Re: A mouse Q..
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 08:56:30PM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 01:05:40PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > > Hi, > > To install Debian , for the first time, I used > > the CD from the book "Debian GNU/Linux Bible" > > When I assign my mouse protocol PS/2 and selected > > the /dev/psaux with Emulate3Button my systems > > hangs. I have to reboot. If I use Microsoft and > > /dev/ttyS01 it works. When I boot my system, > > That suggests that the mouse is connected to the serial port, not the > ps2 port. Sure enough it shouldn't work with /dev/psaux then. > Or did you mean to say that you tried it both with a ps2 mouse > and with a different serial mouse? > > But to hang your whole machine? Perhaps it is just Xwindows that > freezes (maybe only for a minute or so). > > There were some ps2 keyboard problems with kernels below 2.2.19 > IIRC, so it would be worth a try to install a newer kernel than > the one that came with the installer (2.2.17?) > > > I see that my port PS/2 is recognize. Does anyone > > You probably mean that the kernel prints a message at boot time, > indicated that it found the ps2 port controller chip in your > system and that it activated a driver for it. Maybe there > is a bug in the kernel, maybe it is in your cabling. Impossible > to tell from your data. > I agree, I've had some problems with the PS/2 port on my system, in that I have a PS/2 controller on my board, but no external port, so every time I try to set up my mouse it automatically tries to configure the PS/2 port (Which has been quite often of late as I'm rather new to all this). So yes... Be afraid... (I'm sorry, I couldn't think of anything else to say)
Re: Gnome - How to install?
On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 05:56:37PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > Hi. > First let me make an apology to Nick for clicking my send button to soon. > Well, I don't have an .xinitrc file. So I looked at the man page for > "startx". > Apparently I'm using the file (xinitrc) in /etc/X11/init. I could see no > referrence to wmaker in this file. So I tried this "startx gnome-session". > Sure enough it started gnome. It doesn't look good, but it started. > I got out of this session ok, but I now have xdm running. Could someone > tell me how to stop xdm from starting? > Wayne > P.S. I'm going to try building my own .xinirc file. Which version of Debian is it? If it's potato (2.2) then you can make a .xsession file, which will tell X what to start no matter how you start it, whether that be through XDM or startx or whatever... If not you could just apt-get remove xdm like that other guy said... Personally I removed it coz I like the text console... > > Nick Jennings wrote: > > > edit your .xinitrc (in your home directory) > > there should be one line containing wmaker or something like that, replace > > it with: > > > > gnome-session > > > > then try running X again > > > > On Fri, Jun 22, 2001 at 04:16:57PM -0400, Wayne wrote: > > > Hi again, > > > When I installed Debian from the CD I got with > > > the book I purchase, I selected to install all the > > > GNOME stuff on the CD. When I "startx" I get > > > WMAKER. I would like to have GNOME start. > > > The book doesn't explain how to change > > > this. Could some kind soul point me to some documentation? > > > Wayne. > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Nick Jennings > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
Re: Slink->Potato, Perl version
On Sat, Jun 23, 2001 at 07:00:18AM +0200, Marcus wrote: > > I have slink installed and want to upgrade to potato, but I'm > relatively new to Debian (and Linux). I read two explanations on > upgrading, but still have a few newbie type questions: > > Is "apt-get upgrade" sufficient, and what does "apt-get dist-upgrade" > do? > I read that I should make sure all packages are _not_ on hold. Is there > an easy way to do that without dselect? > > Perl 5.6x is not in potato, and if I upgrade I'd like to ignore > Perl-5.005 and get 5.6. How do I do that using apt-get? > > Primarily I'm interested in upgrading to Perl 5.6, latest Gnome, and > Xfree 4 (It has TT-Fonts, I believe?), but from what I read, a system > upgrade is recommended. > It appears you'll want to upgrade past potato all the way up to woody (testing). Potato has only Perl-5.005, Xfree 3.3.x, Gnome 1.0.56 (i think, that or 58... 1.0.x anyway). Hope I've helped...
Re: broken dist-upgrade
On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 01:32:55AM +0200, Joost Kooij wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:03:49PM -0600, Phil Reardon wrote: > > I attempted to "apt-get update, apt-get dist-upgrade", from potato to > > woody, > > but a few of the larger packages timed out. Almost all of them however > > made > > it to /var/cache/apt. What is the best thing to do next? > > Redo "apt-get dist-upgrade", it will attempt to restart the unfinished > downloads at the point where they broke off. Repeat until all are > complete. > > But really, upgrading your dist should be done with dselect. You can > still do that. Just use "install" from its main menu to perform the > above, after you've checked the select screen. > Jeez mate, if you love dselect so much why don't you marry it? =) -- Dylan Scarman: Professional lay-about... I mean... student... email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 11050927 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCS d- s:+ a-- C+++ UL+ P+ L++ E W++ N+ ?o ?K w--- !O M-- ?V PS+++ PE-- ?Y PGP+ t-- 5- X+ R- tv b+ DI+ D+ G- e>++ h--- r++ y+ --END GEEK CODE BLOCK--
