Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools
On Monday 10 January 2011 12:04:27 pt3...@gmail.com wrote: Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, dpkg directly? I tried aptitude, but I don't like ncurses-based tools. I prefer the classic command line if possible. I have used aptitude on the command line since shortly after I started using Debian. I have never used the GUI, although I have looked at it. I much prefer the command line. I am comfortable and familiar with aptitude, and it is recommended in Lenny, which I am still using. I shall certainly install Squeeze with apt-get as instructed, but I doubt that I shall immediately stop using Aptitude. If I want a GUI version of apt (e.g. to give someone who would faint at sight of the command line) I use Synaptic, and I sometimes use Synaptic to search for packages. But I still use aptitude to sort out any problems! Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110632.27422.lisi.re...@gmail.com
Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools
Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, dpkg directly? I tried aptitude, but I don't like ncurses-based tools. I prefer the classic command line if possible. You'll rarely need to use dpkg directly,it's lowest level of package management, it does no have any dependency resolving capabilities (others may correct me if I'm wrong). you can use aptitude as average command line tool, i mean, aptitude update, aptitude install foo will work quite same way as apt-get. as of Lenny release, aptitude is officially suggested tool, but as I recall, this will change in favor of apt-get. as of choosing, it depends on your choice, e.g. i like aptitude because of its (fantastic for me) interactive dependency resolution system. apt-get is less verbose, and apt-get is much faster (or maybe its me) when there must be performed massive upgrade, e.g. when I was dist-upgrading, aptitude took ~15 minutes for dependency calculations, while apt-get did dependency resolution in couple of minutes. all in all after using these tools you'll find you favorite, I'm sure. How can I obtain the list of sources currently used by installed packages? For example, since I have gcc installed, it should show main, and since I also have firmware-iwlwifi, it should include non-free, too. This is for checking if /etc/apt/sources.list is consistent with installed packages. with aptitude-s ncurses interface, but I'm sure there must be some command line switch in apt-get. I'm not sure if the following procedure is right for staying up to date: apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get autoremove --purge; apt-get autoclean Am I missing something else? that's usually enough in my case. but, there's brilliant tool called - apt-listbugs - on every upgrade it checks bugs against marked for upgrade packages, and if it finds one, it asks you if you want to proceed, excellent tool, especially if you run sid or testing. Regards --- Roman
Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 1:04 PM, pt3...@gmail.com pt3...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm a Debian Squeeze new user and have some basic questions about Debian package tools. Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, dpkg directly? I tried aptitude, but I don't like ncurses-based tools. I prefer the classic command line if possible. You can use aptitude without ncurse interface (aptitude update; aptitude install ; aptitude full-upgrade ...) How can I obtain the list of sources currently used by installed packages? For example, since I have gcc installed, it should show main, and since I also have firmware-iwlwifi, it should include non-free, too. This is for checking if /etc/apt/sources.list is consistent with installed packages. aptitude search ~i -F%20s %p I'm not sure if the following procedure is right for staying up to date: apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get autoremove --purge; apt-get autoclean Am I missing something else? apt-get upgrade or apt-get dist-upgrade to get your system with lastest pacakges availables in repo Regards, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktik=t8_tya3zio3jf5duqrfot659trnq8bdne...@mail.gmail.com
Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools
pt3...@gmail.com:
Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better,
dpkg directly?
Never use dpkg directly if you don't have to. Apt-get and aptitude are
both good frontends with similar capabilities. Which one you use is
mostly a question of personal preference. Only when doing distribution
upgrades (like from lenny to squeeze) you should read the release notes
and use the tool that it suggests.
I tried aptitude, but I don't like ncurses-based tools. I prefer the
classic command line if possible.
Most operations for apt-get are also valid for aptitude.
How can I obtain the list of sources currently used by installed packages?
For example, since I have gcc installed, it should show main, and
since I also have firmware-iwlwifi, it should include non-free,
too.
This is for checking if /etc/apt/sources.list is consistent with
installed packages.
I am not aware of any method to do this. What exactly do you want to
find out? Installed packages which are not available on any mirror
anymore? -Use aptitude's Obsolete and Locally Created Packages list.
There is probably a search pattern for this as well (install
aptitude-doc-en).
I'm not sure if the following procedure is right for staying up to date:
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get autoremove --purge; apt-get autoclean
I would leave out autoremove and autoclean, but then I use aptitude
which does this automatically and I have the following settings in
/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/local:
APT {
// settings for cron.daily/apt
// see: /etc/cron.daily/apt
Periodic {
AutocleanInterval 1;
MinAge 3;
MaxAge 7;
MaxSize 1024;
}
}
Apt contains a cron job which cleans the cache automatically according
to the settings above.
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Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools
On 10 Jan 2011, Jochen Schulz wrote: pt3...@gmail.com: Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, dpkg directly? Never use dpkg directly if you don't have to. Apt-get and aptitude are both good frontends with similar capabilities. Which one you use is mostly a question of personal preference. Only when doing distribution upgrades (like from lenny to squeeze) you should read the release notes and use the tool that it suggests. I'd vote for wajig myself. Description: simple and unified package management for Debian Wajig is a single commandline wrapper around apt, apt-cache, dpkg, /etc/init.d scripts and more, intended to be easy to use and providing extensive documentation for all of its functions. With a suitable sudo(1) configuration, most (if not all) package installation as well as creation tasks can be done from a user shell. Wajig is also suitable for general system administration. -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110110141123.gd13...@acampbell.org.uk
Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools
In aanlktins6p5oi2fg+njtabcoyzkuskayk4pytftsy...@mail.gmail.com,
pt3...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm a Debian Squeeze new user and have some basic questions about
Debian package tools.
Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better,
dpkg directly?
Absolutely not, on both counts. With the Squeeze release, apt-get reclaims
the title of most recommended package management tool.[1] Using dpkg directly
is only for masochists, similar (but a little less useful) than using rpm
directly on Fedora / OpenSUSE.
I tried aptitude, but I don't like ncurses-based tools. I prefer the
classic command line if possible.
Well, aptitude can be used as a command-line tool, which is how I use it most.
I'm still a big fan of it over apt-get due to the powerful search terms. I
find the NCurses interface indispensable when dealing with conflicts that apt-
get / aptitude resolve poorly by default. This happens most often on a mixed
system like mine, but it can happen with a pure stable system as well.
How can I obtain the list of sources currently used by installed packages?
Here's my recipe:
{ aptitude search '~i' --disable-columns -F '%s' | sort -u | grep '/' |
sed 's/\([[:alpha:]-]\+\)\/.*/\1/g'; echo main; } |
sort -u
The vrms package can also be quite informative here.
I'm not sure if the following procedure is right for staying up to date:
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get autoremove --purge; apt-get
autoclean Am I missing something else?
(apt-get update; apt-get upgrade) keeps you up to date.
(apt-get autoremove --purge; apt-get autoclean) cleans up cruft.
I let /etc/cron.daily/apt handle running autoclean and update for me. It even
runs a upgrade -d. I use aptitude, so autoremove is done by default with each
package runs that modifies the package database. I have my own cronjob that
runs (aptitude '~U') to let me know when an upgrade is needed. I've talked to
others that have been using unattended-upgrade in combination with
/etc/cron.daily/apt to handle even the upgrade part of maintaining a statble
system.
[1] Basically, by properly (re-)implementing aptitude's handling of markauto,
unmarkauto, Recommends-Important, Suggests-Important, Keep-Recommends, and
Keep-Suggests, etc.
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Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools
Hi, On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 01:04:27PM +0100, pt3...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I'm a Debian Squeeze new user and have some basic questions about Debian package tools. Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, dpkg directly? Who told you to stay unhappy? I tried aptitude, but I don't like ncurses-based tools. I prefer the classic command line if possible. Well, you can use it as command line if you read its manual. Besides, APT comes with apt-get/apt-cache which is pure command line w/o ncurses. I reaally do not see why you avoid ncurses for all cases unless you have some visual challenges. How can I obtain the list of sources currently used by installed packages? For example, since I have gcc installed, it should show main, and since I also have firmware-iwlwifi, it should include non-free, too. This is for checking if /etc/apt/sources.list is consistent with installed packages. I guess ... you need to read basic readings ... http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch02.en.html I'm not sure if the following procedure is right for staying up to date: apt-get update; apt-get upgrade; apt-get autoremove --purge; apt-get autoclean Am I missing something else? Archive is not so simple use best tools for all occasions... Osamu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110110140203.ga21...@debian.org
Re: Basic questions about Debian package tools
On Mon, Jan 10, 2011 at 16:11, Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk wrote: On 10 Jan 2011, Jochen Schulz wrote: pt3...@gmail.com: Is it true I should avoid APT and use some other frontend or, better, dpkg directly? Never use dpkg directly if you don't have to. Apt-get and aptitude are both good frontends with similar capabilities. Which one you use is mostly a question of personal preference. Only when doing distribution upgrades (like from lenny to squeeze) you should read the release notes and use the tool that it suggests. I'd vote for wajig myself. me too ;-) It's got quite a lot of functionality, some of it nifty, EG wajig --backup upgrade actually saves the packages to be upgraded locally, in case something breaks, you cal revert. run wajig commands and see for yourself run wajig help install for a summary of what INSTALL command does, and available options Note that I'm here talking about the wajig version in Sid; one in Squeeze is quite outdated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlkti=u=vyyrp1owzwauxvohj_-kkzej4xefuzrl...@mail.gmail.com
Re: basic questions
On Thu, Dec 08, 2005 at 11:37:09AM +0200, Rafi Gabzu wrote: Hi , testing, 2.6. 2. Should I be able to see files in the Swap partition ? No. How do I know that it is properly working ? free or top will tell you how much swap is available and how much is in use. In KDE browser it tells me that swap is not mounted (although in /etc/fstab it is ), also during boot up I get mounting local file system ...Fail The Fail message doesn't sound good. Perhaps you should post the output of: cat /etc/fstab mount fdisk -l -- RHAPSODY in Glue! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Basic questions
New to Linux.. I suggest you become comfortable with the command line. For example, a handy tool for configuring sounds cards, run sndconfig from the prompt (must be root) - or alsaconf. This will run a setup utility. Keyboard layout configurations depend on what you are running, KDE, Gnome, etc. But, again, there are commands you can run to set your locale, languange, keyboard layout, etc. You can probably find many of these functions under the menu while in KDE, Gnome, etc. Here is a great starting place: http://dsl.org/cookbook/ Simply searching Google for the things you are trying to do will guide you as well - as many users have come before you and have already asked many of the same questions. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Rafi Gabzu wrote: Hi , Hi, Rafi, welcome aboard! I just installed Debian testing , I'm new in Linux. Few questions: 1. How do I configure my audio card , it doesn't recognize it ? Install the package alsa-utils and run alsaconf as root. You should be presented a quite straightforward menu, following which you'll get what you want, I think. 2. How do I add additional keyboard layout (Hebrew) and fonts? There are, I think, two places where you define your keyboard: a) The X settings file: /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you're using X.org, /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 if you are using XFree86. To find out which X server you are using (the X server is the program ultimately responsible of displaying the graphics), type dpkg -l 'xserver-*' | grep ii (w/o double quotes). You should see either xserver-xfree86 or xserver-xorg listed, plus xserver-common. b) The configuration of the Window Manager (WM) or Desktop Environment (DE). KDE and GNOME are DEs, and the WMs are the bare core of the DEs, striped of some fancy but sometimes unneeded features DEs have. I personally prefer KDE over GNOME, but that's just me (I actually use XFce, which is a different one). I advice you of using either KDE or GNOME, which are more newbie-friendly. You will have time later to switch to one of the many other WMs or DEs you might find better for you (or not). In KDE there is one nice thingie called Control Center, which I wholeheartedly recommend you to fiddle with. There are tons of things you can customize to your liking, including the keyboard layout. 3. How do I know if I'm working in KDE /GNOME , how do I switch between them? If you have a panel with icons, a system-tray, maybe a clock, etc. at the bottom (not unlike Windows), with an icon resembling a big K at the leftmost part, chances are you are running KDE. If not, then not. When you boot your comp, are you presented with a window asking for a username and a password, over a fancy-looking background, or a white Machinename login: message over a black background greets you? In the first case, you are using a display manager (xdm, gdm, or kdm). That login window must have somewhere a dropdown menu where you can choose between different DEs. In the second case, you will have to invoke the DE with startx. That program reads a file called .xinitrc, if present in your home directory. Type man startx and read the output. It might be a bit confusing in the beginning, but you might find it helpfull in the long run. In any case, if you use startx, you'd better start creating a .xinitrc file in your home dir, and adding there a line reading exec /usr/bin/startkde (someone please correct me if the invokation is wrong). This will open KDE when you type startx. 4. Is there a guide/book that can help new users like myself ? I've never used (hardcopy) books myself, but I've found some resources to be very valuable: 1) Friends/colleages. 2) the internet: googling and reading mailing lists like this one. 3) the commands man and apropos. To be honest, I've hardly ever used the latter (do a man apropos to know more) . man, followed by the name of a command, outputs the manual page for that command. Almost all of the programs shipped with Debian (with Linux in general) come with a man manual page. I have many more questions ... And I hope we have many more answers... Basajaun -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Basic questions
Rafi Gabzu wrote: Hi , I just installed Debian testing , I'm new in Linux. Few questions: Not a question from you, but for you: Why did you install Debian 'testing'? This distribution is for people who like testing software and helping the developers with the next release of debian. Expect that your installation of 'testing' will break from time to time. If you want to use a 'stable' sytem to get your work done, and if there are not really very important reasons for not using sarge, just use sarge. 1. How do I configure my audio card , it doesn't recognize it ? try google linux or debian plus the exact name of your soundcard 2. How do I add additional keyboard layout (Hebrew) and fonts? kde: control center: regional accessibility: keyboard layout 3. How do I know if I'm working in KDE /GNOME , how do I switch between them log out: in kdm there is a tab, where you can select the session type you want. Typically in kde the default menu is at the bottom an has a 'K' logo. In gnome it is at the top and a gnome logo is around somewhere (a foot). 4. Is there a guide/book that can help new users like myself ? aptitude install debian-reference (or select languages) After installation it will be found at /usr/share/doc/Debian/reference/ Documentation for packages is usually found at /usr/share/doc/name-of-package For some bigger packages there exist special name-of-package-doc packages with the documentation. Hope that helps, enjoy Debian! Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Rafi Gabzu wrote: Thanks. The reason for the testing installation is because I read that it quit stable and that sarge holds old and not updated packages. It is quite stable, but just 'quite'. Sarge was released in June this year and is not old. It is updated as far as security is concerned. Before Sarge was released, it was indeed the case, that old woody was a bit old, but this has changed. It's a pitty that apparently many newbees get 'old' advice regarding stable. aptitude install debian-reference is that the actuall command I should type ? Yes, but of course you could also install debian-reference (available in different languages) via aptitude, synaptics or apt-get. Cheers, Johannes -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Basic questions
1.- Hi, for you sound card can you try with alsa its very easy 2.- for you keyboard layouts try with: setxkbmap 3.- You dont know if you are in KDE or Gnome??? it's easy, KDE is more beautiful :P, you can change your desktop environment before to star the session in the display manager (KDM or GDM) 4.- this list is a very site for help :-) regards, Exal Hi , I just installed Debian testing , I'm new in Linux. Few questions: 1. How do I configure my audio card , it doesn't recognize it ? 2. How do I add additional keyboard layout (Hebrew) and fonts? 3. How do I know if I'm working in KDE /GNOME , how do I switch between them ? 4. Is there a guide/book that can help new users like myself ? I have many more questions ... Thanks, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Basic questions about PHP5 on Sarge
On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 12:12:36AM -0400, Steve Dondley wrote: I have read about sites offer PHP5 for use with Sarge. 1) Is there a downside or risk associated with these unofficial Debian packages? Do some Google searching and see if the benefits/risks are worth it to you. I have seen discussions where people complain about PHP5 being a total memory hog and not working with any of the free caching/accelerating software, implying that Zend intentioally broke compatibility so that people would buy their commercial accelerator. That is just one thing. 2) A more academic question I'm curious to know: Why doesn't the Debian team create and release PHP5 package for Sarge? Becuase Sarge is stable and new packages will not be officially supported. The release was already delayed by a couple of years when it finally made it out. Adding a new family of packages that are still somewhat experiemtnal in nature would have been Really Dumb(TM). Besides, there are unofficial packages or you can just get the source if you are feeling adventurous. Thanks. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto pgpsW48m3oiIM.pgp Description: PGP signature
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Thanks for the info and tip on PHP5. I'll do some research. On 9/16/05, Roberto C. Sanchez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 12:12:36AM -0400, Steve Dondley wrote: I have read about sites offer PHP5 for use with Sarge. 1) Is there a downside or risk associated with these unofficial Debian packages? Do some Google searching and see if the benefits/risks are worth it to you. I have seen discussions where people complain about PHP5 being a total memory hog and not working with any of the free caching/accelerating software, implying that Zend intentioally broke compatibility so that people would buy their commercial accelerator. That is just one thing. 2) A more academic question I'm curious to know: Why doesn't the Debian team create and release PHP5 package for Sarge? Becuase Sarge is stable and new packages will not be officially supported. The release was already delayed by a couple of years when it finally made it out. Adding a new family of packages that are still somewhat experiemtnal in nature would have been Really Dumb(TM). Besides, there are unofficial packages or you can just get the source if you are feeling adventurous. Thanks. -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sanchez http://familiasanchez.net/~roberto -- Dondley Communications http://www.dondleycommunications.com Communicate or Die: American Labor Unions and the Internet http://www.communicateordie.com
Re: Basic questions about X
At 21.29 20/8/00 -0300, Ricardo Gabriel Herdt ha escrit: Debianers, I installed Debian 2.2 this weekend and had some problems with X. During the installation I made a mistake configuring the mouse and decided to reconfigure the X using the XF86config. I did it. But, I don't know why, when I boot Debian it initializes the X automactilly. To correct this I tried to change the runlevel on the inittab file, but it doesn't work. How correct this? It's related to the feature/program xdm (as far as I remember). Can't help you more because I'm under Windows, sorry. And when I start the X window it starts AfterStep, how change this defaults? How start another window manager instead AfterStep? How start gnome? In etc/X11 or similar configuration for X place there is a file called window-managers (more or less). The order of the window managers you want to start with is there. As you can read, newbie I am. Hope that helps, Ignasi _ \___||/ \__| els fills abandonats |___/ \_||__/ from BarcelonaCatalonia ___ Do You Yahoo!? Achetez, vendez! À votre prix! Sur http://encheres.yahoo.fr
Re: Basic questions about X
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 09:29:44PM -0300, Ricardo Gabriel Herdt wrote: it. But, I don't know why, when I boot Debian it initializes the X automactilly. To correct this I tried to change the runlevel on the inittab file, but it doesn't work. How correct this? you've to remove the runlevel-links. see 'man update-rc.d'. And when I start the X window it starts AfterStep, how change this defaults? How start another window manager instead AfterStep? How start gnome? try 'startx gnome-session'. if you want to change the default-windowmanager, you've to change the /etc/alternatives/x-window-manager -link. you can do this with 'update-alternatives'... moritz
Re: Basic questions
At 06:08 PM 8/18/97 -0400, Robert wrote: I could use some help with some basic questions that have me puzzled. 1. How do I get Linux to boot from the HD? I am using System Commander, and it will call LILO if configured. System Commander and LILO serve the same function--multiple boots. Run LILO from Linux to create a boot sector record on the partition other than the one from which SC runs. You should have all the kernel options set up in the LILO config file (somewhere in /etc?). Set up SC (I'm guessing here) to point to that partition for Linux. Then, when you select Linux from the menu (?), the rest should just work. There are FAQ/HOWTO/mini-HOWTO's for LILO that should help, as well as the man page. Good luck Vernon Hamberg System Software Programmer Old Republic National Title Insurance Company 400 Second Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55401 (612) 371- x480 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Basic questions
Robert S. Ross writes: I could use some help with some basic questions that have me puzzled. 1. How do I get Linux to boot from the HD? I am using System Commander, and it will call LILO if configured. What's the question? You've already mentioned lilo, the linux loader. 2. Does XFree come with Debian, and if so, how do I run it? If not, where do I get the complete package. The web site has all kinds of stuff, I am not sure how to get it. Sure it comes with Debian GNU/Linux. Please take a look at /debian/stable/source/x11/xfree* and /debian/stable/binary/x11/x* Using the normal installation routine you normally install it. AFAIK it's preselected and you only have to select the correct X-server. 3. How do I dial the Internet, and can I use the Netscape Unix to browse? Thanks. Use ppp, look at /etc/ppp/ The browser has nothing to do with the dialin. If configured that way any ip packet which is going to get routed outside of your machine can cause it to start a connection to your provider. (hint: diald, isdntools) Regards Joey -- / Martin Schulze * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * 26129 Oldenburg / / Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only / / proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth / -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Basic questions
On Mon, Aug 18, 1997 at 06:08:02PM -0400, Robert S. Ross wrote: I could use some help with some basic questions that have me puzzled. 1. How do I get Linux to boot from the HD? I am using System Commander, and it will call LILO if configured. Are you running NT? There is a HOWTO or some other documentation that I was able to find easily that discussed this. I am dual-booting between Linux and W95 using LILO as the boot system selector. If you don't know already, there is a great Linux info source, the Linux Documentation Project at http://sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/ that contains the HOWTOs, etc. 2. Does XFree come with Debian, and if so, how do I run it? If not, where do I get the complete package. The web site has all kinds of stuff, I am not sure how to get it. A version of XFree86 is available as a Debian package. I think Debian is packaging XFree86 3.3, which is the latest major/minor version released. Actually looking at www.xfree86.org there is an annoucement of XFree86-3.3.1 [8/11/97]. I think the only issue here is whether your video card is supported by the version of XFree86 packaged by Debian. When I first started with Debian, my video card was not yet supported by the XFree86 Debian package, but there was a beta release of XFree86 that did, so at first I was building XFree86 separately. Later, this version was packaged for Debian, so I switched to the Debian package. I would recommend that you use the Debian package if you can, its a little easier. 3. How do I dial the Internet, and can I use the Netscape Unix to browse? Thanks. Well, you must install some sort of networking device support as is appropriate to your setup. If you are connecting via an ISP using PPP or SLIP, then you must configure those. If you are connecting via Ethernet, then you must configure that. Lots of info concerning this in the HOWTOs. Once you have Internet access, via some sort of link layer interface, you may run any/all of the usual IP applications. There is a version of Netscape available for Linux that works pretty well. Welcome to Linux! -- == Steve Wittmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PairGain Technologies, Inc. (714) 730-3245 -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
