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- From: SESPC395@ysub.ysu.edu (Max)
- Subject: Re: pc minix problems
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 14:26:17 GMT
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- In article <21668@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu>
- ez001496@hamlet.ucdavis.edu writes:
-
- >
- >Hello,
- >
- > I just recently installed unix onto my 486 and I'm having a couple of
- >problems.
- >
- >1. Sometimes when I try to open a file with ELVIS (vi) I get a
- > "<file> is busy" message from the shell.
-
- Go to tmp directory's and make sure that all temp files are erased. The elvis
- editor uses temporary files, and if you leave elvis any other way than :q or
- ZZ (for example rebooting) tempfiles are left in /usr/tmp. Elvis sees this
- and thinks another user/process is using it.
-
- >2. After being online for a couple of hours, the screen freezes and
- > in the middle of the screen I get the msg "alarm clock". The keyword then
- > locks up and I will have the reboot.
-
- I am not really sure on this one.
-
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