Re: Xircom CardBus woes
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 05:43:50PM -0800, Laurent Charriere wrote: > So here are my questions: > - How can I get the system to load the driver at boot time? Maybe it sounds stupid, but how about trying to insert it into /etc/modules? This is a comment from mine: # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. -- BlueRaven Prima di parlare, ricorda: mount -t auto /dev/brain /mnt/mouth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xircom CardBus woes
On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 07:25:56PM +0100, Ralf Hein wrote: [load module on boot] > Well, as far as I know one should use modconf for things like this on a > debian system. Besides, there is no point loading drivers at boot time, for > they will be loaded 'on demand' by the kernel if your /etc/modules.conf is up > to date. modconf will take care of this. Yep, you're definitely right, my answer was just a quick 'n dirty one. :-) -- BlueRaven Prima di parlare, ricorda: mount -t auto /dev/brain /mnt/mouth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: power down
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:28:24AM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > I built APM into my 2.4.17 kernel on Sid on my Compaq Presario 2700T (which > now has sound thanks to this list :), but when I halt it, it goes through > the powerdown, but ends up at a black screen with the power led still lit. Same here on my Presario 2700EA, and I think it's not your fault but Compaq's: it seems they ONLY support ACPI, so APM won't work. -- BlueRaven Prima di parlare, ricorda: mount -t auto /dev/brain /mnt/mouth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xircom CardBus woes
On Sat, Jan 19, 2002 at 05:43:50PM -0800, Laurent Charriere wrote: > So here are my questions: > - How can I get the system to load the driver at boot time? Maybe it sounds stupid, but how about trying to insert it into /etc/modules? This is a comment from mine: # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. # # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. -- BlueRaven Prima di parlare, ricorda: mount -t auto /dev/brain /mnt/mouth
Re: Xircom CardBus woes
On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 07:25:56PM +0100, Ralf Hein wrote: [load module on boot] > Well, as far as I know one should use modconf for things like this on a > debian system. Besides, there is no point loading drivers at boot time, for > they will be loaded 'on demand' by the kernel if your /etc/modules.conf is up > to date. modconf will take care of this. Yep, you're definitely right, my answer was just a quick 'n dirty one. :-) -- BlueRaven Prima di parlare, ricorda: mount -t auto /dev/brain /mnt/mouth
Re: power down
On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 12:28:24AM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > I built APM into my 2.4.17 kernel on Sid on my Compaq Presario 2700T (which > now has sound thanks to this list :), but when I halt it, it goes through > the powerdown, but ends up at a black screen with the power led still lit. Same here on my Presario 2700EA, and I think it's not your fault but Compaq's: it seems they ONLY support ACPI, so APM won't work. -- BlueRaven Prima di parlare, ricorda: mount -t auto /dev/brain /mnt/mouth
Re: dell 4000
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 08:54:31AM +0100, Klaas Gadeyne wrote: > > IIRC, you can only have 7 total partitions: 3 primary, and 4 logical (or is > > it the other way around?), so you may have to lt youre hda4 be one big > > partition for debian. > Is this so?? I thought you could have more logical ones... And you're right: an IDE disk can have a maximum of 63 partitions, while a SCSI one can "only" have 15. See man fdisk(8) and /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt -- BlueRaven Prima di parlare, ricorda: mount -t auto /dev/brain /mnt/mouth
Re: del 4100
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 03:46:47PM -0500, Dutch wrote: > 1. I have a dell inspiron 4100. It has the ATI Radeon card in it and I >really want to install debian on itAND have X up and running. If you're using Potato, no way: XFree 3.3.6 does not offer support for Radeon chipsets. XFree 4 has it, but you still need version 4.1.99 at least: this is the first release to support the Mobility Radeon chipset, which is what you have on your machine. Sid and Woody version, 4.1.0-14 (at the moment I'm writing), DOES NOT work, so you have to manually recompile XFree yourself. HTH, bye. -- BlueRaven Se non e' tutto chiaro, regolate i parametri di brightness e contrast della vostra mente ( Simon ). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:08:20AM -0500, Hubert Chan wrote: > do it the normal way, I'll forget something. Debian provides some > helpful scripts for compiling and installing kernels, automatically > applying patches (which you can specify, if they're available for the > kernel version), and compiling and installing 3rd party modules. Stop here! :-) I'm very interested in knowing what you mean with "automatically applying patches": I always used a mixed Debian-traditional way, downloading the kernel sources from kernel.org, applying patches by hand and recompiling using kernel-package stuff. I'd really like to know what I need to do that: some particular package? particular patches versions? a special directory to put them in? anything else? Pointers to docs are appreciated. -- BlueRaven Se non e' tutto chiaro, regolate i parametri di brightness e contrast della vostra mente ( Simon ). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel
On Mon, Mar 25, 2002 at 09:01:20AM -0500, Derek Broughton wrote: > > Grab the kernel-image package. It covers the details of what it can do. > kernel-package :-) Thanks a lot to both of you, guys! :-) I'll dig the docs and find my way. -- BlueRaven Se non e' tutto chiaro, regolate i parametri di brightness e contrast della vostra mente ( Simon ). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dell 4000
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 08:54:31AM +0100, Klaas Gadeyne wrote: > > IIRC, you can only have 7 total partitions: 3 primary, and 4 logical (or is > > it the other way around?), so you may have to lt youre hda4 be one big > > partition for debian. > Is this so?? I thought you could have more logical ones... And you're right: an IDE disk can have a maximum of 63 partitions, while a SCSI one can "only" have 15. See man fdisk(8) and /usr/src/linux/Documentation/devices.txt -- BlueRaven Prima di parlare, ricorda: mount -t auto /dev/brain /mnt/mouth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: del 4100
On Wed, Mar 20, 2002 at 03:46:47PM -0500, Dutch wrote: > 1. I have a dell inspiron 4100. It has the ATI Radeon card in it and I >really want to install debian on itAND have X up and running. If you're using Potato, no way: XFree 3.3.6 does not offer support for Radeon chipsets. XFree 4 has it, but you still need version 4.1.99 at least: this is the first release to support the Mobility Radeon chipset, which is what you have on your machine. Sid and Woody version, 4.1.0-14 (at the moment I'm writing), DOES NOT work, so you have to manually recompile XFree yourself. HTH, bye. -- BlueRaven Se non e' tutto chiaro, regolate i parametri di brightness e contrast della vostra mente ( Simon ). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:08:20AM -0500, Hubert Chan wrote: > do it the normal way, I'll forget something. Debian provides some > helpful scripts for compiling and installing kernels, automatically > applying patches (which you can specify, if they're available for the > kernel version), and compiling and installing 3rd party modules. Stop here! :-) I'm very interested in knowing what you mean with "automatically applying patches": I always used a mixed Debian-traditional way, downloading the kernel sources from kernel.org, applying patches by hand and recompiling using kernel-package stuff. I'd really like to know what I need to do that: some particular package? particular patches versions? a special directory to put them in? anything else? Pointers to docs are appreciated. -- BlueRaven Se non e' tutto chiaro, regolate i parametri di brightness e contrast della vostra mente ( Simon ). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
