On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 05:35:25PM +1000, Stephen Jiang wrote: > I am new to Linux (especially Debian), please help me out. > > 1. Does anyone can tell me how to extract *.deb files? And where can I find > Debian's special commands?
These will tell you a little about .deb: man dpkg man deb For package management and installation, you're advised to use dselect primarily though. Also look around in the "documentation" and "developers" pages on the debian website, http://www.debian.org/ . > 2. I have just installed Debian 2.2 r0 (potato), but XF86 did not work > (don't have SVGA driver - returned message at first time). So, I used > VGA16 driver during XF86Setup (second time), the setup program told me > successfully installed XF86 but it failed after I press ok to continue. Please stand in line for X problems. It's the long one.. ;-) There's probably a few people with fresh blood still on the wall, who are keen to help you. Maybe they're just watching silently, as you perform the "initiation rites". ;-) Also look around in the debian-user mailing list archives that you can find at http://lists.debian.org/ .` Cheers, Joost
