On Tue, 11 Aug 1998, Jeremiah Cornelius wrote: > [...] > > My real problem right now, is that X seems to have installed itself > without Xwrapper, and only root can launch X! I don't want to setuid > the xserver, and I can't find a .deb for the wrapper.
did you install X with dselect or using dpkg? > > Also, the Netscape .deb packages from contrib seem very broken. They > will not install, complaining that original .tgz files must be named > specifically, located in /tmp, and owned by root. I suppose I could > get the originals from NS, but that sort of defeats the purpose of > maintaining a package system. netscape binaries aren't included in the official Debian CD. This isn't a bug, but a feature. You must get them from Netscape. The .deb is a installer. It sets the proper location of libraries, environment variables and allow the deinstalation in an easy way. I just installed one new version of communicator today using this way; it works very well. Put the .tgz file in the /tmp directory, get the installer (.deb) for your version (n3 ou n4) and go on. []s, Mario O.de Menezes | "Many are the plans in a man's heart, but IPEN-CNEN/SP | is the Lord's purpose that prevails" Prov. 19.21 "Then you'll know the truth, and the truth will set you free" John 8.32 'Then you'll know the code, and the code will set you free' Linux
