Installing qmail.deb (was Re: Laptop for Linux Debian)
Dear friends, before anything else, let me thank you all for your support! I think Laptop vendors should start looking at supportintg Linux as you can see people wanting to purchase a laptop (such as myself) will prefer a brand (or generic) laptop that does support Linux!!! :) Now regardng qmail I have downloaded qmail-1.01.deb (Intel) and I would like to know what is the right way to install it. I am using the default smail as the mail-transport-agent. Do I need to remove smail first and then dpkg -i qmail*.deb? Is there any replacement argument for dpkg that will do it all (e.g. --replace) Maybe I should go read about dpkg before I ask all this question huh? ;) Thank you. Dave -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Laptop for Linux Debian
dale == Dale Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David M [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If one were to buy a laptop these days what would be a good brand that is widely supported by Linux (Debian)? As someone else mentioned, I had to install off of CD in order to get PCMCIA support, to get network support. But the CD only cost $10, or whatever, so it's not too big of a deal in my mind. On the other hand, a cdrom on a laptop costs a lot more than $10. I've installed Debian 1.3 on my laptop using pcmcia and ftp (via ethernet) with no problems. You'll need to install the pcmcia package(s) before you can do that. This was simple to do with a floppy - not much different than the base floppy install. I have some notes detailing the installation on a laptop at URL:http://www.npl.uiuc.edu/~miller/linux/debain-notes.html. They deal with Debian 1.2, but I have Debian 1.3 laptop installation notes that I keep meaning to type up. I'll do that rsn. Mike -- Michael A. Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nuclear Physics Lab, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign PGP public key available on request -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Laptop for Linux Debian
Hello guys! If one were to buy a laptop these days what would be a good brand that is widely supported by Linux (Debian)? Thank you. Dave -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Laptop for Linux Debian
David M [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If one were to buy a laptop these days what would be a good brand that is widely supported by Linux (Debian)? We have had good luck here with Dells and Compaqs. They both took some tinkering (especially with the X setups), and we had to buy AcceleratedX for one of the Dells. Best place for you to poke around would be the Linux on Laptops home page. Unfortunately I don't have the pointer handy, but Altavista should be able to find it for you pretty quick. -- Rob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Laptop for Linux Debian
Hi, Be aware that ftp installation on a laptop is still a problem with Debian. We have Debian installed on three laptops, named and nonamed ones. Its working fine. However, if you do not have a Debian CD, you will have trouble. The installation disks do not allow you to directly enable PCMCIA support. So you have to install additional network and pcmcia packages with the help of another ftp-able machine. To our experience the pcmcia packages is not consistend with the rest of the debian distributuion, so you have to compile it by yourself, meaning you have to install some source packages by yourself. Again, it works but you have to work a lot. We do not understand why the PCMCIA packages is inconsistent with the rest of the distribution. Maybe the maintainers just don't have this configuration: laptop with PCMCIA ethernet cards. We do not want to blame anybody, the whole thing escpecially the PCMCIA package by David Hinds is great work! Just to make clear what the current situation is. Markus Diesmann Neurobiology and Biophysics Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg germany -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Laptop for Linux Debian
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Markus Diesmann wrote: However, if you do not have a Debian CD, you will have trouble. The installation disks do not allow you to directly enable PCMCIA support. Or you could try RedHat, installing over PCMCIA or PLIP is a piece of cake. It even installs over the net from a CD mounted on an NT/Win95 server (which is unable to read the file names on the CD!). -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBM/LBf8Uc8bdD9cnfEQI35QCePaWf7XbwHKUKszw3bNRvXYV+2fcAn1iq bXrJ3eSlK3/r4jrnHc2vPGX7 =AdJ1 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Mike. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Laptop for Linux Debian
David M [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello guys! If one were to buy a laptop these days what would be a good brand that is widely supported by Linux (Debian)? Thank you. Dave I've installed Debian on both a Toshiba Satellite 220CDS, and a Toshiba Tecra 740CDT. The 740CDT has an LCD that will do 1024x768 with XFree86, BTW - it's gorgeous. The 220 CDS will to 800x600, but since it's dual scan, it's not NEARLY as pretty. As someone else mentioned, I had to install off of CD in order to get PCMCIA support, to get network support. But the CD only cost $10, or whatever, so it's not too big of a deal in my mind. Later, Dale -- + finger for pgp public key -+ | Dale E. Martin | University of Cincinnati Savant Research Laboratory | | [EMAIL PROTECTED]| http://www.ececs.uc.edu/~dmartin | +--+ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Laptop for Linux Debian
I use a Sharp 9030 with 1024x768 active matrix screen. No problems running debian and the XFree86 folks helped me get X working - support for the chip set (S3 Aurora) is now included in the standard XFree86 distribution. If I were you and money were an issue I would look for a used/refurbished/overstocked 1024x768 notebook such as my Sharp or an NEC 6030X. Should be able to find one for about $2000 at places such as onsale.com. I use mine as my primary machine now; useful since I have several offices and travel between them. ml -- Michael Laing, President _|_|_|_| _|_| _| _|_|_| Foster Laing Noonan, Inc. _|_|_|_|_|_| [EMAIL PROTECTED] 207.832.6372_|_|_|_|_| _| _|_| Internet Software Developers _|_|_|_|_|_| _and Consultants__|_|_|_|_| _| _| _|_|_| -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
