BootSplash (graphical start up)

Category: General
Section: Common tasks

graphical start up (without compile the kernel)


add deb http://splashy.alioth.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
in /etc/apt/source.lst

# apt-get update
# apt-get install splashy

# gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
search
#kopt=root=/dev/hdaX ro
and add vga=792

NOTE :
do not erase #
X is the number of your partition where linux is installed (#fdisk -l) as root

# update-grub
restart and it's ready

the default theme is in:
/etc/splashy/themes/default

make a repository

Category: General
Section: packet system
Condition: we must have installed dpkg-dev

We can create a repository from the programs downloaded

# cd /var/cache

# touch archives/archivo_override // create the override file

# dpkg-scanpackages archives archives/archivo_override | gzip > archives/Packages.gz

this will create the packets list

now we can burn our repository (just the files not the folder)

get the fastest mirror (apt-spy)

Category: General
Section: packet system

# apt-get install apt-spy

# apt-spy -t 10 -d etch -e 15 -o list.txt

- try 10 seconds per server (-t 10)

- stable branch (-d etch)

- Just try 15 servers (-e 15 )

- write the result in the file list.txt