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 1BUyE6-0005xT-00 for ; Mon, 31 May 2004 21:38:03 -0400 Received: from [66.169.211.52] (helo=frank) by idea1.anoeticconcepts.com with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1BUyEA-0005tC-Iu for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Mon, 31 May 2004 21:38:06 -0400 Message-ID: <200405312038020578.04E4866C@mail.steve-audio.net> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20040531213356.00a76068@pop.cogeco.ca> 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> <5.1.0.14.2.20040531213356.00a76068@pop.cogeco.ca> X-Mailer: Calypso Version 3.30.00.00 (4) Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 20:38:02 -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 01:38:03 -0000 Ah well. Slackware 9.1 is up-to-date so far as its own packages are= concerned, and things are working beautifully. I'll definitely not be= upgrading to Slackware current again unless it's really necessary. Thanks, Steve *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 5/31/2004 at 9:38 PM Doug Sutherland wrote: >Steve, > >I've gone down the road of playing with slackware-current, and that >basically >equates to unstable, untested, incompatible, etc. Also, mixing and= matching >the latest stable rev (9.1) with some of the current stuff is dangerous, >they >often use different revs of the very basic core stuff like gcc, glibc, and >binutils (from which everything is built). With slackware, its usually= best >to stick with the latest stable rev, and if you need to upgrade stuff,= best >to build from source. > >Regarding your sendmail "lockup", I'm willing to bet that the machine was >not >frozen, rather sendmail was confused about some configuration detail >related >to networking. Like I said before this is common. That used to happen to= me >in the redhat 5 days. Usually the problem relates to DNS name resolution. > > -- Doug > > >_______________________________________________ >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