debian tasksel revisited

debian tasksel revisited

[Keith Barrett]

Hi,

Still having some problems with my debian install.

As I am new to this and am not sure which packages I need, I opted to 
install the files for a desktop computer.

Now I find that the system boots in to x windows.

So my questions are should I have avoided tasksel completely and used 
another way of getting what I need, when I need it?

Also, there did not seem to be much added to the info tool which I am 
finding useful to get to know the system so can I update this in some 
way?

Also, I do not seem to be able to find fetchmail on the system which 
I believe I will need for retrieving mail by pop3

So, do I need to start with another install or can I get rid of all 
this graphical stuff?

Also, I am not certain that a command line browser has been installed 
I would like to know which one is good for a beginner with speakup?

Thanks


Keith

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Keith Barrett
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Website www.barrettpianos.co.uk
Amateur radio callsign gw4nby
Corntown, South Wales

Re: debian tasksel revisited

[tyler]

Try getting the one for newbies. (if your a newbie to the thing) its the 
first menu item, if your using the speakup install.
Tyler Littlefield.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Barrett" <keith@barrettpianos.co.uk>
To: "speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup@braille.uwo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 3:19 PM
Subject: debian tasksel revisited


> Hi,
>
> Still having some problems with my debian install.
>
> As I am new to this and am not sure which packages I need, I opted to
> install the files for a desktop computer.
>
> Now I find that the system boots in to x windows.
>
> So my questions are should I have avoided tasksel completely and used
> another way of getting what I need, when I need it?
>
> Also, there did not seem to be much added to the info tool which I am
> finding useful to get to know the system so can I update this in some
> way?
>
> Also, I do not seem to be able to find fetchmail on the system which
> I believe I will need for retrieving mail by pop3
>
> So, do I need to start with another install or can I get rid of all
> this graphical stuff?
>
> Also, I am not certain that a command line browser has been installed
> I would like to know which one is good for a beginner with speakup?
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Keith
>
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>
> Keith Barrett
> email <keith@barrettpianos.co.uk>
> Website www.barrettpianos.co.uk
> Amateur radio callsign gw4nby
> Corntown, South Wales
>
>
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Re: debian tasksel revisited

[Lorenzo Taylor]

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Your best bet is to continue from where you are and run the following command as
root:

update-rc.d -f gdm remove

Then when you reboot, you will land at a text login prompt as expected.

HTH,
Lorenzo
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Re: debian tasksel revisited

[Keith Barrett]

Hi Lorenzo

Many thanks, that fixed it.

Do you have any idea of what gets installed when the desktop computer 
option is selected in tasksel?

I do not think there is a browser and the man and info pages are not 
very comprehensive.

Also, any hints for getting mail working I gues I need to get 
fetchmail from somewhere as I cannot find it on the system?

Thanks



On 29 Jan 2006 at 18:30, Lorenzo Taylor wrote:

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> Your best bet is to continue from where you are and run the 
following command as
> root:
> 
> update-rc.d -f gdm remove
> 
> Then when you reboot, you will land at a text login prompt as 
expected.
> 
> HTH,
> Lorenzo
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Keith

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Keith Barrett
email <keith@barrettpianos.co.uk>
Website www.barrettpianos.co.uk
Amateur radio callsign gw4nby
Corntown, South Wales