On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 10:52:37AM +0000, Richard Sweeney wrote: > I am at a loss as how to install Gnome from the testing distribution. At > first I installed the x-window-system and gnome from stable by issuing > > apt-get install task-x-window-system-core task-x-window-system > task-gnome-desktop > > this worked fine but I need the X-Server from testing to support my video > card so i switched to testing and issued > > apt-get install xerver-xfree86 > > unfortunately it decided it was going to remove my gnome desktop and > several other components. Is gnome only available in stable? Before I > managed to lose my installation I could just issue the first apt-get > statement in testing and it would do everything for me. Could someone give > me some pointers as to what I need to issue to apt to install my gnome > desktop and be able to use XFree86 4.x please? apt-get install gnome-session To use XFree86 4.x, you need to configure /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Try: dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 or XFree86 --configure Read man for XFree86 and man XF86Config-4 for more info. > > One other question, I use a 56k modem and apt is painfully slow at > retrieving the files, ~1.5kb per second. Is there anything I can do (apart > from getting broardband) to improve the download speed? I'm using the > fastest mirror I could find. You could try apt-spy to see if you can locate a mirror with a faster download. > > Sorry this is such a long message. Any suggestions would be appreciated. > > Richard Sweeney > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- Jerome
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