resolving conditional packages

debians, I know I can force a package install, but how can I convince dpkg that I provide something (httpd) outside of the package management system? thanks, ethan fremen

package management?

debians, I have slink running on a production server. Some of the packages are inferior to those I need, but the packages in potato are ok. Can I download those debs and install them without a problem? Also, how do I tell the package management system that I am providing a service by non-debian

Re: problem doing slink -> frozen

Nathan E Norman wrote: > I was able to get around this, but I DO NOT recommend that anyone use > my method!! If you do, don't tell me about how screwed up your system > got. > Well, I followed your directions and everything appears to be working just fine. I actually had to force install some

glibc 2.1.3 + kernel 2.3.47

debians, I've installed kernel 2.3.47 on my frozen potato box in order to take advantage of large files (>2GB). I can run a test in the box, and it sucessfully creates a 16GB file. ls sees it as a 64MB file, however. When I asked Matti (author of the large file portion), he referred me to the l

minimized icons?

Debians, When I was using slink, the minimised icons for netscape were what I expected- the blue triangle with a wheel, or mail icon. This was neat because the mail icon would change when I had new mail. Now, with potato, they're all little black spiders. Is there any way to change it back to i

Re: compiling new kernel

Nick Barron wrote: > > ok first off, it is 'I heard Beavis say' not said u nerd! > > second, translate this into english please: > > #dpkg -S as86 > bin86: /usr/share/doc/bin86/examples/as86_encap > bin86: /usr/bin/as86 > bin86: /usr/share/man/man1/as86.1.gz > > pretend I am a newbie, which i a