Re: K7 and X11

2004-09-20 Thread John Williams
On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 02:10 +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 11:50:01AM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: > > I have problems getting X working, the idea is to include a quick > > howto in the docs. > > > > # settrans -c /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=ps/2 > > You do not need t

Re: K7 and X11

2004-09-20 Thread Philip Charles
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004, Michael Banck wrote: ** > The latest Hurd package features updated keyboard and mouse repeaters by > Marco. > > This is the correct invocation now: > > console -d vga -d pc_kbd --repeat=kbd -d pc_mouse --repeat=mouse -c > /dev/cons /dev/vcs > > You also should make s

K7 - source for hurd, mig, gnumach, oskit

2004-09-20 Thread Philip Charles
Source for the above was included in previous CD sets. 1. Is this still wanted? 2. If 'yes', then where is the best place to get it? The CD set is building well. Phil. -- Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand +64 3 488 2818Fax +64 3 488 2875

Re: K7 and X11

2004-09-20 Thread Michael Banck
On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 11:50:01AM +1200, Philip Charles wrote: > I have problems getting X working, the idea is to include a quick > howto in the docs. > > # settrans -c /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=ps/2 You do not need to do this anymore. > XFree86-4 editied as per instructions in "Instal

K7 and X11

2004-09-20 Thread Philip Charles
I have problems getting X working, the idea is to include a quick howto in the docs. OK I am using a ps/2 mouse. # settrans -c /dev/mouse /hurd/mouse --protocol=ps/2 XFree86-4 editied as per instructions in "Installing the Hurd". This has worked with previous installations. Then, # console -d vga

Re: hurd 20040508-3 with the ext2fs patch

2004-09-20 Thread Philip Charles
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Ognyan Kulev wrote: > Philip Charles wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Ognyan Kulev wrote: > >>Package hurd is "just" patched with the 2G fix (snapshot 20040819) for > >>ext2fs. It's good if it's somewhere in CD1. I would like to test it > >>more before I recommend it for defa

Re: hurd 20040508-3 with the ext2fs patch

2004-09-20 Thread Ognyan Kulev
Philip Charles wrote: On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Ognyan Kulev wrote: Package hurd is "just" patched with the 2G fix (snapshot 20040819) for ext2fs. It's good if it's somewhere in CD1. I would like to test it more before I recommend it for default in CDs. But probably you are in hurry :-( What about a

Re: On starting the Hurd console by default

2004-09-20 Thread Marco Gerards
Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > (CCing debian-hurd, hope you don't mind) > > On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 11:45:10AM +1200, John Williams wrote: >> On Sun, 2004-09-19 at 17:38 +0200, Michael Banck wrote: >> > I think now is the time to think about how we want to go about starting >> > the H

Re: On starting the Hurd console by default

2004-09-20 Thread Marco Gerards
John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 13:57 +1200, John Williams wrote: >> > >> > Marco wrote to this list today with a couple of option. In general, your >> > above line should suffice though. >> Thanks. > > Hmmm. /dev/cons does not exist. And when, in /dev, I iss

Re: hurd 20040508-3 with the ext2fs patch

2004-09-20 Thread Philip Charles
On Mon, 20 Sep 2004, Ognyan Kulev wrote: > Philip Charles wrote: > > An interesting repository. Are these packages likely to find their way > > into the main Debian archive or gnuab.org? Should these be incorporated > > into the CDs/DVD? > > Mainline e2fsprogs 1.35-7 is uploaded yesterday and it

Re: hurd 20040508-3 with the ext2fs patch

2004-09-20 Thread Michael Banck
On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 08:51:13AM +0300, Ognyan Kulev wrote: > Mainline e2fsprogs 1.35-7 is uploaded yesterday and it can work on >2G > partitions on the Hurd. Some DD can just build it and upload it to main > Debian archive. I have done this now. Michael -- I killed a werewolf, a black u

Re: Help required - HURD booting

2004-09-20 Thread SivaramaKrishnan Nageswaran
Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: grub> kernel (hd1,4)/boot/gnumach.gz root=device:hd1s3 -s [Multiboot-elf, ...] grub> module (hd1,4)/hurd/ext2fs.static --multiboot-command-line=${kernel-command-line} --host-priv-port=${host-port} --device-master-port=${device-port} --exec-server-task=${exec-task} -T

Re: hurd 20040508-3 with the ext2fs patch

2004-09-20 Thread Ognyan Kulev
Philip Charles wrote: An interesting repository. Are these packages likely to find their way into the main Debian archive or gnuab.org? Should these be incorporated into the CDs/DVD? Mainline e2fsprogs 1.35-7 is uploaded yesterday and it can work on >2G partitions on the Hurd. Some DD can just