Re: debian lenny installation issues

2010-10-04 Thread vishnu vardhan
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:13 PM, Camaleón wrote: > On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:31:46 +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: > > > almost six months ago, i have installed debian lenny on my machine. at > > the time of installation i have faced three issues : > > > > issue 1 : after configuration of dhcp server,

Re: debian lenny installation issues

2010-09-30 Thread Dan Serban
On 09/29/10 23:43, Camaleón wrote: On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:31:46 +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: almost six months ago, i have installed debian lenny on my machine. at the time of installation i have faced three issues : issue 1 : after configuration of dhcp server, it will ask for domain name

Re: debian lenny installation issues

2010-09-29 Thread Camaleón
On Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:31:46 +0530, vishnu vardhan wrote: > almost six months ago, i have installed debian lenny on my machine. at > the time of installation i have faced three issues : > > issue 1 : after configuration of dhcp server, it will ask for domain > name. is this normal ? AFAIK, yes.

debian lenny installation issues

2010-09-29 Thread vishnu vardhan
almost six months ago, i have installed debian lenny on my machine. at the time of installation i have faced three issues : issue 1 : after configuration of dhcp server, it will ask for domain name. is this normal ? issue 2 : during clock setup, it tries to connect to network time server, how can

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-26 Thread Mark
>On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > >I missed the beginning of this thread, so I'm not sure what the aptitude >solution is. I see that there's a firmware-ipw2x00 package in >debian-backports. If you haven't already tried that, you might want to >give it a shot. Hi all, My apol

Re: Lenny installation

2010-01-24 Thread Stephen Powell
On 2010-01-24 at 16:52:51 -0500, John Williams wrote: > Stephen, thanks for your prompt reply. There was no problem installing > the base OS from the net install .iso When the installer found I had no > internet access it allowed me to continue to install the basic bit. It > works well, even has

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-20 Thread Mark
>On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Rob Owens wrote: > > > >I missed the beginning of this thread, so I'm not sure what the aptitude > >solution is. I see that there's a firmware-ipw2x00 package in > >debian-backports. If you haven't already tried that, you might want to > >give it a shot. > Hi

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-20 Thread Rob Owens
On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 07:03:38AM -0800, Mark wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Mark wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Arthur Machlas > > wrote: > > > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Mark wrote: > >> > >>> Oh, and if I boot to an Ubuntu Live 9.10 CD it conne

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-20 Thread Mark
>On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Mark wrote: > > >I did a fresh install of Lenny and still the same problem persists. All > wireless networks are recognized, and after being prompted for my wpa key, > network manager just shows 2 gray dots (neither one >turns green) and after > about 30 seconds

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-20 Thread Mark
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Mark wrote: > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Arthur Machlas > wrote: > >> >> >> On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Mark wrote: >> >>> Oh, and if I boot to an Ubuntu Live 9.10 CD it connects no problem. What >>> the what?? >>> >> >> Hi, me again. You know, the

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Mark
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 9:54 PM, Arthur Machlas wrote: > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Mark wrote: > >> Oh, and if I boot to an Ubuntu Live 9.10 CD it connects no problem. What >> the what?? >> > > Hi, me again. You know, the guy who said it wasn't worth the trouble. That > it's better t

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 10:44 PM, Mark wrote: > Oh, and if I boot to an Ubuntu Live 9.10 CD it connects no problem. What > the what?? > Hi, me again. You know, the guy who said it wasn't worth the trouble. That it's better to use aptitude after the fact. Yeah... hey. Good news is I eventually

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Mark
Oh, and if I boot to an Ubuntu Live 9.10 CD it connects no problem. What the what??

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Mark
Well, I got the .fw file to load and the wireless device appears loaded but cannot connect to my WPA personal wireless network. I am running another Lenny laptop that connects fine, almost identical hardware except it has a Broadcom wireless NIC. All wireless networks are sniffed by the device, w

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Mark
>On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Marcelo Chiapparini < marcelo.chia...@gmail.com> wrote: > >Hi Mark, > >In fact, I have the same problem as you in the past. And I received help > from this list: > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/01/msg02130.html > > > >read this message, because it has

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2010-01-19 Thread Marco Vaschetto
--- Begin Message --- Andrei Popescu ha scritto: On Tue,19.Jan.10, 11:00:33, Mark wrote: Hello, I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a Dell Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just not the firmware). According to this page ht

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
Hi Mark, In fact, I have the same problem as you in the past. And I received help from this list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/01/msg02130.html read this message, because it has important information about the installing of the firmware. It worked like a charm for me. regards Marcel

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Tue,19.Jan.10, 11:00:33, Mark wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a Dell > Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just not > the firmware). According to this page http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 (note > bold text

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Marcelo Chiapparini
2010/1/19 Mark > Hello, > > I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a > Dell Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just > not the firmware). According to this page > http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200(note bold text by Steve McIntyre) the D

[SOLEVD] Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Mark
>On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Marco Vaschetto < m.vasche...@snservice.net> wrote: >do you have try to unpack the tar ball? you download? [snip] Thanks for the reply; I have looked at the .tar file and here are the contents; all .deb files. >On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:11 AM, Arthur Machlas

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Arthur Machlas
On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Mark wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a > Dell Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just > not the firmware). According to this page > http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200(note bold

Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Marco Vaschetto
ke to get it installed at that time. Thanks in advance for any ideas. Mark do you have try to unpack the tar ball? you download? if you don't have any machine whit Linux you can use 7zip on windows for unpack the package *.tar.gz if not finish the Lenny installation giust "a

Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation

2010-01-19 Thread Mark
Hello, I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a Dell Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just not the firmware). According to this page http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 (note bold text by Steve McIntyre) the Debian installer should be ab

Re: Lenny installation from hdd partition

2010-01-11 Thread Mark
>On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 3:30 PM, Mark wrote: >I have a couple old machines (i386) that I would like to be able to install Debian on from an hdd partition on the same physical hdd that the Lenny installation will reside on (on a different partition), so I can >avoid purchasing new

Lenny installation from hdd partition

2010-01-11 Thread Mark
I have a couple old machines (i386) that I would like to be able to install Debian on from an hdd partition on the same physical hdd that the Lenny installation will reside on (on a different partition), so I can avoid purchasing new CD or DVD drives (the ones in the machines don't work an

Re: Weird mirrors error on fresh Lenny installation

2009-11-14 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 02:00:45PM +, Lisi wrote: > > Thanks Osamu and Artur. The computer actually belongs to a client, and I > have > not at this moment got access to it. I am still very grateful for your > suggestions and shall try to put them into practice when I can. You mean no X c

Re: Weird mirrors error on fresh Lenny installation

2009-11-14 Thread Lisi
On Friday 13 November 2009 14:34:36 Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:05:51PM +, Lisi wrote: > > This morning I installed Lenny using netinstall. I have done this with > > Debian many times over the years without problem. > > > > I always install the base system, let the standard

Re: Weird mirrors error on fresh Lenny installation

2009-11-14 Thread Artur Frydel
On Fri, 13 Nov 2009, Lisi wrote: I always install the base system, let the standard system be set up automatically and then install anything else I want manually after rebooting. Today, that didn't work. Check if you have transparent proxy through way to your mirror. Try to use ftp:// instea

Re: Weird mirrors error on fresh Lenny installation

2009-11-13 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 12:05:51PM +, Lisi wrote: > This morning I installed Lenny using netinstall. I have done this with > Debian > many times over the years without problem. > > I always install the base system, let the standard system be set up > automatically and then install anything

Weird mirrors error on fresh Lenny installation

2009-11-13 Thread Lisi
This morning I installed Lenny using netinstall. I have done this with Debian many times over the years without problem. I always install the base system, let the standard system be set up automatically and then install anything else I want manually after rebooting. Today, that didn't work.

Re: Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-08-07 Thread Mark
Successfully installed Lenny using this method last night. The only post-installation tweak was to comment out the cd-rom line in /etc/apt/sources.list so aptitude doesn't try to look at the usb memory stick when looking for updates. Other than that she worked like a charm. Mark On Fri, Aug 7,

Re: Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-08-07 Thread Jochen Schulz
Mark: > > - used "shred" command to blank memory stick > - used GParted to create 2 partitions: (1) a 1 GB FAT16 partition that I > made bootable via Manage Flags; (2) the remainder (~6.6 GB) I formatted to > ext3 > - followed the instructions here > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04

Re: Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-08-06 Thread Mark
This was a bit trickier than I thought due to FAT file system's 4 GB file size limit. My steps are summarized below in case they're helpful for anyone else.. USB memory stick used was an OCZ Diesel 8 GB. - used "shred" command to blank memory stick - used GParted to create 2 partitions: (1) a 1

Re: UN-[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-31 Thread Suno Ano
Thierry> Oupss sorry, did not see that your link was the same as mine. Thierry> Then is it possible that you machine can't boot from usb Thierry> device? Thierry Well, if he alters the boot order from the BIOS so the machine boots From USB before the disk, everything should work fine; below is

[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-31 Thread Mark
Thanks for the replies. Debian has this uncanny ability to make me feel like an idiot. :) # install-mbr /dev/sdX* *didn't work for me (with the mbr package installed), however I saw there is a "Manage Flags" option in GParted that did. Just stumbled on that about 5 minutes ago. :) Computer n

Re: UN-[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-31 Thread Thierry Chatelet
Oupss sorry, did not see that your link was the same as mine. Then is it possible that you machine can't boot from usb device? Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: UN-[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-31 Thread Thierry Chatelet
What about starting from here: http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/ch04s03.html.en and following the howto. Never failed for me. Thierry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: UN-[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-31 Thread S Scharf
On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Mark wrote: > That's what "syslinux /dev/sdX1" does yes? I followed the > instructions verbatim, if more needs to be done let me know. > > To quote from http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en#usb-copy-flexibleand 4.3.3. Booting the USB stick

Re: UN-[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-31 Thread Mark
main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/. >> Tried various usb 1 GB sticks to test on, and added the official 5.0.2 cd >> .iso file (my understanding is the .iso is independent of the boot files >> on >> the usb memory stick). >> >> I've used an existing Le

Re: UN-[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-31 Thread S Scharf
the usb memory stick). > > I've used an existing Lenny installation and just added the dosfstools and > syslinux packages so they should be the latest versions, in addition to > trying an Ubuntu Live CD and neither has worked. This procedure seems > simple, what am I doing wrong?

UN-[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-31 Thread Mark
dists/lenny/main/installer-i386/current/images/hd-media/. Tried various usb 1 GB sticks to test on, and added the official 5.0.2 cd .iso file (my understanding is the .iso is independent of the boot files on the usb memory stick). I've used an existing Lenny installation and just added the dosf

Re: Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-07-30 17:00, Jochen Schulz wrote: Ron Johnson: On 2009-07-30 14:08, Jochen Schulz wrote: I haven't tried it yet, but I see no reason why that shouldn't work. The DVD image is a regular ISO 9660, just as the CD images. Linux uses the udf fs for DVD & BlueRay disks. I expected that,

Re: Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-30 Thread Jochen Schulz
Ron Johnson: > On 2009-07-30 14:08, Jochen Schulz wrote: >> >> I haven't tried it yet, but I see no reason why that shouldn't work. The >> DVD image is a regular ISO 9660, just as the CD images. > > > Linux uses the udf fs for DVD & BlueRay disks. > I expected that, too, but: $ file iso/debia

Re: Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On 2009-07-30 14:08, Jochen Schulz wrote: Mark: Has anyone had success using the method described here http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en (Section 4.3.2) using a DVD .iso image? I haven't tried it yet, but I see no reason why that shouldn't work. The DVD image is a regu

Re: [SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-30 Thread Mark
I've used unetbootin for a friend's Ubuntu installation (worked very well) and tried it with Lenny stable but it didn't work. The second link you provided indicates it is available for squeeze and sid but not Lenny so I assume that's why it doesn't work with the current Lenny stable. Luckily the

Re: [SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-30 Thread Preston Boyington
Mark wrote: > Thanks J. Found an 8 GB drive for $16 so I'm moving forward with this, > I figure it's worth a try. > Just curious but have you tried UNetbootin? http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ it's also available in Debian: http://packages.debian.org/search?suite=all&keywords=unetbootin --

[SOLVED] Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-30 Thread Mark
Thanks J. Found an 8 GB drive for $16 so I'm moving forward with this, I figure it's worth a try. Mark On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Jochen Schulz wrote: > Mark: > > > > Has anyone had success using the method described here > > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en (S

Re: Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-30 Thread Jochen Schulz
Mark: > > Has anyone had success using the method described here > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en (Section 4.3.2) > using a DVD .iso image? I haven't tried it yet, but I see no reason why that shouldn't work. The DVD image is a regular ISO 9660, just as the CD images.

Lenny Installation from USB Memory stick using DVD .iso image

2009-07-30 Thread Mark
Has anyone had success using the method described here http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/ch04s03.html.en (Section 4.3.2) using a DVD .iso image? The manual lists CD image but not DVD (Section 4.3.2.2), maybe I'm over analyzing it. I'm debating purchasing a new 8 GB or greater usb memory

Re: Debian Lenny Installation with 2 Hard Drives

2009-05-08 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Fri,08.May.09, 09:04:47, Martin McCormick wrote: > Is it possible to tell the installer not to reformat the slave > drive during the installation process? You might need to do a "manual partitioning", but yes, it's possible (I have no ideea what the other options do, I always partition manuall

Debian Lenny Installation with 2 Hard Drives

2009-05-08 Thread Martin McCormick
Is it possible to tell the installer not to reformat the slave drive during the installation process? I am running a new Lenny installation on the master drive so it is okay to reformat it. The slave drive, however, is a 300-gigabyte drive that is already formatted with data. The data are

Re: New Lenny installation: 800 x 600 max on 21-inch CRT monitor

2009-03-09 Thread consultores1
El lun, 09-03-2009 a las 16:27 -0500, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. escribió: > On Monday 09 March 2009 15:45:26 Nicholas Bodley wrote: > > [/etc/X11/xorg.conf] doesn't seem to contain anything specific that > would > > help; it's almost a skeleton file. > > Add the resolutions you want to this file. Y

Re: New Lenny installation: 800 x 600 max on 21-inch CRT monitor

2009-03-09 Thread Nicholas Bodley
On Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:22:08 -0400, wrote: When Lenny was installed it probably kept your old xorg.conf in the same directory as the new one with some other extension. Take a look. It may give you a clue or you may just decide to swap the old for the new. Thanks much, Larry; I should have s

RE: New Lenny installation: 800 x 600 max on 21-inch CRT monitor

2009-03-09 Thread owens
> > > > Original Message >From: nbod...@speakeasy.net >To: debian-user@lists.debian.org >Subject: RE: New Lenny installation: 800 x 600 max on 21-inch CRT >monitor >Date: Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:45:26 -0400 > >> >>I recently did an Internet insta

Re: New Lenny installation: 800 x 600 max on 21-inch CRT monitor

2009-03-09 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 09 March 2009 15:45:26 Nicholas Bodley wrote: > [/etc/X11/xorg.conf] doesn't seem to contain anything specific that would > help; it's almost a skeleton file. Add the resolutions you want to this file. You might also add what information you've been able to determine about your monito

Re: New Lenny installation: 800 x 600 max on 21-inch CRT monitor

2009-03-09 Thread Daniel A. Ramaley
On 2009-03-09 at 15:45:26, Nicholas Bodley wrote: >[/etc/X11/xorg.conf] doesn't seem to contain anything specific that > would help; it's almost a skeleton file. Edit that file. If there is a Monitor section, modify it. If there is not one, add it. Make it look like this: Section "Monitor"

New Lenny installation: 800 x 600 max on 21-inch CRT monitor

2009-03-09 Thread Nicholas Bodley
I recently did an Internet installation of Lenny, and found a lot to like, but the screen resolution is limited to 800 x 600 px max. Best guess is that hardware detection doesn't recognize my monitor (although I had much better luck with OpenSUSE). Monitor is DEC VRC-21WA, 21 inch, that c

Re: Printer Driver Brother on new Lenny installation (Solved sort of)

2007-09-27 Thread Robert Parker
I have a working printer now. Unfortunately I was not able to get it going in Gnome in spite of installing the driver from http://www.profv.de/brother/ and also all available packages using "foomatic-filters-ppds" The solution finally was just to install KDE. The kde printer configuration present

Re: Printer Driver Brother on new Lenny installation

2007-09-22 Thread Robert Parker
Hello Florian, On 9/22/07, Florian Kulzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 19:26:13 +1000, Robert Parker wrote: > > I need a driver for a Brother Laser printer model HL-2040. The system > > is an AMD 64 bit box and the debs provided by Brother are for i386 and > > will not inst

Re: Printer Driver Brother on new Lenny installation

2007-09-21 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 19:26:13 +1000, Robert Parker wrote: > I need a driver for a Brother Laser printer model HL-2040. The system > is an AMD 64 bit box and the debs provided by Brother are for i386 and > will not install on this 64 bit system. They have released the source > code for the driver

Printer Driver Brother on new Lenny installation

2007-09-21 Thread Robert Parker
I need a driver for a Brother Laser printer model HL-2040. The system is an AMD 64 bit box and the debs provided by Brother are for i386 and will not install on this 64 bit system. They have released the source code for the driver under the GPL and I have downloaded it. For this printer there is a

Problem with Debian Lenny Installation CD #1 Corrected

2007-04-23 Thread Redefined Horizons
I was informed that the problem I ran into with the first CD of Debian Lenny has been corrected and that this fix will soon be reflected on the ISO available for public download. Scott Huey P.S. - My problem involved a "falure to install base system" error. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P