On Mon, Jan 29, 2001 at 05:34:43PM -0800, Sudhakar Chandra wrote:
>Rajesh Fowkar proclaimed:
>> If I try to run X on potato I am getting the following error :
>>
>> Symbol VBE_Init from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o
>> Symbol VBEDOEDID from module /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/drivers/i810_drv.o
>>
>
>Where did you get X 4.x for potato? I thought it was no longer part of
>potato.
>
Not part of Potato. Installed the individual debs using dpkg separatly.
>> Right now I am confused between dpkg, apt-get. What is the difference
>> between the two. If I install a .deb package using dpkg what I should do so
>> that apt-get also recognises that package is installed. What is better to
>> use apt-get or dpkg ?
>
>Actually, there are three choices: dpkg, dselect and apt-get. dpkg is the
>equivalent of rpm. dselect is a nice text menu driven thing. And apt-get
>is a very sophisticated package management tool.
>
Doubts are clear.
apt-get is a command based front end to dpkg.
>Dselect is just a front end to dpkg. They both use the same backend
>database - i.e. /var/lib/dpkg/available
Yes.
>
>apt-get uses its own database under /var/cache/apt/
Does that mean if I install a package using dpkg(no dselect) the apt-get
cache is not syncronised ?
>I typically use dpkg to install already downloaded individual .debs. I use
>apt-get to download and install new software packages.
If I try to install say some package from potato CD's using apt-get than it
gives me some error like <that package .deb not found or something like that>,
however with dpkg the package isntalls fine.
>I use dselect when
>I want to search through my list of installed and available packages.
Yes. For this purpose dselect is useful.
>> No xf86config binary is installed after normal potato installation. How X
>> should be configured on Debian ?
>
>Install and run dexter.
The problem with X configuration on potato for my i810 was that the kernel
2.2.17 given with potato does not include agpgart module. Since 2.2.16 kernel
was with agpgart module I thought the same would apply to 2.2.17. But it was
not so.
I got kernel 2.4 sources and compiled on my machine with agpgart support etc.
Than I copied my XF86Config file from SuSE 7 here. I will try dexter. Is it
part of potato.
Thanks a lot.
Warm Regards
--
Rajesh Fowkar
(Computer Programmer)
V. S. DEMPO & CO. LTD., PANAJI-GOA
Email ID : [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web Site : http://www.dempos.com
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