On Mon, 7 Oct 2013, Richard Owlett wrote:
I just did an install from
[Debian GNU/Linux 7.1.0 "Wheezy" - Official i386 DVD Binary-1 20130615-21:54]
My choices from the the opening set of menus were:
Advanced Options
Alternative desktop environments
Xfce
Advanced options
Expert install
Brian M. Godfrey wrote:
But I'd suggest installing Sarge instead of Woody.
(Let the flamefest begin . . . .)
I haven't seen any flames yet, Kent. Maybe it's a good idea. But I can
borrow the 3.0r2 disks which, I think, are Woody. I'm sure they'll be fine
for now. Feel free to correct m
> But I'd suggest installing Sarge instead of Woody.
> (Let the flamefest begin . . . .)
I haven't seen any flames yet, Kent. Maybe it's a good idea. But I can
borrow the 3.0r2 disks which, I think, are Woody. I'm sure they'll be fine
for now. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Than
> You can also install at this reboot the 'rescue' package
> apt-cache policy rescue
> ...
> There you'll find all info about your machine.
That sounds handy. I'll do it. Too bad I can't run it before the
install so I'd just have to do it once. (Well, one less time, anyway. :-)
Thanks,
Brian M. Godfrey wrote:
This included hotplug (if you use kernel 2.6)
and discover. discover is also part of Woody (the stable version), but
not part of the base system. You can however install it later.
So I could install the stable version (Woody) minimally
But I'd suggest installing Sarge
On Sat, 01 Jan 2005 23:03:42 +0100
Andreas Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello
>
>Brian M. Godfrey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>
>>> This included hotplug (if you use kernel 2.6)
>>> and discover. discover is also part of Woody (the stable version),
>>> but not part of the base system. You
Hello
Brian M. Godfrey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
>> This included hotplug (if you use kernel 2.6)
>> and discover. discover is also part of Woody (the stable version),
>> but not part of the base system. You can however install it later.
>
> So I could install the stable version (Woody) minim
> This included hotplug (if you use kernel 2.6)
> and discover. discover is also part of Woody (the stable version), but
> not part of the base system. You can however install it later.
So I could install the stable version (Woody) minimally, just to get it
to boot up, then install discover...
Hello
Brian M. Godfrey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I am considering installation of Debian Linux on an older PC - a
> Compaq 4850. I want to refamiliarize myself with Unix, after being a
> Windows user since early 1993. I was a user of various versions of
> Unix for about 12 years prior to t
"Christophe Combelles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
[snip]
> The debian-installer manuals are here :
>
http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/svn/debian-installer/installer/doc/INSTALLATION-HOWTO
> http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/man
On Tue, 2004-06-29 at 19:08 +0100, Martin Dowie wrote:
> > > > OK. Usually, 'startx' should start up X with whatever desktop is
> > > > set as the default. (Time enough to worry if it's the one you want
> > > > when X is running).
> > >
> > > Not a sausage - not even an error message. :-(
> >
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 04:45:43PM -0400, Chris Metzler wrote:
> On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:13:24 -0400
> Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Are you familiar with "screen"? Capture the session where you run
> > startx.
>
> Did you mean "script" rather than "screen"?
Yes. Thanks.
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On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:13:24 -0400
Carl Fink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 07:08:10PM +0100, Martin Dowie wrote:
>
> > > Well, there must be *some* messages - even if only 'command not
> > > found' ?
> >
> > Apparently there must not... :-(
>
> Are you familiar with "sc
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Carl Fink wrote:
> Are you familiar with "screen"? Capture the session where you run
> startx. Also, tail some logs (especially messages) and see if
> anything interesting is there. (You could use "grep free86 *" in
> /var/log/ if you wanted.)
you can also see /var/log/XF
On Tue, Jun 29, 2004 at 07:08:10PM +0100, Martin Dowie wrote:
> > Well, there must be *some* messages - even if only 'command not found' ?
>
> Apparently there must not... :-(
Are you familiar with "screen"? Capture the session where you run
startx. Also, tail some logs (especially messages)
> > > OK. Usually, 'startx' should start up X with whatever desktop is
> > > set as the default. (Time enough to worry if it's the one you want
> > > when X is running).
> >
> > Not a sausage - not even an error message. :-(
>
> Well, there must be *some* messages - even if only 'command not f
On Tue, 29 Jun 2004 08:39, Martin Dowie wrote:
> > OK. Usually, 'startx' should start up X with whatever desktop is
> > set as the default. (Time enough to worry if it's the one you want
> > when X is running).
>
> Not a sausage - not even an error message. :-(
Well, there must be *some* messa
> OK. Usually, 'startx' should start up X with whatever desktop is
> set as the default. (Time enough to worry if it's the one you want
> when X is running).
Not a sausage - not even an error message. :-(
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On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 22:28, Martin Dowie wrote:
> > You haven't said whether you're running the command line login because
> > you prefer it or because X won't start. Assuming that isn't your
> > problem...
>
> No - I'd love a GUI front-end to start but I only have command line - any
> help much a
> You haven't said whether you're running the command line login because you
> prefer it or because X won't start. Assuming that isn't your problem...
No - I'd love a GUI front-end to start but I only have command line - any
help much appreciated...
> Installing stuff off the other CD's, you c
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/
First, I think the latest Debian-Installer is not included in the CDs you
downloaded. You should boot and install from a netinst install cdrom downloaded
from here (110MB) (even if you don't install from net) :
http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-t
cr wrote:
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:54, Martin Dowie wrote:
Hi all!
I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x
experience. I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed
to get a system that will now boot to a command line after installing from
CD1. I used
On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 00:54, Martin Dowie wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x
> experience. I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed
> to get a system that will now boot to a command line after installing from
> CD1. I used t
During or immediately after boot you can scroll back through the
video buffer with shift-page_up. There should also be a /var/log/boot
that you can look at (maybe not in stable yet?)
Geordie.
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From: Martin Dowie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 13:54:01
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, Martin Dowie wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I'm a first-time GNU/Linux (wanna-be) User although I have some Un*x experience.
> I've downloaded all 14 Sarge .iso CDs and have happily managed to get a system that
> will now boot to a command line after installing from CD1. I used the d
> Is there a 'boot log' I can 'cat|more' though?
try "dmesg" command and look into /var/log/syslog or /var/log/messages
> would like GNOME as my desktop environmnet and to be able to use my Alcatel
try "tasksel" command
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On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 05:14:27PM +0530, Prashant Jaikumar wrote:
> I am new to Debian and would like to know the procedure to install Debian
> using the iso images (I don't want to burn all the 7 disks).
RTFM, manual has a big link from Debian's ho
Andreas Janssen wrote:
Hello
Prashant Jaikumar (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
I am new to Debian and would like to know the procedure to install
Debian using the iso images (I don't want to burn all the 7 disks). In
RedHat I could pass the askmethod parameter to specify the
installation medium.
Hello
Prashant Jaikumar (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I am new to Debian and would like to know the procedure to install
> Debian using the iso images (I don't want to burn all the 7 disks). In
> RedHat I could pass the askmethod parameter to specify the
> installation medium.
> Is there an equi
On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 09:51:18AM -0800, Stephen A. Witt wrote:
>
> apt-get also works fine, you just don't get the feedback of the effect of
> adding/removing a package that you get with dselect, but of course it
> does the same conflict/dependency resolution.
With the -s option for apt-get you
IMHO, your best bet is to install "aptitude." Aptitude will manage all
the upgradeable packages in a single instance for you if you choose that
route. It's on the ISO disk. Do apt-get -u install aptitude.
On Wed, 2003-11-26 at 09:29, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
> I am a former RedHat user a
On Wed, 26 Nov 2003, Dr. Sharukh K. R. Pavri. wrote:
> I am a former RedHat user and now want to try out Debian. I have dabbled in
> debian before but have always messed up, usually in the installation
> (using dselect). Plus, I only got kde 2.2 even after I updated the woody
> install. This time
On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 11:57:03AM -0800, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 09:47:04PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
>
> > Fun fact: Today is Oregon Day. On this day in 1859, Oregon became the
> > US's 33rd state, the result of the Vote at Champoeg, in which two
> > Canadians wanted de
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 09:47:04PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote:
> Fun fact: Today is Oregon Day. On this day in 1859, Oregon became the
> US's 33rd state, the result of the Vote at Champoeg, in which two
> Canadians wanted dead or alive tipped the vote from 49/50 to 51/50 in
> favor of becoming a U
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:18:16AM -0600, Craig Jackson wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 09:40, Rowland Fellows wrote:
> > I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've
> > downloaded from Oregon State. However, once installed, the system goes
> > directly into a login screen from
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 07:25:14AM -0800, Rowland Fellows wrote:
> I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've
> downloaded from Oregon State.
Fun fact: Today is Oregon Day. On this day in 1859, Oregon became the
US's 33rd state, the result of the Vote at Champoeg, in which
If I understand your problem correctly, this might help:
log in with regular user name
su
(enter root's password)
cat /etc/gdm/gdm.conf
Look through the list for 'AllowRoot=_'
If it says 'false', run an editor and change
it to 'true'. Then save.
Alex
Rowland Fellows wrote:
I am able t
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Am Freitag, 14. Februar 2003 16:25 schrieb Rowland Fellows:
> I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've
> downloaded from Oregon State. However, once installed, the system goes
> directly into a login screen from which I cannot l
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 07:25:14AM -0800, Rowland Fellows wrote:
> However, once installed, the system goes
> directly into a login screen from which I cannot login into root.
What happens when you try and login as root? [on console]
by default you can login as root on console or by ssh [as long a
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 09:40, Rowland Fellows wrote:
> I am able to install 3.0 successfully from the disk images I've
> downloaded from Oregon State. However, once installed, the system goes
> directly into a login screen from which I cannot login into root. How
> to I get the system to boot in s
After cleaning out all of the debris from previous installations your
steps worked perfectly.
Thanks for you patience,
Paul
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 04:00:43AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
>
> I don't know what the /net option is.
>
In my first message I mentioned it. When you install openoffice as
root, then do it like this:
setup /net
This means that it will be installed with a network option. If I
remember correctly,
Johann Spies wrote:
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:33:44AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
Yes, I tried to save it in a directory that I owned - my home directory.
If you have installed openoffice with the /net option,
I don't know what the /net option is.
try again running
setup as user and go through
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 03:33:44AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> Yes, I tried to save it in a directory that I owned - my home directory.
If you have installed openoffice with the /net option, try again running
setup as user and go through all the prompts until it finishes. Did you
do that?
Johann
Johann Spies wrote:
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:35:45AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
It seems to run fine but when trying to save a file I get "Error saving
the document Untitled1: Wrong parameter. The operation was started under
an invalid parameter." I had given the file a name - not Untitled1.
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:35:45AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> It seems to run fine but when trying to save a file I get "Error saving
> the document Untitled1: Wrong parameter. The operation was started under
> an invalid parameter." I had given the file a name - not Untitled1. As
> root I can
Johann Spies wrote:
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:05:45AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
This part seemed to go fine.
Did you use the /net parameter?
Then as user I ran "setup" from that directory and
it created in the user's home directory a small localized file structure
with symlinks to /usr/l
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 02:05:45AM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> This part seemed to go fine.
Did you use the /net parameter?
>
> >Then as user I ran "setup" from that directory and
> >it created in the user's home directory a small localized file structure
> >with symlinks to /usr/local/...'s file
Johann Spies wrote:
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:15:59PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed it
once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux setup.
I did not see any documentation from OpenOffice about this, but I
remember t
> I partially understand the file system hierarchy but haven't found
> documentation that helps answer this question:
>
> Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed
> it once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux
> setup.
the usual place for a system-wide ap
Johann Spies wrote:
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:15:59PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed it
once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux setup.
I did not see any documentation from OpenOffice about this, but I
remember t
On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 11:15:59PM -0700, Paul Scott wrote:
> Where should a program like OpenOffice be installed? I installed it
> once and it looks as much like a Windows setup as a Linux setup.
I did not see any documentation from OpenOffice about this, but I
remember that with StarOffice I i
On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 04:07:22PM +0700, Oki DZ wrote:
> To get into X Window, RedHat would be better than Debian.
Yup. Or, better yet, Mandrake! Then move them on to Debian after a
couple of months, when they're a bit more world wise :).
> But for installing individual packages, I think .deb is
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, David Wright wrote:
> I use and apprecite Debian daily, so I hate to say this, but it's true:
> if you want to impress them with an easy Linux installation, don't use
> Debian! Grab a Red Hat or SUSE install disk and the process will look as
> easy as it does for Windows.
T
David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > So I decided to let them install Debian from our local ftp-server for a
> > start. I am preparing for this, but find it not so easy to do.
>
>
> I use and apprecite Debian daily, so I hate to say this, but it's
> true: if you want to impress them wit
So I decided to let them install Debian from our local ftp-server for a
start. I am preparing for this, but find it not so easy to do.
I use and apprecite Debian daily, so I hate to say this, but it's true:
if you want to impress them with an easy Linux installation, don't use
Debian! Grab
Did you get your printer working ?
There are 4 nice packages that may make it simple.
If your lucky, the gui will set up every thing you need.
> (TEAC CD 540-E manufactured Jan200 - I removed the cover and checked..)is
I didn't see a configuration selection in the gui for that specific printer,
On Thu, Jul 05, 2001 at 08:43:06PM -0800, ftrk wrote:
> I was trying to install debian GNU/Linux on a pc previously been running
> rh6.2 & later rh7.1. I backed up my files and deleted old partitions and
> trying to make fresh installation using the CD (Potato, kernel 2.2.17
> released March 200
> Hi everybody,
>
> I have a little problem during the installation of Debian (potato Version).
> I downloaded the base files with FTP and everything works fine until I have
> to specify on which way Debian should get the additional packages with
> "apt-get". I cannot connect to the Internet becau
David Jenkins wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> 1. I need to keep Windows98 on the primary 12 Gbyte hard drive, and would
> like to boot Debian from a floppy. (That way, the rest of the family won't
> even know Linux is on our machine, until I get everything working properly.)
> I created a boot floppy
Hi David,
1: How about installing LILO with a real short boot delay (say 2 seconds
or something) and Win98 as the default OS? Your family won't even know
it's there. :) Or another option: Boot Debian using Loadlin.
2: Run dselect (as root) and install the packages "man-db" (the actual
man prog
Eric Hagglund wrote:
> You can mount your fat partition at startup by
> inserting the text above into two files in the /etc
> directory. These are respectively mtab and fstab.
You should only edit the /etc/fstab file. /etc/mtab is maintained by
the mount program and (normally) contains a list of
On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 10:22:46PM +, David Jenkins wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> 1. I need to keep Windows98 on the primary 12 Gbyte hard drive, and
> would like to boot Debian from a floppy. (That way, the rest of the
> family won't even know Linux is on our machine, until I get everything
> working
On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 04:07:26PM -0700, Eric Hagglund wrote:
> Is
> > it possible to set up the boot floppy so that the system does boot
> > from it, but once it does, transfers to the Linux kernal on the hard
> > drive (/dev/hdb1)? Is that a sensible question?
> Sure! As soon as the floppy go
Hello,
On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 10:22:46PM +, David Jenkins wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> I just successfully installed Debian 2.1 on a separate 2 Gbyte hard drive on
> my Intel PC. The installation process went quite smoothly, especially for
> me, a Linux-newbie. Kudos to the Debian team for an ex
Is
> it possible to set up the boot floppy so that the
> system does boot from it, but once it does,
> transfers to the Linux kernal on the hard drive
> (/dev/hdb1)? Is that a sensible question?
Sure! As soon as the floppy goes to the LILO prompt,
you have a couple of seconds in which to pass bo
On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 09:13:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I am trying to install Debian for the first time (first time installing any
> GNU/Linux OS) on an old crappy 486 laptop currently running DOS/Windows3.1
> off 4 Megs of RAM (like I said, crappy), and I was wonderin
On Sat, Sep 11, 1999 at 09:13:58PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hey all,
>
> I am trying to install Debian for the first time (first time installing any
> GNU/Linux OS) on an old crappy 486 laptop currently running DOS/Windows3.1
> off 4 Megs of RAM (like I said, crappy), and I was wonderin
I'm no expert on this either but try these settings:
/dev/hdn ->instead of n you select b, c or d
Why so? go here: http://www.debian.de/releases/slink/i386/install
and look in section 4.3
maybe this helps
On 7 May 1999 16:38:36 +0200, Sudhir P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Please excuse m
On %M 0, Sudhir P wrote
> Hi,
>
> Please excuse me for the wide distribution. And do excuse me for not
> being able to give the exact technical terms in the following. I have
> tried to explain the situation to the best extent that I can (now).
>
> My present set up:
> --
> I have
On a i586 system, your cdrom is probably connected to the second IDE controller
and it will be on /dev/hdc or less likely /dev/hdd. Try using that during the
installation. /dev/cdrom is usually a link that points to /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd.
If Redhat works, boot into Redhat and look at /etc/fstab.
Sudhir P wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Please excuse me for the wide distribution. And do excuse me for not
> being able to give the exact technical terms in the following. I have
> tried to explain the situation to the best extent that I can (now).
>
> My present set up:
> --
> I have an i
Hi Rebecca;
I am a newbie too, I am also switching from W95 to Debian. I installed
Debian
from a floppy set and its smooth -- no problem at all or alternatively if you
like,
you can install it from your hard disk.
Files to get if from floppy: (asumming your floppy is 3.5" 1.44M
Hello Rebecca:
I am not a 100% certain but I think there are some problems
with the cheap bytes distribution. If you can, create a boot
floppy. The tools should be in the tools section of the CD
you have. hint rawrite2. I have installed cheap bytes using
a floppy and the provided CD.
Boot from fl
Lindsay Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I used to get the message re "Unknown PCI device" but my system carried on
> regardless. There was advice to report it to someone in France, which I
> did and the problem eventually went away.
There's actually nothing wrong with the "Unknown PCI device
I would like to help but cannot.
I used to get the message re "Unknown PCI device" but my system carried on
regardless. There was advice to report it to someone in France, which I
did and the problem eventually went away.
The boot kernel probes for many, many bits of hardware and my guess is
th
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