Re: Laptop Network Card and X-windows Issues...
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 01:31:30AM -0400, Will Ness wrote:
> Hello All!!
>
> I have some vexing problems that I have tried to solve on my own, and
> I am at last beyond my capabilities....
>
> Ok heres the sitrep:
>
> My system is setup on a Compaq Presario 1230. You may rember me
> posting issues on this machine months earlier. Anyways I managed to
> get the network card and X-windows working. I then later (today) did a
> dist-upgrade. Now none of the above works. I would like to get all
> three working again.
>
> The network card is of pcmcia make. I managed to get it to identify
> and use the correct driver, and my pcmcia daemon is running. However
> both at boot and later in ifconfig, the system claims it cannot read
> /etc/network/interfaces. It claims that 'interfaces' is unconfigured,
> which not true, I did configure it. Even when I assign the card the
> network information manually it still does not work. I am unsure as to
> how to proceed....
>
> As for the X-windows, 'startx' or kde do not work. It says the command
> is not found. I am unsure what do/try next.
You need to install xbase-clients:
apt-get install xbase-clients
>
> If anyone could help me, I would be grateful. I am still very much a
> linux newbie, but I am trying to learn the ropes the best I can.
>
> Thank you in advance!!
>
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David Jardine
"Running Debian GNU/Linux and
loving every minute of it." -L. von Sacher-M.(1835-1895)
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