First steps after installation. So you have managed to get past the first `native-install` runs in single-user mode? Time to get to work. [[toc ]] ### Get Networking Running [[Network]]. Check if your NIC was detected by GNU Mach: # devprobe eth0 `devprobe` (run as user *root*) will print `eth0` on successful detection. If it doesn't, your NIC was not detected correctly. You can then try to do the following (also as user *root*) for getting details: # cat /dev/klog > ~/klog [Wait a second, then press `Ctrl-C'.] Now examine the `~/klog` file. If the NIC was detected: # settrans -fgap /servers/socket/2 /hurd/pfinet -i eth0 -a 192.168.1.3 -g 192.168.1.1 -m 255.255.255.0 # Setup GRUB You surely want grub to have a nice menu entry able to boot GNU, instead of typing a boring arcane. There are Debian-specific scripts that may help you. See the [[GrubNotes]] for this. # Setup `apt-get` Sometimes getting `apt-get` to work is not straightforward. Good mirrors to put in `/etc/apt/sources.list` are (as of Jan 2007): deb http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian unstable main contrib deb-src http://mirrors.kernel.org/debian unstable main contrib deb http://ftp.gnuab.org/debian unreleased main deb-src http://ftp.gnuab.org/debian unreleased main `apt-get` update a couple of times if some file fails to download. If when doing your first `apt-get`, `dpkg` complains of missing programs, [try to cheat it this way](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/1999/05/msg00187.html): # ln -s /sbin/ldconfig /bin/ldconfig # ln -s /bin/true /bin/update-rc.d # ln -s /bin/true /bin/start-stop-daemon # ln -s /bin/true /bin/install-info # ln -s /bin/true /bin/update-alternatives Installing packages without having a network connection is described [[Distrib/DebianAptOffline]]. # [[translator/Random]] You often need `scp` and `ssh`. Sadly the Debian GNU/Hurd does not yet come with any default random translator package installed. See [[translator/random]] for details, the following is just a quick recap. cd && mkdir tmp && cd tmp wget http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/random-64.tar.gz tar xvfz random-64.tar.gz cp random /hurd/ settrans -c /dev/random /hurd/random \ --seed-file /var/run/random-seed --secure settrans -c /dev/urandom /hurd/random \ --seed-file /var/run/urandom-seed --fast chmod 0644 /dev/random /dev/urandom apt-get install ssh # [[Console]] The latest Hurd package in Debian, plus the `native-install` script, creates all necessary device nodes and other magic. You just need to edit `/etc/default/hurd-console` to tune the parameters and tell it to start at bootup. You can also call the Hurd console manually with the proper arguments: console -d vga -d pc_kbd --repeat=kbd -d pc_mouse --repeat=mouse \ -d generic_speaker -c /dev/vcs cd /dev ln -s cons/kbd . ln -s cons/mouse . # [[Hurd/DebianXorg]] You first must have setup the virtual console. See above. Assuming you've installed WindowMaker and have tried running `startx` already: [/etc/X11/XF86Config-4] Section "Module" # Load "dri" # Load "speedo" . . . EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Protocol" "osmouse" EndSection Make sure not to have the `Emulate3Buttons` and `ZAxisMapping` settings set, as they lead to problems with e.g. dragging windows around. [/etc/profile] LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/X11R6/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH # What about package XYZ? See if you can find a useful tip in [[package_troubleshooting]].