> Okay. Simple. Just run apt-get install k3b. > # apt-get install K3B > Reading Package Lists... Done > Building Dependancy Tree... Done > E: Couldn't find package K3B
> That was fun. Should be pointing to...? > Contents of /etc/apt/sourses.list > # comments > deb http://mirror.peer1.net/debian etch main non-free contrib > # more comments I would change your sources.list. Only root can edit this file. So, to change it, press the keys Alt+F2, and enter "gksu gedit /etc/apt/sources.list" (without quotes) Or, from the terminal, become root, and type in the command gedit to start it. With the file /etc/apt/sources.list open, change the file to the following: _____ # the main Debian packages deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free # Debian source packages deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian etch main contrib non-free # Debian security updates deb http://security.debian.org/ etch/updates main contrib non-free # Debian multimedia deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main _____ Having done that, update and upgrade. If I were you, I would use Synaptic for this (admittedly, since I'm not you, I use aptitude, but when I first started, I did use synaptic, which works well -- aptitude gives very erratic results if you've not been using it since day one). So, using Synaptic, press Reload, (which may give some errors about debian-multimedia being untrusted). Find the package debian-multimedia-keyring, and mark it for installation. Having the keys will eliminate these annoying errors. Now press Mark All Upgrades, and then press Apply (see http://www.opseu540.info/pictures/wl/whylinux4.png) > The computer, a Toshiba Satellite A30 with 1.2 gig ram and a 40 gig > hard drive was originally dual boot MS-Debian 3.1. If running alsaconf in the terminal as root does not give you sound, perhaps just adding "i810_audio" (without quotes) to the file /etc/modules will work (again, you'll need to be root to do this). When I set up sound for a laptop a while ago, I had to use an oss module, and not use alsa. Perhaps your laptop falls in the same category. I would still try alsaconf first, though. > Windows quit. Who knows why. Viruses, trojans, malware, .... so many possibilities. > Debian has been upgraded to 4.1. I think. Etch is 4.0, actually. > Printer: HP officejet 4110 all-in-one - cupsys installed and set up > according to the information I found but still non-functional. Install hpoj. Check out http://localhost:631 > Applications: OpenOffice.org and GIMP. I also have Koffice and > Abiword, but I prefer OOo. Noatun. Realplayer. Luckily, Firefox > works. > Speaker is dead. It does work using the live Kubuntu disc, but before > I screw with the hard disk there are some pictures of my wife, who > recently died, on it that I would like to back up because I have no > other copies. See about cdrom above. Sorry to hear that. Anyway, about the cdrom, as I mentioned in my crack at "why linux", I think that you should install the gnome-desktop-environment package (making sure that nautilus-cd-burner is installed), and your problem will likely be solved. See http://www.opseu540.info/pictures/wl/whylinux1.png for how it should look. If necessary, you could also install gnomebaker, or k3b (it won't be necessary, I suspect). > How to type wouldn't be bad either, but that's beyond even Linux. gtypist is a great tutor, that runs in the terminal. Just install this from Synaptic. It'll teach you how to type. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
