Re:Re: Time to remove rex?
>>>>>> "jwalther" == jwalther <jwalther@citytel.net> writes:
jwalther> On 29 Jul 1997, Guy Maor wrote:
>> Is it appropriate to remove rex (Debian 1.2) from the ftp archive?
jwalther> No! Please dont.
jwalther> At my local library, rex is the only distro that works on the 386sx
jwalther> that we have for people to telnet out and check their email. It
jwalther> uses a dialup (ppp) connection.
jwalther> Every blinking time I upgrade to 1.3, I *cannot* make pppd dial out.
jwalther> And when I dial out by hand, pppd wont take the bait and finish
jwalther> flipping the line over to the right protocol.
I've got a similar problem with 1.3. Group permissions doesn't seem working
properly (works fine under buz and rex). I can't dialout (with dip) unless
making /dev/ttyS1 o+rw. "$ groups linh" shows "linh dip dialout audio sound
floppy" and /dev/ttyS1's group is also "dialout".
jwalther> I keep having to downgrade to 1.2.
jwalther> I even saved the binaries for "chat" and "pppd" from the 1.2 and
jwalther> copied em over to /usr/bin and overwrote the new bins after
jwalther> upgrading to 1.3, and that *still* didnt solve anything.
jwalther> So I think we really need to keep 1.2.
jwalther> Please? Thanks =]
jwalther> Don Dibos
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