don't make me go back to Windows :(
Thanks in advance.
Fritz Brown
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Well, I don't have any idea what's what when I begin the install. I have 7 CDs
(booting from the CD), and get through the partitioning OK, but am utterly
without a clue when it starts asking about packages with cryptic names and
cryptic descriptions on the second bootup (or is it the third?).
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I have a copy of Knoppix (don't think it's the latest) that I am poking at to
get a feel for Linux. I will have to try and find where to change the windows
manager.
Fritz Brown
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From: "Roberto C. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "
possible when asking your question. Otherwise, everybody gets a lot
of white noise (e-mails that must be weeded out) while folks ask you questions
to get the information.
Fritz Brown
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> On Sunday 18 September 2005 09:21 pm, linux wrote:
> > is it just me or is this mailing list us
ittle later) in the
installer, and it comes up to a command line. Do I need to run apt to find a
GUI and install it?
Oh yeah, and what is the login for root? I assumed it was "root", but I should
abviously read something informative before I go installing new OSs....
Fritz Brown
got a .deb of the latest version, and am trying to follow the instructions on
various websites concerning dpkg, and I keep getting messages that I make it
appear I am not using the proper attributes
And, yes, I am trying to read the Debian reference, etc. It ain't easy, but I
will get t
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> I see only old versions of firefox and tbird. I want 1.0.6, not 1.0.2.
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You probably want to go with 1.0.7, as there are a couple of major security
issues fixed.
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> You need to run
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> sudo dpkg -i [whatever it is].deb
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Aaaahh. Will try that. Everything else had me doing a dpkg -i | --install
[whatever].deb. And, it really didn't like that "| --install" part.
(Running Woody till I get this thing as a going concern. Then I will upgrade.)
Fritz
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Using my browser (online e-mail), when I click on "Reply All", I get both the
list and the original sender in the "To:" line. Is that unusual, compared to
Thunderbird? (I know the same thing happens in Outlook.) I simply delete the
extra addressee and send. I'm not flaming, I'm just wanting
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> Yes. So you should be able to login as root (su), and perform
> dpkg -i package.deb
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> if you don't want to mess with sudo
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I was logged into the system as root, and opened an xterm, then tried dpkg.
That should work, if I ignore that "--install" stuff?
Fritz
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It sounds like it doesn't like the domain you are trying to log-in to. It is
"switching" to the local machine as the domain (I assume that's where you have
the account set-up). The machine is setup for a workgroup, possibly, and may
need to be joined to a domain for it to go outside the indivi
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