Re: can't MAKEDEV kbd for XFree86

2001-12-17 Thread Bruno A . C . Ferreira
Em Sexta 14 Dezembro 2001 16:32, you wrote: > Bruno A. C. Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Oops. I'm sorry. I thought he was just trying to create a special > > device called kbd (I misunderstood kdb). > > In GNU/Hurd these "special files"/"device files" in /dev are simply > files, which a

Re: can't MAKEDEV kbd for XFree86

2001-12-14 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 01:59:23PM -0200, Bruno A. C. Ferreira wrote: > Em Sexta 14 Dezembro 2001 10:26, you wrote: > > > If MAKEDEV isn't working, try to use mknod instead. > > > > How will this help? kdb is a translator. > > Oops. I'm sorry. I thought he was just trying to create a special de

Re: can't MAKEDEV kbd for XFree86

2001-12-14 Thread Moritz Schulte
Bruno A. C. Ferreira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Oops. I'm sorry. I thought he was just trying to create a special > device called kbd (I misunderstood kdb). In GNU/Hurd these "special files"/"device files" in /dev are simply files, which are associated with translators. It's not like in Unix

Re: can't MAKEDEV kbd for XFree86

2001-12-14 Thread Bruno A . C . Ferreira
Em Sexta 14 Dezembro 2001 10:26, you wrote: > > If MAKEDEV isn't working, try to use mknod instead. > > How will this help? kdb is a translator. Oops. I'm sorry. I thought he was just trying to create a special device called kbd (I misunderstood kdb). _

Re: can't MAKEDEV kbd for XFree86

2001-12-14 Thread Neal H Walfield
> If MAKEDEV isn't working, try to use mknod instead. How will this help? kdb is a translator. ___ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd

Re: can't MAKEDEV kbd for XFree86

2001-12-14 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 04:31:51PM -0500, Robert Amble wrote: > I recently installed the hurd on a partition on my vaio sr17 laptop, > after running initial.sh, developer.sh and gui.sh I tried to run > XFree86 and it could not find the keyboard. Checking the FAQ I found I > needed to MAKEDEV kb

Re: can't MAKEDEV kbd for XFree86

2001-12-14 Thread Bruno A . C . Ferreira
If MAKEDEV isn't working, try to use mknod instead. Bruno Costa. Em Quinta 13 Dezembro 2001 19:31, you wrote: > I recently installed the hurd on a partition on my vaio sr17 laptop, > after running initial.sh, developer.sh and gui.sh I tried to run > XFree86 and it could not find the keyboard. C

can't MAKEDEV kbd for XFree86

2001-12-13 Thread Robert Amble
I recently installed the hurd on a partition on my vaio sr17 laptop, after running initial.sh, developer.sh and gui.sh I tried to run XFree86 and it could not find the keyboard. Checking the FAQ I found I needed to MAKEDEV kbd for X to work, only when I do this it complains about an unknown de