man command does not workForum: User Feedback Topic: man command does not work started by: hjmbn Posted by hjmbn on Dec. 20 2006,22:12
Sorry, if this forum is not appropriate for this issue; found no better place.I have a fresh installation of DSL3.1 on a 486/66. Everything went smoothly. I don't use X (yet) due to an exotic graphic card. So I'm working in textmode exclusively. The problem: When I launch any man command, e. g. 'man ls', the command never returns and complains: ls: /KNOPPIX//bin/ls: No such file or directory Error: No data read What did I do wrong? Thanks for any hint. Hans Posted by Jhereg on Dec. 21 2006,00:46
check to see if you are connected to the internet.I just started using DSL on monday, but I think that it trys to get all man pages off the internet, so that might be the problem.... Posted by hjmbn on Dec. 21 2006,09:34
I'm not. Thanks a lot!Is there a way to setup a "local" system with no internet connectivity? Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Dec. 21 2006,14:19
Yes, it does use the internet to get the pages.There's an extension for some offline man pages in mydsl. Posted by Jhereg on Dec. 21 2006,21:37
I'm going to go ahead and ask a question for him.How would he get the Mydsl man onto his computer from a command line, and with no internet connection? Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Dec. 21 2006,23:13
mydsl-load
Posted by mikshaw on Dec. 22 2006,03:09
To expand on that....He has some kind of internet connection, because he was able to post here =o) Save the extension to your harddrive (check the "Download" page on this site for links to mydsl repositories), and then use the command "mydsl-load /path/to/extension" to load it. Also, please read the info file. It installs into /opt, so the man application won't be in your PATH. Also keep in mind that the man extension was built a while ago, and does not contain manuals for every application that is currently in DSL. |