Well for the 2.2 kernel part, when you installed Debain 3.0 you had the option to use the 2.4 kernel by typing something like 2.4bf2 at the boot prompt, or you can pull in the source and compile it.
Anand Subramanian wrote: >Hi, >I recently converted to Debian from RH and though I managed to install Debian 3.0 >rev0 on my laptop and could connect to the internet via DSL, I simply am not able to >upgrade to Gnome2. Installation on my Presario 715US was my smoothest ever...but the >2.2 kernel, old gnome etc. make it painful for a recent convert <Groan!> > >I tried several variations of : >$apt-get --fix-broken -t experimental install gnome2 >but it throws up a whole list of dependencies : > >gnome2: Depends: bug-buddy (>= 2.2.0) but 2.0.8-1 is to be installed > Depends: gnome-control-center2 but it is not going to be installed > Depends: libeel2-2 but it is not installable > Depends: eog2 but it is not going to be installed > Depends: gnome-applets2 but it is not going to be installed > <BLAH...BLAH...BLAH> > Depends: gedit (>= 2.0.1) but it is not going to be installed > Depends: file-roller2 but it is not installable > Depends: gnome-games (>= 2.0.2-1) but it is not going to be installed >E: Sorry, broken packages > > > >My sources.list looks like this : > >deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main >deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main >deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ ../project/experimental main > ># See sources.list(5) for more information, especialy ># Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs ># CDROMs are managed through the apt-cdrom tool. >deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free >#deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free >#deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free > ># Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work >deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free >#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > > >deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib >deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib >/etc/apt/sources.list: unmodified: line 1 > > >Any pointers anyone? Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as I am not subscribed to >this list. > >TIA, >Anand > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
