[parisc-linux] Question (fbdev, fbset, debconf)

[parisc-linux] Question (fbdev, fbset, debconf)

[Tobias Giesen]

Hello,

after a long search in the archives and elsewhere this is seems to be
the only remaining place to ask.

I have a fresh install of Debian 3.0 on my HP Visualize C200. Everything
went fine, except:

X server: no screens found.

So I tried to run fbset or debconf, but even though I said yes when
asked whether I wanted frame buffer support during the installation, and
even though the debconf package is installed, I do not have any fbset or
debonf executables on my hard disk.

There is also no /dev/fbdev.

So which is the command to configure my Linux? How do I get a
/dev/fbdev?

Cheers,
Tobias

[parisc-linux] So what about debconf?

[Tobias Giesen]

Hello,

the other problem is even more puzzling for me: 

how do I get back into the text mode UI in order to select and install
new packages? Somewhere in the archives it says "run debconf" but Debian
did not install any executable file with that name.

Please, give me a hint! Currently, I'm just guessing package names and
installing them using the apt-get command line ...

Thanks.

Tobias

Re: [parisc-linux] So what about debconf?

[Matt Taggart]

"Tobias Giesen" writes...

> Hello,
> 
> the other problem is even more puzzling for me: 
> 
> how do I get back into the text mode UI in order to select and install
> new packages? Somewhere in the archives it says "run debconf" but Debian
> did not install any executable file with that name.
> 
> Please, give me a hint! Currently, I'm just guessing package names and
> installing them using the apt-get command line ...

dpkg-reconfigure -plow foo

where foo is the package you want to reconfigure(-plow overrides the 
priority to low making sure it asks you all the questions). Read the man 
page for more details, in particular how to change the frontend(-ftype) and 
how to do all packages (--all).

To change your debconf preferences run

dpkg-reconfigure debconf

-- 
Matt Taggart
taggart@fc.hp.com

Re: [parisc-linux] So what about debconf?

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 12:45:53AM +0200, Tobias Giesen wrote:
> how do I get back into the text mode UI in order to select and install
> new packages?

dselect

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Re: [parisc-linux] So what about debconf?

[Matt Taggart]

Matthew Wilcox writes...

> On Sat, Aug 24, 2002 at 12:45:53AM +0200, Tobias Giesen wrote:
> > how do I get back into the text mode UI in order to select and install
> > new packages?
> 
> dselect

Oops, I answered the wrong question. I saw deconf and my brain turned off 
after that. It must be Friday...

Anyway now you know how to reconfigure packages that use debconf too :)

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Matt Taggart
taggart@fc.hp.com