Re: 1.2-1.3.1 upgrade and file-rc
On Thu, 11 Sep 1997, Waller Martin MEJ wrote:
> I've upgraded from 1.2 to 1.3.1, and during the process file-rc was
> installed...
Well, I guess you installed it...
> Well, I'm having problems with it. First, on boot up xdm wouldn't start.
> Looking in /etc/runlevel.conf, xdm was the last line of the file and below
> was a comment saying:
>
> #THE LAST LINE IS NEVER READ!
>
> ??What's that meant to mean?
I think I've sometimes had a problem with the last line of a file being
ignored when it doesn't have LF at the end. This may be a trick to avoid
ever having that problem.
> [...]
> Anyway, i looked at the /usr/lib/file-rc/rcfile2link.sh, and it looked like
> it was supposed to put back the rc.<0-6> directories. So i ran it. But the
> rc.<0-6> directories weren't put back...
>
> [...]
>
> So it's still not working properly - I can't understand the docs in
> /usr/doc/file-rc/ and really would like to get everything functioning
> properly rather than just working-but-not-quite-right.
Perhaps it's worth uninstalling it and then reinstalling it. Often this
works better than tinkering.
>
> And another odd thing - at first after the upgrade i couldn't get X to run
> at all as it complained /dev/psmouse didn't exist (but it was there...) and
> someone told me that if my psaux was a module it needed to be loaded before
> /dev/psmouse could be found (dunno what that meant really, but i know what
> modules are), so i incommented #auto in /etc/modules to get kerneld running
> and voila it worked. But i never had to do this on my 1.2 setup. What
> changed???
Well, you don't say how you upgraded, but if you booted off an
installation disk, then you have a new kernel for a start, and you may
also have configured different modules in that part of the installation.
I find installation kernels a bit wobbly myself. Obviously they have to
have everything and the kitchen sink thrown in so that they're as useful
as possible to everyone out there. But many people seem to run their
production systems with one, and they have to change from release to
release as they support yet more new hardware (NCR 53c875 in my case,
thank you). Back in 1.1, you had to compile psaux yourself (one of the
most FAQs).
>
> Thanks for any help and advice,
I hope it helps; good luck.
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