From: Jon Jagger (J.R.Jagger@sheffield-hallam.ac.uk)
Date: 04/14/93


From: Jon Jagger <J.R.Jagger@sheffield-hallam.ac.uk>
Subject: SLS install notes
Date: 14 Apr 1993 04:49:11 -0400

Hi there,
just thought I'd post a few offerings after I found
while installing the latest SLS 1.0

1. the c proggy to test if the mouse is working
   (can't remember where it is)
   is missing the line
   #inlude <signal.h>

2. The file xinitrc has a line
   OPENWINHOME=/u/........
   which should read
   OPENWINHOME=/usr/..........

3. to get some of the man/cat pages to work in X you need to create
   two links. geqn -> neqn and gtbl -> tbl.

4. A few C proggys that compiled before, did not this time.
   The problem was the /usr/include/linux directory was a
   a true directory with a few files in it and not a link
   to /usr/src/linux/include/linux (I think that's right)
   I just moved the files in /usr/include/linux, deleted
   the dir and created the link, and all compiled fine then.
   I needed to do this for a kernel recompile as well.

Apart from that it was a breeze.
One thing though. X now takes a LOT longer to start up, then the
previous SLS did. I'm using a Trident 8900C card :(
(the scrolling is painful).

Thanks again.
JJ
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