Re: can I use etch now? and 2 other questions

2006-12-02 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 17:43 -0800, Serena Cantor wrote: I can't wait for etch official release. What's the difference between current etch and its official release? How much disk space does minimal etch installation require? From the installation manual: You must have at least 32MB of

can I use etch now? and 2 other questions

2006-12-01 Thread Serena Cantor
I can't wait for etch official release. What's the difference between current etch and its official release? How much disk space does minimal etch installation require? 2 common questions: 1. how to compare 2 files? I try diff, not satisfied with it. Is there command similiar to MS's fc? 2.

Re: can I use etch now? and 2 other questions

2006-12-01 Thread Sergio Cuéllar Valdés
On 12/1/06, Serena Cantor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can't wait for etch official release. What's the difference between current etch and its official release? How much disk space does minimal etch installation require? 2 common questions: 1. how to compare 2 files? I try diff, not satisfied

Re: Sarge root-login was Re: Where are config questions in install of latest sarge, and other questions...

2004-11-24 Thread Jim Hall
Felixk Karpfen wrote: On 2004-11-21, Jules Dubois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:50:38 -0500, Williams, Allen wrote: 4. I can't log in to the X desktop as root. Where do I fix that? It's a security feature. If you're using GDM, there's a configuration option at the login

Sarge root-login was Re: Where are config questions in install of latest sarge, and other questions...

2004-11-23 Thread Felixk Karpfen
On 2004-11-21, Jules Dubois [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:50:38 -0500, Williams, Allen wrote: 4. I can't log in to the X desktop as root. Where do I fix that? It's a security feature. If you're using GDM, there's a configuration option at the login screen to enable you

Re: Where are config questions in install of latest sarge, and other questions...

2004-11-20 Thread Jules Dubois
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:50:38 -0500, Williams, Allen wrote: 2. My desktop went from KDE to Gnome. Is this normal? Where do I set the default desktop? When you boot, do you get a graphical login screen? Is there a session icon or menu item? If there is, you should be able to choose a KDE

Where are config questions in install of latest sarge, and other questions...

2004-11-19 Thread Williams, Allen
I checked the debian site for sarge release notes, and if they're there, I can't find 'em, so it's back to the mailing list;-) I had been running sarge since June, and I just did a complete reinstall of the latest sarge (don't ask- it's embarassing), dated 11/17, I think. 1. It never asked me

Re: Where are config questions in install of latest sarge, and other questions...

2004-11-19 Thread Matt Zagrabelny
1. It never asked me the hardware config questions I was used to with both woody and sarge. What happened to them, how do I find out what device support is installed, and get support for devices that might not be installed (i.e., download drivers for stuff- although now that I've said it, I

Re: Where are config questions in install of latest sarge, and other questions...

2004-11-19 Thread Joao Clemente
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: 1. It never asked me the hardware config questions I was used to with both woody and sarge. What happened to them, how do I find out what device support is installed, and get support for devices that might not be installed (i.e., download drivers for stuff- although now

Re: Where are config questions in install of latest sarge, and other questions...

2004-11-19 Thread Jacob S
On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:50:38 -0500 Williams, Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I checked the debian site for sarge release notes, and if they're there, I can't find 'em, so it's back to the mailing list;-) I had been running sarge since June, and I just did a complete reinstall of the latest

Re: Where are config questions in install of latest sarge, and other questions...

2004-11-19 Thread Jim Hall
Matt Zagrabelny wrote: 1. It never asked me the hardware config questions I was used to with both woody and sarge. What happened to them, how do I find out what device support is installed, and get support for devices that might not be installed (i.e., download drivers for stuff- although now

Re: Where are config questions in install of latest sarge, and other questions...

2004-11-19 Thread Chris Lale
On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 18:50, Williams, Allen wrote: I checked the debian site for sarge release notes, and if they're there, I can't find 'em, so it's back to the mailing list;-) The installation manual http://www.debian.org/doc/user-manuals#install and the Debian Reference

ppp, modconf and module problem on 2.4.x kernel and other questions

2001-08-17 Thread Paolo Alexis Falcone
Hello! I'm running potato with the 2.4.8-ac5 kernel (make-kpkg'd from the official source). My problems are the following: * I configured ppp, vfat, sound, etc as modules. On a regular terminal (customized to runlevel 2), the modules are loaded automatically. But everytime I boot to runlevel

Re: ppp, modconf and module problem on 2.4.x kernel and other questions

2001-08-17 Thread F Zimmermann
On Fri, 17 Aug 2001, Paolo Alexis Falcone wrote: Hello! I'm running potato with the 2.4.8-ac5 kernel (make-kpkg'd from the official source). My problems are the following: * I configured ppp, vfat, sound, etc as modules. On a regular terminal (customized to runlevel 2), the modules are

Re: ppp, modconf and module problem on 2.4.x kernel and other questions

2001-08-17 Thread James D Strandboge
Go to: http://www.debian.org/News/2001/20010415 for what you need with running potato and 2.4 Jamie Strandboge -- The goal of Computer Science is to build something that will last at least until we've finished building it. -- Author unknown Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG/PGP

Re: Kernel Compiled, but have other questions

2000-08-11 Thread Eric G . Miller
On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 11:18:49PM -, Ronald Castillo wrote: Thanks everybody for your assistance sor recompiling my kernel. It now works pretty well. I have sound support, APM, and other stuff... Now I have other questions... I downloaded the xmms player in rpm and the pciutils

Kernel Compiled, but have other questions

2000-08-10 Thread Ronald Castillo
Thanks everybody for your assistance sor recompiling my kernel. It now works pretty well. I have sound support, APM, and other stuff... Now I have other questions... I downloaded the xmms player in rpm and the pciutils in tar.gz form. I installed both using alien -i and they appear in dselect

toggle xdm off? // and more other questions

1999-10-31 Thread jack
hi, after another re-installation of slink, upgrading potato and struggling with all kind of settings and tunings, finally things are getting better and better. Meanwhile, still have puzzles need to be solved: 1. apt-get is really cool. However, upgrading is still upgrading. I did not expect

Re: toggle xdm off? // and more other questions

1999-10-31 Thread John Hasler
jack wrote: 3. Normally, I like to start X manually. Unfortunately, xdm on debian always try to run X on first. I tried to change mode to 3 in inittab, but it's still there. xdm is now in its own package, and it defaults to run on boot. To stop that just remove xdm with 'dpkg -r xdm'. --

Re: installing twin and other questions

1997-09-28 Thread Martin Str|mberg
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] tmalloy wrote: : I know someone asked about this recently. Sorry for not paying more : attention. I got twin from the caldera archive. It does not seem to have : compiled correctly. Can anyone tell me how they got it up and running? I : am trying to install it to

Re: installing twin and other questions

1997-09-28 Thread Paul Serice
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know someone asked about this recently. Sorry for not paying more attention. I got twin from the caldera archive. It does not seem to have compiled correctly. Can anyone tell me how they got it up and running? I am trying to install it to /twin because I have

Re: ... other questions

1997-09-28 Thread Oliver Elphick
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], writes: ... I try to do almost everything except administration as user. I only proform administration such as installing all debian stuff as root. Is it safe to install/compile non-debian programs as root. I tried to install twin as both and neither

installing twin and other questions

1997-09-27 Thread tmalloy
I know someone asked about this recently. Sorry for not paying more attention. I got twin from the caldera archive. It does not seem to have compiled correctly. Can anyone tell me how they got it up and running? I am trying to install it to /twin because I have a lot of room on /. I know