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From: geek+@CMU.EDU (Brian E. Gallew)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Lilo 0.7 and 0.99
Date: 14 Dec 92 11:52:11 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.wf=E8=u00VB3E4DdNU
Organization: Administrative Computing & Info Services, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Any particular reason that lilo will give a floating point exception
and coredump when do (I thing) step for of the install sequence
according to the README (you know, the one where you install lilo on a
floppy)?  If it makes a difference, I answered "y" to "Kernel floating
point emulation" when I did make config for the kernel.

                                  -Brian

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From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
Subject: Re: ps and /dev/kmem
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 12:24:20 GMT

zdenek@ksr.com (Zdenek Radouch) writes:
>This is unfortunately impossible to do with a single executable (you
>need two, one suid) under POSIX or Sys V, so GNUmake will not work on
>these machines.

Gee, I had no problem configuring out the load average counting in GNU
make.  I didn't want it (even under Linux) because of the set_g_id
stuff, so I changed the Makefile as indicated in itself, and it
worked.  Can't imagine why it wouldn't work under POSIX or SYSV.

--
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   MS-DOS, you can't live with it, you can live without it.
From: steve@Nyongwa.CAM.ORG (Steve M. Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: mail: Segmentation fault
Date: 11 Dec 92 15:29:11 GMT
Organization: Chiral Symmetry Breaking, Inc.

In article <1992Dec11.120053.20679@aston.ac.uk> evansmp@uhura.aston.ac.uk (Mark Evans) writes:

>in fact the problem is in the mktemp() routine in libc.
>and is 'fixed' by compiling with -fwritable-strings

If this is true, then I'm confused:  getty_ps also uses the mktemp()
routine, and has no problems under pl6 without writable-strings.

Is there something else you have to do in conjunction with mktemp() to
expose the bug?

-- 
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What do you call 300 politicians dead at the bottom of the sea?
A good start.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: chrisa@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (C. G. Albone)
Subject: empire sources on sunsite
Organization: /etc/organization
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 01:12:27 GMT

Hello all,

	Sorry to waste bandwidth over this question but....

	Where are the sources to empire kept on sunsite?
I have looked in /pub/Linux/games/empire but i can't see
any sign of the sources.

thanx
chris.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: tk76008@cs.tut.fi (Kokkinen Timo)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: can't compile anything under SLS; please help me!
Date: 13 Dec 92 16:22:11
Organization: Tampere University of Technology, Finland
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: pohjanrastas.cs.tut.fi
In-reply-to: buchanan@rintintin.Colorado.EDU's message of Thu, 10 Dec 1992 17:12:15 GMT

In article <1992Dec10.171215.18186@ucsu.Colorado.EDU> buchanan@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (BUCHANAN TIMOTHY E) writes:

   I wrote before that the uucp binaries aren't working for me under SLS. I got
   the Taylor104 gamma dist and tried to make them. I got the same error when
   trying to make ckermit. It says

   /usr/include/sys/types.h:1: linux/types.h: No such file or directory

   What can this mean? There is a types.h in /usr/include/sys, marked read only.
   The sys dir and its parents are rwx.

   I tried make -I/usr/include/sys but that didn't work either.

   What must I do so make will work? Someone please help; I'm running out of time.

You need Linux source package (lx98p5.taz or something on SLS disk b4). It
includes that missing linux/types.h and other necessary header files to compile
programs under linux.

   Timothy. 
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From: c60b-1fk@e260-1c.berkeley.edu (Ahmon Dancy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: .98pl6 kernel compilation
Date: 13 Dec 1992 00:30:03 GMT
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: e260-1c.berkeley.edu
Originator: c60b-1fk@e260-1c.berkeley.edu


I'm having trouble compiling .98pl6.  Here's the situation.  After
compiling all of the *.c files, it tries to link them all together.
This is where the problem is.  It works for a few seconds and then
says:
kernel/kernel.o: Undefined symbol _si_meminfo referenced from text segment
and something similar about _si_swapinfo in the same file and
also in filesystems.a(proc.o).

Has anyone else has this problem?  I've looked through the files and
found si_meminfo() in mm/memory.c and and si_swapinfo in mm/swap.c.  I'm
really confused.  

Also:   How come ld86 creates a header on the executables that build.c
does not expect?  I modified build.c so that it still work with these
different headers but I would prefer not to have to do that.  Any information
on this is also appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
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From: ianj@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Ian Justman )
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Clue to why 0.98.6 won't boot
Date: 11 Dec 92 11:18:39 GMT
Organization: Citrus Grove Public Access ( 916 ) 381-5822    Sacramento CA.  USA
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

jefftep@cs.utexas.edu (Jeffrey Grills) writes:
: Some short time ago I wrote:
: >I've been trying to track down why 0.98.6 doesn't boot
: >for me.  Unfortunately, I have some exams this week
: >and I can't complete the investigation for a while, but
: >I thought I'd announce what I've found.
: >
: >Booting hangs right before the partition table gets
: >printed to the screen.  So, i tracked down that, and
: >added a printk() in the top of sys_setup() in 
: >kernel/blk_drv/genhd.c, just after the callable = 0;
: >statement.  Well, this printk() gets displayed on the
: >screen, and then nothing else happens.  it never
: >shows the partition table and never says the partition
: >table is okay.

Have you made that image chain to your root device?  Better try
this before trying anything else.  Here's how you go about doing it:

rootdev (or rdev) [imagename] [rootdevice]

where imagename is what file (or device if you're booting from
a floppy) you want to modify, and rootdevice is where your root
filesystem resides.

-- 
Born to void warranties!	ianj@ijpc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: koch@rtsg.mot.com (Clifton Koch)
Subject: Dos Emulator Problems
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 04:58:01 GMT

  Has anyone else had problems with the emulator getting a segmentation fault
*and* figured out what the problem was?  I haven't gotten any of the versions
to do anything other than core dump.  If I run gdb (which I *don't* know how
to use), it says signal 11 was received, which is of course a segmentation
violation.

  I've seen messages from other people saying they have had it running well,
but it doesn't get anywhere on my system.

  Any ideas?

  Thanks,
  CVK
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: keith@ksmith.uucp (Keith Smith)
Subject: Re: SysVr4 ABI (was Re: What *doesnt* work under linux)
Organization: Keith's Computer, Hope Mills, NC
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 03:59:54 GMT

In article <9212091541.20@rmkhome.UUCP> rmk@rmkhome.UUCP (Rick Kelly) writes:
>All I'm saying is that iBCS binary compatibility might be useful for
                                                  ^^^^^

Might my *ss.  *WOULD*

>increasing the number of Linux users in the general public.

I know 3 people that would use it as it sits, if it would run SCO
binaries (COFF).

Are there *ANY* licensing restrictions on either coff or elf?


-- 
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: djr48312@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Robinson)
Subject: Any one compiled xtank?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 14:44:36 GMT

I was wondering if anyone compiled xtank on linux.  Im about to try myself
and will let you know how it goes.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: steve@rama.demon.co.uk (Steve Entwistle)
Subject: Re: Olvwm won't run... Help!! 
Distribution: world
Organization: None
Reply-To: steve@rama.demon.co.uk
X-Mailer: Simple NEWS 1.90 (ka9q DIS 1.18)
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 15:47:08 +0000


In article <1ge5s0INNbdp@tamsun.tamu.edu> ail8070@tamuts.tamu.edu writes:

>Can someone with olvwm working tell me why it doesn't work for me?
>I got olvwm-bin.t.Z from sunsite, unpacked it, and did what where_to_put
>said.  I then change the twm line to olvwm -3d in my  .xinitrc, and
>then startx.  The mouse pointer showed up for about 30 sec. and then
>I'm back in text mode with some message saying can't open display.
>This happens whether I set DISPLAY to :0 or not.
>
>Am I missing something?  Someone give me some hints please!!
>

Please post the *exact* messages that X produces at startup, along with
a copy of your Xconfig file .... this will give us more to go on.

Steve
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: rajat@watson.ibm.com (Rajat Datta)
Subject: jump libraries query
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 19:56:08 GMT
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Organization: IBM T.J. Watson Research Center

How does one build a jump library?  Is there any documentation or
notes?  Any help will be much appreciated.  Thanks.

-- 
rajat (rajat@watson.ibm.com)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: andrewm@runx.oz.au (Andrew McLaren)
Subject: Trident & X: Good News!
Organization: RUNX Un*x Timeshare.  Sydney, Australia.
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 01:01:27 GMT

Many thanks to those who replied to my earlier post:

    David Stretch <dds@leicester.ac.uk>
    ail8070@tamuts.tamu.edu (Andy I. Liaw)
    keving@netcom.com (Kevin Gwarada)
    Carlo Dapor <cdapor@iiic.ethz.ch>

for their sensible suggestions about getting X and Trident to work; 
unfortunately none of which made any difference (thanks anyway, guys).

However, I do now have X working in conjunction with a Trident 
TVGA8900C. I had been running SLS 0.98.pl5-41. System hung every time 
I ran X. Much nashing of teeth.

Then I booted up off the "old" boot image, which was 0.98-22. X ran, 
no worries! Of course, now the "ps" command doesn't work, etc but at 
least I have windows. I only have a binary distribution, so I can't 
"use the source, Luke" to figure out why this should be so - nor do I 
suspect, have I the patience. Roll on, Linux 1.0!

Andrew McLaren
andrewm@runx.oz.au         Sydney Australia      vox: +61-2-51-2978
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: cronin@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Fester the Penguin)
Subject: Using a dumb terminal with Linux
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 04:41:45 GMT

Since my VGA monitor died recently, I've been looking for a way to
use a dumb terminal with linux. Thanks to Thomas Ulich and his help,
I am now able to do just that. Here's how:
  
   vi your /etc/inittab file. Uncomment the line with a /dev/ttys1 in it.
Make sure you are using the correct baud rate and serial port (ttys0 = port 1).
To log in as root from the dumb terminal, add ttys1 to your /etc/securetty
file. 

Now. for the plea for help - I've a Regent 20 terminal rather than a VT100
dumb terminal. I don't have the setup info needed for a regent. Does anyone
have a termcap file with a Regent 20 entry in it?

Thanks,
Tom C.

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cronin@ecn.purdue.edu       |  rather, it is something to rebel against."
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: ianj@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Ian Justman )
Subject: Re: Soundstuff under 0.98pl6
Organization: Citrus Grove Public Access ( 916 ) 381-5822    Sacramento CA.  USA
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 11:50:07 GMT
X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4

esaffle@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Ed Saffle) writes:
: In article <1992Dec5.223245.11173@athena.mit.edu> alsaggaf@athena.mit.edu (M. Saggaf) writes:
: >The "sound stuff" consists of drivers for the Sound Blaster, Sound
: >Blaster Pro, and Pro Audio Spectrum cards. It also includes support
: 
:   While we are on this subject...I have the Media Vision Thunder Board
: which is (as far as I know) Sound Blaster compatible.  I've run many
: different softwares with it while set to sound blaster and they sound pretty
: good.  Anyway, will the sound kit work with this card?  If it does, does
: anything need to be changed?  I have the kit, just haven't had a chance
: to install yet.

Does the said driver set use the DMA feature of abovementioned cards?
if not, I have a hankerin' to write some driver code for printer-port
code, mainly for homebrewn D/A converters and, as soon as I get the
developer's kit, the Disney Sound Source.
-- 
Born to void warranties!	ianj@ijpc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: david@ods.com (David Engel)
Subject: Re: Security problem with "rm"
Organization: Optical Data Systems, Inc.
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 02:55:34 GMT

Martin Kosina (kosina@techbook.com) wrote:
: I am having a serious security problem with the 'rm' command.
: I have discovered that non-superusers can REMOVE files owned
: by root. I doubt that such a serious bug could exist in Linux,
: it must be something in my setup:

: This is a file in /etc that I will try to delete:

: -rw-r--r--  1 root    root         62 Dec 11 21:02 rc.local

: When I do 'rm rc.local' rm responds:

: rm: remove `rc.local`, overriding mode 0644?

: If I than say yes, it will be DELETED !

What are the permissions on /etc?  You don't need access to a file to
be able to delete it.  All you need is write access to the directory
the file is in.

David
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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: tjrc1@cus.cam.ac.uk (T.J.R. Cutts)
Subject: Xmodmap files for UK keyboard
Organization: U of Cambridge, England
Distribution: uk
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 00:26:46 GMT

Sometime ago somebody sent me an Xmodmap file with UK keyboard definitiions,
which I have now lost!  (very clever!)  Could some obliging person furnish me
with a new copy?

Thanks a lot.

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From: talley@ashleigh.Kodak.COM (Brian K. Talley)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: IV-doc situation.
Date: 17 Dec 92 17:46:30 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co., Rochester, NY

In article <92350.152056ACPS7221@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca> ACPS7221@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca writes:
>
>   Hello all:
>   It appears that the newest doc will not run on a 386 without a math chip.
>   I am not sure if it will run on the 386 + 387 combination O.K., but it
>   definitely does on the 486DX.

FYI - Doc runs fine on my 386+387 notebook.  As does IDraw.

--Brian
__________
Brian Talley, Systems Consultant, Eastman Kodak Research Labs, Rochester, NY
talley@acadia.kodak.com

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wirzeniu@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Lars Wirzenius)
Subject: Re: A proposal for organizing comp.os.linux. [NEW-CHANNELS]
Followup-To: news.groups
Keywords: stupid ignorant crybaby
Organization: University of Helsinki
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 03:46:14 GMT

Welcome back to the bitching-about-the-split-that-failed saga!

emf@freedom.nmsu.edu writes:
>It DID PASS, people... just not by a wide enough margin to satisfy
>some ignorant administrative slob who doesn't even read the bloody
>group anyway.  

I guess you're referring to the moderator of news.announce.newgroups,
David Lawrence.  He doesn't make the rules.  The rule (strictly
speaking it is a guideline that is followed more rigorously than most
laws in the world) is not his invention, he just follows it (if he
didn't, he'd be kicked out of moderatorship).  That rule/guideline is
there because the people who get to decide want it there.  Those
people are not the Usenetters in general, but the administrators of
Usenet systems.

> I think the split should go thru.

In this particular case, it really doesn't matter what you think.

>IMHO, anyone who cross-posts an announcement to both c.o.l and c.o.l.a
>is an idiot.

You're entitled to your opinion.  I'm entitled to my opinion about
people who don't know how Usenet works and flame when things go how
they want.  (I'm not telling you what my opinion is, 'cause this isn't
alt.flame.)

>and just because it will irritate someone, here's how I think this
>silly overpopulated group should be split...

Come back in about six months (or is it five already?), do a new
RFD/CFV, and then perhaps it will be split.

[ Followups to news.groups, the correct place to flame about newsgroup
  creation, desctruction, renaming, splitting, etc. ]

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: mnl@idtsun.e-technik.th-darmstadt.de (Michael N. Lipp)
Subject: swap file > 16M
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:29:52 GMT
Organization: TH-Darmstadt

Hi,

I installed Linux from the SLS 0.98pl6 distribution.  First thing I did
was to make a swap file with 32M (I have used Interactive before and I 
know that I need that much). When I add the swap space, however, Linux
says "16M swap space added", and `free -m' confirms this.

Where have my other 16M precious disk space gone? Is it not possible to
have swap files (or partitions) > 16M? If so, why?

(Please answer by e-mail, I try to read this group, but with all this
traffic I sometimes miss articles.)

Thanks

    Michael
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From: Jim.Corbett@f35.n152.z1.fidonet.org (Jim Corbett)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: TO ALL THOSE WHO THINK THE VOLUME IN comp.os.linux IS TOO HIGH
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:58:01 -0800

 > I agree! I cannot keep up with hundreds of Linux News
 > everyday...

Simple solution, read COHERENT.USERS, only 8 msgs a week!

That was a bit rude, but LINUX is still developing, and gathering USERS,
and I just feel like being RUDE at the moment...

I suspect that after LinusT releases version 1.0 that things will settle
down.  Keep your cool awhile longer. PLEASE!

My wish is that we will see LOTS of patch levels to 0.99 and that 1.0
will be solid for at least 6 months. (with patches available for special
user needs).


I do not reply alot in this area, but I do READ it ALL. Yes, a bit of a
pain at 100 plus msgs a day.  I have learned alot about UNIX (TM) and
LINUX (C) and the pain of reading about someones problems with software
or hardware I do not have is a small inconvience to the benefits of the
other msgs that HAVE been of use to me.

My thanks to ALL the msg writers, from LINUS on down!

May the holiday season treat you well!

 * Origin: Intermittent Connection, Eugene OR 503-344-9838 (1:152/35)

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: chuck@perlab.eas.asu.edu (Chuck Lunskis)
Subject: Anyone working on X server for Mach32 accelerator?
Followup-To: comp.os.linux
Keywords: Linux X11 ATI 
Organization: C.H.A.O.S.
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 03:18:46 GMT

Just wondering...
Is anyone working on building an X server that is optimized to work on the
Mach32 graphics accelerator?  (The chip in the new ATI graphics ultra pro/
ultra+)

Would it improve the performance over using say, the X8514 server?  I'm 
guessing it would, since the X8514 server is built to interface to any
generic 8514-compatible card.

Any gurus out there who know the answer? 

Thanks.
Chuckster

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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: janl@ifi.uio.no (Jan Nicolai Langfeldt)
Subject: Re: Linux install will not recognize my SCSI drive! HELP
Keywords: RTFM
Organization: Folkeaksjonen for gjeninsettelse av Revolvermagasinet
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 12:40:27 GMT
Originator: janl@driva.ifi.uio.no


In article <baloo.724378336@mik.uky.edu>, baloo@nx09.mik.uky.edu (kevin s coupal) writes:
> I'm trying to install the small version of linux on my 486 machine.  I have
> the first for A disks.  And it boots just fine except it sais SCSI drives
> found 0 tape drives found 0 but it finds my two floppy drives.  I havve
> a colorado memory 250 meg tape drive, and a CDC 87 meg SCSI drive.  Any
> help would be greatly appreciated.  And the hard drive controller is 
> DTC if that helps any.

This is what comes from not reading the docs... From the linux faq:

 QUESTION: What SCSI hosts are supported?

 ANSWER: The Adaptec 154x, Adaptec 174x Future Domain 16x0,  Seagate ST0x, 
 Ultrastor 14F, and Western Digital 7000FASST  are supported.  Various Adaptec 
 clones from Bustek and Future Domain are known to work, in both ISA and EISA 
 flavors.

Now, unless your DTC emulates one of the above cards you're out of
luck. As for the tape drive, linux does not support anything but SCSI
tapes without kernel patches, so you correctly get a report of 0 tapes.

From a question you ask (but I don't know the answer for) I deduce
that you're trying to install SLS, and checking the SLS docs, sure
enough, they say "SCSI" but don't mention that it only works on
certain SCSI cards... Maybe the SLS docs needs to be fixed or
suplemented?

Nicolai
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Internet: janl@ifi.uio.no

Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: djr48312@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dennis Robinson)
Subject: dbx debugger out there?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 07:34:46 GMT

Ive done all of my previous C debugging with dbx, Im wondering if we have
it for linux.  I have the SLS dist. and only have gdb which I am not really
aquanted with.