Re: Potato and Helix-Gnome

2000-07-19 Thread Ross Boylan
I think apt had some problems with handling CD's, especially multiple ones. You might want to check the bug list. On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 08:45:05AM -0500, Robert Maynord wrote: > Dear debian-user List Friends: > > I have been following the Potato and Helix-Gnome discussions, an

Re: Potato and Helix-Gnome - Solved!

2000-07-11 Thread Joey Hess
Robert Maynord wrote: > Thanks for your responses! I finally solved the Potato and Helix-Gnome > installation problem. I found that if I do NOT use the "simple" package > choice in apt-get, but use the "advanced" instead, it works. I am able to > use the Helix-

Re: Potato and Helix-Gnome - Solved!

2000-07-05 Thread Morten Liebach
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 12:39:15PM -0500, Robert Maynord wrote: > Dear Debian list: > > Thanks for your responses! I finally solved the Potato and Helix-Gnome > installation problem. I found that if I do NOT use the "simple" package > choice in apt-get, but use the &qu

Re: Potato and Helix-Gnome - Solved!

2000-07-05 Thread Kent West
Robert Maynord wrote: > > Dear Debian list: > > Thanks for your responses! I finally solved the Potato and Helix-Gnome > installation problem. I found that if I do NOT use the "simple" package > choice in apt-get, but use the "advanced" instead, it works.

Potato and Helix-Gnome - Solved!

2000-07-05 Thread Robert Maynord
Dear Debian list: Thanks for your responses! I finally solved the Potato and Helix-Gnome installation problem. I found that if I do NOT use the "simple" package choice in apt-get, but use the "advanced" instead, it works. I am able to use the Helix-Gnome CD with no proble

Re: Potato and Helix-Gnome

2000-07-05 Thread Morten Liebach
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 08:45:05AM -0500, Robert Maynord wrote: > Dear debian-user List Friends: > > I have been following the Potato and Helix-Gnome discussions, and decided > to try the setup. I downloaded last weeks version of Potato, and it works > fine. I purchased the H

Potato and Helix-Gnome

2000-07-05 Thread Robert Maynord
Dear debian-user List Friends: I have been following the Potato and Helix-Gnome discussions, and decided to try the setup. I downloaded last weeks version of Potato, and it works fine. I purchased the Helix-Gnome disk, and it works - at least with Red Hat. I have unsuccessfully tried the

Re: Debian Potato and Helix Gnome

2000-06-09 Thread Dietmar
Nobody ever had trouble with conflicting sound support of sawfish and gnome-audio in case one runs xmms? Dietmar

Re: Debian Potato and Helix Gnome

2000-06-09 Thread Gianluca Montecchi
On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 09:32:50PM +1000, Damon Muller wrote: => Hi Glyn, => => I suspect that they just call it woody because it came after the potato => freeze - it doesn't seem to depend on anything in woody. I installed it => on a Potato system with no (significant) problems. You must have t

Re: Debian Potato and Helix Gnome

2000-06-09 Thread dyer
"J. Glyn Hughes" wrote: > New to Debian, I am a happy convert from RH, MDK, SuSE et al. > > Having had quite a scoot around, I am having trouble getting hold of Helix > Gnome for Potato - they only seem to have a binary release for Woody. > > I have seen references by those clearly more talented t

Re: Debian Potato and Helix Gnome

2000-06-09 Thread Damon Muller
Hi Glyn, I suspect that they just call it woody because it came after the potato freeze - it doesn't seem to depend on anything in woody. I installed it on a Potato system with no (significant) problems. cheers, damon Quoth J. Glyn Hughes, > New to Debian, I am a happy convert from RH, MDK, Su

Re: Debian Potato and Helix Gnome

2000-06-08 Thread David Wilson
I followed the instructions at for my potato installation and it worked great: http://news.gnome.org/gnome-news/958714217/ >>> "J. Glyn Hughes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 06/08/00 10:49AM >>> New to Debian, I am a happy convert from RH, MDK, SuSE et al. Having had quite a scoot around, I am having tro

Debian Potato and Helix Gnome

2000-06-08 Thread J. Glyn Hughes
New to Debian, I am a happy convert from RH, MDK, SuSE et al. Having had quite a scoot around, I am having trouble getting hold of Helix Gnome for Potato - they only seem to have a binary release for Woody. I have seen references by those clearly more talented than I to installing (perhaps shoe-h