On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 21:33, Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote: > In my experimenting with lenny netinstall, I have never been able to get > a fully functional system without running tasksel. I have never found > documentation that actually tells the whole truth about what files it > uses, etc. So it is difficult (impossible?) to debug this sort of thing.
That in itself should be a bug or a few. > My advice, one user to another, is to run tasksel during netinstall and > be done with it. Not running tasksel does not simplify whatever your real > problem is, IMHO. IMHO it does :) diversity. I don't do that many installs but i do remember the issues Xorg brings when installed through the pm rather than during the install. I also prefer that to letting tasksel haul gnome to my drive - it's a pain to remove. And it's fun to debug Xorg :) which should automagically work but never does. -- () ascii-rubanda kampajno - kontraŭ html-a retpoŝto /\ ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
