Re: X-Window System in 3.0r2
On Sun, 2004-04-25 at 09:47, benry wrote:
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> On Sunday 25 April 2004 13:42, Gianluca Bonetti wrote:
> > Roman Rupp wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > i want to install debian 3.0r2 (woody?) on my Alphastation 500/333MHz,
> > > and my problem is that when i come to tasksel during the installation
> > > sometimes i can choose x-window system to install and sometimes not. I
> > > have a Matrox Millenium 2 Card with 12 MB and this is a xfree86
> > > compatible card isn't it?
> >
> > tasksel sucks, use dselect instead and you will be very happy :)
>
> use:
>
> apt-get install x-window-system-core
>
> instead and you will be much more happy :P
> p.s.
> in this way it won't install any window manager, so you'll need to do it by
> hand later, for example:
>
> apt-get install wmaker
[Incidentally, this is a good reason to use dselect instead of apt,
particularly during first install; also apt will miss important
Suggested packages like xfonts-base, and woody's apt doesn't even list
them...]
-Adam P.
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