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Re: newbie installing Xwin, and other stuff




On Sat, 3 Oct 1998, Ed Cogburn wrote:

> Christopher Jay Stevenson wrote:
> > 
> > I need some hand holding here.
> > My computer uses an STB Velocity 128 video card.
> > 
> > What do I need to do to install Xwindows.
> 
> 
> 	In dselect first select the xbase-xxx package in the X section. 
> dselect will then automatically select the other needed packages.  You
> might optionally select some additional font packages (there are several
> in addition to the required one).  Then you need to install an xserver
> for your video card.  I don't know what this might be (probably the SVGA
> server), so take a look at the files in /usr/doc/X11 to see if they
> mention your card.

Umm... *rubs back of head*
I haven't been able to get dhcpcd working, which I need for using the
computer on the network, so I can't use dselect... I need to download
packages individually. (I think.)



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