On Thu, Mar 22, 2001 at 11:56:45AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribbled... > Thanks to an off-list response from Hendrik, in Germany, i have now got > my mouse cursor back. Thanks to him and to all who responded. It turns > out that my video ram was incorrectly specified, and that was the > culprit. Now I have more questions: > > 1. I need to compile a kernel with vfat, ppp, and some other support. > The kernel packages were not installed (/usr/src is empty) Coming from > the RPM world, I think I have figured out how to install software using > apt-get, but what are the 2.2.18 kernel packages actually called? I > don't think I can apt-get <packagename> without knowing what > <packagename> actually is.
If you apt-get install kernel-source, it will give you a big list. Get the one for your preferred version (2.2.18 maybe). If you don't know the name of a package you can always look at the debian.org site, it has a great package search utility. You shouldn't need to build a new kernel for that though... try this: make sure vfat.o ppp.o (and your others...look in /lib/modules/2.2.X/ and it's subdirs to find the one that sounds like the module you want) are in the /lib/modules/2.2.X directory or a subdirectory. modprobe ppp; modprobe vfat; ... Then add those module names to /etc/modules No need to recompile. :) > > 2. Anybody know what window managers and xterms come on the 2.2r2 iso? > I really want to install enlightenment for use w/ gnome, and eterm. > Plus I want the background images that come with e-term. I know E, gnome, and Eterm are all on potato's disk 1. > > 3. I am a bit spoiled when it comes to system admin, coming from > Mandrake. Mind you, I'm not complaining, the lack of eye-candy admin was > one of the (many) reasons why I decided to give debian a try. Still, a > list of which file (or directory) in /etc does what would be useful. > There's got to be a how-to or web site or something. There's a whole lot of documentation at debian.org. There's also a book by O'reilly (Using Debian GNU/Linux), that is pretty good for this. > > 4. More generally, a description of the differences between debian and > red-hat based distros would be helpful. Debian is less user-friendly (meaning it won't try to make decisions for you and screw things up). Debian has a far better upgrade/update/install program/service (apt). Debian is way cooler for the do-it-yourself types. (And other users will think you're cooler if you say you use Debian, than if you say you use Mandrake.) Debian is entirely RMS approved software (unless you get stuff from non-free). Debian doesn't charge you to use its upgrade/update utility, like RH does now. Debian is a bit slower to put newer things (like kernel 2.4 and X 4.0) out in the stable release. > > Thanks a lot... > > --Shannon > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
