Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #290
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Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 13:13:07 EDT

Linux-Activists Digest #290, Volume #6            Wed, 6 Oct 93 13:13:07 EDT

Contents:
  Re: Printer daemon (Chris Vetter)
  How to send signals from device drivers (Ove Kalkan Ramz)
  Help with Xconfig ([email-masked] (Rachid BELMOUHOUB ))
  Re: SLS 1.03: everything hangs except VT switching (Kurt Mueller)
  Re: Startx disables alias' (Tom van Nes)
  Re: FYI.. benchmarks on linux and 386bsd (Chris Metcalf)
  Re: FYI.. benchmarks on linux and 386bsd (Alan Cox)
  PPP for Linux? (Robert m Waugh)
  Xterm connect.with XDMCP in X11R5 (sls1.03) (Rene' van Dalen)
  Re: Help with Xconfig (Chris Vetter)
  PPP for Linux (Charles B. Martin)
  Re: problems with mounting dos partitions (Denis Endisch)
  Re: #### PLEASE, DON'T CROSSPOST ##### (Brian McCauley)
  Help needed on Xconfig!!!Please! ([email-masked])

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From: [email-masked] (Chris Vetter)
Subject: Re: Printer daemon
Date: 6 Oct 1993 14:08:22 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Bolski) writes:
> I am trying to get my printer to work with the Slackware version of Linux.
> At this point in time, I've read the HOW-TO on printing, but it doesn't really
> help me. I've also read all the man pages on printcap, lpr, lpd, etc. I'm still
> not getting my daemon to connect. When I boot up, it says that it finds a
> printer port for /dev/lp2 (address = 0x278). I've set up a printcap file like
> this:
> 
> lp|mine:lp=/dev/lp2:sd=/usr/spool/lp2:sh:mx#0:
> 
> When I do a "ps ax", I don't see my daemon anywhere. If I type in lpd myself,
> it still doesn't work. If I spool, I get an error, saying my printer is out
> of paper. I do know that on boot-up, Linux is trying to connect because it
> gives me a message saying it's connecting to the printer daemon. Yet, nothing
> happens when I try to print.
[...printer...]

Have you got a link from /var to /usr ? (If not, do 'ln -s /usr /var')
If so, is there a directory /var/spool/lpd ?
If so, is there a file /var/spool/lpd/lock AND/OR /var/spool/lpd/lpd.lock ?
If so, remove them !

-- 

Chris

Don't you know, that, if you start Linux on DOS (ROTFL), it deletes all
files with the string 'Microsoft' in it?
                                        - Fritz Ganter -

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From: [email-masked] (Ove Kalkan Ramz)
Subject: How to send signals from device drivers
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 14:32:23 GMT

Hello hackers,

I'm currently writing a devicedriver for the DAS-12 I/O-board.
I try to use dma to fill a 64k block an take advantage of the dma counter
which loops after 64k. Before this loop happens I have to check out if
some of the dma-memory, for example 32k, has been allready filled and
then send a signal to the user program which had started the data recording.
My problem is how to send the signal. I studied the kernel hackers guide allready
but didn't find any note how to send a signal from a kernel driver to an user
program.
If somebody knows where to look, I would be happy if he could share his
knowledge with me.

Bye, Ove.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
From: [email-masked] (Rachid BELMOUHOUB <[email-masked]>)
Subject: Help with Xconfig
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 14:21:07 GMT

 Hi there,

 I've been trying to run X11 for a week with no success, my machine
 is a 486DX50 clone with 8Mb RAM, 210Mb HD, a NCR 77C22E Video card
 with 1024Kb VRAM, a NEC 4FG monitor, my mouse is a microsoft compatible one
 linux up and runing (SLS 1.03). This is the output I have
 each time I run startx:

============begining of output
Setting TCP SO_LINGER: Protocol not available
XFree86 Version 1.3 / X Window System
(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
Operating System: Linux
Configured drivers:
  VGA256 (256 colour SVGA):
      et4000, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, gvga, ati,
      tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga9000, clgd5420,
      clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga
(using VT number 7)

Xconfig: //Xconfig
Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
FontPath set to "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/us
r/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
NCR 77C22 Type 2, Version 3
VGA256: ncr77c22e (mem: 1024k numclocks: 8)
VGA256:   clocks:  25.18  28.32  40.10  65.50  45.10  50.10   0.70  75.50
VGA256: Mode "640x480": mode clock =  25.000, clock used =  25.180
VGA256: Mode "800x600": mode clock =  50.000, clock used =  50.100
VGA256: Mode "1024x768": mode clock =  75.000, clock used =  75.500
VGA256: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
VGA256: SpeedUp code selection modified because chipset != et4000
VGA256: SpeedUp mode selected (Flags=0x30)
PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file  Roman_M
Cannot open mouse: 
Invalid argument

Fatal server error:
failed to initialize core devices
xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unexpected signal 13
============end of output 

 I don't understand this clocks number          \/
 clocks:  25.18  28.32  40.10  65.50  45.10  50.10   0.70  75.50
                                                     ^^^^
 it seems to be incorrect?

 My screen is always unreadble after startx, I don't know where is font file 
 Roman_M, I've also verified that the mouse is well pluged to the slot.
 
 Any help greatly appreciated. I've posted this for a week on 
 comp.windows.x.i386unix with no reply!!
 Thanks
 rachid
================================================================================
Rachid BELMOUHOUB ( rsm pour les amis )      E-mail:[email-masked]
Ecole des Mines de Paris
Centre d'Informatique Geologique

"si parvenir aupres de l'ami, est impossible. | "A Woman needs a man like 
L'autre ami se devra de mourir, le cherchant" |  fish needs a bicycle" U2  :-)
( Le Gulistan, Saadi poete et soufi Persan)   |

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From: [email-masked] (Kurt Mueller)
Subject: Re: SLS 1.03: everything hangs except VT switching
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 14:41:35 GMT

[email-masked] (Roger Collins) writes:
: I have installed SLS 1.03 and it has this annoying habit. About once a
: day, on average, it just hangs. Everything seems hung except you can
: still switch between VTs. No other keyboard input works, though, just
: VT switching.
: 
: Has anyone else seen this or know how to fix?
: 
: Roger Collins

I expirience the same, when I compile big programms, and there is
all memory and swap space used. Watch memory and swap with 'top'.

Kurt Mueller

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From: [email-masked] (Tom van Nes)
Subject: Re: Startx disables alias'
Reply-To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 14:32:49 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Arif Sukoco <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Warrior Of Darkness <[email-masked]> writes:
>
>>Hi,
>
>>I guess the bash started under X only reads the file $HOME/.bashrc or so; if
>>your aliases are defined in /etc/profile, they dont run. Flame me if this is
>>not true. Flames are directed to /dev/null 8)
>
>It is true.
>I copied all my aliases in /etc/profile to /.bashrc and the xterm works fine
>with all the aliases.
>
>>DrAkHaI
>>ferdl<at>wildsau.idv.uni-linz.ac.at

Start your xterm with the optione '-ls' ! 

That way xterm will read the .login or .profile because it'll act
as a login shell.

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From: [email-masked] (Chris Metcalf)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: Re: FYI.. benchmarks on linux and 386bsd
Date: 6 Oct 1993 15:05:59 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Jeff Stern <[email-masked]> wrote:
>I recently switched from 386bsd to linux, and happened to find some
>benchmarks I had archived from when the same machine was running
>386bsd, and thought I'd run them again under linux.  ...
>
>Dhrystones per Second [386BSD]:                     8695.7
>Dhrystones per Second [Linux]:                      5217.4

Please note that "HZ" on Linux is 100, not 60, unlike most other common
Unix systems (SunOS, Ultrix, *BSD, etc.).  Since 5217.4 / 8695.7 is
*exactly* 60/100, it's clear that the time taken under Linux was exactly
the same as the time taken under 386BSD.  Note also that the "Dhampstone"
results were identical.

Remember, these are designed to CPU-only benchmarks, so they don't
exercise the OS at all.  Leave those "shared library" theories at home :-)
-- 
                        Chris Metcalf, MIT Laboratory for Computer Science
                        [email-masked]   //   +1 (617) 253-7766

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.386bsd.misc
From: [email-masked] (Alan Cox)
Subject: Re: FYI.. benchmarks on linux and 386bsd
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 14:16:27 GMT

I find this hard to believe. Subjectively on a 4Mb machine I found Linux
faster however straight CPU benchmarks were within 5% for 386BSD, Linux,
SCO, Interactive 3.2 when using the same compiler.

ALan

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From: [email-masked] (Robert m Waugh)
Subject: PPP for Linux?
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 15:48:50 GMT

Is PPP available for linux?  If so, where?

-- 
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|I spell things the way I want, since William Safire is too wimpy to stop me! |
|                                               -- Kibo                       |

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Subject: Xterm connect.with XDMCP in X11R5 (sls1.03)
From: rene@brinta (Rene' van Dalen)
Date: 6 Oct 93 10:37:26 GMT

hi,I'm trying to make XDMCP connections from an Xterminal to my linux server
Whenever the Xterminal does an XDMCP request to the Linux server the linux
server doesn't respond...

So what I'm trying to do is setup a Remote Xterminal that sends a XDMCP request
to the linux server for a login window....and then just work on the Xterminal
instead of the console.....

I'm running SLS 1.03 and I also have problems with XDM ....when I start it with 
the display going to the console (normal setup) it will only allow me to login 
three times..then the server will go down and I need to do a reboot...
    
Can Anybody help me with these 2 problems ??

Thanks in Advance,

Rene' van Dalen    Hogeschool Rotterdam & Omstreken, The Netherlands

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From: [email-masked] (Chris Vetter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Help with Xconfig
Date: 6 Oct 1993 15:52:46 GMT

Rachid wants to know:
>  Hi there,

Hoi
 
> I've been trying to run X11 for a week with no success, my machine
> is a 486DX50 clone with 8Mb RAM, 210Mb HD, a NCR 77C22E Video card
>  with 1024Kb VRAM, a NEC 4FG monitor, my mouse is a microsoft compatible one
>  linux up and runing (SLS 1.03). This is the output I have
>  each time I run startx:

What CHIP has this NCR beast ? I dunno ...
 
> ------------begining of output
> Setting TCP SO_LINGER: Protocol not available
> XFree86 Version 1.3 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000)
> Operating System: Linux
> Configured drivers:
>   VGA256 (256 colour SVGA):
>       et4000, et3000, pvga1, wd90c00, wd90c10, wd90c30, gvga, ati,
>       tvga8800cs, tvga8900b, tvga8900c, tvga8900cl, tvga9000, clgd5420,
>       clgd5422, clgd5424, clgd5426, ncr77c22, ncr77c22e, cpq_avga
> (using VT number 7)
> 
> Xconfig: //Xconfig
> Mouse: type: Microsoft, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
> FontPath set to "/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Type1/,/us
> r/X386/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/X386/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/"
> NCR 77C22 Type 2, Version 3
> VGA256: ncr77c22e (mem: 1024k numclocks: 8)
> VGA256:   clocks:  25.18  28.32  40.10  65.50  45.10  50.10   0.70  75.50
> VGA256: Mode "640x480": mode clock =  25.000, clock used =  25.180
> VGA256: Mode "800x600": mode clock =  50.000, clock used =  50.100
> VGA256: Mode "1024x768": mode clock =  75.000, clock used =  75.500
> VGA256: Virtual resolution set to 1024x768
> VGA256: SpeedUp code selection modified because chipset != et4000
> VGA256: SpeedUp mode selected (Flags=0x30)
> PEXExtensionInit: Couldn't open default PEX font file  Roman_M
> Cannot open mouse: 
> Invalid argument

a) obviously this NCR video card has no et4000 ;)
   comment everything OUT in file /usr/X386/lib/X11/Xconfig that belongs to
   vga256, comment IN what belongs to vga2.
   Then cd /usr/bin/X11; rm X; ln -s XF86_Mono X

b) your mouse device is wrong.
   edit Xconfig with the correct one. I dunno, what YOU have. *I* use a
   Logitech Pilot, which will be 
        Microsoft "/dev/ttyS0"

c) Never mind Roman_M

> Fatal server error:
> failed to initialize core devices
> xinit:  No such file or directory (errno 2):  unexpected signal 13
> ------------end of output 
> 
>  I don't understand this clocks number          \/
>  clocks:  25.18  28.32  40.10  65.50  45.10  50.10   0.70  75.50
>                                                      ^^^^
>  it seems to be incorrect?

Yep, timing error, never mind ...
They will never be used.

>  My screen is always unreadble after startx, I don't know where is font file 
>  Roman_M, I've also verified that the mouse is well pluged to the slot.

This seems to be a bug.
You can work around by pressing ALT-F<another console>.
E.g. ALT-F2 if you started X on screen 1 (the bootup screen)

>  Any help greatly appreciated. I've posted this for a week on 
>  comp.windows.x.i386unix with no reply!!
>  Thanks
>  rachid

-- 

Chris

Don't you know, that, if you start Linux on DOS (ROTFL), it deletes all
files with the string 'Microsoft' in it?
                                        - Fritz Ganter -

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From: [email-masked] (Charles B. Martin)
Subject: PPP for Linux
Date: 6 Oct 1993 16:02:15 GMT

Thank you for the few that have given me some information regarding PPP
for Linux.  The best I have been able to come up with is this:

Date: Thu, 30 Sep 93 15:52:16 -0700
From: [email-masked] (Michael Amster)
To: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: PPP for Linux
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
In-Reply-To: <[email-masked]>
Organization: UCLA, Computer Science Department
Cc:

About PPP:
There is a company which sells PPP for various Unix platforms called
morningstart.  Try contacting their marketing at:
        [email-masked]
We bought PPP for Solaris from them.

-Mike

Thanks Mike.

Chuck Martin
<[email-masked]>

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From: [email-masked] (Denis Endisch)
Subject: Re: problems with mounting dos partitions
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 1993 16:14:41 GMT

[email-masked] (Gerry Gucher) writes:

>1) I have my msdos harddisk partition automatically mounted at
>   boot time as /c with the following fstab entry:

>   /dev/sda2       /c              msdos   defaults

>   things are almost fine, except that all files and directories
>   on /c belong to user root, group root and have permissions
>   rwxr-xr-x, which means I cannot create or modify any files
>   on the dos partition as a regular user. I tried to give 'loose'
>   permissions to the mount point (/c) to the device (/dev/sda2),
>   I explicitely specified 'w' as mounting option, all to no avail.

The following was recently posted by [email-masked] (Eric E. Bardes) as
an answer to a similar question:

In the mount options it allows for the specification of uid, gid, and umask.
I have a special group called "dos" (gid=30) that I issue to anyone i want to
be able to read/write my dos partition.  This is also good for floppies.

From the shell:
$ mount -t msdos -o uid=0,gid=30,umask=007 /dev/sda2 /dos

In /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda2       /dos    msdos   uid=0,gid=30,umask=007

This should be added to the FAQ.
Denis
PS: questions like this should go in c.o.l.help
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Department of Physics         Fax:    (519) 661 - 2033
Univ. of Western Ontario      email:  [email-masked]
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7

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From: [email-masked] (Brian McCauley)
Subject: Re: #### PLEASE, DON'T CROSSPOST #####
Date: 06 Oct 1993 16:40:24 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

   Hello fellow Linuxers, please take a decision: the decision where to post
   your messages. I find it rather annoying, when I see many articles in
   COL  and the same in COL.* (except COL.Announce, because its moderated). The
   list is split up that long now, most sites now should carry all the COL.* now.
   Or am I wrong there?

You are not wrong but I should add that if you do decide to cross-post
(anywhere on usenet) then at least have the common courtesy to do it
properly - post one copy of the article to multiple groups not
multiple copies. This way anyone with a decent newsreader will only
see it once.

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Subject: Help needed on Xconfig!!!Please!
From: [email-masked]
Date: 6 Oct 93 11:45:34 -0600
Reply-To: [email-masked]

Dear everybody,
I just get so frustrated on configuring for X. I am to Linux and X windows. When I try to use startx to run Xwindows, it gave a error message like this:
Could not open default font'fixed'
because it is in none of the fontpath directories.
But I have changed the config, so that the system can reach all of the 
fontpath that given from the SLS packages. Also, I have problems with video
setting! I have a Zenith 486SX25, but I have no idea what video card I have..I guess is a paradise's. I hope if anyone can provide me information to config my Xwindows, I will greatly appreciate your help!!

Waiting your help!

Gabriel

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