1) Nethack has a problem with the /var/lib/games/nethack/perm(?) file,
and claims there's no permission to write to it. I changed
/usr/lib/games/nethack/nethack to setuid, and it worked (it was setgid
already). I presume setuid was the wrong thing to do; what's the real
scoop?
2) can't get gravi
> Before 100 people jump to correct me, yes, time_t overflows after
> Tuesday, January 19, 03:14:07 2038. Fixing this requires that time_t by
> typedefed as a 64-bit quantity and then programs using it must be
> recompiled. One would hope that the world can find something better
> than POSIX,
I get the following messages in syslog, right after the ifconfigs:
Oct 15 07:34:39 wildebeest kernel: portmap: RPC call returned error 111
Oct 15 07:34:39 wildebeest kernel: RPC: task of released request still queued!
Oct 15 07:34:39 wildebeest kernel: RPC: (task is on xprt_pending)
(repeat twice
I was installing 1.3.1, and had selected file-rc. It unpacked the
files, but when setting them up, I had quite a few packages give
warnings/errors in update-rc.d. Was this a bug? If I reinstall
without file-rc, then install it by itself later, is it safe to use?
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Regarding my problem with login/passwd/su failing, I've tracked
it a bit further. It seems that getpass() is failing, and more, that
it's actually /dev/tty that's completely screwed up.
Symptoms:
$ echo howdy > /dev/tty
$ cat /dev/tty
howdy
$ cat /dev/tty
howdy
$
That is, the first e
> Somehow I think this is a bad idea but I can understand the intent.
Yes, the libc mess would cause a headache. Personally, though, I
would like to see something similar. But basically, the intermediate
release would not have major changes, but instead have packages that
fix important bugs, an
rk problems and I could log in.
- Autofs seemed ok, so I uninstalled amd.
- Shortly after this, logins stopped working. This happened while still
logged in on one virtual console.
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> The leaders of the various linux projects (including Linus himself) are
> growing
> into a world different than the one they were in when they built what we now
> call the linux community. They have famillies, jobs, homes.
I think you'll find that the *majority* of early Linux developers a
> By the way, why are you installing "unstable"? That's for developers only.
> If you don't really know what you are doing, it's bound to mess up your
> system.
Because I need to build 2.1 kernels.
I know what I'm doing, except for perl. I thought it would be quicker
to ask then waste half a
Bruce Perens writes:
> Did you tell it your distributions were "dists_unstable_main"? That should
> be a space, not an underbar. Just guessing.
No, I told it "dists/unstable/main". And after telling it, it went
and verified that they existed. Then it went and grabbed the list of
packages. Onl
I get the following errors when trying to install files via ftp, after
changing to use dists/unstable/...:
: Could nt find packages file for dists_unstable_main distribution (re-run
Update)
: Could nt find packages file for dists_unstable_contrib distribution (re-run
Update)
: Could nt find pack
What's the "passive mode" option for dselect (ftp) anyway?
I've never been able to find an explanation of it.
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> The structure of the ftp site changed slightly, making the old method of
> specifying file locations incorrect. Feed dpkg-ftp '/debian' for the
> directory and 'dists/unstable/main dists/unstable/non-free
> dists/unstable/contrib' for the sections.
But what do you feed to dselect?
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Ack, I can't boot, and I can't figure out the problem. Any
help is appreciated; even if you don't want to read to the end
of the message, at least some hints on where to find docs will
help (no, I can't read linux man pages).
Symptom is that when I boot, I get something like (I had to write it do
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