3rd Attempt at installing Debian
After doing a bunch of ugly things for a second time to get a Debian system installed and running I'm trying a third time. There is no networking. I need to build a module for my nic which doesn't have a .deb package. I have the source but need the kernel source which wasn't installed. I discovered that unilike what many people told me I don't need to rebuild the kernel. I also need to figure out why X isn't working. There is also no mouse detection. Whenever I boot it it tries to start X. Several error messages. This is a hassle. Before I do anything else I'd like to stop this. I know it has something to to with something called runlevel What do I put in what file to change this. Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't bothor CCing or emailing this address. Since spammers seem to be harvesting this list anything that doesn't come from the list server is assumed to be spam and deleted. ASUS A87V8X mobo w AMD Athalon Broadcom 4401 onboard nic with static IP Address ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Video card. Sampo Alphascan 17mx monitor -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 3rd Attempt at installing Debian
Mark Healey wrote: After doing a bunch of ugly things for a second time to get a Debian system installed and running I'm trying a third time. There is no networking. I need to build a module for my nic which doesn't have a .deb package. I have the source but need the kernel source which wasn't installed. I discovered that unilike what many people told me I don't need to rebuild the kernel. Yes, of course, if you have the needed module on sources, just compile it, install it (/lib/modules/2.4.18-bf2.4/kernel/drivers/net - use the apropriate kernel name) and put the module name in the file /etc/modules . I also need to figure out why X isn't working. There is also no mouse detection. Whenever I boot it it tries to start X. Several error messages. This is a hassle. Before I do anything else I'd like to stop this. I know it has something to to with something called runlevel What do I put in what file to change this. Edit /etc/inittab and look for this : # The default runlevel. id:2:initdefault: Change the runlevel 2 to 1 and you will be on single user ( no X ). To workout the problems with the xserver you have to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 Good luck John -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: 3rd Attempt at installing Debian
Mark Healey wrote: There is no networking. I need to build a module for my nic which doesn't have a .deb package. I have the source but need the kernel source which wasn't installed. I discovered that unilike what many people told me I don't need to rebuild the kernel. I fought with a machine last week that had a broadcom nic. I found that I could not get it to work with a 2.2 kernel without recompiling the kernel, which I did, just long enough to hit the network so I could upgrade to a 2.4 kernel. It's been a week, so I'm not sure I remember correctly, but I think it worked out of the box with the 2.4 kernel. I also need to figure out why X isn't working. There is also no mouse detection. Whenever I boot it it tries to start X. Several error messages. This is a hassle. Before I do anything else I'd like to stop this. I know it has something to to with something called runlevel What do I put in what file to change this. I would suggest you break these issues out into separate email threads, and give each thread a meaninful subject line, like broadcom nic fails on 2.2 kernel or X tries to start on boot but can't or mouse not detected in X or mouse not detected in console or mouse not detected in console or X. No, in Debian, the starting up of X is not dependent on the runlevel. That's the way some other distros, like RH and Mandrake I believe, do it. But Debian does not. Instead, you'll need to uninstall or otherwise deactivate the login manager, which is most likely xdm, wdm, kdm, or gdm. The quickest/easiest fix is probably to get to a console and run apt-get remove xdm and then repeat the command, replacing xdm with wdm, kdm, and gdm. Later, when you've gotten X working, you can reinstall your preferred login manager with a command like apt-get install gdm. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
