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From: rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller, Linux Device Registrar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Kernel build benchmark
Summary: Hey, you're *lucky*.
Date: 17 Dec 92 05:26:14 GMT
Organization: Just me.
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.2.33

cae@davidge.com (Caleb Epstein) writes:
>	I'm currently rebuilding the 0.98.5 kernel and believe I
>will weigh in with the *worst* benchmark in Linux history.
>The machine doing the compiling is a '386-16 with 2Mb ram
>and a 35 Mb Linux-MINIX partition and a 6 Mb swap partition.
>I started the build this morning around 10 am and right now
>(1:13 pm) its only up to the SCSI code.  I'd say that's
>probably about 3/4 through all of the modules.  I figure
>it'll be done sometime around 2:30 or 3 pm.

Hey, you're making good time compared to my last compile of 0.99!
I was running the 0.98.6 kernel, gcc 2.2.2d7, on a 386SX/16 w/ 2Mb RAM
and a 27 Mb Linux-*Extended* partition and a 5 Mb swap partition.
That compile took a total of SIXTEEN HOURS.  (Still, it might have
been quicker if I hadn't been compiling stuff [LILO B.7, extfs-progs,
and the latest version of poeigl] on other virtual consoles while
downloading stuff through kermit5A on another...)

>	This little UNIX is a tribute to its author(s).  The
>fact that I can compile *anything* on this hunk-of-junk PC
>is near miraculous.

You should see the guys' jaws drop at work when I tell them what my
poor little box has been doing all night.   :-)

	"Uh, Rick...  Did you know your hard-drive light is on?"

	"Huh?  Oh, yeah... it's compiling a few things in the background."

	[Then the fella's mouth opens successively wider each time I show
	 him the activity on yet another virtual console...]

My box at home is a little nicer (386DX/25 w/ 4 Mb RAM, etc. on an ext-fs).
It only took 45 minutes to compile the Linux 0.99 kernel, even while reading
news and stuff on the university machine through kermit5a.

Rick Miller   <rick@ee.uwm.edu> | <rick@discus.mil.wi.us>   Ricxjo Muelisto
Occupation:  Husband, Father, WEPCo. WAN Mgr., Discus Sys0p, and  Linux fan
From: probreak@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: UUCP help!!!!!!!
Date: 13 Dec 1992 20:47:20 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: matt.ksu.ksu.edu

ianj@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Ian Justman ) writes:

>steve@Nyongwa.CAM.ORG (Steve M. Robbins) writes:
>: I also had these problems under pl6 (presumably it also breaks under pl5)
>: so what I did was recompile smail and taylor with "-fwritable-strings".
>: Now they both work.  

>It does indeed not work under pl5.  I was hoping it would work under pl6,
>but NOT!

>However, by now, you might have seen my message, I _HAVE_ tried recompil-
>ing with the oh-so-much-recommended -fwritable-strings flag,

>AND IT _STILL_ BOMBS WITH A SEGMENTATION FAULT AND DUMPS CORE!!!!!!!

>The software I'm using is patchlevel 6 of the kernel, gcc 2.2.2dm
>shared libraries 4.1 (I think; whatever came with the SLS pl5 dist.).

This is your problem right there. The 4.1 libraries have a broken sigaction
that will cause core dumps. Get the latest version of libc off of 
tsx-11.mit.edu in the puv/linux/GCC directory. Its called libc.so.4.2.Z


>I've traced the problem to a sigaction() call in the usset_signal()
>function in sys1.c (hardlinked to sys1.unx) when I run uucico through
>gdb.

>Only one other option I haven't tried; try uucico under pl5 now that I
>have recompiled it.
>-- 
>Born to void warranties!	ianj@ijpc.UUCP

James
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: jense@stud.cs.uit.no (Jens Kristian Elstad)
Subject: xview manuals/books
Organization: University of Tromsoe, Norway
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 20:53:11 GMT

Hi !

Is there anyone that knows of any documentation on using/programming
xview. Any manuals, text docs or any books ??

                         Kristian
                   jense@stud.cs.uit.no
From: operjsl@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: ATTENTION 0.99 TCP/IP FIXERS!
Date: 17 Dec 1992 09:05:29 GMT
Organization: Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Reply-To: operjsl@HYDRA.ROSE-HULMAN.EDU
NNTP-Posting-Host: hydra.rose-hulman.edu

Ok, here's the deal on my machine.  I booted the original 0.99 source, patched
for the inode stuff.  My machine booted fine, and all of the tcp/ip stuff
seemed to work ok INCLUDING the daemons: telnetd, talkd, etc.  Then I applied
the four tcp/ip patches on sunsite.unc.edu and recompiled.  Now none of the
daemons work at all.  I can telnet out, but not in.  I also have trouble with
ftp at times.  I noticed when I was doing the patching that one of the diffs
in patch 4 reversed an earlier one.  I told it to go ahead reverse.  Was that
the correct decision?  Any chance of the daemons ever working again?

Jeff Little
operjsl@rosevc.rose-hulman.edu
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: lam836@cs.cuhk.hk (Savio Lam)
Subject: Re: SLS
Organization: Faculty of Engineering, The Chinese U. of Hong Kong
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 01:06:15 GMT

lmy@ncn.UUCP (Lars Myraas) writes:

>jting@mobius01.math.uwaterloo.ca () writes:
>: 
>: I am planning to install linux on my machine (SLS).  Where is the most 
>: updated FTP site where I can get all the disks (for version 0.99)?  
>: Thanks for any replies.

>Try tsx-11.mit.edu

Or sunsite.unc.edu.

Regards,
Savio Lam.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: root@rshark.mixcom.com (Brian Kapitan)
Subject: init-ing Diamond stealth clocks
Organization: Secret Sound
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 20:34:57 GMT

i've seen quite a number of posts on init-ing the stealth clocks
to 1024x768x256 mode....

the easiest way is a simple little kernel patch to setup.S...and then
recompile the kernel and you're in business. works great for me, AND
i don't have to run DOS!

just toss the follwing in (a few preceeding lines have been included
so you know where to toss them in):

...in setup.S:

! Get video-card data:
	
	mov	ah,#0x0f
	int	0x10
	mov	[4],bx		! bh = display page
	mov	[6],ax		! al = video mode, ah = window width

! init diamond stealth clock

	mov	ax,#0x4f02
	mov	bx,#0x0105
	int	0x10
	mov	ax,#0x4f02
	mov	bx,#0x0002
	int	0x10

be sure to delete setup.s and setup.o BEFORE recompiling, so that the
files will be re-made properly. note again, delete setup.s not setup.S!!

-- 
"If you wait long enough, a car will come." -- anon
Brian Kapitan, root@rshark.mixcom.com
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: ajake@mits.mdata.fi (Jarkko Aitti)
Subject: MFM and IDE drives coexist under Linux? (question)
Organization: Microdata Oy, Helsinki, Finland
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 18:34:16 GMT

In article <Bz74Lz.wL5@citrus.SAC.CA.US> ianj@citrus.SAC.CA.US ( Ian Justman ) writes:

>Also, the most readily-available patch is the XT patch.  Unfortunately for
>me, the patch was written for a DTC controller, and I have a Western Digital,

Hmm, XT patch? I have two st412 compatible controllers (both 16bit) :

 1) MFM 1:1 interleave HFDC-6V which has no switches nor bios + floppy
    controller. (one seagate st-251 attached)

 2) RLL 1:1 interleave DTC 7187, which is jumpered to secondary IO adresses.
    (one seagate st-251 attached)

I'd like to get these babies working with linux (dos not needed:), how can i
accomplish this?

Both drives are now jumpered to driveselect 0.

I have also third drive which is smaller and like use it also and put it in
first controller which is MFM and use those 'bigger' ones (st251 is such a
beast:-) with secondary controller (RLL), is this possible?

Notice that only the RLL (DTC7187) can be switched to other IO address and has
a bios in it and it has no floppy part..

I tried with those 2 drives both in secondary RLL controller and bios or
something complained at bootup something about of primary drive not existing.

Linux doesn't see second drive at current configuration, dos fdisk sees it but
when i tried to partition it, it only got wicked (funny sounds).

So, i think that first job is to fix hardware, i seen general postings about
this and i wonder if i need to change interrupt from secondary controller
or just 'multiplex' them with diodes?

If separate interrupts are needed what should i do? should i cut int14 from
second controller and connect it to int15? anything else?

Or should i leave both on interrupt 14 and put diodes in them? how so i do
that? by cutting int14 line and putting diode between (anode towards card and
kathode towards bus?) ?? and 10k pulldown resistor to other? (from kathode to
ground?) 

Next i would like to know what i should do with linux kernel to get those
supported? (anybody done it?)


More notices: to get those working this far i was forced to use secondary
controllers own bios configuration with secondary drive, so only first drive
is in machines own bios setup. ( i think that this must be done also if i ever
want more than two drives working )

Please help, i'd really like to get linux running again.
(with more diskspace&speed :-) (RLL is faster ya know:)
--

  Name: Jarkko J. Aitti     Mail: ajake@mits.mdata.fi
From: steve@Nyongwa.CAM.ORG (Steve M. Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Memory manager or scheduler change in pl6?
Summary: Machine slows to a C-R-A-W-L :-(
Keywords: slow
Date: 15 Dec 92 03:48:37 GMT
Organization: Chiral Symmetry Breaking, Inc.

LINUS:

Did you change anything major to do with memory management or process
scheduling between 0.98 pl1 and pl6?

I did the jump a couple weeks ago, skipping everything in between, and after 
recompiling stuff left and right to get rid of the stat() warnings :-) 
things seemed to be going well. 

However, on occasion (and seemingly more frequently) the machine will just
slow down to a crawl to the point that hitting CR at the shell prompt takes 20
minutes to respond ... until about a dozen "out of memory" messages appear, a
few processes get killed off, and then it's back to normal.

I never saw this phenomenon running under any previous releases, except
when I did things like "make -j" on a big package.  :-)  But it didn't even
take much to cause it in pl6 -- a few shells, a couple editors, and some
news thing (rn or news spooling in the background...).  And I'm back on pl1
now running the same binaries with no trouble, so it seems likely that
something weird is going on in the kernel, rather than a true memory
shortage.

I have 8 MB of memory, but no swapping installed.  (never needed it before)

-- 
Steve Robbins  --  steve@nyongwa.cam.org
They paved paradise -- to put up a parking lot.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: erc@unislc.uucp (Ed Carp)
Subject: Re: keyboard problems - v.99
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Organization: Unisys Corporation SLC
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 19:57:05 GMT

Dean Troyer (troyer@saifr00.cfsat.honeywell.com) wrote:

: Port 61 is listed in my BIOS reference as being the PS/2 System Port B, although
: it's not unique to PS/2s.  It's uses include the speaker hardware & timer
: control bits.  Check out the Mach sources kd.h.  The bummer is that I can't
: find the purpose of bit 7 documented anywhere!  I suspect it controls one
: of the keyboard controller's input pins.

Bit 7: input - 1=IRQ 0 reset (timer 0 output latch)
       output- Parity check state (1=parity check occurred)

This is from "The Programmer's PC Sourcebook" by Thom Hogan.  An absolute
*must* if you're going to be mucking about with the hardware. :)
-- 
Ed Carp			erc@apple.com, erc@saturn.upl.com	801/538-0177

Who and what would you be if you went beyond your deepest fears?
From: viggo@diku.dk (Allan Kim Schougaard)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: How much can Linux do?
Date: 18 Dec 92 10:57:18 GMT
Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen

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

>In article <1gb1epINNpu8@s850.mwc.edu> bfornshe@s850.mwc.edu (Ben John Fornshell) writes:
>>
including making coffee and breading babies !

-- Allan Schougaard
-- viggo@diku.dk
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: Renaud Marlet <Renaud.Marlet@sophia.inria.fr>
Subject: Re: Epoch 4.2/viewer/ctl-arrow 
Reply-To: Renaud.Marlet@sophia.inria.fr
Organization: The Internet
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 15:02:18 GMT


The 8 bits display was controlled in Epoch4.0 with variable "ctl-arrow",
but now, in Epoch4.2, it is handled with variable "meta-printable". 
Setting "ctl-arrow" to anything but t or () is experimentally a bad idea. 
Anyway, "viewer" manages it for you.  You don't need to do that yourself. 
So the only thing I can think of lies in this excerpt from the
README.viewer file:

|>  Epoch needs a lit hack to be able to display the whole (f)math font,
|>  otherwise, you'll miss the greek letters. This is because it believes
|>  an 8bits-font begins at 0241 (octal). So does Lucid with character
|>  0240. In epoch you need to patch a line the file src/buffer.h from
|>          #define is_meta_char(c) ((c) > 0240 && (c) <= 0377)
|>  to
|>          #define is_meta_char(c) ((c) >= 0200 && (c) <= 0377)
|>  
|>  In Lucid, concerning the character 0240, well, I don't believe in the
|>  next release, so you may hack the lines
|>          if (c == 0240) c = ' ';
|>  or
|>          (c == 0240 ? ' ' : c)
|>  in file src/xdisp.c to get rid of this silly non-uniformity.

As you see, Lucid emacs needs a similar hack.  The package "viewer" uses an
embryonic Epoch/Lucid-portable package called "portable".  You might want
to check that your version is up to date with the one on babar.inria.fr
(138.96.24.21) in pub/emacs.  Sorry, but there is no version number (yet?).

Renaud  [marlet@sophia.inria.fr]
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: where to find Linux?
From: khmak@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu
Date: 17 Dec 92 13:20:33 -0500
Organization: Miami University Academic Computer Service"

Hello all
      Can someone tell me where i can get a copy of Linux?
      Thank you.
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: Dwight.Francis@nautical.r-node.gts.org (Dwight Francis)
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 07:47:25 EST
Organization: R-node Public Access UNIX Information System (416-249-5366)
Subject: Dos Emulator 
Distribution: world
Reply-To: Dwight.Francis@nautical.r-node.gts.org (Dwight Francis)
X-Posting-Software: UniBoard 1.10a S/N 120921

 I know people might be  hard at work creating the Dos emulator but could
we please be kept informed as to what is going on. For example, is there
a FAQ for the package ? Another point to note is that a lot Linuxers 
 have their roots in Dos and this may be very important for them and 
myself to have. Again, I don't want to appear to be rushing anyone but 
could we be given more info?
--
Dwight Francis, user of the UniBoard System @ r-node.gts.org
E-Mail: Dwight.Francis@nautical.r-node.gts.org


R-node Public Access Unix/BBS - Free Access to the World thru Usenet
                 Data: 1-416-249-5366 (3 Lines)
     Shell Accounts Available - Contact marc@r-node.gts.org
From: christian.perrier@lill.frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Christian Perrier)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: SLS DISKS....
Date: 18 Dec 92 16:53:00 GMT
Reply-To: christian.perrier@lill.frmug.fr.mugnet.org (Christian Perrier)
Organization: Li'LL BBS - Paris, France

Brian Fritz/ Advisor Russ ecrivait a All:

 BFAR> I'm installing the SLS disks for the first time.  I uncompressed
 BFAR> and RAWRITE-ed the A1 and A2 disks, but what should I do with the
 BFAR> other disks?  Should I RAWRITE them as well?  Or should I just
copy

Just put them on a Dos-formatted disk......

--- GEcho 1.00
 * Origin: <<BuBulle, Point de BuBulle>> Chatillon FR (2:320/200.1)
                                                                                                                        
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: wongi@netcom.com (Isaac Wong)
Subject: xterm:  unable to find usable termcap entry.
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 1992 01:09:56 GMT


that's the xterm error i get when X is started by non-root. any clue?


Organization: Sophomore, Math/Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
From: goss@micor.ocunix.on.ca (Timothy D. Goss)
Subject: Getting LINUX
Organization: M.B. Cormier INC., Orleans (Ont)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:01:04 GMT
Keywords: uucp kermit serial

Hi, someone told me that I can get linux from wuarchive.wustl.edu in 
/mirrors/linux.  That's ok.  I can FTP the files but I can't get any
directory listings.  Can someone help me out here?  Thanks...  BTW, I am
not stupid I just don't have full FTP access.  

Tim
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: bmyers@shyguy.lonestar.org (bob myers)
Subject: DikuMud/pennMUSH ??? with .98.pl5
Organization: 3-B Technology
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1992 03:46:50 GMT

I've pull both DikuMUD and also pennMUSH down, due to having an interest
in MUDs now.  Unfortunately, I can't get either to work properly:

1) DikuMUD will start up, however -- as soon as i telnet back into the
   system (i'm using a Tandy 4800HD laptop), I get a message about connecting
   into the game.  I try to type something into the dikuserver program, but
   as soon as i hit any key...the connection is closed.

   I look in the virtual console that shows the server running and see
   that gethostbyaddr is having a problem, that a EOF was read on the
   socket, and one other warning came up (which i can't remember now).

2) pennMUSH will start up, but will kick me out also (along the same lines
   as what happens with Diku?), when I try to telnet into the system port.

I'm not sure if there was a noticable change in the socket(tcp/ip)/uucp
software since the people who ported the games had their's going (believe
one was running .98.pl4).

I'm running SLS .98.pl5 binaries that were pulled down from tsx-11 on 12/6.
any ideas/suggestions welcome...
-- 
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Myers                        | You gotta watch out for those
Shyguy's AT&T SVR4 Unix/Uniboard | shy guys....you never know 
Email:bmyers@shyguy.lonestar.org | what they're thinking..:)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
From: cullend@bnr.ca (Dave Cullen)
Subject: RE: Floppy DMA Correction
Reply-To: cullend@bnr.ca
Organization: BNR, Inc., Atlanta
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 14:30:27 GMT

In an earlier post, I said that linux never used the DMA page 
registers for floppy I/O.  This is incorrect.  Linux does set
the page registers for 8 bit dma.  Linux does not set the page
register for 16 bit dma (unless the SCSI code does.)

David
From: lapj_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Jason LaPierre)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: X11 and ATI busmouse
Date: 17 Dec 92 02:53:37 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York


  Maybe the mouse isn't the problem but here's the situation:

  SLS 0.98p5 full release installed except for TeX.
  I then downloaded the X8514 file and followed all of the instructions.
  The result is an initially halftone gray screen with the X cursor in the
middle, and approximately 8-10 seconds later the screen goes to a light
blue, the clock appears in the upper left, and the virtual desktop shows up
sort of in the middle. From here I am unable to do anything. I have to
ctrl-alt-bksp to get out.

  A couple things that might factor in. I didn't quite follow the
instructions for X8514. I used the Xconfig.ati file instead of the Xconfig
file that was in the release. I switched this after the Xconfig just blanked
my screen and hung my computer. Then by starting with the Xconfig.ati file,
I got the same description as in the above paragraph, except that only the
title bar of the clock appeared with the title clock instead of bash, and
the virtual desktop was very small. I then remembered seeing something about
the ATI busmouse not using a sample rate (or some such thing). So I
commented out the sample rate in the Xconfig(.ati). The result is described
above.  Another factor is that upon bootup now, both an ATI busmouse, and
Microsoft mouse are detected and installed. I have no idea why this changed.
I take that back. It must have to do with my changing the /dev/mouse to 
"c 10 2". So now I don't know what to do. Do I still have to change
something in the kernel and/or recompile it? and if so I haven't a clue how
to do so. Is this actually simpler than it sounds? (This is coming from a DOS
user). 

  Honestly, I was suprised I got this far considering all the bugs I see
mentioned in the docs and the news. But if someone can guide me the rest of
the way, I'd be really grateful.

  Thanks in advance.

Jason LaPierre
University of Rochester
Department of Cognitive Science
lapj_ltd@uhura.cc.rochester.edu
From: probreak@kitty.ksu.ksu.edu (James Michael Chacon)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Can we use LILO 5.0 with Linux0.99????
Date: 18 Dec 1992 00:33:15 -0600
Organization: Kansas State University
NNTP-Posting-Host: kitty.ksu.ksu.edu

harry@atlas.socsci.umn.edu (Kuo-Chen Chang) writes:

>Can we use old version LILO to load and boot Linux 0.99?  I have problem
>in using LILO 7.0 to load DOS and OS2.  Lilo won't give any prompt to
>select OS other than Linux.  WHenever I press CTRL, TAB, SHIFT, LILO load
>Linux right away.  No prompt at all.

>Thanks!  

>--Harry

did you just pull down compiled binaries, or did you compile it yourself.
If you just pulled down binaries, I would suggest recompling yourself and see
what that does. I have it and 0.99 running together just fine, and can hold
down the keys to bring up the boot prompt.

James
From: david@concave.cs.wits.ac.za (David Lubinsky)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Network of Linux pc's for postgrads - good idea?
Date: 20 Dec 92 18:52:08 GMT
Organization: Computer Science, University of the Witwatersrand

We want to set up a netwrok of linux machines for use by postgraduate
students. What I have in mind is about 10 386dx 40 Mhz machines with
8M of ram and small hard-disks, plus one server with a lot of ram and
a big disk with most of the software.

The idea is that the small machines would only use their disks for
booting and swapping, and would load all the other stuff from the
server via nfs mounts.  We would also put a DOS partition on each disk
for students who want to run DOS stuff.

This is a much more economical way of getting a Unix network going
than any other available, but is it practical?  I would very much like
to hear from other people who have tried similar arrangements.  

In particular:

Is the NFS stable enough to rely on a server setup?
Is X performance "good enough"?
Does linus handle large disks (eg 600M) ok?

Thanks for any help
David
--
---------------------------David Lubinsky------------------------------
Dept. of Computer Science                   david@concave.cs.wits.ac.za
University of Witwatersrand                       Phone: 27 11 716-3459
Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa              FAX: 27 11 339-7965
From: rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller, Linux Device Registrar)
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: device FAQ?
Date: 15 Dec 1992 05:02:20 GMT
Organization: Just me.
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.2.33
Summary: It's coming!

mckay@uhdvx3.dt.uh.edu (Steven McKay) writes:
>Could someone point me to the device FAQ? I have been told one exists,
>but can't seem to find one anywhere. ( The regular FAQ doesn't seem to contain
>enough info).

I'll be posting the latest Linux Device List before the end of the week.
This time I'll have the sound devices in it too!  ;-)  I s'pose it would
be proper to make sure it gets onto some archive sites as well...
I'll post to comp.os.linux.announce once it's available via anonymous ftp.

Rick Miller   <rick@ee.uwm.edu> | <rick@discus.mil.wi.us>   Ricxjo Muelisto
Occupation:  Husband, Father, WEPCo. WAN Mgr., Discus Sys0p, and  Linux fan