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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glyn Astill" <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk>
To: "Glyn Astill" <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk>; <port-cobalt@netBSD.org>
Sent: Friday, October 13, 2006 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: poffd problem (it gets worse)


... And that was it, as soon as I rebooted after using that makedev
command the domain and ip are on the lcd, case closed.

glyn=muppett

--- Glyn Astill <glynastill@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> I just did the following:
> 
> /dev/MAKEDEV panel
> rm /dev/lcd
> ln -s /dev/panel0 /dev/lcd
> 
> The panel is fine and I can echo whatever I want to it. So heres
> the
> question, what process displays the ip & domain on the machine.
> 
> It's apparent that I obviously had 3.0 rather than 3.99.17
> installed
> before. I feel like a bit of a muppett.
> --- Christopher Schultz <chris@christopherschultz.net> wrote:
> 
> > Glyn,
> > 
> > >> Well, I think the thing to do then it to revert to the backup
> > >> copies of the config files you changes (if you have them) then
> > >> change them one at a time and see what is causing the problem.
> > > 
> > > I have tried changing every config file back, however once its
> > > screwed it seems to stay screwed, however I will try again
> > tonight
> > > and let you know how I get on.
> > 
> > Silly question: what do you mean by "screwed"? Do you just mean
> > that the
> > panel isn't displaying what you think it ought to be displaying
> > (the
> > Qube's IP), or that the whole system crashes?
> > 
> > I must admit that I've been reading all these posts and I'm not
> > sure
> > what the actual status is... I had assumed that after you
> > "configured"
> > the system post-initial-reboot that you had a doorstop sitting in
> > front
> > of you.
> > 
> > That's apparently not true since you can modify your config
> files.
> > 
> > So... does the system come up? Can you ssh/telnet into it? If so,
> > is the
> > only problem that the IP address isn't displaying?
> > 
> > Is it possible that the "display IP address on panel" process is
> > simply
> > never running? Last time I checked, the panel will simply display
> > the
> > last thing you asked it to display until you tell it something
> > else. Is
> > it possible that the "Starting up> poffd" is just the last thing
> > displayed, and the new ISO image doesn't enable the IP address
> > display
> > by default?
> > 
> > Just a thought. I don't know about others, but I'm totally
> confused
> > here. :(
> > 
> > -chris
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> Glyn Astill
> 
> 
> 
> 
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