Xfce Minimal Installation on Squeeze

This is my second note on installing minimal Xfce desktop on Debian. This time, I use the new Debian GNU/Linux 6.0 "Squeeze". As usual, you have to download Debian netinst CD (190 MB) to build this system from ground up.

1. Download and burn Debian netinst CD

2. Install Debian standard operating system

3. Set APT sources to your fastest mirror

# cat > /etc/apt/sources.list
deb http://ftp.tw.debian.org/debian/ squeeze main
deb http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main
[press Ctrl-D]

4. Update and upgrade packages

# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade

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Mount FAT32 Partition Automatically

This guide will show you how to mount FAT32 partition automatically. This guide also show you how to set the default file ownership and permission on this FAT32 partition.

1. Find your FAT32 partition name

# fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0xcacacaca

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        3916    31455238+   7  HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2            3917        4047     1052257+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3            8925       38912   240878610    f  W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sda4            4048        8924    39174502+  83  Linux
/dev/sda5            8925       34420   204796588+   b  W95 FAT32

Partition table entries are not in disk order

The fdisk program output shows us that the name of FAT32 partition in the disk is /dev/sda5.

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ZTE AC2726i USB Modem Setup

1. Install usb-modeswitch

# apt-get install usb-modeswitch

2. Check USB modem detection

Plug-in the USB modem and check whether it is detected correctly by the system.

# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 19d2:fff1 ONDA Communication S.p.A.
...

# dmesg
...
[  217.861635] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial
[  217.861674] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for generic
[  217.861805] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic
[  217.861811] usbserial: USB Serial Driver core
[  217.889384] usbserial: USB Serial support registered for GSM modem (1-port)
[  217.889475] usbcore: registered new interface driver option
[  217.889482] option: USB Driver for GSM modems: v0.7.2
[  217.900937] option 1-1:1.0: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[  217.901208] usb 1-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[  217.901248] option 1-1:1.1: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[  217.901340] usb 1-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB1
[  217.901378] option 1-1:1.2: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[  217.901469] usb 1-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB2
[  217.901505] option 1-1:1.3: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[  217.901823] usb 1-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB3
[  217.901860] option 1-1:1.4: GSM modem (1-port) converter detected
[  217.901949] usb 1-1: GSM modem (1-port) converter now attached to ttyUSB4
...

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Remove Service from System Startup

I'll use PostgreSQL service (daemon) as an example for this guide.

1. Stop this service first

# /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 stop
Stopping PostgreSQL 8.3 database server: main.

2. Remove this service from system startup

# update-rc.d -f postgresql-8.3 remove
 Removing any system startup links for /etc/init.d/postgresql-8.3 ...
   /etc/rc0.d/K21postgresql-8.3
   /etc/rc1.d/K21postgresql-8.3
   /etc/rc2.d/S19postgresql-8.3
   /etc/rc3.d/S19postgresql-8.3
   /etc/rc4.d/S19postgresql-8.3
   /etc/rc5.d/S19postgresql-8.3
   /etc/rc6.d/K21postgresql-8.3

Note the sequence number for start (S) and kill (K). In this example these numbers are 19 and 21. You will need them to restore this service as before.

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Xfce Minimal Installation

This is my experience on installing minimal Xfce dekstop on Debian Lenny. I use netinst CD (~150MB) to build my system from ground up.

1. Download and burn Debian netinst CD

2. Install Debian core system

3. Set APT mirrors

# nano /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ lenny main
deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main

4. Update and upgrade packages

# apt-get update
# apt-get upgrade

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