Re: Sarge on Presario 2200

[Lian Liming]

I am using Presario V2000, and encounter the same problem.
My solution is when booting, use right CTRL+C to terminate the loading
of i810_audio, you should press the key right before the loading!

Then the system will go on to boot but without module for net card.
After booting, use "modprobe 8139too" (it is the net card driver for
v2000) to enable the module for net card.

Using this method, you can log into the system. Next work should be
recompiling the kernel that is what I am doing now.

On 5/5/05, Alexander A. Vlasov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello, debian-laptop users.
> 
> Recently I received Compaq Presario 2200 laptop (2209CL) and tried to
> install Debian Sarge, but I encountered one problem:
> 
> Installation finishes successfully, but after reboot laptop doesn't boot
> properly. Last thing I see is
> 
> hotplug tries to modprobe i810_audio
> i810_audio: has id 0, resetting connection 0, connection 0 with codec 0.
> Codec 0 is softmodem, skipping.
> unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address
> 0024, printing eip deb2c1d2
> *pde=
> Oops: 
> ...registers, stack and call trace here...
> 
> ./pci.agent: line 156: 354 segfault $MODPROBE $MODULE > /dev/null 2>&1
> i810_audio can't be loaded
> missing kernel or user mode driver i810_audio
> 
> looks like booting continues, but after this I receive two lines about
> successfull registering drivers usbdevfs abd hub and computer hangs.
> 
> No disk activity, nothing -- but keyboard is working, symbols I typing
> appearing on the screen. But boot process doesn't continues.
> 
> This problem persists with both 2.6.8 and 2.4.27 kernels.
> 
> Ubuntu livecd boots soccessfuly (and audio works fine, btw).
> 
> Any ideas, any help would be greartly appreciated.
> 
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Almost totally black screen

[Gustavo Tourinho]

Hi again.

After setup X server using

MonitorLayount "LVDS, AUTO"

I can see the kdm greeting but it is almost black.

My question is, how can I up the brightness of LCD display?

Thanks in advanced,
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Extending the size of my display

[Darryl Pierce]

My laptop (Toshiba Satellite 2430-S255) display can do 1024x768.
However, I have it connected to a monitor most of the time which can
handle higher resolutions. I would like to configure it so that I can
increase the resolution when connected to the monitor and then
decrease it when I'm disconnected. However, no matter how I configure
the display, it always goes to just 1024x768.

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Re: Extending the size of my display

[Thomas Amm]

On Tue, 10 May 2005 09:39:58 -0400
Darryl Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> My laptop (Toshiba Satellite 2430-S255) display can do 1024x768.
> However, I have it connected to a monitor most of the time which can
> handle higher resolutions. I would like to configure it so that I can
> increase the resolution when connected to the monitor and then
> decrease it when I'm disconnected. However, no matter how I configure
> the display, it always goes to just 1024x768.

So _how_do_you_ configure it? 
Are there any hints in /var/log/XFree86.0.log ?

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Re: Extending the size of my display

[Darryl Pierce]

On 5/10/05, Thomas Amm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > My laptop (Toshiba Satellite 2430-S255) display can do 1024x768.
> > However, I have it connected to a monitor most of the time which can
> > handle higher resolutions. I would like to configure it so that I can
> > increase the resolution when connected to the monitor and then
> > decrease it when I'm disconnected. However, no matter how I configure
> > the display, it always goes to just 1024x768.
> 
> So _how_do_you_ configure it?

I have my system using the nVidia module for Xwindows. As for
configuring it, I used dpkg to install/configure the system and don't
touch xf86config/xf86cfg at all.

> Are there any hints in /var/log/XFree86.0.log ?

Dunno. What should I be looking for?

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Re: Extending the size of my display

[Derek Broughton]

On Tuesday 10 May 2005 11:39, Darryl Pierce wrote:
> On 5/10/05, Thomas Amm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > My laptop (Toshiba Satellite 2430-S255) display can do 1024x768.
> > > However, I have it connected to a monitor most of the time which can
> > > handle higher resolutions. I would like to configure it so that I can
> > > increase the resolution when connected to the monitor and then
> > > decrease it when I'm disconnected. However, no matter how I configure
> > > the display, it always goes to just 1024x768.
> >
> > So _how_do_you_ configure it?
>
> I have my system using the nVidia module for Xwindows. As for
> configuring it, I used dpkg to install/configure the system and don't
> touch xf86config/xf86cfg at all.
>
> > Are there any hints in /var/log/XFree86.0.log ?
>
> Dunno. What should I be looking for?

Anything with a warning or error - usually more modelines are specified in the 
config, but are suppressed by X for various reasons.

The options you specify in the configure script would be helpful (maybe 
extract that portion of /var/cache/debconf/config.dat and send it here).
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Re: ipw2200 + wpa_supplicant + EAP ident

[jsiegle]

Yannick Warnier wrote:
Just in case, would there be anyone here who tested an ipw2200
(wireless network card + linux driver) with wpa_supplicant to connect to
an EAP-encrypted wireless access point?
I'm having problems connecting and get several errors message which are
not quite significant to me, so before I bring this on ipw2200 driver's
mailing list, I'm just checking...
Yannick

Yannick,
	I have this working now. 

-Jonathan


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Re: Sarge on Presario 2200

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Alexander A. Vlasov wrote:

> Hello.
> 
> Sure I can, but I need both sound and video, so I will not do this.

You definitely need to.
If you are using 2.6 kernel, OSS is depreciated, ALSA is the standard and is
much better.

i810_audio is part of OSS.

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Re: Extending the size of my display

[Thomas Amm]

On Tue, 10 May 2005 10:39:55 -0400
Darryl Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 5/10/05, Thomas Amm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > So _how_do_you_ configure it?
> 
> I have my system using the nVidia module for Xwindows. As for
> configuring it, I used dpkg to install/configure the system and don't
> touch xf86config/xf86cfg at all.

I've got a Toshiba M30, and am also using the nvidia driver.
I am switching a lot between beamers, CRTs etc. ,
so I am not using debconf at all, IIRC it also did not handle my
default display's resolution of 1024x800 correctly - so I use to
edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 by hand. I don't want to discourage you
from trying to manage your config with debconf, but it sure is quite 
painless to copy your XF86Config-4 to p.e. XF86Config-4-debconf,
remove the debconf marks in it and try some configurations with different
display settings -I bet, that debconf actually ignores your extra resolutios.
I appended my own /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 as an example; don't simply
copy it, if you display can't handle 1024x800. 
 
Cheers,

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Woody vs Sarge vs debian variants on older equipment

[dbp lists]

Hi folks...

I just purchased a 570E thinkpad (PIII 500MHz) last week.  As well as a
Cisco 340 Aironet wireless card.  I'm hoping to install linux on it and
am trying to do as much homework as I can before they get here.  I've
searched a lot on the topic of installing debian on the 570E and have
found some good information, but it's a little patchy and/or dated.

I've found one post saying that SimplyMepis is the way to go, and then
another post saying that Ubuntu is *really* the way to go... stating
that the Cisco 340 wireless card can be automatically detected and installed.

I've run woody on a server at home for years now and have enjoyed just
using it.  I've read,
however, that if I'm going to go with straight debian on a laptop -
it's better to go
with Sarge.   I'm pretty confused now.  Antoher thing I'm not sure
about is if I should go with
kernel 2.4 or 2.6.  I don't plan on using any fancy peripherals, esp
since the laptop
doesn't have usb 2.0, only 1.1.  Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

ps.  And I already know about not installing i2c or lmsensors when
configuring the kernel.
(although I do wonder if this is only for 2.4 or for 2.6 as well.)

Re: Woody vs Sarge vs debian variants on older equipment

[Frans Pop]

On Tuesday 10 May 2005 18:24, dbp lists wrote:
> I've run woody on a server at home for years now and have enjoyed just
> using it.  I've read, however, that if I'm going to go with straight
> debian on a laptop - it's better to go with Sarge.
> I'm pretty confused now.  Antoher thing I'm not sure about is if I
> should go with kernel 2.4 or 2.6.

The main difference is in how the kernel supports your hardware. The Woody 
installer uses a fairly ancient kernel which may not support your 
hardware properly and cause problems during the installation.
The RC3 version of the installer for Sarge [1] has a choice of either the 
2.4.27 or 2.6.8 kernel (see Fx helpscreens) and much better hardware 
detection (and is more user friendly in general).

What kernel you should go with depends entirely on your hardware. Some 
systems seem better supported by 2.4.27, others by 2.6.8.
Some others have acpi problems with 2.6.8 and are happier with the 
2.6.10/11 kernels available in unstable, although you can only upgrade to 
those after installation.

Ubuntu uses basically the same installer as Debian Sarge, but with a 
2.6.10 kernel and therefore works better in some cases.

Cheers,
FJP

[1] http://www.nl.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/


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Re: Woody vs Sarge vs debian variants on older equipment

[dbp lists]

> The main difference is in how the kernel supports your hardware. The Woody
> installer uses a fairly ancient kernel which may not support your
> hardware properly and cause problems during the installation.
> The RC3 version of the installer for Sarge [1] has a choice of either the
> 2.4.27 or 2.6.8 kernel (see Fx helpscreens) and much better hardware
> detection (and is more user friendly in general).
> 
> What kernel you should go with depends entirely on your hardware. Some
> systems seem better supported by 2.4.27, others by 2.6.8.
> Some others have acpi problems with 2.6.8 and are happier with the
> 2.6.10/11 kernels available in unstable, although you can only upgrade to
> those after installation.
> 
> Ubuntu uses basically the same installer as Debian Sarge, but with a
> 2.6.10 kernel and therefore works better in some cases.
> 
Thanks for the advice.  Since my equipment is pretty old (circa 1999),
I will probably go
with kernel 2.4.  Some of the howto's I'm finding on the internet
discuss using even kernel 2.2 with Redhat 7.1.

I felt shaky about going with just debian, but after seeing the Raj
Kombiyil's howto at
http://modzer0.cs.uaf.edu/~wanderlust/wireless.htm, I feel much more
confident.

I haven't used the debian installer ever since I always install on no
frills boxes, which is why I'm a little nervous about installing onto
a laptop and wireless card.  But actually, it looks like its not too
bad.

My plan is to go with Sarge and try to use the installer.  If
everything works but the wireless card, I'll just install that
manually using the howto I found above.  But if no reasonable
functionality is obtained (which I highly doubt), I just might try
Ubuntu.

Thanks

Re: Woody vs Sarge vs debian variants on older equipment

[Juraj Ziegler]

dbp lists wrote:
I've run woody on a server at home for years now and have enjoyed just
using it.  I've read,
however, that if I'm going to go with straight debian on a laptop -
it's better to go
with Sarge.   I'm pretty confused now.  Antoher thing I'm not sure
about is if I should go with
kernel 2.4 or 2.6.  I don't plan on using any fancy peripherals, esp
since the laptop
doesn't have usb 2.0, only 1.1.  Any advice would be much appreciated.
Personally, I would go with Sid. I'm running it on all desktop-class 
machines (2 notebooks, one desktop). Choosing between Sarge and Woody, I 
would go with Sarge for a notebook. The new installer, 2.6 kernel, newer 
XFree86, newer window managers etc. are worth it. It's officially frozen 
now, so should become the new stable branch "real soon now"(tm), so no big 
issues should appear.

I never had a Cisco card, so I don't know what chipset it uses, but having 
hotplug, pcmcia support and wireless-tools installed, you have a big change 
of having the card autodetected. You might need to have to configure it by 
hand, however. ("might" meaning here "I always do it manually so I don't 
know if there is any clicking tool for it").

HTH.
j.
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Re: Woody vs Sarge vs debian variants on older equipment

[Frans Pop]

On Tuesday 10 May 2005 21:00, Juraj Ziegler wrote:
> Personally, I would go with Sid. I'm running it on all desktop-class
> machines (2 notebooks, one desktop).

Note that sid is likely become a lot more unstable (literally) when sarge 
is released as some major changes are implemented. The past year or so 
has been relatively quit in that respect because we were working towards 
releasing.

Using unstable (or even testing) in the period after a new release is not 
for all users.

Cheers,
FJP


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Re: ipw2200 + wpa_supplicant + EAP ident

[Joe Emenaker]

jsiegle wrote:
Yannick,
I have this working now.
How? I wasn't able to get my ipw2200 to do "monitor" mode which 
kismet and wpa_supplicant seemed to require.

Is there a new ipw2200 driver, or did you get wpa_supplicant to work 
around it?

- Joe
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pcmcia wireless adaptor, hw fault or kernel bug?

[Gabriele Persia]

Hi all,

I'm running debian/testing on a Travelmate 525txv.
When downloading large files, the prismGT (prism54) cardbus card 
"freezes" (and sometime hangs the system).


What works:
- system boots fine with the card plugged;
- when I plug [unplug] the card, hotplug brings up [remove] the interface (as 
expected);
- browsing the lan/Internet;
- UPLOADING files of ANY size;
- downloading of "small" files;

What doesn't work:
- downloading of big file (>3Mb)
(buffer-to-disk problem?)

Tried with many combination of
- kernels (2.4.27, 2.6.8, 2.6.10)
- firmware version (isl3890 v1.0.3.0 and v1.0.4.3)
- driver settings (txpower, channels, key on/off)
...they all shows the same behaviour.

Mepis3.3 and Knoppix3.7 don't work either.

If I unplug the card, the frozen system resumes working.


Follows a kernel log I saw once, when the system freezed:
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [__report_bad_irq+42/160] 
__report_bad_irq+0x2a/0xa0
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [handle_IRQ_event+48/112] 
handle_IRQ_event+0x30/0x70
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [note_interrupt+112/176] 
note_interrupt+0x70/0xb0
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [__do_IRQ+296/320] __do_IRQ+0x128/0x140
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [do_IRQ+25/48] do_IRQ+0x19/0x30
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [common_interrupt+26/32] 
common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [__do_softirq+46/144] 
__do_softirq+0x2e/0x90
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [do_softirq+39/48] do_softirq+0x27/0x30
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [irq_exit+53/64] irq_exit+0x35/0x40
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [do_IRQ+30/48] do_IRQ+0x1e/0x30
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [common_interrupt+26/32] 
common_interrupt+0x1a/0x20
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [pg0+273215471/1069863936] 
unix_poll+0x2f/0xa0 [unix]
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [tty_poll+137/192] tty_poll+0x89/0xc0
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [sock_poll+41/64] sock_poll+0x29/0x40
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [do_select+607/720] do_select+0x25f/0x2d0
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [__pollwait+0/208] __pollwait+0x0/0xd0
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [sys_select+731/1264] 
sys_select+0x2db/0x4f0
May  9 00:27:12 localhost kernel:  [syscall_call+7/11] syscall_call+0x7/0xb


lspci:
:00:00.0 Host bridge: ALi Corporation M1621 (rev 05)
:00:01.0 PCI bridge: ALi Corporation PCI to AGP Controller (rev 01)
:00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: ALi Corporation M5451 PCI AC-Link 
Controller Audio Device (rev 01)
:00:07.0 ISA bridge: ALi Corporation M1533 PCI to ISA Bridge [Aladdin IV]
:00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] 
(rev 08)
:00:10.0 IDE interface: ALi Corporation M5229 IDE (rev c3)
:00:11.0 Bridge: ALi Corporation M7101 Power Management Controller [PMU]
:00:13.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
:00:13.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 01)
:00:14.0 USB Controller: ALi Corporation USB 1.1 Controller (rev 03)
:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M 
AGP 2x (rev 64)
:06:00.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Intersil ISL3890 [Prism 
GT/Prism Duette] (rev 01)


cat /proc/irq
   CPU0
  0:2607171  XT-PIC  timer
  1: 46  XT-PIC  i8042
  2:  0  XT-PIC  cascade
  7:  2  XT-PIC  parport0
  9:  4  XT-PIC  acpi
 10:   7170  XT-PIC  ALI 5451, eth0
 11:   1170  XT-PIC  yenta, yenta, ohci_hcd, eth1
 12:   9023  XT-PIC  i8042
 14:  18908  XT-PIC  ide0
 15: 11  XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:  0
LOC:  0
ERR:  0
MIS:  0



How to check for defective hardware??
(...no, I don't have a Windows partition)
The faulty hardware (if any) should be the pcmcia slot, since the card did 
work well with an Asus L3000.

Any ideas?
Thanks,
Gabriele Persia


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Re: ipw2200 + wpa_supplicant + EAP ident

[jsiegle]

Joe Emenaker wrote:
jsiegle wrote:
Yannick,
I have this working now.

How? I wasn't able to get my ipw2200 to do "monitor" mode which 
kismet and wpa_supplicant seemed to require.

Is there a new ipw2200 driver, or did you get wpa_supplicant to work 
around it?

I'm using ipw2200-1.0.3 and wpasupplicant 0.3.8-1(from Sarge).
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iBook display still on while asleep

[Jeffrey B. Green]

I've submitted a bug to the debian system (Bug#308495) regarding this
situation. The basic problem is as the subject line says: the display 
is left on after the machine to put to sleep. It displays what looks
to be the console messages in single user mode display. pmud worked
just fine with woody installed (debian 3.0) but is broken for sarge.

Here are the particulars for my machine.

,[ uname -a ]
| Linux lilmac 2.6.8-powerpc #1 Sun Mar 20 14:09:41 CET 2005 ppc GNU/Linux
`

regards,
jeff


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