I suspect the difference *may* be that Andrew was installing off a pcmcia ethernet device, which have different startup scripts than pci ones
On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 11:06:10 +1300 Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wow, that's weird that it did not automagically configure your Internet > Con (DHCP) for you. It did for me as I have the same setup here. > > It is a sweet looking desktop and seems to be stable as heck so far > (from my limited playtime with it). I would say that if you are happy > with it, leave it as it sounds as though it is now configured how you > want it and I guess you can apt-get/upgrade anything you may want at a > later stage. I particularly liked Synaptic which I had never used before... > > Cheers > > Jason > PS, new to Debian so take my ravings re it with a grain of salt. > > Andrew Errington wrote: > > Well, thanks Jason, for burning a copy for me so quickly. I booted the > > ThinkPad with the Live CD (disc 1), and it booted up into KDE quite nicely. > > There were two problems I immediately noticed: > > > > 1) Although the PCMCIA subsystem was detected, and the ethernet/modem combo > > card therein was found, I had to type 'pump' manually to get it to > > configure (I have a DHCP server in my router). I would expect this to > > happen automatically. > > 2) The (known) tricky sound on the 600E did not work, but the single line > > modprobe-with-arguments that is the simple solution also worked. > > > > So, I have a dilemma- do I keep Debian woody on the laptop, with kernel > > 2.4.18, and an old KDE, which all mostly works even though I haven't > > tweaked it yet, or do I install MEPIS, which is a later kernel, later KDE > > and has a bunch of other apps neatly packages (oh, and it *looks* *nice*)? > > > > I am sure to get a range of comments to help me decide- fire away! (Sorry > > Jason, you can't give me MEPIS and then tell me to install Mandrake...) > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andy > > > > On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 10:09, you wrote: > > > >>I am not sure, have a look at mepis.org for more info. I have the latest > >>version (2-10-03). I think it is a 'combination' but of course you can > >>apt-get (or Synaptic) anything and it comes pre-configured to get > >>software from several repositores and you can specify whether to include > >>stable/unstable etc. They have included a GUI Control Centre for > >>handling most tasks, which is cool. > >> > >>Cheers > >> > >>Jason > >> > >>Andrew Errington wrote: > >> > >>>On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:44, you wrote: > >>> > >>>>Hi All, > >>>> > >>>>Well after the hell that was the first Debian (standard, text based) > >>>>installation I tried, I just experienced pure joy with MEPIS Linux. It > >>>>is a Debian based Distro (I have been wanting to toy with Debian on a > >>>>spare partition for some time now) that is very easy to install. > >>> > >>>Hi, > >>> > >>>I just put Debian 3.0 (woody) on my laptop (IBM ThinkPad 600E). I > >>>don't think the installer is so bad, but you do have to concentrate. I > >>>will post to the list my final choice of partitions (since this is the > >>>decision I had the most difficulty with). > >>> > >>>Anyway, my question for you is- with MEPIS do you end up with a > >>>'standard' installation (i.e. completely 'stable' packages) or do you > >>>get a happy combination of stable, testing and unstable? Since I only > >>>put Debian on at the weekend I am willing to discard it and try > >>>something new if it is better. My only worry is keeping it up to date, > >>>since this is easy with the staid and stolid Debian woody, but a little > >>>more involved with Knoppix and its ilk. > >>> > >>>Of course I will RTF-MEPIS-M, but that is no substitute for hearing > >>>someone's experience related. > >>> > >>>Andy > >>> > >>>PS The Debian installation went very smoothly. Everything but sound > >>>worked out of the box, and a quick Google showed an easy > >>>order-of-execution solution. My advice- write down all the hardware > >>>settings reported by Windows device manager before reformatting. > > > > > > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
