"Tristan Day" wrote:
>When trying to install lib6 and many x-related packages to get x running, I
>keep being unable to install them, as dpkg tells me that I haven't got
>libICE something-or-other. I looked thru www.debian.org/packages and can't
>find it.
libICE.so is in xlib6 (for libc5) or xlib6g (for libc6); you might also
need xlib6g-dev or xlib6-altdev. If you're running all bo (Debian 1.3.1),
you probably need xlib6 and xlib6-dev.
>Also one of the packages says it needs ccp whatever that is.
I've never heard of that. Do you happen to mean cpp (which is in gcc)?
>Also, when I'm trying to install xserver (the S3 version) I'm told it can't
>find a mouse at /dev/mouse because it doesn't exist. I know it doesn't but
>don't know how to get it...
/dev/mouse does not exist unless you create it. If present, it is a symbolic
link to the device where your mouse really is: /dev/ttyS0, /dev/psaux or
whatever.
To create it: ln -s /dev/<wherever_it_is> /dev/mouse
>Plus, whenever trying to run xdm the screen completely packs in and I have
>to reboot.
>
>I'm told I should run XF86Setup but it says it's not there despite
>instructions in x's doc files.
XF86Setup is in xserver-vga16
>Basically x won't install at all.
Have you installed all necessary packages?
You need at least: xbase xserver-vga16 xserver-<your_video_card_type> xlib6
xfntbase
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