(Note: This section may actually have some useful information for the linux newbie. . . particularly the debian linux newbie. . .particularly the Knoppix newbie)
-Alright we do. Well I do. I mean it's kinda the whole point of lugging the thing around - wireless access. But before I get to the ongoing trials and tribulations that led to multiple reinstalls let me mention some linux stuff unrelated to wireless that I learned along the way.
"Su returned with an error"
- Upon initial login when trying to do - anything of use (configure network, change timezone, etc.) this error shows up
- 1. chown root:root /etc/sudoers (as root)
2. chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers (as root from the command line)3. %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL (I used nano editor launched as root) - nano -w /etc/sudoers
- change root ALL=(ALL) ALL to %sudo ALL=(ALL) ALL
- exit and save
- Source of fix: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26577
- Note: I have been unable to compile from source in several instances and I think it might be related to the sudo change. I will report back when I have time to investigate further.
- RPM stands for Red Hat Package Manager so as you might imagine, packages that end in .rpm are designed for Red Hat Based systems. Those that end in .deb are Debian specific. If you find an RPM that you want to install on a Debian system you can try one of three things
- Try to find an equivelent deb package
- Compile from source
- Convert the rpm to deb using alien
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14977
http://www.tuxfiles.org/linuxhelp/softinstall.html
Check KDE First
- Before you scour the web looking for that perfect ap, download and compile from source, downgrade, upgrade, or generally screw with your system check to see if there is a KDE application that does what you want. You might even already have it installed. If not you should be able to get it using the package manager. If you're running Gnome, you can still probably use the KDE ap once all the proper dependecies are installed - it's up to you to decide if it's worth the hassle.
- On a related note: There are some applications under the Knoppix menu that appear to be the same as the KDE applications but don't look or act the same. (Wireless LAN, kpackage). In my quest to get wireless working, I ran across this in a forum post
One thing I've noticed, since I tend to hand-code such things into my etc/network/interfaces file instead, is that trying to get wireless working using those same tools with KNOPPIX just _does_not_ work for me. http://lxer.com/module/forums/t/25053/ |
My favorite application so far:
Kalarm - I use my laptop as an alarm clock. Kalarm offers all the functionality of the program I was using - Citrus Alarm Clock - except for the ability to mute sound for a designated period before the alarm goes off. But since I'm not using Trillian, the biggest nighttime noise offender, it's not a big issue. Plus, I'm sure with some investigation, I could find a way to schedule sound muting and unmuting.
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