> Okay, I'm a complete beginner in Linux and I really need help in trying to > configure the X-windows system. I can't configure the mouse to work at all. I > read on XFree's site that I needed to download the gpm1-13 package and use > the mouseman protocol. Unfortunately, this requires libc6. I already have > libc5 installed, and libc6 conflicts with this package. However, libc5 is > required by too many other packages. Do I have to upgrade the libc5 package? > How do I work around this problem? > I should also add that the libc6 and gpm1-13 packages were from the unstable > catagory, whereas the libc5 package was a stable one. Could this be a problem?
Which version of XFree are you using ? I think that the one from bo (debian 1.3.1) will not need the gpm package. And, more important, both it and gpm will work with libc5. However: 1) If you have a newly hardware which is not comptiable with older one, then bo's XFree might not work. 2) Linux is going to use libc6 as its standard C library. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]