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Debian help

Fibonacci One · 2004-01-02T20:37:52

I''m very new to linux and trying to learn everything by experience here...but I''ve come to a bit of a hurdle. I''ve installed debian and have figured out how to load both windows and linux from grub using the command line. The problem is, the only command for linux I know is "kernel /vmlinuz root=/dev/hdaX/" Is there something I need to add to this so it boots a more visual version of linux?

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Started by Fibonacci One December 30, 2003 08:25 PM

24 comments, last by Fibonacci One 20 years, 8 months ago

Doc

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December 31, 2003 08:13 PM

So it looks like we''ve narrowed it down to a problem with drivers for X.

I find it odd that apt would complain about THOSE packages as they''re pretty mundane, but I''ve not had much experience with telling apt to look in a different dist (that "-t experimental" option). Just running "apt-get install [those package names]" ought to work.

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Fibonacci One

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December 31, 2003 08:48 PM

So I tried to install some of the individual packages that is said it needed and it looks like it's having a version problem with some of them.

It said (or so I think) it requires version 2.3.2.ds1-4 of libc6 but when I tried an "apt-get install libc6=2.3.2.ds1-4" it said it couldn't find it.

Any ideas?

Edit:
one idea of mine is: in the line you had me add to sources.list, you had me list all of the directories in ../project/experimental/. I went to check those out and I see each of the folders you had me list has sub folders, do I have to list those too? Is there a command that just tells it to search all of the subfolders?

also, what does the -t do?

[edited by - fibonacci one on December 31, 2003 9:50:25 PM]

Doc

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December 31, 2003 10:55 PM

quote: Original post by Fibonacci One
also, what does the -t do?

There are several versions of Debian, each has a different name: Slink/Hamm/Potato (old ones), Woody (the current stable), Sarge (testing - this will be the stable after Woody), and Sid (unstable - this one is always called Sid). There is also an experimental "version" that has things that aren''t even in unstable (Sid) yet. That "-t experimental" tells apt-get to look in that particular version''s set of packages for the named packages, instead of whatever the default is. XFree86 4.3 is still experimental - hasn''t reached unstable - that''s why you have to tell apt-get to look in experimental.

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It said (or so I think) it requires version 2.3.2.ds1-4 of libc6 but when I tried an "apt-get install libc6=2.3.2.ds1-4" it said it couldn''t find it.

Are you sure it didn''t say >= 2.3.2.ds1-4? Because that we can deal with. Otherwise we''d have to go looking into some archives...

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Null and Void

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January 01, 2004 01:52 AM

That might be caused by you running stable or testing, I guess. Suppose I just assumed you were running unstable (Sid) already. If you''re running stable, you''ll have to use one of the XFree86 4.3 backports (see apt-get.org for a list, pick whichever one looks nice and trustworthy to you; there are some maintained by Debian developers). Add the line they tell you to sources.list instead and try the process over again. Sorry about that.

Fibonacci One

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January 01, 2004 03:09 AM

I''m running woody and it did say (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4).

so this means I should just look at the list null and void gave me and add the line it says there (then rinse and repeat). Or do I have some other error?

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January 01, 2004 12:32 PM

quote: Original post by Fibonacci One
I''m running woody and it did say (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4).

so this means I should just look at the list null and void gave me and add the line it says there (then rinse and repeat). Or do I have some other error?

Yep, do that. Don''t forget to make sure the line you''ll be adding is for woody. Null and Void gave you a list of package repositories for apt; and there it says if the repository is for woody, or sarge, or sid, etc. Get one for woody.

Of course you could also dist-upgrade for sid, instead of using woody. Maybe you should get some more info about this woody/sarge/sid (or Debian stable/testing/unstable) thing, to learn more about how Debian works.

Victor.

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-vic-

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January 01, 2004 12:36 PM

Forgot to say one thing:

You can also try Knoppix - which is Debian-based, but much easier to install/configure than Debian. It''s better for people new to GNU/Linux.

Victor.

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Fibonacci One

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January 01, 2004 02:31 PM

well, this is the version my school uses...so I'd like to get conformtable with it.

I went through and tried installing more then half of the stuff listed on the site null and void gave me, but none of them worked. Any other ideas? I wouldn't be completly against installing unstable or sid if you guys think it would fix the problem and wouldn't be that much different then woody.

Or, is there a way to check to make sure I did put xfree86 3.0? Maybe I just messed up somewhere.

[edited by - Fibonacci One on January 1, 2004 4:56:22 PM]

Fibonacci One

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January 01, 2004 06:48 PM

Ok, I'm going to reinstall what I have now (to get rid of anything I added without knowing) then I'll do a dist upgrade to sid. I'm installing by ftp so you guys have a bit of time to yell at me before I do the dist upgrade if you know of something that will go wrong.

[edited by - Fibonacci One on January 1, 2004 8:24:57 PM]

Fibonacci One

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January 02, 2004 01:45 AM

I put the sites:
deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable main contrib non-free
deb http://non-us.debian.org/ unstable/non-US main contrib non-free

into etc/apt/sources.list and commented everything else out. Then I used "apt-get update" followed by "apt-get dist-upgrade".
Everything ran fine except for one package that didn''t install (but I managed to install it afterwards).
But...it still doesn''t see the drivers. I''m thinking of just reinstalling the version I have and burning the drivers to a cd...but the ati website only has the drivers in .rpm format. How would I do this?

also, how do I run a .sh file?

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