On Wednesday 04 April 2007 15:28, Eugen Dedu wrote: > - detect network interfaces: I have a wired (with the cable plugged > into computer) and wi-fi with WEP network. The computer has noth a > wired and wireless interface. During detection, the installer shows > eth0 as Ethernet ... and eth1 as Broadcom (4407 I think) > ... (wi-fi). When I do DHCP on eth0 (wired), it receives no answer. > When I do DHCP on eth1 (wi-fi), the DHCP server responds. However, > because of the WEP is impossible that it has used wi-fi connection. > Conclusion: the two interfaces are interchanged (the Ethernet is in > fact the wi-fi and viceversa).
This seems very unlikely. You will have to provide more detailed information (like the content of /etc/network/devnames and the full output of 'ifconfig') to us before we can investigate this. > - For any of the two interfaces it does not ask me about a WEP key. The installer has support for wireless and asking the WEP key, but personally I have no experience with using it. > - TimeZone: I have chosen English/GB as language (at beginning of the > installation) because I prefer to have English as language. So at > TimeZone the installer proposed me UK/London, but I cannot change it > to France/Paris. I propose to add a button such as "Change proposed > TZ". Already answered. > - Upon installation of base system: at swsusp package I was asked "The > swap is not active and suspend to ... is impossible. Continue > without it?" What does yes and no buttons mean here? I choosed > "No" but the installation has continued! Known issue. > - I chose to use sudo, and not to log in as root. Now, many > applications in GNOME->Administrator menu (changing Date/Hour too) > ask for root password. How can I start them from the menu if I do > not know root password? This is not an installer issue. Apparently there are some Gnome applications that do nit use gksu. > - There is no menu in GNOME to suspend to RAM. How can I suspend to > RAM (without executing "echo mem >/sys/power/state")? It is very > useful for laptops! Please ask that on the debian-user list. Cheers, FJP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
