On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 10:26:56AM -0500, ktb wrote: > 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? > > > > 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. > > > > If you could set your mailer to wrap to 72 characters it would be much > appreciated. > > There is some good documentation at the debian site. A good starting > point - > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ > For your first question take a look at - > http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkg_basics.html
I'm sure you read the whole FAQ but http://www.debian.org/doc/FAQ/ch-pkgtools.html would be more helpful;) kent -- From seeing and seeing the seeing has become so exhausted First line of "The Panther" - R. M. Rilke
