X-window install - newbie
OK - still having fun. Still finding tons of Linux info that *almost* answers my questions, but not quite. C'est la vie... Installed from floppies, ran dselect, downloaded 30+ megs of stuff - whatever the defaults were in dselect. I thought that dselect then installed all of this stuff, but apparently not. Figured out to: dpkg -i /var/cache/apt/archives/*deb Which seemed to install all of the downloaded stuff. (then again. maybe not...) One of the things in /var/cache/apt/archives/ is xfree86-common_3.3.2.3a-11.deb I would have thought using dpkg -i on this would have installed x- windows, or at least the relevant components. Seems not to. I suspect I've missed an obvious step somewhere. So, can some kind soul give me the step by step real easy don't assume I know things list of how to get this thing happening. (So far I have two sets of instructions how to install X-windows in Debian, both of which seem to not match what's happening on my system.) (Somehow this is still more satisfying than keeping our Windows systems happy) (I was overjoyed to discover that the up and down arrow keys would step through all of the recent commands I had issued, AND let me edit them! - what a wonderful idea!!) Thanks tons folks! Barry ======= Barry Rueger & Victoria Fenner Bagatelle Communications & Management 22 Ashburn Dr, Nepean ON K2E 6N3613-274-4441 Phone http://www.synapse.net/~rueger/ 613-274-4442 Fax
Newbie - Mail question and other odds and ends
Wow - linux is not for the faint of heart. After a number iterations of deselect I have both Xwindows and netscape happening. I have to say that dselect seems to be pretty good at keeping track of what has and hasn't been installed, and making sure that it gets fixed the next time around. Thanks to all who helped me out (I think I had a dozen replies!). Today's challenge is mail. I gather that getting and sending my email via dial up is a process that needs a number of components. Initially I think I'll just use Netscape as an email package. (Although I LOVE Pegasus mail on my PC). WVdial is working wonderful, so what bits do I need in the chain to get my mail to and from Netscape? And what programs configure them? Obviously I'd like the mail for a user to reside in their home directory. A couple of quickies as well: I gather that there are configuration files for most of the things that I've installed. Is there a convention for naming these (like ending them in .conf), and where are they likely to be kept? A Debian specific one: when installing from discs one is presented with a nice package that allows you to install various components like mice and CDROMs and such. Is that tool still accessible after you've installed the base system? Thanks folks - last time you saved me several hours. Barry ======= Barry Rueger & Victoria Fenner Bagatelle Communications & Management 22 Ashburn Dr, Nepean ON K2E 6N3613-274-4441 Phone http://www.synapse.net/~rueger/ 613-274-4442 Fax
