RE: Debian install issue

2002-10-09 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 02:01 PM 10/9/02 -0400, Paul Kraus wrote: >I know you can redirect the standard output with > and then the file >name you want. But how do you also redirect the STRERR? At least with bash, you use 2> filename to redirect STDERR to its own file. You use > filename 2>&1 to

Re: Debian install issue

2002-10-09 Thread ichi
> On 9 Oct 2002, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > > As to Slackware (and btw, what does "survpc-friendly" mean?) survpc = survivor PC = sub-Pentium PC Slackware is survpc-friendly because even the latest version (8.1) runs on a 386, provides a low-mem kernel for systems with less than 8mb RAM and

Re: Debian install issue

2002-10-09 Thread Jim Reimer
Paul Kraus wrote: > I know you can redirect the standard output with > and then the file > name you want. But how do you also redirect the STRERR? cmd 2>file will leave stdout on screen and send stderr to file cmd > file 2>&1will send both to file (cmd

RE: Debian install issue

2002-10-09 Thread Little, Chris
stuff_to_redirect 2> file.out > -Original Message- > From: Paul Kraus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 1:01 PM > To: 'James Miller'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Debian install issue > > > I know you can redirect th

RE: Debian install issue

2002-10-09 Thread Paul Kraus
I know you can redirect the standard output with > and then the file name you want. But how do you also redirect the STRERR? > Two -- pick one distro, install it, configure X, and if it fails, save > the > error output (by redirecting both STDIN and STRERR to a file). Use this, > combined with

RE: Debian install issue

2002-10-09 Thread James Miller
On 9 Oct 2002, Ray Olszewski wrote: > You say (with respect to the Debian install): > > >But > >each time I would try to startx (by typing "startx" at the command line), > >the server would abort with errors. There were no modes available, > >apparently, under the 640x480 resolution (I tried oth

RE: Debian install issue

2002-10-09 Thread Ray Olszewski
OK. This report is quite different. Since you are having trouble with Debian *and* Slackware, we can eliminate Debian-specific issues. And you are correct to write that "I know I could probably get better help in troubleshooting my particular setup by posting details about them." As you surmis

RE: Debian install issue

2002-10-09 Thread James Miller
Apologies if this message gets double-posted. I sent it 12 hrs ago or so but have not seen it hit the list yet. On 7 Oct 2002, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > 1. Are you installing using dpkg or apt-get? > Apt-get, I believe. > 2. What version of X are you installing (I know what Woody, the current

Re: Debian install issue

2002-10-07 Thread Ray Olszewski
There are a couple of things that are unclear from what you wrote. 1. Are you installing using dpkg or apt-get? 2. What version of X are you installing (I know what Woody, the current Debian Stable, installs, but I don't remember what Potato was doing or what package names it used, and I don't

Debian install issue

2002-10-07 Thread James Miller
Hello. I have an old machine I use mostly for email and light duty browsing - nothing fancy. It is a P 75 with 32 MB RAM 1 MB (forgot which) PCI video card and < 1 GB HD. I have an old AOC B&W monitor hooked up to it. I had RH 6.2 on there, but was not very happy with it. I was running fvwm f