Following the advice of an install guide, I made a clean install of Debian (woody) without running tasksel or dselect. The install guide then assumes you're going to download Xfree86 and KDE from the internet using apt-get. This workstation, however, is not connected to the internet.
I downloaded the Xfree86 files from the FTP server and copied them to the harddrive. Following the advice of the Xfree86 install FAQ, I ran "sh Xinstall.sh" and let the system install. Everything seemed to execute normally. However, none of the further setup has been done, and I can't get the server to run successfully. I used xf86configure to set up the X86Config file. However, although there is a mouse cursor, the mouse doesn't move. The keyboard is also dead once X starts up, although it works fine at the command prompt, obviously. I can't find a guide for a clean install, such as this -- only for upgrade. Obviously, some additional configuration must be done. Does anyone have any experience with this? Thanks! Tom Junior [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated Design Corporation P: (630) 783-1150 F: (630) 783-1159 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 11:40 AM Subject: Welcome to the "XFree86" mailing list > Welcome to the [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list! Welcome to the > [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. This list is open to all for discussions > related to XFree86 and unmoderated. A spam and virus filter is used > to help minimise how much of that unwanted stuff gets forwarded to the > list, but may occassionally fail. If this possibility is not > acceptable to you or your employer, please unsubscribe. > > It is also possible that the automatic filtering will block some valid > messages. If you think that a posting of yours has been trapped like > this, contact the list administrator. > > To post to this list, send your email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > General information about the mailing list is at: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86 > > If you ever want to unsubscribe or change your options (eg, switch to > or from digest mode, change your password, etc.), visit your > subscription page at: > > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/options/xfree86/tom.junior%40automateddesign.com > > > You can also make such adjustments via email by sending a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with the word `help' in the subject or body (don't include the > quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. > > You must know your password to change your options (including changing > the password, itself) or to unsubscribe. It is: > > sneakers > > If you forget your password, don't worry, you will receive a monthly > reminder telling you what all your XFree86.Org mailing list passwords > are, and how to unsubscribe or change your options. There is also a > button on your options page that will email your current password to > you. > > You may also have your password mailed to you automatically off of the > Web page noted above. _______________________________________________ XFree86 mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xfree86