Been running debian firstly etch then unstable on my spare box that acts as my NAS/storage server for a few weeks now with out issue, compared to what I've been upto today that seemed simple to setup. (i.je most of it just worked on first install)
Needed to re-add linux to my desktop so I popped the debain net install disc and and popped on an absolute minimilsitc system so i could get only what i wanted installed on
Added the unstable repos (it was a etch netinstt cd i had laying around) and apt-get dist upgraded the thing to unstable
Installed gnome and firefox and got that running along with pidgin.
Only problem I'm having with the desktop Is I can't seem to get it to run beryl for some reason
I installed the nvidia GLX kernel module and userspace drivers following some guide i found on the internet, I see the kernel module load on bootup and the userspace module is also installed yet if i Try and use the nvidia driver I cannot start X it fails with a module not found error.
Any ideas there? (can't use automatix it doesn't support unstable)
Other things I need to do is change the deafult Font it looks awfull
Desktops now a dual boot debain/vista system.
But thats not the end of the story Had a bit of play around and managed to get a simular setup on the laptop (eventually) had a lot of "Fun" trying to get linux on that since GRUB kept failing to install (its a macbook)
In the end I had to install linux missing the bootloader config
Reboot into refit (mac bootmenu utility)
sync the EFI partition table with the MBR copy
Reload the debain cd go into rescue mode
install Grub to /dev/sda4 (my linux partition)
then i forgot to build me an menu.lst so when I selected Debian from the menu it just gave me a grub prompt.
Managed to figure out the commands i needed to load the kernel and initrd and get the thing to boot then i got the system to rebuild the grub menu.lst
Got madwifi up and running so the macbooks Wi-fi with WPA works, Got gnome on here and just put on firefox
, need to sort out NM-applet to autostart properly but hey is progress
Touchbad works out the box but its a bit sensitive if i tap on it by accident in the middle of typing it causes problems so I may need to go adjust that.
Sound might be working not sure since Alsa seems to be finding the audio chip (debian wiki says it should work) but Gstreamer isn't wanting to know about it so The voume icon in the gnome panel is usless. (anyone know thow to fix?)
So a couple things to put right but Not bad for a noob me thinks
Only other thing which does annoy me is I cannot click the drives in my computer I get a message
Code:
error org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.AccessDenied.
does anyone know where i need to tweak the config to allow me to click the drive icons and have them mounts sounds like a permissons thing.
Not to bad for an evenings work as i've gone from a vista only system on the desktop to a vista/debian system and from a vista/osx system on the macbook to a vista/osx/debian system
