Re: Debian mass installation

Do you know how to create a meta-package like task-gnome-desktop? It's just a package has only one purpose; to depend on a lot of other packages so that those packages get installed when you apt-get mypersonal-meta-package. I don't know how to do this myself, but it seems you could merge a sing

Re: dselect

On Friday 17 November 2000 11:22, m.nine.six wrote: > don't use dselect. use apt-get and dpkg > > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > Andreas Is there a way to get apt-get or dpkg to tell you about suggested packages? This can make the difference between having something _technically_

Re: Turning off esd

On Saturday 30 December 2000 16:39, Felix E. Klee wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to automatically turn off the Enlightenment Sound Deamon > (esd) and remove the sound modules before suspending my laptop and turn > everything back on when resuming. Otherwise sound does not work anymore > after resumi

Re: Low-Memory Diskette Install

Create 2 swap partitions (split the original in 2 pieces). Use one during the initial phase of installation, and then use the other one during the rest of the process. Once you're done, just make sure that your machine is using both swap partitions so you don't waste any of it. On Wednesday 3

Re: Debian mass installation

Do you know how to create a meta-package like task-gnome-desktop? It's just a package has only one purpose; to depend on a lot of other packages so that those packages get installed when you apt-get mypersonal-meta-package. I don't know how to do this myself, but it seems you could merge a sin

Re: dselect

On Friday 17 November 2000 11:22, m.nine.six wrote: > don't use dselect. use apt-get and dpkg > > > Thanks for your help in advance. > > Andreas Is there a way to get apt-get or dpkg to tell you about suggested packages? This can make the difference between having something _technically_

Re: Turning off esd

On Saturday 30 December 2000 16:39, Felix E. Klee wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to automatically turn off the Enlightenment Sound Deamon > (esd) and remove the sound modules before suspending my laptop and turn > everything back on when resuming. Otherwise sound does not work anymore > after resum

Re: Low-Memory Diskette Install

Create 2 swap partitions (split the original in 2 pieces). Use one during the initial phase of installation, and then use the other one during the rest of the process. Once you're done, just make sure that your machine is using both swap partitions so you don't waste any of it. On Wednesday