On Mon, Feb 14, 2000 at 09:31:50AM -0500, Jim Hunziker wrote:
-> I've found two problems since installing Mandrake 7, although they may not
-> be specific to Mandrake.
-> 
-> I installed emacs and emacs-X11, and used emacs with no problems.  I got rid
-> of X, so I removed emacs-X11 and installed emacs-nox.  Now, I cannot load
-> files from the command line (e.g., emacs /etc/inetd.conf) because only the
-> scratch buffer comes up when emacs starts, with the error message:
-> "Opening input file: no such file or directory,
-> /usr/lib/X11/locale/locale.alias"
-> I believe the same problem happens without first installing and uninstalling
-> emacs-X11, if I read the few scattered accounts of similar behavior
-> correctly on the newsgroups.

Try "emacs -nw".


-> 
-> The other problem I've had is that ipchains has stopped logging.  I had tons
-> of logged connection attempts before the logs rotated, but after rotation,
-> no more attempts were logged.  I did not change my ipchains rules, and I did
-> not mess up /etc/syslog.conf.  I found one thread in the newsgroups that
-> reported my problem, but the patch mentioned doesn't seem to be applied to
-> the Mandrake rpm.  Is there a good way of getting this info to the Mandrake
-> maintainers?
-> 
-> http://altavista.remarq.com/altavista/transcript.asp?g=%2Bipchains+%2Blogrot
-> ate&tn=19810013&sh=008142bcae03800c&str=%2Bipchains+%2Blogrotate&idx=0

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