Efficacy vs. friendliness [Was: How to fix init - /etc/ttys?]

2006-09-07 Thread Pete Slagle
Gary Kline wrote: SOAPBOX Anyway, this is to the entire list: A week or so ago I loaned my 5.3 set to a non-geek friend who had occasionally been using RH. He brought the box of discs back and said it was too hard to install; that RH had a much easier

Re: Efficacy vs. friendliness [Was: How to fix init - /etc/ttys?]

2006-09-07 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Pete Slagle wrote: Gary Kline wrote: SOAPBOX Anyway, this is to the entire list: A week or so ago I loaned my 5.3 set to a non-geek friend who had occasionally been using RH. He brought the box of discs back and said it was too hard to install; that

Re: Efficacy vs. friendliness [Was: How to fix init - /etc/ttys?]

2006-09-07 Thread Jerold McAllister
Alex Zbyslaw writes: Pete Slagle wrote: Gary Kline wrote: SOAPBOX Anyway, this is to the entire list: A week or so ago I loaned my 5.3 set to a non-geek friend who had occasionally been using RH. He brought the box of discs back and said it was too

Re: Efficacy vs. friendliness [Was: How to fix init - /etc/ttys?]

2006-09-07 Thread jdow
From: Pete Slagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gary Kline wrote: SOAPBOX Anyway, this is to the entire list: A week or so ago I loaned my 5.3 set to a non-geek friend who had occasionally been using RH. He brought the box of discs back and said it was too hard to install; that RH had a much easier

How to fix init - /etc/ttys?

2006-09-06 Thread Gary Kline
Anybody know why getty is having such a bear of a time finding a tty? I Can't even get in. I'm at 6.1 and logged in single-usr and have /usr mounted on /dev. Because X expects to find /usr/lib/Y in /usr I csn't use anything very complex; can't poke

Re: How to fix init - /etc/ttys?

2006-09-06 Thread Matthew Seaman
Gary Kline wrote: Anybody know why getty is having such a bear of a time finding a tty? I Can't even get in. I'm at 6.1 and logged in single-usr and have /usr mounted on /dev. Because X expects to find /usr/lib/Y in /usr I csn't use anything very complex;

Re: How to fix init - /etc/ttys?

2006-09-06 Thread Gary Kline
On Wed, Sep 06, 2006 at 09:48:04PM +0100, Matthew Seaman wrote: Gary Kline wrote: Anybody know why getty is having such a bear of a time finding a tty? I Can't even get in. I'm at 6.1 and logged in single-usr and have /usr mounted on /dev. Because X expects to find