Re:bag of worms...

1995-12-06 Thread Simon shapiro
Not a legal Eagle but MHO:

Encrypt-only routines, are typically OK.  Encrypt/decrypt are Atom Bomb
class material. We USers do not want you, natives to be able to have
secrets from us, nor the ability to have any of our citizens exchange
secrets with you non-US natives (unless you bribe us, that is).  So,
have a password, encrypt it,  do not decrypt it, but send your
encrypted/decryptable messages only in DES.  We can crack that.  If we
can get away with it, we will fobid all commoners from encrypting
(unless we have the key, that is), regardless of citizenship.

Before you flame me too much, the above was a twisted-humor way to say
that in my humble opinion, encrypt-only is OK, and, in the US, DES is OK
and if you are a big computer copmpany with a powerful loby in DC, you
can do what you please.

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Re: backup software in /bin or /usr/bin ?

1995-12-06 Thread Simon shapiro
If my memory serves me;  /sbin was originally for statically linked
executables which are indeed needed for system restoration (while shlibs
are none).  This IS where emergency stuff should be.  Check UnixWare,
/bin is symlinked to /usr/bin, I think...

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Re: Bug#1962: kernel needs sbpcd.h editing in some cases

1995-12-07 Thread Simon shapiro
To do a complete & correct kernel configuration for all possible systems
requires either M$ or SCO.  Even Novell could not do it :-).

Once X is up, even minimally, and sources are installed, we can add a
make xconfig to allow some flexibility.  To do much more, I'll have to
ask you-all for help or patience.  I'll get to it some day.  Really.

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Bug#1969: w3-el recommends things that don't exist

1995-12-07 Thread Simon shapiro
What happened to netpbm.  I just picked a copy from GNU.  Why isn't
pbmplus free?

Thanx,
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Re: symlink in /usr/include (fwd)

1995-12-11 Thread Simon shapiro
This is fine except that it will create a lot of /usr/include traffic. 
I try to track Linus and that means a kernel a week or so (I am deprived
Linus!  1.3.45 is OLD :-).  May I suggest a link in /usr/include to
/usr/src/linux/include/linux.  On my system, for example, /usr/src/linux
is a link to /usr/src/Kernels/1.x.yy.  When i get a new kernel (say
1.3.46), all I do is (cd /usr/src/Kernels/`.3.46/linux; rm
/usr/src/linux; ln -s `pwd` /usr/src/linux).  All this NOT as root (as
would be needed in the case of tinkering with /usr/include).

Of course I may be wrong, but


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Re: symlink in /usr/include (fwd)

1995-12-12 Thread Simon shapiro
Thanx Bruce :-)

I am and I care.  It took me years to learn to accept symbolic links. 
Now that I am used to them and find them useful you want to take them
away from me?!

No, seriously, I reponded already to this and say; leave them alone. 
They cost very little, simple for the human to resolve, hurt nobody and
help me.  They are ugly architectually and some very bright people have
demonstrated before that you can live without them, but they are
practical and convinience, in this instance, at least.


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Bug#2016: SysVinit, mount] SysVinit uses non-existant option for umount

1995-12-13 Thread Simon Shapiro
Did you check that the umount (without the -n flag) actually works?

Shutting it up can be a disaster on a large system.



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Re: PCMCIA support in boot kernel?

1995-12-15 Thread Simon Shapiro
Hi Bjoern,

I have been entertaining this thought.  Maybe as a followup to 1.3.47
(due out tonight or tomorrow).  Last I checked it barfed on 1.3.xx
kernels but maybe I am wrong.  I also have no way to test it as my
PCMCIA adaprtor is out of the system (no slots) and my only PCMCIA
devices are a modem (collides with my serial ports) and a 130MB
MiniScribe disk (no support I know of).  I wrote UnixWare support for
the MiniScribe but am too lazy to re-write it for Linux.  Any takers?

I'll integrate PCMCIA support (provides it compiles correctly) and
please tell me you will test it...



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Re: PCMCIA support in boot kernel?

1995-12-15 Thread Simon Shapiro
I'll try to add PCMCIA support to the follow-up release of 1.3.47.  47
is already stable and I'd rather not de-stabilize it.  It will be
released tonight or tomorrow.

Any volunteers to check it as I have no way to test it.

Also, I have a PCMCIA 130 MB disk.  I have written UnixWare drivers for
it.  Any Linux takers?



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Bug#2032: Printer stuck until the COMPUTER'S Reset button is pushed!

1995-12-18 Thread Simon Shapiro
Does anything at all print or does everything, unider Linux fail?
How is the printer hooked up?  Serial/Parallel/Ethernet?

I know not much about the Deskjet, but should you not process the
document through some fileter?

On the Laserjet, if you try to just dump raw text into the pronter it
will do something strange.

Call on me if you need more help...



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Re: coming soon

1995-12-18 Thread Simon Shapiro
> Isn't it just as likely that /var/log will be on a mounted filesystem?
> (In fact /var is a separate filesystem on mine.)

Ditto here ( and /var/spool is separate too).  To be sane/safe, assume
that /sbin, /lib, and /etc are all that / has at boot time.  Anything
else can be mounted on some mut's system.


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Re: Bug#2043: genksyms

1995-12-18 Thread Simon Shapiro
>> The 1.3.47 kernel module support
>>at least expects to find it in /sbin. I ran into thesame problem before.  

> No, genksysm should be in /usr/bin (and the man page should probably
> not be in section 8)

Another  way of looking at this is to check if the executable in
question is statically linked.  If not, put it in /usr/  /sbin
things should not depend on shared libraries in /usr/lib.  Some do.



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Re: Debian+umsdos (fwd)

1995-12-18 Thread Simon Shapiro
And why do we want this brain dead file system (which even M$ does not
use for its own 1980 eras OS's) to boot a Unix O/S with?


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Re: Bug#2032: 2036. Printer stuck #3.

1995-12-18 Thread Simon Shapiro
My grandma used to say that you catch many more flies with honey than vinegar.

> ...some dumb "problem reports system" 

This is really an attitude/frustration problem.  I know you must be
frustrated as hack by now but;

I sent you a detailed list of suggestions.  Free of charge.  I can see
that several others did the same.  We do not get paid for this effort,
nor do you.  Without friendly cooperation we will not get anywhere.

Looks to me that your system problems get boiled down to a stubborn
printer relationships (we are over the ``line printer'' issue.  Right?).
 I repeat my offer to save you the time and patience reading a Unix
introduction and explain to you the mechanics of what we are trying to
accomplish here, but you have to be interested in that explanation first.

I could try and guess what is wron with your system, why the printer
gets stuck, etc.  But you have to be willing to be helped.

If your purpose is to bitch Linux/Debian out, then my time is better
served elsewhere.  
Let my just point out to you that:
A.  The Debian project is underfunded about 1Billion:1 compared with M$.
B.  We produce upgrades and updates at the rate of 2-5 packages per day.
 About 100-200 times better than M$ could ever do.
C.  New O/S kernels are produced about 1-2/month, about 25 times faster
than M$ could ever do.
D.  The response time to your problem was measured in minutes.  You 
received help that is worth about $300 when purchsed from M$, over
$1,000 in value.
E.  Unlike M$, no one owes you anything.  just a friendly obligation of
honor to help a fellow man in time of need.

So, A glass of ice-water, a deep breath and call me at home tonight. 
I'll get you going.  If I can.

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Bug#2036: Printer stuck #2.

1995-12-18 Thread Simon Shapiro
Please, do not be offended but an introductory book to Unix may help you
here (to a degree).

> 1. I didn't have lp installed since the installation parameter screen
> for this said "line printer", not just "printer".

``Line printer'' is as valid in Linux as a ``tty'' device name.  We do
not have line printers, nor teletype machines for quite a while.  We
call any directly connected printer a line printer and any character
oriented terminal a ``tty''.  Just a name,  you see.
Enable your line printer.  It's OK.

> 2. I ran: insmod lp
> the result:

> Module:#pages:  Used by:
> lp 2

This is good.  The kernel accepted the ``line printer'' module and
allocated 8K of memory to it.  Once this is successful, do NOT run any
other mod utilities, mentioning the  lp name again.  I have it done at
boot time and forget it from then.  The only time it may be useful is if
you want another device (not a printer) hooked up to the parallel port
(this is where your printer is connected.  Right?).

> 3. lsmod >/dev/lp0
> returns: "bash: /dev/lp0: No such device"
> and I was logged in as root, too.

What you are trying to do here is to list all kernel loadable modules
and send the output of this listing to the printer.  Why?  The printer
does not work properly yet.
Also, run ls -l /dev/lp*.  See what it tells you.  It should look
something like:

crw-rw   1 root daemon 6,   0 Apr 27  1995 /dev/lp0
crw-rw   1 root daemon 6,   1 Apr 27  1995 /dev/lp1
crw-rw   1 root daemon 6,   2 Apr 27  1995 /dev/lp2

If it does not, this means that you do not have `device entries'' for
the line printer.
Do this:
cd /dev
sh ./MAKEDEV lp

if this barks, you can do
/bin/mknod /dev/lp0 c 6 0
/bin/mknod /dev/lp1 c 6 1
/bin/mknod /dev/lp2 c 6 2
/bin/chown root.daemon /dev/lp*
/bin/chmod 660 /dev/lp*

Which is really the same thing.

> 4. Additionally, I had forgotten to mention that the Print Screen
button on this
>key board works with MS-DOS, but NEVER with Debian yet. (A real pain for a
> Linux novice trying to work around this bug by copying various help and data
> screens down by HAND! Especially during installation.)

You are right in your observation that this button does not work in
Linux line M$-DOS does but wrong in your conclusions.   There is a
package (Debian or not) called gpm.  You can get it from sunsite
someplace, or tsx-11 or many others.  What it does is enable the mouse
to cut and paste on your ``tty'' screen.  If you then use, say vi, for
editing or any mail program, you can cut the text you want, start your
editor, in insert mode, and paste the text you cut.
You can even have the editor on one virtual console and the program on
another.  (You switch consoles by doing ctl-alt-f[1-7].  So 1st cosole
is ctl-alt-F1, 2nd in ctl-alt-F2, etc.
Try this in DOS :-).  This allows you to not just print the screen to a
(not yet functional printer :-) but even mail it to bozos like me.
Directly.

Linux in general, and Debian as well do not pretend to reduce a computer
to a toaster level.  Even toasters come with instructions and warnings.
Did you try recently to program a VCR?

What frustrates you is the unfamiliar teritory.  Linux is really a Unix
operating system, not a DOS extentions.  As such it is geared towards
multi-user, multi devices, great flexibility in configuration, etc.  Not
towards compatability with DOS.

Rest assured that Linux (and Debian as a distribution/packaging method)
is capable of printing on your printer.  Just be patient and count your
blessings you do not have to work/use an NT system.  Try to get a M$
engineer to give you as much time as others and myself give you. (They
charge you, ahead of time $150/hour and will NOT give you this level of
service, either).

If you need more help, please call on me. Even voice.  I'll try to help.




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Linux Kernel 1.3.47 Uploaded

1995-12-19 Thread Simon Shapiro
Hi to all,

I uploaded kernel 1.3.47 to ftp.debian.org in /debian/private/project/Incoming.
In addition to the .changes, I should also mention the following:

1.  Some of the compilation is different than what Bruce has done.  Let
me know where the smoke comes from.
2.  I'd like to throw away the 387 emulation for the compiled kernel. 
Anyone knows why I should keep it there?  I do not believe it to be
necessary for the installation, but i have been wrong before.
3.  There is no PCMCIA support.  If someone will help me in Debianizing
the package, I'll maintain it and distribute it with the kernel (same
package or separate? - Polite opinions please).
4.  Ditto for the MD package,
5.  Ditto for kerneld
6.  Ditto for userfs

In few short weeks I'll be adding even more support for the Debian
project.  Stay tuned,

1.3.48 will be coming later this week or next week.  Promises to fix the
SCSi race conditions, etc.

Date: 20 Dec 95 02:24 UT
Source: kernel-source
Binary: image includes source 
Version: 1.3.47-0
Description: 
 image: Linux kernel binary image.
 includes: Linux kernel headers.
 source: Linux kernel source.
 This is patch level 47 of Linux kernel version 1.3.  As this is my
first relese of a 
 Debian package, I am sure I could do better.  For example, the diff
file is messed up.
 Please let me know how I can improve it...
Priority: Low
Changes: 
 Includes md (Linux RAID support) 0.32 kernel code. The utilities needed are
 not included here.  If someone wants to help me package them, I'll maintain 
 the package.  I am using MD on a daily basis and it runs great!
 The apricot Ethernet driver is too buggy to even remotely compile.  It is
 disabled.  I contacted the author (?) but no answer yet.  Any volunteers to 
 fix it are welcome.
 The drivers/scsi/hosts.c is slightly different than Linus's.  I moved eata_dma
 to the top of the list, followed by BusLogic.  This way those of you who have
 these controllers (I have both in nomis) will have them take /dev/sda, etc.
 I encountered the following problems with this release:
 a.  Under load the SCSI system will bark but it appears harmless.
 b.  X looses the mouse (some buttons).  Switch to VC 1 and back will get you
 the buttons.
 c.  If you have all-SCSI disks but IDE CD-ROM, expect lilo to fail;  It will 
 appear normal but upon boot it will report error 0x00 and will refuse to 
 boot anything.  Work around?  Build a kernel without any IDE support, put
 it on a floppy, boot rom it with mount=/dev/sda1, run lilo and all will be
 well.  until the next kernel build/lilo.  Any takers?
Files:
 -rw-r--r--   1 Source   Source3627753 Dec 19 18:23
kernel-source-1.3.47-0.tar.gz
 -rw-r--r--   1 Source   Source 20 Dec 19 18:17
kernel-source-1.3.47-0.diff.gz
 -rw-r--r--   1 root root  1403071 Dec 15 20:43 image-1.3.47-0.deb
 -rw-r--r--   1 root root   470893 Dec 15 18:50 includes-1.3.47-0.deb
 -rw-r--r--   1 root root  3603358 Dec 15 18:50 source-1.3.47-0.deb
 185ebe3c08728e87852003549abf2deb  kernel-source-1.3.47-0.tar.gz
 7a83dd7ad504f27d539b938e7001f89a  kernel-source-1.3.47-0.diff.gz
 ad485341f80fc5ba41283d0bb7781016  image-1.3.47-0.deb
 9f532e8fd08cdf40bb6fe26add0acf86  includes-1.3.47-0.deb
 04947c1aa85fd06303664db21333c406  source-1.3.47-0.deb


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Re: Debian+umsdos (fwd)

1995-12-19 Thread Simon Shapiro
OK!  I submit.  I was wrong.

FAT is great for loading and booting floppies.

I still maintain that it is a disaster for any serious OS as a storage
medium.  Even when we fake users and permissions.

I am stubborn in a way :-)



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Re: Linux Kernel 1.3.47 Uploaded

1995-12-21 Thread Simon Shapiro
OK!  

387 emulation is in.  I received at least three convincing arguments. 
It just seems silly to have FPU code in things that do not actually need
it.  I use  486 and Pentiums, so I never paid any attention.  Lesson
learned, thank you all.

Marry Christmas!


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Re: Bug#2063: scsi driver sequence unreasonable

1995-12-27 Thread Simon Shapiro
> The file drivers/scsi/hosts.c defines the sequence in which different SCSI
> controller cards are identified.  The AHA152X driver appears early in
the list,
> which is unreasonable if there is another, smarter, SCSI controller in the
> system... since it will result in the 1510/1522/1522/etc card assuming
the role
> of the 0th SCSI channel.

You are right, of course.  I changed it in 1.3.47 and the DPT (has
NOTHING to do with the AHA drivers) and the Buslogic are at the top. 
What other AHA-compatible do we have that should move?  I a mopen for
suggestions.

Besides, with the nice support that Adaptec gives Linux users we should
really re-locate the drivers to /dev/null anyway, but the Linux
developer supporting these things IS a nice guy, so...

Merry Christmas!



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Bug#2065: single user isn't

1995-12-27 Thread Simon Shapiro
Hi There,

> This caused me considerable grief when one of the disks on my system was
  starting to fail, and I was desperately trying to extract a few critical
  files that had been updated since the last backup.  The cycle was to boot,
  snag a few files before the disk warmed up and failed, then power down to let
  things cool off, then repeat.  The insistence of the system on doing fsck's
  at every boot made this a much less productive process per unit time than it
  could/should have been.

Re-booting from a floppy could have saved you some grief.
A can of compressed air or highly purified alcohol in a spray bottle
(and proper ventilation!) could have cooled the drive enough to do
things a little quicker.  An ice pack is something I used to use
(Wrapped in some paper towels to absorm moisture).

On your point, oc cource you are right!  Single user mode should be as
DO$ as we can get it.



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Bug#2066: error opening terminal : linux

1995-12-28 Thread Simon Shapiro
Hi,

Can you (provides you still have thisproblem :-), try and identify which
executable does that?  (strace may help...)



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Re: Bug#2063: scsi driver sequence unreasonable

1995-12-28 Thread Simon Shapiro
Hi Jeff,

> IMHO, the fewer changes between Debian's kernels and the upstream
> ones, the better...

You are right.  I introduce almost no changes at all, except as I feel
necessary or very beneficial.  Even then, I restrict changes to common
and available patches.  Linus has a focus and a set of goals in
releasing 1.3 patches, which I  fully support (most of the time, anyway
:-).  We need to support a more ``bread & butter'' user community and
this is where I may introduce few things.  If they break anything,
please let me know and I will fix them or back off the change.

> I don't see why we should move any of them.  They're arranged in the
> order they are in for two reasons: 1) to prevent probing problems (i.e.
> BusLogic must come before Adaptec 154x), and 2) to allow the more
> popular and/or problematic cards to come first.

I think many of us understand why the SCSi drivers are arranged as they
are.  The logic is correct but the listing order is not always so.  The
BusLogic case is a good example.  In moving the eata_dma, for example, I
followed a slightly differet logic (?):  Since it is a unique driver, it
really does not matter where in hosts.c it is defined.  The reason to
move it was that most users, when having a smart/expensive controller
want to have it used for booting and for the root file system.

I think the real solution lies elsewhere;  I am developing a
configuration tool which will allow us to choose the order of the
devices without editing hosts.c.  It may take some time to surface and
you may beat me to it, but that's OK.

> It doesn't really matter if a 152X gets detected before a high-power
> whiz-bang SCSI-matic 2010 PCI adapter, because you can still put root
> on any SCSI controller you like.

You are right.  My own machine had root on /dev/sde2 for the longest
time.  I moved it as many users, during first installation do not
realize it.  If it is very opjectionable, I could be convinced to move
it back, but then i will have to ship an untested kernel.  I hate to do
that!

> If there is a _really_ good reason to change the probe order, we should
> discuss it on the kernel and scsi channels, and get it changed in the
> upstream source.

You are right.  I am collecting opinions on what the order should be and
once my office move is over, will start the action as you suggest it.

> Adaptec provides free programming information on the 154X and 174X series,
> as well as the AIC-6X60 chips (152X), so be nice...  I'm not thrilled with
> their policy on current products, but they're still excellent products. :)

I think they have not made up their mind as to what they want to do when
they grow up.  An OEM chip vendor or a PC card vendor.  They created so
much noise and confision with so many incompatible cards and products. 
I have a 2940W in ``as new'' condition.  Any offers?  They are excellent
cards :-)

Happy new year

P.S.  Lets not turn it into a flaming war of my card is better than your
card.   Besides, thereis a company (in Colorado?  Forgot their name)
which makes a FCAL card.  Does about 85 MB/Sec and can take up to 256
drives.  Now try & beat that!  


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Re: Bug#2063: scsi driver sequence unreasonable

1995-12-29 Thread Simon Shapiro
Hi Bdale,

> I'm not going to get upset no matter what Simon decides to do, because I
> suspect I'll be building custom kernels for most of my machines no matter
> what, but I wanted to make sure that the "silliness" of the current approach
> in my eyes got registered someewhere and fed back upstream.

Agree.  I need some feedback on this issue:

How many people never compile their kernel and why?

There are many good reasons to DO compile your own kernel and very few I
know of not to.  If needed, I am willing to attempt writing a short and
simple description of the process and answer any questions that pop up.

If it were up to me, the only use of the image package should be for
creating boot floppies.  Again, I could expand on it if interest
warrants it.

Happy New Year to you all!


Simon

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Re: Unanswered problem reports by maintainer

1995-12-29 Thread Simon Shapiro
> The US debian-bugs mirror seems to be fairing worse than normal...

What?!  A bug in the bug reporting system?  A bug in a bug.  :-)

Still beats M$ bug reporting system.  When they do not charge you to
take the bug report ($150/hour, Visa/MC, in advance, please), they still
respond just as slow.

[  This is NOT to bash M$.  Theirs is a fine and noble corporation. 
While Novell owned Unix, they did even worse.  You could not even pay
for such service! ]

We are doing fine Ladies and Gentlemen!

Happy New Year!




Simon

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