Re: now what ?

[D-Man <dsh8290@rit.edu>]

On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 05:11:01PM +0200, Adri wrote:
| Ok,
| 
| 1) I didn't install the module for my ethernet card.
| 
| What now?  Shall I reinstall and indicate the ethernet card correctly or 
| can I fix this up from where I am now?

Simply edit /etc/modutils/aliases to have

    alias eth0 <module>

where <modules> is the kernel modules for your ethernet card.  One of
mine is 'tulip' and another is 'ne'.

| 2)  I managed to remove X (it didn't work) with dselect but how to remove 
| stuff with apt?

apt-get remove <package list>

or

apt-get remove --purge <package list>

if you want to get rid of config files too.

| 3) How do I get a list or an overview of all what I have installed on the 

dpkg -l

HTH,
-D