RE: Woody on Sony Vaio PCG-GRX500
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 12:50, asubedi wrote: > Hello Joe, > > Sorry to bother you. I am thinking of installing Debian woody again using > "net > install". If I do that, will I be able to download and install newer packages > like XFree86 4.2 and KDE 3.1 rather than having to install old versions and > then update? Thank you. Like most things in Debian, this depends. :) If you install just plain "woody" at install time, you will have to download X, KDE, etc, separately later. On the other hand, if you install the "testing" or "unstable" distributions right away from the woody net-install discs (which I think is possible, just change "stable" to "unstable" in your configuration during install), you will get X 4.2 and KDE 3.1. (X 4.2 is in testing and unstable; KDE 3.1 is only in unstable). Just remember to change "stable" to "unstable" before you start downloading packages. If you choose to run unstable or testing, you should be familiar with the risks as well as the benefits - http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-ftparchives.en.html#s-dirtree contains information what exactly makes "unstable" unstable and "testing" testing. > P.S. I am new to the mailing list "thingie". Let me know if I voilated any > etiquette by replying directly to you rather than replying to the mailing > list. In general, replies should go to the list. If someone wants something specifically mailed to them instead of or in addition to the list, they should request it either in the email text itself, or via various email headers (the most popular, supported by mutt, is Mail-Followup-To:). -- Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
RE: Woody on Sony Vaio PCG-GRX500
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 12:50, asubedi wrote: > Hello Joe, > > Sorry to bother you. I am thinking of installing Debian woody again using "net > install". If I do that, will I be able to download and install newer packages > like XFree86 4.2 and KDE 3.1 rather than having to install old versions and > then update? Thank you. Like most things in Debian, this depends. :) If you install just plain "woody" at install time, you will have to download X, KDE, etc, separately later. On the other hand, if you install the "testing" or "unstable" distributions right away from the woody net-install discs (which I think is possible, just change "stable" to "unstable" in your configuration during install), you will get X 4.2 and KDE 3.1. (X 4.2 is in testing and unstable; KDE 3.1 is only in unstable). Just remember to change "stable" to "unstable" before you start downloading packages. If you choose to run unstable or testing, you should be familiar with the risks as well as the benefits - http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-ftparchives.en.html#s-dirtree contains information what exactly makes "unstable" unstable and "testing" testing. > P.S. I am new to the mailing list "thingie". Let me know if I voilated any > etiquette by replying directly to you rather than replying to the mailing > list. In general, replies should go to the list. If someone wants something specifically mailed to them instead of or in addition to the list, they should request it either in the email text itself, or via various email headers (the most popular, supported by mutt, is Mail-Followup-To:). -- Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Woody on Sony Vaio PCG-GRX500
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 02:40, asubedi wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has been successful in getting X and ethernet > working for the system. I tried to install Debian on my laptop by wiping out > Red Hat. Since the X and ethernet did not work, I'm back to RH again. I also > read an entry for pcg-grx316mp that setting up X is really difficult (for > average users). Please let me know if anyone is using Debian successfully in > pcg-grx500. Thanks. I eventually got every bit of hardware on my GRX570 to work. My ethernet card was a standard Intel (eepro100 module), and X was a Radeon 7500. That requires X 4.2. Once you have X 4.2, it's easy, dexconf worked for me. -- Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Woody on Sony Vaio PCG-GRX500
On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 02:40, asubedi wrote: > I was wondering if anyone has been successful in getting X and ethernet > working for the system. I tried to install Debian on my laptop by wiping out > Red Hat. Since the X and ethernet did not work, I'm back to RH again. I also > read an entry for pcg-grx316mp that setting up X is really difficult (for > average users). Please let me know if anyone is using Debian successfully in > pcg-grx500. Thanks. I eventually got every bit of hardware on my GRX570 to work. My ethernet card was a standard Intel (eepro100 module), and X was a Radeon 7500. That requires X 4.2. Once you have X 4.2, it's easy, dexconf worked for me. -- Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
