Went Debian: Spanish Xkeyboard and other issues
Hi all
Finally, after many test installs of Potato and Woody, got Potato
installed in a more or less usable shape. Thank goodness, my
friends, that my decission of going Debian is truly serious, since
installation and the aspect of the system once is done is... how to
say?... mind-freezing.
Never mind. I'll get to love it. Swear. There are, nevertheless, some
problems I would appreciate your help to solve:
-A Spanish Xkeyboard is not provided or installed. Spanish-
HOWTO is outdated (1996) and not debianized. Is there any utility
or instructions to install it?
-After instalation was finished, I started to upgrade some packages
from woody. I've got the 5 unofficial CDs you can get from that
hungarian server. Run apt-cdrom add (I think it was that) and
worked nicely. Run apt-cache update (I think) Run apt-get install
mozilla and worked ok (although installed M14-2 from potato, I
thought there was something newer in woody). My frustation
started when I tried to upgrade sawmill, task-gnome-desktop and
that kind of programs. It always ended similarly: apparently many
things changed, but old versions still remained, or worst: it couldn't
be because of dependence problems. Resuming my experiment, I
tried apt-get dist-upgrade. After several errors and a dselect
segfault, all ended up in a dependence problems. My question is:
how the hell can you upgrade something more complex than a
single file (gnome, a window manager, etc., for example) without a
pile of problems? Am I forgetting anything in my hurry to have my
system in my old RH times?
All hints/feedback/mauling will be welcome!
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Dr. Rodolfo Canet-Castello
Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA)
Dpto. Recursos Naturales
Aptdo. oficial. 46113-Moncada (Valencia). ESPAÑA-SPAIN.
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Linux user #172687
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