RE: Need Help With Installing X11 and KDE

2006-08-14 Thread J F
wrote: From: J F [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 20:50:30 -0400 (EDT) Subject: RE: Need Help With Installing X11 and KDE >>(I've beenplaying with the Knoppix live CD for a couple of weeks). Yesterday IYou know knoppix has a hard disk insta

RE: Need Help With Installing X11 and KDE

2006-08-13 Thread Steve Grace
Kent West wrote: > Steve Grace wrote: >> I gave up and reinstalled the base OS again with no additional >> packages. >> >> I then installed and configured kde-core, kdm, and >> x-windows-system-core (I want to start with a minimal environment and >> add to it). KDE didn't start automatically so

Re: Need Help With Installing X11 and KDE

2006-08-13 Thread Rage Callao
On 8/14/06, Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Steve Grace wrote: > I gave up and reinstalled the base OS again with no > additional packages. > > I then installed and configured kde-core, kdm, and x-windows-system-core (I > want to start with a minimal environment and add to it). KDE didn't st

Re: Need Help With Installing X11 and KDE

2006-08-13 Thread Kent West
Steve Grace wrote: I gave up and reinstalled the base OS again with no additional packages. I then installed and configured kde-core, kdm, and x-windows-system-core (I want to start with a minimal environment and add to it). KDE didn't start automatically so (assuming that I missed something) I

RE: Need Help With Installing X11 and KDE

2006-08-13 Thread J F
>>(I've beenplaying with the Knoppix live CD for a couple of weeks). >>Yesterday I You know knoppix has a hard disk install option. It has great hardware detection and most things just work when you do a hard disk install. ANother thing you can do with knoppix is to run knoppix off CD or DVD

Need Help With Installing X11 and KDE

2006-08-13 Thread Steve Grace
My apologies for the cross-post; I don't know which list is most appropriate for this topic. I have a fair amount of UNIX experience but am new to GNU/Linux (I've been playing with the Knoppix live CD for a couple of weeks). Yesterday I installed Debian 3.1r2 ("Sarge") on my Windows PC. I install

Re: need help with installing WLAN package

2006-04-08 Thread Wulfy
Dmitry Hits wrote: Hi, i recently install debian sarge and right now I am trying to configure it to work with wireless USB adaptor 'netgear ma101'. I downloaded the linux-wlan-ng-0.2.3.tar.gz uncompressed it and then tried to 'make config' it however it complaned that i don't have configed ker

need help with installing WLAN package

2006-04-08 Thread Dmitry Hits
Hi, i recently install debian sarge and right now I am trying to configure it to work with wireless USB adaptor 'netgear ma101'. I downloaded the linux-wlan-ng-0.2.3.tar.gz uncompressed it and then tried to 'make config' it however it complaned that i don't have configed kernel.  Instruction that c

Re: Help with installing X

2000-08-29 Thread Nate Amsden
debian 2.2 if you can though to get the best support. nate [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > Subject: Help with installing X > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:16:39 EDT > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Help with installing X

2000-08-29 Thread Rubbish5
--- Begin Message --- I'll try to give as much information as I can. I'm using Debian 2.1, it came with X 3.3.2 or something around there I *think*. I know for a fact it's older than 3.3.6. Anyway, I'd like to install 3.3.6. Apparantly for 4.0.1 (or whichever the newest stable release is,

Help with installing unstable packages?

2000-07-12 Thread Romulo Velasquez
I have found some debian packages on debian's ftp site that I would like to install. I tried to install it and it had some dependency problems. I did not have the other debian packages to satisfy the dependencies so the package didn't install correctly. The package that I wanted to install was a

Re: need help with installing potato(on line)

2000-07-07 Thread Pann McCuaig
Forget about the sound card until you get your ne2000 working. I had a similar problem with a wd80x3 card. Used a different rescue floppy to solve it. At least for the latest pre-release boot floppies, available from http://www.debian.org/~joeyh/bf/ there are several versions. Try -ide or -idepc

need help with installing potato(on line)

2000-07-07 Thread Kahro Raie
System: I have a 200mmx pentium dell network card: NE2000 compatible all the installation seems to go well except for thenetwork d and sound card. What I did/do? I downloaded all files form /debian/dists/potato/main/disks-i386 then copied the inside folder current to my harddisk Then I did boot

Re: help with installing

2000-07-05 Thread erik
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, Nisse Hellberg wrote: > Hi, > > I would like some help installing Debian using floppies. After i've > inserted all the 7 base disks there is a problem uncompressing the file, > is that because i've partitionated the disk wrong? - Uncompressing which file? Maybe you could incl

Re: help with installing

2000-07-05 Thread kmself
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 01:34:37PM -0600, Bruce Sass wrote: > On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > /var - 250 - 500++ MB Need can grow appreciably with large website, > >newsfeeds, databases, etc. > > Webspace, newsfeeds and databases aside, APT's cac

Re: help with installing

2000-07-05 Thread Bruce Sass
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > /var - 250 - 500++ MB Need can grow appreciably with large website, >newsfeeds, databases, etc. Webspace, newsfeeds and databases aside, APT's cache takes a large chunk of HD space... there have been reports of Potat

Re: help with installing

2000-07-05 Thread kmself
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:08:13PM +0200, Nisse Hellberg wrote: > Hi, > > I would like some help installing Debian using floppies. After i've > inserted all the 7 base disks there is a problem uncompressing the file, > is that because i've partitionated the disk wrong? Unlikely, unless you've run

Re: help with installing

2000-07-05 Thread Thomas Guettler
On Wed, Jul 05, 2000 at 02:08:13PM +0200, Nisse Hellberg wrote: > Hi, > > I would like some help installing Debian using floppies. After i've > inserted all the 7 base disks there is a problem uncompressing the file, > is that because i've partitionated the disk wrong? installing from cdrom is ea

help with installing

2000-07-05 Thread Nisse Hellberg
Hi, I would like some help installing Debian using floppies. After i've inserted all the 7 base disks there is a problem uncompressing the file, is that because i've partitionated the disk wrong? I've got a 10GB disk and i want a root /partition, a /usr, a /home and 128MB of swap. Im not sure how

Re: Need help with installing Debian on a COMPAC PRESARIO 5716

2000-06-30 Thread Marcio Rosa da Silva
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Preben Randhol wrote: > I'm now going to install debian on a third machine. So far everything > has gone nice, but the third machine is a bit troublesome. > > It is a COMPAC PRESARIO 5716. The problem is that this machine shows a > big red Q at startup and no BIOS info. I the

Re: Need help with installing Debian on a COMPAC PRESARIO 5716

2000-06-30 Thread Marcio Rosa da Silva
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Preben Randhol wrote: > Marcio Rosa da Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 30/06/2000 (16:19) : > > > > http://www.debian.org/releases/slink/i386/ch-install-methods.en.html > > > > There is a explanation about the methods of installing Debian. Do you > > have a win/dos partit

Re: Need help with installing Debian on a COMPAC PRESARIO 5716

2000-06-30 Thread Preben Randhol
Gregory Guthrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 30/06/2000 (17:03) : > look at the compaq web site, it has online manuals for almost all machines. > > Typically for compaq, it boots, tests memory, beeps twice, puts the cursor > into the upper right hand corner, and at that time you should press F10

Re: Need help with installing Debian on a COMPAC PRESARIO 5716

2000-06-30 Thread Gregory Guthrie
look at the compaq web site, it has online manuals for almost all machines. Typically for compaq, it boots, tests memory, beeps twice, puts the cursor into the upper right hand corner, and at that time you should press F10 to enter BIOS. Also, most compaqs w/in the last 5 years will boot to C

Re: Need help with installing Debian on a COMPAC PRESARIO 5716

2000-06-30 Thread Colin Watson
Preben Randhol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >So is it possible to make one or perhaps two floppy boot discs that >could boot it up and the switch to do the rest of the installation from >the CDs I have of Potato TC 2 ? Yes, this is possible. See the installation manual, for instance the following se

Need help with installing Debian on a COMPAC PRESARIO 5716

2000-06-30 Thread Preben Randhol
I'm now going to install debian on a third machine. So far everything has gone nice, but the third machine is a bit troublesome. It is a COMPAC PRESARIO 5716. The problem is that this machine shows a big red Q at startup and no BIOS info. I therefore do not know which keys to press to access the B

Re: Help with installing Debian 1.2 (#2)

1996-12-31 Thread Jens B. Jorgensen
oftware is not working correctly, any ideas? > > Xinbing > > ------- > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 1996 11:26:28 -0500 (EST) > From: Xinbing Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Help with installing Debian 1.2 > > Hi, I'm tryin

Help with installing Debian 1.2 (#2)

1996-12-30 Thread Xinbing Liu
1996 11:26:28 -0500 (EST) From: Xinbing Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Help with installing Debian 1.2 Hi, I'm trying to install Debian 1.2 stable version for the fiest time. I downlowaded the six floppies from www.debian.org. My computer's configuration: P

Help with installing Debian 1.2

1996-12-30 Thread Xinbing Liu
Hi, I'm trying to install Debian 1.2 stable version for the fiest time. I downlowaded the six floppies from www.debian.org. My computer's configuration: P 90 MHz, 32 MB, PCI bus, two SCSI disks, scsi controller is NCR53c810 (so the computer reports), first disk 1 GB with MS DOS installed, seco