Debian

no sound on debian squeeze
G'day, I've recently upgraded to Debian Squeeze and the sound's stopped working. It did work on Debian Lenny. I'd appreciate some advice on what to do please. Thanks in advance, Alexander Kapshuk. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tr... 5 Dec 2009 19:33

Re^2: Finding the source for a NIC driver.
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:34:33 -0800, Tech Geek wrote, The source of your NIC driver should be in all kernel sources for each of the kernel that is installed on your system. Does that help? Yes. Thanks. pc:/usr/src# ll l*r -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345210880 2009-09-25 15:23 linux-source-2.6.30.tar pc:/usr/sr... 4 Dec 2009 21:49

how to check link under Linux
as we can do a check on e.g.: routerOS: interface ethernet monitor ether1                  status: link-ok        auto-negotiation: done                    rate: 100Mbps             full-duplex: yes   default-cable-setting: standard how could I check that is there a link under "Linux"? [to get info about the... 4 Dec 2009 16:16

Upgrading OO.o, right hand doesn't know what left hand is doing
Updating my testing system this morning, I noticed that OpenOffice was being upgraded, so I shut down my open spreadsheet. When configuring openoffice.org-writer2latex, aptitude complained "OpenOffice.org is running right now. This can cause problems with (de-)registration of components and extensions. You should... 4 Dec 2009 11:45

Migrating to Grub2 deletes kernel automagic updates and other settings
> What always bothers me with boot loaders is that they need a system to configure & manage them. Now, in a multi-boot system, the next question is which one? 100% agreement. As much as I hate Apple, they got some of the boot loader right. Grub2 should follow their lead: build up (most of) the grub.cfg at... 4 Dec 2009 15:08

how to silence speaker during reboot/halt
.... On Sun,09.Aug.09, 05:32:55, Long Wind wrote: I use sarge When I reboot/halt, the speaker beeps Is there any way to config speaker not to beep? Could it be that the sound card beeps when booting (at the BIOS level of booting)? (My motherboard's sound chip generates a low sound then... 3 Dec 2009 18:15

Installing debian on a multiple disk system (LVM)
Hi there, For the first time I am trying to install debian on a system with multiple disk. I was hoping that the debian installed would be kind enough with me to as to propose to group all those physical volume into a single LVM group. So that I could just do as usual and spli this LVM volume group. Could... 3 Dec 2009 17:07

Xorg epilepsy?
Hi all, Recently (in the past couple of weeks) my laptop with Debian squeeze installed starting getting epilepsy when I close the lid and open it again. By epilepsy I mean the screen flashes as everything redraws constantly and the mouse cursor jumps diagonally back and forth. Happens no matter which desktop sys... 5 Dec 2009 02:08

CONFIG_SYSFS_DEPRECATED
I was fixing a problem with my root login and Orbit/Gnome. One of the things that was recommended was to do apt-get upgrade && apt-get update Somehow in the process of doing that, there were some changes to the kernel. Now when I try to boot, I get the message "... update kernel or disable CONFIG_SYSFS_D... 5 Dec 2009 16:15

Migrating to Grub2 deletes kernel automagic updates and other settings
Howdie, fellow Debianites! I've just tried to install Grub2 to my spare Lenny installation. I am baffled (not to say disappointed) by the results: 1. -- kernel automagic configuration hasn't been copied over from the legacy menu.lst to the new grub.cfg 2. -- chainloader stanzas from the old menu.lst are like... 6 Dec 2009 09:31