Hello,
FYI - I remember seeing some posts that indicated that the
CD that was shipped with this book has problems. I
do not know what the "grub>" prompt is all about though.
Debian 2.1 is what I run on my Thinkpad 560, but a friend
copied the CDs for me, from the "official" ones.
John
From:
Hi,
FYI - I fixed it! In case anyone else ever gets into this
boat, do a "make uninstall" in the (tarball) 0.2.8 directory, then
"dpkg -r --force-depends esound". Then re-install the esound
deb package, and things will work again.
Hi,
I really do not want to re-install from scratch again! I had
E+Esound working, with the ~vincent updates. When I started to
build the Epplets-Base, it needed esd.h which was not provided
in the esound 0.2.14 debian package. I found that it was included
as well as some other need stuff, in
Hello,
I have had seen this problem a few times. A reboot always
cured it, if that is an option...
John Miskinis
wim >Nope, restarting Netscape doesn't resolve the issue, and this happens
on every
wim >link on every s
Hi,
Below I included the find command that will allow you to look
for libraries, as well as where the libXt is on my system...
debian:~# find /usr/X11R6/ -name "libXt.*" -print
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6.0
/usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6
debian:~#
From: "Robert L. Harris" <[
Hi,
Yes, just create a .emacs file and put your commands in them.
Below are some of my commands, which you can use as a guide to
bind keys and make editing life a lot easier. I would include my
whole file, but some things changed a little between V19 and V20.
I now invoke emacs with "emacs -font
Hi,
I have only installed netscape 4.5 , on slink, and never had
to download it by hand. I used apt-get as follows:
apt-get install communicator-smotif-45
apt-get install netscape-java-45
You will only need the second package if you wish to run java.
My sources.list in case I have someth
er.
Anyone know:
1) If there is a package I need to install to get the
RGetXImage symbol defined? I'd rather use the prebuilt wmaker.
2) The names of the packages I need to get the "right" jpeg
libraries, so I can recompile?
As always, many thanks
aluable at some point for some folks,
John Miskinis
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Hello,
Since my last message, I am actually able to boot up, in single
user mode, if I specify "rescue single" at the lilo prompt. So
I think I am getting closer. Now I am stumped, df says the root file
system is "/dev/ram" but appears to actually be my 17 Meg hard
disk partition.
I (re)read t
Hello,
First, If there is a better way, PLEASE let me know! I'm trying to
move a working boot floppy to a partition to test it without having
to keep uncompressing/compressing/writing-floppy each time.
I'm trying to build a very small 1-floppy linux system, that I can use
to boot, and access
Hello,
I have always seen this problem under slink, I am running GTK 1.2
also. The text that is "doubled" or "shadowed" always seems to
be text on buttons that are "grayed out" and not selectable.
I tried a few thems and fonts, but the problem remains. Although
it is very ugly, it doesn't caus
Thanks for your reply. I will try it :)
The logout thing might be interesting. I usually
just do "init 0" as root to turn of my machine.
The CTRL-ALT-DELETE is basically the same as selecting the
"Logout" option from the mouse button 1 menu. I wanted to add
another note, that someone on #E sugg
So How do I make this epplet that gives me the error to not
be started ?
Hello,
I have had problems with epplets coming back, sometimes many
copies of them at once. Deleting the files under .enlightenment
doesn't get rid of them, so when I want to start "clean", I
simply rename the directory
Hello,
When I try to use the DEL (Delete) key to scroll backwards
when using the "info" program, it prints: Unknown command (~).
I am wondering if there is something wrong somewhere on my system,
or if others have the same results. I can scroll backwards with
ESC-V so this is just a minor aggra
Hi,
write(2, "Error on Play Event\n", 20Error on Play Event
Not sure if your problem is very simple, but I've seen this
message when 1) the sound set for the event does not exist
and 2) when the /dev/dsp device is open by some other process
maybe it was wmscope.
I'm not sure what your situati
locks
behind after a few window drags. Never figured out why.
John Miskinis
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Hi,
Attached is my latest config file for the dual scan 560. Note
the comments with the JM. It will work as is without flicker,
but FVWM2 will not work correctly. Feel free to switch to
the other modeline to use fvwm but with flicker.
Enjoy and post results,
John Miskinis
Hi David,
I am running slink also. I wouldn't say "straight slink" as I
have done MANY apt-get(s) for packages that put other packages
on etc., too many for me to keep track of, so I don't...
I got the 1.2 JDK running a few weeks ago, but after some reading
I got the impression the pre-release
annoying.
End result, I now run wmaker, no problems at all
with the dock apps.
It is too bad. I thought I was alone with this problem.
John Miskinis
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, and it was
nice to read the short README seeing that installation is
"trivial".
If you are running potato, I would read the READMEs in the
directories, as you may want the pre-release 2.
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that have into LCD panel info for the various models,
please let me know!
Thanks, and good luck, linux runs very well on Thinkpads,
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rom the main package(s).
Any links, information, caveats, good/bad experiences welcome. I'm
hoping others have walked this path before...
Many Thanks,
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s separate from the main package(s).
Any links, information, caveats, good/bad experiences welcome. I'm
hoping others have walked this path before...
Many Thanks,
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Hello David,
I wish to connect my old Atari ST to my linux box running slink with a
serial
cable and use it basically as a dumb terminal.
Could someone please point me in the direction of some useful documentation
as
to how to do this. Also does anyone know what software would be required
o
Hello,
What do I use to open a gz file?
Files suffixed with gz are a GNU Zip compressed file. They
are uncompressed with the "gunzip" program. So if you have
a README.gz file you would use the command "gunzip README.gz"
and that would result in the file README being created.
Many things are
Hello,
The system boots and reboots OK. I've been playing around with bash
commands. Not all of the ones I read about on Web pages seem to be
working. Now I want to run dbootstrap to configure my base system. But
when I type dbootstrap at the $ prompt, I get "command not found." I go
to the
Hello,
Did anyone get E installed? When I do an "apt-get install
enlightenment"
YES, I got it working well on slink, with apt-get. I have included
my sources.list below. I think I got the ~vincent pointers from
gnome.org, can't remember. Also, I may have reordered the last 2
lines to th
Hello,
I figured it out. The widgets used in the Xt examples are not
from any standard widget set. They are presented in chapter 10
of the 900+ page book.
John
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Hello,
I'm trying to get a full X Development system put together
based on slink. I am trying to get some simple XT examples to
compile. (although I have lesstif and GTK working nicely)
There is no "Pushbutton.h" file on my system anywhere, although
in the Xaw directory "Box.h" and "Label.
Hello,
I run E on a Pentium 100 w 24 Mb RAM. As far as the colors
"not going together", you can change the appearance of the
gnome applications, by changing the GTK themes. The gnomecc
application makes installing and changing themes quite easy. You
can also preview them, and "try" them ri
Hello,
Pardon my ignorance. Up until now, I have used a command such
as "dpkg -l "*"|grep -i WHATEVER" when I am trying to find out the
package name(s) of things relating to WHATEVER. At the moment, I
am trying to find out what pieces of "imlib" stuff I might be
missing, as I can't compile wm
Hello,
For some strange reason wmakerconf now crashes just after
the window appears. I WAS running wmakerconf 1.7 and everything
was working OK. I didn't run it for about a week. All of a sudden
it would crash complaining about a GTK style copy problem, and a
NULL cast to a GTK widget.
Ea
trange /etc/menu-methods errors, how to fix?
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 09:51:25 +1030
On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 11:32:50PM -0800, John Miskinis wrote
> Hello,
>
> Ever since I installed enlightment (really cool), I get these
> errors whenever I install anything...
>
> Update-menus: (check
Hello,
Ever since I installed enlightment (really cool), I get these
errors whenever I install anything...
Update-menus: (checking /var/lib/dpkg/lock)
debian:/home/miskinis# In file "/etc/menu-methods//enlightenment" at line
12:
onlyrunasroot=true
^
Unknown identifier
/etc/menu-met
Hello,
It appears there are at least a couple different models of the
ZIP drive for the parallel port. The one I have now does not
work with the PPA support, but works fine with the IMM package.
I always have to use /dev/sda4 to access it.
I recently tried to build a small debian linux system o
Hello,
A while back, I was unable to get my ZIP dribe to work with the
PPA support, but IMM support allowed it to work. This IMM support
is in a loadable module. I have been reading the Zip_Install howto,
in preparation to try to get a Linux system built on a ZIP disk, to
allow me to perform a
Hi,
So should I persue trying to get my system to authenticate my
ISP's connection to my machine? Or is this not typically used for
systems that connect TO an ISP?
I'm hoping that it's OK to live without out it, and not open
my system up to possible intrusion.
Thanks again,
John
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Hi,
What I meant, was that if it I run with "auth" than the CHAPS
authentication fails. If I run with "noauth", all works OK. I
saw a note in "options" stating that the "auth" should not be
disabled, and I'm not sure I should worry about this or not.
I changed this in "options" prior to rerun
Hi,
I don't know what let me to think that pon and diald were related.
I probably installed diald a while back in preparation to get PPP
working after I got an ISP that supported PPP. In any case, I don't
think there is anything wrong with any documentation at all. I just
had a lot of new thing
Hi,
I had to change the subject line...
OK, I had run pppconfig many hours ago, and at that time I thought
it was tied to diald. When I execute "pon" now, it will not
connect, but my /etc/chatscripts needs work. Now that I have PPP
working (no authorization and no compression yet) I think I ha
Hi,
That makes sense, I can see where /dev/modem is useful once things
are working. I did remember seeing a note somewhere (I've been
up all night reading stuff, I forget where) where they discouraged
the use of /dev/modem, and /dev/mouse however!
I'm still accepting recommendations for slink-c
Hi,
Wow! It was as simple as adding the "defaultroute" line in my
/etc/ppp/options file! Many thanks!
I tried to send this message using gzilla (from slink), but it
chokes on pages that are too complex. (It doesn't even show me the
navigation buttons in HOWTOs!)
SO, now I am looking for re
Hi,
I noticed that the /dev/modem worked also, but I wanted to be
sure that it was using ttyS2 for now. I am also trying everything
as root for now. I tried "pon" but it complained about some things
that I have not yet configured (in diald?).
I figured it would be best to get the manual connec
Hello,
I have recently aquired a PPP-based ISP, in hopes to get linux
network connectivity. I have been working with the PPP howto, and
got PPP somewhat working.
I am stuck at the point where a "route -n" only shows ONE ppp0
connection, where the howto says it should show TWO. I am able
to pin
etwork connectivity and no builtin CD!
John
From: "E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian
Subject: Re: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup/restore their system? How?
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 09:37:07 +0100
On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 06:29:45PM -0800, John Miskinis wrote:
>
blems with.
From: "E.L. Meijer \(Eric\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: debian
Subject: Re: Does anyone use ZIP disks to backup/restore their system?
How?
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 13:29:38 +0100
On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 11:56:05AM +0100, Wouter Hanegraaff wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 02, 1
Hi,
I'm hoping to find a set of tools that will allow a linux system
to be backed up, and restored, using ZIP disks. I would really
appreciate any advise on this subject, from anyone who has
successfully restored a system from a multi-volume set.
I'm really stuck, trying to figure out everythin
Hello,
Perhaps there is an easier/better solution then kbackup/afio? Before
I reinstall from scratch, I would appreciate advice, as it may be
possible to get my system back
I recently used the "zdisk" utility to successfully build a boot
floopy, with my kernel that has support for my (imm)
Hi,
Thanks! That was the info I needed. I ran mkswap, and it now
refects the proper size of the swap file during bootup.
I could REALLY use some pointers to sites that have info on how
to create a minimum startup configuration. I have been following
the Bootdisk-HOWTO, but I am left with many
Hello,
I have been trying to make a "boot/root" disk, so I can have a
kernel boot with support for my ZIP drive, and PCMCIA->SCSI->CDROM
if possible. WOW, I can't believe how hard this is!
To make it "easier" I shrunk my swap partition size by 17 meg, and
created a "spare" ext2 partition of 17
Hello,
I have noticed that when I create a boot floppy with "make zdisk"
it will boot, but when using "make bzdisk" it will not. I had to
use the "tecra" rescue and driver disks when installing, and
I wonder if this is somehow related to the IBM Thinkpad 560.
Or, is there something else going o
Hi,
(1) It is probably easiest to get the isp stuff working
I only have AOL at the moment. I connect via WIN95, and then
mount by "c:" as a vfat partition under linux, and move .deb files
that I grab on the net, over to my linux partition.
(2) Is the problem your modem or your isp ?
T
Hi,
At this time I can't use apt-get, as I can't connect to my ISP
under linux. If possible, I was hoping to find a site that has
the lib6c >= 2.1 and dependency packages, that I could install
with dpkg on top of a slink CD based system.
If this is a very extensive effort (many packages/problem
Hi Brant. It is a Micron model M14FG. It says on back: 115/230V/1A,
60/50hz.
I have tried manually entering 60 for the horiz and 50 for the vert. I have
tried selections that were preconfigured at 60 and 50. I feel like I have
YIKES - That sounds like the power supply specs! BE CAREFUL!
The
Hello,
I'm not up to speed on libc6 at all. From what I can gather it
is not just a regular package. I thought I had a HOWTO on this,
but it turned out to be a libc5->libc6 "upgrade" document.
A while back I tried to get enlightenment-conf up, and I believe
it needed libc6 >= 2.1 or some depen
Hi,
You might not realize yet that CASE matters on Linux/Unix..
/etc/X11/XF86Config
I think it can be in a couple other places, and in fact I
got "hosed" this way a few times, as I had files in two places
and couldn't figure out why the changes I made were not being
seen.
Hi,
Wow, I sent that mail on 9/9/99 (interesting numbers) and since then
I've become a linux nut. Yes, I ended up using the tecra disks. I
think it might have been you that helped me way back then.
The problems I was experiencing were due to the PCMCIA-based CDROM
I had, and I thought it was p
Hi Stephan,
I have only seen the enlightenment on the slink CD. But when I
checked it out, I think I got around the same problem by running
a program called imlib_config (or something close).
If you type imlib at the prompt, you should see it.
Hope this helps,
John
P.S. I never got enlightm
Hi,
If you must install from floppies, I would use different ones.
When I need a floppy for something, I format it under windows
95, check the "full format" and "no label" option. After it
formats, be SURE to check the number of BAD bytes in the info
dialog that appears when the format is done.
Hi Folks,
Yesterday I grabbed the viewkit for linux SW from www.viewkit.com
and really would like to get started. The SW came with no examples
or makefiles. I was trying to get this stuff running, as I have an
interview with a company TOMORROW that uses viewkit.
I sent mail to the "viewkit.com
Hi,
It appears that the the other directories are just symbolic links.
In other words, opening "stable" is the same as opening "slink".
When I first installed linux, I had to figure out all of this
stuff, as I copied the entire slink CD to my hard drive under
win95, and had to fix up all of thes
Hello,
I don't suppose you would be so kind as to outline the steps you took?
I really don't hate gnome or anything (prefer it to kde) and might want
to put it back sometime... you sound like you have some experience at
this...
thanks!
I just waded through the dselect package list, hitting "-
/mnt(unmounts the /mnt which is your CDROM now)
You may have to use "mount -t iso9660 /dev/mcd /mnt ro" or whatever
was contained the other post. I'm sure you wrote it down or have it.
John
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To: "John Miskinis" <[EMA
Hi,
I also posted a reply to your CDROM problem, to get you a little
further, but it has not shown up yet.
Anyway use the "more" command followed by the file name. This
will not help you with "dmesg" though, unless you output it to
a file, or pipe the output directly to "more"...
more foo.txt
Hi,
Yes, I read that post. You need to determine what the IRQ and
IO address of your board is currently. Then tell linux about it.
By looking at the current switch settings on your board, use the
tables in the manual to determine what IRQ and IO address the board
is set for. Don't trust anythi
Hello,
What the heck is the big deal about gnome anyway?
I have only seen the gnome that comes on the Debian 2.1 CD, I
have not seen later versions. I believe gnome is in its infancy
stage at present. From what I have read about it on the web, the
big deal appears to be that a "full set" of
Hi Marius,
Thanks for the info. It appears you have a VERY old BIOS, as I
downdraded mine recently from the IBM 1.1 system disk (I was
previously using 1.2).
My Power Management version is 1.35 (yours 1.25)
My BIOS is 1.28 (yours 0.21)
The "Thinkpad Configuration" software is the Windows based
Hi Jeff,
I just realized that I assumed you had a SCSI based CDROM. I
have had SCSI on the brain lately trying to get mine working and
that hurdle is over.
If you have an IDE based CDROM (most likely) forget everything
I said about SCSI.
In any case try the MCDX support under the CDROM entry
dselect NOT deselect, sorry...
John
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Hi,
You are much better off WITHOUT PCMCIA from an installation
standpoint. I do not know the exact steps to follow to get the
"standard" CDROMs to work though as my installation was much
more complicated.
In any case, it is probably a matter of using the "modconf"
utility, which I believe gets
Thanks for writting John. I have a 486dx desktop. It has 16 mb of ram. I do
not believe I have any PCMCIA ability. Yes, the base system is installed. I
used floppy images created from another computer from my debian disks.
Incidently, the cdrom was working in dos before I installed, so there must
Hi Jeff,
You are FAR from sh*t out of luck! I did not have a CDROM to
use under linux either. And I still do not have an ISP that I
can connect to under linux (only WIN95).
I do not know what your hardware config
is. For example, PCMCIA interface? If so, I do not believe it
is possible to us
Hello,
As it turns out, the person was running "potato" that had the
2.2.1 kernel running with suspend/resume working on the Thinkpad 560.
As I can't connect to the network under linux (yet) is there a
minimal amount of potato packages that I can put over the slink
stuff I have? Or would the nu
Hello,
I could also use some help trying to get later gnome versions
and enlightenment running on slink (2.0.36 kernel).
I originally installed the gnome and enlightenment that came on
the slink CD. But the enlightenment-conf had problems installing.
I grabbed a bunch of .debs of newer gnome an
Hello,
I've been trying to get the "atari800" emulator working. The ROMS
are not in the package for legal reasons. The link in the readme
is bad, and although I found the "xf25.zip" elsewhere, the ROMs
to not appear to work when I unpack them on WIN95, and move them
to linux. (Maybe there's a
Hello Lance,
-> I also get the error when trying to start ViaVoice. I have
-> a SoundBlaster PNP16. What is dsp? Is there a way I can
-> get the device /dsp on my system.
I just went through this. Assuming that you have (made) a kernel
with sound support, login as root and perform:
cd /dev
Hello,
I've been quiet, as I got sound and my ppa (imm) zip drive working!
For the past couple days, I've tried everything I could find on
the web the Thinkpad 560, and it's APM problems. I even downgraded
my BIOS to the 1.1 version. I built many kernels, even 2.2.0 on
the slink CD. (Which has
Hello,
MANY Thanks to all who assisted! I just used the JVC CDROM to
install (many) debian packages, with only a VERY little flaky
behvaior! One time in dselect I had to go back to "access" again,
and I always get a few errors upon startup which I included below.
I made a custom 2.0.36 after m
Hello,
I grabbed pcmcia-cs-3.0.14 and the sym53c500 driver. It did not
even state the "detection" of the JVC CDROM, but the socket info
appeared correctly in /var/run/stab (??)
It says 1994 on the back of the box for the New Media Bus Toaster,
so I think (?) it may be the "older" card.
Is ther
Hello (and Thanks for continued help),
I have included the "xconsole" output, when I insert the card
after the system is up. I also included what is output when I
pulled out the card, as it notes that the SW INT is set and "Why?".
I also made the /dev/sr0 device from /dev with:
mkmod -m 777 sr0
Hello,
While searching the net to dig deeper into my recently posted
PCMCIA-SCSI -> JVC XR-W2040 problem, it appears that the
/dev/sr0 device can't be "made" using MAKEDEV sr0 from /dev...
Is there a workaround for this? I read that the "normal" methods
of configuring SCSI CDROMs do not work fo
Hello,
While waiting for my post to show up, I digged a little
deeper, and found that irq3 was not being excluded by
PCMCIA. I excluded IRQ3 and IRQ5 (which it
picked up sometimes, but states it is wrong) and it now
uses IRQ9 like it does when running windows 95.
The dmesg output is included be
Hello,
I am on my knees begging for help at this point :) -> :(
I am trying to get my JVC XR-W2040 CDROM drive to work under
debian linux as my other CDROM is very flaky even when it is
sometimes seen at bootup. I think I am EXTREMELY close, and
would really appreciated any help. I have been st
Hi,
I thought I had resolved the problem by adding the line
CORE_OPTS="unreset_delay=1000" to /etc/pcmcia/cdrom.opts
But on next 4 or 5 reboots it was not seen. I even increased
the timeout to 2000 and 4000, but no luck. I welcome any and
all advise.
John
Hello,
After more reading and experimenting, I was able to get the CDROM
to be seen by adding the following command to the cdrom.opts file
in /etc/pcmcia
CORE_OPTS="unreset_delay=1000"
My next task is to get my ppa zip drive to work, so I can start
backing up my system!
John
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Hi,
I have included the dmesg output, showing exactly what is happening
when the CDROM times out during boot. Since this worked once, I
am hoping that something stands out, and someonce can advise me
on how to increase the timeout. Again this is a H45 QuickCD.
When it did work once, it worked o
Hi,
I have included the dmesg output, showing exactly what is happening
when the CDROM times out during boot. Since this worked once, I
am hoping that something stands out, and someonce can advise me
on how to increase the timeout. Again this is a H45 QuickCD.
When it did work once, it worked o
Hi,
I had this problem with my CDROM way back in kernel 1.2 (1995). I fixed it
by
increasing the time-out settings in the BIOS.
It also helped to move it to hdb, thus on the first controller, but I am
not exactly
sure why. But increasing the BIOS settings worked more consistently.
I have
Hello,
A few minutes ago, I happened to boot up linux with my
H45 quickcd attached (pcmcia) to my IBM Thinkpad 560. I
was surprised to see the /dev/hdc show up using IRQ3 as
attempts in the past never worked. It appears that the CDROM
takes a second or two to spin up, and something times out be
Hi,
I noticed that when running fvwm2 (or fvwm) after a few window
drags, the screen gets corrupted. The wierd thing is that I
do not see this problem when using wmaker at all.
Has anyone else ever seen this problem? If so, any clues would
be helpful. Perhaps fvwm/2 exercises the X Server mor
Hi,
I have only recently begun to "play" with linux, and have no
knowledge of how other distributions are setup. I am also
not familiar with the history or overall goals of debian.
I read great things about debian, and chose it, not knowing what
to expect. Perhaps the platform I am using (Thin
Hi,
I have been running the 2.1 debian release (well) on my TP 560
for a week or so. I have delved into building my own custom
kernel, to get around APM problems, add sound, SCSI etc.
I have read the kernel howtos, and read/printed the various things
under /usr/linux/src that apply to the "comp
Hello,
As some of you, I have recently installed debian 2.1 on my Thinkpad 560. I
have tried MANY of the XF86Config files on the net, but I
could not arrive at one that worked flicker-free on my 800x600
dual scan screen. Light grays would have wavy lines, etc.
SO, I have pieced together one
Hi,
It doesn't appear that "xterm" allows this from what I can find.
I tried "gnome-terminal". It allows a picture to be placed, but
when I do this the display gets all messed up when it needs to
scroll. I would be curious to know if this is a problem with MY system, or
everyone's.
I would
Hello,
Many thanks to all those who helped. I am now
up and running 2.1 debian, using full 800x600
and 256 colors on my Thinkpad 560.
I am using the X that comes with 2.1, and it's fine.
It took a lot of playing around, but I'm there.
Sometime I will resume trying to get either external
CDROM
Hello,
I noticed this problem ALSO posted at comp.windows.x.i386linux
I just installed XF86 3.3.5 to use on debian 2.1, but the postinstall
script gives an error regarding undefined symbol register_frame.
I noticed a .rpm file in the FTP dir named "frame_register"
There is no mention of this i
Hello,
Yesterday I got the distribution up, after coping the CD #1 over
to my C: in Win95, and copying the files in each "binary-all" that
ral, replacing the 0K ones in "binary-i386" to satisfy install. I
was underway, and did not see the post about the "dselect" overrides,
but my strategy worke
Hello,
I recently copied the entire 2.1 CD to c:\debiancd using windows 95,
to avoid CDROM problems, and am now persuing a hard disk based
install.
It appears that the install expects symbolic links to work. I
poked around and these "links" appear to be 0 length files, even
under Windows 95.
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