Re: [MLUG] run away fixit??

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Teresa and Arlyn wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am still playing with knoppix on hd install.  Is fine, printer driver
> won't install (surprise surprise) and in the course of trying to get newer
> cups etc (while I'm at it I'll install this and this and this syndrome) I
> 
> 1. lost my default urls for Kpackage manager, got some from oregon etc but
> does anybody have any handy for debian distros??
> 
> 2.In K package manager how long should fixit run???  It has been doing it's
> thing for a good 10 minutes now, run away or does it have alot to fix/?
> 
> 3.  I keep getting this message "you must run dpkg --configure -a" when I
> try to run apt-get or dselect, I do the -a thing and it stalls, goes to a
> and sits there??
> 
> 4. Despite all this I still like the HD knoppix install, I have network, I
> can "see" my other computer, programs open and close.
> 
> 5.  If I order a couple cds from cheap bytes, what should they be in the way
> of slackware and debian or are there good books with those included? I have
> a discount deal from online book store.

I probably wouldn't even bother with Kpackage. It's unlikely to work 
until you repair the package system.

Just to state the obvious.. Knoppix installed to a hdd doesn't work to 
well. I had to do a lot of manual repair work to get apt-get working 
decently. Make sure you properly run update on it and keep working your 
way through the errors.

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