Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #924
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 94 19:13:29 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #924, Volume #2                Wed, 12 Oct 94 19:13:29 EDT

Contents:
  Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! - AND UNFREEZE KLUDGE (Yuri Trifanov)
  Linux with Intel EtherExpress 16 ??? (Craig Gibson)
  Infomagic Linux and Linux Doom! (Robert King)
  Syquest and Linux (Georg Pietrek)
  Re: Beautifying Linux/Xfree (Tim Bass (Network Systems Engineer))
  Re: Q: own Bootdisk with Ramdick ? (Randy Hootman)
  Re: Yggdrasil Fall 1994: buyers be aware (K.D. knguyen)
  Where is the Time Quantum ? (Dongxiao Yue)
  Re: SW Technologies (Jonathan I. Kamens)
  Re: MISTAKENLY POSTED (Brian D. Howard)
  Re: Canon BJ-200e Printcap? (Randy Hootman)
  BSVC Microprocessor Simulation Framework (Bradford Wayne Mott)
  Re: Is linux a multithreaded operating system? (Lam Dang)
  Re: Microsoft Keyboard users? (Wilfred Despe)
  Re: What is Linux good for? (Philip Balister)
  Re: Why does Slackware ship with an old version of joe? (Patrick J. Volkerding)
  Re: What is Linux good for? (Dan Newcombe)
  Re: What is Linux good for? (Tim Bass (Network Systems Engineer))
  Where to find Linux on CD (Christian Lalanne)
  Fidonet s/w for linux? (Ray Blaak)

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From: [email-masked] (Yuri Trifanov)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: Telnet & ftp freeze! - AND UNFREEZE KLUDGE
Date: 08 Oct 1994 00:27:24 GMT

> We are using SLIP!  And the problems we see are not *after* a connection
> is successfully opened, it is one of the system *refusing* connections
> (apparently).  Nearly all functions handled by inetd seem affected: 
> telnet logins, rlogins, ftp attempts, smail connections, attemps to do
> zone transfers from named by our provider's router, you name it.  Things
> work fine *most* of the time, but the login problems are the most
> persistant and visible.  In those cases, the system log *usually* shows
> 'connect from...' but the user never gets a prompt, or never gets a
> password prompt after entering username.  Netd entries in the log are
> 'connection refused' mostly. 

 you could be having problems with the resolver and tcpd, which comes
turned on by default in at least some distributions. if it can't
resolve the inaddr of the connecting host it will refuse the
connection.

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From: [email-masked] (Craig Gibson)
Subject: Linux with Intel EtherExpress 16 ???
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 14:59:25 GMT

Can anyone tell me if any drivers exist that will allow Linux to 
detect/use an Intel EtherExpress 16 Network Card?

Please email replies to [email-masked]

Thanks

Craig

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From: [email-masked] (Robert King)
Subject: Infomagic Linux and Linux Doom!
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 11:55:49 GMT

What's the latest Infoamgic Linux distribution?  Does it have XFree 3.1?

Also, how long has Linux Doom been out and where can I get it?

Man, I gotta read this group more often! :-)
-- 
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Robert King                       NEW ZEALAND            [email-masked]
                  "You're not in Guatemala now, Dr. Ropata!"
=======================================+======================================

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From: [email-masked] (Georg Pietrek)
Subject: Syquest and Linux
Date: 12 Oct 1994 14:53:55 GMT

I have a Syquest drive (SCSI, 270 MB) and my question is very
simple (hopefully the answer will be simple, too):
How can I use it with Linux ?

Bye

   Georg

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From: [email-masked] (Tim Bass (Network Systems Engineer))
Subject: Re: Beautifying Linux/Xfree
Date: 11 Oct 1994 04:57:39 GMT

Andy Bailey ([email-masked]) wrote:

:  Hi, 

[ deleted ]

: fonts. Perhaps some scripts (maybe tcl/tk based) that allow easy
: addition/removal of icons from the desktop. (I know its simple just the edit
: the config file to add/remove stuff, but this would be better looking)

:   Its just a wild idea, but I'd like to hear from anyone whos interested as
: well

Don't forget olvwm.  Change the colors a bit, clean up the startup clients and
olvwm is very nice.  My desktop at work has both a linux olvwm and HP-VUE.  
Both interfaces have advantages and disadvantages.  Mosaic looks great on
HPs and the Motif is crisp.  But I rarely use the 6 desktops that VUE offers.
olvwm is really fun.  Sometimes I use 8 or 10 vertual windows.  

I dunno, but it would be nice to have a slick HP-VUE resourse [CHOMPING]
hog to clutter my normally clear olvwm.  I've never done it, but I assume
its possible to run different WMs using vertual consoles, is that right?

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From: [email-masked] (Randy Hootman)
Subject: Re: Q: own Bootdisk with Ramdick ?
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 20:19:01 GMT

Try make zDisk.

Hope this helps.

Randy

: -- 
: Hi all,

: I want to create my own Bootdisk with a Ramdisk, like the Slakeware Boot/Root
: disks. But i haven't found any traget in the Makefiles of the kernel-source.

: I don't want to use my HD to boot. Ich will spezify the programs copying to
: the Ramdisk, and i want to use my own kernel.

: How can i create such a disk(s) ?

: so long Stephan.
: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
: Stephan Duhl                           email: [email-masked]
:                                            University of Kaiserslautern
-- 

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     "In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings,
      we pay ourselves the highest tribute." - Thurgood Marshall
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Randy Hootman                Randysoft Software             (408) 229-0119

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From: [email-masked] (K.D. knguyen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Yggdrasil Fall 1994: buyers be aware
Date: 11 Oct 1994 20:38:39 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

I bought Yggdrasil Linux CD Fall version last week. I tried to boot it by using
MSCDEX but it did not work. I am a little frustrated why there is no warning 
from the cover that this MSCDEX is a experimental driver and it may not work
for all. Next, I tried to boot Linux by using the bootflpy.phl (I have
the LMSI CM205 CD). It recognized the CD and say "LMSI CD Ready" but then
the boottrap program complaints about SONY CD31a and 525 and "Unable to mount
VFS".  I got the errata, but there seems no fixes for these problems yet.
There is any way that I can get the instructions to recompile the dosload
program and tried to figure out why runlinux.bat does not work for me. I tried
to look into why lmsci driver hangs the sony cd. Thanks alot.
--
          '''           K.D. Nguyen  
         (o o)          BDM Federal, Inc.
=====oOO==(_)==OOo===== [email-masked]
Xerox never comes up with anything original.

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.unix.programmer
From: [email-masked] (Dongxiao Yue)
Subject: Where is the Time Quantum ?
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 04:29:39 GMT

Hello, folks,

  I am reading the Linux source code, one thing I want to know is
  how the time quantum is determined,  but I could not find the code
  for the clock interrupts. Can anyone give a pointer?

  Thanks,

  Dongxiao

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From: [email-masked] (Jonathan I. Kamens)
Subject: Re: SW Technologies
Date: 12 Oct 1994 19:13:15 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (E. Robert Tisdale) writes:
|> I accept your apology.  I suppose that your arrogant and condescending
|> remarks are consistent with your apparent contempt for your readers.
|> It seems that you believe your frequent and windy postings are important
|> beyond any requirement to check whether or not you got any of the facts
|> right.  If you can't remember what you said in your own articles, I suggest
|> that you concentrate on posting fewer, more memorable, articles.  At least
|> you could take the trouble to run your article through a spelling checker
|> before posting.  Bob Tisdale

All these insults are very nice, Bob, but they don't answer Jeff's question --
"The question I am left with here is DOES Bob feel Mr. Wu acted improperly in
bouncing this refund check, and not as a repsonsible vendor? Comments , Bob?"

Well, Bob?  Comments?
-- 
Jonathan Kamens  |  OpenVision Technologies, Inc.  |   [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Brian D. Howard)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: MISTAKENLY POSTED
Date: 12 Oct 1994 20:00:15 GMT

...making a list and checking it twice,...

 ...making a list and checking it twice,...
-- 
        Hire the young while they still know everything.

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From: [email-masked] (Randy Hootman)
Subject: Re: Canon BJ-200e Printcap?
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 1994 20:24:33 GMT

Dip switch 8 needs to be flipped. This will make printing in Linux work 
and will not affect printing in DOS/Windows.

Hope this helps.

Randy

: My Canon BJ-200e doesn't do a carriage return when printing.  It just does
: a linefeed.  What do I have to change?  Thanks!

: Craig

: [email-masked]

-- 

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     "In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings,
      we pay ourselves the highest tribute." - Thurgood Marshall
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Randy Hootman                Randysoft Software             (408) 229-0119

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From: [email-masked] (Bradford Wayne Mott)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.m68k,comp.emulators.announce
Subject: BSVC Microprocessor Simulation Framework
Date: 12 Oct 1994 03:08:14 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked] (Bradford Wayne Mott)

[ Moderator's apology - I thought things were going out when in fact
they were just dying on the way out to be posted.  I'm posting two
weeks' worth of stuff today. ]

===============================================================================

    BBBBBB   SSSSS  VVV VVV  CCCCC
     BB  BB SS   SS VV  VV  CC   CC
     BB  BB SS      VV  VV  CC
     BBBBB   SSSSS  VV  VV  CC         "A Microprocessor Simulation Framework"
     BB  BB      SS VV  VV  CC        
     BB  BB SS   SS  VVVV   CC   CC                Version 1.0b3
    BBBBBB   SSSSS    VV     CCCCC 

===============================================================================
                      Third BETA Distribution Announcement
===============================================================================

BSVC is a microprocessor simulation framework written in C++ and Tcl/Tk.
It was developed as a senior project at North Carolina State University
by Bradford W. Mott.  BSVC provides a graphical user interface and a
collection of C++ classes to facilitate the development of microprocessor
simulators.  So far the BSVC framework has been used to developed a 
Motorola 68000 simulator and a HECTOR 1600 simulator.  The BSVC distribution 
contains the following:

  * BSVC Graphical User Interface (written in Tcl/Tk)

  * BSVC Simulator Framework (C++ classes)

  * Motorola 68000 simulator & assembler (including the M68681 Dual UART)

  * Hector 1600 simulator & assembler

CHANGES
=======

This is the third BETA release of BSVC.  The following changes have been made:

  1.0b2 to 1.0b3:

    a) Added an INCLUDE directive to the 68000 assembler
  
    b) Fixed a bug in the Program Listing window that caused it to
       only work for programs listed in ascending order
           
    c) Corrected a small problem with the file selector that caused it
       to "grab" the mouse while reading a directory (This causes problems
       with networked file systems that take a long time to read)

    d) Fixed bugs in two of the Framework classes that caused them not
       to compile under GCC 2.6.0

  1.0b1 to 1.0b2:

    a) Added a BREAK instruction to the 68000 simulator and assembler
       that acts like a breakpoint.  When the simulator executes this
       instruction while "running" it will stop running like it
       hit a breakpoint.

    b) Added a new file selector to the user interface

    c) Fixed several small bugs in the HECTOR 1600 simulator

Supported Systems
=================

The BSVC distribution supports the following systems:

  * Linux 1.x.x
  * Ultrix 4.3
  * SunOS 
  * HP-UX 9.0

Required Software
=================

BSVC requires the following software to compile and run:

  * gcc and the g++ library

  * Tcl/Tk (Needs the "wish" executable with the addinput extension.
            I'm working on making "wish" binaries available for the
            supported systems listed above)

Distribution Site
================= 

The BSVC distribution can be obtained from ftp.eos.ncsu.edu in the 
pub/bsvc directory as "bsvc-1.0b3.tar.Z". 

Contacts
========

If you have any questions regarding the BSVC distribution send mail to:

  [email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Lam Dang)
Subject: Re: Is linux a multithreaded operating system?
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 02:25:58 GMT

Jeff Kesselman ([email-masked]) wrote:
: In article <[email-masked]>, Lam Dang <[email-masked]> wrote:
: >Jeff Kesselman ([email-masked]) wrote:
: >
: >[cut]
: >
: >: This blocking business is an implementation detail. I don't think its a 
: >: terminology issue.  This whole discussion goes to illustrate my OTHER 
: >: point (deleted) that the terms thread, task and process are often used in 
: >: different ways.  The whole area of terminology is muddied, this is 
: >: PARTICULARLY true when referrign to 'threads'.
: >
: >For historical perspective, in IBM's MVS a "job" runs in its own address 
: >space.  Each job consists of multiple, concurrent "tasks" which share the
: >same address space.
: >
: >And, just like today's threads, MVS tasks do get in each other's way, and 
: >reading dumps is still a required skill in MVS shops.
: >
: >
: >-- 
: >Lam Dang
: >[email-masked]
: >
: >                             

: Okay.. and your point is?????

: As the ancient romans used to say, "Non sequitor."

: JK

It did look that way, didn't it?  I just meant to add to your point about 
terminology.
-- 
Lam Dang
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Wilfred Despe)
Subject: Re: Microsoft Keyboard users?
Date: 12 Oct 1994 16:08:11 -0500

[email-masked] (Jason A. Philbrook) writes:

>Has anyone used the new microsoft keyboard (funky shaped thing) with
>linux sucessfully? I might get one soon as this keyboard is about to
>die. If anyone has, have you got the new symbol key to work?

I currently use the new MS keyboard with Linux.  I am not sure there is
any real difference with a normal keyboard.

I however have not tried to use any of the additional keys..

-- 
Wilfred J. Despe                Hmm.......
[email-masked]
[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Philip Balister)
Subject: Re: What is Linux good for?
Date: 12 Oct 1994 21:51:47 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

Dan Newcombe ([email-masked]) wrote:
: In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Daniel Woodard) writes:
: >  I found this group today.  How well does it do multitasking?  Does it run 
: >under Windows or DOS?

Just for the record this same guy posted in at least one other
group. The message there was equally clueless. Forget him.

Philip

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From: [email-masked] (Patrick J. Volkerding)
Subject: Re: Why does Slackware ship with an old version of joe?
Date: 11 Oct 1994 05:09:13 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
zachary brown <[email-masked]> wrote:
>I use Slackware and really like it, but I'm curious why it has not upgraded
>joe. I know at least version 2.2 is out, but Slackware only ships 1.0.8. The
>only reason I care is because joe 1.0.8 is a little buggy (e.g., search and
>replace on large files can cause out of memory errors without swap being
>touched).

This is incorrect.  Slackware 2.0.1 contains Joe version 1.0.12, which I 
think this is the latest version.

Pat

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From: [email-masked] (Dan Newcombe)
Subject: Re: What is Linux good for?
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 1994 16:10:01 UNDEFINED

In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Daniel Woodard) writes:
>  I found this group today.  How well does it do multitasking?  Does it run 
>under Windows or DOS?

Good...I guess it isn't lost anymore. :)

It's does great multitasking (unlike certain OS's out of Redmond, WA).

No, it's not a patch like Windows and takes over the whole machine.  I 
think there is a program that will boot linux from the DOS prompt, so I guess 
you could say it runs under DOS :)

        -Dan

--
Dan Newcombe                    [email-masked]
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
"And the man in the mirror has sad eyes."       -Marillion

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From: [email-masked] (Tim Bass (Network Systems Engineer))
Subject: Re: What is Linux good for?
Date: 12 Oct 1994 15:11:58 GMT

Daniel Woodard ([email-masked]) wrote:
:   I found this group today.
      ^^^^^ 

Congratulations Dan, you just stumbled into one of the most exciting
movements in cyberspace.  Before you start asking a lot of questions
in the comp.os.linux.* newsgroups, read the FAQs, read the posts,
and just develop a 'feel' for what linux is all about.  If you
don't there are those is the shadows waiting to bite your head off.

Who knows, maybe you will write a super linux utility in 6 months
we all will benefit from.  But in the meantime, look a little bit
before you leap.....the waters of the net can be both cold and deep ;-)

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From: [email-masked] (Christian Lalanne)
Subject: Where to find Linux on CD
Date: 11 Oct 1994 20:52:58 GMT

Hi,
        
        Can someone tell me how to find or order Linux on CD-ROM?

Thanks in advance!

                                        Chrix

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From: [email-masked] (Ray Blaak)
Subject: Fidonet s/w for linux?
Date: 5 Oct 1994 21:55:53 -0700

The subject line says it all. I am interested in hooking up to Fidonet. Is the
necessary software available for Linux?

Cheers,
Ray Blaak
[email-masked]

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