Woody: TaskSel - XWindows; startx fails

2003-12-26 Thread J N
When installing woody, after getting to the tasksel screen, I noticed that choosing XWindowServer option by itself did not resolve enough dependencies to be able to run the server. I also tried apt-get install kdm, suspecting that I just needed to choose a window manager, however, kdm

Custom kernel problems: PCMCIA

2003-12-16 Thread J N
I've recently compiled a new kernel to bring woody up to a 2.4.23 kernel. In the process, I lost USB access, and now can't boot with the vortex PCMCIA nic plugged in. Plugging it in prints a message referring to a text file in Document/ that doesn't exist, and no ping returns when pinging a

Re: How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-15 Thread J N
that is already out there specific to Latitudes and exactly what kind of hardware makes them tick. Kenward Vaughan wrote: On Sun, Dec 14, 2003 at 10:49:29AM -0600, J N wrote: ... I'm noticing that I appear to need to know more specific technical information than I currently have access to for my

How to know correct hardware options for compiling 2.4.23 kernel

2003-12-14 Thread J N
... I'm noticing that I appear to need to know more specific technical information than I currently have access to for my laptop: Dell Latitude CPI-A 366XT. Can anyone point me to a FAQ that would tell me what kind of chipsets were in the machine (such as FLASH chipsets), or the type of IDE