\begin{Steven downing}
> After doing a nice clean install of potato last night, I now have to
> come to grips with the 'Debian way of doing things' - like setting
> up a sound card and a nic, etc. So is there some tool like the one
> in the install that let you choose what modules load with the
> kernel.
its called modconf(8)
all modconf does is add modules to /etc/modules and possible add
module options in /etc/modules.conf (by adding a file to
/etc/modutils/)
modules listed in /etc/modules are explicitly loaded at boot time, so
you only need to list the "dubious" modules, like sound card and
network card. filesystems, etc will autoload fine by themselves.
(alternatively you can add lines to /etc/modules.conf like:
alias eth0 ne2k-pci
and they will autoload too)
> My other prob is whatever window manager I run, the cursor is a
> large block of junk, about a cm square of random black and white
> pixels. Anyone got any tips on this?
sounds like a problem with your X server. which funky, latest
whizzbang graphics card do you have?
> The debian newbie guide 'task-debian-newbie' is ok for Linux
> beginners, but is there something (web based, whatever) which is
> more a guide to the 'Debian way of things'?
everyone should read the debian FAQ. its in /usr/doc/debian/FAQ/
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