A few small questions: 1) How do I tell Linux that my modem on /dev/ttyS2 wants to use IRQ5? It's a non-PnP ISA hardware modem. At the moment I have to set it to IRQ4, the default for the third serial port. I want to set it to IRQ5 to avoid conflict with stupid DOS/Windoze drivers that don't like sharing serial port IRQs. man ttys and man mknod are silent on the subject of IRQs.
2) I have a dead file somewhere that is interfering with some userid stuff. Some of my directories give numerical user/group ids instead of root or pigeon. exim refuses to start with "can't get user name for userid x" errors, so no mail functions work. My /etc/passwd and /etc/shadow seem to be OK; they contain the following (and also a peculiar gnats/admin entry which I don't understand): (I haven't got round to setting up shadow passwords yet) root:onetwothreefour:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash pigeon:wedontwantyourbloodywar:1000:1000:Pigeon,,,:/home/pigeon:/bin/bash gnats:*:41:41:Gnats Bug-Reporting System (admin):/var/lib/gnats/gnats-db:/bin/sh Any ideas where I should be looking for the fault? 3) I want to use exim & mutt for mail, not staying online all the time but dialling up with pon/poff to send and receive in batches. Can anyone suggest the best howto / config tools for this particular purpose? 4) Anyone recommend a good download manager for use with X/mozilla? Thanks, Pigeon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
