Re: Debian Love
- From: Jason Spiro <jasonspiro4+news@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:25:47 +0000 (UTC)
On 2006-09-22, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Travis Crook wrote:
Ditto! Debian just works! I've tried a couple of other distros, and
they don't "just work".
Before we all get too syrupy here, I've posted a problem here
which never got addressed, and had another user contact me
months later with the same problem, wondering whether I
ever got Debian to work, let alone "just work".
If I install a USB mouse, then the keyboard isn't recognized
by Debian, though the BIOS recognizes it, and Windows recognizes
it, and Knoppix recognizes it, and Kanotix recognizes it,
and Puppy Linux recognizes it.
Odd. What is the output of:
lsusb
and
dmesg | tail -n 20
when both devices are plugged in?
Another way in which Debian doesn't "just work" is my girlfriend's
inability to read her camera memory stick. She finally went and
got an HP printer which can read it directly without going
through the computer.
Also odd. You may want to start a new thread to get help with that one.
Did you try the automounter that comes with a full KDE installation or a
full GNOME installation?
Oh, and Debian didn't recognize the printer, so I cobbled up a
descriptor for it and fooled Debian into thinking it was another
printer. I couldn't just add the descriptor in the directory,
apparently there is some sort of index, and no documentation
on the machine for how to add to it. But I did get it working,
and followed the instructions for reporting the situation
to the developers.
Unfortunately, the developers either did not get the message,
or have chosen not to be polite enough to acknowledge receipt
of the information I sent.
I am curious: what is the bug ID number of the bug you reported? If you
go to http://bugs.debian.org/999999 (replace 999999 by the number) you
can get info on its status, or we can check it for you. Or, at
http://bugs.debian.org, you can search for all bugs you have ever filed
by entering your email address and checking off "Search archived bugs
also".
I am not a developer, but I acknowledge the fact that the developers
don't really send acknowledgements for most bug reports until they are
closed. Personally, I feel fine about that: all bug reports go directly
to the package maintainer's email inbox.
In general, yes, Debian has its quirks, but it is a fine OS, and IMO
Debian and its derivatives offer the best of what the Linux world has to
offer, mainly thanks to apt-get and the thousands and thousands of
packages painstakingly maintained by a team of numerous Debian
Developers, with help from documenters, translators, bug reporters, etc.
and supported by a huge team of people who help out on the mail lists,
IRC, and in numerous other ways. They all deserve a round of applause
for their kind volunteer work in bringing the best of the Open Source
software world to whoever wants.
--Jason
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The church is near but the road is icy; the bar is far away but I will
walk carefully.
-- Russian Proverb
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