Linux-Development-Sys Digest #758, Volume #6 Mon, 31 May 99 21:13:48 EDT
Contents:
Re: [Q] New System Call (Villy Kruse)
Re: How do I compile ncurses? (jwk)
Re: DLL's in Linux ? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: How to access SQL Server using C language in Linux ??? (Bernd Strieder)
Re: Canon Printer Users...Please Read ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: Reliable (!) nic for 2.2 kernel? (bryan)
utility to access BIOS information??? (Awsome Facials)
utility to access BIOS information??? (Bill)
Re: Reliable (!) nic for 2.2 kernel? (Johan Kullstam)
Re: DLL's in Linux ? (Richard R Urena)
More than 1024 open Files howto ? (Reiner Mayers)
CALL ME NOW !!! 1-473-408-8317 ("MONEY")
Re: You can earn $50,000 40686 (Why?)
Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems ("Al in Seattle")
Re: help! i740 server doesn't work!! (Jim Roberts)
Re: Reliable (!) nic for 2.2 kernel? (H. Peter Anvin)
Re: drivers for a Graphics card (Jim Roberts)
$4.95 CDs - can't be beat! (Scott Mosley)
$4.95 CDs - can't be beat! (Scott Mosley)
$4.95 CDs - can't be beat! (Scott Mosley)
$4.95 CDs - can't be beat! (Scott Mosley)
$4.95 CDs - can't be beat! (Scott Mosley)
$4.95 CDs - can't be beat! (Scott Mosley)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: [Q] New System Call
Date: 31 May 1999 17:14:26 +0200
In article <7itm7b$21d6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Nail Kaipov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I think you need to add export symbol stuff to
>kernel/ksyms.c
>
Nice guess; unrelated to the problem, though.
The exported symbols are exported to kernel modules only and never to user
level programs. Thus, this won't make mo difference one way or the other.
Villy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jwk)
Subject: Re: How do I compile ncurses?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:59:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 31 May 1999 14:34:22 +0200, "Chris Fanning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I'm new at this and have got a question.
>
>How do I compile ncurses?
>
>Sorry to bother.
>Thanks.
>Chris,
>
just like it is described in the readme. http://www.dejanews.com will probably
also help.
Jurriaan
--
"Bother!" said Pooh and hit his reset switch.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: DLL's in Linux ?
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 31 May 1999 15:28:23 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard R Urena) writes:
> Thanks for the info, guys. For the record, I'm running kernel
> 2.0.34 / libc5 at home (Slackware 3.5), which is out of
> date but not prehistoric :-) The DLL jump thingy only happens
> on a half dozen toy binaries (like BASIC) on my system,
> most of them appear to be VGA games.
>
> I'm in no hurry to upgrade the kernel, but I will move to
> glibc at some point.
the kernel is the easy thing to upgrade. fear tinkering with libc.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: Bernd Strieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to access SQL Server using C language in Linux ???
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 21:09:35 +0200
Hi,
this depends on the kind of database your are going to use. Informix
Universal Server I had a chance to work with in a course has a thing
called ESQL/C, which is a system of a C-precompiler and some libraries.
You could write code like this:
/* demo.ec BEWARE untested code */
int main( void )
{
int a;
char s[100]
.......
EXEC SQL select min(user_nr) into :a from user_table where user_name
like :s;
fprintf( stdout,"The minimum user-nr of %s-users is %d\n", s, a );
.......
}
The you do "esqlc demo.ec" which creates "demo.c" to be compiled with
your favourite c-compiler. When linking "demo.o" some librarys from
Informix have to be linked, too. Other databases might have similar
components.
This precompiler just translates those SQL-commands headed with EXEC SQL
to some appropriate library calls, so there is an ordinary interface to
the database from C, too. Other databases should have some kind of
C-interface, too. It is just a question, if you want do translate your
SQL-commands into C-code manually. I'm sure that all major databases
offer something like this embedded SQL stuff of Informix doing the hard
part for you. You will like this feature!
My last tip:
look in the net for information, look at the existing database systems
for linux. There are some non-commercial ones, too. Look at examples and
choose the system you can do it best with.
Bye,
Bernd.
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Canon Printer Users...Please Read
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:09:16 GMT
Bernd Strieder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> a friend had an BJC 4300 and BJC 4500 running fine under Linux, even
> color was ok with those printers. I'm not sure if all capabilities are
> exploited.
but no BJC 5000 series seems to be supported.
> From output of "gs -h"
> Available devices:
> {...]
> hpdj laserjet ljet2p ljet3 ljet3d ljet4 lj4dith ljetplus lp2563 bj10e
> bj200 bjc600 bjc800 lbp8 lips3 declj250 la50 la70 la75 la75plus ln03
> [...]
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reliable (!) nic for 2.2 kernel?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 16:24:53 GMT
In comp.os.linux.networking Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
: > In comp.os.linux.development.system Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: > : On 10 May 1999 20:54:51 -0400, Johan Kullstam
: > : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: >
: > : >
: > : >is 100Mbps supposed to work with a cross-over cable?
: >
: > of course. cat5 spec.
: >
: >
: > >when i got my
: > : >gear at a computer show, i was advised to get a hub for the fast
: > : >ethernet.
: >
: > computer SHOW. meaning SALES? I wonder if that had anything to do
: > with it? ;-)
: it didn't. the computer show had many vendors.
: one of my friends from work was working there and sold me a system
: (mobo case cpu mem). he then pointed me at the card guy from whom i
: bought a scsi adapter and a couple of tulips. the friend advised me
: to get a hub too. he didn't sell hubs so had no interest in selling
: me more stuff than i would need.
: > if you have more than 2 stations, a xover cable won't be sufficient.
: > but for a pt-pt connection with just 2 stations, a hub will be slower
: > than a wire. and more expensive, too ;-)
: yes. perhaps i'll get a cross-over cable one of these days.
the term 'hub' generally implies collision domains (not always, but
more often than not). 'switch' usually means that each PHY port is
its own datalink (layer-2). having its own MAC (and its own counters
if its managable). sometimes even its own IP addr. and usually many
more $$$ in cost.
there are, of course, hybrids. the bay networks 10/100 'hub' is a
2-port bridge ('switch') with 2 collision domains: one strip for 10
and one for 100. when a device is plugged in, its a member of either
of those domains. the two domains are 'switched' since they can't
directly be on the same exact collision domain (the timing is not the
same between 10 and 100). this device is probably the best compromise
between functionality and cost (its about $100). if you have to join
10 and 100 devices, this would be an economical way.
if you only have to join 2 devices, the BEST (always) is a crossover cable.
--
Bryan
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From: Awsome Facials <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: utility to access BIOS information???
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 16:12:30 -0400
Does anyone know of any utility to access BIOS information under UNIX?
ie. version, manufacturer.
Is there a standard location to access this information or does it
depend on
the manufacturer of MB?
This is needed because rebooting machines is not an option.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bill
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From: Bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: utility to access BIOS information???
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 16:25:09 -0400
Sorry about the previous post name/address, that's what happens
when others use your machine. :)
****************************************************************
Does anyone know of any utility to access BIOS information under UNIX?
ie. version, manufacturer.
Is there a standard location to access this information or does it
depend on
the manufacturer of MB?
This is needed because rebooting machines is not an option.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Bill
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Reliable (!) nic for 2.2 kernel?
From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 31 May 1999 12:06:27 -0400
bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In comp.os.linux.development.system Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : On 10 May 1999 20:54:51 -0400, Johan Kullstam
> : <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : >
> : >is 100Mbps supposed to work with a cross-over cable?
>
> of course. cat5 spec.
>
>
> >when i got my
> : >gear at a computer show, i was advised to get a hub for the fast
> : >ethernet.
>
> computer SHOW. meaning SALES? I wonder if that had anything to do
> with it? ;-)
it didn't. the computer show had many vendors.
one of my friends from work was working there and sold me a system
(mobo case cpu mem). he then pointed me at the card guy from whom i
bought a scsi adapter and a couple of tulips. the friend advised me
to get a hub too. he didn't sell hubs so had no interest in selling
me more stuff than i would need.
> if you have more than 2 stations, a xover cable won't be sufficient.
> but for a pt-pt connection with just 2 stations, a hub will be slower
> than a wire. and more expensive, too ;-)
yes. perhaps i'll get a cross-over cable one of these days.
--
J o h a n K u l l s t a m
[[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Don't Fear the Penguin!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard R Urena)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: Re: DLL's in Linux ?
Date: 31 May 1999 10:27:51 -0400
Thanks for the info, guys. For the record, I'm running kernel
2.0.34 / libc5 at home (Slackware 3.5), which is out of
date but not prehistoric :-) The DLL jump thingy only happens
on a half dozen toy binaries (like BASIC) on my system,
most of them appear to be VGA games.
I'm in no hurry to upgrade the kernel, but I will move to
glibc at some point.
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From: Reiner Mayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: More than 1024 open Files howto ?
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 20:24:59 +0200
Hello,
does anyone know how to recompile linux with options set for ca. 4000
open files. I need that for a large Samba Server.
thanks
Reiner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "MONEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.python,comp.lang.tcl,comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.music.midi,comp.object,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.hardware
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Date: Monday, 31 May 1999 09:22:49 -0600
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Why?)
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.javascript,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.tcl,comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: You can earn $50,000 40686
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 21:06:00 GMT
Reply-To: don'[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Monday, 31 May 1999 03:38:24 -0600, "MONEY" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
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From: "Al in Seattle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.sys.hp.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Terabite Plus Filesystems
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 09:43:32 -0700
Some comments below...
David T. Blake wrote in message ...
>We regularly find 2-3 times the sys admin manpower required
>for NT boxes compared to UNIX boxes in the same setting. And
>I've had more than enough experience with the blue screen of
>death.
Whatever. I haven't seen this issue from the ISPs I've chatted with, except
for the fact that they are Unix trained and are trying to support a non-Unix
OS. I would bet that the reverse would hold true also.
There are a number of core problems with NTs usability.
>Such as,
>1) Want to put in a new video card - reboot about 10 times.
I have not experienced this in 5 years working with NT.
>2) Video server built in to the kernel
>3) Want to extend functionality - send a check for $10k to
> Redmond
What is this supposed to mean?
>4) Want to program - send another check to Redmond - one
> for each language
What is this supposed to mean, compared to Unix?
>5) Having problems with the OS - too bad. Call Redmond and
> pay out the nose while you wait on hold, and then talk to
> someone who knows horribly less than you about the OS.
>6) Remote administration
We routinely support our NT servers in our web farm remotely. there are a
number of tools out there to do that. You are rapidly losing all credibility
on this one.
>7) Lack of a respectable scripting language for administration
> purposes
Other than Perl or it's built in Scripting language?
>
>>Some of the quotes:
>>"I feel that if your data is important and you want a file server
>>that comes up and stays up, you should discount NT immediately. I
>>have heard some horror stories about NT with very large directories "
>>no basis in fact here.
>
>
>>"PCs are just not built to the same standard as most of the "real"
>>Unix boxes from Sun, HP, IBM, SGI, etc. The one exception that comes
>>to mind would be the Sequent range." pure bs. It simply depends on
>>what you are willing to spend.
>
>PCs with *x86 architecture have about 1/3 the computing power
>of an alpha at the same clock speed. That is the penalty for
>keeping legacy chip architecture around.
>
As mentioned in other posts, you are losing all credibility here with
statements like that. There are not benchmarks that I have ever seen
pointing to that big a difference.
>
>>Compaq and others have totally capable boxes if you want to spend the
>>same kind of money that the Unix crowd delivers.
>
>I understand the Compaq XP-2000 is a quite capable box. If you
>don't have the $$ for that you can try the DS-10 from Compaq for
>about $3500 + $1200 or so for Tru64Unix (or linux for free).
>
>--
>Dave Blake
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Roberts)
Subject: Re: help! i740 server doesn't work!!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 23:14:05 GMT
In article <7isl6s$l0o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"..Luca T.." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I downloaded XFCom_i740 server and xf86config, i installed everything whith
> rpm and tar commands, i ran xf86config, i selected "GENERIC i740", but it
> doesn't work.
> Does anyone knows the THRUTH????
> (i use red hat linux 6.0)
> Luca Tamburrano ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (take the "x" away)
>
As the gentalman said in the other post, you haven't given enough
information for us to help you.
The servers do work but you must make sure you have downloaded and
installed the server for glibc or libc6 as it is known.
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Reliable (!) nic for 2.2 kernel?
Date: 31 May 1999 22:55:53 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (H. Peter Anvin)
Followup to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
By author: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In newsgroup: comp.os.linux.development.system
>
> > : >gear at a computer show, i was advised to get a hub for the fast
> > : >ethernet.
> >
> > computer SHOW. meaning SALES? I wonder if that had anything to do
> > with it? ;-)
>
> it didn't. the computer show had many vendors.
>
> one of my friends from work was working there and sold me a system
> (mobo case cpu mem). he then pointed me at the card guy from whom i
> bought a scsi adapter and a couple of tulips. the friend advised me
> to get a hub too. he didn't sell hubs so had no interest in selling
> me more stuff than i would need.
>
There *is* a problem with using crossover with 100Base-TX; not that it
can't be overcome: virtually all 100Base-TX cards on the market are
autodetecting 10/100 and half/full duplex. For many cards, the
autodetect algorithms will fail if used over a crossover cable,
causing it to fall down to 10/half when it should be able to do
100/full over that arrangement.
The solution is to force the media type on at least one side of the
cable. How to do that is driver-dependent; most Linux drivers will
let you do that by passing module arguments. Probably ought to be
done via /proc/sys or ifconfig or something similar, but currently no
generic or runtime interface exists.
-hpa
--
"The user's computer downloads the ActiveX code and simulates a 'Blue
Screen' crash, a generally benign event most users are familiar with
and that would not necessarily arouse suspicions."
-- Security exploit description on http://www.zks.net/p3/how.asp
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jim Roberts)
Subject: Re: drivers for a Graphics card
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 23:16:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Benoit Glikmanas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Il s'agit d'un message multivolet au format MIME.
> --------------828A25475FFB47DEE0AC6600
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
>
> Hello everybody
>
> I'm looking for a driver to download on Linux System for my Graphics
> card which is a 740 AGP Intel card. I can't find it anywhere.
> Does anybody know on which site I can find it.
> Thanks a lot.
>
SNIP
www.redhat.com or ftp to one of it's mirrors.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mosley)
Subject: $4.95 CDs - can't be beat!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:29:02 -0500
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mosley)
Subject: $4.95 CDs - can't be beat!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:29:08 -0500
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mosley)
Subject: $4.95 CDs - can't be beat!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:29:15 -0500
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mosley)
Subject: $4.95 CDs - can't be beat!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:29:22 -0500
So many CDs, so little time....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mosley)
Subject: $4.95 CDs - can't be beat!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:29:30 -0500
So many CDs, so little time....
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Get them NOW before they're all GONE!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Mosley)
Subject: $4.95 CDs - can't be beat!
Date: Mon, 31 May 1999 19:28:56 -0500
So many CDs, so little time....
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Get them NOW before they're all GONE!
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