apt-get dist-upgrade

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi everyone, When I execute 'apt-get update; apt-get dist-upgrade', nothing seems to happen. apt-get reports back that the packages are up-to-date. I am pretty sure that they are not because before it was asking me to update some GNOME libraries and

About PGP signatures

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I noticed that there are several members PGP-signing their postings. However, the signature is MIME-formatted and appears as an attachment in my mail client, Netscape Messenger. Because there is no built-in PGP function, I am forced to copy/paste

USB on Debian GNU/Linux Potato

Hi, I have a Mustek 1200 UB USB scanner. How can I get it to work with Debian 2.2r2? I have successfully installed the USB module and it is loading correctly upon booting. I suspect that the appropriate device has not been created in /dev, but I don't know what it is supposed to be called. I