Re: installing Mach 64 Xserver
You can also find the xserver-mach64 package at www.debian.org
under "Distribution-->Debian packages"...
Just do a search for the pacakge name in "stable".
You can download the package using Windows and then transfer
it to your Linux partition via any means possible. Then just do
dpkg --install ./<package name> where package name is
the full name of the xserver-mach64 package.
PS You can mount and read Windows partitions. NTFS
partitions are read-only (at least unless you like
to live dangerously).
I'm mentioning all this in the event that you don't have
PPP up and running, and you're not on a network. If that's
the case, apt-get won't (of course ;-) work. But if
you are online, use Harald's suggestion...
Doug Eck
Harald Thingelstad wrote:
>
> On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 07:34:46 Bob Edwards wrote:
> > I installed debian from a 3 CD set. When I tried to use 'XF86Setup' I
> > got as far as trying to install my video card and XF86Setup gave me the
> > following message:
> >
> > "The server required by your card is not installed. Please install the
> > MAch 64 serever as /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_Mach64
> >
> ...
> > Regards,
> > Bob Edwards
> > aka "desperately seeking to get debian fully installed and operational"
>
> The package you're after is xserver-mach64.
> You can use dselect (command dselect as root) or
> apt-get install xserver-mach64
>
> When installing from dselect, you will get suggestions about other packages you
> might want to have, so I'll suggest you use this to begin with.
> At least as a learning experience. Apt-get is a better tool when you know what
> to do but take your time to learn dselect for now.
>
> You'd also want xdm or gdm, which makes you computer boot up in graphical mode
> and gives you more of an environment to work in.
> The difference is xdm is just plain x (with possible window managers) while gdm
> includes gnome.
> I personally like to use gdm and sawfish (aka. sawmill), but this is rather
> sluggy on old computers and tastes may vary.
> If you feel like it, check out the helix-gnome packages on woody (unstable). Or
> kde, for that sake. Also on woody.
>
> Harald
>
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