[ILUG] X on Debian

[Peter McEvoy]

On Sat, Aug 28, 2004 at 07:22:59PM +0100, Frank Murphy wrote:
> At 18:49 28/08/2004, John Madden wrote:
> It appears there is some missing components.
> saw 1 or 2 404's
> 
> screen said.
> Try apt-get update or --fix-missing
> 
> apt-get update works,
> 
> apt-get --fix-missing is an invalid operation.
> 
> How do I change the apt mirror from the prompt?

apt-setup is a useful tool for doing this.

It's also worth noting that if you've hand edited /etc/X11/XF86Config-4
(to change whats necessary for the nvidia drivers for example), debconf
wont touch the file 'til you run md5sum against it, so dpkg-reconfigure
xserver-xfree86 wont do anything, as per the warning at the top of the
file.
I would also make sure you have discover, read-edid and mdetect
installed, as this then allows debconf to suggest suitable answers when
configuring, if you installed from sarge you should have these, but you
can check with dpkg -l.
If you want X to start on boot you need a display manager installed, I'm
happy with gdm.

Have a look at this wiki:
http://www.linuks.mine.nu/debian-faq-wiki/

Cheers
--
Pete