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From: jwomack@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu (Joseph Womack - EECS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: IRQ problem with 0.98.3
Summary: Auto Detect in SRC
Date: 10 Nov 92 06:15:53 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1992Nov10.061553.7305
Organization: Washington State University!

I have compiled 0.98.3 with the 2 patches, and when I boot, I get
the wrong IRQ's at boot for 3f8, 2f8, 3e8.  It seems to change
everytime I first boot the system (cold boot from powerdown).

I recompiled the src and rebooted an it worked fine, but then only
to come back later, and same thing.  I think they were (7,3,3)
should be (4,3,9).

Any clues???

					Joe

						jwomack@eecs.wsu.edu
From: aclark@netcom.com (Al Clark)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: SEGV in library routines
Date: 9 Nov 92 19:29:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: netcom.1992Nov9.192911.19545
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest)

In article <1992Nov9.081513.22863@netcom.com> zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) writes:
>   
>This was on the mailing list. Since I've heard no explaination I'm asking here:
>
>      From: d88-man@nada.kth.se
>      Sender: owner-linux-activists@joker.cs.hut.fi
>      X-Note1: Remember to put 'X-Mn-Key: normal' to your mail body or header
>      X-Mn-Key: NORMAL
>   
>   
>      I have tried compiling some X-programs (e.g SRGP-library, olvwm,
>      xsokoban etc.)  The compilation works ok, but when trying to run the
>      resulting executable just give segmentation fault, core dumped...
>      Using gdb shows that the seg. fault appears in a function called
>      _end().  (What is that function doing ?) It seems that the call to
>      ^^^^^^
>I got similar error trying to run equel (part of ingres RDBMS). The stack
>showed:
>sys_nerr
>_end
>_end
>But sys_nerr is AN integer. gdb says that it's a char. In the library is
>appears as T (text; aka code???)
>
    [ remaining info deleted ]

    I am far from an expert, so if anyone can correct me, jump
    right in, but _end is normally the symbol defining the end
    of the data segment.  The program is made up of a text
    segment and an initialized data segment, amongst others, and
    the area right after the data segment, (that is, right after
    the _end symbol) is the address area from which more memory
    is allocated.  You should never be executing code in this
    area, which is sufficient to cause a segment fault.
    Somehow, you are jumping to a data address.  Note that
    sys_nerr is a data address, defined in errlist.o, from
    libc.  I think the T merely tells the linker that this is
    an address that is to be used to resolve undefined addresses.

    So this means that the stack backtrace is consistent with a
    segment fault.  Look further back on the trace; common
    reasons for such probs are calling a subroutine with the
    wrong number or type of arguments.  For example, if you call
    a subroutine that is expecting two words of arguments, and
    you only supply one, the return address on the stack can get
    misused or corrupted, and you transfer control to some non
    text segment address and, there you go, segment violation
    and segment fault interrupt.  Ansi C should detect such
    cases, but the code you're porting may be old.

    Good luck.
-- 
Al - aclark@netcom.com - My opinions are my own.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: steve@Nyongwa.CAM.ORG (Steve M. Robbins)
Subject: Re: GETTYDEF/UUCP Help Needed!
Organization: Chiral Symmetry Breaking, Inc.
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:15:50 GMT

In article <2930003023.1.p00192@psilink.com> "William L. Mullica" <p00192@psilink.com> writes:
>I am trying to get UUCP working between a Linux machine (Taylor UUCP 
>1.03) and an SCO Xenix machine. The computers are connected thru their 
>serial ports at 9600 bps by a 20 ft. null-modem cable. 
>
>I can establish a UUCP session and get thru the handshaking OK. However, 
>shortly after the data transfer begins, the sending (Xenix) machine 
>starts showing alarm messages (lost connection?) and the transfer times 
>out and fails. I suspect that my GETTYDEF for the serial line my be at 
>fault. This is my GETTYDEF line for both systems:
>
>9600# B9600 CS8 CLOCAL # B9600 CS8 SANE -IXON RTSFLOW CLOCAL TAB3 
                                               ^^^^^^^
#login: #9600
>
>Is there something wrong here? Can anyone give me a 'proper' GETTYDEF line
>for a 9600 bps direct connect line. Could something else be causing the problem?

One problem is that RTSFLOW is not a valid flag here.  Want you want is
CRTSCTS for linux.  If your problem is due to buffer overruns, this may fix it,
but other than that I have no idea.

>Bill Mullica
 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: song@iastate.edu (Chang-Hyeon Song)
Subject: Xconsole not working!
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 08:26:56 GMT

Hello Linuxers!

I have installed new SLS about several week ago, but I have been trying to
get xconsole worked, but I still cannot get it work.
I have changed the owner of /dev/console -> /dev/tty0 to me, but it
didn't work either.  I have read and write permission to it.

I am starting X with initx, not xdm.
Can somebody help me with this?
Thanks in advance.
From: lagrue.Wgc-e@rx.xerox.com (John Lagrue)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Mounting DOS filesystem from Linux
Date: 10 Nov 92 15:44:25 GMT
Reply-To: Andrew_Clark.Sbd-e@rx.xerox.com
Organization: Rank Xerox, Welwyn Garden City, UK

I am posting this for a friend who does not have Usenet access.
Please reply directly to him. Thank you.

--------------------------------------------------------------
I am running Linux from a 1.44 Mbyte floppy drive (A:). I want to be
able to read files from the (DOS) hard drive.

I have tried

	mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /dos

both with and without a '/dos' directory created within the Linux filesystem
I keep getting the error
	segmentation error (core dumped)


Can anyone help me?????
Andy.

Email:  Andrew_Clark.Sbd-e@rx.xerox.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: ckub11@zx1.Darkcrystal.Cyberspace (Marc Gutschner)
Subject: Xterm dies with 0.98pl4
Reply-To: ckub11@zx1.HRZ.uni-dortmund.de
Organization: Universitaet Dortmund - Hochschulrechenzentrum
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 10:20:25 GMT


Hi,

I encounter a strange problem with 0.98pl4 and Xfree86 1.0 and 1.1.
Depending on the phase of the moon, the wall clock and some flies
crossing through the room, my 1st Xterm simply dies on keyboard input.
If I start another one from the twm-menu, everything will be fine.
This appears to be a very subtle problem to me. 

As I mentioned this won't happen everytime but you never know when it will
happen :-(((
Maybe this is connected to the changes in the maximum number of open
file-descriptors ? Would it be sufficient to get Xterm-Sources and simply 
recompile ? Any help appreciated.
From: jrs@world.std.com (Rick Sladkey)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: GNU Emacs 18.59 available for Linux
Date: 12 Nov 92 23:42:50 GMT
Article-I.D.: lepton.JRS.92Nov12184250
	<1992Nov12.210113.16761@watson.ibm.com>
Organization: The Internet

>>>>> On Thu, 12 Nov 1992 21:01:13 GMT, njs@watson.ibm.com (Nick
>>>>> Simicich) said:

Nick> In article <JRS.92Nov12013048@lepton.world.std.com>
Nick> jrs@world.std.com (Rick Sladkey) writes:

Rick> I will upload the 18.59 lisp and info directories when I get a chance
Rick> as well as uploading everything to tsx-11 and nic.  If you want to
Rick> compile it yourself, just grab emacs-18.59.tar.Z from prep or other
Rick> GNU site and apply the patches in emacs-18.59a.tar.Z and then follow
Rick> the INSTALL guide.

Nick> I went and grabbed the 18.59 file from prep, but I could find no trace
Nick> of 18.59a.  I checked in the Archie server I usually use, and I couldn't
Nick> find it there either.  Any thoughts?

Version 18.59a means Linux release "a" of GNU Emacs 18.59.
                     ^^^^^
I said:

+-----
| I have uploaded GNU Emacs 18.59 to sunsite in the incoming directory.
| 
| The files are:
| 
| * emacs-18.59a.tar.Z		  README, patches, and Linux support files
| * emacs-etc-18.59a.tar.Z	  GNU Emacs support binaries and files
| * emacs-bin-18.59a.tar.Z	  text-based GNU Emacs binary and its DOC file
| * x11emacs-bin-18.59a.tar.Z	  X11-based GNU Emacs binary and its DOC file
+-----

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: jem@sunSITE.unc.edu (Jonathan Magid)
Subject: Re: German Keyboard in xterm
Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:51:16 GMT

In article <1992Nov10.105932.25763@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> IFK_USER@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de (Institut fuer Foerdertechnik) writes:
>Hi everybody,
>Yesterday I made X11 running on my OAK-Video-Card. :-)
>The problem is that in the xterms my Keyboard behaves like an american!
>I do have Linux 0.98pl3 with German-Keyboard settings and no problems with 
>the ttyp-display. So what's the reason for the american-display in X11.
>Do I have to change some configs?
>
>Thanks Volker

Use xmodmap with the file /pub/Linux/X11/misc/Xmodmap.gr on sunsite.unc.edu.

jem.
-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF)
Subject: cms250 with a tape board?
Organization: University of Western Ontario
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 15:51:11 GMT

I have noted alot of talk regarding the jumbo 250 tape drive and
the problems controlling it.

Has anyone looked at the tape controller cards for this drive?

I would run out and buy the card for 2 reasons:

1>  I can keep my drive!

2>  The hardware card is suppose to offer compression via hardware,
    and they claim it speeds up the backup time.

    Any ideas anyone?

mark@student.business.uwo.ca (Mark Bramwell CS STAFF)
Western Business School  --  London, Ontario
From: hlu@yoda.wsu.edu (H.J. Lu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: My fs is trashed again. Please be patient with me
Date: 7 Nov 92 20:43:59 GMT
Organization: Washington State University!
Originator: hlu@yoda.eecs.wsu.edu

I have sent bug report, which trashed my source code fs, to Linus.
Since my fs is trashed again, I may not be able to keep all
my promises. If you have sent something for me to test on
my Linux, I may not be able to test them until 0.99 is out.
Please re-send them to me if necessary when 0.99 is released.

I have promised to make root disk with new kernel. I will not
do that until 0.99. I have said to release gcc/libc on minix
fs disks. I may just release tar.Z version first. Since
we don't need libsoft.a anymore, the installation should be
simpler. You just untar them. You may have to fix file
permissions/owenership yourself though.

The following things I will do regardless of my fs:

1. libc 4.2.
2. gcc 2.3.2/2.4, whichever comes first.

I will make both 386/486 versions. But for testing, I only make
386 version.

I will still take bug reports regard to the Linux C library. I
just may not test them myself.

Thanks for your understanding.


H.J.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: jy10033@ehsn11.cen.uiuc.edu (Joshua M Yelon)
Subject: Archive the Mailing-List Channels.
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 04:16:39 GMT

I just discovered that I need some information that was posted
to the NET channel several days ago.  Unfortunately, I haven't
been keeping all those messages in my mbox, so I'm out of luck.

I think it would be very useful if one of the archive maintainers
were to archive all the mailing-list channels, so that people could
read bygone messages.  Otherwise, I'll be forced to subscribe to
all the channels and save all the messages, just in case I need
them someday.

- Josh
From: gt0449a@prism.gatech.EDU (Rob Coleman)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: C-Kermit, usleep, rts/cts
Date: 9 Nov 92 22:57:25 GMT
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology

>Every comm program I've seen that supports speeds higher than 38400 
>will usually support 57600 and 115200... I don't know where the 56000
>spec came from, but I suspect that it is incorrect.

I have hacked the kernel to allow DTE rates of 57.6kbps, but my 486/33
(with 16550AFN UART) couldn't keep up.  There is no discernable
difference between 38.4kbps and 57.6kbps, so I'd recommend just using
the former.
-- 
Rob Coleman ][ gt0449a@prism.gatech.edu        ][  "I think I'm going bald!"
Comp. Sci.  ][ Georgia Institute of Technology ][        -Rush/COS
From: Chris.Bugosh@f340.n226.z1.fidonet.org (Chris Bugosh)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Mail
Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1992 22:12:00 -0800

Is there any docs (Haven't checked the latest FAQ yet, so if its in
there, sorry) about totally setting up for mail?  Including all of the
UUCP, TCP-IP, etc. files?  Thanks.

Chris

 * Origin: The MIDI Exchange - Columbus, Ohio - (614) 846-1274
(1:226/340)

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: tfoley@r-node.gts.org (Tim Foley)
Subject: Taylor UUCP
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX Information System (416-249-5366)
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 03:44:57 GMT

 
  Has anyone managed to compile Taylor UUCP version 1.04 (beta) yet?
Or is there some fixes to this file?
 
  I have been having a strange problem getting it to compile...in the
uuconf dir, the file port.c there is a statement for 'uuconf_taylor_find
_port', but when the make file is chugging around, it comes up with a
'Segment Not Found' referenced from Text, '_uucon_taylor_find_port'.
 
  What the devil is going on, somehow there is a '_' being prefixed to
port.c line 50.  I can the configure script....it seemed happy...but
this is wierd...
 
  Is there some bug with gcc2.2.2 and Lnx098.1 (SLS)?  I've had this
problem with sail as well, prefixing a '_'...anyone got any ideas?
 
							Tim
From: cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Can't run shell! (SLS) I'm loosing my hair
Date: 6 Nov 92 17:42:50 GMT
Reply-To: cflatter@nrao.edu
Organization: NRAO

In article 15471@ugle.unit.no, hallvard@immhp1.marina.unit.no (Hallvard Paulsen) writes:
>	This is driving me crazy!
>
>	I've got the SLS package (including the z?fix.taz files), and
>there is now way I can do anything as a user. Well actually the errors I
>get is:
>
>	shell-init:permission denied  (when I log in)
>	pwd : permission denied       (every time i type a command)
>
>	But when I check it turns out that my commands (like creating files
>deleting files and so on) are usually executed. The problem seems to 
>be shell commands *only*. (that is since PS1="pwd"# I allways get a
>permission denied message)
>
>	So: How do I make the shell usable for users?

As root, type

	chmod a+r /

		Chris Flatters
		cflatter@nrao.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: myntidis@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Theodor Myntidis)
Subject: Diamond Speedstar VGA + and X11
Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 12:54:55 GMT

Does anybody know the correct xconfig values for all resolutions of
the Diamond Speddstar VGA + (640x480 , 800x600 , 1024x768) ???

Thanks for your infos !!

Theo

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: sh0002@medtronic.COM (Scott Hou)
Subject: Re: Physical Memory Problems
Organization: Medtronic, Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 23:56:03 GMT

I have both OPTI and BITECH 386-40 boards running Linux (24 hours a day,
I might add) without any problems. One board even survived a power
supply blow out (in which the full wave bridge rectifier literally
blew the bottom into pieces) because it has worked just fine ever
since I put in a new power supply.

As for a 486 board, I have the 3/486 upgradable running Linux
with no problem but that one hasn't been running 24 hours a day.



--
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: 880506s@dragon.acadiau.ca (James R. Skinner)
Subject: init:  exec error
Organization: Acadia University
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 22:22:06 GMT


New User Question 8-)

I changed a line in my rc file and now when I boot up I get
the error 'init: exec error' every few seconds what can I do?
I can't even login to correct the error....

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wjin@cs.uh.edu (W. Woody Jin)
Subject: Bison Problem  (SLS package)
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 08:04:49 GMT


I have the following problem when I run bison (yacc).
Why does it happen ?   I am using SLS package.

11:32:54> make
yacc -dv parse.y
/usr/bin/bison: Too many open files
make: *** [y.tab.c] Error 1


Thanks.
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From: wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: TCP telnetd and ftpd - LONG waits for login
Organization: Purdue University
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 21:22:13 GMT

This seem to work rather than being dead like I thought.
But going into the Linux box from my Sun takes a 2 minute
or so  wait for the login prompts to happen.
I'm not using the named. 

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: mullens@jamsun.ic.ornl.gov (James A. Mullens)
Subject: Re: Problems with CMOS after using Linux on my 486
Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 17:33:25 GMT

In article <BxntpL.Hp2@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) writes:
|> In article <1992Nov12.230055.28527@sfu.ca> rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen) writes:
|> >Anyway, on my system, CAD/reboot works only about 30% of the time.
|> >It hangs the machine the other 70%.  On a couple of friends' systems,
|> >it wipes the CMOS.  Now they shut down linux by just doing a couple of
|> >syncs turning off the power.
|> >
|> >I am told that this behavior happens only with AMI bios.  Don't know
|> >why.  Is there any chance there will ever be a fix for this?  Linux
|> >has had this 'bug' (if you can call it that) since the CAD code was
|> >introduced.
|> 
|> 	All I know is that I have the AMI bios, and I have this problem.
|> I do get my CMOS wiped on occasion (although this has not happened lately),
|> and the reboot command does only work about 50% of the time for me, or so it
|> seems,  I have not looked into this at all.

Reboot doesn't work on my machine.  It writes into my video RAM rather
nicely though.  SLS (patches to 921023); Gateway 2000 486/33, Micronics
Gemini II Rev F1, Phoenix BIOS, SpeedStar Plus VGA, 1 IDE (200Mb) drive,
5.25 & 3.5 floppy, cartridge tape (floppy interface), ThunderBoard,
12 Mb, DOS 5.0 primary active partition, 3 Linux partitions (root, swap,
user); linux boots from floppy.

Shutdown works but the messages include/are garbage character strings.

jim mullens
Internet: jcm@ornl.gov (128.219.128.17)
          mullens@jamsun.ic.ornl.gov (128.219.64.31)
My contribution to the chatter fest:
  Dear Ms Dos:  Our relationship is OVER.  I've found Linux.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans)
Subject: Re: Anybody have syslogd working?
Organization: Aston University
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 08:53:35 GMT

lord@hemlock.cray.com (Steve Lord) writes:
: 
: 
: I have a modified syslogd which can use unix domain sockets as well as
: internet ones. I have also been working on getting it to read messages
: produced by the kernel and record those as well by using the syslog
: system call. It does work (including the kernel messages), but I am not
: too happy with the implementation - I had to fork a second copy of syslogd
: to read from the kernel (because I don't think I can detect changes to the
: kernel log via select).
: 
: Is there a way of detecting kernel messages via select?
Find out what is wrong with select...
sunOS performs logging fo kernal messages using a characher special file
called /dev/klog...
: 
: I will clean up the code a little and upload it (tomorrow I hope). No
: guarantees on the kernel logging part of it, it does seem to work, but I
: haven't tried stressing it.
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: root@pooh.geophys.mcgill.ca (Steeve McCauley)
Subject: YES!!!
Organization: McGill University
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL5
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 21:45:32 GMT

   Just want to say that after 5 days as a linux user "I'm am fucking
impressed!".  I got the SLS 0.98 version from tsx-11 and I've got it
running with X and tcpip on two 486's.  I'm almost ready to stop 
using my HP720 in favour of this fantastic operating system.  I want
to thank Linus and all of the other contributors for giving us such
a ... ok enough.

	Ha I just managed to ftp rcp, rsh and ftpd from tsx-11.  I'm going
to go and play.

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From: dvogt@novell.com (David Vogt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: MAXTOR
Date: 7 Nov 92 22:13:29 GMT
Organization: Novell Inc., San Jose, Califonia

In article <1992Nov6.163429.22587@mcs.gvsu.edu> wissner@beech.mcs.gvsu.edu (Jim Wissner) writes:
>In article <Bx8uFz.1p8@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> krouth@slee01.srl.ford.com  
>(Kevin Routh) writes:
>> I have heard that the Maxtor 213 does not get along with other IDE
>> drives.  You cannot mix it with a Seagate or a Conner IDE and have
>> them work together as master/slave.  I know two cases where it didn't
>> work.  Be careful!  It is tempting with the price of the Maxtor drive.
>> --
>> Kevin C. Routh                     Internet:
>
>How about a Western Digital 210?  Anyone know of problems with those?
>I'll probably get one, but I'd hate to find out it won't run Linux,
>since that's all I plan on using it for...
>
>- Jim

I recently purchased a WD Piranah (210meg) drive and had nothing but trouble.
I finally returned it and swapped for a cheaper WD drive (can't recall the
name but it was 213meg, 14ms) and have had no problems at all with it.

-Dave

Generic Disclaimer :  I speak only for myself