I have removed, and re-installed the svga server, from the 2.0 distribution CD, using dselect (original install) and dpkg....
Thanks, ---"Stephen J. Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 11, 1998 at 01:26:12PM -0700, Jeremiah Cornelius wrote: > > > > I just installed Debian 2.0 on my new Dual PentiumPro box. > > > > IMHO, It's got some real plusses, and some definite minuses as cmpared > > to RH 5.x... > > > > 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. > > AFAIK there is no deb for "the wrapper" but....my system seems to use > a wrapper script (my xserver isn't SUID) > > You installed xbase? and the proper xserver? what versions? is this from > 2.0 or unstable? > > > 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. > > The netscape .deb is an installer (we are not allowed to actually > put netscape into a package for install and distribute it) > you need to get the netscape originals and place them in /tmp > THEN use the netscape .deb to install...it will take the files > from /tmp and install it debian "properly" > > > I used alien to convert RedHat's Netscape 4 .rpm's to .deb. These > > installed with dpkg, but do not function. > > yea alien isn't perfect...there can be problems > > -Steve > > -- > /* -- Stephen Carpenter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>------------ */ > E-mail "Bumper Stickers": > "A FREE America or a Drug-Free America: You can't have both!" > "honk if you Love Linux" > == Jeremiah Cornelius "Been there, done that, and have the T-shirt." _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
