Re: man: Segmentation fault

On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 10:37:29AM +1200, Michael Beattie wrote: > > Could be as simple as a corrupt database. try `mandb --create` > Wooow ! Tried it. Did get use of man back (Thanks !), but got many warnings (see below). And anyway, what would cause an otherwise sweet and in

Re: Fw: PPP and wtmp not working together

Well, actually it isn't pppd's job to make a utmp/wtmp entry. That job belongs to mgetty. The 'login' option just tells pppd to authenticate users with passwords from /etc/passwd (or /etc/shadow, as the case may be). There's a chicken-and-egg problem here because though it's mgetty's job to make

Re: P/S2 Mouse can't move on X windows

On Sat, 22 Aug 1998, Alex Kwan wrote: > Dear Fans, > > > I have install the Hamm on my laptop > Toshiba Libretto-60, Everything are o.k. > But only the mouse can't move on X-Windows, > (I have already configured it as P/S 2 type at > installation xf86config). Telling X that the mouse is PS/2 o

Fw: PPP and wtmp not working together

  -Original Message-From: Peter Iannarelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Debian ISP Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 6:39 PMSubject: PPP and wtmp not working together Hello:   I read today that in 2.0, a ppp account is not getting logged into the wtmp file. I dec

Re: possible security hole? causes system crash

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Paul Miller wrote: > > I'm having lots of trouble w/ mc (midnight commander). It offen stops > responding when running an external command (viewing files (using internal > viewer), executing programs, going to the shell prompt, etc.). There is > no way I can kill it either.

Re: man: Segmentation fault

Could be as simple as a corrupt database. try `mandb --create` On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, G. Crimp wrote: > Hi, > > I can't use 'man' anymore. It doesn't dump core, but I do get a > Segmentation fault in X as on the console, when I am root as when I am > joeuser. > > I can't recall ha

Re: *.au files ?

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Peter Granroth wrote: [snip] > Guess I didn't think that far huh? I just saw the post, remembered > that I had the source to that particular program lying around and > answered. I think I better start thinking faster than I type from now > on... H I wish I could do your w

Motif

What versions of MOTIF will work with Debian 2.0? Thanks

Re: Email migration

Well, what I've got is a lot of saved mail in various folders on a "No Thanks" workstation in my home. Can I use fetchmail to get messages from a directory? How would I do THAT? The mail messages can be saved individually as *.txt or *.eml (the last is a proprietary format, naturally!). If I save t

freeing space on /usr?

I'd like to make a little more room on my /usr partition. Is it safe to move /usr/doc to somewhere else and make a symbolic link back? Is there something more appropriate that can be moved to make space? Mike

apache+NamedVirtualHost == oops!

Hi, I'm setting up a named virtual host with apache (http://www.linux.or.cr/) on the same machine that runs our web server (http://www.efis.ucr.ac.cr/). Up until now, everything is going smoothly, except for one little tiny buggy detail... http://www.efis.ucr.ac.cr/debian/ exists because there's

Re: P/S2 Mouse can't move on X windows

On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 01:36:28AM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote: > Dear Fans, > > > I have install the Hamm on my laptop > Toshiba Libretto-60, Everything are o.k. > But only the mouse can't move on X-Windows, > (I have already configured it as P/S 2 type at > installation xf86config). This type need

man: Segmentation fault

Hi, I can't use 'man' anymore. It doesn't dump core, but I do get a Segmentation fault in X as on the console, when I am root as when I am joeuser. I can't recall having made any changes to the system except to have used dselect to install the dxpc package. Oh yeah, and a while

Re: moving fvwm windows by thier "handles"

the lone gunman wrote: > Now, the handles resize the window. For instance, if I display an > image under xv that is big enough to push the title bar off the > screen, I really can't move the window. I would like to go back to my > old setup, but I do not know which fvwm2 command to use in the co

Re: hamm wu-ftp package?

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: : -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- : : Hey all. I just realized that the wu-ftp package was not upgraded when I : moved from bo to hamm. I have not been able to find a hamm version of : this package. It's relatively important that I do, as t

hamm wu-ftp package?

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hey all. I just realized that the wu-ftp package was not upgraded when I moved from bo to hamm. I have not been able to find a hamm version of this package. It's relatively important that I do, as the bo version is corrupting my wtmp (and utmp?) file. Is ther

FTP & PPP linked??

Hi All, My FTP and PPP seemed to be linked up to each other.. I did a pon and then started my FTP session to upload some stuff to my office. After some time, FTP hung up. So I killed my FTP process and found PPP killed as well. So I did a pon again and tried ftp again. FTP worked fine, but my '

Re: default window manager

a) create a file called .xsession (or .xinitrc) in your home directory. In it place a line like the following: exec wmakwer This will start window maker when X starts. or b) edit /etc/X11/window-managers and put wmaker at the top of the list Brian D Kellogg wrote: > > Could someone please tell

default window manager

Could someone please tell me how to change the default window manager to windowmaker? thanx, Brian _ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com O

MouseSystem optical mouse doesn't work on hamm

After an upgrade from Slackware 96 (!) to hamm, my mouse doesn't work using the old XF86Config file and the old kernel. Attempts to reconfigure with XF86Setup were not successful. The mouse used to be at /dev/ttyS0 (not even a busmouse!) The mouse is a 3-button MouseSystem optical mouse. `xinit

Re: 2.0.34 error: Freelist block not free

Hi, On Mon, 3 Aug 1998 12:21:14 -0400 (EDT), Camm Maguire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Over the weekend, The following errors started showing up: > - > Aug 1 17:03:01 debian kernel: Problem: block on freelist at 0174d610

Corrupted Partition Table

Hello, I'm trying to use the OS/2 3.0 bootloader to select Debian/GNU Linux, DOS or OS/2 upon boot-up. The OS/2 fdisk does not work. It works OK on another hard drive. If I hit control/alt/delete to reboot, bios gives me a corrupted partition table error. How can I clean up the partition table

kernel: ARP: arp called for own IP address

I get the error kernel: ARP: arp called for own IP address in my /var/log/debug file. I have no idea where this is from any ideas? I am running IP masq with DHCP connected via cable modem to my ISP. Jieyao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ICQ 836655 Don't waste your computer's time. Join the Sin

Re: sendmail bug?

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, David Stern wrote: : $ man aliases : : [..] : Loops can not occur, since no message will be sent to any person : more than once. : [..] : : "Loops cannot occur, ..". So, if I make an alias for tsawyer to hfinn, : and an alias for hfinn to dstern, and I sen

P/S2 Mouse can't move on X windows

Dear Fans, I have install the Hamm on my laptop Toshiba Libretto-60, Everything are o.k. But only the mouse can't move on X-Windows, (I have already configured it as P/S 2 type at installation xf86config). Would someone please give me some hints to solve this problem? Thanks & regards Alex

pppd no longer logging to wtmp/utmp

After upgrading to debian 2.0, pppd is no longer logging incoming ppp connections to wtmp/utmp. I'm using the 'login' option for pppd, which is what used to work. What has changed, and how can I get the old behaviour back? -- Scott Barker Linux Consultant [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mostlylinux.

Re: rxvt

Michael Symalla wrote: > rxvt: can't open pseudo-tty > rxvt: aborting I was plagued with this problem intermittently last year. I *never* solved it. Sometimes the problem would go away after 10 minutes. I had it with many versions of rxvt, from Debian itself and compiled on my own. What usua

Re: eight_bit console

>I'm using Debain Linux and do most of my work in console mode. >I use us keymap and i wonder what i have to do to be able to write >eight_bit characters. In X alt is bound to meta and that works just >fine, but in console-mode holding in alt while writing seems to have no >effect whatsover. The m

Re: sendmail bug?

On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 09:03:42AM -0700, David Stern wrote: > $ man aliases > > [..] > Loops can not occur, since no message will be sent to any person > more than once. > [..] > > "Loops cannot occur, ..". So, if I make an alias for tsawyer to hfinn, > and an alias for hfinn to dstern

Minicom question

I'm new to debian and maybe I' overlooking something simple, but have not been able to send a text file with Minicom. Can it be configured to do so? Thanks for any assistance. Kim Breedlove [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: rxvt

Each rxvt (or xterm or ???term) uses a pseudo-tty, so using a different term won't help you. By default there are 64 of them but you can make more. They are also used for telnet sessions and basically any shell session not occuring on some other type of tty (virtual console, serial port). You ca

Re: voice mail

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Carl Vilbrandt wrote: > Where do I look for a voice mail/fax software and or > hardware for Debian/Linux. Thanks in Advance. For software, look at the various mgetty-* packages. Cheers. -- Colin Telmer, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Re: V.35 Serial Card

Sangoma has such a board and also has one with an integrated T1 CSU/DSU. They also supply the Linux kernel drivers and "WAN Tools" to get the thing going. The stuff I've heard about it has been positive. Check out www.sangoma.com, esp.  WANPIPE for Linux FAQ Anthony Landreneau wrote: Greetings,  

installation from a FAT32 partition

In both the Debian and Red Hat installation programs I've gotten to the point where I choose my installation method (HD) and in both cases the program does not recognize my hda1 (FAT32) parition, preventing me from completing the installation.  Debian tells me that "no partitions not alread

Re: scsi newbie

Marlon Urias wrote: > > (scsi0:0:-1:-1) Scanning channel for devices. > (scsi0:0:3:0) Refusing WIDE negotiation; using 8 bit transfers. > (scsi0:0:3:0) Refusing synchronous negotiation; using asynchronous > transfers. > Vendor: YAMAHAModel: CRW4260 Rev: 1.0h > Type: CD-ROM

apache: perl_module & suexec

How do I use the perl_module? Can I replace suexec w/ the perl_module? Thanks -Paul

rxvt

Dear Debian-Experts, i have changed all my xterms against rxvt because it looks nicer with the scrollbar and the colours (for example in pdmenu). But when I have opened to much rxvt's I can't open anymore, the only message I recieve is rxvt: can't open pseudo-tty rxvt: aborting So, how can I cha

sendmail bug?

$ man aliases [..] Loops can not occur, since no message will be sent to any person more than once. [..] "Loops cannot occur, ..". So, if I make an alias for tsawyer to hfinn, and an alias for hfinn to dstern, and I send a mail to tsawyer, then who should get it? First I thought that

Re: problems with xdm.

Paulo wrote, > Last night I tried to get xdm working. As far as I understood all I should do > was edit /etc/X11/config line from "no-start-xdm" to "start-xdm". I did that, > booted and then I got xdm up. After that I logged as a user, logout, and then > logged as root (to install something). Afte

Re: Motif

Hi, > What versions of MOTIF will work with Debian 2.0? Can't help you with Motif. Have you considered the LessTif package? I believe that it aims for Motif 1.2 "compliance." It may still be a little buggy, however. -Ossama

Motif

What versions of MOTIF will work with Debian 2.0? Thanks

V.35 Serial Card

Greetings, Does anyone know of a V.35 serial card that has LINUX (Debian) drivers? Looking to hook a T1 directly into a LINUX box and the CSU/DSU has a V.35 output. Anthony

Re: debian Packages

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Brandon Stewart wrote: > I am looking for a good site that has Debian packages. > > I am extremely new to the linux OS environment Welcome! :) Depends on where in the world you are http://www.debian.org will be able to point you to your nearest ftp mirror. HTH, Matthew -

Motif

What versions of MOTIF will work with Debian 2.0? Thanks

debian Packages

I am looking for a good site that has Debian packages. I am extremely new to the linux OS environment Brandon

Re: Designing a Linux lab.

On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Lars Steinke wrote: > On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > > > Hi. > > > > We have some Linux servers, and we want to build a new computer lab. We > > basically have two choices: > > > > 1. Install NT on all of them, and work with Xceed. > > 2. Install a dual boot Li

XF86 thread safe?

Hi, Does anyone know if Debian's XF86 package is thread safe (i.e. patches in /usr/doc/libc6-doc/README.linuxthreads.gz have been applied)? Thanks, -Ossama __ Ossama Othman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- PGP Keys --- Public: http://

Re: threads package for libc6

Hi, > Well that explains why I couldn't find anything. What about the man pages? > Which package has those? When the guys do a man on pthread_create nothing is > found It seems that I didn't have the libc6 man pages either. :) Anyway, I found the docs package. Not surprisingly, it is:

Re: scsi newbie

> >I have an Adaptec adapter with an internal CDRW and IOMEGA Zip on the > >external 68-pin connector. On bootup my kernel seems to "see" the devices > >but does not report back mountable points (ie sda, sdb4). Expensive adapter for slow devices... :-) > >aic7xxx: Warning - detected auto-termin

Re: threads package for libc6

Well that explains why I couldn't find anything. What about the man pages? Which package has those? When the guys do a man on pthread_create nothing is found jmb > >A specially adapted version of Xavier LeRoy's implementation of >kernel-level POSIX threads (pthreads) is already part of libc6

Re: Email migration

"Eric Saylor" wrote: > Does anyone know how to migrate Microsoft Outlook Express email messages to > a unix email client? Use fetchmail to get your NT mail spooled on Debian, and then use *any* regular mail reader to deal with it (pine, mh-e, exmh, netscape, ...) -- Peter Galbraith, research sc

Re: [Help] resc1440.bin (kernel) crash

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Instead, try to unpack base2_0.tgz directly onto your hosed system. > I think > you'll have to extract files from it using cpio, as there's no tar on the > rescue disk. I'm not used to cpio, so what I'

voice mail

Where do I look for a voice mail/fax software and or hardware for Debian/Linux. Thanks in Advance.

Re: [Help] resc1440.bin (kernel) crash

Jimen Ching wrote: > Hi all, > > Please help me. I accidentally hosed my linux upgrade and need to > reinstall from scratch. But when I tried to boot from the rescue disk, > the kernel crashed on me. I have an AHA-2842 SCSI controller. You might want to try the boot disk mentionned bel

Solved: win98/hamm dual boot problem

Thanks to all that offered suggestions on this one. For future use, I'm posting below the solution that worked (quite nicely) for me, since it wasn't posted previously. Michael Stenner wrote (Wed, 19 Aug 1998 09:39:43 -0400 (

Re: Trouble with IP forwarding

Your answer can be found in the Mini-Howto, IP-Masquerade. The network address 192.168.0.0 has been designated by the internet gods as a non-routable network, this allows companies (and you and me) to use it for internal use accomplishing two things. (1) We don't unnecessarly take up a whole clas

possible security hole? causes system crash

I'm having lots of trouble w/ mc (midnight commander). It offen stops responding when running an external command (viewing files (using internal viewer), executing programs, going to the shell prompt, etc.). There is no way I can kill it either. I've tried kill -9 and nothing happens. Once it h

Re: Runaway X

Hello: You say your running X, what is your window manager? Select 1, fvwm, fvwm95, KDE, also install kdm or xdm. Peter -Original Message- From: Hersh, Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: 'Rafael Cordones Marcos' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Debian Users Date: Friday, August 21, 1998 7:21 AM Subj

RE: Runaway X

Thanks, everyone for all the help. Here's what I found that might be helpful to others starting out: 1. From a virtual console, pressing Alt-Fn on the keyboard switches control to virtual console n. However when X is running, the command is ctrl-Alt-Fn. (I don't remember reading this in the

Re: Debian Books?

> > Mark Wagnon wrote: > > > > Hi all- > > > > I'm relatively new to Debian (just migrated from S.u.S.E.) and was > > wondering if anyone knows of any books that have a Debian slant. > > I'd like to know things like is there a debian command equivalent to > > rpm -q with rpm-based distributions

/var/tmp/*map* files

I have a huge and growing selection of files in /var/tmp with various names like local_map.9831.dir, local_map.9831.pag, local_map.944.db, remote_map.*.*, etc. Could someone tell me what program is generating these files, what they are, and is it safe to delete them periodically? Thanks in advanc

Re: Debian Books?

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 05:54:41PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > Hi all- > > I'm relatively new to Debian (just migrated from S.u.S.E.) and was > wondering if anyone knows of any books that have a Debian slant. > I'd like to know things like is there a debian command equivalent to > rpm -q with rpm-

Re: Designing a Linux lab.

On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, Liran Zvibel wrote: > Hi. > > We have some Linux servers, and we want to build a new computer lab. We > basically have two choices: > > 1. Install NT on all of them, and work with Xceed. > 2. Install a dual boot Linux/NT on them. > > I'd like it to be the dual boot (If it w

Re: eight_bit console

Hi Linus, On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 01:58:58AM +0200, Linus Nilsson wrote: > I'm using Debain Linux and do most of my work in console mode. > I use us keymap and i wonder what i have to do to be able to write > eight_bit characters. In X alt is bound to meta and that works just > fine, but in

Re: APT keeps deb in /var/cache/apt/archives

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 09:31:22PM -0300, Jack Kern wrote: > > `man apt-get` Yes i've read that > > >clean >clean clears out the local repository of retrieved package >files. It removes everything but the lock file from >/var/cache/apt/archives/ and /var/cach

Re: Autokill Runaway scripts?

Shaleh wrote: > > anyone know of an animal that watches user processes and will autokill them > > if they start to use too much CPU or runaway? > > I have had a small problem with this, sometimes on my own programs and > > would like a "watchdog" to kill them before they become a problem. > I am no

Re: apt & dists/stable-upgrades DOESN'T WORK

Robert Ramiega wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 03:19:03PM +0200, Ruud Janssen wrote: > > Short question: > > > > Is it possible to point apt to dists/stable-upgrades > > to update the system with the latest bugfix releases > > of all installed packages? > sure > put > deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/

Re: OFF-TOPIC (How do you guys sort your mail?)

On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 12:51:37AM +0200, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > Richard L. Alhama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How do you guys sort all this mail? > > Personally, I gateway high traffic mailing lists such as several > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ones into local newsgroups. There's no coping > w

support for backup hardware (streamer)

Dear Debian users, I'm running Debian 2.0 and want to do some backups from time to time. At the moment a floppy streamer seems to be the cheapest possibility, but looking at the current howto's I couldn't figure out if the Iomega Ditto 7GB is supported. (Is it still true that the 2GB version isn'

Re: scsi newbie

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 08/20/98 at 05:26 PM, Marlon Urias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >I have an Adaptec adapter with an internal CDRW and IOMEGA Zip on the >external 68-pin connector. On bootup my kernel seems to "see" the devices >but does not report back mountable points (ie sda, sdb4). I

Re: moving fvwm windows by thier "handles"

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998 20:59:33 CDT, the lone gunman wrote: > As per my Debian 1.3 fvwm2 configuration, I could move windows by > clicking and holding on any part of the border and title. That is, I > could click and hold on the "handles" that surround a window, or the > title bar and move my window

Start X problem

I'm having problems starting X windows. After installing Debian 2.0 and entering 'startx' I get the following error; (--) VGA16: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 90 MHz (--) VGA16: There is no defined dot-clock matching mode "1024 x 768" Fatal server error: No valid modes found. When r

Re: shutdown not unnmounting

On 20 Aug 1998, Gary L. Hennigan wrote: How about something like mount -o remount ro -a after umount -a in /etc/init.d/reboot & halt? See something like /usr/doc/tips??? (PS Don't use this without verification - I don't know what I'm doing!) > Keith Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >

Re: Autokill Runaway scripts?

Kent Andersen wrote: > > anyone know of an animal that watches user processes and will autokill them > if they start to use too much CPU or runaway? > I have had a small problem with this, sometimes on my own programs and > would like a "watchdog" to kill them before they become a problem. > > Ke

CD-ROM hassles

I'm installing Linux onto a freshly-partitioned (linux-only) drive, from base floppy images I copy from a distribution CD-ROM on a Win95 machine. Everything appears happy, apart from the fact that things refuse to install from CD-ROM (hence the floppies). Trying this from dinstall gets suggestions

Autokill Runaway scripts?

anyone know of an animal that watches user processes and will autokill them if they start to use too much CPU or runaway? I have had a small problem with this, sometimes on my own programs and would like a "watchdog" to kill them before they become a problem. Kent

Re: threads package for libc6

Hi, > Where can I find the threads package for libc6 - I have looked all through > the dselect list? All I find is the one for libc5 in the old libs section. A specially adapted version of Xavier LeRoy's implementation of kernel-level POSIX threads (pthreads) is already part of libc6. Some lib

Thanks! Was [Re: Debian Books?]

On Thu, Aug 20, 1998 at 05:54:41PM -0700, Mark Wagnon wrote: > One thing that I can't figure out is how to set up a color ls. I copied > a custom DIR_COLORS file to /etc, and created an alias for ls with > the --color option but some of my files, namely those that are archived, > compressed,etc.,

Re: PHP 3.0.3 available on my webpage

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Jeff Noxon wrote: > This is PHP 3.0.3 for Apache 1.3.1 (Slink). I was going to build it for > hamm, but I noticed that Apache 1.3.1 is no longer in stable-updates. > > I have built binaries for Alpha *only* ... It's tested and working, > and should be trivial to compile on x

Re: [Help] resc1440.bin (kernel) crash

On Thu, 20 Aug 1998, Jimen Ching wrote: > After I upgraded to hamm (no problems encountered, good job), I noticed > some obsolete packages, which I progressed to remove. I did this in steps > so I don't harm my system. I did all of this in X, which may be my first > mistake. Everything went f

moving fvwm windows by thier "handles"

As per my Debian 1.3 fvwm2 configuration, I could move windows by clicking and holding on any part of the border and title. That is, I could click and hold on the "handles" that surround a window, or the title bar and move my window around. I could only resize the window by explicit command or by

Re: Debian Books?

Mark Wagnon wrote: > > Hi all- > > I'm relatively new to Debian (just migrated from S.u.S.E.) and was > wondering if anyone knows of any books that have a Debian slant. > I'd like to know things like is there a debian command equivalent to > rpm -q with rpm-based distributions and any other littl

Re: threads package for libc6

JonesMB wrote: > Where can I find the threads package for libc6 - I have looked all through > the dselect list? All I find is the one for libc5 in the old libs section. > > Is this the right place for this or should I have asked on the -dev list? > > We are using Linux (as well as some Solaris

Debian Books?

Hi all- I'm relatively new to Debian (just migrated from S.u.S.E.) and was wondering if anyone knows of any books that have a Debian slant. I'd like to know things like is there a debian command equivalent to rpm -q with rpm-based distributions and any other little tidbits specific to Debian. I'd

scsi newbie

I have an Adaptec adapter with an internal CDRW and IOMEGA Zip on the external 68-pin connector. On bootup my kernel seems to "see" the devices but does not report back mountable points (ie sda, sdb4). I have appended the relevant dmesg section, thanks for your time. [clip] hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL S

Email migration

Does anyone know how to migrate Microsoft Outlook Express email messages to a unix email client? At this point, I'll use any email client that let's me do this. I'm ready to leave NT behind (well, at home anyway) and I need to keep all my archived mail available for records and searches. Messages

Re: shutdown not unnmounting

Keith Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | David B. Teague wrote: | > | > The problem is that SOMETIMES, not frequently, | > | > shutdown -h now | > | > will stop before unmounting drives | > | > The correct answer is to upgrade, but is there anything I could | > do in the interim? | >

Re: shutdown not unnmounting

David B. Teague wrote: > > The problem is that SOMETIMES, not frequently, > > shutdown -h now > > will stop before unmounting drives > > The correct answer is to upgrade, but is there anything I could > do in the interim? > > I have a draconian set of deadlines, and I don't want to do