[CLUE-Tech] Debian: gpm not installing by default

[David J Jackson]

Zonker --
I just did a semi-standard/stable install, of Debian.
And I do seem to recall a problem with one versionof X and mice?
Debian reminds me the why Slack used to be a couple of years ago as far as
basic disk space use.
What whatever reason, it got a little "bloated" over the years, not as bad as
RedBloat :)
Of course if you want a really "Spartin" install give OpenBSD a fling !!! I
would agree that Susie
is the worst install, with all taht CD swapping.

Thanks for you comments,
David


jbrockmeier at earthlink.net wrote:

> David,
>
> > At the very least it needs to be a dependency for X install.
>
> Are you referring to GPM being a dependency for X, or
> for X to install by default with Debian?
>
> To install X via apt-get you should use "apt-get install xfree86-common"
> Unfortunately, if you're on the Stable distribution (and
> if you're not a Debian expert you should be) this seems
> to still be 3.3.6.
>
> > My solution was to use dpkg to install from the CD, as well as install my
> > vedeo drive (3D_Labs),
> > because debian didn't ask me what card I had?
>
> The Debian install doesn't assume that you're going to need
> or want X - unlike many of the other distros that put unnecessary
> X stuff on servers that will never use X.
>
> > And people B/M about Slack's install program !!
>
> Ah, Slack is easy - so is Debian, really. Want a challenge?
> Try installing SuSE/Mandrake/Red Hat on a box that has a
> unsupported (by their installer) dual-head video card. Even
> SuSE's text-based installer refused to work with my Matrox G450
> a few versions ago. To get it running, I'd have to open the
> box, put in a different video card and then install the OS and
> then put in the G450 and reconfigure. I've had several other
> problems with the so-called easy installers on various hardware
> configurations, where Slack and Debian have no problems
> whatsoever.
>
> I just installed Mandrake 8.2 on this box, and the final
> stage of the installer (downloading updates) got stuck
> in an endless loop so I had to kill the installer. I've
> never had such a problem with Debian or Slack. The wizards
> and such are nice when they work properly, but all too often
> they don't deal well with special cases and end up failing.
>
> Take care,
>
> Zonker
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