I have 3 Intel machines running Debian 1.1. I have just upgraded one of them to Debian 1.2. These are the minor problems I had
1) netstd and gcc required cpp, but did not tell me up front in dselect, but at the time it tried to install. I fixed it with a manual dpkg -i of cpp, then a manual install of netstd and gcc. 2) I had some problems installing gs, but I did not pursue it on this machine since I decided I didn't really need it. I will need it on my other machines. I think it has to do with the newer version from Alladin. 3) I decided to remove gpm after I upgraded it. I could not and still cannot remove it. dpkg gives me an error on pre-installation script. I'm still stuck on this one. 4) In the configuration mode of dselect, I needed to use the 'Z' parameter to move to the background and examine configuration files. The first package I tried this on was 'xntp'. After I was finished I typed 'fg' and the system got really confused. This never happened to me before! I basically had to start all over with the configuration phase. I got around this problem by using another console window to look at configuration files. I didn't trust the 'fg' command anymore. 5) I tried to create a new boot floppy for kernel 2.0.27, and could not issue dd if=vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 bs=80k conv=sync due to a 'read-only' error message. The usually change to rw to all for /dev/fd0 did not fix the problem. I do have fdutils installed, but don't have time to learn how to use them. I'm stuck on this one also (i.e., it boots from the hard drive via lilo, but I can't create a new boot floppy at this point, sort of fundamental stuff here). That's about all of my problems now. I'm a little reluctant to upgrade my main machine(s) which have X, TeX, and alot of other software packages which this system does not. However, the print server I just upgraded is running fine now. The entire upgrade took about 1-2 hours. Really nice as usual from the Debian team!!! I am looking forward to trying some of the new packages. I'd be glad to post one or more of the above items as bugs unless someone points out that I have made some other mistake I'm not aware of. -- /------------------------------------------------------------------\ | James D. Freels, P.E._i, Ph.D. | Phone: (423)576-8645 | | L | | Oak Ridge National Laboratory | FAX: (423)574-9172 | H | I | | Research Reactors Division | Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | F | N | | P. O. Box 2008 | Reactor Technology | I | U | | Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6392 | world's best neutrons! | R | X | \------------------------------------------------------------------/ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
