Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-16 Thread j Mak
--- Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 04:32:14PM -0400, j Mak > wrote: > > > > > > > Thanks for everyone helping me setting up my > > sources.list. Now, it works fine. But I still > cannot > > find anywhere Nvidia drivers. > Hi J, > one of the neat tools in Debi

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-15 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 06:30:23AM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote: > one of the neat tools in Debian is 'module-assistant'. Use Debian's neat > search tool: apt-cache like so: > 'apt-cache search nvidia' > to find nvidia related software but it is actually better to use > 'module-assistant' in this case!

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-15 Thread Kevin Mark
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 04:32:14PM -0400, j Mak wrote: > > > Thanks for everyone helping me setting up my > sources.list. Now, it works fine. But I still cannot > find anywhere Nvidia drivers. Hi J, one of the neat tools in Debian is 'module-assistant'. Use Debian's neat search tool: apt-cache

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-14 Thread j Mak
--- Matthias Kaeppler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > j Mak wrote: > > 1 My /apt/sources.list is empty, where can i find > > repository addresses. > > If it is empty, I suggest you first run apt-setup. > This will create a > first sources.list for you, and will offer you a > long list of debian

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-14 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 09:20:53AM +0200, Matthias Kaeppler wrote: > > You will probably also want to add these to your sources.list: > > # mplayer, acroread, LAME, etc. > deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ stable main > > # Skype, Java 5, Real Player, Flash, etc. > deb http://archive.unab

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-14 Thread Carl Fink
On Tue, Jun 14, 2005 at 10:48:35AM +0200, Dennis Stosberg wrote: > There is a tool called "apt-setup", which will help you to make > entries for mirrors near you and/or the cdroms you have. And "apt-spy" will determine which servers are currently most efficient. -- Carl Fink [EM

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-14 Thread Clinton V. Weiss
Matthias Kaeppler wrote: # Skype, Java 5, Real Player, Flash, etc. deb http://archive.unable-to-package.org/debian-utp sarge main contrib non-free restricted Doesn't work. And it looked useful! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-14 Thread Matthias Kaeppler
j Mak wrote: 1 My /apt/sources.list is empty, where can i find repository addresses. If it is empty, I suggest you first run apt-setup. This will create a first sources.list for you, and will offer you a long list of debian mirrors from all around the world. These are for official packages

Re: Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-14 Thread Dennis Stosberg
Am 14.06.2005 um 01:38 schrieb j Mak: > 1 My /apt/sources.list is empty, where can i find > repository addresses. There is a tool called "apt-setup", which will help you to make entries for mirrors near you and/or the cdroms you have. Of course, you can always edit your sources.list manually la

Newbie needs help fine tuning sarge

2005-06-13 Thread j Mak
Hi, I've just installed sarge with much help from the debian community. It works fine, now, and I am very satisfied with it. But I have a few things still left to fine tune. 1 My /apt/sources.list is empty, where can i find repository addresses. 2.Currntly, I can start synaptic only form the com