Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!
At 02:19 PM 12/9/1998 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks for this material.... I understand that the best thing for me is to
>have access to the Internet and download all the files i need. It means I
>have to make my PCMCIA card work... I have no idea how to do it. I thought
>it was done through the installation process... What do I have to do
>exactly?
>My computer is a laptop (Winbook) with a standard PCMCIA card modem.
>Everything works when I use Windows 95 (which is installed on a different
>and removable HDD). My Linux partitions are :
> dev/hda1 boot
> dev/hda2 swap
> dev/hda3 usr
> dev/hda4 home
>
>What do I have to do to make my modem work? If you don't mind, can you
>describe all the steps
>(something like : to write a letter you need : 1)a sheet of paper 2)a
>pencil 3)you have to take the pencil in your right - or left hand - hand
>4)Don't hold the pencil upside down, etc...)
>Thanks. If you dont' have time, dont' bother. PB
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kent West <westk@heir.acu.edu>
>To: Patrice Bertrand <pb@sprynet.com>
>Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>;
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>Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 3:03 AM
>Subject: Re: dselect-help!!!!!!!
>
>
>>On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Patrice Bertrand wrote:
>>
>>> I have installed Linux on my laptop and i have now to use 'dselect'
>>> to install X and others packages. Problem : i can't find my way and
>>>i'm stuck with dselect from the beginning. I've downloaded the file
>>>'Dselect documentation for beginners' from debian.org but it's not
>>>very helpful. (e.g. : when I go to select i can't understand anything
>>>from the different menus and the differents options. For instance,
>>>what's the difference between 'Install from a hard disk partition
>>>partion (NOT YET MOUNTED)' and 'Install from a filesystem which is
>>>already mounted'. Which one should I pick up since i've just installed
>>>Debian from floppies?)
>>> Basically, I'm looking for :
>>> - a manual which explains carefully and with examples what to do
>>>when using dselect.
>>> - if this is not available, is it possible to have a few
>>>directions about how to install X Windows with dselect, notably the very
>>>first steps -something in plain english for idiots or retardos. (What i
>>>have now on my lap-top computer is plain Linux. I can't use a CD ROM and
>>>can't yet get access to the Internet since I don't know how to setup my
>>>PCMCIA card. For now my priority is to install X Windows, the Mouse and
>>>have some graphical interface to navigate through Linux).
>>> Thanks for your help!
>>>
>>
>>I don't know of any good documentation, but I might can give you a couple
>>of pointers.
>>
>>dselect is a "front-end" to dpkg. dpkg is the real installer/uninstaller.
>>Apt is the next generation front-end to replace dselect, but it's not
>>quite ready for prime-time.
>>
>>You're right; dselect is not easy to use.
>>
>>In case you don't understand it, you can't use dselect to install software
>>unless it's pointed to a repository of that software. Accordingly, you
>>need to use the Access option to tell dselect how to access that software.
>>
>>When you choose to install from a hardrive (not yet mounted), I believe
>>you'll be given the option to "mount" the hard drive so it can be read by
>>the system. Then that drive has become "an already-mounted file system".
>>
>>Unless you've downloaded .deb files (maybe from a Windows partition, etc)
>>to your local harddrive, these two options probably don't apply to you.
>>
>>However, I see that you can't use a CD or the network, so you're kind of
>>up a tree without a paddle (or whatever the idiom is).
>>
>>Without the appropriate .debs, you can't install X-Windows, etc, just like
>>you can't install Doom or Wordperfect on a Windows machine without the
>>appropriate installation software.
>>
>>You really need to get a CD working and use a Debian CD, or better
>>yet, get your network access up. Maybe someone more knowledgeable on
>>the list can help you with that.
>>
>> --
>>Kent West
>>kent.west@infotech.acu.edu
>>KC5ENO - Amateur Radio: When all else fails.
>>Linux - Finally! A real OS for the Intel PC!
>>"Life is an ongoing classroom." - Capt. James T. Kirk, "Dreadnought"
I'd like to be able to help, but I'm afraid I'm too much of a newbie to
really know how to get your PCMCIA modem working. I got mine working, but
that was several weeks ago. So I'm CC:ing this reply to the list in hopes
that someone else can help out.
If I remember correctly, I didn't have to do anything special to get my
PCCard modem to work. When you insert/remove your PCCard modem, do you hear
the beep-beep indicating that a PCCard has been inserted/removed? If so,
that's three-quarters of the battle. The rest I can probably help out with.
Let us (me and the list) know, and maybe we can go from there.
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