Re: Debian 2.1

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 17 Apr, Sidney Brooks wrote about "Debian 2.1"
> I have just installed Debian 2.1 from an "official" cd and had
> problems.
> 1. The file "README.multicd" says that when you use dselect, you should
> use disk 2 first. Unfortunately, dselect refuses this order. This left
> me with a guess as to how to install. I ran the first disk through
> Configure and then went through the whole thing again with the second
> disk. I suspect that this was not correct.

[no comment, I haven't used a cd since Debian 0.96R? days]
> 
> 2. XF86Setup was not part of my installation process, as it was when I
> installed Debian 2.0. I had to install it separately after I logged in.
> My guess is that this too was wrong.
> 

XF86Setup is in its own package now(xf86setup*.deb).  Not everyone needs
or wants it.  This is a feature not a bug.

> 3. When I downloaded Netscape Communicator, using both the stable and
> unstable versions, the colors were unstable. This made it impossible to
> download WordPerfect from Corel because I could not read parts of their
> web site.
> 

Are you using 24bpp color mode?  Netscape has known problems in this
color depth.  Try 16bpp or 32bpp.

-- 
Brian 
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