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From: wmbfmk@rwa.urc.tue.nl (Marc van Kempen)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: [NetBSD 0.9] Some problems
Date: 8 Oct 1993 15:09:34 +0100
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Hi,,

I have recently switched from 386bsd to NetBSD 0.9 and encountered a few
problems.

1. I get the message: /etc/spwd.db : inappropriate file type .....
	I know the db format has changed. And I recompiled bash and tcsh
	to try them, but I still get these messages.
	I also use the secure09 package, so I do have crypt installed.
	What could I be doing wrong, should I link with -lcrypt or
	perhaps some other library????

2. When I use tcsh 6.04 and configure it for bsd 4.4, everything appears
	go right, but when I logout, the system hangs on login, i.e. my
	screen remains blank after I've logged out, instead of returning
	with the "NetBSD 0.9... login:" message. I tried hanging up
	init, but the only thing I can do is reboot my system from a remote
	terminal

3. When I change the line for tty00 (to which my modem is connected) to
	put a getty on it, I can call it, but after a few moments I get
	garbage on my screen and can't do anything but hang up. When I
	call back it either does not answer the phone (the modem picks
	up the phone, but immediately after that the connection is cut off), 
	or I still get garbage.


Any help would be appreciated, since these are rather annoying problems.


Marc van Kempen.
(wmbfmk@urc.tue.nl)