Many thanks - It's always the way - I just answered another post on this,
and here I am reading the solution! ;-)
Just have to hope that what's written there is something I can understand!
(and fix!)
Regards,
Ian
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Or when that server is down go direct to http://www.btinternet.com/~bay56/
----- Original Message -----
From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Ears don't work
> On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, you wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, I have since discovered that my system may have another
problem -
> > this tar command (generically) appears to do nothing, there is a long
wait
> > while nothing actually happens! On the plus side it does not actually
crash
> > ;-) and ctrl C gets me the cursor back.
> >
> How are you calling "tar"??? Be sure whatever command
> you're using includes the "f" switch (as in tar xvf) to
> tell it you're referring to a file, not a local console,
> etc.
> > I have noticed
> > also that when I issue "shutdown -h now" that it claims
> > the sytem is halted - but after a brief pause it then
> > says it can't acknowledge a page request of some kind,
> > and after much meaningless (to me at least) > output
> > finishes off suggesting there's a segmentation error. Now
> > this as far as I know it has always done, but I have not
> > seen the core dump go into > action before. > > Since
> > it's already claimed that system has been halted, does the
> > seg error actually matter anymore? After all it shows up
> > after everyone else has gone > home for the day! (ie after
> > halted)
> >
> Don't sweat it. It's a buglet. There's a minor work-around
> for this. Go to the linux-mandrake "newbie" archives:
> http://mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/
> and search for "gpf on shutdown" or go directly to the
> following message URL:
http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg11666.html
>
>
