I write this mail from my Debian/Hurd system(!) on my real hardware:
- CPU Celeron 415MHz
- 512 RAM
- NE2000 ISA Network Card.
- 2 HDs - 6 GB & 80 GB.
- CDROM
- Nvidia 440mx graphic card
- I have built my own 'gnumach', because I had to add 'ne2k' driver.
It works, but there are some imperfections:
* 'syslogd' says during startup (I have to add '\n' - it is one long
line):
Starting enhanced syslog: rsyslogdrsyslogd: could not load module
'imklog',
errors: trying to load module
/usr/lib/i386-gnu/rsyslog/imlog.so:
/usr/lib/i386-gnu/rsyslog/imklog.so: undefined symbol:
klogWillRunPrePrivDrop [v8.39.0 try
http://www.rsyslog.com/e/2006 ]
* Network works now, but... I don't know why.
I had lots of problem. I could not 'settrans -fga /dev/eth0
/hurd/devnode ...'.
My system said that 'netdde' is already supported by kernel.
Unexpectdly my network is working now, but it is not configured during
startup
at all! Here is my /etc/network/interface (/etc/network/interfaces.d/
is empty):
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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
source /etc/network/interfaces.d/*
# The loopback network interface
#auto lo
#iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
#iface /dev/eth0 inet static
# address 192.168.1.2
# gateway 192.168.1.1
# netmask 255.255.255.0
# # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
# dns-nameservers 194.204.159.1
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I have skipped network configuration at all in /etc/init.d/networking
and
my network is still working! (I see a message 'Ku ku' pnly during
startup).
How is it possible?
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#!/bin/sh -e
### BEGIN INIT INFO
# Provides: networking ifupdown
# Required-Start: mountkernfs $local_fs urandom
# Required-Stop: $local_fs
# Default-Start: S
# Default-Stop: 0 6
# Short-Description: Raise network interfaces.
# Description: Prepare /run/network directory, ifstate file and raise
network interfaces, or take them down.
### END INIT INFO
echo 'Ku ku'
exit 0
echo 'Tomato'
PATH="/sbin:/bin"
RUN_DIR="/run/network"
IFSTATE="$RUN_DIR/ifstate"
STATEDIR="$RUN_DIR/state"
(....)
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* Xwindows doesn't work. I don't know X, so I can attach my
/var/log/Xorg.0.log only.
* I have problem during installation/updates when
/usr/lob/hurd/setup-translators is
called - system stops. I had to comment those lines:
** [101] mkdir -p bus/pci
** [124] #md rumpdisk
I cannot touch 'bus/pci' (ls, cat, etc) and list '/etc' - system freezs
the same way.
* aptitude - It starts, updates index files, but freezes during upgrade
packets or
when I want to exit ('q' key).
May I ask for you advice and help?
Apart those problem I enjoy my system. I can use text terminal program (joe,
mc, mutt, etc)
and compile my programs (gcc).
Happy 2021!
ml.
