Re: Trouble with X Windows
Howard Mann wrote: > > > > Michael Jessop wrote: > > > > > > > > ...I do not understand the concept of how to point apt to a specific > > > > package > > > > or group of packages... for instance, to update all of x windows, how do > > > > I tell it where to look for the package(s)? > > > > > > > > Thank you. > > > > Mike > > >Howard Mann wrote: > > > > Try this : > > > > > > 0 edit /etc/apt/sources.list, adding the following URI: > > > > > > deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main > > > > > > 0"comment-out" the other URI's in that file. > > >Joe Block wrote: > > > > You don't need to comment out the other URIs. apt is smart enough to > > use the highest version number for any given package, so the > > xfree-update packages will override the stock slink stuff. > > Sure. However, the user may not wish ( for whatever reason) to upgrade > the other packages on his system, and stipulating only one URI in this > case will speed-up the upgrade process. I hadn't thought of that. The first thing I do on a new system is fix the sources.list and upgrade everything anyway - between bug fixes and security updates, it is the right thing to do. I'll admit it might be a bit painful over a dialup line though. jpb -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CREOL System Administrator Social graces are the packet headers of everyday life.
Re: Trouble with X Windows
> > Michael Jessop wrote: > > > > > > ...I do not understand the concept of how to point apt to a specific > > > package > > > or group of packages... for instance, to update all of x windows, how do > > > I tell it where to look for the package(s)? > > > > > > Thank you. > > > Mike >Howard Mann wrote: > > Try this : > > > > 0 edit /etc/apt/sources.list, adding the following URI: > > > > deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main > > > > 0"comment-out" the other URI's in that file. >Joe Block wrote: > > You don't need to comment out the other URIs. apt is smart enough to > use the highest version number for any given package, so the > xfree-update packages will override the stock slink stuff. Sure. However, the user may not wish ( for whatever reason) to upgrade the other packages on his system, and stipulating only one URI in this case will speed-up the upgrade process. Do you agree? Cheers, Howard Mann.
Re: Trouble with X Windows
Howard Mann wrote: > > Michael Jessop wrote: > > > > ...I do not understand the concept of how to point apt to a specific package > > or group of packages... for instance, to update all of x windows, how do I > > tell it where to look for the package(s)? > > > > Thank you. > > Mike > > Try this : > > 0 edit /etc/apt/sources.list, adding the following URI: > > deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main > > 0"comment-out" the other URI's in that file. You don't need to comment out the other URIs. apt is smart enough to use the highest version number for any given package, so the xfree-update packages will override the stock slink stuff. > 0 apt-get update > > 0 apt-get upgrade > > 0 apt-get clean > > Cheers, > > Howard Mann Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO > http://www.newbielinux.comhttp://www.xmission.com/~howardm/t1.html > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null -- Joe Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CREOL System Administrator Social graces are the packet headers of everyday life.
re: Trouble with X Windows
At 12:27 PM 1/25/00 -0500, Michael Jessop wrote: ...I do not understand the concept of how to point apt to a specific package or group of packages... for instance, to update all of x windows, how do I tell it where to look for the package(s)? apt uses the /etc/apt/sources.list file. It points to the current stable at debian's server, but you can change/add to it as you see fit. -- Mark Wagnon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chula Vista, CA
Re: Trouble with X Windows
Michael Jessop wrote: > > ...I do not understand the concept of how to point apt to a specific package > or group of packages... for instance, to update all of x windows, how do I > tell it where to look for the package(s)? > > Thank you. > Mike Try this : 0 edit /etc/apt/sources.list, adding the following URI: deb http://www.debian.org/~vincent/ xfree-update main 0"comment-out" the other URI's in that file. 0 apt-get update 0 apt-get upgrade 0 apt-get clean Cheers, Howard Mann Online Troubleshooting Resources: HOWTO http://www.newbielinux.comhttp://www.xmission.com/~howardm/t1.html
re: Trouble with X Windows
...I do not understand the concept of how to point apt to a specific package or group of packages... for instance, to update all of x windows, how do I tell it where to look for the package(s)? Thank you. Mike
Re: Trouble with X Windows...
upgrade your X see www.debian.org/~vincent slink has a really old X. nate On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Michael Jessop wrote: mjesso >...I just converted over (well, initialized my disk and started from mjesso >scratch) from RedHat 6.0 to Debian 2.1 (Slink). I cannot get XWindows to mjesso >run correctly. I have a Matrox G200 AGP card... is this NOT the equivalent mjesso >to the Millennium II AGP driver/card listed in the XF86Setup program? If mjesso >not, what to do? I am considering upgrading to Potato, but I do not even mjesso >know how to do that (with apt)... Can someone help me out? I'd like to get mjesso >up and running with Debian. mjesso > mjesso >Thank you. mjesso > mjesso >Mike mjesso > mjesso > mjesso >-- mjesso >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null mjesso > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 8:04am up 158 days, 20:10, 1 user, load average: 1.19, 1.14, 1.17
Trouble with X Windows...
...I just converted over (well, initialized my disk and started from scratch) from RedHat 6.0 to Debian 2.1 (Slink). I cannot get XWindows to run correctly. I have a Matrox G200 AGP card... is this NOT the equivalent to the Millennium II AGP driver/card listed in the XF86Setup program? If not, what to do? I am considering upgrading to Potato, but I do not even know how to do that (with apt)... Can someone help me out? I'd like to get up and running with Debian. Thank you. Mike
