Re: "Turn off" Process
On Sun, Jun 04, 2006 at 10:11:35AM -0300, Henrique Rennó wrote: > Hello!!! > > I've installed Debian Sarge 3.1 in my laptop (Acer Aspire 3002LCI) and > every time I give the halt command the system starts going down > without showing information on the screen (it turns black) until I > hear a sound that I think it's the hard disk stopping working then I > turn off the computer because it does not turn off by itself. > You might need to change the apm or acpi settings in the boot loader. > My doubts are how I could configure Debian to show the proper messages > of services being stopped and things like that when turning off the > system and how the computer could be turned off by itself after > everything has been finished (is there something with APM???). > If you give the halt or shutdown command from X, the messages are sent to tty7 or whichever virtual terminal was active at the time of the command. To see these messages, you can switch to a text console (ctrl-alt-(F1-F6)) before shutting down, or press alt-F7 after the graphic display stops. -- What this country needs is a good five cent nickel.
Re: Toshiba T1910
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 10:04:03PM -0400, Sona Visa wrote: > Hello > I have a toshiba T1910 laptop and i just reformatted and intstalled dos > 6.22 on it. I cant get into the BIOS though, thats my problem. I was also > wondering if it was viable to run win 95B on it. THe laptop has 4mb ram, > and 200mb HD. > With 4 MB ram, you probably can't install a current version of Debian, but RAM and hard disk upgrades are still available. To get to the BIOS, hold the ESC key down while turning the power on, then press F1 (if I remember correctly). -- A box of dancing mechanical pencils. They dance! They sing!
Re: ppp can't get a route?
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 09:24:47PM +0200, Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:58:42 -0700, Jeff wrote: > > > Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra, 2003-Jul-15 09:47 -0300: > > > > I'm not familiar with this tap0 type of interface > > Now that you mention it, neither do I. I certainly don't remember > putting it there. Would that perhaps be a Linux module or a Debian > package that could have put it there? Is there a database of all such > interfaces explaning their meanings, usages and origins? > The diald package uses the tap0 interface. -- Here I am, fifty-eight, and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. -- Peter Drucker
Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:34:04PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Hi, > >I'm having a strange problem with my T1910CS laptop in that it is > having difficulty powering on. Symptoms: > > 1) When the AC Adapter is used, the green DC-IN light is steady, >which means its okay, but > >+) If the battery is in, or >+) I try to start it (see 2), > >then the DC-IN light will flash, which means the computer is >not receiving enough electricty. > > 2) When I try to turn the computer on it starts for generally the >briefest amount of time and then goes right back off. After >this the DC-IN light blinks for sure (although if the battery >is in it goes off soon after it recognizes the battery). > It could be that one of the two internal batteries has gone bad. -- Commander Spiral Pyjama Pseudo-Rhinocerous Feline Thingamajig Bill Marcum (the First) Ozy and Millie Name Generator http://heifong.phase.org/omname.php
Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:48:45AM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Elizabeth wrote: > > >Anyway, I tried re-starting the computer without this battery but > it is still behaving the same way. On one other computer, a desktop, > removing the dead CMOS battery allowed the machine to boot up as where > with the dead CMOS battery it didn't come on at all. > >Is it possible that the failure of the laptop to boot-up is a > result of having no electricity from one of the two internal batteries > and that by removing the connection I am not making much of a > difference in that the connection was dead anyway? And that by > replacing one or both of the batteries the machine may begin working? > > Thank you, > Elizabeth > > Batteries can fail in different ways. I replaced both the batteries in my Toshiba when I had to reset the date every time I rebooted. -- Commander Spiral Pyjama Pseudo-Rhinocerous Feline Thingamajig Bill Marcum (the First) Ozy and Millie Name Generator http://heifong.phase.org/omname.php
Re: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 01:04:20PM +0200, debian-laptop@lists.debian.org wrote: > > The virus (Gibe-F) does not need Outlöök, it has its own smtp-engine and > is therefore idependent of any mail agent. As most members of this mailing list should know, an email virus is harmless unless it gets executed, therefore it needs the cooperation of a mail client that automatically executes attachments. The mystery is why so many people continue to use such BAD (Broken As Designed) software. -- Commander Spiral Pyjama Pseudo-Rhinocerous Feline Thingamajig Bill Marcum (the First) Ozy and Millie Name Generator http://heifong.phase.org/omname.php
Re: I give up this list
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 09:41:53PM +0200, Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen wrote: > Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen wrote: > > >I cant stand the viruses/spam on this list. > >Something should be done about this. Policy on list should change or > >something. > >Bye for now and good luck to the remainers on this ruined list. > >Kenneth > > > > > As soon as I unsubscibed I didnt get all the annoing virusmails. As I > said something should be done with debian lists. Of all mailinglists i > ever have used, debian's is absolutely excellent. This is one of the > reasons I use Debian. By allowing all sorts of spam/virus on the list it > gets totally ruined. It is strange that the mails should stop when you unsubscribe (unless you mean discussion ABOUT viruses), but since the viruses do not come from the list itself, I don't know what you expect the list owners to do about it. > I'm sad to hear the general opinion is to leave this to the user. Until > this changes I out of Debian-laptop. Good luck to the rest of you. > Kenneth > -- Commander Spiral Pyjama Pseudo-Rhinocerous Feline Thingamajig Bill Marcum (the First) Ozy and Millie Name Generator http://heifong.phase.org/omname.php
Re: Toshiba T1910
On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 10:04:03PM -0400, Sona Visa wrote: > Hello > I have a toshiba T1910 laptop and i just reformatted and intstalled dos > 6.22 on it. I cant get into the BIOS though, thats my problem. I was also > wondering if it was viable to run win 95B on it. THe laptop has 4mb ram, > and 200mb HD. > With 4 MB ram, you probably can't install a current version of Debian, but RAM and hard disk upgrades are still available. To get to the BIOS, hold the ESC key down while turning the power on, then press F1 (if I remember correctly). -- A box of dancing mechanical pencils. They dance! They sing! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ppp can't get a route?
On Wed, Jul 16, 2003 at 09:24:47PM +0200, Leandro Guimarães Faria Corsetti Dutra wrote: > On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 13:58:42 -0700, Jeff wrote: > > > Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete Dutra, 2003-Jul-15 09:47 -0300: > > > > I'm not familiar with this tap0 type of interface > > Now that you mention it, neither do I. I certainly don't remember > putting it there. Would that perhaps be a Linux module or a Debian > package that could have put it there? Is there a database of all such > interfaces explaning their meanings, usages and origins? > The diald package uses the tap0 interface. -- Here I am, fifty-eight, and I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. -- Peter Drucker -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 12:34:04PM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Hi, > >I'm having a strange problem with my T1910CS laptop in that it is > having difficulty powering on. Symptoms: > > 1) When the AC Adapter is used, the green DC-IN light is steady, >which means its okay, but > >+) If the battery is in, or >+) I try to start it (see 2), > >then the DC-IN light will flash, which means the computer is >not receiving enough electricty. > > 2) When I try to turn the computer on it starts for generally the >briefest amount of time and then goes right back off. After >this the DC-IN light blinks for sure (although if the battery >is in it goes off soon after it recognizes the battery). > It could be that one of the two internal batteries has gone bad. -- Commander Spiral Pyjama Pseudo-Rhinocerous Feline Thingamajig Bill Marcum (the First) Ozy and Millie Name Generator http://heifong.phase.org/omname.php -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Toshiba T1910CS power problem
On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 12:48:45AM -0500, Elizabeth Barham wrote: > Elizabeth wrote: > > >Anyway, I tried re-starting the computer without this battery but > it is still behaving the same way. On one other computer, a desktop, > removing the dead CMOS battery allowed the machine to boot up as where > with the dead CMOS battery it didn't come on at all. > >Is it possible that the failure of the laptop to boot-up is a > result of having no electricity from one of the two internal batteries > and that by removing the connection I am not making much of a > difference in that the connection was dead anyway? And that by > replacing one or both of the batteries the machine may begin working? > > Thank you, > Elizabeth > > Batteries can fail in different ways. I replaced both the batteries in my Toshiba when I had to reset the date every time I rebooted. -- Commander Spiral Pyjama Pseudo-Rhinocerous Feline Thingamajig Bill Marcum (the First) Ozy and Millie Name Generator http://heifong.phase.org/omname.php -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?
On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 01:04:20PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The virus (Gibe-F) does not need Outlöök, it has its own smtp-engine and > is therefore idependent of any mail agent. As most members of this mailing list should know, an email virus is harmless unless it gets executed, therefore it needs the cooperation of a mail client that automatically executes attachments. The mystery is why so many people continue to use such BAD (Broken As Designed) software. -- Commander Spiral Pyjama Pseudo-Rhinocerous Feline Thingamajig Bill Marcum (the First) Ozy and Millie Name Generator http://heifong.phase.org/omname.php -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: I give up this list
On Sat, Sep 27, 2003 at 09:41:53PM +0200, Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen wrote: > Kenneth Macdonald Karlsen wrote: > > >I cant stand the viruses/spam on this list. > >Something should be done about this. Policy on list should change or > >something. > >Bye for now and good luck to the remainers on this ruined list. > >Kenneth > > > > > As soon as I unsubscibed I didnt get all the annoing virusmails. As I > said something should be done with debian lists. Of all mailinglists i > ever have used, debian's is absolutely excellent. This is one of the > reasons I use Debian. By allowing all sorts of spam/virus on the list it > gets totally ruined. It is strange that the mails should stop when you unsubscribe (unless you mean discussion ABOUT viruses), but since the viruses do not come from the list itself, I don't know what you expect the list owners to do about it. > I'm sad to hear the general opinion is to leave this to the user. Until > this changes I out of Debian-laptop. Good luck to the rest of you. > Kenneth > -- Commander Spiral Pyjama Pseudo-Rhinocerous Feline Thingamajig Bill Marcum (the First) Ozy and Millie Name Generator http://heifong.phase.org/omname.php -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rtf to pdf
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 10:27:16AM -0400, Al Davis wrote: > On Sunday 19 October 2003 08:40 am, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > In case you want translate a RTF file to PDF file, > > try openoffice.org > > or kword . > > unrtf can convert an rtf file to plain text, html, ps or other formats. The man page for the version in testing warns that all output formats except html are alpha. On the file that was attached, unrtf to text stopped at section 3.2.5. -- Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: cant get x server running.
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 04:56:17PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Donnie, > > I could get to the terminal without starting X and when I checked the > inittab file, it did have 2 as its default run level. > > >> # The default runlevel. > >> id:2:initdefault: > > Should that be 3 ( as Anish suggested in response to this) ? Is there any > other way, that I can start X only when I type 'startx' at the command > prompt ? > > apt-get remove xdm kdm gdm -- You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: modem and no ping
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 12:16:27AM +0100, Martin Wegmann wrote: > Hello, > > I apologize for my delayed reply, I posted a question approx. one month ago, > but did not find time to proceed, here is my reply: > > (the problem was, that I am working on two networks and when I tried to > connect via modem, it shows up as connected but without ping results) > > [copy of the last mail in the archive:] > >also sprach Martin Wegmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.10.07.1448 > +0200]: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$ /sbin/route -n > > >Kernel IP routing table > > >Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse > Iface > > >145.253.1.121 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 > ppp0 > > >10.0.0.00.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 > eth0 > > >0.0.0.0 10.0.0.10.0.0.0 UG0 00 > eth0 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$ ping -c 2 www.yahoo.com > > >your problem is here. the last entry should be the default route to > >the provider. > > >does your /etc/ppp/peers/provider file contain the 'defaultroute' > >option? > > yes it shows up with the defaultroute option. > You need to remove the default gateway 10.0.0.1 on eth0. The ppp defaultroute option won't replace an existing default route. -- You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: t1910
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 07:33:00PM -, maureen good wrote: > if you could help...how do i turn the darn thing on??? > > all the lights flash but nothing happens. If the lights flash you've found the power button. (The Power/Speed light and the DC In light should stay on). Try adjusting the brightness knob on the right side of the screen, and try the reset button (use a pencil or paper clip in the little hole by the power button). If you can't see anything on the built in screen, you might try a monitor. You might also try charging the battery: leave the AC adapter plugged in with the power off for an hour or so until the battery light turns green. -- No animal should ever jump on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain he can hold his own in conversation. -- Fran Lebowitz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laptop booting
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 02:17:21PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all! > I have 2 problems! > > First problem: > > When I start my debian laptop, I boot the modules first and the > daemons afterwards. As usual. > But, in order for my /etc/init.d/networking script to find my eth0 > nic, which is a PCMCIA card, cardmgr has to be started. And since my > networking script is started before my cardmgr-daemon, It will not > find my eth0, which makes it necessary for my to login as root and > do '/etc/init.d/networking restart', for enabling my eth0 nick. > Remove the line "auto eth0" from /etc/network/interfaces. -- Absurd Procrustean Egghead Cornstarch Variant Bill Marcum -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: idepci to vanilla
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 08:31:39AM -0800, Andrew Roth wrote: > > (not really related, but curious aboutit anyhow:) How do I find out > what debian stable cd any arbitrary package I find at the debian > packages web site is on? > "apt-cdrom add" each of the 7 CD's, and when you run dselect, use "apt", not "cd" as the access method. Using dselect or aptitude, you won't need to go to the website to search for packages. -- I don't care what your stupid software says, you did NOT receive a virus from me! No wonder there are so many email viruses, when the antivirus companies don't have a clue how email works. Go Linux! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Network on bootup
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 01:26:19PM +0100, Bjoern Schmidt wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this: > >-- > >auto lo > >iface lo inet loopback > > > >auto eth0 > >iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.1.250 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > > gateway 192.168.1.1 > >-- > > > >Any ideas out there how to get it boot up properly? > > sure. edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts to configure pcmcia-cards. > And remove the "auto eth0" line from /etc/network/interfaces. -- Think of your family tonight. Try to crawl home after the computer crashes. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Packages being held back
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:19:14PM -0800, Jeff wrote: > My laptop is testing/unstable and lately when I do an update in > aptitude, all the upgradeable packages come up as being help back. I > can manually set each package to install and they do get installed. > Can anyone shed some light on this issue for me? > You can also press "U" (capital U) to upgrade all upgradeable packages. There's been a change in the default settings in the new version of aptitude. It was mentioned on the debian-user list. If you prefer the old behavior, you can add this line to /etc/apt/apt.conf: Aptitude::Auto-Upgrade "true"; -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!] signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: pppd gateway/software suspend
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 02:42:02PM +, Alessandro Speranza wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > > > Add the 'defaultroute' option, or remove 'nodefaultroute', from the > > options passed to the pppd process. > > > > I've got that set already in the /etc/ppp/peers/gprs, although I'm not > really sure if wvdial evere reads that file. Actually, it looks like that > option is already in use, since if I do ps -adef I see: > > root 2294 2288 0 14:24 tty1 00:00:00 wvdial --config /etc/gprs.conf > root 2302 2294 0 14:25 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/pppd 460800 modem > crtscts defaultroute usehostname -detach user "" noipdefault call > wvdial usepeerdns default-asyncmap idle 0 logfd 6 > > and the defaultroute is actually there > Do you have any other network device with a default route? What is the output of 'route -n' when ppp is connected? -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: irremovable package?
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 06:00:11PM -0500, Curt Howland wrote: > Hi. Since this is on a laptop I thought I'd ask here since the users > forum has not been responsive... > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hi. dpkg has become locked up over one errant package and is not > allowing anything else to be processed. > > - - > # dpkg -P --force-all nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 > (Reading database ... 118665 files and directories currently > installed.) > Removing nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 ... > cat: alsa: No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 (--purge): > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 > - - > > Where can I erase this package from the database so dselect and the > rest will again function correctly? The module itself is long gone. > Edit the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686.postrm and insert "exit 0" as the second line. -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!] signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: xfree86 and lilo
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 09:34:07PM -0600, Aswin Venkat wrote: > > Does anybody know of functioning backports for xfree86 4.3 and > after?. The ones that i know of don't work anymore. I had problems > compiling xfree864.3 and 4.4 so would prefer using backports. Thanks. > I don't know about backports, but xfree86 4.3 has been moved into testing. -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: using a beamer: resolution?
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 04:35:13PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > Hi group, > > >From time to time, I use a beamer on my external VGA port of my laptop. > My laptop TFT panel has a resolution of 1400x1050 pixels but the beamer > has a resolution of only 800x600. However, it can support 1024x768 using > software scaling. Right now I have to edit my XF86Config-4 by hand and > then restart my X server. The problem is that X does recognize the > beamer on the external port and does switch back to a lower resolution, > but the viewport stays at 1400x1050, not very handy. Does anybody know > of an easy solution? > Write a separate XF86Config file for the beamer, and start the X server with startx -- -xf86config -- Now KEN and BARBIE are PERMANENTLY ADDICTED to MIND-ALTERING DRUGS ... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: rtf to pdf
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 10:27:16AM -0400, Al Davis wrote: > On Sunday 19 October 2003 08:40 am, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > In case you want translate a RTF file to PDF file, > > try openoffice.org > > or kword . > > unrtf can convert an rtf file to plain text, html, ps or other formats. The man page for the version in testing warns that all output formats except html are alpha. On the file that was attached, unrtf to text stopped at section 3.2.5. -- Cheops' Law: Nothing ever gets built on schedule or within budget.
Re: cant get x server running.
On Thu, Nov 06, 2003 at 04:56:17PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Donnie, > > I could get to the terminal without starting X and when I checked the > inittab file, it did have 2 as its default run level. > > >> # The default runlevel. > >> id:2:initdefault: > > Should that be 3 ( as Anish suggested in response to this) ? Is there any > other way, that I can start X only when I type 'startx' at the command > prompt ? > > apt-get remove xdm kdm gdm -- You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard.
Re: modem and no ping
On Sun, Nov 16, 2003 at 12:16:27AM +0100, Martin Wegmann wrote: > Hello, > > I apologize for my delayed reply, I posted a question approx. one month ago, > but did not find time to proceed, here is my reply: > > (the problem was, that I am working on two networks and when I tried to > connect via modem, it shows up as connected but without ping results) > > [copy of the last mail in the archive:] > >also sprach Martin Wegmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.10.07.1448 > +0200]: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$ /sbin/route -n > > >Kernel IP routing table > > >Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse > Iface > > >145.253.1.121 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 > ppp0 > > >10.0.0.00.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 > eth0 > > >0.0.0.0 10.0.0.10.0.0.0 UG0 00 > eth0 > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/$ ping -c 2 www.yahoo.com > > >your problem is here. the last entry should be the default route to > >the provider. > > >does your /etc/ppp/peers/provider file contain the 'defaultroute' > >option? > > yes it shows up with the defaultroute option. > You need to remove the default gateway 10.0.0.1 on eth0. The ppp defaultroute option won't replace an existing default route. -- You can go anywhere you want if you look serious and carry a clipboard.
Re: t1910
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003 at 07:33:00PM -, maureen good wrote: > if you could help...how do i turn the darn thing on??? > > all the lights flash but nothing happens. If the lights flash you've found the power button. (The Power/Speed light and the DC In light should stay on). Try adjusting the brightness knob on the right side of the screen, and try the reset button (use a pencil or paper clip in the little hole by the power button). If you can't see anything on the built in screen, you might try a monitor. You might also try charging the battery: leave the AC adapter plugged in with the power off for an hour or so until the battery light turns green. -- No animal should ever jump on the dining room furniture unless absolutely certain he can hold his own in conversation. -- Fran Lebowitz
Re: Laptop booting
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 02:17:21PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi all! > I have 2 problems! > > First problem: > > When I start my debian laptop, I boot the modules first and the > daemons afterwards. As usual. > But, in order for my /etc/init.d/networking script to find my eth0 > nic, which is a PCMCIA card, cardmgr has to be started. And since my > networking script is started before my cardmgr-daemon, It will not > find my eth0, which makes it necessary for my to login as root and > do '/etc/init.d/networking restart', for enabling my eth0 nick. > Remove the line "auto eth0" from /etc/network/interfaces. -- Absurd Procrustean Egghead Cornstarch Variant Bill Marcum
Re: idepci to vanilla
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 08:31:39AM -0800, Andrew Roth wrote: > > (not really related, but curious aboutit anyhow:) How do I find out > what debian stable cd any arbitrary package I find at the debian > packages web site is on? > "apt-cdrom add" each of the 7 CD's, and when you run dselect, use "apt", not "cd" as the access method. Using dselect or aptitude, you won't need to go to the website to search for packages. -- I don't care what your stupid software says, you did NOT receive a virus from me! No wonder there are so many email viruses, when the antivirus companies don't have a clue how email works. Go Linux!
Re: Network on bootup
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 01:26:19PM +0100, Bjoern Schmidt wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >My /etc/network/interfaces looks like this: > >-- > >auto lo > >iface lo inet loopback > > > >auto eth0 > >iface eth0 inet static > > address 192.168.1.250 > > netmask 255.255.255.0 > > broadcast 192.168.1.255 > > gateway 192.168.1.1 > >-- > > > >Any ideas out there how to get it boot up properly? > > sure. edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts to configure pcmcia-cards. > And remove the "auto eth0" line from /etc/network/interfaces. -- Think of your family tonight. Try to crawl home after the computer crashes.
Re: Packages being held back
On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 01:19:14PM -0800, Jeff wrote: > My laptop is testing/unstable and lately when I do an update in > aptitude, all the upgradeable packages come up as being help back. I > can manually set each package to install and they do get installed. > Can anyone shed some light on this issue for me? > You can also press "U" (capital U) to upgrade all upgradeable packages. There's been a change in the default settings in the new version of aptitude. It was mentioned on the debian-user list. If you prefer the old behavior, you can add this line to /etc/apt/apt.conf: Aptitude::Auto-Upgrade "true"; -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!] signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: pppd gateway/software suspend
On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 02:42:02PM +, Alessandro Speranza wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2004, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > > > Add the 'defaultroute' option, or remove 'nodefaultroute', from the > > options passed to the pppd process. > > > > I've got that set already in the /etc/ppp/peers/gprs, although I'm not > really sure if wvdial evere reads that file. Actually, it looks like that > option is already in use, since if I do ps -adef I see: > > root 2294 2288 0 14:24 tty1 00:00:00 wvdial --config /etc/gprs.conf > root 2302 2294 0 14:25 tty1 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/pppd 460800 modem > crtscts defaultroute usehostname -detach user "" noipdefault call > wvdial usepeerdns default-asyncmap idle 0 logfd 6 > > and the defaultroute is actually there > Do you have any other network device with a default route? What is the output of 'route -n' when ppp is connected? -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!]
Re: irremovable package?
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 06:00:11PM -0500, Curt Howland wrote: > Hi. Since this is on a laptop I thought I'd ask here since the users > forum has not been responsive... > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hi. dpkg has become locked up over one errant package and is not > allowing anything else to be processed. > > - - > # dpkg -P --force-all nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 > (Reading database ... 118665 files and directories currently > installed.) > Removing nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 ... > cat: alsa: No such file or directory > dpkg: error processing nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 (--purge): > subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 1 > Errors were encountered while processing: > nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686 > - - > > Where can I erase this package from the database so dselect and the > rest will again function correctly? The module itself is long gone. > Edit the file /var/lib/dpkg/info/nvidia-kernel-2.4.24-1-686.postrm and insert "exit 0" as the second line. -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!] signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: xfree86 and lilo
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 09:34:07PM -0600, Aswin Venkat wrote: > > Does anybody know of functioning backports for xfree86 4.3 and > after?. The ones that i know of don't work anymore. I had problems > compiling xfree864.3 and 4.4 so would prefer using backports. Thanks. > I don't know about backports, but xfree86 4.3 has been moved into testing. -- Incrsease your earoning poswer and gaerner profwessional resspect. Get the Un1iversity Dewgree you have already earned. [from the prestigious, non-accredited University of Spam!]
Re: using a beamer: resolution?
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 04:35:13PM +0200, David Fokkema wrote: > Hi group, > > >From time to time, I use a beamer on my external VGA port of my laptop. > My laptop TFT panel has a resolution of 1400x1050 pixels but the beamer > has a resolution of only 800x600. However, it can support 1024x768 using > software scaling. Right now I have to edit my XF86Config-4 by hand and > then restart my X server. The problem is that X does recognize the > beamer on the external port and does switch back to a lower resolution, > but the viewport stays at 1400x1050, not very handy. Does anybody know > of an easy solution? > Write a separate XF86Config file for the beamer, and start the X server with startx -- -xf86config -- Now KEN and BARBIE are PERMANENTLY ADDICTED to MIND-ALTERING DRUGS ...
Re: X-windows Problems with firefox install connections???
On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 12:36:35PM -0400, Will Ness wrote: > Hello! > > Here is the breakdown, yes I am using 2.2 idepci kernel on my laptop. > However when I do the apt-get command, it claims that the newer kernel > image is not been found. Have you done apt-get update? If you are using a 2.2 kernel, you are probably using Woody. Do the entries in your sources.list file point to "woody" or "oldstable", not "stable"? > Not sure what to do next. Perhaps at this point, should I consider a > reinstall? I know that x-windows worked the first time around, so > should I reinstall it, and then save the config file? > Perhaps "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" would work. (maybe you have tried that; I only keep debian-user posts for two days) -- Tonight you will pay the wages of sin; Don't forget to leave a tip. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
