Linux-Misc Digest #501, Volume #27 Sun, 1 Apr 01 15:13:04 EDT
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Re: 2.4.3 Kernel Build Fails ldmxcsr in i387.c ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I like Linux cause it's flexible and smooth, evolving.. :) (E J)
Re: Odd Pauses (maybe DNS)? ("Andrew Smith")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: 2.4.3 Kernel Build Fails ldmxcsr in i387.c ?
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 17:27:24 GMT
Cal Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> trolled:
> When I try to build the 2.4.3 kernel, I get the following compilation
> error:
> gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/sdc1/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2
> -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -march=i686 -c -o
> i387.o i387.c
> {standard input}: Assembler messages:
> {standard input}:30: Error: no such 386 instruction: `ldmxcsr'
> {standard input}:52: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxsave'
> {standard input}:87: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxsave'
> {standard input}:115: Error: no such 386 instruction: `fxrstor'
> The latest 2.96.2 gcc doesn't built it, nor does egcs.
I thought that gcc 2.95.3 was the latest...
cordially, as always,
rm
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I like Linux cause it's flexible and smooth, evolving.. :)
Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2001 17:53:18 GMT
Linux is only 27% of the server market. Windows NT owes 41%. If you combine Linux
with Unix, 41%.
On the desktop, Linux owns 2% of the desktop, Mac 4%, All of Windows 92%
It would be interested on the embedded side who is wining.
Linux and Unix (BSD, Solaris, AIX, etc) are very stable operating system.
OS X for Mac is built on BSD Unix.
Windows ME adds nothing to the stability of Windows.
Even Winmag (they like windows) does not recommend installing Windows ME.
I am waiting for Windows XP the home version to fix my blue screens of death.
Real Operating Systems do not crash. If there is a problem with the application kill
the
application but
don't bring everything down with it.
I like Linux also, very stable, improving a lot, it is a toy but a good educational toy
but powerful enough
to run on mainframes and supercomputers (i.e. Cray)
Hun wrote:
> It's great experience when I see my eyes what I've wanted.
> I can do what I really want in Linux, this is the big difference with commercial
>OSes.
>
> As soon as I fixed the hardware problem after upgrading Kerenl 2.4.2,
> my SMP Linux box runs very stable.
>
> Upgrade OpenGL library,
> Upgrade KDE 1.1 to KDE 2.0
> Upgrade KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1
> Upgrade OpenSSL
> <snip>
>
> Very nice,
>
> I appreciate for all the guys who improves Linux for better one.
>
> Blue Skies~,
> Hun
>
> --
>
> Registered Linux user #207121
> http://counter.li.org
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From: "Andrew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Odd Pauses (maybe DNS)?
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2001 19:06:35 +0100
Reply-To: "Andrew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
I have set up my own firewall, and you are right about 'suspect' packets
being dropped instead of rejected. I have tried your suggetsted ipchains
line, although this dosen't solve the problem.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks,
Andrew
"The Spook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:9a7bos$de$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Andrew Smith wrote ...
> >Hi
> >
> >I have a linux box set up to act as an internet server (i.e., dialup,
mail,
> >news, etc...). Everything has been working fine, although recently some
> >programs have been experiencing odd pauses. For example, when recieving
> >email, fetchmail pauses when collecting each message.
> -- Cut --
> >I suspect that the problem is due to DNS lookups, as the pauses may be
from
> >fetchmail and sendmail checking that the to and from addresses will
resolve
> >(i.e. anti-spam precautions). Am I correct in thinking this? If so, what
> can
> >I do? I have recently switched ISPs - could my problem just be my new
ISPs
> >really slow DNS server or is it something else?
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >Andrew
>
> You might be right that it is due to DNS lookups, but it might as well be
> because your provider tries to "authenticate" your machine with the ident
> protocol. If you have set up firewall rules on your machine, you might be
> dropping ident requests, either explicitly or implicitly by having a
> catch-all rule that denies all connection attempts by dropping them (a
good
> security measure). By inserting a rule that rejects (i.e. returns an ICMP
> message that the package was dropped) for ident connections, you might be
> able to minimise the pauses.
>
> The rule would look something like this when using ipchains:
>
> ipchains -A input -p TCP --dport auth -j REJECT
>
> and should be inserted just before the catch-all rule (or whatever rule
that
> drops the packet).
>
> /TRY
>
>
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