Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

1996-06-15 Thread Mark Phillips
>> * Why do I automatically get an xterm coming up when I start X? It >> didn't happen with Slackware. > >This is the default for debian when you don't have your own >~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession is where this happens. If you have >your own ~/.xsession then whatever's there will have control.

Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

1996-06-15 Thread Amos Shapira
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> write: |I created my own .xsession, but still got an xterm. It seems that |_both_ /etc/X11/Xsession and ~/.xsession get run - is this right? |Does this mean that the only way to stop the xterm automatically |coming up is to edit /etc/X11/Xsession? Not so. /etc/X

Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

1996-06-13 Thread Kevin M Bealer
On 12 Jun 1996, Rob Browning wrote: > David Gaudine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > This does work. Since I don't know how to find the configuration > > programs for some package, I use dselect to remove the package and > > then to reinstall it. I assume there's a better way, but this does >

Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

1996-06-12 Thread David Gaudine
From: Rob Browning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Is it true that dselect automatically updates to newer versions of > packages (if a newer version appears in the directory structure and > you run dselect)? What do you do if you want to reinstall

Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

1996-06-12 Thread Rob Browning
David Gaudine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > This does work. Since I don't know how to find the configuration > programs for some package, I use dselect to remove the package and > then to reinstall it. I assume there's a better way, but this does > work. There's nothing too terribly wrong with

Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

1996-06-12 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Tue, 11 Jun 1996, Syrus Nemat-Nasser wrote: > I can help with a this one: Maybe one of these days I'll remember that English is my native language. > It is left to the system administrator whether to enable color-ls as the > system-wide default. I just put enable it from my personal .cshrc f

Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

1996-06-12 Thread Rick Hawkins
> > * Is it true that dselect automatically updates to newer versions of > > packages (if a newer version appears in the directory structure and > > you run dselect)? What do you do if you want to reinstall the same > > version of a package - can you do it? (for example you might want to > > re -

Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

1996-06-12 Thread Syrus Nemat-Nasser
On Wed, 12 Jun 1996, Mark Phillips wrote: > I have recently installed debian (1.1beta) for the first time, my > previous system being Slackware 3.0. I have had a number of problems > and would appreciate some help. I can help with a this one: > * I've installed color-ls but I still don't get co

Re: Debian 1.1beta problems

1996-06-12 Thread Rob Browning
Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Not sure about all your problems, but... > * Why do I automatically get an xterm coming up when I start X? It > didn't happen with Slackware. This is the default for debian when you don't have your own ~/.xsession. /etc/X11/Xsession is where this happe