Potato to Woody Problems
I purchased a set of CD's but went on vacation before they arrived.
Yesterday started the upgrade using dselect as recommended. When
dselect failed, fell back on apt-get first upgrading dpkg apt and
debconf, then trying dist-upgrade. By and large, this worked but
xwindows didn't. Went on line and ran apt-get -f install for the following:
xdm
gdm
xserver-xfree86
xfonts-base
mozilla-browser
gnome-session
mozilla-mailnews
mozilla
With some experimenting dpkg-reconfigure xserver-s3 got xwindows started
(only 2 screen sizes where I used to have 3) and gnome 1.4 but with only
one desktop (I used to have 4), no borders on the windows (can't shrink
or close them) and various other awkward points. I have the feelling
that some crucial packages must be missing including the gnome manual.
I am about to go on line to look for the manual but thought I'd post
this message in case anyone has any relevant experience.
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