Re: Gnome and XFree86

[Michel <mi...@da...>]

On Sam, 2002-02-02 at 14:41, Richard Sweeney wrote:
> After I managed to lose everything I've had to reinstall from scratch so =
I've managed
> to do a dist-upgrade from the main distribution as well as issuing
>=20
> apt-get install task-x-window-system-core task-x-window-system task-gnome=
-desktop
>=20
> This all worked fine. Now to get XFree 4.x I changed to testing and issue=
d
>=20
> apt-get install xserver-xfree86
>=20
> For some reason it wants to remove my gnome desktop and I can't seem to b=
e able to
> install the version from testing, too many unsatisfied dependencies. Am I=
 going
> about this all wrong?

What happens if you try a dist-upgrade instead? Or you could install
woody right away.

> Also could someone tell me where I can find a faster mirror for downloadi=
ng?
> ftp.de.debian.org is painfully slow, and that's the fastest one I could f=
ind of the
> ftp.xx.debian.org mirrors.

Have you browsed the list of mirrors on the Debian site?


PS: These questions are about Debian, not Linux/APUS. It's better for
you and everyone else if you ask them on the relevant mailing lists.

--=20
Earthling Michel D=E4nzer (MrCooper)/ Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc) developer
XFree86 and DRI project member   /  CS student, Free Software enthusiast