Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #253
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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 93 09:13:11 EDT

Linux-Activists Digest #253, Volume #6           Thu, 23 Sep 93 09:13:11 EDT

Contents:
  help for X of linux
  Re: recompile kernel ([email-masked])
  Re: Got trouble: Linux doesn't see UltraStor SCSI adaptor (Charles T Wilson -- Personal Account)
  Re: Future Domain SCSI (Jon Hamilton)
  Re: Where can I find the Slackware distribution? (Brett Person)
  Linux & HPL4 (frank mobl young)
  Freeware Linux BBS - READ! (Ken Geis)
  Re: X and Slackware 1.0.3? (Jeff Jennings)
  [Help] Invalid partition table message at boot (Yves LACHANCE)
  Another Linux Newbie SOS File system problems? (Thomas Mcannally)
  Re: minicom 4g (Danny ter Haar)
  Need help for Xconfig (Ayub Butt)
  maxima:  Where can I find it? (Rob Prior)
  SLS/Slackware/What?  (Dave Ferret)
  Phigs on Linux (Arjen Stage Sheila)
  UWA??? (Azad Hessamoddini)
  Anybody running PPP??? (Please!) (Thomas Niederreiter)
  Non-US keyboards... and screens please too! (Rafal Maszkowski)
  WANTED: device drivers (Thomas Gusset)
  Re: Anyone Installed Metro-X Motif on SLS 1.03 -> Install sucks!! ($ Burkhard Kohl)
  Re: [A]RAWDISK.SYS: QIC-80 Backup of non-DOS disks ($ Burkhard Kohl)

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From: ghhwang@pllab1 ()
Subject: help for X of linux
Date: 23 Sep 1993 00:52:38 GMT

Dear friends,
   I have installed the SLS1.03 yesterday. However, there are some problems.

   (1) I cannot use "df"
   (2) While I run X, the following message appeared:
       >PEXExtensionInit : Couldn't open default PEX FONT ffile Roman_M

  Please help me!

  [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: recompile kernel
Date: 22 Sep 1993 20:56:47 -0400
Reply-To: [email-masked]

As a follow up to my last note, I wanted to let folks know that setting
the irq to irq5 fixed the conflict with cua1. Apparently the autoprobe
for the 3c503 took irq 3 as the interrupt even though com2 existed. 
Unfortunately, irq 5 conflicts with the qic02 stuff, so I had to reconfigure
the kernel so it wouldn't use qic and now both com2 and the 3c503 card
work.... but the question remains: Do I have to recompile the entire
kernel each time I make a minor change?

Stu

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From: [email-masked] (Charles T Wilson -- Personal Account)
Subject: Re: Got trouble: Linux doesn't see UltraStor SCSI adaptor
Date: 23 Sep 1993 00:54:49 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Steve Benz) writes:
>A friend of mine came to town this weekend with the intent of getting
>Linux installed on his machine -- I'd told him it'd be an easy one-afternoon
>task, but I'm afraid I ended up with egg on my face...
[ much deletia ]
>So anyway, that's my story, and I'd sure appreciate it if somebody could
>clear things up for me.

This may not be much of an answer to you, but I suggest trying the MCC
boot/install disk.  I have a 14FB and have had no problems with MCC-Interim.

If MCC doesn't see your adapter with default factory settings (which I'm
using as I type [except for the transfer speed, which I upped a bit]), 
then you should ask for help from one of the scsi gurus again, 'cause
I'm not one of them.

hope this helps...

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|  Tom Wilson                      |  "I can't complain, but sometimes  |
|  [email-masked]       |   I still do."                     |
|                                  |                -Joe Walsh          |

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From: [email-masked] (Jon Hamilton)
Subject: Re: Future Domain SCSI
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 23:33:46 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Rick Bowers) writes:
>In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Gregg D. Brekke)
>wrote:
>> 
>> I have a Future Domain TMC-1680 SCSI controller and Linux doesn't seem
>> to recognize it at all.  I thought I  read it was in the list of
>> 'supported' hardware?
>> ...
>> Thanks for the help,
>> Gregg
>
>
>I've been having the same problem.  I'm using the SLS version from July
>1993 off of tsx-11.mit.edu.
>
[...]
>I'd really like to get this going.  The FAQ says the FD 1680 is supported,
>but it somehow doesn't work.

You do have to configure it in... while doing make config, answer yes
to the seagate st/01 controller option.  Note that the 16x0 does *not* 
use the future domain driver, but the seagate one.  If after installing
the kernel with this enabled and booting it still won't find your
card/drives, you may need to set some overrides in kernel/blk_drv/seagate.c.
It's well commented.  And it _does_ work, I have a 1680 with no rom on
it and it works like a charm.  Well, an 8 bit charm, but nonetheless...

>
>-Rick

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= [email-masked] |                -- Airplane                     =
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From: [email-masked] (Brett Person)
Subject: Re: Where can I find the Slackware distribution?
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1993 05:34:42 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Hubert Sieh) writes:
>
>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]
>
It can be found on ftp.cdrom.com.  Why isn't this in the FAQ?  I must see 10
messages/week asking about where to get Slackware.  

Could whoever handles the FAQ (Mat) please add a Slackware answer.
-- 
Brett Person
Guest Account   
North Dakota State University
[email-masked] || [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (frank mobl young)
Subject: Linux & HPL4
Date: 23 Sep 1993 01:12:12 GMT

I've been using linux for about 6 mos. now, just a basic setup:  386/486,
Tseng4k video, 325 megs Hd, 8M R, and your basic 24-pin dot-matrix.  I
don't have a lot of experience with Laser Printers and the likes, but was
thinking of upgrading to an HP LJ 4L.  Would I be able to still send data
to /dev/lp and have it print?  Do I need to compile special drivers into
the kernel (In the two-dozen or so odd kernel compiles, I recall nothing
along the lines of such)?  Basically, will I be able to create
documents/graphics, etc under linux and print them under linux, or will I
need to go to a msdos environment to print the data created under linux? 
The info on the printer that [may] be relevent:  26 scalables, 300dpi
w/RHT and mft, PCL 5, 1Meg w/HP MET, etc.  I don't know what half of it
means, but since this is comp.os.linux, I'm just asking if it'll run with
linux(though an emailed reply from some laserprinter knowlegable person
that explained some of the specs. would be greatly appreciated :).  So,
WILL it in fact run w/o massive modification?  Any info would be
appreciated very much,
                        Thanks,
                                Frank

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From: [email-masked] (Ken Geis)
Subject: Freeware Linux BBS - READ!
Date: 23 Sep 1993 02:12:33 GMT

        I've seen a lot of conversation on the Linux and BBS newsgroups
recently about running a freeware Linux BBS.  The responses haven't been
too appealing, especially from the 'freeware' standpoint.  I've got an
idea that's perfect for the Linux environment.
        Why can't we write one?  I'm not up to it myself, but I'd be
glad to contribute whatever knowledge and coding I could.  Let's talk,

                Ken

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From: [email-masked] (Jeff Jennings)
Subject: Re: X and Slackware 1.0.3?
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1993 22:28:50 GMT

Shannon Hendrix ([email-masked]) wrote:

:          So far everyone with problems with XFree 1.3 has had
:          a Tseng chip, either ET4000/ET3000 and pl12.

: That is news to me.  I am running p12 with Xfree 1.3 on a Tseng Labs ET4000
: and zero problems (except my monitor is $500 short of being ideal... :-).
: I know several others with the same setup, no problems.  Only people I
: know who had problems were with Trident, ATI, and some kind of Paradise
: card.

:          Is there anyone who has it working reliably with these
:          video chips??

: Moi!

Moi aussi!  ET4000, two different machines, a 386DX 25 and a 486DX 50, no
problems at all.

- jeff

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From: [email-masked] (Yves LACHANCE)
Subject: [Help] Invalid partition table message at boot
Date: 23 Sep 1993 05:40:35 GMT

   Somehow, I scrapped my partition table with Linux' fdisk. (I think)
Details below.  (Please respond in email.)  Thank you.

   I first installed Linux on my drive (that is brand new) like this:

/dev/hda1       10M       Linux swap
/dev/hda2      115M       Linux extfs   (ext2fs actually)

   I successfully mkswap'ed and mke2fs'ed these two.  Then I made a new
partition, for the remaining size of the drive:

/dev/hda3      200M       Linux extfs   (ext2fs again)

   I had problems mke2fs'ing it, so I went back to fdisk, deleted the
partition.  Instead of typing "n" for a new partition, I typed "a" with
the partition #3.  I was told that this was an empty partition.
Eventually, I figured out that I was typing "a" (for add) instead of "n".
I then rebooted, and it told me, before the LILO prompt:

Invalid partition table

   And hung up there.  I have to boot with my floppy disk.

   When I couldn't make it work, I decided to re-install Linux from
my SLS 1.03 distribution.  After going through the main system (series
a, b & c), it told me the same message.  I tried the FIX-TABLE and the
IGNORE-TABLE lines in /etc/lilo/config (and then lilo'e it), to no
avail.

   Both MS-DOS' and Linux' fdisks read the partition table information
fine...  On my new configuration, I now have only two partitions, having
merged the 115M and 200M ones.

   Can anyone help?  Please reply by email.

[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Thomas Mcannally)
Subject: Another Linux Newbie SOS File system problems?
Date: 23 Sep 1993 03:35:25 GMT

I just installed Linux on my computer and I have set up X.
I would like to set up some users on my system, but when 
use the command "adduser -m User" the directories are created,
and the . files are transfered to the directory.  I chmod my
home directory to 755 and chown the directory so the owner is
User.  I also chmod this directory to 744 .  The problem is
that unless I am logged in as the root user I cannot write to my
directory.  I cannot write anything whatsoever.  I also tried making
home and the user directories 777 just to see if that would work,  No
such luck.  I am stumped , I read the linux Faq and all I can find is 
what I should do to chown and chmod directories and files.  I hace
not found anything to explain my situation.  Some help on this would
be greatly appreciated.  Thank you !!! 

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From: [email-masked] (Danny ter Haar)
Subject: Re: minicom 4g
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 93 12:53:15 

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (John Henders) writes:
>
>    It seems to not have made it onto either tsx-11 or sunsite. I
>checked the listings and downloaded the one with the most recent date,
>and it's not 1.4g. 
>    Please send it again, and maybe leave a note asking the maintainers
>to delete the other versions and there are some really obsolete versions
>up there.
>
sure putting it on sunsite RIGHT NOW !! :-)
I dont get it on TSX-11 because i get permission denied ....

but on sunsite it is in /pub/Linux/Incoming 
I didn't send a note to the operator yet but when I find the time
i'll certainly will......

Danny

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Danny ter Haar  <[email-masked]> or <[email-masked]>
PHILIPS DCC: combining the disadvantages of cd-rom's and tapes

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From: [email-masked] (Ayub Butt)
Subject: Need help for Xconfig
Date: 23 Sep 1993 04:10:46 GMT

Hi Linux,
I have installed a Trident (512) video card on my 386 machine, but some how
I am not able to run X in VGA mode...don't have a clue why ?

When I run startx script, the screen gets messed up, changes colors few times,
then comes back complaining that clock rate (hz) is not right.

Can someone who is using Trident card mail me the Xconfig, xinitrc and 
xserver files. Thanks in advance...

Please respond by e-mail to any account:

[email-masked]
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Rob Prior)
Subject: maxima:  Where can I find it?
Date: 23 Sep 93 04:08:44 GMT

Someone recently posted a sampling of what maxima could do, and it appeared
to be similar to maple in functionality, if not capability.  Could some kind
soul please direct me to an FTP site where I could get a copy?  I have
misplaced my copy of another posting that listed where all of the math
programs for Linux could be found...

Thanks in advance,
RobPrior

[email-masked]

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Mechanical (Aeronautical) Engineering Department, University of B.C.
email: [email-masked] | snail: 4874 Greentree Pl, Burnaby, BC, V5G 3V5

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From: [email-masked] (Dave Ferret)
Subject: SLS/Slackware/What? 
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 93 01:09:48 EDT

Pardon me, I just got here.  
 
I've only heard of the SLS release, is Slackware another packaged 
release, or what? How many others than SLS are there?  
 
        - Thanks, 
        . Dave

Dave Ferret (Proprietor/System Operator)  Inquiries to: merk!works!ferret
The Works - [617] 861/8976                Informational Archives

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From: [email-masked] (Arjen Stage Sheila)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Phigs on Linux
Date: 23 Sep 93 07:47:37 GMT

Has anyone already ported the PHIGS package (comes with X11R5) to Linux?
I have to use it for a graduating project, but I'd like to be able to 
do some work at home to. 
I've noticed that the Linux X-server already supports PEX, but the library
containing the PHIGS-extensions (libphigs.a) isn't on the distribution disks.

There is a version of PHIGS (called UIPEX), that promises a near complete 
version of PHIGS but I can't get the makefile working (I think this has some-
thing to do with the differences between GNU-make and the standard UNIX-make).

Any help, hints, tips etc will be greatly appreciated.

AtDhVaAnNkCsE

Arjen Broeze

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From: [email-masked] (Azad Hessamoddini)
Subject: UWA???
Date: 23 Sep 1993 17:22:56 +0800

s there anybody out there on UWA campus that runs Linux?  (University of
Western Australia) ... I need your kernel.

Please contact me on X2515,

Thanx 
Azad.

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From: [email-masked] (Thomas Niederreiter)
Subject: Anybody running PPP??? (Please!)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1993 10:26:46 GMT

Hi!

Is anybody running PPP with linux?

Or does anybody know where to get the PPP-stuff?

Please help me...
 Thanx in advance,
   Thomas Niederreiter

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From: [email-masked] (Rafal Maszkowski)
Subject: Non-US keyboards... and screens please too!
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1993 09:12:48 GMT

Fritz Ganter ([email-masked]) wrote:
: DE SCHEEMAECKER MARC ([email-masked]) wrote:
: : How do I change the keyboard?
: why don't you use loadkeys?

How to get not Latin-1 characters on the screen (e.g. a with ogonek).
Is there any package for it or I should write it? |-8=

R.
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From: [email-masked] (Thomas Gusset)
Subject: WANTED: device drivers
Reply-To: [email-masked]
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1993 11:13:00 GMT

does anybody know about device drivers for linux for:

- analog i/o cards
- digital i/o cards
- IEEE 488 interface

please send mail, I will summarize

thanks thomas

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From: [email-masked] ($ Burkhard Kohl)
Subject: Re: Anyone Installed Metro-X Motif on SLS 1.03 -> Install sucks!!
Date: 23 Sep 1993 09:52:14 GMT

Bradly William Wright ([email-masked]) wrote:

: Has anyone been able to get Metro-X Motif to work with
: SLS 1.03?  Linux Systems Laboratory claims that it will work
: with SLS 1.03.  When trying to run mwm, I
: get an error message saying that the system can't exec:
: libXm.so.1 improper format.  

: Has anyone been able to make it work?

I've tried to mail a reply but Mailer-Daemon on unix.portal.com
says: Host unknown. Please check that out.

I have not installed that package, but I know that SLS 
installation quite frequently messes up links to lib-files.
Did you check the lib directory?

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From: [email-masked] ($ Burkhard Kohl)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: [A]RAWDISK.SYS: QIC-80 Backup of non-DOS disks
Date: 23 Sep 1993 10:04:52 GMT

Juergen Prang ([email-masked]) wrote:

: Currently a lot of work is done, to implement a driver for
: QIC-80 (Floppycontroller-) Streamertapes. In the meantime I
: decided to write a DOS device driver, that enables logical
: access to non-DOS disks/partitions under DOS.

As far as I know there is an drive for floppy tape streamers 
for linux already available on sunsite.unc.edu:
        /pub/Linux/kernel/tapes/ftape-0.9.tar.z
or even higher.

As an aside I would like to say that we should not talk fo
"QIC-80" drivers since QIC-80 only specifies the tape format.
The signal interface is defined in (QIC-117 - hope that's right,
i don't have my QIC interface list at hand). 

For the same reason you talk of QIC-02 interfaces and not of
QIC-24, QIC-150 and so on. I'am not even sure wether the floppy
tape drive uses the QIC-80 format - to me it would not make sense
because - for backup purposes - QIC-80 is overspecified.
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