On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 09:57:57AM -0500, Jason H Clouse wrote: > 1) in this context, does pager refer to programs like "less" and "more";
No, pager is the virtuam memory pager. You simply run out of memory, and it died. > 2) is there some sort of emergency key I can use to sync and unmount > partitions before rebooting; No. > and 3) can I have virtual terminals via > Alt-Fn or something? Install the screen package, that's the best we have currently. > is there another login program available? Whatever your problem is (I don't know), it is not the login program at fault. Solve the real problem and login will work fine. > bsdutils and friends > apparently rely on sysvinit. I couldn't find a sysvinit package on the > FTP site (shouldn't it already be installed?) There is an experimental one at alpha.gnu.org (either gnu/hurd/debian or gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus). Unfortunately, the sysvinit and bsdutils problem willm ost likely not be solved too soon. Just use the --force-depends option to dpkg. > Also, g++ wouldn't > configure without libstdc++ and libstdc++ wouldn't configure without g++! Configure both at the same time: dpkg --configure libsdtc++ g++ > This was annoying, but I had a mostly working system--yahoo! I > proceeded to build XFree 4.0 and most of it built. However, when trying > to link client applications, the linker couldn't find the appropriate > libraries. Of course, I needed to setup LD_LIBRARY_PATH in /etc/profile > and I did so. Or /etc/ld.so.conf > I also tried setting up ldconfig. It doesn't seem to work > the same way that it does in Linux. Any pointers? ldconfig is simply a link to true. The Hurd does not need or use an ldconfig. > I know this is a long post, but let me just finish by saying that none of > these things really turn me off, I just need a better understanding of > what's going on! Yes, probably. And a bit more luck :) Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNU http://www.gnu.org for public PGP Key [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID 36E7CD09 http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
