Bug#529307: installation report

2009-05-20 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Steven Sciame (sasci...@yahoo.com): Hello,     Thank you for the reply.  I typed in wireless because that was the ESSID that I wanted to connect to, but it didn't work and without a connection you can only get so far with the install.  It seemed like it would be fine all the way

Bug#529307: installation report

2009-05-20 Thread Steven Sciame
wrote: From: Christian Perrier bubu...@debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#529307: installation report To: Steven Sciame sasci...@yahoo.com Cc: 529...@bugs.debian.org Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2009, 3:43 AM Quoting Steven Sciame (sasci...@yahoo.com): Hello,     Thank you for the reply.  I typed

Bug#529307: installation report

2009-05-19 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Steven Sciame (sasci...@yahoo.com): Ok,       I figured out where to typ the iwlist eth1 scan   It told me interface doesn't support scanning Of course, eth1 should be replaced by the interface name of your wireless card. When you use Knoppix, you can probably do dmesg|more to

Bug#529307: installation report

2009-05-19 Thread Steven Sciame
installed Ubuntu and in worked perfectly.  I kind of wanted to use Debian though.  Any suggestions on my next step? -Steven   --- On Tue, 5/19/09, Christian Perrier bubu...@debian.org wrote: From: Christian Perrier bubu...@debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#529307: installation report To: Steven Sciame

Bug#529307: installation report

2009-05-18 Thread Steven Sciame
Package: installation-reports Boot method: I downloaded the ninst for the i386 to a CD Image version: http://www.debian.org/distrib/netinst Date: 5/18/09 12:00am Machine: Compaq Presario 2105US laptop Processor:Mobile AMD Athlon XP Processor 1800 (1.5GHz) Memory:512 Partitions: df -Tl will do;

Bug#529307: installation report

2009-05-18 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Steven Sciame (sasci...@yahoo.com): Comments/Problems: Netwrok autocofiguration failed. It asks me for my ESSID. I am not totally sure what this is The ESSID is the name given to the wireless network you plan to use. I'm surprised that, with Knoppix, using 802.11b is working.

Bug#529307: installation report

2009-05-18 Thread Steven Sciame
#529307: installation report To: Steven Sciame sasci...@yahoo.com, 529...@bugs.debian.org Date: Monday, May 18, 2009, 12:06 PM Quoting Steven Sciame (sasci...@yahoo.com): Comments/Problems:  Netwrok autocofiguration failed.  It asks me for my ESSID.  I am not totally sure what this is The ESSID

Bug#529307: installation report

2009-05-18 Thread Steven Sciame
Ok,       I figured out where to typ the iwlist eth1 scan   It told me interface doesn't support scanning   --- On Mon, 5/18/09, Christian Perrier bubu...@debian.org wrote: From: Christian Perrier bubu...@debian.org Subject: Re: Bug#529307: installation report To: Steven Sciame sasci