I am at a loss as how to install Gnome from the testing distribution. At
first I installed the x-window-system and gnome from stable by issuing
apt-get install task-x-window-system-core task-x-window-system
task-gnome-desktop
this worked fine but I need the X-Server from testing to support my video
card so i switched to testing and issued
apt-get install xerver-xfree86
unfortunately it decided it was going to remove my gnome desktop and several
other components. Is gnome only available in stable? Before I managed to
lose my installation I could just issue the first apt-get statement in
testing and it would do everything for me. Could someone give me some
pointers as to what I need to issue to apt to install my gnome desktop and
be able to use XFree86 4.x please?
One other question, I use a 56k modem and apt is painfully slow at
retrieving the files, ~1.5kb per second. Is there anything I can do (apart
from getting broardband) to improve the download speed? I'm using the
fastest mirror I could find.
Sorry this is such a long message. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Richard Sweeney
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