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- From: andrewc@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !)
- Subject: Re: 0.98pl6 Kernel Question?
- Message-ID: <andrewc.724569929@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>
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- Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia.
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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 05:25:29 GMT
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- ssb1pzp@access.digex.com (Phil Perucci) writes:
-
- >Hello fellow kernel makers!
-
- > Questions: 1) With 0.98pl6 and LILO 0.6 (can't get 0.7 to compile),
- > should I use the US keyboard in Makefile if I am
- > resident of USA. I know this sounds stupid, but with
- > "vmlinux" kernel I got with GCC, emacs arrow keys work.
- > With mine, they don't.
- Well, yes anyway, but there was some sort of bug recently
- (can't remember whether it was p5 or p6) that stopped the arrow keys working
- in vi (possibly emacs, but I'm sure mine worked...)
-
- > 2) Again, 0.98pl6 and LILO 0.6; I have tried every
- > combination I can think of in Makefile with SVGA...
- > variable. Still I get weird 132 column text mode
- > on my paradise VGA card. More frustrating still,
- > I can't get my image to prompt for video type when
- > booting. I tried commenting out the variable to
- > no avail...
- Lilo 0.6 stuffs this up, so i'm told (didn't stuff MINE up but I'm just
- lucky it seems...), so you'll have to try harder with 0.7...
- (I still haven't grabbed it yet)
-
- Enjoy !
-
- Cos !
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