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    PPP problems

    I'm trying to get a connection to a new ISP, given that my current one has problems with it's routing and lifes too short to wait. I've problems that it doesn't recognise the remote address which seems to be a classic PPP ttype of problem in Linux etc. The trouble is I don't know where the...
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    tcsh weird behaviour

    So how do I get around this. I didn't realise this HFS+ did this, I can't actually see the use of it messing with the case and all. A bit like WinNT going off and removing case when you create a folder PERL it says Perl. No if I meant Perl I would have typed Perl. OK so I guess I...
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    tcsh weird behaviour

    I'd installed a Perl module which clobbered my /usr/bin/head as it had installed a /usr/bin/HEAD So investigated and found that the shell tcsh ignores case for filenames. This may or may not be configurable but the behavour is weird. [localhost:/tmp] root# sh -x weird + rm -f...
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    Initializing Network Hangs for ages

    I had installed a Perl module libwww which included a util called /usr/bin/HEAD which when installed clobbered /usr/bin/head ie. overwrote it. Inside /System/Library/StartupItems/Network/Network it does a 'head' command which was then call the /usr/bin/HEAD as thet were now one and the same...
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    Initializing Network Hangs for ages

    By booting in verbose mode option-v, it seems to be doing a "DIAL ON DEMAND ---" and seems to go round that loop for ages just repeating the same command. What controls the running of scripts in /System/Library/StartupItems/*, as I could then do a 'set -x' or whatever the equiv is in the...
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    Initializing Network Hangs for ages

    Dear All, I've just recently upgraded to 10.0.2 and this time when I tried to boot it hang at Initializing Network' for about 15 minutes. Which is a long time!. http://www.macsecurity.org/mail/macosx-admin/sep00/msg00262.shtml I found the above which seemed to suggest to restore...
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