I recently received an E-mail from this mailing list
in response to a question about installing netscape.
It was suggested that I make changes to:
/etc/apt/sources.list
It seems that this file does not exist on
my system. Moreover I can't seem to find
anything to do with apt. Could someone s
I recently installed netscape 4.6 from a public ftp site.
I followed the instructions given and tried to use netscape
after starting X window, by typing 'netscape' in an xterm
window.
The following error was printed:
netscape: can't load library 'libXt.so.6'
Can anyone help me to get netscape w
I recently installed debian alongside Win95 on a computer I've had just
under a year.
I thought I'd install the X window server today, but it seems that the
version of X
that came with my debian cd does not support my videocard (Matrox MGA-G100).
I had a look at deja.com and found the follo
Hello,
I have a question about partitioning.
I recently bought a computer with a 6.4gb
harddisk. At the moment it has 4 partitions:
3 x 2gb and one 0.4gb.
I want to use the last 2 partitions to (2gb + 0.4gb)
to install Linux.
Since buying this computer I have not installed anyt
When I installed debian-linux I choose the Finnish
keyboard option.
I since used kbdconfig to experiment with fi, fi-latin1
and sunt5-fi-latin1. The first two give me a finnish keyboard
but without å,ä,ö or their upercase equivalents. The last one
,sunt5-fi-latin1' , messes my keyboard completely
Thank you for your E-mail.
I have discovered the root(excuse the pun)
of my problem.
I was using the rescue disk instead of the
boot disk. To cut a long story everything
worked fine with the boot disk.
I typed:
'linux init=/bin/sh'
at the boot prompt and once instead bash I
typed:
Hello!!!
I have a problem. Whilst trying to change the
keyboard mapping my system got very messed up.
I ran kbdconfig, choose sunt5-fi-something and
that was that. First there was total confusion on
my keyboard, the spacebar ,for instance, printed
r when I pressed it and R when I pressed p
Hello!!!
I intend to add a dos partition to my hardisk.
Can anyone give me any advice about what installation
options I should choose so that I could boot dos by default
(my kids want to play when I'm at work) and Linux optionally.
Or would I need to edit the liloconfig file after installatio
If you go to the debian web site you will find some useful
tutorials, some aimed specifically at debian users.
http://www.debian.org/doc/
The following has a section on File permissions and using
chmod and much much more.
http://www.debian.org/~hp/debian-tutorial.html
s in the past when it wasn't
correctly written.
T: per_adua32
I am a home
user and the only network I'm connected to is the internet, and I
haven't used this for a month or two as I intended to change my isp.
Can anyone throw any light this situation.
T: per_adua32
elp me.
It's evening here in Finland and I will soon be going to work
so if you write I have to wait until the morning before
I can reply.
Cheers Again !!!
per_adua32
I have a problem but I don't know exactly where.
I installed the base system and used pppconfig to
configure my connection to my isp. It worked fine.
Then I used dselect to install the standard package
plus a few other things. After that I could not
connect to my isp.
I started the
I came home from work looking forward to a few hours
playing with my Linux box, but unfortunately am unable
to log on.
I thought about re-installing the base system (which
doesn't take long) but I decided to ask for help instead.
I have the rescue disk and a bootdisk but don't really know
wh
ä, Ä, ö, Ö, å, Å
I have tried using the alt key and their ascii numbers but
to no avail. Can anyone help.
Thanks for your assistance.
Per_adua32.
Hei kaikki suomalaiset ! ! !
Hello All,
I am attempting to install Debian Linux and have got
stuck.Before I began I read the installation F.A.Q.But
it's section on installing the device drivers is extremly small.
My problem started in the install device driver section:
CD-ROM:
I choose : cd-rom common routines for cd-ro
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