Oh, my system: Compaq Deskpro XE 466. 486/66, 32M ram, 540 hd (soon to be doubled), on-board video, Siemens mcm 1702 monitor, Rockwell comp. 56K modem. thanx Vitux
Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer > -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- > Fra: Wichmann, Viggo > Sendt: 16. juli 1999 00:18 > Til: 'debian' > Emne: Newbie troubles: XF86Setup acts out strange > > Hi Debians > The 'box spent most of last night downloading stuff from debian (I just > said yes to dselect's suggestions, in order to not meddle too much with > dependencies) after spending all afternoon getting my modem up & running. > No Problemo there. Wonderful program, apt is. > Now I'm really excited to start trying to use the damn thing for > something, but: > I figure I have to run XF86Setup to enable the X-stuff?! > When I do, I get: (something like) This may take a while. > After a short while, the screen goes light grey, first w/ stripes, then > just grey and a black bar ~1" down left side of the screen. Que Pasa?! > I think somewhere while installing packages I said yes to a SVGA option, > which I know my screen is capable of. Would this have anything to do with > it?! (I'm not even sure which program I was installing with this > option...guess I should have taken notes...) > Also: how do set up fetchmail to get my mail? I seem to have given the > wrong hostname when installing... > I tried looking in the man pages, but I didn't find it altogether clear on > what to do. > Think I'll go out and get a Linux-book tomorrow :-) > Best Regards and thanx > Vitux > > > Error is human; complete disaster takes a computer >
