Thanks Nick, I'm sure the answers will be forthcoming. :-) On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 14:53 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > > I am no expert in setting up debian repositories, particularly when it > comes to mixing and matching stable/testing/unstable. > > do you have a "stable" line in /etc/apt/source.list.
See attached. There are error messages when Synaptic runs. > what does apt-cache search wvdial return? Nothing - back to #. It isn't found by search in Synaptic, which I believe performs the exact same operation. "Network Settings" complains for wvdial on ppp0 - the cue. We've tried pon, but got no lasting 'connect'. It isn't very interactive.
# deb file:///cdrom/ sarge main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-3 (20050226)]/ unstable contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-2 (20050226)]/ unstable contrib main deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux testing _Sarge_ - Official Snapshot i386 Binary-1 (20050226)]/ unstable contrib main deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib
