Linux-Misc Digest #519, Volume #21 Mon, 23 Aug 99 18:13:08 EDT
Contents:
serial Driver and flow control lines (Ralph Blach)
www.lug.org (Dustin Puryear)
Re: Random Lockups and Freezes (Mike Brown)
Re: Reinserting the Gnome menus into KDE? ("Duy D.")
Re: LOCAL: GLLUG (London - UK) Summer meeting. Reminder posting. (Tony Beaumont)
SCAMMER ALERT Re: What is a mount point in Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Problems building kernel-2.2.11 ("Greg Hartzog")
Re: Gnome File Manager ("Duy D.")
Mounting a UFS system (Ultrix) on Linux 6.0 ("uiowa")
Re: Software RAID Question (Thor)
What is the reasoning behind "stay away from root"? ("Mazrim Taim")
sco gcc vs. cc and running on linux question ("Richard Gintz")
Re: Software RAID Question (Arcadio A. Sincero Jr.)
Sounblaster Live! -Help, please... ("Johnny")
Re: linear raid trouble (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: SB16 MPU-401 midi (Hexdump)
Re: Random Lockups and Freezes (Jerry Gardner)
Re: WTF is the difference between Linux and FreeBSD??? ("Jordan")
Re: Sounblaster Live! -Help, please... (Hexdump)
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From: Ralph Blach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: serial Driver and flow control lines
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:40:49 -0400
I have a serial port that I have to use with linux. it is 16550
compatible except only
the xmit and receive lines are brought to the external interface. I
know, it not really 16550
compatible, but, please dont Ding me on that. Its what I have to work
with.
When I try to start mgetty on these ports it just hanges waiting for
some of the lines to change.
mgetty -r -b -s9600 ttySX
How do I get linux to totally ignore all of the flow control lines and
modem control lines
for a serial port?
Thanks
Chip
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dustin Puryear)
Subject: www.lug.org
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 17:47:50 GMT
Anyone have any luck setting up a site at www.lug.org? Every email I
send to the webmaster gets bounced back.
(The site host Linux User Group's for free.)
---
Dustin Puryear
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Mike Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Random Lockups and Freezes
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:36:38 -0700
John,
I do not recall seeing these options in my config file. I will check
them out though. Maybe that imageblt might do it. Many times it
happens when one image is moving across another.
Thanks,
Mike
John Girash wrote:
>
> In comp.os.linux.misc Mike Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I have been having an interrmitent lockup problem with my Linux
> : system. Randomly the whole machine will lock. Nothing I can do will
> : free it. There is no response from the keyboard at all so I can't get
> : to another console or kill X. The mouse completely stops. The only
> : thing to get it back is a complete hard system reset.
>
> Hi Mike,
> I've had similar problems before, when my X server was pushing my video card
> too hard. Try looking in your XF86Config file and choosing more conservative
> values for the Options under the video chipset Device; in my case (a CL card)
> it was stuff like 'Option "fifo_conservative"' and 'Option "no_imageblt"'.
> Yours will have different options I'm sure but there might be some that help.
>
> good luck
> jg
>
> --
> "don't listen when you're told about the best days in your life Spirit of
> a useless old expression, it means passing time until you die." the West
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> -- John Girash -- girash @ cfa.harvard.edu - http://skyron.harvard.edu/ --
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From: "Duy D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Reinserting the Gnome menus into KDE?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:58:53 -0400
Steve Sanyal wrote:
> After installing StarOffice, my Gnome menus all disappeared (when
> StarOffice inserted its own entries into Personal folder).
>
> How can I go about reinserting the Gnome menus?
>
> Regards
>
> Steve
KDE menu -> Utilities -> kappfinder.
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From: Tony Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LOCAL: GLLUG (London - UK) Summer meeting. Reminder posting.
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:14:42 GMT
Reply-To: Tony Beaumont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi Colin,
>If you intend to bring
> you equipment please let me know!
I intend to bring my IBM Thinkpad 760CD. That is, if I can get a larger HD
first and actually make the meeting, which will be the first I attend. Being
a laptop user I won't need equipment, but I will need minimum working space,
and preferably mains power.
Linux is not yet installed, and won't be on the current 1.2Gig HD which is
bursting with Win98 and Office 2000. However, this model of Thinkpad is
highly modular and I intend to install Linux on a separate HD.
There may be some quirks specific to the Thinkpad which someone knows how to
solve (and I may have to postpone even trying to solve them if I can't find
another HD in time). I am _not_ paying PC World's asking price of �500 for a
2.1Gig HD for a three-year-old laptop which cost me �350, but that's another
story ...
I should add I've been playing with Linux on and off for some years and can
usually manage to install it (most often Slackware, but I've played with RH,
Caldera and a bit less with SuSE). I can usually set up X, but not configure
everything properly. I'm particularly bad with comms.
I look forward to the meeting, and will come if I can, even if I can't yet
install on the Thinkpad.
Tony Beaumont
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SCAMMER ALERT Re: What is a mount point in Linux?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 19:29:10 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Advanced one corporation" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When installing Linux Red hat, what is a mount point and how is it
defined?
> E-mail are appreciated
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Faustino Lopez, posting here as [EMAIL PROTECTED], will scam you.
Beware. I sent Faustino a money order on 7/26/99, for $44 for a Windows
95 OSR2 cdrom. Have yet to receive the CDROM. I did get one email reply
from him stating that UPS had returned the package to him for unknown
reasons, and for me to re-send my address to make sure he had it right.
Supposedly, he was going to send the cd via FEDEX, but as of today, Aug.
21, 1999, I have received no cd, and no further responses to my emails
and two telephone calls. BEWARE!
Faustino Lopez
Advanced One Corporation
49 Suffolk Avenue
Hialeah, FL 33010
(305) 805-0143
From: "Advanced one corporation" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Anita" <akinsey at sfcc.net>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Left over items for sale]
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 11:28:33 +0100
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300
The package was returned back to me by UPS just yesterday afternoon.
According to UPS they have o idea why the package did not arrive. I've
delt
with UPS before ad this has happened. I will be sending it out FEDEX
next
day air to you and I will be e-mailing you the tracking numbers by the
end
of the day.
Tino
p.s. please e-mail me again your original address to verify.
===== Original Message =====
From: Anita <akinsey at sfcc.net>
To: Advanced one corporation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 3:44 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Left over items for sale]
> Tino,
>
> Did you get my last message? I have not received the Windows CDrom
yet,
and
> I needed it by today. What's up?
>
> Anita
>
> At 01:55 PM 7/23/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >I think I forgot to advise on who to make the money order out to. You
can
> >make the money order out to:
> >Faustino Lopez
> >Thanks,
> >Tino
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: Anita <akinsey at sfcc.net>
> >To: Advanced one corporation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 1999 11:16 PM
> >Subject: Re: [Fwd: Left over items for sale]
> >
> >
> >> Tino,
> >>
> >> I'll send you a mo tomorrow or get one tonight. What version of W95
is
the
> >cd?
> >>
> >> Thanks, Anita
> >>
> >> At 11:44 PM 7/18/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >> >You can send a money order to:
> >> >Advanced One Corporation
> >> >49 Suffolk avenue
> >> >Hialeah, FL 33010
> >> >The Windows 95 CD is brand new and sealed. With shipping included
the
> >money
> >> >order willbe made out for $49. $45 for the CD and $4 for shipping
> >Priority
> >> >mail. Let me know when you can send out the money order. If you
have
nay
> >> >questions can give me a call during the morning.
> >> >Thanks
> >> >Tino
> >> >305-805-0143
> >> >
> >> >----- Original Message -----
> >> >From: Anita <akinsey at sfcc.net>
> >> >To: Advanced one corporation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> >Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 4:11 AM
> >> >Subject: Re: [Fwd: Left over items for sale]
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >> Great!
> >> >>
> >> >> I need one of the W95 sets. Where do I send payment, and what
forms
of
> >> >> payment do you accept? What's your address, and where do I send
the
> >> >payment?
> >> >>
> >> >> You'll be shipping to:
> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> >> Anita Kinsey
> >> >> <address removed by akinsey>
> >> >> Gainesville, FL 32608
> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> Anita Kinsey
> >> >>
> >> >> At 11:07 PM 7/18/99 +0100, you wrote:
> >> >> >Yes, I do.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >----- Original Message -----
> >> >> >From: Anita <akinsey at sfcc.net>
> >> >> >To: Advanced one corporation <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> >> >Sent: Monday, July 19, 1999 2:37 AM
> >> >> >Subject: [Fwd: Left over items for sale]
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> Hey,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Do you have either of the W95 sets still available?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >From: "Advanced one corporation" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >> >> >> >Subject: Left over items for sale
> >> >> >> >Newsgroups: misc.forsale.computers.pc-specific.cards.misc
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >LEFT OVER ITEMS FOR SALE.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >We have left over items from a previous networking contract:
> >> >> >> >(2) Microsoft Windows 95
> >> >> >> >$40
> >> >> >> >(1) Microsoft NT Workstation 4.0
> >> >> >> >$60
> >> >> >> >(2) Encore RJ-45 100Base T nic
> >> >> >> >$9
> >> >> >> >(5) PS/2 Designer mouse
> >> >> >> >$4
> >> >> >> >(1) Microsoft Office 97 Small Business edition
> >> >> >> >$45 (CD ONLY)
> >> >> >> >(2) 3Com 3C-905B TX
> >> >> >> >$20
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >All items gauranteed against D.O.A.
> >> >> >> >305-805-0143
> >> >> >> >Advanced One Corporation
> >> >> >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >> >> >> Anita Kinsey
> >> >> >> TyTy Computer Services
<address removed by akinsey>
> >> >> >> Gainesville, FL 32608
> >> >> >>
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From: "Greg Hartzog" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Problems building kernel-2.2.11
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:10:04 -0400
Hello all. I am having a strange problem I am not sure how to solve.
I have built LOTS of kernels before and this is one is acting strange.
I got the tar.gz ball, moved the old linux directory aside,
un-zipped/un-tar'ed it.
Copied the ".config" from the old linux over. Did a "make xconfig"
and then saved the config. Then a "make dep" and that was ok.
Then a "make clean" and that was fine also. Then I did a "make bzlilo" and
it errors out
on the first source file. It acts like there is a directory not being
searched. I checked
"/usr/include/asm" and "/usr/include/linux" and they are both the proper
symbolic links.
What I have missed?
Thanks for all help.
Greg Hartzog
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From: "Duy D." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome File Manager
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 12:47:24 -0400
Jim wrote:
> I'm trying to setup an icon to the executable file for Gnome file
> manager but I can't find the right file to link to. Any help is
> appreciated
> TIA
> Jim McIntyre
> Webmaster Program
> Dalhousie University
> Halifax Nova Scotia
gmc is the executable for Gnome file manager, which is somewhere in
/usr/ depending on which distribution you use.
Do a "find /usr -name gmc -print".
Good luck!
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From: "uiowa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.ultrix,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Mounting a UFS system (Ultrix) on Linux 6.0
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:00:53 -0500
Can anyone nudge me in the right direction to mount a UFS FS?
I have a DEC Ultrix system that died and I am trying to recover some info
from the drives. Although I can mount the root partition of each disk in
Linux (by using "mount /dev/sda /mnt"), I can't seem to mount the other
logical partitions that existed in Ultrix.
My ultrix drive was partitioned such that
rz0a = /
rz0d = /usr
rz0e = /something-else
If I try mounting by using "mount -t ufs /dev/sdax /mnt" where x is 1-16,
Linux simply responds /dev/sdax is not a valid block device.
Help?
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From: Thor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Software RAID Question
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 15:12:42 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The primary limiting factor on a disk drive I/O (read or write) is
mechanical latency. The latency of the processor dividing up the
I/O and dividing it out between the drives is a couple of orders of
magnitude faster than the seek time and rotational latency. Unless
you have so many spindles that the cpu is overwhelmed (_very_ unlikely)
then the more spindles, the more R/W's can occur and the better the
performance will be. You still have the same mechanical latency, but
you write to more spindles at once. I would say that if you have
performance issues, first be _sure_ that the problem is with the disks.
This situation reminds me of the olden days when cars had carburetors.
All of us were always "adjusting" the carburetors and then never could
figure out why or performance suffered. i.e. be sure it's broke before
you fix it.
Arcadio A. Sincero Jr. wrote:
>
> On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:31:55 GMT, Jared Hecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >You would *probably* get the best performance by using five spindles
> >rather than 9 (you would certainly get better response time on writes).
> >The point about CPU load is valid. That said, YMMV depending on the CPU
> >and amount of memory you have. If you can afford it, a RAID controller
> >makes a noticeable difference in performance.
>
> Hmm ... would it be better to split that 9 drive array into two arrays?
> Or it wouldn't matter either way? The box currently has 32MB of memory and a
> 100Mhz AMD K5 CPU. Would upping the memory really make a difference here? How
> about that CPU? Is it too slow? The fastest socket 7 CPU I have is a an Intel
> p200MMX, though I have something else planned for that CPU. Oh wait ... I just
> remembered that I have a 266Mhz K6-2 around here somewhere ...
>
> I think I might be able to get a hold of a dual Pentium board and CPUs
> for cheap. That might make a significant difference, wouldn't it?
>
> ---
> ===============================================================================
> Arcadio A. Sincero Jr.
> Computer Science Major at the University of Maryland Baltimore County,
> Linux systems administrator, wanna-be Windows and Linux software developer and
> amateur competitive bodybuilder.
>
> WWW: http://www.sincero.com/~asincero (COMING REAL SOON NOW(tm)!)
> E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (THIS IS BROKE TOO! damn ...)
>
> "There are three kinds of people in this world: those who can count, and those
> who can't."
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From: "Mazrim Taim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What is the reasoning behind "stay away from root"?
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:58:24 -0400
A lot of these self-help Linux books, FAQs, and "words from UNIX gurus"
always stress the importance of "Don't do anything in root! You will screw
up your system!". But it seems as if almost everything that needs to be
done, needs to be done as root!
For example... when you get a new piece of software; tarball format. You
need to :
./configure
make
make install
(usually)
You need to be root to do that... at least do the last one. And so many
configuration options require root. Not to mention shutting down your
comptuer at the end of your computing session!
So why stress the paranoia buildup against using root? I can't go through a
single DAY without needing to do some root-actions. So that's why I'm root
all the time.
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From: "Richard Gintz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sco gcc vs. cc and running on linux question
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 16:00:48 -0500
I compiled on SCO 5.0.4 using "gcc" and tried to execute the result on RH6
Linux. Error 2 - doesn't even "see" the file. I compile same program
using "cc" and I get a coff that DOES execute with iBCS. Why doesn't the
object generated by "gcc" run on Linux? Is there a way to make it work?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arcadio A. Sincero Jr.)
Subject: Re: Software RAID Question
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 18:58:51 GMT
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:31:55 GMT, Jared Hecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>You would *probably* get the best performance by using five spindles
>rather than 9 (you would certainly get better response time on writes).
>The point about CPU load is valid. That said, YMMV depending on the CPU
>and amount of memory you have. If you can afford it, a RAID controller
>makes a noticeable difference in performance.
Hmm ... would it be better to split that 9 drive array into two arrays?
Or it wouldn't matter either way? The box currently has 32MB of memory and a
100Mhz AMD K5 CPU. Would upping the memory really make a difference here? How
about that CPU? Is it too slow? The fastest socket 7 CPU I have is a an Intel
p200MMX, though I have something else planned for that CPU. Oh wait ... I just
remembered that I have a 266Mhz K6-2 around here somewhere ...
I think I might be able to get a hold of a dual Pentium board and CPUs
for cheap. That might make a significant difference, wouldn't it?
---
===============================================================================
Arcadio A. Sincero Jr.
Computer Science Major at the University of Maryland Baltimore County,
Linux systems administrator, wanna-be Windows and Linux software developer and
amateur competitive bodybuilder.
WWW: http://www.sincero.com/~asincero (COMING REAL SOON NOW(tm)!)
E-mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (THIS IS BROKE TOO! damn ...)
"There are three kinds of people in this world: those who can count, and those
who can't."
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From: "Johnny" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Sounblaster Live! -Help, please...
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 20:37:30 +0100
Has anyone managed to get a soundblaster Live! card working with Linux ? I
am a bit of a crapster when it comes to things like this, if you have any
idea where i can look, or where to start trying myself it would be much
appreciated.
Cheers =)
johnny
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: linear raid trouble
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 19:10:02 GMT
nils grimsmo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: running debian 2.1 and linux 2.0.36 :)
:
: i am playing with some disks, and trying to make linear raid work, but
: can't. i do this:
:
: # modprobe linear
: # mdadd /dev/md0 /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdc1
: # mdrun -pl /dev/md0
: # mount /dev/md0 /test
:
: i get no error messages, but when i run a 'df', md0 is no bigger than
: hdb1 itself. i can't copy more than the size of the first disk to md0
: either, and one if there was something on the second disk before i
: linked them, it is not deleted as the hdb1 part of md0 is filled
: completely. do i have to format the disks in some special way?
You forgot to rebuild the file system on the new md0 disk. So, the system is
reading the file system on the first partition (/dev/hdb1).
After the "mdrun" command, enter the command:
# mke2fs /dev/md0
Then mount it and look at it.
Stu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hexdump)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,redhat.config
Subject: Re: SB16 MPU-401 midi
Date: 23 Aug 1999 19:15:46 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 22 Aug 1999 19:31:01 GMT, Naito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How do I configure my linux to play midis thru the MPU-401 port on my SB16?
>I am running RedHat 6 with kernel 2.2.11 and the ALSA 0.4.0 sound drivers.
Using the default sound drivers in RH6 the following worked for me.
I have a SB16 Vibra16x (or something like that).
/etc/conf.modules:
alias sound sb
pre-install sound insmod sound dmabuf=1
alias midi opl3
options opl3 io=0x388
options sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 mpu_io=0x330
/etc/isapnp.conf:
# $Id: pnpdump.c,v 1.18 1999/02/14 22:47:18 fox Exp $
# Compiler flags: -DREALTIME -DNEEDSETSCHEDULER -DABORT_ONRESERR
# Trying port address 0203
# Board 1 has serial identifier 6d ff ff ff ff f0 00 8c 0e
# (DEBUG)
(READPORT 0x0203)
(ISOLATE PRESERVE)
(IDENTIFY *)
(VERBOSITY 2)
(CONFLICT (IO FATAL)(IRQ FATAL)(DMA FATAL)(MEM FATAL)) # or WARNING
(CONFIGURE CTL00f0/-1 (LD 0
(INT 0 (IRQ 5 (MODE +E)))
(DMA 0 (CHANNEL 1))
# (DMA 1 (CHANNEL 3))
(IO 0 (SIZE 16) (BASE 0x0220))
(IO 1 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0330))
(IO 2 (SIZE 4) (BASE 0x0388))
(NAME "CTL00f0/-1[0]{Audio }")
(ACT Y)
))
(CONFIGURE CTL00f0/-1 (LD 1
(IO 0 (SIZE 1) (BASE 0x0201))
(NAME "CTL00f0/-1[1]{Game }")
(ACT Y)
))
# End tag... Checksum 0x00 (OK)
# Returns all cards to the "Wait for Key" state
(WAITFORKEY)
I don't know if that helps or not, but good luck.
JC
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry Gardner)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Random Lockups and Freezes
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 19:28:29 GMT
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999 08:56:02 -0600, steve mcadams wrote:
>i have had similar problems on an HP system running NT. every once in a
>while the mouse locks up; luckily the keyboard usually still functions. i
>don't suppose your box is an HP, is it? i have a feeling they use a
>modified bios but i have no evidence to back this up. however you say you
>have had these problems from day 1. i would have suspected the video card
>but you've tried replacing it and chances of having two bad ones are awfully
>slim. suggest you check your bios if it's not a box you put together
>yourself, and see if it's standard or modified. i've not pursued the
>problem on the box i'm using because it's not running anything remotely
>critical, and only happens about once a month; it's cheaper to reboot than
>dig for it in my situation.
I doubt it's a BIOS problem. Linux doesn't use the BIOS after the
kernel boots--it's mainly used to load the kernel and perhaps do some
basic initialization before the kernel loads.
Have you tried another brand or model video board? Flakey video
drivers can cause all sorts of problems.
Is your machine on a network? If it is, can you telnet to the machine
from another box? If you can, then probably only the X server is hung.
I have a machine with an almost identical configuration as yours. The
only difference is that mine has a Millennium II PCI video board. It's
been up and running continuously for several months now.
--
Jerry Gardner | "Bill Clinton has all the steely resolve
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | of a kamakaze pilot on his 37th mission."
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From: "Jordan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WTF is the difference between Linux and FreeBSD???
Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1999 13:44:55 -0600
> >Close enough. They were trying to make a system written in some sort of
> >language that allowed them to do more things on a computer. That is an OS
> >isn't it?
>
> See the other post in response. AT&T was not interested in anything of
> the sort. Read the article I sent.
Not interested in anything of the sort? What were they doing then? Whatever
they were trying to do, an OS called UNIX was the result. The only part from
the article I remember not talking about an OS was when they ported it to
the PDP-11 and were strictly going to make a "word processor". But it would
still be on the UNIX OS however slimly built it was at the time compared to
today. I think you are nitpicking a little. UNIX has really been an OS all
along and I was simply writing to a newbie. Many newbies barely know what an
OS is letalone whatever you think UNIX started out to be. Here are some
quotes from that article
"This paper presents a brief history of the early development of the Unix
operating system"
"Throughout 1969 we (mainly Ossanna, Thompson, Ritchie) lobbied intensively
for the purchase of a medium-scale machine for which we promised to write an
operating system"
The article talks about the stuff they coded like the UNIX file system,
process control, IO redirection, Pipes and C. That is all OS stuff.
> If you want to rewrite history to suit your desires, go ahead. Such a
> description would be called inaccurate and misleading, though.
>
> If you simply want communicate that Unix was around before Windows,
> simply state so. A phrase like, ``Unix was around long before DOS was
> even thought of, let alone Windows,'' would be accurate and get the
> point across, no?
>
> Just consider that if your audience knew better, or asked people who know
> better about the accuracy of your comments, and found them wanting, they
> could dismiss Linux at large as overhyped.
OK, I'm done talking to you. I write a large article on a newsgroup to a
newbie to shed some light on something he knows nothing about. It detailed
quite a bit of stuff about how OS's came about, answered his question about
Linux and FreeBSD quite fully, and had some interesting little history
quips. I took a part out of my day to help him out. I didn't have to help
him out. And you analyze it down to the last word. So what UNIX wasn't the
first OS. I'm just saying that it came before any type of OS that the
original poster knows about.
What the hell do you think this is the Starr report?
Leave me alone, I'm not Bill Clinton
Please don't reply through email
Jordan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hexdump)
Subject: Re: Sounblaster Live! -Help, please...
Date: 23 Aug 1999 21:14:41 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 23 Aug 1999, Johnny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Has anyone managed to get a soundblaster Live! card working with Linux ? I
>am a bit of a crapster when it comes to things like this, if you have any
>idea where i can look, or where to start trying myself it would be much
>appreciated.
>
>Cheers =)
>
>johnny
>
>
Try this: http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/
JC
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