Re: [SLUG] Reposting, stillneedhelpwiththisproblem.

2001-02-01 Thread William Shui
ok, I"ll give it a try. On Thu, Feb 01, 2001 at 01:21:59AM +1100, Anand Kumria wrote: On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 05:16:09AM +1100, Alex Salmon wrote: hi I dont really know the problem here but i may be able to put u on track. I once built me self a linux distro from scratch i had

Re: [SLUG] Reposting, stillneedhelpwiththisproblem.

2001-01-31 Thread Anand Kumria
On Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 05:16:09AM +1100, Alex Salmon wrote: hi I dont really know the problem here but i may be able to put u on track. I once built me self a linux distro from scratch i had the kernel and basic programs like netutils bash gzip tar vi and a few others i also had

Re: [SLUG] Reposting, stillneedhelpwiththisproblem.

2001-01-29 Thread Alex Salmon
hi I dont really know the problem here but i may be able to put u on track. I once built me self a linux distro from scratch i had the kernel and basic programs like netutils bash gzip tar vi and a few others i also had shutdown etc. the same message "u dont exist" occoured when the passwd

Re: [SLUG] Reposting, stillneedhelpwiththisproblem.

2001-01-29 Thread David Kempe
oh btw instead of reset if u have magic sysreq compiled into your kernel do a alt-prtscr S U B Sync Unmount Boot What does that Magic Sysreq Key do? dave -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Reposting, stillneedhelpwiththisproblem.

2001-01-29 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who="David Kempe" What does that Magic Sysreq Key do? from /usr/src/linux-2.2.18/Documentation/sysrq.txt: It is a 'magical' key combo you can hit which kernel will respond to regardless of whatever else it is doing, unless it is completely locked up. (There's plenty more info

Re: [SLUG] Reposting, stillneedhelpwiththisproblem.

2001-01-29 Thread Alex Salmon
hi i am sure that some of the other sluggers could explain it better but ill try. basicly it maps a whole bunch of keys it alt + sysreq/print screen + a letter.. the diffrent letters send diffrent commands straight to the kernel so that under any conditions / crash or whatever the keys