17 Sep
2012
17 Sep
'12
7:11 p.m.
On 17/09/12 16:10, Lisi wrote:
I started again. I installed a fairly basic Squeeze
system, I then installed
LXDE (without a hitch), then desktop-base-trinity, also without a hitch. I
used only the official repository.
Are you sure you did <aptitude update> first? Post your sources.list,
let's have a look at that, and anything that's in sources.list.d.
I can't see any point using 3.5.12, 13+slavek's updates are so much
better. If you made some mistake and repeat it, maybe you get the same
result! The only problem I ever had installing 3.5.13 was when mirrors
were down... however, I don't use "kde-trinity", too bloated for me.
In the meantime, I am going to find out/learn how to
make a bootable USB key
from Exegnu Linux.
Some usb keys dont have a proper mbr. If you use the script on the
live-cd and it won't boot, this usually sorts it:
1. Plug the drive, don't mount it
2. Establish what the device is (/dev/sdx) like this, it should be
obvious (substitute sdx for the right one and MAKE SURE to get it right):
dmesg | tail -n 6
3. (su) install-mbr /dev/sdx
4, Mount it
4. syslinux -d syslinux
I left mbr tools out of the script, it is a root task with horrible
consequences if you get it wrong.
@ Slavek: Thanks especially for sorting the sudo/su stuff for Debian,
it's all working fine (except konsole-su still prompts for sudo
password, even if sudo is not used, this is not so major)... as well as
all the other updates.
David