Forum: Debian Linux

I have been a slackware guy for a while now but was thinking about playing with Debian. Are there any pros and cons to switching to Debian and...

Hi, I recently switched form mdk 10 to debian sarge ( just wanted to have a look at it mdk's fine) I found out some weird behaviour using chmod :...

Hi folks, I ran sarge-i386-netinst to install Debian. Because only dynamic IP allocated on broadband connection, I left the IP address empty...

Since I installed Knoppix 3.6, I can't figure out how to boot to a text login, and thereby login as a user other than knoppix. I've managed to...

:oops: Another newbee finger problem, i forgot the root password for my debian install. (LILO 22.5.7.2 :cry: Debian GNU/MORPHEUS) how can i...

I am having difficulty getting sound to work. I have the Dell OEM SB Live!, so module snd-emu10k1x! Here are the steps I have taken thus far to get...

Hi while installing Debian 3.0r2(woody) I've run into some difficulties. 1.) I can't seem to get Debian to recognize my USB mouse, and I can't use...

I'm a newbie ! I've installed mdk10. I just wanna try to install Debian new version-- Sarge ! I just downloaded the first sarge-i386-1.iso . Any one...

Hello, i just installed Debian sarge with a 2.6 kernal, and im having some troubles configuring my video card and brodband internet connection. My...

Hey all, I'm relatively new to debian, but so far i love it. My wifi driver needs the ndiswrapper, so i used my normal ethernet port for...

i am using morphix, the lastest version. however, after installing it on my hardisk i found out that there are some packages that aren't relevant to...

Hi there, Ive been useing Debian for around a week now and having really good fun with it. I decided id like to install firefox so downloaded the...

Hi, This is related with Gnome 2.8 but as it's base is Debian , I'm posting it here in the Forum. I have system running debian based 'gnoppix'...

I have installed recently Debian 3.0 (stable version). I have also installed apache. I downloaded the sources and configure and make by the following...

env: debian (simpleMepis 2004 RC 3) kpackage tells me libgcrypt11 is installed with version 1.2.0-6 now i want to add libgcrypt11-dev but this...

I am trying to set up a vsftpd for virtual users as it is described in the doc...

Recently I installed Debian (Woody)with a bf-2.4.25.iso from an ftp server. Everything works fine. The I installed grub (0.9.5): apt-get install...

Hi..... a new problem has arise in the surface... I need to install the xserver-xfree86 3.x.x.x version which is located in my debian cd's The...

Sometimes it says that the device (which is /dev/dsp) is busy. I also noticed that only one application can have access to /dev/dsp at a time. What's...

I have attempted to install upgrades to my kde app but I keep on getting apt-get error messages that I can't correct with dpkg --configure -a or...