Subject: Linux-Development Digest #923
From: Digestifier <Linux-Development-Request@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>
To: Linux-Development@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU
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Date:     Sun, 17 Jul 94 06:13:06 EDT

Linux-Development Digest #923, Volume #1         Sun, 17 Jul 94 06:13:06 EDT

Contents:
  Re: Adaptec 2842 VL SCSI controller support (Kelly L. Fulks)
  GNAT and Linux 1.1.27 (Gene McCulley)
  X11 and override_redirect... (Ernie Oporto)
  Re: Can DOSEMU execute a unix shell or program?? (Bill C. Riemers)
  [Q] Soundblaster + Adaptec SCSI -> NOGO! Why? (Frank Grieger)
  Re: Linux 1.1.29: telnet shells dying??? (Harald Milz)
  Re: [Q] PowerPC and Linux (Harald Milz)
  PCMCIA Kernel (Rafael Kazumiti Morizawa)
  Re: Swapping problems with VL-300 (aha152x driver) VLB SCSI controller (was: Re: Dedicated SCSI swap drive?) (Craig Sanders)
  Re: Why no AFS? (Dan Newcombe)
  [Q] PowerPC and Linux (Kristian Elstad)
  Re: [Q] Soundblaster + Adaptec SCSI -> NOGO! Why? (Frank Pilhofer)
  obsolete routing request (captain sarcastic)
  Re: aha1542cf only good at 8MHz CPU ?? (Brian Anthony Bennett)
  Re: Massive GCC error detected (James E. Carpenter)
  Re: Sliplogin not responding to CD drop. Kernel problem? (John Lellis)
  Re: Linux 1.1.29: telnet shells dying??? (Sam Oscar Lantinga)
  New CDROM Driver project, need experienced indivd. input (Jeremy Main)

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Subject: Re: Adaptec 2842 VL SCSI controller support
From: c60283@lauren.arnold.af.mil (Kelly L. Fulks)
Date: 14 Jul 94 09:30:20 -0600
Reply-To: fulks@hap.arnold.af.mil

In article <CsspsH.1uz@pe1chl.ampr.org>, rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) writes:
|> In <2vrq36$3rq@male.EBay.Sun.COM> raman@jay.EBay.Sun.COM (Jay Raman) writes:
|> 
|> >Does Linux support adaptec 2842 VL SCSI controller?  
|> >If so can any one point me where I can find the driver.
|> >If one doesn't exist can some one give me pointers as to
|> >how to modify the one for 154x series to 2842 VL?
|> 
|> You have won the "asking a frequently asked question without first
|> reading the FAQ" award of this week!
|> 
|> Rob
|> -- 
|> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> | Rob Janssen                | AMPRnet:   rob@pe1chl.ampr.org           |
|> | e-mail: pe1chl@rabo.nl     | AX.25 BBS: PE1CHL@PI8UTR.#UTR.NLD.EU     |
|> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Also if anyone had pointers to how to modify the existing one, don't you
think that it would already exist.  You certainly are not the first
person to ask this very same question.
-- 
Kelly L. Fulks                    Reply to: @hap.arnold.af.mil:c60283@troi.aedc 
Scientific Programmer/Analyst             : fulks@hap.arnold.af.mil
OAO Corporation                           : kelly@kc4rdj.raider.net
Arnold Air Force Base, TN 37389           : csklf@knuth.mtsu.edu

Amateur Radio: KC4RDJ@AB4ZB.#MIDTN.TN.USA.NA   
             : kc4rdj.ampr.org. [44.34.0.9]

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From: ind00260@pegasus.cc.ucf.edu (Gene McCulley)
Subject: GNAT and Linux 1.1.27
Date: 16 Jul 1994 18:23:42 -0400

Something has changed somewhere along the experimental kernel development 
line from 1.1.19 to 1.1.27 that affects the GNAT Ada compiler.  When I
try to compile anything with GNAT under 1.1.27, I get the following:

"numeric_types.ads", line 1(1): illegal character

It does this to all the files I try.  Always complaining about line 1(1).
Does someone on the GNAT Team know why this is?  This is not bad if it
is just a bug in 1.1.27, but if the Linux development team have changed
something important to GNAT that has or will find its way into the release
kernels, it is not good.

This affects both GNAT 1.80 and 1.78 as released as linux binaries on
tsx-11.mit.edu.


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Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 15:39:42 EDT
From: Ernie Oporto <EAO102@psuvm.psu.edu>
Subject: X11 and override_redirect...

I'm just learning X Applications Programming, and I have this question
about creating windows.

When setting an XSetWindowsAttribute structure's override_redirect field
to false, you are telling the window manager to leave the window alone.
This means that there will be no decorations at all on this window.  What
appears to be a side-effect of this is that you also cannot draw in the
window if you let the window manager handle the window (i.e., set that field
to true).  I am using XDrawLine and XDrawRectangle routines to do the drawing.
Is there anything that I can do at this point that *will* let me decorate the
window and still draw in it?  Maybe I can draw in an off-screen area and then
bring that into the window?  Please e-mail any responses, as I only log in
once a week due to long distance charges;  I will post any replies to the net.
While this may not be specifically Linux related, I am wondering if it may be
something that Linux is only prone to do.
--- Ernie "Shokk" Oporto
   _____/           ____         /        /   eao102@psuvm.psu.edu
  /                /    \       /        /    shokk@eao102.sip.psu.edu
_____      ____              _        _       eao102@cac.psu.edu
     \                        \        \      oporto@cse.psu.edu
\______/ __    __ \______/ __  \___ __  \___  shokk@psu.edu

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From: bcr@k9.via.term.none (Bill C. Riemers)
Subject: Re: Can DOSEMU execute a unix shell or program??
Date: 16 Jul 94 21:14:49 GMT
Reply-To: bcr@physics.purdue.edu


I actually implimented that idea once, in the days of 0.48 when the
dosemu would actually run on my computer.  I've managed to get some
of the more receint versions to startup, but they always lock when
they reach the bottom of the screen.  I found after I ran the
"asteriods" game once, it configured the svga library and I could
get the dosemu to run.  But I still can't get anything interesting
to actually work.  Purhaps a good start would be to copy "asteriods"
initialization routine into the dos emulator.  "asteriods" would be
quite wicked with sound support...

                             Bill


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From: fg@spcklr.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Frank Grieger)
Subject: [Q] Soundblaster + Adaptec SCSI -> NOGO! Why?
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 06:58:36 GMT


Hello developers,

I'm just curious why soundblaster cards don't work together with aha... cards
in the same Linux PC. Would someone be so kind to enlight a poor soul?

Thanx in advance. Greetings,
                                Frank.
--
fg@specklec.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de               Frank Grieger, Bonn, Germany

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From: hm@seneca.ix.de (Harald Milz)
Subject: Re: Linux 1.1.29: telnet shells dying???
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 17:31:09 GMT
Reply-To: hm@seneca.ix.de

Thomas Boutell (boutell@netcom.com) wrote:

: > The bad news is, net connections seem to be fine for a couple of minutes
: > and then hang without warning (under SLIP). I can then make another
: > connection to the same remote host.

This is strange. I ftp'd some 15 MBytes from a neighbour ftp server via
SLIP under 1.1.29 today. Earlier, FTP connections broke after approx. 1.5 to
2 MBytes. The 15 MByte trip took about 2.5 hrs. The other side was AIX 3.2.5,
however. 

: > I'm only positive this is happening on netcom's machines. It could
: > be them, but that seems odd since they're still up and I can connect
: > again. Is anyone else experiencing this?

No, your problem isn't probably 1.1.29-related. 

-- 
Harald Milz                             office: hm@ix.de
iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazine      home:   hm@seneca.ix.de
Opinions are mine, not my employer's -- the answer is Forty-two


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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
From: hm@seneca.ix.de (Harald Milz)
Subject: Re: [Q] PowerPC and Linux
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 1994 17:37:20 GMT
Reply-To: hm@seneca.ix.de

Kristian Elstad (chris@stud.cs.uit.no) wrote:

: > Is this true ? It so what is the status of the project ?
: > Could anyone that knows something about this post me a starus report,
: > or give some pointers where to find some info...

This is in the Projects-FAQ found in the faqs directory on sunsite.


-- 
Harald Milz                             office: hm@ix.de
iX Multiuser Multitasking Magazine      home:   hm@seneca.ix.de
Opinions are mine, not my employer's -- the answer is Forty-two


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From: rafael@cs.titech.ac.jp (Rafael Kazumiti Morizawa)
Subject: PCMCIA Kernel
Date: 15 Jul 1994 08:51:18 GMT
Reply-To: rafael@cs.titech.ac.jp


Hi!

I am trying to reconfigure my kernel on my T3400 to use the PCMCIA cards
and I got a compilation error. It seems that there is a file missing in 
the directory '/usr/src/linux/drivers/pcmcia' called 'cisreg.h'.

The kernel version I am using is 1.1.27, and the package of the kernel card
services is level 2.10, developed by David Hinds. In the README file
that was in the package was written that it worked with kernel version
1.1.20 

Does anybody know what is that? How can I solve this problem? 
Any suggestions are welcome.

Rafael


--
===================================
Rafael Kazumiti MORIZAWA
===================================

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From: cas@muffin.apana.org.au (Craig Sanders)
Subject: Re: Swapping problems with VL-300 (aha152x driver) VLB SCSI controller (was: Re: Dedicated SCSI swap drive?)
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 00:50:48 GMT

Yet another follow-up to my own article.  :-)

cas@muffin.apana.org.au (Craig Sanders) writes:

>cas@muffin.apana.org.au (Craig Sanders) writes:

> > The MATSHITA CD-ROM is a Panasonic 501B single speed drive.  I
> > also have some problems with this - listing the contents of many
> > .tar.gz files on my Feb Infomagic Linux CD (especially tar files
> > over 300K) often dies halfway through - tar reports that the archive
> > is corrupted or that it has ended unexpectedly.  If i copy the file
> > to, say, /tmp first and then examine it it still occurs.

> Sometimes I can get the bad tar file to list or extract properly just
> by trying repeatedly.  First I have to clear the tar file out of the
> buffer, though (e.g. by doing "du -s /usr/spool" or some other disk
> operation which reads more data than the buffer size).  This is very
> tedious and usually I don't bother.  Anyone know of any utility way to
> quickly clear the buffer?

I was experimenting some more with this last night and found that if
I copy the archive to /tmp and gunzip it before I un-tar it, it works
perfectly.

I was running gzip 1.2.3, so I upgraded to 1.2.4 - made no difference.
tar is 1.11.2.

So, it looks like it is nothing at all to do with the SCSI - it's
something to do with the interaction between tar and gzip.

-- 
cas@muffin.apana.org.au

    "Organise a strike in your school or workplace on the grounds that it
     does not satisfy your need for indolence & spiritual beauty."
                              -- Hakim Bey, The Temporary Autonomous Zone

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From: newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu (Dan Newcombe)
Subject: Re: Why no AFS?
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 13:25:46 UNDEFINED

In article <3062m0$m8b@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@MIT.EDU> writes:
>Yes, there is work (funded and managed by MIT Information Systems) going
>on to make AFS happen under linux, and will hopefully bear fruit soon.

Okay...pardon my ignorance, but what is AFS?  None of the articles seem to 
mention what it is.  My only guess is "Andrew File System"  ???

        Thanks,
        -Dan

--
Dan Newcombe                    newcombe@aa.csc.peachnet.edu
Clayton State College           Morrow, Georgia
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
"And the man in the mirror has sad eyes."       -Marillion

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
From: chris@stud.cs.uit.no (Kristian Elstad)
Subject: [Q] PowerPC and Linux
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 09:20:17 GMT

Hi!

Some time ago I heard some rumors about a Linux port to the PowerPC
arkitechture, beeing carried out.

Is this true ? It so what is the status of the project ?
Could anyone that knows something about this post me a starus report,
or give some pointers where to find some info...

-Kristian.
______________________________________________________________________

  Kristian Elstad                            Tel.: +776-44591 (Office)
                                            
  Computer Science,                    Internet: chris@stud.cs.uit.no
  University of Tromsx,
  Norway.                       
______________________________________________________________________



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From: frank@zeus.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (Frank Pilhofer)
Subject: Re: [Q] Soundblaster + Adaptec SCSI -> NOGO! Why?
Date: 15 Jul 1994 09:33:35 GMT

In article <1994Jul15.065836.9958@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>, fg@spcklr.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Frank Grieger) writes:
> 
> Hello developers,
> 
> I'm just curious why soundblaster cards don't work together with aha... cards
> in the same Linux PC. Would someone be so kind to enlight a poor soul?
> 

 My SB Pro (220, 5, 1) works with my Adaptec 1542CF (330, ?, ?) without
problems ...

        Frank

-- 
 + Frank Pilhofer                          frank@informatik.uni-frankfurt.de +
 | Darmstaedter Str. 22                                                      |
 | D-63225 Langen, Germany                                                   |
 +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
 | Department of Computer Sciences * University of Frankfurt / Main, Germany |


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From: kkoller@nyx10.cs.du.edu (captain sarcastic)
Subject: obsolete routing request
Date: 17 Jul 1994 00:22:43 -0400


Oops, it's happening.

I knew that if I kept upgrading the kernel, eventually I'd have to 
upgrade something else.  syslogd (i think) is breaking with a message 
"obsolete routing request" when I first boot.

Is it syslogd?

How do I fix?

What's the best way to keep the newest versions of system software, in 
addition to the kernel?

-- 
Captain Sarcastic <kkoller@nyx10.cs.du.edu> alt.captain.sarcastic is BAD.
Your ignorance cramps my conversation.

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.periphs.scsi
From: bbennett@farad.elee.calpoly.edu (Brian Anthony Bennett)
Subject: Re: aha1542cf only good at 8MHz CPU ??
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 1994 04:45:35 GMT

In article <2vtfs0$1iku@obelix.uni-muenster.de>,
Karsten Steffens <steffens@qgp.uni-muenster.de> wrote:
>Hello,
>       with my newly acquired adaptec aha1542cf I encounter a very strange
>problem, which occurs both in my 486/33 VLB and my 386SX/25 ISA in the same
>way. It also happens with kernel 1.0.9 and 1.1.27:
>
>- when the CPU is set to HIGH speed in any of the machines (33MHz/25MHz)
>  the adaptec fails to initialize saying something like:
>
>- when the CPU is running at LOW speed, i.e, 8MHz on both machines,
>  the adaptec initializes fine, detects the scsi-tape-drive and is fully
>  operational and functional.
>
>So my idea is that the problem is concerned to bus speed. BUT: I run both
>machines at conservative values, i.e., 8MHz bus clock, and the DMA also

Nope - It is not the card (unless you have a bad one) -  I also have the 1542CF
Adaptec card and it runs great on my 486sx25 or 486dx33 machine.  The only
problem that I have encountered was when using the card with a machine that
had little to no memory (640k -1meg)  With this type of machine, since the 
Adaptec 1542CF has the built-in SCSI drivers that attempt to load into
memory at the time of boot, the system would hang.  There is a way around
this by telling the card not to load the BIOS drivers.  This will allow you
to boot the machine, and then load the stand-alone ASPI drivers into lower
convential memory.

I have a Tandberg 525meg SCSI-2 tape drive, as well as a Seagate 680meg
SCSI-1 one drive attached to this controller on either machine with great
results.   I would suspect a driver problem with your OS.  Try calling 
Adaptec - their support is adaquate.

Brian


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From: jimc@zachary.riva.com (James E. Carpenter)
Subject: Re: Massive GCC error detected
Date: 17 Jul 1994 01:57:42 -0400

In article <cworley.774068220@galena> cworley@galena.use.com (Chris Worley) writes:
>Very stupid error.
>gcc: internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 11
>cpp: output pipe has been closed

I was getting this too. I was trying to compile a newer kernel. I had to put
my system into single user mode. Then it worked perfectly. Since then I've
bought a faster hard drive. Now I can compile the same kernel in multi-user
mode.

My system is (for now) a 386SX-16 (its really a 286 with that special chip),
only 4 megs of memory, and a 12 meg swap. The swap parition WAS on an old
40 MB MFM, very slow. When I got a Connor 420 IDE, 14ms, everything worked
fine.

>After a recieved a few of these,
>I then recieved the following in order.
>gcc: internal compiler error: program cc1 got fatal signal 6
>cpp: output pipe has been closed
>
>Kernel Panic
>
>fsck inode size does not match
>root may not log into this terminal (Console)
>login timed out continueing (60 secs)
>
>I now have about a 700-900kb unexplained hole in my memory.
>

I've never gotten this! (Thank God)

>This was gcc 2.5.8 Kernel 1.0.8 -> 1.1.23.
          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
That is exactly what I was doing.

>-----------------------------------------------------------
>Guild Commander                      cworley@galena.use.com
>-----------------------------------------------------------
-- 
James E. Carpenter                           E-Mail: jimc@zachary.riva.com
23 Munroe Drive                                 Tel: (508) 643-0908
Plainville, MA  02762-1132

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From: lellis@dmccorp.com (John Lellis)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Sliplogin not responding to CD drop. Kernel problem?
Date: 16 Jul 1994 17:39:06 GMT

Bart Kindt (bart@dunedin.es.co.nz) wrote:
: Hay all,

: I have setup a SLIP dial-IN server, and I am using the program 'sliplogin' to 
: do it, after given up trying to get DIP to work. The program works fine except 
: that very often (but not always) sliplogin fails to detect that the connection 
: has been closed, by the remote user hanging up the modem (the only way you can 
: do it in SLIP). What I cannot figure out is, is this a problem of sliplogin, 
: or is this signal coming from the Kernel? If so, is this signal only given 
: once, so that if sliplogin misses it, it will hang online forever? (As this 
: is what happens).  I now have to kill sliplogin manualy to get the dial-in 
: port back online.
: I am using Kernel 1.1.21 (also tried 1.1.19), and have tried Agetty, 
: Getty_ps and uugetty, which does not make a difference. The modems are 
: external, and are setup to drop the CD *and* the DTR after hangup, which they 
: do. 

: This is a very serious problem for me, because I now have to stay with the 
: server all the time to get it going again after this happends.

: Any help would be greatly appreciated.

: Bart.
: -------------------------------------------------
: Bart Kindt (ZL4FOX/PA2FOX), Dunedin, New Zealand.
: -------------------------------------------------

I have had the same problem on all kernels since 1.1.13 - there seems to be some
sort of problem in the new serial port logic.  I've posted several times and e-
mailed the developers, but the problem is still there.  My solution for the time
being is to drop back to 1.0.9, where it works fine.  Don't forget, the 1.1.x
kernels are "bleeding-edge", and 1.0.9 is the "official", stable version.

--

John Lellis (lellis@dmccorp.com)

--
... Our continuing mission: To seek out knowledge of C, to explore
strange UNIX commands, and to boldly code where no one has man page 4.




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From: slouken@cs.ucdavis.edu (Sam Oscar Lantinga)
Subject: Re: Linux 1.1.29: telnet shells dying???
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 1994 21:12:03 GMT

: > The bad news is, net connections seem to be fine for a couple of minutes
: > and then hang without warning (under SLIP). I can then make another
: > connection to the same remote host.

: I've seen the same problem with 1.1.28:
: telnet connections over SLIP hang after a while.
: The remote connection remains in place.

        Me too, though I've had the problem with a Linux box
with a 3c507 ethernet card too...
Any ideas?  I've had to back down to 1.0.9

Note: The hang occurred with Sun OS machines.

Another thing, maybe related.  For a while I've been using ncftp 
to connect from a 1.0.9 Linux box via slip to a 1.1.2x Linux box
at work.  Sometimes at the very end of a connection (i.e. the
whole file has been transferred), the connection hangs, and I have
to hit Ctrl-\ to quit.

See ya!

        -Sam



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From: jjm2068@u.cc.utah.edu (Jeremy Main)
Subject: New CDROM Driver project, need experienced indivd. input
Date: 15 Jul 1994 15:17:33 -0600


I am interested in writing a driver for a Wearns 2x cdrom drive. The unit 
uses a proprietary interface. I spoke to an engineer at wearns and his is
willing to take a proposal to his superiors outlining what information I need
to write this driver. I have never written a driver for a cdrom device and
would appriciate anyone who has had some experience writing these drivers
or at least know the I/O controls, principals of cdrom units. I will study
the existing cdrom drivers for similar units, but the existing drivers are
not compatable. Any and all help would be welcome. If you presently own a
wearns drive and would like to be informed about the status of this
respond to me via email and I will put you name on a list of people who
are requesting a driver, and I will keep you up to date on my efforts.

        Thanks,
                Jeremy

                jeremy.main@m.cc.utah.edu

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