Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-18 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 06:10:54PM -0500, Mumia W.. wrote: > On 07/15/2008 02:55 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: >> >> The new Dr. Who is just all *wrong*. > > How so? > >> If Tom Baker were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave. >> > > LOL > > (Followups should go to debian-curiosa[at]lists.debian.org) Th

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread Mumia W..
On 07/15/2008 02:55 PM, Ron Johnson wrote: The new Dr. Who is just all *wrong*. How so? If Tom Baker were dead, he'd be spinning in his grave. LOL (Followups should go to debian-curiosa[at]lists.debian.org) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscrib

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/15/08 14:33, Wackojacko wrote: > andy wrote: > >> >> BTW - your sig: you have "New New York", so unless it is an updated >> version of NYC, I suspect it might be a typo? >> >> Andy >> > > OR a subtle admission that he is a Dr Who fan!! > > New

RE: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread Stackpole, Chris
> andy wrote: > > > > > BTW - your sig: you have "New New York", so unless it is an updated > > version of NYC, I suspect it might be a typo? > > > > Andy > > > > OR a subtle admission that he is a Dr Who fan!! > > New New York is the name of New York in Parallel Earth I think! > > HTH > > Wac

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread Wackojacko
andy wrote: BTW - your sig: you have "New New York", so unless it is an updated version of NYC, I suspect it might be a typo? Andy OR a subtle admission that he is a Dr Who fan!! New New York is the name of New York in Parallel Earth I think! HTH Wackojacko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email t

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread andy
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/14/08 14:32, andy wrote: [snip] I don't mind installing more packages than what I had thought I needed: I am quite happy to believe that apt knows more than I do about what is best for my machine!! I was just concerned t

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread andy
Andrei Popescu wrote: On Mon,14.Jul.08, 20:15:45, andy wrote: Hi I am running Lenny/Testing and with the recent package updates a new set of kernel headers was installed which has completely screwed my nVidia driver settings. I had to reboot into 2-6-24 rather than the 2-6-25 in order

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-15 Thread andy
Mumia W.. wrote: On 07/14/2008 02:15 PM, andy wrote: Hi I am running Lenny/Testing and with the recent package updates a new set of kernel headers was installed which has completely screwed my nVidia driver settings. I had to reboot into 2-6-24 rather than the 2-6-25 in order to get GDM to w

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Mumia W..
On 07/14/2008 02:15 PM, andy wrote: Hi I am running Lenny/Testing and with the recent package updates a new set of kernel headers was installed which has completely screwed my nVidia driver settings. I had to reboot into 2-6-24 rather than the 2-6-25 in order to get GDM to work. [...] This

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon,14.Jul.08, 20:15:45, andy wrote: > Hi > > I am running Lenny/Testing and with the recent package updates a new set > of kernel headers was installed which has completely screwed my nVidia > driver settings. I had to reboot into 2-6-24 rather than the 2-6-25 in > order to get GDM to wor

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07/14/08 14:32, andy wrote: [snip] > > I don't mind installing more packages than what I had thought I needed: > I am quite happy to believe that apt knows more than I do about what is > best for my machine!! > > I was just concerned that with my

RE: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Stackpole, Chris
>I don't mind installing more packages than what I had thought I needed: >I am quite happy to believe that apt knows more than I do about what is >best for my machine!! > >I was just concerned that with my sources.list opened up to a Sid >repository temporarily for the purposes of this operation

Re: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread andy
Stackpole, Chris wrote: What is the correct syntax to ensure that when I am wanting to install the nVidia driver from Sid I limit it to *only* the package(s) I am seeking rather than everything else that apt wants me to install? I've spent the last 1/2 hour or Googling this and I can't find an

RE: Using apt to install only one package

2008-07-14 Thread Stackpole, Chris
>What is the correct syntax to ensure that when I am wanting to install >the nVidia driver from Sid I limit it to *only* the package(s) I am >seeking rather than everything else that apt wants me to install? I've >spent the last 1/2 hour or Googling this and I can't find an answer. >Perhaps my