Hi,
I plan to port Xconfigurator from Redhat to Debian, if that will help
debian to be more simple in installation.
I have search in Internet, if some did that, or there is another tools
already work on debian, but I have not found any! If you know one. That
mean there is no need to port this p
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:53:46PM +0100, Amir Bukhari wrote:
> I have search in Internet, if some did that, or there is another tools
> already work on debian, but I have not found any! If you know one. That
> mean there is no need to port this package.
Dunno how you feel about this, but dpkg-
On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 23:00, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:53:46PM +0100, Amir Bukhari wrote:
> > I have search in Internet, if some did that, or there is another tools
> > already work on debian, but I have not found any! If you know one. That
> > mean there is no need to p
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:13:18PM +, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > Dunno how you feel about this, but dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> > works quite fine here.
> >
> It does kinda assume you know what you want your config file to look
> like, asking you about drivers and so-forth.
Install
On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 23:22, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:13:18PM +, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > > Dunno how you feel about this, but dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> > > works quite fine here.
> > >
> > It does kinda assume you know what you want your config file to
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:27:07PM +, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 23:22, Michael Banck wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:13:18PM +, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > > > Dunno how you feel about this, but dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> > > > works quite fine h
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 06:42:43PM -0500, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > > Install discover, read-edid and mdetect before you install X, and you're
> > > set.
> > >
> > Now explain that to my mother! :p
> [snip]
>
> Maybe what we want is a meta-package that depends on discover, read_edid,
> and mdetect.
On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:27:07PM +, Scott James Remnant <[EMAIL
PROTECTED]> was heard to say:
> On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 23:22, Michael Banck wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:13:18PM +, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > > > Dunno how you feel about this, but dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xf
On Wed, 2002-12-04 at 23:50, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 06:42:43PM -0500, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > > > Install discover, read-edid and mdetect before you install X, and you're
> > > > set.
> > > >
> > > Now explain that to my mother! :p
> > [snip]
> >
> > Maybe what we want is a
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 12:03:31AM +, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> These aren't included in the "X window system" task... Given that's how
> most users (most notably the non-technical who would benefit from them)
> install X - should these be added to that?
i agree. perhaps the X task should
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, sean finney wrote:
> i agree. perhaps the X task should include these packages, and then
Definitely.
> the xserver-xfree86 package can check for these, and if they exist, before
I doubt this would help much. If I'm not missleaded the configure
script is called before the fil
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 07:58:58AM +0100, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, sean finney wrote:
> > the xserver-xfree86 package can check for these, and if they exist, before
> I doubt this would help much. If I'm not missleaded the configure
> script is called before the files of packages
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Michael Banck wrote:
> Maybe what we need are people who read package descriptions prior to
> install
Debian picking it's users instead of users picking Debian.
*t
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Tomas Pospisek
SourcePole -
hi,
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 12:22:05AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 11:13:18PM +, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > > Dunno how you feel about this, but dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> > > works quite fine here.
> > >
> > It does kinda assume you know what you want yo
Le jeu 05/12/2002 à 09:05, sean finney a écrit :
> > I doubt this would help much. If I'm not missleaded the configure
> > script is called before the files of packages are installed. Thus
> > I'm not really sure whether there is access to the tools which are needed
> > if they are installed all
After all I have readed in reply of my Post, I have understand, that I
can begin Porting this program to debian,
and I see if it could be integreted to debian installation process ;-) .
On Wednesday 04 December 2002 23:50, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 04, 2002 at 06:42:43PM -0500, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > > > Install discover, read-edid and mdetect before you install X, and
> > > > you're set.
> > >
> > > Now explain that to my mother! :p
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > Maybe what we wa
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:44:08AM +0100, Othmar Pasteka wrote:
> it's not userfriendly? that's the whole point of it actually. and
> X based GUIs are way nicer than text based GUIs.
> and it's also not userfriendly to go and say "go read the package
> descriptions".
Shure its userfriendly, but d
Amir Bukhari wrote:
Michael Ablassmeier wrote:
If i have to decide between nice graphical installer, and a nice Dialog
Setup, i will prefer the Dialg Setup !
but Xconfigurator has also Dialog setup. I have compiled it and it has
found my Graphic Card and my Monitor
frequency, but I should chang
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:44:08AM +0100, Othmar Pasteka wrote:
> > Install discover, read-edid and mdetect before you install X, and you're
> > set.
>
> it's not userfriendly? that's the whole point of it actually. and
> X based GUIs are way nicer than text based GUIs.
Didn't we have graphical d
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:14:18AM +0100, Amir Bukhari wrote:
> After all I have readed in reply of my Post, I have understand, that I
> can begin Porting this program to debian,
> and I see if it could be integreted to debian installation process ;-) .
I don't want to discourage you from porting
* Scott James Remnant
| These aren't included in the "X window system" task... Given that's
| how most users (most notably the non-technical who would benefit
| from them) install X - should these be added to that?
This is already taken care of for the next revision of b-f, AIUI.
--
Tollef Fo
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 12:04:00PM +0100, Michael Banck wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:14:18AM +0100, Amir Bukhari wrote:
> > After all I have readed in reply of my Post, I have understand, that I
> > can begin Porting this program to debian,
> > and I see if it could be integreted to debian
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 09:20:30AM +, David Goodenough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
was heard to say:
> Not only will most people only read the top level package description, i.e.
> x-window-system, but if they are using apt-get the suggested pacakged are
> not even offered as an option. Perhaps apt-g
> Install discover, read-edid and mdetect before you install X, and you're
> set.
>
mdetect hopefully doesn't choke on an USB-mouse anymore!
O. Wyss
Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> * Scott James Remnant
>
> | These aren't included in the "X window system" task... Given that's
> | how most users (most notably the non-technical who would benefit
> | from them) install X - should these be added to that?
>
> This is already taken care of for the next
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:00:21AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> Le jeu 05/12/2002 à 09:05, sean finney a écrit :
>
> > right, but isn't that what Pre-Depends is for?
>
> The configure script is usually launched before the Pre-Depends are even
> installed. There is currently no way to ensure a
Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:00:21AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
>> Le jeu 05/12/2002 à 09:05, sean finney a écrit :
>>> right, but isn't that what Pre-Depends is for?
>> The configure script is usually launched before the Pre-Depends are even
>> instal
Hello Josselin,
Am 10:00 2002-12-05 +0100 hat Josselin Mouette geschrieben:
>> right, but isn't that what Pre-Depends is for?
>
>The configure script is usually launched before the Pre-Depends are even
>installed. There is currently no way to ensure a package is installed at
>configuration time.
Th
On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 08:19:43PM +, Michelle Konzack wrote:
> Am 10:00 2002-12-05 +0100 hat Josselin Mouette geschrieben:
> >The configure script is usually launched before the Pre-Depends are even
> >installed. There is currently no way to ensure a package is installed at
> >configuration ti
Hello Josselin,
Am 10:00 2002-12-05 +0100 hat Josselin Mouette geschrieben:
>> right, but isn't that what Pre-Depends is for?
>
>The configure script is usually launched before the Pre-Depends are even
>installed. There is currently no way to ensure a package is installed at
>configuration time.
Th
On Thu, Dec 05, 2002 at 10:00:21AM +0100, Josselin Mouette wrote:
> The configure script is usually launched before the Pre-Depends are even
> installed. There is currently no way to ensure a package is installed at
> configuration time.
A non-essential package, anyway. Essential is probably ple
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