Hello, total idiot here <plesea rospedn> :)
Hey guys, signed on to the mailing list a couple days ago, VERY good. Keep up the
good work!
Okay, now comes the things I don't understand or that are bugging me...
(p.s. LOTS of stuff coming up here)
Note that is any of this is covered in a previous message, just point it out to me so you
don't have to retype it again. ;)
# I just bought Debian 1.3.1, and for some reason the version I got on the cdrom
pretends to be every bit 1.3 Now I don't have a problem with this, but do have a
problem with the kernel level of the cdroms. The kernel level is 1.2.29 (last digits are 29,
but I know the first two are current, so disregard them if they are extremely old)
-I bought this cdrom from LSL (www.lsl.com) and paid $8.95 including the 5 dollar
donation to the wonderful people at debian.org :) I just got it 6 days ago in the mail, the
total process took 3 weeks+ I also got a brand NEW Sunsite archive that I know is very
up-to-date. Most of the files on the disk do not have a date later than jul 5.
(please tell me wtf is going on with that, thank you!)
#The cdrom I got has broken packages, something like 5. The java kaffe package
relies on java-common, which did not come on the disk somehow. The Imagemagick
package relies on something other than the corresponding imagemagick libs, that is
not included. hmm, I can not think of other ones right now, but will specify more if you
want me too.
-I do not know if this is a problem with the cdrom image the guy(s) at lsl used, or if it
plenty common for dselect?
#I have been having a hell of a time install stuff. I don't really think that I am having
trouble, but I just think I don't understand the basics of adding path statements and the
like under Linux.
-Where is the file that I edit for a total path change in debian? I have edited the root's
..bash_profile and that worked for root, I mean adding /usr/X11R6/bin worked
for the root's path only.
#Okay, what is the problem with Xfree86 3.3.1 and its documentation? It took me awhile
to install it, note that I had to download this version(3.3 came with my debian cds) since
the instructions were wrong.
- I have no trouble with xf86 3.3.1 right now, at least I don't think so. I have it running great,
and installed it using the process below:
*cd /usr
*cd X11R6
*cp /mnt/extract* .
*cp /mnt/*.sh .
*sh ./preinst.sh
*chmod +x extract
*./extract /mnt/x*.tgz
*sh ./postinst.sh
Now that seemed to work great, and I have no trouble with it now. I can start X, and run
fvwm2 since I installed that WM only. (boy, who would want that fvwm95? Someone not
getting the point?geez)
-Now this way was not described at all in the readme and/or install guide. It told me to
use tar on each file seperately. Which did not work at all, most files and directories were
not correctly placed. But then again, I was told to run tar in the root passively to each
directory and file. i.e. cd / : tar -zxvf /mnt/download/x331bin.tgz hmm, weird out come,
like it putting the bins and libs in my /bin and /lib directroy! When it should have been in
my /usr/X11R6/bin and /usr/X11R6/lib respectively.
Okay, now we move on, sorry about the size of this message. The IRC just did not help
much, and I have been finding myself helping other people in #linux :) hehe
(you know me, I go by the irc nick name: reentry and I will frequently invite people to
help them in #reentry ;)
#Another weird one, when I try out make on many different software, like enlightenment
and imlib, I get non-fatal errors that say make include and make makefile, nothing to do
with each of them. Now these are prolly just setup probs with designer of the programs.
#Well, this is about all the questions I have right now, I really can't think of them.
Thank you for your help, and I will be e-mailing another book soon! haha
JOE,
sniffen@impulsedata.com
os2guide@geocities.com
"THE OS2 Guide" homepage master :
http://www.impulsedata.net/~sniffen
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All being caught up in the action of MS, people did not even notice the
non-ignorant *fools* using other OSs and software. It must have been the
pretty colors, or maybe just ones mainly green...
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