Re: X11 installation problems
Hello Cristov:
You should be running dselect from the root account.
If you are ignore the above sentence. I personally have
to run dselect several times when performing a raw
install. This is because some of the dependencies must
be satistied before other packages can be installed ( I think ).
When running dselect for the first time ( raw system ) I
do not select any packages, I just run dselect - install.
Following successful execution I start selecting packages.
>From the super user account try running xf86config to
configure your Xserver. I the error persists, reply back.
Peter
-----Original Message-----
From: Cristov Russell <wolfsong333@yahoo.com>
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Date: Tuesday, September 01, 1998 6:57 AM
Subject: X11 installation problems
>Second try - Just in case there is anyone who can help me with this
>but might have missed it the first time.
>
>Thanks
>
>> I'm having trouble with the VGA16 server during the configuration
>> portion of dselect. It asks if I want it to create the configuration
>> file and when I say yes I get a message saying that the file was not
>> created. It then repeats the question but at that point the display
>> becomes skewed where the message starts a third of the way across the
>> screen and the keyboard no longer responds to anything but ^C. That
>> gives an error and the configuration of the other files continues but
>> the screen is still skewed and the only response I can give until the
>> process is complete is ^C.
>>
>> I'm installing from a CheapBytes CD if that helps. Do they offer any
>> kind of support? I bought the 4 disc version and the installation
>> isn't very clear cut for us newbies. I'm still not sure how to
>> install contrib & non-free packages. Do I need to run dselect 3
>times?
>>
>> One more thing. Recently someone asked about how to execute the basic
>> configuration options that are given before running dselect the first
>> time but I can't seem to find the message. Could someone forward that
>> to me as well? TIA
>>
>> Cristov Russell
>> wolfsong333@yahoo.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
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