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From: darryl@thermal.me.ttu.edu (Darryl L. James) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: zip drive? Date: 31 Dec 1997 17:24:16 GMT Organization: Texas Tech Academic Computing Services Message-ID: <68dv40$8a8@ttacs7.ttu.edu> Has anyone installed a scsi zip drive in their system? Do you have to modify the disktab entry as explained in NextAnswers like you do for a jazz drive? Thanks for any help. -- Darryl
From: randyj@lubra.sbs.ohio-state.edu (Randall W. Jackson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: zip drive? Date: 31 Dec 1997 18:32:20 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Message-ID: <68e33k$nl4$1@charm.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> References: <68dv40$8a8@ttacs7.ttu.edu> In-Reply-To: <68dv40$8a8@ttacs7.ttu.edu> On 12/31/97, Darryl L. James wrote: >Has anyone installed a scsi zip drive in their system? Do you have to >modify the disktab entry as explained in NextAnswers like you do for >a jazz drive? Thanks for any help. > I have done this in three intel boxes. No disktab modifications are necessary, just plug and play. It really makes for a nice accessory. Randy Jackson -- Randall Jackson, Associate Professor of Geography Editor, RSAI Newsletter, The Ohio State University 1036 Derby Hall, 154 North Oval Mall, Columbus OH 43210-1361 FAX (614) 292 6213 jackson.21@osu.edu or rsai@geography.osu.edu http://www.geography.ohio-state.edu/faculty/jackson/
From: "Sean Hafeez" <hafeez-no-damm-spam@san.rr.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Video Problems Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 11:58:19 -0800 Organization: Road Runner Message-ID: <68e84k$2ff$1@proxye2.san.rr.com> I have a Pentium Pro w/a 8MB Matrox Mill card. I am running NS3.3. Here is the problem. NeXT works fine for a while then one day when I reboot it comes up to were the login screen should be except I have no video. I have tried all 3 versions of the Matrox driver for NS3.3. This just keeps happening. (The monitor acts like it is getting the wrong video signal - I have tried 2 different monitors - both support 1024x768x32@75). I only cure is to reinstall (which I am not doing anymore!) Any ideas? Thanks!
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar Subject: cmsg cancel <34aaab88.0@news.fh-vorarlberg.ac.at> Control: cancel <34aaab88.0@news.fh-vorarlberg.ac.at> Date: 31 Dec 1997 20:34:02 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.34aaab88.0@news.fh-vorarlberg.ac.at> Sender: you@somehost.somedomain (Quit Smoking Now) Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to use NTP to sync my system clock? Date: 31 Dec 1997 20:33:16 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <68ea6c$1hq$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <68d8j1$hv9$1@sf1.usaw.bah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <68d8j1$hv9$1@sf1.usaw.bah.com> ANTI.SPAM.chongt@bah.com wrote: > I noticed that there's ntp in my NeXT, my question is how can I use it > to query a NTP server to sync my system clock regularly? /usr/etc/ntp -vsf somehostnamehere Read 'man ntp' for more information. You shouldn't need to do this more than one every few days or so. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: Robert Ray <ray.robert@mcleod.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problems With 8.4G Maxtor Drive Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 21:06:19 -0600 Organization: self Message-ID: <34AB082A.9066A818@mcleod.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am having problems getting my Intel OpenStep system to recognize more than a single 2G partition of a Maxtor 8.4G drive. I am in the process of setting up a dual boot system with Win95 and OpenStep. I first partitioned the disk and loaded Win95. Win95 is limited to 2G partitions therefore the disk is made up of four 2G partitions. After completing the Win95 installation I start through the OpenStep installation and OpenStep fails to recognize any other partition than a single 2G partition. Any known problems with OpenStep recognizing the partition table of a Maxtor 8.4G drive? Anyone able to use another vendor's 8.4G drive? Or, do I need to load OpenStep first before Win95? Any other suggestions? I've checked NextAnswers. Thanks for your help!
From: Chong Tim <chong_tim@bah.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: zip drive? Date: Thu, 01 Jan 1998 11:07:10 +0800 Organization: Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Message-ID: <34AB085C.ACDE8039@bah.com> References: <68dv40$8a8@ttacs7.ttu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: darryl@thermal.me.ttu.edu Darryl, u dun have to have any disktab...check out http://www.radical.com/ the thing just work! TC Darryl L. James wrote: > Has anyone installed a scsi zip drive in their system? Do you have to > modify the disktab entry as explained in NextAnswers like you do for > a jazz drive? Thanks for any help. > > -- > Darryl
From: <gbh@middlemarch.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Unable to send mail Date: Thu, 1 Jan 1998 11:32:16 -0500 Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc. Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980101112559.23539B-100000@clark.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII When I try to send mail, I get the error Unable to deliver message: mailhost: Connection refused I'm using Rhapsody/Intel on as a stand alone system. I've used Omni's DNS helper to set it up and have followed the setup procedure in the Mail SysAdminManual (as closely as possible). What else needs to be done to send mail? --Greg
From: cejensen@bitstream.net (Chris Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Configuring samba on NeXTcube Date: 2 Jan 1998 00:24:20 GMT Organization: Bitstream Underground Message-ID: <68hc3k$ro0$1@maryj.bitstream.net> I am attempting to configure samba on a '040 NeXTcube running NS 3.3, with the goal of allowing a Win95 machine to print and read/write files on the NeXT. Perhaps this post would be more appropriate in a *.samba meeting, but since the Unix host in question is an NS box, I thought I'd start here. I have downloaded and installed the samba binaries from Frank Siegert's Area 51 (Thanks, Frank!), and am launching smbd and nmbd in my rc.local file. This much seems to be working i.e. I can see them running: ganesh> ps ax [processes] 1902 ? S 0:00 (smbd) 1904 ? SW 0:00 (nmbd) [more processes] Beyond this I am running into a brick wall. The NeXT and PC can ping each other, and the PC can ftp to/from the NeXT, but beyond this both machines are blind to each other. <whine>I have attempted to peruse the docs that came with the binaries, but I have found that (like many Unix/Linux/etc. docs) they assume the reader already knows everything and just needs a quick reference. </whine> What little I have gained from scanning the docs has lead me to try a little troubleshooting. For instance, testparm results in: ganesh> testparm smb.conf ganesh Load smb config files from smb.conf Loaded services file OK. Press enter to see a dump of your service definitions [...service def dump...] When I try another test suggested in the docs, I get this: ganesh> smbclient -L ganesh Added interface ip=192.42.172.1 bcast=192.42.172.255 nmask=255.255.255.0 Server time is Thu Jan 1 16:31:55 1998 Timezone is UTC-6.0 Domain=[WORKGROUP] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 1.9.16p9] SMBtconX failed. ERRSRV - ERRinvnetname (Invalid network name in tree connect.) Perhaps you are using the wrong sharename, username or password? Some servers insist that these be in uppercase ganesh> The mention of the username brings this to mind: The README supplied with the samba binaries instructs: [...] 5. Add a new user username = "samba", group = "nogroup" [...] I have done this, but very literally i.e. I created the user in UserManager, made sure the group was nogroup, but did *nothing* else to configure this user, such as add a password. Thus, UserManager gripes when I view user "samba", saying "This user has no password". Could this be the problem? Since the docs are silent on the issue, I can't be sure. On the PC side, tcpip is configured properly, I can ping the Unix host, but when I attempt to map a drive letter to my NeXT at a DOS prompt, I get the following (shiva is the user dir I have set up on the cube for the PC): c:\WINDOWS> net use f: \\ganesh\Users\shiva Error 50: You attempted an operation that connot be performed from your computer or that is not supported on the specified server. Make sure that you are using the correct server for the command or task that you want to perform. if the problem persists, contact your system administrator. If I attempt to map a network drive by right-clicking "Network Neighborhood", I get as far as choosing a drive letter (f:), and setting the path (\\ganesh\Users\shiva). At that point, I get the error: The following error occurred while trying to connect F: to \\ganesh\Users\shiva: The share name was not found. Be sure you typed it correctly. I tried to make this post as brief as possible, but I see that it is getting very long. Many thanks in advance to any and all who can advise me on this. I have probably overlooked something very simple... --Chris ************************** Chris Jensen cejensen@bitstream.net MIME, Sun, NeXTMail OK "Sacred Cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric Subject: cmsg cancel <68jitr$52u@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Control: cancel <68jitr$52u@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Date: 02 Jan 1998 20:38:53 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.68jitr$52u@dfw-ixnews4.ix.netcom.com> Sender: rblusmdh@goodtimes.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: Garance A Drosehn <gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: External disc and Swapfile Date: 2 Jan 1998 08:39:07 GMT Organization: Squonk-Net, Loudonville, NY 12211 Message-ID: <68i93b$g5d$1@duke.squonk.net> References: <ELtLq0.2BI@yves.fdn.fr> yves (Yves_AKAKPO) wrote: > NS 3.3 and Black slab > I ve partitioned my EXTERNAL DISC. > I ve mount in file /etc/fstab in directory /User one > partition as line > /dev/sd1a /Users 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2. > > How can I do to use second partition as swap disk? Add to your /etc/fstab: /dev/sd1b /ExternB 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2 and reboot. Log in as root, and then in a unix window, type: cd /ExternB mkdir private private/vm chmod 755 private private/vm cd private/vm mkfile 32m swapfile (to make a swapfile that starts out at 32 meg, although it will expand if more swapspace is needed, and if there's room on the partition). You then need to change /etc/swaptab. You could check the man page for swaptab to get some ideas of what can be done. I'd suggest having a line something like: /ExternB/private/vm/swapfile lowat=33554432 #32meg lowater mark I actually do somewhat more elaborate setups, but don't have the time to write those ideas up right now. I do know that others have written up information on swapfiles. --- Garance Alistair Drosehn = gad@eclipse.its.rpi.edu Senior Systems Programmer (MIME & NeXTmail capable) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Troy NY USA
From: "Tom Marchioro" <tlm@u.washington.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Boot Failure, "$LBL not found" Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 20:35:39 -0800 Organization: University of Washington Message-ID: <68jsls$mug$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu> I've come to realize just how luck I've been over the years installing NeXTstep. Never had a major problem at any time, but making this NT/Linux/NS3.3 box has been one trial after another. I've successfully partitioned the two drives, and have LILO configured properly, but now out of the blue when I try to boot the NS partition I 1) Get the next boot prompt (so the partition is being found) 2) Get the message "Cannot load NeXTstep, $LBL not found" I assume $LBL is the disc label? So.... Am I hosed and have to go back square one, re-installing from scratch, or is there some way around this. 99 different combinations of boot commands have yielded nothing so far. Thanks for any help. An e-mail is preferred. Tom -- -- Dr. Thomas L. Marchioro II Department of Chemistry University of Washington 206-323-9599 http://borg.chem.washington.edu/~tlm
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <34acac75.7472620@news.swbell.net> Control: cancel <34acac75.7472620@news.swbell.net> Date: 02 Jan 1998 09:34:01 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.34acac75.7472620@news.swbell.net> Sender: evilstar_@swbell.net (Star Richards) Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: jlincoln@us.oracle.com (Jason Lincoln) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: Tiny NeXT Network Date: 3 Jan 1998 00:13:04 GMT Organization: Oracle Message-ID: <68jvqg$9tl$1@inet16.us.oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I am trying to network a NeXTStation and an Intel PC both of which are running OS4.1. The PC is setup as a client. I am trying to use SimpleNetworkStarter to setup the NeXTStation as the Service Provider. After running SimpleNetworkStarter on the NeXTStation and rebooting in verbose mode the network is still unreachable. If I try to ping the NeXTStation from the PC the network is available but I get 100% packet loss. When booting the NeXTStation the system reports that the computer is not connected to the network or the network is disabled. I am following the steps outlined in the NeXT documentation. I do not have an ethernet HUB but I do not believe one is necessary sine the machines are side by side. Is this assumption correct? Can I test the ethernet post on the NeXTStation somehow? Also, SimpleNetworkStarter is unable to change the local hosts name. The documentation says to change the name. Is this a bug? I looked for any patches on NeXTAnswers but did not find any for this. Thanks, Jason jlincoln@us.oracle.com
From: Jonathan Hendry <jhendry@subsequent.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Lost graphical boot display after upgrading Turbo slab to 4.2 Date: 2 Jan 1998 23:49:04 GMT Organization: Steel Driving Software, Chicago Sender: Jonathan Hendry <jhendry@isdnjhendry.cmg.fcnbd.com> Message-ID: <68judg$ogg@sjx-ixn7.ix.netcom.com> References: <686v6j$sjv@ramona.sfo.com> Annard Brouwer <annard@sfo.com> wrote: > After I upgraded my Turbo slab to OpenStep 4.2 from scratch, I seem to have > lost the grahical boot display to which I'm used to on Intel. I haven't seen > OpenStep 4.1/4.2 running on black hardware before, so is this something which > was introduced during these versions? > Maybe I need to hack the rc.* scripts in order to get my grahical boot > display back? Apparently, in 4.x, 'fbshow' is broken. That's what is used to put up the various messages. - Jon
From: "Fred Biebesheimer" <gunslngr@televar.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SimpleNetworkStarter Questions Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 03:36:18 -0800 Message-ID: <34a71b3d.0@concord> Hi all, I've been trying to network my cube and my intel box, and seem to be having some problems. If anyone has suggestions, I'd appreciate any input. I've connected the two machines using twisted pair/RJ-45 connects via a 3com hub. I've been able to get the master server (intel) working, and everything seems to come up fine; I did enable automatic host addition. both machines are seen by the hub When I boot the cube, the boot sequence halts and gives me the "no response from configuration server press ^C to continue ...." message. I've looked at the documentation and haven't had anything jump out at me, help! Thanks Fred Biebesheimer gunslngr@televar.com
From: tyf@whitebox.primenet.com (Tin-Yau Fung) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NXhost problem! Date: 3 Jan 1998 13:55:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Message-ID: <68m8j5$6qe@nntp02.primenet.com> Hi, I have just bought an ethernet card to hook up my intel machine to my old NeXTstation. I can telnet back and form between the two machine. However, I cannot remotely run applications. ------------ whitebox% telnet blackslab Trying 192.168.10.2... Connected to blackslab. Escape character is '^]'. NeXT Mach (blackslab) (ttyp0) Password: Last login: Fri Jan 2 23:45:13 from whitebox blackslab[1] ls blackslab[2] cd Apps blackslab[4] cd WebUp.app blackslab[5] ls total 571 1 English.lproj/ 552 WebUp* 18 jehu.tiff blackslab[6] WebUp -NXhost whitebox DPS client library error: Could not form connection, host local host blackslab[7] I have unchecked the Private Window Server under Preference. ------------ Help appreciated!. Thanks. Please reply to : tyf@primenet.com__ (remove the underscore) -- ------------------------------------------------- Tin-Yau Fung, email = tyf@ucsee.eecs.berkeley.edu --------------------------------------------------
From: jlincoln@us.oracle.com (Jason Lincoln) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help: NXHost DPS connection Problem Date: 3 Jan 1998 20:50:34 GMT Organization: Oracle Message-ID: <68m8aq$j0k$1@inet16.us.oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII Hello, I have two OS4.1 systems connected over 10BaseT Ethernet. Each system can telnet to the other system. When I telnet to either remote system and issue the command /NextApps/Edit.app/Edit -NXHost remote_machine_name I receive the following error: DPS client library error: Could not form connection, host remote_machine_name I have do not have the Private Window Server preference checked on the remote syste or the local system. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jason
From: fliu@uci.edu (Feng Liu) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: gcc-2.7.2.3 & g77-0.5.21 on OS 4.1? Date: 29 Dec 1997 13:25:35 GMT Organization: University of California, Irvine Distribution: world Message-ID: <6888cf$p2k@news.service.uci.edu> Anyone succeeded in compiling gcc-2.7.2.3 & g77-0.5.21 on OS 4.1? I was able to do it on NS3.3. I got the source codes from ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/ and followed instruction until I did make bootstrap and got the following error: stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -c -DIN_GCC -O -g -I. -I. -I./config c-typeck.c stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -c -DIN_GCC -O -g -I. -I. -I./config c-convert.c stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -c -DIN_GCC -O -g -I. -I. -I./config c-aux-info.c stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -c -DIN_GCC -O -g -I. -I. -I./config c-common.c stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -c -DIN_GCC -O -g -I. -I. -I./config c-iterate.c stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -c -DIN_GCC -O -g -I. -I. -I./config /genattr.c stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -c -DIN_GCC -O -g -I. -I. -I./config rtl.c stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/ -DIN_GCC -O -g -o genattr genattr.o rtl.o ` case "obstack.o" in ?*) echo obstack.o ;; esac ` ` case "stage1/xgcc -Bstage1/"@"" in "cc -traditional-cpp"@?*) echo ;; esac ` ` case "" in ?*) echo ;; esac ` ld: warning archive library: stage1/libgcc.a appears after reference to dynamic shared library and will be searched as a dynamic shared library /genattr config/i386/i386.md > tmp-attr.h sh: 9546 Bus error *** Exit 138 Stop. *** Exit 1 Stop. Any help is appreciated and Happy New Year to everyone. Feng Liu Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering UC Irvine
From: lashell@jensen.cc.brandeis.edu Subject: NFS trouble Date: Sat, 03 Jan 1998 16:21:13 -0600 Message-ID: <883865541.662765571@dejanews.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Deja News Posting Service Hi, We're running NeXTStep 3.2 on an '040 cube. We also have a NeXT mono slab running NS 3.2 (I think). The slab used to be able to see an external hard drive attached to the cube, but since we updated the OS, that's no longer true. The machines are part of a non-NeXT network. Neither of them is a NetInfo client or server and that's how we want it. Both of them have entries for each other as seen in HostManager. The cube is exporting a directory via NFSManager and the slab is importing it. Both machines have been rebooted since making those changes. When the slab tries to look in /Net, it does see a directory for the cube. Clicking on that results in an error message on the console on the slab. Unfortunately I don't have the exact error available, but it wasn't complaining about access privileges. Also, when I try to use NFSManager on the slab to import the directory from the cube, if I click on "Select from NetInfo", it does not show the directory I'm trying to import. If I'm also trying to export a directory from the slab, then the directory the slab is exporting shoes up in that menu. Can anyone help me? Please reply via e-mail. Thanks in advance! -Sean La Shell lashell@jensen.cc.brandeis.edu -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
From: daj@nwu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: problems with cdaudio Date: 3 Jan 1998 23:46:44 GMT Organization: Flashnet Communications, http://www.flash.net Distribution: world Message-ID: <68mil4$ms6$1@excalibur.flash.net> I'm running OpenStep 4.2 at home. I'm having some problem with playing audio CD's. When a put an audio CD in I get the following in my console: probing for DOS probing for CDROM probing for mac probing for cdaudio Jan 3 17:32:05 Workspace: Mounted scsi disk at /cdaudio cdutil: openDrive: Couldn't open /dev/rsd3h (-1) cdutil: openDrive: Permission denied After I manually eject [by presssing the eject button] the audio CDROM then the I can't even mount a standard NeXTStep formatted CD. Can anyone give me a clue what the problem is? I've looked for cdaudio in the Librarian and in my documentation and I can't find a single reference. Thank's in advance, David (daj@nwu.edu)
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Q: configureing nameserver for NS3.3 Date: 29 Dec 1997 17:47:32 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <688nnk$pr$1@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <zPaCmfLpx9ey@cc.usu.edu> chrish@cc.usu.edu (PUNCHOUT) wrote: [ ... ] > I have a domain name for my black hardware, I want my black hardware > running NS3.3 to be my name server... eg. ns1.domain.org Okay. So you need to configure and run a name server (named) on your machine. Read 'man named', or look at <URL=http://www.isc.org/bind.html> for the BOG. Configure a /etc/named.boot (assuming a 4.x version of BIND) and create the appropriate databases for your domain. [ ... ] > unfortuneately, when I do an nslookup I get the following responce: > Can't find server name for address xxx.xx.xx.xx: No response from server > Default Server: machinename.domain.org > Address: xxx.xx.xx.xx-- That's probably because you aren't running the nameserver. > I have a copy of the Network And system administration whitebook by > Next which has served to confuse me thouroghly as it mentions in > passing the use of domain name service (I guess not a big concern > at the time the book was writtain). > > Does someone have a webpage step by step description of HOW TO configure > a nextstation as a nameserver? I would be very grateful for any help in > this reguard for I am reaching the point of apocolyptic computer meltdown > when I muck around too much with hostmanager and net info manager. Those tools have nothing whatsoever to do with setting up DNS. NetInfo serves the same role as YP/NIS; the information in NetInfo is seperate and unrelated from configuring and running a nameserver. -Chuck Charles Swiger | cswiger@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+------------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: tachang@gsbux1.uchicago.edu (Andrew Chang) Subject: How to run "dump" with compression? Message-ID: <ELyHA9.IpI@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: University of Chicago -- Academic Computing Services Date: Mon, 29 Dec 1997 14:51:45 GMT Hi, what's the proper way to run (r)dump with compression? Probably the tape drive will be remote. Do I need to use pipe and gzip stuff? Thanks for any help.
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: NXHost DPS connection Problem Date: 4 Jan 1998 01:47:48 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <68mpo4$chv$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <68m8aq$j0k$1@inet16.us.oracle.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jlincoln@us.oracle.com One suggestion, get ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/utils/unix/open.1.0.NIHS.bs.README ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/utils/unix/open.1.0.NIHS.bs.tar.gz and try open -a AppName -NXHost remotehost TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <68mr5m$bt$1@fox.dpliv.com> Control: cancel <68mr5m$bt$1@fox.dpliv.com> Date: 04 Jan 1998 02:09:37 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.68mr5m$bt$1@fox.dpliv.com> Sender: capmaster@fox.dpliv.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: problems with cdaudio Date: 4 Jan 1998 02:12:01 GMT Organization: none Distribution: world Message-ID: <68mr5h$chv$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <68mil4$ms6$1@excalibur.flash.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: daj@nwu.edu In <68mil4$ms6$1@excalibur.flash.net> daj@nwu.edu wrote: > Jan 3 17:32:05 Workspace: Mounted scsi disk at /cdaudio > cdutil: openDrive: Couldn't open /dev/rsd3h (-1) > cdutil: openDrive: Permission denied This isn't really a hardware problem, since the CD-ROM is functional. check /usr/filesystem/cdaudio.fs/ and make sure the sticky bit is turned on Should look like this: % ls -lg /usr/filesystems/cdaudio.fs -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 10 Dec 18 11:32 cdaudio.device -rwsr-xr-x 1 root wheel 40960 Sep 10 1996 cdaudio.util* Dunno, maybe that's it. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Preferences.app thinks I have more than 1 monitor??? Date: 4 Jan 1998 03:12:55 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <68munn$chv$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Preferences.app was acting funny on my slab (3.3). I ran 'ps' and saw this: root 4843 0.0 3.1 3.73M 1.01M ? S 0:00 /NextApps/Preferences.app/Screen.preferences/multiple_heads_present which LOOKS like it thought I had 2 screens. Sure enough there was an extra module in Preferences.app for what I think is having 2 monitors. I wasn't able to click on it (got the enternal spinning wheel). Rebooting helped, thankfully. Any clues what could have caused this?? Thanks TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.support.win95,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Serial Port under W95 / OpenStep problem Followup-To: comp.support.win95 Date: 4 Jan 1998 03:28:18 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <68mvki$chv$12@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NOTE: FOLLOWUPS TO COMP.SUPPORT.WIN95 Greetings. I am a new Win* user running Win95. I am also running OpenStep 4.1 (a UNIX operating system). My UninterruptiblePowerSupply software under UNIX uses a serial port connection from the UPS to COM1. When Win95 starts up, it sends some signal to the UPS via the serial port which makes the UPS beep continually. I can make it stop by telling Win95 to ``Add New Hardware''.... when it gets to the word "Progress..." in the Progress meter, it must send another signal down the serial port which makes the UPS stop beeping. I have tried disabling and removing COM1, COM2, Printer Port and the "Unsupported Device" listed in the Device Manager of Win95. None of that seems to work. I am wondering if there is something else I can try. It takes about 5 minutes for the Add New Hardware thing to work, and it pretty much makes Win95 unusable since it doesn't really multi-task all that well. I'd be happy to hear some suggestions. It is an APC SmartUPS 450. APC was supposed to send me some software to control the UPS under Win95 but it never arrived. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + win95 @ luomat.peak.org
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <34aea5ed.1@london.netkonect.net> Control: cancel <34aea5ed.1@london.netkonect.net> Date: 04 Jan 1998 04:13:50 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.34aea5ed.1@london.netkonect.net> Sender: Ian<ianc@atlantic-brands.com> Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Resources on the Net Supersedes: <343883285229@digifix.com> Date: 4 Jan 1998 04:58:53 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <21230883890024@digifix.com> Topics include: Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites NeXTanswers Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites ============================================ The following sites are a sample of the OpenStep related WWW sites available. A comprehensive list is available on Stepwise. Stepwise OpenStep/Rhapsody Information Server http://www.stepwise.com Stepwise has been serving the OpenStep/NEXTSTEP community since March 1993. Some of the many resources on the site include: OpenStep Third Party Software guide, Developer Directory, Mailing List information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. This is the World Wide Web interace to the FTP site. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://www.next.com Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's 'Prelude to Rhapsody' Self Support Site http://devworld.apple.com/dev/prelude.html This site has been constructed to help you help yourself to learn as much as possible about the foundation for Rhapsody, today's OPENSTEP. The site provides an informal collection of pointers, references, and starting points for developers who are using the Prelude to Rhapsody bundle, distributed at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference. OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups ==================================================== COMP.SYS.NEXT.ADVOCACY This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. COMP.SYS.NEXT.ANNOUNCE Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Messages posted to announce should NOT be posted or crossposted to any other comp.sys.next groups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.BUGS A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT-specific groups as well. COMP.SYS.NEXT.HARDWARE Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MARKETPLACE NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MISC For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! COMP.SYS.NEXT.PROGRAMMER Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! _________________________________________________________________ Written by: Eric P. Scott ( eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU ) and Scott Anguish ( sanguish@digifix.com ) Additions from: Greg Anderson ( Greg_Anderson@afs.com ) Michael Pizolato ( alf@epix.net ) Dan Grillo ( dan_grillo@next.com )
From: No-Spam-As-Spam-Is-Evil@all.please (Tired of Spam) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: configureing nameserver & named solved Date: 30 Dec 1997 14:12:13 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <68avft$n05$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <dmkRyEvBuM9U@cc.usu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: chrish@cc.usu.edu In <dmkRyEvBuM9U@cc.usu.edu> PUNCHOUT wrote: > # Start Domain Name Service (DNS) > if [ -f /etc/named.boot ]; > then > /usr/etc/named > fi > > If there is an even better way of doing this, someone let me know. Well.... you asked ;-) if [ -f /etc/named.boot -a -x /usr/etc/named ]; then /usr/etc/named >/dev/console 2>&1 (echo -n " named") >/dev/console else (echo " " ; echo "Cannot find /etc/named.boot or /usr/etc/named" ) >/dev/console fi This is "better" because it checks for the existance of the named file, which of course should always be there, but why not check to be sure? It will also complain if it can't find it, rather than silently skipping past it, which will only be useful if you boot in verbose mode and watch what it says. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ip filter Date: 4 Jan 1998 18:49:57 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <68olkl$chv$14@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <68ns5j$cs0$0@208.222.91.34> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <68ns5j$cs0$0@208.222.91.34> kozmando wrote: > Are there IP filter rules available for the aforementioned OSs? Not that I know of (for Rhapsody I would expect there would be eventually) > How extensive are they? Where can documentation be found. > Can icmp types be fitlered? Can address aggragation be done? Not that I know of. > If not, what firewall solutions are available? Get yourself a 486 and install Linux/FreeBSD/etc seems to be the most popular choice. > Does TIS FWTK build w/o any hitches on the above OSs? Nope. I couldn't get it to build.... which doesn't mean much but means it doesn't compile out of the box. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
Date: 4 Jan 98 14:04:07 -0500 Subject: Re: Help: NXHost DPS connection Problem From: "Mitchell Allen" <usinet.quran@ibm.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin References: <68m8aq$j0k$1@inet16.us.oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <B0D5475B-28760@129.37.214.177> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: IBM.NET >I have two OS4.1 systems connected over 10BaseT Ethernet. Each system can telnet to >the other >system. When I telnet to either remote system and issue the command /NextApps/ >Edit.app/Edit >-NXHost remote_machine_name I receive the following error: > > DPS client library error: Could not form connection, host >remote_machine_name > >I have do not have the Private Window Server preference checked on the remote >syste or the local >system. Any suggestions? I had the problem once too, but don't have it anymore. I'm nost sure what the solution was, but try clicking on the app and opening it on a remote host with OpenSesame. Mitch
From: barry@gslink.com (Barry Bocaner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: black apache suexec? Date: 31 Dec 1997 08:17:51 GMT Organization: Cows Unlimited! Message-ID: <68cv3f$ki6$1@news1.mnsinc.com> References: <685tdk$gi9$1@news1.mnsinc.com> <686904$qmh$1@brie.direct.ca> that ANTI_SPAM_dreely@cyberstore.ca scribbled: > barry@gslink.com (Barry Bocaner) wrote: > >Anyone gotten this to build? I got it working, but I had to make some > >pretty major changes to the code. It makes me nervous though, because it > >says "DO NOT MODIFY THIS CODE!!!" and I really don't know what I'm doing. > Barry, > First, you should let people know what version your trying to build on what > operating system (NS or OS) and its version too. Sorry, 3.3 dev on a turbo color slab > I am running Apache 1.2b4 on NextStep 3.2 & 3.3 and don't remember any code > changes off hand. You may still have to change one or two lines in the make > file as per my web discussion of making and installing Apache. Yeah, apache itself built just fine, I was wondering about the suexec add-on though. It took a lot of major changes to get that to build, and the docs for suexec warn against changing anything... -- --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Barry J. Bocaner <barry@gslink.com> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
From: ANTI.SPAM.chongt@bah.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to use NTP to sync my system clock? Date: 31 Dec 1997 10:59:45 GMT Organization: Booz-Allen & Hamilton Message-ID: <68d8j1$hv9$1@sf1.usaw.bah.com> Hi all, I noticed that there's ntp in my NeXT, my question is how can I use it to query a NTP server to sync my system clock regularly? Thanks in advance... Happy New Year! Tim PS. my email is fake, to mail pls remove ANTI.SPAM. in the address
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <68p6ae$e5a$1@fox.dpliv.com> Control: cancel <68p6ae$e5a$1@fox.dpliv.com> Date: 04 Jan 1998 23:09:05 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.68p6ae$e5a$1@fox.dpliv.com> Sender: capmaster@fox.dpliv.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: Trevin Beattie <*trevin*@*xmission*.*com*> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Configuring a new installation (trivial) Date: Sun, 04 Jan 1998 17:09:15 -0700 Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <68p8bf$h0j$1@news.xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just installed a new (6.4G) hard drive in my Cube and did a complete reinstallation of NeXTSTEP 3.3 from the CD. I'm trying to configure it similar to the way I had it before (only cleaner), but there are some things I can't seem to get back: 1) Previously, my home directory was indicated be a nice house and the home directory of other users ("me") showed a pair of houses. A got my own house back (it wasn't there at first; I can't remember what I had changed to get it back), but the other users' home directories just show a plain folder. How can I get the houses back? 2) Previously I had both my local computer and one networked machine appear in /Net. Now I can only see the other machine. Maybe this is how it's supposed to be set up, but I want to make certain; if it isn't, what did I miss? 3) When I tried reinstalling the Emacs package (shareware, 4.20a1) it got through the post_install routine up until it tried to dump temacs to emacs and emacs-19.34.1; at that poit it gave an error 292: Memory fault. It worked when I installed it on the former hard drive. 4) The above error prompted me to check my memory limits, and I discovered that I had a datasize of 6MB and stacksize of only 512K! I'm sure that my limits were more reasonable before I reinstalled NeXTSTEP, but neither my previous nor my new shell startup scripts make any change to the limits. Where is this small size coming from? (BTW, increasing the limits to 128MB and 32MB, respectively, did not fix emacs.) -- Trevin Beattie "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, *To*reply*to*this* for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." *message,*remove*the* --unknown *asterisks*from*my*email*address.*
From: Olof Torgersson <oloft@cs.chalmers.se> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: No Console Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 17:30:35 +0100 Organization: Dept. of CS, Chalmers, Sweden Message-ID: <34AA732B.5A38@cs.chalmers.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi I run OS 4.2 on Intel hardware. = My problem is that Tools - Console only works when I am logged in as root. On all other accounts including me nothing happens. Also if I create a new account with Swedish as default language I get all sorts of weird problems. such that applications are not allowed to create files in &tmp and that Mail.app cannaot opne Active.mbox. Is there anything I can do about it or should I just reinstall my system from scratch and see if it works better? Olof Torgersson --- Olof Torgersson oloft@cs.chalmers.se Department of Computing Science +46 31 772 54 06 G=F0teborg University & Chalmers University of Technology S-412 96 G=96TEBORG, SWEDEN http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~oloft/
From: barry@gslink.com (Barry Bocaner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: Tiny NeXT Network Date: 5 Jan 1998 00:57:34 GMT Organization: Cows Unlimited! Message-ID: <68pb5u$si1$1@news1.mnsinc.com> References: <68jvqg$9tl$1@inet16.us.oracle.com> that Jason Lincoln (jlincoln@us.oracle.com) scribbled: > mode the network is still unreachable. If I try to ping the NeXTStation from the PC the network > is available but I get 100% packet loss. When booting the NeXTStation the system reports that > the computer is not connected to the network or the network is disabled. I am following the > steps outlined in the NeXT documentation. I do not have an ethernet HUB but I do not believe one > is necessary sine the machines are side by side. Is this assumption correct? Can I test the Hi. You are aware that you need a special "crossed" cable if you are going to connect two computers via 10-base-t twisted pair without using a hub, right? It may, if you don't have cable-making tools, be easier to get a $50 hub--or maybe you can find a crossed cable at your local compu-mart. If you do end up wanting to make your own cable, connect pin a1 to b3, a2 to b6, a3 to b1, a6 to b2, and you can leave the rest unconnected. -- --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Barry J. Bocaner <barry@gslink.com> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
From: ipcan@aol.com (Ipcan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: REPOST: REBATES FOR PENTIUM OVERDRIVE PROCESSORS Date: 5 Jan 1998 05:11:22 GMT Message-ID: <19980105051100.AAA09368@ladder02.news.aol.com> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com On October 3, the California Santa Clara County Superior Court approved the settlement of a class action against Intel. The settlement included a rebate program entitling purchasers of computers with 120 and 133 MHZ Pentium processors during the period October 23, 1995 to January 5, 1996 to $50 rebates on the purchase of a Pentium OverDrive processor. The rebate certificates are freely transferable and can be sold to anyone. To recieve a rebate certificate, those eligible need to download a Request Form from Intel's website at www.intel.com/procs/support/pentium/certif/certif.htm and send it to Intel in accordance with its instructions, or call Intel at 800-628-8686. The rebate coupon portion of the settlement was directed toward a short period of time during which Intel had admitted having disseminated incorrect SPECint92 benchmark test results. The most significant result of the settlement requires Intel to disclose in all future disseminations to consumers that the SPEC benchmark results and iCOMP Index 2.0 scores may have been calculated using differently configured systems. These disclosures inform consumers that the ratings for different Intel microprocessors are not directly comparable.
Date: 5 Jan 98 01:38:59 -0500 Subject: connecting to IBMnet From: "Mitchell Allen" <usinet.quran@ibm.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <B0D5EA37-19BE0@129.37.214.171> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: IBM.NET I've been trying to set up PPP on a 3.3 system and a 4.1 system so I can access IBMnet, but not having any luck. I can dial but not connect. Does anyone out there have a connect script for this or at least know what IBMnet is looking for so I can write a script. Mitch
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From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ip filter Date: 5 Jan 1998 15:42:47 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <68qv1n$879$1@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <68ns5j$cs0$0@208.222.91.34> kozmando@magpage.com (kozmando) wrote: > These questions have most likely been asked before for next/openstep. > However, rhapsody may have different answers. Probably, since Rhapsody will use the newer BSD 4.4 Lite networking code, whereas NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP was based off of BSD 4.3. > Are there IP filter rules available for the aforementioned OSs? Not for OS. I have no idea whether this will be different under the final release of Rhapsody. Tell Apple if you'd like this functionality. [ ... ] > If not, what firewall solutions are available? There are no OS-based firewall solutions, excluding something like TCP_wrappers. Such a solution would be much easier to implement under Rhapsody, but I'm not aware of any products being announced, nor have I heard of any attempts to port the FWTK. > Does TIS FWTK build w/o any hitches on the above OSs? No under OS, and I don't know under Rhapsody. > Thanks everyone. I am really excited about rhapsody. I hope the Next > community is also. Yup. :-) -Chuck Charles Swiger | cswiger@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+------------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
From: alex@guava.phil.lehigh.edu (Alex Levine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SB16 PNP: 4.02 driver problem Date: 5 Jan 1998 20:33:36 GMT Message-ID: <68rg30$atk@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all! I have a strange problem with the beta driver (4.02) for SB 16 audio cards posted on NeXTAnswers. The previous version (4.01) correctly identifies and configures my AWE 32 card, and all sound functions work as they should. However, the 4.02 version gives me the following at boot time (from /usr/adm/messages): Jan 5 14:47:28 guava mach: PnP: configuring Creative SB AWE32 PnP Audio Jan 5 14:47:28 guava mach: SoundBlaster16: This driver does not support 8-bit Sound Blaster cards. I am left without sound until I reinstall the 4.01 driver. The message is odd, since of course mine is not an 8-bit card. I have tried BOTH PnP personalities of the 4.02 driver (with and without 8-bit DMA), by the way. Any ideas? Alex -- Alexander Levine Philosophy Department Lehigh University ATL2@lehigh.edu
From: moetteli@citeu.unige.ch Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Why doesn©t OS4.2 put the swapfile any longer on my swapdisk? Date: 1 Jan 1998 21:23:02 GMT Organization: University of Geneva Distribution: world Message-ID: <68h1fm$6ej@uni2f.unige.ch> Hi Under 4.1 I had my swapdisk automatically mounted and the swapfile (and tmp) created an _used_ on my dedicated swapdisk. Now, under 4.2, I have the same configuration and OS recognizes the swapdisk, creates the tmp and the swapfile on it, but doesn©t use it really. In fact it seems to grow a little bit, but the heavy part is used from the default /prvate/vm/swapfile. The swapfile.front also changed its location: Under 4.1 I had no (of course) swapfile.front created on the default location, but also not on the swapdisk. No, I have it created on the swapdisk, but not on the default location, although this one (/private/vom) is used in reality. Does anybody know what©s happening? Thanks Phil
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From: jhburns@kobc0000.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Windows95/NT <--ENET--> NextStep 3.2 Date: 05 Jan 1998 15:17:48 -0500 Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Message-ID: <pvdu3bi65g3.fsf@kobc0000.delcoelect.com> I currently have a NeXTstation Color running NextStep 3.2, and a Next printer. In the next few days I will be purchasing a new Windows based system, and need to network the two together to do the following: 1. Print to the Next printer from the Windows system. 2. Use a DAT tape drive attached to the Next to backup the Windows system. 3. Share the file systems of each machine with the other. How can this be accomplished? I do not expect any difficulties with the hardware layer, but have no idea where to start with software. I can run either Windows 95 or Windows NT, and will base my decision between the two largely on the ease of networking to the Next. Jeff Burns jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com -- Jeffrey H Burns Internet:jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com Project Engineer Delco Electronics Corp. Telephone: (765) 451-3279 Kokomo, IN 46904-9005 FAX: (765) 451-3600
From: Sasa Mutic <sas5@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: rumba Date: Mon, 05 Jan 1998 23:05:16 -0800 Organization: ARNES Message-ID: <34B1D7AC.8B091A55@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit hello, any1 know where can I get rumba. I tried all the ftp's known to me, and I only found a link at ftp.evolution.com, but that doesn't work. Sas
From: glipof@smartdna.com (Guy Lipof) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.lang.objective-c,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc,,comp.sys.mac.programmer.codewarrior Subject: OPENSTEP Developer/Enterprise and COM Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 00:47:09 -0500 Organization: Smart Technologies Message-ID: <glipof-0601980047090001@192.168.48.10> i am about to begin a project and would like to use openstep or codewarrior to do it. i am unfamilar with codewarrior in a windows environment so i don't know how it handles com objects and am new to openstep as a developer. two of the requirements of this project are: 1. runs on windows nt (i also want it to run on rhapsody when released) 2. needs to be a com object i searched apple's enterprise site and reviewed my openstep developer and enterprise documentation and could not find any references or samples for creating corba or com objects. also i am three revs behind in my copy of codewarrior and was wondering if anyone was doing any com work in it on the windows side. thank you for the help... guy r. lipof ________________________________________ glipof@smartdna.com | software engineer
From: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: rumba Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:45:29 +0100 Organization: University of Geneva Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980106094314.25316A-100000@hei.unige.ch> References: <34B1D7AC.8B091A55@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Sasa Mutic <sas5@hotmail.com> In-Reply-To: <34B1D7AC.8B091A55@hotmail.com> On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Sasa Mutic wrote: > any1 know where can I get rumba. I tried all the ftp's known to me, and > I only found a link at ftp.evolution.com, but that doesn't work. You can find one at ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/utils/networks cheers Raph
From: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mixed cable networking Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:54:33 +0100 Organization: University of Geneva Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980106094609.25316B-100000@hei.unige.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Hi Does anyone have any experience in configuring cable-modem in Nextstep or OS 4.x? In my case, the problem is that I have to split traffic: - inbound traffic from the cable modem through an ethernet card - outbound traffic through a analogic modem and a phone line. More generally, is it possible to have ppp read from one interface and write on another? thanks in advance Raph ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Raphael Marmier --> marmier4@hei.unige.ch --> http://heiwww.unige.ch/~marmier4 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: zalta@mally.Stanford.EDU (Edward N. Zalta) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Please Help: BuildDisk won't recognize new partitioned drive Date: 1 Jan 1998 23:03:22 GMT Message-ID: <68h7bq$7e8$1@nntp.Stanford.EDU> I want to build NeXTSTEP3.3 on one of the partitions of the new drive I just bought and partitioned (installed on a Color Turbo system). But BuildDisk.app won't let me. I successfully wrote a disktab entry and partitioned a new IBM 4.3GB drive (DCAS-34430). The disktab entry partitioned the drive sd1a into 3 partitions (1.5GB, 2GB, and .6GB). However, the BuildDisk.app thinks that sd1a has 38 MB! It won't let me build the NeXTSTEP operating system onto any partition of the new drive. Df command indicates that everything is configured properly: > 7# df > Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on > /dev/sd0a 200420 146535 33843 81% / > /dev/sd1a 1474958 10 1327452 00% /Disk1 > /dev/sd1b 2062318 9 1856077 00% /Disk2 > /dev/sd1c 625662 9 563086 00% /Disk3 > /private/vm/swapfile 200420 146535 33843 81% > /private/vm/swapfile.front Is there a way to put NeXTSTEP3.3 on sd1a? I can't use the CD ROM for installation, since that will wipe the new disk (and its partitions) clean. Any advice will be greatly appreciated! Yours, Ed --- Edward N. Zalta Senior Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Language and Information Consulting Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy Stanford University Home Page URL = http://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html -- Edward N. Zalta Senior Research Scholar, Center for the Study of Language and Information Consulting Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy Stanford University Home Page URL = http://mally.stanford.edu/zalta.html
From: Chong Tim <chongt@bah.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mixed cable networking Date: Tue, 06 Jan 1998 17:27:51 +0800 Organization: Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Message-ID: <34B1F916.370CF4CF@bah.com> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980106094609.25316B-100000@hei.unige.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Raphael, How do u you get IP from your ISP? Over here in Singapore, the way to get IP if you're on cable is via DHCP... Has anyone managed to get DHCP IP from a NeXT? The last I heard someone said he's done it but he never got back with me. TC MARMIER Raphael wrote: > Hi > > Does anyone have any experience in configuring cable-modem in Nextstep or > OS 4.x? > In my case, the problem is that I have to split traffic: > - inbound traffic from the cable modem through an ethernet card > - outbound traffic through a analogic modem and a phone line. > > More generally, is it possible to have ppp read from one interface and > write on another? > > thanks in advance > > Raph > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Raphael Marmier --> marmier4@hei.unige.ch > --> http://heiwww.unige.ch/~marmier4 > -----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov (Gregg E. Dinse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: trouble with new driver and old Matrox Millennium Date: 2 Jan 1998 16:33:19 GMT Organization: NIEHS Message-ID: <68j4sf$gr0$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> Keywords: Matrox Millennium, display driver Hi, I just installed OPENSTEP 4.2 on an HP Vectra XU, which has a PPro 200 CPU and a Matrox Millennium video card. This is the "old" Millennium, not the "new" Millennium II. The video card came with 2-mb of WRAM and I upgraded to 8-mb. My monitor is a fairly high-end Nokia (model 445Xav). The display driver on the 4.2 CD is version 4.00. At first this driver seemed to work, but I noticed one problem. My first choice of Display Mode (in Configure) was 1152x864, 90 Hz, RGB 888/32. After a short trial period, I noticed there were thin vertical "stripes" that rippled. They were most obvious with black text on white background. They were hard to see with other backgrounds. I have not done much testing, but the following Display Modes seemed to work: 1152x864, 90 Hz, 444/16 1280x1024, 90 Hz, 444/16 1280x1024, 75 Hz, 888/32 There might be a time factor as well. I did not try these other modes for long and they seemed to work. When I went back to the original choice, I think that it seemed to work at first, and then developed these "ripples" a bit later. Then I went to NeXTanswers and saw new released (v4.09) and beta (v4.10) drivers. I tried both, thinking they might solve my original problem and that other improvements might have been made as well. When I chose the same display mode (1152x864, 90 Hz, 888/32) and rebooted, I got a message on my screen about video parameters being out of range. These same parameters worked earlier with the old (v4.00) driver and my monitor claims to support up to 100 Hz at 1152x864. The new driver listed more display modes, so I tried 85 Hz rather than 90 Hz, but the same thing happened. This was true of both the released (v4.09) and beta (v4.10) drivers. Testing was painful because each time I failed, I had to force a reboot, boot with config=Default, wait for fsck, boot with config=Default again, and then try a different display mode. None of the several I tried worked. Am I doing something obviously wrong? (always my first choice :). Have others had this problem? Any solutions? In summary, here are my questions: 1. Has anyone else noticed what I'll call vertical ripples in the display when using 1152x864, 90 Hz, 888/32 with a Matrox Millennium (8 mb) and the v4.00 driver? 2. If so, is there a fix, or should I just use a different display mode? 3. Has anyone been able to use the v4.09 or v4.10 drivers with a Matrox Millennium with 8mb? 4. If so, does it work at 1152x864, 90 Hz, 888/32? 5. If so, any ideas about why it doesn't work for me? Thanks in advance for any help. I appreciate it. Bye, Gregg Dinse 919-541-4931 dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov
From: Sasa Mutic <sas5@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: boot manager Date: Wed, 07 Jan 1998 01:42:44 -0800 Organization: ARNES Message-ID: <34B34E11.4F23E156@hotmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit How can I install the boot option for booting other drive, not just the 0 with Openstep, but also 1 with win95? I had this option when installed Openstep on the same HDD with win95, but on different partition. thanx, Sas P.S. I also remember that when I had both OS's on same HDD, system commander destroyed MBR. I had to use boot disk then to enter. How to repair MBR in that case? (must be something like LILO in Linux I guess)
From: "Tom Marchioro" <tlm@u.washington.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Boot Failure, "$LBL not found" Date: Fri, 2 Jan 1998 20:35:39 -0800 Organization: University of Washington Message-ID: <68js3n$mbq$1@nntp6.u.washington.edu> I've come to realize just how luck I've been over the years installing NeXTstep. Never had a major problem at any time, but making this NT/Linux/NS3.3 box has been one trial after another. I've successfully partitioned the two drives, and have LILO configured properly, but now out of the blue when I try to boot the NS partition I 1) Get the next boot prompt (so the partition is being found) 2) Get the message "Cannot load NeXTstep, $LBL not found" I assume $LBL is the disc label? So.... Am I hosed and have to go back square one, re-installing from scratch, or is there some way around this. 99 different combinations of boot commands have yielded nothing so far. Thanks for any help. An e-mail is preferred. Tom -- -- Dr. Thomas L. Marchioro II Department of Chemistry University of Washington 206-323-9599 http://borg.chem.washington.edu/~tlm
From: emclean@slip.net (Emmett McLean) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Re: problems with cdaudio Date: 6 Jan 1998 22:53:17 -0800 Organization: Slip.Net Message-ID: <68v8ot$i42@slip.net> References: <68mil4$ms6$1@excalibur.flash.net> >I'm running OpenStep 4.2 at home. I'm having some problem with playing audio CD's. > When a put an audio CD in I get the following in my console: > >probing for DOS >probing for CDROM >probing for mac >probing for cdaudio >Jan 3 17:32:05 Workspace: Mounted scsi disk at /cdaudio >cdutil: openDrive: Couldn't open /dev/rsd3h (-1) >cdutil: openDrive: Permission denied > It looks like cdaudio allows you to select the scsi id for the CD-ROM and it is currently set to find the CD-ROM at scsi id 3, but you're CD-ROM is set to some id other than 3. Emmett
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From: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.Drop_This.de (Detlev Droege) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ScanOmatic Date: 7 Jan 1998 10:04:19 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / CC Distribution: world Message-ID: <68vjv3$3h8$1@newshost> References: <68tl54$o7m@news.acns.nwu.edu> In article <68tl54$o7m@news.acns.nwu.edu> daj@nwu.edu writes: > I have ScanOmatic by IPC and I'm considering purchasing a HP5S > Sanjet Scanner can anyone confirm if it works with ScanOmatic? A look at their (IPC's) web site doesn't show the HP 5s, though I'd expect it to work. http://www.ipc.de/information/products/data/scanomatic_s.html The README for the newest version (2.4) at least lists the HP 5_p_. If you have a ScanOmatic 2.x license, you can simply download 2.4 e.g. from ftp://ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/hardware/apps/commercial/ as ScanOmatic.2.4.NIHS.b.tar.gz But you might try to contact them at info@interpc.de, I found the IPC people to be very helpful !! Detlev -- Detlev Droege, Universitaet Koblenz, FB Informatik | Fon:+49 261 9119-421 Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany | Fax:+49 261 9119-497 NeXT/MIME/Email: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.Drop_This.de Drop the "Drop_This." part in my Email-address to reply.
From: Chong Tim <chongt@bah.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Unable to send mail Date: Fri, 02 Jan 1998 10:30:54 +0800 Organization: Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Message-ID: <34AC515E.7F8DBAC4@bah.com> References: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980101112559.23539B-100000@clark.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gbh@middlemarch.net Greg, Have u read thru the Apple's Prototype Licence Argeement on RDR? BTW, there's 2 mailing list that u might wanna join: To subscribe to the rhapsody-talk mailing list, send mail to listproc@omnigroup.com saying (in the body of the message): subscribe rhapsody-talk Your Name To subscribe to the rhapsody-dev mailing list, send mail to listproc@omnigroup.com saying (in the body of the message): subscribe rhapsody-dev Your Name TC gbh@middlemarch.net wrote: > When I try to send mail, I get the error > Unable to deliver message: mailhost: Connection refused > > I'm using Rhapsody/Intel on as a stand alone system. > I've used Omni's DNS helper to set it up and have followed > the setup procedure in the Mail SysAdminManual (as closely > as possible). What else needs to be done to send mail? > > --Greg
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric,comp.sys.palmtops Subject: cmsg cancel <177ce$826c.373@news> Control: cancel <177ce$826c.373@news> Date: 07 Jan 1998 13:40:42 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.177ce$826c.373@news> Sender: onhboagmkevin.bitch.smash@ponyfarm.net Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: Denise Howard <deniseh@idiom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: problem with my mail Date: 7 Jan 1998 19:36:54 GMT Organization: Change caps to chars to reply Message-ID: <690lgm$ket$1@news.idiom.com> References: <68to03$sq6@snews2.zippo.com> webster@next2.ncpa.olemiss.edu wrote: > I can receive mail alright but when I send mail it either takes days or > doesn't go anywhere at all. Is this when you send mail from your machine to another one on your local network, or to the outside world? If it's the outside world, the problem may be with your ISP's forwarding system. I know this first-hand because at my work address we are having such problems right now. It sucks, because ISP's don't like to admit such problems until their other customers start bitching, too. > Also, I dont get a return to sender message like > I used to get. You mean a read receipt? If the recipient doesn't use NeXTmail, or if he has disabled the feature which sends back a receipt upon his reading the message, you won't get one. > There are three computers in this little group and each one > has a different version of Nextstep with the latest being ver 3.1 and the > others 3.0 (I think) Ick! See if you can get them all up to 3.2, at least. That in itself won't solve your problems, but 3.0 and 3.1 were buggy enough to merit the upgrade. Denise -- Denise Howard | PROGRAM, tr. v., An activity similar to Mountain View, CA | banging one's head against a wall, but deniseh at idiom dot com | with fewer opportunities for reward. NeXTMail welcome! | http://www.angelfire.com/ca/deniseh
From: beckers@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Becki Kain) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: what drive at what refresh? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 7 Jan 1998 19:47:00 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Message-ID: <690m3k$p8j$1@news.eecs.umich.edu> hi: I have a gateway laptop with a Chips & Technologies 65554 graphics chip in it and I am trying to figure out which driver to use! the one I am using now is listed as the Epson Wingine and I can't get any color out of it. Can someone help?? thanks (and please email me and the news group) beckers
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <690628$bn4$752@newton.pacific.net.sg> Control: cancel <690628$bn4$752@newton.pacific.net.sg> Date: 07 Jan 1998 15:20:46 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.690628$bn4$752@newton.pacific.net.sg> Sender: Mr@Long.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: ahoesch@on-luebeck.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to start a backroud process (ftp) with nohup Date: 7 Jan 1998 22:38:15 GMT Organization: Offenes Netz Luebeck e.V. Message-ID: <69104n$1hb@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> Hello, I want to send a big file to an ftp site. I used ftp to transfer it into my homedirectory on the computer of my internet provider. I then wanted to start the transfer from this host without needing to be online the whole time of transmission (many hours). I wrote the following script named "send" and transfered it to the provider host. #!/bin/sh ftp <destination host> anonymous <my password> cd submissions bin put <filename> quit I then logged in via telnet and tried to start the transmission with (nohup ./send)& unfortunately without success. nohup.out looks like the following: Connected to ftp.peanuts.org. 220 arcadia FTP server (Version wu-2.1c(4) Sun Jan 23 18:16:17 MEZ 1994) ready. Obviously the required input for ftp is not taken from the script. Any ideas? Thank you very much! Andreas
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to start a backroud process (ftp) with nohup Date: 8 Jan 1998 00:41:15 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6917bb$ogu$4@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69104n$1hb@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ahoesch@on-luebeck.de In <69104n$1hb@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> ahoesch@on-luebeck.de wrote: > Obviously the required input for ftp is not taken from the script. Any ideas? How big of a file are we talking about??? You are expecting the script to do something interactive and it is not designed to do that. You have 3 options: 1) see if your ISP has an FTP machine which you can use. If so, ask someone at the upload site if they will ftp it 2) read the 'man ftp' page and see if you can do something with macros and the '.netrc' file 3) see if you can get 'expect' to compile #3 is the best solution, but will require the most work, expects that you can install software on your ISPs machine, and takes time to learn. #1 is the easiest solution.... ftp'ing works much better when you are 'get'-ing than 'send'-ing TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: cejensen@bitstream.net (Chris Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NSFIP install problem on EIDE/ATAPI Date: 8 Jan 1998 03:23:09 GMT Organization: Bitstream Underground Message-ID: <691gqt$m5r$1@maryj.bitstream.net> I am attempting to install NS/FIP 3.3 on a Dell Dimension p200v (32MB RAM, 2GB Western Digital HD, NEC ATAPI CD-ROM, S3 video), and have run into a snag. I have installed NS w success on a SCSI Intel box, but this is my first attempt on an ATAPI/EIDE. Everything goes fine up to the point that the drivers for the CD and HD are asked for. After the Adaptec 154x and EIDE/ATAPI drivers are chosen (as per instructions on NeXTAnswers), the "Starting NEXTSTEP" message appears for a split second, then the screen goes black. The system is locked up entirely. I have jumpered the CD as slave, and attached both CD and HD to the primary controller, again as per NeXTanswers. The BIOS can see the HD and is aware of its size. Both CD and HD function fine in Win95 (which exists in a partition of its own). I found the entry in the NeXT FAQ by Don Yachtman, who suggests: > Load the SCSI driver and then load the EIDE driver. Don't follow > the directions they give you (which are to load the CD's driver and > then load the hard drive's driver). Do it backwards, so that the hard > drive you are installing to gets assigned sd0. By swapping drivers like > this, the CDROM gets sd1 which is what the installation procedure expects. However, I wonder how this is done since the installer won't let me load the HD driver first. The SCSI driver must be chosen first. Anyone have any hints? Suggestions? Thanks to all who reply. --Chris Jensen Please reply to cejensen@bitstream.net *or* jensenc@augsburgfortress.org
From: icol.animo@t-online.de (Alexander Dietz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: ScanOmatic Date: 7 Jan 1998 16:01:01 GMT Organization: T-Online Message-ID: <6908rt$alk$3@news02.btx.dtag.de> References: <68tl54$o7m@news.acns.nwu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: daj@nwu.edu ...ask IPC at WWW.IPC.DE daj@nwu.edu wrote: > I have ScanOmatic by IPC and I'm considering purchasing a HP5S Sanjet Scanner can anyone confirm if it works with ScanOmatic? > > David A. Johnson > Manager Computer Facility and Engineering > Feinberg Research Institute > Northwestern University
From: kozmando@magpage.com (kozmando) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ip filter Date: 4 Jan 1998 11:35:15 GMT Message-ID: <68ns5j$cs0$0@208.222.91.34> These questions have most likely been asked before for next/openstep. However, rhapsody may have different answers. Either way, I don't know the answers. Are there IP filter rules available for the aforementioned OSs? How extensive are they? Where can documentation be found. Can icmp types be fitlered? Can address aggragation be done? If not, what firewall solutions are available? Does TIS FWTK build w/o any hitches on the above OSs? Thanks everyone. I am really excited about rhapsody. I hope the Next community is also. Thanks again, koz
From: guyt@is.twi.tudelft.nl (A. Guyt) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NSFIP install problem on EIDE/ATAPI Date: 8 Jan 1998 10:52:21 GMT Organization: Delft University of Technology Message-ID: <692b55$f9r$1@news.tudelft.nl> References: <691gqt$m5r$1@maryj.bitstream.net> Chris Jensen writes > I am attempting to install NS/FIP 3.3 on a Dell Dimension p200v (32MB RAM, > 2GB Western Digital HD, NEC ATAPI CD-ROM, S3 video), and have run into a > snag. I have installed NS w success on a SCSI Intel box, but this is my first > attempt on an ATAPI/EIDE. > > Everything goes fine up to the point that the drivers for the CD and HD are > asked for. After the Adaptec 154x and EIDE/ATAPI drivers are chosen (as per > instructions on NeXTAnswers), the "Starting NEXTSTEP" message appears for a > split second, then the screen goes black. The system is locked up entirely. Question: does your system have a Triton II (430 HX) motherboard ? If so, the black screen is the bad old famous NS 3.3 bug. You could try the '-v' startup option, but that doesn't help always. Abraham Guyt. P.S.: or wait for Rhapsody/Intel _____________________________________________________________________ Abraham Guyt P.O.Box 356 Department of Information Systems 2600 AJ Delft Faculty Information Technology & Systems The Netherlands Delft University of Technology tel: +31 15 278 5969 E-mail: guyt@is.twi.tudelft.nl fax: +31 15 278 6632
From: sef@kithrup.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <080198233147@nice-day.com> Date: 9 Jan 1998 09:39:40 GMT Control: cancel <080198233147@nice-day.com> Message-ID: <cancel.080198233147@nice-day.com> Sender: have_a@nice-day.com Spam cancelled by sef@kithrup.com
From: laoATzooDOTnclDOTomronDOTcoDOTjp@getaway_spams.co.jp Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ProjectBuilder crash Date: 09 Jan 1998 20:25:24 +0000 Organization: Duh? Sender: lao@baitu Message-ID: <hjpvm1wg23.fsf@baitu.i-have-a-misconfigured-system-so-shoot-me> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.105) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII My OPENSTEP4.2 ProjectBuilder.app recently fails to start running. I get error message in console like this: "... PBProjectType installation error! Cannot find built in ProjectTypes resouce." Then a panel appears saying: " An unexpected error has occured which may cause ProjectBuilder to malfunction...." "Error: *** -[NSConcreteMutableDiction set Object:forKey:]: attempt to insert nil key" I reinstalled Developer and the whole OS 2 times, no help. It was ok several weeks ago. My address is laoATzooDOTnclDOTomronDOTcoDOTjp AT is @ and DOT is . Thanks in advance. ---- LAO Shihong
From: Matt Borgstrand <gomezjr@jumpgate.iitap.iastate.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Rhapsody DR1 Intel install problems!!! Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 13:55:00 +0000 Organization: IITAP, Iowa State University Message-ID: <34B4DAB3.E9F7943F@jumpgate.iitap.iastate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit . . . I'm saying a prayer for plug n' play . . . ITMT, I finally got around to installing DR1 on my P166. WinNT4 on IDE and Rhapsody on SCSI (via Adaptec). Install goes fine but initial config is the problem: During initial config my built-in ATI Mach 64 video is detected and I went ahead and picked the default settings for IRQ, etc. Then I selected 640x480 to make sure I had a 256 color palette (to be on the safe side). Then on reboot, I get maybe 4 colors, tops! Most of the screen is blue or black and I'm stuck. Can't read any text on the screen to change config settings to save my life. Here's what chaps me: The Apple install manual says to type "config=default" at the boot: prompt to load general drivers so I can at least see the config panel to change stuff. But instead I get the error "Config can't find /private/Drivers/i386 . . . default.table". I boot in single user mode and the file is definitely there! BTW, I've taken out the IDE drive and shut down the BIOS entry so everything is strictly SCSI now. What gives?? BTW, I will eventually need to install the Rhapsody boot loader over my NTLDR on the IDE drive. Per Apple manual: enter "/usr/etc/disk -b /dev/rhd0h". It's not even there! Funny, but I found the "disk" utility in the /sbin dir. Anyone know what I'm REALLY supposed to enter? Lastly, where is there some good online Rhapsody tech libraries that should cover these "mistakes"? I can't find jack, just tons of Dev info. I guess this is the price you pay for having Apple "Associate" Developer status . . . Thanks to all and any who can answer these ???'s. -Matt Borgstrand Systems Support -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Borgstrand Systems Support International Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics (IITAP) Iowa State University 123 Office & Lab Bldg. Ames, Iowa 50011 Office: (515) 294-8674 Main: (515) 294-3555 Fax: (515) 294-9933 ------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Stephen Shiboski <steve@biostat.ucsf.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: strange sendmail behavior under NS 3.3 (mach) Date: 9 Jan 1998 05:18:45 GMT Organization: University of California, San Francisco Message-ID: <694bvl$424$1@agate.berkeley.edu> I have noticed that my NeXT has been sluggish and that sendmail has been using up a lot of the CPU, even after rebooting. For some reason there are two sendmail processes running most of the time, and they occupy a lot of CPU cycles and memory. I've also noticed suspicious mail processes running which come back immediately after rebooting. Here's the output from top: PID USERNAME STATE PRI NICE THR VSIZE RSIZE %MEM %CPU TIME COMMAND 144 root R 2 0 1 1744K 512K 1.56 50.70 71:01 sendmail 283 root R 0 0 1 1744K 536K 1.64 47.40 11:43 sendmail 319 root R 10 0 1 1744K 320K 0.98 6.30 0:00 top 313 steve SW 10 0 1 1720K 376K 1.15 1.70 0:00 csh 172 root SW 10 0 1 2064K 632K 1.93 0.80 0:46 httpServer 186 root SW 10 0 1 1688K 160K 0.49 0.00 0:01 update Here are the suspicious process records: root 162 0.0 1.0 1.66M 312K ? S 0:00 mail -r Raypenny@geocities.com -d web steve root 284 0.0 1.0 1.66M 320K ? S 0:00 mail -r Raypenny@geocities.com -d web steve I have never heard of "Raypenny". What do you make of this? The NeXT is running NS 3.3, and is acting as our Dept. Web server. It is running the version of sendmail distributed with NS 3.3. Would installing sendmail 8.8.5 (or newer) make this go away? Thanks for any advice or comments, -Steve -- Stephen Shiboski <steve@biostat.ucsf.edu> Division of Biostatistics University of California, San Francisco
From: lin@localhost.com (Lin) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to start a backroud process (ftp) with nohup Date: 9 Jan 1998 09:40:55 GMT Organization: Univ. of Maryland Message-ID: <694rb7$622$1@hecate.umd.edu> References: <69104n$1hb@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> ahoesch@on-luebeck.de wrote: : Hello, : I want to send a big file to an ftp site. I used ftp to transfer it into my : homedirectory on the computer of my internet provider. : I then wanted to start the transfer from this host without needing to be : online the whole time of transmission (many hours). : I wrote the following script named "send" and transfered it to the provider : host. : #!/bin/sh : ftp <destination host> : anonymous : <my password> : cd submissions : bin : put <filename> : quit ftp usually won't read input from a file unless instructed. The simple way will be ftp <destination> < <script file> and set up an entry in .netrc for <destination> But if you are trying to get on a very busy ftp server with limit number of anonymous user login, a program like batchftp will be a better solution. These programs will try to login and, if failed, will try again and again until success. Then they will run a script to upload/download files, get directory listing, etc. Any command you can use in regular ftp, you can use it in batchftp script. I believe I found batchftp either on simtel or garbo site.
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: IMPT: Don't let yourself be used (Re: strange sendmail behavior under NS 3.3 (mach)) Date: 9 Jan 1998 16:03:07 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <695hnr$dvm$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <694bvl$424$1@agate.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: steve@biostat.ucsf.edu In <694bvl$424$1@agate.berkeley.edu> Stephen Shiboski wrote: > I have never heard of "Raypenny". What do you make of this? John says that "raypenny" corresponds to http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/9255/> and that web page is now a redirect to their main page: Conclusion: you were used as a spam relay, most likely. > The NeXT is running NS 3.3, and is acting as our Dept. Web server. Does it need to be running sendmail ? If not, don't run it. Spammers are always looking for unsecured mail servers. If you do, you really should update it. > It is running the version of sendmail distributed with NS 3.3. > Would installing sendmail 8.8.5 (or newer) make this go away? No, but installing 8.8.8 (which fixes bugs in previous) and the spam-relays from http://www.sendmail.org/antispam.html would. As for the messages you may have left in your machine. Type 'mailq' and see the messages in the Q. If you can't figure out who sent the messages, goto /usr/spool/mqueue/ and delete the files which aren't 'syslog' or 'syslog.old' TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <090198130148@noreply.com> Control: cancel <090198130148@noreply.com> Date: 09 Jan 1998 18:40:51 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.090198130148@noreply.com> Sender: please@noreply.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: fgalot@x-lan.alienor.fr Subject: I could not log as Root Message-ID: <EMCvF2.HCo@x-lan.alienor.fr> Sender: news@x-lan.alienor.fr Organization: x&lan Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 09:23:25 GMT I've two problems that are perhaps the same : -1- with NS4.2 on intel the root account can't launch : you type root and his password then you've got the workspace and then a message saying the workspace will close and then it closes.... -2- with a 3.3 on a NeXT Cube there is a similar problem you type root and his password then you've the workspace and there is nothing : only a blue screen... Thanks for help or tips -- --------------------------------------- ® ® | ® O_O ® ® | O_O -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Fred Galot fgalot@x-lan.alienor.fr
From: Sigthor Hrafnsson <siffi@islandia.is> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SB16 PNP: 4.02 driver problem Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 05:41:22 +0000 Organization: Islandia ISP Message-ID: <34B70A02.DF724F8D@islandia.is> References: <68rg30$atk@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi This is from StepWise, it should help: -------------------- Driver Configuration - Sound How can I use my SoundBlaster AWE64? Be sure that you have the latest EISABus driver installed (at least version 4.03) NeXTanswer #2270. Install the latest SoundBlaster 16 PnP driver NeXTanswer #2407. When you reboot, if sound is working, you're all set. Otherwise, you'll need to do the following.. Open a terminal window using /NextApps/Terminal.app. At the prompt, type this /private/Drivers/i386/EISABus.config/PnPDump The goal here is to find out the value that should have been auto-detected by the driver. If the SoundBlaster card is listed in the output from PnPDump, you will see a line that says something similar to this... id string(21) 'Creative SB AWE64 PnP' Logical Device 0: Id CTL0042 (0xe8c0042) Open Configure.app, select your SoundBlaster 16 PnP driver and click on the Expert button. You will see a list of keys and values, one of which should be Auto Detect Ids. Replase the hex number value that is currently there with the underlined number above. Be sure to hit return! This is important. Click OK, save you changes in Configure.app, and reboot. ---------------------- siffi@islandia.is Alex Levine wrote: > Hi all! > > I have a strange problem with the beta driver (4.02) for SB 16 audio cards > posted on NeXTAnswers. The previous version (4.01) correctly identifies and > configures my AWE 32 card, and all sound functions work as they should. > However, the 4.02 version gives me the following at boot time (from > /usr/adm/messages): > > Jan 5 14:47:28 guava mach: PnP: configuring Creative SB AWE32 PnP Audio > Jan 5 14:47:28 guava mach: SoundBlaster16: This driver does not support > 8-bit Sound Blaster cards. > > I am left without sound until I reinstall the 4.01 driver. The message is > odd, since of course mine is not an 8-bit card. > > I have tried BOTH PnP personalities of the 4.02 driver (with and without > 8-bit DMA), by the way. > > Any ideas? > > Alex > > -- > Alexander Levine > Philosophy Department > Lehigh University > ATL2@lehigh.edu
From: emclean@slip.net (Emmett McLean) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Where to get NS3.3 boot floppy for Intel Date: 10 Jan 1998 00:05:31 -0800 Organization: Slip.Net Message-ID: <697a4b$2cv@slip.net> Hi, Where can I get and how can I create a NS 3.3 installation disk for intel? Ah, the boot floppy with 3.3 User appears to only work for black hardware. Thanks, Emmett
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mixed cable networking Date: 6 Jan 1998 16:25:52 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <68tlug$gia$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980106094609.25316B-100000@hei.unige.ch> <34B1F916.370CF4CF@bah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: chongt@bah.com In <34B1F916.370CF4CF@bah.com> Chong Tim wrote: > Has anyone managed to get DHCP IP from a NeXT? The last I heard someone said > he's done it but he never got back with me. Well, technically I get my IP via DHCP, but since the IP is static (which most DHCP's are not) it does work with NeXTStep. You might want to inquire about a static IP. If they can arrange that, you might be able to get it to work. Alternatively, you might want to get a 486DX and install Linux/FreeBSD on it, which can do DHCP and also provides some excellent firewall tools, which is probably what I would do if I were in an area which used dynamic IPs. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: mixed cable networking Date: 6 Jan 1998 16:21:36 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <68tlmg$gia$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980106094609.25316B-100000@hei.unige.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: marmier4@hei.unige.ch In <Pine.SOL.3.96.980106094609.25316B-100000@hei.unige.ch> MARMIER Raphael wrote: > Does anyone have any experience in configuring cable-modem in Nextstep or > OS 4.x? Yes. > In my case, the problem is that I have to split traffic: Why? (very important question, because if you don't have to, don't) > - inbound traffic from the cable modem through an ethernet card > - outbound traffic through a analogic modem and a phone line. Ugh. > More generally, is it possible to have ppp read from one interface and > write on another? Well, here's what I can tell you, at least from my experience. Fortunately the cable modem does not use the serial ports (which would be awful). Instead it uses an Ethernet card. PPP uses the serial ports. You would have one IP through the cable modem, and another IP through PPP. I'd say you are in for a difficult time. I don't know tons about TCP/IP but my guess is that there are protocols which send a signal and wait for a response, and if they can't get it from the same IP.... it probably wouldn't work. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: I could not log as Root Date: 6 Jan 1998 16:47:42 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <68tn7e$gia$4@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <EMCvF2.HCo@x-lan.alienor.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: fgalot@x-lan.alienor.fr Can you login as your normal user ID? (perhaps this is a feature to prevent console logins by root ;-) If you can login as your normal ID, do so and use 'nidump passwd .' and 'nidump passwd /' to make sure that 1) root's home directory is the same for / and . 2) root's home directory actually exists There has been a bug where root's homedir gets set to /root and that can cause problems. Also: you might want to try logging in as 'console' from the Login Window. That will drop you down to just a terminal screen. Login as 'root' and your root password. Then remove all root's dwrites (AFTER making sure that's root's homedir is setup properly). The best way to do this is: dread -l > /.root_dwrites # this will save the dwrites in a separate file dread -l | dremove # this will REMOVE the dwrites from the database I don't know if it will help or not, but it's something to try before going for a full reinstallation. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: "Diana Geraldes" <diana69@hotmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.misc,comp.sys.powerpc.tech,comp.sys.prime,comp.sys.proteon,comp.sys.psio Subject: -- GET $$$50,000 IN 5 WEEKS ONLY !!! Date: Fri, 9 Jan 1998 16:17:46 +0100 Message-ID: <697tdd$mru$280@duke.telepac.pt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit ARE YOU READY TO GET $50,000 WITH ONLY $5 BUCKS IN JUST 5 WEEKS !!!?? Take a look at this !!! You gotta be crazy! How on earth do you think you can buy 50 grand for lousy 5 bucks? Well, that's what I was wondering, too until I came across this letter. First of all, IT'S PERFECTLY LEGAL! (Call 1-800-725-2161) if you have any questions about the following opportunity to make $50,000.00 and that probably WITHIN LESS THAN TWO MONTHS! Well, here it goes: A little while back, I was browsing these newsgroups, just like you are now, and came across an article similar to this that said you could make thousands of dollars within weeks with only an initial investment of $5.00! So I thought, "Yeah, right, this must be a joke," but like most of us I was curious, so I kept reading. Anyway, it said that you send $1.00 to each of the 5 names and address stated in the article. You then place your own name and address in the bottom of the list at #5, and post the article in at least 200 newsgroups. (There are thousands) No catch, that was it. I knew that that was the opportunity I had waited for for a long time I thought it was about time that the money of the world gets into the right hands! OURS, right? I never had a doubt that this thing will actually work and even if it didn't, what were 5 stamps and $5.00 for a try? As I mentioned before, like most of us I was a little skeptical and a little worried about the legal aspects of it all. So I checked it out with the U.S. Post Office (1-800-725-2161) and they confirmed that it is indeed legal! Now, that's how your story WILL sound like, too if you participate: Well GUESS WHAT!!... with in 7 days, I started getting money in the mail! I was shocked! I still figured it would end soon, and didn't give it another thought. But the money just kept coming in. In my first week, I made about $20.00 to $30.00 dollars. By the end of the second week I had made a total of over $1,000.00!!!!!! In the third week I had over $10,000.00 and it's still growing. This is now my fourth week and I have made a total of just over $42,000.00 and it's still coming in .....(This is related by one person that bigan like you) Let me tell you how this works and most importantly, Why it works....also, make sure you print a copy of this article NOW, so you can get the information off of it as you need it. The process is very simple and consists of 3 easy steps: STEP 1: Get 5 separate pieces of paper and write the following on each piece of paper "PLEASE PUT ME ON YOUR MAILING LIST." Now get 5 $1.00 bills and place ONE inside EACH of the 5 pieces of paper so the bill will not be seen through the envelope to prevent thievery. Next, place one paper in each of the 5 envelopes and seal them. You should now have 5 sealed envelopes, each with a piece of paper stating the above phrase and a $1.00 bill. What you are doing is creating a service by this. THIS IS PERFECTLY LEGAL! Mail the 5 envelopes to the following addresses: #1 Anthony Lacks 644 Riverside Drive Apt.7B New York,N.Y. 10031 #2 Chad Hastings 9C Quiet Harbor Dr. Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 #3 Sean Mellett Upper Camus Camus Po Co.Galway Ireland #4 Alice Walter Av. Defensores de Chaves, 21 - 4º 1000 Lisboa Portugal #5 Diana Geraldes Cidade Quelimane, lt 14, 2º Dto 1800 Lisboa PORTUGAL STEP 2: Now take the #1 name off the list that you see above, move the other names up (2 becomes 1, 3 becomes 2, etc...) and add YOUR Name as number 5 on the list. STEP 3: Change anything you need to, but try to keep this article as close to original as possible. Now, post your amended article to at least 200 newsgroups. (I think there is close to 18,000 groups) All you need is 200, but remember, the more you post, the more money you make! Don't know HOW to post in the newsgroups? Well do exactly the following: FOR NETSCAPE USERS: 1) Click on any newsgroup, like normal. Then click on "To News", which is in the top left corner of the newsgroup page. This will bring up a message box. 2) Fill in the SUBJECT with a flashy title, like the one I used, something to catch the eye!!! 3) Now go to the message part of the box and retype this letter exactly as it is here, with exception of your few changes. (remember to add your name to number 5 and move the rest up) 4) When your done typing in the WHOLE letter, click on 'FILE' above the send button. Then, 'SAVE AS..' DO NOT SEND YOUR ARTICLE UNTILL YOU SAVE IT. (so you don't have to type this 200 times :-) 5) Now that you have saved the letter, go ahead and send your first copy! (click the 'SEND' button in the top left corner) 6) This is where you post all 200! OK, go to ANY newsgroup article and click the 'TO NEWS' button again. Type in your flashy subject in the 'SUBJECT BOX', then go to the message and place your cursor here. Now click on 'ATTACHMENT' which is right below the 'SUBJECT BOX'. Click on attach file then find your letter wherever you saved it. Click once on your file then click 'OPEN' then click 'OK'. If you did this right , you should see your filename in the 'ATTACHMENT BOX' and it will be shaded. NOW POST AWAY! FOR INTERNET EXPLORER: It's just as easy, holding down the left mouse button, highlight this entire article, then press the 'CTRL' key and 'C' key at the same time to copy this article. Then print the article for your records to have the names of those you will be sending $1.00 to. Go to the newsgroups and press 'POST AN ARTICLE' type in your flashy subject and click the large window below. Press 'CTRL' and 'V' and the article will appear in the message window. **BE SURE TO MAKE YOUR ADDRESS CHANGES TO THE 5 NAMES.** Now re-highlight the article and re-copy it so you have the changes.... then all you have to do for each newsgroup is 'CTRL' and 'V' and press 'POST'. It's that easy!! THAT'S IT! All you have to do is jump to different newsgroups and post away, after you get the hang of it, it will take about 30 seconds for each newsgroup! **REMEMBER, THE MORE NEWSGROUPS YOU POST IN, THE MORE MONEY YOU WILL MAKE!! BUT YOU HAVE TO POST A MINIMUM OF 200** **If these instructions are too complex to follow, try Forte's "Free Agent." It is freeware for noncommercial use. To download it, simply use a search utility and type "Forte Free Agent". You should be able to find it.** That's it! You will begin receiving money from around the world within days! You may eventually want to rent a P.O. Box due to the large amount of mail you receive. If you wish to stay anonymous, you con invent a name to use, as long as the postman will deliver it. **JUST MAKE SURE ALL THE ADDRESSES ARE CORRECT.** Now the WHY part: This entire principle works because it is in a format of an upside down tree with thousands of branches. Everyone below you will see to it that the tree continues because they want to get money. Those below THEM will continue because THEY want to get the cash etc. Out of 200 postings, say I receive only 5 replies (a very low example). So then I made $5.00 with my name at #5 on the letter. Now, each of the 5 persons who just sent me $1.00 make the MINIMUM 200 postings, each with my name at #4 and only 5 persons respond to each of the original 5, that is another $25.00 for me, now those 25 each make 200 MINIMUM posts with my name at #3 and only 5 replies each, I will bring in an additional $125.00! Now, those 125 persons turn around and post the MINIMUM 200 with my name at #2 and only receive 5 replies each, I will make an additional $626.00! OK, now here is the fun part, each of those 625 persons post a MINIMUM of 200 letters with my name at #1 and they each only receive 5 replies, that just made me $3,125.00!!! With a original investment of only $5.00! AMAZING! And as I said 5 responses is actually VERY LOW! Average is probable 20 to 30! So lets put those figures at just 15 responses per person. Here is what you will make: at #5 $15.00 at #4 $225.00 at #3 $3,375.00 at #2 $50,625.00 at #1 $759,375.00 When your name is no longer on the list, you just take the latest posting in the newsgroups, and send out another $5.00 to names on the list, putting your name at number 5 and start posting again. The thing to remember is that thousands of people all over the world are joining the Internet and reading these articles everyday, JUST LIKE YOU are now!! And this will go on and on and on and on.... get the picture? Well, there's 5,000,000,000 people on the world and most of them will eventually end up being hooked into the internet. So there are virtually unlimited resources. Of course this will work the best at the very beginning so the faster you post, the better for YOU! So can you afford $5.00 and see if it really works?? I think so! People have said, "what if the plan is played out and no one sends you the money? So what! What are the chances of that happening when there are tons of new honest users and new honest works?? I think so... People have said, "what if the plan is played out and no one sends you the money? So what! What are the chances of that happening when there are tons of new honest users and new honest people who are joining the Internet and newsgroups everyday and are willing to give it a try? Estimates are at 20,000 to 50,000 new users, every day, with thousands of those joining the actual Internet. Remember, play FAIRLY and HONESTLY and this will work. You just have to be honest. Make sure you print this article out RIGHT NOW, also. Try to keep a list of everyone that sends you money and always keep an eye on the newsgroups to make sure everyone is playing fairly. Remember, HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. You don't need to cheat the basic idea to make the money!! GOOD LUCK to all and please play fairly and reap the huge rewards from this, which is tons of extra CASH. **By the way, if you try to deceive people by posting the messages with your name in the list and not sending the money to the rest of the people already on the list, you will NOT get as much. Someone I talked to knew someone who did that and he only made about $150.00, and that's after seven or eight weeks! Then he sent the 5 $1.00 bills, people added him to their lists, and in 4-5 weeks he had over $10k. This is the fairest and most honest way I have ever seen to share the wealth of the world without costing anything but our time!!! You also may want to buy mailing and e-mail lists for future dollars. Please remember to declare your extra income. Thanks once again...
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.misc,comp.sys.powerpc.tech,comp.sys.prime,comp.sys.proteon,comp.sys.psio From: news@news.msfc.nasa.gov Message-ID: <cancel.697tdd$mru$280@duke.telepac.pt> Control: cancel <697tdd$mru$280@duke.telepac.pt> Subject: cmsg cancel <697tdd$mru$280@duke.telepac.pt> no reply ignore Organization: http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/ Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 13:42:20 GMT Sender: "Diana Geraldes" <diana69@hotmail.com> ignore Make Money Fast post canceled by J. Porter Clark.
From: Michael Fry <fry@csunix1.lvc.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Novell server not found Date: Tue, 6 Jan 1998 13:14:21 -0500 Organization: LebaNet Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980106130102.2787A-100000@csunix1.lvc.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Our Novell software can't find our server. We're running OpenStep 4.2 for Mach on an Intel Pentium system. Our Novell client and the one Novell server on our Ethernet 1mbps Lan are both using 802.2 packets. We've never had problems on our Windows, Windows 95, or Linux with NCP finding the server, but this is our first attempt with OpenStep. Our Netware is enabled and happy, but its list of servers is empty. Can anybody out there help us, or point us at where there are more docs? We've looked at our system docs and NextAnswers. We can't find man pages for npsd anywhere on the internet. Thanks for replies sent direct to me. I'll post a solution if it's interesting. :) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. Mike Fry fry@csunix1.lvc.edu Professor, Math Sciences Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA 17003 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
From: jlincoln@gandalf.us.oracle.com (Jason Lincoln) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Q: Booting OS4.x from Network Date: 10 Jan 1998 16:00:33 GMT Organization: Oracle Corporation. Redwood Shores, CA Message-ID: <6985v1$reu$1@inet16.us.oracle.com> Hello, Can I boot an Intel PC now running OS4.1 from a NeXTStation running OS4.1 over the network? Also, if this is possible would this mean that I would not need the complete OS4.1 installed on the PC? Thanks, Jason
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.nsc,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric,comp.sys.palmtops Subject: cmsg cancel <6986l7$341$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com> Control: cancel <6986l7$341$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com> Date: 10 Jan 1998 16:46:33 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6986l7$341$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com> Sender: gfibwbpd@msn.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: setting a 'group' for removable drives Date: 10 Jan 1998 16:41:59 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6988cn$qra$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit When I mount a SyQuest cartridge, the UID of the files is preserved, however the group comes up as 'nogroup'. Is there a way to preserve the GID as well and have it represented when mounted? I'd even settle for a way to hard-code a specific group ID for removable media. Thanks for any ideas. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: Mike Allard <mike@asc.net> Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Compaq Deskpro 2000, NeXTstep 3.3, WinNT Date: Sat, 10 Jan 1998 12:17:59 -0500 Organization: Allard Systems Consulting Message-ID: <34B7AD47.49C6@asc.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Greetings. I have a Compaq Deskpro 2000 (5166 MMX) that I need to load with both NeXTstep 3.3 and Windows NT 4.0. However, the machine has no CD-ROM, no sound, no networking, and currently has Windows 95 installed. I know I need to add a CD-ROM (either ATAPI or SCSI), and I would also like to add sound, and possibly Ethernet. I am *assuming* that I can add just about any third-party ATAPI CD-ROM, memory, net and sound cards, etc. However, you know what they say about the word "assume"... after seeing all the utility software at Compaq's site, I wonder what I'm getting into. :^) If anyone out there has any thoughts on ways to upgrade this machine, or (even more importantly) approaches to avoid, please reply to me via e-mail. I will post a summary in the next few days. Thanks in advance! - Mike -- Mike Allard, Owner mike@asc.net Allard Systems Consulting http://www.asc.net
From: cejensen@bitstream.net (Chris Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Where to get NS3.3 boot floppy for Intel Date: 10 Jan 1998 18:49:04 GMT Organization: Bitstream Underground Message-ID: <698fr0$4f1$1@maryj.bitstream.net> References: <697a4b$2cv@slip.net> emclean@slip.net (Emmett McLean) wrote: >Where can I get and how can I create a NS 3.3 installation >disk for intel? Hi, Emmett-- You can download the disk image from NeXTanswers, or direct from the NeXT ftp site. All the driver disk images can be found there, too. --Chris ************************** Chris Jensen cejensen@bitstream.net MIME, Sun, NeXTMail OK "Sacred Cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain
From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compaq Deskpro 2000, NeXTstep 3.3, WinNT Followup-To: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 10 Jan 1998 19:31:05 GMT Organization: computerActive Inc. Message-ID: <698i9p$dul$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> References: <34B7AD47.49C6@asc.net> Mike Allard (mike@asc.net) wrote: : I know I need to add a CD-ROM (either ATAPI or SCSI), and I would also : like to add sound, and possibly Ethernet. I would heartily suggest you go with a SCSI CDROM drive. I've had nothing but trouble with ATAPI CDROM drives in several computers. If you must go with one to save money or something, make sure you pick one that is on the NeXTanswers list of "known working" drives. --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | csaldanh@computerActive.com (NeXT/MIME)| Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: cejensen@bitstream.net (Chris Jensen) Newsgroups: alt.sys.pc-clone.compaq,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Compaq Deskpro 2000, NeXTstep 3.3, WinNT Date: 10 Jan 1998 22:19:36 GMT Organization: Bitstream Underground Message-ID: <698s5o$bjn$2@maryj.bitstream.net> References: <34B7AD47.49C6@asc.net> Mike Allard <mike@asc.net> wrote: >I have a Compaq Deskpro 2000 (5166 MMX) that I need to load with both >NeXTstep 3.3 and Windows NT 4.0. However, the machine has no CD-ROM, >no sound, no networking, and currently has Windows 95 installed. Check NeXTanswers for the most up-to-date NEXTSTEP compatibility guide for Intel, and you'll save yourself some headaches if you use it as a guide for your hardware shopping. Go with SCSI if you can. Specifically regarding sound, based on my own experience I would recommend tracking down a non-PnP SB16 sound card. The PnP cards can be made to work, but the older cards cause fewer head-pounding migraines. --Chris ************************** Chris Jensen cejensen@bitstream.net MIME, Sun, NeXTMail OK "Sacred Cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Resources on the Net Supersedes: <21230883890024@digifix.com> Date: 11 Jan 1998 04:59:14 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <364884494823@digifix.com> Topics include: Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites NeXTanswers Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites ============================================ The following sites are a sample of the OpenStep related WWW sites available. A comprehensive list is available on Stepwise. Stepwise OpenStep/Rhapsody Information Server http://www.stepwise.com Stepwise has been serving the OpenStep/NEXTSTEP community since March 1993. Some of the many resources on the site include: OpenStep Third Party Software guide, Developer Directory, Mailing List information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. This is the World Wide Web interace to the FTP site. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://www.next.com Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's 'Prelude to Rhapsody' Self Support Site http://devworld.apple.com/dev/prelude.html This site has been constructed to help you help yourself to learn as much as possible about the foundation for Rhapsody, today's OPENSTEP. The site provides an informal collection of pointers, references, and starting points for developers who are using the Prelude to Rhapsody bundle, distributed at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference. OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups ==================================================== COMP.SYS.NEXT.ADVOCACY This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. COMP.SYS.NEXT.ANNOUNCE Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Messages posted to announce should NOT be posted or crossposted to any other comp.sys.next groups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.BUGS A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT-specific groups as well. COMP.SYS.NEXT.HARDWARE Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MARKETPLACE NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MISC For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! COMP.SYS.NEXT.PROGRAMMER Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! _________________________________________________________________ Written by: Eric P. Scott ( eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU ) and Scott Anguish ( sanguish@digifix.com ) Additions from: Greg Anderson ( Greg_Anderson@afs.com ) Michael Pizolato ( alf@epix.net ) Dan Grillo ( dan_grillo@next.com )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Markus Gloede <no.spam@burrow.camelot.de> Subject: IMAP4rev1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <7xlnwnho25.fsf@burrow.camelot.de> Sender: tm@burrow.camelot.de (Markus Gloede) Supersedes: <7xzpl5m74e.fsf@burrow.camelot.de> Organization: @heism (a non-prophet organization) Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 00:06:10 GMT I want to use IMAP4rev1 (it compiled just fine) to access mail remotely on my NEXTSTEP (3.3) system. I'm hoping that there's a way that doesn't corrupt the mailboxes (ie. switching between remote and local access doesn't break anything). Has anyone ever done this? What precautions should I take? What has to be done? Thanks in advance, Markus Gloede -- "no.spam@burrow.camelot.de" is a working address. When posting a followup, mailing a courtesy copy is appreciated, provided it is clearly marked as such.
From: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu (Ryan Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: problem with my mail Date: 7 Jan 1998 17:54:58 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <690fhi$i62$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <68to03$sq6@snews2.zippo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: webster@next2.ncpa.olemiss.edu In <68to03$sq6@snews2.zippo.com> webster@next2.ncpa.olemiss.edu wrote: > Hey there, > > I have been assigned the task of taking care of a small group of Next > computers for one of the professors here, and now I have a problem. The mail > has stopped working properly. > > I can receive mail alright but when I send mail it either takes days or > doesn't go anywhere at all. Also, I dont get a return to sender message like > I used to get. There are three computers in this little group and each one > has a different version of Nextstep with the latest being ver 3.1 and the > others 3.0 (I think) > > I'm not real familiar with NextStep and so I just dont know where to look for > problems. Any thoughts as to where to look or what to try would be greatly > appreciated. > > Thanks in advance > > Jeremy Webster > jwebster@olemiss.edu (<- this address works) > > Try sending mail from the command line to see if you get any errors. i.e., Go to Terminal.app and type: mail -v -s Test1 someone@mailhost.domain replacing the address with one you know has given you problems. Then type a simple message like "This is a test." Put a period (.) on a line by itself and hit return. Also, read the man page for mail. The output from the mail command comes from the sendmail process. Read through it and it should give you an indication of where the trouble is happening. -- ________________________________________________ Ryan P. Scott Laser and Electro-Optics Research Group UC Davis - Department of Applied Science Tel: (530)754-4358 Fax: (530)752-1652 Email: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu ________________________________________________
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to start a backroud process (ftp) with nohup Date: 8 Jan 1998 16:05:10 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <692tfm$c7n$1@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <69104n$1hb@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> ahoesch@on-luebeck.de wrote: [ ... ] > Obviously the required input for ftp is not taken from the script. Any > ideas? Thank you very much! You want to use this syntax (from 'man sh') to redirect part of your shell script into the ftp command: << word The shell input is read up to a line the same as word, or end of file. The resulting document becomes the standard input. If any character of word is quoted, no interpretation is placed upon the characters of the document; otherwise, parameter and command substitution occurs, \newline is ignored, and \ is used to quote the characters \ $ ' and the first character of word. -Chuck Charles Swiger | cswiger@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+------------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
From: Kristofer Jon Magnusson <kris@xmission.xmission.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: AGP video cards? Date: 11 Jan 1998 14:24:13 -0700 Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <69bd9t$18t$1@xmission.xmission.com> Which AGP video cards are supported with OS 4.2? ...............kris -- Kristopher Magnusson kris@xmission.com (no NeXTmail, please) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you know so much about Usenet, then why are you still posting?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Markus Gloede <no.spam@burrow.camelot.de> Subject: Re: How to start a backroud process (ftp) with nohup Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <7xzpl7146l.fsf@burrow.camelot.de> To: ahoesch@on-luebeck.de Sender: tm@burrow.camelot.de (Markus Gloede) Organization: @heism (a non-prophet organization) References: <69104n$1hb@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 13:33:06 GMT >>>>> "a" == ahoesch <ahoesch@on-luebeck.de> writes: a> Hello, I want to send a big file to an ftp site. I used ftp to a> transfer it into my homedirectory on the computer of my a> internet provider. I then wanted to start the transfer from a> this host without needing to be online the whole time of a> transmission (many hours). a> [...] a> Obviously the required input for ftp is not taken from the a> script. Any ideas? Thank you very much! It should work with ncftp. At least for me it worked. (Although I keep forgetting the proper syntax. It might be: "nohup ncftp URL &".) The URL might include password, login and path information. Password and login may also be stored in ~/.ncftp/bookmarks . See if your ISP has ncftp installed. Markus Gloede -- "no.spam@burrow.camelot.de" is a working address. When posting a followup, mailing a courtesy copy is appreciated, provided it is clearly marked as such.
From: ahoesch@on-luebeck.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installation of OpenStep 4.2 Mach on Toshiba Tecra XCDT Date: 12 Jan 1998 14:14:49 GMT Organization: Offenes Netz Luebeck e.V. Message-ID: <69d8gp$1rj@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> Hello, sorry for this posting. I accidently used the installation diskettes of OpenStep 4.1 instead of 4.2. It works now. Andreas
From: ppai@soback.kornet.nm.kr Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Installation of OpenStep 4.2 Mach on Toshiba Tecra XCDT Date: 12 Jan 1998 15:59:10 GMT Organization: Korea Telecom Message-ID: <69deke$7k8$1@news.kornet.nm.kr> References: <69d3d7$iv@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: ahoesch@on-luebeck.de In <69d3d7$iv@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> ahoesch@on-luebeck.de wrote: > Hello, > > I heard, that OpenStep Mach runs very fine on the Toshiba Tecras. I purchased > a Tecra 730XCDT but did not succeed to install OpenStep yet. Can anyone tell > me, what drivers for CD-ROM and harddisk have to be selected at installtion. > I tried ATAPI and EIDE (v.4.0) from the Device Drivers Disk coming with > OpenStep for both devices (without success). > > Thank you very much! > > Andreas Hoeschler Please contact to "ds1dat@ms13.hinet.net" He is using NEXTSTEP and Raphsody on the Tecra 730XCDT. ( ftp://pixie.kaist.ac.kr/pub/ghost/images/Tecra_NoteBook2.jpg ) younghoon KIL ppai@soback.kornet.nm.kr http://soback.kornet.nm.kr/~ppai/
From: ppai@soback.kornet.nm.kr Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Monitor switch box Date: 12 Jan 1998 16:04:43 GMT Organization: Korea Telecom Message-ID: <69deur$7k8$2@news.kornet.nm.kr> References: <980111192821.199AAFgE.wayne@pareto> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: wjoerding@wsu.edu In <980111192821.199AAFgE.wayne@pareto> wjoerding@wsu.edu wrote: > My question: will I need to fiddle with the vertical size, position, > horizontal size position etc every time I switch between computers and their > respective video cards? If your monitor supports digital memory, you need not such a switcing. younghoon KIL ppai@soback.kornet.nm.kr http://soback.kornet.nm.kr/~ppai/
From: Matt Borgstrand <gomezjr@jumpgate.iitap.iastate.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ATI graphics config problem Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 18:30:22 +0000 Organization: IITAP, Iowa State University Message-ID: <34B51B3D.61E8FED4@jumpgate.iitap.iastate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anyone tried to configure the display driver for a standard ATI Mach 64 CT display? I'm setting up a Zenith P166 with ATI on-board, no special cards. NextStep detects the chip properly. Problem: No matter what screen size or screen depth I choose, I get BLACK and WHITE (1-bit). I figured there were changes I needed to make to the MemRange or I/O settings, so I booted back into Windows and copied down those settings. Went back and set them in NS. No conflicts. So far so good . . . But I STILL get BW(?) -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Borgstrand Systems Support International Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics (IITAP) Iowa State University 123 Office & Lab Bldg. Ames, Iowa 50011 Office: (515) 294-8674 Main: (515) 294-3555 Fax: (515) 294-9933 ------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Moving to Rhapsody Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 20:50:18 GMT Organization: R&A Sender: news@RnA.NL Message-ID: <EMov7u.J42@RnA.NL> At some time in the future, I will want to move to Rhapsody (either PPC or Intel, I haven't decided yet). As a Unix platform (that is running, cern/apache httpd, running Squid cache, sendmail, uucp (taylor??), nntpd, etc. is Rhapsody stable? Or should I wait for the next release (Premiere, right?) And if I move, is someone interested in *the* dimension system available? (64MB/48MB, PAL, probably the only B&W NeXT monitor that can be switched off and thus will have a very long life, 21" color monitor, printer, NeXT CD player, lot of spare parts)? :-) -- Gerben_Wierda@RnA.nl (Gerben Wierda) "If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there" Paraphrased in Alice in Wonderland, originally from the Talmud. Dass man fuer die Philosophie ein Interesse zeigt, bezeugt noch keine Bereitschaft zum Denken -- Martin Heidegger
From: moellney@simtec.imr.mb.uni-siegen.de (Michael Möllney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ntpd ... log-option Organization: Uni Siegen MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <34ba650d.0@rainbow.hrz.uni-siegen.de> Date: 12 Jan 98 18:46:37 GMT Hi! I'm trying to syncronize my system-clock with ntpd. I used HostManager.app to setup ntp and in Preferences.app I have a button to sync time under the clock symbol. So far so good, but it doesn't sync with the host ! So I tried the -l flag with ntpd but the man doesn't say where the log messages are written every 2 minutes. Do you have a hint? Thanks, Michael -- Michael Moellney Paul-Bonatz-Straûe 9-11, Raum 426/2 57068 Siegen Tel: +49-271-740-4724 moellney@simtec.imr.mb.uni-siegen.de
From: wjoerding@wsu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Monitor switch box Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 03:28:21 GMT Organization: Washington State University Message-ID: <980111192821.199AAFgE.wayne@pareto> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi: I want to use two computers, a Mac G3 and my current Intel with NS 3.3 (Upgrade later to OS 4.2). I plan to make this convenient by purchasing a monitor/keyboard switch box that will connect a single monitor and keyboard to both computers, then I can manually switch between the two computers. I have found three products that support this mixture of Macs and Intel. My question: will I need to fiddle with the vertical size, position, horizontal size position etc every time I switch between computers and their respective video cards? How can I avoid the necessity to fiddle with the controls? Any help will be greatly appreciated. Wayne Wayne Joerding Professor of Economics Ofc: 509-335-6468 Washington State University FAX: 509-335-4362 PO Box 644741 http://cbeunix.cbe.wsu.edu/~joerd/ Pullman WA 99164 email: joerd@mail.wsu.edu "Stupidity always has the chance of being a capital offense."
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: news@news.msfc.nasa.gov Message-ID: <cancel.69c7po$9i0$1@news.corpcomm.net> Control: cancel <69c7po$9i0$1@news.corpcomm.net> Subject: cmsg cancel <69c7po$9i0$1@news.corpcomm.net> no reply ignore Organization: http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/ Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 05:00:24 GMT Sender: "Nick Rudnik" <nr@winonaweb.com> ignore Make Money Fast post canceled by J. Porter Clark.
From: a l t e n b e r@nashville.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Help: NXHost DPS connection Problem Date: 9 Jan 1998 00:46:27 GMT Organization: All USENET -- http://www.Supernews.com Message-ID: <693s13$1n8$1@usenet48.supernews.com> References: <68m8aq$j0k$1@inet16.us.oracle.com> <B0D5475B-28760@129.37.214.177> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: usinet.quran@ibm.net In <B0D5475B-28760@129.37.214.177> "Mitchell Allen" wrote: > >system. When I telnet to either remote system and issue the command > /NextApps/Edit.app/Edit -NXHost remote_machine_name >> I receive the following error: > > > > DPS client library error: Could not form connection, host > >remote_machine_name > > I've been unable to overcome this problem as well. A previous post suggested a test: try to telnet to the dynamic IP assigned your local machine from the local machine. I tried this, and it doesn't get through. Neither does ping, etc. I can use the IP or dyanamic host name just fine from any other internet host, but not from the local machine, even though it can telnet to these other machines. It is not a problem with domain name service, because when I telnet on my local machine to the hostname dynamically assigned to it, I get the assigned IP number just fine: > telnet abc.mudville.com Trying 207.55.110.33... But this IP number doesn't end up going back to my local machine when telnetting from my local machine. Perhaps this is why NXHost does not work. I've tried numerous configurations of hostconfig, and nothing solves this. Any solutions? -- ====================================================================== Lee Altenberg, Ph.D. Research Affiliate, Hawai`i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology University of Hawai`i at Manoa Office: Maui High Performance Computing Center 550 Lipoa Parkway, Suite 100, Kihei, Maui HI 96753 Phone: (808) 879-5077 x 296 (work), (808) 879-5018 (fax) E-mail: a l t e n b e r@soc1.acpub.duke.edu (delete spaces, anti-spam tactic) Web: http://pueo.mhpcc.edu/~altenber/ ======================================================================
From: 00093182@bigred.unl.edu (Josh Hesse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,news.admin.net-abuse.email,news.admin.net-abuse.misc Subject: Re: strange sendmail behavior under NS 3.3 (mach) Date: 9 Jan 1998 06:50:37 GMT Organization: Spontaneous Freelance Network Consulting, UnInc. Message-ID: <694hbt$muh@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <694bvl$424$1@agate.berkeley.edu> [crossposted to news.admin.net-abuse.email, news.admin.net-abuse.misc] In comp.sys.next.sysadmin, Stephen Shiboski (steve@biostat.ucsf.edu) wrote: : I have noticed that my NeXT has been sluggish and that : sendmail has been using up a lot of the CPU, even after : rebooting. For some reason there are two sendmail processes : running most of the time, and they occupy a lot of CPU : cycles and memory. I've also noticed suspicious mail processes : running which come back immediately after rebooting. [crunch] : : Here are the suspicious process records: : : root 162 0.0 1.0 1.66M 312K ? S 0:00 mail -r Raypenny@geocities.com -d web steve : root 284 0.0 1.0 1.66M 320K ? S 0:00 mail -r Raypenny@geocities.com -d web steve : : I have never heard of "Raypenny". What do you make of this? : Try "mailq -bp" from the shell prompt. "raypenny" corresponds to <http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Rampart/9255/> I don't know what it is, as I do not have Java installed, but I suspect that your computer has been mailjacked. Complain to geocities com, and upgrade your sendmail so you can block relaying. I'm not sure about how to flush the sendmail queue. Suggestions? -Josh -- Do not send mail to this account. Really. "Talk about silly conspiracy theories..." -Wayne Schlitt in unl.general This post (C)1998, Josh Hesse. Quoted material is (C) of the person quoted. |ess|erb|unl|u| ##THIS SPACE## How's my posting? 1-800-DEV-NULL email: jh|e@h|ie.|.ed| ## FOR RENT ## .Sigfile freshness date: 1/8/98 "Do not meddle in the affairs of the Internet, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup." -Dan Zerkle in news.admin.net-abuse.email
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.nsc Subject: cmsg cancel <69d5ui$8sm$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com> Control: cancel <69d5ui$8sm$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com> Date: 12 Jan 1998 13:35:28 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.69d5ui$8sm$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com> Sender: aybnqtjp@msn.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: ahoesch@on-luebeck.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Installation of OpenStep 4.2 Mach on Toshiba Tecra XCDT Date: 12 Jan 1998 12:47:35 GMT Organization: Offenes Netz Luebeck e.V. Message-ID: <69d3d7$iv@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> Hello, I heard, that OpenStep Mach runs very fine on the Toshiba Tecras. I purchased a Tecra 730XCDT but did not succeed to install OpenStep yet. Can anyone tell me, what drivers for CD-ROM and harddisk have to be selected at installtion. I tried ATAPI and EIDE (v.4.0) from the Device Drivers Disk coming with OpenStep for both devices (without success). Thank you very much! Andreas Hoeschler
From: Jeff Imes <imes@No_Spam.ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.bofh,comp.os.unix.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions,ucb.sysadmin Subject: Re: Inaccurate system clock on IBM RISC 6000 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 22:57:11 -0500 Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <34BAE617.6A7306F2@No_Spam.ix.netcom.com> References: <69ebes$t6k@sjx-ixn8.ix.netcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mike Pritchard wrote: > > Over the past three weeks, my IBM RISC 6000 workstation (39H) has developed > a problem with its clock. This machine runs full time, not subject to being > brought up and down. The system clock runs slow, about 4 times slower than > real time. I tried replacing the battery, but the problem still persists. > The problem started when the machine was rebooted after it had hung. I was > out of the office, so didn't see anything that may have occurred at the > time. I tried running the "timed" deamon, but it won't make this machine > consistently keep up with the other three IBM's on the network. I am > running AIX 3.2.5. Any suggestions regarding this problem would be greatly > appreciated. Thanks in advance, Mike Pritchard Well, as any halfway decent BOFH could tell you, it seems to be a case of Regressive Transient Temporal Loss. It happens with some of these older machines whose clock has run down due to heavy use. Of course the fix for this is simply making sure that enough power is run through the system to keep the clock up to speed. Flip the voltage switch on the back of the system up to 240V, just like your turbo button on your PC, so you can get enough juice in there to get the clock running again. Should only take a few seconds until it is permanently reconditioned... (For the humor impaired and cross-newsgroup folk, see http://www.networkweek.com/bofh.shtml) -- Jeff Imes | UNIX System Administrator ComputerPeople Consulting Services | #include <std_disclaimer.h> Sun Microsystems CSA 2.X | http://pw1.netcom.com/~imes
From: dieter@kaluza.physik.uni-konstanz.de (Dieter Ebner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SCSI block number to file name translation Keywords: reasb Distribution: world Message-ID: <34ba2e66.0@news.uni-konstanz.de> Date: 12 Jan 98 14:53:26 GMT Organization: University of Constance, Germany Because of MEDIA ERRORs on a SCSI-disk we had reassigned two bad blocks with reasb -r. The old information was lost. The black NEXTSTEP 3.3 computer now seems to work normally, but I feel very unfomfortable since the old information in the two blocks was replaced by nonsense. Is there a possibility from the logical SCSI block numbers to determine the name of the file involved? Is there a program (comparable to the adaptec verify disk utility for white hardware) to verify disks on black hardware? -- Dr. Dieter Ebner, Physics Department, University of Konstanz, (My UNI-internal box: M678), D-78457 KONSTANZ (Germany) (no street-name or local box number required) Tel: +49/7531/88-3785, Fax: +49/7531/88-3195 e-mail (MIME accepted): Dieter.Ebner@uni-konstanz.de
From: : nospam@all.please Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: RPC: Timed out Date: 12 Jan 1998 05:10:36 GMT Organization: Calgary UNIX Users' Group Message-ID: <69c8kc$nne@hp.cuug.ab.ca> Hi y'all: When I attempt to send mail with NeXT Mail.app on NS 3.3 I get a message stating... sendmail[213]: NetInfo connection timeout: RPC: Timed out I have installed to spec: sendmail 8.8.5 m4 1.4 PPP-2.2.0.4.6 EnhanceMail 2.1 PPP Preferences 1.0 And, I have made changes to NetInfo "locations" and "machines" per instructions in sys admin manual, and sendmail 8.8.5 config instructions... Help would of course be appreciated. Ross Mikalson [mikalsor@cuug.ab.ca}
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SCSI block number to file name translation Date: 12 Jan 1998 20:02:09 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <69dss1$g81$2@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <34ba2e66.0@news.uni-konstanz.de> dieter@kaluza.physik.uni-konstanz.de (Dieter Ebner) wrote: > Because of MEDIA ERRORs on a SCSI-disk we had reassigned two bad blocks > with reasb -r. The old information was lost. The black NEXTSTEP 3.3 > computer now seems to work normally, but I feel very unfomfortable since > the old information in the two blocks was replaced by nonsense. reassb will have tried to read the data many times and if it suceeded, it would have copied the data correctly. > Is there a possibility from the logical SCSI block numbers to determine > the name of the file involved? Not easily, at any rate. > Is there a program (comparable to the adaptec verify disk utility for > white hardware) to verify disks on black hardware? /usr/etc/disk has a read/verify option, or use dd from the raw device to /dev/null. -Chuck Charles Swiger | cswiger@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+------------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
From: daj@nwu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [Q] Samba Date: 12 Jan 1998 20:07:00 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US Distribution: world Message-ID: <69dt54$9g0@news.acns.nwu.edu> Can anyone tell me if there is a graphical interface available to Samba similar to CAPer.app? Thank's in advance, David A. Johnson daj@nwu.edu
From: Jason Fosback <jfosback@psca.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: IMAP4rev1 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 11:12:03 -0800 Organization: Blarg! Online Services - 206/441-9109 Message-ID: <34BA6B03.12A5@eidolonsoftware.com> References: <7xlnwnho25.fsf@burrow.camelot.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Markus Gloede wrote: > I want to use IMAP4rev1 (it compiled just fine) to access mail > remotely on my NEXTSTEP (3.3) system. I'm hoping that there's a way > that doesn't corrupt the mailboxes (ie. switching between remote and > local access doesn't break anything). > > Has anyone ever done this? What precautions should I take? What has to > be done? I have done this quite successfully. The IMAP4 server will treat your remote files as mailboxes (both normal files and mailboxes). However, the IMAP4 server will "update" the mailbox when it opens it, adding a special mail message to the beginning of the mailbox. This is harmless, although Mail.app will re-index the mailbox the next time you use it locally. BTW, if you want to try a Mail-like application that supports IMAP4 remote mailboxes, check out http://www.eidolonsoftware.com/ for PopOver 2.0 Beta. It only works on OPENSTEP 4.2 or higher, but IMAP4 access is *great*. -jason
From: "Mike Pritchard" <mcpritch@ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.bofh,comp.os.unix.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions,ucb.sysadmin Subject: Inaccurate system clock on IBM RISC 6000 Date: Mon, 12 Jan 1998 17:01:53 -0700 Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <69ebes$t6k@sjx-ixn8.ix.netcom.com> Over the past three weeks, my IBM RISC 6000 workstation (39H) has developed a problem with its clock. This machine runs full time, not subject to being brought up and down. The system clock runs slow, about 4 times slower than real time. I tried replacing the battery, but the problem still persists. The problem started when the machine was rebooted after it had hung. I was out of the office, so didn't see anything that may have occurred at the time. I tried running the "timed" deamon, but it won't make this machine consistently keep up with the other three IBM's on the network. I am running AIX 3.2.5. Any suggestions regarding this problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Mike Pritchard
From: awang@plains.NoDak.edu (Andy Wang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.8.8 question Date: 13 Jan 1998 03:14:57 -0600 Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network Message-ID: <69fbah$7v3@plains.NoDak.edu> hmm. i've noticed recently a few people have been updating their sendmail to 8.8.8. i was under the impression that sendmail needs to be NetInfo aware to work properly. Is this not true, or has the more recent versions of sendmail been updated with NetInfo support? andy -- ----------------- Dopey (Andy Wang) - NeXT, MIME or SUN mail OK -------------- - Pro-hemp, and proud of it! - finger -l awang@plains.nodak.edu for pgp key - - What the hell is a chicken? - http://www.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/~awang/ - ------------------------- awang@plains.nodak.edu -----------------------------
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [Q] Samba References: <69dt54$9g0@news.acns.nwu.edu> From: frank@ifi.unibas.ch Message-ID: <34bb3b1b.0@maser.urz.unibas.ch> Date: 13 Jan 98 09:59:55 GMT daj@nwu.edu wrote: > Can anyone tell me if there is a graphical interface available to Samba similar to CAPer.app? > > > Thank's in advance, > > David A. Johnson > daj@nwu.edu Not under NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. BUT: I've modified the 17p4 version of Samba to use NetInfo and I'm currently completing the SambaManager.app which will provide a graphical interface for maintainance and configuration. I'll have a look at the newest version of Samba as soon as the manager is finished. (Luke did promise to apply my patches, but ...) -Robert -- Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 Robert Frank Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail ok) CH-4056 Basel X400: S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch Switzerland
Date: 8 Jan 98 16:36:13 -0500 Subject: Re: Rhapsody DR1 Intel install problems!!! From: "Mitchell Allen" <usinet.quran@ibm.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin References: <34B4DAB3.E9F7943F@jumpgate.iitap.iastate.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <B0DAB100-181DF7@32.100.63.143> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: IBM.NET >I guess this is the price you pay for having Apple "Associate" Developer >status . . . > >Thanks to all and any who can answer these ???'s. At least you have the software. Which is more than I can say for myself. :-) Mitch
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.nsc,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.pens,comp.sys.powerpc Subject: cmsg cancel <69epqu$2d6$354@charlotte.aracnet.net> Control: cancel <69epqu$2d6$354@charlotte.aracnet.net> Date: 13 Jan 1998 04:24:29 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.69epqu$2d6$354@charlotte.aracnet.net> Sender: search@foryourself.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Rhapsody DR1 Intel install problems!!! Date: Thu, 8 Jan 1998 22:39:00 +0100 Organization: University of Geneva Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980108214147.15143B-100000@hei.unige.ch> References: <34B4DAB3.E9F7943F@jumpgate.iitap.iastate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE To: gomezjr@iastate.edu In-Reply-To: <34B4DAB3.E9F7943F@jumpgate.iitap.iastate.edu> Hi Matt! > ahead and picked the default settings for IRQ, etc. Then I selected 640x4= 80 to > make sure I had a 256 color palette (to be on the safe side). Then on reb= oot, > I get maybe 4 colors, tops! Most of the screen is blue or black and I'm s= tuck. Check the mode: is it supported? (I mean, there is perhaps a glitch with the frequency) At that resolution, its weird though... > The Apple install manual says to type "config=3Ddefault" at the boot: pro= mpt to =2E.. > What gives?? Hell, I understand your frustration! Unix is case sensitive! I did the same little but nerve killing mistake when I begun with NeXT. write config=3DDefault =C3 > BTW, I will eventually need to install the Rhapsody boot loader over my N= TLDR > on the IDE drive. Per Apple manual: enter "/usr/etc/disk -b /dev/rhd0h". = It's > not even there! Funny, but I found the "disk" utility in the /sbin dir. A= nyone > know what I'm REALLY supposed to enter? >=20 The /sbin didn't exist in Next... On Next it would be disk -B0 /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 /dev/rhd0h check the option B0 in the manpages ("man disk" at the command line) /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 is the multi booter on Next. > Lastly, where is there some good online Rhapsody tech libraries that shou= ld > cover these "mistakes"? I can't find jack, just tons of Dev info. >=20 Search the NextAnswers (www.next.com/NextAnswers). Its for Nextstep, but you can find it usefull. > I guess this is the price you pay for having Apple "Associate" Developer > status . . . >=20 Isn't it nicer than repairing the same errors over and over on M$ stuff? I would kill for a RDR... :) Hope this helps Raph PS: I was newbie not long ago, so if you have basic questions you don't want to spend hours finding the answer, feel free to mail me, I'll do my best to answer them.
From: ahoesch@on-luebeck.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: No connection to LAN with Toshiba Tecra (Etherlink III) Date: 13 Jan 1998 12:59:40 GMT Organization: Offenes Netz Luebeck e.V. Message-ID: <69fofs$dm@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> Hello, I've purchased a Toshiba Tecra 730XCDT and successfully installed OpenStep 4.2 Mach. But I haven't managed yet to bind it into the LAN. I've a PCMCIA 3Com Etherlink III LAN PC Card installed. In /usr/adm/messages I get the following: ... Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: ISASerialPort0: Base=0x03f8, IRQ=4, Type=16550AF/C/CF, FIFO=16 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: fc0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: fd0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: PS2Controller Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: PCKeyboard0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: PCIC Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Socket 0: card inserted Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Function Type: Local Area Network (6) Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Manufacturer: 3Com Corporation Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Product: 3C589D Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Part Number: TP/BNC LAN Card Ver. 2a Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Revision: 000002 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: PCMCIA0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCI bus support enabled Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: PCI0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: EISA0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: event0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: kmDevice0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: rootdev 300, howto 0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Power management is enabled. Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: PS2Mouse Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: pp0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: CT6555x: CT65550 chipset detected (revision: 0x45). Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: CT6555x: 2MB Video Memory Detected. Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: CT6555x: Video Memory Address: 0xff000000 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: CT6555x: LCD Detected: 1024 x 768 / 24bpp. Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Display: Mode selected: 1024 x 768 @ 60 Hz (RGB:555/16) Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: Display0 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: PDPseudo Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: ttya Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: pdservd Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: SoundBlaster8: Sound Blaster Pro (ver 3.3) at port 0x220. Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: SoundBlaster8 at dma channel 1 irq 5 Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: Registering: SoundBlaster8 Jan 13 13:45:53 localhost reboot: Reboot complete . Obviously the 3Com Card is recognized, but I do not get the message Cannot connect to... Please press Cntl-C to start... and a ping to a host in the network does not work. The hardware layer connection seems to be ok, because I could send and echo packages with the 3Com test utility under DOS. Any ideas? Thank you very much! Andreas Hoeschler
From: jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com.nospam (Jeffrey H. Burns) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [Q] Samba Date: 13 Jan 1998 09:06:37 -0500 Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Message-ID: <pvdoh1gtqmq.fsf@kobc0002.delcoelect.com> References: <69dt54$9g0@news.acns.nwu.edu> <34bb3b1b.0@maser.urz.unibas.ch> Original-Sender: jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com.nospam Which version / source is best for installing Samba on a Black NEXTSTEP 3.2 mechean? I saw a binary distribution on the Peanuts archive, but it stated that it was for OPENSTEP 4.x. I have downloded the file samba-latest.tar.gz from http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/ and am just starting to read the documentation. Should I build from this source? Is there a NEXTSTEP spisific source or binary that I should start with? I will be connecting one black NEXTSTEP 3.2 mechean to one NT 4 mechean. frank@ifi.unibas.ch writes: > daj@nwu.edu wrote: > > Can anyone tell me if there is a graphical interface available to > Samba similar to CAPer.app? > > > > > > Thank's in advance, > > > > David A. Johnson > > daj@nwu.edu > Not under NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP. > BUT: I've modified the 17p4 version of Samba to use NetInfo and I'm > currently completing the SambaManager.app which will provide a > graphical interface for maintainance and configuration. > > I'll have a look at the newest version of Samba as soon as the > manager is finished. (Luke did promise to apply my patches, but > ...) > > -Robert > -- > Institut fuer Informatik tel +41 (0)61 321 99 67 > Universitaet Basel fax. +41 (0)61 321 99 15 > Robert Frank > Mittlere Strasse 142 rfc822: frank@ifi.unibas.ch (NeXT,MIME mail > ok) > CH-4056 Basel X400: > S=frank;OU=ifi;O=unibas;P=switch;A=arcom;C=ch > Switzerland -- Jeffrey H Burns Internet:jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com Project Engineer Delco Electronics Corp. Telephone: (765) 451-3279 Kokomo, IN 46904-9005 FAX: (765) 451-3600
From: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu (Ryan Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ntpd ... log-option Date: 13 Jan 1998 16:52:25 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <69g649$n20$2@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <34ba650d.0@rainbow.hrz.uni-siegen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: moellney@simtec.imr.mb.uni-siegen.de In <34ba650d.0@rainbow.hrz.uni-siegen.de> Michael Möllney wrote: > Hi! > > I'm trying to syncronize my system-clock with ntpd. > I used HostManager.app to setup ntp and in Preferences.app I have a button to > sync time under the clock symbol. > > So far so good, but it doesn't sync with the host ! So I tried the -l flag > with ntpd but the man doesn't say where the log messages are written every 2 > minutes. > > Do you have a hint? > > Thanks, Michael > > > > You need to put an entry in your /etc/syslog.conf file which will direct the log info to a particular file. I use the following line daemon.info /usr/adm/daemlog make sure those are tabs separating the entries. Also do "touch /usr/adm/daemlog" to create the file . Just reboot after making the changes and you should now get messages from ntpd (and many others) in the log file. Also, you may want to add an entry to /usr/adm/Weekly (or somesuch) to trim the file occasionally (it will grow fast!). Also, if you want more info on ntp check out web sites related to xntp. -- ________________________________________________ Ryan P. Scott Laser and Electro-Optics Research Group UC Davis - Department of Applied Science Tel: (530)754-4358 Fax: (530)752-1652 Email: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu ________________________________________________
From: distler@golem.ph.utexas.edu (Jacques Distler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.8.8 question Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 12:23:27 -0600 Organization: Physics Department, University of Texas at Austin Message-ID: <distler-1301981223270001@dial-94-8.ots.utexas.edu> References: <69fbah$7v3@plains.NoDak.edu> /gnVR"|LWyKVK{`$&t&`k{]Q^x*"ihe+^hTvWs@IEMtYI5RVzGFBPcMu`}>@#^Fm:<)M w83/\[@#\u?TVrF3fqDjK? In article <69fbah$7v3@plains.NoDak.edu>, awang@plains.NoDak.edu (Andy Wang) wrote: > hmm. i've noticed recently a few people have been updating their > sendmail to 8.8.8. > i was under the impression that sendmail needs to be NetInfo aware > to work properly. > Is this not true, or has the more recent versions of sendmail > been updated with NetInfo support? Compiles out of the box, and is purported to have Netinfo support. The only change I needed to make was to edit the Netinfo Database: nidump -r locations / yielded name = locations; CHILDREN = ({ name = sendmail; mailhost = golem; sendmail.cf = /etc/sendmail/sendmail.sharedsubsidiary.cf; }, { name = renderers; _writers = "*"; CHILDREN = { name = localhost; _writers = "*"; note = "Local Renderer"; }; }); You need a FQDN for the mailhost ("golem.ph.utexas.edu"), and you need a new 8.8.x-compatible sendmail.cf file, which you should make using m4. After editing, the database looks like: name = locations; CHILDREN = ({ name = sendmail; mailhost = golem.ph.utexas.edu; sendmail.cf = /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf; }, { name = renderers; _writers = "*"; CHILDREN = { name = localhost; _writers = "*"; note = "Local Renderer"; }; }); Aside from the SERIOUS security holes in older versions of sendmail, the anti-SPAM features of 8.8.8 make it worth upgrading. (I added some notes on anti-relaying measures for 8.8.8 at <http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/progs/index.html>.) I'm surprised that ANYONE still uses the crufty old NeXT-supplied version of sendmail. Jacques Distler -- PGP public key: http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/distler.asc
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.8.8 question Date: 13 Jan 1998 16:32:25 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <69g4uq$kol$1@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <69fbah$7v3@plains.NoDak.edu> awang@plains.NoDak.edu (Andy Wang) wrote: > hmm. i've noticed recently a few people have been updating their > sendmail to 8.8.8. Lots of people, actually; or the ones who care about the security holes in older versions of sendmail, anyway. > i was under the impression that sendmail needs to be NetInfo aware > to work properly. Nope. Sendmail works fine on machines without NetInfo. However, if someone has a NeXT NetInfo network and they want to maintain something like the aliases database in NetInfo, it's desirable to have sendmail understand NetInfo-based aliases. > Is this not true, or has the more recent versions of sendmail > been updated with NetInfo support? The more recent versions of sendmail have NetInfo support. -Chuck Charles Swiger | cswiger@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+------------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing from remote machine Date: 13 Jan 1998 16:34:29 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <69g52l$kol$2@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <69f5b3$dj@eskimo.bb.bawue.de> juergen@eskimo.bb.bawue.de (Juergen Grieb) wrote: > I have a NS (Intel) and a Linux machine here. A printer (HP 4L) is > attached to NS. I would like to print from the Linux computer. I set up > everything and seems to work so far. But I only get garbage on the > printer. I guess this is because NS expects postscript code. > > So I'm looking for a way either to get the Linux machine to send ps or NS > to print non-ps. The easiest solution is to look for GhostScript for your Linux box. -Chuck Charles Swiger | cswiger@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+------------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
From: juergen@eskimo.bb.bawue.de (Juergen Grieb) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Printing from remote machine Date: 13 Jan 1998 07:32:51 GMT Organization: "private site" Message-ID: <69f5b3$dj@eskimo.bb.bawue.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Xcanpos: shelf.01/199801171301!0035272254 I have a NS (Intel) and a Linux machine here. A printer (HP 4L) is attached to NS. I would like to print from the Linux computer. I set up everything and seems to work so far. But I only get garbage on the printer. I guess this is because NS expects postscript code. So I'm looking for a way either to get the Linux machine to send ps or NS to print non-ps. Any help is appreciated. -- Juergen _______________________________________________________________________ Juergen Grieb ** juergen@eskimo.bb.bawue.de ** NeXTMail/Mime welcome
From: Matt Watson <mgw@pacbell.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: No connection to LAN with Toshiba Tecra (Etherlink III) Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 09:00:44 -0800 Organization: Pacific Bell Internet Services Message-ID: <34BB9DBC.39EDEB22@pacbell.net> References: <69fofs$dm@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Well, the card is only "recognized" by the PCMCIABus driver. You still need a network driver which supports that device. I don't believe Apple supports this one, unfortunately. They do support some of the Cogent and Xircom PCMCIA network adapters. See: http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/1002.htmld/1002.html#networkingoptions matt. ahoesch@on-luebeck.de wrote: > Hello, > > I've purchased a Toshiba Tecra 730XCDT and successfully installed OpenStep > 4.2 Mach. But I haven't managed yet to bind it into the LAN. I've a PCMCIA > 3Com Etherlink III LAN PC Card installed. In /usr/adm/messages I get the > following: > > ...
From: beckers@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Becki Kain) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: driver not loading? Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 13 Jan 1998 20:41:44 GMT Organization: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Message-ID: <69gji8$7ko$1@news.eecs.umich.edu> I got this wonderful driver from BifrostWorks for the Chips&Technology 65554 chip I have in my Gateway laptop, but it doesn't load and they don't support this driver for Gateway laptops. When I try to run driverLoader, I get this: Configure driver CT6555xDisplayDriver unit 0? y _IOProbeDriver: No Such Device, device CT6555xDisplayDriver unit 0 Yet, the chip is there in the laptop. What do I need to do to get Nextstep to see it? I tried changing the PortAddress of the chip under Nextstep and I get a conflict when I try to change it to 0x3D0, stating that the CT is already there. And I apologize in advance if this is a stupid question about configuring device drivers but I'm pretty desperate. Please email me and post to the group! thanks becki kain (beckers@umich.edu)
From: dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov (Gregg E. Dinse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: setting up my hard disk Date: 13 Jan 1998 21:59:32 GMT Organization: NIEHS Message-ID: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> Keywords: partition, disk, swap Hi, I'm looking for some suggestions on how to set up my hard disk. I don't want to start a big discussion about the perfect setup -- I just want one that makes sense. I have an Intel PPro system with a 4.2 GB disk. I'm thinking of creating 4 partitions: 1. OPENSTEP 4.2 system files + /LocalApps 2. OPENSTEP partition for user files 3. OPENSTEP swap partition 4. DOS/Win95 partition I want the second partition to be as large as possible, which I guess is 2147 MB. Suppose I make the first partition 1053 MB. That leaves 1 GB for the last two partitions. Here are my questions: A. Does it help to have a separate swap partition, or should I simply use the rest for DOS/Win95? B. If a swap partition helps, how large should it be? C. I have lots of memory, so should I add the "nocompress" option to the swaptab file for the root partition? D. In what order should the partitions be? Thanks in advance for the help. Please respond via email, even if you also post to this newsgroup. Thanks, Gregg Dinse 919-541-4931 dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov
From: gtf[@]cirp.org (Geoffrey T. Falk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo: "local@ No Host Name Registered".. Date: 13 Jan 1998 23:38:01 GMT Organization: For circumcision information, http://www.cirp.org/CIRP/ Message-ID: <69gtsp$beq21@biko.cc.rochester.edu> Originator: gtf@theorem I am running 3.2/black on a non-NetInfo network; NetInfo is running locally. The title of the window in NetInfoManager reads local @ No Host Name Registered - / Of course I *do* have a hostname and everything else works properly. My question: Is this normal? Thanks g. -- Schroedinger's Cat had 4 1/2 lives. (Q: What was its half-life?!) ADDRESS ALTERED TO DEFLECT SPAM. UNSOLICITED E-MAIL ADS BILLED $500 Geoffrey T. Falk <gtf(@)cirp.org> http://www.cirp.org/~gtf/
From: bextek@bextek.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Low cost computer hardware Date: Tue, 13 Jan 1998 17:46:55 PST Organization: Email PLATINUM Message-ID: <69gukq$o9f6502@news.ruraltel.net> For low cost computer hardware go to http://bextek.com
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo: "local@ No Host Name Registered".. Date: 14 Jan 1998 03:34:08 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69hbng$14$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69gtsp$beq21@biko.cc.rochester.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <69gtsp$beq21@biko.cc.rochester.edu> Geoffrey T. Falk wrote: > The title of the window in NetInfoManager reads > > local @ No Host Name Registered - / > > Of course I *do* have a hostname and everything else works properly. > My question: Is this normal? Nope. It should say "local @ yourhostnamehere" What happens when you do 'nidump hosts .' ? Is your host listed there? what does 'hostname' return? TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.novell,comp.sys.nsc Subject: cmsg cancel <69hte7$8sd$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com> Control: cancel <69hte7$8sd$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com> Date: 14 Jan 1998 08:40:45 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.69hte7$8sd$1@imsp009a.netvigator.com> Sender: fvgimhwc@fast.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: scott@doubleu.com (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 14 Jan 1998 20:16:13 GMT Organization: Is a sign of weakness Message-ID: <SCOTT.98Jan14143831@slave.doubleu.com> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> <69ipjq$8b4$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> In-reply-to: 's message of 14 Jan 1998 16:37:14 GMT In article <69ipjq$8b4$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com>, (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS writes: In <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Alex Levine wrote: > Sorry, but isn't it impossible to have more than one OpenStep > fdisk partition to a disk? Hrm.... that could be... I've heard about some partition problem.... but there was some way to get more than one partition, but maybe that wasn't an fdisk partition. You can have more than one BSD slice within a single OS/NS partition. Unfortunately, "partition" is the word used for both FDISK partitions and BSD slices (with "slice" terminology coming from FreeBSD), so this can be harder than heck to figure out. It's almost impossible to build an oddball FDISK+BSD partitioning scheme under NS/OS with only one boot device. It's almost imperitive that you boot from one device and then partition another. There are some points on my home page about this topic. Later, -- scott hess <scott@doubleu.com> (606) 578-0412 http://www.doubleu.com/ <Favorite unused computer book title: The Compleat Demystified Idiots Guide to the Zen of Dummies in a Nutshell in Seven Days, Unleashed>
From: jimmord@paragon-software.com (John Immordino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: 3C589D-TP isn't compatible with older cards (3C589B, 3C589C) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 20:35:55 GMT Organization: DIGEX, Inc. Message-ID: <34bd20ef.1045229515@nnrp.digex.net> References: <69isoe$1nr@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> On 14 Jan 1998 17:30:54 GMT, ahoesch@on-luebeck.de wrote: >Hello, > >Obviously the actual driver does not support the new 3C589D cards (I tried a >few), or in contrast to what 3Com affirms the new cards aren't compatible >with the old ones. > >I tried a 3C589B. It worked immediately. > >Andreas Hoeschler > > The card is supported - I use one in my Tecra 750 with OPENSTEP 4.2 for Mach. You need to configure for the correct Auto Detect ID. Make sure your "Auto Detect IDs" parameter has the value "MFR=3ComCorporation,PROD=3C589D". You can edit this in expert mode using Configure. - John
From: mmalcolm crawford <malcolm@plsys.co.uk> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Date: 15 Jan 1998 13:12:40 GMT Organization: P&L Systems Message-ID: <69l208$g4s$1@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> <69jkqh$l3m$6@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> In-Reply-To: <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> On 01/15/98, Josh Hesse wrote: >This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. >Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a >c compiler with it. > Solaris? Best wishes, mmalc.
From: angus@babel.intasys.com (Gus) Newsgroups: alt.sysadmin.bofh,comp.os.unix.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions,ucb.sysadmin Subject: Re: Inaccurate system clock on IBM RISC 6000 Followup-To: alt.sysadmin.bofh,comp.os.unix.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.unix.admin,comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.questions,ucb.sysadmin Date: 15 Jan 1998 14:14:13 GMT Organization: Intasys Message-ID: <69l5jl$sm4$2@mailgate.intasys.com> References: <69ebes$t6k@sjx-ixn8.ix.netcom.com> Mike Pritchard (mcpritch@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : Over the past three weeks, my IBM RISC 6000 workstation (39H) has developed : a problem with its clock. This machine runs full time, not subject to being : brought up and down. The system clock runs slow, about 4 times slower than : real time. I tried replacing the battery, but the problem still persists. Hmm. According to the BOFH IBM Bible, you are suffering from the rare situation where one of your proccessors has been shipped without enough ticks.[$] As everyone knows, we are due to run out of clock ticks in the next century, but you appear to have run out early. The slowness will be caused by the other CPUs sharing their ticks with the defective CPU, in order to keep it alive. Your local IBM reseller will be able to provide you with a freshly charged CPU of ticks, or, if you are careful, you can recharge the CPU by attaching a 1.5 volt battery to pins 1 and 666 for a few seconds. You should also write a strong letter of complaint to IBM regarding this matter. Shoddy CPUs being shipped with 6000 kit is just not on. HT!H -Gus [$] Obviously I would have to walk round the box concerned doing the backwards whistling and muttering about replacement costs to be sure. [?] This article was crossposted to a.s.b, where Useful Information is seldom welcome. Apologies in advance to those who do not see the funny side.[+] [+] Actually, I'm lying. I don't really apologies at all. :) -- - angus@intasys.com - = http://www.intasys.com/~angus = -= 82 AA 4D 7F D8 45 58 05 6D 1B 1A 72 1E DB 31 B5 =- Look at those collision lights go! Baby, lets DISCO!
From: 00093182@bigred.unl.edu (Josh Hesse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Date: 15 Jan 1998 07:15:42 GMT Organization: Spontaneous Freelance Network Consulting, UnInc. Message-ID: <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> <69jkqh$l3m$6@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Timothy J. Luoma (NOSPAM@ALL.PLS) wrote: : In <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> Robert Palma wrote: : > I have a NextStation with 3.3 on it. There is no compiler (cc or : gcc)...Where : > can I get one for it? : : Well, you'd have to get the entire developer CD.... gcc without the header : files, etc it is useless.... : This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a c compiler with it. Why doesn't NeXT? I don't need IB or the rest of the development tools, I would just like to be able to compile "Hello World." Christ, NS3.3 EVEN HAS THE MAN PAGES FOR GNU C INSTALLED! -Josh -- Do not send mail to this account. Really. "Talk about silly conspiracy theories..." -Wayne Schlitt in unl.general This post (C)1998, Josh Hesse. Quoted material is (C) of the person quoted. |ess|erb|unl|u| ##THIS SPACE## How's my posting? 1-800-DEV-NULL email: jh|e@h|ie.|.ed| ## FOR RENT ## .Sigfile freshness date: 1/8/98 "Do not meddle in the affairs of the Internet, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup." -Dan Zerkle in news.admin.net-abuse.email
From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy Date: 15 Jan 1998 15:00:48 GMT Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Message-ID: <69l8b0$ltd$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> References: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> <69jkqh$l3m$6@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69l4vd$iv8$2@leonie.object-factory.com> Holger Hoffstaette (holger@object-factory.REMOVETHIS.com) wrote: : mmalcolm crawford wrote: : > On 01/15/98, Josh Hesse wrote: : > >This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. : > >Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a : > >c compiler with it. : > > : > Solaris? : IRIX? Ever used the HP-UX compiler that comes with the OS? It would be better not to have one... ;-) --Chris Chris Saldanha | Computers are useless. Carleton University (Comp. Sci) | They can only give you answers. csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (NeXT/MIME) | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh | -Pablo Picasso
From: don@misckit.com (Don Yacktman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What are the .compress'eds again? Date: 15 Jan 1998 16:18:04 GMT Organization: MiscKit Development Message-ID: <69lcrs$iej$1@news.xmission.com> References: <maury-1501980956400001@ts71-09.tor.istar.ca> maury@softarc.com (Maury Markowitz) wrote: > I download the latest Matrox driver from NeXTAnswers, the one that > supports AGP, "2536.compressed". I'm wondering what I do now, it's been a > while since I last did this. If the file is a Unix compressed file, can > simple uncompress it on my Mac and put it on a floppy? Last time I did > this I used an app on the PC, but I don't remember the exact details. You _should_ be able to uncompress it with WorkSpace.app; there are an inspector (inspect a compressed file) and menu items (in the File menu) for handling compression/decompression. The menu item will say either "Compress" or "Decompress" depending upon what file is currently selected in WorkSpace. If WorkSpace isn't handy, just remember that: ".compressed" == ".gnutar.Z" from the NEXTSTEP world, and under Rhapsody, the meaning is changing/changed to: ".compressed" == ".gnutar.gz" So the *best* way to unpack it is to use gnutar and gzip. Gzip can handle .Z and .gz automatically, so it is always best to use it for decompression, even though compress may work on some packages. Likewise, regular tar can unpack most .compressed files, but if there is a deep file heirarchy in the package, then tar will NOT decompress it properly, but gnutar will. So always use gnutar to unpack .compressed files. Typical command line: gnutar zxvf xxx.compressed -- Later, -Don Yacktman don@misckit.com <a href="http://www.misckit.com/don.html">My home page</a>
From: Michael R Rousseau Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Date: 15 Jan 1998 16:08:08 GMT Organization: Fannie Mae Message-ID: <69lc98$ce01@postman.fanniemae.com> References: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> <69jkqh$l3m$6@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> Regarding Josh's rant on free cc inclusion in "every" UN*X distribution, Sun ceased that policy around Solaris 2.3. Yell at Sun for charging ~$10K for Workshop, while you are at it. In my experience, teh widely used development platforms do NOT include C compilers and headers for free any more. Also-rans like Ultrix and HP/UX might, but how many sites develop with those vs. Solaris? Just my $.02. Don't spam me or anyone else, for that matter. Mike ----------------------------------------------------------- Michael Rousseau michael_rousseau@No_Spam.for.you! UNIX Systems Administration 202.752-5*** ASCII, MIME, & NeXTMail capable ----------------------------------------------------------- Windows 95: A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a 2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition. -Anonymous ----------------------------------------------------------- 00093182@bigred.unl.edu (Josh Hesse) wrote: >Timothy J. Luoma (NOSPAM@ALL.PLS) wrote: >: In <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> Robert Palma wrote: >: > I have a NextStation with 3.3 on it. There is no compiler (cc or >: gcc)...Where >: > can I get one for it? >: >: Well, you'd have to get the entire developer CD.... gcc without the header >: files, etc it is useless.... >: >This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. >Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a >c compiler with it. Why doesn't NeXT? I don't need IB or the rest >of the development tools, I would just like to be able to compile >"Hello World." > >Christ, NS3.3 EVEN HAS THE MAN PAGES FOR GNU C INSTALLED! > >-Josh >--
From: Louis_Eagle@mendota.com Subject: Adaptec 2940 driver problem Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 03:03:05 -0600 Message-ID: <884846339.569311241@dejanews.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Deja News Posting Service Hello, Is anyone successfully using the v4.00 Adaptec2940 SCSI driver with a 2940UW with v1.34 firmware? (OS4.2-Mach Intel) The same driver/system seems to work fine with a 2940UW with v1.25 firmware, but with the v1.34 board, no amount of slowing things down or shortening the bus can eliminate things like the following: Jan 14 21:21:41 latte mach: Adaptec2940 timeout Jan 14 21:21:41 latte mach: a2940_0: Resetting SCSI Bus 0 (I/O Timeout)... Jan 14 21:21:41 latte mach: st0: Request Sense on target 4 lun 0 failed (Bus Reset Detected) In this case I was trying to tar to tape, but everything including sd0 (ouch!) seems to cause these timeouts. I have tried another v1.34 board with the same negative results. Is there a later firmware version that seems to work? Any relevant thoughts? Thanks, Louis_Eagle@mendota.com ------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
From: rft@cg.tuwien.spam (Robert F Tobler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting a 'group' for removable drives Date: 11 Jan 1998 15:40:56 GMT Organization: Vienna University of Technology, Austria Message-ID: <69ap68$h6s@news.tuwien.ac.at> References: <6988cn$qra$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: luomat@peak.org In <6988cn$qra$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Timothy J. Luoma wrote: > > When I mount a SyQuest cartridge, the UID of the files is preserved, > however the group comes up as 'nogroup'. > > Is there a way to preserve the GID as well and have it represented > when mounted? > > I'd even settle for a way to hard-code a specific group ID for > removable media. > I use a small programm called 'jazremount' (it would be syquestremount in your case ;-) that unmounts the disk and remounts it as root (the source for this utility is appended to this posting). It has to be installed suid-root for this purpose. If you call this utility immediately after inserting your cartridge, the Workspace will not notice that the cartridge has been unmounted for a short time, but since it is mounted as root now, the owner, group, and permissions will be used according to the information on the cartridge (just as if it were a normal harddisk). In order to not confuse the Workspace, I recommend to use this utility ONLY IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WORKSPACE HAS MOUNTED THE CARTRIDGE, and before double clicking on the cartridge's icon. For example: If I insert my jaz volume called "jaznext", I will wait for its icon to appear on the workspace, then I open a shell and type: jazremount /jaznext After issuing this command I can access the files on the jaz volume from the workspace or from the commandline, and all permissions, owners, and groups will be set according to the information on the jaz volume. The source of the command "jazremount" which has to be installed suid root is as follows (change device file and tooname according to your needs). It should be possible to extend the tool to automatically find the DEVICE_FILE and volume name information which is passed as a parameter at the commandline, but I haven't had the time to do that. /* ---- begin source jazremount ---- */ #include <stdio.h> #include <sys/mount.h> #define DEVICE_FILE "/dev/sd1a" #define TOOLNAME_STRING "jazremount" int error_exit( int error_code, const char * error_string ) { fputs(TOOLNAME_STRING ": ", stderr); fputs(error_string, stderr); fputc('\n',stderr); exit(error_code); } struct ufs_args data = { DEVICE_FILE }; int main(int argc, char ** argv ) { int error_code; if (argc != 2) error_exit(-1,"illegal number of arguments"); error_code = unmount(argv[1]); if (error_code) error_exit(error_code,"could not unmount requested volume"); error_code = mount(MOUNT_UFS, argv[1], 0, /* no special flags */ &data); if (error_code) error_exit(error_code,"could not mount requested volume"); return (0); } /* ---- end source jazremount ---- */ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Robert F. Tobler - tel:+43(1)58801-4575,fax:5874932 Institute of Computer Graphics - mailto: replace spam Vienna University of Technology - by ac dot at
From: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu (Ryan Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Adding second hard disk to PC Date: 15 Jan 1998 18:31:23 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <69lklr$rfh$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have a NS3.3 Intel machine to which I am trying to add a second EIDE hard disk. Here is what has happened so far. The motherboard is an Intel Advanced/ZP "zappa" w/Pentium 75 MHz CPU. The system currently has a WD 850MB (master) (even split between NS/FAT) and an ATAPI CDROM (slave) on IDE controller #1. This configuration has worked fine. I installed a WD 2GB (ULTRA DMA/EIDE) drive on IDE controller #2 (single). I partitioned the drive using DOS fdisk so that it was evenly split and then formatted the first partition as FAT. I then booted to NS and added a second instance of the EIDE driver w/ Config.app. The second instance has an address of 0x170 and uses IRQ 15 (this info I got from my motherboard spec sheet). When I rebooted and tried to log in as root, the system hung with error messages regarding hd1 (the second drive). The messages stated that the system was trying to communicate with the drive using ATA commands (like you would with an ATAPI device). Any idea why this would be happening? -- ________________________________________________ Ryan P. Scott Laser and Electro-Optics Research Group UC Davis - Department of Applied Science Tel: (530)754-4358 Fax: (530)752-1652 Email: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu ________________________________________________
From: eb@con.de To: emclean@slip.net Subject: Re: Where to get NS3.3 boot floppy for Intel Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 05:12:25 -0600 Message-ID: <884862625.1157890053@dejanews.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Deja News Posting Service here is all you need: http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/1921.htmld/1921.html -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
From: chrish@cc.usu.edu (PUNCHOUT) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: second turbocolor slab..connect to existing station? Message-ID: <Ilg5ssmqJszM@cc.usu.edu> Date: 15 Jan 98 11:58:15 MDT Organization: Utah State University Hiya folks, This is in the realm of a how to, or is it possible question: I just picked up a second turbocolor station, just the slab... no ram, no HD. Now, what I'd like to do is after putting RAM and HD into this critter... is connect it to my existing turbocolor and use it as a second processor... or at least be able to run processes from mmy primary machine on it. Is this possible??? Regardless, I'd like to be able to access the machine without having to get another keyboard and monitor and soundbox. Ideas? Thanks,-- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Christian Shank Graduate Student College of Natural Resources Utah State University Logan, Utah 84341 chrish@cc.usu.edu
Message-ID: <34B90399.E03132A8@istar.ca> From: Peter Burka <pburka@istar.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ATI graphics config problem References: <34B51B3D.61E8FED4@jumpgate.iitap.iastate.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 17:36:29 GMT NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 11 Jan 1998 12:36:29 EST Matt Borgstrand wrote: > > Anyone tried to configure the display driver for a standard ATI Mach 64 CT display? > > I'm setting up a Zenith P166 with ATI on-board, no special cards. NextStep > detects the chip properly. > > Problem: No matter what screen size or screen depth I choose, I get BLACK and > WHITE (1-bit). > > I figured there were changes I needed to make to the MemRange or I/O settings, > so I booted back into Windows and copied down those settings. Went back and > set them in NS. > > No conflicts. So far so good . . . > > But I STILL get BW(?) > I had the same problem with the Mach 64 driver, but my video card is an ATI 3D Rage. ATI has a history of making little changes in every version of their cards which break existing drivers. Downloading the latest drivers from NextAnswers (at www.next.com) fixed the problem for me. peter
From: holger@object-factory.REMOVETHIS.com (Holger Hoffstaette) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Date: 15 Jan 1998 14:03:25 GMT Organization: the unstoppable code machine Message-ID: <69l4vd$iv8$2@leonie.object-factory.com> References: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> <69jkqh$l3m$6@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> <69l208$g4s$1@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit mmalcolm crawford wrote: > On 01/15/98, Josh Hesse wrote: > > >This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. > >Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a > >c compiler with it. > > > Solaris? IRIX? Holger -- Holger Hoffstaette - holger"at"object-factory.com Object Factory GmbH - http://www.object-factory.com/
From: maury@softarc.com (Maury Markowitz) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: What are the .compress'eds again? Message-ID: <maury-1501980956400001@ts71-09.tor.istar.ca> Organization: Atria Software Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 14:54:14 GMT NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 09:54:14 EST I download the latest Matrox driver from NeXTAnswers, the one that supports AGP, "2536.compressed". I'm wondering what I do now, it's been a while since I last did this. If the file is a Unix compressed file, can simple uncompress it on my Mac and put it on a floppy? Last time I did this I used an app on the PC, but I don't remember the exact details. Maury
From: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 13:53:22 +0100 Organization: University of Geneva Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980115130633.17617C-100000@hei.unige.ch> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> <69ipjq$8b4$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <SCOTT.98Jan14143831@slave.doubleu.com> <69juoq$f5f$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: rencsok@channelu.com cc: scott@doubleu.com, dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov, marmier4@hei.unige.ch In-Reply-To: <69juoq$f5f$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> hi all > > In <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Alex Levine wrote: > > > Sorry, but isn't it impossible to have more than one OpenStep > > > fdisk partition to a disk? > > > > Hrm.... that could be... I've heard about some partition > > problem.... but there was some way to get more than one partition, > > but maybe that wasn't an fdisk partition. The only way I know would be to use Linux fdisk, which allow to set partitions to the desired type (you can enter the number in hex if you want) You can't build more than 1 OS partition with OS's fdisk. > Skip the sepearte swap partition since on a single drive > I think it's better to have one than many partitions.. > > C. I have lots of memory, so should I add the "nocompress" > > option to the swaptab file for the root partition? I think the compress option is good even with a not-so-fast CPU, as compressing datas will make them into a "file" much shorter and so much more quickly written to the disk... > I'm sure many will find a reason to disagree here and > will have comments, but if you are an admin you'll most > certianly agree a no swap state is better than swapping :) hell, yes! > This is an excellent question. To be able to boot DOS/Win > that partition has to be in the first 2G partition. Unless someone > has a workaround I don't know of yet. > > I think depending on what you plan to do the following would > be what you want. > > 1st 2G partition > 1G set to Openstep > 1G FAT > > 2nd 2G > 2G set to openstep or > > 1G FAT > 1G Openstep for User > > How to construct this using a disktab would be a nice to know. Explain me how you put a FAT partition between two OS partitions with fdisk... For a 4 Gb drive, there is one solution if you have a few $ to spend buy another drive. That's what I've done... lets say a 2 Gb drive for our new drive it gives: /dev/rhd0h : the new 2Gb drive - one OS partition, 20 mb, fully initialised. - one Dos/Win partition with the remaining space /dev/rhd1h : the 4Gb drive - one OS partition that you can slice if you want. copy /usr/Devices/Sytem.config to /dev/rhd0a and edit the instance0.table to ask OS to read the kernel and boot from /dev/rhd1h. hd(1)mach_kernel rootdev=hd1 set the rootdevice in /etc/fstab Use boot0 as a boot loader (to enable multi-boot): disk -B0 /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 /dev/rhd0a Beware!: Win95 removes the bootloader upon installation! You'll have to boot next using boot arguments (same as instance0 arguments, above) if you forget about fstab, you may have to boot single user ( -s ) > MS will ignore a OS partiationed drive, Openstep will automount at least the > first partition of the MS FAT drive (and all of the if I edit the /etc/mtab) With Win95, this is not a good thing. Use vmount (available at ftp.peak.org). Otherwise, you can say goodbye to long filenames... It even mounts Dos extended partitions ... and allows a lot of customization. On my system, this arrangement works really well. If you have some more questions, ask me. Hope this helps Raph
From: sal@panix3.panix.com (Salvatore Denaro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Date: 15 Jan 1998 16:04:05 GMT Organization: PANIX Public Access Internet and Unix, NYC Message-ID: <slrn6bscrl.ogo.sal@panix3.panix.com> References: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> <69jkqh$l3m$6@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> <69l208$g4s$1@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> <69l4vd$iv8$2@leonie.object-factory.com> On 15 Jan 1998 14:03:25 GMT, Holger Hoffstaette <holger@object-factory.REMOVETHIS.com> wrote: >mmalcolm crawford wrote: >> On 01/15/98, Josh Hesse wrote: >> >This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. >> >Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a >> >c compiler with it. >> Solaris? >IRIX? SCO? -- sal@panix.com Salvatore Denaro "The reality of the software business today is that if you find something that can make you ridiculously rich, then that's something that Microsoft is going to take away from you." -- Max Metral
From: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adding second hard disk to PC Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:27:32 +0100 Organization: University of Geneva Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980115202416.27332C-100000@hei.unige.ch> References: <69lklr$rfh$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Ryan Scott <scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu> In-Reply-To: <69lklr$rfh$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Hi You mean you have one drive on EIDE channel 1 , and the new one on channel 2? Try to put both drive on the same channel, configure them as master and slave. If you got a CDRom drive, put it on channel 2 as master. Reconfigure both EIDE drivers. hope this helps Raph ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Raphael Marmier --> marmier4@hei.unige.ch --> http://heiwww.unige.ch/~marmier4 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:30:31 +0100 Organization: University of Geneva Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980115202841.27332D-100000@hei.unige.ch> References: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> <69jkqh$l3m$6@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> <69l208$g4s$1@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> <69l4vd$iv8$2@leonie.object-factory.com> <slrn6bscrl.ogo.sal@panix3.panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Salvatore Denaro <sal@panix3.panix.com> In-Reply-To: <slrn6bscrl.ogo.sal@panix3.panix.com> On 15 Jan 1998, Salvatore Denaro wrote: > On 15 Jan 1998 14:03:25 GMT, Holger Hoffstaette <holger@object-factory.REMOVETHIS.com> wrote: > >mmalcolm crawford wrote: > >> On 01/15/98, Josh Hesse wrote: > >> >This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. > >> >Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a > >> >c compiler with it. > >> Solaris? > >IRIX? > > SCO? > DOS? :)
Message-ID: <34BEA76B.ECB13C6E@istar.ca> From: Peter Burka <pburka@istar.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adding second hard disk to PC References: <69lklr$rfh$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 20:17:39 GMT NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 15:17:39 EST I had a similar problem at one point. After I installed the second EIDE driver, everything worked fine until I installed an updated sound card driver. At that point the first EIDE driver seemed to disappear, so OS could no longer see the root partition! Restarting with 'config=Default' and re-installing the driver for the first EIDE controller fixed the problem. peter Ryan Scott wrote: > > I have a NS3.3 Intel machine to which I am trying to add a second EIDE hard > disk. Here is what has happened so far. The motherboard is an Intel > Advanced/ZP "zappa" w/Pentium 75 MHz CPU. The system currently has a WD 850MB > (master) (even split between NS/FAT) and an ATAPI CDROM (slave) on IDE > controller #1. This configuration has worked fine. > > I installed a WD 2GB (ULTRA DMA/EIDE) drive on IDE controller #2 (single). I > partitioned the drive using DOS fdisk so that it was evenly split and then > formatted the first partition as FAT. I then booted to NS and added a second > instance of the EIDE driver w/ Config.app. The second instance has an > address of 0x170 and uses IRQ 15 (this info I got from my motherboard spec > sheet). When I rebooted and tried to log in as root, the system hung with > error messages regarding hd1 (the second drive). The messages stated that > the system was trying to communicate with the drive using ATA commands (like > you would with an ATAPI device). Any idea why this would be happening? >
From: wjoerding@wsu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Sony 24" monitor Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 21:55:39 GMT Organization: Washington State University Message-ID: <980115135539.199AAFgG.wayne@pareto> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hello: Is there anybody out there who has some experience with the Sony GDM-W900 24" monitor. I am considering a purchase but need some more info than I can get from the Sony Corp. Is there a better newsgroup for me to post this question. Thanks in advance, Wayne
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <34be948f.0@news1.vsnet.ch> Control: cancel <34be948f.0@news1.vsnet.ch> Date: 15 Jan 1998 22:18:13 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.34be948f.0@news1.vsnet.ch> Sender: salo@mos.net Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: <gbh@middlemarch.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Compression ratio accross WAN Date: Thu, 15 Jan 1998 17:48:45 -0500 Organization: Clark Internet Services, Inc. Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.3.96.980115174210.27955A-100000@shell.clark.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I need to connect a server to client accross a T1. The server will be hosting home directories and applications, the client will be running general productivity apps. If the routers on each end of the T1 are using STAC hardware compression, what compression ratios are reasonable to expect in this setup? --gh
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <69m55r$bl4@sjx-ixn11.ix.netcom.com> Control: cancel <69m55r$bl4@sjx-ixn11.ix.netcom.com> Date: 15 Jan 1998 23:21:02 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.69m55r$bl4@sjx-ixn11.ix.netcom.com> Sender: lueolgvb@hotmail.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: Craig Miskell <cmiskell@csarc.otago.ac.nz> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:37:57 +1300 Organization: Black Albatross Message-ID: <34BEABE5.CC901B09@csarc.otago.ac.nz> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69j2ht$hk3@iserver.stem.com> <69j7p1$l3m$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Timothy J. Luoma wrote: > In <69j2ht$hk3@iserver.stem.com> Christopher Lane wrote: > > Our friend Timothy J. Luoma writes: > > > The maximum partition size is 2047, not 2147. > > > > how do you come by this 2047 number? If you follow the logic of > > NeXTAnswer 1533, the largest partition size is 2147 (2^31) and in that > > document they give an example of a disk with a partition that's 2097. > > Hrm. That's a good question. > > I think someone told me 2?47 and I tried 2147 and that didn't work but 2047 > so I assumed that the ? was a 0 instead of a 1. > > I've heard it from a few people, actually, but I've never been all that good > with math, so perhaps I was just plain wrong. Just a point: 2^11=2048, so 2047 is the biggest number you can get with 11 bits. 2147 is some sort of number that looks close, but isn't. (2^31 is a sod of a big number. (2147483648). 2147 sounds tempting, but it is in fact 2048 megabytes) I would go with 2047 being the limit. THen again, NextAnswer 1533 apparently says otherwise... Any other comments? Craig Miskell Programmer, Black Albatross, Otago University New Zealand
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy References: <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> From: robert@iamexwi.unibe.ch (Philippe Robert) Organization: Dept. of CS, University of Berne, Switzerland Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Summary: Message-ID: <34bf666b.0@news.unibe.ch> Date: 16 Jan 98 13:53:47 GMT In article <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu>, 00093182@bigred.unl.edu (Josh Hesse) writes: > This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. > Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a > c compiler with it. Why doesn't NeXT? I don't need IB or the rest > of the development tools, I would just like to be able to compile > "Hello World." This is not true: Solaris, Irix, ... ?! But you can always use hte freely avaliable gcc.... regards, Phil -- Philippe C.D. Robert - CS Student @ University of Bern Rhapsody/OpenStep Programmer NeXTmail & MIME are welcome @ Philippe.Robert@nice.ch http://www.nice.ch/~phip/
From: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What are the .compress'eds again? Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 15:39:10 +0100 Organization: University of Geneva Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980116153635.14231A-100000@hei.unige.ch> References: <maury-1501980956400001@ts71-09.tor.istar.ca> <69lcrs$iej$1@news.xmission.com> <69n8md$pd@lobotomy.urz.uni-wuerzburg.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Rainer Frohnhoefer <rainer@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de> In-Reply-To: <69n8md$pd@lobotomy.urz.uni-wuerzburg.de> There is a nice app called Opener.app that will uncompress nearly any type of archive. It is availlable at ftp.peak.org Raph ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Raphael Marmier --> marmier4@hei.unige.ch --> http://heiwww.unige.ch/~marmier4 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
From: schaub@tamu.edu (Hanspeter Schaub) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: valid From: field when using ppp Date: 16 Jan 1998 14:45:28 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University Message-ID: <69nrq8$7ug$1@news.tamu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I've noticed that more and more email servers are filtering out emails that have an invalid From: field. I'm at home with two openstep systems hooked up together. The one I use mainly is called "bruni". When I log into the ppp provider at my university I am in the domain tamu.edu. When sending emails to someone the From field always says schaub@bruni.tamu.edu which of course is not correct since I bruni is not actually hooked up to the tamu.edu network. Therefore the DNS lookup cannot resolve the site name bruni.tamu.edu and the email gets bounced back to me. I see more and more site doing this now, I guess to try and filter out spam email. Any suggestions as to how I could fix this? Do I need to change something in NetInfo or change a sendmail rule? Thanks for any pointers, blue skies, HP schaub@tamu.edu
From: NOSPAM-chongt@bah.com (Timothy Chong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Disk related Q Date: 16 Jan 1998 14:53:51 GMT Organization: Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Message-ID: <69ns9v$a3j$1@news.bah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, From what I can see in the disktab file, the default rpm for a drive is set at 3600. Is this info played any part in the overall performance of a system? I have a 5400 rpm IBM Ultrastar ES, which the OS4.2 CD formated and partioned into 2 during the installation. If the rpm value does have how performance factor, can someone pls help explain how I can tell the system that the current HD is a 5400rpm drive. Thanks, TC -- My return address is FAKE-to mail me, pls remove everything before chongt. Views within this message may not be those of Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc.
From: don@misckit.com (Don Yacktman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What are the .compress'eds again? Date: 16 Jan 1998 16:19:26 GMT Organization: MiscKit Development Message-ID: <69o1ae$p00$1@news.xmission.com> References: <maury-1501980956400001@ts71-09.tor.istar.ca> <69lcrs$iej$1@news.xmission.com> <69n8md$pd@lobotomy.urz.uni-wuerzburg.de> <Pine.SOL.3.96.980116153635.14231A-100000@hei.unige.ch> MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> wrote: > There is a nice app called Opener.app that will uncompress nearly any type > of archive. It is availlable at ftp.peak.org And don't forget Scott Anguish's OpenUp.app on Stepwise (www.stepwise.com) for Rhapsody users. -- Later, -Don Yacktman don@misckit.com <a href="http://www.misckit.com/don.html">My home page</a>
From: ANTI_SPAM_dreely@cyberstore.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Windows95/NT <--ENET--> NextStep 3.2 Date: 16 Jan 1998 04:04:17 GMT Organization: Canada Internet Direct, Inc. Message-ID: <69mm81$as$2@brie.direct.ca> References: <pvdu3bi65g3.fsf@kobc0000.delcoelect.com> Looks like no one answered your question. Samba maybe what your looking for at http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/ which will let your MSwindows machine see the disks and printers on your Next. Also Rumba at ftp://ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/utils/networks/ lets you "mount drives exported by Windows (f.Workgroups/95/NT), Lan Manager, OS/2 etc. on Unix machines". Darren www.bcog.org/~dreely jhburns@kobc0000.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns) wrote: > >I currently have a NeXTstation Color running NextStep 3.2, and a Next >printer. In the next few days I will be purchasing a new Windows based >system, and need to network the two together to do the following: > >1. Print to the Next printer from the Windows system. > >2. Use a DAT tape drive attached to the Next to backup the Windows >system. > >3. Share the file systems of each machine with the other. > >How can this be accomplished? I do not expect any difficulties with the >hardware layer, but have no idea where to start with software. > >I can run either Windows 95 or Windows NT, and will base my decision >between the two largely on the ease of networking to the Next. > >Jeff Burns >jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com >-- >Jeffrey H Burns Internet:jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com >Project Engineer >Delco Electronics Corp. Telephone: (765) 451-3279 >Kokomo, IN 46904-9005 FAX: (765) 451-3600
From: moetteli@citeu.unige.ch Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940 driver problem Date: 16 Jan 1998 09:03:30 GMT Organization: University of Geneva Distribution: world Message-ID: <69n7p2$ece@uni2f.unige.ch> References: <884846339.569311241@dejanews.com> In Adaptec 2940 driver problem comp.sys.next.sysadmin Louis_Eagle@mendota.com writes, > Hello, > > Is anyone successfully using the v4.00 Adaptec2940 SCSI driver with a > 2940UW with v1.34 firmware? (OS4.2-Mach Intel) > > The same driver/system seems to work fine with a 2940UW with v1.25 > firmware, but with the v1.34 board, no amount of slowing things down or > shortening the bus can eliminate things like the following: > > Jan 14 21:21:41 latte mach: Adaptec2940 timeout Jan 14 21:21:41 latte > mach: a2940_0: Resetting SCSI Bus 0 (I/O Timeout)... Jan 14 21:21:41 > latte mach: st0: Request Sense on target 4 lun 0 failed (Bus Reset > Detected) > > In this case I was trying to tar to tape, but everything including sd0 > (ouch!) seems to cause these timeouts. > > > I have tried another v1.34 board with the same negative results. > > Is there a later firmware version that seems to work? > > Any relevant thoughts? Me too, I had to try around for days to make work this card. I had to install such a card twice and everytime it was for another reason, why it didn©t work. But there are so many reasons, that can©t tell you which one it©s for you. Already on the card there has to be exactly the default setting as NeXT describes it in there NeXTanswrs. Then you should take care to have the connected devices in a certain order (e. g. CD-ROM should be the last one) and last take care about the bios settings. I once had some autosettings and then this autosetting used to take a ISA slot as a PCI slot; hence id didn©t work. Very annoying! Phil
From: "Brian" <Herhusky@transarc.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: second turbocolor slab..connect to existing station? Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 12:55:38 -0800 Organization: Transarc Message-ID: <69ohe5$b2u$1@nntp.Stanford.EDU> References: <Ilg5ssmqJszM@cc.usu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit You can run the slab diskless and headless. First set the new system up as a client on your next server (/etc/newclient and HostManager). Then disconnect your monitor/sound box cable from the back of your next server and hook it to your new slab. Startup it up as normal with the powerkey. At the NeXT> prompt type "ben" (stands for Boot EtherNet). After it boots configure it to autopower-on in the Preferences box. This way you do not need to keep switch cables to turn it on. Just plug it in, it will look for your server and boot. Unplug the monitor/sound box cable from the new slab and back to the Next Server and you are done. This setup works great for running email, webservers or printservers(CAP and Samba). Have fun, Brian Herhusky ---------- In article <Ilg5ssmqJszM@cc.usu.edu>, chrish@cc.usu.edu (PUNCHOUT) wrote: Hiya folks, This is in the realm of a how to, or is it possible question: I just picked up a second turbocolor station, just the slab... no ram, no HD. Now, what I'd like to do is after putting RAM and HD into this critter... is connect it to my existing turbocolor and use it as a second processor... or at least be able to run processes from mmy primary machine on it. Is this possible??? Regardless, I'd like to be able to access the machine without having to get another keyboard and monitor and soundbox. Ideas? Thanks,-- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Christian Shank Graduate Student College of Natural Resources Utah State University Logan, Utah 84341 chrish@cc.usu.edu
From: rainer@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Rainer Frohnhoefer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What are the .compress'eds again? Date: 16 Jan 1998 09:19:09 GMT Organization: University of Wuerzburg, Germany Message-ID: <69n8md$pd@lobotomy.urz.uni-wuerzburg.de> References: <maury-1501980956400001@ts71-09.tor.istar.ca> <69lcrs$iej$1@news.xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: don@misckit.com In <69lcrs$iej$1@news.xmission.com> Don Yacktman wrote: [snip] > So the *best* way to unpack it is to use gnutar and gzip. Gzip can handle > and .gz automatically, so it is always best to use it for decompression, even > though compress may work on some packages. Likewise, regular tar can unpack > most .compressed files, but if there is a deep file heirarchy in the package, > then tar will NOT decompress it properly, but gnutar will. So always use > gnutar to unpack .compressed files. Typical command line: > > gnutar zxvf xxx.compressed For convenience, under NS/OS you might type "dwrite Workspace uncompress /usr/bin/gunzip" on your commandline. This will change the default decompression program to gunzip (=gzip). (It will stay that way from then on, no need to repeat it every time you log/switch on again) The "Uncompress" menu item will then be able to handle archives that were compressed by gzip. Now, if you replace the 'tar' in /bin by a link on gnutar ...... You could of course do a "dwrite Workspace compress /usr/bin/gzip", but, as Don pointed out, others could have troubles with the files you produce. Just a thought ... -- "Um Energie zu sparen, wird das Licht am Ende des Tunnels vorlaeufig abgeschaltet." rainer@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de (public key avaible at any key server near you ...)
From: rainer@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de (Rainer Frohnhoefer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 16 Jan 1998 09:07:29 GMT Organization: University of Wuerzburg, Germany Message-ID: <69n80h$pd@lobotomy.urz.uni-wuerzburg.de> References: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> <69jkqh$l3m$6@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> <69lc98$ce01@postman.fanniemae.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Michael R Rousseau NOTE: FOLLOWUPS TO COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN In <69lc98$ce01@postman.fanniemae.com> Michael R Rousseau wrote: > Regarding Josh's rant on free cc inclusion in "every" UN*X > distribution, Sun ceased that policy around Solaris 2.3. Yell at Sun > for charging ~$10K for Workshop, while you are at it. > In my experience, teh widely used development platforms do NOT > include C compilers and headers for free any more. Also-rans like > Ultrix and HP/UX might, but how many sites develop with those vs. > Solaris? One point that's worth complaining about is the missing headers in NS/OS (user ed.) In Solaris, they're all there and you can easily find preconfigured binary packages for gcc. Why on earth didn't NeXT include the naked compiler? I figure people that bought Developer ed. wanted PB & IB & the likes in the first place. -- "Um Energie zu sparen, wird das Licht am Ende des Tunnels vorlaeufig abgeschaltet." rainer@mathematik.uni-wuerzburg.de (public key avaible at any key server near you ...)
From: clane@stem.com (Christopher Lane) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 16 Jan 1998 17:23:30 GMT Organization: Systemix, Inc. Message-ID: <69o52i$plq@iserver.stem.com> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <34BEABE5.CC901B09@csarc.otago.ac.nz> Craig Miskell <cmiskell@csarc.otago.ac.nz> wrote: > I would go with 2047 being the limit. THen again, NextAnswer 1533 > apparently says otherwise... > >Any other comments? No, NextAnswer 1533 doesn't imply otherwise, the error was mine and is between bytes, kilobytes and megabytes. The ~ 2048MB figure is right, it just doesn't map directly to 'df' output which is in KB so the maximum partition size as seen from 'df' is around 2097152KB. The 2048MB figure is also confusing when doing paritioning via 'disk' where you really need to think in KB not MB since the usual sector size is 1024 or 512. The ~ .976 'overhead' ratio should have clued me in that this was one of those 1 million != 1 megabyte sort of errors. So, the answer seems to be that the maximum partition size is around: 2,147,483,648 bytes = 2,097,152KB = 2,048MB - Christopher 'even doing computer math consumes disk space!'
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 17 Jan 1998 00:21:39 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69otij$a1o$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <34BEABE5.CC901B09@csarc.otago.ac.nz> <69o52i$plq@iserver.stem.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: clane@stem.com In <69o52i$plq@iserver.stem.com> Christopher Lane wrote: > The ~ 2048MB figure is right, it just doesn't map directly to 'df' output > which is in KB so the maximum partition size as seen from 'df' is around > 2097152KB. The 2048MB figure is also confusing when doing paritioning via > 'disk' where you really need to think in KB not MB since the usual sector > size is 1024 or 512. Sort of a side issue, but that is why GNU's fileutils are helpful. They have an -h flag which means 'human-readable' % df /Disk2 Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on /dev/sd1a 2027613 1426325 398526 78% /Disk2 % df -h /Disk2 Filesystem Size Used Avail Capacity Mounted on /dev/sd1a 1.9G 1.4G 389M 78% /Disk2 There's also one for 'du' which is very helpful since I have never been able to do the translations. TjL ps can be found at: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/utils/unix/GNU_fileutils.3.16.NIHS.bd.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/utils/unix/GNU_fileutils.3.16.README -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: frank@this.NO_SPAM.net (Frank M. Siegert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Date: 17 Jan 1998 02:48:06 GMT Organization: Frank's Area 51 Message-ID: <69p656$j1r$5@news.seicom.net> References: <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> <34bf666b.0@news.unibe.ch> <69oaej$6ak$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: <NO SENDER> In <69oaej$6ak$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Timothy J. Luoma wrote: > In <34bf666b.0@news.unibe.ch> Philippe Robert wrote: > > In article <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu>, 00093182@bigred.unl.edu (Josh > Hesse) writes: > > > This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. > > > Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a > > > c compiler with it. Why doesn't NeXT? I don't need IB or the rest > > > of the development tools, I would just like to be able to compile > > > "Hello World." > > > > This is not true: Solaris, Irix, ... ?! > > > > But you can always use hte freely avaliable gcc.... > > Is that true? > > I thought even the generic gcc required some of the header files that are in > the Dev tools only. > Well, GCC just installs without any problem on SPARC Solaris 2.5 and from what I heard IRIX - as of 6.x now contains the system includes so GCC can be installed quite painlessly (I havn't tried - got MIPS Pro C/C++ with my O2) When I look on my GNU software CD (Part of the O'Reilly book) I can see ready out-of-the-box installs for SPARC Solaris 2.X SPARC SunOS 4.1.X HP 9000/700 HP-UX IBM RS/6000 AIX SGI Iris/Indigo Irix Digital Alpha Digital UNIX -- * Frank M. Siegert [frank@this.net] - Home http://www.this.net/~frank * NeXTSTEP, IRIX, Linux, BeOS & PostScript Guy
From: Trevin Beattie <*trevin*@*xmission*.*com*> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NS3.3/Intel Installation Difficulties (multi-part) Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 21:38:05 -0700 Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <69pcjf$j10$1@news.xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I recently repartitioned the hard drive on my PC to install NeXTSTEP along with NetBSD and Windows 95. I ran into a few major problems, which I believe ought to be mentioned in the FAQ's. It is already published that NS3.2 and earlier has troubles with hard drives larger than 2GB, but NS3.3 is supposed to be able to divide such drives into several <2GB partitions. I had calculated the exact block addressed I wanted for each partition, but I wasn't aware of one critical problem with my scheme: *** NeXTSTEP *cannot* create a boot partition or disk label beyond the first 2GB of the drive *** I had to recalculate my partitions in order to let NeXTSTEP be first. A minor item along with that is I am using OS-BS to switch between operating systems, and Norton Disk Editor to manipulate the partition table. If anybody else is interested in doing this, you should know that the OS identifier byte for NeXTSTEP is A7. The next major problem came about when everything was copied from the CD and it rebooted into GUI mode. I had no mouse control. I'm using a Logitech bus mouse, for which there is a driver included on the CD, but the Default.table expects the mouse to be at IRQ 5. On my system, IRQ 5 is used by the sound card, 4 by the modem, and 3 by the serial port, so my mouse in on IRQ 2. However, I had a terrible time of convincing DriverKit to accept that fact. Eventually I discovered that IRQ 2 is taken by the EISABus driver, which I find odd because NetBSD doesn't require IRQ 2 for anything else and Windows 95 automatically remaps 2 to 9. NeXTSTEP wouldn't accept 9 (it said the BusMouse wasn't on that IRQ", and when I tried to remove the EISABus driver from the boot list I got a kernel panic. The ultimate solution to this problem was to place the BusMouse *before* EISABus in the driver list. Of course, when I finished setting things up in Configure.App it messed up the list again so I boot to a kernel panic, and I have to mess with the tables once more. The last problem I have (so far) is that there is a red horizontal bar across the bottom of the screen sometimes when it goes into GUI mode. I don't have a solution for it yet, but I'm sure the problem is related to a NeXTAnswer which states the ATI mach32 driver has problems with systems using an OPTi memory chipset, which, unfortunately, mine does. Does anybody know of a fix for that bug? -- Trevin Beattie "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, *To*reply*to*this* for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." *message,*remove*the* --unknown *asterisks*from*my*email*address.*
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 16 Jan 1998 18:55:15 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69oaej$6ak$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> <34bf666b.0@news.unibe.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit NOTE: FOLLOWUPS TO COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN In <34bf666b.0@news.unibe.ch> Philippe Robert wrote: > In article <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu>, 00093182@bigred.unl.edu (Josh Hesse) writes: > > This is one of the things that bug me about NeXT. > > Almost every other *NIX system that I know of has at least a > > c compiler with it. Why doesn't NeXT? I don't need IB or the rest > > of the development tools, I would just like to be able to compile > > "Hello World." > > This is not true: Solaris, Irix, ... ?! > > But you can always use hte freely avaliable gcc.... Is that true? I thought even the generic gcc required some of the header files that are in the Dev tools only. TjL ps -- let's trim the newsgroups of this thread, eh? -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: valid From: field when using ppp Date: 16 Jan 1998 19:01:36 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69oaqg$6ak$12@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69nrq8$7ug$1@news.tamu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: schaub@tamu.edu In <69nrq8$7ug$1@news.tamu.edu> Hanspeter Schaub wrote: > I've noticed that more and more email servers are filtering out emails that have an > invalid From: field. As they should. It helps to squash spam. > I'm at home with two openstep systems hooked up together. The one I use mainly is > called "bruni". When I log into the ppp provider at my university I am in the domain > tamu.edu. When sending emails to someone the From field always says > > schaub@bruni.tamu.edu > > Any suggestions as to how I could fix this? Do I need to change something in NetInfo > or change a sendmail rule? If you use Mail.app exclusively and you have 3.3 or greater, use one of the Expert Preferences to set From Your Realname <schaub@tamu.edu> That will solve it for Mail.app. To do something more thorough you should install the new sendmail and setup masquerading. You could use this ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/sendmail.8.8.5.INSTALLATIONINSTRUCTIONS.tar.gz but if you use this ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/sendmail.8.8.5.NIHS.bd.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/sendmail.8.8.5.README you are using a better version of sendmail than the standard NeXT sendmail, but it's still old (8.8.8 is the current). I keep hoping that someone else will put together a new pkg since sendmail is a little complex and I don't know it all that well myself. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What are the .compress'eds again? Date: 16 Jan 1998 19:02:47 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69oasn$6ak$13@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <maury-1501980956400001@ts71-09.tor.istar.ca> <69lcrs$iej$1@news.xmission.com> <69n8md$pd@lobotomy.urz.uni-wuerzburg.de> <Pine.SOL.3.96.980116153635.14231A-100000@hei.unige.ch> <69o1ae$p00$1@news.xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: don@misckit.com In <69o1ae$p00$1@news.xmission.com> Don Yacktman wrote: > > And don't forget Scott Anguish's OpenUp.app on Stepwise (www.stepwise.com) > for Rhapsody users. And OpenStep users too :-) TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 14 Jan 1998 03:43:09 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov In <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> Gregg E. Dinse wrote: > I have an Intel PPro system with a 4.2 GB disk. I'm > thinking of creating 4 partitions: Well, I think you'd need at least 3..... > 1. OPENSTEP 4.2 system files + /LocalApps > 2. OPENSTEP partition for user files > 3. OPENSTEP swap partition > 4. DOS/Win95 partition > > I want the second partition to be as large as possible, > which I guess is 2147 MB. Suppose I make the first > partition 1053 MB. That leaves 1 GB for the last two > partitions. Here are my questions: The maximum partition size is 2047, not 2147. > A. Does it help to have a separate swap partition, or > should I simply use the rest for DOS/Win95? It doesn't really help. A separate disk would help. A large swapfile might help. > B. If a swap partition helps, how large should it be? The swapfile should be at least as big as the amount of RAM you have, ie 32 megs of RAM = a 32 meg swapfile.... use 'mkfile' > C. I have lots of memory, so should I add the "nocompress" > option to the swaptab file for the root partition? I don't think so, but test it out for yourself... > D. In what order should the partitions be? If you are going to have to a separate partition for swapping, it should be in the middle of the other 2.... I think. Personally, I think I'd make a small partition in the beginning with the basic OS. This will be an emergency backup OS, which is a very good thing to have. You'd need at least 100 megs, I'd say 200 given the size of your drive. Then make one 2gig partition for DOS and one for OS 4.2. That's me. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: awang@plains.NoDak.edu (Andy Wang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.8.8 question Date: 13 Jan 1998 23:37:02 -0600 Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network Message-ID: <69hitu$50o@plains.NoDak.edu> References: <69fbah$7v3@plains.NoDak.edu> <distler-1301981223270001@dial-94-8.ots.utexas.edu> In article <distler-1301981223270001@dial-94-8.ots.utexas.edu>, Jacques Distler <distler@golem.ph.utexas.edu> wrote: > >Compiles out of the box, and is purported to have Netinfo support. > hmm.. i need to mess around with this some more, but initial use of the makesendmail script fails on OPENSTEP 4.2 gives me the error: "Cannot determine how to support I386.NeXT.4.2" has anyone got this to copmile on openstep? or better yet, is there a precompiled binary anywhere? thanks andy -- ----------------- Dopey (Andy Wang) - NeXT, MIME or SUN mail OK -------------- - Pro-hemp, and proud of it! - finger -l awang@plains.nodak.edu for pgp key - - What the hell is a chicken? - http://www.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/~awang/ - ------------------------- awang@plains.nodak.edu -----------------------------
From: distler@golem.ph.utexas.edu (Jacques Distler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.8.8 question Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 00:12:01 -0600 Organization: Physics Department, University of Texas at Austin Message-ID: <distler-1401980012010001@dial-21-1.ots.utexas.edu> References: <69fbah$7v3@plains.NoDak.edu> <distler-1301981223270001@dial-94-8.ots.utexas.edu> <69hitu$50o@plains.NoDak.edu> /gnVR"|LWyKVK{`$&t&`k{]Q^x*"ihe+^hTvWs@IEMtYI5RVzGFBPcMu`}>@#^Fm:<)M w83/\[@#\u?TVrF3fqDjK? In article <69hitu$50o@plains.NoDak.edu>, awang@plains.NoDak.edu (Andy Wang) wrote: > In article <distler-1301981223270001@dial-94-8.ots.utexas.edu>, > Jacques Distler <distler@golem.ph.utexas.edu> wrote: > > > >Compiles out of the box, and is purported to have Netinfo support. > > > > hmm.. i need to mess around with this some more, but initial use of > the makesendmail script fails on OPENSTEP 4.2 > gives me the error: "Cannot determine how to support I386.NeXT.4.2" > has anyone got this to copmile on openstep? > or better yet, is there a precompiled binary anywhere? > thanks Ooops. Sorry. I should have said "compiles right out of the box for NS 3.3" If the makesendmail script is failing , you need to tinker with the following bit: if [ -d /NextApps -a ! -f /bin/uname -a ! -f /usr/bin/uname ] then # probably a NeXT box arch=`hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*Processor type: \([^ ]*\).*/\1/p'` os=NeXT rel=`hostinfo | sed -n 's/.*NeXT Mach \([0-9\.]*\).*/\1/p'` elif [ -f /usr/sony/bin/machine -a -f /etc/osversion ] . . . I don't know what hostinfo returns under OS4.2, but you want to set arch=i386 , os=NeXT and rel=3.3 . (I imagine that the makefile for NS3.x is close enough; there isn't a makefile for OS4.x) Jacques -- PGP public key: http://golem.ph.utexas.edu/~distler/distler.asc
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: Markus Gloede <no.spam@burrow.camelot.de> Subject: Re: IMAP4rev1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Message-ID: <7xu3b7zxez.fsf@burrow.camelot.de> To: Jason Fosback <jfosback@psca.com> Sender: tm@burrow.camelot.de (Markus Gloede) Organization: @heism (a non-prophet organization) References: <7xlnwnho25.fsf@burrow.camelot.de> <34BA6B03.12A5@eidolonsoftware.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.106) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 00:55:48 GMT >>>>> "JF" == Jason Fosback <jfosback@psca.com> writes: JF> [...] However, the IMAP4 server will "update" the JF> mailbox when it opens it, adding a special mail message to the JF> beginning of the mailbox. JF> This is harmless, although Mail.app will re-index the mailbox JF> the next time you use it locally. That's no problem. Yet, if I select one mailbox for outgoing copies (within the IMAP client) messages get appended without updating the index and that causes conflicts with procmail and appnmail. The solution might be that I use CCs instead (I hope CCs follow the regular way and thus are caught by my .forward (BTW: Mail.app doesn't honor BCCs)). JF> BTW, if you want to try a Mail-like application that supports JF> IMAP4 remote mailboxes, check out JF> http://www.eidolonsoftware.com/ for PopOver 2.0 Beta. It only JF> works on OPENSTEP 4.2 or higher, but IMAP4 access is *great*. Thanks for the advice. At this moment I only want to run an IMAP client from my Mac. So far I looked into Mulberry and Maelstrom. Markus Gloede -- "no.spam@burrow.camelot.de" is a working address. When posting a followup, mailing a courtesy copy is appreciated, provided it is clearly marked as such.
From: klui@cup.hp.com (Ken Lui) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Printing from remote machine Date: 13 Jan 1998 21:52:08 GMT Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company Message-ID: <69gnm8$62$1@ocean.cup.hp.com> References: <69f5b3$dj@eskimo.bb.bawue.de> In article <69f5b3$dj@eskimo.bb.bawue.de>, Juergen Grieb <juergen@eskimo.bb.bawue.de> wrote: >I have a NS (Intel) and a Linux machine here. A printer (HP 4L) is >attached to NS. I would like to print from the Linux computer. I set up >everything and seems to work so far. But I only get garbage on the >printer. I guess this is because NS expects postscript code. Not so. I can print from my Linux box to NS3.2's NeXT printer without any problems. Check your printcap file on Linux. Regards, Ken -- Ken Lui, klui@cup.hp.com 19111 Pruneridge Avenue M/S 44UR Performance Availability & Solutions Cupertino, CA 95014-0795 USA Open Warehouse Team 1.408.447.3230 FAX 1.408.447.1053 Views within this message may not be those of the Hewlett-Packard Company
From: NOSPAM-chongt@bah.com (Timothy Chong) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 8.8.8 and OS4.2 68K Date: 14 Jan 1998 14:14:08 GMT Organization: Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc. Message-ID: <69ih7g$t1m$1@sf1.usaw.bah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi all, Just dl'ed sendmail 8.8.8 src and also patch the main.c as follows: *** main.c Mon Oct 20 12:18:51 1997 --- ./main.c Wed Nov 19 11:11:14 1997 *************** *** 250,255 **** --- 250,258 ---- setsignal(SIGUSR1, sigusr1); #endif + /* initialize for setproctitle */ + initsetproctitle(argc, argv, envp); + /* Handle any non-getoptable constructions. */ obsolete(argv); *************** *** 402,410 **** InChannel = stdin; OutChannel = stdout; but when I try to makesendmail, the following occurs: oeyvind@tigris% ./makesendmail Configuration: os=OPENSTEP, rel=4.2, rbase=4, rroot=4.2, arch=MC680x0, sfx= Cannot determine how to support MC680x0.OPENSTEP.4.2 FYI, the uname is from the script made by TjL (http://www.peak.org/~luomat/), so what can I do to have sendmail 8.8.8 compiles? Thanx Tim -- My return address is FAKE-to mail me, pls remove everything before chongt. Views within this message may not be those of Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc.
From: alex@guava.phil.lehigh.edu (Alex Levine) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 14 Jan 1998 14:48:29 GMT Message-ID: <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: <NO SENDER> In <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Timothy J. Luoma wrote: > In <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> Gregg E. Dinse wrote: > > > I have an Intel PPro system with a 4.2 GB disk. I'm > > thinking of creating 4 partitions: > > Well, I think you'd need at least 3..... > > > > 1. OPENSTEP 4.2 system files + /LocalApps > > 2. OPENSTEP partition for user files > > 3. OPENSTEP swap partition > > 4. DOS/Win95 partition > > > > I want the second partition to be as large as possible, > > which I guess is 2147 MB. Suppose I make the first > > partition 1053 MB. That leaves 1 GB for the last two > > partitions. Here are my questions: > > The maximum partition size is 2047, not 2147. > > > > A. Does it help to have a separate swap partition, or > > should I simply use the rest for DOS/Win95? > > It doesn't really help. A separate disk would help. A large swapfile might > help. > > > > B. If a swap partition helps, how large should it be? > > The swapfile should be at least as big as the amount of RAM you have, ie 32 > megs of RAM = a 32 meg swapfile.... use 'mkfile' > > > > C. I have lots of memory, so should I add the "nocompress" > > option to the swaptab file for the root partition? > > I don't think so, but test it out for yourself... > > > > D. In what order should the partitions be? > > If you are going to have to a separate partition for swapping, it should be > in the middle of the other 2.... I think. > > Personally, I think I'd make a small partition in the beginning with the > basic OS. This will be an emergency backup OS, which is a very good thing to > have. You'd need at least 100 megs, I'd say 200 given the size of your > drive. > > Then make one 2gig partition for DOS and one for OS 4.2. > Sorry, but isn't it impossible to have more than one OpenStep fdisk partition to a disk? Best, Alex -- Alexander Levine Philosophy Department Lehigh University ATL2@lehigh.edu
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.8.8 question Date: 14 Jan 1998 16:34:27 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69ipej$8b4$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69fbah$7v3@plains.NoDak.edu> <distler-1301981223270001@dial-94-8.ots.utexas.edu> <69hitu$50o@plains.NoDak.edu> <distler-1401980012010001@dial-21-1.ots.utexas.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <distler-1401980012010001@dial-21-1.ots.utexas.edu> Jacques Distler wrote: > I don't know what hostinfo returns under OS4.2, but > you want to set arch=i386 , os=NeXT and rel=3.3 . > (I imagine that the makefile for NS3.x is close enough; there isn't a > makefile for OS4.x) Well... it's a good place to start, but a lot of generic UNIX stuff doesn't compile under OS4.x... at least that has been my experience. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.8.8 and OS4.2 68K Date: 14 Jan 1998 16:32:39 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69ipb7$8b4$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69ih7g$t1m$1@sf1.usaw.bah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <69ih7g$t1m$1@sf1.usaw.bah.com> Timothy Chong wrote: > but when I try to makesendmail, the following occurs: > > oeyvind@tigris% ./makesendmail > Configuration: os=OPENSTEP, rel=4.2, rbase=4, rroot=4.2, arch=MC680x0, sfx= > Cannot determine how to support MC680x0.OPENSTEP.4.2 > > so what can I do to have sendmail 8.8.8 compiles? I'd say you're outta luck. It compiles without problem under 3.x... perhaps someone else could compile it for you. The 'makesendmail' script configures itself depending on the OS, but it doesn't know what OpenStep is. TjL ps -- I'll give it a try when I get a chance.... -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 14 Jan 1998 16:37:14 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69ipjq$8b4$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Alex Levine wrote: > Sorry, but isn't it impossible to have more than one OpenStep fdisk partition > to a disk? Hrm.... that could be... I've heard about some partition problem.... but there was some way to get more than one partition, but maybe that wasn't an fdisk partition. I haven't had any disks over 2gigs, so I haven't had to deal with this particular problem. -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 14 Jan 1998 20:38:57 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69j7p1$l3m$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69j2ht$hk3@iserver.stem.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: clane@stem.com In <69j2ht$hk3@iserver.stem.com> Christopher Lane wrote: > Our friend Timothy J. Luoma writes: > > The maximum partition size is 2047, not 2147. > > how do you come by this 2047 number? If you follow the logic of > NeXTAnswer 1533, the largest partition size is 2147 (2^31) and in that > document they give an example of a disk with a partition that's 2097. Hrm. That's a good question. I think someone told me 2?47 and I tried 2147 and that didn't work but 2047 so I assumed that the ? was a 0 instead of a 1. I've heard it from a few people, actually, but I've never been all that good with math, so perhaps I was just plain wrong. TjL ps -- just because 2147 didn't work for me could be some other problem, it was my first Intel installation. -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: jimmord@paragon-software.com (John Immordino) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: No connection to LAN with Toshiba Tecra (Etherlink III) Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 17:32:22 GMT Organization: DIGEX, Inc. Message-ID: <34bcf480.1033853593@nnrp.digex.net> References: <69fofs$dm@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> On 13 Jan 1998 12:59:40 GMT, ahoesch@on-luebeck.de wrote: >Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Function Type: Local Area Network >(6) >Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Manufacturer: 3Com Corporation >Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Product: 3C589D >Jan 13 13:45:37 localhost mach: PCMCIABus: Part Number: TP/BNC LAN Card Open Configure.app. Click on the globe icon to edit network settings. Be sure you've configured the "3Com EtherLink III PCMCIA Adapter". Now click on the "Expert..." button to see the table of driver settings. Look for the "Auto Detect IDs" key - it's probably right on top. You'll see that the value is something like "MFR=3ComCorporation,PROD=3C589". You need to edit this value so that PROD=3C589D. Be sure to hit ENTER after editing the line (an old NXTableView problem). Then save and reboot. - John
From: briana@snip.net Subject: Help! Station won't boot Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 20:22:55 -0600 Message-ID: <884830610.2056650766@dejanews.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Deja News Posting Service I have been messing with GateKeeper and PPP and now my Station won't even boot up. I don't know what I did, I was messing with HostManager.app and GateKeeper's setup. It sounded like my hard disk was struggling a bit, but I just ignored it. Could that be the problem? Here is the last thing I see in ROM Monitor: Load of /etc/mach_init, errno20, trying /etc/init Load of /etc/init failed, errno20 then it just sits there... Please help! Note: I no absolutely NO UNIX or NeXTstep so please give step by step instructions. Is it a software or hardware problem? NeXTstation Color w/ NS 3.3 Thanks, Brian -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
From: scott@doubleu.com (Scott Hess) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 15 Jan 1998 02:16:16 GMT Organization: Is a sign of weakness Message-ID: <SCOTT.98Jan14204727@slave.doubleu.com> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69j2ht$hk3@iserver.stem.com> <69j7p1$l3m$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> In-reply-to: 's message of 14 Jan 1998 20:38:57 GMT In article <69j7p1$l3m$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com>, (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS writes: In <69j2ht$hk3@iserver.stem.com> Christopher Lane wrote: > Our friend Timothy J. Luoma writes: > > The maximum partition size is 2047, not 2147. > > how do you come by this 2047 number? If you follow the logic of > NeXTAnswer 1533, the largest partition size is 2147 (2^31) and in > that document they give an example of a disk with a partition > that's 2097. Hrm. That's a good question. Not really: slave:/tmp> echo "2^31/1024/1024" | bc 2048 Of course, if they give an example of a 2097M disk, that's interesting, but it doesn't follow logically :-). -- scott hess <scott@doubleu.com> (606) 578-0412 http://www.doubleu.com/ <Favorite unused computer book title: The Compleat Demystified Idiots Guide to the Zen of Dummies in a Nutshell in Seven Days, Unleashed>
From: ahoesch@on-luebeck.de Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: 3C589D-TP isn't compatible with older cards (3C589B, 3C589C) Date: 14 Jan 1998 17:30:54 GMT Organization: Offenes Netz Luebeck e.V. Message-ID: <69isoe$1nr@merkur.on.on-luebeck.de> Hello, Obviously the actual driver does not support the new 3C589D cards (I tried a few), or in contrast to what 3Com affirms the new cards aren't compatible with the old ones. I tried a 3C589B. It worked immediately. Andreas Hoeschler
From: spammers@ruin.the.internet.channelu.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 15 Jan 1998 03:11:22 GMT Organization: Michigan State University Message-ID: <69juoq$f5f$1@msunews.cl.msu.edu> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> <69ipjq$8b4$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <SCOTT.98Jan14143831@slave.doubleu.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: scott@doubleu.com, dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov In <SCOTT.98Jan14143831@slave.doubleu.com> Scott Hess wrote: > In article <69ipjq$8b4$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com>, > (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS writes: > In <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Alex Levine wrote: > > Sorry, but isn't it impossible to have more than one OpenStep > > fdisk partition to a disk? > > Hrm.... that could be... I've heard about some partition > problem.... but there was some way to get more than one partition, > but maybe that wasn't an fdisk partition. > > You can have more than one BSD slice within a single OS/NS partition. > Unfortunately, "partition" is the word used for both FDISK partitions > and BSD slices (with "slice" terminology coming from FreeBSD), so this > can be harder than heck to figure out. > > It's almost impossible to build an oddball FDISK+BSD partitioning > scheme under NS/OS with only one boot device. It's almost imperitive > that you boot from one device and then partition another. There are > some points on my home page about this topic. almost? I found it impossible under 4.2, but I didn't fight with it too much. A solution to the origional posters question would be a good thing though. In <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> Gregg E. Dinse wrote: > Hi, > > I'm looking for some suggestions on how to set up my hard > disk. I don't want to start a big discussion about the > perfect setup -- I just want one that makes sense. > > I have an Intel PPro system with a 4.2 GB disk. I'm > thinking of creating 4 partitions: > > 1. OPENSTEP 4.2 system files + /LocalApps > 2. OPENSTEP partition for user files > 3. OPENSTEP swap partition > 4. DOS/Win95 partition > > I want the second partition to be as large as possible, > which I guess is 2147 MB. Suppose I make the first > partition 1053 MB. That leaves 1 GB for the last two > partitions. Here are my questions: > > A. Does it help to have a separate swap partition, or > should I simply use the rest for DOS/Win95? Skip the sepearte swap partition since on a single drive I think it's better to have one than many partitions.. > B. If a swap partition helps, how large should it be? > > C. I have lots of memory, so should I add the "nocompress" > option to the swaptab file for the root partition? depends on your SCSI subsystem, or HD subsystem & your cpu. Slow HD, fast cpu probably should have compress on, fast SCSI slow cpu off. One would test this. Frankly a good system manager NEVER wants to see swapping activity since it'll bring a machine to a crawl quite easily. Lesson one: A user should never run a system or set of jobs that force a machine to swap. It's extremely hard on the HD, and slows the machine to a crawl most oftn. I'm sure many will find a reason to disagree here and will have comments, but if you are an admin you'll most certianly agree a no swap state is better than swapping :) > D. In what order should the partitions be? This is an excellent question. To be able to boot DOS/Win that partition has to be in the first 2G partition. Unless someone has a workaround I don't know of yet. I think depending on what you plan to do the following would be what you want. 1st 2G partition 1G set to Openstep 1G FAT 2nd 2G 2G set to openstep or 1G FAT 1G Openstep for User How to construct this using a disktab would be a nice to know. Frankly I'm using system disks @ 2G or less because of this whole issue. Any other space I want I simply add SCSI disks of any size on top of the 2G base system disk. For instance: My P-Pro has 2 2G disks. 1 2G is entirely dedicated to Openstep the other 2G has 4 FAT partitions one with DOS/95 another with NT the last two are for space to dump stuff in that fits handily on one side of a 600M optical. I also have a SCSI ID switch stuffed in the faceplate of my PC so I can toggle the SCSI ID on one of the two drives either to 0 or 2 (the openstep one @ ID 1). MS will ignore a OS partiationed drive, Openstep will automount at least the first partition of the MS FAT drive (and all of the if I edit the /etc/mtab) Scott if you've done a mixed FAT, OS disktab that builds properly that would give something like the 1G OS, 1G FAT, 1G FAT, 1G OS partitioning scheme I'd like to see it. I don't have a spare 4G or the time to play with this. But I'm sure others might like to know. Randy rencsok at channelu dot com argus dot cem dot msu dot edu spammers works also :) Randy Rencsok General UNIX, NeXTStep, IRIX Admining, Turbo Software Consulting, Programming, etc.)
From: clane@stem.com (Christopher Lane) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 14 Jan 1998 19:09:49 GMT Organization: Systemix, Inc. Message-ID: <69j2ht$hk3@iserver.stem.com> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Our friend Timothy J. Luoma writes: > The maximum partition size is 2047, not 2147. Timothy, how do you come by this 2047 number? If you follow the logic of NeXTAnswer 1533, the largest partition size is 2147 (2^31) and in that document they give an example of a disk with a partition that's 2097. Warning: the size of the partition you typically see from the 'df' command point of view is about .9666 of what it is from the 'disk' command point of view, which means from a 'df' view it should be possible to get 2075. If you tweak the 'mkfs' parameters you can probably get a little bit more, we've such a 10GB disk (not my handy work) broken into partitions of 2077 (from a 'df' point of view, it's 2097 in 'disk'.) Although the difference between these sizes isn't significant, I've seen you quote 2047 a couple of times and it doesn't appear to agree with practice -- I'm interested in the disk mathematics behind your figure. - Christopher
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: ergo@merlin.stuttgart.netsurf.de (Olaf Foellinger) Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-ID: <EMsL4s.1nv@merlin.stuttgart.netsurf.de> Sender: news@merlin.stuttgart.netsurf.de Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: alex@guava.phil.lehigh.edu Organization: none References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 21:02:52 GMT In <69ij7t$1jio@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> Alex Levine wrote: >[deleted something] > Sorry, but isn't it impossible to have more than one OpenStep fdisk partition > to a disk? So it is, afaik. Greetings Olaf -- Olaf Foellinger homepage: http://www1.stuttgart.netsurf.de/~ergo/ NeXTMail & MIME welcome!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: news@nac.net (Robert Palma) Subject: NextStep 3.3 Organization: Net Access Corp. Date: Wed, 14 Jan 1998 19:44:38 GMT Message-ID: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> I have a NextStation with 3.3 on it. There is no compiler (cc or gcc)...Where can I get one for it? Thanks in advance, Robert rpalma@nac.net
From: daj@nwu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [Q] Simple Samba question Date: 14 Jan 1998 22:13:04 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US Distribution: world Message-ID: <69jd9g$62p@news.acns.nwu.edu> I'm configuring my smb.conf file for samba. The system is running under inetd. When a client machine running Windows for Workgroups or Win95 looks in our workgroup area the machine is there. When a user selects it a password prompt comes up as it should. The problem is that the service is listed as \\Reuben\IPC$\ Well I haven't configured a service called IPC$! When I run testparm I it outputs a IPC$ service Service parameters [IPC$]: comment: IPC Service (Reuben) path: /tmp username: status: No guest ok: Yes Can anyone tell me where is this service coming from and why? ALSO I'm trying to configure the current default user as "test" because our clients don't prompt for a username. I've created a proper account (currently called "test") and can login using unix but I can't using the WinXX machines. This is true for both file sharing and printer resources. Can anyone tell me what I've done wrong? Thank's in advance, David A. Johnson daj@nwu.edu
From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [Q] Samba Date: 14 Jan 1998 22:37:15 GMT Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Message-ID: <69jemr$f0p$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> References: <69dt54$9g0@news.acns.nwu.edu> <34bb3b1b.0@maser.urz.unibas.ch> <pvdoh1gtqmq.fsf@kobc0002.delcoelect.com> Jeffrey H. Burns (jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com.nospam) wrote: : Which version / source is best for installing Samba on a Black NEXTSTEP : 3.2 mechean? : I saw a binary distribution on the Peanuts archive, but it stated that : it was for OPENSTEP 4.x. I have downloded the file samba-latest.tar.gz : from http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba/ and am just starting to read the : documentation. Should I build from this source? Is there a NEXTSTEP : spisific source or binary that I should start with? The samba-latest distribution should build without any problems on NeXTSTEP. I build it on 3.3 for black hardware, and run that binary on a NeXTSTEP 3.2 machine as well. The last version I compiled was 1.9.17p4, which worked great. --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | csaldanh@computerActive.com (NeXT/MIME)| Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: "Stephen J. Perkins" <perkins@ti.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: valid From: field when using ppp Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 13:10:29 -0600 Organization: Texas Instruments, Inc. Message-ID: <34BFB0A5.6FCCA050@ti.com> References: <69nrq8$7ug$1@news.tamu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hanspeter Schaub wrote: > > I've noticed that more and more email servers are filtering out emails > that have an invalid From: field. I'm at home with two openstep systems > hooked up together. The one I use mainly is called "bruni". When I log > into the ppp provider at my university I am in the domain tamu.edu. When > sending emails to someone the From field always says > > schaub@bruni.tamu.edu > > which of course is not correct since I bruni is not actually hooked up > to the tamu.edu network. Therefore the DNS lookup cannot resolve the > site name bruni.tamu.edu and the email gets bounced back to me. I see > more and more site doing this now, I guess to try and filter out spam email. > > Any suggestions as to how I could fix this? Do I need to change something > in NetInfo or change a sendmail rule? Some will state that there is a way to set the From line using the advanced options in Mail.app. However, that will only work if you send mail from that app. I typically send mail using lots of things, command line, Emacs RMAIL, Mail.app, palm pilot, etc. Being the UNIX junkie that I am, I suggest upgrading to the latest sendmail. It has a masquerade feature that will make mail sent from your machine appear as if sent from 'tamu.edu'. Directions are found at: http://www.peak.org/next/ppp/NeXT_PPP_FAQ.html#MailConf Hope this helps! - Steve
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,comp.sys.pc.hardware,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy Subject: cmsg cancel <34bf67e8.0@news.grolen.com> Control: cancel <34bf67e8.0@news.grolen.com> Date: 16 Jan 1998 19:35:10 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.34bf67e8.0@news.grolen.com> Sender: wmxhthnkkev@compukev.net Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: yves (Yves_AKAKPO) Subject: Strange Booting from the network Message-ID: <EMwC9H.2HJ@yves.fdn.fr> Keywords: boot Sender: yves@yves.fdn.fr (Yves AKAKPO) Organization: Individual Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 21:41:41 GMT Hello My slab is NeXTstation turbo standalone machine OS = NS 3.3 After powered ON, my slab try to boot form the network and the panel Testing Systeme become LODING FROM THE NETWORK panel. So I must to go Next ROM monitor to boot properly by inserting "bsd". What can I do to skeep the step " LODING FROM THE NETWORK" and the Next ROM monitor panel ? Any ideas? Thanks Yves.
From: gnarf@donner.noir.net (Corey Frang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: second turbocolor slab..connect to existing station? Date: 17 Jan 1998 00:42:57 GMT Organization: Inc.Net http://www.inc.net Message-ID: <69ouqh$ruk$2@news.inc.net> References: <Ilg5ssmqJszM@cc.usu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: chrish@cc.usu.edu First of all, you have to get some sort of keyboard dongle or something, so that you can boot the machine :P Second of all look into a few apps. Open Sesame, Zilla, Render Manageer, etc.. Third of all: they should be connected via ethernet, and you should set up the machine in the same netinfo realm as you are :P You should be able to have that machine help you with some things, but the NXHost takes up alot of bandwith and slows things down In <Ilg5ssmqJszM@cc.usu.edu> PUNCHOUT wrote: > Hiya folks, > > This is in the realm of a how to, or is it possible question: > > I just picked up a second turbocolor station, just the slab... no ram, > no HD. Now, what I'd like to do is after putting RAM and HD into this > critter... is connect it to my existing turbocolor and use it as > a second processor... or at least be able to run processes from mmy > primary machine on it. Is this possible??? Regardless, I'd like to be > able to access the machine without having to get another keyboard and > monitor and soundbox. > > Ideas? > > Thanks,-- > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > Christian Shank > Graduate Student > College of Natural Resources > Utah State University > Logan, Utah 84341 > chrish@cc.usu.edu >
From: gnarf@donner.noir.net (Corey Frang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: valid From: field when using ppp Date: 17 Jan 1998 00:45:52 GMT Organization: Inc.Net http://www.inc.net Message-ID: <69ov00$ruk$3@news.inc.net> References: <69nrq8$7ug$1@news.tamu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: schaub@tamu.edu the answer is in /etc/sendmail/sendmail.cf look for these lines ##### Messages processed by this configuration are assumed to remain ##### in the same domain. This really has nothing particular to do ##### with Ethernet - the name is historical. Mether, P=[TCP], F=mDFMuX, S=11, R=21, A=TCP $h S11 R$*<@$+>$* $@$1<@$2>$3 already ok R$+ $@$1<@$w> tack on our hostname uncomment the last line.. :P it wont tack on the hostname anymore!!! In <69nrq8$7ug$1@news.tamu.edu> Hanspeter Schaub wrote: > I've noticed that more and more email servers are filtering out emails that have an invalid From: field. I'm at home with two openstep systems hooked up together. The one I use mainly is called "bruni". When I log into the ppp provider at my university I am in the domain tamu.edu. When sending emails to someone the From field always says > > schaub@bruni.tamu.edu > > which of course is not correct since I bruni is not actually hooked up to the tamu.edu network. Therefore the DNS lookup cannot resolve the site name bruni.tamu.edu and the email gets bounced back to me. I see more and more site doing this now, I guess to try and filter out spam email. > > Any suggestions as to how I could fix this? Do I need to change something in NetInfo or change a sendmail rule? > Thanks for any pointers, > > blue skies, > > HP > schaub@tamu.edu > >
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Strange Booting from the network Date: 17 Jan 1998 02:27:58 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69p4ve$a1o$7@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <EMwC9H.2HJ@yves.fdn.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: yves In <EMwC9H.2HJ@yves.fdn.fr> Yves_AKAKPO wrote: > What can I do to skeep the step " LODING FROM THE NETWORK" and the > Next ROM monitor panel ? When you are in the ROM monitor go a 'p' and then set the boot command from 'en' to 'sd' that will boot off the SCSI device rather than the Ethernet Network. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: bob@dolly.par.univie.ac.at (Bob Velkov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP on a OpenStep 4.0/Intel Date: 19 Jan 1998 14:14:13 GMT Organization: Institute for Software Technology and Parallel Systems Message-ID: <69vn3l$5g5u$1@www.univie.ac.at> I've just installed OpenStep for Mach 4.0 on my Intel box and was wondered if anyone can help me install the ppp connection to my internet provider (being it the university)? Please reply or Cc to me directly. Thanks a lot in advance! -- Bob Velkov Bob.Velkov@par.univie.ac.at
From: bob@dolly.par.univie.ac.at (Bob Velkov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Can't setup standard SVGA in > 2bpp Date: 19 Jan 1998 14:29:00 GMT Organization: Institute for Software Technology and Parallel Systems Message-ID: <69vnvc$5g5u$2@www.univie.ac.at> I have tryed to isntall the standard SVGA server with more than 2bpp, also more than 60Hz refresh rate, but it somehow doesn't work. Also, if I try install the Tseng ET4000 driver (for a Hercules Dynamite 128 4MB card), which is backwards compatible with the ET4000 chip, I am running somehow into Problems when I try to boot - the driver couldn't be found and I have to reset the system. This is a fresh OpenStep 4.0 installation on Intel hardware. And does anyone know if OS 4.0 supports multiple processors? I've got a Tyan TomCat IV dual pentium board inside the PC. Thanks a lot in advance! -- Bob Velkov Bob.Velkov@par.univie.ac.at
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Disk related Q Date: 19 Jan 1998 16:25:59 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <69vuqn$56k$2@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <69ns9v$a3j$1@news.bah.com> NOSPAM-chongt@bah.com (Timothy Chong) wrote: > From what I can see in the disktab file, the default rpm for a drive is set > at 3600. Is this info played any part in the overall performance of a > system? Yes. > I have a 5400 rpm IBM Ultrastar ES, which the OS4.2 CD formated and > partioned into 2 during the installation. If the rpm value does have how > performance factor, can someone pls help explain how I can tell the system > that the current HD is a 5400rpm drive. You need to recreate the filesystem, I believe, using something like newfs/mkfs (or using a disktab). -Chuck Charles Swiger | cswiger@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+------------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
From: Matthew_Seaman@plsys.co.uk (Matthew Seaman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail 8.8.8 and OS4.2 68K Date: 19 Jan 1998 16:39:01 GMT Organization: P&L Systems Message-ID: <69vvj5$ivr$2@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <69ih7g$t1m$1@sf1.usaw.bah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: NOSPAM-chongt@bah.com In <69ih7g$t1m$1@sf1.usaw.bah.com> Timothy Chong wrote: > FYI, the uname is from the script made by TjL (http://www.peak.org/~luomat/), > so what can I do to have sendmail 8.8.8 compiles? cp sendmail-8.8.8/src/Makefiles/Makefile.NeXT.{3,4}.x and lose the `uname' script --- makesendmail recognises NeXTen just fine without it. Matthew
From: "Robert Claeson" <no.such.address@no.spam> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [Q] Samba Date: Fri, 16 Jan 1998 00:29:08 +0100 Organization: * Message-ID: <34beb9b9.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> References: <69dt54$9g0@news.acns.nwu.edu> <34bb3b1b.0@maser.urz.unibas.ch> frank@ifi.unibas.ch wrote: >BUT: I've modified the 17p4 version of Samba to use NetInfo and I'm >currently completing the SambaManager.app which will provide a >graphical interface for maintainance and configuration. > >I'll have a look at the newest version of Samba as soon as the >manager is finished. (Luke did promise to apply my patches, but >...) I'm using the latest Samba under Openstep 4.2. It works, but when you try to kill the smbd process the Openstep kernel krasches. Also, the fcntl system call used for locking in the smbpasswd command doesn't work either. It always returns an error. I've commented out the locking code for now, but...
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Date: 15 Jan 1998 00:21:37 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <69jkqh$l3m$6@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: rpalma@nac.net In <34bd16f3.0@nntp1.nac.net> Robert Palma wrote: > I have a NextStation with 3.3 on it. There is no compiler (cc or gcc)...Where > can I get one for it? Well, you'd have to get the entire developer CD.... gcc without the header files, etc it is useless.... The only place you can probably get it now is comp.sys.next.marketplace. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: cejensen@bitstream.net (Chris Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: valid From: field when using ppp Date: 17 Jan 1998 13:57:11 GMT Organization: Bitstream Underground Message-ID: <69qdbn$1cb$1@maryj.bitstream.net> References: <69nrq8$7ug$1@news.tamu.edu> <34BFB0A5.6FCCA050@ti.com> "Stephen J. Perkins" <perkins@ti.com> wrote: >Hanspeter Schaub wrote: >> >> I've noticed that more and more email servers are filtering out emails >> that have an invalid From: field. [...] >> Any suggestions as to how I could fix this? Do I need to change something >> in NetInfo or change a sendmail rule? > >Being the UNIX junkie that I am, I suggest upgrading to the >latest sendmail. It has a masquerade feature that will make mail >sent from your machine appear as if sent from 'tamu.edu'. Specifically, make sure you have this line in your next.mc: FEATURE(masquerade_envelope) For example, here's my next.mc: VERSIONID(`$Id$') OSTYPE(nextstep)dnl DOMAIN(mydomain)dnl FEATURE(stickyhost) FEATURE(use_cw_file)dnl FEATURE(redirect)dnl FEATURE(masquerade_envelope) MASQUERADE_AS(bitstream.net)dnl MAILER(local) MAILER(smtp) --Chris ************************** Chris Jensen cejensen@bitstream.net MIME, Sun, NeXTMail OK "Sacred Cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain
From: "Robert Claeson" <no.such.address@no.spam> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Multiple disk partitions? Date: Sat, 17 Jan 1998 01:36:24 +0100 Organization: * Message-ID: <34c018ca.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> I'm trying to install OS 4.2 on an Intel PC and am trying to use a fairly normal Ultra Wide SCSI disk of 4.5 GB with an Adaptec 3940UW SCSI card. The first problem seems to be that OS 4.2 can't use larger partitions than 2 GB, but the installer happily goes about and uses the whole disk anyway. Can anybody confirm this? I then try to create several partitions, but the OS 4.2 installer says that only one Nextstep partition is allowed per disk. Ok, so I create ONE partition, installs the o/s and then try to create more partitions afterwards, which appears to be impossible. Is it at all possible to use several Nextstep partitions per disk? I mean, it's getting hard to even find a SCSI disk smaller than 4.5 GB these days, and I sure want to use them to their full capacity. -- My address is fake due to too much spam. Mail me at robert at rc dash produktion dot se
From: clane@stem.com (Christopher Lane) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: setting up my hard disk Date: 15 Jan 1998 01:11:49 GMT Organization: Systemix, Inc. Message-ID: <69jnol$j7i@iserver.stem.com> References: <69go44$sn1$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <69hc8d$14$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <69j7p1$l3m$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Our friend Timothy J. Luoma replies: >I think someone told me 2?47 and I tried 2147 and that didn't work but 2047 >so I assumed that the ? was a 0 instead of a 1. > >I've heard it from a few people, actually, ... I've done a little math and here's what I believe is the answer: The maximum number of bytes a (pre-Rhapsody) partition can be is 2^31 or 2.147GB, but with a (virtual) sector size of 1024, this translates to 2097152 sectors (= 4194304 512-byte sectors) which I assume is the maximum partition size (in sectors) from the 'disk' command's point of view. Looking at the 'df' point of view, I'm guessing this translates to a maximum of roughly 2.076GB +/- 1MB or so after 'mkfs' as the maximum partition size in bytes, though you may get less (even with the same 2097152 sector starting point!) I've not worked out this math so I'll just mumble, "overhead". With the 10% additional BSD overhead, this estimate reduces to a maximum partition size of 1.869GB +/- 1MB or so from a non-root user's point of view. (About a 13% loss from our original 2.147GB maximum partition size.) - Christopher
From: me@venetia.pgh.pa.us Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Adding an 8.4 Gb Drive Date: 17 Jan 1998 20:52:48 GMT Organization: Pittsburgh OnLine, Inc. Message-ID: <69r5n0$14r$1@dropit.pgh.net> I bought a full size 8.4Gb drive for my PC and discovered I can't squeeze it in. On the other hand, I can get it in my cube and use the 1Gb 3.5" drive I have there now in the PC. Question: What do I have to do special for a drive this large? The 1Gb "just worked," but I seem to recall that really large drives need to be broken up into several logical devices and I don't know how to do that. Any other advice would also be appreciated. ----- Bob Peirce Venetia, PA 412-941-6883 me@venetia.pgh.pa.us [HOME (NeXT)] rbp@investor.pgh.pa.us [OFFICE]
From: zander@rkinc.com (Aleksey Sudakov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to set up NeXT box as a gateway for home LAN Date: 17 Jan 1998 20:24:32 GMT Organization: Another Netscape Collabra Server User Message-ID: <69r421$2um1@parsec.vapower.com> Hi, Recently, I built my very first home LAN. I have an Intel box running Rhapsody (white) that is connected to NeXT Turbo (black) thru hub. NeXT box act as a NetInfo Server, NFS server and also it has a modem that I use to connect to my ISP using PPP. I would like my NeXT box to act as a router to the Internet. Could someone please tell me how should I configure both machines? So far I set up NeXT box to run routed with -g option, so before I start up PPP routing tables look like this black> netstat -nr Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 2 502 lo0 192.42.172 192.42.172.1 U 12 2327 en0 white> netstat -nr Routing tables Internet: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 3 183 lo0 192.42.172 192.42.172.1 U 0 0 en0 And after I start up PPP they look like this black> netstat -nr Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Interface 2#################################################################### Path: news.informatik.uni-muenchen.de!lrz-muenchen.de!uni-erlangen.de!newsfeed.nacamar.de!newscore.univie.ac.at!03-newsfeed.univie.ac.at!news.univie.ac.at!not-for-mail From: bob@par.univie.ac.at (Bob Velkov) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Tseng ET6000 driver for OpenStep 4.0/Intel Date: 19 Jan 1998 12:44:48 GMT Organization: Inst. for Software Technology and Parallel Systems Lines: 11 Message-ID: <69vhs0$28p4$1@www.univie.ac.at> Reply-To: bob@par.univie.ac.at NNTP-Posting-Host: molly.par.univie.ac.at Xref: news.informatik.uni-muenchen.de comp.sys.next.misc:27464 comp.sys.next.programmer:27405 comp.sys.next.sysadmin:29522 comp.sys.next.software:32212 Does anyone know whether there is an ET6000 driver for OpenStep 4.0 for Intel and where I can get it? Thanks a lot in advance (please reply to me directly or Cc). Thanks! -- Bob Velkov Bob.Velkov@par.univie.ac.at
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: c3ar@dent.uchicago.edu (Walter C3arlip) Subject: Quantum Disk/Disktab Advice Message-ID: <EMypHA.L5n@midway.uchicago.edu> Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (News Administrator) Organization: Dept. of Mathematics, Univ. of Chicago Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 04:22:22 GMT I am trying to install a new disk as an external system disk to a Nextstation. The drive was repaired and its old mechanism replaced with a Quantum Viking 4.5 NSE. When I tried to install Nextstep 3.3, the machine decided that the disk capacity was 320Mb, rather than the actual 4.5 gig. After trying several things I've decided that I probably have to create a disktab entry and reformat and partition the thing "by hand". I tried this once expecting 2 partitions of 2gig size and one of about 1/2 gig, but for some reason (probably an incorrectly formatted disktab entry (?)) I ended up with three equal sized partitions. In any case, can anyone out there provide me with advice how to proceed? Anyone have a properly formatted disktab? Thanks very much, -- Walter _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter C3arlip **** carlip@ace.cs.ohiou.edu **** (the "3" is silent) **** c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu *** _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ Walter C3arlip **** carlip@ace.cs.ohiou.edu **** (the "3" is silent) **** c3ar@zaphod.uchicago.edu *** _____________________________________________________________________________
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Resources on the Net Supersedes: <364884494823@digifix.com> Date: 18 Jan 1998 04:58:51 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <15507885099622@digifix.com> Topics include: Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites NeXTanswers Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites ============================================ The following sites are a sample of the OpenStep related WWW sites available. A comprehensive list is available on Stepwise. Stepwise OpenStep/Rhapsody Information Server http://www.stepwise.com Stepwise has been serving the OpenStep/NEXTSTEP community since March 1993. Some of the many resources on the site include: OpenStep Third Party Software guide, Developer Directory, Mailing List information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. This is the World Wide Web interace to the FTP site. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://www.next.com Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's 'Prelude to Rhapsody' Self Support Site http://devworld.apple.com/dev/prelude.html This site has been constructed to help you help yourself to learn as much as possible about the foundation for Rhapsody, today's OPENSTEP. The site provides an informal collection of pointers, references, and starting points for developers who are using the Prelude to Rhapsody bundle, distributed at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference. OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups ==================================================== COMP.SYS.NEXT.ADVOCACY This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. COMP.SYS.NEXT.ANNOUNCE Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Messages posted to announce should NOT be posted or crossposted to any other comp.sys.next groups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.BUGS A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT-specific groups as well. COMP.SYS.NEXT.HARDWARE Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MARKETPLACE NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MISC For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! COMP.SYS.NEXT.PROGRAMMER Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. These commands affect the way that files you request are sent: ASCII causes the requested files to be sent as ASCII text SPLIT splits large files into 95KB chunks, using the MIME Message/Partial specification REPLY-TO address sets the e-mail address NeXTanswers uses These commands return information about the NeXTanswers system: HELP returns this help file INDEX returns the list of all available files INDEX BY DATE returns the list of files, sorted newest to oldest SEARCH keywords lists all files that contain all the keywords you list (ignoring capitalization) For example, a message with the following Subject line requests three files: Subject: 2101 2234 1109 A message with this body requests the same three files be sent as ASCII text files: 2101 2234 1109 ascii This message requests two lists of files, one for each search: Subject: SEARCH Dell SCSI SEARCH NetInfo domain NeXTanswers will reply to the address in your From: line. To use a different address either set your Reply-To: line, or use the NeXTanswers command REPLY-TO If you have any problem with the system or suggestions for improvement, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY FAX To use NeXTanswers by fax, call (415) 780-3990 from a touch-tone phone and follow the instructions. You'll be asked for your fax number, a number to identify your fax (like your phone extension or office number), and the ID numbers of the files you want. You can also request a list of available files. When you finish entering the file numbers, end the call and the files will be faxed to you. If you have problems using this fax system, please call Technical Support at 1-800-848-6398. You cannot use the fax system outside the U.S & Canada. USING NEXTANSWERS VIA THE WORLD-WIDE WEB To use NeXTanswers via the Internet World-Wide Web connect to NeXT's web server at URL http://www.next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY ANONYMOUS FTP To use NeXTanswers by Internet anonymous FTP, connect to FTP.NEXT.COM and read the help file pub/NeXTanswers/README. If you have problems using this, please send mail to nextanswers-request@next.com. USING NEXTANSWERS BY MODEM To use NeXTanswers via modem call the NeXTanswers BBS at (415) 780-2965. Log in as the user "guest", and enter the Files section. From there you can download NeXTanswers documents. FOR MORE HELP... If you need technical support for NEXTSTEP beyond the information available from NeXTanswers, call the Support Hotline at 1-800-955-NeXT (outside the U.S. call +1-415-424-8500) to speak to a NEXTSTEP Technical Support Technician. If your site has a NeXT support contract, your site's support contact must make this call to the hotline. Otherwise, hotline support is on a pay-per-call basis. Thanks for using NeXTanswers! _________________________________________________________________ Written by: Eric P. Scott ( eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU ) and Scott Anguish ( sanguish@digifix.com ) Additions from: Greg Anderson ( Greg_Anderson@afs.com ) Michael Pizolato ( alf@epix.net ) Dan Grillo ( dan_grillo@next.com )
From: (Linda VIERA) linda@venturi.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Need help with Rumba / Samba Date: 20 Jan 1998 07:43:17 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6a1kil$6vd$4@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: linda@venturi.com I need to share a windows directory to the Next machine so I can run an application that retrieves/sends files. I have attempted this by sharing a directory on the Win95 machine and trying to run rumba but I get the error "unknown host". I have both machines setup with static IP addresses and have disabled looking for a Netinfo server. What piece of the puzzle am I missing? Do I need to do something with the mach file "/etc/hosts" or any other related file? Any help is very much appreciated. On the same note, I am interested in getting Samba working for another little project (getting access to our recent software source files from WinNT machines. I have had little luck with this. I do not recall exactly the settings that I tried, but if you have time and are interested in helping out, I could try to get all that info to you. Thank you, once again for you time. I do appreciated it. Linda VIERA Cardiopulmonary Corporation Milford, CT 06460 linda@venturi.com (NOTE: I am posting this for Linda since she emailed it to me and is unable to read/send Usenet news at the present. Please do CC any responses to her, since she will be unable to see them otherwise. Thanks -- TjL)
From: Matthew_Seaman@plsys.co.uk (Matthew Seaman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Boot Disk for NextStation/NetxStep 3.3 Date: 19 Jan 1998 16:11:18 GMT Organization: P&L Systems Distribution: world Message-ID: <69vtv6$ivr$1@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <69v494$1av$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: jaehnias@ims.uni-stuttgart.de In <69v494$1av$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> Andreas Jaehnigen wrote: > Has anyone an idea where to get a boot disk for "the black box"? OS is > NextStep 3.3. I found a FAQ but the server listed in there was (probably) > out-dated... So... Has anyone an idea where to get an image to create a > bootable floppy disk? Or is there a program available? Or any other ideas > on how to create a bootable floppy disk? They're on NeXTAnswers: ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/Files/NEXTSTEP/Floppy_Images or our mirror of NeXTanswers: ftp://ftp.plsys.co.uk/pub/NeXTanswers/NEXTSTEP/Floppy_Images Read the file `1921_Creating_FDs_From_Images_Under_NEXTSTEP_and_DOS.rtf' for instructions. Cheers, Matthew [Posted and mailed]
From: colombet@arles.timone.univ-mrs.fr (Bruno Colombet) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Any AGP drivers for NS3.3? Date: 20 Jan 1998 09:15:07 GMT Organization: Universites d' Aix en Provence Message-ID: <6a1pur$oe$1@news.univ-aix.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I'm the new happy administrator of a new PII 266. Is there a driver for a Millenium 2 AGP? -- Bruno Colombet Laboratoire de Neuropsychologie et de Neurophysiologie Faculte de Medecine 27 Bd Jean Moulin 13385 Marseille cedex 05 +33 4 91 32 44 61 colombet@arles.timone.univ-mrs.fr
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Boot Disk for NextStation/NetxStep 3.3 Date: 19 Jan 1998 16:25:56 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <69vuqk$56k$1@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <69v494$1av$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> jaehnias@ims.uni-stuttgart.de (Andreas Jaehnigen) wrote: > Hi there! > > Has anyone an idea where to get a boot disk for "the black box"? OS is > NextStep 3.3. http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/2071.htmld/2071.html http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/1921.htmld/1921.html -Chuck Charles Swiger | cswiger@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+------------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
From: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.Drop_This.de (Detlev Droege) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Any AGP drivers for NS3.3? Date: 20 Jan 1998 09:42:48 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / CC Distribution: world Message-ID: <6a1rio$5h0$1@newshost> References: <6a1pur$oe$1@news.univ-aix.fr> In article <6a1pur$oe$1@news.univ-aix.fr> colombet@arles.timone.univ-mrs.fr (Bruno Colombet) writes: > I'm the new happy administrator of a new PII 266. > Is there a driver for a Millenium 2 AGP? Yes, in NeXTanswers # 2141 you can find version 3.41 of the Matrox driver supporting these Matrox cards: Matrox MGA Millennium Matrox MGA Millennium II Matrox MGA Millennium II AGP Matrox Mystique Matrox Mystique 220 Matrox Mystique 220 AGP Don't be worried about the 'beta' state of the driver. Since development for NS 3.3 is closed, this is an off-spin from the corresponding OS 4.2 driver and will never officially reach 'released' state, though it works like the 4.x one. See NeXTanswers #1974 for an overview of the driver. Detlev (posted and mailed) -- Detlev Droege, Universitaet Koblenz, FB Informatik | Fon:+49 261 9119-421 Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany | Fax:+49 261 9119-497 NeXT/MIME/Email: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.Drop_This.de Drop the "Drop_This." part in my Email-address to reply.
From: michael@rumah.pc.my (Michael Olan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mail mystery Date: 18 Jan 1998 14:23:44 GMT Organization: Personal Message-ID: <69t39g$2pg@telos.pc.my> I have 2 Next's, with Taylor-uucp for mail delivery to/from an isp, and duplicate sendmail.cf's. However, on one of them incoming mail goes through what seems like a normal uucico step followed by uuxqt execution. But then it disappears until either I reboot/power-up or send mail directly from my other Next. Mail 3.3 Preferences is set to Automatic retrieval of new mail w/ query every 5 minutes. There is also a -q5m in the rc replacing the -q1h default. Can anyone tell me how do I get my mail on time before I go postal??? Thanx, Mike
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail with NS3.3 Date: 19 Jan 1998 23:52:05 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <6a0ov5$p8s$1@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <34c3d3ee.0@news1.ibm.net> hecht@unm.edu (Andrew Hecht) wrote: > So my question is, does anyone know how to modify sendmail.cf so that it > uses "MAIL From:<kck24@slipxxx-xxx-xxx.nm.us.ibm.net>", that is, it dynamically > substitutes my assigned ip address for that internet session for my hostname? First, you need to build a modern version of sendmail with the masquarading support, which was discussed recently. Find the line starting with DM, and give it a distinct name, then save this .cf somewhere, and name it sendmail_orig.cf. Now then, whatever your PPP/SLIP connection is, it'll have some way of tracking what your IP address is (or you could parse ifconfig's output-- whatever seems convenient) and you'll need to save that to a file, or an environment variable, or whatever, and do: sed -e 's/DMdistinct_name/DMslip`cat /tmp/IP_address`'.nm.us.ibm.net/' sendmail_orig.cf >\! /etc/sendmail.cf Change this depending on what distinct name you've used, where you're getting the IP address from, and where your sendmail binary is configured to look for it's .cf file. 'Course, it'd probably be easier to define a SMART_HOST which has a hostname in the DNS which you relay all of your external email to.... :-) -Chuck Charles Swiger | chuck@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+----------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
From: jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NetInfo Read Only Date: 20 Jan 1998 08:10:05 -0500 Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Message-ID: <pvdwwfvz3yq.fsf@kobc0002.delcoelect.com> I have a stand alone NextStation running 3.2. The NetInfo data base seams to be read only. It will not let me save any changes. Examples: In HostManager I tried to make a change to Localhost and got this error. Alert NetInfo error writhing property list: No writes allowed: all objects are read-only. Aborting I tryed to make the same change using NetInfoManater and got his error. Warning Closing without saving. This is a read only connection to a clone server. I also tryed changing a user password. Again NetInfo complained about being read only. This mechean has bin stand alone for years, and I am now trying to connect it ot one Windows NT mechean. I am trying to set the IP address. Can anyone help? -- Jeffrey H Burns Internet:jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com.nospam Project Engineer Delco Electronics Corp. Telephone: (765) 451-3279 Kokomo, IN 46904-9005 FAX: (765) 451-3600
From: barry@gslink.com (Barry Bocaner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 Date: 18 Jan 1998 15:38:05 GMT Organization: Cows Unlimited! Message-ID: <69t7kt$5ql$1@news1.mnsinc.com> References: <69kd2u$8oh@crcnis3.unl.edu> <34bf666b.0@news.unibe.ch> <69oaej$6ak$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> that Timothy J. Luoma (NOSPAM@ALL.PLS) scribbled: > > This is not true: Solaris, Irix, ... ?! > > > > But you can always use hte freely avaliable gcc.... > Is that true? > I thought even the generic gcc required some of the header files that are in > the Dev tools only. I think the poster's point was that solaris et all include the platform-specific header files, so all one need do is drop in gcc whereas next doesn't and makes you get developer to do anything. -- --=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Barry J. Bocaner <barry@gslink.com> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
From: tfu@bigfoot.com (Thomas F. Unke) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: QMAIL under Nextstep 3.2/3.3 ? Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 15:25:36 GMT Organization: Smoke'n Joy - The first virtual crematory Message-ID: <1998Jan18.152536.312@online.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit After days of reading through all available FAQs about sendmail 8.8 including those on peak, there are still some features broken and I'm fed up with tweaking the config files. This is absolutely the worst piece of software after MS-DOS. So I'm looking for alternatives. I heard about QMAIL: Is anybody using this on a black Next under NS3.2/3.3 ? Anything to take care of ? What are the config files you are using ? Any hint appreciated !
From: Trevin Beattie <*trevin*@*xmission*.*com*> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Date reset on every reboot Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 07:19:26 -0700 Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <6a2bpf$sq4$1@news.xmission.com> References: <6a1570$dng$1@news.tamu.edu> <6a193q$49s$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <6a1570$dng$1@news.tamu.edu> Hanspeter Schaub wrote: > I've noticed that my date seems to get reset to July 15, 1996 whenever I > reboot. When I log in as root and change the clock, it remains fine until > the next reboot. I'm running Openstep 4.0 on an intel system hooked up to a > Nextstation. I've noticed the same thing happen when I was installing NS3.3 on my i486. Whenever I booted from the boot floppy, it would get to the mach window and report a "ludicrous date" in the RTC, then set the date to June 1994. After everything was installed and running, it seemed to leave the clock correct. I also have Windows 95 installed on this system, and it's never had a problem with the clock at all. BTW: Since I have Windows 95, which expects the clock to be set to local time, and NS, which expects the clock to be set to GMT, what would be a better way of keeping a unified time scheme for both (keeping in mind that it's networked with a NeXT Cube)? -- Trevin Beattie "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, *To*reply*to*this* for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." *message,*remove*the* --unknown *asterisks*from*my*email*address.*
From: Matthew_Seaman@plsys.co.uk (Matthew Seaman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo Read Only Date: 20 Jan 1998 14:43:59 GMT Organization: P&L Systems Message-ID: <6a2d7f$och$1@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <pvdwwfvz3yq.fsf@kobc0002.delcoelect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com In <pvdwwfvz3yq.fsf@kobc0002.delcoelect.com> Jeffrey H. Burns wrote: > I have a stand alone NextStation running 3.2. The NetInfo data base > seams to be read only. It will not let me save any changes. > > Examples: > > In HostManager I tried to make a change to Localhost and got this > error. > Alert NetInfo error writhing property list: No writes allowed: > all objects are read-only. > Aborting > > I tryed to make the same change using NetInfoManater and got his > error. > Warning Closing without saving. This is a read only connection > to a clone server. > > I also tryed changing a user password. Again NetInfo complained about > being read only. > > This mechean has bin stand alone for years, and I am now trying to > connect it ot one Windows NT mechean. I am trying to set the IP > address. > > Can anyone help? Yup. The way netinfo usually works is that the clone and master servers are equally good for *reading* the database, but that all *writes* are forced to go via the master server to ensure the consistency of the database. Since the vast majority of access to the netinfo databases are to read rather than to write, this system works well, even if communication between the master and clones gets interupted for a while. The master netinfo server is identified in the `master' property in the root directory of the netinfo domain as `hostname.dom.ain/tag': unless your machine's hostname matches the hostname given in this property you won't be able to have write access to the domain. Another property you may run afoul of is the `trusted_hosts' property --- again in the root directory of the domain. If this is present, it lists the IP network numbers for which access to the server is allowed --- check the documentation for the whole story. Hmmm... You're on NS 3.2, so I don't think you have the `-r' raw mode option available in `nidump' or `niload' do you? Now, I'm assuming here that you have a two-level netinfo setup with `local' and `network' domains and that the problem is in the`network' domain. You can tell what domains are served by your machine by running: nidomain -l If the problem is in your local domain, you're probably better off replacing it with the default from /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo: cd /etc/netinfo mv local{,-old}.nidb cp -pr /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo/local.nidb . kill -HUP `cat /etc/nibindd.pid` If the problem is in the `network' domain, you can ressurect it as follows --- this is basically the procedure you would use to turn a clone server for a domain into the master for that domain if the master had gone kaput...: Log in as root. From Terminal.app, create a new netinfo domain on your machine with a distinct tag from any of the existing domains: nidomain -m foo [[The domain tag is essentially just the directory name the data are stored in under /etc/netinfo: ie the database stored in /etc/netinfo/foo.nidb has the tag `foo'.]] Fire up NetInfoManager.app and use the `Open by tag' (Cmd-O) menu item to open the new domain. (Hostname: localhost, Tag: foo) Also open your current network domain. Then simply copy each of the directories (aliases, fax_modems, groups, locations, ...) from the old domain to the new one by drag'n'dropping from the icon well. Make sure that you select the correct target directory... Your new domain will already contain a machines directory with an entry for your host. You'll end up with two machines directories when you drag over from the old domain, but that's OK. You need to compare the entries for your host in the old and new machines directories and make sure that the *old* directory has the correct IP number and host name. If it doesn't, edit the data in the old directory so it has the correct values. However don't copy over the `serves ./foo' entry from the new. Once everything is OK, delete the *new* machines directory. Now for the slightly tricky part. Double click on the root directory of the new domain and edit the master property so that the value reads `hostname.dom.ain/network' rather than `hostname.dom.ain/foo'. Save the changes and quit out of NetInfoManager.app. Go back into Terminal.app and execute the following commands: cd /etc/netinfo mv network{,-old}.nidb mv foo.nidb network.nidb kill -HUP `cat /etc/nibindd.pid` You probably don't even need to reboot at this point, but it won't do any harm. Irrelevant to your case, but if you were promoting a clone to a master server you would then have to delete the old databases on any other clones and re-copy them from the new master. Cheers, Matthew [Posted and Mailed]
From: stefanos@RMTHIS.uniscape.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiple disk partitions? Date: 18 Jan 1998 16:55:20 GMT Organization: e-Scape Information Systems Inc. Message-ID: <69tc5p$2hh$1@news.e-scape.net> References: <34c018ca.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: no.such.address@no.spam In <34c018ca.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> "Robert Claeson" wrote: > I'm trying to install OS 4.2 on an Intel PC and am trying to use a fairly > normal Ultra Wide SCSI disk of 4.5 GB with an Adaptec 3940UW SCSI card. The > first problem seems to be that OS 4.2 can't use larger partitions than 2 GB, > but the installer happily goes about and uses the whole disk anyway. Can > anybody confirm this? Yes this correct OpenStep/NextStep cannot use a partitons which is larger than 2GB. You can use the second partition my mounting. You can set it so that it is mounted automatically at boot time by editing the /etc/fstab file. stef smail' which you might want to checkout also. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: William.Clocksin@CL.cam.ac.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NeXTStep and the Amanda backup system Date: 18 Jan 1998 17:06:09 GMT Organization: University of Cambridge, England Message-ID: <69tcq1$ocl$1@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> I am the only NeXTStep user on a mixed network of mainly Unix boxes. Backup of my local filespaces is done across the network automatically, without my knowing about it. This is nice. However, my system administrator is planning to move to a backup system called Amanda. I've never heard of it, but apparently my system administrator does not believe that it will talk to NeXTStep/OpenStep machines. Does anybody know about it, and whether there is a way to make NeXTStep/OpenStep machines comply with whatever it requires? Thanks. William Clocksin Computer Laboratory Cambridge University
From: "Robert Claeson" <no.mail@no.spam> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiple disk partitions? Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 19:20:05 +0100 Organization: * Message-ID: <34c263fd.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> References: <34c018ca.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> <69tc5p$2hh$1@news.e-scape.net> stefanos@RMTHIS.uniscape.com wrote: > Yes this correct OpenStep/NextStep cannot use a partitons which is larger >than 2GB. You can use the second partition my mounting. You can set it so >that it is mounted automatically at boot time by editing the /etc/fstab file. That's what I've considered doing, but Nextstep won't even allow me to create a second NS partition on the same disk! /usr/etc/fdisk says that only one NS partition is allowed per disk. Is there any way to let OS 4.2 use multiple partitions on the same disk?
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Date reset on every reboot Date: 20 Jan 1998 16:42:12 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <6a2k54$mft$2@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <6a1570$dng$1@news.tamu.edu> <6a193q$49s$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <6a2bpf$sq4$1@news.xmission.com> Trevin Beattie <*trevin*@*xmission*.*com*> wrote: > BTW: Since I have Windows 95, which expects the clock to be set to local > time, and NS, which expects the clock to be set to GMT, what would be a > better way of keeping a unified time scheme for both (keeping in mind > that it's networked with a NeXT Cube)? This: http://www.peak.org/next/apps/clocks/TimeShift.I.bs.tar.gz :-) -Chuck Charles Swiger | chuck@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+----------------------+-------------------- I know you're an optimist if you think I'm a pessimist.
From: MARMIER Raphael <marmier4@hei.unige.ch> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiple disk partitions? Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 20:19:47 +0100 Organization: University of Geneva Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980118201713.12406B-100000@hei.unige.ch> References: <34c018ca.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> <69tc5p$2hh$1@news.e-scape.net> <34c263fd.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Robert Claeson <no.mail@no.spam> In-Reply-To: <34c263fd.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> Hi > That's what I've considered doing, but Nextstep won't even allow me to > create a second NS partition on the same disk! /usr/etc/fdisk says that only > one NS partition is allowed per disk. Is there any way to let OS 4.2 use > multiple partitions on the same disk? The only way I know of is to make several BSD partitions (not fdisk). I don't know which tool do that (disk I suppose), but you can do this either directly on the disk or within a fdisk partition. hope this helps Raph
From: rdieter@math.unl.edu (Rex Dieter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Date reset on every reboot Date: 20 Jan 1998 18:38:46 GMT Organization: University of Nebraska--Lincoln Message-ID: <6a2qvm$l19@crcnis3.unl.edu> References: <6a2k54$mft$2@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> In article <6a2k54$mft$2@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> writes: > Trevin Beattie <*trevin*@*xmission*.*com*> wrote: > > BTW: Since I have Windows 95, which expects the clock to be set to > > local time > This: > http://www.peak.org/next/apps/clocks/TimeShift.I.bs.tar.gz Has anyone gotten this to work with OpenStep (4.2)? It works for NEXTSTEP 3.3 systems (that is what TImeShirt was originally designed for), but doesn't seem to set/reset the clock properly for OpenStep. Win95 Thinks the clock is way messed up (wrong time/date/year) upon startup. Any ideas? -- Rex A. Dieter rdieter@math.unl.edu (NeXT/MIME OK) Computer System Manager http://www.math.unl.edu/~rdieter/ Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mvlems@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM Subject: Mail - Images of people from another network: how? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <1998Jan18.202252.11629@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM> Sender: mvlems@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM (Mark F. Vlems) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Sun, 18 Jan 1998 20:22:52 GMT Howdy, I would like Mail.app to show pictures of the people sending mail to me. It already works for mail received from users on my own (single computer) network, but not for mail from others. Can anybody give me a hint about how to make this work? Thanks, -- Mark F. Vlems Poor is the man, MIME Mail OK Whose pleasures depend NeXTMail preferred! On the permission of another. Fax: +31 (0) 23 5622368 Madonna in "Justify my love", 1990
From: Scott Mewett <mewett@cisco.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to set up NeXT box as a gateway for home LAN Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 11:26:58 -0800 Organization: Cisco Systems Message-ID: <34C4FA82.5B3CCE7B@cisco.com> References: <69r421$2um1@parsec.vapower.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Aleksey Sudakov <zander@rkinc.com> Hi. A few years ago I wanted to do the same thing. However the only way that you could do it is if you had a FQHN for each host. Which I suspect you are dialing up to an ISP and therefor are being assign an IP upon connection. For me the main thing I wanted to do was to browse the web on my PC and have it connect through my Modem on my Cube. So I used a HTTP Server that had a proxy server it it. It didn't take a lot to set up either. This didn't allow me to do telnet or news, but I could do HTTP and FTP. It worked great. One time I had A MAC, Sun, PC running WinNT and a PC running Linux all with there browsers pointing to the cube as a proxy. It was really cool. Hope this helps. Scott Aleksey Sudakov wrote: > > Hi, > > Recently, I built my very first home LAN. I have an Intel box running > Rhapsody (white) that is connected to NeXT Turbo (black) thru hub. > NeXT box act as a NetInfo Server, NFS server and also it has a modem > that I use to connect to my ISP using PPP. I would like my NeXT box to > act as a router to the Internet. Could someone please tell me how > should I configure both machines? > > So far I set up NeXT box to run routed with -g option, so before I > start up PPP routing tables look like this > > black> netstat -nr <snip> > Should I run any special software on a gateway to forward packets? > > Any hints would be greatly appreciated. > > Regards, > Aleksey
From: ANTI_SPAM_dreely@cyberstore.ca Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NeXTStep and the Amanda backup system Date: 18 Jan 1998 22:22:04 GMT Organization: Canada Internet Direct, Inc. Message-ID: <69tvac$cp9$2@brie.direct.ca> References: <69tcq1$ocl$1@lyra.csx.cam.ac.uk> William.Clocksin@CL.cam.ac.uk wrote: >I am the only NeXTStep user on a mixed network of mainly Unix boxes. Backup >of my local filespaces is done across the network automatically, without my >knowing about it. This is nice. However, my system administrator is >planning to move to a backup system called Amanda. I've never heard of it, >but apparently my system administrator does not believe that it will talk >to NeXTStep/OpenStep machines. Does anybody know about it, and whether >there is a way to make NeXTStep/OpenStep machines comply with whatever it >requires? Thanks. > >William Clocksin >Computer Laboratory >Cambridge University I did a little search and found this article. http://www.niehs.nih.gov/Connections/Archives/Arch95/March95/amanda.html Also the Amanda home page seems to be: http://www.cs.umd.edu/projects/amanda/index.html The source is available there and it seems to be focused around Unix. Perhaps someone can get it compiled under NextStep. I tried but had problems early in the make process. Darren www.bcog.org/~dreely
From: pekeler@luck.shnet.org (Christian Pekeler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mail - Images of people from another network: how? Date: 18 Jan 1998 22:16:06 GMT Organization: private Message-ID: <69tuv6$as8@luck.shnet.org> References: <1998Jan18.202252.11629@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM> mvlems@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM wrote: >I would like Mail.app to show pictures of the people sending mail to me. You can install the EnhanceMail bundle to use a X-Image-Url mail headerline. And take a look at ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/misc/NEXTTOYOU/MailTIFFs/00-README.rtf. Christian
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What (if anything) are 'Kernel Flags' used for? Date: 22 Jan 1998 00:45:25 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6a64r5$38l$4@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6a4af4$38l$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <6a5nnt$puv$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca In <6a5nnt$puv$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> Chris Saldanha wrote: > How about page 35 of "Installing and Configuring NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 for > Intel Processors and NeXT Computers"? (Page 32 for OpenStep). *digs through desk* *blows off dust* *flips.... realizes he's in the wrong language... flips back* Ah, yes. I mistakenly thought that DL had the same info as in there, just in different format for easier reading. Of course, if you buy them 2ndhand and don't get the docs you're SOL. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.Drop_This.de (Detlev Droege) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What (if anything) are 'Kernel Flags' used for? Date: 21 Jan 1998 12:24:41 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / CC Distribution: world Message-ID: <6a4pe9$hmc$1@newshost> References: <6a4af4$38l$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> In article <6a4af4$38l$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS writes: > > In responding to another post, I saw this in my Configuration > > % cat /private/Drivers/i386/System.config/Instance0.table > "Kernel Flags" = ""; > <snip> > I know there was an 'nbuf' for NeXT hardware which could be useful for PPP > purposes, but I don't know if it is also useful for Intel hardware. nbuf is calculated from your memory size normally. This was of relevance with 8-16MB RAM (in black hardware times). For larger RAM it should always be chosen large enough automatically. Other flags (all from memory - no guarantees): rootdev e.g. rootdev=sd1 declares the second SCSI disk to contain the root filesystem. config you know e.g. config=Default from the hints in the installation manual. It works to make a copy of System.config/Instance0.table e.g. as NoDAT.table, edit that file so it won't start SCSITape and then boot with 'config=NoDAT' (just a silly example). This works (I did so several times), but Configure.app messes all up if you run it (at least on NS 3.3). It merges the contents of NoDAT into Instance0 :-( maxmem If I remember correctly, unit is MB, thus maxmem=16 starts your system with 16 MB RAM, even if you have more (but not if you have less :-( :-) ) Detlev -- Detlev Droege, Universitaet Koblenz, FB Informatik | Fon:+49 261 9119-421 Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany | Fax:+49 261 9119-497 NeXT/MIME/Email: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.Drop_This.de Drop the "Drop_This." part in my Email-address to reply.
From: lhoward@apple.com (Luke Howard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NetInfo Source....? Date: 21 Jan 1998 08:13:53 GMT Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Message-ID: <6a4ao1$c4i$1@news.apple.com> References: <34A47F7A.DD4D47DD@saturn.med.nyu.edu> In article <34A47F7A.DD4D47DD@saturn.med.nyu.edu> Super-User <root@saturn.med.nyu.edu> writes: > Is netinfo available as source code? I have seen that Apple (NeXt) and > xedoc deal with some distributions, but is there a place in which I can > get the source and compile it for myself? No, it's proprietry code. Xedoc port and sell NetInfo under license from Apple. -- Luke
From: matthews@nt.com (Matthew Shields) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: IP Routing-Masquerading Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 13:00:40 -0500 Organization: WilTel Message-ID: <matthews-ya02408000R2101981300400001@news.erols.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I am a new Nextstep user (3.3 running on a ColorStation) and would like information on using this box for IP routing/masquerading for my home LAN. I have one static IP address from my ISP and would like to use it for my entire newtwork (3 Macs 2 PCs) with the ColorStation serving as a gateway to the internet. Has anyone done this or had any thoughts? I looked through all the FAQ's that I can find and searched the NeXT TIL and haven't found anything. Thanks for your help Matthew Shields matthews@nt.com
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: IP Routing-Masquerading Date: 21 Jan 1998 18:38:29 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6a5fb5$38l$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <matthews-ya02408000R2101981300400001@news.erols.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: matthews@nt.com In <matthews-ya02408000R2101981300400001@news.erols.com> Matthew Shields wrote: > I am a new Nextstep user (3.3 running on a ColorStation) and would like > information on using this box for IP routing/masquerading for my home LAN. > I have one static IP address from my ISP and would like to use it for my > entire newtwork (3 Macs 2 PCs) with the ColorStation serving as a gateway > to the internet. Unfortunately NeXTStep does not support IP masquerading like most other UNIXes. I understand it might be possible but I have never heard of anyone actually doing it... I'd like to do the same thing myself. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: ras@.zko.dec.com (Robert A. Surtees) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Spurious DMA interrupt channel 0x2000150 Date: 21 Jan 1998 19:33:43 GMT Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Distribution: world Message-ID: <6a5iin$p4$1@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> Anyone have a clue as to what this Panic message means and how I can correct it? My NeXTDimension Cube freezes up at various times causing me to yank the power cord to be able to reboot. I have completely replaced the memory believing it was a memory problem but it is still sick. The subject message was the first time I have been able to see something other than to have the system freeze up. How does one go about tracking down these type of errors? Is there a log file one can look at after a crash? Thanks, Bob Surtees ras@zko.dec.com
Message-ID: <34C60FB1.1B38@lvl.com> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 15:09:37 +0000 From: Erik Salmonson <esalmonson@lvl.com> Organization: LVL Communications MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Non-booting slab??? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Got a problem. I have a mono slab that does not want to finish booting up. I had tried to edit the netinfo so that I could use it on my work network. Now in the process of booting up I get a message that says: lookupd [103]: NetInfo timeout connecting to local domain, sleeping and then is sits there waiting for the next command. I do not know this command. Is there a command to wake it back up? or skip the network hookup? or boot in a mode that would allow me to get back at that netinfo file and undo what I have already done? Any help would be great. Please answer via email as my access to usenet is sketchy at best. thanks....
From: parkjy@euler.snu.ac.kr (Jeongyoung Park) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: [Q] how to disable `telnet' with anonymous ftp account Date: 22 Jan 1998 09:26:48 GMT Organization: Seoul National University, Republic of Korea Message-ID: <6a73co$3e1$1@news.kren.nm.kr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I made anonymous FTP account in my next 3.3J according to manual page of `ftpd'. There are something I want to know. First, where,i.e, to what file, are the information about anonymous account written? In my case, after making account using 'nu', there was not any changes in `/etc/passwd' file. Second, this is more important thing to me. It is possible to `telnet' my machine with anonymous ftp account. How can I disable this unnecessary phenomenon? Mail me, please. Thanks in advance. ------------- Jeongyoung Park (NeXT/MIME-mail welcome!) Turbulence & Flow Control lab. Dept. of Mech. Eng. Seoul Nat'l Univ. Korea (Phone) 82-2-880-1655 (Fax) 82-2-883-0179
From: jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc Subject: Acess DAT Tape on Network Date: 22 Jan 1998 09:33:55 -0500 Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Message-ID: <pvd7m7sefxo.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> I have a WangDAT Model 3200 DAT tape drive that I would like to access from NT 4. It is actually attached to a NeXT computer (UNIX like). I plan to make it available to NT using samba. What software do I need on NT to perform backups of the local drives to the network attached DAT tape? -- Jeffrey H Burns Internet:jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com.nospam Project Engineer Delphi Delco Electronics Systms. Telephone: (765) 451-3279 Kokomo, IN 46904-9005 FAX: (765) 451-3600
From: Matthew_Seaman@plsys.co.uk (Matthew Seaman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: maxmem (Re: What (if anything) are 'Kernel Flags' used for?) Date: 22 Jan 1998 11:38:26 GMT Organization: P&L Systems Message-ID: <6a7b3i$aot$1@ironhorse.plsys.co.uk> References: <6a4af4$38l$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <6a5nnt$puv$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> <6a6571$38l$5@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: <NO SENDER> In <6a6571$38l$5@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Timothy J. Luoma wrote: > > FWIW this appears to document the Kernel flags > > http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/1495.htmld/1495.html > > It says > > > maxmem -- Indicates the amount of memory in your computer in kilobytes. For > > example, for a computer with 20 megabytes of memory, use maxmem=20480. > > I don't see maxmem anywhere in my Config files in /private/Drivers/i386.... > is it automatically figured now? > > If I need to add it myself, what do I use for 64MB of ram? 65536? maxmem is useful when you have more memory physically installed in your machine than you actually want to use. If you don't specify maxmem or you specify maxmem as greater than the amount of physical RAM, then the system will simply use all of the available RAM in your machine. The only situation where I've ever actually used maxmem was an HP box with 288Mb RAM running NS 3.3. Unfortunately NS 3.3 cannot handle any more than 256Mb --- some sort of kernel limitation. Until I set maxmem, the machine would arbitrarily panic at random intervals. I believe that OpenStep 4.2 has the same 256Mb absolute maximum memory capacity, although if anyone knows different please let me know. Cheers, Matthew
From: Pat Gunn <pgunn01@ibm.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: IP Routing-Masquerading Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:32:51 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Message-ID: <34C6DA03.752A@ibm.net> References: <matthews-ya02408000R2101981300400001@news.erols.com> <6a5fb5$38l$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Timothy J. Luoma wrote: > > In <matthews-ya02408000R2101981300400001@news.erols.com> Matthew Shields > wrote: > > I am a new Nextstep user (3.3 running on a ColorStation) and would like > > information on using this box for IP routing/masquerading for my home LAN. > > I have one static IP address from my ISP and would like to use it for my > > entire newtwork (3 Macs 2 PCs) with the ColorStation serving as a gateway > > to the internet. > > Unfortunately NeXTStep does not support IP masquerading like most other > UNIXes. I understand it might be possible but I have never heard of anyone > actually doing it... I'd like to do the same thing myself. There's a group that's working on porting Linux to NeXT boxes... Once the port is complete (I must admit that we're still seeking low-level hardware docs), you could use it for that purpose... Plan9 works on NeXT Slabs -- if it can do IP Masquerading, that might do the trick..
From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: What (if anything) are 'Kernel Flags' used for? Date: 21 Jan 1998 21:01:49 GMT Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Message-ID: <6a5nnt$puv$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> References: <6a4af4$38l$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Timothy J. Luoma (NOSPAM@ALL.PLS) wrote: : In responding to another post, I saw this in my Configuration : % cat /private/Drivers/i386/System.config/Instance0.table : "Kernel Flags" = ""; : <snip> : and wondered what, if any, kernel flags there are for Intels. : Where can I learn more about them? DL didn't come up with a single match. : NeXTanwers came up with a few, but they seeemed connected to NeXT : hardware.... How about page 35 of "Installing and Configuring NEXTSTEP Release 3.3 for Intel Processors and NeXT Computers"? (Page 32 for OpenStep). It documents the boot: prompt syntax, kernel flags and key/value options. --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | csaldanh@computerActive.com (NeXT/MIME)| Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [Q] how to disable `telnet' with anonymous ftp account Date: 22 Jan 1998 14:04:12 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6a7jks$pa7$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6a73co$3e1$1@news.kren.nm.kr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: parkjy@euler.snu.ac.kr In <6a73co$3e1$1@news.kren.nm.kr> Jeongyoung Park wrote: > > I made anonymous FTP account in my next 3.3J according to manual page of > `ftpd'. There are something I want to know. You would be wise to consider using something newer than the NeXT ftpd, like wu-ftpd > First, where,i.e, to what file, are the information about anonymous account > written? In my case, after making account using 'nu', there was not any > changes in `/etc/passwd' file. They are written into NetInfo. nidump passwd . should show you the information you would have expected in /etc/passwd > Second, this is more important thing to me. It is possible to `telnet' my > machine with anonymous ftp account. How can I disable this unnecessary > phenomenon? You should set the anonymous shell to /bin/false. If it is not in /etc/shells then you should be OK for denying telnet and others. You should also consider installing tcp_wrappers: ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/misc/tcp_wrappers.7.4.NIHS.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/misc/tcp_wrappers.7.4.README TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: daj@nwu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiple disk partitions? Date: 22 Jan 1998 14:01:18 GMT Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, US Distribution: world Message-ID: <6a7jfe$8bh@news.acns.nwu.edu> References: <34c263fd.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> <34c018ca.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> <69tc5p$2hh$1@news.e-scape.net> Welcome to OpenStep! Take a look at NeXTAnswers #1533, partitioning large disks. Here are some basics as I understand them: 1.) On the boot disk use DOS fdisk to configure it with only one Nextstep 2.0 Gb partition. 2.) Create additional partitions for DOS or bsd etc.. but make sure you stick to the 2Gb partition limit for each. On any additional disks you can refer to NeXTAnswer #1533 basically you neeed to get OpenStep up on something to follow Nextanswer 1533. to outline the process you have to create a /etc/disktab entry. To do that you run scsi_modes to get the info to create the disktab entry. This disktab entry can refer to multiple partitions that can be setup as NeXTStep partitions each a maximum of 2Gb. After completing the disktab entry you run 'disk' to format the disk and create the partitions. I have several systems with 3, 4.5Gb disks. My boot disk (sd0) is configured as 2Gb NeXTStep, 1.1Gb NTFS, 1.1Gb DOS What I did is to congigure 2 disks with the following disktab entry ST34572W|ST34572N-2x2|ST34572W-2x2|SEAGATE ST34572W-2x2:\ :ty=fixed_rw_scsi:nc#6300:nt#8:ns#178:ss#512:rm#7200:\ :fp#320:bp#0:ng#0:gs#0:ga#0:ao#0:\ :os=sdmach:z0#64:z1#192:hn=localhost:ro=a:\ :pa#63:sa#4385682:ba#8192:fa#1024:ca#32:da#4096:ra#10:oa=time:\ :ia:ta=4.3BSD:\ :pb#4385745:sb#3084480:bb#8192:fb#1024:cb#32:db#4096:rb#10:ob=time:\ :ib:tb=4.3BSD:\ :pc#7470255:sc#1400000:bc#8192:fc#1024:cc#32:dc#4096:rc#10:oc=time:\ :ic:tc=4.3BSD: From what I understand, you loose a bit of potential space this way but its minimal. I can't say for sure [I'm not a Rhapsody Developer] but the 2Gb partition limitation should be fixed (but don't quote me on this) in the final production 'Premier' Rhapsody release, which I understand will be sometime late this year because Apple/NeXT will be switching to BSD 4.4 (currently at 4.3). Maybe someone else can confirm this. I understand that this 'fix' will not be released for OpenStep. David A. Johnson (daj@nwu.edu) (312) 503-0408 Manager Computer Facility and Engineering Feinberg Research Institute, Northwestern University In Re: Multiple disk partitions? comp.sys.next.sysadmin "Robert Claeson" <no.mail@no.spam> writes, > stefanos@RMTHIS.uniscape.com wrote: > >> Yes this correct OpenStep/NextStep cannot use a partitons which is larger >>than 2GB. You can use the second partition my mounting. You can set it so >>that it is mounted automatically at boot time by editing the /etc/fstab > file. > > > That's what I've considered doing, but Nextstep won't even allow me to > create a second NS partition on the same disk! /usr/etc/fdisk says that only > one NS partition is allowed per disk. Is there any way to let OS 4.2 use > multiple partitions on the same disk? >
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From: foo@foobar.com (Old One) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: IP Routing-Masquerading Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 02:08:31 -0500 Organization: hardly any Message-ID: <foo-2201980208310001@frazer.com> References: <matthews-ya02408000R2101981300400001@news.erols.com> <6a5fb5$38l$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> In article <6a5fb5$38l$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com>, (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS wrote: > In <matthews-ya02408000R2101981300400001@news.erols.com> Matthew Shields > wrote: > > I am a new Nextstep user (3.3 running on a ColorStation) and would like > > information on using this box for IP routing/masquerading for my home LAN. > > I have one static IP address from my ISP and would like to use it for my > > entire newtwork (3 Macs 2 PCs) with the ColorStation serving as a gateway > > to the internet. > > Unfortunately NeXTStep does not support IP masquerading like most other > UNIXes. I understand it might be possible but I have never heard of anyone > actually doing it... I'd like to do the same thing myself. At one time there was a reported port of the "Firewall Tool Kit", which could handle some but not all of the protocols you would need. As I recall, the FTP was broken and all the IP protocols required special handling. Apache can handle some but not all... Socks requires compatible apps and some key apps aren't compatible. Proxynet (by Vixie) looks promising but there's some massive reverse engineering to port it back to BSD 4.3 and NeXT's version of Mach. Perkins, who ported the current version of PPP to the NeXT, has said he might try to develop a package. My recollection is that the IP protocols (such as ping) are hard to handle when you don't have real IPs for your local network. Perhaps because they don't really involve a connection .. (jusy guessing here). There appears to a commercial product for the Mac and there is something for the PC (don't know if it is free). I noticed a special offer for the Mac product today; I don't know how capable it is. Even if you had a masquerading package for the NeXT, you might have problems keeping the link up with the NeXT ppp. Most of the ISPs I've encountered have setups which drop IP connectivity while leaving the modem connected, such that the NeXT ppp doesn't detect the failure. This means you would have to develop software to monitor IP connectivity and redial when necessary. The Mac Open Transport doesn't have this problem, so a Mac (or PC?) gateway would seem a more promising approach.
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From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: maxmem (Re: What (if anything) are 'Kernel Flags' used for?) Date: 22 Jan 1998 00:51:45 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6a6571$38l$5@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6a4af4$38l$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <6a5nnt$puv$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit FWIW this appears to document the Kernel flags http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/1495.htmld/1495.html It says > maxmem -- Indicates the amount of memory in your computer in kilobytes. For > example, for a computer with 20 megabytes of memory, use maxmem=20480. I don't see maxmem anywhere in my Config files in /private/Drivers/i386.... is it automatically figured now? If I need to add it myself, what do I use for 64MB of ram? 65536? TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: Pat Gunn <pgunn01@ibm.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Date reset on every reboot Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 00:23:27 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Message-ID: <34C6D7CF.4E2E@ibm.net> References: <6a1570$dng$1@news.tamu.edu> <6a193q$49s$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I've noticed that my date seems to get reset to July 15, 1996 whenever I > > reboot. When I log in as root and change the clock, it remains fine until > > the next reboot. I'm running Openstep 4.0 on an intel system hooked up to a > > Nextstation. > > I would guess that July 15, 1996 is the release date for 4.0... when it can't > figure out what the date is, it resets. > > > I'm sure if this is related, but I've noticed this happen > > after I upgraded my sendmail to the current version on peak-next and > > followed the installation instruction to make sure that the outgoing mail > > from this computer has a proper from: field. > > Hrm. I dunno why those would be connected. > > My guess would be that the battery is dead, but I could be wrong. Actually, this happened to me on my system (I dual boot OS/2 and OpenStep 4.1).. OpenStep always told me something like "Unrealistic time in real time clock, CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!!" during bootup.. (in verbose mode) The problem mysteriously went away when I set the date in NeXTStep one time, although I'm certain that I had done it several times before... Pretty odd.
From: ggerard@flash.net (Gregory Gerard) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Date reset on every reboot Date: Wed, 21 Jan 1998 23:26:39 -0800 Organization: Flashnet Communications, http://www.flash.net Message-ID: <ggerard-2101982326400001@paltc2-94.flash.net> References: <6a1570$dng$1@news.tamu.edu> <6a193q$49s$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <34C6D7CF.4E2E@ibm.net> Next/Apple assumes that the PC hardware is keeping track of time in GMT, not localized. All other PC OSes go with the DOS tradition and keep allow the CMOS time to remain in localized format (though linux gives you the option of saying that time in CMOS is really GMT). Report your problem to Apple and maybe it will get fixed. greg In article <34C6D7CF.4E2E@ibm.net>, Pat Gunn <pgunn01@ibm.net> wrote: > > > I've noticed that my date seems to get reset to July 15, 1996 whenever I > > > reboot. When I log in as root and change the clock, it remains fine until > > > the next reboot. I'm running Openstep 4.0 on an intel system hooked up to a > > > Nextstation. > > > > I would guess that July 15, 1996 is the release date for 4.0... when it can't > > figure out what the date is, it resets. > > > > > I'm sure if this is related, but I've noticed this happen > > > after I upgraded my sendmail to the current version on peak-next and > > > followed the installation instruction to make sure that the outgoing mail > > > from this computer has a proper from: field. > > > > Hrm. I dunno why those would be connected. > > > > My guess would be that the battery is dead, but I could be wrong. > > Actually, this happened to me on my system (I dual boot OS/2 and > OpenStep 4.1).. > OpenStep always told me something like > "Unrealistic time in real time clock, CHECK AND RESET THE DATE!!" > during bootup.. (in verbose mode) > The problem mysteriously went away when I set the date in NeXTStep > one time, although I'm certain that I had done it several times > before... > Pretty odd.
From: stephane@lysis.ch (Stephane Corthesy) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: [Q] HeaderViewer preferences (why old docs) Date: 22 Jan 98 08:29:25 GMT Organization: Lysis S.A. Message-ID: <34c70365.0@news.planet.ch> References: <6a57o4$ncf$1@news.Leiden.NL.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: jwdb@fygir.nl In <6a57o4$ncf$1@news.Leiden.NL.net> Jan-Willem de Bruijn wrote: > > Has anyone found out how to trick HeaderViewer into forgetting the > 3.3_Reference documentation directories? > (This is on OPENSTEP 4.2 for Mach.) > > They are listed in its preferences, but there is no way to remove them. It is > very annoying when you look for a method, see the correct header file, then > switch to Documentation view, only to end up in the old docs instead of the > new Frameworks. > > I tried just about anything barring removing the 3.3 docs completely. > Renaming them, e.g., has no effect whatsoever. > > Any tips appreciated, > > Jan-Willem > > It seems the HeaderViewer.app automatically reads all the content of /NextLibrary/Documentation/. What I did is rename the directory /NextLibrary/Documentation/ into /NextLibrary/_Documentation/ (so it will be read AFTER /NextLibrary/Frameworks/), modify the bookshelves in /NextLibrary/Bookshelves to take in account these path modifications, and then change the preferences of HeaderViewer.app. Here are my prefs: HeaderViewer DocumentationDirectories "/NextLibrary/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference /NextLibrary/Frameworks/EOAccess.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference /NextLibrary/Frameworks/EOControl.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference /NextLibrary/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference /NextLibrary/Frameworks/EOInterface.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference /NextLibrary/Frameworks/NEXTIME.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference /NextLibrary/Frameworks/NIAccess.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference /NextLibrary/Frameworks/NIInterface.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference /NextLibrary/Frameworks/SoundKit.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference /LocalDeveloper/Frameworks/TDReportKit.framework/Resources/English.lproj/Documentation/Reference " HeaderViewer DocumentationDirectories3 "" HeaderViewer HeadersToLoad "/NextLibrary/Frameworks/AppKit.framework/Headers/AppKit.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/Foundation.framework/Headers/Foundation.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/EOAccess.framework/Headers/EOAccess.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/EOControl.framework/Headers/EOControl.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/EOInterface.framework/Headers/EOInterface.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/EOModeler.framework/Headers/EOModeler.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/InterfaceBuilder.framework/Headers/InterfaceBuilder.h /NextLibrary/Frameworks/NEXTIME.framework/Headers/NEXTIME.h /NextLibrary/Frameworks/NIAccess.framework/Headers/NIAccess.h /NextLibrary/Frameworks/NIInterface.framework/Headers/NIInterface.h /NextLibrary/Frameworks/OracleEOAdaptor.framework/Headers/OracleAdaptor.h /NextLibrary/Frameworks/SoundKit.framework/Headers/SoundKit.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/System.framework/Headers/ansi/ansi.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/System.framework/Headers/bsd/libc.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/System.framework/Headers/mach/cthreads.p /NextLibrary" HeaderViewer DocumentationDirectories1 "" HeaderViewer DocumentationDirectories2 "" HeaderViewer HeadersToLoad1 "/Frameworks/System.framework/Headers/mach/mach.p /NextLibrary/Frameworks/System.framework/Headers/objc/Object.p /LocalDeveloper/Frameworks/TDReportKit.framework/Headers/TDReportKit.h " Stephane -- "L'ordinateur n'a pas l'intelligence qu'on lui prete, mais celle qu'on lui donne." Stephane Corthesy Lysis S.A. Rue des Cotes de Montbenon 8 CH-1003 Lausanne Switzerland Tel. +41.21.312.91.91 Fax +41.21.312.93.43 E-mail: stephane@lysis.ch (NeXTMail welcome)
From: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu (Ryan Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Solved: Adding second hard disk to PC Date: 22 Jan 1998 18:11:24 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <6a824c$lk3$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <69lklr$rfh$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Keywords: second ide controller, apm, hard disk, intel Cc: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu I have figured out the problem I was having with the second ide controller, Advanced Power Management (APM). When the APM option was on, it interfered with the operation of the second instance of the EIDE driver (v3.36). Shutting off APM in the BIOS (may be unecessary) and then going under "Expert" in Configure.app and setting APM=No allowed devices hooked to the second controller to be recognized. Also, the boot speed is improved in v3.36 of the EIDE driver if you set the device type manually instead of using the auto detect. --RS > In <69lklr$rfh$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Ryan Scott wrote: > I have a NS3.3 Intel machine to which I am trying to add a > second EIDE hard disk. Here is what has happened so far. The > motherboard is an Intel Advanced/ZP "zappa" w/Pentium 75 MHz > CPU. The system currently has a WD 850MB (master) (even split > between NS/FAT) and an ATAPI CDROM (slave) on IDE controller #1. > This configuration has worked fine. > > I installed a WD 2GB (ULTRA DMA/EIDE) drive on IDE controller #2 > (single). I partitioned the drive using DOS fdisk so that it > was evenly split and then formatted the first partition as FAT. > I then booted to NS and added a second instance of the EIDE > driver w/ Config.app. The second instance has an address of > 0x170 and uses IRQ 15 (this info I got from my motherboard spec > sheet). When I rebooted and tried to log in as root, the system > hung with error messages regarding hd1 (the second drive). The > messages stated that the system was trying to communicate with > the drive using ATA commands (like you would with an ATAPI > device). Any idea why this would be happening? > -- ________________________________________________ Ryan P. Scott Laser and Electro-Optics Research Group UC Davis - Department of Applied Science Tel: (530)754-4358 Fax: (530)752-1652 Email: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu ________________________________________________
From: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu (Ryan Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail.app dying on NSFIP3.3 Date: 22 Jan 1998 18:37:34 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <6a83le$mi1$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu I have a Intel machine w/NS 3.3, 48MB RAM, and ppp2.2. When I use Mail.app on or offline it will suddenly terminate at nearly random times. The only message I get is to the Console and it states: [Mail: Caught signal #10; terminating safely] But this doesn't show up in /usr/adm/messages... Unfortunately, it never actually terminates, it just hangs. If it is the active app it also gobbles up all of the CPU time. The only way to get out of it is to use the Processes inspector to Kill it. Now, Mail.app won't hang if it is not active, but it will when I click on send, hide, or compact among others. Is there some way to get Mail.app to tell me more about why it is deciding to terminate? Has anyone else had similar experiences? -- ________________________________________________ Ryan P. Scott Laser and Electro-Optics Research Group UC Davis - Department of Applied Science Tel: (530)754-4358 Fax: (530)752-1652 Email: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu ________________________________________________
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: IP Routing-Masquerading Date: 22 Jan 1998 19:07:51 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6a85e7$pa7$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <matthews-ya02408000R2101981300400001@news.erols.com> <6a5fb5$38l$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> <foo-2201980208310001@frazer.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <foo-2201980208310001@frazer.com> Old One wrote: > At one time there was a reported port of the "Firewall Tool Kit", which > could handle some but not all of the protocols you would need. As I recall, > the FTP was broken and all the IP protocols required special handling. Funny you should mention that.... I've just spent the last day working on this. I've gotten it to compile and am in the process of writing up a 'how to'. I have not configured it or actually tried to use it.... I suppose I should do that too.... I hope it works. Actually there is a simple proxy daemon on PEAK that will do http/ftp proxying if your ISP has one. IE if your ISP has a proxy machine at 'proxy.isp.com' and your machine is 'myhost' you can run proxyd on 'myhost' and point to proxy.isp.com... then any of your machines can connect to 'myhost' and be forwarded to proxy.isp.com.... if you don't have a real proxy then it won't work. I understand that apache.1.2.5 has proxy support, and compiles just fine for NeXTStep ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/www/apache/apache.1.2.5.NIHS.bs.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/internet/www/apache/apache.1.2.5.README Anyway, if there's any word on Firewall Toolkit I'll let you know... TjL ps -- can you believe there is an actual foobar.com (198.232.224.1) ? -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: jaehnias@ims.uni-stuttgart.de (Andreas Jaehnigen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Boot Disk for NextStation/NetxStep 3.3 Date: 19 Jan 1998 08:52:52 GMT Organization: IMS, University of Stuttgart Distribution: world Message-ID: <69v494$1av$1@infosun2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> Xcanpos: shelf.01/199801291301!0007026209 Hi there! Has anyone an idea where to get a boot disk for "the black box"? OS is NextStep 3.3. I found a FAQ but the server listed in there was (probably) out-dated... So... Has anyone an idea where to get an image to create a bootable floppy disk? Or is there a program available? Or any other ideas on how to create a bootable floppy disk? Many thanks in advance! Andreas Jaehnigen jaehnias@ims.uni-stuttgart.de
From: dtort@ix.netcom.com (Dan Tortorici) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setup NeXT printer on NT Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 20:53:42 -0700 Organization: Netcom Message-ID: <MPG.f31c234af601c83989682@nntp.ix.netcom.com> References: <pvd90s8egea.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> <pvd67ncedj5.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> <34C7CC51.198B4D2C@object.com> I have been using the same approach (NS Color, v3.3) However, I can only print one page at a time. Multi-page docs result in a Postscript error from the NeXT. Have tried about half a dozen printer configs from NT 4. Have you seen this problem? thx, dt In article <34C7CC51.198B4D2C@object.com>, eb@object.com says... > I didn't use the NeXT ppds. I am running or have run the following > configurations of Printer on Hardware running the stated OS. I have > been able to print to them from a laptop on the network running NT 4 by > setting up the printers to have the state type > > Printer: NeXT Color Printer > Hardware: Next Color Slab > OS: NS 3.3 > NT Type: Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 > > Printer: HP 6MP > Hardware: Intel P166 > OS: OS 4.2 > NT Type: Apple LaserWriter Pro 600 > > Printer: NeXT Printer > Hardware: Next Cube > OS: NS 3.3 > NT Type: Apple LaserWriter Pro 600 > > I am definitely successful running the first two configurations. The > last configuration I am not currently running, but I am pretty sure I > got it to work. The basic idea is to choose any PPD that will generate > stream standard postscript to the lpd daemon. > >
From: jhburns@kobc0001.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Setup NeXT printer on NT Date: 22 Jan 1998 09:23:57 -0500 Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Message-ID: <pvd90s8egea.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> I am trying to set up NT 4 to print to my NeXt printer. The printer is attached to a NextStation. Eventuly printing is to be done over the network, but for now I am just trying to get NT to create a postscript file that I can manuly transfer to the NeXT. I have the printer discriptin file from adobe, and have put it in \<win root>\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS. This seams to be the correct location (ther are other .pdf fliles there alredy.) Now, how do I actuly instal the printer? The printer instal wizerd expects me to tell it the manufacture of the printer first, and NeXt is not an option. Can't I just pick a genaric postcrip driver some place, and have it use the Next pdf file. -- Jeffrey H Burns Internet:jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com Project Engineer Delphi Delco Electronics Systms. Telephone: (765) 451-3279 Kokomo, IN 46904-9005 FAX: (765) 451-3600
From: jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setup NeXT printer on NT Date: 22 Jan 1998 10:25:50 -0500 Organization: Delco Electronics Corp. Message-ID: <pvd67ncedj5.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> References: <pvd90s8egea.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> jhburns@kobc0001.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns) writes: > \<win root>\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS. This seams to be the correct > location (ther are other .pdf fliles there alredy.) This should be PPD rather thatn pdf. -- Jeffrey H Burns Internet:jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com.nospam Project Engineer Delphi Delco Electronics Systms. Telephone: (765) 451-3279 Kokomo, IN 46904-9005 FAX: (765) 451-3600
From: Eric Bergerson <eb@object.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setup NeXT printer on NT Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 17:46:41 -0500 Organization: Objective Technologies, Inc. Message-ID: <34C7CC51.198B4D2C@object.com> References: <pvd90s8egea.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> <pvd67ncedj5.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I didn't use the NeXT ppds. I am running or have run the following configurations of Printer on Hardware running the stated OS. I have been able to print to them from a laptop on the network running NT 4 by setting up the printers to have the state type Printer: NeXT Color Printer Hardware: Next Color Slab OS: NS 3.3 NT Type: Apple Color LaserWriter 12/600 Printer: HP 6MP Hardware: Intel P166 OS: OS 4.2 NT Type: Apple LaserWriter Pro 600 Printer: NeXT Printer Hardware: Next Cube OS: NS 3.3 NT Type: Apple LaserWriter Pro 600 I am definitely successful running the first two configurations. The last configuration I am not currently running, but I am pretty sure I got it to work. The basic idea is to choose any PPD that will generate stream standard postscript to the lpd daemon. Jeffrey H. Burns wrote: > > jhburns@kobc0001.delcoelect.com (Jeffrey H. Burns) writes: > > > \<win root>\SYSTEM32\SPOOL\DRIVERS. This seams to be the correct > > location (ther are other .pdf fliles there alredy.) > > This should be PPD rather thatn pdf. > > > -- > Jeffrey H Burns Internet:jhburns@dawg.delcoelect.com.nospam > Project Engineer > Delphi Delco > Electronics Systms. Telephone: (765) 451-3279 > Kokomo, IN 46904-9005 FAX: (765) 451-3600
From: "Aaron Smith" <aarons@daa-spokane.com> Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin References: <pvd90s8egea.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> <pvd67ncedj5.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> Subject: Re: Setup NeXT printer on NT Date: Thu, 22 Jan 1998 14:45:37 -0800 Organization: Dealers Auto Auction Group Message-ID: <34c7cc46.0@news.thefuture.net> If no INSTALL or SETUP utility came with the printer, use NT's ADD PRINTER utility & choose "Have Disk." You can also try NeXt's web site for driver info. And no, in my experience in generic Postscript drivers don't work (except for the HP's they were modeled on). - AJS -------------------------------------------- ORIGINAL MSG: I am trying to set up NT 4 to print to my NeXt printer. The printer is attached to a NextStation. Eventuly printing is to be done over the network, but for now I am just trying to get NT to create a postscript file that I can manuly transfer to the NeXT. (SNIP) Now, how do I actually install the printer?
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.palmtops.pilot Subject: cmsg cancel <6a89jn$d8m$1353@heliodor.xara.net> Control: cancel <6a89jn$d8m$1353@heliodor.xara.net> Date: 22 Jan 1998 20:19:04 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6a89jn$d8m$1353@heliodor.xara.net> Sender: underage@schoolgirls.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Mail.app dying on NSFIP3.3 Date: 22 Jan 1998 19:10:07 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6a85if$pa7$4@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6a83le$mi1$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu In <6a83le$mi1$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Ryan Scott wrote: > Is there some way to get Mail.app to tell me more about why it is deciding > to terminate? Has anyone else had similar experiences? Well you could run it out of gdb if you have the debug tools... gdb /NextApps/Mail.app/Mail and then 'run' when you get the (gdb) prompt Of course, many problems vanish when inside gdb and reappear outside of it... TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiple disk partitions? Date: 22 Jan 1998 21:32:39 GMT Organization: none Distribution: world Message-ID: <6a8dtn$pa7$5@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <34c263fd.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> <34c018ca.0@news.komvux.uppbro.se> <69tc5p$2hh$1@news.e-scape.net> <6a7jfe$8bh@news.acns.nwu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: daj@nwu.edu In <6a7jfe$8bh@news.acns.nwu.edu> daj@nwu.edu wrote: > I can't say for sure [I'm not a Rhapsody Developer] but the 2Gb partition > limitation should be fixed (but don't quote me on this) in the final > production 'Premier' Rhapsody release, which I understand will be sometime > late this year because Apple/NeXT will be switching to BSD 4.4 (currently > at 4.3). Maybe someone else can confirm this. I understand that this > 'fix' will not be released for OpenStep. Switching to BSD4.4 inherently gets rid of the 2gig limit... it switches to 4 terabytes I believe..... yeah I know in a few years that won't be enough to install Internet Exploiter and we'll say "why did Apple put in such a low diskspace limitation? How can I write a disktab for my new 12 terabyte HD?" The 'fix' will not be released for OpenStep because it would require a full change of the entire OS to change from BSD4.3 to 4.4.... At that point you might as well run Rhapsody ;-) TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Setup NeXT printer on NT Followup-To: comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Date: 23 Jan 1998 19:18:47 GMT Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Message-ID: <6aaqen$anq$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> References: <pvd90s8egea.fsf@kobc0001.delcoelect.com> Jeffrey H. Burns (jhburns@kobc0001.delcoelect.com) wrote: : I am trying to set up NT 4 to print to my NeXt printer. The printer is : attached to a NextStation. Eventuly printing is to be done over the : network, but for now I am just trying to get NT to create a postscript : file that I can manuly transfer to the NeXT. Download a NeXT printer driver setup program from ftp.informatik.uni-muenchen.de in the directory /pub/comp/platforms/next/Tools/printer/NeXTprinterWNT40.I.d.zip --Chris Chris Saldanha | Computers are useless. Carleton University (Comp. Sci) | They can only give you answers. csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (NeXT/MIME) | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh | -Pablo Picasso
From: sg18@acpub.duke.edu (Subir Grewal) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Screen resolution on ColorStation. Date: 23 Jan 1998 06:31:03 GMT Organization: Trill Host Selection Committee Message-ID: <6a9df7$kd8$1@news.duke.edu> Well I have this nice funky 21" for my Color NeXT slab, except I can only tile 4 terminal.app windows and 13 icons in the dock, which is about what I can do on my mono 17". How would I go about increasing the resolution so I can really use the real estate. -- hostmaster@trill-home.com + Lynx 2.7.1 + NeXT/PGP mail + www.crl.com/~subir/ Linus: I guess it's wrong always to be worrying about tomorrow. Maybe we should think only about today. Charlie Brown: No, that's giving up. I'm still hoping that yesterday will get better.
From: jth9904@tamu.edu (Jeromy Hollenshead) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Mail 3.3 problems Date: 23 Jan 1998 20:41:14 GMT Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas Message-ID: <6aav9a$icg$1@news.tamu.edu> One of my users is getting a strange problem. Whenever he logs in and has new mail, he cannot launch Mail.app. In the console there is a message that says [Mail: caught signal #10 ; Terminating Safely] If he doesn't have new mail then it will open fine. The real interesting part is that if he logs onto one of our 4.2 intel boxes , then the mail will open, and he can then log back into the 3.3 black box and retrieve his new mail. Does anyone have any idea what is going on? This seems to be a new occurance. Nothing seems to be changed Thanks, Jeromy --
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca (David Evans) Subject: Re: Screen resolution on ColorStation. Message-ID: <885589414.253635@globe.uwaterloo.ca> Sender: news@watserv3.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo References: <6a9df7$kd8$1@news.duke.edu> Cache-Post-Path: globe.uwaterloo.ca!unknown@bcr11.uwaterloo.ca Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 21:03:58 GMT In article <6a9df7$kd8$1@news.duke.edu>, Subir Grewal <sg18@acpub.duke.edu> wrote: > >Well I have this nice funky 21" for my Color NeXT slab, except I can >only tile 4 terminal.app windows and 13 icons in the dock, which is >about what I can do on my mono 17". Right--they have the same resolution. Adding a larger monitor just makes things bigger. This isn't a Mac. ;-) >How would I go about increasing >the resolution so I can really use the real estate. > You can't. -- David Evans (NeXTMail/MIME OK) dfevans@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca Computer/Synth Junkie http://bbcr.uwaterloo.ca/~dfevans/ University of Waterloo "Default is the value selected by the composer Ontario, Canada overridden by your command." - Roland TR-707 Manual
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: sendmail with NS3.3 Date: 19 Jan 1998 23:07:16 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6a0mb4$2di$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <34c3d3ee.0@news1.ibm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: hecht@unm.edu In <34c3d3ee.0@news1.ibm.net> Andrew Hecht wrote: > I think the problem is that my mail says that I am from "face.ibm.net" > which doesn't really exist (face is my hostname). When I manually send > mail, and I use the ip address that ibm assigned me for that session, I am > able to send to aol, as well as all other destinations. > > So my question is, does anyone know how to modify sendmail.cf so that it > uses "MAIL From:<kck24@slipxxx-xxx-xxx.nm.us.ibm.net>", that is, it > dynamically substitutes my assigned ip address for that internet session > for my hostname? That is not what you want to do.... well.. it might be what you think you want, but it isn't what you want. You don't want to add to the hostname (in which case people could only reply while you were still online at that same host). What you want to do is remove 'face' from the hostname. To do that you either need to setup sendmail to masquerade_as or set the Expert header in Mail.app to be From Andrew Hecht <hecht@unm.edu> but that will only work for Mail.app. Check dejanews for masquerade_as in comp.sys.next.* TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: njanow@paralynx.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPPMeter Problem Date: 24 Jan 1998 05:19:19 GMT Organization: ParaLynx Internet - Linking Minds across BC Message-ID: <6abtkn$o5a$1@fountain.mindlink.net> My old hard drive started failing. I noticed this when I started getting system panics when posting mail, and then PPPMeter wouldn't shut down. I replaced the HD and re-installed NeXTStep 3.2, but for some reason, I still can't get PPPMeter to shut down using the "down" menu item. It will start a connection with "up", and I can close the connection by running pppkill in a terminal window (su root). I upgraded to PPP-2.3.3-0.5.1 when I re-installed, but I still have the same problem as the earlier version I was using. I assume that it's just a system file I need to change the permission of. However, I'm not a unix expert, and I'm not sure which file to change. I'd appreciate any suggestions.
From: smd3 <smd3@ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: second turbocolor slab..connect to existing station? Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 03:20:38 +0000 Organization: Student Message-ID: <34C2C686.9C98A514@ix.netcom.com> References: <Ilg5ssmqJszM@cc.usu.edu> <69ohe5$b2u$1@nntp.Stanford.EDU> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Brian <Herhusky@transarc.com> Brian wrote: > You can run the slab diskless and headless. First set the new system up as a > client on your next server (/etc/newclient and HostManager). Then disconnect > your monitor/sound box cable from the back of your next server and hook it > to your new slab. Startup it up as normal with the powerkey. At the NeXT> > prompt type "ben" (stands for Boot EtherNet). > After it boots configure it to autopower-on in the Preferences box. This way > you do not need to keep switch cables to turn it on. Just plug it in, it > will look for your server and boot. > Unplug the monitor/sound box cable from the new slab and back to the Next > Server and you are done. > > This setup works great for running email, webservers or printservers(CAP and > Samba). > > Have fun, > > Brian Herhusky > ---------- > In article <Ilg5ssmqJszM@cc.usu.edu>, chrish@cc.usu.edu (PUNCHOUT) wrote: > > Hiya folks, > > This is in the realm of a how to, or is it possible question: > > I just picked up a second turbocolor station, just the slab... no ram, > no HD. Now, what I'd like to do is after putting RAM and HD into this > critter... is connect it to my existing turbocolor and use it as > a second processor... or at least be able to run processes from mmy > primary machine on it. Is this possible??? Regardless, I'd like to be > able to access the machine without having to get another keyboard and > monitor and soundbox. > > Ideas? > > Thanks,-- > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > > Christian Shank > Graduate Student > College of Natural Resources > Utah State University > Logan, Utah 84341 > chrish@cc.usu.edu !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is this same process possible usimg my NeXT slab, and a NeXT cube?
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.nsc.32k,comp.sys.oric,comp.sys.palmtops,comp.sys.palmtops.pilot,comp.sys.pen,comp.sys.powerpc.advocacy,comp.sys.powerpc.misc,comp.sys.powerpc.tech,comp.sys.prime,comp.sys.proteon,comp.sys.psio From: news@news.msfc.nasa.gov Message-ID: <cancel.6ad3j8$3jl$408@duke.telepac.pt> Control: cancel <6ad3j8$3jl$408@duke.telepac.pt> Subject: cmsg cancel <6ad3j8$3jl$408@duke.telepac.pt> no reply ignore Organization: http://www.msfc.nasa.gov/ Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 16:12:10 GMT Sender: "DIANA" <diana_gerald@hotmail.com> ignore Make Money Fast post canceled by J. Porter Clark.
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin From: mvlems@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM Subject: Re: Mail - Images of people from another network: how? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-ID: <1998Jan19.214634.15122@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM> Sender: mvlems@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM (Mark F. Vlems) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: pekeler@luck.shnet.org References: <1998Jan18.202252.11629@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM> <69tuv6$as8@luck.shnet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 21:46:34 GMT In <69tuv6$as8@luck.shnet.org> Christian Pekeler wrote: > mvlems@vbox.xs4all.nl.NO.SPAM wrote: > >I would like Mail.app to show pictures of the people sending mail to me. > > You can install the EnhanceMail bundle to use a X-Image-Url mail headerline. And > take a look at ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de/pub/NeXT/misc/NEXTTOYOU/MailTIFFs/00-README.rtf. > > Christian > Thanks (also the people of NEXTTOYOU), it works fine now. -- Mark F. Vlems Poor is the man, MIME Mail OK Whose pleasures depend NeXTMail preferred! On the permission of another. Fax: +31 (0) 23 5622368 Madonna in "Justify my love", 1990
From: Trevin Beattie <*trevin*@*xmission*.*com*> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Need help with NetInfo database Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 19:29:40 -0700 Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <6ae82l$4ge$1@news.xmission.com> References: <6actp9$ogj$1@news.xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Trevin Beattie wrote: [...] > The current serves and master properties for both machines look like > this: > > Machine/tag Property Value(s) > -------- -------- -------- > clay master localhost/local > /local machines > /localhost > /serves ./local > /broadcasthost > /serves ../network > cole master localhost/local > /local machines > /localhost > /serves ./local > /broadcasthost > /serves ../network > cole master cole/network > /network machines > /cole (cole, mailhost) > /serves (./network, cole/local) > /clay > /serves clay/local I omitted one peice of information that looks like it may be important, after reading NeXTSTEP In Focus (Sum. '93). In addition to the NeXTSTEP computers listed above, I also have an entry for my PC when it's running Windows 95 or NetBSD. It does not have a serves property, which is why I didn't think to include it before. However, it does have the same ethernet address as clay, with a different IP address. This is so that I can keep separate configurations for clay depending on whether the PC in booting NeXTSTEP or another OS. -- Trevin Beattie "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, *To*reply*to*this* for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." *message,*remove*the* --unknown *asterisks*from*my*email*address.*
From: alexcoro@aol.com (Alexcoro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: /usr/template/client Date: 25 Jan 1998 02:38:12 GMT Message-ID: <19980125023800.VAA00720@ladder02.news.aol.com> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com How can I use /usr/template/client to bring my system up with everything "the way it was"? Thanks! Alex Alex Hartley Alex Hartley and Associates 909.924.2309 909.924.6293 fax
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: IMAP4rev1 / NeXTMail / Netscape4.04 all work well ! Followup-To: comp.sys.next.software Date: 25 Jan 1998 02:38:27 GMT Organization: none Distribution: world Message-ID: <6ae8j3$876$4@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6adq8h$anq$1@agate.berkeley.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu NOTE: FOLLOWUPS TO COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE In <6adq8h$anq$1@agate.berkeley.edu> Izumi Ohzawa wrote: > I just installed IMAP4rev1 server from: > http://www.washington.edu/imap/ > ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap/imap.tar.Z > > On NS3.3, it compiles out of the box by just "make nxt". I have built them quadfat for NeXTStep (are these all the binaries necessary? What is 'mtest' for?) imapd.4.1beta.NIHS.b/imapd imapd.4.1beta.NIHS.b/ipop2d imapd.4.1beta.NIHS.b/ipop3d imapd.4.1beta.NIHS.b/mtest ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/imapd.4.1beta.NIHS.b.tar.gz ftp://next-ftp.peak.org/pub/next/apps/mail/imapd.4.1beta.README Note: the tar.gz is almost 4MB TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: ŸŸŸŸŸmarkm3@usit.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: TEST please ignore Date: 25 Jan 1998 03:56:28 GMT Organization: United States Internet, Inc. Message-ID: <6aed5c$2d0$1@news.usit.net> Test post
From: Matt Borgstrand <gomezjr@iastate.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Rhapsody-Intel boot problems?? Date: Sat, 24 Jan 1998 21:55:28 -0600 Organization: IITAP, Iowa State University Message-ID: <34CAB7AF.596DFBB8@iastate.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type="54455854"; x-mac-creator="4D4F5353" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anyone know why I get "Label name: I/O error" when I try to install the NS boot loader with "disk -b"?? I want to triple boot between Rhapsody on a SCSI (ID=0) drive on an Adaptec 1540 card and Win95 and WinNT 4 on the C: and D: IDE drives. I use the command "disk -b /dev/rhd0h" exactly how NeXT Answers docs say, but I get this error. The docs read as if NS needs to be on the same drive as Windows in another partition. Currently I have to boot from the install floppy with "sd()mach_kernel rootdev=sd0a". That works fine. Is this a conflict with the NT loader? If so, how can NS exist with just NT in that case?? Is LILO a better boot loader than either of them? Where is a good tech doc on configuring LILO to triple boot?? Much thanks! -Matt Borgstrand Systems Support -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Matt Borgstrand Systems Support International Institute of Theoretical and Applied Physics (IITAP) Iowa State University 123 Office & Lab Bldg. Ames, Iowa 50011 Office: (515) 294-8674 Main: (515) 294-3555 Fax: (515) 294-9933 ------------------------------------------------------------------
From: walterrich@att.net (Walter Rich) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: PPP with CHAP Configuration? NeXT 3.3 Date: 25 Jan 1998 04:17:57 GMT Organization: AT&T WorldNet Services Message-ID: <6aeedl$rgq@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII I'm running NeXT 3.3 and connecting to WorldNet. From what I've been reading, more and more ISP's are using authentication protocols- Namely PAP or CHAP. Worldnet uses CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol). I can't recall my version of my PPP dialup software, however, I can't seem to get the CHAP part working properly. Has anyone successfully implemented PPP dialup with CHAP on their NeXT 3.3 PC system? I saw a Linux solution posted on the web. I have yet to see any NeXT system postings that have used a PPP connection with CHAP. I believe you normally have to create a separate file that holds your id and password. For example, a CHAP-SECRETS file. Anyone have any help here? Anyone using PPP with CHAP? Walter walterrich@att.net
From: izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu (Izumi Ohzawa) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: IMAP4rev1 / NeXTMail / Netscape4.04 all work well ! Date: 24 Jan 1998 22:33:53 GMT Organization: University of California, Berkeley Distribution: world Message-ID: <6adq8h$anq$1@agate.berkeley.edu> I just installed IMAP4rev1 server from: http://www.washington.edu/imap/ ftp://ftp.cac.washington.edu/imap/imap.tar.Z On NS3.3, it compiles out of the box by just "make nxt". IMAP4 + Netscape 4.04 E-mail client (Messenger) really work well in accessing my 2-level hierarchical NeXTMail mailboxes basically from any place with Netscape. Run the script below, and just specify "mail" as the IMAP server directory (in More options) of Netscape's mail preferences. NeXT Mail will rebuild indices after IMAP touches mailboxes, but I can live with that. Many thanks to Mark Crispin ! --- cut --- #!/bin/sh # imap4prep # This script sym-links all NeXT Mail mailboxes to IMAP4/pine's mail directory. # It will create up to 2-level Mailbox structure. # I.e., ~/Mailboxes/Computer/Apple.mbox, but not not anything deeper. # # % imap4prep # Directory "mail" already exist in your home directory. We will use that. # Linking NeXT mail boxes to IMAP/Pine mail boxes... # ln -s ~/Mailboxes/Active.mbox/mbox ~/mail/Active # ## <Computer> is a directory. See NeXT mailboxes inside... # /bin/mkdir ~/mail/Computer # ln -s ~/Mailboxes/Computer/Apple.mbox/mbox ~/mail/Computer/Apple # ln -s ~/Mailboxes/Computer/NeXT.mbox/mbox ~/mail/Computer/NeXT # ln -s ~/Mailboxes/Drafts.mbox/mbox ~/mail/Drafts # ln -s ~/Mailboxes/Outgoing.mbox/mbox ~/mail/Outgoing # Done. if [ -d ~/mail ]; then echo 'Directory "mail" already exist in your home directory. We will use that.' else echo 'Directory "mail" does not exist for IMAP/Pine in your home directory.' echo 'Creating directory "mail" in your home directory...' /bin/mkdir ~/mail fi echo "Linking NeXT mail boxes to IMAP/Pine mail boxes..." for i in `/bin/ls -1 ~/Mailboxes` do case $i in *) if [ -f ~/Mailboxes/$i/mbox ]; then BASE=`basename $i .mbox` ln -s ~/Mailboxes/$i/mbox ~/mail/$BASE echo "ln -s ~/Mailboxes/"$i"/mbox ~/mail/"$BASE else # Let's do one layer inside the subdirectory if [ -d ~/Mailboxes/$i ]; then echo '# <'$i'> is a directory. See NeXT mailboxes inside...' /bin/mkdir ~/mail/$i echo "/bin/mkdir ~/mail/"$i for j in `/bin/ls -1 ~/Mailboxes/$i` do case $j in *) if [ -f ~/Mailboxes/$i/$j/mbox ]; then BASE=`basename $j .mbox` ln -s ~/Mailboxes/$i/$j/mbox ~/mail/$i/$BASE echo "ln -s ~/Mailboxes/"$i"/"$j"/mbox ~/mail/"$i"/"$BASE else echo '# <'$j'> is not a NeXT Mail box, nesting too deep' fi ;; esac done else echo '# <'$i'> is not a NeXT Mail box.' fi fi ;; esac done echo Done. exit 0 --- cut --- P.S. The version that is contained in pine 3.96 distribution is an old version. Don't use that. -- Izumi Ohzawa <izumi@pinoko.berkeley.edu> USMail: Univ. of California, 360 Minor Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720-2020 Tel: 510-642-6440, Fax: -3323, Web: http://totoro.berkeley.edu/~izumi/
From: Andrew Weiss <cactopus@alfred.duch.udel.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.software Subject: Newbie to Intel Mach needs help with SCSI Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 12:23:00 -0500 Organization: University of Delaware Message-ID: <34C4DD74.41C6@alfred.duch.udel.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have an AMD 586 133 X5 on a greenboard with PCI/ISA/VLB. My SCSI card is a BusLogic BT958 Ultra Wide. I keep getting BLC Timeouts when Resetting the SCSI bus. This continues over and over again, so when the machine is boot with SCSI drivers, it will never get past this stage. Anyone get this card working, or have experience with it. My SCSI devices didn't seem to make a difference when connected in various combos, or disconnected... it works in Linux, Win95, and Solaris x86. Sony CDU 926S Writer on ID5 Iomega 1GB JAZ on ID 4. Everything is terminated properly, and the card is detected properly by Configure.app IRQ 11 PCI Dev 12 Func 0 something else 0 Andrew -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A waist is a terrible thing to mind" -The United We Grow Poundage Fund "Windows OS's...Software that's missing a wheel, and has a denver boot on the others...reBOOT reBOOT reBOOT" -Me ANDREW J. WEISS Odd computer Hack, Sailing Guru, Chem nerd (thanks to Aaron), UNIX dweeb (Thanks to Pam), and taken (thanks to Shirin) -COOL he works with LINUX, NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP IRIX OpenBSD 2.1 Mac68k (IIx/8/1080) Solaris 2.5.1 x86 and SParC and coming soon: Rhapsody cactopus@alfred.duch.udel.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <6aep6o$5tf$8113@heliodor.xara.net> Control: cancel <6aep6o$5tf$8113@heliodor.xara.net> Date: 25 Jan 1998 07:22:01 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6aep6o$5tf$8113@heliodor.xara.net> Sender: marias@usa.net Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: phy070@spo109 (H.-R. Oberhage) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: NeXTStep/OpenStep installation Followup-To: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.bugs Date: 21 Jan 1998 10:39:48 GMT Organization: Universitaet Essen GH, Germany Message-ID: <6a4j9k$f881@mx2.hrz.uni-essen.de> References: <Pine.SGI.3.91.980120213216.2896A-100000@alfred.duch.udel.edu> Andrew Weiss (cactopus@alfred.duch.udel.edu) wrote: : On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, James Moyer wrote: : [...] : oversight on NeXT's part, when mixing SCSI and IDE. I think the IDE : CD-ROM taking sc0 may have something to do with it... might not like a : mixed bus... I have a BusLogic 958 Ultra-Wide card with a CDU926s on ID 5 : (CD-writer), and an Iomega Jaz 1GB on ID 4. No, it's not the mixing! SCSI and EIDE run for me together just fine at least since NS 3.3 up to (now) OS 4.2. One thing is very important: in the ordering of the bootdrivers (or active drivers, but (E)IDE and SCSI ususally are bootdrivers) in the System.config/*.table (* being Default and/ or Instance0), the SCSI-driver has to precede(!) the (E)IDE-driver. Otherwise an (E)IDE CD-Drive is detected "too early" and gets e.g. the pseudeo-sd0-name and then the SCSI-driver is confused because it thinks its devices are sd0 up to sd(n). First SCSI, then EIDE guarantees, that sd0 to sd(n) are 'real' SCSI devices and ATAPI-devices (CDs) get pseudos sd(n+1) to (well whatever). This was necessary with NS 3.3 and works with OS 4.2 - I never tried to arbitrarily give OS 4.2 the 'wrong' order, so I can't insist that it is necessary for OS 4.x, too, but I assume it is; didn't want to test if my system gets into chaos (again) :-). Although the ordering is/should be vital and necessary it, most probably won't help you with your SCSI bus resets, as these are a problem of either hardware or the driver not properly working with the adapter/ controler card. : : Any thoughts from anybody else as well? Just these. They might improve your system :-), but not solve your problem :-(, sorry. Greetings, Ruediger Oberhage -- H.-R. Oberhage Mail: Univ.-GH Essen E-Mail: phy070@sp2.power.Uni-Essen.DE Fachbereich 7 (Physik) ruediger@Theo-Phys.Uni-Essen.DE S05 V07 E88 Universitaetsstrasse 5 Phone: (+49) 201 / 183-2493 D-45117 Essen, Germany FAX: (+49) 201 / 183-2120
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: What (if anything) are 'Kernel Flags' used for? Date: 21 Jan 1998 08:09:08 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6a4af4$38l$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In responding to another post, I saw this in my Configuration % cat /private/Drivers/i386/System.config/Instance0.table "Kernel Flags" = ""; <snip> and wondered what, if any, kernel flags there are for Intels. I know there was an 'nbuf' for NeXT hardware which could be useful for PPP purposes, but I don't know if it is also useful for Intel hardware. Where can I learn more about them? DL didn't come up with a single match. NeXTanwers came up with a few, but they seeemed connected to NeXT hardware.... BTW this is one of those "should print out before you need it one day" pages: http://enterprise.apple.com/NeXTanswers/HTMLFiles/1085.htmld/1085.html TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: sanguish@digifix.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.advocacy,comp.sys.next.announce,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.programmer Subject: NEXTSTEP/OpenStep Resources on the Net Supersedes: <15507885099622@digifix.com> Date: 25 Jan 1998 04:58:54 GMT Organization: Digital Fix Development Message-ID: <345885704420@digifix.com> Topics include: Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites NeXTanswers Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP World Wide Web Sites ============================================ The following sites are a sample of the OpenStep related WWW sites available. A comprehensive list is available on Stepwise. Stepwise OpenStep/Rhapsody Information Server http://www.stepwise.com Stepwise has been serving the OpenStep/NEXTSTEP community since March 1993. Some of the many resources on the site include: OpenStep Third Party Software guide, Developer Directory, Mailing List information, extensive listing of FTP and WWW sites related to OpenStep and NEXTSTEP, OpenStep related Frequently Asked Questions. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. NeXT Software Archives @ Peak.org http://www.peak.org/next http://www.peak.org/openstep PEAK is the premier NeXTStep/OpenStep FTP site in North America. This is the World Wide Web interace to the FTP site. Apple Enterprise Software Group (formerly NeXT Computer, Inc.) http://www.next.com Here is where you'll find the NeXTanswers archive, with information on OpenStep installation, drivers and software patches. Apple Computer's 'Prelude to Rhapsody' Self Support Site http://devworld.apple.com/dev/prelude.html This site has been constructed to help you help yourself to learn as much as possible about the foundation for Rhapsody, today's OPENSTEP. The site provides an informal collection of pointers, references, and starting points for developers who are using the Prelude to Rhapsody bundle, distributed at this year's Worldwide Developer Conference. OpenStep/NEXTSTEP/Rhapsody Related Usenet Newsgroups ==================================================== COMP.SYS.NEXT.ADVOCACY This is the "why NEXTSTEP is better (or worse) than anything else in the known universe" forum. It was created specifically to divert lengthy flame wars from .misc. COMP.SYS.NEXT.ANNOUNCE Announcements of general interest to the NeXT community (new products, FTP submissions, user group meetings, commercial announcements etc.) This is a moderated newsgroup, meaning that you can't post to it directly. Submissions should be e-mailed to next-announce@digifix.com where the moderator (Scott Anguish) will screen them for suitability. Messages posted to announce should NOT be posted or crossposted to any other comp.sys.next groups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.BUGS A place to report verifiable bugs in NeXT-supplied software. Material e-mailed to Bug_NeXT@NeXT.COM is not published, so this is a place for the net community find out about problems when they're discovered. This newsgroup has a very poor signal/noise ratio--all too often bozos post stuff here that really belongs someplace else. It rarely makes sense to crosspost between this and other c.s.n.* newsgroups, but individual reports may be germane to certain non-NeXT-specific groups as well. COMP.SYS.NEXT.HARDWARE Discussions about NeXT-label hardware and compatible peripherals, and non-NeXT-produced hardware (e.g. Intel) that is compatible with NEXTSTEP. In most cases, questions about Intel hardware are better asked in comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware. Questions about SCSI devices belong in comp.periphs.scsi. This isn't the place to buy or sell used NeXTs--that's what .marketplace is for. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MARKETPLACE NeXT stuff for sale/wanted. Material posted here must not be crossposted to any other c.s.n.* newsgroup, but may be crossposted to misc.forsale.computers.workstation or appropriate regional newsgroups. COMP.SYS.NEXT.MISC For stuff that doesn't fit anywhere else. Anything you post here by definition doesn't belong anywhere else in c.s.n.*--i.e. no crossposting!!! COMP.SYS.NEXT.PROGRAMMER Questions and discussions of interest to NEXTSTEP programmers. This is primarily a forum for advanced technical material. Generic UNIX questions belong elsewhere (comp.unix.questions), although specific questions about NeXT's implementation or porting issues are appropriate here. Note that there are several other more "horizontal" newsgroups (comp.lang.objective-c, comp.lang.postscript, comp.os.mach, comp.protocols.tcp-ip, etc.) that may also be of interest. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SOFTWARE This is a place to talk about [third party] software products that run on NEXTSTEP systems. COMP.SYS.NEXT.SYSADMIN Stuff relating to NeXT system administration issues; in rare cases this will spill over into .programmer or .software. ** RELATED NEWSGROUPS ** COMP.SOFT-SYS.NEXTSTEP Like comp.sys.next.software and comp.sys.next.misc combined. Exists because NeXT is a software-only company now, and comp.soft-sys is for discussion of software systems with scope similar to NEXTSTEP. COMP.LANG.OBJECTIVE-C Technical talk about the Objective-C language. Implemetations discussed include NeXT, Gnu, Stepstone, etc. COMP.OBJECT Technical talk about OOP in general. Lots of C++ discussion, but NeXT and Objective-C get quite a bit of attention. At times gets almost philosophical about objects, but then again OOP allows one to be a programmer/philosopher. (The original comp.sys.next no longer exists--do not attempt to post to it.) Exception to the crossposting restrictions: announcements of usenet RFDs or CFVs, when made by the news.announce.newgroups moderator, may be simultaneously crossposted to all c.s.n.* newsgroups. Getting the Newsgroups without getting News =========================================== Thanks to Michael Ross at antigone.com, the main NEXTSTEP groups are now available as a mailing list digest as well. next-nextstep next-advocacy next-announce next-bugs next-hardware next-marketplace next-misc next-programmer next-software next-sysadmin object lang-objective-c (For a full description, send mail to listserv@antigone.com). The subscription syntax is essentially the same as Majordomo's. To subscribe, send a message to *-request@lists.best.com saying: subscribe where * is the name of the list e.g. next-programmer-request@lists.best.com Major OpenStep/NEXTSTEP FTP sites ================================= ftp://ftp.next.peak.org The main site for North American submissions formerly ftp.cs.orst.edu ftp://ftp.peanuts.org: (Peanuts) Located in Germany. Comprehensive archive site. Very well maintained. ftp://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/comp/next NeGeN/NiNe (NEXTSTEP Gebruikers Nederland/NeXTSTEP in the Netherlands) ftp://cube.sm.dsi.unimi.it (Italian NEXTSTEP User Group) ftp://ftp.nmr.embl-heidelberg.de/pub/next eduStep ftp://ftp.next.com: See below ftp.next.com and NextAnswers@next.com ===================================== [from the document ftp://ftp.next.com/pub/NeXTanswers/1000_Help] Welcome to the NeXTanswers information retrieval system! This system allows you to request online technical documents, drivers, and other software, which are then sent to you automatically. You can request documents by fax or Internet electronic mail, read them on the world-wide web, transfer them by anonymous ftp, or download them from the BBS. NeXTanswers is an automated retrieval system. Requests sent to it are answered electronically, and are not read or handled by a human being. NeXTanswers does not answer your questions or forward your requests. USING NEXTANSWERS BY E-MAIL To use NeXTanswers by Internet e-mail, send requests to nextanswers@next.com. Files are sent as NeXTmail attachments by default; you can request they be sent as ASCII text files instead. To request a file, include that file's ID number in the Subject line or the body of the message. You can request several files in a single message. You can also include commands in the Subject line or the body of the message. 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From: Andrew Weiss <cactopus@alfred.duch.udel.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.bugs Subject: Re: NeXTStep/OpenStep installation Date: Tue, 20 Jan 1998 21:37:55 -0500 Organization: University of Delaware Message-ID: <Pine.SGI.3.91.980120213216.2896A-100000@alfred.duch.udel.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: James Moyer <james+@osu.edu> In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19980120185759.0092d3b0@osu.edu> On Tue, 20 Jan 1998, James Moyer wrote: > It sounds like you correctly load the driver, but then the computer just > comes to a halt. Is that correct? > > James Moyer Yes that was correct, but I figured out how to fix it. After the CD essentials installation, I drop into single user mode and edit /private/Drivers/i386/System.config/Default.table, and take out things like BusMouse, PS2Mouse (I have a serial mouse), PCIC, PCMCIA, and most importantly Intel82x0 something bridge PCI chip driver. I don't have this, and I think this one is the culprit, though BusMouse crashes my friend's Pentium laptop. Then it works like a charm. Only problem now is the SCSI driver... when installed it BTC timeouts infinitely and keeps resetting the bus over and over and over.....All other OS's work, so it can't be the operating system, nor the CPU, and its most likely an oversight on NeXT's part, when mixing SCSI and IDE. I think the IDE CD-ROM taking sc0 may have something to do with it... might not like a mixed bus... I have a BusLogic 958 Ultra-Wide card with a CDU926s on ID 5 (CD-writer), and an Iomega Jaz 1GB on ID 4. Any thoughts from anybody else as well? Andrew ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A waist is a terrible thing to mind" -The United We Grow Poundage Fund "Windows OS's...Software that's missing a wheel, and has a denver boot on the others...reBOOT reBOOT reBOOT" -Me ANDREW J. WEISS Odd computer Hack, Sailing Guru, Chem nerd (thanks to Aaron), UNIX dweeb (Thanks to Pam), and taken (thanks to Shirin) -COOL he works with LINUX, NeXTSTEP/OPENSTEP IRIX OpenBSD 2.1 Mac68k (IIx/8/1080) Solaris 2.5.1 x86 and SParC and coming soon: Rhapsody cactopus@alfred.duch.udel.edu -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: Pat Gunn <pgunn01@ibm.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: OpenStep/4.1 Install Problems on White hardware Date: Sun, 25 Jan 1998 02:31:34 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Message-ID: <34CAEA56.1ECC@ibm.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello. I'm trying to help a friend install OpenStep/Mach on his PC. He has a P90 system with a dual EIDE controller, his CD-ROM being Master of the second channel, 2 HDs being on the first channel. In order to have OpenStep recognize his CD-ROM during install, I had to download a driver from NeXTAnswers, the Dual-IDE/ATAPI driver... During the initial install, I pointed it at the disk that I put the driver on (made on my slab), and it got the driver and went through the first stage of installation. After rebooting (this time from the HD), it said something to the effect of "You supplied additional drivers not on the original CD, please insert the disk now". I put the disk I made w/ the drivers back in, and it has problems reading the disk, saying Disk error: Error 0x%02x Block 18, Cyl 10 Head 1 Sector 0 Block 18, Cyl 10 Head 1 Sector 0 Bad superblock: error 1 Block 18, Cyl 10 Head 1 Sector 0 and so on... Anyone have any ideas why it can read the disk during stage 1 install but not during stage 2? It is in NeXTStep's native disk format...
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: PPP with CHAP Configuration? NeXT 3.3 Date: 25 Jan 1998 16:38:31 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6afpq7$heb$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6aeedl$rgq@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: walterrich@att.net In <6aeedl$rgq@bgtnsc03.worldnet.att.net> Walter Rich wrote: > > I saw a Linux solution posted on the web. I have yet to see any NeXT system > postings that have used a PPP connection with CHAP. You are suffering from a cronic problem for folks who have downloaded the free PPP for NeXTStep but have not subscribed to the mailing list (which, BTW, is where the license agreement says that all questions will be asked before being posted to Usenet). (Don't feel badly, it's very common and not at all fatal ;-) Send a message to 'majordomo@peak.org' with the body (not subject) subscribe nextppp and then send your question to nextppp@peak.org. I know there are folks there who have done it, but I never have had to do it myself. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: /usr/template/client Date: 25 Jan 1998 16:32:45 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6afpfd$heb$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <19980125023800.VAA00720@ladder02.news.aol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: alexcoro@aol.com In <19980125023800.VAA00720@ladder02.news.aol.com> Alexcoro wrote: > > How can I use /usr/template/client to bring my system up with everything "the > way it was"? Not sure what you mean here. What /usr/template/client/ is "usually" used for is getting back the default (from original installation) the etc/netinfo directory and etc/hostconfig directory. This is accomplished by mv /etc/netinfo /etc/netinfo.OLD mv /etc/hostconfig /etc/hostconfig.old cp -rp /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo /etc cp /usr/template/client/etc/hostconfig /etc Note that this will only set you back to the initial setup, you will not be able to get back all the things you personally set. If you are looking for something else maybe you could be a bit more specific ? TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: cejensen@bitstream.net (Chris Jensen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ODs refuse to mount on new disk Date: 25 Jan 1998 17:58:43 GMT Organization: Bitstream Underground Message-ID: <6afugj$jik$1@maryj.bitstream.net> I am working on setting up a new hard drive for my cube. After installing NS 3.3, adding a password to "me", and logging in as root, I attempted to mount an OD on which I have a variety of software, documents, etc, which I planned to use to continue setting up my new disk. However, the OD wouldn't mount. The drive would spin up, make a few "chunk-chunk" sounds as usual, then immediately spin down and eject the disk. No messages appeared on the console. I tried this with another OD, with the same results. I created a user with the same name as the owner of the ODs ("cejensen"), and tried to mount them under that account, again with no luck. I re-installed my old hard disk, booted up, and the ODs mount just fine, so drive and disks appear to be fully functional. This must be some sort of permissions problem. How can I get around this and access my ODs on my new hard drive? Many thanks... --Chris ************************** Chris Jensen cejensen@bitstream.net No NeXT mail right now, thanks... "Sacred Cows make the best hamburger" -- Mark Twain
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ODs refuse to mount on new disk Date: 25 Jan 1998 19:16:34 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6ag32i$heb$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6afugj$jik$1@maryj.bitstream.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cejensen@bitstream.net Warning: I could be wrong about any/all of this. Use @ own risk. When I had a problem with one of my removables, I was able to get around it by doing a manual mount: mount -t 4.3 -o rw,removable /dev/sd1a /Disk it then asked me to insert a disk. Once I did that it mounted. Might work for you if you use the od rather than sd. Then again it might burst into flames. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: DHCP Woes Date: 25 Jan 1998 19:13:13 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6ag2s9$heb$10@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6afu67$ibs$1@tribune.usask.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: eric@skatter.usask.ca In <6afu67$ibs$1@tribune.usask.ca> Eric Norum wrote: > I'm having troubles getting DHCP working on my OPENSTEP 4.2 > TurboColorNeXTstation. I haven't heard of many people getting DHCP to work. There was a package recently uploaded to PEAK http://www.peak.org/next/new_arrivals/dhcp-970609mach.tar.gz http://www.peak.org/next/new_arrivals/dhclient.N.b.tar.gz but there seems to be little by the way of explanation of how to use them. Perhaps that could be of some help TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: eric@skatter.usask.ca (Eric Norum) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: DHCP Woes Date: 25 Jan 1998 17:53:11 GMT Organization: University of Saskatchewan Message-ID: <6afu67$ibs$1@tribune.usask.ca> Keywords: DHCP, OPENSTEP 4.2 I'm having troubles getting DHCP working on my OPENSTEP 4.2 TurboColorNeXTstation. First, some background information: For the past year or so my `home-net' has been set up as shown in the following diagram. I'm using ppp-2.3.3 to communicate with the outside world. +--------+ +----------+ +-------+ | norumb | Ethernet | norumrez | RS-232 | | Phone | 68030 |===============| 68040 |--------| modem |--------> | cube | | station | | | +--------+ +----------+ +-------+ I now want to replace the modem and the RS-232 connection with a cable modem which has an Ethernet interface. The cable company uses DHCP to hand out IP addresses. So, to try and accommodate this I: 1) downloaded and compiled the BSD DHCP client software. 2) made the character special file entries /dev/bpf0, /dev/bpf1, etc. 3) install the Berkeley Packet Filter at the beginning of rc.net. (/usr/etc/kl_util -a /usr/local/bpf/reloc/bpf_reloc) Actually, I did steps 2 and 3 when I got ppp-2.3.3 working. 4) Whenever I try to run dhclient -d en0 I get the error: dhclient: Can't attach interface en0 to bpf device /dev/bpf0: No such device or address I added some `printf's to the bpf_setif routine and found that: - The routine is looking for interface `en' unit 0 -- good! - The list contains entries for `ppp' only -- bad! I suspect that this is happening because I'm loading the packet filter after the ethernet interface is already installed. But the the ethernet interface is installed before /etc/rc even starts. Or maybe I'm doing something stupid somewhere. Any idea what I'm doing wrong and what I should do to fix it? Thanks, -- Eric Norum eric@skatter.usask.ca Saskatchewan Accelerator Laboratory Phone: (306) 966-6308 University of Saskatchewan FAX: (306) 966-6058 Saskatoon, Canada.
From: auguan@hotmail.com Subject: Installation Tips for Microplis 4550A Hard Drive Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 15:41:52 -0600 Message-ID: <885849837.1507524609@dejanews.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Organization: Deja News Posting Service I just bought a Micropolis Mustang 5GB EIDE hard dirve (Part # 4550A) and I'm having problem geting the computer to recognize the new drive. My mother board has a limitation on the size of drive it can recognize. I cannot get any information on the drive because Micropolis went out of business. These any one out there know anything about that drive and how I could get it to work? Please help! Andy, -------------------==== Posted via Deja News ====----------------------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Post to Usenet
From: adams@209.113.150.66 (Adam Smith) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: We inherited a NeXT Cube w/Password lockout, please help. Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 11:18:42 -0500 Organization: The Screen House Message-ID: <MPG.f36816cb1dea682989680@news.fcl-us.net> Hi. Our business inherited a NeXT Cube, about which we know virtually nothing, and it boots up to a "Name: Password: " screen. We do not have this information. I would like to know what our options are for restoring this machine, or obtaining a current operating system. Curiously, the computer appears to have only one drive, a magneto- optical. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Please email to: absmith@tiac.net, or post to this group. Thanks, Adam Smith The Screen House www.screenhouse.com
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <34ccc27f.3649165@news.dracsconsulting.com> Control: cancel <34ccc27f.3649165@news.dracsconsulting.com> Date: 27 Jan 1998 02:31:05 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.34ccc27f.3649165@news.dracsconsulting.com> Sender: jphillipsouza@usanet1.com Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: michael@rumah.pc.my (Michael Olan) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: mail mystery continues Date: 21 Jan 1998 15:27:02 GMT Organization: Personal Message-ID: <6a5446$3fh@telos.pc.my> Several days ago I posted a message about long delays in receiving email. I have a few more clues in case it helps someone recognize the problem. In summary, I use Taylor-uucp for mailing via an isp. Normal uucp gets processed by rmail, and uuqxt according to the log file. But actual delivery to my mailbox doesn't occur until after a reboot/power-up. No amount of coaxing w/ Get new mail will load it. Setting preferences to 5 minutes doesn't help either nor does -q5m in rc file. What does flush it out of the mysterious buffer is sending mail from the other slab connected to this one. But sending to myself from the same slab does not work. Also, if I am connected via ppp, and use tcp for mailing it will deliver on time. Sometimes just a normal logout-restart forces a long fsck even tho nothing unusual was going on. Anybody have a clue now???? Thanks, Mike
From: felix@nice.usergroup.ethz.ch (Felix Rauch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: fsck does not bring disk in clean state Date: 27 Jan 1998 08:33:05 GMT Organization: NiCE - NeXT User Group, Zuerich, Switzerland Message-ID: <6ak641$f5q$1@elna.ethz.ch> I have a disk with read-errors (it can't read about 5 sectors in a row). When I fsck the disk, it is not brought in clean state, therefore I can no longer boot from it :-( What happened: Unfortunately I was stupid enough to power the disk (it's external) off before the system cleanly unmounted it. After an fsck the filesystem inconsistencies were fixed, but after each new fsck (with the above read-errors) the fsck-program says that the disk is not in a clean state and fsck should be run again. I can mount the disk if I boot from another machine and it looks all right (i.e. I can access the data on it). So how can I set the disk to a clean state again? Is there no "--force-disk-to-clean-state" switch to fsck or something similar? - Felix -- Felix Rauch, research assistant @ ETH Zurich, Institute for Computersystems Homepage: http://nice.ethz.ch/~felix/ (includes PGP public key) Email: felix@nice.ch -> This article contains my personal views only <-
From: "Andrew M. Gehring" <andrew_gehring@mk.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Upgrade Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 16:59:33 -0700 Organization: Morrison-Knudsen Corporation Message-ID: <34CD2365.42DC06E7@mk.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------7F3F7AA9DFFB7C43CB5D36B3" --------------7F3F7AA9DFFB7C43CB5D36B3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Which OS 3.3 or 4.X for a Color turbo slab would anyone recommend and why. I'll sum Drew -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew M. Gehring Morrison-Knudsen Corporation Senior Systems Administrator P.O. Box 73 andrew_gehring@mk.com Boise, ID. 83729 (208) 386-6644 - Voice (208) 386-5039 - Fax --------------------------------------------------------------------- "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson --------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------7F3F7AA9DFFB7C43CB5D36B3 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <HTML> Which OS 3.3 or 4.X for a Color turbo slab would anyone recommend and why. <P>I'll sum <P>Drew <PRE>-- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew M. Gehring Morrison-Knudsen Corporation Senior Systems Administrator P.O. Box 73 andrew_gehring@mk.com Boise, ID. 83729 (208) 386-6644 - Voice (208) 386-5039 - Fax --------------------------------------------------------------------- "I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." Thomas Watson ---------------------------------------------------------------------</PRE> </HTML> --------------7F3F7AA9DFFB7C43CB5D36B3--
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Upgrade Date: 27 Jan 1998 01:03:07 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <6ajbob$75r$10@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <34CD2365.42DC06E7@mk.com> "Andrew M. Gehring" <andrew_gehring@mk.com> wrote: [ ...45 lines of Netscape-imposed HTML crap deleted... ] > Which OS 3.3 or 4.X for a Color turbo slab would anyone recommend and > why. While the answer to this question depends entirely upon what you want to do with the machine, I can provide a generalization that may help: How much memory do you have, or are willing to upgrade to? If the answer is less than 32MB, stick with NEXTSTEP 3.3. Otherwise, go with OPENSTEP 4.2. -Chuck PS: Please fix your newsreader to not post HTML garbage everywhere, and/or switch to Eudora or something more civil. It was bad enough when we had to deal with uuencoded noise from Newsgrazer, but Netscape isn't even available for NEXTSTEP (yet, anyway). Charles Swiger | chuck@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+----------------------+-------------------- "Microsoft: we make the easy almost impossible."
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Upgrade Date: 27 Jan 1998 01:20:54 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6ajcpm$osg$3@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <34CD2365.42DC06E7@mk.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: andrew_gehring@mk.com In <34CD2365.42DC06E7@mk.com> "Andrew M. Gehring" wrote: > Which OS 3.3 or 4.X for a Color turbo slab would anyone recommend and > why. Depends. OS 4.2 has some software that will only run on 4.2, like the newest OmniWeb and RBrowser. There are obviously 4.x apps which don't run on 3.3, like LogOn.app which is supposedly great for getting PPP working. So I would suggest 4.2 for all the latest apps. On the other hand, if you want to compile generic UNIX stuff & NeXT apps, I would recommend 3.3 (unless you have enough diskspace to install the 3.3 dev stuff under 4.2). Also, 3.3 will be a lot faster than 4.2 since 4.2 has to read 2 sets of libraries (NeXTStep and OpenStep... so NeXTStep stuff can run) into virt. memory whereas 3.3 only has to read 1. So I would suggest 3.3 for faster speed. If you don't care about the 3.3 developer tools and don't need the OpenStep apps, I would recommend 3.2 which is faster than 3.3 (although the 3.3 Mail.app is much better than 3.2... but 3.3's Mail.app will run under 3.2). Just get the FoundationUserPatch and you can run OmniWeb 2.5 which is the latest non-beta release. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: jvanderduim@icgroup.nl (Jerry Martin van der Duim) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.software Subject: cmsg cancel <6adq8h$anq$1@agate.berkeley.edu> Control: cancel <6adq8h$anq$1@agate.berkeley.edu> Date: 27 Jan 1998 09:47:19 GMT Organization: EuroNet Internet Message-ID: <6akaf7$ntu@news3.euro.net> cancel
From: : cejensen@bitstream.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ODs refuse to mount on new disk Date: 27 Jan 1998 17:51:01 GMT Organization: Bitstream Underground Message-ID: <6al6q5$4fs$1@maryj.bitstream.net> References: <6afugj$jik$1@maryj.bitstream.net> <6ag32i$heb$11@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS wrote: > >Warning: I could be wrong about any/all of this. Use @ own risk. > >When I had a problem with one of my removables, I was able to get around it >by doing a manual mount: > > mount -t 4.3 -o rw,removable /dev/sd1a /Disk > >it then asked me to insert a disk. Once I did that it mounted. > >Might work for you if you use the od rather than sd. Then again it might >burst into flames. As it turns out, I didn't need to do this. I kept futzing with the OD, and eventually decided to chown the disks to root. Then I reinstalled my new disk, and the ODs mounted. Why this would make a difference puzzled me until I found this *ancient* NeXTAnswer document: :NeXTAnswer No. 421 :Optical disk unique serial number : :Q: Is there a software-readable unique identifier on each optical disk (the :media)? : :A: No. There is, indeed, a UID -- serial number -- recorded on each OD. :There is currently no way from software to read that UID from the disk. : :QA421 : :Valid for 1.0 :Valid for 2.0 Perhaps this had something to do with it. Anyway, once root owned the disks they mounted. Relieved, Chris Jensen cejensen@bitstream.net
From: gtf[@]cirp.org (Geoffrey T. Falk) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: fsck does not bring disk in clean state Date: 27 Jan 1998 19:11:06 GMT Organization: For circumcision information, http://www.cirp.org/CIRP/ Message-ID: <6albga$f4044@biko.cc.rochester.edu> References: <6ak641$f5q$1@elna.ethz.ch> Originator: gtf@theorem In article <6ak641$f5q$1@elna.ethz.ch>, Felix Rauch <felix@nice.usergroup.ethz.ch> wrote: >I have a disk with read-errors (it can't read about 5 sectors in a >row). When I fsck the disk, it is not brought in clean state, >therefore I can no longer boot from it :-( > >What happened: >Unfortunately I was stupid enough to power the disk (it's external) >off before the system cleanly unmounted it. After an fsck the >filesystem inconsistencies were fixed, but after each new fsck (with >the above read-errors) the fsck-program says that the disk is not in a >clean state and fsck should be run again. There are an infinite number of things that can go wrong with a filesystem. 'fsck' can only fix a limited range of inconsistencies. No tool is smart enough to automatically repair every sort of filesystem damage. >I can mount the disk if I boot from another machine and it looks all >right (i.e. I can access the data on it). Perfect. Then mount the disk read-only from another machine. Copy the files off of the hard disk onto a tape or onto another clean hard disk. Then reformat it and copy the files back. Best of luck g. -- Schroedinger's Cat had 4 1/2 lives. (Q: What was its half-life?!) ADDRESS ALTERED TO DEFLECT SPAM. UNSOLICITED E-MAIL ADS BILLED $500 Geoffrey T. Falk <gtf(@)cirp.org> http://www.cirp.org/~gtf/
Date: 27 Jan 1998 23:25:00 +0100 From: nuppy@nuppy.harz.de (Niels Coelle) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Message-ID: <6mdg6vCCLiB@nuppy.harz.de> References: <34CD99EB.E0DF22B8@wrldcom.com> Subject: Re: comp port problem Hi Bill > Hi. After a recent OS/Mach 4.2 install, I was configuring > ppp, and discovered that it didn't work. The cause? > /dev/cufb is not present. The file is there, the serial > drivers are loaded, but any attempt to access cufb results > in file not present. Do I need to do anything to bind the > file to the driver? Has anyone else had this problem? Did you load the driver for each port? For each port you have to load the driver and set the appropriate settings (Irq, Port). Did you load the TTY-Port Server, too? I assume you use white hardware. Hope it helps Niels
From: kochhar@endor.harvard.edu (Sandeep Kochhar) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Nextstation 3.1->3.3: SCSI Errors/Panic, can't boot Date: 23 Jan 1998 15:50:28 GMT Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University Distribution: world Message-ID: <KOCHHAR.98Jan23105028@endor.harvard.edu> hi! I have a NeXTStation with the following configuration: internal 100MB drive, external SCSI 760 MB drive, NeXT CD-Rom, 20MB memory, 68040 processor. It was running NeXtStep 3.1 on both internal and external hard drives. I am trying to upgrade to 3.3 on both. I was able to upgrade the internal drive to 3.3 by not connecting the external drive, and following the upgrade instructions. However, when I try to upgrade the external drive (by making it the boot drive, SCSI ID = 0), I get messages similar to the following on the ROM monitor (NeXT Rom mointor 3.1, v71): SCSI unexpected message:1 sc: SCSI unexpected message:1 sc: intrstatus 0x8 segstep 0x2 sc: s5c state 7 status 0x87 .... sd: target 0 lun 0 opcode 18 sd: addr 0x4366f50 bcount 66 sd: sdstatus 0 stnstate 0 resid 66 ...etc... The system then continues on to what appears to be normal booting (i.e. all drivers etc are started), but then it gets a "system panic.. killing all processes... going down on signal 15" message, and starts rebooting on its own, with similar results on the next boot, etc. In the NMI window, I looked at the last few messages, and they were like: Ehternet... dsp 0 np0 sound0 ... trap: type 0xc fcode 269642624 rw 67535340 faulted dr 0x101687c0 trap: pc 0x4061a5a sp 0xffca8 sr 0x2000 last fp 0x0 panic: (cpu 0) address error .... last fp 0x5e1f98a panic: (cpu 0) MMU invalid descriptor during table walk NeXT Rom Monitor 3.1 v71 panic: Next Mach 3.3: Mon Oct 24 13:56:37 PDT '94; root(rcbuilder):mk.171.9.obj~2/RC_m68k/Release_m68k .... followed by the system panic.. killing all processes... going down on signal 15 (I've booted single user, sync-ed disks, etc., but still get the above) The above scenario happens even without the upgrade disks, just by trying to boot when the external drive is connected. Note: I'm not 100% sure, but I think the SCSI error messages were there even before I upgraded the system, but it always booted anyway. Now it won't boot at all (from the internal 3.3 or external drive 3.1 drive; I can get it to boot fine without the external drive connected, but that's no use, since most of my data is on the external drive). Any idea what's wrong or what I should do to isolate the problem further? Thanks. -- _____________________________________ Sandeep Kochhar Email: kochhar@avcinc.com -- ---------------------------- Sandeep Kochhar Tel: 617-876-2052, Fax: 617-238-0763 15-17 Lee St. #T2 Email: kochhar@das.harvard.edu Cambridge, MA 02139 http://www.avcinc.com/people/kochhar/
From: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu (Ryan Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Screen resolution on ColorStation. Date: 23 Jan 1998 16:29:59 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <6aagi7$p4a$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> References: <6a9df7$kd8$1@news.duke.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: sg18@acpub.duke.edu In <6a9df7$kd8$1@news.duke.edu> Subir Grewal wrote: > > Well I have this nice funky 21" for my Color NeXT slab, except I can > only tile 4 terminal.app windows and 13 icons in the dock, which is > about what I can do on my mono 17". How would I go about increasing > the resolution so I can really use the real estate. > > You can't. The NeXTstations have a fixed resolution :( All the 21" monitor will do is make everything larger, you don't get extra acreage. -- ________________________________________________ Ryan P. Scott Laser and Electro-Optics Research Group UC Davis - Department of Applied Science Tel: (530)754-4358 Fax: (530)752-1652 Email: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu ________________________________________________
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: comp port problem Date: 27 Jan 1998 20:57:50 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6alhoe$e0a$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <34CD99EB.E0DF22B8@wrldcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: bkeller@wrldcom.com Are the TTY Port Servers installed? I have 2 of them installed on my NSFIP machine... TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: Yonael Teklu <yonael@vt.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.misc Subject: Hard disk problem Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 17:01:47 -0500 Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Message-ID: <34CE594B.70C6@vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit CC: yonael@vt.edu Hello: The original drive in our turbocolor nextstation crashed after almost 4 yrs of operation. We got a replacement drive, Quantum Fireball 4.3GB, which I tried to initialize and load the system on. I was not successfull at first and later found out that NeXTSTEP ver 3.0 can't handle drives over 2GB. With NeXTSTEP ver 3.3, however, the 4.3GB disk was automatically partitioned into 3 units each some 1.45GB in size. The system was installed successfully and machine was restarted. Problem now is to boot up from the drive. The Fireball is recognized in its proper target but I notice on the next line that the Disk Capacity is 40MB only! (instead of 4300MB). Further down the following messages appear: Can't open /dev/rsd1a UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY, RUN fsck MANUALLY Reboot failed... mount: /dev/sd1a on /: No such device or address... mount: giving up on: Faking root mount entries # (prompt and booting stops) I took out the drive, mounted it on an external case and connected it to another NeXT machine. Builddisk app still reported it as a 40MB drive, and because of this, it can not install the packages. I have tried to format the drive using sdformat but to no avail. sdform itself thinks the device is 40MB. Is there anyother way I can fix this problem? Thank you. yona
From: Nate Kornievsky <nkorniev@monet.artisan.calpoly.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: sendmail 3.3 on turbo color Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:54:23 -0800 Organization: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo Message-ID: <Pine.HPP.3.96.980128125011.23568A-100000@monet.artisan.calpoly.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII I have a problem, I have my nextstation wired to my school with 10Bt evreything but sendmail works fine, I can recieve messages but I cant send them to remote locations I keep getting my mail back with an error 550 host unknown (authoratative answer from nameserver) but I am sending it to the right address. please help Nathan A. Kornievsky nkorniev@polymail.cpunix.calpoly.edu
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <QHWz.20544$RR2.6182365@news.inreach.com> Control: cancel <QHWz.20544$RR2.6182365@news.inreach.com> Date: 29 Jan 1998 08:02:12 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.QHWz.20544$RR2.6182365@news.inreach.com> Sender: manny363@earthlink.net Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: Michael R Rousseau Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.advocacy Subject: Re: Rhapsody on PCP? Date: 29 Jan 1998 16:16:51 GMT Organization: Fannie Mae Message-ID: <6aqa1j$l662@postman.fanniemae.com> References: <34CD7782.3058@shapley.colorado.edu> Oh, Geez, I thought this was an account of Rhapsody _taking_ PCP. Like saying "Windoze on Crack!" or "OS/2 on 'shrooms." Considering all the promise that Apple had when they acquired NeXT, and the apparent direction of Rhapsody now, I think there are some substances still afloat in Cupertino. I thought this subject line was going to explain it all for us. Sorry for the digression. Mike Mark Fardal <fardal@shapley.colorado.edu> wrote: >Hi, > >has anyone gotten Rhapsody to work on a Power Computing PowerCenter Pro? >If so please let me know by email. I don't want to sign up for the >developer release without some evidence it'll work. I'd be willing to >run my hard drive off of the slower SCSI instead of through the Adaptec >card. > >thanks, >Mark Fardal
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <cNZz.28790$RR2.6286822@news.inreach.com> Control: cancel <cNZz.28790$RR2.6286822@news.inreach.com> Date: 29 Jan 1998 11:32:42 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.cNZz.28790$RR2.6286822@news.inreach.com> Sender: 24manny363@earthlink.net Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ALERT: burning cubes Date: 29 Jan 1998 23:55:14 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6ar4t2$f7q$7@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <34D0F4F3.4D59364D@virginia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Eesh! And I thought 'man 8 reboot' was just kidding! Options to reboot are: -n Avoids the sync. It can be used if a disk or the pro- cessor is on fire. Glad you were there to stop it from getting uglier... TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: Robert La Ferla <Robert_La_Ferla_@hot.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ALERT: burning cubes Date: 30 Jan 1998 04:16:04 GMT Organization: HTI Message-ID: <6ark64$2d2@fridge.shore.net> References: <34D0F4F3.4D59364D@virginia.edu> In-Reply-To: <34D0F4F3.4D59364D@virginia.edu> Looks like NeXT has built-in OS support for situations like those. :-) % man reboot Options to reboot are: -n Avoids the sync. It can be used if a disk or the pro- cessor is on fire. Robert La Ferla On 01/29/98, "David J. Topper" wrote: >We had a Next cube with one of those crappy magneto-optical drives >almost catch on fire the other day. The optical drive got hot enough to >fry some of its own components. Smoke was even pouring out of the box. > >On a brighter note ... I was able to shut things down in time ... put >the box back together (w/o the optical drive of course). Now the >machine is up. > >DT > > -- Robert La Ferla Registered OPENSTEP/Rhapsody Consultant HTI Boston, MA - Washington, DC + 1 (617) 252-0088
From: cejensen@bitstream.net Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Tiny swapfile? Date: 29 Jan 1998 22:52:22 GMT Organization: Bitstream Underground Message-ID: <6ar176$a1c$1@maryj.bitstream.net> I am running NS 3.3 on a cube. I recently installed a Seagate 2.1 GB drive, and the NS install progam partitioned the drive into two 899MB slices. Everything seems to work OK, except I now have a swapfile which seems to have a default size of 5.7 MB (as reported by by WatchSwap.app) instead of the usual 16MB. Also, the Workspace Manager Info Panel reports my disk size as 0 MB. This is a little disturbing. Any advice on getting these two problems fixed? It seems to me that they must be related... Thanks, --Chris Jensen cejensen@bitstream.net
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NextStep 3.3 and NFS Date: 29 Jan 1998 23:57:17 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6ar50t$f7q$8@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <34D0F44E.7B4AF243@virginia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <34D0F44E.7B4AF243@virginia.edu> "David J. Topper" wrote: > > I am not using /netinfo. Rather ... I've manually loaded /etc/passwd > type information on each box. I don't know but would guess that therein lies the problem.... I haven't heard of (m)any folks who have successfully networked a NeXT without NetInfo... Maybe it can be done, I've just not heard about it all that often. TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Tiny swapfile? Date: 30 Jan 1998 00:05:43 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6ar5gn$f7q$9@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6ar176$a1c$1@maryj.bitstream.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: cejensen@bitstream.net In <6ar176$a1c$1@maryj.bitstream.net> cejensen@bitstream.net wrote: > I am running NS 3.3 on a cube. I recently installed a Seagate 2.1 GB drive, > and the NS install progam partitioned the drive into two 899MB slices. Hrm... I probably would have made one 2047MB partition for NS and "lost" whatever other space was left over.... but that's me > Everything seems to work OK, except I now have a swapfile which seems to have > a default size of 5.7 MB (as reported by by WatchSwap.app) instead of the > usual 16MB. Also, the Workspace Manager Info Panel reports my disk size as 0 > MB. Well, the swapfile is usually at /private/vm/ and its settings controlled by /etc/swaptab.... It should be at 16MB (check the LOWAT setting in swaptab) But the LOWAT doesn't *make* the swapfile that size, it just keeps it from getting smaller than that. If it isn't, I would boot to single user mode and use 'mkfile' to make a 16meg swapfile (or larger.... probably as equal to the amount of RAM you have.... some even suggest 2.5x the amount of RAM you have but that's probably overkill...) > This is a little disturbing. Any advice on getting these two problems fixed? > It seems to me that they must be related... Seems like a good guess. If you don't want to reinstall and repartition, try the above method & let me know... TjL -- My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + next @ luomat.peak.org
From: awang@plains.NoDak.edu (Andy Wang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: netinfo died Date: 29 Jan 1998 19:16:19 -0600 Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network Message-ID: <6ar9l3$lk8@plains.NoDak.edu> hurm, NetInfo appears to have died. When I boot up OPENSTEP 4.2, the system hangs.. i decided to do a verbose boot to see what's going on and netinfod reports something about an invalid id=188 or 118, i can't remember for sure, and then it hangs there, I'm just going to reinstall right now, because I REALLY REALLY need openstep up and running for an assignment due tomorrow morning, but i was hoping that someone could clue me in on ways to fix this. any ideas? anything? thanks andy -- ----------------- Dopey (Andy Wang) - NeXT, MIME or SUN mail OK -------------- - Pro-hemp, and proud of it! - finger -l awang@plains.nodak.edu for pgp key - - What the hell is a chicken? - http://www.acm.ndsu.nodak.edu/~awang/ - ------------------------- awang@plains.nodak.edu -----------------------------
From: dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov (Gregg E. Dinse) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: disk-partition/dual-boot mystery Date: 29 Jan 1998 14:55:40 GMT Organization: NIEHS Message-ID: <6aq59c$ib9$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> Keywords: disk partition, dual boot Hi, I think I've solved 99% of the problems I've had in setting up a dual-boot Intel system with a non-default partitioning scheme, but there's one last glitch. Can someone help? HARDWARE: Intel system with a 4.2-gb SCSI disk. GOALS: 1. dual boot system with OPENSTEP 4.2 and DOS/Win95 2. three unequally sized partitions 2a. 800-mb DOS partition for DOS/Win95 2b. 1400-mb NS partition for OPENSTEP system 2c. 2000-mb NS partition for OS user files PROBLEM: I have solved goals #1 and #2 individually, but not simultaneously. INDIVIDUAL SOLUTIONS: 1. I can set up a dual boot system if I do the default OPENSTEP installation, but this gives me 3 or 4 equal-sized NS partitions (the number depends on the size of the DOS partition I create initially). This results in more NS partitions than I want and they are not the sizes I want. 2. I can set up the partitions the way I want, with the proper files systems on each, but then I can only boot from one of the two operating systems. If I form the 800-mb DOS partition, but don't load DOS, and use ditto or dump to put OPENSTEP on the first NS partition, then I can boot into OPENSTEP. If I load DOS, though, and put OPENSTEP on the first NS partition, then I can boot into DOS, but when I try to boot into OPENSTEP I get the message "Missing OS". Can someone please help? More details are given below for anyone interested. Thanks in advance. Bye, Gregg Dinse 919-541-4931 dinse@catatac.niehs.nih.gov ================================================ MORE DETAILS: Here is what I've tried: A. Boot from DOS floppy B. Use "fdisk" to create an 800-mb DOS partition C. Load DOS D. Power down, connect ext. OPENSTEP disk at SCSI ID=0 E. Boot into OPENSTEP F. Use "fdisk" to create a 3400-mb NS "partition" G. Use a disktab file and the "disk" command to create 1400-mb and 2000-mb NS partitions H. Restore OPENSTEP system from a DAT tape onto 1400-mb partition I. Power down and disconnect external disk J. If DOS partition is active, then: J1. I can boot DOS by choosing "d" or waiting J2. Choosing "n" gives "Missing OS" message K. If NS partition is active, then: K1. I can boot into DOS by choosing "d" K2. Choosing "n" or waiting gives "Missing OS" If I leave out step C (i.e. don't load DOS on the DOS partition), but do everything else, the system is able to boot into OPENSTEP (but not DOS, of course). Adding DOS later did not work either. I tried reinserting the NS boot block by typing: disk -b /dev/rsd1h (and disk -b /dev/rsd1a) I also tried following a NeXTAnswer by typing: disk -B0 /usr/standalone/i386/boot0 /dev/rsd1a In both cases I got the message: "boot block overlays labels". I don't know if this is good or bad. Neither of these disk commands helped. By the way, what does the "0" mean in the B0? I used rsd1h and rsd1a (rather than rsd0h and rsd0a) because my target disk was sd1, as I was booting from the SCSI ID=0 disk. Is this a problem? I checked to see if /private/etc/Drivers/i386 was linked to /private/etc/Devices (and it was). I don't know what else to try.
From: bestor@cs.wisc.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: ALERT: burning cubes Date: 30 Jan 1998 16:31:00 GMT Organization: University of Wisconsin, Madison Message-ID: <6asv84$1sk0$1@news.doit.wisc.edu> References: <34D0F4F3.4D59364D@virginia.edu> <6asmrj$12fi@fidoii.cc.Lehigh.EDU> alex@guava.phil.lehigh.edu (Alex Levine) wrote: >>It occurs to me that if a M/O drive got hot enough to ignite the magnesium >casing of the cube, someone might lose more than just a dear old piece of >computer hardware. Once it lights, the stuff burns at a couple thousand >degrees, as I recall. I believe the case is a magnesium _alloy_ that is much harder to ignite. In the good old days someone (Simson Garfinkle?) tried to burn his (empty) cube after NeXT droped their h/w production :-). It was put it in a furnace and still had a hard time getting it to ignite. There was a writeup in something like NeXTWorld about it - anyone have a copy to verify the details? - Gareth --- Gareth Bestor bestor@cs.wisc.edu Computer Sciences Department http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~bestor University of Wisconsin-Madison
From: phy070@spo109 (H.-R. Oberhage) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: disk-partition/dual-boot mystery Date: 30 Jan 1998 09:51:59 GMT Organization: Universitaet Essen GH, Germany Message-ID: <6as7rv$i8c17@mx2.hrz.uni-essen.de> References: <6aq59c$ib9$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> Hello, with today's OPENSTEPs booting and loader scheme you h a v e to put a NS/OS partition on the initial bootdrive! The only alternative is to type in a more or less lengthy command at the OS/NS bootprompt (after the 'd'/'n' selection); something like "sd(1,a)mach_kernel rootdev=sd1a" or the like. Also the /etc/fstab file has to be changed to reflect the correct drive in the /dev/sd(?)a [options] / root(-directory) mount (e.g. /dev/sd1a in your case). A nearly arbitrary small (for a harddiks) partition (8MB) will spare you this. You then have to put the bootcode on it (see NeXTanswers) and (depending on the NS/OS-version) part of the /private/Drivers/i386 directory; for NS 3.3, OS 4.2 only the System.config directory, all boot-drivers for the other OS 4.x versions. Then modify the Instance0.table (and eventually the Default.table) in System.config to reflect the correct sd(x,y)mach_kernel setting, probably booting "verbose" and of course the /etc/fstab-entry as above. Now you can boot by just choosing 'n' or 'd'. From your description I may assume that you talk about different UNIX-partitions on the NS/OS main-disk (for operating system and user) and not FDISK-partitions, as there is only one of the latter allowed/usable per physical device. Works for me without problem (combination of EIDE for M$ (has to be) and SCSI for OS). Greetings, Ruediger Oberhage -- H.-R. Oberhage Mail: Univ.-GH Essen E-Mail: phy070@sp2.power.Uni-Essen.DE Fachbereich 7 (Physik) ruediger@Theo-Phys.Uni-Essen.DE S05 V07 E88 Universitaetsstrasse 5 Phone: (+49) 201 / 183-2493 D-45117 Essen, Germany FAX: (+49) 201 / 183-2120
From: Trevin Beattie <*trevin*@*xmission*.*com*> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: netinfo died Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 14:14:18 +0000 Organization: XMission Internet (801 539 0900) Message-ID: <6asn7q$oqg$1@news.xmission.com> References: <6ar9l3$lk8@plains.NoDak.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Andy Wang wrote: > > hurm, NetInfo appears to have died. > When I boot up OPENSTEP 4.2, the system hangs.. > i decided to do a verbose boot to see what's going on and netinfod > reports something about an invalid id=188 or 118, i can't remember > for sure, and then it hangs there, I messed around with the NetInfo utilities a lot when I was trying to network my PC with my NeXTCube. I haven't come across an invalid ID though, so I'm not sure if these steps would help. Try booting to single-user mode, then run "nidump -t -r / localhost/local > somefile.dump". Then move /private/etc/netinfo/local.nidb to something like local.nidb-corrupt, and copy /usr/template/client/etc/netinfo/local.nidb to /private/etc/netinfo/. This will give you a clean NetInfo database which you can boot from. Note that this procedure will remove your entire user and group list along with everything else NetInfo stores, so when you reboot it will most likely log you on as "me". You probably don't want to be connected to a network while you're fixing this. With a good copy of the NetInfo database in place, you can either boot into Workspace, run NetInfo Manager, and manually put back the entries you got from nidump; or you can edit the dump file as needed and run "niload -t -r / localhost/local < somefile.dump" to have everything put back automatically. *Be sure you have corrected the error before reintegrating it into the database!* It helps if you read carefully everything you can about NetInfo in the online documentation. My main sources of help were chapter 10 of the SysAdmin Manual and the Summer 1993 issue of NeXTSTEP In Focus -- but then, my problems were in the area of networking. Also make sure you have a copy of the man pages for nidump(8), niload(8), niutil(8), and possible nibindd(8). -- Trevin Beattie "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, *To*reply*to*this* for you are crunchy and good with ketchup." *message,*remove*the* --unknown *asterisks*from*my*email*address.*
From: flickx@mindspring.com (A. Johnson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NT4.0 & NeXTStep Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 16:04:17 GMT Organization: MindSpring Enterprises, Inc. Message-ID: <6bkl1u$cus@camel21.mindspring.com> Hi there all. I have a question that I would like to ask of you. Has anyone ever succeeded integrating a NeXt computer into a Windows NT network? I know that there is a Novell Netware requester for NeXT but I've never seen or heard of a way to integrate a NeXT system into an NT network. All replies appreciated. Thank you.
From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NT4.0 & NeXTStep Date: 8 Feb 1998 17:10:17 GMT Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Message-ID: <6bkotp$2re$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> References: <6bkl1u$cus@camel21.mindspring.com> A. Johnson (flickx@mindspring.com) wrote: : Has anyone ever succeeded integrating a NeXt computer into a Windows : NT network? : I know that there is a Novell Netware requester for NeXT but I've : never seen or heard of a way to integrate a NeXT system into an NT : network. Integrating in what way? To make the NeXT a server for Windows clients, you can use Samba which allows for file and printer sharing. To make the NeXT a client, you can use the command-line smbclient that comes with Samba, which allows ftp-like file sharing; also you can (with a little effort) set up printcap entries to allow the NeXT to print to Windows-served printers. (I forget if WinNT has 'lpr' printer server software, which would be easier than Samba) There's also a program called 'rumba' that allows you to mount Windows shared filesystems like NFS mounts. It doesn't support encrypted passwords at present, though. If you're looking for commercial software, there are several packages that do NFS and lpr print-serving on Windows that are easier to use (like Hummingbird or Chameleon). --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | csaldanh@computerActive.com (NeXT/MIME)| Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: "Ing.Klaus Hartmann" <a9027721@unet.univie.ac.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Nextstep 3.1 and SPEA V7/Mirage VLB ??? Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 20:52:31 +0100 Organization: Vienna University, Austria Message-ID: <34DE0CFF.8D72A23A@unet.univie.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Please, Help ! I´ve got a problem with my NeXTSTEP 3.1 Bundle and my Graphics-adapter SPEA V7/Mirage. I tried all possibilities to get an driver working for my configuration (even modifying the Default.table files and considerung to program a device driver for my own !!!). I only get a resolution for DefaultVGA (640*480, 2bit greyscale, it makes me vomit !) I´ve already downloaded an „generice S3-Graphics-adapter“ from NeXTAnswers (but I think it works only with NeXTSTEP 3.2 or 3.3...) Please help me if : 1.) you own a device-driver for my graphics-adapter and NeXTSTEP 3.1 2.) you know how to program an device-driver for my graphics-adapter for my own (and you have detailled hints for doing so) 3.) you know where I can get (buy?) such an driver for my configuration. I would be so grateful for that !!! Here my (fucking) configuration: NeXTSTEP 3.1 AcademicBundle Intel i486DX2/66 Motherboard ASUS VL/I-486SVGOX4 16 MB DRAM Adaptec 1542C ISA-SCSI-Controller Seagate 4766N SCSI-Harddisk (700 MB) Toshiba 3401 SCSI CDRom-Drive Microsoft Serial Mouse AND: My problem-Child: SPEA V7/Mirage P64, VESA-LocalBus, 2MB Please post an answer to me personal (a9027721@unet.univie.ac.at) or in this Newsgroup. Ps: Visist my homepage ! (http://unet.unvie.ac.at/~a9027721).
From: Dave Topper <topper@virginia.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Continued NFS speed problems Linux<->Next Date: Sun, 08 Feb 1998 15:11:35 -0500 Organization: University of Virginia Message-ID: <34DE1177.FB0B68B9@virginia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Here's my example: /home directories located on Next machine. /Local directory located on Linux machine. I have the Linux box set up to mount /home directories with rsize=8192,wsize=8192. So far so good: EXAMPLE 1: Log into Linux box cp /Local -> /Next/home works very quickly. About 8 sec! Log into Next machine cp /Linux/Local -> /home takes about 10 times as long! About 80 sec! Is there any way for me to set up the /etc/exports directory on my Linux box to have some kind of rsize/wsize flag? NOTE: I can ftp from the Linux box to the Next with no problem (eg., about the same if not faster than example 1 above ... 3 sec) so I don't think it's a network card issue on either box. Thanks, DT -- David Topper (me) Technical Director, Virginia Center for Computer Music (VCCM) Programmer / Analyst, School of Arts & Sciences, Dean's Office http://www.panix.com/~topper
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From: labrueid@BeauBlonde.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar Subject: cmsg cancel <6bvnhc$ot8$1616@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> Control: cancel <6bvnhc$ot8$1616@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 00:07:22 +0100 Organization: None Distribution: inet Message-ID: <cancel.6bvnhc$ot8$1616@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> References: <6bvnhc$ot8$1616@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> By this advisory message, hweede@berlin.snafu.de recommends the local removal of a spam whose Breidbart index is 454. See report "20423815537-02130007" in news.lists.filters. Subject was: - BEAUTIFUL BLONDE!! --(picturepost)blo0045.jpg[1/1]
From: david@onestep.co.uk (David Knight) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to use duplexer on Optra S? Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 16:44:11 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <887301851.16637.0.nnrp-05.c30b1c08@news.demon.co.uk> References: <6bruhe$tif$1@news.univ-aix.fr> Hi, There is a conflict between the way NEXT produced page headers (setpagedevice) and the way that some (most) PostScript interpreters work. We produced a basic PPD superset which avoids the problem for HP, LexMark (Optra N, R and S) and several other printers. We also have an advanced commercial version which does higher speed (engine speed) copies, watermarks, paper size alteration (ie print US Letter on A4) etc. Email me direct for a copy of the basic version. If enough people are interested I will put it on a web/ftp site. --- Regards David Knight OneStep Solutions Plc | UK phone: 01702 426400 | Vendors of NS/OS 351 London Road | fax: 01702 551515 | MCCAs, Hardware Hadleigh | Int'l prefix: +44 1702 | Apps, Networks Essex | | ISDN, Training SS7 2BT | Email: david@onestep.co.uk | Maintenance England | (NeXTMail/MIME ok) | and Support
From: cdodson@i.cant.say.com***(email spammers must die) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW/ST34501W and Command Queueing Date: 12 Feb 1998 20:36:01 GMT Organization: Stratus Computer Inc, Marlboro MA Message-ID: <6bvmfh$q1k@transfer.stratus.com> References: <slrn6e4nuq.t70.mark@sapphire.oaai.com> In article <slrn6e4nuq.t70.mark@sapphire.oaai.com> mark@sapphire.oaai.com (Mark Onyschuk) writes: > We've recently installed a great U/W SCSI disk on one of our build servers. > > The disk, a Seagate Cheetah, seems to indicate (via SCSI Inspector.app) > that it supports tagged command queueing. And the Adaptec adaptor seems > to offer a SCSI option labeled "Cmd Queueing". However, when I enable this > checkbox, the disk drive seems not to be recognized at bootup and the > system (thinking it has no disk) panics. > > I'd love to squeeze as much performance out of this drive as possible, so > I'm curious whether anyone else has managed to make this combo work, or > if anyone more well-versed in the details of SCSI systems knows what I'm > doing wrong. > > Regards, > Mark > You might want to make sure it's enabled in the SCSI bios. The other thing that can cause this (that I've seen) is another device on that SCSI bus that cannot support command queueing. It's all or nothing - all devices on the bus must support it or it's a no-go. I have to turn it off because my Plextor 6-plex can't handle it, even though my 2940UW and ST15150W drive can. Craig Dodson (Stratus Computer) Those cheetah's sure are fast, eh :-) ?
From: wjoerding@wsu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: SCSI-3 vs SCSI-2 Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 23:10:04 GMT Organization: Washington State University Message-ID: <980212151004.319AAFgW.wayne@pareto> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Generated by Eloquent) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Advice needed. I am considering upgrading my SCSI system from ultra/narrow to ultra wide. Evidently this will double the maximum transfer rate of my hard disk system. My question, will I notice a difference? I'm sure it depends on my apps. For general word processing and and limited graphics work will I notice a difference? I'm not looking for any secific specs here, just a look and feel type of response. Thanks, Wayne
From: Daniel Corkery <dcorkery@surf.its.bond.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Multiple Monitors under OpenStep 3.3? Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 12:32:18 +1000 Organization: Bond University Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980213122809.24998A-100000@surf.its.bond.edu.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cache-Post-Path: minerva.its.bond.edu.au!unknown@surf.its.bond.edu.au Is it possible to set up multiple monitors under OpenStep 3.3 like under MacOS (I profess ingnorance to OpenStep). If so, how do I go about doing it (I am getting a copy on Wednesday to deploy WebObjects on). Also, what is the hardware needed to make it "usable"? I have a spare Pentium 100 with 64 meg RAM and EIDE drives. Cheers, Daniel Corkery In reality, all computers suck. Some just suck fractionally less than others, and the amount of suckiness is divvied up in different ways. -- Jerry Kindall
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW/ST34501W and Command Queueing References: <slrn6e4nuq.t70.mark@sapphire.oaai.com> <6bvmfh$q1k@transfer.stratus.com> From: John Kheit <jkheit@xtdl.com> Organization: monoChrome, Inc., NJ, USA Message-ID: <34e38b5c.0@206.25.228.5> Date: 12 Feb 98 23:53:00 GMT cdodson@i.cant.say.com***(email spammers must die) wrote: > You might want to make sure it's enabled in the SCSI bios. The > other thing that can cause this (that I've seen) is another device > on that SCSI bus that cannot support command queueing. It's all > or nothing - all devices on the bus must support it or it's a > no-go. I have to turn it off because my Plextor 6-plex can't > handle it, even though my 2940UW and ST15150W drive can. That is exactly the problem. Adaptec's suck. It is all or nothing for Cmnd Queueing on Adaptecs. Yet another reason why I love DPT's. They set up for the max abilities for each device automatically without operator involvement. -- Thanks, be well, take care, later, John Kheit; Self expressed... __________________________________________________________________ monoChrome, Inc. ASCII, MIME, PGP, SUN, & NeXTmail OK NeXT/OPENSTEP Developer mailto:jkheit@xtdl.com Telepathy, It's coming... http://www.xtdl.com/~jkheit Franklin Pierce Law Center You're dangerous because you're honest
From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@blacksmith.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: SCSI-3 vs SCSI-2 Date: 13 Feb 1998 01:18:27 GMT Organization: BLaCKSMITH, Inc. Message-ID: <6c0713$j6$1@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> References: <980212151004.319AAFgW.wayne@pareto> wjoerding@wsu.edu wrote: > Advice needed. > I am considering upgrading my SCSI system from ultra/narrow to ultra wide. > Evidently this will double the maximum transfer rate of my hard disk system. > > My question, will I notice a difference? You'd be upgrading your SCSI controller and hard drives as well? If yes, then the new equipment is likely to be faster than your older stuff in terms of average access time, cache sizes, etc. If not, probably no. > I'm sure it depends on my apps. For general word processing and and limited > graphics work will I notice a difference? I'm not looking for any secific > specs here, just a look and feel type of response. Probably not. I doubt the difference would be worth the money you'd pay. Upgrading the system's memory is likely to be much more cost-effective. -Chuck Charles Swiger | chuck@BLaCKSMITH.com | standard disclaimer ---------------+----------------------+-------------------- "Microsoft: we make the easy almost impossible."
From: Holger Wirth <holger.wirth@systor.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: NEWBIE: fstab question Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 08:45:30 +0100 Organization: SYSTOR AG Message-ID: <34E3FA1A.51EE@systor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi, I am using a SCSI 2.1 GB HD. My NeXTStep 3.3 splits the HD into two partitions: /dev/shd0a and /dev/shd0b. When I boot NS it always mounts just one partition (shd0a). I can mount the second partition manually. To mount it on boot-time I have to edit the /etc/fstab file. Does anybody have an example of such an fstab-file? I can't understand the parameters and I can't find a man-page. Thank you for your support! Holger
From: Pat Gunn <pgunn01@ibm.net> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Using Openstep as a dial on demand, routing proxy! Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 03:34:38 -0500 Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science Message-ID: <34E4059E.4E52@ibm.net> References: <34DFD125.9CE1E2BF@wrldcom.com> <6bvnc3$dia$2@digdug.pswtech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit scott mullen wrote: > > I would rather buy an inexpensive external isdn router such as alr's > autobahn, that has an ethernet port and does NATd and ip > forwarding/masquerading within the router. I have never had much luck with > isdn cards. PLus with a router and a hub, you can route a network instead of > just 1 machine. Doing IP Masquerading on a computer has the major benefit of being more updatable -- various protocols need differing amounts of fixing to work over IP Masquerading, and I'm not entirely certain that getting a system that might not be as configurable for that sort of thing (router) would be wise. -- --------------------------------------------------- Pat Gunn, moderator:comp.sys.newton.announce comoderator:comp.os.os2.moderated "You can always judge a man by the quality of his enemies." -- Dr Who http://junior.apk.net/~qc ------------------------------------------------
From: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.Drop_This.de (Detlev Droege) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Defect in Usermanager of OS4.2? Date: 13 Feb 1998 09:23:26 GMT Organization: University Koblenz / CC Distribution: world Message-ID: <6c13ee$4o1$1@newshost> References: <6bt13c$r572@reader1.wxs.nl> In article <6bt13c$r572@reader1.wxs.nl> Ralf Bornat writes: > In Konstantin Wiesel wrote: > > Can anybody confirm that the group management of usermanager > > is broken? For instance adding users to groups or removing > > them from groups and how to work around this problem. > No, can't confirm. I never had problems with local user accounts or network > user accounts and the corresponding group management! There is a known bug in UserManagers group management if you run it in "German" language setting. It's simply a bogus NIB file in German.lproj. Delete it and copy the corresponding file from English.lproj and it should work. Detlev -- Detlev Droege, Universitaet Koblenz, FB Informatik | Fon:+49 261 9119-421 Rheinau 1, D-56075 Koblenz, Germany | Fax:+49 261 9119-497 NeXT/MIME/Email: droege@informatik.uni-koblenz.Drop_This.de Drop the "Drop_This." part in my Email-address to reply.
From: "Rui Martins \"Muad´Dib\"" <ruipmartins@mail.telepac.pt> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: HELP! Modem in NextStep 3.3 Date: 13 Feb 1998 09:23:39 GMT Message-ID: <01bd385e$de904500$131710ac@ae023019> I´m getting really mad with it. I´m running NextStep 3.3 in an Intel (HP Vectra XU) machine: I´ve edited the \etc\ttyf file to put tthe ttyfa "on" I´ve tried with several modems (ECMs, Supra, etc.) I´ve checked that the getty is running (with ps -ax | fgrep getty) on only one device I´ve tried to change the serial cable I´ve tried in tho NextStep machines I´ve checked that the serial driver is updated to the last version (3.33) I´ve tried successffully to dial to an Internet Service provider (and seen his login prompt) But when I try to dial to am other NextStep machine (in Holland, I´m in Portugal) the two modems negociate LAPM at 14400 but then the connection freezes... I´m not an unix guru (my expertize is in fact with MacOS and NT). Anyone out there have tried to connect two NextSteps by modem? What have you done? Any clue about modem AT commands that I should give at both modems? Thanks. Please email me.
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: cmsg cancel <6c16f2$2ae@news-central.tiac.net> Control: cancel <6c16f2$2ae@news-central.tiac.net> Date: 13 Feb 1998 10:16:22 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6c16f2$2ae@news-central.tiac.net> Sender: suzie<horny@sweetplace.com> Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: isor@ripco.com (chiroptera) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Hummingbird NFS to NeXTstep 3.3 ?? Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 04:53:14 GMT Organization: EnterAct L.L.C. Turbo-Elite News Server Message-ID: <34e3d14b.321870@news.enteract.com> has anyone used hummingbird to connect a NeXTstep machine and a winblows machine (like the heap i am using now)?? i played with NFS but got an error and went to sleep... is it worth time for a home LAN? ftp works fine for me now, but NFS is cute.
From: raptor@pswtech.com (scott mullen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: openstep 4.2 and ypservices? Date: 12 Feb 1998 20:45:50 GMT Organization: PSW Technologies, Inc. Message-ID: <6bvn1u$dia$1@digdug.pswtech.com> Has anyone got a clue as how to make openstep 4.2 bind properly to NIS or YP for things like autoNFS mounted home dirs, and user authentication? I tried typing in the NIUTIL command in the next faq for openstep 4.0, but when I do that, the machine will no longer boot, just hangs at "starting yp services" eternally. and yes, I have put in a yp domain in the hostmanager under local. thanks! -- ^M ^M Scott Mullen PSW Technologies, Inc. Information and Systems 6300 Bridgepoint Parkway mailto:scott_m@pswtech.com Building 3, Suite 200 phone: (512) 342-3406 Austin TX 78730 fax: (512) 345-4976 http://www.pswtech.com --"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." -- B. Banzaiai
From: raptor@pswtech.com (scott mullen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Using Openstep as a dial on demand, routing proxy! Date: 12 Feb 1998 20:51:15 GMT Organization: PSW Technologies, Inc. Message-ID: <6bvnc3$dia$2@digdug.pswtech.com> References: <34DFD125.9CE1E2BF@wrldcom.com> I would rather buy an inexpensive external isdn router such as alr's autobahn, that has an ethernet port and does NATd and ip forwarding/masquerading within the router. I have never had much luck with isdn cards. PLus with a router and a hub, you can route a network instead of just 1 machine. Alternately, you could get a mac and run ipn link (www.sustworks.com) on it, 5 minutes to set up and works great. -- ^M ^M Scott Mullen PSW Technologies, Inc. Information and Systems 6300 Bridgepoint Parkway mailto:scott_m@pswtech.com Building 3, Suite 200 phone: (512) 342-3406 Austin TX 78730 fax: (512) 345-4976 http://www.pswtech.com --"The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." -- B. Banzaiai
From: Cosmo Roadkill <cosmo.roadkill%bofh.int@rauug.mil.wi.us> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.northstar,comp.sys.nsc.32k Subject: cmsg cancel <6c0505$cs1$164@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> Control: cancel <6c0505$cs1$164@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> Date: 13 Feb 1998 11:16:29 GMT Organization: BOFH Space Command, Usenet Division Message-ID: <cancel.6c0505$cs1$164@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> Sender: ukwglgfc@bionet.net Article cancelled as EMP/ECP, exceeding a BI of 20. The "Current Usenet spam thresholds and guidelines" FAQ is available at http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/tskirvin/faqs/spam.html Please include the X-CosmoTraq header of this message in any correspondence specific to this spam. Sick-O-Spam, Spam-B-Gon!
From: Dave Topper <topper@virginia.edu> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: How to be "root" everywhere? Date: Mon, 09 Feb 1998 13:59:13 -0500 Organization: VCCM Message-ID: <34DF5201.9613F6A8@virginia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I have 5 Next machines and 1 Linux box networked together. All /home directories are mounted on a drive attached to the Next. But when I log in to the Linux box as root, I am unable to be "root" on /home directories. How can I fix this? I need to be root when running backup software, which is attached to the Linux box and does NFS backups. Thanks, Dave Topper -- Technical Director, Virginia Center for Computer Music Programmer / Analyst, Dean's Office (School of A&S)
From: salgado@mars.lpthe.jussieu.fr (Julien SALGADO) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: How to be "root" everywhere? Date: 9 Feb 1998 19:18:15 GMT Organization: Universites Paris VI/Paris VII - France Message-ID: <slrn6duljn.gna.salgado@mars.lpthe.jussieu.fr> References: <34DF5201.9613F6A8@virginia.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Dave Topper <topper@virginia.edu> wrote: >I have 5 Next machines and 1 Linux box networked together. All /home >directories are mounted on a drive attached to the Next. But when I log >in to the Linux box as root, I am unable to be "root" on /home >directories. In the /etc/exports file on the next server machine add the options root=hostnames (see the man page exports), if you want to use a linux server the option is called no_root_squash (also described in the man page)... -- Julien
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 06:25:48 -0600 From: colin@rice.edu (Colin Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Help needed!! NeXTstation w/ NS 3.0 Message-ID: <colin-1302980625490001@anderson.vt.com> Help needed!! NeXTstation w/ NS 3.0 Hi, I have a NeXTstation mono/non-turbo that will no longer boot... the story is below, please email me if you can help. Thanks in advance!! I've been using this machine off and on for the past few months and recently, I began installing all sorts of applications. Anyway, I added a few to the rc.local file to allow the machine to boot them upon startup. Now, startup stops at the local daemons point. I'm guessing that I made a goof somewhere in that file and it's causing this hang. What can I do to fix this? I've tried booting into single-user mode, but after entering bsd -s at the NeXT> prompt from the rom monitor, I get a "Exception #3 (0xc) at 0x1000374" error. I've also tried to telnet and FTP over (at the point when the machine seems to hang), which I can do, but I cannot login is root, therefore I can't modify any files. Nor do I have a boot floppy or even the NEXTSTEP CD, as I bought this bare-bones system used. Help! :-) Thank you, Colin Anderson colin@rice.edu
From: "Ing.Klaus Hartmann" <a9027721@unet.univie.ac.at> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Problem with graphicsadapter Number9 Revolution 3D, AGP Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 14:18:26 +0100 Organization: Vienna University, Austria Message-ID: <34E44822.6C77C40D@unet.univie.ac.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Can anyone help me with my problem: I´ve got an GraphisAdapter Number9 Revolution 3D, 4MB which is supportet with a driver from NextAnswers but only with the PCI-Version ! Has anyone adapted this driver for AGP or knows what changes are to make ??? Please, help I´ve tried pretty much to get this driver working (patching the code with GDB, playing around with the .config-File and so on...) btw: my configuration: Pentium II, 233 MMX, Asus P2L97, Quantum 4.3GB SE, 64 MB SDRAM I´m looking forward to get this shit working, bye and thank you, Klaus (a9027721@unet.univie.ac.at)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Adaptec 2940UW/ST34501W and Command Queueing Message-ID: <ZkyB7IRj03gt@cc.usu.edu> From: root@127.0.0.1 Date: 13 Feb 98 01:26:01 MDT References: <slrn6e4nuq.t70.mark@sapphire.oaai.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In <slrn6e4nuq.t70.mark@sapphire.oaai.com> Mark Onyschuk wrote: > We've recently installed a great U/W SCSI disk on one of our build servers. > > The disk, a Seagate Cheetah, seems to indicate (via SCSI Inspector.app) > that it supports tagged command queueing. And the Adaptec adaptor seems > to offer a SCSI option labeled "Cmd Queueing". However, when I enable this > checkbox, the disk drive seems not to be recognized at bootup and the > system (thinking it has no disk) panics. If I recall, in order to enable command queueing with OpenStep, -all- SCSI devices on the chain must support it. You can't enable command queueing on a device-by-device basis. So if your Cheetah supports it, but if for example your CDROM drive doesn't, you're out of luck. edx
From: (Timothy J. Luoma) NOSPAM@ALL.PLS Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: NEWBIE: fstab question Date: 13 Feb 1998 13:16:16 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6c1h30$9gt$2@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <34E3FA1A.51EE@systor.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: holger.wirth@systor.com In <34E3FA1A.51EE@systor.com> Holger Wirth wrote: > I am using a SCSI 2.1 GB HD. My NeXTStep 3.3 splits the HD into two > partitions: /dev/shd0a and /dev/shd0b. When I boot NS it always mounts just > one partition (shd0a). I can mount the second partition manually. I think this is what you want.... change /Disk if it called your 2nd partition something else... /dev/shd0a / 4.3 rw,noquota,noauto 0 1 /dev/shd0b /Disk 4.3 rw,noquota 0 2 TjL -- NETCOM: The home of pornography, spammers, and other filth My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + NeXT @ luomat.peak.org (note capitalization pls :-)
From: Wotring Brian J <prak@usl.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: IP Masq Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 09:53:20 -0600 Organization: tact Message-ID: <34E46C70.7175@usl.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Does anybody know of any utilities that will work under OpenStep for IP Masquerading? Something like 'ipfwadm' for Linux ? -- | Brian Wotring | prak@usl.edu ( NeXTMail welcome ) | http://tact.dyn.ml.org
From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Multiple Monitors under OpenStep 3.3? Date: 13 Feb 1998 15:59:19 GMT Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Message-ID: <6c1qkn$avv$2@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980213122809.24998A-100000@surf.its.bond.edu.au> Daniel Corkery (dcorkery@surf.its.bond.edu.au) wrote: : Is it possible to set up multiple monitors under OpenStep 3.3 like under : MacOS (I profess ingnorance to OpenStep). If so, how do I go about doing : it (I am getting a copy on Wednesday to deploy WebObjects on). : Also, what is the hardware needed to make it "usable"? I have a spare : Pentium 100 with 64 meg RAM and EIDE drives. Only some video cards support multiple-head displays. The one's I'm familiar with are the ELSA WINNER series and the Number9 Imagine 128. Go to NeXTanswers (http://www.next.com/NeXTanswers) and read about it... --Chris Chris Saldanha, Software Analyst -------------------------------------- computerActive, Inc |"The telephone was not invented by | csaldanh@computerActive.com (NeXT/MIME)| Alexander Graham Unitel" -Bell Ad | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh --------------------------------------
From: csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (Chris Saldanha) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: disappearing mouse cursor Date: 13 Feb 1998 15:55:24 GMT Organization: Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Message-ID: <6c1qdc$avv$1@bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca> References: <6bsvh3$1h7$1@jeeves.niehs.nih.gov> <6bt3ll$md$1@anvil.BLaCKSMITH.com> <Eo8HGq.8Hy@most.fw.hac.com> atmcdo@most.NO_SPAM.fw.hac.com wrote: : On 02/11/98, Chuck Swiger wrote: : This is where the right mouse button can come in handy. By : bringing up the menu you can see where the cursor is and : position it correctly before you double click to start terminal. : I encounter this when CubX dies on me. I've encountered it when Cub'X is just runninng normally. Very frequently. I actually put a job in cron that ran a pft script that did 'showcursor'. --Chris Chris Saldanha | Computers are useless. Carleton University (Comp. Sci) | They can only give you answers. csaldanh@mae.carleton.ca (NeXT/MIME) | http://www.mae.carleton.ca/~csaldanh | -Pablo Picasso
From: Milo Velimirovic <milov@uwlax.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.hardware Subject: Q - laptop recommendation Date: 26 Feb 1998 19:24:49 GMT Distribution: world Message-ID: <6d4fi1$tk0@wiscnews.wiscnet.net> Keywords: OPENSTEP NEXTSTEP laptop Hi, We're looking for recommendations and or experiences with NEXTSTEP/OPENSTEP/(Rhapsody?) on notebooks. Particularly interested in what's available that will support a 1024*768 display. TIA, Milo - Milo Velimirovic <Milo.Velimirovic@uwlax.edu> Unix Computer Network Administrator (608) 785-8030 Information Technology Services -- Network Services University of Wisconsin - La Crosse La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601 USA 43 48 05 N 91 14 22 W
From: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu (Ryan Scott) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Upgrading sendmail via .pkg Date: 26 Feb 1998 22:02:03 GMT Organization: University of California, Davis Message-ID: <6d4oor$rkp$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I just wanted to clarify a couple of things before I try upgrading the sendmail on my NS3.3 NeXTstation. First, can I install the latest sendmail.pkg (8.8.5) over my existing sendmail (8.7.5) installation? Or should I compress and delete the 8.7.5 package first. Second, my machine will act as a mailer hub for several other machines. What specific sendmail features should I be aware of regarding anti spam. It is my understanding that 8.8.5(8?) has included additional ways to limit spam and also prevent the use of hubs/relays by spammers. ie, restrict mail acceptance to specific machines. Is this correct? Thanks, Ryan -- ________________________________________________ Ryan P. Scott Laser and Electro-Optics Research Group UC Davis - Department of Applied Science Tel: (530)754-4358 Fax: (530)752-1652 Email: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu ________________________________________________
From: "Robert G. Jacobs" <rjacobs@vk.stanford.edu> Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin,comp.sys.next.bugs,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.lang.postscript Subject: Re: NEXSTEP duplex (etc.) printing bug -- fix enclosed Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 10:20:31 -0800 Sender: rjacobs@rjacobs.stanford.edu Message-ID: <Pine.NXT.3.96.980221101833.1988B-100000@rjacobs.stanford.edu> References: <6br6g9$e1c$1@morgoth.sfu.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: Melissa O'Neill <oneill@cs.sfu.ca> In-Reply-To: <6br6g9$e1c$1@morgoth.sfu.ca> "Reply-To: " I have the opposite problem. I print to an HP LaserJet 4M Plus which is set to duplex by default (which is what I usually use). How can I get an option to print simplex when I want to? Rob
From: NOSPAM@ALL.PLS (Timothy Luoma) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: Re: Upgrading sendmail via .pkg Date: 27 Feb 1998 00:11:17 GMT Organization: none Message-ID: <6d50b5$c00$1@ha2.rdc1.nj.home.com> References: <6d4oor$rkp$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: scott@leorg.ucdavis.edu In <6d4oor$rkp$1@mark.ucdavis.edu> Ryan Scott wrote: > First, can I install the latest sendmail.pkg (8.8.5) over my existing > sendmail (8.7.5) installation? Or should I compress and delete the 8.7.5 > package first. I believe I just installed it over 8.7.5 > It is my understanding that 8.8.5(8?) has included additional ways to > limit spam and also prevent the use of hubs/relays by spammers. ie, > restrict mail acceptance to specific machines. Is this correct? See http://www.sendmail.org/antispam.html and links from there. Sendmail 8.8.? makes it easier to implement the rules against relaying (the important term you want to prevent). Basically you need to make sure that the mail you are accepting is meant for someone on your machine. There are also rules for allowing relaying for certain IPs (ie if you need the machine to be an outgoing relay for your valid users). Rule: deny all except to those who need the ability to relay. TjL -- Anyone done with their Prelude to Rhapsody CD? My FROM address is fake. Too much spam. I will check for followups. If you want to email me, remove the spaces and use this address: luomat + NeXT @ luomat.peak.org (note capitalization pls :-)
From: deoptgvl@Cybertrust.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.hardware,comp.sys.next.marketplace,comp.sys.next.misc,comp.sys.next.programmer,comp.sys.next.software,comp.sys.next.sysadmin Subject: ! Pics from PAMELA and TOMMY video - 56733bytes[1/1] Date: 26 Feb 1998 19:20:01 EST Organization: None Message-ID: <6d50rh$6qf$933@tor-nn1.netcom.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="PART_BOUNDARY_CGLKLJRYJH" NNTP-Posting-Date: 26 Feb 1998 19:20:01 EST --PART_BOUNDARY_CGLKLJRYJH Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii; name="test.html" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="test.html" Content-Base: "file:///C|/test.html" <BASE HREF="file:///C|/test.html"> <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE></TITLE> <SCRIPT language="JavaScript"> <!-- B = open("http://204.238.155.37/biz/EXCITEMENT/entry.html") blur(B) //--> </SCRIPT> </HEAD> <BODY> </BODY> </HTML> --PART_BOUNDARY_CGLKLJRYJH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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