Re: new user needs help

[Ed Cogburn <ecogburn@greene.xtn.net>]

Darren Benham wrote:
> 
> On 19-Aug-98 Brian D Kellogg wrote:
> > 1.  I can't mount the cdrom.
> >       i get this error--can't find /dev/hdc in /etc/mtab or /etc/fstab.
> >       It's a standard Atapi cdrom.
> try mount /dev/hdc /cdrom
> 
> >
> > 2.  command make menuconfig doesn't work.
> >       i get error--no rule to make target.
> where are you when you run make menuconfig?
> 
> Oh.. and it looks like you have some remenants of SuSE in your X Config.. and
> /usr/X11R6/bin is set as a link that eventually resolves itself to *_NONE...
> I'm not sure (yet) how debian resolves the XServers.


	When you install an xserver package, it will (I believe) modify the
first line of /etc/X11/Xserver to indicate the xserver to use.  So,
brian just install the xserver package you need and when it asks 'Make
this server default?' answer with 'Y'.


-- 
Ed C.