Subject: Linux-Admin Digest #66
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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 94 09:13:49 EDT

Linux-Admin Digest #66, Volume #2                Thu, 15 Sep 94 09:13:49 EDT

Contents:
  Linux-PC as ftp-server, a bad joke ??? (Alen Tihi)
  Re: talk problem (Thomas Kahabka)
  Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!! (Jim Sun)
  Re: Mitsumi IRQ (Weng Loh)
  Routing A<-slip->B<-ether->C (John Shifflett)
  Re: Problems with xfig & Linux (Robert A. Tiller)
  Re: Lilo wish (Jay Schlieske)
  Re: mosaic for linux? (Steven M. Palm)
  Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!! (Dragan Cvetkovic)
  Re: CAP on linux? (Timothy J. Kordas)
  Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!! (Scott A. Laird)
  X Support for JAX8236(Trident 9200CXr)? (Eric Sheppard)
  Re: Problems with xfig & Linux (Tom Vaughan)
  Re: PAS 16 problem with CDROM (Matt Weber)
  ftp login message (Srini Seetharam)
  Re: PPP/IP Forwarding Problem (Mark Stockton)
  Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!! (David Wright)
  Re: SLIP w/Dynamic IP Addresses (Matija Nalis)
  linux+slip+bootp. How? (Sowmya Raman)

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From: [email-masked] (Alen Tihi)
Subject: Linux-PC as ftp-server, a bad joke ???
Date: 13 Sep 1994 18:23:58 GMT

Hi All,

I've recently installed 'wu-ftpd 2.4(3)' on a 486/33 8MB
running linux-1.1.39.
I want to use this PC as a ftp-server and therefore the ftpd must
be able to manage more than one ftp-session at once :)
From another machine I opened 2 ftp-sessions simultanously and
did a 'mget *' (11MB) in both sessions. The first session did it fine,
but the second session stopped the transfer after a while with:

'421 Service not available, remote server has closed connection
 No control connection for command: no such file or directory '

Obviously, this is not the way a ftp-server should work :(

Any hints ?

thanx,
       alen
 
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  and my Computer were a tree ! " - The Unknown User

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From: [email-masked] (Thomas Kahabka)
Subject: Re: talk problem
Date: 14 Sep 1994 16:13:44 GMT

Steven Pritchard ([email-masked]) wrote:
: [email-masked] (Cord Hockemeyer) writes:

: >Dennis Duffner (duffy@[email-masked]) wrote:
: >| I have a problem with talk.

: >| I cannot talk to a user I know on another system, even though they have
: >| been able to talk me, I can't reply.

: >| I get this: Connection Refused. (111)

: >| What's this all about anyhow?  I can't find anything on this anywhere.

: >Quite simple: His host refuses to answer your finger request. :)
: >A lot of systems don't serve finger requests because this was a
: >security hole (with bad consequences) some time ago.

: I hate to diasgree, but this probably isn't the case.  I get the same 
: error message with talk when I try it from my machine, but if I telnet to 
: one of my Unix accounts elsewhere and try to talk to the exact same 
: person, it works fine.  I don't know if this is a bug or just something 
: not set up properly, but it is certainly something wrong on my Linux 
: box.  (Slackware 2.0)

I have the same problem and tried to fix it because the "talk" I got didn"t
work. I got the sourcecode from talk and compiled it. It compiled exactly the
same program I had.

I added additional debugging code and found out that the following occures:
When I start talk with another machine (it's a SUN) there will be some
information exchanged. There is a special data-structure in talkd.h where
this header is defined. In talkd.h there is a loop that reads data coming
from the socket and it does this till thenumber of read bytes equals the size 
of the header. But the SUN I tried to talk allways sent 8 bytes too less. 
So my talk waited forever ..... and I allways saw the nice message 
"checking for invitation on callers machine" because talk didn't got enough
bytes ...

I stopped looking where the problem lies because it was too frustrating,
since I couldn't change the talk-deamon on the SUN.

Can anyone imagine where the problem is. I know my posting is a little bit
vague but I can look for the sourcecode I used if anyone wants to have a look
at this problem.

                                Thomas

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From: [email-masked] (Jim Sun)
Subject: Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!!
Date: 15 Sep 1994 04:43:17 GMT

 [email-masked] (Paul Smith) wrote:
>I do have a lot of swapping going on.  I only had X, fvwm, and 3 xterms
>running though: I'm not sure how I could trim things down further...  I
>did put the WAD onto my ext2 filesystem instead of pointing to it on my
>DOS filesystem.  Maybe I'll try the shareware WAD and see what happens.

Well, if you are really into the doom, you can clone your startx (you aren't
using xdm, are you?) and modify it to startdoom, which calls xinit and starts
only one client (namely doom); pretty much like what you'd do to get exact
benchmark score for your Xserver.  BTW, rxvt is much smaller than xterm.
of course, the real solution is to get more memory; 24meg system really
rocks, but...

Jim

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From: [email-masked] (Weng Loh)
Subject: Re: Mitsumi IRQ
Date: 15 Sep 1994 00:58:19 -0400

Jake Pusey ([email-masked]) wrote:
:      Does anyone know how to force the Mitsumi IRQ to 10 during
: install with bootdisk?  My install keeps coming up with IRQ 11 which
: is the IRQ of my Adaptec card.

: Jake

You might want to try rebuilding your kernel. Change the
INT setting defined in mcd.h to 10.

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From: [email-masked] (John Shifflett)
Subject: Routing A<-slip->B<-ether->C
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 21:40:14 GMT

We have 3 linux computers here: A & B are connected via SLIP, B & C are
connected via ethernet. Ping, telnet, etc work fine between A & B, and
between B & C, but not even ping works between A & C. I presume this is
because the routing is setup wrong. I have made an effort to read about
the subject, and to do some trial and error fooling around, but have had
no success. Now's the time to ask all you folks for help! First, a few
questions:

1) I've assigned 2 IP numbers to B - one for SLIP and one for the
   ethercard. Is this the correct thing to do?
2) Are the two halves - SLIP & ethernet - considered to be two separate
   networks, subnets of one network, or one network? In other words,
   do I need a subnetting setup?
3) Do all 3 machines need a different routing table (not counting the
   different IP numbers, of course)? Or would A's and C's be more or less
   identical?
3) I'm running 1.1.50, and do NOT have 'IP forwarding/gatewaying' enabled.
   Is this required in my case? If yes, does only B need it?
4) Is B considered to be a 'gateway' to C from A (& vice versa), or is
   A through B to C considered to be a 'direct' route?

Even with answers to the above, I'm not confident I could get things going
on my own. I would be very grateful if someone posted an example routing
configuration that would hook up all 3 computers...

   Thanks very much.
   John S. [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Robert A. Tiller)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Problems with xfig & Linux
Date: 14 Sep 1994 18:54:04 GMT

Tom Vaughan ([email-masked]) wrote:
: [email-masked] (Alfred Hovdestad) writes:

: >I have tried three different versions of xfig (the version distributed
: >with slackware 1.0.9, version 2.1.7pa and 2.1.8 and all three exhibit
: >the same problem.

: >After I start xfig, it starts to devour memory.  After about three
: >minutes everything locks up.  I can usually kill the process, but it
: >takes about a minute to type in 'kill -9 444'.

: >I can compile the same versions of xfig under Ultrix and everything
: >works fine.   BTW, I have seen this problem of two diferent machines.
: >I know other people are running xfig under Linux, so what am I doing
: >wrong?

: After I installed the mid-July version of Slackware, I noticed a very
: similar problem. I was able to correct it by grabbing the source code
: and recompiling. I am using the 1.1.45 kernel, and it works just fine.
: I grabbed the source for xfig 2.1 patchlevel 8 (protocol 2.1).

: I guess what I am saying is that you should try upgrading to 1.1.45
: and then recompile the 2.1.8 source.

check to make sure that the Fig file in the 
/usr/X386/lib/X11/app-defaults dir doesn't try to include itself.
If there is an include "Fig" on line four, then comment it out
with a bang like so:

! #include "Fig"

whiz bang!
Robert Tiller

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From: Jay Schlieske <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Lilo wish
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 08:40:51 -0400 (EDT)
Reply-To: Jay Schlieske <[email-masked]>

On Tue, 13 Sep 1994, Pile Smurf wrote:

> I have my Lilo set up to ask whether I want to run DOS or Linux at boot-up.
> The problem is, if I crash the machine remotely, and I manange to re-boot
> it, it will stay at the Lilo prompt until I can get back to my room to hit
> enter (to run linux).  Is there a way to set up Lilo so that after a minute,
> it will automatically choose the "default" choice?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mat Felthousen
> 
> -- 
> Mat Felthousen
> Chairman, Computer Interest Floor
> mflt_cif x40227
> 
> 

Hi,

YES ! Just do liloconfig, and start with a new header, set up Linux
as the 1st OS to boot into, and choose the delay presented to you.

  - Jay                      o
         Jay Schlieske     <#<         " Above all.... have fun. " 
  +*+ Credits: smartmail __>^>__  by * Linux-Pine3.90-Smail-Term201-PoP +*+ 

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From: [email-masked] (Steven M. Palm)
Subject: Re: mosaic for linux?
Date: Tue, 13 Sep 94 01:22:43 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] writes:
>
>ftp:sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/Mosaic-2.4.2-TueV.bin.tar.gz

 Does anyone have a version of Mosaic-2.4.2-TueV compiled for Linux
 with term support enabled?

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From: [email-masked] (Dragan Cvetkovic)
Subject: Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!!
Date: 15 Sep 1994 07:33:44 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Forkboy) writes:
> 
> In article <[email-masked]>,
> Joseph W. DeVincentis <[email-masked]> wrote:
> >
> >On a 486-DX2/66 with 8MB of RAM, cirrus logic 5426 local bus video,
> >without sound enabled, I got only 4.7 FPS.
> >I didn't notice any swapping at any time during the game, however.
> 
> On my 486DX/33MHz, 8MB RAM, Genoa 8500VLbus 1Mb card, no sound, I got 10.4
> fps. Anyone else get this high an fps reading?
> 
        Why this all start to look as `my-bogomips-is-larger-then-yours'
few months ago? 

                        Dragan
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     Dragan Cvetkovic,                  | To be or not to be 
     [email-masked] (or)              | is true. Or maybe not.  
     [email-masked]            |      G. Boole

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From: [email-masked] (Timothy J. Kordas)
Subject: Re: CAP on linux?
Date: 15 Sep 1994 01:11:03 GMT

Timothy E. Onders ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Does anyone know if CAP (Columbia Apple Package) runs on Linux?  Is
: anyone running CAP on Linux?  and, if CAP runs on Linux, does Linux
: allow for EtherTalk Phase 2 support?

in a word. CAP runs fine...but Phase 2 ethertalk does not.

there is some work going on to add that functionality...

-Tim
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Timothy J. Kordas                              |  [email-masked]
Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics     |
Case Western Reserve University                |  PGP public key available
Cleveland, Ohio 44106                          |  via finger

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From: [email-masked] (Scott A. Laird)
Subject: Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!!
Reply-To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 17:19:31 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,  <[email-masked]> wrote:
>In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Forkboy) writes:
>|> 
>|> On my 486DX/33MHz, 8MB RAM, Genoa 8500VLbus 1Mb card, no sound, I got 10.4
>|> fps. Anyone else get this high an fps reading?
>|> 
>
>486DX2/66MHz, 16MB, ATI VLB GUP w 2MB, no sound, 16.2 fps, with pixel
>   doubling, this dropped to 9.9 fps.  Screen resolution had insignificant
>   impact.  (Linux 1.1.44, XFree 2.1)
>

Pentium-90, Opti Chipset (slow) #9GXE64Pro PCI, 16 Mb
   Sound:    22.6 fps
   No Sound: 24.6 fps

I'll stick with sound.

Scott.
-- 
Scott A. Laird            |  "But this goes to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615"
[email-masked]  |                - Nigel on his 64-bit computer

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From: [email-masked] (Eric Sheppard)
Subject: X Support for JAX8236(Trident 9200CXr)?
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 20:46:09 -0400

I'm very pleased with my local-bus video card while working under DOS/Windows. 
However, I cannot get X-windows to work with it.  ConfigXF86 suggests using 
the Trident 8900 support, but that doesn't work either.  The screen clears, 
shows the normal X screen, clears blue for fvwm, and I get a cursor.  There 
are random sprinkled dots around it, which are left behind while moving the 
mouse.  If I move it to the top of the screen or start an application and 
place the window, the system will lock solid.  If I do nothing, it will lock 
up after a couple of minutes.

My older Trident 8900CL card works just fine, but is unbearably slow in DOS.
Is there an updated driver for my particular type of card?  Is it a problem 
related to my Xconfig instead?  Pointers and suggestions welcomed..

Particulars:
486DX2/66
8 meg mem/8 meg swap
Slackware 2.0
Kernel 1.42
Video card is labeled JAX8236, with the Trident 9200CXr chipset and 1 meg 
   memory.  It is a VLB card.

I can't turn off the local bus, my hard drive controller is also using it.

Eric

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From: [email-masked] (Tom Vaughan)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Problems with xfig & Linux
Date: 13 Sep 94 22:15:20 GMT

[email-masked] (Alfred Hovdestad) writes:

>I have tried three different versions of xfig (the version distributed
>with slackware 1.0.9, version 2.1.7pa and 2.1.8 and all three exhibit
>the same problem.

>After I start xfig, it starts to devour memory.  After about three
>minutes everything locks up.  I can usually kill the process, but it
>takes about a minute to type in 'kill -9 444'.

>I can compile the same versions of xfig under Ultrix and everything
>works fine.   BTW, I have seen this problem of two diferent machines.
>I know other people are running xfig under Linux, so what am I doing
>wrong?

After I installed the mid-July version of Slackware, I noticed a very
similar problem. I was able to correct it by grabbing the source code
and recompiling. I am using the 1.1.45 kernel, and it works just fine.
I grabbed the source for xfig 2.1 patchlevel 8 (protocol 2.1).

I guess what I am saying is that you should try upgrading to 1.1.45
and then recompile the 2.1.8 source.

If that doesn't work, I am stumped, but then again, I am easy to
stump.

Thomas Vaughan
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Oklahoma

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From: [email-masked] (Matt Weber)
Subject: Re: PAS 16 problem with CDROM
Date: 14 Sep 1994 21:23:41 GMT

Luciano Pavarotti ([email-masked]) wrote:
: It seems that I'm not the only one who is having problem with the
: PAS 16 SCSI.  I've got the Yggdrasil Summer release and a NEC 3x.
: Almost every time I boot the machine I get this:

: SCSI host 0 timed out - aborting command
: SCSI host 0 abort ( ) timed out - reseting

: and hangs.  The door on the CDROM don't even open.  I have to shut
: off the machine before it'll work.  It work just fine under DOS.
: I think there is something wrong with the drivers?  I've tried to slow
: the mahcine down but no luck.  For some reason I got it to work once
: and I installed the CD just fine.  After I shut it off, it don't work
: again.  What's going on?  

I just installed the Fall 94 release using a PAS16 and a 3xi.  I had lockup 
problems and had to physically turn off the machine (cycle the power to the 
PAS card I guess) because the card was not recognized under DOS if I did 
a hardware reset.  What it *seems* is happening is that the autoprobe is 
guessing at the interupt for the scsi portion of the card and getting it 
wrong.  I overcame this by issuing the boot image:

        linux pas16=0x388,12
        this includes the base address and irq
                    
It was much happier with this interupt and is working great now.  Check
the PAS16 HOWTO for more info.  Thats where I came up with this. BTW, you
may have to experiment with IRQ.  I verified the base address by watching
verbose output of the Trantor startup but it does not list the interupt. 

- Matt Weber

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From: [email-masked] (Srini Seetharam)
Subject: ftp login message
Date: 14 Sep 1994 21:23:21 GMT

I am trying to provide my users with a message when they try to
ftp. Especially when they log in and also when the CWD command
is issued.

Can someone tell me where these message files are stored ?
I looked in the spool directories but was unable to find any.

--
srini

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.development,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
From: [email-masked] (Mark Stockton)
Subject: Re: PPP/IP Forwarding Problem
Reply-To: [email-masked]
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 00:37:55 GMT

For myself and at least one other person, the fix was to upgrade to 
kernel 1.1.50.  It's in the Incoming directory on sunsite.  In my case, 
since my slip server itself uses a Cisco for it's default route, I also had
to answer no to "Assume subnets are local".

MarkS

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From: [email-masked] (David Wright)
Subject: Re: DOMM 4 Linux /X is OUT !!!
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 1994 18:46:58 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Mark A. Davis <[email-masked]> wrote:
>The game is completely unplayable under Linux, with a frame rate of 0.5
>per second (the is the fastest in 640x480 X, in 1024x768 it is slower).

        I am running it on a 386/33 on a 800x600 display and I didn't find
it to be "unplayable". Maybe if you are *used* to the higher framerates
it would be a step down. But going from not playing it at all I am happy
to have it out...

                                        Dave

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From: [email-masked] (Matija Nalis)
Subject: Re: SLIP w/Dynamic IP Addresses
Date: 14 Sep 1994 21:07:17 GMT

Tony Schwartz ([email-masked]) wrote:
: If anyone has a DIP script that would assist in establishing a SLIP connection 
: with a provider that allocated dynamic IP addresses, please send a copy over.

: Thanks in advance.

If you use slackware distribution, you'll have sample.dip in /etc
directory... That's it. Also, there is example in Networking.FAQ...

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From: [email-masked] (Sowmya Raman)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
Subject: linux+slip+bootp. How?
Date: 15 Sep 1994 11:57:56 GMT

Iam trying to use bootpc on my linux box to get an valid ip over SLIP and I am 
running into some problems. First of all the ioctl SIOCGIFADDR fails to get
hardware address obviously because its a slip connection I am trying to
make. I tried commenting out the ioctl and tried again and now I get my ip
as 127.0.0.1.
My questions are
(1) Does the bootp client on linux work with slip connections?
(2) Is there any RFC that deals with slip and bootp?
(3) Has anybody successfully used bootpc over SLIP connections?

Thanks for your help
ramana

PS: I am using my wife's acct. Please post or send mails to [email-masked]
But please do reply :-)

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