Hello,

I installed Knoppix (DVD edition) on my notebook (IBM t40) - what went pretty smooth.

now I tried to install alsa

apt-get install alsa-base

promps heeps of error message that the ftp is incorrect, that it can't parse or open the packagefile and so on.

when giving synaptic a try I get

Couldn't stat source package list http://security.debian.org stable/updates/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/security.debian.org_dists_stable_updates_main_bina ry-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)

Couldn't stat source package list http://ftp.de.debian.org stable/main Packages (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.de.debian.org_pub_debian_dists_stable_main_bin ary-i386_Packages) - stat (2 No such file or directory)

and more of these messages. Presumably security updates are not available for debian testing/unstabl.

I assume that the ftp location is broken, how can I change it?

doing in synaptic: "update list" it is prompting a lot but no packages appear in the list after update is completed

and due to this debian via knoppix is it recommended to install testing or even unstable packages only?


well, some apt-get questions, I hope I haven't missed relevant threads in the FAQ.

thanks in adcance cheers oggi