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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: dawes@physics.su.OZ.AU (David Dawes) Subject: Re: HELP NEEDED: installing a new computer we just got (my first installation) Message-ID: <CHnpJz.4K8@ucc.su.OZ.AU> Sender: news@ucc.su.OZ.AU Nntp-Posting-Host: physics.su.oz.au Organization: School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia References: <CHM5En.Mu6@discus.technion.ac.il> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1993 08:43:10 GMT Lines: 33 In article <CHM5En.Mu6@discus.technion.ac.il> tnitzan@tochna.technion.ac.il (Tamir Nitzan) writes: >Hi all, >we got a new 486 running 386-bsd (I think? how do I check what exactly is on it?) >here at the lab a couple of days ago, and I'm supposed to install it. >Installing accounts and networking went ok... and I even installed XFree86.. >but I've run into some problems: >a) installing remote printers - how exactly do I go about this? (I used sysadm and all seems > to be configured correctly yet it just won't print). >b) xdm is giving me hell.... X works fine now (after playing with Xconfig forever), but for > some reason xdm won't work. Here's the errors file - any ideas? >############### >/usr/lib/X11/xdm/xdm-errors: >############### >error (pid 660): Hung in XOpenDisplay(:0), aborting >error (pid 660): server open failed for :0, giving up >error (pid 656): Display :0 cannot be opened >XFree86 Version 1.3 / X Window System >(protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) >Operating System: Unix System V/386 Release 4.x I think this line gives you an idea of what OS you are running. One thing for sure, it isn't BSD. You can get a little more info about the OS by running 'uname -a'. Probably best to ask your questions in comp.unix.sys5.r4. David -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ David Dawes <dawes@physics.su.oz.au> DoD#210 | Phone: +61 2 692 2639 School of Physics, University of Sydney, Australia | Fax: +61 2 660 2903 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ You run and you run to catch up with the sun, but it's sinking and racing around to come up behind you again. -- Pink Floyd, "Time"