Debian users

[xjimmyx]

I just installed debian on my box, and i was wondering, where do i go from there? i cant startx and i cant get my internet running. i have a geforce 2 mx card that failed during the test, and a dhcp server i tried pump -i eth0 but i got command not found, any suggestions? thanks so much =)

(i heard debian was awesome, and redhat was pissing me off...crashed 5 times in 2 hours. :( )

[teeitup]

When you installed it asked you if you wanted to use DHCP for configuration or do it manually.

which did you choose?

Pump resides @ /sbin/pump

You should have setup the CDROMs as sources for apt-get during the install process.

apt-get install pump

should install pump for you.

For your video you didn't specify if you installed 3.X or 4.X

try Xinstall.sh script for starters (4.2.0)

Your video card requires the NVIDIA drivers. Per the instructions you should have a working /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file before installing the NVIDIA drivers.
Debian offers the NVIDIA driver via apt-get.

I have the same card and had no problems with either configuration.

Good Luck,

[Okie]

if your Debian install will boot to a commandline, then log in as root, type in xf86config and answer all the following questions to configure xf86config...

if you configure X properly then startx will work...

i hope you have better luck with Debian than i did...

i prefer Slackware...

[Syngin]

Well, I can probably help out with the i-net connection.

What nic are you using? (ie. model)

did you set up a module for it at install? If not I can help out with getting it up.

[Strike]

Just a preferential note - pump sucks compared to dhcpcd :)

[Okie]

pump??? DHCP sucks too unless you have a dynamic address...

i have a static address and it is a no brainer to setup a static IP, subnet, gateway & nameserver...

[xjimmyx]

Thanks so much everyone :] (havent tried it yet though heh)

Im using a Netgear FA310TX nic on road runner(dhcp) i'll give it a whirl tommorow after work and school, any back-up ideas just incase or extra information(like can i just run dhcpd and it will automatically configure my connection or do i need some info from my current server? thx again.

sorry about the newbish like questions..but i've been stuck on redhat for far too long and i think its time i really experience a better distro(and debian just looks so good!)

[ 28 January 2002: Message edited by: xjimmyx ]

[Strike]

Originally posted by Okie:
<STRONG>pump??? DHCP sucks too unless you have a dynamic address...

i have a static address and it is a no brainer to setup a static IP, subnet, gateway & nameserver...</STRONG>
DHCP is a good way of making a nice transportable, transparent solution that scales really well. Static IPs are not.

[stiles]

why does pump suck compaired to dhcpcd? The default debain dhcp client is pump (at least in potato), and dhcpcd is deprecated in almost every distro known to man (it's a hacked bootpd based DHCP client from CMU). The one client I have seen recomended over the previously mentioned two is the dhcp client from www.isc.org (http://www.isc.org) .

[Strike]

yes, dhcpcd is old, but it has worked in every configuration I have ever tried it in (Linux and BSDs both) whereas pump has rarely worked - inexplicably. Like I said, just personal preference from personal experience.

[xjimmyx]

I think i'll try both ways tonight, dhcpd first and if that fails i'll go straight over to pump. i have both debian2.2r5 so i think both should be on there...

just another quick question, do i have to do apt-get to get things all the time? or can i download packages from the internet with the extension .deb and install them through dpkg -i package.deb?

and what do i type for NVIDIA drivers? and wouldn't i need to add them to my sources list or something? uhh im learning but its taking sometime :rolleyes: (still is fun though)

[ 29 January 2002: Message edited by: xjimmyx ]

[Strike]

Yes you can do manual installation with dpkg, but dpkg doesn't do dependency resolution.

The nvidia drivers can be installed from source and work just fine on my system (well, as well as the nvidia drivers work on any system).

[xjimmyx]

alright! i got my internet connection working, but no X.
im actually running lynx right now (lol)

i got my card up using pump i did:

# apt-get install pump
# modprobe tulip
# pump -i eth0
# ping aol.com

and it worked. :] now i need to get my video card working and i'll be happy.
im going to try downloading a newer version from xfree86.org and getting the latest drivers from nvidia.com

(sorry if this comes out wierd...again, im on lynx)

[godot]

I recommend upgrading to woody
#pico /etc/apt/sources.list
#apt-get upgrade

to configure x my favorite way is
#dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86

this works for a lot of packages and is a nice way to avoid editing their configs manually, unless you like that sort of thing. the debconf script for x in woody is great, intializes DRI and everything for me :)

as for your network, edit /etc/network/interfaces to contain this

auto eth0
#brings up eth0 on boot
iface eth0 inet dhcp
#tells it to initialize with dhcp

#man network
learn more :)

[ 29 January 2002: Message edited by: godot ]

[Strike]

You mean man 5 interfaces I believe :)

[godot]

Right as usual.