"Knapp, Robert (CAP, CMC)" wrote: > >> 1) Is there a .deb of Xpmac? I'm limited to using the > >> built in valkyrie chipset, and all the docs I've seen > >> say Xpmac is the best to use. I can get FB_Dev up > >> for short periods of time, but it seems to crash fairly > >> regularly.(Signal 11) (If not, where do I get the source > >> and where do I announce the availiblity of it?) > > >I don't know about any debs of Xpmac, neither do I think it would make any > >sense as it's only a binary which you can put anywhere you like. > > Just wanted to drop a line and say that I got Xpmac in. I was > able to get the binary from sourceforge, and things went well. > > It also seems to have helped a little with the mouse problem > that I've been having. (I can now mouse for a few > hours at a time, and went it goes restarting X brings it right > back up. That wasn't true when using FBDev.) > > I may get all of my experiences down with this issue > and put it into some kind of troubleshooting thing. I've > seen references to usb mouse problems on the LinuxPPC lists > and on the debian lists. Getting all of this stuff(like > the issues running gpm and X at the same time. LinuxPPC defaults > to that without the mouse pointing to /dev/gpmdata) into > a single document might be not be a bad idea. > > When I have a rough draft, should I post it here for > comment from my betters?
That would be nice. > >> 3) I've seen from my searches on the net that installing netscape on > debian > >> is some kind of issue. I know that all apt-get install seems to generate > is > >> broken dependancies. Is there any resource that I could read on how to > get > >> this to work? [Searches on this list didn't find anything. I was probably > >> looking at the wrong search criteria]. > > >Just install communicator-smotif directly. 'apt-cache search > >communicator-smotif' will show you the available versions. > Thanks, this also worked in the first go. I've been using > debian for a total of <1 week now, and I still have > a lot to learn! [Like setting up printers, my next task!] I think you're doing well so far. Just ask back here as new problems appear. Michel -- Earthling Michel D�nzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and the DRI project
