Re: x on my laptop problems

2001-01-22 Thread Bob Rowe
At 02:05 PM 01/21/2001 +, David Wright wrote: Quoting Bob Rowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I had the problem quoted below on the 430CDT after the base installation. I > tried the apt-get statement cited in this email response--apt said the > task-x-window-system-core was installed.

Re: x on my laptop problems

2001-01-19 Thread Bob Rowe
This is one of the things that has driven be buggy about Debian. Of three attempted installations on my home machine, an old HP Vectra VL and a Toshiba 430CDT portable, only the Vectra presented a successful installation. I had the problem quoted below on the 430CDT after the base installation.

New installation, old machine, no luck

2001-01-16 Thread Bob Rowe
e boot at runlevel 2? --- Bob Rowe Would-be Linux nut Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse can happen to you for the rest of the day.

Re: didn't do it quite right...

2001-01-08 Thread Bob Rowe
What happened to 'make install' somewhere after 6? I'm coming from RH 6.2 here, as well as from a lack of a lot of experience compiling kernels. At 02:40 PM 01/08/2001 -0500, David B. Harris wrote: To quote Rino Mardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, # On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 07:03:26PM +0100 or thereabout

Re: [OT] Recent increases in d-u posts?

2000-12-13 Thread Bob Rowe
Well, don't laugh too hard. It was the Red Hat 7.0 upgrade, its decidedly unnecessary expense and the vocal presence in our company of several Debian advocates (Debian dweebs?) (sorry) that made me start taking a serious look at Debian. At 12:43 AM 12/13/2000 -0800, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: