So I decided to install debian on a laptop today. I used a woody idepci boot disk I had from an install on a desktop not too long ago. Then I proceeded to do a network install.
The idepci disk is nice, I believe, as it includes the EEpro LAN driver so I can quickly move onto a network install without needing a bunch of device disks. Had a similar issue that I had before, where it tries to download the base system from the US debian site and just sits there. Sure wish there was some type of progress read-out. ^C and try different download sites finally worked. Next problem is that the sources.list file that was written during the install was only for stable, not for woody, even though I used the woody idepci disk. So any tasksel selections failed. I updated sources.list to woody then apt-get update / apt-get dist-upgrade and ran tasksel to install X11. That installed X11 version 3. In debconf I said that *I* would maintain my X config file. I think that was a mistake. I wanted X11 4.1 so I was a bit confused. My other woody machine has 4.1 yet I'm not sure how I installed it. I then updated sources.list to sid and upgraded. Then apt-get install xserver-xfree86, which seems like that installed 4.1. The problem is not I don't have an XF86Config-4 file. So, the question is: how do I remove all traces of X11, and then start clean and install X11 4.1? I believe this all should be easier than I'm making it... I'd just like the path of least resistance to a 2.4 kernel, and X11 4.1. And I'd also really like to get my SMC 802.11b card working so I can start using the laptop for things other than trying to install the OS. Thanks, -- Bill Moseley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
