Wireless and kernel 2.6

Hello all, I would like to ask you how to setup my wireless adapter using Sarge with a Kernel 2.6 series. It is a Presario 2580US P4 notebook that came with a on board HP WLAN 54g W450 wireless adapter. It currently has SuSE 9.0 but I haven setup wireless. To make it simple I would like to era

new to Debian

Hello all, Although I am using Linux for some time I am interested in learning Debian. I would like to know if you could point me good sources on the web for documentations, hacks, tricks on how to setup multimedia, etc besides the Debian install documentation. Any help is apreciated. Thanks, C

Migrating to Debian: questions

Hello All, I am new to Debian but I have been using Linux since 1995. I enjoy the idea of Debian that offers total independence so I am willing very much to learn it well. I have installed 3.0R2. It installed kernel 2.2 instead of 2.4. Now, how can I use apt to have the 2.4 installed? Also, ho

Best Base system install

Hello all, What bootable ISO CD shall I use (where to download it) or maybe a bootable disk to freshly install Debian? What I want is to install a base system with ext3 partitions (therefore I need a bootable CD iso that can do the Debian Install procedure to partition the HD using ext3 not ex

Questions about x window environment (kdm and xdm)

Hello all, I have installed Sarge with the netiso cd and then installed x-window, kde, mozilla and everything to have a working desktop. I have later installed xdm and kdm and changed /etc/inittab to have run level 5. When it starts it tries to run kdm but then crashes. If I type manually then

How to setup sound under Debian

Hello all, I would like to understand how to setup sound under Debian. I am using a 2.6.6-1-686 kernel and I have noticed that there are no alsa modules for this kernel on the online repositories that I am using. So, how do I set it up? Are there any updated howtos? I am enjoying using Debian,

optimizing X configuration

Hello all, I have a Toshiba PII Equium 7000S desktop with 256mb of Ram and an inboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP that has 32mb shared memory configured to it. The monitor is a Gateway EV910 and is properly configured in my XF86Config-4. However I can only do 800x600 with either 16 or 24 bits of depth.