Setup

Install Linux to Netbook that will ONLY boot from hard disk?
I run an iMac and, within that, OS/2 (as you can see from my headers). I just bought a Samsung N150 netbook with the idea of installing Linux on it. This computer has no CD drive and will not boot from a USB source. I have been into the BIOS set-up and it will ONLY boot from the hard drive. I've tried G... 17 Mar 2010 19:58

Upgraded my old Debian box to Kernel 2.6.32, but missing sensors datas and can't compile the latest stable NVIDIA driver.
On 3/5/2010 7:57 AM PT, Anton Ertl typed: I just rebooted my old Debian box to start using its new Kernel 2.6.32 from 2.6.30, but I noticed two broken issues so far: 1. Sensors no longer show other kinds of information/data like voltages: In my experience lm-sensors stuff usually breaks wh... 7 Mar 2010 22:52

Upgraded my old Debian box to Kernel 2.6.32, but missing sensors datas and can't compile the latest stable NVIDIA driver.
Ant <ant(a)zimage.comANT> writes: Hello. I just rebooted my old Debian box to start using its new Kernel 2.6.32 from 2.6.30, but I noticed two broken issues so far: 1. Sensors no longer show other kinds of information/data like voltages: In my experience lm-sensors stuff usually breaks when switching to... 5 Mar 2010 11:39

Debian/Gentoo Start Up Problem
Hey all. I'm new to Linux. I wanted to try different kind of Linux and see what are advantages, disadvantages. I installed and got Ubuntu running without problem but Debian and Gentoo are giving me hard times. For Debian when I boot from CD it goes to black screen with underscore on screen and that is it; it do... 7 Mar 2010 11:48

"Unable to migrate to dependency-based boot system..."
Hello. I just ran apt-get update and apt-get upgrade on my very old Debian box (from 9/24/2004; Kernel v2.6.30-2-686 #1 SMP Fri Dec 4 00:53:20 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux) and ran into this: # apt-get upgrade Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The followin... 2 Mar 2010 11:13

Weird ubuntu audio/sound problem
Greetings all: I would like to seek assistance with a weird problem I have encounter. I have just installed Ubunto 9.10. Initially, my problem was that sound ONLY played thru the earphones...but when unplugged no sound played via speakers. I did not immediately look into the problems. I've installed man... 1 Mar 2010 16:26

How do I make resize my /'s /boot partition for more free disk space?
At Fri, 26 Feb 2010 04:41:59 -0800 (PST) Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Feb 26, 5:50=A0am, david <n...(a)nospam.com> wrote: On Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:50:04 -0800, Ant rearranged some electrons to say: Hello. My very old Debian/Linux workstation/desktop box (fir... 26 Feb 2010 08:31

Where is Bluetooth installation coming from and how can I removeit from my old Debian box? (chkconfig)
On 2/25/2010 11:10 PM PT, Matt Giwer typed: Try simply chkconfig for bluetooth and then as root turn it off. Neat command after installing chkconfig package. I saw a lot of stuff that were on: # chkconfig acpid on alsa-utils on and on apache2 ... 26 Feb 2010 04:09

How do I make resize my /'s /boot partition for more free diskspace?
Ant wrote: Hello. My very old Debian/Linux workstation/desktop box (first installed it on 9/24/2004 and kept it updated daily and only had one reinstall (accidently ran fsck without unmounting a few years ago) -- still amazing that it runs today) is unable to install the latest Kernel (v2.6.32... 27 Feb 2010 16:34

How do I make resize my /'s /boot partition for more free disk space?
Hello. My very old Debian/Linux workstation/desktop box (first installed it on 9/24/2004 and kept it updated daily and only had one reinstall (accidently ran fsck without unmounting a few years ago) -- still amazing that it runs today) is unable to install the latest Kernel (v2.6.32) Debian package due to fr... 3 Mar 2010 11:47