Debian

install fails
When trying to install "sarge" in either expert or expert26 mode I get the following at the prompt: loading /install/vmlinuz loading /install/initrd.gz Ready. and then the computer locks up. It's a Gateway ALR8300, with one SCSI drive off an on-board AIC 7890 interface. If I install the woody dist using... 16 Feb 2005 09:49

Network problem
Hi, I am having problems to get my network/internet connection to work as it should. I have D-link DWL-AG520 wireless card and I'm using it to connect to my Apple AirPort Express Base Station which is connected to my internet connection. I have iBook that is connected to the same AirPort and it success to co... 15 Feb 2005 11:38

Hand on lilo install
When doing an apt-get install lilo the install hangs on the following: Running lilo... Reference: disk "/dev/hdb" (3,64) 0340 LILO wants to assign a new Volume ID to this disk drive. However, changing the Volume ID of a Windows NT, 2000, or XP boot disk is a fatal Windows error. This caution does n... 15 Feb 2005 17:36

cloning hard disk
Hello, I would like to clone my Debian Woody system onto a second larger hard disk. It seems to me that it would just be a matter of cleaning off the second disk, partioning using fdisk, and then running: dd if=/dev/hdc of=/dev/hda where hdc is the drive from which I am copying my current system, and hda i... 18 Feb 2005 20:21

Compiling Sigmatel USB/IRDA software
As mentioned in a previous message, I've purchased a Sigmatel-based USB/IR dongle. Since Deys Electronics doesn't offer phone or web-based tech support and I hate e-mail tech support, I've been incredibly frustrated trying to use it. Finally, at the Sigmatel site, I found the chipset drivers for Linux (which ar... 14 Feb 2005 20:53

Printer Setup Using CUPS-KDE
I need help to determine why I can't set up an Epson Stylus CX6400 using either KDE Print Manager or the command line using lpadmin. Here are my problems: When I call up the KDE Print manager, after trying to initialize, this message pops up: Error-KDE Control Module Unable to retrieve the printer li... 17 Feb 2005 11:03

mysqladmin: unable to change password
Hello! mysqladmin version mysqladmin Ver 8.23 Distrib 3.23.49, for pc-linux-gnu on i686 Server version 3.23.49-log I can't change nor the root password, nor the anonymous password for mysql. sudo safe_mysqld --skip-grant-tables & sudo mysqladmin -u root password "newpwd" mysqladmin: unabl... 14 Feb 2005 20:53

smbmount and smbclient in sarge
I don't understand this. I can't mount smb shares :-( $ smbclient -p 139 //RINCEWIND//box/ Password: Domain=[RELCOM] OS=[Unix] Server=[Samba 3.0.4-SUSE] smb: \> ex serge(a)serge serge $ sudo mount -t smbfs -o user=serge,port=139 //RINCEWIND//box/ /mnt/rincewind/ Password: 7936: tree connect failed: ERRDOS -... 14 Feb 2005 20:53

pptp vpn issue
I am having a very strange issue with pptpd combined with mppe. My original setup was this.. remote system ---> internet -----> Debian sarge router---------> Debian unstable box with VPN I used iptables to forward the VPN to the unstable box. This has been working fine. However recently I decided to move the vp... 24 Feb 2005 10:28

Acoustic management with SATA?
Hello everyone! Is there a way to enable acoustic management on a SATA harddisk in debian? Yesterday I moved my desktop to a new system - including a Seagate SATA disk. The DOS tool that Seagate offers to set up AM does not recognize the SATA controller nor any disks. I also tried hdparm with which I co... 14 Feb 2005 20:53