Re: help please

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> this may sound like a stupid question, but I am setting up linux using the
> Debian 2.1 cdrom and the "learning Debian GNU/Linux book.  I am now at the
> point that I should Install X (page 95).  However, every time I type
> xf86config, I get told this is an unknown command.  I also cannot find this
> file on either the computer or the cdrom.  help!! how do I load this?
> 



I is probably in the xbase-clients package. I guess you have to be root in 
order to run it.
You might try 
    dpkg -l xbase-clients
in order to verify if this package is installed:

[03:37:40 tmp]$ dpkg -l xbase-clients
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name           Version        Description
+++-==============-==============-============================================
ii  xbase-clients  4.0.3-3        miscellaneous X clients
[03:38:09 tmp]$ 



> Thanks for your help
> John Torrance
> jtorrance@clear.net.nz
> 
> 
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	Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>

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