Re: libdiskfs: build system inconsistencies; the Hurd `collecting box'

2006-02-08 Thread Thomas Schwinge
On Tue, Feb 07, 2006 at 06:36:36PM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > Could you elaborate on the two solutions and how the differ (are > better) than just adding the proper libraries to HURDLIBS? ``Adding the proper libraries to HURDLIBS'' is basically the first sugestion, combined with a reliable m

Re: No to StowFS!

2006-02-08 Thread olafBuddenhagen
Hi, > How about a daemon (or service, or translator, or whatever) that would > monitor the "/Programs" directory where the new programs are > installed. And when that daemon sees a new program it automagicaly > does a "ln -s" for binaries, includes, libraries, etc. That "daemon" > could be trigger

Re: Remove GNU Mach's unused device drivers

2006-02-08 Thread Thomas Schwinge
[Back to the mailing list.] On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 03:06:10AM +0100, Gianluca Guida wrote: > On 2/4/06, Thomas Schwinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would there be any objections if I'd remove all native device drivers > > from the gnumach-1-branch that are not used anymore? > > If you mean th

Re: pcmcia-support for gnumach-1

2006-02-08 Thread Thomas Schwinge
On Mon, Feb 06, 2006 at 10:34:12PM +0100, Stefan Siegl wrote: > I've somewhat successfully ported the pcmcia-core, the i82365 bridge > driver as well as the pcnet_cs (NE-2000 compatible cards) driver from > Linux's card services to gnumach (not oskit, but the gnumach-1-branch). > > The "success"

Re: Remove GNU Mach's unused device drivers

2006-02-08 Thread Alfred M\. Szmidt
If you make a tag before and after the removal then go for it. ___ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd

Re: libdiskfs: build system inconsistencies; the Hurd `collecting box'

2006-02-08 Thread Alfred M\. Szmidt
``Adding the proper libraries to HURDLIBS'' is basically the first sugestion, combined with a reliable mechanism to make sure that discrepancies will always be noticed (and do not lead to at first incomprehensible--like in the example I gave--or--maybe even more dangerous--silent bre

Re: Remove GNU Mach's unused device drivers

2006-02-08 Thread Thomas Schwinge
On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 11:01:57AM +0100, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: >Would there be any objections if I'd remove all native device >drivers from the gnumach-1-branch that are not used anymore? > > Care to explain what that would achive? Removing obsolete, unused files from GNU Mach's code b

Re: No to StowFS!

2006-02-08 Thread Richard M. Stallman
and when the time comes, I don't think the time will ever come. I agree completely; we should not suppose that we will ever eliminate `/usr'. ___ Bug-hurd mailing list Bug-hurd@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-hurd

Re: pcmcia-support for gnumach-1

2006-02-08 Thread Michael Banck
On Wed, Feb 08, 2006 at 07:47:52AM -0500, Thomas Schwinge wrote: > > For the moment only the pcnet_cs driver works well; getting other > > ethernet cards (non-wireless) to work actually shouldn't be too hard. > > I hope that everyone will bring their PCMCIA cards along when we meet at > the upcomi

Re: pcmcia-support for gnumach-1

2006-02-08 Thread Stefan Siegl
Hi Alfred, "Alfred M\. Szmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >An option would be to just send the diff between linux/src and >linux/dev directory (i.e. glue code and modifications to the >pcmcia-cs' files). Do you think that helps? > > Yes, that would help immensly. The unmodifed bits i

Re: No to StowFS!

2006-02-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Leonardo Pereira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >I wrote the previous email with haste, so I could not explain my idea >completely and, with your doubts about it, I can explain it better. >I know that there are A LOT of scripts that will need to be CORRECTED. >I do not think that keep

Re: No to StowFS!

2006-02-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Michael Heath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The current plan takes a package and makes it's bin/ directory appear > to be included in /bin, takes the package's usr/ directory and makes > it appear to be included in /usr, and so on. What he's saying is, > rather than doing this, you should just hav

Re: No to StowFS!

2006-02-08 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Karl Berry) writes: > Although I can believe that our own packages could be compiled to avoid > /usr without an impossible amount of difficulty, this does not take > account of users' own scripts and programs. Essentially all of which > depend on /usr, since it has been around

screen "blackened" after one hour or two in console

2006-02-08 Thread Wei Mingzhi
Hello, I have just installed the Debian GNU/Hurd K10 and it works well in X, but there is a problem in console: after one hour or two, the screen will be "blackened". And the system doesn't crash, because I can still start the X or reboot the system with the "reboot" command. Also starting X th