Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #241
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Date: Sun, 19 Sep 93 10:13:04 EDT

Linux-Activists Digest #241, Volume #6           Sun, 19 Sep 93 10:13:04 EDT

Contents:
  Error 29, errno 23: File table overflow (Thomas J Bilan)
  SCSI AHA 1542C & booting? (Johnnie Walker)
  Can I run X window? (Fan Lee)
  Where can I find the Slackware distribution? (Hubert Sieh)
  NET2HOWTO-CONFUSE-YOU ([email-masked])
  Re: Port respawning too fast ([email-masked])
  Apropos and Man.  Help! ([email-masked])
  Re: Can I run X window? (crazy lion)
  Re: [Need Help] Making a boot floppy for IBM VP (Stephen R Davies)
  minicom 4g (Jaime Mantel)
  Re: Database for LINUX? (Michael Schreiter)
  Re: Database for LINUX? (Michael Schreiter)
  Tape Drive Assistance, Please! (Lawrence Gray)
  Xfree 1.3 VT switching (Peter T. Liu)
  Memory LEAKING!*=--.._ ([email-masked])
  Re: [ANNOUNCE] Slackware Linux 1.0.3 (Chan Lap Wah Samson)
  My solution for my arcnet support ? for linux ([email-masked])
  MIDI, SoundBlaster and Linux (The Cybard)
  Re: ET4000/W32 drivers for Linux? (Dirk Hohndel)
  yabbs (was: Re: BBS package) (Willie Lim)
  Linux filesystem over multiple hard disks? (David E. Beaupre)

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From: [email-masked] (Thomas J Bilan)
Subject: Error 29, errno 23: File table overflow
Date: 18 Sep 1993 20:35:08 GMT

I am receiving File table overflow errors on my system since I installed
a bernoulli 150.  It accesses the drive fine but when I try to open
applications I get a file table full and the program dies.  Has anyone
ever seen this error?  I couldn't find it in the five million pages of
FAQ's spread all over my basement.

Thanks,
Tom Bilan

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From: [email-masked] (Johnnie Walker)
Subject: SCSI AHA 1542C & booting?
Date: 18 Sep 1993 20:53:06 GMT

Hi!

I have played around for a day installing SLS1.0.3 on a 486dx50 with
4 megs, adaptec 1542C and a SEAGATE1096N (80 meg) hd.
I tried every possible combination of dos/nondos prim/ext partitions,
but the system won't boot in most cases. The bootup seems to hang
in the middle of SCSI detection, and I dont have a clue why or a different
HDadaptor to find out. Sometimes on a reboot after a floppy boot it workes
but not after power-on. Any hints about that?

thanx
  XXX
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From: [email-masked] (Fan Lee)
Subject: Can I run X window?
Date: 18 Sep 1993 21:27:09 GMT

My system is Gateway 2000 4DX2 66V with Diamond Viper VLB Video Card.  I
want to know if it is possible for me to install Linux and get the X
window to run.

Thanks.

- Frank.

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From: [email-masked] (Hubert Sieh)
Subject: Where can I find the Slackware distribution?
Date: 18 Sep 93 20:30:29 GMT

Hi, I'm trying to find the Slackware distribution.  Could someone tell me
where (site & directory) I can find it.  Also, any opinions on this
distribution would be appreciated.  

Please email: [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked]
Subject: NET2HOWTO-CONFUSE-YOU
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1993 14:45:57 GMT

Hello,
        I have been using Linux for a while now. Have 3 machines running
99.9 and just decided to upgrade to 99.12 to take advantage of the NET2.
        So I backed up and did a NEW install (NOT a patch) of 99.12
        All went GREAT! All installation was smooth (except for the creation
of a mucked-up fstab).
        Got the net back up and running in less than a few hours, everything
is fine until I went to the NET2-HOWTO.
        NOTHING seems to jive??? There is no /etc/rc.d/rc.inet.1 or 2
nor is there any of the config files referred to in the FAQ.
        Also on this new system there are links like:         /etc -> ./
and all sorts of links to /conf/net which does not exist at all!
        As I said all is well but I am really confused as to the conflicting
info. Is there a "FRESH-INSTALL-FOR-NET2-FAQ" or something somewhere??
        Any help or hints as to what is going on would be greatly appreciated.
                                                        Thanx,
                                                        [email-masked]

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Subject: Re: Port respawning too fast
From: [email-masked]
Date: 18 Sep 93 15:35:01 -0800

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Alan Cox) writes:
> In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Simon J Ferrett) writes:
>>[email-masked] writes:
>>>I can log on, work, then log off, however on my consople I get the message:
>>>Respawning too fast.  Port disabled for 5 minutes
>>>And then 5 minutes later it says the same thine.
>>>Anyone know how I can fix this?  I am using .99pl12.
>>yes I had this exact problem, which is caused when the serial port 
>>is hung up by getty, it drops the DTR (which, since its a null modem), 
>>drops carrier) and gived getty a HUP causing it to quit.
>>I got around this my slightly modifying serial.c so that it didnt ever
>>hang up a serial port.  (no hardware of mine needs it)
> Don't do this! All you need to do is to include CLOCAL in your gettydefs.
> This turns off the carrier detect and hangups in software. Much easier -
> and it works for other Unices too.
> 
> Alan

Alsn, first of all your return address bounced when I responded to you
privately, so I am responding on the newsgroup.

Thanks for your info, however when I include the CLOCAL line in my gettydefs,
even the patched kernel gives me the respawning too fast error.  What I did is
create a new entry called direct:

direct# B9600 CLOCAL ISTRIP CS8 ...

and in my inittab I have it do a getty direct /dev/cua0

Is this the proper way to do it?  I cannot find any MAN pages on it.

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I can also be reached on my BBS system, Color Galaxy Milky Way (415) 883-0696

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Subject: Apropos and Man.  Help!
From: [email-masked]
Date: 18 Sep 93 15:38:40 -0800

I am trying to recreate the whatis database for apropos.  What I get is a huge
file containing everything there is on the system.  I want it to only be man
pages.  Also, if I run mkwhatis with any arguements I get the error message:

Syntax near ]d

Also, where can I get all new man pages?  I need to completely delete and
re-install my man and cat pages cause some stuff is in a totally different
format, some commands are not even listed, and some is binary garbage.  Would
it be sunsite.unc.edu?

ANy help would be greatly appreciated.

-- 
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[email-masked]      |  Home computer (UUCP)
[email-masked]         |  Vax
I can also be reached on my BBS system, Color Galaxy Milky Way (415) 883-0696

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From: [email-masked] (crazy lion)
Subject: Re: Can I run X window?
Date: 18 Sep 1993 19:47:04 -0400

yes you can do itr. just get the faq's, read them, and install
it.

rl

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From: [email-masked] (Stephen R Davies)
Subject: Re: [Need Help] Making a boot floppy for IBM VP
Reply-To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 09:42:51 +0000

Instructions on how to do this exist already. I can't remember the 
directory, but it's somewhere amongst the Linux-doc-project on
sunsite.unc.edu if memory serves me correctly, and is called something 
like 'ibm-power'.

If you really can't find it, I have a copy somewhere and I'll mail it 
to you... (Last resort only please)

Steve.
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From: [email-masked] (Jaime Mantel)
Subject: minicom 4g
Date: 19 Sep 1993 00:29:26 GMT

I am looking for minicom version 4g and cannot seem to find it.
Could some body please tell me where I might obtain it from?

Thanks in advance,
Jaime
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From: [email-masked] (Michael Schreiter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.unix
Subject: Re: Database for LINUX?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 93 17:16:13 GMT

[email-masked] (Steef S.G. de Bruijn) writes:

> In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked].
> |> 
> |> I was wondering if there exists a Database for Linux. If not, can anyone 
> |> suggest a Unix like OS that would have a database program? I am interested
> |> databases that use Informix SQL language. 
> |>  
> |>  Thanks,
> |> 
> |>  Yarek
> 
> Get POSTGRES, a relational active database management system. it WORKS!
> (nic.funet.fi) and others?
> 
> Steef

Hello Steef,

is POSTGRES an X-WINDOWS program or does ist works on ASCII- terminals too ?

Michael

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From: [email-masked] (Michael Schreiter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.unix
Subject: Re: Database for LINUX?
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 93 17:17:59 GMT

[email-masked] (Dan Newcombe) writes:

> [email-masked] (Steef S.G. de Bruijn) writes:
> 
> > In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked]
> > |> I was wondering if there exists a Database for Linux. If not, can anyone
> > |> suggest a Unix like OS that would have a database program? I am interest
> > |> databases that use Informix SQL language. 
> > 
> > Get POSTGRES, a relational active database management system. it WORKS!
> > (nic.funet.fi) and others?
> 
> I have INGRES, and the tinkering I've done, it works.  Does POSTGRES do SQL?
> I know the publiuc version of Ingres doesn't.
> 
>   -Dan

Hello Dan,

I using INGRES too, but I can't install ingreslock. It's no problem to compile
this program, but it does not work. Do you know, what to do ?

Michael

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From: [email-masked] (Lawrence Gray)
Subject: Tape Drive Assistance, Please!
Date: 19 Sep 93 02:20:30 GMT

Hi, 

I've learned the hard way that the SGI machine at work takes only 150 mb
tapes.  I first purchased a 250 mb tape, but too many read-write errors,
so I went back to the store and purchased two 150 mb tapes.

How can I write a script so that tar backs up my laptop's entire 200 mb hard
drive onto the two tapes.  

thanks for your suggestions,

Larry Gray
Children's Memorial Hospital
Chicago, IL
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From: [email-masked] (Peter T. Liu)
Subject: Xfree 1.3 VT switching
Date: 19 Sep 93 02:52:29 GMT

Has the VT switching code for Xfree1.3 been perfected yet?
It mentions in the README that it has some problems with 
non 80x25 VTs.

When I was using Xfree1.2 I could switch to my VTs with no
problems.  But now using 1.3 I get a garbled display when I quit
or switch to a VT.

If not fixed, does anybody know a program which will correct
an incorrect video mode?

Thanks,

Pete

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From: [email-masked]
Subject: Memory LEAKING!*=--.._
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1993 22:03:28 GMT

[ Article crossposted from comp.os.linux.admin ]
[ Author was [email-masked] ]
[ Posted on Sat, 18 Sep 1993 22:02:25 GMT ]

Hello!
        Just installed SLS 0.99.12 and hooked that baby right up to the
net. All went great and life was good UNTIL I did a top or a free.
        Here output RIGHT after bootup! HELP! I'm missing 15 meg!
        Check this out...........

Here's the free output:

             total       used       free     shared    buffers
Mem:         14964      13792       1172       1856      10696
Swap:            0          0          0

Here's the top output:

Load Averages 0.74 0.33 0.35
17 processes: 16 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped
CPU states:  6.5% user,  0.0% nice, 12.2% system, 81.3% idle
Mem:  14964K av, 13840K used,  1124K free,  1928K shrd, 10688 buff
      ^^^^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^^^^^   ^^^^^^^^^^
Swap:     0K av,     0K used,     0K free

  PID USER      PRI NI SIZE  RES SHRD ST %CPU %MEM  TIME COMMAND
 1663 root      13   0   80  260  320 R  18.7  1.7  0:00 top
    1 root      29   0   48  216  280 S   0.0  1.4  0:01 init auto
    3 root      25   0    7   72  228 S   0.0  0.4  0:24 /etc/update
   61 root      29   0  374  308  224 S   0.0  2.0  0:02 -sh
   84 root      29   0  374  308  224 S   0.0  2.0  0:01 -sh
   35 root      29   0   60  144  252 S   0.0  0.9  0:00 /etc/portmap
   39 root      29   0   60  208  276 S   0.0  1.3  0:00 /etc/inetd
   43 root      29   0  109  284  276 S   0.0  1.8  0:00 /etc/named
   47 root      29   0  100  300  348 S   0.0  2.0  0:00 /etc/nfsd -f /etc/exp
   51 root      29   0   84  288  344 S   0.0  1.9  0:00 /etc/mountd
   69 root      29   0   56  176  260 S   0.0  1.1  0:00 /usr/bin/crond
   59 root      29   0   41  188  280 S   0.0  1.2  0:00 syslogd
   83 root      29   0  374  304  220 S   0.0  2.0  0:00 -sh
   82 root      29   0  372  304  220 S   0.0  2.0  0:00 -sh
   81 root      29   0   54  196  300 S   0.0  1.3  0:00 /etc/getty 9600 tty5
   67 root      29   0   54  196  300 S   0.0  1.3  0:00 /etc/getty 9600 tty6
 1497 root      29   0   54  196  300 S   0.0  1.3  0:00 /etc/getty 9600 ttyS0

                Any help at all is GREATLY appreciated!

                                                Thanx,

                                                [email-masked]

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
From: [email-masked] (Chan Lap Wah Samson)
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Slackware Linux 1.0.3
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1993 12:20:35 GMT

[email-masked] (Patrick J. Volkerding) writes:
: 
: Version 1.0.3 of the Slackware Linux distribution may be found on
: ftp.cdrom.com in directory /pub/linux/slackware, or
: /pub/linux/zooed_slackware. 
: 

ARGH!!!!!

I'm in the middle of getting 1.0.2...
Is there major differences or can I ftp the diff portion of it?

Thanks.

Sams

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Subject: My solution for my arcnet support ? for linux
From: [email-masked]
Date: 19 Sep 93 01:20:07 -0600
Reply-To: [email-masked]

For those who responded, thanks anyways.  I decided to build a external 
bridge from an 8088 or 80286 using novell with an cheap arcnet card & ethernet
card in the machine. should work. lousy solution but whatever works.

john larson

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,sunyab.free-unix,sunyab.misc.musicians
From: [email-masked] (The Cybard)
Subject: MIDI, SoundBlaster and Linux
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1993 08:14:03 GMT

Hi.  Where can I find information, FTP-sites, etc. on MIDI software for
Linux, and using a SoundBlaster card for MIDI under Linux?  Thanks.

Also, if you could email me information on inexpensive MIDI cards for my
486, I would greatly appreciate it. 

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From: [email-masked] (Dirk Hohndel)
Subject: Re: ET4000/W32 drivers for Linux?
Date: 19 Sep 1993 10:33:11 GMT

[email-masked] ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I've been thinking about picking up an ET4000/W32-based video card.  Will
: the existing ET4000 support from X86Free work, or is there/will there be/
: specific support for such boards?

ET4000/W32 is said to be working with XFree86-1.3, but none of its
accelerated features are used.

There are no plans for an accelerated server for ET4000/W32 in 2.0

XFree86 related questions should go to comp.windows.x.i386unix

        Dirk

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From: [email-masked] (Willie Lim)
Subject: yabbs (was: Re: BBS package)
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 1993 02:14:20 GMT

I've just installed the copy-lefted yabbs (yet another bbs) package
(ftp site: phred.pc.cc.cmu.edu) on my Linux SLS 1.03.  Haven't had a
chance to testit out thoroughly.

Has anybody else try it?  How does it compare to other BBS?

Willie

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From: [email-masked] (David E. Beaupre)
Subject: Linux filesystem over multiple hard disks?
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 93 20:41:25 GMT

This may be a FAQ, but I haven't read the most recent FAQ yet.

Can someone tell me if Linux will create one logical filesystem over
multiple physical hard disks?  In other words, if I have 2 40 MB hard
disks can I configure Linux to mount one 80 MB filesystem that would
span the two hard disks?

Type to ya later...
Dave
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