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Subject: Re: ANSWER: Screwy characters after accidentally typing a bi
Reply-To: agc@weasel.demon.co.uk
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Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 11:11:07 +0000

In article <1h64orINN2m7@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> sdh@po.CWRU.Edu (Scott D. Heavner) writes:
> 
> 	Here is a summary of the responses I received when I asked
> how to recover your original character set after accidentally typing
> a binary or if Kermit spits something strange at you.  I've found
> the _first_ one to be the best for two reasons:
> 
[stuff deleted]

Thanks very much to evrybody who mailed me regarding this.

Cheers,

Alan.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: quandt@cs.umr.edu (Brian Quandt)
Subject: real time
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 06:59:52 GMT
Organization: University of Missouri - Rolla, Rolla, MO
From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: sysvinit...
Date: 25 Dec 1992 23:01:40 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier) writes:

>Hi...

>	Just installed sysvinit...upon reboot, I get an error to the 
>effect of:

>	INIT: Warning: Invalid action field in line 4 of /etc/inittab

>	which reads:

>	id:4:initdefault

>	Why?

>Thanks...

>Marc

Looking at the example included with the sysvinit package, and at an actual
SYSV inittab shows you need one more colon. It should look as follows.

id:4:initdefault:

James
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: lmy@ncn.UUCP (Lars Myraas)
Subject: Re: Kernel build benchmark
Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Inf. A/S
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:00:27 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

Just for the info, i have re-build the kernel at my linux-system, and here
is the numbers:

HW: 80386DX/25Mhz, 32Kb external cache, with co-processor and 8Mb ram.

I did the following operations:
1. make clean
2. nohup time make all &

with swap (7556bytes)

real	35:10.0
user	30:14.0
sys	 3:41.5

without swap

real	35:26.0
user	30:13.8
sys	 3:54.0

Not much difference between swap/no-swap. Other processes where: 8 getty's
inetd, update, init

Happy Xmas....
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From: bryanw@rahul.net (Bryan Woodworth)
Subject: Anyone get X working on ATI Graphics Ultra /Ultra Plus?
Organization: a2i network
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 21:35:30 GMT

Hi, I am considering installing Linux on my system. Right now, I want to
find out first what the experience of people with the ATI Graphics Ultra or
Ultra Plus cards has been.  I read that the 8514/A drivers for X are in
ALPHA, and was wondering how many people have tested this, and how it
works?

The ATI Graphics Ultra Plus is 8514/A compatible, and I have this card, so
I'd desperately like to know of anyone who has gotten it working, &tc.  You
may post to me in email and I will summarize to the net; I do not know how
many people are interested?
 
Thanks very much..

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Bryan Woodworth <bryanw@rahul.net>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: amir@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Guindehi Amir)
Subject: Re: BUG in 0.99[p1] kernel config script and Re: Serial driver issues
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
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Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 13:49:59 GMT

BUT it works. I'm a newbaby, but I have com2 and com4 on the same IRQ. As long
as I don't start 2 gettys, I may login from an other pc through Com4. Only
if I use kermit on com2, the serial in/output on the second pc stops. After
using kermit I have to kill -1 <Pid of hetty for com4>. After that you
may relogin from the second pc.

Sorry ;-))

- Amir Guindehi

Email : amir@avalon.physik.unizh.ch
From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Compiling SCSI tape mt utility?
Date: 1 Jan 93 21:19:55 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command

Hello,

  Question about SCSI tape driver from tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi.

  Regarding the file "mtio.h", I see there is one in both

    /usr/src/linux/include/linux    AND
    /usr/src/tape                        (from /pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi).

I am using 0.99pl1 Linux WITH tape drivers included in the kernel.  I just
want to get mt and tapetest working.  Is it correct to change:

  #include <sys/mtio.h>

to

  #include <sys/mtio.h>      <--- first include the one from Linux source
  #include "mtio.h"          <--- then include one from /pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi

in the files mt.c and tapetest.c???

Finally got enough $$$ for SCSI tape and would hate to do something as
stupid as screwing up the include files!  Ideas anyone? 


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From: amir@avalon.physik.unizh.ch (Guindehi Amir)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: efsck: bad magic number in super-block, boot manager's fault?
Date: 3 Jan 93 18:32:11 GMT
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
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Hi !
I had the same error message, but other things I did before. Fortunatily I
trashed only my partition table and not the partitions itself.
So because I think Bootmanagers only work with the partition tables and not
with the partions itself I would first try to restore the partition table
like it was BEFORE.
To solve my problem it was enough to delete the partitions with bad start and
ending numbers AND TO RECREATE THEM WITH THE EXACTLY SAME DATAS AS BEFORE !
After that all were alright ! My system worked again !

Hopefully

- Amir Guindehi

EMail : amir@avalon.physik.unizh.ch
	aguindeh@iiic.ethz.ch
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: nomad@watson.ibm.com (Lee `nomaD` Damon)
Subject: Re: where is the NEW telnetd ?
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 20:12:59 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center
Keywords: telnetd location

In article <1992Dec21.192413.15654@sfu.ca> rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen) writes:
>This is true.  It is not telnet's fault, rather the way linux does
>name resolving.  You shouldn't see thins if you:
>1) have access to a nameserver
>2) are running named
>So if you are doing loopback just for fun, you will have to:
>1) wrestle with configuring named
>2) wait the minute
>
>- Ken

Or make sure you have a correct /etc/inet/hosts file, and remove
/etc/inet/resov.conf so that lookups go to the hosts file instead.

However, if you have any plans to really network the box, it is
worth it to you to figure out how to use DNS by getting a nameserver
working.

nomad
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.windows.x.i386unix
From: miranda@frenzy (Johann Miranda)
Subject: xterm woes and no screen on exit, need help
Summary: xterm, no screen on exit
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:04:13 GMT
Reply-To: miranda@eng.uiowa.edu
Organization: Department of Elect. and Comp. Engr., University of Iowa, USA.
Keywords: xterm, screen

	Hello. I am running Xfree86 without major problems. My hat
goes off to the people who have worked on this. It is without doubt
a great accomplishment. Thank you gentlemen!.
OK, so much for praise, albeit deserved. I do have a couple of nagging 
details, which I hope any reader may help out with. I am running Linux
0.99 on a 486/33 w/ 8 megs ram, TVGA 8900c, clock 65 Mhz (1024x768).
Upon exit from X ( any which way, killing server or graceful) I get a
blank screen. Oh, I can type, but no echo or anything is visible ( it
is dark in here...) So, if anyone knows how to fix this, please
POST the solution. I somehow am sure I am not the only one with this 
problem, if you pardon my presumptions. Post your solution, please.

	The other question, relates to xterm. I _think_ I can get 
a scrollbar by starting it by xterm -T bubba -sb -sl 25,000 :),
but I havent tried it. Is this correct? You can e-mail me your "yes"
or "no". Please, it does not take long. Can I recompile a new xterm
from somewhere else? Can anyone point me to sources for other xterms
not standard with the distribution (free of course )?
	Thanks for your time. thanks for X. Adios.	-JEM-.


Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: dnorris@cwis.unomaha.edu (Dick Norris)
Subject: Re: FDISK
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
	learned more about DOS. This may not be your problem, but 
	it was part of mine. Use the DOS fdisk to create an extended
	partition, (you have to) then go to LX fdisk and add a partition
	for the LX sys.
	I hope I'm giving you good info but that's what I had to do to
	get the partition table like the example from the README.
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 19:33:52 GMT
From: makisara@vtinsx.ins.vtt.fi (Kai Makisara)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Compiling SCSI tape mt utility?
Date: 2 Jan 93 17:43:26
Organization: Technical Research Centre, Instrument Lab., Espoo, Finland
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In-reply-to: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil's message of 1 Jan 93 21:19:55 GMT

In article <C071x9.Csq@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci) writes:
   Hello,

     Question about SCSI tape driver from tsx-11.mit.edu /pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi.

     Regarding the file "mtio.h", I see there is one in both

       /usr/src/linux/include/linux    AND
       /usr/src/tape                        (from /pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi).

   I am using 0.99pl1 Linux WITH tape drivers included in the kernel.  I just
   want to get mt and tapetest working.  Is it correct to change:

     #include <sys/mtio.h>

   to

     #include <sys/mtio.h>      <--- first include the one from Linux source
     #include "mtio.h"          <--- then include one from /pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi

   in the files mt.c and tapetest.c???

Just ignore the mtio.h (and ioctl.h) in /usr/src/tape if you have recent
Linux (0.99 is certainly new enough) and libc 4.2. They contain all of the
necessary definitions. If you have <linux/mtio.h> and <linux/ioctl.h> but
not libc 4.2, you need to add <sys/mtio.h> which includes <linux/mtio.h>
and add #include <linux/ioctl.h> to <sys/ioctl.h>. If your Linux is older
you should use the files in /usr/src/tape (or upgrade Linux)

   Finally got enough $$$ for SCSI tape and would hate to do something as
   stupid as screwing up the include files!  Ideas anyone? 


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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: vince@halcyon.com (Vince Skahan)
Subject: Re: problem with uucp (uux)
Keywords: uucp
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 07:47:26 GMT

rahard@eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca (Budi Rahardjo) writes:

>I've just installed smail31 and having problems sending
>mail to my smarthost. The error msg that I have 
>something like ERR_143, transport uux: process killed by
>signal 11.
>Anybody knows what this means ?

if you're trying to do SMTP sending with tcp/ip, it won't work
due to the fact that the smail3.1.28 I gave Peter for SLS is set
up for uucp-only (via modem).

if that's not it, and you're running vanilla SLS0.99, uux is probably
seg faulting on you.  grab the fixed uucp binaries from halcyon.com
in /archive/pub/linux/newspak/1.1/uucp-099fix


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From: mycroft@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Charles Hannum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: libm.a under SLS 0.98 pl 1
Date: 21 Dec 1992 09:05:40 GMT
Organization: /etc/organization
NNTP-Posting-Host: hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu


In article <1992Dec19.160146.18006@dcc.uchile.cl>
anaraven@dcc.uchile.cl (Andres Aravena Duarte) writes:
>
> I get a message saying 'libm.a: file not found' or so and a lot of
> undef's about math functions (sin, atan, etcetera).

Link with `/lib/libm.so.4'.

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From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: BUG ? I can clobber root's files with `mv'
Date: 27 Dec 1992 12:02:15 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

gdm@shrdlu.kwnet.on.ca (Giles D Malet) writes:

>With the text/sticky (?) bit set on /tmp, I am unable to delete
>other users files, quite rightly. But I have discovered a roundabout
>way of achieving the same thing - mv one of my files onto theirs, then
>delete it.

>Now I can just delete that file...

>Is this meant to be possible ?

>gdm
>-- 

It shouldn't be possible at all. A move should do rename, and on the Sun's
here at school what I get from them is a rename operation not permitted.

Therefore something is broke in the permissions check I believe.

James
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wto@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (William T. O Connell)
Subject: Re: How many SLS binaries don't work with new libc.so.4.2?
Summary: known binaries
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 05:21:16 GMT

In article <1774@emoryu1.cc.emory.edu>, splee@pd.org (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy) writes:
> As part of trying to get uucp running again, I installed libc.so.4.2. 
> Howvever, I'm finding out that a few binaries, such as login (!) don't
> function under the new shared library (complains about a few undefined
> library calls).  Login was a big one, since once you link in the new
> shared library, you can't log in anymore! I went back to 4.1 until I can
> fix and recompile login, but I'm just wondering how many more binaries
> need to be recompiled.  I started out with SLS 0.98p5 distribution but
> am running the .99p2 kernel now. 

The only binaries that I ran across are login and passwd. Though
there are many that I haven't tested.

Until you get the new source to recompiling them, there is a quick
work around that work's like a charm. Thus, allowing you to keep
the 4.2 library.

1) create symlink on libc.so.4.1 to libc.so.0
2) edit login (and any others that you are having problems with)
   with emacs. Search for libc.so.4 using ctrl-s. Change the 4 to a 0.
3) Problems fixed. The binary will now use the original shared library
   that it was compiled with.

- Bill O'Connell          wto@ihlpx.att.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: rafal@utstat.toronto.edu (Rafal Kustra (summer student))
Subject: Re: gcc : Internal compiler error
Keywords: GCC Internal Error
Organization: University of Toronto, Dept. of Statistics
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 04:52:00 GMT

In article <#012p5=@rpi.edu> palmj@rebecca.its.rpi.edu (Jyri L. Palm) writes:
>
>Basically, when I try compiling various packages, the most common error message
>that I'm getting nowadays is :
>
>gcc: Internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
>make: *** [main.o] Error 1
>
>I've not gotten to any conclusions on why this seems to be happening about
>50% of the time when I try to compile applications, and it's something which
>is very easy to recreate. The latest one which I got was when I tried to 
>compile umoria. I don't know if it's because I'm running too many things 
>in X, so here's the output from "free" :
>
>             total       used      cache       free     shared
>memory:       6876       6384        452         40       2580
>swap0:       12500       2880                  9620         20
>
>According to gcc -v, I have :
>
>Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-linux/2.2.2d/specs
>gcc version 2.2.2d
>
>I know that I'm not the only person who's had this problem with cc1, is there
>a FAQ for this (I haven't really checked) ? I've got loads of stuff that I'm
>trying to compile for my system and it's frustrating when I'm blocked by this
>error. *ANY* suggestions would really be appreciated. Please mail to
>palmj@rpi.edu ... thanks once again.


Lots of time this is coused by bad memory chip. If you
have a chance to swap some of your SIMMS with new ones,
try it. Otherwise takeout some SIMMS, and swap them with
each other. Dont forget to have enough swap space than.
On the other hand I had this problem once, it corrupted
my whole gcc files. I reistalled, and it went away.

			Rafal
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier)
Subject: uugetty...
Organization: York University
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 02:19:52 GMT

Hi...

	I'm having problems with uugetty that I think are just
a lack of options (anyone have a man page for uugetty?)

	In my  inittab, I have '/etc/uugetty 2400 ttys0'.  The
uugetty is the one that comes with the SLS distribution.  If I
respawn it (using sysvinit), it creates the lock file right away
and keeps sending login sequences to the modem.

	Now, from experience, my understanding of uugetty is that
it shouldn't do this :)  The lock file shouldn't be created until
after someone dials in...shouldn't it?

	What I'm figuring, after doing 'strings /etc/uugetty | more'
is that I'm missing one or more options.  Could someone tell me
what command I should be using for this, in order to do dialin/dialout?

	If I look at the strings output, I get a 'section' that
is headed by 'command line values:' that contain:

	-C - connect
	-d - defname
	-h - no hangup
	-r - waitchar
	-t - timeout
	-w - waitfor

	The big problem is that there is no man page for this, there
knowning exactly what the options mean for a couple of them (ie. -C)
is a little elusive :(

Thanks...

Marc
From: pranjoto@ece.wisc.edu (Hokkie Pranjoto)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: [Q] LInux file system access through DOS?
Date: 24 Dec 92 20:03:45 GMT
Organization: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Originator: pranjoto@janus

Hi Linuxers,
This thought jugst come a while ago.  I have to access a linux file
while I was running DOS.  Is there a way (DOS program etc) that will
access linux file system?
I can't just reboot to inux, because I'm connected through modem, and
making a connecion through modem is a task by iteslf.

Thanks in advance,
Hokkie
pranjoto@janus.ece.wisc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: kjb@cs.vu.nl (Kees J. Bot)
Subject: Re: Conner Crash
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 18:57:56 GMT

Gary.Pfeffer@f1161.n261.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Pfeffer) writes:
>
>On Christmas Eve my $400.00 Conner decided to die.  As a result I lost
>any messages that were sent to me in the last 2 days.  Just in case I
>missed some replies, the last 2 concerns I had are as follows:

Out of the five 200Mb Conner disks that were installed in computers that
people at my department bought, three died of stiction(*), including mine.

(Twenty Conner disks of lesser capacity have no problems.)

I turned the computer on and banged the drive back into motion with the
handle of a screwdriver.  (I didn't want to go back to the (old) backup,
and the drive was now worthless anyway.)

Now I could make a decent backup.

After this the disk very reliable refused to spin up after two days of
standstill, which was good because it is better if you can show your
vendor a disk that is indeed broken.  :-)

(*) "Stiction" is caused by a bad lubricant on the platter surface.
When the power is turned off the heads are pulled back to the parking
cylinder where they sink down to the surface of the platters.  When the
power is turned on the lubricant is needed to make the heads slide over
the surface before the airflow lifts them a little bit.  Some disks have
a lubricant that is not "oily" enough when the drive is cold: Stiction.
--
	                        Kees J. Bot  (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
	              Systems Programmer, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
From: slc4x@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: [Solved] But have new problem.(RE item 18484))
Date: 24 Dec 92 17:06:51 MDT
Organization: Utah State University

In article <1992Dec23.185507.62257@cc.usu.edu>, slc4x@cc.usu.edu writes:
> Hi:
>     I am a new user of linux. After I succefully installing the whole
> system(a,b,c,x), I have some questions.
> (1) The kernal I have is .98pl5.But after I login as root, it appear
>     linux 0.96 on the screen. Did it mean that the kernel is .96?
      
      I got some answer. It seems that this message has been put to some
      file and can be changed. And It haven't been changed since .96.

       
> (2) How to install t1-t5? I try to use sysinstall, but don't work.

      I found this latter after I post this news.
      there are many ways,
      the easiest one is go to the menu(type menu), follow the install other 
      software(package). In .98pl5 this method and use "sysinstall -series t"
      will have some error(I don't know the other person encounter some problem
      or not). The linux will prompt
  "Insert disk t into the floppy disk, if ready hit enter or q to quit"
     something like this. But the problem is linux seems can't find my
     floppy disk. So the message is prompted out three,and finally give up.

     but In .99 It works well.

> (3) How can I install the other package(utility)?(I am using a pc
>     without a ether net, I only can download the package to dos formated
>     disk. I try to use modem under linux, but I can not usr ^\ to get to
>     local under kermit. So the only way I can think of is download to a 
>     floppy and rawrite it and mount as a filesystem. Can it work?)

     to get the local mode of kermit type "^\" "c".

> (4) as I mention about ,when I used kermit , I can connect to the modem.
>     But I can't jump back to local mode using "^\".Is it because of the 
>     keyboard problem?(my keyboard is gateway-2000 anykey).
> 

THANKS ALL OF YOU THAT HELP ME SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS.   

    When I install .99 (I reinstall the whole system again.) I encounter
some problem again. At first when I type "doinstall /dev/sda" the linux
keep prompt the meaasge I mention above. It seems the it can't find fd0
but If I didn't do mkfs /dev/sda XXXX and doinstall directly it works.

    Second after I successfully install the system (a,b,c,x_ and make the 
boot floppy,the screen is like out of balance in the H frequency. Can't 
see a thing, I find the answer in the group.

    And now I have another question that I can't solve.
I want to use the dos floppy to install another utility that is not 
include in the SLS set(like pcomm). But I can't not mdir my floppy.
The Error message is something like

--> Can't not read 80 track, 2 head ............
-->Can't initial A:

Do someone know how to solve the problem?
Please help me.
Thanks in advance.  

Chen-Yuan Wu

 E-mail address  slc4x@cc.usu.edu
                 slc4x@mua.usu.edu
>  
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