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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA2366 ; Mon, 01 Mar 93 10:56:11 EST Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!portal!mykes From: mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz) Subject: Re: my bug list Message-ID: <C34un3.Hp6@unix.portal.com> Sender: news@unix.portal.com Nntp-Posting-Host: jobe Organization: Portal Communications Company X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] References: <1993Feb27.235240.7476@coe.montana.edu> Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1993 00:28:12 GMT Lines: 189 Nate Williams (nate@cs.montana.edu) wrote: : In article <C33u2A.Ap0@unix.portal.com> mykes@shell.portal.com (mike myke schwartz) writes: : >I run a Dell 486D/50, 2 IDE drives, Adaptec SCSI controller, CD ROM : >drive, PAS16 audio card, and WD8013 (Elite 16) eth card. : >Here is a summary of the bugs in my system that I have noticed so : >far: : > : >1) I get mb_map full errors to the console when accessing an NFS : > mounted SUN 3/60 (sunos 4.1.1) drive over ethernet. This randomly : > trashes the files involved, or does not do the file access at all : > (i.e. a copy from/to the Sun fails altogether). : Hmm, never seen this. You might try to get one of the newer WD ethernet : driver's on ref.. Can you be specific as to which driver, where on ref to get it, etc? : > : >2) I get trap 6 and c compilers abort whenever a source file #include's : > <math.h> and <float.h>. I have changed my headers, manually, to : > represent the latest neosoft HUGE/MAXDBL #defines. I also am : > using options "i486" in my i386/conf/DELL file, as noted in the : > patches program's information for patch00060. I wonder if I : > should unpatch this one (patch0060)? : > : Tell us your results are when you remove it. There are problems with : some library routines that need fixing, and there are people looking : at it. I WILL tell the results! :) : >3) the IRQ for my Adaptec SCSI controller is at 10. I modified my : > /sys/i386/conf/DELL file to reflect IRQ 10 instead of IRQ 11. : > I only have the CDROM drive connected, and it is SCSI ID 4, : > LUN 0. The CDROM is not recognized. : Are you using Julian's SCSI drivers? If not, as far as I can remember : it will not notice on bootup, but it will connect to the drive the first : time you access the device. I just found the scsi drivers (again, people mention them but NEVER say where to get them). If I install these drivers, it looks like I will be out of luck with respect to the patchkit stuff, which is VERY COOL. Will I be able to back out old patches after installing these? : > : >4) My busmouse NEVER worked (ps/2 Microsoft mouse - a ms mouse that : > plugs into a din plug in the back of the machine). So I went : > and bought a cheapo Compudyne 3 button mouse. This mouse has : > a switch on the bottom that says "Microsoft/Mouse Systems" and : > XFree86-1.2 does NOT see the middle mouse button (the mouse has : > 3 obviously :) : > : Which way is the switch connected? If it is in Microsoft mode, make : sure you have Microsoft in the mouse comment field in your Xconfig. : If it's mouse-systems, use the Logitech version. : Also, make sure the mouse works by using kermit to connect to : the port and move your mouse around. The mouse works. It just doesn't recognize the MIDDLE mouse button. The switch is set to microsoft. I will try going to Logitech and changing the switch... : >5) I managed to get a whereis.db file made. However, man-k still : > fails because some of the lines in whereis.db are too long. : Hmm, can you give examples of this. I think I did a makewhereis from the /usr/othersrc tree (somewhere). I now have a whereis.db... BUT: dell 1 # man -k mouse apropos: /usr/share/man/whatis.db line too long. I don't know what examples other than this you need? : > : >6) My Ethernet card requires a HARD reset each time I shutdown : > using 'sync;shutdown -h now'. The wd patch in the patchkit : > mentions both that the patch forces Unix to assume a wd eth : > card and something about checksums. However, it still doesn't : > get recognized after warm reboot. Yeah, I've read the buglist - : > but DOS manages to reset it, and so does OS/2. It obviously : > CAN be done. : They do things that Berkeley Unix avoids. Heh. I suggested a fix :) Can you be more specific as to why BSD can't be made to do the reset of the eth card? : > : >7) ps -u causes a "floating exception" error. I did not remake : > ps after the kernel builds. I should try that... : Can't get a fixed version unless you re-compile.... :-) Just a recompile? Will do. : > : >8) This is a oddball bug... I have 2 A3000's (Amiga) and a Sun : > 3/60 on a local ethernet with the Dell/BSD machine. I have : > all the network files configured correctly, at least I am : > sure I have :) I can mount either of the amiga's exports : > from the Sun or the other amiga, but I get authentication : > error when I try to do it from the Dell. In short: : > Amiga<->Amiga works, Amiga<->Sun works, Sun<->Dell works, BUT : > Amiga<->Dell fails. I've reported this problem to Commodore, : > but they seem to think the problem is with the BSD networking : > software. : Have you recompiled mountd? Make sure you re-compile any files that : were changed in the patchkit. I don't think that is the fix, but you : never know. Is there a nice file documenting all the things that need to be remade due to the patchkit changes? I only remade my kernel. : > : >9) My machine randomly locks up when running XFree86 with the gwm : > window manager. : How much memory do you have? You didn't mention it above, but if you : start using up lots of memory, it will start paging, and when heavy : paging occurs 'Bad Things' happen. It works for awhile, but you : can't get anything done, and then it will appear to lockup. We had : a 386SX-16 'locked up' that got the prompt back 20 minutes after : we typed ^Z. However, even then it was pretty unusable (everything : was still in memory), so we reseted the machine. I have 16M of real ram (I mentioned that the 32M swap partition is 2x my real RAM in the original post). Is someone working on this problem? : > : >Minor nits with the universe in general: : > : >1) I'm using xdm (no crypt) and when I do shutdown, xdm tries to : > restart itself during the shutdown process. Already ONE time, : > this seems to have resulted in a fsck error on the next reboot. : > Basically, xdm comes partway up, the machine freezes, and I have : > to hit the reset button... : Have you re-compiled init?? Will do. : > : >2) The faq's I've found seem to all be from last year sometime... : I did one of them, and haven't had the time to update it. If you : got some free time, you're welcome to update them. :-) Hey, I said MINOR nits :) and you wouldn't want me to update them - at least not until I am a real unix wizard instead of just a wizard in training :) : > : >3) The vers.o patch is not exactly documented correctly. You need : > to do 'make newvers' in the ../compile/DELL directory. I mention : > it in case the right person sees this and fixes the docs :) : > : It's not documented at all. You need to re-make config, install it, : config your kernel, make depend in your MACHINENAME directory : and vers.o will be updated. You DO NOT NEED TO DO A make newvers. No. I did remake config. I did install it. I did config the kernel. I did make depend in my DELL directory. vers.o was NOT updated. I got: ld: vers.o not found cheers :) (and thanks for the tips!) : Nate : -- : osynw@terra.oscs.montana.edu | Still trying to find a good reason for : nate@cs.montana.edu | these 'computer' things. Personally, : work #: (406) 994-4836 | I don't think they'll catch on - : home #: (406) 586-0579 | Don Hammerstrom