Security Updates

# /etc/apt/sources.list :
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free

Australia Mirror

# /etc/apt/sources.list :
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

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Security Updates

# /etc/apt/sources.list :
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main contrib non-free

Australia Mirror

# /etc/apt/sources.list :
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free

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Objective

Operating System and Software Versions

• Operating System: - Debian, Ubuntu, Mint

Requirements

Difficulty

Conventions

• # - requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of sudo command
• $ - given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user

Instructions

$ lsmod
....
ehci_hcd               40249  0 
usbcore               128741  4 ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd,usbhid
usb_common             12354  1 usbcore
e1000                  86156  0 
libata                140630  4 libahci,ahci,ata_piix,ata_generic
....

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inxi Prerequisites Installation

# apt-get install gawk lm-sensors binutils mesa-utils hddtemp sudo

Fetch Current inxi source code

# cd /tmp/
# wget -Nc --no-check-certificate https://inxi.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/inxi.tar.gz
# tar xzf inxi.tar.gz

inxi Script Installation

# cp /tmp/inxi /usr/local/bin/

inxi Manpage Installation

# cp /tmp/inxi.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/

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# mkdir /opt/media
# COPY YOUR MEDIA FILES TO /opt/media

# apt-get install forked-daapd

# /etc/init.d/forked-daapd status
forked-daapd is running

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If you have not installed wireless firmware to support your wireless network card during Debian wheezy installation you can do so later by enabling debian's non-free repository. Here is how you do it. First open your /etc/apt/sources.list file and change line ( your repository mirror may be different ):

from:

deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main

to:

deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ wheezy main non-free

Once done update packages list with a command:

# apt-get update

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Debian by default comes with Iceweasel web browser instead of firefox. Although it is recommended to use Iceweasel you may have a need to install firefox are here is a simple way how to install firefox on Debian wheezy by using Linux mint's debian import repository. First edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file and add the following line:

deb http://packages.linuxmint.com debian import

Update your package list:

# apt-get update

The above command will fetch mint package repository list. As a last step install firefox browser:

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In order to install Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection network interface on debian 4.0 etch do following steps:
1)
apt-get install module-assistant

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dpkg -l

List all installed packages.

EXAMPLES:

dpkg returns a number of installed packages:

$ dpkg -l | wc -l
1209

ask dpkg to return only packages related to php. This will include installed and non-installed packages:

$ dpkg -l *php*

Using dpkg with grep to see only installed packages

dpkg -l | grep php

dpkg -L <package>

dpkg -L will show whether the package is installed. If the package is installed dpkg will show related files and their locations whithin the filesystem.

EXAMPLES:

$ dpkg -L ntpdate
/.
/etc
/etc/network
/etc/network/if-up.d
/etc/network/if-up.d/ntpdate
/etc/logcheck
...

$ dpkg -L php5-json
Package `php5-json' is not installed.

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Here are simple steps on how to install custom build or existing Debian kernel within a chroot environment. In this example we do not install a new version of Debian in chroot environment but we use the existing installation. Let's create directory for a chroot environment:

Make directory

# mkdir -p /mnt/chroot

# mount  /dev/hdb1 /mnt/chroot

Install prerequisites

jdownloader is a great tool to download file from share websites like rapidshare.com and many more. Here are simple steps on how to install jdownloader on Ubuntu or Debian Linux distributions:
First install all prerequisites:

apt-get install openjdk-6-jre sun-java6-jre default-jre \
zenity default-jre-headles sun-java6-bin \
openjdk-6-jre-headless

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Installing this plugin on any Linux system should be a easy task. First download google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb package. On a Ubuntu system use:

sudo dpkg -i google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb 

on a system where sudo is not present by default first change to root:

su

and then enter:

dpkg - i google-talkplugin_current_i386.deb

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If you have installed a Debian lenny ( kernel 2.6.26-2-iop32x ) on your Thecus 2100 NAS device the fan is not automatically controlled by default and it is running on a full speed. The default value is 255 as specified in :

cat /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-002e/pwm2

To change the default values use a echo command. For example to turn off the fan use:

echo 0 > /sys/class/i2c-adapter/i2c-0/0-002e/pwm2

NOTE:

if the pwm2 file did not produce the desired outcome you may try pwm1 instead.

The main reason to put a fan on lower RPM is to get rid of the noise. However, make sure that you check your hard drives temperature before you leave the fan turned off completely:

# apt-get install hddtemp

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I have installed a Debian on my N2100 yesterday and it is just great. I wonder why the Thecus guys do not put a full version of debian into this small box by default :-). Since this is a headless PC I was missing that last beep once the system booted so I would know when I can ssh to it. Here is a small hack to overcome this problem. First install a beep package:

# apt-get isntall beep

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Security Updates

# /etc/apt/sources.list :
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib non-free

Australia Mirror

# /etc/apt/sources.list :
deb http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.au.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main contrib non-free

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