> I was installing Debian2.0 on a new PC and I have two question: > > 1) While in deselect, I would see the follwoing > > EIOM > *** <some package name> etc etc > *** <some package name> etc etc > > How can I tell that the above pkg has already been installed ? Is that > by that last asterik under 'M' ?
dpkg -s packagename is probably the best bet. You don't need to be root to do this. > 2) While trying to setup the XServer, I get this message pop on my > screen : > Out of Range > Hf: 28KHz - 70 KHz > Vf: 40Hz - 120 Hz > > and the screen just freezes there. I had to do a hard RESET to get > in again. This has stopped me from setting up the XServer. > > I started the process by doing /usr/bin/X11/XF86Setup (as root) > Pls help ? That's bizarre. XF86Setup should work with all card/screen combos. Try running XF86Config instead. HTH, Matthew -- Elen sila lumenn' omentielvo Steward of the Cambridge Tolkien Society Selwyn College Computer Support http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Chamber/8841/ http://www.cam.ac.uk/CambUniv/Societies/tolkien/ http://pick.sel.cam.ac.uk/
