UsingEtch

This wiki is about configuring and using debian etch on a titanium powerbook (powerpc processor)

Optional step: I have a nice firewire external drive so i want to use that one. Following instructions worked for etch http://www.howtoforge.com/boot_debian_from_exhternal_firewire Otherwise one can choose whatever kind of install he pleases I have to put the kernel on hold to prevent system becoming unbootable after upgrade in the former case.

I don't want incoming connections until a proper firewall is installed: use ifconfig to see what interfaces are up (ignore the local loopback lo) and do for each the following (where eth0 is the name of the interface you must substitute

iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --syn -j DROP

On my tibook, X works but in low resolution. I had to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf with the following changes:

Section "Monitor" Identifier     "Color LCD" Option         "DPMS" HorizSync      28-49 VertRefresh    43-72 EndSection

and substituted the subsections with the following ones

Section "Screen" (...)       SubSection "Display" Depth          1 Modes          "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth          4 Modes          "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth          8 Modes          "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth          15 Modes          "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth          16 Modes          "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth          24 Modes          "1152x768" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" EndSubSection EndSection

One must restart X to see the changes.

After setting up cdrom or network access to deb repositories i'm ready to install a decent firewall like arno's:


 * 1) aptitude install arno-iptables-firewall