Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #105
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Date: Sun, 25 Sep 94 17:14:17 EDT

Linux-Admin Digest #105, Volume #2               Sun, 25 Sep 94 17:14:17 EDT

Contents:
  Re: PPP does not work (Al Longyear)
  Re: DOOM DOOM DOOM DUMB DUMB DUMB! (Michael H. Price II)
  Deskjets and Ghostscript? (Riku Saikkonen)
  Re: HPFS Filesystem (Martin Spott)
  Re: Ansi terminal type? (Nora E. Etukudo)
  Re: Clean shutdown from X (Nora E. Etukudo)
  Re: Linux DOOM: Congrats IDsoftware (Bill McCarthy)
  Re: Error when recompiling kernel (Wilson Linda F.)
  BBS-like file downloading? How? (Serge Solski u)
  Re: PPP does not work (Rusty L. Atkins)
  PPP install and setup (Greg J. Pryzby)
  Re: WD90c33 SVGA & Xfree ( LINUX) - HOW ?! (Orlando M. Amador)
  Help : Still having printer problems (Rick Crow)
  FC-10? worthed? ([email-masked])

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From: [email-masked] (Al Longyear)
Subject: Re: PPP does not work
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 16:23:04 GMT

[email-masked] (Andrew Kurtz) writes:

>I have Slackware 2.0 and was also unable to get PPP to work.  I have
>heard that the version of PPP in Slackware 2.0 will not work.  I got a
>new version of PPP from sunsite and installed that and it worked fine.

The kernels built with the Slackware 2.0 package shipped in the
current Infomagic CDROM is using the old drivers.  They are not
compatible with the current released code.

The kernel.tgz file has been updated some weeks ago (Jul 10, I
believe) to correct the problem. Copies of Slackware 2.0 obtained
after that date are just fine for PPP.

Please do not use ppp-2.1.2.tar.gz. Use ppp-2.1.2a.tar.gz. The "a"
modification is there for a reason. The first release of the pppd
process caused an error that the SIOCSIOSIG ioctl was invalid.

Other than that, you will have to be more explicit than "unable to get
PPP to work". What is in the syslog trace for the pppd process? What
version of the kernel are you using?

-- 
Al Longyear           [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Michael H. Price II)
Subject: Re: DOOM DOOM DOOM DUMB DUMB DUMB!
Date: 25 Sep 1994 17:17:30 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (David Miller) writes:

>       Two things. First, you step through 2000 lines of elisp code
> all night. Then tell me how it is bad to want to enjoy oneself a nice
> bout of DOOM to relieve the stree and reward oneslef?

He said he felt it was a waste of time and money.  He didn't say you
couldn't play it.  It is a great way to relax and take your mind off of the
real world occasionally.

>       Secondly, on Linus's own god damn machine at Helsinki you will
> fond in roots home directory "/root/DOOM/". So you are mocking out
> mentor in this respect. In fact he only kept his dos partition around
> so he could keep playing doom.

First, I fail to see why you must use GD in a net posting.  I see no need
for you to post your lack of respect for God.

Second, the original poster was questioning the relevancy of Doom postings
to comp.os.linux.admin, an issue you failed to address.

>                                  umount /soapbox
> 
>       I fail to see the relevane to c.o.l.admin, c.o.l.development,
> c.o.l.a for these stupid outplayed unix command line cliche's. Let he
> who is without sin cast the first........

I agree with you here ;-)

Michael

P.S.  Of course, since MY post is also a waste of time for
      comp.os.linux.admin readers, I'll proly get flamed as well :-(

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Subject: Deskjets and Ghostscript?
From: [email-masked] (Riku Saikkonen)
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 94 20:01:00 +0200

>gs -dNOPAUSE -sDEVICE=deskjet -sPAPERSIZE=a4 -r300 -sOutputFile=/dev/lp1 -

>page then in the standard 12pt (10pt?) courier.  I'd also like to
>print more than one 'page' on each physical page.   Does anyone
>have any suggestions?

Try gslp. It should be included in the ghostscript distribution; try
running gslp or looking at /usr/lib/ghostscript/gslp.ps. The
documentation is almost nonexistent, but try out the options yourself...

There are other similar programs too; look at the
comp.sources.postscript FAQ (FTP rtfm.mit.edu:
/pub/usenet/comp.sources.postscript).

>Error: /invalidfileaccess in --.outputpage--

Hmm... What are the permissions for /dev/lp1?
Can you cat or echo to it? (i.e. echo Testing >/dev/lp1)

Anyway, I suggest installing lpr, it's much more convenient to use. Look
into the Printing-HOWTO for details...

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From: [email-masked] (Martin Spott)
Subject: Re: HPFS Filesystem
Date: 25 Sep 1994 11:19:46 GMT

Heikki Johannes Pernu ([email-masked]) wrote:
:       Anyone working on the HPFS filesystem?
[...]
:       Is anyone trying to make HPFS read/write? I'm not the only
:       one interested.

:       Also I seem to get strange error messages about missing
:       files of pattern 'eadata.*' even with ls...

[email-masked] (I think) wrote HPFS for linux. When I asked him he pointed
out that write access to HPFS is a very difficult thing when you want to
do it right (fragmentation, performance ...), and he didn't know if he would
have the time to figure out how OS/2 does it, because IBM didn't release
any information about HPFS - the only official document that exists by now
is the some years old one by Microsoft.
I think it helps us much more if someone continues the work on ext2fs for OS/2.

Martin.
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From: [email-masked] (Nora E. Etukudo)
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 94 16:56:23 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked] (Nora E. Etukudo)
Subject: Re: Ansi terminal type?

   in article <[email-masked]>,
   from 23 Sep 1994 08:32:00 -0600,
   [email-masked] also known as "David Kenneth Slack",
   wrote [shortend]:
[...]
> I am supplying Internet Access to the public, and would like to have an
> Ansi terminal  type. I've experimented a  bit with it, but  I don't get
> consistant  results. Is  there a  termcap/terminfo entry  somewhere out
> there for ANSI?

I've an  entry for terminfo  (tested with ncurses-1.8.5), which works for
Telix on DOSsy's set to VT-102 emulation.  May be it helps:

vt102|vt102-tlx|Telix V3.20 mit VT102,
        am, xenl, km, mir, msgr, xon, cols#80, lines#24, bel=^G, cr=^M, 
        csr=^[[%i%p1%d;%p2%dr, tbc=^[[3g, clear=^[[H^[[2J, el=^[[K, ed=^[[J, 
        cup=^[[%i%p1%d;%p2%dH, cud1=^J, cuf1=^[[C, cuu1=^[[A, dch1=^[[P, 
        dl1=^[[M, smacs=^[(0, blink=^[[5m, bold=^[[1m, smso=^[[7m, 
        rmacs=^[(B, sgr0=^[[0m^[(B, rmso=^[[m, ich1=^[[@, il1=^[[L, kbs=^H, 
        kdch1=^H, kcud1=^[[B, kf0=^[OP, kf1=^[OQ, kf10=^[[23~, kf2=^[OR, 
        kf3=^[OS, kf4=^[[15~, kf5=^[[17~, kf6=^[[18~, kf7=^[[19~, kf8=^[[20~, 
        kf9=^[[21~, kich1=^[[2~, kcub1=^[[D, knp=^[[6~, kpp=^[[5~, 
        kcuf1=^[[C, kcuu1=^[[A, dch=^[[%p1%dP, dl=^[[%p1%dM, cud=^[[%p1%dB, 
        ich=^[[%p1%d@, il=^[[%p1%dL, cub=^[[%p1%dD, cuf=^[[%p1%dC, 
        cuu=^[[%p1%dA, ind=^J, ri=^[M, hts=^[H, ht=^I, 
        acsc=++,,..00II--''aaffgghhjjkkllmmnnooqqssttuuvvwwxx~~, kend=^[[K, 
        kDC=^_, kf11=^[[24~, 

Greetings, Nora.
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From: [email-masked] (Nora E. Etukudo)
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 94 17:23:21 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked] (Nora E. Etukudo)
Subject: Re: Clean shutdown from X

   in article <[email-masked]>,
   from Mon, 19 Sep 1994 16:18:02 UNDEFINED,
   [email-masked] also known as "Tim Brailsford",
   wrote [shortend]:
[...]
> I am having a problem shutting down a Linux system from X (Linux 1.0.9,
> XFree86 2.1.1).

I'm running  xdm also (Slackware-2.0, Linux-1.1.50,  XFree86-2.1.1) and I
shut down with

     1. switching to console (Ctrl-Alt-F1)
     2. Pressing Ctrl-Alt-Del.

The system goes correctly down, with no errors on next boot.

But, I hope there is a better way, isn't it?

> Any ideas would be gratefully recieved.
> Tim

Greetings, Nora.
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From: [email-masked] (Bill McCarthy)
Subject: Re: Linux DOOM: Congrats IDsoftware
Date: 25 Sep 1994 13:43:01 -0400

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Robert J. Shmit) writes:
>Harry C Pulley ([email-masked]) wrote:
>: Get the doom_16to8bit_snd.tgz (there is also a version 2 of this file that I
>: haven't tried out yet) file.  It allows me to play music through my 8-bit
>: card.
>
>linuxxdoom plays MUSIC? what patch do i need? where do i get it? who can i
>kill for it??? :)
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You can get it at sunsite, I believe. Look in pub/Linux/apps/games/adventure/
doom - I THINK that's the place. BTW, I got the package and ran the scripts
to replace the /dev/dsp and then cp'd the .new to the old sndserver, but I'm
still not getting sound. I have an SBPRo, kernel 1.1 on Ygg Sum '94. Works
fine for sound w/ audio cd's using xplaycd. Doom runs fine. but even with
sndcvt running, I getting zip on sound. Any suggestions? TIA

Bill McCarthy
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"Isn't it pretty to think so."
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From: [email-masked] (Wilson Linda F.)
Subject: Re: Error when recompiling kernel
Date: 23 Sep 1994 18:51:49 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Geno Valicenti) writes:
>Can anyone help.  When I run `make `zImage` I get the following error.  I am
>currently running Slackware 2.0
>
>Linux darkstar 1.1.18 #5 Thu Jun 9 11:49:40 CDT 1994 i386
>
>make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-1.1.18+UMSDOS-0.3a+IFS-5.1/lib'
>ld  -Ttext 100000 boot/head.o init/main.o tools/version.o \
>        kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o fs/fs.o net/net.o ipc/ipc.o \
>        fs/filesystems.a \
>        drivers/block/block.a drivers/char/char.a drivers/net/net.a ibcs/ibcs.o
>drivers/scsi/scsi.a drivers/FPU-emu/math.a \
>        lib/lib.a \
>        -o tools/zSystem
>net/net.o: Undefined symbol _dev_init referenced from text segment
>net/net.o: Undefined symbol _net_bh referenced from text segment
>make: *** [tools/zSystem] Error 1
>

I had the exact same problem trying to compile 1.1.18.  I decided
to jump ahead to 1.1.45 since it was available as a tar file.  I had
no trouble compiling 1.1.45.

-- 
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in Science and Engineering           |  Hampton, VA  23681-0001

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From: [email-masked] (Serge Solski u)
Subject: BBS-like file downloading? How?
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 1994 15:27:24 GMT

        There's been talk before on another thread (which has now mutated 
into some other topic) about getting some sort of BBS-like 
file-downloading system working under Linux for those of us running a BBS.

        Several of you had some idea's I'd like to explore now. I tried 
using PSC Menu (which I'm using as my main interface for users), but it 
was too awkward.

        I have a CD-ROM, which I'd like to give users access (once I put 
a shareware disc in.) What I need is something to make it easier for them 
to select files, a protocol, and show them descriptions of what each file 
is (without having them view a "directory" file.) Anyone have any ideas? 
How is Gopher or Lynx used this way? Is anyone currently porting a MSDOS 
"file door" to Linux (which I think would be ideal.)

        -Mark
-- 
"Key chuckles. 'If Skinny Puppy, in terms of the movie _Alien_, is a
chest-burster, then Doubting Thomas is more of a face-hugger,' he informs,
as if that were an explanation."
                                                        -Keyboard, Jan '92

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From: [email-masked] (Rusty L. Atkins)
Subject: Re: PPP does not work
Date: 23 Sep 1994 16:28:52 GMT

[email-masked] (Yue-mingLan) wrote:
: Dear netters,

: Could anybody out there can tell me how to make my PPP work.
: I tried to use ppp-on script comes with Slackware 2.0 with
: device name modified. But it still does not work at all.

 Is PPP set-up, or are you just attempting to run the script without it???

 You need to include a *lot* more detail if you want help.

: I would like to learn more about pppd and chat commands. What does 
: the lock file mean ?

 Read the man pages, read the faqs, read the how-to's, and get the oreilly
books. The lock file prevents other programs (that are smart enough to check
for it) from using the modem while it is in use.

: Any information welcome. 

: My e-mail address: [email-masked]

: Thanks in advance.

: Lan

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From: [email-masked] (Greg J. Pryzby)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: PPP install and setup
Date: 23 Sep 1994 18:27:31 GMT

I am running the 1.1.49 kernel of Linux.  I got 2.1.2a of ppp from the
net and built and installed.

Now the questions:
    There are files that are referenced in /etc/ppp, but I can't find 
        examples of the files...
    There are many readme and SETUP, Notes, etc files, but they all seem
        to talk about what is needed to setup/install ppp and what needs to
        be done withour reference to the others.... I am confused,,,

(My Linux box will use a modem to call a Sun [SunOS 1.4.*].  The Sun will
have separate entries in the /etc/passwd for different ppp dialups.  Then
when the system connects, a person can run csh (or your favorite) or exec
a script for the person dialing up to run ppp.  The Sun is connected to
a network that that is 'hooked' to Internet.  The goal is is to have my
Linux box 'on the net' using ppp.... easy huh?

Any help on getting PPP running is appreciated.

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Keep Disney out of Virginia and the history business!

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From: [email-masked] (Orlando M. Amador)
Subject: Re: WD90c33 SVGA & Xfree ( LINUX) - HOW ?!
Date: 24 Sep 1994 02:03:49 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, Rashid Karimov <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>       Hi netters !
>
>
>Well , subject says it all. It doesn't play .
>I've tried all possible combinations >
>If anyone solved this - please, let me know. Plus
>private E-mail would be fine ( Xconfig ).
>

I'm trying to setup this WD90c33 also with no luck.  The best so far 
was forcing the SVGA server to think the card was a WD90c30 (Non Accel)
in 640x480 and still the image wasn't perfect.  I like to make it work 
with the WD90c31 accelerated option of this server.

How about if some one would post a working Xconfig for this card.

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From: [email-masked] (Rick Crow)
Subject: Help : Still having printer problems
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 13:08:20

            I have been trying to get my HP Deskjet 520 to work for about 
three weeks now. Thanks to kind folks on the net I have a collection of 
printcaps and filters. I have read the printer how-to from cover to cover and 
have read portions of a UNIX systems administration book. I have tried 
recompiling the kernel of slackware ver 2.0, several different printcaps and 
filters and even changed jumpers for my parallel port. 
          The same problem occurs no matter which of these methods I try:
              
         1. The kernel polls the printer port as lp1
         2. The printer will print when output is redirected "ls > /dev/lp1"
         3. The printer daemon will not start with /dev/lp1 in the printcap
         4. The printer daemon will start with /dev/lp2 in the printcap, but
             tells me that it is waiting for the printer to come on line.

This problem also occurs if my printer port is set for lp0, only I must set 
the printcap entry to  /dev/lp1 to start the daemon. Lp1 is at 0x378 and lp0 
is at 0x3bc when the hardware card is set for either one. I only have one 
parallel port. My best guess is that lpd is messed up or one or more of my 
device drivers is messed up. I you could help I would appreciate. Please keep 
in mind that I'm an idiot when it comes to device drivers, sockets, etc..

                                                                         
                                                              Thanks,

                                                             Rick Crow
[email-masked] 

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From: [email-masked]
Subject: FC-10? worthed?
Date: 25 Sep 1994 17:08:09 -0400
Reply-To: [email-masked]

Date: Sun, 25 Sep 1994 22:21:23 +0000
From: Andre Couture <[email-masked]>
Subject: FC-10? worthed?
To: Bas Laarhoven <[email-masked]>, 
    "comp.os.linux.admin" <[email-masked]>, 
    "comp.os.linux.help" <[email-masked]>
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9409252258.A9234-0100000@cyborg>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII

Is it worthed to buy one of those card to drive my jumbo 205MB tb?

Would that provide me with transparent hardware compression? better that 
gzip?

My current configuration:

486dx50 EISA
Adaptec 1742A (enhanced, floppy enabled)

Also would that allow me to use my floppies while doing a backup?

Seems that after using my tape, I often get problems (SF, mtab~,,,) with 
the floppies.

thanks
andre

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