Re: your mail
On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Valerie CAYOL wrote:
> I have been desperatly trying to install linux debian
> on my pc. I am using a CD provided by the magazine dream,
> and so far I have performed the basic installation.
> Severall problems have appeared :
> 1- in the section of the configuration called Configure device driver I was
> not able to find the internet card I am using.
> This card is compatible Ne 2000, at irq = 11 and io = \0xFF80. But
> specifying these values caused the installation to fail,
> so I did not give any devide driver and of course the network connection
> does not work. Does anyone know what I can do about that ?
I have used a lot of ne cards but have yet to see one with io=ff80. The
usual values are 280-360. If you are using w95 to get these values look
again and see if there is not something in that range.
> 2- I don't unsderstand how dpkg works and how to start it.
> It is supposed to be simple so I really think I missed something. When
> writing simply dpkg I get a simple help.
To install a deb package abc_1.2-1.deb I would issue the command:-
dpkg -iGE /path/to/abc_1.2-1.deb. It will be installed if there are no
un-met dependancies.
> 3- Instead of using dpkg, I tried to use dselect to install x11, and then I
> was asked many questions I did not know the answer of : mouse devise,
> monitor resolution and frequency,
> etc ...
> Is there a way to restart this installation ?
Just run dselect again, I guess.
> Is there a way to know what questions will be asked in advance
> in order to avoid leaving blank answers ?
> Can't all this be done automatically as it is the case for
> windows, for instance ?
No. Linux users are given credit for both knowledge and brains so you
must make the effort to get the figures. Either from a manual or
sometimes the frequencies are on the back of the monitor.
A cheap monitor should be able to do 30-38 Khz horizontal and 50-80 Hz
vertical so you will not hurt anything if you specify these in the
meantime, though the result be be a lot of flicker.
>
> Thank you for your help,
> I know theses are many questions,
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