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connecting to WPA wireless network with ipw2100
Hello all! I just aquired an IBM Thinkpad X31 laptop and have to work out the wireless (amongst other things). The firmware (firmware-ipw2x00) and drivers are installed and working (I think). dojo:~# lspci | grep -i wireless 02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapte... 1 Apr 2010 15:45

Linux-image testing
Can anyone tell me the difference between the trunk version & the other version. I installed the trunk version & it seems to be running well but the last update tried to install the other version in testing. Why? & it does not install, craps out with a lot of errors.?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user... 31 Mar 2010 17:42

lenny/volatile KEYEXPIRED 1269969909
Hi, Is anyone else geting these when aptitude updating: Fetched 44.6kB in 2min0s (369B/s) Reading package lists... Done W: GPG error: http://ftp.uk.debian.org lenny/volatile Release: The following signatures were invalid: KEYEXPIRED 1269969909 KEYEXPIRED 1269969909 KEYEXPIRED 1269969909 W: You may want to ... 31 Mar 2010 17:42

`Print selection' unimplemented in Iceweasel?
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Why does the `Print selection' option look unimplemented in Iceweasel? I always found this option really interesting. If I want to print a part of a web page, I am obliged to copy the part I want to print into OOwriter, and then print it. Thanks. - -- ... 6 Apr 2010 18:43

Can't change brightness on Dell Studio 1749
Hello folks, I installed Debian Squeeze on Dell Studio 1749 and I can't change the brightness when the OS is up (Fn + F4 - F5 doesn't work). It works when the BIOS screen is open, before booting into Debian. xbacklight gives the following output: ustun(a)Earth:~$ xbacklight -get No outputs have backlight proper... 1 Apr 2010 05:44

Re (2): Grub vs. linux-image-2.6.32 conundrum
From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson(a)cox.net> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 19:23:19 -0500 compile your own kernel from the Debian source package, statically linking the modules that you need at boot time. That way, you don't need an initramfs. OK, thanks. Depending on time available and when X is working again... 30 Mar 2010 22:57

what populates /proc/acpi/fan?
On a Dell Precision T7400 machine running Debian Lenny (stable) with 2.6.26-2-amd64 kernel, I find that /proc/acpi/fan directory is empty. Is there any package to install, module to load to populate this directory? The actual problem is like this: Initially when the machine is rebooted it is very quiet. Then ... 31 Mar 2010 05:27

Installing Video Drivers Manually
For Debian users is there a suggested and correct method for installing nVidia drivers on their desktop systems? I was told by other distributions I should only use their respected package manager to use the nvidia drivers listed in their repository and avoid using the binary I downloaded from nVidia's site because... 3 Apr 2010 14:50

squeeze - dvd drive not seen
Hi, I did a fraich install of squeeze. All OK "except" two things: The dvd drive is not seen. Fstab seems OK: /dev/hdb /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 Inserting a cd in it then dmesg does not show anything. K3b says there isn' t a optical drive, kinfocenter does not show it either. Note t... 30 Mar 2010 14:59

makedbm man page incorrect
The man page for makedbm has an error in it: *" makedbm* takes the inputfile and converts it to a ypserv database file. In the moment, GDBM is used as database. Each line of the input file is converted to a single record. All characters up to the first TAB or SPACE are the key, and the rest of the line is the ... 30 Mar 2010 03:57