On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 05:42:12PM -0400, Howard Arons wrote:
> OK, I'll admit upfront that I'm new to Debian, but OTOH not to Linux. I
> installed 2.2 (compact kernel) without any *apparent* errors, but the
> resulting install proved to be less than useful in some odd ways. I'm
> too green at Debian to know a bug from a feature :-)
>
> I chose a "simple" install, and picked the tasks relevant to my usage.
> I use PPP dialup for my net connection, and do mostly e-mail, Net
> browsing and some c/c++ compiles. Mostly I'm in a console, but I do use
> X as well.
>
> The install left out gpm, which I would have thought would be a
> standard. Likewise lpr print spooling. After I installed lpr I
> discovered that the lp.o module wasn't installed with the compact
> kernel modules. And all the configuring failed to add /dev/lp0 to the
> /etc/printcap file.
Debian has a "less is more" policy. My advice is to do a *minimal*
installation, then add packages according to your needs. It's trivial
to add new software with "apt-get install foo".
> Of less importance (to me) was that although the VGA16 server is there,
> I don't recall being asked for any other; e.g., svga. So, no X is run
> by xdm.
You'll also have to configure X, XF86Setup is a good tool. I prefer
*not* using an X display manager -- additional overhead when you're not
using X for the added benefit of having something you don't need break
in mysterious ways. No thanks. Use 'startx' from the command line
instead. My own recipie:
$ startx -- :1 1>.startx.log 2>&1 && exit
...which launches X to display :1 (so that the idiot who types "startx"
actually gets a display), logs all output, and (if successful) exists
the console session.
> And finally (at last), where does all that "user" tweaking go that SuSE
> puts in /etc/rc.d/boot.local and halt.local? This is where, e.g.,
> custom environmental vars are set.
Probably /etc/init.d/bootmisc.sh.
> And where is the appropriate spot to disable daemons I don't
> need/want, like inetd and atd? Do I edit the /etc/init.d scripts?
If you don't want a daemon, uninstall it. Debian assumes if you
installed something, you want to run it. If you know what you're doing,
cripple the installation script itself.
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