Re: Cannot connect to network now...

From: Kent West (westk_at_acu.edu)
Date: 11/23/04

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    Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:21:47 -0600
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    Brian Coiley wrote:

    >modconf also appears to be broken. When it says "Please select the category
    >of modules", there is no list of categories. The only option reads "Exit
    >Finished. Return to previous menu." Which takes me right back out to the
    >command prompt. There's also an OK button, and a Cancel button, both of
    >which also simply quit. And that's it.
    >

    >[Discover] said, among other things, "Skipping module sis900. It's
    >already loaded." As noted in an earlier post, the problem appears to be
    >unrelated to the NIC, and entirely to do with obtaining a DHCP lease. USB
    >mouse still doesn't work.
    >

    >Unfortunately, unless it gets one hell of a sight easier very fast,
    >tomorrow's operating system is going to remain the preserve of a few very
    >determined digit heads. I have 20 years' software development experience
    >and a degree in mathematics, and if I'm having all this trouble, how the
    >hell is the average Windows user supposed to manage?
    >
    >

    This sounds more and more like the dist-upgrade did not complete
    properly. You might want to post the contents of your
    "/etc/apt/sources.list" file for us to peruse (although that might be
    hard right now without networking, although you could use a USB
    Flashdrive, or CD, or floppy, or even an image from your digicam).

    You might want to re-run "apt-get dist-upgrade" and watch for any
    errors. Take care of the errors and repeat until you get no more errors.

    >Kent West wrote:
    >
    >>Until the viruses hit,
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Never had one, just need to be sensible. Good virus checkers are free these
    >days.
    >
    >

    Perhaps I should have said "malware" instead of viruses.

    >>and the license fees,
    >>
    >>
    >
    >My lost earning time on this stuff already amounts to more than twice the
    >cost of a Windoze licence.
    >
    >
    >

    Until the BSA comes knocking and you realize you've paid for the
    license, but didn't adequately track it. Granted, in a single-user
    environment, that's probably not a big deal, but with 10,000 machines,
    that can get scary.

    >>and the
    >>inflexibility,
    >>
    >>
    >
    >???????
    >
    >

    Like trying to move "Program Files" onto its own read-only partition in
    a school lab environment. Or recoding the source to fit your needs
    rather than what Microsoft deems as your needs. Or completely
    uninstalling Internet Explorer. (Yes, there are work-arounds, but I find
    Linux to be much easier to tailor to my way of doing things than is
    Windows.)

    I'm not trying to say Debian is a better OS than is Windows, just that
    it is for me. 

    -- 
Kent
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