apt-get questions pt 1. was Re: [H-GEN] newbie setting up Debian

[Mark Venz]

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On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Jonathon M. Abbott wrote:
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>
> > system details:
> > Debain Linux 2.2 - I think the kernal is woody.
>
> You can find what kernel you're running with `uname -r`.
uname -r -> 2.4.2

Had the kernal rebuilt to get the network up - another question will come of this.

>
> > X -version 4.0.3
>
> Hmm, how did you get 4.0.3 on a Debian 2.2 system?
>
I downloaded the XF86*.t* and install *.sh's from aarnet.
The urgency with this machine was to get X up to run a Soccer Server.
I tried with apt-get, but not know anything about it - I managed to only get some
of the required files - so I did it the hard way.

> Assuming you haven't done anything tricky like roll your own X, you should be able to find out what version is installed with
> dpkg -s xfree86-common | grep Version
Version: 3.3.6-11potato15

Since dpkg version and X don't match, is there a way I can update dpkg version?
Or doesn't it matter.

I did something this morning and it cleaned a lot of dirs out.
I think getting X stuff.

Thanks for all the help so far,

Mark

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		after every stupid alternative has failed.
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