Re: newbie: Help, I'm stuck!
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 01:45:04AM -0400, Roderick Cummings wrote: From: Scott Frankel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Problem 2: dselect config file mulched I've inadvertantly hoarked whatever shoot-myself-in-the-foot.config file it is that controls what the dselect program can access. I can't seem to get a package list update from the CD's I installed from. With this remedied, maybe I could install the man pages! In any event, this leads to the frustrating: Check out /etc/apt/sources.list Unless you totally deleted it, it probably have a few default sources you can uncomment. Man/info will can provide more info if not. also you could try re-running the first option on deselect and resetup apt. if you have apt-setup it'll get you started. -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #2 from Will Trillich [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Confused about using apt-get to keep your Debian UP-TO-DATE? See http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/system/apt-get-intro.html Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...
newbie: Help, I'm stuck!
Problem 1: the cursor won't respond I installed the Potato release as the default OS in a dual-boot setup on an Apple PowerBook Pismo (Firewire/2000/tc.). X (v.3) launches happily, but the cursor arrow won't respond to either the trackpad or an externally connected USB mouse. It won't budge from the center of the display (which is some sort of Debian desktop decoration with some icons on either side. Don't know what they do yet; I can't click'em.) I've tried manually editing the XF86Config file, setting the pointer to /dev/input/mice, as per a suggestion. Still no joy. In searching the new system documentation for an X configuration tool, I found that none were installed (I chose the task-based, simple installation method, selecting everything I *thought* would be useful). This leads to: Problem 2: dselect config file mulched I've inadvertantly hoarked whatever shoot-myself-in-the-foot.config file it is that controls what the dselect program can access. I can't seem to get a package list update from the CD's I installed from. With this remedied, maybe I could install the man pages! In any event, this leads to the frustrating: Problem 3: dsl via dhcp internet connection does't work Which means that I can't connect to the Debian ftp site to download the XF86Setup package! I posted a plea the other day and received very interesting information in return. (Thanks!) My /etc/network/interfaces file, edited accordingly, now reads: # interfaces to launch at boot auto lo eth0 # loopback interface iface lo inet loopback # fast ethernet iface eht0 inet dhcp Nontheless, I still get unresolved address errors from dselect's Access methods. Lynx complains as well. From a cold boot and root login, invoking ifconfig returns no output whatsoever. If I then invoke % ifconfig eth0 up I get eth0 PHY ID: ... full_duplex:1, speed: 100 dselect lynx remain unhappy though, even after that ifconfigery. Note that the computer is connected to a Linksys Cable/DSL Router, which serves IP numbers via DHCP -- and the whole setup works flawlessly under MacOS ... Two related questions: - What does /sbin/pump do? I'm told it plays/can play a role in dhcp configuration. What would/should I do to implement it? - What does /sbin/ifup do? There's reference to it in the original /etc/network/interface file. Thanks in advance for your help. I've spent the better part of a week absolutely dead in the water - Scott
Re: newbie: Help, I'm stuck!
From: Scott Frankel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user debian-user@lists.debian.org, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: newbie: Help, I'm stuck! Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 22:30:28 -0700 Problem 1: the cursor won't respond I installed the Potato release as the default OS in a dual-boot setup on an Apple PowerBook Pismo (Firewire/2000/tc.). X (v.3) launches happily, but the cursor arrow won't respond to either the trackpad or an externally connected USB mouse. It won't budge from the center of the display (which is some sort of Debian desktop decoration with some icons on either side. Don't know what they do yet; I can't click'em.) That might be due to the program gpm running in the background. Try disabling it. Try /etc/init.d/gpm stop gpm is a mouse program that lets you cut and paste at the console. Problem 2: dselect config file mulched I've inadvertantly hoarked whatever shoot-myself-in-the-foot.config file it is that controls what the dselect program can access. I can't seem to get a package list update from the CD's I installed from. With this remedied, maybe I could install the man pages! In any event, this leads to the frustrating: Check out /etc/apt/sources.list Unless you totally deleted it, it probably have a few default sources you can uncomment. Man/info will can provide more info if not. also you could try re-running the first option on deselect and resetup apt. Problem 3: dsl via dhcp internet connection does't work Which means that I can't connect to the Debian ftp site to download the XF86Setup package! I posted a plea the other day and received very interesting information in return. (Thanks!) My /etc/network/interfaces file, edited accordingly, now reads: # interfaces to launch at boot auto lo eth0 # loopback interface iface lo inet loopback # fast ethernet iface eht0 inet dhcp Nontheless, I still get unresolved address errors from dselect's Access methods. Lynx complains as well. From a cold boot and root login, invoking ifconfig returns no output whatsoever. If I then invoke % ifconfig eth0 up I get eth0 PHY ID: ... full_duplex:1, speed: 100 dselect lynx remain unhappy though, even after that ifconfigery. Note that the computer is connected to a Linksys Cable/DSL Router, which serves IP numbers via DHCP -- and the whole setup works flawlessly under MacOS ... Two related questions: - What does /sbin/pump do? I'm told it plays/can play a role in dhcp configuration. What would/should I do to implement it? - What does /sbin/ifup do? There's reference to it in the original /etc/network/interface file. Thanks in advance for your help. I've spent the better part of a week absolutely dead in the water - Scott -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can't help there, I've never needed to do DHCP. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
