Subject: Linux-Misc Digest #938
From: Digestifier <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 94 16:13:21 EDT

Linux-Misc Digest #938, Volume #2                Fri, 14 Oct 94 16:13:21 EDT

Contents:
  Re: GNU libc extensions (readline) - How to link? ([email-masked])
  Re: ez (was Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?) ([email-masked])
  Re: Warning against UMC 486SX chips (Stephen Parkinson)
  Re: Syquest and Linux (Dave Ahn)
  Printing to postscript printer? (Brian Kwan)
  EiconCard (Viktor T. Toth)
  Connecting LINUX & IBM36, NEED INFO/HELP... (Jan Willems)
  talkd[xxx]: recv: Connection Refused (Benjamin John Walter)
  Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux? (Cornelius Krasel)
  Re: Automounter? (Well, my name is Jesus...)
  Re: Weakest Linux Box (Michael Haardt)
  PCMCIA support (Philip Thambidurai)
  Re: Removeable-media support in Linux ? ([email-masked])
  /lib/ld.so: cache ... is corrupt. Help. ([email-masked])
  Re: Mystery Chip...AMD (Joseph Stanley (Joe Wisniewski))
  Re: Linux Journal (Phil Hughes)
  Re: Which distribution on CDROM and Sony CDROM support? (Jeff Kesselman)
  siscad (Student van Paul de Bra)
  Re: What PCMCIA ethernet card to buy? (Christopher Morton)

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From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: GNU libc extensions (readline) - How to link?
Date: 10 Oct 1994 19:31:41 GMT

[email-masked] (Mitchum DSouza) writes:
>In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] writes:
>|> But when I compile (even with -lgcc as the last arg on cmd-line):
>|> poly-render.c:75 (/tmp/cca004401.o): Undefined symbol _getline
>|>  referenced text segment
>getline() is not in 4.5.26, but is in the upcoming 4.6.x library.
>
>|> Is there a way to include the symbol without linking?  I was able to
>|> create a .o file without difficulty.  It wasn't in the GCC-FAQ, so
>|> I ask :)
>Just link in the object you were able to compile for the time being.
I don't understand.
I created the .o file with gcc -O2 -c poly-render.c, but I still don't
understand how to link the poly-render.o file created.  I tried several
of the linking flags in the info gcc documentation: -static, -u _getline
and a few others I forget to no avail.  How does one link a symbol that
isn't in the shared libs in this case?
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From: [email-masked]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: ez (was Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?)
Date: 11 Oct 1994 02:43:35 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked]

In article <[email-masked]>,
[email-masked] (Richard L. Goerwitz) writes: 
 : Personally, I don't that dial-up character-based I/O is the future of
 : computing.  To bend over backwards to suit this constituency would be
 : to cripple any forward-looking WP, and to slow development.

I do not think that making a character based WP will slow development at
all.  The display code for X is far more complex than it is for ordinary
terminals and will distract from the internals of the WP itself.  The X
stuff can come later.  I think that there are far more of us still using
simple terminals than are using X terminals.  

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From: [email-masked] (Stephen Parkinson)
Subject: Re: Warning against UMC 486SX chips
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 04:23:57 +0000

In article <[email-masked]>
   [email-masked] writes:
> Hello,
> I've been testing the last couple of days a couple of machines with a
> UMC 486SX processor. It appears that they are not sold in the U.S. because
> UMC is afraid of Intel-lawsuits. But in Europe (and the rest of the world???)
> these chips are available now (and are very cheap).
> 
> Well as it appears, Linux has a problem with these chips: kernel panics!

The owner of one of these, who was trying to install Linux
now has 6 hrs extra of phone bill.

The root/boot disks worked in machines at work.

When he took it back he said OS/2 didn't run, just to make
sure they changed it.

He upgraded to a 486sx2-66 for $24 uk vat inclusive
and binned ideas of Linux when he couldn't get X
going on his video.

Stephen Parkinson

> I read an article in the german magazine C'T and they reported the chip
> worked with MSLOSS&MS-Widows, but had a big problem with WIN-NT. Apparently
> a 32-bit problem.
> 
> I'm not sure whether UMC is aware of the problem, so that there are already
> newer versions of it. If you want to buy a system with it: try to boot
> Linux with a boot floppy, if it boots, I guess it'll work OK.
> 
> Hope to have warned everybody just in time!
> 
> Greetings Ronald Schalk

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From: [email-masked] (Dave Ahn)
Subject: Re: Syquest and Linux
Date: 14 Oct 1994 06:38:08 GMT

[email-masked] (Georg Pietrek) writes:

>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 ?

I've got an IBM rewritable MO drive, but the answer is the same.
Configure it properly on the SCSI chain on an ID >=2 (it works at 0 or
1, but those are usually reserved for HD's).  Boot up linux,
login as root and execute /sbin/fdisk /dev/sdX1, where X is
the alphabet corresponding to ID (0 = a, 1 = b, so on).  Create your
partitions.  Execute /sbin/mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sdX1.  Edit /etc/fstab
to include something like:

/dev/sdX1       /syquest        ext2    noauto,user

and you're set.  I do not use my MO drive most of the time, so I choose
not to mount it at boottime (noauto option).  However, I wanted to
be able to stick in a disk and mount it at any given time, so addd
the user option.  If you do the same thing, you'd insert a cartridge,
type "mount /syquest", use it til you're done, type "umount /syqyest"
then eject the media.

Hope that helps,
Dave.
>Bye

>   Georg

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From: [email-masked] (Brian Kwan)
Subject: Printing to postscript printer?
Date: 13 Oct 1994 17:12:39 GMT

What is the best way to print to a postscript printer??

THANKS

Brian
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[email-masked]

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From: [email-masked] (Viktor T. Toth)
Subject: EiconCard
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 1994 01:11:19

Title says it all. What can you tell me about this X.25 beast in relation with 
Linux? What can you tell me about it in general? Would you by any chance know 
of some DOS (or Linux!) based software that can be used to at least test if 
the beast is alive? Anybody knows how to configure the card's 4 DIP switches 
and jumper?

I happened to pick up one of these beasties today for an outrageously low 
price at an inventory clearance sale. (Price was so low I don't even mind to 
learn that what I bought is a piece of junk). I am wondering if there is any 
chance to ever get it to sing in my Linux box.

Viktor

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From: [email-masked] (Jan Willems)
Subject: Connecting LINUX & IBM36, NEED INFO/HELP...
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 14:26:49 GMT

Dear netters,

        In what ways can an IBM-36 be connected to a LINUX box?

        At the moment there is a dosmachine running some kind
        of terminal emulator on a IDCOMM-5251-PLUS card. Via
        this dosmachine files can be up- and downloaded.

        Can this card be used in a LINUX system? Maybe even
        using ftp or rcp?
        What other options are there which fall in the PD or 
        shareware category?

        Thanks for your response.

        Regards,
        Jan Willems.
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Utrecht University, the Netherlands,        |        |   
tel: +31-30-534114, e-mail: [email-masked]  |       \_/

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From: [email-masked] (Benjamin John Walter)
Subject: talkd[xxx]: recv: Connection Refused
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 1994 17:10:35 +0000

Does anyone know what it is that causes streams of entries like:

Oct  3 21:52:17 tsunami talkd[1048]: recv: Connection refused
Oct  3 21:52:33 tsunami talkd[1048]: recv: Connection refused
Oct  3 22:04:36 tsunami named[48]: recvfrom: Connection refused

At apparently random intervals in my /var/adm/messages?  Has
anyone else witnessed this?  I'm curious...

Peace,  Ben

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From: [email-masked] (Cornelius Krasel)
Subject: Re: Word (Text) processors for Linux?
Date: 10 Oct 1994 19:55:46 GMT

[email-masked] wrote:
[His problem: convert end-of-line characters into each other, esp. Mac->Unix.]

Try
        tr '\015' '\012' < file_from_mac > file_in_unix
on your linux machine. This should work. If it doesn't, there is something
wrong with the control codes and you have to read the man page for tr before
experimenting further. (It works with tr, guaranteed!)

--Cornelius.

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Date: 14 Oct 1994 12:52:00 +0200
From: [email-masked] (Well, my name is Jesus...)
Subject: Re: Automounter?

> Hi
> Need advice if there is an automounter for Linux that works with YP and
> the automountd for Solaris 2.3 on a SS10.
>
> Please email reply...

Please don't Reply by eMail, post it in this group...
I Think there are some other netter's who want know about this
(Like me...)

---Kai
[Click]
## CrossPoint v3.0 ##

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From: Michael Haardt <(michael)[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: Weakest Linux Box
Date: Thu, 13 Oct 94 20:06:40 MET

[email-masked] (Stormy Henderson) writes:
> I ran Slackware 1.1.1 on a 386sx16 with 4 meg ram and a 20 meg hard drive for
> 3 months.  It had the a, ap, n, and d disks.  Was quite a tight fit.

My older machine is a 386-20 with 2MB RAM.  I use it to play with SLIP
to my 486.  It has two MFM drives connected to it and currently runs
Linux 1.1.52.  Enough to ftp to it, but unusable for serious work.

Michael
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From: [email-masked] (Philip Thambidurai)
Subject: PCMCIA support
Date: 12 Oct 1994 12:00:26 GMT

Does Linux provide support for a PCMCIA SCSI adapter (for a laptop)?
(which is connected to an external SCSI CD-ROM).

Thanks

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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Martin Marietta Laboratories                   TEL:   609-866-6546
Route 38, Bldg.145-2                           FAX:   609-866-6397
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Route 38, Bldg.145-2                           FAX:   609-866-6397
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From: [email-masked]
Subject: Re: Removeable-media support in Linux ?
Date: 12 Oct 1994 11:29:52 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked] (Bill Hogan)

"RZ" == Randy Zagar <[email-masked]> writes:
In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] (Randy Zagar) writes:

  RZ> I haven't seen this anywhere, but I was wondering if
  RZ> Linux supports any removeable-media drives like Syquest
  RZ> or Bernoulli drives...

  RZ> -Randy

  I have a Fujitsu M2511a 128 m.o. drive and it works fine on Linux --
which is more than I can say for OS2 (which doesn't even support it).

 Bill

  

--
Bill Hogan <[email-masked]>

    If you can find a better Unix than Linux, buy it!

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From: [email-masked]
Subject: /lib/ld.so: cache ... is corrupt. Help.
Date: 10 Oct 94 22:27:51 -0500

I'm currently in a fix.  I shutdown my system while doing a tar to tape.  The
system shutdown properly but now when I reboot I get:

/lib/ld.so: cache "/etc/ld.co.cache' is corrupt.

This message appears when I do anything... changing directories, signing on or
off, etc.

When I shutdown, i get:

... /etc/mtab.temp : no room on device.

I've tried booting from diskette and deleting those files (actually renaming
them just in case) after which they're rebuilt with exactly the same error. 
Can anyone give me a hint as to what to try next?  Is there a manpage that
describes this problem?

TIA for any help...

Barry

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From: [email-masked] (Joseph Stanley (Joe) Wisniewski)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.systems,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: Mystery Chip...AMD
Date: 14 Oct 1994 12:47:45 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Michael Berthold) writes:
|> In article <[email-masked]>, [email-masked] (Gregory Urban) writes:
|> |> In article <[email-masked]>,
|> |> Marten Liebster <[email-masked]> wrote:
|> |> >So when is AMD comming out with a 486dx4-120? :-)  
|> |> >Marten
|> |> NO, NO, NO !!!!!!!!!!
|> |> 
|> |> Only Intel uses STUPID names for their chips.  AMD will produce a DX3/120
|> |> (clock tripled, 40mhz external, 120mhz internal).
|> |>
|> |> Greg Urban          | "I can stand brute force, but brute reason is quite 
|> 
|> You should know the facts before posting "stupid" flames. The "4" has
|> nothing to do with the clock-tripling but with the performace compared
|> to a normal 486.
|> And you should have said: AMD will "copy" another chip from Intel. :-)

|> just my $0.02, Michael

AMD had a massive technology trade agreement with Intel that let AMD "copy"
many chips from Intel, including the x86 series processors, just as Intel
could copy many chips from AMD, including bit-slice processors, memory chips,
and programable logic devices. Intel broke this agreement, and it took AMD
years of court battles to make Intel fulfill their contract.

My personal opinion is that Intel began to get worried about AMD competition
when AMD took Intel's 6MHz 80286 processor design, and started turning out 
low cost 10, 12, and 16MHz parts back when Intel was having trouble getting
the chip to run reliably at 8Mhz. AMD then carried 80386 on to 40MHz when
Intel hit the wall at 33MHz. If Intel had continued to honor their
contractural obligations to AMD, I bet we would be seeing 150MHz 486 and
Pentium parts from AMD by now, as well as faster parts from Intel (the
competition might keep them on their toes).

-- 
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   Ford Motor Company   |  reflect those of the Ford Motor Company, or any of
    Project Sapphire    |  its affiliates.
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From: [email-masked] (Phil Hughes)
Subject: Re: Linux Journal
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 19:12:01 GMT

Craig Kawahara ([email-masked]) wrote:
: How do I subscribe to this linux journal that I've been hearing so
: much about?

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                        LINUX JOURNAL FAQ
                             6/23/94

This  FAQ  contains information about Linux Journal, the magazine
covering the Linux Community. Topics covered are:
  o general/history
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  o subscriptions
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  o misc
  o if all else fails ...

General/History

We see our mission as serving the Linux community  while  working
to  promote  the  use of Linux. Although most of our initial sub-
scribers have come from the Internet we expect half of our future
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Linux. This means that LJ can provide a way for  people  to  find
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questions as well to our advertisers by providing them with a new
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Michael K. Johnson is now the editor.  He  founded  the  original
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Each  issue  of Linux Journal offers articles that appeal to new-
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We are in the process of setting up newsstand distribution of LJ.
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Misc

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From: [email-masked] (Jeff Kesselman)
Subject: Re: Which distribution on CDROM and Sony CDROM support?
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 03:32:01 GMT

In article <[email-masked]>,
G.J.Heezen <[email-masked]> wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I can buy different distributions of Linux :
>
>Snow and Yggdrasil.

Everyone will give you a differnt opinion. I like my yygdrasil. I've 
never heard of Snow.

> >Does ananbody know, which one is the best?
>
>Second, does Linux support Sony CDROM players?

Yes, some. To find out exactly what devices are supported, ask your 
dealer or look at the docs (its on the abck of the yygdrasil package.)

Note that a bug in the Linux kernel required an extra boot-floppy to use 
the Fall94 Yygdrasil with Sondy 31a and 33a drives.  if you have  oen of 
these make sure you get the floppy (you can ftp it from Yygdrasil's ftp 
site if all else fails.

> >Hope, somebody can answer these questions. >
>Jan Heezen
>

Standard Disclaimer: I do not now, nor have I ever worke for yygdrasil.

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From: [email-masked] (Student van Paul de Bra)
Subject: siscad
Date: 14 Oct 1994 12:09:40 GMT

I've been looking for the siscad package at sunsite and at ftp.Germany.EU.net
and I can't find it there ! 
Where is it

??????

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Crossposted-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.networking
From: [email-masked] (Christopher Morton)
Subject: Re: What PCMCIA ethernet card to buy?
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 1994 14:06:41 GMT
Reply-To: [email-masked] (Christopher Morton)

As quoted from <[email-masked]> by [email-masked] (Alan Cox):

> In article <[email-masked]> [email-masked] writes:
> >Hey you should get a Xircom Ethernet PCMCIA, (get a modem on it too)
> >I used it for: <running at once, mind you>
> >
> >     exceed/W
> >     Novell Netware
> >     SNMP agent
> >     Chameleon NFS
> >     
> >Works great, and in exceed/W, you can open about 6 xterms or other TCP/IP
> >connects before the adapter says it's stuffed.
> >It cost me about 200bux w/o modem.
> 
> Pity they wont tell anyone how to program it so only their drivers can be
> used - what you gonna do when you change OS and they dont have a driver ?
> 
> Get a 3c589 and you can sit running Linux with a good many more than 6
> open Xterms 8)
> 
The only problem with the 3com card is that it doesn't like Card/Socket
Services.  I had a lot of trouble with this on a Compaq Elite LTE.  I wound
up having to download the updated drivers from 3com.  After that it worked
ok.

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