Re: debian newbie questions

2007-02-05 Thread JoY§TiCk ...
Hi, 3) when running debian on a laptop, is the ipw2200 package/code for wireless devices available for debian as a package? you'll find ipw2200 in the latest kernels, but proably you'll need to manually insert firmware. You can find it at http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php Byez, JoY.

Re: debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Kempter wrote: > Hi List; (CC-ing the user as he seems to be a newbie and might not know the etiquette, which is that CC-s are not used and replies are sent to list only) > I'm a debian newbie with a few questions. I'm going to try running debi

Re: debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jochen Schulz: > Kevin Kempter: >> >> 6) how can I setup a dual head install? > > The keyword for web searches in "Xinerama", but apart from that I cannot > help here. Correction/addition: you do not here Xinerama, it is just one option. The wikipedia article sums it up quite nice (and, hopefull

Re: debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Jochen Schulz
Kevin Kempter: > > 1) It looks like debian sarge is running the 2.4 kernel, did I miss > something? > If this is correct can I easily upgrade to a 2.6 kernel? 2.4 is the default, but you can start the installation process with a special boot parameter with 2.6. But beware that the latest kernel

Re: debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Laudin Alessandro Molina T
Hi List; Hi! 1) It looks like debian sarge is running the 2.4 kernel, did I miss something? If this is correct can I easily upgrade to a 2.6 kernel? The installer install the 2.4 kernel by default, if you want to install the 2.6 kernel you have to pass the parameter "linux26" to the

debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi List; I'm a debian newbie with a few questions. I'm going to try running debian on my IBM thinkpad laptop (Z60m). 1) It looks like debian sarge is running the 2.4 kernel, did I miss something? If this is correct can I easily upgrade to a 2.6 kernel? 2) can I also easily upgrade to the lat