Linux-Misc Digest #839, Volume #18 Sun, 31 Jan 99 14:13:10 EST
Contents:
USR Sportster and hylafax (Markus Wollgarten)
Re: Bug or feature? ("Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus")
Print Filter Problems (Persona)
Re: Best speech recognition software to control Linux? (Gary Momarison)
Re: new HD installation question (David Efflandt)
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters (Toon Moene)
Re: Loading onto SPARCS (Dave Addison)
Re: PPP slow transfer (Joseph Casey)
Re: [Q] Bogo mips shrinked!? (William Burrow)
Re: dial-up web server? ("Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus")
Re: Ethernet vs. Mouse Probs ("Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus")
Re: gcc gives fatal signal 6 - Help! (Koen Janssens)
Re: QIC02 TAPE, SuSE 5.3.. how to install and read? Thank you fellows in advance! (A
E Lawrence)
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Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:44:50 +0100
From: Markus Wollgarten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: USR Sportster and hylafax
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Eward,
let me describe how I made my USR56K Sportster external modem x2 (bought
after 1997) working together with hylafax.
First I uploaded installed the hylafax distribution (server and client) out
of Debian (I am using the Debian slink distr.) using dselect and apt,
respectively.
Then, as root, issued the commands
faxsetup
faxaddmodem /dev/cua1
(my modem is connected to the second parallel port).
The latter command will result in a lot of questions, which I used to
answer. But later I figured out that the configuration files
/var/spool/fax/etc/config and /fax/spool/fax/etc/config.cua1 still contain
the default stuff, which will not work for me.
So I changed the settings according to my needs by hand. I use the modem
as a class 1 modem. The windows software does the same. Probably also
critical are the lines
ModemNoFlowCmd: AT&H1 # disable flow control cmdI0
ModemHardFlowCmd: AT&R2 # hardware flow control cmdR2
ModemSoftFlowCmd: AT&I0 # software flow control cmdI0
Here in the default configuration commands about compression are used. I am
not an expert at all, but it seemed wrong to me.(?)
The above lines already contain commands sent by the windows software,
which a found by looking at the corresponding windows software log-file.
To compare everything, I added the files /var/spool/fax/etc/config and
/fax/spool/fax/etc/config.cua1 below.
Further after completing the config-files one has to give the command
faxmodem
This seems to necessary otherwise the configuration becomes not recognized
by the system.
Hope this helps.
Markus
/var/spool/fax/etc/config
# -------------
LogFacility: daemon
CountryCode: 41
AreaCode: 1
LongDistancePrefix: 0
InternationalPrefix: 00
DialStringRules: etc/dialrules.europe
ServerTracing: 1
ModemClass: 1
#--------------
/var/spool/fax/etc/config.cua1
#--------------
# $Id: class1,v 1.23 1996/06/24 02:58:32 sam Rel $
#
# HylaFAX Facsimile Software
#
# Copyright (c) 1990-1996 Sam Leffler
# Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
# HylaFAX is a trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
#
# Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software and
# its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee, provided
# that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear in
# all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the names
of
# Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising or
# publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written
# permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics.
#
# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
# EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
# WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
#
# IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR
# ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND,
# OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
# WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY OF
# LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
# OF THIS SOFTWARE.
#
#
# Generic Class 1 modem configuration.
#
# EDIT THIS CONFIGURATION TO REFLECT YOUR SETUP
#
CountryCode: 41
AreaCode: 1
FAXNumber: "+41 1 0000000" # change to your number
LongDistancePrefix: 0
InternationalPrefix: 00
DialStringRules: etc/dialrules.europe
ServerTracing: 1
SessionTracing: 11
RecvFileMode: 0600
LogFileMode: 0600
DeviceMode: 0600
RingsBeforeAnswer: 1
SpeakerVolume: on
GettyArgs: "-h %l dx_%s"
LocalIdentifier: "Markus Wollgarten"
LogFacility: daemon
TagLineFont: etc/lutRS18.pcf
TagLineFormat: "From %%l|%c|Page %%p of %%t"
QualifyTSI: etc/tsi
MaxRecvPages: 25
#
#
# Modem-related stuff: should reflect modem command interface
# and hardware connection/cabling (e.g. flow control).
#
ModemType: Class1 # use this to supply a hint
ModemRate: 38400 # rate for DCE-DTE communication
ModemFlowControl: xonxoff # XON/XOFF flow control assumed
#
ModemSetupDTRCmd: AT&D2 # setup so DTR drop resets modem
ModemSetupDCDCmd: AT&C1 # setup so DCD follows carrier
GettyArgs: "-h %l dx_%s" # modem must auto-detect fax/data
#
# We normally append the "@" symbol to the dial string so that
# the modem will wait 5 seconds before attempting to connect
# and return result codes that distinguish between no carrier
# and no answer. This makes it possible to avoid problems with
# repeatedly dialing a number that doesn't have a fax machine
# (kudos to Stuart Lynne for this trick.)
#
# NB: If you need to prefix phone numbers to get through a PBX,
# put it in the ModemDialCmd; e.g. "DT9%s@".
#
ModemDialCmd: ATDTW0%s # I need a 0 to get a line
#
# Other possible configuration stuff. The default strings are
# shown below. Only those that are different from the defaults
# need to be included in the configuration file.
#
ModemResetCmds: "AT Z AT &F1 E0 H0 Q0 V1 &D2 S0=0 X3" # stuff to do when
modem is reset
ModemAnswerCmd: ATA # use this to answer phone
ModemNoFlowCmd: AT&H1 # disable flow control cmdI0
ModemHardFlowCmd: AT&R2 # hardware flow control cmdR2
ModemSoftFlowCmd: AT&I0 # software flow control cmdI0
ModemNoAutoAnswerCmd: ATS0=0 # disable auto-answer
#
# Set modem speaker volume commands: OFF QUIET LOW MEDIUM HIGH.
# Note that we both turn the speaker on/off and set volume.
#
ModemSetVolumeCmd: "ATM0 ATL0M1 ATL1M1 ATL2M1 ATL3M1"
ModemEchoOffCmd: ATE0 # disable command echo
ModemVerboseResultsCmd: ATV1 # enable verbose command results
ModemResultCodesCmd: ATQ0 # enable result codes
ModemOnHookCmd: ATH0 # place phone on hook (hangup)
ModemSoftResetCmd: ATZ # do soft reset of modem
ModemWaitTimeCmd: ATS7=60 # wait 60 seconds for carrier
ModemCommaPauseTimeCmd: ATS8=2 # comma pause time is 2 seconds
ModemRecvFillOrder: LSB2MSB # bit order of received facsimile
ModemSendFillOrder: LSB2MSB # bit order modem expects for transmit
#
Class1Cmd: AT+FCLASS=1 # command to enter class 1
Class1TCFResponseDelay: 75 # 75ms delay between recv TCF & response
Class1SendPPMDelay: 75 # 75ms delay before sending PPM
Class1SendTCFDelay: 75 # 75ms delay between sending DCS & TCF
Class1TrainingRecovery: 1500 # 1.5sec delay after training failure
Class1RecvAbortOK: 200 # wait 200ms for abort response
Class1FrameOverhead: 4 # 4 byte overhead in recvd HDLC frames
Class1RecvIdentTimer: 40000 # 35+5secs waiting for ident frames
Class1TCFMaxNonZero: 10 # max 10% of data may be non-zero
Class1TCFMinRun: 1000 # min run is 2/3rds of TCF duration
#---------------------
--
========================================================
Dr. Markus WOLLGARTEN
Institut fuer Angewandte Physik
ETH Hoenggerberg
CH-8093 Zuerich
Tel. +41-(0)1-63-32126
Fax. +41-(0)1-63-31105
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.iap.ethz.ch/users/wollgarten/index.html
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Eward,
<P>let me describe how I made my USR56K Sportster external modem x2
(bought after 1997) working together with hylafax.
<P>First I uploaded installed the hylafax distribution (server and client)
out of Debian (I am using the Debian slink distr.) using dselect and apt,
respectively.
<P>Then, as root, issued the commands
<P>faxsetup
<P>faxaddmodem /dev/cua1
<P>(my modem is connected to the second parallel port).
<P>The latter command will result in a lot of questions, which I used to
answer. But later I figured out that the configuration files /var/spool/fax/etc/config
and /fax/spool/fax/etc/config.cua1 still contain the default stuff, which
will not work for me.
<P>So I changed the settings according to my needs by hand. I use
the modem as a class 1 modem. The windows software does the same. Probably
also critical are the lines
<P>ModemNoFlowCmd:
AT&H1
# disable flow control cmdI0
<BR>ModemHardFlowCmd:
AT&R2
# hardware flow control cmdR2
<BR>ModemSoftFlowCmd:
AT&I0
# software flow control cmdI0
<P>Here in the default configuration commands about compression are used.
I am not an expert at all, but it seemed wrong to me.(?)
<P>The above lines already contain commands sent by the windows software,
which a found by looking at the corresponding windows software log-file.
<P>To compare everything, I added the files /var/spool/fax/etc/config and
/fax/spool/fax/etc/config.cua1 below.
<P>Further after completing the config-files one has to give the command
<P>faxmodem
<P>This seems to necessary otherwise the configuration becomes not recognized
by the system.
<P>Hope this helps.
<P>Markus
<BR>
<P>/var/spool/fax/etc/config
<BR>
<BR># -------------
<BR> LogFacility: daemon
<BR>CountryCode: 41
<BR>AreaCode: 1
<BR>LongDistancePrefix: 0
<BR>InternationalPrefix: 00
<BR>DialStringRules: etc/dialrules.europe
<BR>ServerTracing: 1
<BR>ModemClass: 1
<BR>#--------------
<P>/var/spool/fax/etc/config.cua1
<BR>#--------------
<BR># $Id: class1,v 1.23 1996/06/24 02:58:32 sam Rel $
<BR>#
<BR># HylaFAX Facsimile Software
<BR>#
<BR># Copyright (c) 1990-1996 Sam Leffler
<BR># Copyright (c) 1991-1996 Silicon Graphics, Inc.
<BR># HylaFAX is a trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
<BR>#
<BR># Permission to use, copy, modify, distribute, and sell this software
and
<BR># its documentation for any purpose is hereby granted without fee,
provided
<BR># that (i) the above copyright notices and this permission notice appear
in
<BR># all copies of the software and related documentation, and (ii) the
names of
<BR># Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics may not be used in any advertising
or
<BR># publicity relating to the software without the specific, prior written
<BR># permission of Sam Leffler and Silicon Graphics.
<BR>#
<BR># THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
<BR># EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY
<BR># WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
<BR>#
<BR># IN NO EVENT SHALL SAM LEFFLER OR SILICON GRAPHICS BE LIABLE FOR
<BR># ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY
KIND,
<BR># OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS,
<BR># WHETHER OR NOT ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE, AND ON ANY THEORY
OF
<BR># LIABILITY, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE
<BR># OF THIS SOFTWARE.
<BR>#
<P>#
<BR># Generic Class 1 modem configuration.
<BR>#
<BR># EDIT THIS CONFIGURATION TO REFLECT YOUR SETUP
<BR>#
<BR>CountryCode: 41
<BR>AreaCode: 1
<BR>FAXNumber: "+41 1 0000000" # change to your number
<BR>LongDistancePrefix: 0
<BR>InternationalPrefix: 00
<BR>DialStringRules: etc/dialrules.europe
<BR>ServerTracing: 1
<BR>SessionTracing: 11
<BR>RecvFileMode: 0600
<BR>LogFileMode: 0600
<BR>DeviceMode: 0600
<BR>RingsBeforeAnswer: 1
<BR>SpeakerVolume: on
<BR>GettyArgs: "-h %l dx_%s"
<BR>LocalIdentifier: "Markus Wollgarten"
<BR>LogFacility: daemon
<BR>TagLineFont: etc/lutRS18.pcf
<BR>TagLineFormat: "From %%l|%c|Page %%p of %%t"
<BR>QualifyTSI: etc/tsi
<BR>MaxRecvPages: 25
<BR>#
<BR>#
<BR># Modem-related stuff: should reflect modem command interface
<BR># and hardware connection/cabling (e.g. flow control).
<BR>#
<BR>ModemType: Class1 # use this to supply a hint
<BR>ModemRate: 38400 # rate for DCE-DTE communication
<BR>ModemFlowControl: xonxoff # XON/XOFF flow control assumed
<BR>#
<BR>ModemSetupDTRCmd: AT&D2 # setup so DTR drop resets modem
<BR>ModemSetupDCDCmd: AT&C1 # setup so DCD follows carrier
<BR>GettyArgs: "-h %l dx_%s" # modem must auto-detect fax/data
<BR>#
<BR># We normally append the "@" symbol to the dial string so that
<BR># the modem will wait 5 seconds before attempting to connect
<BR># and return result codes that distinguish between no carrier
<BR># and no answer. This makes it possible to avoid problems with
<BR># repeatedly dialing a number that doesn't have a fax machine
<BR># (kudos to Stuart Lynne for this trick.)
<BR>#
<BR># NB: If you need to prefix phone numbers to get through a PBX,
<BR># put it in the ModemDialCmd; e.g. "DT9%s@".
<BR>#
<BR>ModemDialCmd: ATDTW0%s # I need a 0 to get a line
<BR>#
<BR># Other possible configuration stuff. The default strings are
<BR># shown below. Only those that are different from the defaults
<BR># need to be included in the configuration file.
<BR>#
<BR>ModemResetCmds: "AT Z AT &F1 E0 H0 Q0 V1 &D2 S0=0
X3" # stuff to do when modem is reset
<BR>ModemAnswerCmd: ATA # use this to answer phone
<BR>ModemNoFlowCmd: AT&H1 # disable flow control cmdI0
<BR>ModemHardFlowCmd: AT&R2 # hardware flow control cmdR2
<BR>ModemSoftFlowCmd: AT&I0 # software flow control cmdI0
<BR>ModemNoAutoAnswerCmd: ATS0=0 # disable auto-answer
<BR>#
<BR># Set modem speaker volume commands: OFF QUIET LOW MEDIUM HIGH.
<BR># Note that we both turn the speaker on/off and set volume.
<BR>#
<BR>ModemSetVolumeCmd: "ATM0 ATL0M1 ATL1M1 ATL2M1 ATL3M1"
<BR>ModemEchoOffCmd: ATE0 # disable command echo
<BR>ModemVerboseResultsCmd: ATV1 # enable verbose command results
<BR>ModemResultCodesCmd: ATQ0 # enable result codes
<BR>ModemOnHookCmd: ATH0 # place phone on hook (hangup)
<BR>ModemSoftResetCmd: ATZ # do soft reset of modem
<BR>ModemWaitTimeCmd: ATS7=60 # wait 60 seconds for carrier
<BR>ModemCommaPauseTimeCmd: ATS8=2 # comma pause time is 2 seconds
<BR>ModemRecvFillOrder: LSB2MSB # bit order of received facsimile
<BR>ModemSendFillOrder: LSB2MSB # bit order modem expects for transmit
<BR>#
<BR>Class1Cmd: AT+FCLASS=1 # command to enter class 1
<BR>Class1TCFResponseDelay: 75 # 75ms delay between recv TCF &
response
<BR>Class1SendPPMDelay: 75 # 75ms delay before sending PPM
<BR>Class1SendTCFDelay: 75 # 75ms delay between sending DCS &
TCF
<BR>Class1TrainingRecovery: 1500 # 1.5sec delay after training failure
<BR>Class1RecvAbortOK: 200 # wait 200ms for abort response
<BR>Class1FrameOverhead: 4 # 4 byte overhead in recvd HDLC frames
<BR>Class1RecvIdentTimer: 40000 # 35+5secs waiting for ident frames
<BR>Class1TCFMaxNonZero: 10 # max 10% of data may be non-zero
<BR>Class1TCFMinRun: 1000 # min run is 2/3rds of TCF duration
<BR>#---------------------
<PRE>--
========================================================
Dr. Markus WOLLGARTEN
Institut fuer Angewandte Physik
ETH Hoenggerberg
CH-8093 Zuerich
Tel. +41-(0)1-63-32126
Fax. +41-(0)1-63-31105
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Bug or feature?
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 04:54:51 +1100
G'day...
> I think I read in the Zip mini-how-to that Linux does not support parallel
> port pass through, i.e. only one device can use the parallel port at the
> same time. The mini-how-to suggested cable switching or investing in a
> second parallel port.
So long as the driver for the zip drive isn't active (in this case, the module
unloaded, although not nec. in some of the newer kernels I hear) there shouldn't
be a problem. (I say shouldn't.)
I have used my own zip drive (|| port version) with my printer connected to the
pass-through port on it no problems. (Its basically daisy chained, in parallel.
Erk... trying not to get the use of terminology confused.)
You will need to use a second parallel port to connect your printer to for
bidirectional printing whilst accessing your zip drive regardless.
(Something I was extremely peeved with *after* purchasing my zip drive and
discovering so. I should have used more common sense!)
All the best...
Michael.
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From: Persona <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Print Filter Problems
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 11:24:11 -0600
OK, I'm finally posting this asking for help.
I have a Printer attached to my Windows Computer via samba (HP Laserject
4P) that has been working very well. I wanted pdf support so I upgraded
my ghostscript to the versioin with PDF document support. Now, I can
only print text to my printer. When I try to print something from,
Netscape's Browser, The printer receives one line saying "Unknown
device: lj4dith". I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling the printer
to SAMBA, but it makes no difference. What file has changed and what do
I do to change it back and get it to work? When I try changing the
Print Filter from the printtool in the Control Panel (Redhat 5.1), it
gives an error saying that 'Window fs exists, can't execute'. Help!!
Thanks in advance,
--Persona
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best speech recognition software to control Linux?
Date: 31 Jan 1999 10:09:07 -0800
Raja Vallee-Rai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Does anyone here have any experience with speech recognition software,
> and how it can be used to control a Linux workstation?
>
> I heard of a product called DragonDictate which actually can do this,
> but you need to be logged in remotely from a Windows running PC, and the
> Unix machine needs to be running a2x.
There are a bunch of speech-related resources listed in
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/adaptation-for-handicaped.html
Don't expect anything as good as Dragon or the IBM product.
There are other ways to run Windows apps (remotely or local)
from Linux than "a2x" (which I'm not even sure runs on Linux).
--
Look for Linux info at http://www.dejanews.com/home_ps.shtml and in
Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: new HD installation question
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 14:08:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 1/30/99, 12:26:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Taylor Sutherland) wrote=20
regarding new HD installation question:
> I am quickly running out of space on my 1.5 G drive on my linux half
> of my dual boot Win95/SuSE 5.3 machine. The problem comes in
> installing a new HD. I have 2 IDE slots, one has the two hds (one win=
> and one linux) and the other has the CD and the zip drive.
> How does one go about hooking up a new HD when it will surely not be
> where it will eventually reside? In other words, if I hook the new
> drive up where the CD is now, it will become, I suspect /dev/hdc1,
> etc. So I do the magic hand waving to partition and setup the new
> drive (whatever that is) and the new HD is happy to be where it is.
> THEN, I disconnect it and plug it back to where the /dev/hdb drive
> (the original linux drive) was and reconnect the CD. Now, assuming I
> haven't changed lilo so it will still look to boot off of /dev/hdb1,
> will the new drive still be convinced it is /dev/hdc (or whatever that=
> other slot is) and thus fail to boot or will it just automatically
> figure out that it's not where it was and work smoothly... Or, for
> that matter, does the drive ever know where it is, and the bios is
> doing all the remembering where drives and such are?
> I'm so confused...
> Taylor Sutherland
> Whatever it was, it wasn't my fault!
> Since I hate junk mail,
> replace the "booney" with "boone" to respond.
I think LILO keeps track of exactly where the kernel is on each drive,=20
because it needs to boot the kernel before it can mount the drive. So=20
simply moving hdc1 down to the existing hdb1 is not likely to work=20
with LILO until you reboot the system and run lilo. For that you need=20
a boot floppy. If lilo warns you that hdc may not be available at=20
boot time, ignore that.
Once you install on hdc1, look in /boot and use 'rdev' to tell vmlinuz=20
to boot to /dev/hdb1. This only changes where the kernel boots when=20
not running lilo. Then with a perfect (no bad sector) unmounted=20
floppy 'cp vmlinuz /dev/fd0'. Then change /etc/fstab entries from=20
hdc1 to hdb1. Shutdown and move it. Reboot from floppy. Config and=20
rerun lilo, and you are set.
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From: Toon Moene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 17:42:57 +0100
Matthias Warkus wrote:
> I think it's impossible to define who invented the computer, since it's
> already hard to define what a computer is.
I'd like to disagree on this one.
Before the electronic computer, it was perfectly clear what a computer
was: A human perfoming computing tasks.
--
Toon Moene ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Saturnushof 14, 3738 XG Maartensdijk, The Netherlands
Phone: +31 346 214290; Fax: +31 346 214286
g77 Support: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; egcs: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Dave Addison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Loading onto SPARCS
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:16:32 +0000
In article <78qnn0$1ip$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, james_della_porta@ansett.
com.au writes
>OK,
>
>it looks like I need the Red Hat CD for SPARCs. Either that or
>a working system with NFS running (which I don't have).
>Thanks again for your help.
>
>Ciao,
>James.
>
>-----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
>http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
I've installed RedHat 4.2 onto a SPARC IPC using a PC. It didn't prove
to be too difficult ;-) As far as I can remember it went something like
this:
On the PC
=========
Use rarp to map the SUN ethernet hardware to an IP address (DHCP or
BOOTP is also supposed to work).
Enable tftp and place the boot image into the tftp directory renamed to
SUN4C.<ip address> (SUN4M.<ip address> for later SPARCS. I don't know
what the ULTRASPARC architecture letter is)
use NFS to export the entire redhat installation directory tree
On the SUN
==========
switch it on, get to the monitor prompt <L1> and then A and enter "boot
net"
>From then on it should just be the standard NFS install. If it doesn't
boot, the PC log files should give you some idea of where things are
going wrong (In may case it was the name of the boot image, however tftp
can be set to log file requests)
Dave Addison
____
/ __ \ ____ __ __ ___
/ / / // __ `/ | / // _ \
/ /_/ // /_/ /| |/ // __/
/_____/ \____/ |___/ \___/
Does anyone know what's going on?
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From: Joseph Casey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP slow transfer
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:46:52 +0000
Buck wrote:
> : DIALER_SCRIPT=/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer
> :
> : exec /usr/sbin/pppd debug lock modem crtscts /dev/modem 56000 \
> : noipdefault defaultroute -detach connect $DIALER_SCRIPT
> :
>
> 56000 is not a valid DTE baud rate. Your modem is probably dropping back
> to whatever the default is, maybe 9600 or 19200. Try using 57600 or if
> you have a "56K" modem use 115200. The DTE (modem to pc) rate is not to
> be confused with the CARRIER rate (modem to modem). The pppd string
> refers to the DTE rate.
That has fixed it alright. It's soooooooo much better.
TY
JC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (William Burrow)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: [Q] Bogo mips shrinked!?
Date: 31 Jan 1999 16:36:19 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 31 Jan 1999 08:00:38 GMT,
Jinhyok Heo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thank you for your concerns.
>But my bogo mips didn't change. It's still around 28.
>
>I did kernel configurations(2.0.36) several time. I did that with rpms and
>tgz. I mean I tried several sources.
>But it doesn't work at all.
Yes, because bogomips is an indicator of hardware performance. If you
bogomips mysteriously decreased for no reason, you have a hardware problem.
Is your turbo switch depressed? Did the turbo cable get knocked off the
mainboard?
--
William Burrow -- New Brunswick, Canada o
Copyright 1999 William Burrow ~ /\
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From: "Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: dial-up web server?
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 05:14:37 +1100
G'day...
> >How did you get an Internic domain without any IP address or
> >nameservers (2 nameservers are required).
>
> I talked with the guy at my ISP who does their network setup, and
> asked him what ip-addresses to use so that my domain would point to
> theirs. Then I plugged these into the Internic form and shipped it.
Then you really need to talk to your ISP, and get them to set it up
properly, and make sure that you are assigned the same IP address
everytime.
They should do this for your, as they inadvertedly agreed to it by allowing
you to do what you have already done. (And its not too much of a difficult
job if they normally do dynamic IP addressing.)
All the best.
Michael.
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From: "Michael 'BeLFrY' S. E. Kraus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Ethernet vs. Mouse Probs
Date: Mon, 01 Feb 1999 05:29:51 +1100
G'day...
> Now, I'm stuck again. My mouse is not responding in X.
> It worked before, so I'm guessing my ethernet card now
> has the IRQ. Now, I tried:
>
> cat /proc/interrupts
>
> and didn't see the mouse listed. How should I go about
> trouble shooting this one? Any pointers would be greatly
> valued.
Firstly (and I am assuming that you are using a serial mouse), the mouse
doesn't have an irq, the serial port the mouse is connected to does. =)
It may be that you are trying to use the same irq for the nic and the
serial port, or it may be a gpm problem. (gpm is a little mouse server
daemon that allows you to cut and paste on your console.)
Interrupts 3 and 4 are usually used for your serial ports, so check that
your nic isn't using either of those two irqs.
If it is a gpm problem, then do a 'man gpm' I think the -R option for
running gpm may be what you want if this is the case. (This mirrors the
mouse actions to a file, which you set your X server to use instead of
directly accessing the serial port, hence avoid conflicts. You must set up
your X server to use the file rather than the serial port ie edit your
XF86Config.)
> P.S.--Now that I got the ethernet card working, I'd like
> to let other computers mount the file system (I've got a
You may do so via nfs or samba. =) The appropriate docos aren't too hard
to find... =)
(The Linux Network Administrators Guide from the LDP is pretty good for
nfs.)
(Don't neccessarily trust the defaults under nfs though, as I've found in
the past.)
All the best.
Michael.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koen Janssens)
Subject: Re: gcc gives fatal signal 6 - Help!
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 16:58:06 GMT
On Fri, 29 Jan 1999 17:05:08 -0800, "Jeremy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Whenever I try to compile something, gcc gets a fatal signal 6 error. I
>have an Intel Celeron @ 374, 128MB SDRAM, a 4gig linux partition, and 110MB
>Swap space. What could possibly be causing this error? HELP!
>Thanks,
>-Jeremy
>
Let me guess too...Are you using gcc2.8.1?
If so, you might want to remove any optimization flags...
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From: A E Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: QIC02 TAPE, SuSE 5.3.. how to install and read? Thank you fellows in
advance!
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 1999 18:36:26 +0000
Blackey wrote:
> I have old fashion QIC02 Tape (150MB extended to 250MB) which is connected
> through slot as modem etc and then, as a 25pin connector to the external
> drive. I think that manufacturer is ARCHIVE.
>
> According instructions I made new kernel but I don't know how to init
> (mount) and to read data from tape.
Visit
http://www.math1.rwth-aachen.de/~heine/ftape/
and make sure that you have the latest version. There you will also find
extensive documentation. If you still have problems, ask on the ftape
list, mentioned in the documentation.
ael
--
Dr A E Lawrence (from home)
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