Re: minimum X packages?
On Mon, 8 Feb 1999, Branden Robinson wrote: On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 11:19:07AM -0800, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: I recently upgraded to potato. Now X starts and immediately dies. Why would this be? This is (probably) a known bug in -9. Upgrade to -10. What are the minimum packages necessary to run X under potato (or in general)? xfree86-common xlib6g xbase-clients xserver-common xserver-(svga, s3v, mach64, ? -- depends on your video card) xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi (depending on your X clients you *might* be able to scrape by without this one) You will probably want a window manager and a terminal emulator as well. Read the extended description of xfree86-common as well. hi why -10 insists on having tons of stuff installed i really don't use? like xfs, or rstart(d), or twm (is there any person alive who uses twm?), or xmh, or xterm, or... regards OK
Re: minimum X packages?
On Mon, Feb 08, 1999 at 06:31:35PM -0600, Oleg Krivosheev wrote: hi why -10 insists on having tons of stuff installed i really don't use? like xfs, or rstart(d), or twm (is there any person alive who uses twm?), or xmh, or xterm, or... It doesn't. Read the extended description of the xbase package. -- G. Branden Robinson |I have a truly elegant proof of the Debian GNU/Linux |above, but it is too long to fit into [EMAIL PROTECTED] |this .signature file. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | pgpe939CP3U9R.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: minimum X packages?
Paul Nathan Puri [EMAIL PROTECTED]@office.law-counsellor.com writes: I recently upgraded to potato. Now X starts and immediately dies. Why would this be? What are the minimum packages necessary to run X under potato (or in general)? It would probably be because the X maintainer left a typo in /etc/X11/Xsession that means X starts and immediately dies. About lines 45-51 of /etx/X11/Xsession, change: fi fi default) ;; *) program=$(which $1) to: fi fi ;; default) ;; *) program=$(which $1) (notice the extra line with ;; in it). Methinks the X maintainer was releasing packages after having not slept sufficiently the night before (at least, when I have errors like this in fvwm95 packages, that's what the cause is).
Re: minimum X packages?
On Sun, 7 Feb 1999, Daniel Martin wrote: Paul Nathan Puri [EMAIL PROTECTED]@office.law-counsellor.com writes: [...] What are the minimum packages necessary to run X under potato (or in general)? [snipped: useful answer by Daniel to the Potato X problem] I'd like to know the answer to the question: What is a minimal set of packages necessary to run X? --David Teague [EMAIL PROTECTED] Debian GNU/Linux Because software should not be *expected* to crash.
Re: minimum X packages?
In a message dated 2/8/99 1:13:54 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'd like to know the answer to the question: What is a minimal set of packages necessary to run X? I'd say (for hamm) xbase, xserver-svga (or other depending on your card), xserver-vga16, and xfnts75 at minimum...
Re: minimum X packages?
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 11:19:07AM -0800, Paul Nathan Puri wrote: I recently upgraded to potato. Now X starts and immediately dies. Why would this be? This is (probably) a known bug in -9. Upgrade to -10. What are the minimum packages necessary to run X under potato (or in general)? xfree86-common xlib6g xbase-clients xserver-common xserver-(svga, s3v, mach64, ? -- depends on your video card) xfonts-base xfonts-75dpi (depending on your X clients you *might* be able to scrape by without this one) You will probably want a window manager and a terminal emulator as well. Read the extended description of xfree86-common as well. -- G. Branden Robinson | I just wanted to see what it looked like Debian GNU/Linux | in a spotlight. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -- Jim Morrison cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ | pgpSJGnzB8b93.pgp Description: PGP signature
