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   Message 487 of 1,458   
   Nicholas Boel to RJ Clay   
   Re: Internet Rex and Debian Linux   
   29 Sep 12 18:19:00   
   
   RC>    Depends on the version...  As you many not be aware; Debian Woody (v3)   
   RC> was released in 2002 (and later superceded in 2005) and therefore uses   
   RC> the older versions of the standard C libraries.  Which, IIRC, was the   
   RC> issue with running IRex on Linux systems...   
   RC>    
   RC>  RW>  Most Linux users have probably given up on using IREX by now.   
   RC>    
   RC>    Not surprisingly, but I'd like to have it running again; both for the    
   RC> capabilities my systems don't currently have and as a reference point for    
   RC> those capabilities.   
      
   Does Debian 'Woody' use the 2.4 kernel? IIRC, that was when the issues with   
   IREX on Linux started (when everyone switched to the 2.6 kernel).   
      
   There's also an issue with DNSs. You have to use real IP addresses as well.   
      
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