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From: hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu)
Subject: Re: GCC manual
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1992 21:00:51 GMT
There are a gcc.ps and gcc.man in /usr/install/gcc2 if you unpack
2.xxxmisc.tar.Z under /usr. Be careful, there are some typos in the
man pages. Nothing fatal. Only thing I can remember is use -V, like
gcc -V xxxxx
to choose version `xxxx'. And there are a few Linux extentions, like
-static, -imake and -jump.
To get a complete manunal for gcc, which is about several hundred pages,
you can ask your friend to print it for you. I have deleted those
manuals to save disk space.
-- H.J. Gcc/libc maintainer for Linux. ======== In article <nhym1-d.zmbenhal@netcom.com>, zmbenhal@netcom.com (Zeyd M. Ben-Halim) writes: |> In article <1992Aug7.025301.8325@athena.mit.edu> 15.692::klaus@fishery.honeywell.com (Let there be MORE light!) writes: |> >Hi all, |> >Can someone please tell me where I can get a copy of the GCC manual in |> >Postscript format? (so I don't have to install TeX, dvips, etc...) |> > |> |> It should be included in the GCC distribution in install/gcc.ps |> |> >Thanks! |> > |> >Todd.Klaus@esu36.cfsat.honeywell.com |> >klaus@enuxva.eas.asu.edu |> >==============================
From: hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu) Subject: Re: posting gnuplot Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1992 20:52:23 GMT
Could you please run gdb on it and tell us where the FP goes wrong? There may be bugs in hard libm.a.
H.J. -- H.J. Gcc/libc maintainer for Linux. ======= In article <1992Aug7.001823.5351@ucunix.san.uc.edu>, zuazaga@ucunix.san.uc.edu (Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga) writes: |> In article <1992Aug6.170931.22276@news2.cis.umn.edu> karypis@epx.cis.umn.edu () writes: |> >In article <1992Aug6.132157.13735@athena.mit.edu> tdunbar@vttcf.cc.vt.edu writes: |> >>sigh. when i try to run tom lynch's recently posted gnuplot binaries, |> >>i get a Floating point exception, core dumped |> > |> >I have the same problem with gnuplot also. I compiled it without a math |> >coprocessor installed and work fine in X-widows. When I installed the math |> >chip I get the same floating point exception error. |> |> This one is for real. I compiled noweb, a literate programming tool on |> my home machine, it runs with no problem. The sources were then tarred |> and moved to my office machine. The programs die with the Floating point |> exception. My home machine has no '87, the office machine has an |> 80387SX-16. |> -- |> Humberto Ortiz-Zuazaga zuazaga@ucunix.san.uc.edu |> Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics University of Cincinnati
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From: hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu) Subject: Re: `renice' available for Linux? Date: 7 Aug 1992 21:02:32 GMT
Wait for gcc 2.2.2d.
-- H.J. Gcc/libc maintainer for Linux. In article <1992Aug7.085903.2350@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, wyvern@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (The Wyvern) writes: |> Does anyone know if there's a version of renice that's compatible with |> Linux out there somewhere? I tried compiling renice.c from 386bsd |> (GCC 2.2.2) but gcc reports getpriority() and setpriority() as undefined. |> |> If anyone has any ideas on this I'd appreciate the info. I'm sure renice |> would be useful to at least a few people.
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From: Upholder@uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth) Subject: Re: problem with Xconfig Reply-To: Upholder@uiuc.edu (THE Upholder of Truth) Date: Sat, 8 Aug 1992 01:56:48 GMT
palmj@vccsouth19.its.rpi.edu (Jyri L. Palm) writes:
|I've just install Linux and it works beautifully. However, I can't get X to |work at 1024x768 resolution. I can get it to work at 640x768 after playing |around with the values for horizontal and verticale timings. However, I had |absolutely no luck for the 1024x768 mode. Each time X starts up, my monitor |freaks out, displaying overlapping images of xterm, mouse, etc.
sounds like you have got the wrong clock setting for 1024x768 mode. I was able (with a bunch of help form Oren and numerous visits to IRC for advice on the #linux channel). to get X11 up...
a bit of advice that made life *MUCH* easier when setting up the clocks in the Xconfig follows:
Hint#1 To get the clocks, instead of clocks.exe, try commenting out the clocks line in the Xconfig and then issuing: startx 2> /tmp/startx.clcks
do a blind sync/reboot if needed but try Cntrl-Alt-Backspace to kill the server first and only sync/reboot if that doesn't work, Then go back and read the /tmp/startx.clcks which should contain the Chipsest, Video Memory, and clocks found at the top.
hint#2 to find out which clocks work best for each resolution, add to the modes line something like "640x480x1" "640x480x2" ... "640x480x14" (ie, one for each clock value you have that's not a duplicate)
and then make the matching mode lines in the MODEDB at the end of the file (with a different clock value for each line).
Then after running the server, you can toggle through the modes with Control-Alt-Numeric_plus and Control-Alt-Numeric_minus.
Decide which looks best and keep that entry.
(hats off to Oren for describing these tricks to me.. =) -- The Upholder of Truth I am not only ready to Upholder@uiuc.edu (BSD/ASCII mail) retract this, but also jar42733@sumter.cso.uiuc.edu (NeXT mail) deny I said anything. =) wi.4173@wizvax.methuen.ma.us (anon. mail) This is *NOT* CCSO's opinion.
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From: pclark@ds5000.DAC.Northeastern.edu (Peter Clark) Subject: Re: Running X with ATI Ultra? Date: 7 Aug 1992 23:17:26 GMT
Well, I was kinda hoping someone was running IBM PS/2 with SCSI controller (Adaptec type - it's got Adaptec chips all over it at least though it's got an IBM stamp...) but anyway, Linux boot (95c, 96c, 97) all won't recognise the host adapter exists.
Anyone with any ideas?
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From: hlu@phys1.physics.wsu.edu (Hongjiu Lu) Subject: Re: Patch 1 blues Date: 8 Aug 1992 00:32:13 GMT
In article <1992Aug07.233606.15915@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>, jliddle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Jean Liddle) writes: |> Hi, |> |> I just snagged the kernel patch (linux-0.97-patch1) from banjo and |> applied it (patch -p0 < linux-0.97-patch1) successfully. When I did |> a make, it died with the following errors: |> |> gcc -static -m486 -Wall -O6 -fomit-frame-pointer -o tools/build tools/build.c |> In file included from tools/build.c:25: |> /usr/include/stdlib.h:83: parse error before `div' |> /usr/include/stdlib.h:83: warning: data definition has no type or storage class |> /usr/include/stdlib.h:84: parse error before `ldiv' |> /usr/include/stdlib.h:84: warning: data definition has no type or storage class |> make: *** [tools/build] Error 1 |> |> I have previously compiled the kernel with no problems whatsoever. The |> gcc installation is that which came on the mcc-interim release 0.96c |> (gcc 2.2.2). Has anyone else run into the problem, and if so, is there |> an easy solution? I have strong reservationsin hacking a header file. |> |> Thanks! |> |> Jean. |> -- |> Jean Liddle | == Bill Clinton for President == |> Computer Science, Illinois State University | |> e-mail: jliddle@ilstu.edu | - Carol Mosley Braun for Sena
That is because 0.97 patch 1 is intended for gcc 2.2.2d. I will try to release it to public this weekend.
-- H.J. Gcc/libc maintainer for Linux.
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From: maniattb@cs.rpi.edu (Bill Maniatty) Subject: Re: Stabilizing Linux Date: 8 Aug 1992 02:36:02 GMT
In article <trussell.713237748@cwis>, trussell@cwis.unomaha.edu (Tim Russell) writes: |> jarmo@ksvltd.fi (Jarmo Raiha) writes: |> |> >You think so too ? I'm totally tired with that darned C2 security. |> >I must keep SCO at work because of all our MSDOS soft is being done on that. |> |> Yep. Supposedly in 3.2v4 you can turn the security all the way down to |> where you don't even have shadow passwords, but I still would rather not |> use SCO. [SCO flames deleted]
Just a short anecdote about my experiences with SCO. I worked in as a developer for 2 years in an SCO unix shop. Calling SCO technical support became quite an ordeal, as we pushed some of the features a little. SCO would put you on hold for hours waiting for a 5 minute quick Question and answer and if that did not work (often the case) they would call back later (measured in days) and and put me on hold for hours again before putting me on line with tech support. If you are a hacker, you're better off with source code.
Bill
-- | | maniattb@cs.rpi.edu - in real life Bill Maniatty |
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From: talvola@qin.Berkeley.EDU (Erik Talvola) Subject: Re: SoundBlaster Pro CD-ROM support? Date: 8 Aug 1992 01:19:56 GMT
In article <3237@ra.nrl.navy.mil> eric@tantalus.dell.com (Eric Youngdale) writes:
In article <TALVOLA.92Aug6205907@qin.Berkeley.EDU> talvola@qin.Berkeley.EDU (Erik Talvola) writes: >Now that the announcement for the SCSI CD-ROM support in Linux has >gone out, I have a question. I have a SoundBlaster Pro board which >has a CD-ROM port on it. Does anybody know anything about this?
Well, I was part of the SCSI CD-ROM effort, and I know next to nothing about the Soundblaster Pro board and the interface. If it is has some kind of SCSI capability, then there should not be much of a problem. If this has some kind of completely different interface then there would be a lot more work. To begin with, I would want to know what the CD-ROM port on the SoundBlaster actually looks like (both physically and as an interface).
-- Eric Youngdale eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil
I doubt it is anything like a SCSI port. Here is what is says in my manual:
The Sound Blaster Pro has a built-in CD-ROM Drive interface which can be connected to a Matsushita model CR-521 CD-ROM Drive. Detailed connecting instructions and cable kits are provided when you purchase the CD-ROM Drive from Creative Labs or one of their dealers.
-- and, in a different part of the manual...
I/O Address Map:
Base + 0H FM music Status Port (read) ... Base + 10H CD-ROM data register (read/write) Base + 11H CD-ROM status register (read) Base + 12H CD-ROM reset register (write) Base + 13H CD-ROM enable register (write)
-- The physical interface is a 40-pin connector - 2 rows of 20.
-- Well, that's all I know about it. I'll probably end up with a SCSI adaptor anyway, because I'm going to want a tape drive sometime soon, but since I have an adaptor, in theory, it might be nice to use it.