On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 10:27:05PM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote: > Had to --force-conflicts with dpkg to install fonts and override the > shellutils conflict (already reported).
This is unrelated to X, and I am working on it (soon :) > Setting up kbd and mouse. PS/2 mouse works, _but_, have to set up as > settrans -c /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=ps/2; -p=ps/2 does not > work (why did I think it would - seems I saw the short form somewhere - > doc error, translator bug, or me barking up the wrong tree?) This should be "-p ps/2". When you are using short options, you must not use the "=". > Set up kbd as "settrans /dev/kbd /hurd/kbd /dev/kbd" from information on > http://f77.nop.or/jp/doc/XFree86-3.3.3.1.html#theTable. MB's instructions > had a different settrans to run. Haven't checked both ways. The kbd translator doesn't check the command line at all, if the source code is any judge. So either will work. > Side issues: su was installed without suid bit, so logging on as a regular > user and su'ing to root did not work. Easy fix, but installation broken > somewhere. I will check this, too. Thanks! > Can only run X as root. I never tried as non-root :) Any help welcome. > dpkg 1.6.999 has a broken "-l" options which just prints "=" forever. I told Wichert. Remember that we are using an inofficial version from CVS. > Forgive lack of record-keeping - it was unavoidable. In this case completely forgiveable, as all problems are well understood by now (I was a bit confused over a couple of them initially). Thanks for this summary, 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]
