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Hello all: I’m a rank newbie in all things Linux. I chose the
Debian distro after reading an article by Will Smith in Maximum PC magazine
(Feb. 2005) which recommended this distro (specifically Sarge) – primarily
for the package management and apt-get ability. I decided to try this all out
with an extra HD in my office computer – dual boot with WinXP. Installation
went quite smoothly, but I found downloading the ISO files directly was much
faster than using jigdo. I made the first 8 CD’s. Sarge installed nicely with the 2.4.27-2-386 kernel. I
finally got the C-media sound to come on, and FINALLY got printing to work with
CUPS. I made a mistake by choosing a -686, rather than -386, version of a
specific file and thought I hosed my system when it tried to boot into a new
kernel – X wouldn’t work (I had nVidia 3D drivers successfully
installed on the ‘correct’ kernel). Finally dug myself out of that
and deleted the grub entry for the 686 kernel. I AM enjoying the learning
process, but my ‘day job’ precludes a lot of time to play with it. I
did get Firefox and Thunderbird installed and working well. Now, I may need to
go to a strictly newbie list, but I have a couple of questions – that may
be specific to this Sarge version : I was clicking around the Control Center (KDE), and in
Administration, there is a section on Kernel – but it comes up with a “Sorry”
message that an architecture is not listed, and it has a default location of
/usr/src/linux. I don’t have a linux folder at this location – I have
/usr/src/kernel-header 2.4.27-2-386, and another header without the 386. When I
navigate to these files, it changes nothing. Where is the kernel ? Also, I’m trying to get a USB MP3 player to be
accessed. I plugged in my Nomad MuVo, power came on, but nothing started up or
was declared as a new device. The Info applet did recognize the device on USB
hub 4, but I don’t know how to transfer the music files or even listen to
the music on the player. I appreciate any help or direction on where to find it. Thanks ! James Hall, MD |