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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY email "jean DASH philippe DOT guerard AT tigreraye DOT org">
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<!ENTITY tldpurl "http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Online-Troubleshooting-HOWTO/">
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]>
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<!-- $Id$ -->
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<article>
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<article lang="en">
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<articleinfo>
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<title>Online Troubleshooting Resources : HOWTO</title>
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<title>Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO</title>
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<author>
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<firstname>Jean-Philippe</firstname>
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</para>
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<para>The main web site that currently provides access to Usenet
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archives using a search engine is <ulink
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url="http://groups.google.com">groups.google.com</ulink>. The most
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effective way to do a search is to use its <ulink
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url="http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search">Advanced
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Groups Search page</ulink>.</para>
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<para>
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<para>I would like to relate a brief anecdote to demonstrate the efficacy of
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this approach. The first time I attempted to build a kernel, I was presented
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with this error message when I invoked a <quote>make</quote> command:</para>
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The main web site that currently provides access to Usenet archives
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using a search engine is <ulink url="http://groups.google.com"/>. The
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most effective way to do a search is to use its <ulink
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url="http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search">Advanced Groups
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Search page</ulink>.
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<screen>make[1]: as86: Command not found make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127
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make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot' make: *** [zImage]
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Error 2</screen>
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</para>
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<para>I had no idea what <emphasis>as86</emphasis> was, but I entered
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it as the keyword in the <emphasis>Subject</emphasis> field of the
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Advanced Groups Search page at groups.google.com, and was presented
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with a large number of posts from folks who had encountered the same
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problem. Respondents had provided the reason and solution: I did not
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have an assembler/linker necessary to create machine code, and the
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<emphasis>bin86</emphasis> package provided it. I downloaded and
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installed a RPM package of the latter and was on my way. This entire
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process took about 10 minutes (I do have an ADSL connection to the 'net
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!).</para>
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<para>
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I would like to relate a brief anecdote to demonstrate the efficacy of
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this approach. The first time I attempted to build a kernel, I was
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presented with this error message when I invoked a <quote>make</quote>
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command:
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</para>
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<screen>
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make[1]: as86: Command not found
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make[1]: *** [bootsect.o] Error 127
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make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot'
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make: *** [zImage]
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Error 2
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</screen>
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<para>
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I had no idea what <literal>as86</literal> was, but I entered it as the
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keyword in the <emphasis>Subject</emphasis> field of the Advanced Groups
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Search page at groups.google.com, and was presented with a large number
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of posts from folks who had encountered the same problem. Respondents
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had provided the reason and solution: I did not have an assembler/linker
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necessary to create machine code, and the <package>bin86</package>
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package provided it. I downloaded and installed a RPM package of the
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latter and was on my way. This entire process took about 10 minutes (I
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do have an ADSL connection to the 'net!).
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</para>
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</sect1>
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typing keywords and "mailing list archive" in an Internet search
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engine.</para>
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<para>For a listing of linux-related Mailing Lists, peruse websites such as the
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<ulink url="http://www.linuxrx.com/Lists/Lists.perl">Linux Resource
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Exchange</ulink> and the <ulink url="http://www.linux.org/help/lists.html">Linux
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Online Mailing Lists</ulink></para>
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<para>
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<para>A relatively new, excellent Mailing List resource is <ulink
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url="http://www.geocrawler.com">Geocrawler (The Knowledge Archive)</ulink>. This
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is a continuously updated, searchable archive of a large number of Lists that
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also allows one to register and subsequently post to any particular Mailing
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List. Its user interface is simple and its search function delivers messages
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very quickly. I highly recommend this site.</para>
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<para>You may also find Mailing List archives at the following locations
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:</para>
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For a listing of linux-related Mailing Lists, peruse websites such as
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the <ulink url="http://www.linuxrx.com/Lists/Lists.perl">Linux Resource
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Exchange</ulink> and the <ulink
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url="http://www.linux.org/help/lists.html">Linux Online Mailing
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Lists</ulink>.
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</para>
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<para>
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You may also find Mailing List archives at the following locations:
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</para>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem><para>The website of the distribution of Linux you use.</para>
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