Re: Glitches during stable -> frozen transition
Hi, thanks for the mail
On Mon, 26 May 1997, Scott K. Ellis wrote:
> Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 13:08:43 -0400 (EDT)
> From: "Scott K. Ellis" <storm@gate.net>
> To: Oleg Krivosheev <kriol@FNAL.GOV>
> Cc: debian-user@lists.DEBIAN.org
> Subject: Re: Glitches during stable -> frozen transition
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> On Sun, 25 May 1997, Oleg Krivosheev wrote:
>
> > Hi, debianians, martians and other sapiens !
> >
> > i upgraded from stable to frozen just yesterday
> > (got around 40M from debian including kernel-image 2.30)
> > and discovered several glitches:
> >
> > 1. During booting time looks like there is no
> > /proc/modules, while after login it's there.
> > Still figuring out what's going on
>
> Wierd, I thought they fixed that. The problem may be that /proc isn't
> mounted until later in the boot process. Do you have a /proc entry in
> /etc/fstab?
yes, i have
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
>
> > 2. Emacs 19.34 now gives me warning in minibuffer
> >
> > No /etc/mailname. Reverting to default...
> >
> > with a small but noticeable delay (2-3 sec) after the message.
> > Should i create this file? What i have to
> > put in it, my e-mail address ?
>
> /etc/mailname contains the domain name your mail should appear to come
> from.
thanks, i've fixed this. Just wondering why i didn't have such
a problem before.
> > 4. GS-alladin forces me to install svgalib.
> > Tried to remove svgalib and replace it with
> > svgalib-dummy without any success. Look like
> > some bug in dependencies.
>
> There isn't a good solution to the svgalib problem with ghostscript other
> than to install svgalib or --force-depends install it.
>
i've thought that svgalib-dummy replaces the svgalib
for programs like GS. Just out of the curiosity, what
svgalib-dummy is usefull for ?
Sincerely
OK
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