Re: your mail
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>On Wed, 8 Apr 1998, Valerie CAYOL wrote:
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>> 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 ?
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>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.
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>> 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.
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>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.
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>> 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 ?
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>Just run dselect again, I guess.
That sounds like the XF86Setup file. To rerun it, just type XF86Setup at
the prompt - you don't have to reinstall the package.
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>> 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 ?
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>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.
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>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.
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>> Thank you for your help,
>> I know theses are many questions,
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