Debian is a community driven GNU/Linux distribution first announced 1993. It is well known for its package management system APT and large number of packages. Many other distributions are influenced or originate from it, like Ubuntu or Knoppix.
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Missing Firmware for Wired NIC on Debian
I'm trying to install debian 64bit from a debian live image using YUMI on my usb drive. I'm installing it on an Inspiron 6400, and there is missing firmware. I can't connect to the internet ...
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How soon do new releases get packaged into Debian Testing?
Mono 3.0 has been released yesterday. I am really excited by this release and am curious to know when this will be available in Debian testing (Wheezy).
Is there a standard timeline set by Debian ...
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To not autoremove something
I have uninstalled my distro's (Debian Wheezy) package of torchat, and use a newer version I've built myself. Since removing the package apt-get wants me to autoremove something which the software ...
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Installing VirtualBox inside of OpenVZ - missing sources
I'm attempting to install VirtualBox inside of an offsite OpenVZ instance I got a good deal on. The point being to run a small Windows XP box for some kind of Windows Server.
Yes, it's an ...
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Debian Squeeze not whole of package contents installed
When I do apt-get install usb-modeswitch-data, not all of it's contents are installed under /etc/usb_modeswitch.d. I looked inside package and wasn't able to understand how could it be -- there were ...
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Aptitude Search reports package installed, while Aptitude Show reports it not installed - how is that possible?
me@friedly_server:~$ aptitude search samba-tools
i samba-tools - Samba testing utilities
me@friendly_server:~$ aptitude show samba-tools
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Error while trying to retrieve dwm sources
I am trying to build dwm from source.
Grabbing the source doesn't work:
(28) $ apt-get source dwm
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: ...
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VirtualBox on Debian
I have two kernels installed, 3.5.0 and 3.6.0. For several reasons I
have to run kernel 3.5.0. VirtualBox works perfectly on 3.6.0, but
not on 3.5.0.
After I booted kernel 3.5.0 I triggered a module ...
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Swap space not used
I recently installed Debian 6.0.6. Here are the machine's states:
CPU - AMD XP 3000+
RAM - 1 Gig
HDD - IDE 80 Gig
I primarily use this machine for developing toy personal projects. When I run ...
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Why do iptables rules disappear when restarting my Debian system?
I add this rule:
sudo iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -d a.b.c.d -p tcp \
--dport 1723 -j DNAT --to-destination a.b.c.d:10000
When restart computer rules are deleted. Why?
What I can do to make ...
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debootstrap fails to download Debian squeeze
I'm trying to use debootstrap to create a debian32 system and compile the kernel there but I'm not capable off.
root@citsnmaiko-deb:~# debootstrap --verbose --arch i386 squeeze ...
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Lightdm user session settings on Ubuntu
Lightdm is displayed properly but after entering a password and clicking login, I see the screen blink and lightdm window re-appears and asks to log in as if nothing happened.
Configs
user@laptop:~$ ...
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Unable to mount root fs after new kernel compile in VMware
So, I'm attempting to compile and use the 3.6.2 kernel on my Debian 6 VM (running under Windows 7 in VMware Workstation 9). I've already had several hick ups, but I am slowly getting through them but ...
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Debian Squeeze/MySQL error
I am a Unix/Linux noob, so please bear with me.
I installed lighttpd and PHP on MySQL using the instructions in the accepted answer here:
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Realize a multiseat system with a polarized 3D-monitor
Besides playing 3D-material, modern 3D-TV-sets (using polarization technology) offer the possibility of dual-play.
While 3d-playback works with different polarization for the left and the right eye, ...
