Re: What is this????
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Brian Servis wrote:
> *- On 10 Jan, Ron Rademaker wrote about "What is this????"
> >
> > I found this file somewhere:
> >
> >
> > c---r----- 1 8224 10280 49, 117 Dec 1 2031 fonts
> >
> > Can anybody tell me what that c is all about???
> >
> > This 'thing' is the reason for some trouble with apt / dpkg (something to
> > do with xlib6g-dev) perhaps this c has something to do with that.
> >
>
> Besides the fact that it has insane uid, gid and dates it is a character
> device file. Similiar to a serial port or the like.
>
> # ls -l /dev/ttyS0
> 0 crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 4, 64 Jun 10 1999 /dev/ttyS0
>
> Acccording to the devices.txt file in the kernel Documentation a
> character device with major number of 49 is reserved for a 'SDL RISCom
> serial card'. Where is this file? You didn't list its path. If it is
> /usr/X11R6/include/X11/fonts then I would just delete it and try
> re-installing xlib6g-dev.
That's exactly where it is... but I want to de-install xlib6g-dev because
it gives problems when I'm trying to install ssh.
>
>
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