Re: The Thrill of Debian Gnu/Linux
Hmm,
Hello John, sounds like you've had lots of problems? Well here's my
two pennyworth... What I like to do when installing Debian on a new system
is to follow all the prompts until it asks whether I would like to install
one of the specified package sets or a custom install. Then select
'custom', but don't select any packages with deselect. Re-boot and run
deselect install, configure, remove, quit. You will end up with a system
will all of the base packages installed but nothing else, you can then
re-run dselect and 'cherry pick' exactly what you want installed on your
system. After the initial install dselect should go through the select,
install, configure, remove cycle without any complaints about anything
missing or any unmet dependencies.
HTH JohnG
32865e97b5342e762ab140e00f3da23b - Just 'Debian'
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, John McBride wrote:
> Yes, you too can experience the thrill of installing and upgrading the
> Debian distro!
>
> You'll impress your neighbors with your buff pinky muscles, built after
> hours of banging the living bejeesus out of the enter key to accept the
> default configurations for a plethora of programs you never use or asked
> to install! You're provided with about 5 base configurations -- which
> give you a machine with 40 mb. of packages, 120 mb. of packages, or 400+
> mb. of packages! The essence of flexibility! Of course, you *could*
> choose "custom"...go right ahead...
>
> You'll ohh and ahhh as apt-get fails on package name lengths that are
> too long!
>
> You'll quiver as apt-get begins returning "E: pre depends" messages!
>
> You'll dance as gdmconfig refuses to save a custom append line, forcing
> you to edit /etc/gpm.conf by hand!
>
> You'll writhe as gdmconfig tries to test your mouse and locks up the
> keyboard!
>
> You'll telnet in from other machines repeatedly to kill gdmtest!
>
> You'll install xf86setup and find the actual command name is XF86Setup!
> Of course, when you install xf86config, the name is xf86config (this is
> an xfree thing, I know).
>
> You'll visit the debian.org site approximately 3,596,391 times finding
> out what package provides a command you need...since apt-get doesn't
> have "what-provides" or query options.
>
> Sigh. I know it's good stuff, but the initial and post-installation
> configuration details are mind-numbing. Somehow, someway, people need to
> be able to pick from more base installs, and there needs to be a higher
> quality post-installation configuration system.
>
> I'm almost there, but this is heinous. Maybe after installing SVGA16
> XF86Setup will start working right. Main problem now is that when I log
> in through gdm/helix gnome, there is no wm started -- just a gray
> stipple and a single button 2 menu. sawfish is installed and configured,
> but not launching I guess. Any help is appreciated.
>
> ---
> John
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