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From: layes@ug.cs.dal.ca (Jonathan Layes)
Subject: linux problems....
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 04:13:40 GMT

A friend has asked me to post the following - since he doesn't have USENET
(obviously), and since I don't have time to poll this group as often as
I'd like, please send any replies to peace@px3.stfx.ca.

-----

Subject: Moron seeks help on soft lib install, and assembler switches.

Hello all,
	Sorry to be wasting precious bandwidth on dumb questions, but
I can't seem to resolve this alone...

------------------------
	problem 1:
	
i can't seem to install libc.so.4.2 . i did an:
	ln -sf libc.so.4.2 libc.so.4
as per the README, but all i got was:

	login: root
	Undefined C library functions.
        	1. ulimit (Use getrlimit/setrlimit instead).
        	2. light C shared image (Use the real one instead).
	login:

i'm missing something here. please clue me in if i have to retrieve more
files, make some more symlinks, whatever i need to do aside from what i
did above.
---------------------------------
	problem 2:

nothing will compile for me because (as far as i can tell) i'm not
invoking the right switches on the compiler and/or the assembler. 

given foo.c:           main(){printf("bar");}

gcc generates:
		.file	"foo.c"
	gcc2_compiled.:
	.text
	LC0:
		.ascii "bar\0"
		.align 2
	.globl _main
	_main:
		pushl %ebp
		movl %esp,%ebp
		call ___main
		pushl $LC0
		call _printf
		addl $4,%esp
	L1:
		leave
		ret

and when i try to assemble, i get stuff like:
00001                       00000000>           	.file	"foo.c"
*****                                                           ^illegal label
00009                       00000004>           	pushl %ebp
*****                                                         ^illegal label
00010                       00000004>           	movl %esp,%ebp
*****                                                        ^illegal label
00012                       00000004>           	pushl $LC0

obviously i'm failing to do something. unfortunately, i could find
NO manpage for as86 on any site anywhere. 
--------------------------
if anyone would care to take the time to help me, i'd be delighted.
it would most likely be best if you mailed me at:

peace@phoenix.stfx.ca

lost in the void,

brian
-- 
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Physics & Computing Science   (  *)  (  *)    "If it doesn't work, hit it 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.mail.uucp
From: bob@snuffy.penfield.ny.us (Bob Smith)
Subject: Re: uucico hangs
Organization: Fuzzball Widget Factory
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 05:10:02 GMT

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

> Hmmmm...

> 	I'm using the Taylor config files with Taylor
> UUCP, and therefore, after installing SLS v1.0, I had to
> recompile UUCP...not a problem.

> 	Now, when I try and use uucico, it tries to call
> out the the site, and depending on what it gets back, it
> hangs :(

I had a similar problem...  It took a little tweaking on the conf.h
file, but basically I took this approach --- I went ahead and ran the
Configure script (against all better advice!) and then hand edited the
resulting conf.h to bring in back to normal (expr munges it up pretty good!!)
and then I set the definition of HAVE_SIGSETJMP, HAVE_SIGACTION,
HAVE_SIGPROCMASK, and HAVE_SIGBLOCK to 0 ...  uucico runs as expected now...
I'm not sure if it's only one of those functions that causes the problem,
or a combination of any 2 or 3 of them, all I know is that's how I got
mine to work...

Hope this helps, and have a good day...

PS: you also have to fix the Makefile after running the Configure script,
or just save your current one and put it back when the Configure script
is through...

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Need telnet , ftp , rlogin 
From: jesse@mars.slu.edu
Date: 25 Jan 93 17:46:26 CST
Organization: Parks College St. Louis Univ.

Hello

	HELP I need a rlogin and telnet and ftp client for my LINUX 
box....I can telnet net from another machine into the linux box but I can not 
telnet out of the linux box....Same thing with rlogin and ftp....I do have a 
working rsh client though..

Linux Version 	99pl3
Compiler	GCC-2.3.3

E-MAIL Address 	tutterrowjg@sluvca.slu.edu 
		reavesga@pollux.slu.edu


Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: eeron@techunix.technion.ac.il (Ron Daisy)
Subject: f2c.h in SLS-0.99 is absent !
Reply-To: eeron@techunix.technion.ac.il (Ron Daisy)
Organization: Technion, Israel Inst. of Technology
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 16:37:31 GMT

I tryed to use the f77 scr to compile a fortran program,
and i noticed that the f2c.h file is missed.

Where can I get it ?
Is rhere a posibility to add it to SLS ?

Thanx!
From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: free and ps Don't Work under SLS 1.0
Date: 27 Jan 1993 13:56:15 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

glenn@cs.utexas.edu (Glenn G. Lai) writes:

>I've not seen others complain about this, but this happened to me with two sets
>of SLS files downloaded by two different people.  The error messages I got are

>	/# ps
>	/proc must be mounted
>	ps.c:read_globals:uptime: No such file or directory
>	/# free
>	cat: /proc/meminfo: No such file or directory
> 
>The "/proc" directory of course doesn't exist (yet).  Suggestions appreciated.


>Glenn

This has got to be in the FAQ its asked enough times...

Anyways, go to / and make a directory named proc.
Then add the next line to /etc/fstab:

/proc	/proc	proc	defaults

Then reboot, and proc will be mounted correctly.

James
From: kheldar@prism.gatech.EDU (Garner Halloran)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: cthreads package
Date: 27 Jan 93 05:46:08 GMT
Organization: College of Computing - Georgia Tech

Is anyone in the process of porting cthreads to Linux?  If not, then I will
attempt it.  I am taking an OS class that requires cthreads and it would be
nice to work at home.
-- 
"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely
 foolproof was to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
                                             - Douglas Adams, "Mostly Harmless"
Garner Halloran - kheldar@cc.gatech.edu
From: pmonday@luke.eecs.wsu.edu (Paul Monday - CS)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Working term program for Linux?
Date: 26 Jan 93 03:12:30 GMT
Article-I.D.: serval.1993Jan26.031230.19468
Organization: Washington State University!

In article <C1Fu8B.I85@ais.org> sno@ais.org (Stephen Opal) writes:
>Anyway, I've made several attempts at getting minicom to work, with some
>serious problems.  1) Anything that goes past the 79th column fails to 
>wrap the screen, and I lose the c\r, so several lines of "too long" text
>will overwrite itself.  2) The BS key sends ^? regardless of the setting
>(I presume that it is a destructive BS, but somehow doesn't get interpreted
>that way).
>So, I'm pretty much ending up having to switch to MSDOS to do much terminal
>communications.  Any clues or alternatives would be appreciated.
>
>Stephen N. Opal     sno@umcc.ais.org

Yes, someone please divulge the wisdom of being able to clear the screen on 
minicom, I would love to give this @#(& windoze terminal a permanent rest.

thank you
From: Oliver.Schwank@p6.f88.n246.z2.fidonet.org (Oliver Schwank)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Video timings for Xconfig
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 17:06:25 -0800

Hi,
I am looking for a way to calculate the video timings for my Xconfig out
of my monitor description.

I have a Nytech NM14t57AL and a Speedstar Plus with 1MB

The information which is provided by the manual is a complete list of
the timmings.
For example if have these pictures:

                                  E(J)
                   |<----------------------------->|
    Horiz.(Vert.)  |                               |
    Video ---------|          |--------------------|
                   |----------|                    |-------


                   |       |------|      |                  |
    Horiz.(Vert.)  |       |      |      |                  |
    Sync ----------|-------|      |--------------           |
                   |  A(F)   B(G)   C(H) |<---------------->|
                                               D(I) no borders
and this chart:
   H. Freq. 48.08k; V.Lines 600; V.Freq. 72.19; A (usec) 1.120
   B (usec) 2.400; C (usec) 1.280; D (usec) 16.000; E (usec) 20.800
   F (usec) 770; G (usec) 125; H (usec) 478; I (msec) 12.480; J (msec)
13.853

how can I calculate out of these numbers my Xconfig entries?

Oli




 * Origin: O.S Nr. 6 der Underground (2:246/88.6)
From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Nice'd users at login?
Date: 26 Jan 93 14:44:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: matt.1k4su6INNi0v
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) writes:

>In article <1993Jan25.234306.10019@athena.mit.edu> I.P.Morris@southampton.ac.uk writes:
>>Ok, Dumb question time again i'm afraid.
>>
>>I would like to have certain users logged in and automatically nice'd. (It's
>>My processor not theirs so i want use of it!)
>>
>>I tried to put nice -2 /bin/bash as the shell in /etc/passwd but it didn't seem
>>to like that idea.

>That's because nice is a shell builtin.

>mdw


One semi-gunky way to do this would be to add a check in /etc/profile to
check who the user is and renice their shell if its not in a list of
"priveleged" users.

James
From: tdunbar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu (Thomas Dunbar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: no login startup?
Date: 28 Jan 93 14:08:31 GMT
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

how can i make linux not run login but rather just 
run single user (as root)?


Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: rchen@fraser.sfu.ca (Robert Chen)
Subject: networking faq?
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 01:56:50 GMT

The linux networking faq that used to be on
sunsite:/pub/Linux/system/Network is now a symbolic link to a non
existent file (faq-net-0.99.2).  Can anyone tell me where this file
is?

- Rob
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: tep@engr.uark.edu (Tim Peoples)
Subject: Re: Prob. w/ outbound mail, inbound ok
Reply-To: tep@engr.uark.edu
Organization: University of Arkansas
Organiztion: University of Arkansas, Dept. of Computer Systems Engineering
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:59:24 GMT

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

>In article <1993Jan24.210346.3548@src.honeywell.com> bergstro@src.honeywell.com (Pete Bergstrom) writes:
>>
>>I'm having difficulty with sending mail and news from my home machine.
>>My news and mail feed is working perfectly; that is, I get anything
>>sent from the internet nodes I have accounts on, but I can't send
>>anything out. (It used to work, then I upgraded something - I don't
>>know what- and it broke).
>>
>>I've installed the latest SLS smail.tpz as well as a series of older
>>versions. 
>>
>>The /usr/spool/smail/msglog entry for each failed mail try is like this:
>>  Xdefer: <srcsip!bergstro> reason: (ERR_127) router uucp_neighbors:
>>  command `/usr/bin/uuname` returned exit status EX_256
>>
>	chown uucp.root /usr/bin/uuname
>	chmod u+s /usr/bin/uuname
>
>	At least that usually fixes it for me :)
>

   Nope, mine was already set that way and I still get the same message.

NOTE: This is with the smail3.1.28 from {mail,news}pak and an old version
      of uucp (dated Sept. something) all running at 0.97.4.  (Yea, I know,
      it's time to update; I plan to as soon as I get my new HD.)

   Anybody got any ideas???

-- 

+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
| Tim Peoples                          | The time has come the hacker said   |
| tep@engr.uark.edu                    | to talk of many things,             |
| Dept. of Computer Systems Engineering| of simms and sockets and semaphores |
| University of Arkansas, Fayetteville | of processes and pings....          |
+--------------------------------------+-------------------------------------+
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+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
From: sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk (Stephen Tweedie)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Creeping featursm (Was: Re: ANNOUNCE: linux-0.99 patchlevel 3)
Date: 21 Jan 93 16:26:33 GMT
	<1993Jan14.172817.7750@aston.ac.uk> <jeremy.727514644@chao>
Organization: University of Edinburgh Dept. of Computer Science, Scotland

In article <jeremy.727514644@chao>, jeremy@sw.oz.au (Jeremy Fitzhardinge) writes:
> I have no objection to things being added to Linux if they are useful,
> but System V-type IPC are not the way to go - they are BAD.  The main
> problem is that they use a completely different set of access methods
> and name space to everything else in the unix kernel.  Because they
> have very little common overlap with existing code, there is a higher
> chance of bugs, and a disproportionate amount of extra code for the
> extra functionality.

> I would suggest that mmap() type shared memory should be implemented.
> This is where a file gets mapped into a process's address space.
> All the processes mapping the same file get the same memory pages in
> their address spaces.  The mappings can be set up so modifications to
> the mapped pages can either be shared or private.

I agree with you from the "operating systems philosophy" point of
view.  Unfortunately, compatibility and performance are also issues.
We currently DO have SYSV-IPC as a kernel option; there is too much
software out there using these facilities to give them up.

IF we can implement SYSV-IPC in an efficient and totally
user-transparent way by building library calls on top of shared
memory, then that will be a reasonable way to go.  If not, then I
don't think we should strip the existing code from the kernel; it is
too useful, even if ugly.  We can always make it a kernel
configuration option.

However, that does not mean that mmap() for normal files is not worth
while.  It would be a clean and useful extension to the kernel.  I
just don't think we should throw away compatibility for the sake of
aesthetics.

Cheers,
 Stephen Tweedie.
---
Stephen Tweedie <sct@uk.ac.ed.dcs>   (Internet: <sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk>)
Department of Computer Science, Edinburgh University, Scotland.
From: mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
Subject: *** WHERE TO GET THE LINUX FAQ ***
Followup-To: poster
Organization: Linux
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 04:19:22 GMT

NEW USERS: WHERE TO GET THE LINUX FAQ (please read)

PLEASE: EVERYONE read the FAQ for this group before posting questions. Many 
people (myself included) worked hard to produce the FAQ to accurately answer 
all of your questions. The new version of the FAQ (with many updates, 
clarifications, etc.) will only come out every month! So you won't see it 
posted that often. In the meantime you'll have to get it in one of the
following ways:

1)  ftp to tsx-11.mit.edu. It's the file /pub/linux/FAQ. It's one big
    ASCII file (about 150k). 
or  ftp to sunsite.unc.edu. It's the file /pub/Linux/docs/FAQ. Again, one
    big ASCII file, same thing as on tsx-11.mit.edu.

2)  If you don't have FTP access, you can retrieve it via the mailserver at
    pit-manager.mit.edu. Send mail to mail-server@pit-manager.mit.edu with the
    word "help" in the body.
or  If you simply can't find the FAQ, I will mail it to you myself. Just
    send me mail (mdw@tc.cornell.edu).

3)  The most recent FAQ will be posted to comp.os.linux, comp.os.linux.announce,
    and news.answers every month (if you want to wait...).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Read the "Meta-FAQ" posted weekly to this group.
It gives you all of the pointers on where to look for Linux information.

Thanks.

mdw
-- 
Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu 
  "Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?" 
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh)
Subject: Re: Problems while booting with new Kernel
Organization: Jim's Burger Hut and Ferengi Tavern, Deep Space Nine
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 02:58:29 GMT

In article <6-PCNews-124beta@alpha.saar.de> georg@alpha.saar.de (Georg Edelmann) writes:
>Hello experienced Linuxers,
>
>the beginning of this week I got my first Linux version (0.98p5).
>After some minor installation problems, it's time for me to rebuild
>the Kernel. I did the following :
>- read the README
>- make a new .config File with "make config"
>- generate new dependencies with "make dep"
>  ("make clean" was not necessary after the first try)
>- rebuild Image with "make disk"
>
>Oh, happy day - everything worked fine (only my damned 486 needs
>more RAM - the make lasts for 45 minutes).
>Only a small problem is left :
>
>     I can't boot with the new generates floppy. :-(


You MUST edit the /usr/src/linux/Makefile AS IT SAYS in the README file there.
You must edit this file; configuration doesn't do everything; it doesn't
set your ROOT_DEV, keyboard, or anything like that.

mdw
-- 
Matt Welsh     mdw@tc.cornell.edu     Cornell Theory Center
  "Donuts. Is there anything they can't do?" 
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: pep@wicked.demon.co.uk (Phil Packer)
Subject: Re: TextSearch under Linux
Reply-To: pep@wicked.demon.co.uk
Distribution: world
X-Mailer: cppnews $Revision: 1.30 $
Organization: No chance
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 22:41:51 +0000

In article <7-PCNews-124beta@alpha.saar.de> georg@alpha.saar.de (Georg Edelmann) writes:
> Hello Linux-World,
> 
> I'm quite sure that anyone had this problem too :
> 
> what's the shell command(s) for searching text in files recursively
> in all subdirectories from a given point in FS tree ?
> 
> Thanks for help.
> 
> Georg
> 
> 
> ----
> Georg Edelmann                                  Telephone: 49-7643-8807
> georg@alpha.saar.de                             Address:   Dragonerstrasse 47
>                                                            D 7834 Herbolzheim 4
>                                                            Germany
> 

I find that

grep "something" `find / -name "fred.txt" -print`

will find "something" in all files called "fred.txt" anywhere in the filesystem

Edit to taste!

Phil 8-)

ps you _do_ (IMHO) need all the quotes if you have wildcards in this anywhere!
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale)
Subject: Re: Strange SCSI
Organization: Naval Research Laboratory
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 05:23:25 GMT

In article <727802343.AA35285@remote.halcyon.com> Ulf.Bartelt@p2.f3420.n241.z2.fidonet.org (Ulf Bartelt) writes:
>Hi All!
>
>I just added a 2nd ST296N to my configuration:
>
>- ST-01 jimpered to zero waitstates
>- 2*ST296N / sda1 == sdb1 == one primary partition
>  formatted with interleave 2
>- 386dx-25
>
>After booting, mkefs-ing and mounting sdb1 to /user, I tried
>
>   (cwd==/user)  tar clpf - / | tar xvpf -
>
>Some minutes of work on both drive result in a coldboot (yes, with
>memory check)...
>
>This happens with kernel 0.99.2...

	I think that this is a known problem and it is fixed in 0.99.4. If
0.99.4 does not solve this problem, then let me know, because it indicates
another problem that needs to be looked at.

-Eric


-- 
A host is a host from coast to coast.....eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil
& no one will talk to a host that's close..........................
Unless the host (that isn't close).................................
is busy, hung or dead................................Eric Youngdale
From: higgins@sisley.uni-paderborn.de (Frank Westheider)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Bug stayed in 0.99p4 (WD7000FASST)
Date: 24 Jan 1993 23:50:58 +0100
Organization: Universitaet Paderborn, Germany
NNTP-Posting-Host: sisley.uni-paderborn.de
Keywords: WD7000, SCSI, 99p4


Hi Folks !

There is still a bug in  the SCSI-WD-Sources .
Take the file wd7000.c and go to the end of the file.
There the info-block is set up. Exchange the info-block as follows

  info[0] = 64;
  info[1] = 32;

Can someone please tell this bug to the SCSI-Administrator of LInux.

Thanks

  Frank  (higgins@uni-paderborn.de)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: munn@ug.cs.dal.ca (Richard B Munn)
Subject: TRIDENT CARD
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:39:50 GMT

Has anybody been able to get their Trident card (8900 or 9000) running 
at 1024x768 in monochrome mode?

I can get it to run at 800x600-2, but NOT 1024x768-2.

Could you forward me your Xconfig file?

Thank you,

Rick.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: dejesus@pluto.nwc.navy.mil (Francisco X DeJesus)
Subject: Re: SLS Installation
Organization: Science Applications International Corp.
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:55:45 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.115823.3929@mic.ucla.edu> iwelch@agsm.ucla.edu (Ivo Welch) writes:
>
>I am a bit confused about the SLS (linux) installation.  I am  getting a
>laptop, already formatted  for DOS, and I want  to make linux  my second
>partition.  I would have thought I should:
>
>	[1] backup the DOS volume
>	[2] repartition the hard disk using DOS's fdisk utility for
>		2 volumes. I can then handle partition 1 with standard
>		DOS tools. 
>	[3] build a Linus file-system, probably booting from SLS disk
>		a1 and a2, and using mkfs.
>
>Instead, SLS   asks me  to use  its  own fdisk   utility. I am concerned
>whether this is identical to using the DOS fdisk utility. Is it?

The DOS documentation says to use the DOS-Fdisk to create/manipulate
DOS partitions. For other OS's, it tells you to use whatever is appropriate
to that OS. In the case of Linux, it happens to be Linux's "fdisk".

I suppose you will have to use DOS fdisk to give x% of your disk to DOS
then go into Linux and use it to give the remainder to Linux.
-- 
      Francisco X DeJesus  ----- S A I C -----  dejesus@chinalake.navy.mil
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: aircan!jmh (Jean-Marc Heneman 4824)
Subject: Re: This newsgroup should be DEAD by now!
Reply-To: aircan!jmh (Jean-Marc Heneman 4824)
Organization: The Internet
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 14:27:15 GMT

|From: krej@electrum.kth.se (Kristian Ejvind)
|Subject: This newsgroup should be DEAD by now!

|Please don't post anything here. comp.os.linux is the right way to go.
|Isn't it time do delete this group?

|/Kristian


Yes, but what is the mailing list we should SUBSCRIBE to then?

jmh
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux