Hello I am trying to to install Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 rev 2 non US on to Compaq Professional Workstation 5000 (system outline below).
So far I have managed to successfully install the basic Debian system. But I need to recompile the kernel to take advantage the systemy?s dual processors on trying to do this I discovered that ?make? and ?xconfig? had not been installed. I try to fix this by using ?tasksel -s? to upgrade the basic Debian system to a standard system (ok I admit it I dony?t want to spend time trawling through ?dselect? looking for the right packages). During the install process I was given a number of new mouse options to choose from. I probably got this badly wrong because it seems to have led to the following problems: Mouse problem- On rebooting mouse cursor is now either stationary in the middle of the screen or shoots uncontrollably all over the screen with the slightest movement of the mouse. Cany?t get ?man? pages- Using the keyboard I managed to get an ?xterm? up but was unable to display any ?man? pages the error message was ?man: can?t create a temporary filename: Permission denied? at the time I was logged in as root. X became very unstable- If I tried to run ?mc?, ?gmc? or ?xmseconfig? X would hang. General X question- Is there any method in which you can reboot a system with out it automatically booting X? I would be very grateful if any one could give me a suggestion as to what to do next. Look forward to receiving any helpful pointers. James System Outline: Compaq Professional Workstation 5000 CPU Processor- Intel Pentium Pro Number (SMP)- 2 Speed (Mhz)- 150 RAM Quantity (MB)- 130.228 Type- 60-ns DIMMs (EDO) (ECC) Buses PCI slots- 3 ISA slots- 1 Combination slots PCI/ISA- 1 Hand Drives Number- 2 Type- SCSI Size (GB)- 1.91 (each) CD-ROM Type- SCSI Manufacturer/Model- Hitachi CDR-7930 Mouse Type- PS/2 Manufacturer/Model- Microsoft Wheel Mouse Buttons- 2 + wheel button Video Video Card- 3dfx Voodoo 3 RAM (MB)- 16 James Aitken W: +44 (0) 20 8547 0470 H: +44 (0) 1322 404582 M: +44 (0) 7768 057306 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Be passionate about your email Just click here: http://another.com
