Re: New to debian questions...
"Knapp, Robert (CAP, CMC)" wrote:
> >> 1) Is there a .deb of Xpmac? I'm limited to using the
> >> built in valkyrie chipset, and all the docs I've seen
> >> say Xpmac is the best to use. I can get FB_Dev up
> >> for short periods of time, but it seems to crash fairly
> >> regularly.(Signal 11) (If not, where do I get the source
> >> and where do I announce the availiblity of it?)
>
> >I don't know about any debs of Xpmac, neither do I think it would make any
> >sense as it's only a binary which you can put anywhere you like.
>
> Just wanted to drop a line and say that I got Xpmac in. I was
> able to get the binary from sourceforge, and things went well.
>
> It also seems to have helped a little with the mouse problem
> that I've been having. (I can now mouse for a few
> hours at a time, and went it goes restarting X brings it right
> back up. That wasn't true when using FBDev.)
>
> I may get all of my experiences down with this issue
> and put it into some kind of troubleshooting thing. I've
> seen references to usb mouse problems on the LinuxPPC lists
> and on the debian lists. Getting all of this stuff(like
> the issues running gpm and X at the same time. LinuxPPC defaults
> to that without the mouse pointing to /dev/gpmdata) into
> a single document might be not be a bad idea.
>
> When I have a rough draft, should I post it here for
> comment from my betters?
That would be nice.
> >> 3) I've seen from my searches on the net that installing netscape on
> debian
> >> is some kind of issue. I know that all apt-get install seems to generate
> is
> >> broken dependancies. Is there any resource that I could read on how to
> get
> >> this to work? [Searches on this list didn't find anything. I was probably
> >> looking at the wrong search criteria].
>
> >Just install communicator-smotif directly. 'apt-cache search
> >communicator-smotif' will show you the available versions.
> Thanks, this also worked in the first go. I've been using
> debian for a total of <1 week now, and I still have
> a lot to learn! [Like setting up printers, my next task!]
I think you're doing well so far. Just ask back here as new problems appear.
Michel
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Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast
Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86 and the DRI project
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