X broken after upgrade

I'm using testing, with no packages from unstable. I'm also using gdm. First, while upgrading a bunch of packages yesterday I got an error upgrading the x11-common package. Second, after rebooting I get some nasty looking kernel messages in the logs. I have included both errors below, along wit

Local DNS?

Is there some way I can use a local DNS server to cache DNS queries? I ask because my current DNS server is sometimes slow; I have a cable modem and configure DNS automatically through DHCP. Ideally I'd like to configure a local DNS server to use the cable's DNS, but cache host lookups for somethi

Sound for onboard VIA chipset?

My motherboard has a builtin sound card using the VIA VT82C686A chipset, but when I try to load sound support with: # modprobe via82cxxx I get the following: /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/sb.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, includi

Re: wvdial connects, but then ppp gets launched and crashes

Have you tried "apt-get install minicom"? You also might want to try running pppconfig instead of wvdial. This isn't expert advice, just something else to try. -Jeff > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2001 20:27:21 EST > > First, thanks to many who have tried to help me with multipl

Re: Location of gtk-config?

Mircea Luca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > apt-get install libgtk-dev > should do it,as per > http://packages.debian.org/stable/devel/libgtk-dev.html But why isn't it listed in /var/lib/dpkg/available, so I can see it in dselect? -Jeff

Location of gtk-config?

Running debian potato. I'm trying to make skipstone, and it can't find gtk-config. I found a reference searching Deja to libgtk-dev, but this package doesn't show up in dselect. How does one find a package for a given command? -Jeff