[parisc-linux] How to install X on 715/50 -- problem with twm

[parisc-linux] How to install X on 715/50 -- problem with twm

[Greg Anderson]

Hi all,

I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I didn't find an answer anywhere in the archives.

I've just installed Debian 3.0 (woody) on my venerable HP 715/50.  The install went flawlessly and easily (great kudos to all involved in the hppa port!)

Now I'm envious of all you hppa Linux old-timers who are running Gnome, and I'm trying to load the X windows stuff.  I tried installing X Windows and Desktop System from tasksel, and I also tried installing X Windows "by hand" using apt-get.  Either way, the install will not complete, saying that twm cannot be installed.

When I try to install twm, I get:

# apt-get install twm
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.

Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
  twm: Depends: menu (> 1.5) but it is not installable
E: Sorry, broken packages


When I look around for the menu package, it's nowhere to be found.

What to do?  Do you all install XFree86 from its own distribution, bypassing the .deb files?

Any tips are most appreciated.

Thanks!
Greg


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Greg Anderson                                 greg@PlanetBeagle.com 

Re: [parisc-linux] How to install X on 715/50 -- problem with twm

[Richard Hirst]

On Thu, Jul 31, 2003 at 04:45:41PM -0700, Greg Anderson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm sure this is a FAQ, but I didn't find an answer anywhere in the archives.
> 
> I've just installed Debian 3.0 (woody) on my venerable HP 715/50.  The install went flawlessly and easily (great kudos to all involved in the hppa port!)
> 
> Now I'm envious of all you hppa Linux old-timers who are running Gnome, and I'm trying to load the X windows stuff.  I tried installing X Windows and Desktop System from tasksel, and I also tried installing X Windows "by hand" using apt-get.  Either way, the install will not complete, saying that twm cannot be installed.
> 
> When I try to install twm, I get:
> 
> # apt-get install twm
> Reading Package Lists... Done
> Building Dependency Tree... Done
> Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
> requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
> distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
> or been moved out of Incoming.
> 
> Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
> the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
> that package should be filed.
> The following information may help to resolve the situation:
> 
> Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
>   twm: Depends: menu (> 1.5) but it is not installable
> E: Sorry, broken packages
> 
> 
> When I look around for the menu package, it's nowhere to be found.
> 
> What to do?  Do you all install XFree86 from its own distribution, bypassing the .deb files?

Well, it's twm that has the problem, not XFree86.  Maybe we don't use
twm.  Looks like menu is indeed not in woody, but is in sarge and sid;
iirc it is a c++ program that we used to have trouble building.

Richard

Re: [parisc-linux] How to install X on 715/50 -- problem with twm

[Grant Grundler]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 10:05:33AM +0100, Richard Hirst wrote:
> Well, it's twm that has the problem, not XFree86.  Maybe we don't use
> twm.

that's right. I use fvwm2 instead. A bit harder to configure but all
my parisc boxes have enough mem to handle workspaces.

> Looks like menu is indeed not in woody, but is in sarge and sid;
> iirc it is a c++ program that we used to have trouble building.

correct. For parisc, my preference is to run "sarge" since so much
stuff has been fixed since woody released.

hth,
grant

Re: [parisc-linux] How to install X on 715/50 -- problem with twm

[Grant Grundler]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 10:22:46AM -0700, Greg Anderson wrote:
> At 09:22 AM 8/1/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> >correct. For parisc, my preference is to run "sarge" since so much
> >stuff has been fixed since woody released.
> 
> Thanks for the reply.  Now can you tell me how to obtain "sarge."
> Geez, I really *am* a n00bie! ;-)

edit /etc/apt/sources.list and substitute "sarge" for "stable".

then
	apt-get update
	apt-get dist-upgrade

You might to learn how to run dselect and run that as well.
it seems to do a better job with dependencies.

grant

Re: [parisc-linux] How to install X on 715/50 -- problem with twm

[Thibaut VARENE]

On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 17:44:07 -0600
Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 10:22:46AM -0700, Greg Anderson wrote:
> > At 09:22 AM 8/1/2003 -0600, you wrote:
> > >correct. For parisc, my preference is to run "sarge" since so much
> > >stuff has been fixed since woody released.
> > 
> > Thanks for the reply.  Now can you tell me how to obtain "sarge."
> > Geez, I really *am* a n00bie! ;-)
> 
> edit /etc/apt/sources.list and substitute "sarge" for "stable".
> 
> then
> 	apt-get update
> 	apt-get dist-upgrade
> 
> You might to learn how to run dselect and run that as well.
> it seems to do a better job with dependencies.
> 

Hmm, if Greg wants to go from stable to sarge, he wants to substitute
"stable" for "sarge", or am I wrong ? :)

HTH,

Thibaut VARENE
The PA/Linux ESIEE Team
http://pateam.esiee.fr/