HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat)
Subject: X server & dynamic linking (was Re: Two Xfree86 questions)
Organization: AT&T
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:20:38 GMT

In article <1992Nov06.173208.20900@sco.com> staceyc@sco.COM (Stacey Campbell) writes:
> 
> In article <1992Nov4.175056.24918@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> dwex@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (david.e.wexelblat) writes:
> >I have heard that SCO's server works by dynamically loading the 
> >appropriate driver(s) at run time.  Is that true?
> 
> It is.  We found that keeping the core server (/usr/bin/X11/Xsco), the
> drawing engines for each class of video card (SVGA, XGA, 8514/A, S3, and
> so on), and the board specific initialization code (/usr/lib/grafinfo/*/*)
> independent of each other to be the most flexible way to support a bunch
> of cards, get reasonable performance, make it real easy to write support
> for a new card, and to enable us to move to X11R5 without (in theory)
> touching a single line of our card specific drawing code.  This turned out
> to be as difficult an engineering job as it sounds.  ;-)
> 

I would think so.  Without a standard for the dix/ddx/os interfaces, MIT
can go ahead and redefine those interfaces out from under you.  You
would have to have your own sub-ddx API, then port ddx changes to match it.

> >If so (and you are allowed to tell :->), how does that work?  I thought
> >that SVR3 didn't support dynamically loadable objects.
> 
> I'm pretty sure that the 20 pages of fine print I signed when I started
> here included the line "...and you will not blab trickey source code
> hacks to people on the net...", however, if you recall the old BSD rogue
> game that would save itself by writing its core to a file then restore
> the game by "unexecing" itself (Franz Lisp and older TeX versions also used
> this trick), well we do something similar though in my opinion even
> nastier.  So even though SVR3.2 doesn't come with dynamic loading it can
> be added at the user program level.

Wow.  I'm impressed.  I hadn't thought about doing it that way (I am
aware of unexec from Gnu Emacs).  I think we'll stick with link-time
server configuration :->.  Of course, we have a rather different
audience.

> -- 
>           Stacey Campbell - staceyc@sco.com - uunet!sco!staceyc


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: jason@oaknet.chi.il.us (Jason Vanick)
Subject: Xque drivers for a Mouse Systems Mouse
Organization: OAKNET - public access unix
Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1992 12:40:31 GMT

I have a mouse systems compatible mouse that I've been using with X11R4
for a few months now, X seems to mysteriousely crash, but only when I use
the keyboard, especially the arrow keys... I tracked it back to the mouse
driver, it uses xque, which is for the keyboard and mouse (at least that's
the way it looks), so I'd be interested in getting a better xque driver...
if anybody can help me, please email me to save bandwith...
Thanks,
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: paul@pphbau.atr.bso.nl (PPH Bauwens)
Subject: Re: Esix/Motif Question
Organization: Private Node
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 01:39:45 GMT

Simon Langley (slangley@constant.demon.co.uk) wrote:
: Guy Cole (guycole@netcom.com) wrote:
: : The only acceptable mode is 16 color 640x480.  If I define any higher
: : configuration, the video is just blown away.  (The system is cycling
: : along just fine, but I have to log in through the serial port and 
: : shut the system down just to recover the console.)

I am also running ESIX 4.0.3 and never had these problems.

Have a look at the manpages for both 'evgainit' and 'evgaquery'.

The 'evgainit' manpage clearly states that you _must_ run 'evgainit'
with the appopriate option for your video board in order to use
resolutions above 640x480.
This should also be in the Release Notes.

What it basically seem to do is record the text mode VGA register settings
in the kernel so it is able to restore them when switching back from
high-res graphics mode.

Also note that you _MUST_ run evgainit again after re-building your
kernel!.
Have a look at /etc/rc2.d/S10evgainit.

I had to use the 'Diamond SpeedSTAR VGA' option for my clone ET4000 board,
try some other option for a '8900 based board.
Almost all chipsets are supported!

I hope this solves your problem.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
Subject: Re: HELP: modem setup in Interactive 2.2.1
Followup-To: comp.unix.sysv386
Reply-To: zbig@wariat.org (Zbigniew J. Tyrlik)
Organization: Akademia Pana Kleksa, Public Access Uni* Site
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 04:37:46 GMT

As quoted from <1992Nov6.015610.1633@unixland.natick.ma.us> by bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser):

+---------------
> gemini@geminix.in-berlin.de (Uwe Doering) writes:
> >>However when I tried setting it to 57600, instead of connecting to the
> >>modem, it returned me to the command line.   This is with a Zoom VFX32BIS
> >>that is rated at a top DTE speed of 57600.
> >Please read the docs about how baud rates >38400 are implemented
> >in FAS. On the application program level you have to select 38400 bps
> >regardless of whether the serial port actually runs at 38400, 57600
> >or 115200 bps. This is because the UNIX termio interface doesn't know
> 
> Ahhh .. I was so concerned with the modem that I didn't think of FAS ... :-)
> 
> So, if I do it the way you suggested, and set up FAS to handle 57.6 ...
> How do I set the MODEM to talk at that speed?  Connnect it to a DOS
> box first to initialize it?

DOS ??? Neee... Bill, I think you really need some rest :-);

Set your modem to autobaud to any of lower speeds; set your
Devices file to a lower speed; cu to modem; then ATS50=6&W (or
whatever magic incatation is nescessary to teach your modem to use
only 57600 bps), and disconect; then change Devices and other
files (like inittab and gettydefs; on my ISC I set them to 38400,
cheating... ) and you are back in the bussiness... This same way
my Worldblazer is working at 115,200 like a charm - THANKS, UVE!!!! 


> 
> 
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From: aris@lasernet.co.za (Aris Stathakis)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: starting X in SCO ODT
Date: 13 Nov 92 06:18:40 GMT
Organization: Lasernet (Pty) Ltd.

In <1dpl5jINNkjn@rave.larc.nasa.gov> jka@windshear.larc.nasa.gov (J. Keith Alston) writes:


>Hi,
>  I'm running SCO ODT (not sure which version). When I attempt to
>  start the X window system, with startx, I get the following
>  message:
>   open event driver failed: no such file or directory

>  does anyone out there have any idea what might be causing
>  this problem?????

From the SCO IT Scripts:

Error "Can not open event driver...".

RELEASE:  SCO Xsight Generic
          Open Desktop Generic 

PROBLEM: When I execute "startx" to invoke the X server, I get the error:
		
		"Can not open event driver: No such file or directory"

	 I am then returned back to a system prompt.

SOLUTION: You must run "mkdev mouse" to add the event driver devices to your
	  system.  The mouse support, utilized by SCO Xsight, is implemented 
	  using an event driver.  A mouse must be installed to create the 
	  event devices.

	  You can test to see if your mouse is installed correctly by 
	  executing the command usemouse(C) while in multiuser mode.  After 
	  executing usemouse(C), you should be able to move the mouse and 
	  see the cursor move around.  To exit usemouse(C), type "exit."

	  If an error message occurs after running usemouse(C), be sure you
	  are in multiuser mode and that a mouse is configured properly on
	  your system.  You may want to remove and reinstall your mouse with 
	  "mkdev mouse."  See your System Administrator's Guide for more 
	  information about mouse installation.

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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
From: shj@login.dkuug.dk (Stig Jacobsen)
Subject: ISC 3.0: Where did user rlogin/telnet from!?
Keywords: isc,telnet,rlogin
Organization: Asis Electronic Intl., Copenhagen, Denmark
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 17:58:29 GMT

Howdy.

After logging into an ISC system via rlogin/telnet, how do I find
out the IP-address from which the rlogin or telnet originated? 

Under SunOS (all BSD-derivates?) you can just do a who or finger
and it'll list the machinename from which the user logged it.

netstat does show active connections, but I can't find a way to
associate these with the pty.

Any ideas? I need it to set the terminaltype automaGically for
terminals that won't respond to the ANSI inquire string.
--
Stig Jacobsen
shj@login.dkuug.dk
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: websterm@uproar.enet.dec.com (Mike Webster)
Subject: Intelligent Network Cards
Reply-To: Mike.Webster@ime.mts.dec.com
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 15:10:27 GMT



 Hello all,

 I'm looking for intelligent network cards for 386/486 PCs 
 running Interactive Unix SYSV R4. The requirement here is
 for suitable cards and drivers e.g. can anyone name a
 manufacturer that supplies the card plus a driver
 for Interactive.

 Thanks for any names and addresses.
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: kelsey@mdd.comm.mot.com (Joe Kelsey)
Subject: Re: Esix/Motif Question
Organization: Motorola, Mobile Data Division - Seattle, WA
Distribution: na
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1992 17:22:57 GMT

In <BxEn0L.75D@constant.demon.co.uk> slangley@constant.demon.co.uk (Simon Langley) writes:
>Guy Cole (guycole@netcom.com) wrote:
>: The only acceptable mode is 16 color 640x480.  If I define any higher
>: configuration, the video is just blown away.  (The system is cycling
>: along just fine, but I have to log in through the serial port and 
>: shut the system down just to recover the console.)
>I am afraid I cannot help, but I can report that the problem exists with my
>Trident 8900C as well.  I can use X and Motif as higher resolutions than
>standard VGA, but like you, when I exit X I need to reboot to use the console
>again.  This happened with just vanilla X and twm under 4.0.3 and I still have
>the problem with 4.0.4.

I have a Trident 8900C driving a ViewSonic 7 in 1024x768 256 color
mode, non-interlaced.  I have absolutely no problems switching between
the X vt and the console vt (Alt-SysReq P).  I didn't respond to the
original since I didn't see aspecific reference to ET4000 in the Esix
manual pages...  Also, I only loaded the base Motif X (just the server
and development package -- none of that other Motif cruft.)  Did you
choose to install the 256 color server?  Or just the 16 color server?
Check your installation (use sysadm or look for X.256 in /usr/bin/X11)
and re-install the 256 color server to make sure.

Also, have you received the updated X GUI tape?  If not, contact your
supplier for the latest release.

/Joe
From: kschulz@ba-stuttgart.de (Kay Schulz)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re:kernel trap under isc
Date: 12 Nov 1992 18:06:46 GMT
Organization: ba-stuttgart.de
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: grey.t-informatik.ba-stuttgart.de

Keywords: 

The panic, kernel trapped was in my system, too
i also use ada 1542b and this wasn't the problem
i changed the mother board and I used a cooling cap and since
then no kernel trap naymore
and one problem is the xinit....
it panics often
xdm never...
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: mikeg@rocdec.roc.wayne.edu (Michael George)
Subject: SCO Unix :HELP WITH HP PRINTERS:
Organization: Wayne State University, Detroit
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:21:23 GMT

If anyone out there is running SCO UNIX with a HP Laserjet as your
NETWORK PRINTER, please drop me a line. I am having much trouble getting
it to work here on my end. I believe the problem lies somewhere in the
print filter. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN!!!!!!

Actualy, the hardware is all fine, and I can print to the printer except
the output is wrong. Page Breaks aren't in the right place etc...


Michael George III
mikeg@rocdec.roc.wayne.edu
From: hullhors@gecko.cis.ohio-state.edu (M J Hullhorst)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: PC/AT keyboard problems with NUM LOCK (and NUM skulls!)
Date: 11 Nov 92 12:54:10 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science

Currently I am running ISC 3.0 on a 486 PC.  

I am trying to configure the numeric keypad to emulate a DEC VT100 aux keypad.
What I am finding is that the NUM LOCK key not only delievers half of a 
key press (push but no release), but, changes the mode of the numeric keyboard
IN THE KEYBOARD!  Am I correct is this observation?  

Is there a way to disable this?  If not is there a work around?  If not is
there a producer of keyboards that have the sense NOT to implement this
brain dead standard?

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Land Line: 614/268-3221                     refer to reality, they are not 
Internet:  michael@neo.neodudes.com         certain; and as far as they are 
           hullhors@cis.ohio-state.edu      certain, they do not refer to 
                                            reality.     - A.E.
Xref: sparky comp.unix.sysv386:16380 comp.unix.wizards:4601
From: patry@Software.Mitel.COM (Jean-Yves Patry)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: ISC 3.0 Terminfo database question
Date: 11 Nov 92 01:32:23 GMT
Organization: MITEL Corporation, Kanata, Ontario, Canada


Does anybody have the Terminfo database entry for an HP laserjet
II/III printer for ISC 3.0 ? I want to be able to query the Terminfo
database with the standard interface program for things such as
line-per-inch character-per-inch, character sets, etc.

I've tried to use the existing Terminfo database entry for HP printers
with no success.

Thanks


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: bjornw@colargol (Bjoern Wennberg)
Subject: Re: Problem with XFree setting LINES w/ISC
Organization: Colargol, Trondheim College of Engineering
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 13:03:33 GMT

Charles Carlson (umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca) wrote:
: 
: I just upgraded from the X11R3 that came with ISC 2.2.1 to XFree86.  
: 
: The problem I'm having is that XFree xterms don't set the LINES
: environment variable like the X11R3 xterms did.  This causes things like
: vi and more to think I have a very large window when I don't.  
: 
: Other systems seem to use the rows setting of stty, but ISC, at least
: in my version doesn't support rows.
: 
: Anyway I can get this set automatically?  Its a pain to have to remember
: to type setenv LINES all the time.
: 
: Charles
: 
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Hi!

You may want to run the program 'resize' which comes with X11R5 (and earlier).

I have an alias called
alias xs='set noglob; eval `resize`; unset noglob'
and in my .bashrc file I run this alias if my TERM is xterm.

bjornw>
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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: bill@unixland.natick.ma.us (Bill Heiser)
Subject: Re: Seeking recommendations( or NOT...) on ESIX
Organization: Unixland Public Access Unix  (508) 655-3848
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 01:53:26 GMT

eb@engx25.trt.com (Erico Bueno) writes:

>We are leaning towards ESIX based upon the price and the advertised features.
>I does seems a little to good to be true.   Is there a catch????

Well, those running ESIX 4.0 say it works .. and they say 4.0.4 (recently
released) is MUCH better than 4.0.3.

>We want to have about 8 users at a time editing, compiling and
>linking tasks.  Is this to heavy a load for a 486-33Mhz ???

That will be a heavy load for a 4.0.3.  Hey, that would be a heavy load
on my Sun SPARC/IPX (28 mips) at work! :-)


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Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
From: sean@utoday.com (Sean Fulton)
Subject: Re: Installation problems with ODT 2.0
Organization: UNIX Today!
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 92 13:40:39 GMT

In article <1992Nov11.184210.14925@acuson.com> liuwu@acuson.com (Wu Liu) writes:
>kbs@ccr-p6.ccr.jussieu.fr (SMUP7 Administrator) writes:
>>Hi netters,
>>
>>I've just got SCO ODT 2.0 out of the box and have problems
>>in installing it (tape version).
>>
>>Here's my config: Tandon 486DX, 487, 16Mb Ram, 630Mb SCSI disk,
>>SCSI Adaptec adapter, Archive compatible drive, SMC Ethernet.
>>
>>So I boot with N1 and then N2...and got on the screen
>>
>>		address		vector	dma
>>fpu				13		type=387
>>serial		0x03f8-0x03ff	4		unit=0 type=standard
>>						nports=1
>>floppy		0x03f2-0x03f7	6	2	unit=0 type=135ds18
>>         					unit=1 type=96ds15
>>console					unit=vga type=0 12 screens=68K
>>
>>cannot install intr vecno=4, type 1, IPL=5
>>vector 4 is private
>>
>>tape						type=S ha=0 id=2 lun=0
>>						ht=ad
>>(probably my adaptec, but not my Archive tape)
>
>Nope.  This is your tape drive.  The "type=S ha=0 id=2 lun=0" string
>above indicates that the kernel found a SCSI tape drive on host adapter
>0, at SCSI ID 2, LUN 0.  That's the default configuration for a SCSI
>tape drive in both SCO Unix and Open Desktop.
>

Not exactly. I believe ODT 2.0 reports this tape drive when it finds a
SCSI adapter, whether you have a tape drive there or not. I've
installed on several machines and each time I have a SCSI adapter, the
startup screen reports a SCSI tape, even when one is not installed.

sean



Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.questions
From: apl@world.std.com (Anthony P Lawrence)
Subject: Re: Overflow warnings (SCO SV3.2)
Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL3
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 1992 11:43:06 GMT

gryphon@openage.openage.com (The Golden Gryphon) writes:
: 
:cd /etc/conf/cf.d
:./configure
: 
:find NREGION and NFILE, and increase their size quite a bit.  I would recommend
:doubling them.  Then relink the kernel.  DO THIS IN SINGLE USER MODE!  Back the
:system up first.

While this is certainly not bad advice, isn't backing up the system somewhat 
like cautioning the use of seatbelts while vacuuming the car?  All that's
really going to be affected is /unix.  I could see making a /unix.good, and
he certainly should have backups anyway, but this makes it all sound very
scary and system-threatening!

What is the point of single user mode? Increasing these parameters doesn't
affect anything but the space in the new kernel, so how is it going to
cause any problems for the running system?

Just wondering why we're being so cautious here.



		Tony

Lawrence & Clark, Inc		(617) 762-0707	(206) 323-2864
Xenix/Unix support,etc 	 	 Boston		 Seattle

Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.sys5.r4
From: mwprange@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Manfred W. Prange)
Subject: Re: AST 4-Port for Sale
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester MI.
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 1992 05:49:27 GMT

garyb@gcm.com (Gary Blumenstein) writes:

>Richard Foulk (richard@pegasus.com) wrote:

>: That's pretty pricey for a $99 board with four $7 chips added.
>                             ^^^

Last I heard AST was discontinuing them. The last few I saw for sale
were at $99 or so.. There are quite a few decent clones, including one
I was just told about, and bought from Altex Electronics. (800)
531-5369 part # LCS-8880 for $75. The UARTs are socketed, so now all
I need to know is where to get 16550's for $7 each.. lowest I have
seen is $10. :)

-Manfred
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386,comp.unix.sys5.r4