apt.conf? (was: Re: Getting XFree 4.3?)

2003-09-22 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Russell Shaw often). Some of these errors may go away if you put this in apt.conf: APT::Default-Release testing; APT::Cache-Limit 1000; I do not seem to have any apt.conf, but I do have an /etc/apt/apt.conf.d directory. Should I make the file /etc/apt/apt.conf, or should I put the

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-22 Thread Micha Feigin
On ', 2003-09-20 at 17:45, Jon Haugsand wrote: * Russell Shaw Also, put an official testing source into sources.list too. For testing: deb ftp://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free But I still cannot get XFree 4.3 into my Debian, look: Xfree 4.3 is in experimental

Re: apt.conf? (was: Re: Getting XFree 4.3?)

2003-09-22 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Sep 22, 2003 at 12:28:38PM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: * Russell Shaw often). Some of these errors may go away if you put this in apt.conf: APT::Default-Release testing; APT::Cache-Limit 1000; I do not seem to have any apt.conf, but I do have an /etc/apt/apt.conf.d

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-20 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Russell Shaw Also, put an official testing source into sources.list too. For testing: deb ftp://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/ testing main contrib non-free But I still cannot get XFree 4.3 into my Debian, look: X -version This is a pre-release version of XFree86, and is not supported in any

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-07 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Russell Shaw dpkg --audit or dpkg --yet-to-unpack dpkg --audit The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using dpkg --configure package or the configure menu option in dselect:

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-07 Thread Sridhar M.A.
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 04:51:57PM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: Try: apt-get install -t testing --fix-broken console-common During the last upgrade to testing I too faced the same problem with console-common. Yesterday I noticed that versions in testing had changed. Even apt-cache

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-07 Thread Russell Shaw
Jon Haugsand wrote: * Russell Shaw dpkg --audit or dpkg --yet-to-unpack dpkg --audit The following packages are only half configured, probably due to problems configuring them the first time. The configuration should be retried using dpkg --configure package or the configure menu option in

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-05 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Russell Shaw Hmm, I still have problems: apt-get install -t testing xfree86-common xbase-clients xserver-xfree86 xlibs Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Sorry, xfree86-common is already the newest version. Sorry, xbase-clients is already the newest version. Sorry,

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-05 Thread Russell Shaw
Jon Haugsand wrote: * Russell Shaw Hmm, I still have problems: apt-get install -t testing xfree86-common xbase-clients xserver-xfree86 xlibs Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... Sorry, xfree86-common is already the newest version. Sorry, xbase-clients is already the newest

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-04 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Russell Shaw E: Sorry, broken packages I think by setting up apt-get pinning or something, these dependancies can be downloaded and installed automatically. However, i haven't figured that out, so i resolve these problems manually (it doesn't happen very often). Some of these errors

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-09-04 Thread Russell Shaw
Jon Haugsand wrote: * Russell Shaw E: Sorry, broken packages I think by setting up apt-get pinning or something, these dependancies can be downloaded and installed automatically. However, i haven't figured that out, so i resolve these problems manually (it doesn't happen very often). Some of

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-30 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 04:59:15PM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: * Russell Shaw # XFree86 4.3: deb http://people.debian.org/~nobse/debian/woody/experimental/ ./ (i have sources for testing distro too) apt-get update apt-get install -t testing xfree86-common xbase-clients

Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Jon Haugsand
My Dell Latitude needs XFree 4.3, but I'm not sure how to get it for my Woody laptop. Trying: apt-get install x-window-system=4.3 Reading Package Lists... Building Dependency Tree... E: Version '4.3' for 'x-window-system' was not found This is my sources.list: deb

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Nick Hastings
* Jon Haugsand [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030829 16:01]: My Dell Latitude needs XFree 4.3, but I'm not sure how to get it for my Woody laptop. Trying: snip deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://people.debian.org/~mmagallo/packages/xfree86/i386/ ./ (And

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Nick Hastings apt-get install xserver-xfree86 Why did it work to write: apt-get install x-window-system -- Jon Haugsand, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.norges-bank.no -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Nick Hastings
* Jon Haugsand [EMAIL PROTECTED] [030829 18:09]: * Nick Hastings apt-get install xserver-xfree86 Why did it work to write: apt-get install x-window-system Because x-window-system is a meta-package that depends on x-window-system-core, which is another meta-package which depends on

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:55:21AM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: My Dell Latitude needs XFree 4.3, but I'm not sure how to get it for my Woody laptop. Trying: Look for a backport on apt-get.org or upgrade to sid. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson [EMAIL

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:55:21AM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: My Dell Latitude needs XFree 4.3, but I'm not sure how to get it for my Woody laptop. Trying: apt-get install x-window-system=4.3 You can't make up version numbers like that, in general; you need to look to see what version is

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Paul Johnson On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:55:21AM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: My Dell Latitude needs XFree 4.3, but I'm not sure how to get it for my Woody laptop. Trying: Look for a backport on apt-get.org or upgrade to sid. That's what I did: deb

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Colin Watson On Fri, Aug 29, 2003 at 08:55:21AM +0200, Jon Haugsand wrote: My Dell Latitude needs XFree 4.3, but I'm not sure how to get it for my Woody laptop. Trying: apt-get install x-window-system=4.3 You can't make up version numbers like that, in general; you need to look to

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread David Z Maze
Jon Haugsand [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My Dell Latitude needs XFree 4.3, but I'm not sure how to get it for my Woody laptop. IMHO, you'll run into too many problems if you try to go the backport route; lots of things depend on the X libraries (which, fundamentally, haven't changed in 10 years)

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Russell Shaw
David Z Maze wrote: Jon Haugsand [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My Dell Latitude needs XFree 4.3, but I'm not sure how to get it for my Woody laptop. IMHO, you'll run into too many problems if you try to go the backport route; lots of things depend on the X libraries (which, fundamentally, haven't

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Jon Haugsand
* Russell Shaw # XFree86 4.3: deb http://people.debian.org/~nobse/debian/woody/experimental/ ./ (i have sources for testing distro too) apt-get update apt-get install -t testing xfree86-common xbase-clients xserver-xfree86 xlibs xserver-xfree86 xlibs Reading Package Lists...

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Russell Shaw
Jon Haugsand wrote: * Russell Shaw # XFree86 4.3: deb http://people.debian.org/~nobse/debian/woody/experimental/ ./ (i have sources for testing distro too) apt-get update apt-get install -t testing xfree86-common xbase-clients xserver-xfree86 xlibs xserver-xfree86 xlibs Reading Package

Re: Getting XFree 4.3?

2003-08-29 Thread Russell Shaw
Russell Shaw wrote: Jon Haugsand wrote: ... E: Sorry, broken packages I think by setting up apt-get pinning or something, these dependancies can be downloaded and installed automatically. However, i haven't figured that out, so i resolve these problems manually (it doesn't happen very often).