Installation problems
Hi, I just installed 2.2r3 and saw that I could upgrade to unstable so I did and stuffed my installation. So I reinstalled 2.2r3 without enabling apt to upgrade as I had kept all the files on my hard drive. This is the first time I have been trying to use debian since kernel 2.0.34 I think. Sometime in 98? I tried to install debian(slink) and get it to run but couldn't so I quit trying to use linux, as I didn't do much better with other dists either. This installation however was comparatively easy. My pcmcia card has worked from installation. I can get on the net easily. This 2nd install I have some problems getting the xserver to run, it does, but flickering first. Any way to stop that? I am also unable to get sound working. My computer is a compaq armada 1750. cheers, Mike _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
debian 3 upgrade lost PATH
Hello team, I sent the following to Brian Mays, Hi Brian, for some reason I have lost the path in my upgrade. I thought it would be a safe upgrade to go from stable to testing so I did and now I have no X, no pcmcia, etcetra. Dselect said that PATH wasn't showing usr/local /usr/bin/ usr/sbin etcetra. to be able to maintain this computers operability I used mc to find lilo and ran it to make sure it configured. Now I am writing to you on the same machine with win98. Would you please tell me where to write it. So I can go back to my debian 3. His answer > Mike - The two usual places where the path is set and changed are the > following files: > > /etc/login.defs > /etc/profile So I changed profile as login.defs ok and no different. Dselect is looking for files to tell it what to do and can't find them. MC still works. I ran ldconfig from mc and it made no difference I have written to Brian and am asking for your help while I wait for his reply. This is the message I sent to Brian in reply: Date sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:58:58 +1030 Thanks Brian, I added usr/local/bin and the rest to profile. They were already present in login.defs and it unfortunately has made no difference. Yesterday I downloaded 200 meg of files for the upgrade and it appeared dselect installed everything. However looking today dselect sees the installed versions are the old ones. But I watched them all get upgraded yesterday. X cannot find what it needs dselect cannot find what it needs install info etcetra. I want to maintain this upgrade somehow but now have no idea how. cheers, Mike cheers, Mike
re lost path
Hi, I see the list is active at the moment. Anyone have any ideas on my lost path problem? cheers, Mike
Re: debian 3 upgrade lost PATH
Thanks David, On 25 Feb 2002, at 6:17, David Roundy wrote: > We need to know more about what actually is happening. 'X cannot > find what it needs' and 'deselect cannot find what it needs' do not > really help us. What kind of errors are you getting? It couldn't find any of its paths although echo $PATH indicated all paths were in place. Dselect couldn't find its paths and files either. > Have you tried using apt-get instead of dselect? I did use apt-get update. Then installed the software with dselect. Since your message I reinstalled deb 2. How do I upgrade to deb3(testing) without this problem again. I have the 200 meg downloaded and I kept the packages list, so I shouldn't have to download them again. cheers, Mike
Installation problems
Hi, I just installed 2.2r3 and saw that I could upgrade to unstable so I did and stuffed my installation. So I reinstalled 2.2r3 without enabling apt to upgrade as I had kept all the files on my hard drive. This is the first time I have been trying to use debian since kernel 2.0.34 I think. Sometime in 98? I tried to install debian(slink) and get it to run but couldn't so I quit trying to use linux, as I didn't do much better with other dists either. This installation however was comparatively easy. My pcmcia card has worked from installation. I can get on the net easily. This 2nd install I have some problems getting the xserver to run, it does, but flickering first. Any way to stop that? I am also unable to get sound working. My computer is a compaq armada 1750. cheers, Mike _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
debian 3 upgrade lost PATH
Hello team, I sent the following to Brian Mays, Hi Brian, for some reason I have lost the path in my upgrade. I thought it would be a safe upgrade to go from stable to testing so I did and now I have no X, no pcmcia, etcetra. Dselect said that PATH wasn't showing usr/local /usr/bin/ usr/sbin etcetra. to be able to maintain this computers operability I used mc to find lilo and ran it to make sure it configured. Now I am writing to you on the same machine with win98. Would you please tell me where to write it. So I can go back to my debian 3. His answer > Mike - The two usual places where the path is set and changed are the > following files: > > /etc/login.defs > /etc/profile So I changed profile as login.defs ok and no different. Dselect is looking for files to tell it what to do and can't find them. MC still works. I ran ldconfig from mc and it made no difference I have written to Brian and am asking for your help while I wait for his reply. This is the message I sent to Brian in reply: Date sent: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 08:58:58 +1030 Thanks Brian, I added usr/local/bin and the rest to profile. They were already present in login.defs and it unfortunately has made no difference. Yesterday I downloaded 200 meg of files for the upgrade and it appeared dselect installed everything. However looking today dselect sees the installed versions are the old ones. But I watched them all get upgraded yesterday. X cannot find what it needs dselect cannot find what it needs install info etcetra. I want to maintain this upgrade somehow but now have no idea how. cheers, Mike cheers, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re lost path
Hi, I see the list is active at the moment. Anyone have any ideas on my lost path problem? cheers, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian 3 upgrade lost PATH
Thanks David, On 25 Feb 2002, at 6:17, David Roundy wrote: > We need to know more about what actually is happening. 'X cannot > find what it needs' and 'deselect cannot find what it needs' do not > really help us. What kind of errors are you getting? It couldn't find any of its paths although echo $PATH indicated all paths were in place. Dselect couldn't find its paths and files either. > Have you tried using apt-get instead of dselect? I did use apt-get update. Then installed the software with dselect. Since your message I reinstalled deb 2. How do I upgrade to deb3(testing) without this problem again. I have the 200 meg downloaded and I kept the packages list, so I shouldn't have to download them again. cheers, Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
