Martin J. Green wrote:
> "BenneJezzerette" <jennifer755@cox.net> wrote in message
> news:ew35e.286187$FM3.148477@fed1read02...
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>>Ok, so the server loads on startup? Mine seems to but I have not
>>configured it
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> I hope you're talking about apache (in which case if you got it
> from -current, you're not running the same daemon as me - you're running
> stock slackware apache1, whilst I'm running apache2 compiled from source to
> my spec), as if you're talking about you haven't configured your box - I
> would assume this means you have an unsecured/unconfigured machine attached
> to the net? If so please go configure it, before some silly script kiddie
> comes along and gives you a headache.
>
> Incidentally, I'm well aware of how to update packages (it being a rather
> basic system administration task after all) - the problem doesn't lie with
> updating - the problem would still exist had I updated the files one by one
> by hand. I usually prefer to compile my own glibc from source (yes, yes I'm
> a compile whore), however this time around (with 2.3.4) I haven't.
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>
Ok, well I am still getting this system up and running, currently I have
finally made it stable. Now to get the underpinnings set. gcc 3.4.3 is
the version I have, seems to work better. GTK+ I did get the latest and
did compile it. These are just A few of the tools I have been getting to
begin understanding this os much better.