Linux-Misc Digest #786, Volume #18 Wed, 27 Jan 99 17:13:08 EST
Contents:
Integrated spell checker w/ editor (Ken Corbin)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Matthias Warkus)
Re: LINUX PPP on a SPARC10 (Gernot Fink)
Re: KDE Desktop with Redhat Apollo ("Stephen E. Adams")
Re: IDE drives are slower under Linux comparing to Win95? (Mark Hahn)
Yacc/Lex vs Bison/Flex ("Frank T. Sronce")
Re: Booting Linux from a Zip Drive!?!!?!! ("J�rgen Exner")
[Fwd: LOCAL: Central Florida ELUG February Installfest!] (Jeff Rose)
Re: 2.2.0 and no sound / esstype-2.2.0.diff patch
ftape - difficulties with floppy controller (Dr. Dirk Melcher)
Re: Booting Linux off the primary hdd, win95 off the secondary using LILO ("Remko")
Gnome and WP8 (Steve Gage)
Re: How to copy buttsniff (Tim Moore)
Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question. (Jason Clifford)
Re: Cannot Detect D-Link ethernet card (Tim Moore)
Help! Re-Compiled Kernel won't boot (Brian Witowski)
Re: LILO problem with win98 (Redhat) (Chris Schwarz)
machine crash ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Corbin)
Subject: Integrated spell checker w/ editor
Date: 27 Jan 1999 06:50:31 GMT
Greetings. My great leap forward this weekend was getting knews newsreader up
and running. I'm clever enough to get it to use gvim as a message editor.
The only thing I'm missing now is a spell checker. I know there has to be
some way to cleverly run ispell out of gvim. But it is probably going to take
me weeks to figure it out on my own and I thought some kind soul might have
already worked this all out for me.
Thanks
-Ken Corbin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 19:40:12 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 26 Jan 1999 13:32:02 GMT...
..and [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst Matthias Warkus
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> eloquently scribe:
> : <snicker> At least, they tell you the shape of your country in Germany, and
> : they give you a free copy of the Constitution. And you don't need to pledge
> : allegiance to a stupid *flag* - we ditched that kind of silliness after 1945.
>
> And we never had that kind of silliness in the first place...
You never had *flags*?
That's news to me.
mawa
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My Geek Code is no longer in my .signature. It's available on e-mail request.
It's sad to live in a world where knowing how to program your VCR actually
lowers your social status...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gernot Fink)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,alt.os.linux,comp.protocols.ppp,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: LINUX PPP on a SPARC10
Date: 27 Jan 1999 20:20:24 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Chenard, Sylvain [CAR:VS13:EXCH]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
> Though I'm using a Sparc10 with RH 5.1, the ppp setup should be trivial
> under linux. I getting a "LCP: timeout sending" problem.
> > I've tried 2 modems (microcom 28.8p, microcom 56k), changed serial
> cable, disabled the eth0 interface while connecting PPP and I'm still
> getting the same problem. > I suspecting a netmask problem or interrupts problem
>but I need help
> to validate (or invalidate) these hypothesises.
> > BTW: To connect to my ISP, I'm using a DIP script. When ppp is started
> on my SPARC I can see the modem SD led glowing (sending a lot of
> stuff to the ISP port) and small burst FROM the ISP port.
> > The following is a sample of my configuration and my logs
> (/var/log/messages).
> > -> Here's the log:
> > Jan 18 21:28:46 oliver6 pppd[1479]: pppd 2.3.3 started by root, uid 0
> Jan 18 21:28:46 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Removed stale lock on modem (pid
> 1479)
> Jan 18 21:28:46 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Using interface ppp0
> Jan 18 21:28:46 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem
> Jan 18 21:29:05 oliver6 kernel: Swansea University Computer Society IPX
> 0.34 for NET3.035
> Jan 18 21:29:05 oliver6 kernel: IPX Portions Copyright (c) 1995
> Caldera, Inc.
> Jan 18 21:29:05 oliver6 kernel: Appletalk 0.17 for Linux NET3.035
> Jan 18 21:29:16 oliver6 pppd[1479]: LCP: timeout sending
> Config-Requests
> Jan 18 21:29:16 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Connection terminated.
> Jan 18 21:29:16 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Receive serial link is not 8-bit
> clean:
> Jan 18 21:29:16 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
> Jan 18 21:30:15 oliver6 pppd[1479]: Exit.
> Even if I put the debug option in "options" file, I got nothing more...
> I verified the configuration of my /dev/modem with stty
> > -> Here's the echo:
> stty -a < /dev/modem
> speed 38400 baud; rows 0; columns 0; line = 0;
> intr = <undef>; quit = <undef>; erase = <undef>; kill = <undef>;> eol2 = <undef>;
>start = <undef>; stop = <undef>; susp = <undef>;> dsusp = <undef>; rprnt = <undef>;
>werase = <undef>; lnext = <undef>;
> flush = <undef>; min = 1; time = 0;
> -parenb -parodd cs8 hupcl -cstopb cread -clocal crtscts
> ignbrk -brkint ignpar -parmrk -inpck -istrip -inlcr -igncr -icrnl -ixon
> -ixoff
> -iuclc -ixany -imaxbel
> -opost -olcuc -ocrnl -onlcr -onocr -onlret -ofill -ofdel nl0 cr0 tab0
> bs0 vt0
> ff0
> -isig -icanon -iexten -echo -echoe -echok -echonl -noflsh -xcase
> -tostop
> -echoprt -echoctl -echoke
> You can easily see that the port is 8-N-1 (cs8,-parenb,-cstopb)
> -> Here's a sample of my DIP script (succesfull path only)
> netmask 255.255.240.0
> port /dev/modem
> speed 38400
> databits 8
> parity N
> stopbits 1
> reset
> send ATZ%C3%E2\r
> wait OK 5
> send ATQ0V1E1X4\r
> wait OK 5
> dial T*70,,*67,,555-1212 #As an example
> sleep 1
> send \r
> send \r
> wait Userid: 15
> send e(myunixID)\r
> wait Password? 15
> password
enable debug or echo for dip and check if "password" sends a \n
(2* \n can irritate the opposite pppd)
> send \n\
================================v try removing fron .
> wait succeeds. 15
> sleep 5
> send \r
> send \r
> send \r
> wait Norte_prompt> 60
> send ppp \r
> print PPP CONNECTED $locip --> $rmtip
================================^ to .
> mode ppp
> goto exit
> -> Here's my options file from /usr/ppp directory :
> /dev/modem # serial port
> 57600
> crtscts
> asyncmap 0
> defaultroute
> modem
> lock
> noipdefault # for dynamic IPs
> NOTE: I don't use "connect" since I'm using DIP
> -> And when I manually connect to ISP port, I got the following:
> ISP_prompt>ppp
> Exiting shell, starting PPP
> ~�}#�!}!}!} %}!}$}%�}"}&} }*} } }%}&m�}^(}(}"}1}$}%�}2}"}3})}#}
> ~@�qJ}}>~~�}#�!}!}"} %}!}$}%�}"}&} }*} }
> }%}&m�}^(}(}"}1}$}%�}2}"}3})}#}~@�qJ} d�~
> The Sparc uses both different UART and irq than PC. The following shows
> you what I got:
> -> From /var/log/messages:
> > snip...
> > Jan 20 18:40:52 oliver6 kernel: Sparc Zilog8530 serial driver version
> 1.18.2.15
> Jan 20 18:40:52 oliver6 kernel: tty00 at 0xffede004 (irq = 44) is a
> Zilog8530
> Jan 20 18:40:52 oliver6 kernel: tty01 at 0xffede000 (irq = 44) is a
> Zilog8530
> Jan 20 18:40:52 oliver6 kernel: tty02 at 0xffedb004 (irq = 44) is a
> Zilog8530
> Jan 20 18:40:52 oliver6 kernel: tty03 at 0xffedb000 (irq = 44) is a
> Zilog8530
> snip..
> -> And from "setserial":
> [root@oliver6 ~]# setserial -a /dev/modem
> /dev/modem, Line 0, UART: unknown, Port: 0xffede004, IRQ: 44
> Baud_base: 0, close_delay: 50, divisor: 16
> closing_wait: 3000, closing_wait2: infinte
> Flags: spd_normal
> I'm using my HP425 with a SLIP connection (using ppl) for many years
> now and I never had problems.
> Is there any way to use manual SLIP connection within LINUX (no > automatic script)
> Any suggestion are welcomes
> Thanks in advance
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Sylvain Chenard F/W Designer
> PO Box 3511, Station C
> Ottawa, Ontario
> CANADA K1Y 4H7
> Tel. (613) 763 5289
> EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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MFG G.Fink
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From: "Stephen E. Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KDE Desktop with Redhat Apollo
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 00:49:10 -0500
On Mon, 18 Jan 1999, cd wrote:
# Has anybody had any experience with KDE and RedHat Apollo ( Linux RH
# 5.2) ?
#
# I've got a few KDE apps here but they seem to be KDE dependent .....
# hmmm, so why'd they package them with Apollo ...
Interesting. I've purchased the official Red Hat Linux 5.2 (Apollo) in
the blue and red box, published by Red Hat Software. I've got no KDE
packages on my CDs. Am I missing something?
Steve
~
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From: Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: IDE drives are slower under Linux comparing to Win95?
Date: 27 Jan 1999 19:27:20 GMT
>>> >The speed difference is probably because WinX actually has drivers optimized
>>> >FROM THE MANUFACTURER for the IDE drives.
this is gibberish. IDE (the ATA family, actually) is a standard, which Linux
takes good advantage of.
>>> Microsoft driver for all IDE drives. There are no drivers for the
>>> drives themselves, actually, but for the controller.
certainly, and Linux does an excellent job of them. for instance, you'll
see very good performace and stability from any Intel chipset, and
the VIA MVP3. there have been some bad clone chipsets, and Linux
attempts to work around their problems.
> to keep cluster sizes down....The FS you use IS THE MAJOR factor
> in determining drive access speeds....Study the numerous writeups
this is pretty nonsensical, too. certainly, an inefficient FS
like FAT will cripple performance. but an efficient FS like EXT2
lets you see nearly the full performance of the drive. as in
EXT2 filesystems with UDMA sustaining 14 MB/s...
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From: "Frank T. Sronce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Yacc/Lex vs Bison/Flex
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:45:34 +0000
Well, I've been trying to port some oceanography SW over to a Linux box,
and I'm having trouble. The supplier's best guess is that it's caused
by incompatibilities between the "bison/flex" combo used on Linux, and
the "yacc/lex" combo they designed it to use while installing. In
particularly, it looks as though it's the flex/lex that's causing the
problem, although it's hard to say.
I'm a relative newbie at Linux, so I have to ask- does anyone have any
experience with this problem? Is there anything I can do to get flex to
interpret files the same way that lex does?
Frank Sronce
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Booting Linux from a Zip Drive!?!!?!!
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 12:11:18 -0800
Neil Zanella wrote in message ...
>Is it possible to install Linux on a Zip Drive and somehow run Linux off
>the Zip drive?
Yes if it is a SCSI drive. Set it up as the first HD and the BIOS should
boot right from there. I know for sure that this works for JAZ drives and I
don't see any reason why it should not work for ZIPs.
>My BIOS has nothing that says I can boot from the parallel port...
This is your problem. With a printer port drive you are simply lost. There
is a reason why it's called a printer port.
>Is it possible to install LILO on the MBR and select boot from Zip Drive
>as am option or something like that?
The problem is, that the kernel must be loaded by the BIOS. And the BIOS
doesn't know anything about loading something from the printer port.
Workaround: Create a tiny boot partition on the HD (5MB are more then
enough) and store the kernel (plus modules) there. Once the kernel has been
loaded and is alive, you can run anything even from the most wierd drives,
including parallel port drives.
>Here are some other questions...
>
>Will there be a significant loss in speed if I run a program from a Zip
>drive, compared to running it on a hard drive?
>How does access to the Zip Drive compare to access to the floppy drive?
It's my understanding that ZIP drives are slower than HDs, but faster than
floppies.
And parallel port emulations are slower than the regular IDE or SCSI
counterparts.
jue
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: 2.2.0 and no sound / esstype-2.2.0.diff patch
Date: 27 Jan 1999 07:40:06 GMT
>> Because i get no sound with 2.2.0 (real final version, not pre9;-) i used
>> the ess...-patch with "patch -p1 ..." but i still get no sound. I tried to
>> compile the sound module into the kernel, but compilation stopped, compiling
>> as a module did work, but there�s no sound on my SB 16 (ISA). Did i use a
>> wrong syntax with the patch command ?
>
> I downloaded the full package and get an error on compile as well.
>
> The pre9 does work. I don't understand why it was released with the broken
> sound like that, it doesn't look very good.
>
You need to apply the following quick fix.
Subject: Re: 2.2.0 Compile problems with compiled-in OSS (SB compatable)
quick and dirty fix:
- --- sb_card.c.orig Tue Jan 26 17:58:30 1999
+++ sb_card.c Tue Jan 26 17:58:48 1999
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
}
int sb_be_quiet=0;
+int esstype = 0; /* ESS chip type */
#ifdef MODULE
@@ -136,7 +137,6 @@
int pas2 = 0; /* Set pas2=1 to load this as support for pas2 */
int sm_games = 0; /* Mixer - see sb_mixer.c */
int acer = 0; /* Do acer notebook init */
- -int esstype = 0; /* ESS chip type */
MODULE_PARM(io, "i");
MODULE_PARM(irq, "i");
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dr. Dirk Melcher)
Subject: ftape - difficulties with floppy controller
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 08:52:52 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi everybody,
I have difficulties with ftape and my floppy streamer. When I try to use
the ftape device I get the following lines in /var/log messages:
ftape-2.08 960314
Jan 25 14:52:50 darkstar kernel: (c) 1993-1995 Bas Laarhoven
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Jan 25 14:52:50 darkstar kernel: (c) 1995-1996 Kai Harrekilde-Petersen
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Jan 25 14:52:50 darkstar kernel: (c) 1996-1997 Claus Heine
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Jan 25 14:52:50 darkstar kernel: QIC-117 driver for QIC-40/80/3010/3020
tape drives
Jan 25 14:52:50 darkstar kernel: Compiled for kernel version 2.0.36
Jan 25 14:52:50 darkstar kernel: [000] fdc-io.c (fdc_config) - Using
the standard fdc controller.
Jan 25 14:52:50 darkstar kernel: [001] fdc-isr.c (fdc_isr) -
unexpected stray interrupt.
Jan 25 14:52:50 darkstar kernel: [002] fdc-io.c (fdc_probe) - Type
82077AA FDC found.
Jan 25 14:52:52 darkstar kernel: [003] ftape-ctl.c
(ftape_activate_drive) - drive wakeup
method: Colorado.
Jan 25 14:53:38 darkstar kernel: [004]
ftape-io.c (ftape_set_data_rate) - post QIC-117B drive @ 1
Mb/s.
Jan 25 14:53:38 darkstar kernel: [005]
ftape-io.c (ftape_set_data_rate) - 307 ft. QIC-80 tape.
Jan 25 14:55:06 darkstar kernel: [006] fdc-io.c (fdc_result) - fdc
not ready.
Jan 25 14:55:06 darkstar kernel: [007] fdc-isr.c (fdc_isr) -
probably fatal error
during FDC Result Phase.
Jan 25 14:55:06 darkstar kernel: [008] fdc-isr.c (fdc_isr) - drive
may hang until
(power) reset :-(
Under Win95 with the standard MS backup software I don't have
difficulties, so the hardware seems to be ok.
Does anybody have a hint what's going wrong and how to fix it?
Thanks in advance,
Dirk
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From: "Remko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Booting Linux off the primary hdd, win95 off the secondary using LILO
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 22:41:08 +0100
This comes straight out of "Running Linux" from Matt Welsh and Lar Kaufman.
It's a 'got to have': (What I don't understand is why your 2nd drive isn't
dev hdb)
edit: /etc/lilo.conf (or /boot/lilo.conf or etc/lilo/config)
boot = /dev/hda
compact
install = /boot/boot.b
map = /boot/map
# This is to boot linux from /dev/hda.
image = /boot/vmlinuz # Location of the kernel
label = Linux # Name for the LILO boot menu
root = /dev/hda1 # Location of root partition
vga = normal
# This is to boot Win95 from /dev/hdc.
other = /dev/hdc1 # Location of partition
table = /dev/hdc # Lacation of partition table
label = Win95 # Name for LILO boot menu
loader = /boot/any_d.b # To boot from second drive
then run: /sbin/lilo -v
now you're ready to reboot. (I figure you know about holding Shift or Ctrl
during boot and using tab to get the bootoptions).
Hope this helped :^)
Remko
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From: Steve Gage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Gnome and WP8
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 16:37:35 -0500
I installed the latest version of the Gnome stuff, and now I find that
WP8 segfaults on launch. Does anyone have an idea what is going on?
- Steve
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Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 23:59:32 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to copy buttsniff
> > I'm trying to copy a file that I've downloaded from my home directory to
> > a floppy, so that I can install it on my Windows machine.
>
> mcopy BUTTSniff-0.9.3.zip a:
Or create a new /etc/fstab entry. You can mount/unmount as user 'eric':
/dev/fd0 /A vfat defaults,rw,noauto,user,suid 0 0
> The filename will be truncated in the usual winshit fashion.
Stuck with this either way. There's a way to do filename mapping ala 0.9.3
-> 0_9.3 but I've seem to have forgotten.
Thank god.
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"Everything is permitted. Nothing is forbidden."
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From: Jason Clifford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,alt.conspiracy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.x,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Is Microsoft a nasty company ? I'm asking you this question.
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:57:22 +0000
On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, David Taylor wrote:
> I agree. If someone put time into developing a linux distribution
> designed for OEMs to tune to specific hardware setups, and then was
> preinstalled on a computer, it would be just the same as windows. Sure
> you would have to tweak things to get them perfect, just like in windows
Alerady been done. Red Hat Linux has a feature called kickstart wherein
you create a `standard' configuration to a kickstart file on a disk. You
use this file for the installation and the system get's built exactly to
your standard specification
See the KickStart-HOWTO with RH systems for more details.
Jason Clifford
Definite Linux Systems
http://definite.ukpost.com/
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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 00:06:30 -0800
From: Tim Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot Detect D-Link ethernet card
> Could someone give me some clues?
1. Which RH distribution?
2. output from 'dmesg'
3. output from your 'make' attempt
4. output from 'cat /proc/ioports'
5. output from 'cat /proc/pci'
Try the command 'script bad-bad-ethernet.log', run these commands, then
'^D'
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From: Brian Witowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help! Re-Compiled Kernel won't boot
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:41:02 -0500
Greets,
I recently attempted to recompile my kernel. I did a make zImage, then
renamed it and copied to where the old kernel was and now I can't boot.
The bottom line is, I don't have a boot floppy and need to get at my
linux partition to remove the bad kernel and rename the backup to the
original name etc. Is there anyway to get at my Linux partition?
Also, if I'm not using Lilo ( I use System Commander) how exactly do I
put a new zImage into effect? Make it the new kernel. Everything I
have read deals with using 'make lilo' etc. and I don't want to do
this. Any help is greatly appreciated. Please reply direct as I don't
get to these NG's much these days.
Brian
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From: Chris Schwarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: LILO problem with win98 (Redhat)
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 14:54:21 +0000
Felix Lam wrote:
> hi there,
>
> <snip>
>
> Here is a copy of my lilo.conf
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda5
> read-only
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=win98
> table=/dev/hda
>
> Thanks a lot in advance. It has been bugging me many nights now ... :(
>
> P.S. When I run fdisk in Linux, it reports "unknown" type for my win98
> partition, will this have anything with this problem??
Where are you having it install LILO, which partition? If it doesn't work
when you install it to hda1, try putting in on the root partition... But
wait, your root partion is hda5... how big is your drive? There are some
limitations as to disk size for LILO.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: machine crash
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1999 21:04:46 GMT
Hi,
I've never posted to this list before, so excuse any poor etiquite. Here's
the problem. Periodically my linux 2.0.36 machine crashes with this in
/var/adm/messages:
Jan 27 15:39:04 twistdrill kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 00b1e000, ^Lr3 =
00b1e000 Jan 27 15:39:04 twistdrill kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jan 27 15:39:04
twistdrill kernel: Oops: 0002 Jan 27 15:39:04 twistdrill kernel: CPU: 0 Jan
27 15:39:04 twistdrill kernel: EIP: 0010:[<00b2f826>]
When the machine crashes, I see some kind of loop going on the console.
I have no idea what is going on here, I have no idea where to start looking
for the problem. I will greatly appreciate any suggestions, hints, pointers
to documentation, whatever.
Thank you very much,
Brad Beck
net admin
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