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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Package info gone?-argh
Date: 10 Oct 1995 08:49:50 +0100
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James L. Norman <norman.67@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu> wrote:

>The result is my current problem.  Apparently, the package info got wiped out 
>in the crash or the file sys check afterwards.  Is there any way to fix this? 
>(short of a total reinstall?)

What about ftp'ing it?  You should be able to find untarred source and
probably also binary trees at least on ftp.cdrom.com.

>Also, I have one other little question.  In Xwindows, the mouse 
>behaves...strangely.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Do you guys actually READ this newsgroup before asking???

(Turn off your numlock, or upgrade to XFree86 3.1.2)
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)