Re: Initial trouble with X

2000-09-26 Thread Frederico S. Muñoz
Brent Fulgham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I tried to get the packages but there was huge dependencies problems > > (notably shell-utils 'conflicts' with login, and also > > pre-depends on 'login' or 'hurd'... that made me do several mistakes > > - the removal of basic packages that rendered m

Re: Initial trouble with X

2000-09-26 Thread Frederico S. Muñoz
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 07:09:50AM -0700, Frederico Muñoz wrote: > > I tried to get the packages but there was huge dependencies problems > > (notably shell-utils 'conflicts' with login, and also pre-depends on 'login' > > or 'hurd'... that made me do

No access to mail (not hurd related)

2000-09-26 Thread Frederico S. Muñoz
Hello all. My mail account is at sdf.lonestar.org, and apparently the server went down - I hope not forever! This means that I can't receive any mail (I know I could change mail account, but I'll wait until tomorrow to see if it is fixed); I have however the mail sent until 12:00 Lisbon (GMT)

Re: XFree86 3.3.6-10

2000-09-26 Thread Moritz Schulte
Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, Hi Marcus, :) > 4. Install X packages. >The X packages are in >ftp://alpha.gnu.org/debian/dists/unstable/main/binary-hurd-i386/x11 ehm, the path ftp://alpha.gnu.org/debian/ doesn't exist (?). you mean ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/debian

Re: Glibc, gcc, libdb2 and nss_db

2000-09-26 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Tue, 26 Sep 2000, Christopher C. Chimelis wrote: > The new gcc package build failed on Alpha during stage1 of the gpc > build. I can try eliminating gpc from the build for now (allowing me to > continue to get the new glibc stuff working), if that's an > option... This probably doesn't have

Re: Packages coming soon

2000-09-26 Thread Ramakrishnan M
Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > > 3. gnome-core, bonobo, enlightenment, gnome-games, gnome-applets >I will try those, but don't know how well they work yet. Wow!! > You see, we will get some gnome stuff soon. > I also want to try sawmill. I am already shivering!!! -- Ramakri

Packages coming soon

2000-09-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, this is my current task list for packages to compile and upload, just so that everyone is informed (and shiver in aticipation or just avoid duplicated efforts). 1. fvwm and rxvt (their upload was rejected, because I messed it up). 2. libungif, imlib, gqview, orbit, gnome-libs Some of them

missing step in my X instructions

2000-09-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi, there is one step missing in my instructions: Before starting X, you need to do export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/X11R6/lib then you can do: startx Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' Debian http://www.debian.org Check Key server Marcus Brinkmann GNUhttp://www.gnu.o

Re: Some initial problems to solve...

2000-09-26 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Mon, Sep 25, 2000 at 09:41:52AM -0700, Brent Fulgham wrote: > Lynx won't install because it wants debconf. Debconf is a utility > under Linux that automates/simplifies some aspects of installation. > > Marcus, any work being done on Debconf? Or should I have a look > at it and see if we can b

Re: Glibc, gcc, libdb2 and nss_db

2000-09-26 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Ben Collins wrote: > Well, here it comes. Glibc 2.1.94, hot of the glibc release process. I'm > currently building i386, powerpc and sparc, which I will upload throughout > the day and tonight as I build them. These are going into woody. Several > notes for the other ports (t