Shawn wrote: > I'm working on trying to finish configuring my Debian system, but am unsure of which packages I need to install for the following: > > ntp - > I installed ntp-simple and ntp-doc, but ntpq didn't load. Is there something else I need to install? Do I need ntpdate? /usr/bin/ntpq is part of the 'ntp' pkg. A good tool I use for finding out what's available or what is part of what package is: http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#search_packages you can search my pkg name, description or filename. very handy. > X-windows > No idea at all on this. Chewie showed me something on how to do a test of packages or hardware for X, but I don't recall it. I didn't have the normal keyboard/mouse/monitor that I use at the installfest. If I were to bring them I'd have to also unplug all my systems from the KVM switch. dpkg-reconfigure -plow xserver-xfree86 this should launch you into a curses based program that asks you a bunch of questions and will generate a /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file for you, kinda like the old xf86config under slackware. > How do I see what packages are installed on my system? dpkg -l # lists pkgs installed dpkg -p <pkgname> # lists available packages dpkg -S /path/to/file # see what pkg contains '/path/to/file' you could also use dselect (curses based). I'm sure there are other ways too. I'm pretty new to Debian...but an old slack user. -- scot _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list