On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:33:02 -0700 Paul E Condon <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> shared this with us all:
>On 20091119_132557, Kent West wrote: >> Fresh install of Lenny, minimal (unselected everything in Tasksel >> during the install, then aptitude install'd xorg and icewm). >> >> The minimal /etc/X11/xorg.conf file (not included here, but >> available) did not allow xorg to detect both monitors. I then ran >> "sudo X -configure" which generated an xorg.conf file which did >> detect both monitors, but the second monitor is not usable; I can't >> move windows over to the second monitor. The addition of the line >> >> Option "Xinerama" >> >> to the "ServerLayout" section fixed that problem. >> >> Is this a bug worth reporting, or will it be considered more of a >> wish-list, or what? And if it's worth reporting as a bug, against >> which package should it be reported? > >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. > >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. After many netinstalls have never used Taskel. Always install bare bones system that will reboot and connect to the net, and then install everything as it's needed while working with the machine. Laptops and Desktops. If I install a machine for someone else then I ask what they use or want to use and install what I think will cover their need, and they can go on from there. Probably incorrect, but have always presumed taskel will suck in things I don't really need. Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 ..................................................... The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty, concludes to build a woodshed.......Henry David Thoreau ..................................................... Debian GNU/Linux - just the best way to create magic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
