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?
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 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
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, 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?
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).
