dpkg other assorted questions...
Howdy all, First off thanx for that mouse support, after using '/dev/psaux' as the device the mouse worked fine and x was up and running quickly.thanx now, i have a couple more questions.. i have some .deb packkages and cant seem to install them because i get the following error when i run dpkg -i filename.deb; dpkg: parse error, in file/'var/lib/dpkg/updates/0024' near line 1: newline in field name '#padding i have no idea what this is...any clues on how to fix it??? all that file contains is a number of '#padding each on one line like this ; #padding #padding #padding #padding #padding .. Also how do i make fvwm2 my default windows manager and how do i add programs to my menus.or where do i find documentation on how to customize X... one last thinghow do i force my machine to start up to the x windows login box..thanx in advanced. jd? -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dpkg other assorted questions...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Fri, 26 Sep 1997, jd? wrote: Also how do i make fvwm2 my default windows manager and how do i add programs to my menus.or where do i find documentation on how to customize X... Default window managers are found in /etc/X11/window-manager. The first one found will be used. For menus, install the menu package and check out the documentation in /usr/doc/menu. Also check out the documentation in /usr/doc/fvwm2 (well /usr/doc/*). one last thinghow do i force my machine to start up to the x windows login box..thanx in advanced. For that you want the documentation in /usr/doc/xbase/debian.README. You want to start xdm on system startup. - -- |If you will practice being fictional for a while, Scott K. Ellis|you will understand that fictional [EMAIL PROTECTED]| characters are sometimes more real than |people with bodies and heartbeats. | -- Illusions -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNCxlnaCk2fENdzpVAQGfDAQAnv2+mRDJxkfe6qGE7Vrs9SgjV339zAHA TYeOlRzK0pNNBCmrvCuo6s40Ui2m1EeguZjLGjZELOlJ33mq07h23ROwQcbPuc6c 74r/LHE0stzRw/030ZjG2Qpm9Wvci7r5TfjhGtTpWumn55UMekY1v7SVLb9F+8Wx oCuspomQiQc= =Rchh -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: dpkg other assorted questions...
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] jd? wrote: : i have some .deb packkages and cant seem to install them because i get the : following error when i run dpkg -i filename.deb; : : dpkg: parse error, in file/'var/lib/dpkg/updates/0024' near line 1: : newline in field name '#padding : : i have no idea what this is...any clues on how to fix it??? : : all that file contains is a number of '#padding each on one line like : this ; : : #padding : #padding : #padding : #padding : #padding Do df to check how much free space you have on on your hard disk(s). I have seen this happen when when you run out of hard disk space, you see. I'm not sure how to fix it the correct way, but making sure you have space on the hard drive and editing that file and removing all #padding entries in it fixed it for me. Or perhaps I simply removed that file? : Also how do i make fvwm2 my default windows manager and how do i add : programs to my menus.or where do i find documentation on how to : customize X... I don't know, but perhaps /etc/X11/window-managers is what you should edit? : one last thinghow do i force my machine to start up to the x windows : login box..thanx in advanced. I think you want to edit /etc/X11/config. Right, MartinS -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
