Have you tried making the 'rc.sysvinit' file executable in /etc/rc.d? It's designed to mimic the system V init files to get packages that expect them to work right on Slack (which uses the BSD-style inits). -- Michael Vieths Foeclan at Visi.com On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Shawn Fertch wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jul 2002 00:08:06 -0500 (CDT) > Yaron <jethro at freakzilla.com> wrote: > > > What exactly is not working? Not loading, not building the modules, > > hangs a lot? > > > > The biggest problem is the start and stop scripts, I haven't been able > to get beyond that. VMware expects it to be an rc0.d to rc6.d directory > structure instead of Slack's /etc/rc.d/rc.0 script layout. I've tried > creating links to fool it, but for some reason it won't take them. > Either that, or I didn't set them up right. Miserable in this heat so > the brain doesn't think right. > > Tried doing a Debian 2.2r4 install last night, couldn't get past the > device setup. Debian didn't list my pcmcia NIC, which is a 3Com > 3cxfe575bt. > > -- > Shawn > > sfertch at real-time.com > > Riding to find a cure for MS. To help sponsor my ride (July 21-26, > 2002) > for Multiple Sclerosis: > https://www.nationalmssociety.org/pledge/pledge.asp?participantid=49466 > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >