Upgrade 2.0 => 2.1

Is it possible to upgrade Hamm 2.0 to Slink 2.1 or Hamm 2.1 (when available) with apt-get? The reason I ask is that several packages in Slink are new/splitted up like xserver-common. Because these packages were not present in Hamm 2.0, will apt-get take these new .deb files also in account? Regar

Hamm to Kernel 2.2.0

I've downloaded yesterday from an Debbian mirror in the US a 2.2.0-pre1 kernel for Debian in .deb format. I've installed the kernel with dpkg to give it a try. The system booted up, but I've received a number of errors. a) It seems that the initailisation of the COM ports is changed. I saw a mess

Re: PPP question.

On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Shao Zhang wrote: > Hi all, > In my /var/log/ppp.log, I have a line saying that: > > Dec 6 19:17:50 virge pppd[558]: Serial connection established. > Dec 6 19:17:51 virge pppd[558]: speed 112150 not supported > Dec 6 19:17:51 virge pppd[558]: Using i

xf86setup_3.3.2.3a-6

I am having problems in using xf86setup from slink. I am starting from scratch and have choosen a "complete development environment" during the initial setup. I am trying to get all the programs from slink via apt. I am having problems with xf86setup. This programs refuses to start because many pr

Re: THIRD TIME ... Please help !

Ivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello again, > I have recently purchased hamm on cd from dvd rent (Victoria, Australia) > and tried MANY times to install > However, i get consistent errors: > hdc: irq timeout: statue 0xd0 > hdc: ATAPI reset complete > hdc: irq timeout: status 0xd0 > end_reque

Apt

Is it possible to use Apt for files from the binary-all tree from Slink? The binary-all does not contain a Packages.gz file... Regards, Ruud.

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apt-get

Can I use apt-get also for retrieving files via ftp from binary-all directories? I would like to pick up the latest gsfonts and gsfonts-other. But because Packages.gz is missing from binary-all I guess, I am a littlebit lost. Regards, Ruud.

Re: Python

I noticed the slink distribution contains an older release of Python than the stable distribution has. Furthermore: Python-examples is dependent of Python-base 1.5.1-3.1 Python-base is version 1.5.1-3 Could this be the reason why Python canot be installed from slink? I would expect slink would c

Re: Python

The error is that apt-get refuses to install python-examples from slink because python-base is not present. However, I have installed python-base from slink... Installing python-base from stable does not solve the problem because than a olot of other dependencies are broken (I can understand this

Creating HTML

Are there any Debian packages available for creating HTML pages? (I've just started with this and I would like some recommendations...) Regards, Ruud.

Python

I am trying to install some packages from the slink arcive with apt-get. I receive an error message that python-examples is dependent on python-base. But after installing python-base from slink, the message remains. Installing python-base from stable gives me a more error messages. How can I solve

ApplixWare

I have bought the latest version of ApplixWare and I would like to add ApplixWare to WindowMaker so I can start it from there. I've created an entry in /etc/menu like: ?package(applix):needs="x11" section="Apps/Editors" icon="none" title="APPLIX" command="..." However, after running update-menus

Quake2

I am having problems with running Quake2 (v 3.14) under Debian. Quake2 running under X-Windows runs fine, but the version running under SVGALIB segfaults. I am running a MACH 64 video card. Haven't changed anything to the standard Hamm setup, except installed the netscape wrapper. Anyone a idea?

ICQ and clones

Are there any "ready-to-use" ICQ programs available in .deb format? I would rather use a ICQ clone (w/o the use of Java) because ICQ from Mirabilis takes a lot of resources. regards, Ruud. -- Money is the root of all evil. Send $20 for more information.

Logoff & clearscreen

I want to issue a "clearscreen" in or after a logout command so that the next login is on a blank screen. How can I accomplish this? regards, Ruud.

Mach64

Are there any problems known with the Mach64 driver? I am getting segfaults when running Quake2 and LinCity... Regards, Ruud.

SVGALIB

When running "gs" as user, I receive the following error message: SVGALIB -- Cannot get I/O permissions. How can I solve this? Regards, Ruud.

Define printer

How do I install a printer under Debian 2.0? I have an Epson Stylus COLOR 200 and have setup "magicfilterconfig". Is there anything else I have to do? Regards, Ruud.

Quake 2

I am a little further with Quake 2 on Debian 2.0, but I get the following error: - Loading ref_soft.so - Segmentation fault Anyone an idea? Regards, Ruud.

Quake 2

I am trying to run Quake 2, but I receive the message: /dev/dsp: No Such Device Could not open /dev/dsp The /dev/dsp is present: crw-rw-rw-1 root audio 14, 3 Jul 21 02:45 dsp I've tried as root and with my own userid (member of users). I am using the OSS Sound drivers. Can someone

Installing and configuring Emacs20

I've installed the initial six diskettes from Debian 2.0 on my PC. After reboot I choose for a "home user" setup and via dselect I picked up all the files from ftp.cistron.nl, a Debian mirror site. I am having problems with the emacs20 package. During configuration, I receive an error message in s