installing Mach 64 Xserver

[Bob Edwards]

I installed debian from a 3 CD set. When I tried to use 'XF86Setup' I
got as far as trying to install my video card and XF86Setup gave me the
following message:

The server required by your card is not installed. Please install the
MAch 64 serever as /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64

When I went through the install program with the 3 CDs, I don't recall
having had the opportunity to install an X server.
I can only access the internet from the windows side of my system, so
how in the world can I install the MAch 64 server from the 3 CD set ?

Regards,
Bob Edwards
aka desperately seeking to get debian fully installed and operational

Re: installing Mach 64 Xserver

[Harald Thingelstad]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:34:46 Bob Edwards wrote:
 I installed debian from a 3 CD set. When I tried to use 'XF86Setup' I
 got as far as trying to install my video card and XF86Setup gave me the
 following message:
 
 The server required by your card is not installed. Please install the
 MAch 64 serever as /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64
 
...
 Regards,
 Bob Edwards
 aka desperately seeking to get debian fully installed and operational


The package you're after is xserver-mach64.
You can use dselect (command dselect as root) or 
apt-get install xserver-mach64

When installing from dselect, you will get suggestions about other packages you
might want to have, so I'll suggest you use this to begin with. 
At least as a learning experience. Apt-get is a better tool when you know what
to do but take your time to learn dselect for now.

You'd also want xdm or gdm, which makes you computer boot up in graphical mode
and gives you more of an environment to work in.
The difference is xdm is just plain x (with possible window managers) while gdm
includes gnome.
I personally like to use gdm and sawfish (aka. sawmill), but this is rather
sluggy on old computers and tastes may vary.
If you feel like it, check out the helix-gnome packages on woody (unstable). Or
kde, for that sake. Also on woody.

Harald

Re: installing Mach 64 Xserver

[Douglas Eck]

You can also find the xserver-mach64 package at www.debian.org
under Distribution--Debian packages...
Just do a search for the pacakge name in stable.
You can download the package using Windows and then transfer
it to your Linux partition via any means possible. Then just do  
 dpkg --install ./package name where package name is
the full name of the xserver-mach64 package. 

PS You can mount and read Windows partitions. NTFS
partitions are read-only (at least unless you like
to live dangerously).  

I'm  mentioning all this in the event that you don't have 
PPP up and running, and you're not on a network. If that's
the case, apt-get won't (of course ;-) work. But if
you are online, use Harald's suggestion...

Doug Eck

Harald Thingelstad wrote:

 
 On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:34:46 Bob Edwards wrote:
  I installed debian from a 3 CD set. When I tried to use 'XF86Setup' I
  got as far as trying to install my video card and XF86Setup gave me the
  following message:
 
  The server required by your card is not installed. Please install the
  MAch 64 serever as /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64
 
 ...
  Regards,
  Bob Edwards
  aka desperately seeking to get debian fully installed and operational
 
 The package you're after is xserver-mach64.
 You can use dselect (command dselect as root) or
 apt-get install xserver-mach64
 
 When installing from dselect, you will get suggestions about other packages 
 you
 might want to have, so I'll suggest you use this to begin with.
 At least as a learning experience. Apt-get is a better tool when you know what
 to do but take your time to learn dselect for now.
 
 You'd also want xdm or gdm, which makes you computer boot up in graphical mode
 and gives you more of an environment to work in.
 The difference is xdm is just plain x (with possible window managers) while 
 gdm
 includes gnome.
 I personally like to use gdm and sawfish (aka. sawmill), but this is rather
 sluggy on old computers and tastes may vary.
 If you feel like it, check out the helix-gnome packages on woody (unstable). 
 Or
 kde, for that sake. Also on woody.
 
 Harald
 
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