On Sat, 16 May 1998, Phillip Neumann wrote: You need to install the debian pacakges of xbase, xfntbase, xfnt75, and a xserver, from the debian ftp site ftp.debian.org you need to match the xserver, with your card type, for instance, the xserver-s3 is for the s3 based video cards, and the xserver-s3v is for s3 virge chips. You will also need to install a window manager. Window Mangaers (wm) define how your windows "look, and feel" there is a win95 look alike called fvwm95, as well, as a myriad of others, I use icewm, which looks like Os2 warp. to look at a comparison of the window managers look at www.plig.org
> Hi > > Im Phillip Neumann and a new user of (debian) Linux too. I find this > system MUCH more interesting that Microsoft > dos or win95. But i have many programs in Win95 that i use every day, so > now i have 2 OP in my computer. They > both work perfectly well (thank to linux [lilo]). I´m doing linux about > 2 or 3 days, and now im a little boried, because > I´ve only the rescue, driver and base diskettes. So i cant do > interesting thinks with linux. The first interesing thing i > wanna do, is "changing" my shell to a graphic one. I heared about > Xfree86, so i download it and try to install it > (Xfree86 3.3.2). I read the installing readme files but i cant install > it !!! (yesterday i finish tring at 6:00 am!!!). At this > moment I´ve done the following things: > 1) Download files (11) > 2) Copy them to /var/tmp > 3) at /usr/X11R6 i put:"sh /var/tmp/preinst.sh" (it sais: file: command > not found. You appear to have an a.out system. a.out binaries are not > available > for this release) > 4) ungzip files ==> gzip -d < /var/tmp/x332XXXX.tgz | tar vxf - > 5) running postinstall = > sh /var/tmp/postinst.sh (it do some question, > i rerspond all yes) [last thing is: running ldconfig and > then prompt] > 6) put /usr/X11R6 in my path (editing /etc/profile) > 7) adding /usr/X11R6 to /etc/ls.so.conf > 8) putting /sbin/lsconfig as root [prompt inmidiatly] > > > Im desperade trying to use graphics in Linux. I know the difference > between dos and linux bourn shell. Now i want to > compare windows 95 with X Windows. > > Sorry for my enlish and Thanks > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > PD: please send me anything to my hotmail email, the other isnt > working... > > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Particle man, Particle man Doing the things a Particle can Whats he like? Its not important Particle man is he a dot, or is he a speck When He's underwater does he get wet, or does the water get him instead? -Particle Man, by They Might Be Giants. -K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
