First of all, some good sites which probably answer these questions for you anyhow: qref.sf.net and newbiedoc.sf.net. Check them both out... On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 12:11:58AM -0600, ZephyrQ wrote: > Weekend spent messing with dselect and aptitude. I now have a > usable-but-not-quit-comfortable system going. > > Some queries: > > 1. I keep getting a 'fake start-stop daemon' error when I try to shut > down (init 0 from root). It keeps scrolling across the screen and I > have to shut off manually--which forces fsck the next boot-up (long time > on a 60 G drive!). How can I fix? No idea about this. I use 'shutdown -h now' to shutdown my box though. > 2. Can't get wvdial to connect under user--have to use root. I've > tried to chmod stuff, but I must be missing something because I keep > getting an error 2 from pppd. Fix? You need to add your user to a particular group (is it dip or dialout, I can never remember which though...). > 3. What script/file can I create in my user directory so I can control > what window manager I am running? (gnome, kde, icewm). Currently, I > have to run g/k/x(dm) from root. ~/.xsession is the one you want. > BTW--I love aptitude, once I figured out how to use it! > dpkg-reconfigure, though, is giving me problems; it either won't run or > give me a 'laptop fan' error (BTW, I'm not on a laptop!). Weird, which package causes this? -rob
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