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- From: kk@cs.tu-berlin.de (Kolja Kaehler)
- Subject: Re: Newbie Linuxer & misc. Qs (LONG!)
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.231907.8773@cs.tu-berlin.de>
- Sender: news@cs.tu-berlin.de
- Organization: Techn. University of Berlin, Germany
- References: <1992Jul26.220519.18078@sura.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jul 1992 23:19:07 GMT
- Lines: 57
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- vargish@sura.net (Nick Vargish) writes:
- [...]
-
- I'll try for at least some of your questions:
-
- >
- > 2. Can only log-in as "root". This is a big problem. I have tried
- > using adduser, and I've tried editing /etc/passwd manually. I
- > always get the same results. At the login: prompt, I enter the new
- > username (vargish) and Linux spits out the text in the file
- > "/etc/nologin". Doesn't even ask for a password. Are non-root
- > logins blocked by default? How do I unblock them? (Yes, I set up
- > the $HOME directory and permissions for vargish as well.)
- >
- /etc/nologin is created by 'reboot' or 'shutdown' and is indeed meant to
- forbid non-root logins when the system is being shut down.
- You should delete this file at boot time, e.g. put something like the
- following in your /etc/rc.local:
- if [ -e /etc/nologin ]; then rm /etc/nologin; fi
- >
- > 5. X doesn't work. I have a Paradise 256k SVGA card. Someone posted
- > their Xconfig here, and claimed they had X running on a 256K Para
- > card. I have copied the Xconfig, but I still get errors. "Too less
- > video RAM for virtual resolution" or something like that. (I
- > remember the "too less" part.) I also have a Logitech bus mouse...
- > which COM port _is_ that?!
-
- maybe you should try to reduce the virtual resolution ? 640x480
- with 256 colors will need 307200 Bytes of video-ram (someone correct me if
- I'm wrong). 640x400 (= 256000 Bytes), or even less should work.
-
- >
- > 7. Has anyone seen ghostscript or zsh for Linux? Would it be
- > impossible for me to port these, or just pointless? I'll do it if
- > people would like me to. (zsh because it's a great shell,
- > ghostscript because it looks like the easiest way to get output
- > from TeX to my Panasonic 1123.)
-
- at least ghostscript (2.4.1 ?) compiles out of the box; don't know anything
- about zsh, though.
-
- >
- > If you've gotten this far, my thanks for your patience... If you
- > answer any of these questions, well, you will Be As A God In My
- > Eyes. :^)
-
- uh, I think I'll prefer staying mortal for the time being :-)
- (hope the answers were helpful ..)
-
- >
- > Nick "Actually, I have one more... Ow! Stop hitting..." Vargish
- >
-
- Kolja
- --
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- Kolja Kaehler <kk@cs.tu-berlin.de>
-