Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!helios!cnh5730 From: cnh5730@calvin.tamu.edu (Charles Herrick) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Noninformative error message in /usr/adm/messages Message-ID: Date: 20 Jun 91 16:03:56 GMT References: <1991Jun17.014521.2898@ee.ualberta.ca> <1991Jun20.093834.521@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> Sender: usenet@helios.TAMU.EDU Organization: Texas A&M University Lines: 33 In-reply-to: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu's message of 20 Jun 91 09:38:34 GMT In article <1991Jun20.093834.521@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu> mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse) writes: In article <1991Jun17.014521.2898@ee.ualberta.ca>, eric@ee.ualberta.ca (Eric Norum) writes: > Jun 16 14:19:45 norum syslog: NetInfo Problem: No such directory > It would be a lot more helpful if the *name* of the missing directory > was included in the error message. I think it may have been. Notice there are *two* spaces between the colon and the error message. It's quite possible that there's a directory name between those spaces. The directory is named "keyboard" and if you go into NetInfo and create a directory called "keyboard" (no, do not put in the double-quotes) under /, this error message will disappear. I added the directory to my home system last night and couldn't remember if the name is supposed to be "keyboard" or "keyboards". I used "keyboard" and re-booted and the error didn't appear, so I guess I lucked-out (probability 0.5). By the way, the error is benign, so if you don't want to muck about in NetInfo you can just ignore the message. Personally, I like to muck about in NetInfo as little as possible. I love it to death, but I have a very healthy respect for it at the same time. Seems to me this really should be in the FAQ (Pascal?). It does seem to come up with some regularity. Well, if I'm wrong here, I know Eric will straighten things out. Bye, Chuck -- The opinions expressed herein are mine and are in no way attributed to any of the many people for whom I work. Who they are is irrelevant.