Re: newbie installing Xwin, and other stuff

1998-10-05 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
> > > > Umm... *rubs back of head* > > I haven't been able to get dhcpcd working, which I need for using the > > computer on the network, so I can't use dselect... I need to download > > packages individually. (I think.) > > > > > Now you've got me confused. :-) If you can 'download pack

Re: Xwindows working... sorta

1998-10-05 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
> At 05:13 AM 10/5/1998 -0400, Phillip Neumann wrote: > >PS: dont mess yourself with vi, its a little complicated (i did never > learn > >it...) > > Yeah, but it loads fast for doing short little file changes, and it's > likely to be on every unix system you come across. (vim (vi-improved) is

oh... dhcpcd

1998-10-05 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
Hmm... would the fact that I haven't installed a driver for my Card have something to do with dhcpcd not working? Heh. How do I install a driver for it? ---starfox Chirs Stevenson

Re: Xwindows working... sorta

1998-10-05 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
> > > Christopher Jay Stevenson wrote: > > > Well, thanks to you guys, my mouse is working... > > It's just that X isn't... > > Hmm... > > What I get is an xdm that has the login on the lower right of the screen, > > and cut-off as well, a

Xwindows working... sorta

1998-10-05 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
Well, thanks to you guys, my mouse is working... It's just that X isn't... Hmm... What I get is an xdm that has the login on the lower right of the screen, and cut-off as well, almost as if the resolution isn't correct. (It seemed as if I had a virtual desktop of 2x2 size.) My monitor is 1280x1024

Re: STB velocity 128

1998-10-04 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Alexander Stavitsky wrote: > On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 02:55:57AM -0400, Alexander Stavitsky wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 02, 1998 at 12:11:49AM -0500, Default Debian Reader wrote: > > > I have an STB velocity 128 AGP card and don't see it anywhere in the > > > supported cards in xf8

Mouse Device

1998-10-04 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
I'm buzy installing X Windows (I have xsave and the Xserver for general SVGA) and I don't know where my douse is in /dev. (I told the kernel to include support a PS/2 mouse, and I have a Microsoft Intellimouse on a PS/2 port.) Oh... /dev/mouse doesn't exist. Thanks to whoever can help ---sta

Re: newbie installing Xwin, and other stuff

1998-10-04 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote: > Christopher Jay Stevenson wrote: > > > > I need some hand holding here. > > My computer uses an STB Velocity 128 video card. > > > > What do I need to do to install Xwindows. > > > In dselect first sel

newbie installing Xwin, and other stuff

1998-10-03 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
I need some hand holding here. My computer uses an STB Velocity 128 video card. What do I need to do to install Xwindows. Also, I've never been root on a system before, so How do I mount another partition (as vfat) automatically on startup? ---Starfox Chris Stevenson

dhcpcd

1998-10-03 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
I've also had problems dealing with this package: dpkg: error processing dhcpcd (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: dhcpcd Anyone have any ideas? Chris "starfox" Stevenson

Re: A True newbie here (fwd)

1998-10-02 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
Hmm... meant to send this to the list > > > What you'll probably want to do (I'm assuming you're not installing from > > > CD-ROM) is install the base system, then download the dhcpcd package with > > > Win95, mount the windows partition from within Linux, copy over the dhcpcd > > > package, and

A True newbie here

1998-10-01 Thread Christopher Jay Stevenson
Hello there. I'm a college student who's trying to install Debian Unix, and I'm trying to figure some things out (most of the people here use Red Hat) I'm trying t figure out how I can install Debian Linux so that I can get it to receive the IP address and all the other jass automatically (just l