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Differences between version 13 and predecessor to the previous major change of FunnyApplicationErrorMessages.

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Newer page: version 13 Last edited on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 5:33:08 pm by JohnMcPherson Revert
Older page: version 11 Last edited on Wednesday, February 11, 2004 1:34:10 pm by AristotlePagaltzis Revert
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
  
 !! Keyboard not found. Hit F1 to continue 
 Many [BIOS]es will report this error if a keyboard is not found at boot time. 
  
-!! lp1 on fire 
+!! lp on fire 
  
-The Linux lp# driver says this when your printer signals an error, but doesn't signal which error. Usually this means the printer is offline. 
+The Linux lp# driver says this when your printer signals an error, but doesn't signal which error. Usually this means the printer is offline. (This message was copied from much earlier line printer daemons from unixes of old.)  
  
 __Update:__ [Kernel] 2.4.20 contains the following change from 2.4.19: 
  
  diff -urN linux-2.4.19/drivers/usb/printer.c 
@@ -95,8 +95,15 @@
  make: *** No rule to make target `love'. Stop. 
  
 Also, if you type 'man woman' in a shell, it says 
  No manual entry for woman 
+  
+Try these two commands in the C-shell:  
+ % make fire  
+ make: Don't know how to make fire. Stop.  
+ % why not?  
+ why: no match.  
+  
  
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