[newbie] SOLUTION: updatedb/slocate problem

1999-07-21 Thread Nicholas Ritter
I found a solution to that updatedb problem. Do this: 1) slocate -u / 2) updatedb The system will be slow for a bit, but it doesn't error out anymore. If the above doesn't work, you me need to do this before step 1 above: 1) pico /var/lib/slocate/slocate 2) Don't type anything, just save

[newbie] Mandrake v6 Emacs

1999-07-20 Thread Nicholas Ritter
I just installed Mandrake 6, and everytime I try to use emacs, it errors out in the following way. 1) Wether in X or terminal, run emacs 2) type some stuff, or edit something 3) ctrl-x, crtl-s to save 4) crtl-x, crtl-c to exit .. and I get 'Fatal Error (11).' ...at the bottom of the emacs