Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread Brian Nelson
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On 2001.11.28 01:53 Colin Watson wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 11:51:49PM +, Pollywog wrote: > > > Why would using dselect cause problems like that? If anything, it > > tends > > to create a more functional system, since it installs recommended > >

Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread Carl Fink
Rather than upgrade a running system, you might try this: a)Back everything up b)Back it up again on different media c)Confirm that your backup is good* d)Run "dpkg --get-selections > installed.packages.txt. SAVE THAT FILE d)Repartition and refo

Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread Pollywog
On 2001.11.28 01:53 Colin Watson wrote: On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 11:51:49PM +, Pollywog wrote: Why would using dselect cause problems like that? If anything, it tends to create a more functional system, since it installs recommended packages and tells you about suggested packages, neither

Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread Colin Watson
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 11:51:49PM +, Pollywog wrote: > On 2001.11.27 22:04 jennyw wrote: > > I've recenlty posted some upgrade woes (Potato to Woody) ... I've noticed > > that I have quite a few packages missing that I expected to be present. I > > seem to have limited fonts in X for one thing

Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread DvB
"jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks! I didn't know about tasksel. If more stuff turns up missing I'll try > that out and see how it works for reinstalling the whole lot. Thanks too for > the suggestion to reinstall xfonts-base ... that did clear up the problem (I > think; at least things

Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
sday, November 27, 2001 3:00 PM Subject: Re: Finding missing packages > "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've recenlty posted some upgrade woes (Potato to Woody) ... I've noticed > > that I have quite a few packages missing that I expecte

Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread Pollywog
On 2001.11.27 22:04 jennyw wrote: I've recenlty posted some upgrade woes (Potato to Woody) ... I've noticed that I have quite a few packages missing that I expected to be present. I seem to have limited fonts in X for one thing (no sans serif, for example). The Gnome Control Panel was missing. A

Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread Rebecca Dridan
On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 05:00:45PM -0600, DvB wrote: > "jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I've recenlty posted some upgrade woes (Potato to Woody) ... I've noticed > > that I have quite a few packages missing that I expected to be present. I > > seem to have limited fonts in X for one thin

Re: Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread DvB
"jennyw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've recenlty posted some upgrade woes (Potato to Woody) ... I've noticed > that I have quite a few packages missing that I expected to be present. I > seem to have limited fonts in X for one thing (no sans serif, for example). make sure you haven't run int

Finding missing packages

2001-11-27 Thread jennyw
I've recenlty posted some upgrade woes (Potato to Woody) ... I've noticed that I have quite a few packages missing that I expected to be present. I seem to have limited fonts in X for one thing (no sans serif, for example). The Gnome Control Panel was missing. A few other things, too ... Is there