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05-21-2012, 06:57 AM
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Registered: Jan 2012
Location: London, England, UK
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DECnet?
I have a base install of Debian onto which I am running:
aptitude install gnome-core
During the install I get a question:
Do you want to configure your system as a DECnet node now or later?
I select leave config as is.
Why am I getting this question, what is DECnet and why is it being installed?
Thanks,
Nick
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05-21-2012, 07:10 AM
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Last edited by schneidz; 05-21-2012 at 07:13 AM.
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05-21-2012, 08:24 AM
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Originally Posted by schneidz
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Well yes I had read that but the question is why is gnome-core under Debian installing this in the first place. I have never noticed this getting installed before on other Debian installs so why has it now started to install this?
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05-21-2012, 08:26 AM
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^ not sure... i know with the fedora install it asks what types of servers/ services you would want to install. i think it is pretty safe to skip.
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05-21-2012, 03:34 PM
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Do you have a DECnet card in the server? Is this an Alpha system?
Last edited by jefro; 05-21-2012 at 03:35 PM.
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05-21-2012, 06:43 PM
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I had that DECnet question pop up on me while installing ncmcpp music player once - just chose to leave as is and there was no problem.
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05-21-2012, 09:01 PM
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In any case I think we can all agree you are unlikely to need it.
We still use it.
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05-22-2012, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by jefro
Do you have a DECnet card in the server? Is this an Alpha system?
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Not an Alpha system, just a standard PC. I was just about to say no DECnet card but then realised that it has a DLink network card in it and I can recall that some of these used to install under NT4 using a DEC 21048? or something driver. I wonder if this NIC has a DEC chip on it which is causing the DECnet component to be installed.
Nick
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05-22-2012, 05:58 PM
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Odd but just the way things go. Might be the installer goofed and saw the chip and made a guess.
As above, just ignore it or bypass it.
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05-22-2012, 06:34 PM
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Location: UK
Distribution: Debian Sid AMD64, Raspbian Wheezy, various VMs
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I've had that message pop up too but never thought to look into why. I don't recall the exact package I was installing or upgrading but I know it was Gnome related.
Edit: seems there's libdnet installed due to libroar2 being dependant on it, so that just leads to more questions.
Last edited by 273; 05-22-2012 at 06:41 PM.
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