Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-09 Thread Lisi
On Tuesday 05 June 2012 12:01:28 Chris Bannister wrote: > I personally find Mr O'Reilly's books excellent. Recommended > reading In particular for the OP's question, "Running Linux" and "Linux in a Nutshell". They have become my Linux bibles. Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-req

Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-05 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Am Dienstag, 5. Juni 2012 schrieb Chris Bannister: > On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 01:20:58PM +1000, terryc wrote: > > On 05/06/12 03:55, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > > I've told O'Reilly that their books are rather useless for trouble > > shooting or learning for the average person. > > Ouch!, what did

Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-05 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Jun 05, 2012 at 01:20:58PM +1000, terryc wrote: > On 05/06/12 03:55, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > I've told O'Reilly that their books are rather useless for trouble > shooting or learning for the average person. Ouch!, what did he say? Also, I have trouble envisioning the average person. P

Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-05 Thread Martin Steigerwald
I am subscribed, no need to Cc. Am Dienstag, 5. Juni 2012 schrieb terryc: > On 05/06/12 03:55, Martin Steigerwald wrote: > >> I know this will be a rather difficult thing to answer I think, but > >> are there any generic steps > > Nope. It really depends on the error/problem. > The beauty of *nix

Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-04 Thread terryc
On 05/06/12 03:55, Martin Steigerwald wrote: I know this will be a rather difficult thing to answer I think, but are there any generic steps Nope. It really depends on the error/problem. The beauty of *nix is that it is compartmentalised and rarely does a problem in one "cause" a problem in a

Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-04 Thread Martin Steigerwald
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

Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-04 Thread Miles Fidelman
paiva...@gmail.com wrote: DragonDon writes: > 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) Aren't the first steps: 1. Are the lights on in your house? 2. Is it plugged in? 3.

Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-04 Thread paivakil
DragonDon writes: > 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) That is way how it is. What is wrong with that? > > Right now, and perhaps the only method, is to plunk in any err

Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-04 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 04 Jun 2012 09:07:06 +0900, DragonDon wrote: > Greetings all! > > 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? Uf... "experience" is our best ally here. I

Re: Troubleshooting Debian

2012-06-03 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 6/3/2012 7:07 PM, DragonDon wrote: > Greetings all! > > 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