On Fri, Sep 22, 2000 at 04:19:24AM +0000, Frederico S. Mu�oz wrote: > > > Ok, I am using my Hurd system for regular tasks, I can read net news > but no mail (prolly have to tweak with exim, I never did get it to > work even on GNU/Linux since it insists on checking every damn host > for a domain name and since I have private IP and domain names && my > ISP doesn't has reverse DNS I can only have one IP), but here are some > initial things that I want to fix: >
Note: Check the configuration settings for exim -- you can turn this behavior off. > > - I *really* need portuguese keyboard support; I'm geting tired of > writing !"#$$%&%/=) to find a |. When I go back to work I also make > mistakes since I try to 'compensate' as I do in the Hurd, so this > way lies madness indeed. Is there support? If not how can I add it? > Prolly will need info on gnumach term specs and also some examples - > like if it is possible to translate a linux keymap into a hurd one. > Marcus can probably help here. I know he (or Kalle?) were able to get German keyboard support. So Portuguese shouldn't be too much harder. > - The network settrans -fg ..... works ok, but doesn't stay up across > reboots... since it's not defined as active shouldn't he stay? > > - I can't mount the linux partition (settrans -fg /linux /hurd/ext2fs > /dev/hd0s2), it computes ok but when I try to access it it either > freezes or says something akeen to the >1GB error (more info on that > one tomorrow, I really don't recall the exact error) > Sorry -- can't help without more info. > - fetchmail gives me a SMTP (can't connect to localhost Query=10) > error after he founds there is mail in the remote server, when it > tries to dl it; it's not hurd specific I reckon, since IIRC I had > the same problem before in Linux; again, prolly exim. > Check your settings. Fetchmail probably can't pass off to your MTA because it's not setup. > - Several Debian packages are broken, i.e. they depend on packages not > available... where can I get them? For instace, lynx doesn't install > with dselect because, er, something doesn't exist (gain, more > detaisl tomorrow, it's 4:15AM here, I'm really trying to still get 4 > hours sleep). > Yikes! Don't burn out! > - After I do a 'login root', after the password it says 'mesg: command > not found'; Yes, I know, I have to install mesg... but I can't within > dselect... I will really have to check my dpkg ftp source lines. > This will be fixed when all packages are installed. Did you install from the tarball? -Brent
