*- On 10 Jan, Ron Rademaker wrote about "What is this????" > > I found this file somewhere: > > > c---r----- 1 8224 10280 49, 117 Dec 1 2031 fonts > > Can anybody tell me what that c is all about??? > > This 'thing' is the reason for some trouble with apt / dpkg (something to > do with xlib6g-dev) perhaps this c has something to do with that. >
Besides the fact that it has insane uid, gid and dates it is a character device file. Similiar to a serial port or the like. # ls -l /dev/ttyS0 0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Jun 10 1999 /dev/ttyS0 Acccording to the devices.txt file in the kernel Documentation a character device with major number of 49 is reserved for a 'SDL RISCom serial card'. Where is this file? You didn't list its path. If it is /usr/X11R6/include/X11/fonts then I would just delete it and try re-installing xlib6g-dev. Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.
