Saulo Soares wrote:
> Dear Lyx Users
> I tried to install lyx 1.2.2 in my Red Hat Linux 8
> and the bug deleted my /dev/null !!
> Please I need some help in reconstructing my Linux.
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Saulo Soares
Hello, Saulo.
Why did you try and install such an old version of lyx? It was released on
17 December, 2002. We're currently at version 1.3.4, which does *not* have
this bug.
The problem you describe is indeed a nasty, nasty one. We released lyx
1.2.3 as soon as we discovered it. See here
http://www.lyx.org/news.php3#item25
for the announcement of the problem and how to restore /dev/null
To save you some bother following the links, below is the message
explaining how to repair the damage.
Best wishes,
Angus
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* From: Andre Poenitz
* Subject: Re: HELP!
* Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2003 08:41:27 -0800
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 02:02:19PM +0200, Gordon Wells wrote:
> I don't wan't to re-install my computer a third time.
There is a bad bug in the configure scripts in lyx 1.2.2
which deletes /dev/null when run as root.
As a workaround, run configure as ordinary user.
To recreate /dev/null, boot from floppy, mount the partition containing
/dev (probably the root partition) and use something similar to
mknod -m a+rw /mounted/partion/dev/null c 1 3
There is no need to re-install anything, though...
Andre'
