>
>> I got debian 3 installed OK, but I've hit some problems since:-
>>
>> 1. When linux has booted, as soon as I login with login name/password, the
>> screen goes black, and hangs. This is a sporadic problem. I can login
>> successfully perhaps 1 out of 4 attempts - and I've no idea why. I can
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 11:58:40PM +0100, Steve Hargreaves wrote:
>
> 2. I can't get xfree to start. At first it complained about not "No screens
> found", and after searching around the web, I used dpkg -reconfigure to set up
> xfree using the virgeS3 driver - now it just quits without a specifi
On Sat, Oct 12, 2002 at 11:58:40PM +0100, Steve Hargreaves wrote:
> Hi there, Christian
>
> OK - I need help again (the joys of being a novice :o/)
Time to change that, you are not really a novice anymore. First thing, teach
your mailclient to observe:
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Hi there, Christian
OK - I need help again (the joys of being a novice :o/)
I got debian 3 installed OK, but I've hit some problems since:-
1. When linux has booted, as soon as I login with login name/password, the
screen goes black, and hangs. This is a sporadic problem. I can login
successfull
On Thu, Oct 10, 2002 at 08:03:03PM +0100, Aled wrote:
> Steve
>
> >
> > Now I have a question.
> >
> > My ISP kicks me off after 2 hours online, forcing a reconnection. I know
> > that dselect can recover from this, but since downloads are likely to be
> > very large using a dial up connection,
Steve
>
> Now I have a question.
>
> My ISP kicks me off after 2 hours online, forcing a reconnection. I know
> that dselect can recover from this, but since downloads are likely to be
> very large using a dial up connection, I won't get them in one go. Is
> there anyway to automate the reconnec
Hi there, Christian
OK - I've managed to finally install the latest base system, and thought I'd
better let you know how, and where the problems were.
Firstly, the 3.0 archives get stuck looking for some files during installation
of the base system (packages.gz).
Using the method below, installat
On Wed, Oct 09, 2002 at 12:49:30AM +, Steve Hargreaves wrote:
> Hi there, Christian
>
> On 07-Oct-02, you said:
>
> CTS>> OK, you'll be pleased to know that this worked. I used the 3.0
> CTS>> amigainstall pacgage copied to a normal AmigaDOS directory on an SFS
> CTS>> partition, with disk 1
Hi there, Christian
On 07-Oct-02, you said:
CTS>> OK, you'll be pleased to know that this worked. I used the 3.0
CTS>> amigainstall pacgage copied to a normal AmigaDOS directory on an SFS
CTS>> partition, with disk 1 of the 2.2r2 CD distribution in my IDE drive. I
CTS>> cd'd to the CD and then st
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:53:06PM +0100, Steve Hargreaves wrote:
>
> OK, you'll be pleased to know that this worked. I used the 3.0 amigainstall
> pacgage copied to a normal AmigaDOS directory on an SFS partition, with disk 1
> of the 2.2r2 CD distribution in my IDE drive. I cd'd to the CD and th
Hi there, Christian
On 06-Oct-02, you said:
CTS> 3. Use the Install script and kernel from 3.0, but root.bin and everything
CTS> else on your 2.2 CD. With this you should be able to install Debian2.2.
CTS> then upgrade to woody via the net.
OK, you'll be pleased to know that this worked. I u
Hi there, Christian
On 06-Oct-02, you said:
CTS> On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:55:34PM +, Steve Hargreaves wrote:
CTS> Please leave the discussion on the list. Others might have the same problem
CTS> and I do not want to explain things multiple time when people can just look
CTS> it up in the ar
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 01:55:34PM +, Steve Hargreaves wrote:
Please leave the discussion on the list. Others might have the same problem
and I do not want to explain things multiple time when people can just look
it up in the archives instead.
> Hi there, Christian
>
> On 06-Oct-02, you said
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 12:23:41AM +0100, Steve Hargreaves wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> OK - my attempts at installing Debian have been thwarted for months now.
> Anything prior to the latest release hangs before the kernal boots, leaving me
> with a pretty black screen to stare at, until I hit the rese
Hi there,
OK - my attempts at installing Debian have been thwarted for months now.
Anything prior to the latest release hangs before the kernal boots, leaving me
with a pretty black screen to stare at, until I hit the reset button.
Anyway, that's by the by, since the latest release does boot. lin
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