On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 00:56 +0200, [email protected] wrote: > First of all, if anyone is interested, dillo 0.8.6 compiles fine on debian > hurd. You need to install glib-1.2, gtk+1.2 and fltk-1.1. And browsing > looks like it did in the mid 90s. But it works, loads images etc! Just > issue "--disable-gtktest --disable-dlgui" when compiling dillo.
Nice. Never heard of dillo. Could not find a Debian package for it. > I have never been able to make a clean shutdown with hurd. And the system > freezes on me every time. I wouldn't really care if i didn't risk > destroying my filesystem in the process. As you know it takes a while to > set everything up and once i have got it running i would like to be able > to keep it so for at least a couple of months. Are you using qemu/kvm or real hardware? For hopefully a good shutdown, use syncfs --synchronous /, before shutting down with halt (not shutdown), see http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/open_issues/sync_but_still_unclean_filesystem/ > Regarding cd reading errors i have had them too even though the checksum > on my disc is okey. I used it to install on qemu and didn't come across > the same errors. I solved the problems by using the online installer. > > Finally, is the ext2fs program eating all your cpu as well or is it just > on my system? Real HW or VM? > I hope it doesn't sound like i'm complaining. I have got fvwm2 running and > i'm as happy as ever! Yes its slower than running linux. But twice the > fun! Fine, another X window manager that works! > Oh, yes, forgot to mention that sudo just locks the console when i try to > issue commands through it. It asks for my password and after it is > accepted nothing happens. Just thought you should know. Currently sudo locks up after command completion. According to Samuel Thibault this is due to: the sudo bug is select() not being able to get interrupted by signals, see http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/open_issues/select_vs_signals/ For the moment su - is recommended (or log in as root) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1311326535.2740.81.camel@x60
