Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 17:20:12 -0800 (AKDT) From: un_x <un_x@anchorage.net> To: David Nugent <davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au> Cc: freebsd-hackers <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: manpages Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.91.970423171540.4423A-100000@iceberg> In-Reply-To: <199704240136.LAA22333@unique.usn.blaze.net.au>
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On Thu, 24 Apr 1997, David Nugent wrote: > > > > can anyone tell me how i might get manpages to work? > > > > > > /usr/share/man/cat* should be owned by man.bin, mode 755 > > > /usr/bin/man should be owned by man.bin, mode 4555 (-r-sr-xr-x) > > > > yes - that is correct, my problem is that something is translating > > my manpages into non-gzip catpages. i can go in as root and > > cannot gzip -d any catpages. though they end in .gz and > > look ok. when executing a man command, zcat fails trying > > to unzip the cat page "not in gzip format". > > > > this is a fresh install of 2.2.1, for the 2nd time. > > i still have this problem. what's funny, is some > > pages that worked the 1st time, are not working now! > > only a VERY few. < 2%. > > When you format a manpage for the first time, is there an error > issued? Unfortunately, some machines are so damn quick it is > difficult to even see the message, let alone read it! :-) yes - zcat "not in gzip format" - and that all. additionally, mc (Midnight Commander) can read all my manpages just fine. > This sounds like a resource problem, though. What is your > MAX_CHILD setting? It's just that when fooling around with the default w/2.2.1. > resource limits in current and pre-2.2 release code I found > that anything less than ~24 file descriptors will cause man > to become disfunctional in exactly the way you describe. > Subsequently typing "man" for a (now) formatted page results > in either nothing or an error. > Check resource limits at the shell prompt with the ulimit > (sh) or limit (csh) command. If the hard limits are set too > low, you'll have to recompile your kernel. ulimit = unlimited ... > Regards, any relation to Ted? :) > David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia > Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet > davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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