Hey everyone! I am so excited I had to post this. I have installed Debian (3.1) on of my laptops just to see what it is like. After a few attempts I have managed to successfuly install and start using. Gnome is just the pits but I will try and use KDE as soon as I find out how. But, but, but...... the reason I am writing is because of a script I have found which makes connecting with the infamous ST330 literaly a childs game. All you need to do is - Download the following files: http://christophe.delord.free.fr/soft/adsl/speedtouch-usb and http://www.speedtouch.com/download/drivers/USB/SpeedTouch330_firmware_3012.zip Save both in the same directory (like home for an easy example). Next, in terminal navigate to the location and as root execute the speedtch-usb script. You need to entre the x.xx according to your country (0.38 for the UK), hit enter and then type in the user name, hit enter, now type in your connection password and that should be it. I cannot beleive how easy this was. It is by far the easiest way I have ever seen and trust me I have seen some..... Laughing Now, as far as I know this works for Knopix and Debian. For further info/help just follow this link - Installation of an ADSL modem with Linux and configuration After you ran the script it will automatically connect you everytime you start the computer, whether you are root or not. I just cannot beleive this.....
Cool! Really glad it worked out for you, saba-haxor! [ot]Sarge, huh? Nice. I started out on Sarge, took one look at how old the packages were, and dist-upgrade'd to Etch, but it's really nice running "tried and true" code as well. Mostly it's nice to not have to mess around with things if it's already working perfectly. That being said, if you feel the urge to upgrade to Etch, it was a very painless process for me! Oh, and Gnome? apt-get remove gnome for me too [/ot]
[ot] WOW tiger! hang on! Etch? Sarge? slowly please! I just started and already you are confusing me? Installation was a war and I have won it although I lost many battles.... hah: Later today I am planning to install the KDE KDM and then hopefully start using KDE. Then, maybe when I get back from holiday, I will attempt to upgrade. Have you had to add many more repositories or did you stay with the ones you orginally started with? One thing I did like about Debian rather than the Ubuntu derivatives is the control during installation. It is not for the faint hearted and/or a complete noob. It is managable but you do need to know what is going on. Needless to say I do not :O And it is lightning fast with the base system installed within 5 minutes! My first install took me not more than 10-15 minutes. Unfortunately that was to command line.... I HATE COMMAND LINE!!!!! AAAAAnyways, early days..... [/ot]
[ot] Debian releases are named after characters from the movie Toy Story. The current stable release is codenamed "Sarge"], the current testing version is called "Etch", and the bleeding-edge unstable release is always called "Sid" after the unstable kid in Toy Story. When Etch is considered finished, it will become the stable build and there will be a new codename for the next testing verison. Sid is always teh unstable branch, though. I added some new ones. Here's my /etc/apt/sources.list: Code: deb http://debian.crosslink.net/debian testing contrib deb ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb-src ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ testing main deb http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://secure-testing.debian.net/debian-secure-testing etch/security-updates main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free deb http://www.debian-multimedia.org etch main deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free Keep in mind I'm in the US though, so you might wanna find some closer mirrors.[/ot]
