On 8/2/05, Brian Kimsey-Hickman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just upgraded a Debian box to Sarge and my Samba shares don't seem to
> work quite the same. This box should be using Domain Authentication
> and I successfully rejoined the domain with a net join command but the
> only people that can o
Hi Brian,
Brian Kimsey-Hickman schreef:
> Just upgraded a Debian box to Sarge and my Samba shares don't seem to
> work quite the same. This box should be using Domain Authentication
> and I successfully rejoined the domain with a net join command but the
> only people that can open share are ones
> I'm not sure you want to be running the 386 kernel.
> Try installing one the amd kernels, perhaps the 2.6.8-2-k7 kernel-image.
>
> You could also try resetting your bios back to defaults.
>
I've tried the following with no success:
resetting bios settings
"apm=power-off" in lilo.conf
installing
> I'm not sure you want to be running the 386 kernel.
> Try installing one the amd kernels, perhaps the 2.6.8-2-k7 kernel-image.
Tried that - got endless reboots. I assume that the k7 kernel won't run on
a k6. Nor will the 686 kernel. I managed to compile a k6 kernel, but got
the same problem
Quoting Robert S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I recently upgraded my system to Sarge, and upgraded my kernel. I have a
rather antiquated AMD K6 running on a K6BV3+/66 mobo (AT form factor).
If I issue the "reboot" command, everything shuts down, until "rebooting"
appears, but then nothing happens. I
On Sat, 11 Jun 2005 17:30:11 +0200, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> After 18 hours of upgrading on my very slow 100 MHz Pentium,
> it ended up producing an unending stream of
>
> multilog: warning: unable to write to /var/log/svscan/current. pausing: out
> of disk space
The few times I've run out of space
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 07:00:31PM +0100, peter colton wrote:
> part is the use of aptitude with a dist-upgrade.
Isn't the lack of disk space the issue?
aptitude with a dist-upgrade will bring in all recommends which will eat
even more disk space!
suggest
1) apt-get upgrade
Watch packages do
On 06/12/05 22:43, Tom Allison wrote:
A thousand pardons.
It found version 10 that was replaced by version 11.
I was looking at version 11 being in use, not 10.
You're right, I'm wrong.
Sorry for the waste in bandwidth.
No problems. BTW, here is the command that I use with deborphan:
apt-get
Rogério Brito wrote:
On Jun 11 2005, Hendrik Boom wrote:
Will try again. But ... Is it possible to resume the broken upgrade?
Yes, it is. But besides the hint given by the previous poster, it would be
nice if you could purge some unneeded packages, install both debophan and
debfoster and re
Rogério Brito wrote:
On Jun 11 2005, Hendrik Boom wrote:
Will try again. But ... Is it possible to resume the broken upgrade?
Yes, it is. But besides the hint given by the previous poster, it would be
nice if you could purge some unneeded packages, install both debophan and
debfoster and re
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 11:39:44PM +0200, Maurits van Rees wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 05:46:50PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > But I am still curious how reilient aptitude is to disasters like
> > disk-space shortage, and whether there is any way fo finding and
> > repairing the packages tha
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 05:46:50PM -0400, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> But I am still curious how reilient aptitude is to disasters like
> disk-space shortage, and whether there is any way fo finding and
> repairing the packages that were damages or misconfigured as a result.
dpkg -l | grep -v ^ii
will
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 08:37:24PM +0200, Maurits van Rees wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:46:22PM +0100, peter colton wrote:
> > did you clear var out for apt.
> > apt-get clean
> > apt-get autoclean
>
> I would vote for apt-get autoclean here. 'clean' removes all package
> files. 'autoc
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 07:00:31PM +0100, peter colton wrote:
> On Saturday 11 June 2005 17:20, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:46:22PM +0100, peter colton wrote:
> > > On Saturday 11 June 2005 16:49, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > > After 18 hours of upgrading on my very slow 100 MHz
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:46:22PM +0100, peter colton wrote:
> did you clear var out for apt.
> apt-get clean
> apt-get autoclean
I would vote for apt-get autoclean here. 'clean' removes all package
files. 'autoclean' only removes files that cannot be downloaded
anymore. So autoclean would k
On Jun 11 2005, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> Will try again. But ... Is it possible to resume the broken upgrade?
Yes, it is. But besides the hint given by the previous poster, it would be
nice if you could purge some unneeded packages, install both debophan and
debfoster and remove unneeded packages/li
On Saturday 11 June 2005 17:20, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:46:22PM +0100, peter colton wrote:
> > On Saturday 11 June 2005 16:49, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > > After 18 hours of upgrading on my very slow 100 MHz Pentium,
> > > it ended up producing an unending stream of
> > >
> >
On Sat, Jun 11, 2005 at 04:46:22PM +0100, peter colton wrote:
> On Saturday 11 June 2005 16:49, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> > After 18 hours of upgrading on my very slow 100 MHz Pentium,
> > it ended up producing an unending stream of
> >
> > multilog: warning: unable to write to /var/log/svscan/current.
On Saturday 11 June 2005 16:49, Hendrik Boom wrote:
> After 18 hours of upgrading on my very slow 100 MHz Pentium,
> it ended up producing an unending stream of
>
> multilog: warning: unable to write to /var/log/svscan/current. pausing: out
> of disk space
>
> The installation log file (made using
On (16/05/05 22:03), Mankuthimma wrote:
> > At the risk of being contrary, I recently (January) upgraded a couple of
> > servers from woody to sarge and it was pretty trivial - in fact I don't
> > recall having to do any reconfiguration other than answer some questions
> > during the upgrade.
> >
> At the risk of being contrary, I recently (January) upgraded a couple of
> servers from woody to sarge and it was pretty trivial - in fact I don't
> recall having to do any reconfiguration other than answer some questions
> during the upgrade.
>
> Given the supposed strength of Debian is that it
On (16/05/05 02:58), Simon Gloßner wrote:
> Hi,
>
> * Andy Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Now that Sarge has entered freeze, I'm considering upgrading my Woody box to
> > it. This runs the firewall for my local network (connected via Ethernet
> > cable modem) handling mail (Exim v3 and fet
Hi,
* Andy Hawkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Now that Sarge has entered freeze, I'm considering upgrading my Woody box to
> it. This runs the firewall for my local network (connected via Ethernet
> cable modem) handling mail (Exim v3 and fetchmail), news (newsstar and INN
> v2.3.2), web proxy e
Andy Hawkins wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Now that Sarge has entered freeze, I'm considering upgrading my Woody box to
>it. This runs the firewall for my local network (connected via Ethernet
>cable modem) handling mail (Exim v3 and fetchmail), news (newsstar and INN
>v2.3.2), web proxy etc.
>
>Is the upgra
On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 06:54:51PM -0600, Eric Scott wrote:
> Hey, sorry to ask this FAQ, I know I've done it before, but google is NO
> help to me here.
>
> What exactly do I do to upgrade from Woody to Sarge. I know i have to
> plop something in sources.list, the do apt-get update && apt-get
In /etc/sources.list, change any reference to `stable' (or `woody') to
`testing'.
Run
# apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
Wait for it all to download & install, and you're set.
Eric Scott wrote:
Hey, sorry to ask this FAQ, I know I've done it before, but google is NO
help to me here.
What
On 2004-11-18, Hugo Vanwoerkom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Felixk Karpfen wrote:
>> before plunging into an upgrade
>> via "apt-cdrom".
>>
>> I have used this routine successfully to add the "Debian 3.0R2" upgrade
>> disk to my successfully-installed "Debian 3.0R1"; but I blench at an
>> upgrad
Felixk Karpfen wrote:
Although this query may already have been answered several times in
recent postings, as a new arrival to Debian, I venture to check that I
have understood the docs correctly before plunging into an upgrade
via "apt-cdrom".
I have used this routine successfully to add the "Debi
somebody said:
>>>systems every day. I've been doing it on about 10 systems for about 2
>>>years, and haven't had a lot of trouble; indeed once my mail servers
>>> went
>>>down for a few hours for that reason, but my mail servers are always
>>> looking
>>>for an excuse to go down.
Use ssh-agent, a
Karsten M. Self wrote:
on Wed, May 19, 2004 at 08:07:46PM -0400, David Gaudine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
and if ththeresroblem with MTMTApgrade ?:)
True, now and then I have to count the subject lines to make sure all
systems are accounted for. But it's still better than logging in to all the
sys
on Wed, May 19, 2004 at 08:07:46PM -0400, David Gaudine ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > and if ththeresroblem with MTMTApgrade ?:)
>
> True, now and then I have to count the subject lines to make sure all
> systems are accounted for. But it's still better than logging in to all the
> systems every
Colin Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 10:19:29AM -0500, Michael Kahle wrote:
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:14 AM Colin Watson wrote:
I *strongly* recommend against upgrading by cron job. Just don't do
it; there are lots of ways it can break.
I have heard this m
> and if ththeresroblem with MTMTApgrade ?:)
True, now and then I have to count the subject lines to make sure all
systems are accounted for. But it's still better than logging in to all the
systems every day. I've been doing it on about 10 systems for about 2
years, and haven't had a lot of tro
--- David GaGaudinedadavidmemclaboconcordiaa> wrote:
> > I know that this is not recommended. But I often
> set up DeDebianachines
> > for "friends" who have virtually no clue
> whatsoever and no intentions
> > of changing this. The machines are obviously not
> very important but I
> > want to prov
> I know that this is not recommended. But I often set up Debian machines
> for "friends" who have virtually no clue whatsoever and no intentions
> of changing this. The machines are obviously not very important but I
> want to provide at least a minimal level of security because if I do not
> it w
>
> In my opinion semi-automaticaly updates sound scary
> itself...
>
> - Martin
I agree, and I never use it.
But still, even on manual updates , it can cause
problem.
cheers,
http://www.axeltabs.com/
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SBC Ya
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 01:59:28PM -0700, Ping Wing wrote:
> > Upgrades require interaction from time to time, such
> > as conffile merges.
> > Even with packages that use debconf, the defaults
> > you get with the
> > noninteractive frontend aren't always what you want.
>
> well but lets assume i
> Upgrades require interaction from time to time, such
> as conffile merges.
> Even with packages that use debconf, the defaults
> you get with the
> noninteractive frontend aren't always what you want.
well but lets assume i have little router ticking
somewhere. only sshd listening.
If I configu
> Every Debian init.d script that starts a daemon says
> something like
> "Starting web server: apache."
>
some processes take long time to finish.
slurpd hangs sometime mystically or takes long to
finish.
I think it could cause probelms if I start it again
before its done.
some scripts are ok
On Wednesday, May 19, 2004 10:42 AM Colin Watson wrote:
>On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 10:19:29AM -0500, Michael Kahle wrote:
>> Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:14 AM Colin Watson wrote:
>>> I *strongly* recommend against upgrading by cron job. Just don't do
>>> it; there are lots of ways it can break.
>>
>>
Incoming from Michael Kahle:
> Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:14 AM Colin Watson wrote:
> > I *strongly* recommend against upgrading by cron job. Just don't do
> > it; there are lots of ways it can break.
>
> I have heard this mentioned before. Could you elaborate? Why is this a
> problem? Please e
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 10:19:29AM -0500, Michael Kahle wrote:
> Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:14 AM Colin Watson wrote:
> > I *strongly* recommend against upgrading by cron job. Just don't do
> > it; there are lots of ways it can break.
>
> I have heard this mentioned before. Could you elaborate?
Wednesday, May 19, 2004 5:14 AM Colin Watson wrote:
> I *strongly* recommend against upgrading by cron job. Just don't do
> it; there are lots of ways it can break.
I have heard this mentioned before. Could you elaborate? Why is this a
problem? Please excuse my inexperience here.
Michael
--
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 11:14:12AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> > Ok, please forget _why_ I ask. The question remains - are the release
> > codenames equivalent to "stable"/"testing" in sources.list? I dont
>
> You can safely use the codenames.
Ok, thank you!
> > And Greg, please think of machin
On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 01:38:33PM -0700, Ping Wing wrote:
> frankly, the fact that debian puts 'stable' in source.list
> automatically is littlebit scaring. For example when sarge is new
> stable one day, and im doing another (semi-)automatic apt-get upgrade,
> theres good chance that this messe
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 03:13:23AM +0200, Matthias Czapla wrote:
> On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 06:22:04PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> > On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 15:54, Matthias Czapla wrote:
> > > Can I safely use "woody" or "sarge" instead of stable and testing for
> > > the distribution specifier in /e
On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 01:38:33PM -0700, Ping Wing wrote:
> Matthias Czapla wrote:
> > Can I safely use "woody" or "sarge" instead of stable and testing
> > for the distribution specifier in /etc/apt/sources.list or can this
> > cause trouble? Im afraid of an unwanted upgrade to a new
> > distribu
> Sarge *SUDDENLY* becoming Stable. Don't make me
> laugh.
>
> We aren't even into freeze yet.
>
> When that happens, then you should maybe worry about
> that.
it doesnt matter when it happen.
I must read news every day, be prepared to change all
my sources.list when it happens?
thing is that
On Tue, May 18, 2004 at 06:22:04PM -0400, Greg Folkert wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 15:54, Matthias Czapla wrote:
> > Can I safely use "woody" or "sarge" instead of stable and testing for
> > the distribution specifier in /etc/apt/sources.list or can this cause
> > trouble? Im afraid of an unwant
On Tue, 2004-05-18 at 15:54, Matthias Czapla wrote:
> Can I safely use "woody" or "sarge" instead of stable and testing for
> the distribution specifier in /etc/apt/sources.list or can this cause
> trouble? Im afraid of an unwanted upgrade to a new distribution when
> testing suddenly becomes stabl
> Can I safely use "woody" or "sarge" instead of
> stable and testing for
> the distribution specifier in /etc/apt/sources.list
> or can this cause
> trouble? Im afraid of an unwanted upgrade to a new
> distribution when
> testing suddenly becomes stable.
yes you can and imho it makse very much s
Jerry Spicklemire wrote:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
e2fsprogs: PreDepends: libblkid1 (>= 1.34-1) but it
is not installable
PreDepends: libss2 (>= 1.34-1) but it is
not installable
PreDepends: libuuid1 (>= 1.34-1) but it
is not installable
coreutils
Incoming from Jerry Spicklemire:
>
> Is there any way to back up in time to
> a state where sarge is complete, and
> therefore upgradable, even if it is
> in a less than ideal state? I can always
I'd suggest you backup /etc and $HOME and re-install, using
woody/stable sources.list. Then if y
On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 13:29:41 -0600
Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dr Gavin Seddon wrote:
>
> >Hello,
> >I am having difficulty installing sarge due to hardware problems with
> >its kernel. I can inst woody which will not 'recognise' the devices.
> >Is it possible to use apt to install s
Dr Gavin Seddon wrote:
Hello,
I am having difficulty installing sarge due to hardware problems with
its kernel. I can inst woody which will not 'recognise' the devices.
Is it possible to use apt to install sarge? If so, how?
I will worry about the kernel when sarge is running.
Many thanks,
Ga
Hi Uwe!
On Thu, 08 Jan 2004, Uwe Dippel wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:57:11 +, Martin wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to get any version of kde running?
>
> Yes, always one or another. On Woody it does, I think on Sid it does.
> Mine here is a relic of its root: KNOPPIX. Even if Sarge doesn't
On Tue, 06 Jan 2004 18:57:11 +, Martin wrote:
> Is there a way to get any version of kde running?
Yes, always one or another. On Woody it does, I think on Sid it does.
Mine here is a relic of its root: KNOPPIX. Even if Sarge doesn't have it,
it stays on through the dist-upgrade.
--
To UNSU
On (06/01/04 19:19), Colin Watson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 06:57:11PM -, Martin wrote:
> > Is there a way to get any version of kde running?
>
> [Please don't send me private copies of mails to mailing lists; thanks.]
>
> 'kde' is just a metapackage. You should be able to install most
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 06:57:11PM -, Martin wrote:
> Is there a way to get any version of kde running?
[Please don't send me private copies of mails to mailing lists; thanks.]
'kde' is just a metapackage. You should be able to install most of the
bits of it independently. In unstable it has:
Is there a way to get any version of kde running?
Martin.
> Colin Watson wrote:
>
>>On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:47:39PM +, David S wrote:
>>
>>
>>>OK Im a bit confused, can anyone tell me why KDE will not install from
>>>sarge ?
>>>
>>>
>>
>>Because it's not working yet. This is a known probl
Colin Watson wrote:
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:47:39PM +, David S wrote:
OK Im a bit confused, can anyone tell me why KDE will not install from
sarge ?
Because it's not working yet. This is a known problem ...
Ahhh !!
Dave
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On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 05:47:39PM +, David S wrote:
> OK Im a bit confused, can anyone tell me why KDE will not install from
> sarge ?
Because it's not working yet. This is a known problem ...
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- Original Message -
From: "Hanasaki JiJi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "List - Debian Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 21:25
Subject: woody/sarge on Barton MoBo? kt600 and/or which nvidia
> What motherboards have people had success/failures with for woody and
>
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 08:07, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Kent West wrote:
> > Retraction/Correction/Apology
> >
> > (Hopefully this will get posted before others on the list "correct" me
> > in my errors.)
> >
> > Kent West wrote:
> >
> >> In short, I came to despise nvidia, first for not releasin
Roberto Sanchez wrote:
Kent West wrote:
Retraction/Correction/Apology
(Hopefully this will get posted before others on the list "correct" me
in my errors.)
Kent West wrote:
In short, I came to despise nvidia, first for not releasing their
[driver code/chipset specs] so that the Linux folks wh
Kent West wrote:
Retraction/Correction/Apology
(Hopefully this will get posted before others on the list "correct" me
in my errors.)
Kent West wrote:
In short, I came to despise nvidia, first for not releasing their
[driver code/chipset specs] so that the Linux folks who know what
they're doi
Ron Johnson wrote:
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 07:32, Kent West wrote:
Eventually I took the Netgear (tulip) nic out of another box temporarily
and put it in this box, tweaked my /etc/apt/sources.list to get rid of
Reinstall from scratch with the tulip NIC in there from the begin-
ning.
[big snipp
Retraction/Correction/Apology
(Hopefully this will get posted before others on the list "correct" me
in my errors.)
Kent West wrote:
In short, I came to despise nvidia, first for not
releasing their [driver code/chipset specs] so that the Linux folks who
know what they're doing could package i
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 07:32, Kent West wrote:
> Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 23:52, Kent West wrote:
> >
> >>Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
> >>
> >>>What motherboards have people had success/failures with for woody and
> >>>sarge and Bartons with a 400fsb?
> >>>
> >>>Which mobo chipsets ha
Ron Johnson wrote:
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 23:52, Kent West wrote:
Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
What motherboards have people had success/failures with for woody and
sarge and Bartons with a 400fsb?
Which mobo chipsets have you had good/bad experiences with?
amd?
nvidia?
via? kt600?
And with whi
Actually, the complete system specs and issues encountered would be very
appreciated.
Thanks
Ron Johnson wrote:
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 23:52, Kent West wrote:
Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
What motherboards have people had success/failures with for woody and
sarge and Bartons with a 400fsb?
Which mobo
Hi
well I use my asus a7v600 with success, though with sid...just be aware
that you will need a recent kernel to correctly reconize the ide
controller (if I remember correctly everything after 2.4.20 will do; I
use 2.4.22 now). Be aware that I have not tested tho onboard sound
functions and th
On Wed, 2003-11-05 at 23:52, Kent West wrote:
> Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
> > What motherboards have people had success/failures with for woody and
> > sarge and Bartons with a 400fsb?
> >
> > Which mobo chipsets have you had good/bad experiences with?
> > amd?
> > nvidia?
> > via? kt600?
Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
What motherboards have people had success/failures with for woody and
sarge and Bartons with a 400fsb?
Which mobo chipsets have you had good/bad experiences with?
amd?
nvidia?
via? kt600?
And with which kernels? I guess the woody distribution kernel would
need t
Hanasaki JiJi wrote:
What motherboards have people had success/failures with for woody and
sarge and Bartons with a 400fsb?
Which mobo chipsets have you had good/bad experiences with?
amd?
nvidia?
via? kt600?
And with which kernels? I guess the woody distribution kernel would
need t
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 10:41:24PM -0400, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> On Thu, 29 May 2003 20:48:58 -0400
> Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hope this is helpful; sorry for being long-winded.
>
> No need for apology; that was a good explanation.
>
> Once you've identified which packages
On Thu, 29 May 2003 20:48:58 -0400
Chris Metzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hope this is helpful; sorry for being long-winded.
No need for apology; that was a good explanation.
Once you've identified which packages apt can't deal with, you can hold them
so dist-upgrade won't try to remove them
On Thu, 29 May 2003 15:06:55 -0400
stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I can't speak for unstable, but at the moment, testing is quite a mess
> and has been for about 2 weeks. You can't use dselect with essentially
> destroying your system, and hand apt-get upgrades give 100+ packages not
> upgrade
On Thu, May 29, 2003 at 12:14:27PM -0400, Mark Roach wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 18:49, Gezim H wrote:
> [snip]
> > On the other hand if I get
> > sarge or sid is my system gonna crush often, how unstable is really sid? If
> > I get sid, and I want to install gimp, with "apt-get install gimp"
On Wed, 2003-05-28 at 18:49, Gezim H wrote:
[snip]
> On the other hand if I get
> sarge or sid is my system gonna crush often, how unstable is really sid? If
> I get sid, and I want to install gimp, with "apt-get install gimp" is it
> gonna install gimp 1.3 (unstable)? Does sid use unstable pack
> I am confused as to what should I use; woody, sarge or sid? Right now I
> have woody and I'm not pleased with it, because when I do "apt-get
> install xchat" it gives me xchat 1.8.9 instead of 2.0.2 (or so), thus
> it doesn't give me the lastest software out there, which I like. On
> the othe
Zim,
Get the "Apt-get HOW-TO" which can be found in the Documentation area of
www.debian.org. It covers *exactly* those sorts of concerns. Basically, you can
specify what your default distribution is and yet still specify that certain
packages should be taken from another distribution.
Nigel
On Thu, 2003-05-29 at 00:49, Gezim H wrote:
> I am confused as to what should I use; woody, sarge or sid?
I have used all of stable, testnig and unstable at on time or the other.
While testing extremely seldom has big problems, it is insecure (no
fixes by security team) and you have to watch the
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 04:52:31PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote:
> on Wed, 12 Feb 2003 02:13:19PM +0100, Jeff Elkins insinuated:
> > On Wednesday 12 February 2003 7:12 pm, Hugh Saunders wrote:
> > > i havent read all of this thread, but why not just using testing
> > > or stable, why use all three?
(Conserve bandwidth, trim quotes)
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:20:33PM -0200, Barry Rab wrote:
> That said, is there anyway of backing out of this type of situation i.e.
> getting back to Woody?
Short answer: Yes.
Long answer: You can work out downgrading by hand or reinstall.
--
.''`. Ba
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 06:12:56PM +, Hugh Saunders wrote:
> i havent read all of this thread, but why not just using testing or
> stable, why use all three?
Well, handy when you need to get an older version of package foo, in
which you can apt-get install foo/testing or foo/stable
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On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 07:20:33PM -0200, Barry Rab wrote:
> Rick Macdonald wrote:
>
> >If you did "apt-get update" after changing sources.list, then the
> >subsequent "apt-get dist-upgrade" has you running unstable, which is sid.
> >
> That said, is there anyway of backing out of this type of sit
on Wed, 12 Feb 2003 02:13:19PM +0100, Jeff Elkins insinuated:
> On Wednesday 12 February 2003 7:12 pm, Hugh Saunders wrote:
> > i havent read all of this thread, but why not just using testing
> > or stable, why use all three?
>
> Initially, I was confused as to exactly what I was running.
>
> I
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 7:12 pm, Hugh Saunders wrote:
> i havent read all of this thread, but why not just using testing or
> stable, why use all three?
Initially, I was confused as to exactly what I was running.
I installed from Knoppix, which apparently results in a mixture of the three
On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 09:57:04AM +0100, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> Thanks for the tips. If something breaks, I can dual-boot back to RH, but I
> haven't been spending much time there lately...
i havent read all of this thread, but why not just using testing or
stable, why use all three?
I find stable
Rick Macdonald wrote:
If you did "apt-get update" after changing sources.list, then the
subsequent "apt-get dist-upgrade" has you running unstable, which is sid.
That said, is there anyway of backing out of this type of situation i.e.
getting back to Woody?
Barry.
by way of Jeff Elkins <[EMA
Thanks for the tips. If something breaks, I can dual-boot back to RH, but I
haven't been spending much time there lately...
Jeff Elkins
On Wednesday 12 February 2003 7:26 am, Rob Weir wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:10:03PM +0100, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> > Thank you, Rick and Vineet.
> >
> > As
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:10:03PM +0100, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> Thank you, Rick and Vineet.
>
> As a newbie, I appreciate your responses.
>
> I'm looking forwarding to exploring Debian.
Be careful with sid; it's where all the development of Debian takes
place, and it's undergoing quite a transiti
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 06:23:51PM +0100, Jeff Elkins wrote:
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian-non-US unstable/non-US main contrib non-free
> So, am I now running Sid, Sarge, or WTF?
Sid. This is Debian Unstable. It's all explain
Thank you, Rick and Vineet.
As a newbie, I appreciate your responses.
I'm looking forwarding to exploring Debian.
Jeff Elkins
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* Jeff Elkins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030211 15:36]:
> I'm exploring Debian via the Koppix CD, which I installed to an empty
> partition on my RedHat 8 box.
>
> After installation, I modified my /etc/apt/sources.list to point to:
>
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
>
If you did "apt-get update" after changing sources.list, then the
subsequent "apt-get dist-upgrade" has you running unstable, which is sid.
by way of Jeff Elkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Howdy List!
>
> I'm exploring Debian via the Koppix CD, which I installed to an empty
> partition on my RedH
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