novice questions
I am running debian linux 1.1 (linux 2.0.0) very satisfactorily
except for some bizarre behaviour on startup and shutdown:
1. On startup the initial login will not take any input--as if the
keyboard was frozen. So I go to vc 2 and login. Then I can login at
vc 1 again. But after I succeed with the password, it still won't
give me a prompt until I do a Ctrl C. What's happening?
2. It often stalls at shutdown. I get these messages:
The system is going down for reboot NOW !!
INIT: Switching to runlevel: 6
INIT: Sending processes the TERM signal
INIT: Sending processes the Kill signal
At that point it stalls--and freezes the machine.
So I have to reset the machine. Next
time I bring up linux it has to go through e2fsck.
3. When I call man, for example man 9wm, I get the response, "What
manual page do you want from section 9wm?" So I try man 9wm.1 and get
the same response. What is the appropriate answer to such a question?
Any enlightenment about any (or all) of these problems
will be greatly appreciated. (I have unbounded admiration for you
linux wizards.)
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