first as root edit /etc/default/grub and uncomment (remove the # before) and change the value to look like this:

GRUB_GFXMODE=1280×800

Then as root edit /etc/grub.d/00_header and find this line:

set gfxmode=${GRUB_GFXMODE}

insert below it this line:

set gfxpayload=keep

Once that is done run as root:

update-grub

Now reboot and you should have the Grub2 menu and the terminal set to the new monitor resolution.

sudo aptitude install icedtea6-plugin

which will remove Sun Java 6 and install the appropriate IcedTea packages. Now that is done Java applets and Java powered web applications seem to work just fine.

THE HARD WAY

The first thing to do is to enable the unstable repositories to your /etc/apt/source.list:

# UNSTABLE
deb http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/debian/ unstable main contrib non-free

Now run aptitude update then you need to set the priorities of your repositories so that apt-get upgrade does not default to unstable by editing /etc/apt/prefernces:

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 300

Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian
Pin-Priority: -1

Now it is time to install the components needed for fglrx (ATI Driver) from unstable (as root):

aptitude -t unstable install fglrx-source

The next step is to make sure module assistant is installed from testing/squeeze and create the module(as root):

aptitude install module-assistant

m-a a-i fglrx

Once that is completed configure Xorg. Assuming you are in X, switch to a new terminal by pressing ALT-CTL FX (where FX represents f1 – f12) and implement the new driver.

Login as root:

invoke-rc.d gdm stop

once that is done create the xorg.conf file

Xorg -config

now edit /root/new.config.org and replace the display device from radeonhd to fglrx. As mentioned above I have had mixed resolts with this method. Sometimes it seems to work sometimes it doesnt. However, downloading directly from ATI seems to always do the trick.

THE EASY WAY

download the appropriate file from here. Then you need to make sure it is exacutible and install from terminal:

chmod +x (filenamehere)

as root:

./(filenamehere)

this will pop up an automated install script to follow and once dead you should simply need to reboot you computer.

alsa force-reload

to solve this problem edit /etc/modprobe.d/sound.conf and add:

options snd_usb_audio index=1

Reboot and hopefully all is well.

sudo aptitude install samba
gpasswd -a user sambashare
smbpasswd -a user
sudo mkdir /home/samba/share
sudo mkdir /home/samba/share/profiles
sudo mkdir /home/samba/share/netlogon
sudo chgrp sambashare /home/samba/
sudo chgrp sambashare /home/samba/share
sudo chgrp sambashare /home/samba/netlogon
sudo chgrp sambashare /home/samba/profiles
sudo chmod 775 /home/samba
sudo chmod 775 /home/samba/share
sudo chmod 775 /home/samba/profiles
sudo chmod 775 /home/samba/netlogon
sudo cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.back

at the bottom of /samba/smb.conf add (as root):

[sambashare]
path = /home/samba/share
valid users = @sambashare
read list = @sambashare
write list = @sambashare
force group = sambashare
read only = No
create mask = 0774
directory mask = 0775

then start and stop the samba server:

sudo /etc/init.d/samba stop
sudo /etc/init.d/samba start

In Windows 7 open Windows Explorer and you should see your linux computers host name. clicking on it will prompt you to give the user name and pasword created above. Now you should have a blank folder called sambashare, try moving things in there. If you see the files show up on your linux box then everything worked.you will also see your user’s home directory but will not be allowed to write to it.

NOTE: this was done with Debian Squeeze, however the same processes should apply to Debian Lenny.

First I copied all my packages tot he location on my public server space where I wanted the repository to be stored. I create a directory called binary and copy the deb files into it.  I issue the following command:

dpkg-scanpackages /path/to/repo/ /dev/null | gzip -9c > Packages.gz

(replace /path/to/repo with appropriate directory)

Now I edited my /etc/apt/sources.list file and entered:

deb file:///path/to/repo

or if it is on a remote server

deb http://example.com/path-to-repo ./

I updated my repositories with apt-get update, fired up synaptic and searched for one of my packages. When I found it I installed it.

NOTE: I found this PDF which explains both and gives details instructions on both

NOTE: I also had to edit the Packages file inside of Packages.gz and remove the paths from my packages filenames when I was using a remote server.

NOTE: you can now use The Public Oojah!Tech Repositories for Debian

apt-get install numlockx

edit /etc/gdm/Init/Default and go to the bottom of the text file where it says exit 0 and add the following lines above it:

if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
/usr/bin/numlockx on
fi

comment out in /etc/hosts

#fe00::0 ip6-localnet
#ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
#ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
#ff02::2 ip6-allrouters

edit /etc/modprobe.d/aliases.conf and add to end

alias net-pf-10 off
alias ipv6 off

edit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

blacklist ipv6

edit /etc/sysctl.conf

net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6=1