From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from idea1.anoeticconcepts.com ([64.191.54.245]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BUxyX-0005YE-00 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 21:21:57 -0400 Received: from [66.169.211.52] (helo=frank) by idea1.anoeticconcepts.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BUxya-0005EJ-E0 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 31 May 2004 21:22:00 -0400 Message-ID: <200405312021560571.04D5C8AE@mail.steve-audio.net> In-Reply-To: References: <000701c446b9$b3cf5520$0200a8c0@royjr> <200405302158050265.000777ED@mail.steve-audio.net> <000d01c44704$2a6e00b0$e7505442@royjr> <200405310953570633.0296DC04@mail.steve-audio.net> <87y8n88vug.fsf@starlight.net> <200405311110340284.02DCFF66@mail.steve-audio.net> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (4) Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 20:21:56 -0500 From: "Stephen Clower" To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - idea1.anoeticconcepts.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - braille.uwo.ca X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - steve-audio.net Subject: Re: interesting lockup with Slackware current X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 01:21:57 -0000 Hi Adam and Doug, Thanks a lot for the info. I ended up installing the latest Slackware 9.1= packages, including sendmail. Slack 9.1 is a little dated, but it's= stable. I think I'll just wait for the next stable release of the OS= instead of breaking anything else. Regards Steve *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/31/2004 at 12:23 PM Adam Myrow wrote: >You have to add the word "single" to the boot prompt to boot in >single-user mode. I.E. assuming your boot entry in Lilo is called Linux, >you would type "Linux single" at the boot prompt. BTW, when you say >"current" do you mean you downloaded from the Slackware-current directory? >If so, you should be aware that the slack-ware-current directory is >essentially the beta test directory for what will eventually be the newest >version of Slackware. The latest stable version is 9.1. They really >ought to rename the current directory to "testing" or something similar. >Anyway, I can't imagine what is causing the lock-up. > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup@braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup Stephen Clower, that guy from the south. You can reach me by any of the following: E-Mail: steve@steve-audio.net MSN: steve@steve-audio.net AIM: AudioRabbit03 You can also check out my little home on the web by visiting= http://www.steve-audio.net