Re: Built-in wireless lan in asus l3800c (l3c)
On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 19:44, Joel Alexandre wrote: > i have a a asus l3800c with builtin wireless lan and would like to put > it to work in debian. > but i have several problems. > > - i don't know anything about my wlan card. > in asus site it doesn't say anything about it. > (in windows i had to install some drivers that were in asus download > section but i can't get those drivers again - asus download section is > down. all i can remember is that it was ( i think) an intel). > > - i've been looking around and found this site > http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/index.html but i don't know if it's > the right way. For starters you should probably do either "lspci" or "cat /proc/pci" and try to find out which wireless card it is that you have exactly. If it's an 802.11b card, you're in luck since there's some pretty solid support for most of those cards out there. If, on the other hand, it's an 802.11a card, don't count on it. There are very few projects under way for writing drivers for 802.11a cards and I don't even know if there are any usable drivers available for ANY 802.11a cards. Good luck. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Built-in wireless lan in asus l3800c (l3c)
On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 09:17, Joel Alexandre wrote: > thanks to all that replied. > > now that i found the wlan device i don't know how to continue. > > the device is this one: > > 02:08.0 Network controller: Harris Semiconductor: Unknown device 3873 > (rev 01) > Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2510 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9 > Memory at d700 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] > Capabilities: > i've also checked in windows (it matches). > > and now i still don't know much about the device. > it's a 802.11b card (that i know)! > > it has nothing to do with the chipsets that some of you refered. Harris Semiconductor makes the PRISM chipset. Luckily, this chipset is well supported in Linux. Since Intel is also showing up in the description, my guess would be that it's an Intel board using a PRISM chip. Have a look around this page to find out more info and which driver to use: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ Good luck. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Inspiron 8200 Xwindows issues - Radeon 9000
On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 21:58, John M Bergin II wrote: > I have installed the > http://spazioinwind.libero.it/fstanchina/debian/fglrx-glc22-4.2.0.html > package and it setup all my configs to match those instructions. I am > completely unable to run Xwindows in Debian but, Knoppix loads fine, > Mandrake installs and loads X fine. > I have run debian on a server now for 4 years and am just trying to > transition it to my laptop. I just can't seem to get it to work right. > Anyone have any trouble with the fglrx drivers? Hmm, that's news to me. I never knew you could get 3D support from an ATI board in Linux. That gives me something to play around with. :) In the meantime, if all you really need is a workstation (and you don't need to play games), just use the generic ATI drivers that come with XF86. They've been working fine for me on my Inspiron 8000 for about a year now. I'll try these new 3D drivers, but as I've never used them before I can't tell you how to get them working right now. Give me a couple of days though and I should be all set. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Inspiron 8200 Xwindows issues - Radeon 9000
On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 09:56, John M Bergin II wrote: > I tried the generic ati drivers and was still unable to load X at all. No > Screens found was the error it gave me. What resolution are you running > yours at in 2d? --snip-- Here's my ModeLine from my XF86Config-4: ModeLine"1400x1050" 107.8 1400 1450 1500 1999 1050 1058 1070 1150 1400x1050 is the native resolution of my display. Yours might be the same, but it might be different as well A good place to check is Dell's support site. They actually had an XF86Config-4 available for the i8000, so there might be one for the 8200 as well. When you reply, make sure that your reply goes to the list as well so that people can hopefully benefit from this in the future when searching the mailing list archives. I read the list regularly, so you don't need to CC me when replying. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: A good Choice?
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 06:27, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Gustave Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003 Feb 25 06:11 -0600]: > > What's a great brand of laptop to use with debian/libra? > > IBM Thinkpads are popular. I've had perfect success with an older > Thinkpad 390E, model # 2626-E0U, that I bought a few weeks back. It's a > mobile Pentium II running at 333 MHz and it runs Mozilla and OpenOffice > just fine. I'm pleased with it. It's heavier than most newer models, > but it's built to be very durable and the keyboard has a very nice feel. I've been running Debian on my Dell Inspiron 8000 for over a year now with no problems. The i8k is extremely well supported both in the kernel and in available software. i8kutils is absolutely invaluable, especially when you're in a meeting or other quiet spot and you don't want your cooling fans kicking in. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: DELL Inspiron and some problems
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 08:01, Karsten Rothemund wrote: > Hello * > > I have a big problem with a DELL Inspiron 8100. After nearly a year > working with this machine running Debian Woody, I suddenly had some > problems with the fans. After a suspend-to-RAM, and the wake-up 5 > Minutes later, it startet with running both at full speed - even after > I cooled down the computer for more than an hour (so I'm sure, it is > not too hot). > This happens all the time on my Inspiron 8000. As far as I've been able to track the problem, it happens when you change power modes while the laptop is suspended. i.e. Pulling out the AC cord or inserting it while the laptop is suspended. A reboot stops that problem, though it's not exactly convenient. An updated BIOS might help, but Dell laptops have notoriously bad BIOSs. For every 1 feature they fix, they usually break another 3. > The DELL support told me to update the BIOS (it was A08, now I updated > up to A14): Result: the fans are working correctly now (Why? Questions > over questions), but now I have problems with the keyboard and the > clock is loosing around 5 Minutes an hour. :-( > I gave up on my clock a long time ago. I have init scripts which run ntpdate at startup and then run ntpd after that to keep the clock synchronized. If I don't have access to a network with a time server, I look at my wristwatch instead. :) > But the more anoying problem is the keyboard: it swallows some letters > from time to time (around 6 letters when writing about 3 sentences). > DELL support changed the keyboard, but this did not help. > Try going into the BIOS and turning on keyboard clicks. Then start typing and listen for the clicks. Do you get clicks when the letters are "swallowed"? If you do, it's a software issue. If this is the case it could be kind of tricky to track. If you don't get clicks for the disappearing letters, it's a hardware issue. This is what I used to convince Dell's tech support a few months ago that I did, indeed, need a new keyboard. (And I had to fake my way through a "Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel" troubleshooting session...) > So my question is: is here someone around who made the same or similar > experience. > See above. :) > And of course even more interesting: is there some possibllity to cure > this "desease"[1]. Maybe some kernel options to set[2]. I would try to > downgrade the BIOS again (but this seems to be not so easy, as the > support told me, and of course not recommended by them. The new one is > better, they say). > There is no really "good" Dell BIOS. You just have to find the one that breaks the fewest number of things. :) What's really scary is that even with all of these problems, I still love my Inspiron. Go figure. :) Good luck getting yours to cooperate. Or at least learning to cope with it. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: DELL Inspiron and some problems
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 12:57, Karsten Rothemund wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:38:07AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 08:01, Karsten Rothemund wrote: > > > Hello * > > > > > > I have a big problem with a DELL Inspiron 8100. After nearly a year > > > working with this machine running Debian Woody, I suddenly had some > > > problems with the fans. After a suspend-to-RAM, and the wake-up 5 > > > Minutes later, it startet with running both at full speed - even after > > > I cooled down the computer for more than an hour (so I'm sure, it is > > > not too hot). > > > > > > > This happens all the time on my Inspiron 8000. As far as I've been able > > to track the problem, it happens when you change power modes while the > > laptop is suspended. i.e. Pulling out the AC cord or inserting it while > > This may be the reason. (Why do you know this, and not the DELL-people?) > > > the laptop is suspended. A reboot stops that problem, though it's not > > NO. It didn't stop, even after the machine was shutdown for one hour. Hmm. This is strange. After you shut down the machine, did you disconnect the power and take the battery out to make sure that nothing inside could still be "alive"? If it still happens after this then it could be an actual hardware failure. > > exactly convenient. An updated BIOS might help, but Dell laptops have > > notoriously bad BIOSs. For every 1 feature they fix, they usually break > > another 3. > > > > YES. I second that! > > [...] > > I gave up on my clock a long time ago. I have init scripts which run > > ntpdate at startup and then run ntpd after that to keep the clock > > synchronized. If I don't have access to a network with a time server, I > > look at my wristwatch instead. :) > > > Workaround. OK. > > [keyboard] > > Try going into the BIOS and turning on keyboard clicks. Then start > > typing and listen for the clicks. Do you get clicks when the letters are > > "swallowed"? If you do, it's a software issue. If this is the case it > > could be kind of tricky to track. If you don't get clicks for the > > disappearing letters, it's a hardware issue. This is what I used to > > convince Dell's tech support a few months ago that I did, indeed, need a > > new keyboard. > > They already did this. It does not help. So you do get "clicks" for the letters that don't show up? > [BIOS] > > There is no really "good" Dell BIOS. You just have to find the one that > > breaks the fewest number of things. :) > > > A08 was good for about 1 year. But then I try to go back, but how? It > seems to be not straight forward as booting the BIOS-floppy to UPgrade. It should be that simple. You should just be able to boot from the BIOS floppy and tell it which BIOS image to install. (Assuming you have a copy of the appropriate BIOS image.) > > What's really scary is that even with all of these problems, I still > > love my Inspiron. Go figure. :) Good luck getting yours to cooperate. Or > > at least learning to cope with it. :) > > > A kind of Zen, or what? ;-) > > Thanx for the suggestions. No problem. I'm glad to (try to) help. :) p.s. I read this list regularly, so please keep replies on the list so that other people can benefit in the future from reading the mailing list archives. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: airline travel with hitech gear? (a bit offtopic)
On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 13:29, Jamie Lawrence wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:27, Hubert Chan wrote: > > > > They claim that the risk is of taking something flammable or explosive in > > the > > bottle. However they don't bother about bottles of mineral water, so a > > terrorist could fill a water bottle with something clear such as methylated > > spirits. > > Not true everywhere. Flying out of SFO, I was asked to open two bottles > of water in my carryon so that the screeners could smell them. > > I had a cup of coffee with me, and they asked me to take a sip of it > before going through. (There's a security failure here, if you think > about it.) > > Maybe I just look swarthy and dangerous. Well, you are a Linux user, and therefore a direct threat to one of the US's greatest assests, Microsoft. You know that all us Linux users are unwashed Communist hippies trying to bring about the fall of corporate America and all... ;) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: S-video
On Wed, 2003-04-30 at 06:23, Alessandro Speranza wrote: > Hi guys. > I'm back with my laptop's problems. I haven't yet complained with the > retailer about the battery, but before doing that, I want to sort out > another issue. > > A few days ago I got an S-video+audio--->scart cable to connect my laptop > (compaq presario 700) to the Tv and watch dvds with it. The video card > I've got is a S3 ProSavage KN133 (TwisterK) which should in principle > support lcd,crt and tv. In fact, with the s3switch utility from > http://www.probo.com/timr/savage40.html#download > or from > http://ranger.s3graphics.com/viaarena/380drv/ > it's possible to switch from the lcd monitor to the external monitor and > bach or run them together. However, when I use s3switch to connect the TV, > nothing happens. > A similar utility comes with the Twister driver for WinXP. With that I > get a sort of weak flashing of the TV screen, but no image coming out. Are you sure you're running at a resolution that your TV supports? I can only use TV-out on my laptop if I have X running at 800x600 or lower. I run at 1400x1050 by default which does nothing when I try to activate the TV display. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Screen resolution
On Thu, 2003-05-01 at 11:11, Metod Kolla wrote: > Hello, > I'm stuck with this one. How can I change the screen resolution to > 800X600? I tried : xf86cfg > xconfigurator > trl-alt -+ > with no results. Any help would be appreciated Laptops can be difficult to change the resolution in sometimes. For starters, make sure that in your /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 you have "800x600" defined as a mode for your colordepth. If you don't know where to look, it's in Section "Screen"->Subsection "Display". If you have multiple "Display" subsections, look for the one where "Depth" matches your current color depth (or DefaultDepth if its set). If that's all ok, then you push Ctrl-Alt + or -. This is where the laptop part gets tricky. On my Dell Inspiron 8000, I have a "Font" button (Alt+F7 I think) which switches between the real resolution of my screen, and stretching the display to fill the screen at any resolution. I usually have to switch to the resolution while in the native resolution (so I get black borders around the window) and then push the Font button to get it to stretch. Unfortunately since all laptops are different in that regard, you'll have to figure out what works for you. Good luck. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: beeps!!
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 08:58, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > today i boot up my computer (dell inspiron 8000), having successfully > installed debian on it friday afternoon, and now it beeps at me, > sporadically, and in three octaves! same note (D i think); different > register. i can't isolate what's causing it -- i'm plugged in, so it > shouldn't be a battery issue ... this has never happened to me before! > what is it? Could you elaborate a bit on when the beeping happens? Also, assuming that it's a hardware issue, which version of the BIOS is on there? I've been running Debian on my i8k for a year and half with no problems. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Dell Inspiron 8000, Mobility M4, DRI performance
Just wondering if anyone has gotten a Mobility M4 card working with DRI well. I did a clean install of Debian on my laptop today, upgraded everything to sid, and then installed all of the DRI packages from http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk-sid/. I installed xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk, xlibmesa-gl1-dri-trunk, and drm-trunk-module-src. I compiled a fresh 2.4.21 kernel using the Debian source package and then compiled the drm module using make-kpkg modules_image, and then installed the new kernel and modules debs. In my XF86Config-4 I'm using "r128" as my driver. With all of this done, I can start X and everything works ok. The only problem is that I can't seem to start X at anything below 1024x768. The other issue, is that 3D acceleration is quite slow. Running glxgears, I average about 700 fps. Trying to run quake3, the best I can do is about 30 fps on average. I know that this card isn't anywhere near top of the line anymore, but I'd expect that a 32 MB board would still be able to do a decent job running Quake 3. Does anyone else have this setup running, and how well is it running? Am I really running into a limitation of the hardware or is there some more configuration that can be done to speed things up? -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: USB CD burner
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 10:55, R.Stepanyan wrote: > One more thing: I've also heard about "IDE->USB" cases. > They are quite cheap (up to $100) and allow to use "normal" > internal IDE devices via usb. > > Example: > http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ME-320U2 > which costs only $35.00 !!! > > So, if one buys such a thing and a relatively cheap "internal" > ide drive (5" like CD-reader or 3" like HD) then the total price > can be actually lower than for "native" usb drives. > > Anyone has any experience with these external cases? I just ordered one a few days ago that should be here next Monday. Mine in particular is a firewire one. I'll post my experiences on here. I'm going to be using it with a Sony DVD-ROM drive as well as a Plextor CD-RW, and possibly a 120GB hard drive. Also, in reply to your initial post, all USB 2.0 devices should be able to run in USB 1.1 mode, however speed will still be a concern. If this is going to be for use on your laptop, and you don't already have a firewire or USB 2 port on it, I'd suggest looking at getting some of the PCMCIA FireWire and/or USB2 boards. I just did a quick search on pricewatch.com and they're showing USB 2.0 only cards for $20 US, and USB 2.0/IEEE1394 (FireWire) combo boards for $59 US. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: DELL Inspiron 8000 - 3COM 556 internal NIC/Modem
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 11:58, Al Stone wrote: > On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 01:18, Sampl Manfred wrote: > > I was running kernel 2.4.18 before, the NIC part didn't work. Was > > there a major step in the 3COM kernel drivers fom 2.4.18 to 2.4.20, in > > the module 3c59x? > > Not that I know of (but I haven't looked). I've been using > the 3c59x driver with the miniPCI card for quite some time > (maybe since 2.4.10 or so?). This was with an HP Omnibook > 6000 laptop, though, not a Dell. I did an install of Potato on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8000) with the miniPCI board, and the NIC part worked just fine. I know that the Potato installer used a 2.2 kernel though I'm not sure which one specifically. The first 2.4 kernel that I ran on the laptop was a 2.4.6 I believe, and that worked just fine as well. I used 2.4.18 for quite some time before recently upgrading to 2.4.21 and everything still worked. Coincidentally, as I've been playing with 2.6.0-test1, it's still been working fine. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Setting up X on an Inspiron 8000
I've got an Inspiron 8000 with an ATI Mobility M4 board inside and I'm trying to get X up and running. Everything works fine, except for the fact that I can't switch resolutions. I can go between 1400x1050 and 1024x768 and that's it. I really need to be able to get down to either 640x480 or 800x600 so that I can make use of my TV out. Now, the really embarrassing part of this whole problem is that I HAD everything working for almost a year, including all the resolution changing, I'm just not sure how. I ended up trying out the DRM trunk packages (http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk-sid) and in the process making a number of changes to both my XF86Config-4 and my kernel .config. Coincidentally, if I've been reading things right, it seems that the newer 2.4 series kernels already have the DRM source in there, and that XFree86 on sid comes with DRM support already, so I did a whole bunch of unnecessary work. So with all of that being said, I'm trying to figure out how to achieve that perfect mix if options to get my system working. Does anyone else have this working, and if so could you post your XF86Config and any kernel options you might be using? Any help is greatly appreciated. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Re: USB CD burner
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 09:02, R. Stepanyan wrote: > >> Anyone has any experience with these external cases? > > >I just ordered one a few days ago that should be here next Monday. Mine > >in particular is a firewire one. I'll post my experiences on here. I'm > >going to be using it with a Sony DVD-ROM drive as well as a Plextor > >CD-RW, and possibly a 120GB hard drive. > > Dear Alex. First of all, my excuses for bothering you! > Do you have any results? I mean: does it work? :) > Cannot wait to buy such a thing myself! It works great on my laptop. My desktop is having some issues with the SCSI drivers. I believe it's related to the fact that I have hardware RAID in there, which shows up as a SCSI drive. There's probably some combination of SCSI-related things that I'm not taking into account. But the laptop has worked since the day I got it with no problem. Then again, this is all with firewire, so USB 2.0 may well be easier since USB support seems to be much more mature in Linux than firewire support. Speed-wise, I see no problems so far. I haven't tried using the burner in there yet, but the DVD-ROM drive is working with no problems. I just used it to watch a movie the other day and had no slowdown or stuttering at all. > >Also, in reply to your initial post, all USB 2.0 devices should be able > >to run in USB 1.1 mode, however speed will still be a concern. If this > >is going to be for use on your laptop, and you don't already have a > >firewire or USB 2 port on it, I'd suggest looking at getting some of the > >PCMCIA FireWire and/or USB2 boards. I just did a quick search on > >pricewatch.com and they're showing USB 2.0 only cards for $20 US, and > >USB 2.0/IEEE1394 (FireWire) combo boards for $59 US. > > That's what I'm actually going to do. The main problem is that I don't > quite understand the chain I should build. The weakest part is PCMCIA. How > should I configure such a card. For certainty, I found one on the Net: > > http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2PU2PCCARD > > 2-Port USB 2.0 High Speed CardBus PCMCIA Adapter, only $25.95 > > Could not find any notice about this kind of devices in PCMCIA docs. > I made also a search on google as well as checked linux-usb - without > any real success. > > As what sort of device should pcmcia_cs see such a PCMCIA->USB card? > In other words: which device-driver modules are to be loaded? > > Any ideas? Where I could find docs/HOWTO's/info/etc? > > If I manage to get pcmcia part working, the usb one seems to be more or > less clear. It should not be too different from Flash-card readers, right? I would imagine that any card that is EHCI compliant would work just fine as far as USB 2.0 goes. That's just a guess though since I've never actually used one. I do know that as far as firewire support goes, any card that's OHCI compliant should "just work". Once again, in assuming that firewire and USB 2.0 support are similar in linux, then if the card is EHCI compliant it should just work. If you're intending to buy the card online, just make sure that the place has a good return policy just in case. But that's true for anything you buy of course. I have never actually used any PCMCIA cards in linux, so I don't really know how much help I can be of in regards to any specifics of that. Though I'd imagine that once PCMCIA support was working, the cards that are inserted would show up in an lspci scan. If that is indeed the case, then you should have no problem. I'm using a firewire/usb 2.0 combo PCI board in my desktop with no problems. (Well, except that the drive doesn't work, but as I said, that's a SCSI issue. The actual firewire and USB interfaces both work fine.) Best of luck. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [OT/2] Need some help on translating document
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 11:41, François TOURDE wrote: > Hi .*, > > It's half Off Topic, so I'm only half sorry :) > > Some weeks ago, I've written a document[1] explaining how to install Debian on > a DELL Latitude C840. This document is in french (my mother tongue), and seems > to have a big success (more than 20 hits/day, excluding Robots). > > So I need help to translate it into english. Unfortunately I don't know French well enough to be able to translate a full-length document. Once you have a working English document, however, I'd be happy to help clean it up. (i.e. if no one who's fluent in English and French offers to help, just throw it at babelfish and send me the result and I'll try my best to help. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: (no subject)
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 14:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > I have a laptop insprion 8100 and the fan would not shut off so i > tried the fun z and it stopped the fan will that hurt anything is it > normal. thanks!! fun-z just tells the system to re-check the temperature. The fan just shut off because it wasn't needed. It will come back on again if it gets hot. It won't hurt anything. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
APM signals cause lockup
I just got done installing Sid on my Inspiron 8000 using one of the 100 or so documents I found using a google search. However, after reading through all of them, I can't find any hints to this problem. I compiled kernel 2.4.17 from source, making sure to include the power management options, and installed apmd. However, any time an APM signal is sent, the computer locks, requiring a hard restart. This is REALLY annoying as when I put it on AC power after starting up on battery (or vice versa) it locks, so I'm limited to having to reboot much too often. I know my way around Debian rather well, but as this is my first time installing it on a laptop I'm sure that there are probably things that I'm not aware of that I should be doing. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
X dies at suspend (was: APM signals cause lockup)
On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 11:53, Jay Ford wrote: > Disabling APIC by unsetting the kernel config variable CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC > fixed that for me on my 8100. Note that this is APIC, not ACPI. That fixed it. Thanks! :) But now that I can suspend properly, I'm left with a new problem. When I suspend (to RAM) X shuts down, and I have to manually restart it. Apart from being an inconvenience, this forcibly logs me out of the X session, so all of my unsaved work is lost. Is there any way to go about keeping X up? And while I'm at it, any suggestions for getting the sound to cooperate in Gnome? I've managed to get the OSS drivers working (compiled in kernel) but I get no Gnome sounds, though XMMS works fine. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: FIXED! X dies at suspend
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 12:13, Jeff wrote: > Alex Malinovich, 2002-Feb-27 06:58 -0600: > > On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 11:53, Jay Ford wrote: > > > > And while I'm at it, any suggestions for getting the sound to cooperate > > in Gnome? I've managed to get the OSS drivers working (compiled in > > kernel) but I get no Gnome sounds, though XMMS works fine. > > > > -Alex > > Have you installed a sound daemon such as Esound? I'm pretty > sure Esound is supported in gnome. Whoops... I forgot to check the permissions on esd. It was still set to root:root. I have sound again. :) And I seem to have stumbled accross the solution for the X shutdown problem as well. In the process of troubleshooting the sound, I removed all of the ALSA packages that I had installed and, interestingly enough, I can now suspend to RAM without X dying on me. While I'm not sure why this happened, I'm just posting this in the hopes that someone in the future may gain some benefit from it. :) -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Windows XP + Linux
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 12:39, Luis Mendes wrote: > > Hi, > > I am about to install Woody in my new Toshiba 1800-314 which came with > a copy of WinXp Home Edition installed. In the past I had linux > coexisting with different flavours of Windows (3.11, 95, 98) but never > with XP. I am a bit worried because after a search I got conflicting > views on how easy it is to get linux coexisting with XP. As > anyone in this list tried it sucssefuly? One other related issue is > that XP comes installed in a WIN32 filesystem but I can convert it to > NTFS. Should I do this? will Linux be able to see my XP partition in > an NTFS filesystem. > > I looked in the archive for this list but it seems this topic was > never raised. > > I have a 15G unpartitioned disk. > > Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Luis Well, personally, I would call Toshiba, demand a refund for XP after rejecting the license terms, and then proceed to put Debian on there. HOWEVER, in regards to your questions: Converting to NTFS would be good if you were going to spend a LOT of time in Windows, however keep in mind that there's still no real reliable way to WRITE to and NTFS partition. (Though you should be able to read from it just fine.) My desktop machine is currently running XP and Debian in a dual boot configuration with no problems (running Cygwin with XFree86 while in Windows to make it bearable). I am using the XP bootloader however, so if you're intending to try using LILO as your primary bootloader I don't know if it will work. As long as you stick with letting XP handle the MBR though, everything should work just fine. Good luck. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Windows XP + Linux
On 7 Mar 2002, Hubert Chan wrote: > FWIW, I'm using GRUB to boot WinXP, and it's definitely working. GRUB > doesn't need to read NTFS to boot WinXP. It just needs to be able to > read the first block of the partition and do "chainloading" as they call > it (load the first block into memory, and start executing it). > > Try it out for yourself. When you get into GRUB, go to the GRUB command > line, and issue the following commands: > > root (hd0,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > boot > > (of course, replace (hd0,0) with whatever partition WinXP is installed > on. The makeactive command may not be required.) > > The great thing about going straight to GRUB is that it allows me to > select among any number of different Linux kernels, WinXP, Memtest86, > etc. all in one shot. Is there an easy way to do this same thing in LILO? Or are there any additional benefits to installing GRUB? As my system stands right now, I let XP handle booting, but this is a pain in my rear end as my C: drive is NTFS so any time I change my LILO config I have to boot into Windows to copy my LILO boot file to C:. Anything to simplify this would be wonderful. -Alex
APM Suspend on I8K
I've got my Dell I8K running Sid with a 2.4.17 kernel and everything works just fine. I only have one problem with the system. If I use Fn + Esc to suspend, or if I close the cover, the BIOS seems to handle the suspend. That is, none of the APM scripts get called. This causes something of a hassle if I come out of suspend when I'm no longer connected to the network, etc. Using apm -s or "Suspend" from the GDM login menu puts my system into suspend "properly". (i.e. All of the suspend scripts are run.) However, when I come OUT of suspend, GDM is dead and needs to be manually restarted. This is a problem for two reasons. One, if I'm logged into a Gnome session and I happen to use apm -s, that session gets killed and needs to be restarted and two, if one of my roommates happens to be using the laptop and they use Suspend from the GDM menu, they have no way to log in until I get home. (They have an innate fear of the command line, so asking them log in on tty2 and run startx isn't going to work.) As if all of this isn't enough, there's yet ANOTHER problem. This one seems to be a problem with my DHCP server though I'm not sure. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to track down the exact cause of this outside of "when coming out of suspend." It only happens every once in a while and it seems to happen both on a BIOS suspend and an apm -s suspend. When coming out of suspend, my IP address gets changed. This SHOULDN'T happen, however, since my DHCP server is set up with a static lease for my laptop. Unfortunately, the DHCP server is also the PDC here, so it's running Windows 2K. Running pump once or twice usually gets the right IP back for me, but once again, this isn't something that I can tell my roommates to do, so they're left with no internet connection until I get home. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
VGA Out on Dell Inspiron 8000 with XF86
My video card died on my desktop, so I've taken to using my laptop as a desktop replacement for the time being. I've got all of my desktop peripherals hooked up to the laptop without any major problems. My monitor is hooked up and with a bit of coercing, works pretty well. Unfortunately, the default XF86 configuration is for [EMAIL PROTECTED] My monitor can and does display this, but since it's a CRT it looks rather bad. I'd LOVE to be able to run it at 1400x1050 at 85Hz but either the video out or the monitor doesn't support it. (I can't tell which, but I'm guessing it's the video.) I'd like to set it up for 1280x1024 at 75 or 85Hz, but since I'm using the Dell supplied XF86Config with the specific ModeLine I'm not sure how to best go about it. Preferably, I'd just be able to add 1280x1024 as a secondary resolution so that Ctrl-Alt-Num+ will switch to it. Here's my current XF86Config-4. TIA. -Alex - begin XF86Config -- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice"USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "pex5" Load "record" Load "xie" Load "v4l" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "dell101" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "On" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USB Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName"Monitor Model" HorizSync31.5 - 82.0 VertRefresh 40.0 - 110.0 ModeLine "1400x1050" 107.8 1400 1450 1500 1999 1050 1058 1070 1150 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "r128" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "Rage 128 Mobility LF" VideoRam32768 BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 DefaultFbBPP 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes"1400x1050" "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" EndSection signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: hubs and switches
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Tony Firecloud wrote: > Well yes, I had planned on having my network connected to the internet. > Kinda the whole idea of this was being able to use my new cable inter- > net connection between a) the server, and then b) the two laptops, and > for a final trick, c) my wife's win98 machine which would replace one > of the laptops when necessary, as the windows machine doesn't need much > network/internet time. > But i'm pretty sure i don't _need_ a router for that, do i? Couldn't > i send everything to the server (via the hub now) and have that box then > send everything over the cable pipe? Masquerading, i think one calls it. > Or packet forwarding? Or maybe i can't do such a thing if i want to use > a hub(?); this is a new facet to my non-hubbed 5-NIC, 3-host, 1-internet > connection idea, will take some figuring/reading i guess. But i'll > definitely take your advice and get a hub or switch. Nope, you don't need a separate router. You can have your server function as a router. Just pop two NICs into it and off you go. Masquerading is what you're looking for. As long as you can get both of your NICs to show up you shouldn't have much trouble. (I've been having a problem with that lately.) Good luck. :) -Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple users (perhaps OT)
On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 18:23, Simon Wong wrote: > On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 05:11, Hubert Chan wrote: > > I don't know if it's feasible for you (in terms of memory requirements, > > etc), but you might want to launch two X servers, one on vt7, and one on > > vt8. Then, if you're working on something, and your girlfriend wants to > > use the computer, she can switch to vt8 and log in as herself. This > > way, she gets to keep all her preferences, etc. > > I tried setting this up on my laptop with GDM (Gnome1). > > The problem is most of the time when someone logs out e.g. on vt8 my > session on vt7 dies too :-( > > I have setup GDM to NOT restart X servers. > > Is there something else I may be missing as I'd like to set this up too > so my Wife can start using Linux too :-) I gave up on getting GDM to play nice with multiple logins a while back. I just wrote a script to start X on the next available display. If your wife needs to log in, she goes to vt1 - 6, logs in, and then runs the script. (I call mine gnomelogin.) Works fine for me and my two roommates, and they're both essentially computer illiterate. Here's a copy of the script. -- gnomelogin start -- #!/bin/sh displaycounter=0 while lockfile -0 -r 0 -! /tmp/.X$displaycounter-lock 2>/dev/null; do ((displaycounter++)) done startx -- :$displaycounter rm -f /tmp/.X$displaycounter-lock -- gnomelogin end -- signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: problem configuring X resolution
On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 13:53, Gale Stafford wrote: > Are there ways to configure the screen resolution besides editing the > XF86Config file? KDE is starting up just fine now on my thinkpad, but > I'm stuck at this tiny 640X480 resolution. I've set up my XF86Config > file with DefaultDepth 16, and listed 800X600 as one of the modes for > that depth. But KDE seems to be bypassing my XF86Config settings. I > looked around in KDE for an option to change the resolution but can't > find any. You can use Ctrl-Alt-"Numpad +" and Ctrl-Alt-"Numpad -" to change resolutions while X is running. If you just want to edit your XF86Config with different resolution settings and don't want to do it by hand, you can use XF86Setup or xf86cfg. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: TV-out
On Fri, 2002-07-26 at 10:43, Andreas Fromm wrote: > Hi, > > does anybody have some experience connecting a TV to the TV-Out jack on > Laptops? > specially with a Dell Inspiron 8000 (nVidia GeForce 2) with a Pal TV? It > seems that the Dell has a special output jack. It has not the standard > 4-pin SVHS jack, but a 7-pin jack. Do I need any special cable or something? Yes, you need to use the dongle that came with the laptop. It has the odd-looking connector on one side, and 3 standard connectors on the other. (S-Video, RCA, and... something else... not sure what. :) On my I8K I have an ATI video card so I've been using a program called atitvout. Since you're running the GeForce 2 you'll have to find something that will work with your board. Good luck. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
APM signals cause lockup
I just got done installing Sid on my Inspiron 8000 using one of the 100 or so documents I found using a google search. However, after reading through all of them, I can't find any hints to this problem. I compiled kernel 2.4.17 from source, making sure to include the power management options, and installed apmd. However, any time an APM signal is sent, the computer locks, requiring a hard restart. This is REALLY annoying as when I put it on AC power after starting up on battery (or vice versa) it locks, so I'm limited to having to reboot much too often. I know my way around Debian rather well, but as this is my first time installing it on a laptop I'm sure that there are probably things that I'm not aware of that I should be doing. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
X dies at suspend (was: APM signals cause lockup)
On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 11:53, Jay Ford wrote: > Disabling APIC by unsetting the kernel config variable CONFIG_X86_UP_APIC > fixed that for me on my 8100. Note that this is APIC, not ACPI. That fixed it. Thanks! :) But now that I can suspend properly, I'm left with a new problem. When I suspend (to RAM) X shuts down, and I have to manually restart it. Apart from being an inconvenience, this forcibly logs me out of the X session, so all of my unsaved work is lost. Is there any way to go about keeping X up? And while I'm at it, any suggestions for getting the sound to cooperate in Gnome? I've managed to get the OSS drivers working (compiled in kernel) but I get no Gnome sounds, though XMMS works fine. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: FIXED! X dies at suspend
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 12:13, Jeff wrote: > Alex Malinovich, 2002-Feb-27 06:58 -0600: > > On Tue, 2002-02-26 at 11:53, Jay Ford wrote: > > > > And while I'm at it, any suggestions for getting the sound to cooperate > > in Gnome? I've managed to get the OSS drivers working (compiled in > > kernel) but I get no Gnome sounds, though XMMS works fine. > > > > -Alex > > Have you installed a sound daemon such as Esound? I'm pretty > sure Esound is supported in gnome. Whoops... I forgot to check the permissions on esd. It was still set to root:root. I have sound again. :) And I seem to have stumbled accross the solution for the X shutdown problem as well. In the process of troubleshooting the sound, I removed all of the ALSA packages that I had installed and, interestingly enough, I can now suspend to RAM without X dying on me. While I'm not sure why this happened, I'm just posting this in the hopes that someone in the future may gain some benefit from it. :) -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Windows XP + Linux
On Wed, 2002-03-06 at 12:39, Luis Mendes wrote: > > Hi, > > I am about to install Woody in my new Toshiba 1800-314 which came with > a copy of WinXp Home Edition installed. In the past I had linux > coexisting with different flavours of Windows (3.11, 95, 98) but never > with XP. I am a bit worried because after a search I got conflicting > views on how easy it is to get linux coexisting with XP. As > anyone in this list tried it sucssefuly? One other related issue is > that XP comes installed in a WIN32 filesystem but I can convert it to > NTFS. Should I do this? will Linux be able to see my XP partition in > an NTFS filesystem. > > I looked in the archive for this list but it seems this topic was > never raised. > > I have a 15G unpartitioned disk. > > Any help on this would be greatly appreciated. > > Cheers, > > Luis Well, personally, I would call Toshiba, demand a refund for XP after rejecting the license terms, and then proceed to put Debian on there. HOWEVER, in regards to your questions: Converting to NTFS would be good if you were going to spend a LOT of time in Windows, however keep in mind that there's still no real reliable way to WRITE to and NTFS partition. (Though you should be able to read from it just fine.) My desktop machine is currently running XP and Debian in a dual boot configuration with no problems (running Cygwin with XFree86 while in Windows to make it bearable). I am using the XP bootloader however, so if you're intending to try using LILO as your primary bootloader I don't know if it will work. As long as you stick with letting XP handle the MBR though, everything should work just fine. Good luck. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Windows XP + Linux
On 7 Mar 2002, Hubert Chan wrote: > FWIW, I'm using GRUB to boot WinXP, and it's definitely working. GRUB > doesn't need to read NTFS to boot WinXP. It just needs to be able to > read the first block of the partition and do "chainloading" as they call > it (load the first block into memory, and start executing it). > > Try it out for yourself. When you get into GRUB, go to the GRUB command > line, and issue the following commands: > > root (hd0,0) > makeactive > chainloader +1 > boot > > (of course, replace (hd0,0) with whatever partition WinXP is installed > on. The makeactive command may not be required.) > > The great thing about going straight to GRUB is that it allows me to > select among any number of different Linux kernels, WinXP, Memtest86, > etc. all in one shot. Is there an easy way to do this same thing in LILO? Or are there any additional benefits to installing GRUB? As my system stands right now, I let XP handle booting, but this is a pain in my rear end as my C: drive is NTFS so any time I change my LILO config I have to boot into Windows to copy my LILO boot file to C:. Anything to simplify this would be wonderful. -Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
APM Suspend on I8K
I've got my Dell I8K running Sid with a 2.4.17 kernel and everything works just fine. I only have one problem with the system. If I use Fn + Esc to suspend, or if I close the cover, the BIOS seems to handle the suspend. That is, none of the APM scripts get called. This causes something of a hassle if I come out of suspend when I'm no longer connected to the network, etc. Using apm -s or "Suspend" from the GDM login menu puts my system into suspend "properly". (i.e. All of the suspend scripts are run.) However, when I come OUT of suspend, GDM is dead and needs to be manually restarted. This is a problem for two reasons. One, if I'm logged into a Gnome session and I happen to use apm -s, that session gets killed and needs to be restarted and two, if one of my roommates happens to be using the laptop and they use Suspend from the GDM menu, they have no way to log in until I get home. (They have an innate fear of the command line, so asking them log in on tty2 and run startx isn't going to work.) As if all of this isn't enough, there's yet ANOTHER problem. This one seems to be a problem with my DHCP server though I'm not sure. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to track down the exact cause of this outside of "when coming out of suspend." It only happens every once in a while and it seems to happen both on a BIOS suspend and an apm -s suspend. When coming out of suspend, my IP address gets changed. This SHOULDN'T happen, however, since my DHCP server is set up with a static lease for my laptop. Unfortunately, the DHCP server is also the PDC here, so it's running Windows 2K. Running pump once or twice usually gets the right IP back for me, but once again, this isn't something that I can tell my roommates to do, so they're left with no internet connection until I get home. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
VGA Out on Dell Inspiron 8000 with XF86
My video card died on my desktop, so I've taken to using my laptop as a desktop replacement for the time being. I've got all of my desktop peripherals hooked up to the laptop without any major problems. My monitor is hooked up and with a bit of coercing, works pretty well. Unfortunately, the default XF86 configuration is for 1400x1050@65Hz. My monitor can and does display this, but since it's a CRT it looks rather bad. I'd LOVE to be able to run it at 1400x1050 at 85Hz but either the video out or the monitor doesn't support it. (I can't tell which, but I'm guessing it's the video.) I'd like to set it up for 1280x1024 at 75 or 85Hz, but since I'm using the Dell supplied XF86Config with the specific ModeLine I'm not sure how to best go about it. Preferably, I'd just be able to add 1280x1024 as a secondary resolution so that Ctrl-Alt-Num+ will switch to it. Here's my current XF86Config-4. TIA. -Alex - begin XF86Config -- Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "XFree86 Configured" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice"Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice"USB Mouse" "SendCoreEvents" InputDevice"Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" FontPath "unix/:7100" EndSection Section "Module" Load "GLcore" Load "dbe" Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "glx" Load "pex5" Load "record" Load "xie" Load "v4l" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "dell101" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/mouse" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "On" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "USB Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName"Monitor Model" HorizSync31.5 - 82.0 VertRefresh 40.0 - 110.0 ModeLine "1400x1050" 107.8 1400 1450 1500 1999 1050 1058 1070 1150 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "Card0" Driver "r128" VendorName "ATI" BoardName "Rage 128 Mobility LF" VideoRam32768 BusID "PCI:1:0:0" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "Card0" Monitor"Monitor0" DefaultDepth 24 DefaultFbBPP 24 SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes"1400x1050" "1280x1024" EndSubSection EndSection Section "DRI" EndSection signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: hubs and switches
On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Tony Firecloud wrote: > Well yes, I had planned on having my network connected to the internet. > Kinda the whole idea of this was being able to use my new cable inter- > net connection between a) the server, and then b) the two laptops, and > for a final trick, c) my wife's win98 machine which would replace one > of the laptops when necessary, as the windows machine doesn't need much > network/internet time. > But i'm pretty sure i don't _need_ a router for that, do i? Couldn't > i send everything to the server (via the hub now) and have that box then > send everything over the cable pipe? Masquerading, i think one calls it. > Or packet forwarding? Or maybe i can't do such a thing if i want to use > a hub(?); this is a new facet to my non-hubbed 5-NIC, 3-host, 1-internet > connection idea, will take some figuring/reading i guess. But i'll > definitely take your advice and get a hub or switch. Nope, you don't need a separate router. You can have your server function as a router. Just pop two NICs into it and off you go. Masquerading is what you're looking for. As long as you can get both of your NICs to show up you shouldn't have much trouble. (I've been having a problem with that lately.) Good luck. :) -Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Multiple users (perhaps OT)
On Wed, 2002-06-26 at 18:23, Simon Wong wrote: > On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 05:11, Hubert Chan wrote: > > I don't know if it's feasible for you (in terms of memory requirements, > > etc), but you might want to launch two X servers, one on vt7, and one on > > vt8. Then, if you're working on something, and your girlfriend wants to > > use the computer, she can switch to vt8 and log in as herself. This > > way, she gets to keep all her preferences, etc. > > I tried setting this up on my laptop with GDM (Gnome1). > > The problem is most of the time when someone logs out e.g. on vt8 my > session on vt7 dies too :-( > > I have setup GDM to NOT restart X servers. > > Is there something else I may be missing as I'd like to set this up too > so my Wife can start using Linux too :-) I gave up on getting GDM to play nice with multiple logins a while back. I just wrote a script to start X on the next available display. If your wife needs to log in, she goes to vt1 - 6, logs in, and then runs the script. (I call mine gnomelogin.) Works fine for me and my two roommates, and they're both essentially computer illiterate. Here's a copy of the script. -- gnomelogin start -- #!/bin/sh displaycounter=0 while lockfile -0 -r 0 -! /tmp/.X$displaycounter-lock 2>/dev/null; do ((displaycounter++)) done startx -- :$displaycounter rm -f /tmp/.X$displaycounter-lock -- gnomelogin end -- signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Built-in wireless lan in asus l3800c (l3c)
On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 19:44, Joel Alexandre wrote: > i have a a asus l3800c with builtin wireless lan and would like to put > it to work in debian. > but i have several problems. > > - i don't know anything about my wlan card. > in asus site it doesn't say anything about it. > (in windows i had to install some drivers that were in asus download > section but i can't get those drivers again - asus download section is > down. all i can remember is that it was ( i think) an intel). > > - i've been looking around and found this site > http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/index.html but i don't know if it's > the right way. For starters you should probably do either "lspci" or "cat /proc/pci" and try to find out which wireless card it is that you have exactly. If it's an 802.11b card, you're in luck since there's some pretty solid support for most of those cards out there. If, on the other hand, it's an 802.11a card, don't count on it. There are very few projects under way for writing drivers for 802.11a cards and I don't even know if there are any usable drivers available for ANY 802.11a cards. Good luck. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Built-in wireless lan in asus l3800c (l3c)
On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 09:17, Joel Alexandre wrote: > thanks to all that replied. > > now that i found the wlan device i don't know how to continue. > > the device is this one: > > 02:08.0 Network controller: Harris Semiconductor: Unknown device 3873 > (rev 01) > Subsystem: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 2510 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 9 > Memory at d700 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K] > Capabilities: > i've also checked in windows (it matches). > > and now i still don't know much about the device. > it's a 802.11b card (that i know)! > > it has nothing to do with the chipsets that some of you refered. Harris Semiconductor makes the PRISM chipset. Luckily, this chipset is well supported in Linux. Since Intel is also showing up in the description, my guess would be that it's an Intel board using a PRISM chip. Have a look around this page to find out more info and which driver to use: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ Good luck. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Inspiron 8200 Xwindows issues - Radeon 9000
On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 21:58, John M Bergin II wrote: > I have installed the > http://spazioinwind.libero.it/fstanchina/debian/fglrx-glc22-4.2.0.html > package and it setup all my configs to match those instructions. I am > completely unable to run Xwindows in Debian but, Knoppix loads fine, > Mandrake installs and loads X fine. > I have run debian on a server now for 4 years and am just trying to > transition it to my laptop. I just can't seem to get it to work right. > Anyone have any trouble with the fglrx drivers? Hmm, that's news to me. I never knew you could get 3D support from an ATI board in Linux. That gives me something to play around with. :) In the meantime, if all you really need is a workstation (and you don't need to play games), just use the generic ATI drivers that come with XF86. They've been working fine for me on my Inspiron 8000 for about a year now. I'll try these new 3D drivers, but as I've never used them before I can't tell you how to get them working right now. Give me a couple of days though and I should be all set. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Inspiron 8200 Xwindows issues - Radeon 9000
On Mon, 2003-02-24 at 09:56, John M Bergin II wrote: > I tried the generic ati drivers and was still unable to load X at all. No > Screens found was the error it gave me. What resolution are you running > yours at in 2d? --snip-- Here's my ModeLine from my XF86Config-4: ModeLine"1400x1050" 107.8 1400 1450 1500 1999 1050 1058 1070 1150 1400x1050 is the native resolution of my display. Yours might be the same, but it might be different as well A good place to check is Dell's support site. They actually had an XF86Config-4 available for the i8000, so there might be one for the 8200 as well. When you reply, make sure that your reply goes to the list as well so that people can hopefully benefit from this in the future when searching the mailing list archives. I read the list regularly, so you don't need to CC me when replying. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: A good Choice?
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 06:27, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Gustave Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003 Feb 25 06:11 -0600]: > > What's a great brand of laptop to use with debian/libra? > > IBM Thinkpads are popular. I've had perfect success with an older > Thinkpad 390E, model # 2626-E0U, that I bought a few weeks back. It's a > mobile Pentium II running at 333 MHz and it runs Mozilla and OpenOffice > just fine. I'm pleased with it. It's heavier than most newer models, > but it's built to be very durable and the keyboard has a very nice feel. I've been running Debian on my Dell Inspiron 8000 for over a year now with no problems. The i8k is extremely well supported both in the kernel and in available software. i8kutils is absolutely invaluable, especially when you're in a meeting or other quiet spot and you don't want your cooling fans kicking in. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: DELL Inspiron and some problems
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 08:01, Karsten Rothemund wrote: > Hello * > > I have a big problem with a DELL Inspiron 8100. After nearly a year > working with this machine running Debian Woody, I suddenly had some > problems with the fans. After a suspend-to-RAM, and the wake-up 5 > Minutes later, it startet with running both at full speed - even after > I cooled down the computer for more than an hour (so I'm sure, it is > not too hot). > This happens all the time on my Inspiron 8000. As far as I've been able to track the problem, it happens when you change power modes while the laptop is suspended. i.e. Pulling out the AC cord or inserting it while the laptop is suspended. A reboot stops that problem, though it's not exactly convenient. An updated BIOS might help, but Dell laptops have notoriously bad BIOSs. For every 1 feature they fix, they usually break another 3. > The DELL support told me to update the BIOS (it was A08, now I updated > up to A14): Result: the fans are working correctly now (Why? Questions > over questions), but now I have problems with the keyboard and the > clock is loosing around 5 Minutes an hour. :-( > I gave up on my clock a long time ago. I have init scripts which run ntpdate at startup and then run ntpd after that to keep the clock synchronized. If I don't have access to a network with a time server, I look at my wristwatch instead. :) > But the more anoying problem is the keyboard: it swallows some letters > from time to time (around 6 letters when writing about 3 sentences). > DELL support changed the keyboard, but this did not help. > Try going into the BIOS and turning on keyboard clicks. Then start typing and listen for the clicks. Do you get clicks when the letters are "swallowed"? If you do, it's a software issue. If this is the case it could be kind of tricky to track. If you don't get clicks for the disappearing letters, it's a hardware issue. This is what I used to convince Dell's tech support a few months ago that I did, indeed, need a new keyboard. (And I had to fake my way through a "Click on Start, Settings, Control Panel" troubleshooting session...) > So my question is: is here someone around who made the same or similar > experience. > See above. :) > And of course even more interesting: is there some possibllity to cure > this "desease"[1]. Maybe some kernel options to set[2]. I would try to > downgrade the BIOS again (but this seems to be not so easy, as the > support told me, and of course not recommended by them. The new one is > better, they say). > There is no really "good" Dell BIOS. You just have to find the one that breaks the fewest number of things. :) What's really scary is that even with all of these problems, I still love my Inspiron. Go figure. :) Good luck getting yours to cooperate. Or at least learning to cope with it. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: DELL Inspiron and some problems
On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 12:57, Karsten Rothemund wrote: > On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 11:38:07AM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 08:01, Karsten Rothemund wrote: > > > Hello * > > > > > > I have a big problem with a DELL Inspiron 8100. After nearly a year > > > working with this machine running Debian Woody, I suddenly had some > > > problems with the fans. After a suspend-to-RAM, and the wake-up 5 > > > Minutes later, it startet with running both at full speed - even after > > > I cooled down the computer for more than an hour (so I'm sure, it is > > > not too hot). > > > > > > > This happens all the time on my Inspiron 8000. As far as I've been able > > to track the problem, it happens when you change power modes while the > > laptop is suspended. i.e. Pulling out the AC cord or inserting it while > > This may be the reason. (Why do you know this, and not the DELL-people?) > > > the laptop is suspended. A reboot stops that problem, though it's not > > NO. It didn't stop, even after the machine was shutdown for one hour. Hmm. This is strange. After you shut down the machine, did you disconnect the power and take the battery out to make sure that nothing inside could still be "alive"? If it still happens after this then it could be an actual hardware failure. > > exactly convenient. An updated BIOS might help, but Dell laptops have > > notoriously bad BIOSs. For every 1 feature they fix, they usually break > > another 3. > > > > YES. I second that! > > [...] > > I gave up on my clock a long time ago. I have init scripts which run > > ntpdate at startup and then run ntpd after that to keep the clock > > synchronized. If I don't have access to a network with a time server, I > > look at my wristwatch instead. :) > > > Workaround. OK. > > [keyboard] > > Try going into the BIOS and turning on keyboard clicks. Then start > > typing and listen for the clicks. Do you get clicks when the letters are > > "swallowed"? If you do, it's a software issue. If this is the case it > > could be kind of tricky to track. If you don't get clicks for the > > disappearing letters, it's a hardware issue. This is what I used to > > convince Dell's tech support a few months ago that I did, indeed, need a > > new keyboard. > > They already did this. It does not help. So you do get "clicks" for the letters that don't show up? > [BIOS] > > There is no really "good" Dell BIOS. You just have to find the one that > > breaks the fewest number of things. :) > > > A08 was good for about 1 year. But then I try to go back, but how? It > seems to be not straight forward as booting the BIOS-floppy to UPgrade. It should be that simple. You should just be able to boot from the BIOS floppy and tell it which BIOS image to install. (Assuming you have a copy of the appropriate BIOS image.) > > What's really scary is that even with all of these problems, I still > > love my Inspiron. Go figure. :) Good luck getting yours to cooperate. Or > > at least learning to cope with it. :) > > > A kind of Zen, or what? ;-) > > Thanx for the suggestions. No problem. I'm glad to (try to) help. :) p.s. I read this list regularly, so please keep replies on the list so that other people can benefit in the future from reading the mailing list archives. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: airline travel with hitech gear? (a bit offtopic)
On Sun, 2003-03-16 at 13:29, Jamie Lawrence wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 19:27, Hubert Chan wrote: > > > > They claim that the risk is of taking something flammable or explosive in the > > bottle. However they don't bother about bottles of mineral water, so a > > terrorist could fill a water bottle with something clear such as methylated > > spirits. > > Not true everywhere. Flying out of SFO, I was asked to open two bottles > of water in my carryon so that the screeners could smell them. > > I had a cup of coffee with me, and they asked me to take a sip of it > before going through. (There's a security failure here, if you think > about it.) > > Maybe I just look swarthy and dangerous. Well, you are a Linux user, and therefore a direct threat to one of the US's greatest assests, Microsoft. You know that all us Linux users are unwashed Communist hippies trying to bring about the fall of corporate America and all... ;) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: beeps!!
On Mon, 2003-06-16 at 08:58, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > today i boot up my computer (dell inspiron 8000), having successfully > installed debian on it friday afternoon, and now it beeps at me, > sporadically, and in three octaves! same note (D i think); different > register. i can't isolate what's causing it -- i'm plugged in, so it > shouldn't be a battery issue ... this has never happened to me before! > what is it? Could you elaborate a bit on when the beeping happens? Also, assuming that it's a hardware issue, which version of the BIOS is on there? I've been running Debian on my i8k for a year and half with no problems. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Dell Inspiron 8000, Mobility M4, DRI performance
Just wondering if anyone has gotten a Mobility M4 card working with DRI well. I did a clean install of Debian on my laptop today, upgraded everything to sid, and then installed all of the DRI packages from http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk-sid/. I installed xserver-xfree86-dri-trunk, xlibmesa-gl1-dri-trunk, and drm-trunk-module-src. I compiled a fresh 2.4.21 kernel using the Debian source package and then compiled the drm module using make-kpkg modules_image, and then installed the new kernel and modules debs. In my XF86Config-4 I'm using "r128" as my driver. With all of this done, I can start X and everything works ok. The only problem is that I can't seem to start X at anything below 1024x768. The other issue, is that 3D acceleration is quite slow. Running glxgears, I average about 700 fps. Trying to run quake3, the best I can do is about 30 fps on average. I know that this card isn't anywhere near top of the line anymore, but I'd expect that a 32 MB board would still be able to do a decent job running Quake 3. Does anyone else have this setup running, and how well is it running? Am I really running into a limitation of the hardware or is there some more configuration that can be done to speed things up? -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: USB CD burner
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 10:55, R.Stepanyan wrote: > One more thing: I've also heard about "IDE->USB" cases. > They are quite cheap (up to $100) and allow to use "normal" > internal IDE devices via usb. > > Example: > http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=ME-320U2 > which costs only $35.00 !!! > > So, if one buys such a thing and a relatively cheap "internal" > ide drive (5" like CD-reader or 3" like HD) then the total price > can be actually lower than for "native" usb drives. > > Anyone has any experience with these external cases? I just ordered one a few days ago that should be here next Monday. Mine in particular is a firewire one. I'll post my experiences on here. I'm going to be using it with a Sony DVD-ROM drive as well as a Plextor CD-RW, and possibly a 120GB hard drive. Also, in reply to your initial post, all USB 2.0 devices should be able to run in USB 1.1 mode, however speed will still be a concern. If this is going to be for use on your laptop, and you don't already have a firewire or USB 2 port on it, I'd suggest looking at getting some of the PCMCIA FireWire and/or USB2 boards. I just did a quick search on pricewatch.com and they're showing USB 2.0 only cards for $20 US, and USB 2.0/IEEE1394 (FireWire) combo boards for $59 US. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: DELL Inspiron 8000 - 3COM 556 internal NIC/Modem
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 11:58, Al Stone wrote: > On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 01:18, Sampl Manfred wrote: > > I was running kernel 2.4.18 before, the NIC part didn't work. Was > > there a major step in the 3COM kernel drivers fom 2.4.18 to 2.4.20, in > > the module 3c59x? > > Not that I know of (but I haven't looked). I've been using > the 3c59x driver with the miniPCI card for quite some time > (maybe since 2.4.10 or so?). This was with an HP Omnibook > 6000 laptop, though, not a Dell. I did an install of Potato on my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8000) with the miniPCI board, and the NIC part worked just fine. I know that the Potato installer used a 2.2 kernel though I'm not sure which one specifically. The first 2.4 kernel that I ran on the laptop was a 2.4.6 I believe, and that worked just fine as well. I used 2.4.18 for quite some time before recently upgrading to 2.4.21 and everything still worked. Coincidentally, as I've been playing with 2.6.0-test1, it's still been working fine. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Setting up X on an Inspiron 8000
I've got an Inspiron 8000 with an ATI Mobility M4 board inside and I'm trying to get X up and running. Everything works fine, except for the fact that I can't switch resolutions. I can go between 1400x1050 and 1024x768 and that's it. I really need to be able to get down to either 640x480 or 800x600 so that I can make use of my TV out. Now, the really embarrassing part of this whole problem is that I HAD everything working for almost a year, including all the resolution changing, I'm just not sure how. I ended up trying out the DRM trunk packages (http://people.debian.org/~daenzer/dri-trunk-sid) and in the process making a number of changes to both my XF86Config-4 and my kernel .config. Coincidentally, if I've been reading things right, it seems that the newer 2.4 series kernels already have the DRM source in there, and that XFree86 on sid comes with DRM support already, so I did a whole bunch of unnecessary work. So with all of that being said, I'm trying to figure out how to achieve that perfect mix if options to get my system working. Does anyone else have this working, and if so could you post your XF86Config and any kernel options you might be using? Any help is greatly appreciated. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Re: USB CD burner
On Fri, 2003-07-25 at 09:02, R. Stepanyan wrote: > >> Anyone has any experience with these external cases? > > >I just ordered one a few days ago that should be here next Monday. Mine > >in particular is a firewire one. I'll post my experiences on here. I'm > >going to be using it with a Sony DVD-ROM drive as well as a Plextor > >CD-RW, and possibly a 120GB hard drive. > > Dear Alex. First of all, my excuses for bothering you! > Do you have any results? I mean: does it work? :) > Cannot wait to buy such a thing myself! It works great on my laptop. My desktop is having some issues with the SCSI drivers. I believe it's related to the fact that I have hardware RAID in there, which shows up as a SCSI drive. There's probably some combination of SCSI-related things that I'm not taking into account. But the laptop has worked since the day I got it with no problem. Then again, this is all with firewire, so USB 2.0 may well be easier since USB support seems to be much more mature in Linux than firewire support. Speed-wise, I see no problems so far. I haven't tried using the burner in there yet, but the DVD-ROM drive is working with no problems. I just used it to watch a movie the other day and had no slowdown or stuttering at all. > >Also, in reply to your initial post, all USB 2.0 devices should be able > >to run in USB 1.1 mode, however speed will still be a concern. If this > >is going to be for use on your laptop, and you don't already have a > >firewire or USB 2 port on it, I'd suggest looking at getting some of the > >PCMCIA FireWire and/or USB2 boards. I just did a quick search on > >pricewatch.com and they're showing USB 2.0 only cards for $20 US, and > >USB 2.0/IEEE1394 (FireWire) combo boards for $59 US. > > That's what I'm actually going to do. The main problem is that I don't > quite understand the chain I should build. The weakest part is PCMCIA. How > should I configure such a card. For certainty, I found one on the Net: > > http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=2PU2PCCARD > > 2-Port USB 2.0 High Speed CardBus PCMCIA Adapter, only $25.95 > > Could not find any notice about this kind of devices in PCMCIA docs. > I made also a search on google as well as checked linux-usb - without > any real success. > > As what sort of device should pcmcia_cs see such a PCMCIA->USB card? > In other words: which device-driver modules are to be loaded? > > Any ideas? Where I could find docs/HOWTO's/info/etc? > > If I manage to get pcmcia part working, the usb one seems to be more or > less clear. It should not be too different from Flash-card readers, right? I would imagine that any card that is EHCI compliant would work just fine as far as USB 2.0 goes. That's just a guess though since I've never actually used one. I do know that as far as firewire support goes, any card that's OHCI compliant should "just work". Once again, in assuming that firewire and USB 2.0 support are similar in linux, then if the card is EHCI compliant it should just work. If you're intending to buy the card online, just make sure that the place has a good return policy just in case. But that's true for anything you buy of course. I have never actually used any PCMCIA cards in linux, so I don't really know how much help I can be of in regards to any specifics of that. Though I'd imagine that once PCMCIA support was working, the cards that are inserted would show up in an lspci scan. If that is indeed the case, then you should have no problem. I'm using a firewire/usb 2.0 combo PCI board in my desktop with no problems. (Well, except that the drive doesn't work, but as I said, that's a SCSI issue. The actual firewire and USB interfaces both work fine.) Best of luck. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [OT/2] Need some help on translating document
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 11:41, François TOURDE wrote: > Hi .*, > > It's half Off Topic, so I'm only half sorry :) > > Some weeks ago, I've written a document[1] explaining how to install Debian on > a DELL Latitude C840. This document is in french (my mother tongue), and seems > to have a big success (more than 20 hits/day, excluding Robots). > > So I need help to translate it into english. Unfortunately I don't know French well enough to be able to translate a full-length document. Once you have a working English document, however, I'd be happy to help clean it up. (i.e. if no one who's fluent in English and French offers to help, just throw it at babelfish and send me the result and I'll try my best to help. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: (no subject)
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 14:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > I have a laptop insprion 8100 and the fan would not shut off so i > tried the fun z and it stopped the fan will that hurt anything is it > normal. thanks!! fun-z just tells the system to re-check the temperature. The fan just shut off because it wasn't needed. It will come back on again if it gets hot. It won't hurt anything. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Configuring iwconfig?
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 21:06, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > What's the best way to make iwconfig remember its settings (essid, key, > et c.) across a reboot? I'd like to have my wireless card connect on > startup, but it won't until I feed it the WEP settings and such. It's a > mini-PCI card, so pcmcia options won't work. Debian uses the great little ifup/down scripts for handling network interfaces. Take a look at /etc/network/interfaces and check "man interfaces" and "man iwconfig". You can pass iwconfig options to the ifup/down scripts including WEP keys, etc. If you set the "auto" flag for that particular device, it should automatically start up, configure itself, and connect at bootup. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: atitvout problem
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 08:41:09PM -0700, Deryk Barker wrote: > Having updated my Dell Latitude CPx to testing last night, in order to > get OpenOffice 1.1, everything seemed fine until I attempted to use > atitvout this morning - in front of a roomful of students - to use the > CRT out as well as the builtin screen. > > It would seem that I have encountered a known problem (as in the > archive at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2003/debian-laptop-200305/msg00334.html). > > The suggested solution back in May was to install the ati.2 drivers > from gatos.sf.net. > > Unfortunately a) their web site doesn't seem to have a version for > XFree 4.2.1 which is the version in testing and b) I'd rather not mess > around installing xfree drivers from tgz files if I can avoid it. > > So, does anyone know of a Debian solution to this problem (i.e. a > solution involving .debs)? I'll preface this by saying that I use a Dell Inspiron 8000 with an ATI Mobility M3 board, so your results may vary with your setup: Running sid, I have had no problems with atitvout. As a matter of fact, with regards to doing VGA output, I generally don't even need to use atitvout at all. Just using Fn-F7 usually does the trick. I generally only use atitvout for doing actual TV-out (via svideo). Although I am running sid and not testing, in all the time that I've been using my laptop (about two years now), I don't ever recall having a problem like this. And I believe (though I'm not sure) that two years ago Sid was using XFree < 4.2. I don't know if that's really any help at all, but that's just my results. Best of luck. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian Users...
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 12:10, Dutch wrote: > Just sorta takin an informal poll here... > > Debian users, > -how many of you are running Gnome? > > -how many are running WindowMaker (me) > > -If not WM,then which windowmanager doyou use/prefer? > > (I have and am used to WindowMaker. Was thinking of playing with Gnome > for a bit.) Gnome using metacity for a wm -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Linksys WPC55AG & Toshiba A15-S127
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 19:40, Peter Bonucci wrote: > I'm trying to install a Linksys WPC55AG 802.11a/g wireless card (PCMCIA/ > CardBus) into a Toshiba A15-S127 running Debian Unstable. > > The linux-wlan-ng web page says their driver will work with this card and I > followed the directions in README.Debian. When I try ifup I get the > following: > > wlanctl-ng: No such device > Failed to enable the device, exitcode= 1 . > run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng-pre-up exited with return > code 1 > wlanctl-ng: No such device > Failed to enable the device, exitcode= 1 . > run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng_pre-up exited with return > code 1 > Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device. > run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools exited with return code 251 > Operation failed. > > The relevent parts of lsmod seem to be: > > Module Size Used byNot tainted > prism2_cs 60212 0 (autoclean) (unused) > p80211 15848 0 [prism2_cs] > ds 6472 1 [prism2_cs] > yenta_socket9120 1 > pcmcia_core39456 0 [prism2_cs ds yenta_socket] > > When I run modprobe, it accepts that wlan0 exists, but wlanctl-ng doesn't > believe it. While the comments in linux-wlan-ng-pre-up say that modprobe > could be used in place of wlanctl-ng for the first error, when I do that, > other errors show up. > > What am I missing? It seems like I'm just one step from getting this to work. > > Peter A. Bonucci I had this card for a couple of weeks about 2 months ago and I had it working almost perfectly using the madwifi drivers. You can find more info at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/ The homepage is dead, but the project itself is still quite active. The best documentation would be to read the list archives on the above site. They have lots of info that might not be readily available otherwise. I'd strongly suggest building the drivers from CVS as the last official release was in August and development is actually very rapid on the drivers. Good luck. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Dell & Debian ?
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 23:43, James wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking to get a new portable, and my employer pushes Dell on us. > Any particular models that have a good track record with Debian? > Know video chipsets that work or do not work well? Weird screen sizes? > Battery power management success/failures? Well, from a support standpoint, having Dell pushed on you isn't such a bad thing. I've had a Dell laptop for 3 years now, and the longest turnaround I've ever had for repairs has been 4 days. Meaning Airborne Express comes to my door on Monday and picks up the laptop, and returns it to my door on Thursday, all at Dell's expense. Usually it's done within 3 days. (i.e. Mon - Wed) But, lets get to the Debian on Dell part of the question. :) I've been using a Inspiron 8000 for years now with now problems. It really has great support all around. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which Dell laptops nowadays are similar enough to benefit from all the I8K support out there. I'd imagine that the newer ones in the Inspiron line would get decent support, but I'd suggest you wait for someone with experience with a newer model to comment before committing to anything. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 08:53, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: --snip-- > I've never used Debian before. I thought I'd start by installing it on > my laptop (Dell Latitude CPx J750GT). Any known issues/gotchas with that > particular model, that I should be aware of? I'll be wanting to run X, > and use it on both wired and wireless (Orinoco Gold card) networks - > multiple different networks of both types, so I'll need to be able to > switch from one to another easily. The first thing to be aware of is that Debian doesn't do nearly as much auto-configuration for you as Red Hat. Don't expect X to 'just work'. You'll most likely have to do some hand editing of your XF86Config file. It might be a good idea to make a backup of your Red Hat one and use that. It should Just Work (tm). :) > I downloaded all eight Debian CDs, but before I burn all of them, I was > wondering which ones I actually need. I don't have rewritable media > handy, so it'd be nice to not waste write-once media on CDs I don't need. :) I think EVERYONE who first starts messing with Debian does this. I downloaded all 3 of the Debian CD's when I first started (with Potato). In reality, all you really need is the first CD, and you don't even need all of it. Once you have a base system set up you can fetch all of the other packages from the repository. Since you already have the CD's downloaded, and assuming you don't have a speedy connection handy, you can just burn the first CD to get you up and running, and then use a loop mount to mount the images for 2 - 8 and get to the packages like that. If you DO have a fast connection, just let the setup take care of managing your sources.list and install away. One thing I'd STRONGLY recommend is trying the new Sarge installer. Especially coming from a Red Hat background, it is a LOT easier than the previous Debian installers. Almost everything is auto-detected for you now and it actually seems to get it all right. To anyone who's used some of the previous Debian installers with some obscure network cards (such as myself), the fact that the new installer will set up the card, get an IP address, and take care of your overall network setup before you can blink is really REALLY amazing. :) OTOH, if you'd like more control over the install and you know exactly what hardware you have and what modules you'll need, you can try the expert install. Either way, good luck and I hope you'll come to enjoy Debian as much as pretty much everyone else here. :) Once you realize that dependency hell is something that happens to OTHER people you'll never go back. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Problems with i8k module on a DELL Inspiron 2650
On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 10:18, Mugurel Tudor wrote: --snip-- > If I load the module, the BIOS screen will be a little 640x480 image, in > the center of the screen. Load again, and at the next boot, BIOS will be > a streched 640x480. After that, unstrached, after that, streched ... > > It's really annoying. Does someone have a solution for this ? I googled > around, but didn't found anything relevant ... Well, this isn't exactly a solution for the problem, but at least it'll let you do something about it. If you hit Fn + F7 you'll switch between a stretched and un-stretched view. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 10:06, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > I wrote: > > > How do I use the Sarge installer? I booted the first CD, and I got > > something that appears to be very manual, when I hit return at the boot > > prompt. > > I think I understand now, but please correct me if I'm wrong. The 3.0 > release I downloaded, is called "woody". The beta version of 3.1 is > called "sarge", and includes the new installer. So, you're suggesting I > download and use the beta release instead, yes? > > -ste I'm not sure about the version numbers (I think Sarge will be 4.0 once it's final), but that's right. Sarge is getting very close to release, so installing now is essentially giving you the "stable" distribution anyway. Note that if you're looking for a desktop system, and you're comfortable with occasional (a couple of times a year) troubleshooting, you can and probably should use unstable. It's not nearly as bad as the name implies. :) Here's a link for the net-install iso. It's 110 MB. It'll do a base install at which point you connect to the internet to fetch the rest of the packages. http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso If you need any more help, feel free to ask. p.s. I'm subscribed to debian-laptop, so no need to CC me on replies. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 12:09:01PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Alex Malinovich wrote: --snip-- > I downloaded and burned it. I was very impressed by the installer and > got through to the first reboot just fine. It even appeared to (I think) > recognize the network card. However, after setting up the local user > account, it claims I'm not connected to the Internet. So, I tried to > tell it to install from the cdrom, but it says it can't auto-detect a > cdrom, so I'm rather stuck, atm. Try doing a ifdown eth0, followed by an ifup eth0. Assuming that you have a DHCP server active on the network, you should see it request and receive an IP. If there's any problems with it, send the output and we'll go from there. > If I reply to list postings, they go only to the poster. If I reply all, > it goes to the poster and the list, unless I remove the poster manually. > Perhaps it would be more useful if replies went directly to the list, > instead of the poster ... I won't bore you (or strain my wrists with) all of the boring details, but this has been discussed/requested at length before and it's not going to change. (It's a discussion of broken mailers vs. broken list software, and the general concensus is that the mailers are broken, not the list software. Do a google search for reply-to munging if you want to know more and are feeling masochistic. :) I see you're using Thunderbird. AFAIK the reply to list feature has been on the list of requested features for a while now, but I don't know if it's been implemented yet. Reply to list lets you reply to the list without replying to the person who sent it to the list. Most mature mail readers have the feature. (Mutt, Evolution, etc.) I know it's been requested for Thunderbird, but I don't think they've had a chance to implement it yet. (I could be wrong though, since I don't use Thunderbird.) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 01:05:40PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Alex Malinovich wrote: > > >Try doing a ifdown eth0, followed by an ifup eth0. Assuming that you > >have a DHCP server active on the network, you should see it request > >and receive an IP. If there's any problems with it, send the output > >and we'll go from there. > > Ok, that gets it configured. It doesn't at boot up though, or druring > the install. From looking in rc2.d (runlevel said I'm in level 2), I > don't see anything that would configure the interface with dhcp - all I > see is the entry to start the pcmcia devices, which seems to be done > nearly last of everything. It would seem to me that the configuration of > it should be in there somewhere, and after the pcmcia startup ... You didn't mention what type of network adapter you're using. (Or if you did I forgot. :) Is it onboard or a PCMCIA card? If it's a PCMCIA card the problem could be that the module isn't being loaded before ifup gets called. If that's the case you'll probably want to set up hotplug to automatically configure the interface (by running ifup) when the card is detected. If it's an onboard network device, you'll want to check /etc/network/interfaces and make sure that the appropriate eth entry (most likely eth0) is marked 'auto'. It should look something like this: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Hope that helps. As always, just holler if you need more help. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 05:33:39PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Shaun T. Erickson wrote: --snip-- > Regarding this ... during boot up I see this: > > ... > ... > Running 0dns-down to make sure resolv.conf is ok...done. > Cleaning: /etc/network/ifstate > Starting hotplug system: >input > [failed] net >pci > ** can't synthesize pci hotplug events > [failed] usb > ** can't synthesize root hub events > done > Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter. > ... > ... > > It then goes on to configure network interfaces, except there aren't any > yet ... and lastly, it starts the pcmcia service. Ok. It's been a while since I've had any PCMCIA devices, so I can't be too much help here I'm afraid. But I can at least give you some ideas. For starters, what you might want to look into is modifying /etc/modules to have your generic PCMCIA and network card modules loaded at boot. Alternately, you could change the boot order for PCMCIA support so that it gets loaded BEFORE the network devices are configured. (This would be done by changing the rc symlinks.) You could try installing hotplug and see if it will handle your PCMCIA devices as well since I know that hotplug gets called before the network interfaces get configured. Finally, you can check if there's a way to have the PCMCIA support automatically configure your network interface for you. Some sort of scripts that automatically get run when PCMCIA detects a device perhaps? (This sounds more like a hotplug thing, but I'm not sure just where the hotplug/PCMCIA distinction lies.) Good luck. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian boot order
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 05:44:51PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > I know this isn't exactly a laptop related question, but since that's > where I'm doing my first debian install ... > > When debian boots up and goes into run level 2, does it run everything > in /etc/rcS.d before running what's in rc2.d? What's the exact boot > process for the system? Found in /etc/rcS.d/README: "The scripts in this directory are executed once when booting the system, even when booting directly into single user mode." There's more details in that file about what gets executed when. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problems with i8k module on a DELL Inspiron 2650
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 01:35:13AM +0300, Mugurel Tudor wrote: > On Du, 2004-05-23 at 18:37, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > Well, this isn't exactly a solution for the problem, but at least it'll > > let you do something about it. If you hit Fn + F7 you'll switch between > > a stretched and un-stretched view. > > Do you experience the same problem ? Nope. I haven't updated my laptop to 2.6 yet, I'm still running 2.4. It could be something completely different, I just know that you can at least manually switch the stretching from the keyboard. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Configuring iwconfig?
On Sun, 2003-10-12 at 21:06, Joel Konkle-Parker wrote: > What's the best way to make iwconfig remember its settings (essid, key, > et c.) across a reboot? I'd like to have my wireless card connect on > startup, but it won't until I feed it the WEP settings and such. It's a > mini-PCI card, so pcmcia options won't work. Debian uses the great little ifup/down scripts for handling network interfaces. Take a look at /etc/network/interfaces and check "man interfaces" and "man iwconfig". You can pass iwconfig options to the ifup/down scripts including WEP keys, etc. If you set the "auto" flag for that particular device, it should automatically start up, configure itself, and connect at bootup. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: atitvout problem
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 08:41:09PM -0700, Deryk Barker wrote: > Having updated my Dell Latitude CPx to testing last night, in order to > get OpenOffice 1.1, everything seemed fine until I attempted to use > atitvout this morning - in front of a roomful of students - to use the > CRT out as well as the builtin screen. > > It would seem that I have encountered a known problem (as in the > archive at > http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2003/debian-laptop-200305/msg00334.html). > > The suggested solution back in May was to install the ati.2 drivers > from gatos.sf.net. > > Unfortunately a) their web site doesn't seem to have a version for > XFree 4.2.1 which is the version in testing and b) I'd rather not mess > around installing xfree drivers from tgz files if I can avoid it. > > So, does anyone know of a Debian solution to this problem (i.e. a > solution involving .debs)? I'll preface this by saying that I use a Dell Inspiron 8000 with an ATI Mobility M3 board, so your results may vary with your setup: Running sid, I have had no problems with atitvout. As a matter of fact, with regards to doing VGA output, I generally don't even need to use atitvout at all. Just using Fn-F7 usually does the trick. I generally only use atitvout for doing actual TV-out (via svideo). Although I am running sid and not testing, in all the time that I've been using my laptop (about two years now), I don't ever recall having a problem like this. And I believe (though I'm not sure) that two years ago Sid was using XFree < 4.2. I don't know if that's really any help at all, but that's just my results. Best of luck. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
Re: Debian Users...
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 12:10, Dutch wrote: > Just sorta takin an informal poll here... > > Debian users, > -how many of you are running Gnome? > > -how many are running WindowMaker (me) > > -If not WM,then which windowmanager doyou use/prefer? > > (I have and am used to WindowMaker. Was thinking of playing with Gnome > for a bit.) Gnome using metacity for a wm -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Linksys WPC55AG & Toshiba A15-S127
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 19:40, Peter Bonucci wrote: > I'm trying to install a Linksys WPC55AG 802.11a/g wireless card (PCMCIA/ > CardBus) into a Toshiba A15-S127 running Debian Unstable. > > The linux-wlan-ng web page says their driver will work with this card and I > followed the directions in README.Debian. When I try ifup I get the > following: > > wlanctl-ng: No such device > Failed to enable the device, exitcode= 1 . > run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng-pre-up exited with return > code 1 > wlanctl-ng: No such device > Failed to enable the device, exitcode= 1 . > run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng_pre-up exited with return > code 1 > Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device. > run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools exited with return code 251 > Operation failed. > > The relevent parts of lsmod seem to be: > > Module Size Used byNot tainted > prism2_cs 60212 0 (autoclean) (unused) > p80211 15848 0 [prism2_cs] > ds 6472 1 [prism2_cs] > yenta_socket9120 1 > pcmcia_core39456 0 [prism2_cs ds yenta_socket] > > When I run modprobe, it accepts that wlan0 exists, but wlanctl-ng doesn't > believe it. While the comments in linux-wlan-ng-pre-up say that modprobe > could be used in place of wlanctl-ng for the first error, when I do that, > other errors show up. > > What am I missing? It seems like I'm just one step from getting this to work. > > Peter A. Bonucci I had this card for a couple of weeks about 2 months ago and I had it working almost perfectly using the madwifi drivers. You can find more info at: http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/ The homepage is dead, but the project itself is still quite active. The best documentation would be to read the list archives on the above site. They have lots of info that might not be readily available otherwise. I'd strongly suggest building the drivers from CVS as the last official release was in August and development is actually very rapid on the drivers. Good luck. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Dell & Debian ?
On Tue, 2004-04-20 at 23:43, James wrote: > Hello, > > I'm looking to get a new portable, and my employer pushes Dell on us. > Any particular models that have a good track record with Debian? > Know video chipsets that work or do not work well? Weird screen sizes? > Battery power management success/failures? Well, from a support standpoint, having Dell pushed on you isn't such a bad thing. I've had a Dell laptop for 3 years now, and the longest turnaround I've ever had for repairs has been 4 days. Meaning Airborne Express comes to my door on Monday and picks up the laptop, and returns it to my door on Thursday, all at Dell's expense. Usually it's done within 3 days. (i.e. Mon - Wed) But, lets get to the Debian on Dell part of the question. :) I've been using a Inspiron 8000 for years now with now problems. It really has great support all around. Unfortunately, I'm not sure which Dell laptops nowadays are similar enough to benefit from all the I8K support out there. I'd imagine that the newer ones in the Inspiron line would get decent support, but I'd suggest you wait for someone with experience with a newer model to comment before committing to anything. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 08:53, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: --snip-- > I've never used Debian before. I thought I'd start by installing it on > my laptop (Dell Latitude CPx J750GT). Any known issues/gotchas with that > particular model, that I should be aware of? I'll be wanting to run X, > and use it on both wired and wireless (Orinoco Gold card) networks - > multiple different networks of both types, so I'll need to be able to > switch from one to another easily. The first thing to be aware of is that Debian doesn't do nearly as much auto-configuration for you as Red Hat. Don't expect X to 'just work'. You'll most likely have to do some hand editing of your XF86Config file. It might be a good idea to make a backup of your Red Hat one and use that. It should Just Work (tm). :) > I downloaded all eight Debian CDs, but before I burn all of them, I was > wondering which ones I actually need. I don't have rewritable media > handy, so it'd be nice to not waste write-once media on CDs I don't need. :) I think EVERYONE who first starts messing with Debian does this. I downloaded all 3 of the Debian CD's when I first started (with Potato). In reality, all you really need is the first CD, and you don't even need all of it. Once you have a base system set up you can fetch all of the other packages from the repository. Since you already have the CD's downloaded, and assuming you don't have a speedy connection handy, you can just burn the first CD to get you up and running, and then use a loop mount to mount the images for 2 - 8 and get to the packages like that. If you DO have a fast connection, just let the setup take care of managing your sources.list and install away. One thing I'd STRONGLY recommend is trying the new Sarge installer. Especially coming from a Red Hat background, it is a LOT easier than the previous Debian installers. Almost everything is auto-detected for you now and it actually seems to get it all right. To anyone who's used some of the previous Debian installers with some obscure network cards (such as myself), the fact that the new installer will set up the card, get an IP address, and take care of your overall network setup before you can blink is really REALLY amazing. :) OTOH, if you'd like more control over the install and you know exactly what hardware you have and what modules you'll need, you can try the expert install. Either way, good luck and I hope you'll come to enjoy Debian as much as pretty much everyone else here. :) Once you realize that dependency hell is something that happens to OTHER people you'll never go back. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Problems with i8k module on a DELL Inspiron 2650
On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 10:18, Mugurel Tudor wrote: --snip-- > If I load the module, the BIOS screen will be a little 640x480 image, in > the center of the screen. Load again, and at the next boot, BIOS will be > a streched 640x480. After that, unstrached, after that, streched ... > > It's really annoying. Does someone have a solution for this ? I googled > around, but didn't found anything relevant ... Well, this isn't exactly a solution for the problem, but at least it'll let you do something about it. If you hit Fn + F7 you'll switch between a stretched and un-stretched view. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, 2004-05-23 at 10:06, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > I wrote: > > > How do I use the Sarge installer? I booted the first CD, and I got > > something that appears to be very manual, when I hit return at the boot > > prompt. > > I think I understand now, but please correct me if I'm wrong. The 3.0 > release I downloaded, is called "woody". The beta version of 3.1 is > called "sarge", and includes the new installer. So, you're suggesting I > download and use the beta release instead, yes? > > -ste I'm not sure about the version numbers (I think Sarge will be 4.0 once it's final), but that's right. Sarge is getting very close to release, so installing now is essentially giving you the "stable" distribution anyway. Note that if you're looking for a desktop system, and you're comfortable with occasional (a couple of times a year) troubleshooting, you can and probably should use unstable. It's not nearly as bad as the name implies. :) Here's a link for the net-install iso. It's 110 MB. It'll do a base install at which point you connect to the internet to fetch the rest of the packages. http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/sarge_d-i/i386/beta4/sarge-i386-netinst.iso If you need any more help, feel free to ask. p.s. I'm subscribed to debian-laptop, so no need to CC me on replies. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 12:09:01PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Alex Malinovich wrote: --snip-- > I downloaded and burned it. I was very impressed by the installer and > got through to the first reboot just fine. It even appeared to (I think) > recognize the network card. However, after setting up the local user > account, it claims I'm not connected to the Internet. So, I tried to > tell it to install from the cdrom, but it says it can't auto-detect a > cdrom, so I'm rather stuck, atm. Try doing a ifdown eth0, followed by an ifup eth0. Assuming that you have a DHCP server active on the network, you should see it request and receive an IP. If there's any problems with it, send the output and we'll go from there. > If I reply to list postings, they go only to the poster. If I reply all, > it goes to the poster and the list, unless I remove the poster manually. > Perhaps it would be more useful if replies went directly to the list, > instead of the poster ... I won't bore you (or strain my wrists with) all of the boring details, but this has been discussed/requested at length before and it's not going to change. (It's a discussion of broken mailers vs. broken list software, and the general concensus is that the mailers are broken, not the list software. Do a google search for reply-to munging if you want to know more and are feeling masochistic. :) I see you're using Thunderbird. AFAIK the reply to list feature has been on the list of requested features for a while now, but I don't know if it's been implemented yet. Reply to list lets you reply to the list without replying to the person who sent it to the list. Most mature mail readers have the feature. (Mutt, Evolution, etc.) I know it's been requested for Thunderbird, but I don't think they've had a chance to implement it yet. (I could be wrong though, since I don't use Thunderbird.) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 01:05:40PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Alex Malinovich wrote: > > >Try doing a ifdown eth0, followed by an ifup eth0. Assuming that you > >have a DHCP server active on the network, you should see it request > >and receive an IP. If there's any problems with it, send the output > >and we'll go from there. > > Ok, that gets it configured. It doesn't at boot up though, or druring > the install. From looking in rc2.d (runlevel said I'm in level 2), I > don't see anything that would configure the interface with dhcp - all I > see is the entry to start the pcmcia devices, which seems to be done > nearly last of everything. It would seem to me that the configuration of > it should be in there somewhere, and after the pcmcia startup ... You didn't mention what type of network adapter you're using. (Or if you did I forgot. :) Is it onboard or a PCMCIA card? If it's a PCMCIA card the problem could be that the module isn't being loaded before ifup gets called. If that's the case you'll probably want to set up hotplug to automatically configure the interface (by running ifup) when the card is detected. If it's an onboard network device, you'll want to check /etc/network/interfaces and make sure that the appropriate eth entry (most likely eth0) is marked 'auto'. It should look something like this: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Hope that helps. As always, just holler if you need more help. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
Re: Quick questestions before I start ...
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 05:33:39PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > Shaun T. Erickson wrote: --snip-- > Regarding this ... during boot up I see this: > > ... > ... > Running 0dns-down to make sure resolv.conf is ok...done. > Cleaning: /etc/network/ifstate > Starting hotplug system: >input > [failed] net >pci > ** can't synthesize pci hotplug events > [failed] usb > ** can't synthesize root hub events > done > Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter. > ... > ... > > It then goes on to configure network interfaces, except there aren't any > yet ... and lastly, it starts the pcmcia service. Ok. It's been a while since I've had any PCMCIA devices, so I can't be too much help here I'm afraid. But I can at least give you some ideas. For starters, what you might want to look into is modifying /etc/modules to have your generic PCMCIA and network card modules loaded at boot. Alternately, you could change the boot order for PCMCIA support so that it gets loaded BEFORE the network devices are configured. (This would be done by changing the rc symlinks.) You could try installing hotplug and see if it will handle your PCMCIA devices as well since I know that hotplug gets called before the network interfaces get configured. Finally, you can check if there's a way to have the PCMCIA support automatically configure your network interface for you. Some sort of scripts that automatically get run when PCMCIA detects a device perhaps? (This sounds more like a hotplug thing, but I'm not sure just where the hotplug/PCMCIA distinction lies.) Good luck. :) -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
Re: Debian boot order
On Sun, May 23, 2004 at 05:44:51PM -0400, Shaun T. Erickson wrote: > I know this isn't exactly a laptop related question, but since that's > where I'm doing my first debian install ... > > When debian boots up and goes into run level 2, does it run everything > in /etc/rcS.d before running what's in rc2.d? What's the exact boot > process for the system? Found in /etc/rcS.d/README: "The scripts in this directory are executed once when booting the system, even when booting directly into single user mode." There's more details in that file about what gets executed when. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
Re: Problems with i8k module on a DELL Inspiron 2650
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 01:35:13AM +0300, Mugurel Tudor wrote: > On Du, 2004-05-23 at 18:37, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > Well, this isn't exactly a solution for the problem, but at least it'll > > let you do something about it. If you hit Fn + F7 you'll switch between > > a stretched and un-stretched view. > > Do you experience the same problem ? Nope. I haven't updated my laptop to 2.6 yet, I'm still running 2.4. It could be something completely different, I just know that you can at least manually switch the stretching from the keyboard. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
