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Originally Posted by ErikTheHAck
I assume I need this config file?
I'm not sure if you really need that file, I might be that it is not available if you installed the machine without network.
CDE needs proper name resolution and the standard order after a fresh installation is DNS -> /etc/hosts -> NIS/NIS+
So if your system is not yet registered in the DNS, the hostname cannot be resolved and CDE does not start. So you have to switch this order to /etc/hosts -> DNS -> [...]. You can use
sam for that in single user mode.
Go to "Networking and Communications" -> "Name Service Switch" and then see the order at "hosts". First source should be "/etc/hosts".
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Originally Posted by ErikTheHAck
Something else unrelated but maybe you can help me out with -- Is it normal for the shell prompt to be the british pount sign? I'm used to # -- oddly enough a shift-3 produces the brit pount sign instead of #. I also noticed that the backslash-pipe key has no effect making it impossible to enter a pipe character. I must have somehow mapped the wrong keyboard/display. Can I change this? -- sorry for the off topic.
If you're on the console (ITE) or on an HP terminal this is because "ASCII 8 bit mode" is enabled. You can turn it off in the setup menu, which you can access through the function keys:
- Press Numlock
-> the yellow boxes on the bottom of screen change their description
- F8 config keys
- F5 terminal config
- go with TAB to "ASCII 8 Bits"
- set with F2 to "Yes"
- save with F1