Alien,tgz and rpm

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Local Package Repository and Upgrading.

I created a Debian Repository in /usr/src/rpm/DebPack/ with: dpkg-scanpackages /usr/src/rpm/DebPack/ override | gzip > /usr/src/rpm/DebPack/Packages.gz and added deb file:/usr/src/rpm DebPack/ to /etc/apt/sources.list I downloaded libc6,libc6-dev,locales ...ds1-22 release to upgra

Three Doubts

Should a 56K modem be (with pppconfig) configured with 115200 speed?It seems the default option.The modem device (with pppconfig) is ttyS0 or ttyS1? How many time of Internet connection takes the upgrading of libc6-2.3.2ds1-21 to libc6-2.3.2.ds1-22 with a modem of 56k speed? Does the complete lib

mysql installation

My MySQL installation does not have a mysql.sock file(it is not anywhere in my system).So,when I try to connect to the mysql server the connection fails.My Debian system when starting shows that mysql server is starting,when stopping shows that mysql server is stopping.The installation was done wit

Configure Internet Access with pppconfig

Question 1) I don?t want to specify my ISP password when I configure my ppp connection through pppconfig.The word linux instead of the password generally(other distributions) means that the real password needs to be asked for every connection(the ISP password is not stored).How can I do it using p

Programs don?t show in KDE Graphical Interface

I installed (dpkg --status nmap --> install ok installed; dpkg --status kdessh --> install ok installed) nmap and kdessh on Debian Sarge,but both don?t appear in the KDE menus(for choosing/initiate them) and also don?t initiate when I type nmap(just the text version initiates) or kdessh in a termin