Re: Issuing "halt" locks up computer and working graphical browser (dillo)
> Nice. Never heard of dillo. Could not find a Debian package for it.
Yeah, dillo isn't available in any of the repositories. You have to
compile it from source. But its quite small, so it only takes a couple of
minutes. But remember that its not the browsing you are used to. If i were
home i'd send you a screenshot.
> Are you using qemu/kvm or real hardware?
I'm using real hardware. No use in using emulators, i want the real
experience. :) I hope to be able to use this computer for reading mail,
and (in the near future) internet browsing.
Next is to try and get some of the hardware running so i don't have to run
in legacy. Does anyone know if sata will be working with DDE? Hopefully i
can get my gigabit nic running in any case.
> Are you using qemu/kvm or real hardware? For hopefully a good shutdown,
> use syncfs --synchronous /, before shutting down with halt (not
> shutdown)
Yeah, i do that. But it still feels "wrong" to hard reset the computer
every time. And i still get fchecks occationally.
> Fine, another X window manager that works!
Fvwm2 is one of my favorite window managers. Its not beautiful, but it
does the job with honours. And always works! I can recommend it if you
haven't tried it. Not so fun to set up though, try to compile fvwm-themes
(not available in the repositories). Themes makes configuring a breeze.
/Peter
/Peter
> On Fri, 2011-07-22 at 00:56 +0200, peter@kahn.nu wrote:
>> First of all, if anyone is interested, dillo 0.8.6 compiles fine on
>> debian
>> hurd. You need to install glib-1.2, gtk+1.2 and fltk-1.1. And browsing
>> looks like it did in the mid 90s. But it works, loads images etc! Just
>> issue "--disable-gtktest --disable-dlgui" when compiling dillo.
>
> Nice. Never heard of dillo. Could not find a Debian package for it.
>
>> I have never been able to make a clean shutdown with hurd. And the
>> system
>> freezes on me every time. I wouldn't really care if i didn't risk
>> destroying my filesystem in the process. As you know it takes a while to
>> set everything up and once i have got it running i would like to be able
>> to keep it so for at least a couple of months.
>
> Are you using qemu/kvm or real hardware? For hopefully a good shutdown,
> use syncfs --synchronous /, before shutting down with halt (not
> shutdown), see
> http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/open_issues/sync_but_still_unclean_filesystem/
>
>> Regarding cd reading errors i have had them too even though the checksum
>> on my disc is okey. I used it to install on qemu and didn't come across
>> the same errors. I solved the problems by using the online installer.
>>
>> Finally, is the ext2fs program eating all your cpu as well or is it just
>> on my system?
>
> Real HW or VM?
>
>> I hope it doesn't sound like i'm complaining. I have got fvwm2 running
>> and
>> i'm as happy as ever! Yes its slower than running linux. But twice the
>> fun!
>
> Fine, another X window manager that works!
>
>> Oh, yes, forgot to mention that sudo just locks the console when i try
>> to
>> issue commands through it. It asks for my password and after it is
>> accepted nothing happens. Just thought you should know.
>
> Currently sudo locks up after command completion. According to Samuel
> Thibault this is due to: the sudo bug is select() not being able to get
> interrupted by signals, see
> http://www.bddebian.com/~hurd-web/open_issues/select_vs_signals/
>
> For the moment su - is recommended (or log in as root)
>
>
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