Re: Arrgh! Why did I wait so long?

2001-09-28 Thread dman
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 07:44:48PM +0200, Jesper Holmberg wrote: | * On Fri Sep 28, dman wrote: | > Check out the frame buffer stuff. I found it to be really cool. | | How do I get this frame buffer stuff to work? I compiled the kernel with | support for frame buffer, but obviously something else

Re: Arrgh! Why did I wait so long?

2001-09-28 Thread Jesper Holmberg
* On Fri Sep 28, dman wrote: > Check out the frame buffer stuff. I found it to be really cool. How do I get this frame buffer stuff to work? I compiled the kernel with support for frame buffer, but obviously something else need to be configured for it to start? Where should I look? TIA Jesper

Re: Arrgh! Why did I wait so long?

2001-09-28 Thread Glyn Millington
Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 04:59:21PM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > > Sounds good! Can anyone tell me if apt-get dist-upgrade minds being >> interrupted? My ISP cuts me of after two hours and I need to redial - >> will that foul up the process? > > Nope

Re: Arrgh! Why did I wait so long?

2001-09-28 Thread dman
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 10:28:45AM -0500, David A. Rogers wrote: | I have been postponing attempting to upgrade to testing on any of my | computers because I've just got a regular modem and thought it would take | too long. I finally bit the bullet this week. I've got a hand-me-down | laptop that

Re: Arrgh! Why did I wait so long?

2001-09-28 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Fri, Sep 28, 2001 at 04:59:21PM +0100, Glyn Millington wrote: > Sounds good! Can anyone tell me if apt-get dist-upgrade minds being > interrupted? My ISP cuts me of after two hours and I need to redial - > will that foul up the process? Nope. apt doesn't care. It's smart enough to not downlo

Re: Arrgh! Why did I wait so long?

2001-09-28 Thread Robert L. Harris
Just do an "apt-get -d dist-upgrade" -d is download. If you get disconnected, run again, rinse, repeat until you get all downloaded, then run without the -d. Thus spake Glyn Millington ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > "David A. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I finally got the pcmcia m

Re: Arrgh! Why did I wait so long?

2001-09-28 Thread Glyn Millington
"David A. Rogers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I finally got the pcmcia modem working and last night I did the > apt-get --download-only dist-upgrade thing. It was 11:30 by then, so I > haven't installed it yet. Sounds good! Can anyone tell me if apt-get dist-upgrade minds being interrupted?

Arrgh! Why did I wait so long?

2001-09-28 Thread David A. Rogers
I have been postponing attempting to upgrade to testing on any of my computers because I've just got a regular modem and thought it would take too long. I finally bit the bullet this week. I've got a hand-me-down laptop that I'm putting Debian on. The problem is that under xfree 3.3.6, it only