From: Digestifier To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Reply-To: Linux-Activists@senator-bedfellow.mit.edu Date: Mon, 23 Aug 93 07:13:04 EDT Subject: Linux-Activists Digest #159 Linux-Activists Digest #159, Volume #6 Mon, 23 Aug 93 07:13:04 EDT Contents: Cyrix 486DLC Processor (Bradley Williamson) Re: SLS 1.03 /usr busy, umount fails (Mark Cosham) Re: Cyrix 486DLC Processor (Ralph Sims) hangup booting kernel (486) (Huub van Dam) Testing linux! (guest@hpacv.com) Thisis it!!!!!! (guest@hpacv.com) crontab or at? (Sylphid C. Su) Slackware vs SLS (Mnr G Scheepers) uname -m i486 !!! (bb6900661@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg) what causes "Invalid compressed format"? (bob myers) How to run XS3 and X386mono(hga) simultaneous (Fachschaft E-Technik TUM) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: williams@cs.curtin.edu.au (Bradley Williamson) Subject: Cyrix 486DLC Processor Date: 23 Aug 93 06:26:26 GMT Could someone out there please tell me if Linux SLS/SLW has any problems with the 486SLC/DLC processor that goes unnoticed on an Intel. Thanks Brad Williamson -- Bradley Williamson Internet: williams@cs.curtin.edu.au Computer Science Student Fidonet: 3:690/254 Curtin University of Technology, Bentley Western Australia ------------------------------ From: inu574f@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Mark Cosham) Subject: Re: SLS 1.03 /usr busy, umount fails Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 06:31:30 GMT rbsmith@sandia.gov (Randall Smith) writes: >I have recently upgraded from SLS 1.02 to 1.03. I found that >the /etc/syslogd program was a source of umount reporting >that /usr was busy and it is unable to unmount it. Even after >killing syslogd and virtually every other process, I still >had the same problem. After preventing the startup of >syslogd, the problem seemed to go away. Now I find that it >happens every now an then. Running openwinows may be another >cause. I always cd to / before attempting a umount. >Has anyone else experienced this? What is the root cause? >Please reply via email or to comp.os.linux as our feed has >not yet started providing us with comp.os.linux.admin, etc. >Thanks! >Randall Smith >rbsmith@sandia.gov You can't unmount a drive that is currently being used - that is, has open files, or a shell is sitting on that drive - eg. someone is in /usr Mark Cosham -- Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty. ===========> <=======> <=======> <=======> <=======> <=======> <=========== Mark Cosham Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia cosham@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au inu574f@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au ------------------------------ From: ralphs@halcyon.com (Ralph Sims) Subject: Re: Cyrix 486DLC Processor Date: 23 Aug 1993 00:31:31 -0700 williams@cs.curtin.edu.au (Bradley Williamson) writes: >Could someone out there please tell me if Linux SLS/SLW has any problems with the 486SLC/DLC processor that goes unnoticed on an Intel. I have linux with SLIP, etc. running on a Cyrix 486/40 laptop. No problems that I can attribute the the processor. I did have to disable the co-processor functions and use the emulator, however. No biggie. -- halcyon.com, Public Access Internet (Our T-1 lines are your T-1 lines) Serving Seattle, Eastside, Everett, Lynwood, Olympia, Tacoma and Shelton P.O. Box 40597, Bellevue, WA 98015, 1.206.455.3505 (1.800.539.3505) ------------------------------ From: huubvd@sci.kun.nl (Huub van Dam) Subject: hangup booting kernel (486) Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 07:36:02 GMT Hay Linuxers, since a few months I try to become a Linux user but without any succes. Whenever I try to boot Linux from the A1 disk I only get: LILO Loading Ramdisk Press to see SVGA-modes available or to continue Uncompressing Linux: check - work - done. Now booting the kernel after this only a dreadful silence remains, the screen doesn't respond and the keyboard is dead too. The only thing that gets the computer going again is the reset button. In order to make sure that my copy of SLS was ok I tried it on a Laser 386. On that computer Linux was up and running in no time. So my copy must be alright. After this I tried changing my CMOS but that didn't help much. Now, after trying every patch since patchlevel 8, changing the CMOS, checking the IRQ's, learning about UART chips, etc, I'm becoming quite desperate. Below I have included my current CMOS setup and a hardware description produced with MSD for your information. I hope you can help me out on this one. Thanks in advance, Huub van Dam, huub@quantrs1.theochem.kun.nl CMOS: Base memory : 640 Kb Ext. memory : 7424 Kb Cyln Head Wpcom LZone sect Size Hard Disk C: Type: 47=user type 903 4 65535 903 46 81 MB Hard Disk D: Type: 47=user type 903 8 65535 903 46 162 MB Floppy A: 1.44 MB, 3.5" Floppy B: 1.2 MB, 5.25" Primary Display: VGA/PGA/EGA ADVANCED CMOS: Typematic Rate programming : disabled Typematic Rate Delay (msec) : 500 Typematic Rate (Char/Sec) : 15 Memory Parity Error Check : enabled Hard disk type 47 RAM area : 0:300 Numeric Processor test : enabled Weitek processor : absent Floppy drive seek at boot : enabled System boot up sequence : A:, C: External Cache Memory : present Internal Cache Memory : enabled Fast Gate A20 option : enabled Video ROM Shadow C000, 32K : enabled Adaptor ROM Shadow C800, 32K : disabled Adaptor ROM Shadow D000, 32K : disabled Adaptor ROM Shadow D800, 32K : disabled Adaptor ROM Shadow E000, 64K : disabled Auto config function : disabled I/O recovery time (SYSCLK) : 4 Extended ALE : enabled Timing parameter selection : normal DRAM wait state selection : 1 W/S Slow Speed Select for CCLK2 : CLK2/4 Bus Clock Selection : CLK2/4 Memory relocation : enabled Decoupled refresh option : enabled Select Cacheable region : AUTO Microsoft Diagnostics version 2.01 8/22/93 10:31pm Page 1 ======================================================================== ------------------------ Summary Information -------------------------- Computer: American Megatrend, 486DX Memory: 640K, 7424K Ext, 7744K EMS, 4834K XMS Video: VGA, Focus, 2theMax Network: No Network OS Version: MS-DOS versie 6.00 Mouse: Serial Mouse 9.15 Other Adapters: Disk Drives: A: B: C: D: LPT Ports: 1 COM Ports: 2 ------------------------------ Computer ------------------------------- Computer Name: American Megatrends BIOS Manufacturer: American Megatrends BIOS Version: BIOS Category: IBM PC/AT BIOS ID Bytes: FC 01 00 BIOS Date: 06/06/92 Processor: 486DX Math Coprocessor: Internal Keyboard: Enhanced Bus Type: ISA/AT/Classic Bus DMA Controller: Yes Cascaded IRQ2: Yes BIOS Data Segment: None ------------------------------- Memory -------------------------------- Legend: Available " " RAM "##" ROM "RR" Possibly Available ".." EMS Page Frame "PP" Used UMBs "UU" Free UMBs "FF" 1024K FC00 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR FFFF Conventional Memory F800 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR FBFF Total: 640K F400 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR F7FF Available: 554K 960K F000 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR F3FF 567984 bytes EC00 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP EFFF E800 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP EBFF Extended Memory E400 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP E7FF Total: 7424K 896K E000 PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP E3FF DC00 DFFF Expanded Memory (EMS) D800 DBFF LIM Version: 4.00 D400 D7FF Page Frame Address: E000H 832K D000 D3FF Total: 7744K CC00 CFFF Available: 5072K C800 CBFF C400 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR C7FF XMS Information 768K C000 RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR C3FF XMS Version: 3.00 BC00 ################ BFFF Driver Version: 3.09 B800 ################ BBFF A20 Address Line: Enabled B400 B7FF High Memory Area: In use 704K B000 B3FF Available: 4834K AC00 AFFF Largest Free Block: 4834K A800 ABFF Available SXMS: 4834K A400 A7FF Largest Free SXMS: 4834K 640K A000 A3FF VCPI Information VCPI Detected: Yes Version: 1.00 Available Memory: 5072K ------------------------------- Video --------------------------------- Video Adapter Type: VGA Manufacturer: Focus Model: 2theMax Display Type: VGA Color Video Mode: 3 Number of Columns: 80 Number of Rows: 25 Video BIOS Version: 988 Tseng Laboratories, Inc. 06/10/92 V3.21X Video BIOS Date: 06/10/92 VESA Support Installed: Yes VESA Version: 1.01 VESA OEM Name: VGA 4000S - @12-30-91 Secondary Adapter: None ------------------------------- Mouse --------------------------------- Mouse Hardware: Serial Mouse Driver Manufacturer: Microsoft DOS Driver Type: Serial Mouse Driver File Type: .COM File DOS Driver Version: 9.15 Mouse IRQ: 4 Mouse COM Port: COM1: Mouse COM Port Address: 03F8H Number of Mouse Buttons: 2 Horizontal Sensitivity: 50 Mouse to Cursor Ratio: 1 : 1 Vertical Sensitivity: 50 Mouse to Cursor Ratio: 1 : 1 Threshold Speed: 50 Mouse Language: English Path to MOUSE.INI: ;L~ --------------------------- Other Adapters ---------------------------- Game Adapter: Not Detected ---------------------------- Disk Drives ------------------------------ Drive Type Free Space Total Size ----- ------------------------------------ ---------- ---------- A: Floppy Drive, 3.5" 1.44M 80 Cylinders, 2 Heads 512 Bytes/Sector, 18 Sectors/Track B: Floppy Drive, 5.25" 1.2M 80 Cylinders, 2 Heads 512 Bytes/Sector, 15 Sectors/Track C: Fixed Disk, CMOS Type 47 48M 80M 902 Cylinders, 4 Heads 512 Bytes/Sector, 46 Sectors/Track D: Fixed Disk, CMOS Type 47 146M 161M 902 Cylinders, 8 Heads 512 Bytes/Sector, 46 Sectors/Track LASTDRIVE=E: ----------------------------- LPT Ports ------------------------------- Port On Paper I/O Time Port Address Line Out Error Out Busy ACK ----- ------- ---- ----- ----- ---- ---- --- LPT1: 0378H No No No No No Yes LPT2: - - - - - - - LPT3: - - - - - - - ----------------------------- COM Ports ------------------------------- COM1: COM2: COM3: COM4: ----- ----- ----- ----- Port Address 03F8H 02F8H N/A N/A Baud Rate 1200 2400 Parity None None Data Bits 7 8 Stop Bits 2 1 Carrier Detect (CD) No No Ring Indicator (RI) No No Data Set Ready (DSR) No No Clear To Send (CTS) No No UART Chip Used 8250 8250 ----------------------------- IRQ Status ------------------------------ IRQ Address Description Detected Handled By --- --------- ---------------- ------------------ ---------------- 0 0801:17AC Timer Click Yes Block Device 1 0801:185A Keyboard Yes Block Device 2 06A4:0057 Second 8259A Yes Default Handlers 3 06A4:006F COM2: COM4: COM2: Default Handlers 4 0F02:3003 COM1: COM3: COM1: Serial Mouse MOUSE.COM 5 06A4:009F LPT2: No Default Handlers 6 06A4:00B7 Floppy Disk Yes Default Handlers 7 0070:06F4 LPT1: Yes System Area 8 06A4:0052 Real-Time Clock Yes Default Handlers 9 F000:EED2 Redirected IRQ2 Yes BIOS 10 06A4:00CF (Reserved) Default Handlers 11 06A4:00E7 (Reserved) Default Handlers 12 06A4:00FF (Reserved) Default Handlers 13 F000:EEDB Math Coprocessor Yes BIOS 14 06A4:0117 Fixed Disk Yes Default Handlers 15 F000:8FD0 (Reserved) BIOS ---------------- ROM BIOS F000 65536 ------------------ F000:0000 0123AAAAMMMMIIIIBBBBIIIIOOOOSSSS((((CCCC))))AAAAMMMMIIII000066 66////00006666////1111999999992222 Date:-06/06/92 (C)1985-1992 ,AMIAmerican Megatrends Inc.,All Rights Reserved.All Product n ames are trademarks of their respective Companies.UVW F000:401D AMIBIOS System Configuration (C) 1985-1992, American Megatrend s Inc., F000:8000 (AAMMIIBBIIOOSS)06/06/92(C)1992 American Megatrends Inc., All Rights Reserved F000:8050 (C)1992 American Megatrends Inc., F000:8100 AMIBIOS (C)1992 American Megatrends Inc., ADY144-01 F000:E0CA R(C)1985-1992,American Megatrends Inc.,All Rights Reserved,614 5F Northbelt Parkway,GA-30071,USA.(404)-263-8181. F000:0024 CCCC))))AAAAMMMMIIII00006666////00006666////1111999999992222 D ate:-06/06/92 (C)1985-1992,AMIAmerican Megatrends Inc.,All Rig hts Reserved.All Product names are trademarks of their respect ive Companies.UVW F000:7959 Incompatible Keyboard Controller. Option can not be Enabled. F000:E00E IBM COMPATIBLE IBM IS A TRADEMARK OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MA CHINES CORP. F000:2E86 AUTO CONFIGURATION WITH BIOS DEFAULTS F000:309D Load BIOS Setup Default Values for Advanced CMOS and Advanced CHIPSET Setup F000:321D C+-:-BIOS SETUP UTILITIES F000:3363 (ii) Load BIOS Setup Defaults F000:33D0 AMIBIOS SETUP PROGRAM - F000:342B F5:Old Values F6:BIOS Setup Defaults F7:Power-On Defaults F000:4132 AMIBIOS Date : F000:573D Load BIOS Setup Default Values from ROM Table (Y/N) ? F000:B806 If BIOS shadow RAM is disabled, F000:FF59 (C)1992AMI,404-263-8181 ---------------- Video ROM BIOS C000 32768 ------------------ C000:0061 Y * Copyright(c)1988 Tseng Laboratories, Inc. 06/10/92 V3.21X C000:0181 VVGA 4065 - VESA BIOS V3.21, (C)1992%Focus Information Sys tems, Inc. 2theMax(tm) ------------------------------ From: guest@hpacv.com Subject: Testing linux! Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 02:44:51 GMT here goes! ------------------------------ From: guest@hpacv.com Subject: Thisis it!!!!!! Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 02:59:50 GMT fffffffffffffffffffffffff*ck! ------------------------------ From: sylphid@phy.ncu.edu.tw (Sylphid C. Su) Subject: crontab or at? Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 08:50:55 GMT ------------------------------ From: rkw5gs@pukrs3.puk.ac.za (Mnr G Scheepers) Subject: Slackware vs SLS Date: 23 Aug 93 08:28:14 GMT I was wondering which version of linux is the best between SLS 1.03 or Slackware 1.01?a. I am having trouble understanding exactly what the difference is. If anyone can help -mail here or E-mail me. I have a problem with my logitec mouse (SLS 1.01). I set the configuration to logitec but is still stays inanimate. Is this problem ficed in Slackware 1. 01. Any help appreciated. Is there any place I can get Slackware in one directory except at wcarchive. The zoo files are not there. thanks... +===========================================================================+ | Gideon Scheepers | _/_/_/ _/_/_/ | | Department of Computer Science | _/ _/ | | University of Potchefstroom | _/ _/ _/_/_/ | | E-Mail: rkw5gs@pukrs3.puk.ac.za | _/ _/ _/ | | Voice : 027+0148-047-8153 | _/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ | | -:Love is a disease of the nymph glands:- +===========================================================================| _/_/_/ | ------------------------------ From: bb6900661@ntuvax.ntu.ac.sg Subject: uname -m i486 !!! Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 09:54:22 GMT When I tried to uname -m : I get "i486". This came as really a shock to me! Since when did my 386 machine upgrade to 486. Anybody know why ? Can someone out there please pass me or at least direct me as to where to get an executable version (binary) of tgif ( a 2D Xlib drawing package ). (BTW I ------------------------------ Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help From: bmyers@shyguy.lonestar.org (bob myers) Subject: what causes "Invalid compressed format"? Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1993 22:03:13 GMT Can anyone tell me what causes the following: Loading.................................... Uncompressing Linux... invalid compressed format -- System Halted I've been able, from using a base SLS 1.02 system, adding in gcc-2.4.5/include-4.4.1/libc-4.4.1/image-4.4.1/net-2 binaries/ getty_ps 2.0.7, to compile and load .99.p10 and .p11 with no problem. However, I seem to consistantly get this error when trying to boot off of a compile .99.p12 released kernel. I've compiled this on a system that has 16 mb of ram, 8 mb of swap file, and to a 3-1/2" disk. I'm using a 80486-25 mhz machine that has 2 esdi drives, ultrastor 12f esdi controller, and adaptec 1542c scsi card/archive 525e tape drive. From reading the "README" file, the only thing i haven't done is pull down a new version of binutils. (not sure what version is needed). Any help/suggestions would be helpful. -bob ------------------------------ From: fset@guug.de (Fachschaft E-Technik TUM) Subject: How to run XS3 and X386mono(hga) simultaneous Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 10:27:40 GMT I want to run two X-Servers (XS3 and X386mono( on a hercules card)) simultaneously. However, when i start the second Server, it starts up fine, but clears the screen of the other X Server. It doesn't matter, whether i start XS3 or X386mono first. Has anyone an idea how to solve this problem? ============================================================================== Clemens Huebner fset@guug.de Giessuebl 4 (crh@guug.de) 8088 Eching a.A Germany Linux -- the free 32-bit OS ++4981431480 ============================================================================== ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** The service address, to which questions about the list itself and requests to be added to or deleted from it should be directed, is: Internet: Linux-Activists-Request@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU You can send mail to the entire list (and comp.os.linux) via: Internet: Linux-Activists@NEWS-DIGESTS.MIT.EDU Linux may be obtained via one of these FTP sites: nic.funet.fi pub/OS/Linux tsx-11.mit.edu pub/linux tupac-amaru.informatik.rwth-aachen.de pub/msdos/replace The current version of Linux is 0.99pl9 released on April 23, 1993 End of Linux-Activists Digest ******************************