Dear all, Thanks for all who responded.
Bruce> From: Chow Chi-Ming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> When I am offered to install additional drivers (modules), how may >> I find out what options does a module take and its syntaxes? This >> information would make the loading of modules A LOT easier. In >> particular does anyone know how to specify base address and irq of >> the 3c509 Bruce> I think all 3c509s come up at the _same_ base address and the Bruce> driver then moves them elsewhere. This is their years-old Bruce> prototype for plug-and-play. I think the base address is Bruce> 0x300, but I think you don't have to specify it. IMHO, providing options info is important during the install. How am I supposed to read the kernel source without loading up my ethernet module and fire up dpkg-ftp? It is not just about ethernet modules. It's slightly surprising that there doesn't seem to be a document listing all the module options and syntaxes, considering that modules are used by many nowadays. >> I get the following at start-up >> Configuring serial ports..../dev/cua0: No such device Bruce> Add "serial" or "auto" to /etc/modules. I think we'd better Bruce> take care of this in the "modules" package. Yep, that fixed it. Thanks. Isn't it better to compile serial in the default kernel? >> After I installed xlib6_3.2-1 by dpkg, texbin didn't configure. >> mf: can't load library 'libXt.so.6' Bruce> I think texbin needs a dependency on xlib6. I just filed a bug Bruce> report. Try installing it again now that xlib is installed. No, texbin doesn't configure. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # dpkg -l libc5 tex\* xlib6 ldso | grep -v none Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii libc5 5.4.13-1 The Linux C library version 5 (run-time libr iF texbin 3.1415-5 TeX - The typesetting system ii texinfo 3.7-1 The GNU Project's documentation formatting s ii texlib 1.0-5 Auxiliary Files to run TeX ii texpsfnt 1.0-1 Virtual fonts and TFM's to use Postscript fo ii textutils 1.19-1 The GNU text file processsing utilities. ii xlib6 3.2-1 Shared libraries required by X clients ii ldso 1.8.5-1 The Linux dynamic linker, library and utilit [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # dpkg --configure texbin Setting up texbin (3.1415-5) ... kpathsea: Running MakeTeXTFM cmr9.tfm Running MakeTeXPK cmr9.tfm mf \mode:=nullmode; mag:=1; scrollmode; input cmr9 \</dev/null mf: can't load library 'libXt.so.6' [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # ldd `which mf` libXt.so.6 => not found libSM.so.6 => not found libICE.so.6 => not found libX11.so.6 => not found libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.4.13 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~ # ldd `which emacs` libXaw.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6 libXmu.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 libncurses.so.3.0 => /lib/libncurses.so.3.0 libm.so.5 => /lib/libm.so.5.0.6 libc.so.5 => /lib/libc.so.5.4.13 Anyone has any ideas? Emacs (and other binaries) finds the X libraries but not mf. I have purged and re-installed texbin and mfbin but to no avail. texbin and mfbin doesn't seem to have changed since buzz. I am stuck! Regards, -- Billy C.-M. Chow Department of Systems Engineering The Chinese University of Hong Kong email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]