Re: Netatalk on SuSE Linux 7.2 going nowhere


Subject: Re: Netatalk on SuSE Linux 7.2 going nowhere
From: D. L. Fuller (dlfuller@voicenet.com)
Date: Sun Aug 12 2001 - 17:52:47 EDT


Ed Schwartz--

Thanks for the suggestion.

The command /etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk start returns...

/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions: No such files or directory

But there is a 3.7KB file at that location.

--Don

on 8/12/01 3:37 PM, Ed Schwartz at ed_schwartz@iu13.k12.pa.us wrote:

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> /etc/rc.d/init.d/atalk start
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> is probably what you are looking for.
>
> As for the Appletalk support, it may be in a module, so hopefully it
> will auto-load when needed. If not, you will need to compile it in.
>
> Anyway, try the command and report back any errors.
>
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> From: D. L. Fuller [mailto:dlfuller@voicenet.com]
> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 2:56 PM
> To: netatalk-admins@umich.edu
> Subject: Netatalk on SuSE Linux 7.2 going nowhere
>
>
> I'm a newbie using SuSE Linux 7.2. All I want is to use Netatalk to
> exchange files with my Mac. Maybe more later, but keep Appletalk
> simple for
> now.
>
> I quickly got the Ethernet setup and was browsing the web with the
> easy SuSE
> configuration. The next step was 1.4 & 1.5 Netatalk. Compile,
> install,
> etc. I screwed things up and had to re-install Linux in its entirety
> a
> couple of times.
>
> Okay then it was 1.5pre6-1mdk.1586.rpm. It certainly was a lot
> easier in
> the rpm format. The installed files seemed to end up where they
> should
> according to the package's default locations. But "atalk start"
> commands
> still end-up with "Command not found".
>
> I'm just looking for the simplest Appletalk setup to start with.
> What am I
> missing?
>
> Iıve ³read the manual² but most of the documentation is over-whelming
> with
> options for a newbie. Then there are the differences between docs in
> instructions and file locations that donıt help.
>
> Before installing Netatalk and re-installing Linux I swear that that
> "dmesg
> | grep Apple" showed "Appletalk 0.18a for Linux NET4.0". Now there's
> nothing and thatıs another element that is confusing.
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