Very Computer

Hi.
I have slackware 1.2.13 up and running.
I installed from a WGS disk set, and I have the manual, (for now).
I have not yet tried to use X-windows.

-man-   doesn't work right.
I tell it  "man ls" , and it shows nothing but  "line ?/? END" at the
bottom of the screen.
"man man"  gets more complaints;
"sh: /usr/bin/gtbl : no such file or directory
 sh: /usr/bin/groff : no such file or directory".

the manpath is
/usr/local/man:/usr/man/preformat:/usr/man:/usr/x11/man:/usr/openwin/man

the contents of these directories is:
/usr/local/man                all the catn and mann files linked to
their /usr/man counterparts
/usr/man/preformat        empty cat files
/usr/man                        man.n.gz files, (which do seem to have
the data),  and catn files linked to /var/man/catn
usr/x11/man                  (the same as /usr/man)
/usr/openwin/man          mann - empty directories,  catn - links to
/var/man/catn

I understand that there is a man setup routine which I  presumably have
not done, but I can't find any reference to it, and all of my hacking
hasn't helped.

Could anyone advise me, or direct me to a likely source of information ?

Thank you.

Oh yeah, linux doesn't recognise my CD.
It is a BTC 24x EIDE
I think the controller is throught the soundblaster.
port = 170  IRQ = 15
Any ideas ?
Thanks.

This is *really* old, I'd recommend you download and install a newer one
(latest version of Slackware is 3.6, which has kernel 2.0.35 I think).

Quote:> I installed from a WGS disk set, and I have the manual, (for now).
> I have not yet tried to use X-windows.

> -man-   doesn't work right.
> I tell it  "man ls" , and it shows nothing but  "line ?/? END" at the
> bottom of the screen.
> "man man"  gets more complaints;
> "sh: /usr/bin/gtbl : no such file or directory
>  sh: /usr/bin/groff : no such file or directory".

'man' needs groff to be able to format the manpages for viewing. Run
pkgtool or setup (whatever is it for Slackware, I avoid it personally)
and install the groff package.

Quote:> the manpath is
> /usr/local/man:/usr/man/preformat:/usr/man:/usr/x11/man:/usr/openwin/man

> the contents of these directories is:
> /usr/local/man                all the catn and mann files linked to
> their /usr/man counterparts
> /usr/man/preformat        empty cat files
> /usr/man                        man.n.gz files, (which do seem to have
> the data),  and catn files linked to /var/man/catn
> usr/x11/man                  (the same as /usr/man)
> /usr/openwin/man          mann - empty directories,  catn - links to
> /var/man/catn

This all looks fine.

Quote:> I understand that there is a man setup routine which I  presumably have
> not done, but I can't find any reference to it, and all of my hacking
> hasn't helped.

groff should be all you need.

As for your cdrom problem, have a look at the CDROM howto, which should
be under the howto section of http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/ldp.html

Regards,
        Nic.

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