Re: K7 and X11

On Tue, 2004-09-21 at 07:32 +, Marco Gerards wrote: > Ognyan Kulev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Philip Charles wrote: > >> Make these symlinks. ln -s /dev/cons/kbd /dev/kbd > >> ln -s /dev/cons/mouse /dev/mouse > > How is /dev/cons created? Marco earlier sa

Re: K7 and X11

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: On starting the Hurd console by default

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 issue the command MAKEDEV co

Re: On starting the Hurd console by default

On Mon, 2004-09-20 at 02:04 +0200, Michael Banck wrote: > (CCing debian-hurd, hope you don't mind) Sure. I actually meant to send my message to this list. Ooops. > > My system displayed a blank screen when I attempted to start X, > > You need to start the console first, before you start X. And

Sysv init and dependency resolution

Using ftp.debian.org and ftp.gnuab.org as sources, I dist-upgraded my Hurd installation. Neato! I thought ... Now, whenever I try to use a net tool (apt-get, ping) I simply get the response "Killed" at the bash prompt. (Note the capital "k".) The pfinet process is alive and well, and showtrans

Hurd IRC on freenode

Hi team! I tried to join the Hurd IRC channel on freenode but was denied access: I was told I was banned! (my nick is jwilliams) Can anyone shed any light on this? TIA John