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From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: uucico ... Segmentation Fault??
Date: 24 Dec 1992 01:57:44 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

wto@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (William T. O Connell) writes:

>In article <marcf.725178847@yorku.ca> marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier) writes:
>>Hi...
>>
>>	I've started playing with uucico in the 0.99 version of
>>the SLS distribution...except there is a slight problem...I get
>>segmentation violations :(  If I just type uucico alone, I get
>>one.
>>
>>	I've downloaded the source and will recompile it tonight...
>>but I'm kinda curious as to why the binaries don't work
>>
>>thanks..
>>
>>Marc

>I had the same problems with .99, not only with 'uucico' but 
>also with 'uucp'. I done loaded the source and tried compiling
>it with -fwritable-strings, But still gave me sig 11's.

>After using gdb, determined it was dumping core in the system
>call 'sigaction()' called by sys1.c. To get around this, I
>changed the #define HASSIGACTION (spelling?) in conf.h from 1
>to 0. This caused gcc to use one of a couple other signal functions.
>It seemed to have fix my segmentation violation problems. 

>Has anyone else run across sigaction() failing, and if so, do
>you know why?

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

Sigaction has bugs in libc.so.4.1. The new release will fix that. You can get
a temporary fix by ftp'ing into tsx-11.mit.edu and cd'ing into
/pub/linux/GCC
 
and getting libc.so.4.2.Z

James
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: nhc@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (n.h.chandler)
Subject: Re: Suggest inclusion of the QIC-02 driver
Organization: AT&T
Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 22:21:15 GMT

In article <1992Dec21.144609.18404@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk>, a080700@hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk (Stephen Wong S M) writes:
> In article <BzF1I9.2sI@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil> dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci) writes:
> >I second inclusion of the QIC-02 driver!
> 
> I third inclusion of QIC-02 driver (for Archive/Wangtek).
> 

I vote for inclusion of the QIC-02 driver (for Archive/Wangtek).

--Neville Chandler

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From: almesber@nessie.cs.id.ethz.ch (Werner Almesberger)
Subject: Re: Need help booting Linux off HD
Organization: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, CH
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 18:39:14 GMT

In article <1i5aa1INN8bp@crcnis1.unl.edu> makis@helios.unl.edu (Makis Maroulis) writes:

[...]
> file "config"
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> boot = /dev/hda
> compact
> install = /etc/lilo/boot.b
> map = /etc/lilo/map
[...]

Two remarks: BOOT doesn't necessarily have to point to /dev/hda (or /dev/sda).
LILO's boot sector can also be installed at some other place, e.g. on a Linux
file system (Minix or Extended) if that partition can be made active. This has
the advantage of making it easier to return the system to its original boot
behaviour if desired. (But the example is correct, of course.)

The MAP variable defaults to /etc/lilo/map, so setting it doesn't have any
effect in this config file. Of course, it doesn't do any harm either.

> file "disktab"
> -------------------------------------------------------------
> # Dev.  BIOS    Secs/   Heads/  Cylin-  Part.
> # num.  code    track   cylin.  ders    offset
> 0x300   0x80    17      10      980     0       # /dev/hda
> 0x301   0x80    17      10      980     17      # /dev/hda1
> 0x302   0x80    17      10      980     23630   # /dev/hda2
> --------------------------------------------------------------

Ah, this is probably superfluous. LILO's map installer is usually able to
determine the geometry of IDE disks with a little help from the kernel.
Thus, it's safer to omit /etc/lilo/disktab in this case. (LILO 0.7 doesn't
even always need /etc/lilo/disktab for SCSI disks, but there are a few
bugs in that area that may yield unexpected results. They will be fixed in
0.8.)

- Werner
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From: dave@hip-hop%jack.sns.com (David Black)
Subject: Re: remote users can start local X
Organization: Hip-Hop BBS, Sunnyvale, California 408-773-0768
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 07:39:47 GMT

Running xdm all the time seems to work for me (knock on wood)... but it's also 
necessary to turn off setuid on the X server (X386). Not a problem since
xdm is started from /etc/rc (as root), at least in my case. Your mileage may
vary...

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Sysop, Hip-Hop BBS     dlbb0@diag.amdahl.com (Work)    408-773-0768 V.32bis/HST	
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: tep@engr.uark.edu (Tim Peoples)
Subject: Re: the return of ftpmail
Keywords: uucp and fidonet people rejoice
Reply-To: tep@engr.uark.edu
Organization: University of Arkansas
Organiztion: University of Arkansas, Dept. of Computer Systems Engineering
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 21:52:54 GMT

jem@sunsite.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid) writes:

>sunsite's ftpmail service is back. I have (knock on wood)
>gotten rid of the evil bugs which brought the universe
>to its knees.  
>

[myriads of info deleted]

I may be blind, but did you happen to mention the address of this 
ftpmail server.  It's kinda hard to mail my request without one.

Thanx
Tim

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| Dept. of Computer Systems Engineering| of simms and sockets and semaphores |
| University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | of processes and pings....          |
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: marcf@nexus.yorku.ca (Marc G Fournier)
Subject: Re: Wanted: a tar.Z of someone's /usr/lib/uucp/* files.
Organization: York University, CS Dept. Toronto
Distribution: na
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 17:00:42 GMT

In article <C0A9vF.48H@cs.dal.ca> dinn@ug.cs.dal.ca (Michael 'Moose' Dinn) writes:
>Ed Carp (erc@unislc.uucp) wrote:
>: There are sample config files included with mailpak.  Have you run this?
>: 
>: "uucico -r1 -f -s<site>"
>: 
>: then looked in /usr/spool/uucp/.Admin/audit.local?
>
>Nothing is there. And nothing happens. Nothing at all. Even with -x9,
>nothing happens.
>
	I'm not sure why, but if you do a uucico, even -x9, it seems to run
it in the background...you have to actually look in the 'Debug' file

Marc
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.windows.x
From: ktf@bc3.GUN.de (Klaus ter Fehn)
Subject: German keyboard setup (Roell X11R5 on Linux)
Organization: private
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:10:17 GMT

Hello Everybody...

A short Question: Where do I have to setup the keyboard type in the 
X11R5 Software from Thomas Roell? I'm running it under Linux. Before 
I start the X-Session the German keyboard works wounderful. But when 
I'm using X-Windows (e.g. with xterm) I have the englich keyboard 
key mappings again :-(

Greetings...
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Neanderstr. 4		{mcshh,smurf,unido}!easix!bc3!ktf
4000 Duesseldorf 1
FRG / Germany		Tel.: +49-211-676331
From: slc4x@cc.usu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: New user's question on SLS's install(t1-t5)
Date: 24 Dec 92 00:55:07 GMT
Organization: Utah State University

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

Please help me. Thanks in advance.

Chen-Yuan Wu 
E-mail address  slc4x@cc.usu.edu
                slc4x@mua.usu.edu
 
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle)
Subject: IPC Makefile?
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 17:23:40 GMT
Organization: Illinois State University

Merry Winter Solstice!

I downloaded the ipc extentions to linux 0.99[.1] and installed them
according to instructions, but the make failed on the .../src/linux/ipc
Makefile.  After browsing through the IPC Makefile I discovered it is
a copy of the .../src/linux/Makefile, with the two-line change to make
ipc compile in (ARCHIVES and SUBDIRS changes).  There appears to be no
Makefile for the ipc directory.  Has anyone else run across this, and is
there a reliable fix?  I hesitate to throw together my own Makefile for
a package which will become part of the kernel, since any mistakes I
make might not show themselves until sometime down the road, when I least
expect (and can least afford) it.

Many thanks ahead of time!

And many thanks to Linux, et al for so many neat toys to play with :-).
As soon as I can wean myself from Wing Commander II and SimCity I'll be
rid of DOS forever! (at least at home ...)

Jean.
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Computer Science, Illinois State University  
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From: jgrape@coos.dartmouth.edu (Johan A. Grape)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: lpr - any progress?
Date: 22 Dec 92 17:23:05 GMT
Followup-To: comp.os.linux
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Originator: jgrape@coos.dartmouth.edu

Has anybody made any progress with getting lpr to work with a 
serial printer?

Thx.
Johan
From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: LILO 7 and LINUX 0.99.1
Date: 25 Dec 92 00:44:03 GMT
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command

In article <72348@cup.portal.com> Dave-Nuttall@cup.portal.com (David Dave Nuttall) writes:
>My /etc/lilo/config is:
>install = /etc/lilo/boot.b
>image = /Image
>  label = lin-hd
>  root  = /dev/hda1

Try adding "boot = /dev/hda" prior to "install = ..." line.


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From: tfoley@camaro.uucp (Tim Foley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: LINUX, Unix, and opportunity for change
Date: 28 Dec 92 13:29:11 GMT
Organization: camaro

In article <1992Dec27.232450.26745@netcom.com> messina@netcom.com (Tony Porczyk) writes:
>goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes:
>
>>mleech@bnr.ca (Marcus Leech) writes:
>>>
>>>Were it not for the fact that I have a job where everything I create is
>>>  owned by my employer, I'd be as busy as Linus; contributing, rather
>>>  than just pontificating.  [Though it's certainly not unheard-of around
>>>  here to be able to release freeware, just rather rare].
>
>>Did you actually sign a contract that gives them rights to code you cut
>>at home during off hours?  If so, I'm quite amazed.  Perhaps I'm just
>>naive, but this sounds like a form of slavery.  I hope they pay you a
>>king's ransom.
>
>That is actually a common practice in many companies.  Of course, you may
>argue that court might not uphold such broad definition.  Nevertheless,
>I have seen it in contracts (and have singed at least one).

   Your right, I have had to sign two contracts like this, one was with IBM 
Canada, any code that was written during employment, and even two years 
afterwords (Good luck making that stick IBM) was considered IBM property, 
and this did not have a single defination of code, just quite broad.  So I 
agree that a court would probably throw it out, unless you tried to release 
a program which was exactly what you were working at at your employer.
 
  Another small company I worked for pulled the same thing, but at least 
they didn't have the two years afterword thing...
 
  My present employer, only holds rights to code specific to my job 
applications, and I didn't have to sign anything this time.  Needless
to say, I'm much happier :)
 
						


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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: hlu@eecs.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
Subject: 0.99.2 failed to boot with DVGA-T BIOS VERSION 1.0
Organization: School of EECS, Washington State University
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 20:02:16 GMT

I have a PC with DVGA-T BIOS VERSION 1.0. When it boots up, it displays

Deico Electronics
256k RAM VGA MODE
DVGA-T BIOS VERSION 1.0
Copyright 1988-1989 Trident ........

With pre 0.99.2, I could boot from floppy, although when I was asked if
I wanted to select VGG mode, hitting `return' key always sent Linux in
one of the vga mode without displaying the choices. But with 0.99.2, when
I press `return' key at the prompt, the machine reboots itself. I was
wondering if someone has the same VGA card. BTW, there is no Linux partition
on that machine. I just use it for testing my bootable rootdisk.

Thanks.

H.J.
From: davisar@memstvx1.memst.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: SLS/LILO INSTALL QUESTIONS
Date: 29 Dec 92 16:30:14 -0600
Organization: Memphis State University


[Part II of a III part message; stand alones]

I have this system: Toshiba 386/20, 100mb Hard drive internally,
387-20 math coprocessor and a Adaptec 1542, with Syquest SQ5110
(external 88mb removeable)[SQ5110 not yet installed]. 
SLS version .99 is installed.

I am new to Linux/Unix and C. I do have novice experience in DOS.
I have read a lot of the Linux documentation. However, I am still
new and wonder about the following question(s):



subj#2: I want to install Lilo version 7 in the following manner:
OS2/2.0 Boot Master on /dev/hda3.  OS2 HPFS on /dev/hda2.  Linux on
/dev/hda1.  Information is as reported by Linux fdisk.  I keep
wondering why OS2 Boot Master is not /dev/hda1 and HPFS /dev/hda2.
Later I will work in my new SCSI disk and controller; it is not
operable at present.  After I download "LILO7.TAR.Z" I know to
uncompress, then tar it to disk A. From there?????

Question #2: What would I do to get it into etc/lilo (if thats
where it all goes)[from a dos disk with lilo7.tar.Z renamed
lilo7.taz?]. how do I make(step by step )? [I did read the lilo.doc;
did purchase and am reading Unix for Impatient and System Admin book
recommended from somewhere; probably FAQ_11.25]

Of course, I realize I can try to use the lilo already in etc/lilo.
[If I could make it]

Question #2a: What is the "linux kernel" I need to reference during make? 

If possible could you also direct a copy of your response to my
"home" address: 

//davisar@msuvx1.memst.edu// //bee-eye//
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Getting lpr/lpd to work
From: cvadr021@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu
Date: 27 Dec 92 09:32:40 PST
Organization: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Nntp-Posting-User: cvadr021

In article <Bzw8pz.EM5@utdallas.edu>, ramesh@utdallas.edu (R. Ramesh) writes:

> I can lpr files (as root) which get moved to appropriate directory. As
> ordinary user, I cannot even lpr files as I get

> lpr: cannot create /usr/spool/lp/.seq
> 
	If /usr/spool/lp/.seq does not exist, lpr creates it.  Unfortunately,
it belongs to the user not the daemon.  (is this a bug?) When you lpr 
something as root, you create the .seq file as owned by root and no one else 
can print.  Go into /usr/spool/lp and chmod 666 .seq

> 
> I have lpr with setgid bit and lpr is chowned to daemon.daemon.
> 
> lpc cannot do any thing. It always complains lp: cannot restart daemon.
> It looks to me some permission problem unless you see something different.
> Could some one that set up lp properly tell me what permissions are needed
> for various support files.
> 
> Ramesh
> 
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From: splee@pd.org (Seng-Poh Lee, Speedy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: How many SLS binaries don't work with new libc.so.4.2?
Date: 4 Jan 93 04:25:00 GMT
Organization: Public Domain Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]

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. 

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wonge@fraser.sfu.ca (Edmund Wong)
Subject: easy/minor question for everyone...
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 14:00:17 GMT


    I've read some messages saying that it is possible for me
to ftp to my own Linux 'box' or server or whatever you call it.

     Mind you, I'm having problems with getting my TCP/IP working
on my server.  

     Any hints?

       Btw, what is a 'socket'?

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From: andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !)
Subject: Re: Booting from second hard disk?
Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 08:39:20 GMT

vince@halcyon.com (Vince Skahan) writes:

>lam836@cs.cuhk.hk (Savio Lam) writes:

>>Sorry if this is an FAQ.

>>I have two IDE hard disks, Linux is installed on the second one. Besides
>>Lilo, do I need a boot switcher in order to boot from the hard disk? Is
>>there any boot switcher that can let me boot from the second hard disk?

>I have MS-DOS on the first disk and linux on the second and I use a Linux
>boot floppy to have it boot linux.  It doesn't matter to me if it takes
>a few seconds longer to boot it since the Linux system is up virtually all 
>the time anyway...

Well, LILO boots Linux (but not MSDOS) off of a second hard disk just fine - if you don't have
a spare boot sector handy on the first partition you can just put it in the Master Boot Record
 - ie. install it in /dev/hda   instead of /dev/hda2, for instance.

Works just fine !

Enjoy !

Cos !
   

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Adduser not on SLS??
From: mnor1@cs.aukuni.ac.nz (Mark Hiro           Norman         )
Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 09:43:38 GMT
Organization: Computer Science Dept. University of Auckland

In <BzLMzH.r9@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> rkoo1@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Raymond Koo) writes:

>Hello all. I have successfully installed Linux SLS 0.99 on my 486DX
>The problem I'm having now is that I can't seem to add new users to the
>system. I've tried using the menu/sysadmin operations but it can't seem to
>find the adduser command.
>I searched for that command but it did not come with the package.
>How then am I supposed to add new users???? (I don't want to manually add
>new users - it's a pain in the butt)

I had the same problem, but there's a command called 'useradd' which
seems to perform an identical function, and has a man page to boot.

Merry Xmas,
Mark.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: dstein@shell.portal.com (Doug Mr-Science Stein)
Subject: HD: write_intr errors during SLS install
Organization: Portal Communications Company
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL7]
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 23:26:51 GMT

I have just discovered this newsgroup, and through it am being introduced to
the wonderful world of Linux.  Having spent the last day grabbing the A series
of SLS disks from tsx-11 and messing about with installation options, I have
finally succeeded in getting a login prompt, et al (Heavenly trumpets sing
out...:)

However, all is not perfect in my little world.  During the installation of
the A3 and A4 disks, I received the same set of messages twice - once during
the install of the base.taz package, and once during bin.taz.  The messages
were:
	HD: write_intr: status = 0x51
	HD: write_intr: error = 0x80

Given that I was later able to boot up Linux, I hoped that I could safely 
ignore these messages.  Alas, after bootup I tried running mail and received
a number of errors for my efforts.  All were of the style listed above (the
exact wording escapes me at the moment), although there was also a reference
to an unchanging location (dev = 0301, sector = 6305) each time I tried, as
well as indications that the HD controller was being reset.

Given that I am running a WD1007SE2 ESDI controller attached to a Fujitsu
300MB ESDI drive, the questions I have include:
	a) Is this a hardware problem?  
	b) Is this a bad sector on the drive?
	c) Is this a general problem I can expect with this controller?
	d) If it IS a bad sector, can I solve this problem short of doing
	   a low-level format on my drive?  (ie How do I translate the
	   sector info given above into a Head/Cyl/Offset entry to I can
	   update my error table?)

I will mention in passing that I have used this drive for the last 3 years
as a 2-partition DOS drive; I deleted the extended partition last night and
made it into a Linux partition.  In other words, I never had any reason to
suspect a media problem before this.

Comments, etc. will be appreciated!

Doug Stein
dstein@cup.portal.com

(See...I'm so new to this I don't even have a signature file!)
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