From: peters@mips2.ma30.bull.com (Dan Peters)
Subject: SLS Success!
Organization: Bull HN Informations Systems Inc.
Distribution: comp
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 15:01:31 GMT
Summary: Successful changes to SLS install
Keywords: SLS X Success


Hi,
	I tried to keep track of the changes I made to the SLS
distribution to complete the installation of Linux on my 386.
	My HW config is:

	386DX-33 cpu, C&T chipset
	8MB mem
	Paridise VGA clone (ZPVGA) with 512KB on card

	HD1: 100MB Conner IDE drive
	      Partitions:
		DOS 		41MB
		Linux root 	50MB
		Linux swap	 9MB

	HD2: 200 MB Maxtor IDE drive


Here are my notes on what I CHANGEd with my SLS installation based on
some funny SYMPTOMS (bugs!, say not so!) or CONFIGuration differences
on my system.
	I hope this helps,

Dan
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Enquiring mind want to know:
	This is my SLS Linux Distribution Success file.  It describes
small changes I made to my SLS installation to get a very usable Linux system.
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SYMPTOM: vi won't start (problem with /tmp)
CHANGE:  change permissions (chmod +rw) on /tmp so its writable by all

SYMPTOM: user can't write to it's own home directory (/home/user1)
CHANGE:  change permissions on /home/user1 so its writable by user1

CONFIG:  X won't start up (Paradise VGA, 512KB mem on card),
         server won't start, "too less virtual memory"
CHANGE:  change /usr/lib/X11/Xconfig Virtual to 800 600 (matches VGA mem)
CHANGE:  change Displaysize to 800 600
CHANGE:  limit modes to "640x480" "800x600"

SYMPTOM: X won't stay up, gwm keep complaining about "error reading profile",
         "screen not defined", and can't find file "mwm"
CHANGE:  change .xinitrc in home directory to direct gwm to it's files
	 with the following:
		exec gwm -p /usr/lib/X11/gwm -qf mwm

CONFIG:  mouse (on COM1) won't work under X
CHANGE:  change Xconfig to Microsoft "/dev/ttys1" for COM1 installed mouse

SYMPTOM: emacs warn about no lisp and no docs
CHANGE:  link /usr/emacs/etc to /usr/local/emacs/etc
CHANGE:  link /usr/emacs/lisp to /usr/local/emacs/lisp

CONFIG:  for swap t be used each boot
CHANGE:  add swapon /dev/hda3 to /etc/rc.local

CONFIG:  personalize hostname
CHANGE:  change /etc/rc.local to hostname danpc2

CONFIG:  /.kermrc and $HOME/.kermrc using /dev/ttys1 for COM1
CHANGE:  change to use /dev/ttys2 for modem on COM2

SYMPTOM: passwd can't change /etc/passwd file for non-superuser
CHANGE:  use chmod +s and chown root.root to add set-uid bit
	 and change ownership of passwd binary (/bin/passwd it think?)

SYMPTOM: /usr/include/X11 files missing
CHANGE:  ftp to tsx-11.mit.edu in directory /pub/linux/packages/X11/x11v1.1
	 and get xprog1.1.T.Z.  Copy to DOS formatted diskette
	 (renamee to xprog1_1.taz) and perform the following to load the
	 missing files.
		mcopy b:xprog1_1.taz /tmp/xprog1_1.tar.Z
		cd /
		tar zxfv /tmp/xprog1_1.tar.Z
	 Follow additional instructions in readme files for placement of
	 shared libs, etc.






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== Dan Peters		 	Bull HN Information Systems Inc.
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