mel kravitz wrote: > > A few questions from a newbie.. > 1) kernel sources for smp (as4000), i have 2.2 installed-which kernel > version woul;d be stable? > apt-get -f install (kernel_source?) > 2) Are there any .deb packages out there for a web browser?-communicator > or netscape? > > -Mel > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Kernel-version: I have had good luck with the 2.2.19 kernel here, but I have a different ALPHA machine so your milage may vary. I have NOT tried any of the 2.4.X series kernels so I can't comment except to say there seems to have been several messages on the trials/tribulations of getting them to work on a ALPHA. Web-Browser: This is a personal problem I have been struggling with here for quite a while. There is a RPM version of Netscape avalilabe from COMPAQ that you can install to Debian Potato using the "alien" program. I have done this here, but it seemed to be a bit "flakey", and would only provide useful browsing on Debian "Potato" for the ALPHA. When I upgraded to Debian "testing' or "unstable" it seriously breaks. I have also tried the "Mozilla" packages. The versions that comes with Potato and/or Testing version of Debian-Alpha are rather old and lack a lot of features. There IS a newer version in "Unstable" (version 0.9.1-4) that is quite use-able on Intel Arch machines BUT I have had a dickens of a time getting it running on my ALPHA. I have tried installing the binaries, and also d/l the source and building my own debs, but either way it bombs out on the mozilla-browser.postinst script leaving that package unconfigured and only partially installed. Since the rest of the Mozilla packages depend upon this package being installed, they bomb-out too. This is quite mysterious to me because the EXACT same version with the same "mozilla-browser.postinst" script installs on Intel-Arch machines just fine! This obviously is an ALPHA problem, but I can't figure out where. I am going to do a separate post for "help" here on this issue when I collect some more data/info about it. Finally, KDE comes with a nice browser (Konqueror) but unfortunately KDE is not quite yet available for the ALPHA arch. There was an announcement just this week that it was finally compiling on the ALPHA using gcc 3.0, and it is looking better for it to be in Woody when that distro is released. I would suspect we will be seeing it available in "unstable" real soon. I am anxiously awaiting / anticipating it's appearance!! Hope this Info Helps -Don Spoon-
