Debian

driver for Lite-on iHAS324-98 DVD writer
Does anyone know where I can find a linux driver for the Lite-on iHAS324-98 DVD writer? I'm trying to install Debian on a brand-new, assembled-from-parts workstation, and I'm getting a complaint about this. Interestingly, the DVD reader is recognized well enough to boot from the Debian DVD I inserted into the dri... 31 May 2010 16:23

autoexpect?
Dear All I have received a new debian server that does contain 'expect' but it does not contain 'autoexpect' . Is there any way to add 'autoexect' to it? Thank you ... 31 May 2010 04:22

How do I fsck an XFS file system in "Squeeze"
Stan Hoeppner wrote: lrhorer put forth on 5/20/2010 6:09 PM: OK, I'm stumped. I was having some problems which were likely related to the old kernel in Debian "Lenny", so I upgraded to "Squeeze" in order to alleviate the issue, which it apparently has. Now, however, I ... 31 May 2010 03:18

Automatic partial archive mirroring
I have a few debian unstable boxes that I like to keep up-to-date. Currently, I run apt-cacher-ng (a proxy for apt-get which stores packages so they don't need to be downloaded again) on my gateway box (lenny 32-bit), so I don't double download from my couple of other boxes (sid 64-bit). This works well enough, b... 31 May 2010 14:10

problem running kernel compiled on different machine
I am testing a patch for the Debian kernel (regarding the firewire bug I reported earlier in this list). I have been sent the patch and I followed the Debian way of compiling the kernel after patching the source. The kernel was compiled (and the deb created) on an AMD64 bit machine which is running a 32 bit ker... 31 May 2010 11:57

Force reinstall of /etc files without purge/install cycle?
I can't find an option within aptitude to force a reinstall of /etc files. I know that aptitude will not overwrite them by default, but isn't there a way to force a package's conf files back to a pristine state? The purge/install cycle isn't always an option, since in many cases it will want to uninstall all of ... 31 May 2010 03:18

Booting from an SD card?
My wife has an early eeepc with a 4GB SSD running Xandros. She would like to change the OS so that she can install other software easily. I have a newer eeepc with a 160GB HD that came with the OS that must not be named and now also has Eeebuntu 3.0. I wanted to install Debian on my eeepc. On mine, I installed ... 3 Jun 2010 11:08

Squeeze and mobile broadband...
On Sun, 2010-05-30 at 23:27 +0530, arshad wrote: i want to know whether, mobile broad band works out of the box in squeeze? have things changed from then?? I am using a Qualcomm MSM6275 UMTS PCMCIA card, in Lenny i had to use the tools from betavine, now in squeeze it's working out of the box with networkman... 31 May 2010 02:14

Squeeze and mobile broadbad...
hi, this is my first question here, i want to know whether, mobile broad band works out of the box in squeeze? i use huawei ce0862 dongle to connect. it didn't work for me in lenny (in fact i didn't find a way to initiate a mobile broadband connection at the first place). have things changed from then?? w... 30 May 2010 18:41

Squeeze and mobile broadband
hi, this is my first question here, i want to know whether, mobile broad band works out of the box in squeeze? i use huawei ce0862 dongle to connect. it didn't work for me in lenny (in fact i didn't find a way to initiate a mobile broadband connection at the first place). have things changed from then?? w... 31 May 2010 04:22