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Re: [Plug] Debian Install Problems
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On Mon, Jul 12, 1999 at 04:56:11AM -0500, Chuck Peters wrote:
> The details are sketcy at the moment, but I seem to recall having a
> problem where the CD put all the packages in one directory and that it did
> not match the indices file exactly. At
> http://debian.midco.net/debian/indices/ it looks like they have broken up
> the indices into the main, contrib and non-free sections and the CD may
> contain a mix of the various sections.
Thanks for the help. I'm running Cheap Bytes "Essential Debian 2.1".
I don't know if I said that in my initial post.
I followed your instructions and the Packages file on the CD looked
fine.
> Press the I key.
I was getting the "i" and "I" keys confused. Can't imagine why... ;-)
Here's what the online help has to say:
i, I toggle/cycle info displays
Sure makes it seem like they do the same thing, doesn't it?
> Sorry I have never set up a printer, although my Dad wants me to set up
> his for him. Let us know how it goes
I wonder if I can just copy over my Red Hat config...
> I have always recompiled the kernel, and sound was the hardest part as it
> needed a couple dma's io, irq and figuring out what the parameters was a
> bit of a chore if I remember correctly. It's been a while since I have
> done it and it was on the 2.0 kernels, but I don't remember having to add
> any devices for the sound.
I was hoping there might be some sound support out of the box, but I
guess not. Luckily I know what all the settings need to be (sound is
working fine on my RH partition).
> > - What's the rationale for not making /tmp world-writeable? Debian
> > sets up man to put its temp files in /tmp, but then doesn't let
> > regular users write to /tmp!
>
> You have me confused here, all the users can write to /tmp.
> drwxrwxrwt 7 root root 3072 Jul 12 07:40 tmp
The default permissions on my tmp dir were
drwxrwxr-t
> > - What's debian's equivalent of .Xdefaults? I hate the defaults they
> > have for xterms.
>
> I like the small print fine, but Kathy doesn't have such good eyes and we
> setup her .xinitrc file with the following.
>
> xclock -digital -font vga11x19 &
> xterm -ls -rv -fn vga -geometry 79x25+25+0 -title "Mintaka xterm" &
> eterm &
> fvwm2
That's not exactly what I was looking for, but I did figure this one
out myself. Red Hat uses .Xdefaults; Debian uses .Xresources. The
file, BTW, is a collection of default settings for various X programs.
You can add a line such as
xterm*font:9x15
and all your xterms will default to the 9x15 font.
> > - How tough is it to upgrade to a 2.2.* kernel?
>
> It's not hard, use make-kpkg to build your kernel as a Debian package.
> But I would not recommend it because the stable distribition hasn't made
> the move to 2.2 yet. If you still want to do it, there is something about
> some of the stuff that gets broken on the Debian pages.
It would be cool if it were as simple as recompiling. It was a little
more involved to upgrade RH 5.2. I needed to update a bunch of
libraries and packages before I could move up to a 2.2 kernel.
> > - Where can I find more up-to-date packages? The version of Window
> > Maker in Debian 2.1 is ancient, for instance.
>
> wmaker 0.20.3-5 is the stable version listed on the website.
Yes, I saw that. That's the version I have installed right now.
Unfortunately, that version dates all the way back to the beginning of
December and was already pretty old when they cut the CD in March.
Walt
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