Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #793
From: Digestifier <[email-masked]>
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Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 08:15:25 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #793, Volume #2                Wed, 21 Sep 94 08:15:25 EDT

Contents:
  Looking for BBS Pkg (Tom Rossbottom)
  Administration Shells ------------ 2nd Request!!!! (Patrick Draper)
  Re: TERM - cannot connect to socket (Alexandra Griffin)
  Re: which is better: Mitsumi or Panasonic CDROM? (Jeff Tranter)
  Re: How to use floppy with linux? (L Saku P Airila)
  Re: Linux is a GNU system and the DWARF support (Michael I Bushnell)
  Re: Linux, 40,000 Cover CD's (Lasermoon Info Desk)
  NCR53c810 alpha driver problem (Reuben A. McFarland)
  Re: Biz.comp.linux* (Pete Chown)
  Looking for Linux BBS software (Kenneth Brody)
  how to write man pages (Lars A. Hansen)
  Re: DOOM linux with TERM (Damian Frank)
  Re: XFree86 patch for DOOM 320x200 doublescan (Dick Streefland)
  Re: How to use floppy with linux? (Leonard101)
  Linux on P5-66 (Ranjan Muttiah)
  Re: TERM;ftp & tredir (Andre T. Fraser)
  Re: looking for term clients (Andre T. Fraser)
  Companies installing Linux (Anonymous)
  x11-server wich supports 2 MB video memory (Matuschek)
  Re: how to write man pages (Dan Pop)
  Re: NCR53c810 alpha driver problem (Karsten Rucker)
  NCR53c710 + COMPAQ works with Linux? (Andreas Brand)

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From: [email-masked] (Tom Rossbottom)
Subject: Looking for BBS Pkg
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 00:01:26 GMT

Does anyone know of a good bbs package for Linux?
Something as good(or bad) as those DOS versions with
ANSI Screens for callers/Chat/Mail/etc.....

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From: [email-masked] (Patrick Draper)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.unixware
Subject: Administration Shells ------------ 2nd Request!!!!
Date: 21 Sep 1994 00:07:59 GMT

Hi,

I am interested in knowing what administration shells exist for Linux.
I've asked this question before, but received nearly no response at all.
I am interested only in distribution quality shells that exist on FTP
sites for general use.

Please!!! This is important!!! Please write to me if you know of any that
exist.

Thanks in advance,

 /\/\ |Patrick Draper                        Mr. Order, he runs at a|
/ /_.\|Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc.      good pace, but old  |
\  /./|e-mail: [email-masked]                      Mother chaos is   |
 \/\/ |Lansing, Michigan                          winning the race. |

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From: [email-masked] (Alexandra Griffin)
Subject: Re: TERM - cannot connect to socket
Date: 21 Sep 1994 04:06:13 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
Chris Herringshaw <[email-masked]> wrote:
>I am running (err trying to run...)  TERM between 2 machines running
>SunOS 4.1.2.  The problem I am having is that when I try to run any
>of the term clients, I get the error:
>
>:Cannot connect to term socket

Hmm, you *are* running the term daemon on both ends, right? :-)
And you're starting up the clients from the same account that started
the daemon (or running in shared mode)?

-- alex

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From: [email-masked] (Jeff Tranter)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: which is better: Mitsumi or Panasonic CDROM?
Date: 20 Sep 1994 10:22:59 -0400

Apart from whether the hardware is better, currently under Linux the
kernel drivers for the Panasonic seem to be better than for
Mitsumi. The driver has been optimized for performance, up to 16
drives can be connected, PhotoCD is supported, and you can read the
digital data from audio CDs. It is also quite good at autoprobing for
the drive i/o address.
-- 
Jeff Tranter                                      [email-masked]
Software Technology, Mitel Corp.      opinion: my disclaimers are my own

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From: [email-masked] (L Saku P Airila)
Subject: Re: How to use floppy with linux?
Date: 20 Sep 1994 18:36:22 GMT

kidd travis danemon ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Hi.  I have Linux installed on my hard drive, and would like to know how I
: can format and copy to and from floppy disks.  I know my drives are named
: fd0 and fd1, but that's about it.  Any help on this group or private E-mail
: would be appreciated.

You need first to mount the floppy, before you can use it. So, you need
the floppy and an empty directory. Then

mount -t fstype /dev/fd? /directory

where fstype == msdos for dos disks, ext2 for ext2fs etc.
      fd? == the floppy drive device
      /directory == the directory where the floppy is to be mounted.

eg: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt

For more information, man mount

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From: [email-masked] (Michael I Bushnell)
Crossposted-To: gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: Linux is a GNU system and the DWARF support
Date: 21 Sep 1994 04:46:19 GMT

Distribution: 

   From: [email-masked] (J.J. Paijmans)
   Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,gnu.misc.discuss
   Date: 20 Sep 1994 19:49:17 GMT
   Organization: Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands
   NNTP-Posting-Host: kubix.kub.nl

   In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Michael I Bushnell) writes:
   ...
   >
   >
   >--
   >+1 617 623 3248 (H)         |               En arche en ho logos, 
   >+1 617 253 8568 (W)        -+-                kai ho logos en pros ton theon,
   >1105 Broadway               |                 kai theos en ho logos.
   >Somerville, MA 02144        |               Kai ho logos sarx egeneto,
   >[email-masked]          |                 kai eskenosen en hemin.

   With regards to your signature: Gamo to theo sou;
   (sorry, couldn't let that one pas..."

I copied my signature from my Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament.  But
my Greek is exceedingly poor.  So what is a translation of your bit?

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+1 617 623 3248 (H)         |           En arche en ho logos, 
+1 617 253 8568 (W)        -+-            kai ho logos en pros ton theon,
1105 Broadway               |             kai theos en ho logos.
Somerville, MA 02144        |           Kai ho logos sarx egeneto,
[email-masked]          |             kai eskenosen en hemin.

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From: [email-masked] (Lasermoon Info Desk)
Subject: Re: Linux, 40,000 Cover CD's
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 94 00:56:52 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] writes:
>
>Anders Hedborg ([email-masked]) wrote:
>
>
>> When is it supposed to be on the shelves? And what issue should I
>> ask for?
>
>I mailed lasermoon this question, but I'm still waiting a reply.
>

Apologies to all concerned for any delay in replying to email, we have
had a few enquiries about the CD etc :-)  It is indeed the October
issue.

>The latest edition of PC-PLUS states that they are changing the publication
>date. The November copy will not appear until 1st of that month -- quite a
>wait :-(
>
Yes, but keep a lookout for it. Likely be more Linux goodies to come
over the next few issues!! A posting will be issued nearer the time.

From the email we have received, it appears that it is becoming a
collectors item.

We understand that Octobers issue may be available directly from PCPLUS
which may help those outside the UK. They maybe contacted on :

        [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Reuben A. McFarland)
Subject: NCR53c810 alpha driver problem
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 17:19:27 GMT

Need advice, I have a:

Genoa 486PCI-G ver. A motherboard
PCI SCSI controller with an NCR53c810 chip in PCI slot 1
        V3.0 SDMS BIOS (so it says )
Conner CFP1060s 1.05 Gig. SCSI drive

Using the bootdisk I got from tsx-11 /pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi/ncr53c810/
ncr_slack.3.gz, I get when booting:

SCSI1: at PCI bus 0, device 1, function 0
SCSI1: NCR53c810 at memory 0xfc800000, io 0xd000, irq 0
SCSI0: IRQ not free, detaching
scsi : 0 hosts
scsi : detected 0 SCSI disks  0 Tapes 0 CD-ROM dives total
scsi : 0 buffer total 0 bytes

I guess I need to know how I tell the controller to use a different IRQ.
This same setup works under DOS. 
Anyone else have this problem?
==========================================================
Reuben A. McFarland
Indiana University
[email-masked]
==========================================================

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Crossposted-To: biz.config
From: [email-masked] (Pete Chown)
Subject: Re: Biz.comp.linux*
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 12:46:30 GMT

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Pierre Uszynski) writes:

> I understand the appeal of trying to create a group just for your
> own use :-) but that's counterproductive. Post your ads where people
> read other things, so they can see these too.

This is good marketing advice, but a bit short on netiquette IMHO.
"So they can see these too" is a polite way of putting it.  The point
is that the adverts are pushed down people's throats whether they want
them or not.  Put them in a separate group, so people can choose
whether to PAY REAL MONEY to read advertising.

BTW, I thought the Spire Technologies price list was particularly
blatant, seeming to have everything to do with selling general purpose
PC hardware and nothing to do with Linux.

> The biz hierarchy is believed to have a limited distribution ...

There is a reason for this.  People don't want to pay to read adverts.
But this is not a reason to put adverts in the mainstream groups.

> You may have been flamed once or twice for posting commercial stuff
> to the col hierarchy, but I don't believe flamage here is anywhere close
> to what it is in other groups.

This is not something to be proud of!  Warm up the flamethrowers
folks! :-) :-)
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[email-masked]          "The Pen is mightier than the Quill"
                                      -- anonymous

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From: [email-masked] (Kenneth Brody)
Subject: Looking for Linux BBS software
Date: 20 Sep 1994 15:36:34 GMT

I am considering starting a BBS from my Linux system.  I looked at the sunsite
archives, and found a wide array of possibilities.

I would like to hear from anyone out there who is actually running a Linux
BBS about which software they use, along with the best/worst features, in an
attempt to narrow down the field I should consider.  I'd also like to know
why you chose the system that you use, and maybe even why you chose not to
use some others.

Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

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From: [email-masked] (Lars A. Hansen)
Subject: how to write man pages
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 17:39:26 GMT

The subject says it all, how to write them what tool to use?

 --- Lars ---

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From: [email-masked] (Damian Frank)
Crossposted-To: alt.games.doom,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: DOOM linux with TERM
Date: 21 Sep 1994 07:26:59 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

: man tredir

: RTFM

Yes, I'd forgotten that.  It MIGHT work;  I'd test it but my X is down.  In
the past, I've had numerous difficulties getting tredir to work with
non-term-aware apps (and it's mostly pointless with term aware apps),
however, so..who can say?  Has anyone tried this?

--
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Damian Frank      "Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and
[email-masked]    what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't.
                   You cannot shirk this and be a man."   -Mark Twain

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From: [email-masked] (Dick Streefland)
Subject: Re: XFree86 patch for DOOM 320x200 doublescan
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 1994 17:43:53 GMT

Peter Bollerman ([email-masked]) wrote:
--> In article [email-masked], [email-masked] (Dick Streefland) writes:
--> [%]I have made a small patch to the XFree86-2.1.1 release which
--> [%]implements a "doublescan" flag that may be added to a mode line
--> [%]in Xconfig, just like the "interlace" flag. 

--> Ok, but where can I find the source to patch it to?
I got the XFree86-2.1 source from the Snow-2.1 CD, and I
patched it to version 2.1.1 with the following patch:
   ftp.win.tue.nl:pub/XFree86/2.1-2.1.1.diff.gz
Perhaps, the 2.1 source is available there also.

--> Also, before I start building, how do I find out if I have a programmable
--> clock generator?
You have a programmable clock generator when you are using a
   Clocks "icd2061a"
or
   Clockprog "....."
line in your Xconfig file.

--> How do I program it?
XFree86 will do it for you :-)

--
Dick Streefland              ////         Tasking Software BV
[email-masked]            (@ @)             The Netherlands
========================oOO==(_)==OOo========================

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From: [email-masked] (Leonard101)
Subject: Re: How to use floppy with linux?
Date: 20 Sep 1994 15:15:03 -0400

In article <tkidd.780077893@hubcap>, [email-masked] (kidd travis
danemon) writes:

  >> Hi.  I have Linux installed on my hard drive, and would like to know
how I
can format and copy to and from floppy disks.  I know my drives are named
fd0 and fd1, but that's about it.  Any help on this group or private
E-mail
would be appreciated.

-Travis <<

Hi Travis,

   I'm pretty new to Linux myself...

   Try fdformat /dev/fd0 to format your diskette.  Or fdformat
/dev/fd0H1440.

   Try mount /dev/fd0 to 'mount' the filesystem.

   There is a wealth in the man pages for 'mount'  take a look at man
mount.

-Len 

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From: [email-masked] (Ranjan Muttiah)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Linux on P5-66
Date: 20 Sep 1994 19:24:26 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

I'm reposting since I neglected to give some details
earlier.  I'm trying to install Slackware 2-0.0 on a P5-66.
At LILO boot, the ramdisk default is used.  The system boots until it 
has detected the SCSI controller with the message:

        boot: loading ramdisk
        calibrating delay loop .... ok - 26.63 bogo mips at 33 mhz
[when set a 66 mhz 1.90 bogo mips shows up].
        failed  ( why did it fail ?)
        scsi0: adaptec 1542
        scsi: 1 host

The floppy drive is locked but no response from the keyboard.

The SCSI board is a Buslogic BT-946C fast SCSI PCI host adapter which 
according to the documentation "supports 1540-interface compatibility 
operating systems."  Is linux supported by this board ??

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From: fat@laforge (Andre T. Fraser)
Subject: Re: TERM;ftp & tredir
Date: 21 Sep 1994 05:43:25 GMT

I think you mean tredir 4000 23 to redirect port 4000 on the remote
machine to port 23 on your local machine.

David Delaune ([email-masked]) wrote:
: I'm trying to setup TERM to redirect (tredir) ftp services to a paticular
: host/port combo.  I can get port 21 redirected fine, but I cannot get the 
: data connection port 20 redirected so that when the remote hosts attempts
: to open it, that my machine can respond to it properly.  Anybody done this
: yet?  Thanks in advance.

: Dave

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___(*)/_(*)__________________Computer Learning and Design Center____________ 
Ask me a question. If I don't know the answer, then come back tomorrow
                        and I'll have an answer.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^http://www.cldc.howard.edu/~fat^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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From: fat@laforge (Andre T. Fraser)
Subject: Re: looking for term clients
Date: 21 Sep 1994 05:46:41 GMT

Look in /usr/bin, there are a couple of term clients including ttelnet
and tncftp. To get some other stuff check out sunsite.unc.edu in
/pub/Linux/apps/comm/term/

Daniel Pewzner ([email-masked]) wrote:
: Hi, I'm interested in knowing what term clients are available.  I am
: running term 1.14 off Slackware 2.0.  I realize this is an older version,
: but it works fine for me right now.  However, I would like to have a
: termIRC client.  Thank you for any help!

--
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___(*)/_(*)__________________Computer Learning and Design Center____________ 
Ask me a question. If I don't know the answer, then come back tomorrow
                        and I'll have an answer.
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From: [email-masked] (Anonymous)
Subject: Companies installing Linux
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 1994 19:32:04 GMT

Is anyone compiling a list of all the various companies that will install
Linux on a pre-configured system?  There was a thread awhile back, but
I neglected to save the pertinent articles.  I also got a fairly good
quote back from someone named Ronald <last name I forget> III.  Does 
anyone know who I am talking about?  If so, could you relate any 
experiences from him?  I seem to have lost the email due to system
problems. :(

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From: [email-masked] (Matuschek)
Subject: x11-server wich supports 2 MB video memory
Date: 21 Sep 1994 08:55:53 GMT

Hi !

I'm using a Hercules Dynamite Pro 2MB graphics card.
But My X-Server dosn't support more than one megabyte
video memory. Is there a server, wich support 2 MB
for higher virtual resolutions or hicolor support ?

Please email Me:

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From: [email-masked] (Dan Pop)
Subject: Re: how to write man pages
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 08:49:01 GMT

In <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Lars A. Hansen) writes:

>The subject says it all, how to write them what tool to use?
>
1. Type "man 7 man" and read the output.

2. Have a look at the unformatted text of a man page.

That's all.

Dan
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CERN, CN Division
Email: [email-masked]
Mail:  CERN - PPE, Bat. 31 R-004, CH-1211 Geneve 23, Switzerland

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From: [email-masked] (Karsten Rucker)
Subject: Re: NCR53c810 alpha driver problem
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 1994 07:44:32 GMT

Reuben A. McFarland ([email-masked]) wrote:

: Need advice, I have a:

: Genoa 486PCI-G ver. A motherboard
: PCI SCSI controller with an NCR53c810 chip in PCI slot 1
:       V3.0 SDMS BIOS (so it says )
: Conner CFP1060s 1.05 Gig. SCSI drive

: Using the bootdisk I got from tsx-11 /pub/linux/ALPHA/scsi/ncr53c810/
: ncr_slack.3.gz, I get when booting:

: SCSI1: at PCI bus 0, device 1, function 0
: SCSI1: NCR53c810 at memory 0xfc800000, io 0xd000, irq 0
: SCSI0: IRQ not free, detaching
: scsi : 0 hosts
: scsi : detected 0 SCSI disks  0 Tapes 0 CD-ROM dives total
: scsi : 0 buffer total 0 bytes

: I guess I need to know how I tell the controller to use a different IRQ.
: This same setup works under DOS. 

: Anyone else have this problem?
: ----------------------------------------------------------
: Reuben A. McFarland
: Indiana University
: [email-masked]
: ----------------------------------------------------------

First, have you assigned an irq (for example irq 9) to the 
pci slot? Depending on your motherboard, this must be done
in the bios setup and/or via jumpers on the board.
If you still get this message, you have the same problem i
have had. Then there is a bug in your bios. The easiest
way around this(which i have done), is to hardcode your
interupt number in the kernel (put 'irq=9;'
in the kernel ncr-scsi-driver and build a new kernel). 

ciao
karsten

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From: [email-masked] (Andreas Brand)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: NCR53c710 + COMPAQ works with Linux?
Date: 21 Sep 1994 09:39:08 GMT

I tried without success to install Linux on my COMPAQ ProSignia 5/60
(EISA ,32MB ,NCR 53c710, IBMOEM 1.05 GB Hard Drive).

Kernel : Version 1.11.49 (compiled with NCR53c7,8xx SCSI support)

But no SCSI hosts is detected.

Has someone running Linux on a COMPAQ with NCR53c710?
What I have to do?

Andreas

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