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From: ksand@Apple.COM (Kent Sandvik)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.aux
Subject: Re: shutdown from the console emulator
Message-ID: <12699@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 23 Mar 91 21:51:21 GMT
References: <1991Mar12.200544.21227@linus.mitre.org> <3006@redstar.cs.qmw.ac.uk> <1991Mar23.081145.3797@servalan.uucp>
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In article <1991Mar23.081145.3797@servalan.uucp> rmtodd@servalan.uucp (Richard Todd) writes:

>  Funny, but I don't have an ethernet interface, and I *did* install the bnet
>code.  (Unless I'm very much mistaken, X11R4 won't run at all unless you have
>the bnet code installed).  I still see the message whenever I shutdown.  
>As you say, the message is essentially harmless, but just installing the 
>bnet drivers won't cure it...

The bnet module is needed for AppleTalk/Localtalk support (mbuf support
if I don't remember wrong), so it's mandatory to have it in the kernel.
Check if you have /etc/portmap on in the /etc/inittab file, for instance.

Regards,
Kent Sandvik, DTS Skonk


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