> > I have installed a Debian 1.2 from a Infomagic CD. It seems to be > > incomplete and I had a some trouble with some files. > > Yes, there are often problems with the Infomagic cd's. Their 1.2 cd's > seem to be particularly troublesome.
I have one of these CD's also, with lots of problems with X. I am having trouble upgrading via the ftp method. I choose pretty much the standard options, and it hangs like this: Using FTP to check directories...(stop with ^C) Connecting to ftp.debian.org... Login as anonymous... Then nothing. Now here is the sad part: It was working less before, and I got an error on line 7 of a script (the name of which I forget). I forget what I did to fix this error exactly, I think it had to do with getting the new dpkg-ftp installed, although I think I thought I had done that before. Unfortunately, I had already edited this script in an effort to fix things, it was a line with ftp:Net or something like that in it. I suspect this may be what is getting me. I reinstalled dpkg-ftp in an effort to fix this problem, but no luck. Would it be helpful and safe to purge and reload dpkg itself (mayby that is where the script is)? I am reluctant to try it. Any ideas greatly appreciated. > > For example, I can only use TWM instead of Afterstep because (something) > > can't load a library. I have no idea how to fix it, dselect says that > > X11R6 and xcompact are not available. > > There are some very useful HOWTO-like documents that describe how to fix > a broken installation from the 1.2 Infomagic cd. Unfortunately, I don't > remember where you can find one :-( > IIRC the main problem is that libX11.so or some lib like that is not > added to /etc/ld.so.conf. If you do just that and run ldconfig as root, > things should be in a better state already. > > But if I were you, I'd upgrade to the newer X packages that are in > 1.3.1, that would get you more up to date and it solves all your > problems (hopefully.) You can upgrade by hand by downloading packages > and installing them with `dpkg -i <packagename>.deb` or, if you have ppp > working, just set dselect to use the "ftp method" and point it to > ftp.debian.org or a mirror nearby you. Don't forget to put most packages > on hold before you actually start installing, because dselect will find > a lot of packages in a 1.2 installation that it will want to upgrade to > newer ones in 1.3.1. > > > I was able to find xcompat in the debian ftp site, but I don't know what > > to do with X11R6 or what it means. > > Is there is a r6base.deb o somethig like that? Where is it? > > I think that it is a "virtual" package. A real package provides it. It > is either xlib6 or xbase that you want to get and install. If you look > at the Packages.gz file in /debian/stable/binary/ on the ftp archive (it > is on your cd in the same place, btw) you can verify this. > > > Joost > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
