GLIB woes with Debian Etch :-(

2006-01-15 Thread resonant evil
Hi there all Just installed Debian ETCH and am having problems compiling ANYTHING that requires GLib support. First, I tried compiling GLib and make+checkinstall it on my own without any problems.  The newest version; 2.8.5.  However, after I do that, I get this problem: (from the ./configure of

Novice user having problem with extremely slow touchpad on laptop after Debian Etch installation

2006-01-15 Thread resonant evil
Hi there all.  I'm a novice Linux user having just a bit of a problem after installing Etch through a net install..  My touchpad on my laptop basically seems like the sensitivity is down 90%..  Large, swift movements that should easily zip across the screen only moves a couple of cm. across the scr