Re: Just what does _DEBIAN_ mean by "live"
On Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:19:06 -0600, Richard wrote in message
<[🔎] 4F217CFA.1050803@pcnetinc.com>:
> Scott Ferguson wrote:
> > On 25/01/12 06:21, Richard Owlett wrote:
> >> I downloaded a 770MB file titled
> >> debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso . Burned a DVD. Got some
> >> surprises :<
> >>
> >> [SNIP]
> >
> >> there is no app for
> >> configuring a possible connection to the internet.
> >
> > Launcher: In addition to text and GUI install options in the boot
> > menu, the desktop flavors contain a launcher on the desktop that
> > can be used to install while running the live image.
>
> But that's not relevant. I am not ready to commit to
> installing yet. I wish to verify that in can operate with my
> hardware. Specifically connect to internet via my USB Analog
> Modem (it's *NOT* a winmodem ;)
..no? ;o) Show us root's output of 'lsusb -vvv'. ;o)
(To become root, 'sudo su - ', or some such stunt, there
may even be a root's password hint on your live image.)
> You later define a live CD as containing "... a live
> environment so people can test hardware support before
> installing ..."
>
> My very first test is:
> Can the "live system" *AS DELIVERED* connect to the internet?
>
> This distro (debian-live-6.0.3-i386-lxde-desktop.iso)
> evidently fails.
> And evidently fails no matter how the internet is connected.
..maybe. Become root and do 'dmesg >/tmp/dhimmi ', then plug
in your alleged non-winmodem and let it do all its beepy blinky
things, before doing 'dmesg >/tmp/dulluh ', and then you're
ready (or not) for 'diff -u /tmp/dhimmi /tmp/dulluh |less '
to see what happened, if you don't understand your diff read,
post the output of 'diff -u /tmp/dhimmi /tmp/dulluh >/tmp/dimwit '
by attaching the /tmp/dimwit file you created above. ;o)
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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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