Re: Problems installing Woody from Hard Disk using GRUB
On Mon, Feb 17, 2003 at 02:56:14PM +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: What is wrong with the following setup for Grub? I always ended up with problems booting from hda5, which is not a partition on my system. (hda1 is windows, hda2 is swap, hda3 is going to be Sarge, and hda4 is Woody.) Here's my Grub config: title Woody install kernel (hd0,3)/boot/newinstall/linux-2.4.bin initrd (hd0,3)/boot/newinstall/root-2.4.bin Any ideas as to why this doesn't work? I end up with a kernel panic because the root filesystem can't be mounted. Frank Have you tried telling the kernel where the root device is? kernel (hd0,3)/boot/newinstall/linux-2.4.bin root=/dev/hda4 Or go the grub command line and see if you can't boot by hand. The ability to get to a command line when having boot problems is the reason I use grub. I have tried the root= parameter. The problem is that the kernel should be using the initrd for it's initial filesystem. If I give root=/dev/hda4, then it boots into my normal system, not into the Debian installer. What is the required value for the root= parameter to get the kernel to use the init rd? Or is this a limitation of Grub? I notice that the Debian install guide says nothing of installing via Grub. You are right. Ignore my silly respose. The kernel parameter for initrd is just initrd=/boot/newinstall/root-2.4.bin but this is just doing what you have done with the grub command so I would expect anything different. Is your initrd image valid? Can you loopback mount it? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing Woody from Hard Disk using GRUB
The kernel parameter for initrd is just initrd=/boot/newinstall/root-2.4.bin but this is just doing what you have done with the grub command so I would expect anything different. Is your initrd image valid? Can you loopback mount it? I think it's valid because I was able to dd a moot disk with it. However, how can I do a loopback mount to try? You're using Grub, right? Would you mind trying to start a Woody install off your HD? Just download these: http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/root.bin ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/woody/main/disks-i386/current/linux.bin And add the following to menu.lst: title new Woody install root (hd0,3) kernel /boot/newinstall/linux-2.4.bin initrd /boot/newinstall/root-2.4.bin Just see if you can boot to the start screen. Thanks, Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing Woody from Hard Disk using GRUB
What is wrong with the following setup for Grub? I always ended up with problems booting from hda5, which is not a partition on my system. (hda1 is windows, hda2 is swap, hda3 is going to be Sarge, and hda4 is Woody.) Here's my Grub config: title Woody install kernel (hd0,3)/boot/newinstall/linux-2.4.bin initrd (hd0,3)/boot/newinstall/root-2.4.bin Any ideas as to why this doesn't work? I end up with a kernel panic because the root filesystem can't be mounted. Frank Have you tried telling the kernel where the root device is? kernel (hd0,3)/boot/newinstall/linux-2.4.bin root=/dev/hda4 Or go the grub command line and see if you can't boot by hand. The ability to get to a command line when having boot problems is the reason I use grub. I have tried the root= parameter. The problem is that the kernel should be using the initrd for it's initial filesystem. If I give root=/dev/hda4, then it boots into my normal system, not into the Debian installer. What is the required value for the root= parameter to get the kernel to use the init rd? Or is this a limitation of Grub? I notice that the Debian install guide says nothing of installing via Grub. Frank -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing Woody from Hard Disk using GRUB
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:36:10PM +0100, Frank Murphy wrote: I wanted to install Sarge on an empty partition in my machine that I have booting with GRUB. So I decided to start by installing Woody. I tried following the Installation directions for booting from LILO, but modifying them for Grub. (I failed and ended up installing from floppies.) What is wrong with the following setup for Grub? I always ended up with problems booting from hda5, which is not a partition on my system. (hda1 is windows, hda2 is swap, hda3 is going to be Sarge, and hda4 is Woody.) Here's my Grub config: title Woody install kernel (hd0,3)/boot/newinstall/linux-2.4.bin initrd (hd0,3)/boot/newinstall/root-2.4.bin Any ideas as to why this doesn't work? I end up with a kernel panic because the root filesystem can't be mounted. Frank Have you tried telling the kernel where the root device is? kernel (hd0,3)/boot/newinstall/linux-2.4.bin root=/dev/hda4 Or go the grub command line and see if you can't boot by hand. The ability to get to a command line when having boot problems is the reason I use grub. ~Michael -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:01, Francisco Fialho wrote: Hi everybody, I`m just beggining using Linux, and decided to start with Debian. Heard a lot about how good it was and everything :-). I`m trying to install woody ( Debian 3.0) at an ACER 4300 with Celeron 500 processor, 128 mem, and onboard video (SIS530/620) and network drivers(SIS900)... when I finished my first installation I could ping the local and external network just fine, but I cannot enter in graphic mode. I already did an apt-get install in almost all of the xserver-* that I found...:-/ I even downloaded ( using another machine) the xfree86 4.2.0 and the 2.4.18 kernel, but I can`t mount my cdrom. I tried to mount it with the #mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom and it returns me: /dev/cdrom is not a block device. my /etc/fstab has the following lines for the cdrom: /dev/cdrom/cdromiso9660ro,user,noauto 0 0 I would be glad if someone could help me putting up the xserver and the cdrom! regards! Francisco In regards to the cdrom.I had the same problem. Change /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdc That fixed it for me -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
Michael, I couldn`t mount the /cdrom even changing my /etc/fstab to /dev/hdc... got the same message: /dev/hdc is not a block device. regards - Original Message - From: Michael Biddulph [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 9:31 AM Subject: Re: Problems installing woody On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 18:01, Francisco Fialho wrote: Hi everybody, I`m just beggining using Linux, and decided to start with Debian. Heard a lot about how good it was and everything :-). I`m trying to install woody ( Debian 3.0) at an ACER 4300 with Celeron 500 processor, 128 mem, and onboard video (SIS530/620) and network drivers(SIS900)... when I finished my first installation I could ping the local and external network just fine, but I cannot enter in graphic mode. I already did an apt-get install in almost all of the xserver-* that I found...:-/ I even downloaded ( using another machine) the xfree86 4.2.0 and the 2.4.18 kernel, but I can`t mount my cdrom. I tried to mount it with the #mount /dev/cdrom /cdrom and it returns me: /dev/cdrom is not a block device. my /etc/fstab has the following lines for the cdrom: /dev/cdrom/cdromiso9660ro,user,noauto 0 0 I would be glad if someone could help me putting up the xserver and the cdrom! regards! Francisco In regards to the cdrom.I had the same problem. Change /dev/cdrom to /dev/hdc That fixed it for me -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 05:01:31AM -0300, Francisco Fialho wrote: I`m trying to install woody ( Debian 3.0) at an ACER 4300 with Celeron 500 processor, 128 mem, and onboard video (SIS530/620) and network drivers(SIS900)... when I finished my first installation I could ping the local and external network just fine, but I cannot enter in graphic mode. I already did an apt-get install in almost all of the xserver-* that I found...:-/ You say you can't enter graphic mode. Error messages? System hangs? There is a metapackage for a workstation installation of X. It's called x-window-system. That way you won't have to figure out what packages to get. Bob pgpwh616OujFt.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Problems installing woody
I did an apt-get install -s task-x-window-system and had a message of package dependency... so I went doing an apt-get install package ( xlib6g-dev) that required (libc6-dev) that required (libc6), and when a tried to update or upgrade libc6, it gave me the message that it was already at the newest version. I don`t know what to do now... I was told that Debian was dificult to install... :-) but I didn`t realized that is was that dificult :-) can any one help me! regards Francisco - Original Message - From: Robert Ian Smit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Francisco Fialho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Problems installing woody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
on Wed, Jun 12, 2002, Robert Ian Smit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 05:01:31AM -0300, Francisco Fialho wrote: I`m trying to install woody ( Debian 3.0) at an ACER 4300 with Celeron 500 processor, 128 mem, and onboard video (SIS530/620) and network drivers(SIS900)... when I finished my first installation I could ping the local and external network just fine, but I cannot enter in graphic mode. I already did an apt-get install in almost all of the xserver-* that I found...:-/ You say you can't enter graphic mode. Error messages? System hangs? There is a metapackage for a workstation installation of X. It's called x-window-system. That way you won't have to figure out what packages to get. Also, you can re-run the initial configuration wizard by issuing the following command (as root): dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 In my N00bian days, I went nuts looking for that command - it's not mentioned when the x-window-system metapackage is installed :-) Take care, Peter. -- Peter Whysall [EMAIL PROTECTED] The TLD in my email address is sdrawkcab. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 sid -- kernel 2.4.18 pgpANBgJMglMY.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Problems installing woody
This could help: after I ran startx, I had the following output: (--) SVGA: XAA... and so on System: `/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb/xkbcomp -w 1 -R/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xkb -xkm -m u_intl -em1 The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: -emp -eml Errors from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server keymap/xfree86 compiled/xfree86.xkm` Fatal Server error: Cannot Open Mouse ( No such file or directory) X connection to :0.0 broken ( explicit kill or shutdown). hope this helps! Francisco - Original Message - From: Francisco Fialho [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert Ian Smit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Debian - US debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 6:46 AM Subject: Re: Problems installing woody I did an apt-get install -s task-x-window-system and had a message of package dependency... so I went doing an apt-get install package ( xlib6g-dev) that required (libc6-dev) that required (libc6), and when a tried to update or upgrade libc6, it gave me the message that it was already at the newest version. I don`t know what to do now... I was told that Debian was dificult to install... :-) but I didn`t realized that is was that dificult :-) can any one help me! regards Francisco - Original Message - From: Robert Ian Smit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Francisco Fialho [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:41 AM Subject: Re: Problems installing woody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
Peter, the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 command gave me the following output: Package xserver-xfree86 is not installed and no info is available. /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xsrever-xfree86 is not fully installed. then I went and did a apt-get install xserver-xfree86 and got the: Couldn`t find package xserver-xfree86... where can I get this package? regards Francisco - Original Message - From: Peter Whysall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 10:56 AM Subject: Re: Problems installing woody -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 05:01:31 -0300 Francisco Fialho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I`m trying to install woody ( Debian 3.0) at an ACER 4300 with Celeron 500 processor, 128 mem, and onboard video (SIS530/620) and network drivers(SIS900)... when I finished my first installation I could ping the local and external network just fine, but I cannot enter in graphic mode. I already did an apt-get install in almost all of the xserver-* that I found...:-/ Hi! First of all, remove all xserver-* packages except xserver-xfree86 (and of course xserver-common) which must be installed. If you don't know at all what to install to get a running X system, just remove the xserver-packages except the both mentioned, and then apt-get install x-window-system (as Bob mentioned). Is this a laptop which you're trying to install Debian on? If yes, then the following could help, if not, read on below the next three paragraphs ;): It is quite normal that X doesn't run on such a machine, because the X driver does not know how to handle a certain part which drives the LCD display or so. But there's a good sis driver under http://www.winischhofer.net/linuxsis630.shtml which solves the problem. I'd first try not to change the kernel (If you don't know what you're doing), but only to install the X driver. Don't get frustrated because there's so much information on the page - the setup instructions which'll probably work for you are in the part: Variant 4: I want to use X without DRI. You'll just have to download the precompiled driver for X4.1 and place it in the directory which is mentioned on the site. Then, you do dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 at the console and choose the sis driver in the configuration process. Choose a monitor type which can handle the resolution you normally have on your LCD at 60 Hz, and choose the resolution you want to have; choose 16 for the colour depth (or 24 if you desperately need many, many colours ;) ). Now, don't start X immediately! First, edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file (for example, go to this directory with the file manager mc (apt-get install mc and then just type mc) and select Edit) (if it isn't there, edit the XF86Config file!) as described on the winischhofer site under the link example XF86Config-4. The most important sections are, if I remember correctly: -The Section Monitor: There must not be any Mode Lines, if any is there, delete them (delete lines: F8 key in MC editor). But be careful not to delete the EndSection signature at the end of the monitor section ;). VertRefresh must be set to 50-75, HorizSync to 30-90. ATTENTION: If this isn't set correctly-The section Device: The driver must be sis (with those quotation marks!). The option MaxXFBMem should be set to 8192 (also both with quotation marks!). A mem or video ram option or something like that is not needed for those adapters, and should not be used. (if it is there, just change it to a comment by adding a # at the beginning of the line. BTW, the format of this configuration file mostly looks like this: keyword value Option optionname value Option optionname between keyword and value or between the keyword Option and the optionname or before any keyword, you can use tabs or spaces, as you want, I think. After having configured the file, just try startx. If you don't have a laptop, just try to configure the x server correctly by dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 (choose sis driver and a reasonable monitor (never run a monitor at too high frequencies - serious demage can occur!)). If you've got further problems, you can write me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just configured two laptops with similar video adapters ;). Cheers, Stephan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002 05:57:13 -0300 Francisco Fialho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael, I couldn`t mount the /cdrom even changing my /etc/fstab to /dev/hdc... got the same message: /dev/hdc is not a block device. regards Hi! Do you know which controller your drive is connected to? If it is... ... at the primary controller, slave position: try mount /dev/hdb /cdrom ... at the secondary controller, master position: try mount /dev/hdc /cdrom ... at the secondary controller, slave position: try mount /dev/hdd /cdrom ... at the scsi controller: try mount /dev/sr0 /cdrom You can also try out all those possibilities. Or you press shift+PgUp (several times) after having booted, so you can see what the kernel has printed out (and usually also a message about detected cdrom's); you come back down by pressing shift+PgDn. Cheers, Stephan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 06:46:30AM -0300, Francisco Fialho wrote: I did an apt-get install -s task-x-window-system and had a message of package dependency... so I went doing an apt-get install package ( xlib6g-dev) that required (libc6-dev) that required (libc6), and when a tried to update or upgrade libc6, it gave me the message that it was already at the newest version. Could you quote the exact error messages, please? Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
on Wed, Jun 12, 2002, Francisco Fialho ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Peter, the dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 command gave me the following output: Package xserver-xfree86 is not installed and no info is available. /usr/sbin/dpkg-reconfigure: xsrever-xfree86 is not fully installed. then I went and did a apt-get install xserver-xfree86 and got the: Couldn`t find package xserver-xfree86... where can I get this package? xserver-xfree86 is the package that provides the actual X server binary itself and supporting files. The easiest way to obtain it, and all the other necessary packages, is to install the x-window-system metapackage: apt-get install x-window-system What x-window-system does is depend on all the appropriate packages for the basic X Window System installation. You'll then probably want to install a window manager or desktop environment of some sort. twm is functional but less than pretty. Personally, I favour GNOME. It would be much easier for you to install aptitude (apt-get install aptitude) and look at the tasks section there than it would be for me to enumerate all the packages you'd need :) Hope this helps Take care, Peter. -- Peter Whysall [EMAIL PROTECTED] The TLD in my email address is sdrawkcab. Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 sid -- kernel 2.4.18 pgp1pq1NWFfas.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Problems installing woody
Hi all, Am Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2002 16:28 schrieb Stephan Hachinger: [...] Do you know which controller your drive is connected to? If it is... ... at the primary controller, slave position: try mount /dev/hdb /cdrom [...] also you can try dmesg | grep hd to figure out on what /dev/hd? you got your cdrom-drive. If you got scsi try dmesg | grep sc . HTH gerhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
Sorry for the big mail... this is what I get when apt-get install -s task-x-window-system... and so on! Regards, Francsico McLaren:/# apt-get install -s task-x-window-system Reading Package Lists...done Building Dependecy Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed.vThis mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simple not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: Sorry, but the following packagwes have unmet dependencies: task-x-window-system: depends: xlib6g-dev but it is not going to be installed. E: sorry, broken packages McLaren:/# apt-get install xlib6g-dev Reading Package Lists...done Building Dependecy Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed.vThis mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simple not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: Sorry, but the following packagwes have unmet dependencies: xlib6g-dev: depends: libc6-dev but it is not going to be installed. E: sorry, broken packages McLaren:/# apt-get install libc6-dev Reading Package Lists...done Building Dependecy Tree... Done Some packages could not be installed.vThis mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that the package is simple not installable and a bug report against that package should be filed. The following information may help to resolve the situation: Sorry, but the following packagwes have unmet dependencies: libc6-dev: depends: libc6 (= 2.1.3-20) but 2.2.5-6 is to be installed. E: sorry, broken packages McLaren:/# apt-get install libc6 Reading Package Lists...done Building Dependecy Tree... Done Sorry, libc6 is already the newest version. 0 packages upgraded, and so on... - Original Message - From: Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian - US debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:29 AM Subject: Re: Problems installing woody On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 06:46:30AM -0300, Francisco Fialho wrote: I did an apt-get install -s task-x-window-system and had a message of package dependency... so I went doing an apt-get install package ( xlib6g-dev) that required (libc6-dev) that required (libc6), and when a tried to update or upgrade libc6, it gave me the message that it was already at the newest version. Could you quote the exact error messages, please? Thanks, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
Gerhard, thank you very much! I used the dmesg | grep hd command and found my cdrom at /dev/hdd made the change at /etc/fstab and it worked! I`m still fighting with my X config! :-) Thanks again regards Francisco - Original Message - From: Gerhard Gaussling [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 11:54 AM Subject: Re: Problems installing woody Hi all, Am Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2002 16:28 schrieb Stephan Hachinger: [...] Do you know which controller your drive is connected to? If it is... ... at the primary controller, slave position: try mount /dev/hdb /cdrom [...] also you can try dmesg | grep hd to figure out on what /dev/hd? you got your cdrom-drive. If you got scsi try dmesg | grep sc . HTH gerhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 08:04:45AM -0300, Francisco Fialho wrote: Sorry for the big mail... this is what I get when apt-get install -s task-x-window-system... In woody, use 'x-window-system', not 'task-x-window-system'. McLaren:/# apt-get install xlib6g-dev xlib6g-dev is present in woody, but only for compatibility. Sorry, but the following packagwes have unmet dependencies: libc6-dev: depends: libc6 (= 2.1.3-20) but 2.2.5-6 is to be installed. E: sorry, broken packages That looks to me as if you're trying to mix packages from potato and woody somehow ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
when I give an apt-get install x-window-system it returns: couldn`t find package x-window-system. how can I correct the mix packages search? regards Francisco - Original Message - From: Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Debian - US debian-user@lists.debian.org Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:17 PM Subject: Re: Problems installing woody On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 08:04:45AM -0300, Francisco Fialho wrote: Sorry for the big mail... this is what I get when apt-get install -s task-x-window-system... In woody, use 'x-window-system', not 'task-x-window-system'. McLaren:/# apt-get install xlib6g-dev xlib6g-dev is present in woody, but only for compatibility. Sorry, but the following packagwes have unmet dependencies: libc6-dev: depends: libc6 (= 2.1.3-20) but 2.2.5-6 is to be installed. E: sorry, broken packages That looks to me as if you're trying to mix packages from potato and woody somehow ... -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 08:17:01AM -0300, Francisco Fialho wrote: when I give an apt-get install x-window-system it returns: couldn`t find package x-window-system. how can I correct the mix packages search? I bet I know what's wrong. The testing installation disks have 'stable' in the default contents of /etc/apt/sources.list (arguably a bug ... but it'll be OK once woody really goes stable). Edit /etc/apt/sources.list, change all references to 'stable' to 'woody', run 'dselect update', and try again. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
Am Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2002 17:17 schrieb Colin Watson: That looks to me as if you're trying to mix packages from potato and woody somehow ... If so, it might be helpful to mail the output of the following commands : cat /etc/apt/preferences cat /etc/apt/sources.list ciao gerhard sorry about my poor english -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
Am Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2002 12:02 schrieb Francisco Fialho: This could help: [...] Fatal Server error: Cannot Open Mouse ( No such file or directory) X connection to :0.0 broken ( explicit kill or shutdown). Without mouse the xserver can not start. What kind of mouse do you use? At what kind of port? What does 'ls -l /dev/mouse' print to the screen? hope this helps! [...] I don`t know what to do now... I was told that Debian was dificult to install... :-) but I didn`t realized that is was that dificult :-) Yes, it's hard in the begining. Did you already try 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' ? to configure your mouse and xserver? gerhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems installing woody
Am Mittwoch, 12. Juni 2002 13:08 schrieb Francisco Fialho: I used the dmesg | grep hd command and found my cdrom at /dev/hdd made the change at /etc/fstab and it worked! I`m still fighting with my X config! :-) Try 'apt-cdrom add' and insert your debian cdroms. see the output of 'man apt' (man man ;) ) for further details. Than you might be able to apt-get install gpm or the xserver stuff like mentioned by the other list-members. HTH gerhard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
