On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 11:08:11AM -0500, D. Michael McFarland wrote: > Hello All, > > After a hiatus of about a year, I've come back to Linux and have been > playing with my first careful Debian installation. Over the weekend I > did a minimal net install of potato starting with the compact flavor > of floppies, then used apt-get and some pointers gathered from this > list to upgrade to woody. Yes, I know I'm hanging onto the leading > edge by my fingertips and my timing could be better, but the machine > in question isn't doing anything critical and, anyway, it's been fun. > > Of course, I hit a snag, or I wouldn't be posting. I didn't install > XFree86 or any other X packages the first time around, thinking I'd > wait and get the latest of everything once I'd switched to woody. > That's turning out to be harder than I expected, with tasksel > complaining about a missing x-window-system task and all my other > attempts (with apt, etc.) failing for want of some component or > another, usually fonts. > > I've googled fairly hard on this and found a few related threads, but > I haven't found that one post I need: "Do this, this and this and > startx ought to work." A summary of the necessary steps, or pointers > to documentation I might have overlooked, would be most appreciated. >
What response do you get for # apt-get -s install x-window-system > Best regards, > Michael > > -- > D. Michael McFarland > Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(replace with the at - @ - character)bezeqint.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]