Re: definition of HURD

2002-10-11 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 08:30:06AM +0200, Andreas K. Foerster wrote: > > 2) Thanks so much for breaking my browser. I'd suggest you take the > >web page down unless you want to associate Hurd with annoying web > >page behavior. > > Hey, don't you understand a joke? > > Okay, I'll change

Re: definition of HURD

2002-10-11 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 11:09:57PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > 2) Thanks so much for breaking my browser. I'd suggest you take the >web page down unless you want to associate Hurd with annoying web >page behavior. Hey, don't you understand a joke? Okay, I'll change it. -- Tsc

Re: definition of HURD

2002-10-11 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
"Andreas K. Foerster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > for anyone who is curious to read the true and only definition of the > term HURD - the whole definition in full length - take a look at this > site: http://akfoerster.de/hurd/ 1) That's what the acronym stands for, not what the word means.

definition of HURD

2002-10-11 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
Hello, for anyone who is curious to read the true and only definition of the term HURD - the whole definition in full length - take a look at this site: http://akfoerster.de/hurd/ SCNR >;->>> -- Tschuess Andreas ___ Help-hurd mailing list

Re: Success with /dev/{u}random and openssh.

2002-10-11 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 12:45:00PM -0400, Clemmitt Sigler wrote: > Hi, > > I've successfully (and very easily :^) gotten Marcus's random > translator to work, and installed/configured openssh from the > J1 CDs. I'm running Hurd 0.3/libc0.3 (an updated system, that is). > My understanding from tro

Re: concerning installation of hurd;request from Norway

2002-10-11 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 09:36:51AM +0300, Ognyan Kulev wrote: > Please use Hurd J2. I think it's the first CD set with (unreleased) > Hurd 0.3 interfaces. This means that all present and future binaries > will not work on earlier (< J2) Hurd installations. This is not what it means. Only the

Re: Can um-pppd be made to work?

2002-10-11 Thread Neal H. Walfield
> Quick question: Is there a way I can get a log of the "handshaking" > that's going on, meaning the chat-type messages as well as the > pap/chap exchanges? This way I might be able to debug the > problem faster. Nothing got written into /var/log/ppp.log when > I tried this (that file remained em

Re: concerning installation of hurd;request from Norway

2002-10-11 Thread Grant Bowman
* Tom Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [021010 13:10]: > sigbj-st wrote: > >I am about to try an installation og the gnu-hurd with your mach > >mikro-kernel. > >In this respect I ask for the following: > > [...] [tarball or CD] > > You'll save yourself a lot of headache if you make your Debian box > d

Some X libraries have dropped off the radar

2002-10-11 Thread Matthew Hambley
I've got a bit of a problem with the updates recently made to the X system in Debian GNU/HURD. I can not install xfonts-scalable as the installation process can't find libXft.so.1. This I find surprising given that it is most certainly there. I also notice that the new "man" bits depend on db4

Success with /dev/{u}random and openssh.

2002-10-11 Thread Clemmitt Sigler
Hi, I've successfully (and very easily :^) gotten Marcus's random translator to work, and installed/configured openssh from the J1 CDs. I'm running Hurd 0.3/libc0.3 (an updated system, that is). My understanding from trolling the mailing list archives is that this implementation is a starting po

SIGLO XXI. PAVILIONS OFFER

2002-10-11 Thread GRUPO PLUS
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Re: /servers/socket/2 -- why only one inet socket?

2002-10-11 Thread Niels Möller
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For this, you could probably use a virtual root filesystem that > redirects all access to /servers/socket/2 to ~/servers/socket/2 > (such tricks can be done [soon?] with shadowfs for example] Or you > could try a chroot approach. Or you compile a pri

Re: concerning installation of hurd;request from Norway

2002-10-11 Thread Ognyan Kulev
sigbj-st wrote: > Which way do You recommend this to be done? > 1. Through the base tar.ball described in >http://web.walfield.org/papers/hurd-installation-guide/english? I prefer this one. If you have CD you can use its Debian packages too. >In case: where do I find the floppy-image fo

Re: Newbies questions

2002-10-11 Thread Ognyan Kulev
Tom Hart wrote: > The Hurd is slow because: > 1. "Premature optimization is the root of all evil" > 2. It's implemented on top of GNU Mach, which isn't the speediest > microkernel on the planet. 3. It's not monolithic program as some other kernels ;-) Instead, "The Hurd is a collection of serv

Re: Installation help

2002-10-11 Thread Robert Millan
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 02:52:06PM +0100, Luís Henriques wrote: > > I could run the native-install script as mentioned in the guide. > However, yesterday, when trying to boot the Hurd, it hanged after the > messages: > > Floppy driver(s): fd0 is 1.44M > FDC 0 is a post - 1991 82077 > > I suppos

Re: Newbies questions

2002-10-11 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 03:26:20PM +0200, Andreas K. Foerster wrote: > > > >I have Debian GNU/HURD 0.2. Well, I know that it's not the newest > > > >version, but it's the only one I can get at the moment. > > > > May one ask what this Debian GNU/Hurd 0.2 is? Or are you really > > talking about G

Installation help

2002-10-11 Thread Luís Henriques
Hi, I have already sent this message but no one send me some suggestions, so I'll try it again... I downloaded the first Hurd CD from a mirror and installed it (following the installation guide). It worked fine (after some 'fights' with grub - I was using lilo...). I could run the native-install

Re: Newbies questions

2002-10-11 Thread Alfred M. Szmidt
Tom Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Andreas K. Foerster wrote: > > I'm curious about HURD and try to install it. But I still have a > > lot of problems with it. > > > You're not alone, that's why it's 0.2 and not 1.0. :-) What is there in a number? > >I have Debian GNU/HURD 0.2. Well, I know

Re: Newbies questions

2002-10-11 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 01:09:17PM -0500, Tom Hart wrote: > >How can I get GRUB onto the harddisk? > > > This is described in your GRUB documentation. You can access it using > "info grub", or read the manual online. Okay, I have my CDRom working now. I will try it, when the rest is installed. (

Re: Newbies questions

2002-10-11 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
On Fri, Oct 11, 2002 at 09:21:44AM +0200, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > > You're not alone, that's why it's 0.2 and not 1.0. :-) > What is there in a number? Serious question? He wanted to tell me, that it's still an Alpha version. > > >I have Debian GNU/HURD 0.2. Well, I know that it's not the newe

Re: Can um-pppd be made to work?

2002-10-11 Thread Clemmitt Sigler
Hi Neal, On 10 Oct 2002, Neal H. Walfield wrote: > Even if you setup ppp correct, you will not be able to use the serial > ports at speeds greater than ~4800 bps. This requires fixes to the > drivers. Unfortunately, I didn't have success, though it may be due to some mistake(s) on my part. I go

Re: Can um-pppd be made to work?

2002-10-11 Thread Neal H. Walfield
Even if you setup ppp correct, you will not be able to use the serial ports at speeds greater than ~4800 bps. This requires fixes to the drivers. ___ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd

Re: DHCP w/ tarball installs

2002-10-11 Thread Neal H. Walfield
> Anyone else know the status of getting these compiled and functional? We need to be able to send to the DHCP server with ip address 0.0.0.0. ___ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd