Debian

How is 'pppd' launched while starting
Hi, everyone, I'm a user of DEBIAN 5.0. And I use adsl to connect to the Internet. I think pppd is the key program to connect. My ISP requires a MAC address which is different from my laptop. So, I think, I must change the MAC address (by using command "ip link set ethX address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX") before pppd laun... 30 Jul 2010 18:33

Power Play Of The Day (SLRW)
POWER PLAY OF THE DAY (S L R W ) S L R W traded 22Mil shares yesterday 7/29/10 and Investor Clueso has not and will not be compensated. We are b u ying shares and we plan to b u y more shares today. (SLRW) is a REAL company that just made several filings on the 28th. These filings appear to be intended t... 30 Jul 2010 17:27

How to get rid of this firewall error. [Solved]
Thanks for every ones help. I resolved all issues with errors from my firewall. Here is a summary 1) My DSL modem/router periodically pings my machine. If I accept then it queries more about www server, samba server etc. I do not like these requests as I do not know what the modem does with that info. The mo... 30 Jul 2010 15:12

[Slightly OT] Laptop battery draining in Lenny
I am curious how others on this list manage their laptop batteries while using Debian. From doing some research, there doesn't appear to be many (if any) software solutions for draining a laptop battery completely, before recharging. So what do people on this list do - just keep running Debian on battery power un... 30 Jul 2010 15:12

debug initrd
Hi, I compiled Lenny's backport linux-source-2.6.32 2.6.32-15~bpo50+1 but it does not boot: it says 'Loading files...' and sits there. So I want to debug the initrd. The man page of initramfs-tools says: debug generates lots of output. It writes a log to /tmp/initramfs.debug. Instead when invoked with an... 30 Jul 2010 15:12

Keyboard text - how get basic encoding? Not US-Intl? "%20" not space. Where change after install? KUbuntu ; jor Debian
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:39 -0300, "Eduardo M KALINOWSKI" <eduardo(a)kalinowski.com.br> said: On Qui, 29 Jul 2010, giovanni_re wrote: I can't recall now the options for "select the kbd style", but one i recall was like "US-Intl" (I don't recall if that was what i chose or not). Maybe there was also a... 30 Jul 2010 12:59

How can I emulate Debian for PowerPC on Intel processor?
Dear Team! I currently virtualize with vmware, Please how can I run Debian for PPC on Intel or How can I emulate Intel to support PPC OS Thanks in advance ... 31 Jul 2010 06:25

my (simple) sudoers doesn't work
Hello, I wish to halt|shutdown| sleep my machine as an unprivilegied user on the command-line or via the menu of a light window-manager. Here's my /etc/sudoers Defaults env_reset # User alias specification User_Alias STOP = gv # Cmnd alias specification Cmnd_Alia... 31 Jul 2010 06:25

Debian FS structure.
Good day. Yet, do You know a guide or something that explains the *Debian* FS structure: which dir. is for what. Having separated programs from data w/ diver partitions, I have put the following /home /pub /var on a single partition. All is working well, except I want to be as close to Debian standards ... 31 Jul 2010 21:37

Testing: Weekly Build - 7/26/2010
Greetings folks, I downloaded the above DVD (i386) and installed it to my HP / Compaq nx6325 laptop. Outstanding install!!! I installed with just the one DVD. I tried to bring up the Broadcom wireless but that didn't work (saw in dmesg that b43-phy drivers were not installed). Not to worry I thought to my... 30 Jul 2010 12:59