tuning the machine after a knoppix install... keyboard in X, sources.list and using

From: Joris Huizer (jorishuizer_at_planet.nl)
Date: 11/29/03

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    Because I wanted to upgrade the machine , to the latest woody , at
    first, I had to downgrade because I was using bunk packages .

    So I did, and it told me it needed to remove a lot of packages , which
    seemed fine ; Unfortunately, aptget also took away coreutils (which is
    not in woody) and nothing worked anymore; still, aptget couldnt fix
    anything because it had the wrong version of libc6

    Then, I decided to do a full backup, using the knoppix cd everything
    went fine, and then I did a simple debian installation;
    After an hour or so, I tried to make it use the nvidia packages , but it
    seems they ve been removed for some reason, or the hole lot of servers
    storing those is down... anyway, I want graphics, so I did an knoppix
    harddisc install.

    Now, its STILL a mess! in X, the keyboard seems to have some kind of
    german setup I ve never seen before (and which wasnt there at all when
    booting with knoppix), the sources.list is one big mess of illegal lines
    or something , it gives an hole lot of errors, and the kdm login program
    sucks

    Can anybody help ? When will all servers be up again, will nvidia
    packages be online soon again ?
    Or is there a way to get this knoppix installation tuned correctly ? the
    base config program just jumped into the aptget mess of knoppix,
    replaced a printer, and exited

    I hope youll be able to help, sorry for the bad shape of the email

    Joris 

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