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 Message 489 
 Rj Clay to Nicholas Boel 
 Internet Rex and Debian Linux 
 29 Sep 12 23:49:47 
 
Nick,

29 Sep 12 18:19, you wrote to me:

 RC>>    Depends on the version...  As you many not be aware; Debian
 RC>> Woody (v3) was released in 2002 (and later superceded in 2005) and
 RC>> therefore uses the older versions of the standard C libraries.
 RC>> Which, IIRC, was the issue with running IRex on Linux systems...

 NB> Does Debian 'Woody' use the 2.4 kernel?

   Yep;  2.4.18.


 NB> There's also an issue with DNSs. You have to use real IP addresses as
 NB> well.

   That also is resolved by going back to the older OS version:

-----------------------------------------------------
% 22:59:54  Connecting to BinkP site trada.rocasa.us...
% 22:59:54  BinkP: SYS ROCASA FTN
% 22:59:54  BinkP: ZYZ RJ Clay
-----------------------------------------------------

  'Course, I had to fix an issue with the resolver (/etc/resolv.conf) not 
being configured correctly first...



Jame

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