On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Brian Servis wrote:
> *- On 10 Jan, Ron Rademaker wrote about "What is this????" > > > > I found this file somewhere: > > > > > > c---r----- 1 8224 10280 49, 117 Dec 1 2031 fonts > > > > Can anybody tell me what that c is all about??? > > > > This 'thing' is the reason for some trouble with apt / dpkg (something to > > do with xlib6g-dev) perhaps this c has something to do with that. > > > > Besides the fact that it has insane uid, gid and dates it is a character > device file. Similiar to a serial port or the like. > > # ls -l /dev/ttyS0 > 0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Jun 10 1999 /dev/ttyS0 > > Acccording to the devices.txt file in the kernel Documentation a > character device with major number of 49 is reserved for a 'SDL RISCom > serial card'. Where is this file? You didn't list its path. If it is > /usr/X11R6/include/X11/fonts then I would just delete it and try > re-installing xlib6g-dev. That's exactly where it is... but I want to de-install xlib6g-dev because it gives problems when I'm trying to install ssh. > > > Brian Servis > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you > Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a > http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes. > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > >
