Re: two problems
On Mon, Apr 12, 1999 at 09:20:22AM -0700, Sidney Brooks wrote:
>
> I recently had to replace my hard disk which meant reloading
> everything. I now have two problems.
> 1. Although I had no trouble with Word Perfect before, when I
> downloaded it again, I could not use it because it can't locate libX..
> . I had this trouble with netscape originally, but the problem was
> solved by using the glibc version. There is no glibc version for Word
> Perfect.
Download the xlib6 package. It has libc5 versions of the X11R6
libraries.
> 2. As long as I had to reload Debian, I decided to enable LILO although
> I used a boot floppy before. When I boot with LILO, ppp doesn't work,
> and I get a message saying that the ppp module is not loaded. When I
> boot with my floppy, ppp works fine. I haven't been able to find a
> difference in files when I compare the results of loading with the
> floppy and LILO. Everything else seems to be the same whichever I boot.
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The PPP part of the kernel is compiled as a module. Type "modprobe ppp" as
root to load the PPP module. Look for information on kerneld or kmod for
a way to load modules automatically.
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Stephen Pitts
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