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author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-04-18 10:17:57 +0200 |
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committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-04-18 10:17:57 +0200 |
commit | 3eff66251a6609fc2a0c1f4957c053e2cde0db64 (patch) | |
tree | 3c4f6227dc9377715113a9038289edfb35ddb614 /faq | |
parent | 763d7b1e8eb23335636c45b5088326ba1b308de3 (diff) | |
parent | 7e73314d273969ea29cb35bf1b75b6a84d599beb (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'dirichlet.SCHWINGE/master'
Diffstat (limited to 'faq')
-rw-r--r-- | faq/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/64-bit.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/64-bit.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/apt_umount.mdwn (renamed from faq/debian/apt_umount.mdwn) | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/asking_questions.mdwn (renamed from faq/asking.mdwn) | 14 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/bad_hypermeta_data.mdwn (renamed from faq/issues/bad_hypermeta_data.mdwn) | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/binary_compatibility.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/binary_compatibility.mdwn) | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/debugging_inside_glibc.mdwn (renamed from faq/dev/debugging_inside_glibc.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/debugging_translators.mdwn (renamed from faq/dev/debugging_translators.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/df.mdwn (renamed from faq/running/df.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/drivers.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/0-drivers.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/eata.mdwn (renamed from faq/issues/eata.mdwn) | 6 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/fd.mdwn (renamed from faq/issues/fd.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/fuse_support.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/fuse_support.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/ghamp.mdwn | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/gnu.mdwn | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/got_a_db_prompt.mdwn (renamed from faq/issues/got_a_db_prompt.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/help.mdwn | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/how_many_developers.mdwn (renamed from faq/0-how_many_developers.mdwn) | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/how_many_developers/discussion.mdwn (renamed from faq/0-how_many_developers/discussion.mdwn) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/how_to_switch_microkernels.mdwn | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/hurd_console.mdwn (renamed from faq/running/hurd_console.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/kernel_logs.mdwn (renamed from faq/running/kernel_logs.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn | 27 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/native-install_doesnt_finish.mdwn (renamed from faq/issues/native-install_doesnt_finish.mdwn) | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/network_transparency.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/network_transparency.mdwn) | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/off.mdwn (renamed from faq/running/off.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/old_faq.txt (renamed from faq/old/old_faq.txt) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/old_hurd_faq.txt (renamed from faq/old/old_hurd_faq.txt) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/other_repositories.mdwn (renamed from faq/debian/other_repositories.mdwn) | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/posix_compatibility.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/posix_compatibility.mdwn) | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/posix_compatibility/discussion.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/posix_compatibility/discussion.mdwn) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/ps_hangs.mdwn (renamed from faq/running/ps_hangs.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/ram_limit.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/ram_limit.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/release.mdwn (renamed from faq/0-release.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/reporting_bugs.mdwn | 9 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/sata_disk_drives.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/sauce.mdwn | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/serial_console.mdwn (renamed from faq/running/serial_console.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/sharing_the_user_space.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/sharing_the_user_space.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn (renamed from faq/running/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/slash_usr_symlink/discussion.mdwn (renamed from faq/running/slash_usr_symlink/discussion.mdwn) | 0 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/slow.mdwn | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/smp.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/smp.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/software.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/0-software.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/still_useful.mdwn (renamed from faq/0-still_useful.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/system_port.mdwn (renamed from faq/support/system_port.mdwn) | 4 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/translator.mdwn (renamed from faq/0-translator.mdwn) | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/which_microkernel.mdwn | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | faq/xserver-common.mdwn (renamed from faq/running/xserver-common.mdwn) | 2 |
49 files changed, 162 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/faq/support/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn b/faq/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn index 3d502a17..3fd43793 100644 --- a/faq/support/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn +++ b/faq/2_gib_partition_limit.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + [[!meta title="Is there still a 2 GiB Partition Limit?"]] The 2 GiB limit has been removed in Debian GNU/Hurd. diff --git a/faq/support/64-bit.mdwn b/faq/64-bit.mdwn index ab95d9d0..b88c4b20 100644 --- a/faq/support/64-bit.mdwn +++ b/faq/64-bit.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + [[!meta title="Is there a 64-bit version?"]] There are currently no plan for 64-bit userland, but there are plans for 64-bit diff --git a/faq/debian/apt_umount.mdwn b/faq/apt_umount.mdwn index db0dbfd1..c8dc3eb4 100644 --- a/faq/debian/apt_umount.mdwn +++ b/faq/apt_umount.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2013 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/debian]] [[!meta title="apt: unmount cdroms"]] diff --git a/faq/asking.mdwn b/faq/asking_questions.mdwn index 73348ce2..912c78dc 100644 --- a/faq/asking.mdwn +++ b/faq/asking_questions.mdwn @@ -9,8 +9,20 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general]] + [[!meta title="Why can't I get the answers I need from Hurd hackers?"]] +Before asking a question, first make an effort to find the answer to your +question. A lot of questions have been asked and answered before, so please +spend some time trying to solve the problem on your own (e.g., [search the +web](http://google.com/), search these web pages, etc.), and show us that you +did so when you ask your question. + +When asking, (1) be details, and (2) demonstrate that you have made an effort, +e.g., "I am having trouble frobbing the foo. I searched the web and only found +information regarding how to frob a bar, but that seems unrelated." Provide as +many relevant details as possible reproducing them as exactly as possible. + This [document](http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html) may help you understand some developers attitudes and social norms. - diff --git a/faq/issues/bad_hypermeta_data.mdwn b/faq/bad_hypermeta_data.mdwn index bc960e30..6121e599 100644 --- a/faq/issues/bad_hypermeta_data.mdwn +++ b/faq/bad_hypermeta_data.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2013 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/open_issues]] If you get the error `bad hypermeta data` when trying to mount an ext3 partition from GNU/Linux, that is usually because the file system has not been diff --git a/faq/support/binary_compatibility.mdwn b/faq/binary_compatibility.mdwn index e9dfcdb8..37050763 100644 --- a/faq/support/binary_compatibility.mdwn +++ b/faq/binary_compatibility.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + -IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-01-13: +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-01-13 + +[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] <veganman> sothere's absolutelyno way,evenslowly to run i386 linuxcode under hurd/i386? Ihave a small app, commercial, which I have to get diff --git a/faq/dev/debugging_inside_glibc.mdwn b/faq/debugging_inside_glibc.mdwn index 63a77a04..2a75a1a7 100644 --- a/faq/dev/debugging_inside_glibc.mdwn +++ b/faq/debugging_inside_glibc.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/development]] + In Debian, to get [[debugging]] information for glibc, you need to install the `libc0.3-dbg` package. At the place [[debugging/GDB]] looks for debugging symbols by default (`/usr/lib/debug/lib/`), Debian's `libc0.3-dbg` stores only diff --git a/faq/dev/debugging_translators.mdwn b/faq/debugging_translators.mdwn index a054f2e0..195b2276 100644 --- a/faq/dev/debugging_translators.mdwn +++ b/faq/debugging_translators.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/development]] + In order to [[debug|debugging]] translators and being able to step into glibc during it, on Debian you need the `hurd-dbg` and `libc0.3-dbg` packages installed. If you need to debug the initialization of the translator, start the translator diff --git a/faq/running/df.mdwn b/faq/df.mdwn index 9987a373..8af6009a 100644 --- a/faq/running/df.mdwn +++ b/faq/df.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/running]] + [[!meta title="Why df doesn't work?"]] There is no `/etc/mtab` (due to dynamic translator startup, its content is hard diff --git a/faq/support/0-drivers.mdwn b/faq/drivers.mdwn index 54b2d744..197d47b7 100644 --- a/faq/support/0-drivers.mdwn +++ b/faq/drivers.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support faq/_important]] + [[!meta title="What drivers does GNU/Hurd have?"]] Currently, for disks Mach integrates drivers from Linux 2.0 through some diff --git a/faq/issues/eata.mdwn b/faq/eata.mdwn index b9b0565a..1221c27a 100644 --- a/faq/issues/eata.mdwn +++ b/faq/eata.mdwn @@ -5,8 +5,10 @@ id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/open_issues]] [[!meta title="Boot seems to get stuck at EATA probing"]] diff --git a/faq/issues/fd.mdwn b/faq/fd.mdwn index 514ab378..e0fefc66 100644 --- a/faq/issues/fd.mdwn +++ b/faq/fd.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/open_issues]] + [[!meta title="I'm getting I/O eror, dev 02:00, sector 0"]] dev 02:00 is the floppy drive. This message simply means that reading the floppy diff --git a/faq/support/fuse_support.mdwn b/faq/fuse_support.mdwn index 33e877ce..48ca30a4 100644 --- a/faq/support/fuse_support.mdwn +++ b/faq/fuse_support.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + [[!meta title="Does Hurd support FUSE?"]] There is a start of work on implementing a [[FUSE|hurd/libfuse]] library on Hurd; its support is not updated to the latest version, but at least some fuse filesystems do work already. diff --git a/faq/ghamp.mdwn b/faq/ghamp.mdwn index 65b2097f..088ae69e 100644 --- a/faq/ghamp.mdwn +++ b/faq/ghamp.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general]] + [[!meta title="What is GHAMP?"]] *GHAMP* is the GNU/Hurd-based Apache, MySQL, PHP solution stack -- analoguous diff --git a/faq/gnu.mdwn b/faq/gnu.mdwn index 6632d888..b0426391 100644 --- a/faq/gnu.mdwn +++ b/faq/gnu.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general]] + [[!meta title="You say GNU, don't you mean GNU/Hurd?"]] Yes and no. GNU refers to the system as a whole, while GNU/Hurd is more diff --git a/faq/issues/got_a_db_prompt.mdwn b/faq/got_a_db_prompt.mdwn index ad99c515..d9f41b35 100644 --- a/faq/issues/got_a_db_prompt.mdwn +++ b/faq/got_a_db_prompt.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/open_issues]] + [[!meta title="Help, I've just gotten a db> prompt"]] If you see a `db>` prompt on the console, something unexpected and bad happened diff --git a/faq/help.mdwn b/faq/help.mdwn index 9525be12..15145afa 100644 --- a/faq/help.mdwn +++ b/faq/help.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general]] + [[!meta title="How can I help?"]] Please see the [[contributing page|contributing]]. diff --git a/faq/0-how_many_developers.mdwn b/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn index a96e0576..2a3894bd 100644 --- a/faq/0-how_many_developers.mdwn +++ b/faq/how_many_developers.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2013 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general faq/_important]] + [[!meta title="How many developers are working on the GNU Hurd, and why so few?"]] diff --git a/faq/0-how_many_developers/discussion.mdwn b/faq/how_many_developers/discussion.mdwn index 8e4c487a..8e4c487a 100644 --- a/faq/0-how_many_developers/discussion.mdwn +++ b/faq/how_many_developers/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/faq/how_to_switch_microkernels.mdwn b/faq/how_to_switch_microkernels.mdwn index 21f7a371..a0e57174 100644 --- a/faq/how_to_switch_microkernels.mdwn +++ b/faq/how_to_switch_microkernels.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2010, 2013 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general]] + [[!meta title="How difficult would it be to switch to another microkernel?"]] One would have to reimplement the `mach/` and `sysdeps/mach/` parts of diff --git a/faq/running/hurd_console.mdwn b/faq/hurd_console.mdwn index f55e30d2..a1e4f718 100644 --- a/faq/running/hurd_console.mdwn +++ b/faq/hurd_console.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/running]] + [[!meta title="How about the virtual console?"]] Edit `/etc/default/hurd-console` to configure the Hurd console. diff --git a/faq/running/kernel_logs.mdwn b/faq/kernel_logs.mdwn index 0c9e05a0..c00c1c89 100644 --- a/faq/running/kernel_logs.mdwn +++ b/faq/kernel_logs.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/running]] + [[!meta title="dmesg, kernel logs"]] There is no `dmesg` command, since the kernel does not keep a buffer of its diff --git a/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn b/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b4edd9af --- /dev/null +++ b/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013 +Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/general]] + +[[!meta title="What is a Multiserver Microkernel?"]] + +A Microkernel has nothing to do with the size of the kernel. Rather, it refers +to the functionality that the kernel provides. It is generally agreed that +this is; a set of interfaces to allow processes to communicate and a way to +talk to the hardware. *Software drivers*, as we like to call them, are then +implemented in user space as servers. The most obvious examples of these are +the TCP/IP stack, the ext2 filesystem and NFS. In the case of the Hurd, users +now have access to functionality that, in a monolithic kernel, they could never +use, but now, because the server runs in user space as the user that started +it, they may, for instance, mount an FTP filesystem in their home directory. + +For more information about the design of the Hurd, read the paper by Thomas +Bushnell, BSG: [[Towards a New Strategy of OS Design|hurd-paper]]. diff --git a/faq/issues/native-install_doesnt_finish.mdwn b/faq/native-install_doesnt_finish.mdwn index a852e1dd..e9bca908 100644 --- a/faq/issues/native-install_doesnt_finish.mdwn +++ b/faq/native-install_doesnt_finish.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2009, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/open_issues]] + Copying baseGNU to the virtual disk works. Even booting got through but when I try to run native-install it never gets to the very end. First time it froze on *sed* package, the other time on *sysv-rc*. diff --git a/faq/support/network_transparency.mdwn b/faq/network_transparency.mdwn index aefaf500..906bfae5 100644 --- a/faq/support/network_transparency.mdwn +++ b/faq/network_transparency.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2012, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,9 +8,12 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] -[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + -IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-01-21: +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-01-21 + +[[!tag open_issue_documentation]] <chromaticwt> is it possible to transfer servers running on one microkernel on one machine, to another microkernel running on a different machine? diff --git a/faq/running/off.mdwn b/faq/off.mdwn index eb2a6d1c..a0b5e439 100644 --- a/faq/running/off.mdwn +++ b/faq/off.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/running]] + [[!meta title="shutdown does not work, how am I supposed to shut my Hurd system down?"]] The GNU/Hurd does not use SYSV runlevels, so commands like diff --git a/faq/old/old_faq.txt b/faq/old_faq.txt index caadb54a..98c605eb 100644 --- a/faq/old/old_faq.txt +++ b/faq/old_faq.txt @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/old]] + Frequently Asked Questions about the GNU Hurd This document attempts to answer the questions that most often plague diff --git a/faq/old/old_hurd_faq.txt b/faq/old_hurd_faq.txt index 70c93c61..50ea9331 100644 --- a/faq/old/old_hurd_faq.txt +++ b/faq/old_hurd_faq.txt @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/old]] + The Unofficial (and no longer maintained) GNU Hurd FAQ, Version 0.13 Contributions by: diff --git a/faq/debian/other_repositories.mdwn b/faq/other_repositories.mdwn index 88781d46..f8ece75f 100644 --- a/faq/debian/other_repositories.mdwn +++ b/faq/other_repositories.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2013 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/debian]] If you want to use the `apt-get source` facility, make sure that `/etc/apt/sources.list` contains a line like diff --git a/faq/support/posix_compatibility.mdwn b/faq/posix_compatibility.mdwn index 4490b7cb..2212a7d4 100644 --- a/faq/support/posix_compatibility.mdwn +++ b/faq/posix_compatibility.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2013 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + [[!meta title="POSIX compatibility"]] Is it favorable of rather a hindrance to be compatible to POSIX and similar diff --git a/faq/support/posix_compatibility/discussion.mdwn b/faq/posix_compatibility/discussion.mdwn index 0d722c9e..0d722c9e 100644 --- a/faq/support/posix_compatibility/discussion.mdwn +++ b/faq/posix_compatibility/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/faq/running/ps_hangs.mdwn b/faq/ps_hangs.mdwn index b58a3308..a1a43ed1 100644 --- a/faq/running/ps_hangs.mdwn +++ b/faq/ps_hangs.mdwn @@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/running]] + If `ps` hangs, try `ps -M` which should still work by not getting detailed information from processes. diff --git a/faq/support/ram_limit.mdwn b/faq/ram_limit.mdwn index 0fa27c2e..5017925c 100644 --- a/faq/support/ram_limit.mdwn +++ b/faq/ram_limit.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + [[!meta title="830 MiB RAM Limit"]] Just like any 32-bit OS without bad tricks, GNU Mach can not cope well with lots diff --git a/faq/0-release.mdwn b/faq/release.mdwn index 2da7deaa..e782a9fb 100644 --- a/faq/0-release.mdwn +++ b/faq/release.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general faq/_important]] + [[!meta title="When will the Hurd be released?"]] Next year. diff --git a/faq/reporting_bugs.mdwn b/faq/reporting_bugs.mdwn index 40781ab0..25be02ef 100644 --- a/faq/reporting_bugs.mdwn +++ b/faq/reporting_bugs.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2013 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/general]] Please try to reproduce bugs which are not obviously Hurd-specific on Debian GNU/Linux and then file them there. diff --git a/faq/support/sata_disk_drives.mdwn b/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn index 69470f10..70560f12 100644 --- a/faq/support/sata_disk_drives.mdwn +++ b/faq/sata_disk_drives.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + [[!meta title="Are SATA disk drives supported?"]] GNU Mach does not support SATA disk drives (`/dev/sda` etc. in GNU/Linux) diff --git a/faq/sauce.mdwn b/faq/sauce.mdwn index 2306aece..691acf12 100644 --- a/faq/sauce.mdwn +++ b/faq/sauce.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general]] + [[!meta title="Where's the sauce?"]] It's on [Savannah](http://savannah.gnu.org). See also the [GNU Development Resources](http://www.gnu.org/software/devel.html), for more information. diff --git a/faq/running/serial_console.mdwn b/faq/serial_console.mdwn index 44453ac5..4abadda9 100644 --- a/faq/running/serial_console.mdwn +++ b/faq/serial_console.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/running]] + [[!meta title="How do I initialize a serial console on the Hurd?"]] * You can try out the Serial Howto at <http://www.nongnu.org/thug/serial-howto.txt> diff --git a/faq/support/sharing_the_user_space.mdwn b/faq/sharing_the_user_space.mdwn index 2c31c22b..0d9dd587 100644 --- a/faq/support/sharing_the_user_space.mdwn +++ b/faq/sharing_the_user_space.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + [[!meta title="Sharing the userspace between GNU Hurd and the Linux kernel"]] Given that both Linux and GNU Hurd are using the [[ELF]] binary diff --git a/faq/running/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn b/faq/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn index e7d7776a..0c586d4d 100644 --- a/faq/running/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn +++ b/faq/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/running]] + [[!meta title="Why is `/usr' a symbolic link to `.'?"]] The distinction between `/` and `/usr` has historical reasons. Back when [[Unix]] diff --git a/faq/running/slash_usr_symlink/discussion.mdwn b/faq/slash_usr_symlink/discussion.mdwn index 219e14e4..219e14e4 100644 --- a/faq/running/slash_usr_symlink/discussion.mdwn +++ b/faq/slash_usr_symlink/discussion.mdwn diff --git a/faq/slow.mdwn b/faq/slow.mdwn index cb6c4655..be01e882 100644 --- a/faq/slow.mdwn +++ b/faq/slow.mdwn @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general]] + [[!meta title="Is the Hurd slow?"]] The Hurd is currently slower than Linux, yes. But not very much, so it is diff --git a/faq/support/smp.mdwn b/faq/smp.mdwn index 304f65e1..c0133b80 100644 --- a/faq/support/smp.mdwn +++ b/faq/smp.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + [[!meta title="Does GNU/Hurd support SMP/Multicore?"]] The Hurd servers themselves are multithreaded, so they should be able to take benefit of the parallelism brought by SMP/Multicore boxes. This has however never been tested yet because of the following. diff --git a/faq/support/0-software.mdwn b/faq/software.mdwn index e58e0bd8..4ab7bbfc 100644 --- a/faq/support/0-software.mdwn +++ b/faq/software.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support faq/_important]] + [[!meta title="What software is available for GNU?"]] As of March 2013, 78% of all [Debian](http://www.debian.org/) diff --git a/faq/0-still_useful.mdwn b/faq/still_useful.mdwn index 85e3ec43..60149a2b 100644 --- a/faq/0-still_useful.mdwn +++ b/faq/still_useful.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general faq/_important]] + [[!meta title="What are the advantages with the Hurd over Linux/BSD?"]] The Hurd will be considerably more flexible and robust diff --git a/faq/support/system_port.mdwn b/faq/system_port.mdwn index c831c36f..fc710a3e 100644 --- a/faq/support/system_port.mdwn +++ b/faq/system_port.mdwn @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/support]] + [[!meta title="Doing a GNU/Hurd System Port"]] How difficult is it to port the GNU/Hurd system to run on another architecture? diff --git a/faq/0-translator.mdwn b/faq/translator.mdwn index d30b60e9..04aa9b8e 100644 --- a/faq/0-translator.mdwn +++ b/faq/translator.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general faq/_important]] + [[!meta title="What is a translator?"]] A [good explanation](http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-doc-translator) is available, translated (sic) in several languages. diff --git a/faq/which_microkernel.mdwn b/faq/which_microkernel.mdwn index 4c3f0a42..5432dd92 100644 --- a/faq/which_microkernel.mdwn +++ b/faq/which_microkernel.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/general]] + [[!meta title="What happened with the Hurd ports to the OSKit Mach / L4 / Coyotos / Viengoos microkernels?"]] diff --git a/faq/running/xserver-common.mdwn b/faq/xserver-common.mdwn index 68058641..777ba025 100644 --- a/faq/running/xserver-common.mdwn +++ b/faq/xserver-common.mdwn @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +[[!tag faq/running]] + [[!meta title="Normal users can't start X"]] This happens because currently there is no way to detect console users. |