On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 09:06:34 +0000, Menno Duursma wrote:
>>> # Here you might want to edit and exec: /etc/rc.d/rc.S # In which case
>>> following command might not be needed/wanted ./linuxrc
>>
>> Since you're not running the /sbin/init in the chroot this would have no
>> effect.
>
> Well, just try it out then ...
>
> (FWIW: there are some symlinks being overwritten by rc.S which is called
> from init. And that's probably realy needed, and stuff, idunno.)

That's just it: nothing is calling the rc.S or other init scripts in
the chroot.

>>> HTH, and have fun.
>>
>> Ha, well, it might have!
>
> Now you'll know how to go about this, should there ever be a next time ...

Oh there certainly will be. I'm going to try to upgrade /dev/wife to
10.0, and she cannot tolerate any down time.

> [ ... Install problems, you might want to report to Patrick . ]

Did it before I posted.

>> Another thing, and this IS a real bug, is that udev overrides the
>> /dev/mouse symlink as is set by mouseconfig, if you don't happen to be
>> using /dev/psaux for the mouse.
>
> Hey, thanks! ATM i'm using 2.4.x on this very machine still. But it does
> have a (3-button Logitech) serial mouse installed. And i _was_ planning on
> switching to 2.6.x now that i upgraded to the great Slackware 10 !

I plan to change /dev/mouse in my rc.gpm and xorg.conf to point to
/dev/ttyS0. That will work for now. But perhaps this bug is already
fixed in the new -current tree?

Thanks for your reply, and you too, Alan.
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