Am Montag, 4. Juni 2012 schrieb DragonDon: > Greetings all! Hi!
> I know this will be a rather difficult thing to answer I think, but > are there any generic steps listed somewhere on how to troublehshoot a > problem on a Debian/Linux system? I understand that each problem can > be rather unique on how you approach it but I have yet to see a kind > of flow-chart or at least some guidelines (did a quick search of the > Debian FAQ and the LDP) and nothing was immediately obvious. I was > kinda looking for a: > > 1/ Check logs. Insert ways to check various logs (both CLI and GUI) > 2/ Type commands (for networks use command A, for video use command B, > for....) > > Right now, and perhaps the only method, is to plunk in any error > message (when I know there are any) into Google and hopefully a > solution appears that works for Debian. Obviously a lot of Ubuntu > results show up but given my limited knowledge on the difference, I am > not yet qualified enough to know whether it will work without causing > more complications. I am not aware of anything available that is able to replace the own ability to *think*. You have a brain. Use it! Aside from that there is the Debian Reference and lots of other excellent documentation and books about Debian. Of course I could say, usually the important stuff is in - /etc - /usr/share/doc - man and info pages - command --help - read error messages - tail -f /var/log/something (+ optionally | grep something) - dmesg - grep, zgrep - find - file -sk somefile or device to see what it is - blkid - mount / cat /proc/mounts - fdisk -l - lsblk - df -hT - ip addr / route / link, ip route get - /etc: apt/sources.list, apt/preferences, network/interfaces, resolv.conf… - dpkg, apt-get, aptitude But well now I have still omitted quite a lot of stuff. So my recommendation is work yourself through Debian Reference and/or some good Debian book like The Debian Administrators Handbook http://debian-handbook.info The Debian System http://debiansystem.info/ or some other good book while gaining your own experience by practically using and administering Debian systems. Ciao, -- Martin 'Helios' Steigerwald - http://www.Lichtvoll.de GPG: 03B0 0D6C 0040 0710 4AFA B82F 991B EAAC A599 84C7 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201206041955.34317.mar...@lichtvoll.de
