNTP-Posting-Host: sbusol.rz.uni-sb.de

PHSTUD52@nyx.uni-konstanz.de writes:
> I uploaded then 0.89 SLS Disks from Aachen to this BBS
> PC-ID Mailbox  W-7750 Konstanz West Germany
> Tel BBS : +49-7531-22217
> Actually this site is in test phase so only 2400 8N1 and a Download limit
> of 2Megs a day.

You can try Mailbox Dr.Dent, too
Tel BBS: +49-6831-69421
1200 - 16800 ZyXel.
No download limits. 
Username: LINUX  Passwort: LINUX  

bye
rzhwj@rz.uni-sb.de
.
 
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis")
Subject: Re: Control key/Caps lock switch patch?
Reply-To: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu  (John E. Davis)
Organization: "Dept. of Physics, The Ohio State University"
	<1992Nov16.163110.22829@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 03:26:20 GMT

In article <1992Nov16.163110.22829@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com>
troyer@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com (Dean Troyer) quotes:
 [...]
   >It's frustrating to those of us of the old keyboard school.

Is it possible to buy a keyboard with the CTRL key beside the `A' key?  I hate
the new keyboards but it looks as though they are the only choice.     
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From: mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Mark Dobie)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: TCP/IP w/ ethernet wd8003
Date: 17 Nov 92 11:11:22 GMT

In <1992Nov11.165327.17806@crd.ge.com> davidsen@ariel.crd.GE.COM (william E Davidsen) writes:

>In article <92315.081920K111114@ALIJKU11.BITNET>, <K111114@ALIJKU11.BITNET> writes:
>| our university is the net 140.78 in Austria. the pc where i want to install
>| linux is on a subnet at this university, 140.78.4, and the pc itself should
>| be assigned the ip-number 140.78.4.41.
>| The gateway is (that is the ROUTER, from the /usr/etc/inet/rc.local ???)
>| 140.78.4.31.
>| 
>| I try to startup the device now:
>| 
>| > #!/bin/sh
>| > config loopback 127.0.0.1
>| > config -r 140.78.4.31 -n 140.78.4.0 -d eth0 140.78.4.41
>| > inetd

>  Change the netmask to 255.255.255.0 for starters. The mask should be
>all ones down to the subnet level, so a class C subnet would use
>0xffffff00 as I've shown.

...but -n is not the netmask, it's the network address (ie. the
machine address ANDed with the netmask). Isn't this example a class B
network because 140 is between 128 and 191?

So my suggestion is maybe to try "-n 140.78.0.0" Works for me.

				Mark.
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From: mrd@ecs.soton.ac.uk (Mark Dobie)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: X and the WD9031 chip
Date: 17 Nov 92 10:35:56 GMT

In <97099@netnews.upenn.edu> stadler@pender.ee.upenn.edu (J. Scott Stadler) writes:

>I have several questions regarding X and video boards.  I am thinking
>of buying a computer that comes packaged with a paradise windows accl.
>SVGA video card based on the WD9031.  My questions are the following:

I have a Viglen machine which has this chipset (WD90C31 paradise) on
the motherboard.

>1) Does X under linux currently support this chip?

Yes, it works using the pvga1 setting. I don't think this uses all the
features of the WD9031 though - see later.

>2) If not, what is involved in writting a driver for a particular
>card?

No idea.

>3) I believe that this is a propreitary card.  Does this mean that it
>will be impossible to write a driver for the card or that in all
>liklihood a driver will never be written?

What do you mean proprietry? There aren't any public domain ones :-)
There are just common and uncommon ones. I believe this one is fairly
common, but I don't see much about it on the net compared to. say,
ET4000 boards. Maybe people have less probles with paradise :-)

>4) How will the card perform without a driver, (it dose support
>the VESA bios extensions) does this mean that I will be able to run X
>in 1024x728 resolution but I will not be able to take advantage of the
>chips acceleration functions, or will I be restricted to lower resolutions?

Yes, mine supports VESA, but the BIOS will not be used by Linux or X.
Under MS windows my card can do 1024x768x256 at 70Hz and 1280x1024x16
interlaced, but I can't get X to do this.

\begin{speculation}

I expect that the X driver is only compatible with the older paradise
chip (WD90C00) and so there are features of the 90C31 that the server
does not use, probably including the acceleration.

Nevertheless, I run X at 920x700x256 and it seems fine. Given that the
pvga1 driver was written, I imagine it would be possible to write a
driver for the enhance chipset (ie. this information should be as
readily available). Its probably quite a job though.

\end{speculation}

Technical question:

I am sure that my graphics hardware must have higher dot clocks
available than 65MHz, since it does 1024x768x256 at 70Hz under MS
windows. clock.exe and the X server do not report any though.

Are there any other ways I can try to determine which clocks are
supported? Where do the values in X386/doc/vga.dbase come from?  For
example clock.exe on a Prodesigner IIs generates different values from
those in the file, but the ones in the file work fine.

				Mark.
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University of Southampton		M.R.Dobie@ecs.soton.ac.uk (The World)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: tony@morgan.demon.co.uk (Tony Kidson)
Subject: Ultrastor 12F
Distribution: world
Organization: Not much.
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.18)
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:32:27 +0000

Hello Everybody.

I'm new to this group and I haven't even got Linux yet. but I've got an itch 
to get it. I have a machine with a 486DX/33 a Trident 8900 VGA Card, An 
Ultrastor 12F ESDI controller with 2 ESDI Drives 670 & 330 MB (Formatted).
I also have a modem on a non standard com port. Would this machine be likely 
to give me any problems? Would I be able to run my old DOS applications?

I was thinking of dedicating my 330 MB drive to Linux while leaving the 670 
MB as a DOS drive. Is this possible?

If these are all FAQs, where are the answers?

Thanks in Advance


Tony

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: becker@super.org (Donald J. Becker)
Subject: Re: TCP/IP burps, can't run X, and FD950 SCSI?
Keywords: ATI VGA ULTRA X XWindows xfree86
Organization: IDA Supercomputing Research Center
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:25:30 GMT


Ack!  Until more ethercard drivers are working this should be one of
the first lines in the FAQ

The 3c503 and NE2000 ethercards are not WD80[01]3 ethercards!  You
must have a WD8003 or WD8013 to run Linux 0.98.*.

I do have the NE2000 ethernet driver in alpha test, and the 3c503
driver will be announced in a few weeks, so don't throw away your
current ethercard and buy a new one.  Unless, of course, you have a
3c501 (which shows no promise of being able to out-perform a serial
card). 

If you are planning to purchase an ethercard for use under Linux you
might want to wait a few weeks to see if anyone posts performance
results.  It might be worth your time, as NE2000 clones are < $100.


-- 
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Supercomputing Research Center
17100 Science Drive, Bowie MD 21114		   301-805-7482
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: dmuir@athena.mit.edu (Douglas H Muir)
Subject: more newbie questions about SLS
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 07:34:52 GMT

I've been playing with the new SLS for a couple of days now, and think it's
great, except I have the following problems.

I can't get olvwm to work with the X windows version included in the SLS
package.  Is there a newer Xfree that I need to upgrade to?

I already posted this, but to help insure greater responses, how do I set 
up my xterms so that emacs and minicom work the same way under X as they
do under a "normal" console?  Specifically, I need the arrow keys to work,
as well as the backspace key under emacs.  

One final thing - can I change Alt to be the Meta key?
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