[4057] in testers
Re: update_ws, rel-notes, printing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Hudson)
Thu May 20 13:15:55 1999
Message-Id: <199905201715.NAA24740@small-gods.mit.edu>
To: Jeremy Daniel <jdaniel@MIT.EDU>
Cc: testers@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 19 May 1999 19:11:29 EDT."
<199905192311.TAA01404@oliver.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 20 May 1999 13:15:46 EDT
From: Greg Hudson <ghudson@MIT.EDU>
> update_ws gives a bunch of errors involving no krb tickets and can't
> sub. I assume we're running attach in various places? Maybe we
> should run it with the option not to try to sub if so.
Could you please send me the update.log from a machine where you saw
this behavior? I haven't noticed it.
> After restarting in 8-bit mode the option is still available and
> there's no obvious way to tell it's in 8-bit mode (if a user hits it
> and walks away from the machine). There should be an obvious option
> to go back to 24 once in 8.
This was definitely a case where I did not bother to dot all the i's
and cross all the t's. Presenting different menu options from xlogin
depending on the X mode is not a trivial thing. I expect the 8-bit
option to be used very rarely; it's only there to provide a workaround
for the occasional piece of software which can't handle a 24-bit
visual.
(The way to go back to 24 is to type ^P to get a console login, and
then ^D. I agree that it's not obvious.)
> line 420>\item The of handling filesystem options (primarily used for NFS
Two words reversed; fixed.
