by Yggdrasil Fall `94 Plug-N-Play Linux: Frequently Asked Questions
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Last Updated: 16 Feb 95
This document is an attempt to pull together many of the common problems
and questions raised by users of Yggdrasil's Fall `94 release of Plug-N-Play
Linux. Most of the software packages in P-N-P are not specific to Yggdrasil,
so there is bound to be some overlap with other distributions and sources of
information. However, based on the response that I received to the initial
release of this document, P-N-P users appreciate this format as it saves them
a lot of time chasing dead ends related to versions of packages that they
do not have. Also, having a common software base for discussion allows for
much more detailed solutions than is the norm.
If you have found (and solved) other problems with the Fall '94 release, or
if you have a better solution for any that I have listed here, please mail
them to me (de...@excalibur.net5c.io.org) and I will include them in the next
release of this document. I will continue to maintain this file until such a
time as I stop seeing Fall `94 related postings in the comp.os.linux.* groups.
The fixes given assume that you have the Plug-N-Play CD mounted on /system_cd,
know how to navigate the source code tree (/system_cd/usr/src/...) and know
how to rebuild and install the various components. If this assumption is
wrong, or if some part of the fix is unclear, then send me mail and I'll try
to help you out. But PLEASE read the online documentation first!
DISCLAIMER:
Caveat Utilitor. Although I have attempted to ensure the accuracy of
the information presented here, neither I nor anyone else whose name
appears in this FAQ accepts any responsibility for your use of this
information. If your system melts into a puddle of ferrous silicon
sludge, or starts dialing up missile silos in rural Ohio, I don't
want to hear about it. (Mind you, if you actually achieve a launch,
drop me a line from prison!)
A NOTE ON FALL `94 VERSIONS & ERRATA:
Yggdrasil has released several different `Revision's of the Fall 94
distribution. You can determine your Revision by looking on the spine
of the installation manual or, in some cases, on the boot floppy.
Most of the items listed in this FAQ are relative to Revision C
(kernel version 1.1.47) since that is what I have.
Given the continuously evolving nature of both Linux and the PC
hardware base, you may find that hardware which is simply incompatible
with one Revision will work fine under a later Revision. When last I
looked, Yggdrasil already had boot floppies available for Revision F
which incorporates kernel version 1.1.81.
So if you are having lots of trouble getting P-N-P to install on your
hardware, try getting the boot floppy for a newer Revision from:
ftp.yggdrasil.com:/pub/fall94
Also, the errata sheet for Fall `94 varies depending upon the
Revision that you have. You can get the latest errata sheet from:
ftp.yggdrasil.com:/pub/fall94/errata
In general I have tried to avoid repeating here items which are
on the errata sheet. Some people have stated that they would prefer
to see the latest errata sheet incorporated into this FAQ so that
they can do one-stop shopping. If you have an opinion either way
on this, then add your voice to the chorus and we'll see what
happens with the next release.
The remainder of this document is organized as follows:
0. CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION
1. INSTALLATION
2. MAIL, NEWS AND NETWORKING
3. MISCELLANEOUS
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- The previous version of this FAQ was released on 15 Jan 95. Since then, the o The format has been changed from a bug list to a FAQ since many of o This CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION section was added. o The old section 4 (MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES) was merged with the old o Disclaimer added to increase my feeling of self-importance. o Acknowledgements added to assuage my guilt. o pppd-related item 2.12 has been removed as pppd is not part of the o The following new items were added: 1.3 RUNLINUX.BAT gives me errors whenever I try to use it. 2.15 When I telnet/ftp/ping my own system, why does it take so long 2.16 Why can't I telnet/ftp/ping my own system? 3.18 The `dos' command (DOS emulator) doesn't work at all. 3.19 Why won't my mouse work inside the DOS emulator? 3.21 `apropos', `whatis' and `man -k' all tell me `nothing appropriate' 3.22 Why is the `file' command so slow? 3.23 Whenever I try to umount the PNP CD, I am told `device is busy'. 3.24 Why is there so much activity on my CD-ROM drive? --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1.1 The installation process hangs while trying to talk to my SCSI CD-ROM REASON: During installation, Linux tests LUNs 0-7 on every SCSI device WORKAROUND: boot: linux max_scsi_luns=1 This is okay during initial installation but can soon grow TEMPORARY FIX: lilo -R "linux -R max_scsi_luns=1" Unfortunately, you have to remember to do this every time you append="max_scsi_luns=1" REAL FIX: Also, send a note to Yggdrasil letting them know of the MORE REAL FIX: 1.2 When I try using the graphical control panel to install optional REASON: There is a Catch-22 here. The graphical control panel FIX: This is actually covered in the Errata sheet (if you got one), Before you can install any components using the install_component usrbin 1.3 RUNLINUX.BAT gives me errors whenever I try to use it. REASON: Linux cannot load properly if DOS is using any high memory FIX: Remove any drivers or TSRs from your CONFIG.SYS or AUTOEXEC.BAT In particular, remove HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE from your In your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, remove any LOADHIGH commands. The safest thing is to simply remove everything from CONFIG.SYS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2.1 `uucico' and `cu' don't recognize chat-fail strings or any of the REASON: UUCP has been configured to support Honey-Dan-Ber (HDB) FIX: Set the HAVE_TAYLOR_CONFIG option to 1 in Then use `uuconv' to convert the existing configuration files 2.2 I have installed UUCP, but mail sent to other systems never arrives REASON: The /usr/lib/smail/routers file is a link to However, if you are using UUCP and do not have an Internet Another problem is that `yggdrasil' is set up to be your FIX: Relink /usr/lib/smail/routers to the uucp router. I.e: cd /usr/lib/smail Note that the next time you send offsite mail, all of your To remove yggdrasil as your smart-host, replace all occurances For example, let's say that the main site which you call (or smart-host yggdrasil and change it to look like this: smart-host egghead This assumes that `egghead' knows how to reach the rest of 2.3 `biff' never tells me about incoming mail. REASON: Each of these requires a special daemon. These daemons are FIX: Add `/usr/sbin/inetd' command to the *end* of /etc/rc.d/rc.net 2.4 `talk' and `ytalk' still complain. REASON: They don't know what network node they are running on. If they start dialling your modem, it means that you have FIX: Add your system's name to the `localhost' entry in /etc/hosts. 127.0.0.1 localhost baby Note that if you add your system's fully qualified domain 127.0.0.1 baby.needs.new.shoes localhost 2.5 I cannot reply to other users on my local system using `elm', but REASON: `elm' is hardcoded to use `yggdrasil.com' as its default host TEMPORARY FIX: REAL FIX: 2.6 UUCP seems to frequently get SIGHUP as soon as it makes a connection REASON: Uncertain. Based on comments made by others, it may be modem- WORKAROUND: setserial /dev/cua1 callout_nohup The downside of this approach is that if the remote end FIX: Not known. One person found that sending the `X3' command 2.7 `ftp' picks the wrong entry out of ~/.netrc which results in an REASON: There is a bug in /usr/src/lib/libc-4.5.26/inet/ruserpass.c if(hp = gethostbyname (tokval)) The lack of braces means that the `else' will be incorrectly FIX: Change the code to include proper braces: if(hp = gethostbyname (tokval)) { then rebuild and install the C libraries and rebuild and 2.8 `cu' will not try alternate phone numbers if the first one fails. REASON: `cu' does not try alternates if the user has explicitly `cu' stores the user's requested speed selection in the However, each time `cu' tries an entry, it stores the speed FIX: Modify the `main()' function of /usr/src/comm/uucp-1.05/cu.c 1. Add the following local variable: long tryBaud; 2. Change the line which reads: ibaud = strtol (optarg, (char **) NULL, 10); to be: tryBaud = ibaud = strtol (optarg, (char **) NULL, 10); 3. Change the line which reads: ibaud = qsys->uuconf_ibaud; to be: tryBaud = qsys->uuconf_ibaud; 4. Change the line which reads: if (! fconn_open (&sconn, ibaud, ihighbaud, FALSE)) to be: if (! fconn_open (&sconn, tryBaud, ihighbaud, FALSE)) These mods have been sent off to Ian Taylor and should 2.9 `cu' reports `cu: no error' whenever I try to change a string REASON: The string assignment code is storing a pointer to a block of FIX: This requires changes to /usr/src/comm/uucp-1.05/cu.c which 2.10 `elm' and `filter' report that they cannot access /usr/spool/mail. FIX: chmod +s /usr/bin/elm /usr/bin/filter 2.11 `minicom' immediately returns whenever I attempt to do a file transfer. REASON: `minicom' executes the `rz' and `sz' utilities with a switch The same thing is true of the other file transfer utilities. TEMPORARY FIX: Remove the `-vv' switches from the `rz' and `sz' command lines REAL FIX: 2.12 Deleted. 2.13 Every now and then my UUCP transfers will freeze partway through REASON: Software flow control may be turned on in your modem or in This means that the modem will interpret certain byte values FIX: Turn off software flow control and turn on hardware flow To do this, modify the `chat' script for your modem in the If your modem does not support hardware flow control (are If you choose `j' protocol you will have to supply a If you choose `j' protocol you will have to supply a list of 2.14 Pnews gives the error `/usr/bin/egrep: No such file or directory' REASON: `egrep' is installed in /bin, but /usr/bin/Pnews is FIX: cd /usr/bin 2.15 When I telnet/ftp/ping my own system, why does it take so long REASON: The resolver libraries built into the network tools are FIX: Take the steps shown below. In these, we will assume that your 1. Edit /etc/resolv.conf and get rid of all of the If there is a `domain' line then either get rid of it domain needs.new.shoes 2. Edit /etc/host.conf and make sure that there is a order hosts,bind It is important that `hosts' come BEFORE `bind', otherwise 3. Use the `hostname' and `domainname' commands to ensure hostname baby 4. Make sure that your /etc/hosts file contains the 127.0.0.1 localhost 5. Add an entry to /etc/hosts containing the IP address 192.101.202.3 baby.needs.new.shoes baby me If you do not have an IP address for your machine 127.0.0.1 baby.needs.new.shoes localhost baby me Make sure that the FQDN comes first and that there are no Now try to telnet yourself: telnet baby.needs.new.shoes You should quickly get a connection. If not, then 2.16 Why can't I telnet/ftp/ping my own system? REASON & FIX: See 2.15 above. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.1 The arrow and paging keys don't work in Minicom/Elvis/vi. REASON: The console has two different sets of control sequences that The console can be switched between these two using special When an application wants to know the sequence sent by As distributed, it contains the application mode sequences. However, `minicom' does NOT send the `ks' sequence at FIX: 1. Disable the `ks' and `ke' capabilities in the `console' 2. Set the keys to all transmit normal sequences. This is So just swap the following two lines in the `con-unk' :ku=\EOA:kd=\EOB:kr=\EOC:kl=\EOD:kb=^H:\ removing the `#' from the start of the one line and 3.2 When I try to print a postscript file on my non-postscript printer, REASON: /usr/bin/dvi_lp_filter has the pathname `/usr/TeX/bin/dvips' FIX: Change the pathname to `/usr/bin/dvips'. 3.3 Postgres won't run unless there is an /etc/hosts file with your FIX: Add your node name to the `localhost' line in /etc/hosts. 3.4 When `inetd' is run, it gives the errors `pop2/tcp: unknown service' REASON: /etc/inetd.conf refers to services `pop2' and `pop3', but in FIX: Add `pop2' and `pop3' as aliases to their respective entries pop-2 109/tcp # PostOffice V.2 to be: pop-2 109/tcp pop2 # PostOffice V.2 3.5 When `inetd' is run, it gives the error `ident/tcp: unknown service'. REASON: The supplied /etc/inetd.conf is set up to handle the `ident' FIX: This is just a warning message and doesn't interfere with auth 113/tcp authentication 3.6 All of my times are coming out wrong by 5 hours. REASON: The bootup command files assume that your system's hardware FIX: If you only run Linux on your system, then use the /etc/clock If you also occasionally boot DOS or some other OS on your /etc/rc.d/rc.boot Then reboot. Double-check your hardware clock to make sure See /usr/doc/FAQ/time.doc for more details. 3.7 My times are still coming out wrong (and I don't live in the Eastern REASON: The `localtime' and `posixrules' files in /usr/lib/zoneinfo FIX: Link them to the appropriate files in /usr/lib/zoneinfo. In cd /usr/lib/zoneinfo See /usr/doc/FAQ/time.doc for more details. 3.8 The change to/from Daylight Savings Time didn't occur on the right day, REASON & FIX: See previous item. 3.9 Whenever I use the modules utilities (`insmod' and `rmmod') they REASON: Yggdrasil appears to have built the modules utilities under FIX: Normally you would simply rebuild the modules utilities so So your best bet is to download the latest version of the 3.10 When I try to do a `g++' compilation, I get lots of errors about REASON: The Yggdrasil installation procedures for gcc and g++ FIX: cp -r /system_cd/usr/g++-include /usr/g++-include 3.11 The `ftape' driver just doesn't work. FIX: Download the latest version (ftape-1.14b.tar.gz as of this 3.12 I sometimes get `floppy: dma problem?' messages accessing my floppy REASON: I don't really know. However, this only happened to me if FIX: When I upgraded to kernel version 1.1.75 this problem (and 3.13 When I run the `selection' daemon I get errors about open_console() REASON: `selection' assumes that /dev/tty0 represents the current Also, /dev/mouse - the default mouse device used by `selection' FIX: For the console problem: ln -s /dev/console /dev/tty0 For the mouse problem, run `selection' with the `-m /dev/ttyS0' 3.14 I tried recompiling <whatever> and the compiler told me that it REASON: /usr/src/lib/readline-2.0/Makefile neglects to move this FIX: Grab the file from the CD and stick it in the proper directory: gunzip -c /system_cd/usr/src/lib/readline-2.0/tilde.h \ 3.15 I modified /etc/termcap and now `init' reports that `getty' is REASON: In my case, the problem went like this: The `console' entry in /etc/termcap refers back to the FIX: Not known. The bug could be in getty itself, or in the 3.16 getty/uugetty gives a segmentation violation when the terminal type REASON: line 903 of /usr/src/daemons/getty_ps-2.0.7e/main.c looks like if (clear && *clrscr) { However, if the TERM environment variable is `unknown' or FIX: Change the offending line to: if (clear && clrscr && *clrscr) { and rebuild the program. 3.17 I cannot de-iconify a window under `fvwm' using a 2-button mouse. REASON: `fvwm' is configured to use the `middle' button to de-iconify FIX: Add a line that says `Emulate3Buttons' to the mouse portion of Alternatively, you can set the right mouse button to do this Mouse 3 TSIF N RaiseLower with these lines: Mouse 3 I N Iconify 3.18 The `dos' command (DOS emulator) doesn't work at all. REASON: Yggdrasil shipped version 1.1.47 of the Linux kernel with the FIX: Get version 0.53 from one of the following places: dspsun.eas.asu.edu:/pub/dosemu/ On my system this compiled and worked first time! 3.19 Why won't my mouse work inside the DOS emulator? REASON: If you have enabled the `selection' daemon then it will FIX: Kill the `selection' daemon before starting the DOS emulator. 3.20 Yggdrasil has password-free access to your root account! The default .rhosts file that Yggdrasil places into /home/root You should either delete this file or delete all the lines from it 3.21 `apropos', `whatis' and `man -k' all tell me `nothing appropriate' REASON: All of these commands rely on the `whatis database' - which FIX: As root, run the following command: makewhatis This will build the whatis database for all of the directories See the man entry for `makewhatis' for more details. 3.22 Why is the `file' command so slow? REASON: The installation of the `usrbin' component neglected to FIX: Assuming that you have the Plug-N-Play CD mounted on rm /usr/lib/magic 3.23 Whenever I try to umount the PNP CD, I am told `device is busy'. REASON: You either have a session whose `current directory' is on Note that this may be complicated by the fact that many FIX: To find the offending process, use the following command: fuser -m /system_cd This will list the process IDs which are currently using You can then kill off any of those processes which you do 3.24 Why is there so much activity on my CD-ROM drive? REASON & FIX: See previous item. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following people all had a hand, big or small, in getting this Chip Kroll, Jeff Purcell, Dan Quinlan, Brian Taylor, My apologies to anyone whom I have missed: feel free to drop me ---------------------------------- End ------------------------------------- =========================================================================
0. CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION
following changes have been made:
the items listed here are not really bugs so much as Frequently
Asked Questions.
section 3 (OTHER BUGS) and given a new title (MISCELLANEOUS).
Fall 94 distribution.
to respond?
no matter what topic I give them.
1. INSTALLATION
drive (e.g. Sony CDU-55S, Chinon CDS-435).
that it finds. Unfortunately, some SCSI devices freak if they
see anything other than LUN 0 and the boot gets hung trying to
reset the SCSI bus.
One workaround is to specify `max_scsi_luns=1' at the
LILO boot prompt. E.g:
tiresome if you do a lot of rebooting. Also, it means that
your system won't autoboot correctly after a power failure.
A slightly more permanent approach is to change the default
boot command used by LILO. This is done as follows (as root):
rebuild the kernel. I've been told that adding the following
to /etc/lilo.conf will also work, but I have not tried it
myself:
The best solution is to add the offending device to the
`blacklist' array in /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/scsi.c and
rebuild the kernel. You can get the necessary values by
looking at what the boot-up code displays for that device.
change and they will try to incorporate it into a future
release of the kernel.
Upgrade to a later kernel version which already has the
drive in its blacklist. For example, version 1.1.75 already
has the Sony CDU-55S in its blacklist.
components, the system goes away and hammers the disk for a long
time, but never installs anything.
needs the data files in /usr/lib/yggdrasil to do
installations. Initially this directory is just a link to
the CD. However, the first thing that the install script
does is to break all the links back to the CD - which means
that it can no longer find its data files (and isn't smart
enough to detect that).
but I found Yggdrasil's explanation ambiguous and open to
misinterpretation. So here is my version:
graphical control panel, you must install the
`usrbin' component from the command line. Do that
with the following command:
at all.
which reside in or otherwise use high, extended or expanded
memory.
CONFIG.SYS, don't use any DEVICEHIGH commands and don't use
DOS=high or DOS=umb.
and AUTOEXEC.BAT except what is needed to run the CD-ROM
(e.g. MSCDEX.EXE).
2. MAIL, NEWS, NETWORKING
other nifty Taylor innovations.
configuration files. Normally, Taylor UUCP let's you change
between different configuration types, but whoever put together
this release was such a big HDB fan that he explicitly disabled
the use of any other configuration type.
/usr/src/comm/uucp-1.05/policy.h and rebuild all of the uucp
tools.
in /usr/lib/uucp from HDB format to TAYLOR.
at its destination.
/usr/lib/smail/routers.inet which in turn is set up to direct
all offsite mail to a direct SMTP connection to the Internet.
connection, this obviously will not work: all offsite mail
will simply queue up in the /usr/spool/smail/input directory.
smart-host - which means that if your system doesn't recognize
the name of the target machine (and it probably won't) then
it will try to send the mail to yggdrasil for resolution -
which is unlikely to work because your system doesn't know
how to reach yggdrasil via UUCP.
rm routers
ln -s routers.uucp routers
previous attempts will suddenly appear in UUCP's queues, so
you might want to consider cleaning out /usr/spool/smail/input
first.
of `yggdrasil' in /usr/lib/uucp/paths with the name of your
main UUCP feed.
which calls you) for UUCP transfers is called `egghead'. Then
take the existing /usr/libs/uucp/paths file:
%s yggdrasil!%s
%s egghead!%s
the world. If not, then you'd better get yourself a book on
UUCP since that goes well beyond the scope of this document.
`talk' complains that it cannot bind to its socket.
`ytalk' complains that it cannot connect to new/old talk daemon.
started up by a `super-daemon' called `inetd'. But the
Yggdrasil installation does not turn `inetd' on.
so that `inetd' will run at the next reboot. Then either
reboot your system or run /usr/sbin/inetd by hand as `root'.
`talk' and `ytalk' start dialling up my modem
likely set up a dialer daemon to connect you to a host
which is your nameserver. `talk' and `ytalk' are simply
calling up the nameserver to find out who you are.
You can get the name by running the `hostname' command. For
example, if your machine's name is `baby', then /etc/hosts
should contain the following line:
name, then it should appear at the start of the entry. E.g:
if your domain name is `needs.new.shoes' then:
it works okay if I use `mail'.
name. When local users send you mail this system name ends up
in their return path. So when you try to reply you end up
queuing up mail to yggdrasil.com.
Set up a /usr/lib/elm.rc file which sets `hostname',
`hostdomain' and `hostfullname' correctly.
Recompile elm with the correct values. I have not done
this yet, so I do not know the specifics.
(i.e. gets carrier detect).
specific. Possibly the DTR lines flickers briefly when the
carrier is detected.
Use the `setserial' command to force the driver to ignore
SIGHUP on callouts. E.g:
really does hang up during a conversation, your end may
remain connected.
to his modem instead of `X4' cured the problem, but this
did not work with my setup.
invalid login.
At line 193 (in routine rnetrc()) it has the following code:
if (strcmp(host, hp->h_name))
continue;
else
if (strcmp(host, tokval))
continue;
bound to the inner `if' instead of the outer one. This means
that under certain conditions it will reject a matching
hostname and accept one which doesn't match.
if (strcmp(host, hp->h_name))
continue;
}
else {
if (strcmp(host, tokval))
continue;
}
install `ftp'.
requested a specific port, line or speed. I assume that
the thinking here is that if the user has been that specific
then `cu' should not go second-guessing him.
`ibaud' variable. If this is not empty, then it will not try
alternates.
for that entry in `ibaud'. The result of this is that after
trying the first entry there is a value in `ibaud' and `cu'
thinks that this means the user explicitly requested a speed.
So it tries no alternates.
as follows:
hopefully appear in a future release of uucp.
variable using the `~s' command. Printing out the value of the
variable later shows it to contain garbage.
memory which is later freed and reused for something else.
are too lengthy to list here. These mods have been sent off
to Ian Taylor and should hopefully appear in a future release
of UUCP. You can also get them directly from me, if desired.
telling them to do their logging into files in the
/var/log/zmodem directory. However, there is no /var/log/zmodem
directory and it is doubtful that rz/sz would have priv even
if there were. So they fail as soon as they try to open the log
files.
Read the Yggdrasil errata sheet! It actually covers this.
in minicom's configuration menu. Without these, the tools
will not attempt to write to the log files.
Either create the directory or reconfigure minicom to use
a different default.
a file. Restarting doesn't help, it keeps freezing at the same place.
the modem that you are talking to.
(0x13, 0x11) as flow control commands (XON, XOFF) and will
remove them from the datastream.
control. (If you have no flow control at all then you may
experience a lot of retries due to data overruns.)
/usr/lib/uucp/dial file (/usr/lib/uucp/Dialers if you are
still using the HDB-format files) to turn on RTS and CTS
handshaking. E.g. for a USR Sportster modem, the command
would be `AT&H1&R2'.
there any such?) or for some reason you do not wish to use
it, then try using the `a' or `j' UUCP protocols since these
are capable of avoiding the flow control characters. Note,
however, that the sites that you communicate must also be
capable of understanding the protocol that you select.
list of characters to be avoided since these
are capable of avoiding the flow control characters. Note,
however, that the sites that you communicate must also be
capable of understanding the protocol that you select.
characters to be avoided (see the UUCP docs for more details).
When creating this list, keep in mind that some modems ignore
the eighth bit when looking for control characters. So as well
as masking out 0x13 and 0x11 (^S and ^Q), also mask out
0x93 and 0x91, etc.
hard-coded to look for it in /usr/bin.
ln -s /bin/egrep egrep
to respond?
trying to convert your host name into an IP address.
As part of this process they are trying to contact a
series of nameserver hosts which you probably don't
have access to - so they take a long time to time out.
system name is `baby' and your domain name `needs.new.shoes'.
(If you don't have a domain name, then do the steps anyway,
but just leave the domain name empty in each step. If you
continue to have problems, then try again using the domain
name `uucp'.)
`nameserver' lines (unless you are connected to a
DNS server and know what you are doing...in which case
you shouldn't need this help at all :-).
as well, or replace the domain name with your own. E.g:
line which reads:
the resolver will go looking for remote nameservers before
it tries looking in your local /etc/hosts file.
that your host and domain names are set correctly. E.g:
domainname needs.new.shoes
following line:
of your site, followed by its fully qualified domain
name (FQDN) and any nicknames or shortforms that you
wish to use. E.g:
(i.e. you are not part of a network) then just add
these names to the `localhost' entry. E.g:
other entries in /etc/host which use any of the same names.
consider taking up heavy drink. :-)
3. OTHER PROBLEMS
it will send from the numeric keypad (where the arrow keys
are located on many keyboards): the `normal' sequences, which
follow the ANSI standard, and `application keypad' sequences
which follow the DEC vt100 standard.
escape sequences, which in /etc/termcap are represented by
the `ks' (keypad start) and `ke' (keypad end) capabilities.
a particular key, it looks it up in the /etc/termcap file.
However, there can only be one sequence per key in this
file, which causes a problem: should termcap give the `normal'
sequence or the `application' sequence for the key?
When Elvis/vi starts up, it sends the `ks' sequence to
put the keypad into application mode, so it works fine.
startup, so it ends up waiting for application mode sequences
while the console sends it normal sequences.
entry in /etc/termcap so that the keypad is always in
`normal' mode. (To disable them, simply remove their
strings so that they look like `:ks=:ke=:'.)
fairly easy because the normal sequences are commented out
at the end of the `con-unk' entry (upon which the `console'
entry is based).
entry:
# :ku=\E[A:kd=\E[B:kr=\E[C:kl=\E[D:kb=^H:\
adding it to the start of the other.
using the `lpr -d' command, I get an error about `/usr/TeX/bin/dvips'
not being found.
hard-coded into it, but Yggdrasil puts dvips into /usr/bin.
node name and address in it.
See the FIX section of item 2.4 for details on how to do
this.
and `pop3/tcp: unknown service'. These also shows up in the syslog
files.
/etc/services they are called `pop-2' and `pop-3'.
in /etc/services. E.g: Change the following to lines:
pop-3 110/tcp # PostOffice V.3
pop-3 110/tcp pop3 # PostOffice V.3
This also shows up in the syslog files.
service, but the supplied /etc/services file does not contain
an `ident' service.
the operation of `inetd'. However, to fix it you merely
need to add `ident' as an alias for the `auth' service in
/etc/services. E.g. change the following line in /etc/services:
to:
auth 113/tcp authentication ident
clock is set to GMT, so they set Linux's internal time
according to your timezone's offset from GMT.
command to set your clock to GMT and you'll be fine.
system and you don't want to have them using GMT, then remove
the `-u' switch from all of the `clock' commands in the
following files:
/etc/rc.d/rc.multi
/etc/rc.d/rc.multi.install
that it contains the correct time for your timezone and
adjust it if it does not. For all of these checks and
changes, be sure to use the /etc/clock command, NOT `date'.
US).
directory are linked to corresponding files in
/usr/lib/zoneinfo/US/Eastern. So if you don't happen to live
in the Eastern US, then the timezone corrections may be wrong.
my case, this meant:
rm localtime posixrules
ln -s Canada/Eastern localtime
ln -s Canada/Eastern posixrules
warn me that I have a version mismatch.
a different version of the kernel than that shipped in the
distribution (1.1.47 for Revision C). The modules utilities
are sensitive to that difference.
that they would pick up the version number of your current
kernel. However, if you try this you will find that the
version of the modules utilities shipped in the Fall `94
release (modutils-0.99.14) is actually incompatible with the
kernel that it was shipped with!
modules utilities (modules-1.1.67.tar.gz as of this writing)
and rebuild them.
missing include files.
fail to copy the g++ include files from the CD.
writing) and rebuild it. It's MUCH better.
drives.
there was hard disk activity going on at the same time.
several others) went away.
not being able to find its device, and about /dev/mouse being a
non-existent device.
terminal session, but there is no such device under Linux.
is intended for bus-mice, not serial mice. So if you have a
serial mouse, it won't work.
option (assuming that your mouse in on /dev/ttyS0).
could not find /usr/include/readline/tilde.h.
file into /usr/include/readline even though it is required
by `readline.h'.
>/usr/include/readline/tilde.h
respawning too quickly: but the changes to termcap are valid!
`con-unk' entry. I had added two extra lines of definitions
to the `console' entry (i.e. to override those in `con-unk').
This caused `getty' to fail when it went looking for the
termcap entry. The content of the extra lines didn't seem to
matter, just their total size.
terminfo tools or libraries.
is unknown.
this:
tgetent() could not find an entry for it, then `clrscr' will
still be NULL at this point, which will result in a
segmentation violation.
a window.
/usr/lib/X11/Xconfig, immediately after the line that
describes your mouse port. You will then be able to emulate
the middle button by clicking both buttons simultaneously.
by replacing the following line in
/usr/lib/X11/fvwm/system.fvwmrc:
Mouse 3 TSF N RaiseLower
Fall `94 (Revision C) release. They also shipped version 0.52
of the DOS emulator. However, version 0.52 of the DOS emulator
is incompatible with all kernel versions after 1.1.30.
tsx-11.mit.edu:/pub/linux/ALPHA/dosemu/
interfere with the DOS emulator's mouse driver.
lists a number of hosts at Yggdrasil. This gives all of those
hosts password-free access to your root account.
(assuming, of course, that you don't WANT Yggdrasil to have access to
your root account :-).
no matter what topic I give them.
the installation does not automatically build and is therefore
empty.
in your default MANPATH.
install the /usr/lib/magic file used by the `file' command.
Instead, it is just a link back to the CD. Thus, whenever
you use the `file' command, it must start up the CD-ROM
drive, which takes time.
/system_cd, do the following as root:
cp /system_cd/usr/lib/magic /usr/lib
the CD, or there is a process active whose executable is
on the CD or which has a file open on the CD.
of the files and directories on your hard drive are really
just links to files and directories on the CD. This is
especially true for components which you have not yet
installed. (Yggdrasil does this so that you can seamlessly
use the uninstalled components directly from the CD - albeit
with reduced performance - rather than cluttering up your
harddrive.)
the filesystem mounted on /system)cd - i.e. the CD.
not need running, or install and re-run those which you
do need.
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
FAQ into your hands in its present form:
Ian Taylor, Will Ware, Paul-Joseph de Werk.
a line berating the lapse and I'll be sure to include you on the
next release.
- deane