On Mit, Jan 03, 2001 at 07:05:39 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > Both commands are no substitutes for the "shutdown" command since > > they only constitute the final part of "shutdown". This is obvious > > because after each reboot with "reboot" one gets "Filesystem not > > cleanly unmounted..." and a fs check is done. > > Not for me, and it should really work the way it is now.
I have experienced the same as Martin. Sometimes Hurd does unmount its root device properly, but half the time it doesn't. BTW: Does anybody know, when Hurd will come with PPP support? Since I have only a dialup connection, I'm really looking forward to it. Yet another feature, that I'm waiting for is a proper terminal server with multiple virtual consoles. Any idea, when such will be implemented? I've installed Debian GNU/Hurd from the freeX CDs. I also added the X packages recently. One thing that didn't work out for me was using the "osmouse". Following Markus' instructions in his article I added a mouse device in the /dev dir. I have a three button mouse that uses the MouseSystems protocol. (settrans /dev/com0 /hurd/mouse --protocol=mousesystems ..) Then I modified the "pointer" section in XF86Config, telling X to use the protocol "osmouse" and device "/dev/mouse". With these setting the X server crashed immediately, informing me it was "unable to initialize core devices". Later on I tried the traditional X settings: Section "Pointer" Protocol "MouseSystems" Device "/dev/mouse" BaudRate 1200 Resolution 100 Buttons 3 EndSection And this worked perfectly for me. Is it, maybe, that Hurd's mouse server doesn't support all common mouse protocols yet? Another prob: I have a Iomega parport 100 MB Zip drive connected to my machine which is in return connected to a HP LaserJet printer. For some unknown reason the printer doesn't print under GNU/Linux when the BIOS parport mode is set to EPP. That's why I changed the setting to SPP. But with this setting GNU/Hurd crashes with a Kernel panic after trying to initialize the Zip drive. So, before booting GNU/Hurd I always have to adjust the parport settings. Since I'm not a kernel hacker, I've got no idea what's wrong here. Is this a known bug/feature? regards, Johannes
