Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > * Axel Schlicht > | > Make a new initrd or compile your own kernel? > | No sources on my CD set. Will try and have al look at initrd > man mkinitrd is a good start. found the sources, am on my way. > | > you still need a kernel driver. > | > | Shouldn't lp alone do the work. Normally I compile my own kernel, but > | without sources... > I think you need both. Compiling will do it, as before.
> | Where to find them (debian specific) if you don't know where to > | start looking. Serious question. > The install manual has a lot of information. > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-moreinfo.en.html > has some pointers. I have been given many good links so far. Will delve into the whole matter. > | > We are not your servants. We do our best. Throwing shit in our face > | > is useless. > | Of course not. If it came over like that, sorry. > | The problems I have might also be the problems of others. Maybe > | providing more info during installation might make debian more > | appealing. > > Sure, it's just a bit demotivating to mostly getting reports saying > Ťthis doesn't work, this doesn't workť, some in a quite harsh tone. I > apologize for my harsh reply, I should have known better than to > answer that way. I might have shown too much of my frustration, but this is the first time I ever had such a hassle with Debien / Linux. > | > | What happens if you accidentally hit no. Will the next scan delete the > | > I suggest you use dselect or aptitude, since you know what you want > | > and don't want. > | > | But the big question is: What's it called and where is it. As the > | CD-structure has greatly changed from a task / field-oriented to a > | first_letter_of_app_name-structure it's quite difficult to search no. > | apt-cache might not always be helpful. > > aptitude is a package browser, similar to dselect (but has a lot > better UI). There you can also peek at what the different tasks > depends on Will give it a closer look. > | > | xdm? I don't want any graphical login. > | > Then don't install xdm. > | I never asked for them. During another installation (on my laptop) I was > | presented a menu from which to choose a gdm without a choice to say no, > | thanks, don't want this. Somehow it seems to default to installing a > | gdm. > The desktop task, most likely. Please file a wishlist bug against > against {kdm,xdm,gdm} asking them to offer a choice Ťnoneť. Will file - as suggested - several bugs soon. > | > | Binutils: Kernel link failure info. Nice. Affects which kernels? 2.2.*, > | > | 2.4.* > | > | 2.2.17 in Potato (2.2.r0) did link OK). Info should be saved to disk, so > | > | scribbling down again. > | > It is. > | Where? And (once again) how do I find out if and where something is > | written? > > It should be sent to root's mailbox, and it should have been > documented under /usr/share/doc/binutils (which I just checked, and it > doesn't seem to be). There was no mail, not even the normal welcome mail, but mail hasn't been configured yet. So, mea culpa. > | > Then I suggest you sit down and write that documentation. Scratch > | > your own itch. > | > | I would be willing to do so, but as I hate programming, I won't read > | source code. If the programmers did provide at least a short (and > | complete) list of keywords and an outline of the way they intend their > | programs to work + how to find that list, I should be starting out quite > | soon. > > (speaking for myself here): I suck at documentation. If a person asks > how something works (or is supposed to work), I can tell them, quite > well, but there is something which makes it hard for me to write > decent docs. If somebody like you came along and asked all those > questions, I'd be happy to answer. Let me get networking / gatewaying etc. done and I will start out. > | > uhm, what OS does _not_ have a CVS client those days? > | > | But: I cannot connect using Linux, and it's not possible to do so under > | Windows. So offering a second way of accessing them might be a good > | idea. > WinCVS? Or, you can download them off the web using viewCVS (the web > interface), though the latter is most likely quite painful, > considering the number of files. Hope with a working DSL connection this problem will be history. > | In closing. > | Imagine somebody new to Linux. Wouldn't you too like Linux to be easier > | to install. the more information you find during installation, the > | easier it will be to install. Information available AFTER you installed > | will not be accessible while you install. So my plea here is to provide > | more of it during installation. > > Indeed. Which is why I am spending a lot of time rewriting the > installation system right now. :) It'll be a lot better. Please continue. Thanks again for the long and helpful answer Axel Schlicht -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
