I am running Debian 3.0r (woody) and in many ways can be still considered a Debian newbie, since I am moving from the Slackware camp.
One thing I like about Debian is the "apt" package. I have installed several packages via the net very conveniently. However I do not know if there are any best practices in setting up "sources.list". When I wanted some package I would add the source to the sources.list file and then update my system. Is this a sound practice? There are quite a few packages that I have downloaded such as Gnome 2.2 XFree86 4.2.2 and several more. Debian freezes more frequently now i.e. each time that the screensaver runs more than X hours. I simply have to reboot the system. Without the forum taking offence I never experienced this kind of system freezing on Slackware. I am clueless as to find why the X is freezing. Sometimes it uses 99% CPU while other times it simple freezes the system. Cntrl+Alt+Backspace will do nothing. I have to power down the system and in worst cases (when the system did not respond to the "power" button) I had to pull the power cord, to restart the system. Attached below is my "sources.list" file. Please let me know what is the best way to upgrade a system and still stay abreast with some of the latest applications. PS - Please do not send me URLs and say go and read that. Thank you in advance for any help. -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free deb http://people.fsn.hu/~pasztor/debian woody xfree deb ftp://ftp.egr.msu.edu/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.egr.msu.edu/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://ftp.freenet.de/pub/ftp.vpn-junkies.de/openoffice/ woody main contrib deb http://people.debian.org/~blade/woody/i386 ./ deb http://people.debian.org/~frankie/debian/woody/kalem/ / deb http://download.kde.org/stable/3.1/Debian stable main deb http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 deb-src http://people.debian.org/~kov/debian woody gnome2 deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://archive.progeny.com/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src http://archive.progeny.com/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb-src http://debian.uchicago.edu/debian/ stable main non-free contrib deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb ftp://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ woody main non-free contrib deb-src ftp://ftp.fi.debian.org/debian/ woody main non-free contrib deb http://mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody gnome2.2/ deb-src http://mirrors.evilgeniuses.org.uk/debian/backports/woody gnome2.2/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
