Re question 1: Never, *never*, link anything to /etc/rc.* files, unless you know very well what you are doing. Those are not programs, they are bash scripts. Most of them are sourced into bash, instead of executing bash shells on their own. That means, that you are trying to run a binary executable as a set of sh commands, and thus of course "elf", is not recognized. Read the rc.init documentation (or even some of the initial scripts themselves), for information on how to write a startup script that will properly start brltty. I have not used brltty in several years, but I am surprised that they do not have documentation on this procedure, and would suggest that you make sure of this. Regards, Luke On Tue, 22 Apr 2003, William Windels wrote: > Hello all, > > I have some global linux-questions: > > Global information of my system: > I use Debian Gnu/Linux (testing) on a computer with a AMD Athlon > processor. > I am running kernel version 2.4.19 at this moment without patches. > The system is configured with the ext3 filesystem on /dev/hda2 > I have the following partitions: /dev/hda1 (swap) and /dev/hda2 > (linux) > > 1. while booting > How can I configure the system so that brltty is starting automatically > while the system is booting? > At the moment, brltty starts at boot-time because I have made a symbolic > link from /sbin/brltty to /etc/rc.boot/brltty > But, I have some errors. > > When I start brltty manually : ". /etc/rc.boot/brltty " with the link in /etc/rc.boot/, I receive > the following error: > > bash: ELF???: command not found > When I start it with the command " /sbin/brltty ": all goes well. > After the braille display is started , the system is blocking. > > I have to press ctrl+c to cancel a certain process so that I can boot the > system colpletelly. > > The last 5 lines that I can see before the computer stops booting are: > Initializing random number generator... done. > brltty[168]: Alva driver, version 2.1 > Alva driver, version 2.1 > brltty[168]: Using the Alva Delphi's built-in speech. > Using the Alva Delphi's built-in speech. > > #end of this lines > > After I press ctrl+c to boot the rest of the system, I see the following > messages after "Using the Alva Delphi's built-in speech." : > > INIT: Entering runlevel: 2 > Starting system log daemon: syslogd. > Starting kernel log daemon: klogd. > Starting mouse interface server: gpm. > Starting internet superserver: inetd. > > Where can I find the script/program/binary... that is blocking while > booting the system? > > 2. console-lines > Normally, my consoles are configured with 80 characters and 25 line. > When I am working for some time on my computer, the lines on a console > are reduced to 12 lines. > This affects all the consoles on the whole system for all users , > inclusive root. > The problem isn't solved when I logout and login again on all the > consoles . > > > When this happens the system-variable LINES is set to 12 (at startup , > it's set to 25)). > > When I change this variable to 25 with the following command: nothing > happens. > I do this with the following command: > export LINES=25 > > What's the solution for this? > > 3. irssi-text > Is it possible to hear a signal when a private message arrives on irc > with irssi-text? > If it's possible, which configurations do I need? > > best regards > William Windels > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list