Re: Questions about Debian 2.0
On Thu, Aug 27, 1998 at 12:21:55PM +0200, Remo Badii wrote:
> 2) When pressing CTRL-ALT-DEL (programmed to halt the system in inittab),
> the machine halts but is not powered off. Is this because I have not
> chosen the APM package during installation (overlooked it, probably)?
> Do I solve the problem by going into dselect and installing that
> package?
This is because the kernel you are using has not been configured with
"Character Devices" -> "Advanced Power Management BIOS support" -> "POWER
OFF on shutdown". You will have to recompile the kernel for this to work.
> 3) Just after running XF86Setup, I noticed a file /use/X11R6/bin/X: is that
> a copy of XF86_VGA16?
> Later, I renamed it to Xold (probably I could have deleted it), created
> a file X and linked it to /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA. As a matter of fact,
> X works. Is the above correct?
No it is not! ;) Yo should never delete file you don't know their use. Get used
to rename them like you did.
I did the same at the begining but you should move back the Xold
to X. /usr/bin/X is supposed yo be a wrapper which gives some more degree of
security (I gess I read this somewhare). Make sure the file /etc/X11/Xserver
contains the server you want on the very first line.
> 7) While installing ppp, I got the warning that serial.o (whatever it is)
> should have been installed manually later. During boot there is a
> message about a serial module being manually loaded. Is that the same
> thing?
As root: use "modconf" to select serial.o OR issue "insmod serial" to load
the module OR edit /etc/modules an place serial in one line.
Best regards,
Rafa
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