Re: pthreads and libc version for debian 1.1

1996-06-05 Thread Michael Callahan
David Engel writes: [ chopped pthreads related release notes ] >Would someone like to test the pthread library that is built? You'll >need to get the libc5 source and recompile the entire package >yourself. If libpthread proves to work, I'll include it in either the >next libc5 package or

pthreads and libc version for debian 1.1

1996-06-04 Thread Michael Callahan
I would like to play with pthreads, and was wondering what I must do to get phtreads support built into my libc. Do I have to compile the latest version of libc myself, with pthreads specified somewhere? Or is it in the latest version already? Also, why does debian 1.1 use libc-5.2.18 when libc-

loadkeys problem w/ 1.1

1996-06-03 Thread Michael Callahan
I'm having trouble swapping the Control and Caps Lock keys on my keyboard. I have the following two line file that used to work with 'loadkeys' just fine: keycode 58 = Control keycode 29 = Caps_Lock Now however it just really messes up when control is pressed. It seems to stick in control mode

Re: Interesting Activity for Shell commands.

1996-05-31 Thread Michael Callahan
>I am running a number of shell scripts and find I have to >specify sh and then the script name. The first line of the >script is always #!/bin/sh which I am assuming takes care >of this. Could someone provide some hints what I have done >wrong or some pointers. You probably need to make th

Re: PPP problem w/ 1.1 install

1996-05-28 Thread Michael Callahan
>Michael Callahan said: >> I just grabbed the latest disks from ftp.debian.org (in >> /pub/debian/unstable/disks-i386/current, the 1440 series), and >> proceded to do the installation. It mostly works, but I'm >> having trouble with PPP. I recompiled

PPP problem w/ 1.1 install

1996-05-28 Thread Michael Callahan
I just grabbed the latest disks from ftp.debian.org (in /pub/debian/unstable/disks-i386/current, the 1440 series), and proceded to do the installation. It mostly works, but I'm having trouble with PPP. I recompiled the kernel (using 1.3.100-1 now) with PPP support, but when I try to run pppd, it