Re: Real newbie ....
Am Montag, den 14.04.2014, 22:00 +0100 schrieb Barry Drake:
> On 14/04/14 18:48, Tobias Frost wrote:
> > Just debstrap yourself an Debian sid chroot for development :) Will be
> > also easier to get support here, as there are differences to Ubuntu,
> > and you spare yourself the dual-booting :)
>
> Haven't a clue as to how to do that.
Just install deboostrap and issue
mkdir debian-sid
debootstrap sid ./debian-sid http://http.debian.net/debian/
https://wiki.debian.org/Debootstrap -- BTW the first hit if you google
"Debian debootstrap"
> So I thought 'when in Rome'. I
> decided to pop a spare hard drive into the trayless caddy that I
> normally use for backups. I installed Debian on that drive, and sadly,
> it doesn't work. It asked me part-way through the install if I had a
> some necessary proprietary drivers, but it didn't say which ones, so I
> answered 'no'.
My last Wheezy install went through without any problems. But that've
been some time ago. If I rememember correctly, the firmware it asks for
is just for the network.
> I assume it wanted X11 drivers as it failed to start the
> graphics environment. I got out of it by doing <ctrl>+<alt>+<f1> to get
> a terminal. Shame really, but this is possibly why so many folk don't
> use Debian. If you can point me to solutions to this, I'll persevere.
However, your mileage varied, but this needs probably more information
from your side. What's your hßardware, to start with? Which installer
did you use? the net installer? Which release? Wheezy?
(You should not use the unstable/sid installer as this ride might be
bumpy; Better ist to install the last stable and then upgrade to sid; Or
give the alpha for Jessie a try, 'cause that needs some testing anyway)
What are the XOrg logs telling you?
BTW, you can always ask on #debian for help if you stuck.. This would
probably also faster than the mentors list (for which this also
off-topic)
Tobi
> Regards, Barry.
>
>
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