Sound on IBM390E
Hello, I have frozen running on an IBM Thinkpad 390E with a 2.2.16 kernel. I installed the alsa driver, library, and utilities package and everything seemed to be OK. However, when I try to run something like real video/audio, I get the picture but no sound. So when I modprobe the sound card, this is what I get: work:/home/walton# modprobe snd-card-es1968 /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-es1968.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-es1968.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-es1968.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-es1968.o: insmod snd-card-es1968 failed work:/home/walton# OK, I will admit that if the error is caused by invalid IO or IRQ parameters, I have no idea how to fix it. Can anyone give me some ideas? Thanks, Bryan Walton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Depmod Error on installing ALSA modules
Yesterday, I sent the following message to debian-user. Still trying to figure out how to fix this problem. Is it possible that the error is a result of a bug in the alsa-source package? Or is it something else? I am afraid I don't know much about ELF headers. Thanks! Bryan Greetings! I am running frozen on an IBM Thinkpad 390E with a 2.0.36 kernel. This morning, I compiled a new kernel (2.2.15) using make-kpkg. I also built the pcmcia and ALSA modules using kpkg. All seems to have gone well (I have done this before on another box). However, when I installed the newly compiled ALSA modules deb package, this is what happens: work:/usr/src# dpkg -i alsa-modules-2.2.15_0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package alsa-modules-2.2.15. (Reading database ... 52672 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking alsa-modules-2.2.15 (from alsa-modules-2.2.15_0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90_i386.deb) ... Setting up alsa-modules-2.2.15 (0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90) ... depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory work:/usr/src# Any ideas as to what this means? How can I fix this? Thanks!! Bryan Walton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Depmod Error on installing ALSA modules
Fixed it, just in case anybody was curious, the problem was a missing library: libelfg0-dev Thanks! Bryan -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 07:25:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Bryan K. Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian-User Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Debian Laptop Mailing List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Depmod Error on installing ALSA modules Resent-Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 07:11:52 -0500 Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yesterday, I sent the following message to debian-user. Still trying to figure out how to fix this problem. Is it possible that the error is a result of a bug in the alsa-source package? Or is it something else? I am afraid I don't know much about ELF headers. Thanks! Bryan Greetings! I am running frozen on an IBM Thinkpad 390E with a 2.0.36 kernel. This morning, I compiled a new kernel (2.2.15) using make-kpkg. I also built the pcmcia and ALSA modules using kpkg. All seems to have gone well (I have done this before on another box). However, when I installed the newly compiled ALSA modules deb package, this is what happens: work:/usr/src# dpkg -i alsa-modules-2.2.15_0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package alsa-modules-2.2.15. (Reading database ... 52672 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking alsa-modules-2.2.15 (from alsa-modules-2.2.15_0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90_i386.deb) ... Setting up alsa-modules-2.2.15 (0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90) ... depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory work:/usr/src# Any ideas as to what this means? How can I fix this? Thanks!! Bryan Walton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + Modem on Thinkpad 390X
Anybody have experience with the Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + Modem on a Thinkpad 390X? I have a 390E and Debian recognizes the PCMCIA card without fail. However, I am new to the 390X. Same modem, different computer. Can anybody give me some pointers? Thank you, Bryan Walton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + Modem on Thinkpad 390X
OK, I seem to be really good at answering my own questions. Seems to have been something with the card itself. I switched my two Xircom cards in my two laptops, and oddly, they both work now. I am not even going to try to figure that one out. -Bryan On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Bryan K. Walton wrote: > Anybody have experience with the Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + Modem on a > Thinkpad 390X? I have a 390E and Debian recognizes the PCMCIA card > without fail. However, I am new to the 390X. Same modem, different > computer. Can anybody give me some pointers? > > Thank you, > Bryan Walton > > *********** Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608.288.3000 Berbee...putting the E in business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sound on Thinkpad 390X
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Alexander Zangerl wrote: > slightly offtopic: did you have any luck with the soundchip in the > 390x (ess es1969, solo-1)? in my box it only works when i've got the > system in the dockingstation but does not work at all...only garbled > white noise. I have had similar problems. Sound works fine on audio CDs. However, real audio and mp3s come out garbled. In my past experience with the 390E, I figured out that the 390E requires a 2.2.15 kernel to have real audio working correctly. I am running 2.2.15 on the 390X and sound is garbled. I imagine that a newer kernel will eventually fix this -- haven't tried 2.2.16. Hopefully a fix isn't far away though. Bryan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Sound on Thinkpad 390X
> just as a quick and dirty suggestion: have you tried alsa? it solved a lot > i guess that the 390 uses ess solo as well but even if it is another chip > - with this you'd be trying a different driver. Yes. What I did was compile the kernel, alsa, and pcmcia packages using make-kpkg and the source packages. I have found with the 390E that this is flawless. You compile the packages, install them, and then use alsaconf to configure it for the sound card. On the 390E, this has worked everytime. On the 390X, Alsa found the sound card, configured itself, but things didn't work as well, obviously. So, I suppose it is possible that /etc/modutils/alsa might be incorrect, don't know for sure. Below is what I have in that file. If anyone thinks this is wrong for the 390X, I am open to all suggestions. Thanks, Bryan # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.2 --- alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-es1938 alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid= 29 snd_device_uid=0 options snd-card-es1938 snd_index=1 snd_id=CARD_1 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ntp(date) and laptop during suspend
Greetings! I think I have finally managed to get Debian working correctly with APM (suspend/resume features) on my IBM Thinkpad. On boot up, my laptop sets the time from a NTP server on the Internet using ntpdate. However, after coming out of suspend mode, the time is always behind by 5 hours. This wouldn't be too much of a problem is the time was all that was affected. However, when I do an uptime this morning, following the resume, it showed that my laptop had been up for about 20 hours. I actually know for a fact that it has been up all weekend (since Friday morning). So, I am not really sure where my problem is, but it seems that my clock management is going to hell when in suspend mode. Can anyone tell me what is happening here and how to prevent this? Thanks, Bryan Walton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ntp(date) and laptop during suspend
Hey,
Ben Sunshine-Hill found the problem. My hardware clock was simply
off by 5 hours. I should be 5 hours behind GMT, but my hardware clock was
reporting itself to be 10 hours behind GMT. Not sure how that happened
("date" was reporting the correct timezone --CDT). I reset the hardware
clock using hwclock, and now my hardware clock and system clock are
roughly equivalent to what an NTP server says. As for APM suspend and
resume, Ben says I need a script in /etc/apm/ that runs "hwclock --systohc
--utc" in a script in suspend.d/, and "hwclock --hctosys --utc" in
resume.d/. Don't know how to compose such a script though. Any advice?
Thanks,
Bryan
> When you resume it usually sync's with the hardware clock, but if your
> hardware is on GMT/UTC you have to tell it so, otherwise it is treated as
> local time.
>
> * Heather * star@ many places...
>
***********
Bryan K. Walton
Network Operations Center Analyst
Berbee
5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
608.288.3000
Berbee...putting the E in business
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Xircom RealPort Ethernet/Modem on Debian
Hi everybody, Has anyone got these new Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 PCMCIA cards to run on Debian? If anybody has any ideas, I would be most appreciative. Thanks, Bryan Walton
Re: Xircom RealPort Ethernet/Modem on Debian
Thanks to everyone who gave me information about running a Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 PCMCIA cards. I have identified my problem: I don't have any PCMCIA modules built in. (Oops!) I recently compiled a new kernel (2.2.13). Everything is fine in that regard. But now, I need to build the PCMCIA modules and install them. I have the PCMCIA packages that I need in order to do this, from the following ftp site: (ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/pcmcia-cs-3.1.8.tar.gz). However, I don't know how to build the modules. Can anybody point me to a web page that might offer instructions on how to build and install them? Thanks, Bryan Walton
iplogger is crashing my computer
Greetings everyone, I am running 2.1 with a 2.2.13 kernel on my Thinkpad 390E in a network environment using DHCP. Today, oddly, I was informed while attempting to open an x terminal that my system was temporarily out of resources. I did a little research and it turns out that some processes called "tcplogd" were strangling my computer. Something being run by a program called iplogger. Can anyone tell me a little more about this program? How can I prevent this from using all of my resources in the future? Thanks, Bryan Walton
TCP/IP problems
First, I would like to thank everybody who offered advice to me yesterday regarding why iplogger was crashing my computer. I got that fixed, thank you. Now, (let me preface what I am about to say by adding that I am teaching myself linux by getting Debian running on my Thinkpad. Therefore, many stupid learning mistakes. . .) since yesterday, I have rebuilt my machine after successfully screwing up my libraries. My computer is connected in a networked office environment using DHCP. My IBM Thinkpad 390E is using a Xircom REalport card (which it recognizes fine). I have a DHCP client on my computer, and when I start it up, it gives me back an IP address. However, I cannot generate any further outgoing or incoming traffic. When I open up my browser, I can't browse web pages via domain names or IP addresses. I can't FTP anywhere, or do anything else. This sounds like a TCP/IP problem. Thing is, I have no ideas for how to fix the problem, or even to verify it. Any advice? THANKS! Bryan
Re: TCP/IP problems
On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, s. keeling wrote: > On Wed, Jan 12, 2000 at 06:38:33AM -0600, Bryan K. Walton wrote: > [snip] > > fine). I have a DHCP client on my computer, and when I start it up, it > > gives me back an IP address. However, I cannot generate any further > > outgoing or incoming traffic. When I open up my browser, I can't browse > > web pages via domain names or IP addresses. I can't FTP anywhere, or do > > What does "can't" mean exactly? What happens when you ping another > host? What does ping say exactly? When I ping another host, I get the following: ping: sendto: Operation not permitted ping: wrote (INSERT IP HERE) 64 chars, ret=-1 ping: sendto: Operation not permitted > > What's in your /etc/resolv.conf? > My /etc/resolve.conf file contains the following: domain binc.net nameserver 208.139.220.11 nameserver 205.173.176.11 This appears to valid/ Advice? Thanks, Bryan > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contract programmer, server bum. > TopQuark Software & Serv. Enquire within. > > Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608.288.3000 Berbee...putting the E in business
Re: TCP/IP problems
Nate, THANKS Indeed, IP Masquerading was the guilty party! Thanks, Bryan On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, aphro wrote: > On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Bryan K. Walton wrote: > > walton >When I ping another host, I get the following: > walton >ping: sendto: Operation not permitted > walton >ping: wrote (INSERT IP HERE) 64 chars, ret=-1 > walton >ping: sendto: Operation not permitted > > 99% chance that the problem is your firewall is blocking it, check to see > if the ipmasq package is installed, if it is reconfigure it(i _always_ > delete it it has caused me NOTHING but trouble) flush the firewall by > running ipchains -F if you got kernel 2.2.x or ipfwadm -f where > is type F (forward) I(insert) A(append). > > if your not specifically using the ipmasq package the system will > automatically re add the firewall rules blocking aLL incoming and outoging > traffic, if you want ipmasq, id suggest you delete that $#@ package and > setup the firewall manually(ipmasq only needs 1 rule, or 2 if your > security minded). i spent many many hours trying to figure out what was > screwing my servers up till i found the ipmasq package was doing it. > > nate > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- >Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ > Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ >Everett, WA 425-348-7336http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > Powered By:http://comedy.aphroland.org/ > Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMPhttp://yahoo.aphroland.org/ > -[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- > 11:53am up 145 days, 23:53, 2 users, load average: 0.33, 0.31, 0.30 > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > *** Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608.288.3000 Berbee...putting the E in business
Sound on IBM Thinkpad 390E
Hello to the list, I am trying to get sound to work on my IBM Thinkpad 390E running Debian 2.1. I have been unable to get sound to work until very recently. I was told that I could type the following, as root, upon bootup, to make sound work: insmod soundcore insmod esssolo1 mixctrl 7 0 mixctrl 0 100 mixctrl 4 100 I was able to type the first two lines and this dig get sound running -- but it sounds like chipmunks talking. I assume that the next three commands will slow the speed down. When I try to type the last three lines, I get the following: bash: mixctrl: command not found I searched the debian website and found no reference to the command mixctrl. Can someone tell me what program I need to have running for Debian to recognize this command? Thanks, Bryan Walton
XFCom_NeoMagic in 2.1 = XF86_SVGA in frozen?
Greetings all, For a few months I had been running 2.1 on my Thinkpad 390E. Recently, I upgraded to frozen and the frozen version of Xfree86. During the upgrade, it asked me if I wanted to keep using the NeoMagic server, and I said yes. It works fine. Here is my question, can I switch to a different server now? Should I? If so, which one. Also, is there some benefit of going to an "official" XFree86 server? Thanks! Bryan
Problems leaving computer on overnight
Greetings to the list. First, thank you to everyone who continues to provide usefull and helpful advice for me regarding the maintenance of my Debian machine. OK, now on to my present problem: I have a Thinkpad 390E (266mhz and 128 meg of Ram) running Debian frozen at my place of work. Historically, I have shutdown my laptop every night and then rebooted every morning. But, as I understand that Linux doesn't need to be rebooted all of the time, I thought I would start to leave it running, but it presents me with some problems. I have apm disabled in the bios. But when I come in each morning, my computer is CREEPING. From the wdm login screen, it takes about 5 minutes to load Gnome. But even if it loads, it then takes another minute to open any program such as Netscape. When I run top, nothing shows up odd. The only way I have found to fix this problem is to reboot. Is there a program out there that I need to install to fix this? Is this a bug in frozen? How can I, or should I give my computer a "jolt" of energy? Any ideas? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Sound on IBM390E
Hello, I have frozen running on an IBM Thinkpad 390E with a 2.2.16 kernel. I installed the alsa driver, library, and utilities package and everything seemed to be OK. However, when I try to run something like real video/audio, I get the picture but no sound. So when I modprobe the sound card, this is what I get: work:/home/walton# modprobe snd-card-es1968 /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-es1968.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-es1968.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-es1968.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.16/misc/snd-card-es1968.o: insmod snd-card-es1968 failed work:/home/walton# OK, I will admit that if the error is caused by invalid IO or IRQ parameters, I have no idea how to fix it. Can anyone give me some ideas? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Depmod Error on installing ALSA modules
Yesterday, I sent the following message to debian-user. Still trying to figure out how to fix this problem. Is it possible that the error is a result of a bug in the alsa-source package? Or is it something else? I am afraid I don't know much about ELF headers. Thanks! Bryan Greetings! I am running frozen on an IBM Thinkpad 390E with a 2.0.36 kernel. This morning, I compiled a new kernel (2.2.15) using make-kpkg. I also built the pcmcia and ALSA modules using kpkg. All seems to have gone well (I have done this before on another box). However, when I installed the newly compiled ALSA modules deb package, this is what happens: work:/usr/src# dpkg -i alsa-modules-2.2.15_0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package alsa-modules-2.2.15. (Reading database ... 52672 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking alsa-modules-2.2.15 (from alsa-modules-2.2.15_0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90_i386.deb) ... Setting up alsa-modules-2.2.15 (0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90) ... depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory work:/usr/src# Any ideas as to what this means? How can I fix this? Thanks!! Bryan Walton
Re: Depmod Error on installing ALSA modules
Fixed it, just in case anybody was curious, the problem was a missing library: libelfg0-dev Thanks! Bryan -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 07:25:00 -0500 (CDT) From: Bryan K. Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Debian-User Mailing List , Debian Laptop Mailing List Subject: Depmod Error on installing ALSA modules Resent-Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2000 07:11:52 -0500 Resent-From: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Yesterday, I sent the following message to debian-user. Still trying to figure out how to fix this problem. Is it possible that the error is a result of a bug in the alsa-source package? Or is it something else? I am afraid I don't know much about ELF headers. Thanks! Bryan Greetings! I am running frozen on an IBM Thinkpad 390E with a 2.0.36 kernel. This morning, I compiled a new kernel (2.2.15) using make-kpkg. I also built the pcmcia and ALSA modules using kpkg. All seems to have gone well (I have done this before on another box). However, when I installed the newly compiled ALSA modules deb package, this is what happens: work:/usr/src# dpkg -i alsa-modules-2.2.15_0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90_i386.deb Selecting previously deselected package alsa-modules-2.2.15. (Reading database ... 52672 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking alsa-modules-2.2.15 (from alsa-modules-2.2.15_0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90_i386.deb) ... Setting up alsa-modules-2.2.15 (0.4.1i-5+2.2.15-90) ... depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory depmod: error reading ELF header: No such file or directory work:/usr/src# Any ideas as to what this means? How can I fix this? Thanks!! Bryan Walton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + Modem on Thinkpad 390X
Anybody have experience with the Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + Modem on a Thinkpad 390X? I have a 390E and Debian recognizes the PCMCIA card without fail. However, I am new to the 390X. Same modem, different computer. Can anybody give me some pointers? Thank you, Bryan Walton
Re: Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + Modem on Thinkpad 390X
OK, I seem to be really good at answering my own questions. Seems to have been something with the card itself. I switched my two Xircom cards in my two laptops, and oddly, they both work now. I am not even going to try to figure that one out. -Bryan On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Bryan K. Walton wrote: > Anybody have experience with the Xircom Cardbus Ethernet + Modem on a > Thinkpad 390X? I have a 390E and Debian recognizes the PCMCIA card > without fail. However, I am new to the 390X. Same modem, different > computer. Can anybody give me some pointers? > > Thank you, > Bryan Walton > > *********** Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 608.288.3000 Berbee...putting the E in business
Sound on Thinkpad 390X
On Wed, 9 Aug 2000, Alexander Zangerl wrote: > slightly offtopic: did you have any luck with the soundchip in the > 390x (ess es1969, solo-1)? in my box it only works when i've got the > system in the dockingstation but does not work at all...only garbled > white noise. I have had similar problems. Sound works fine on audio CDs. However, real audio and mp3s come out garbled. In my past experience with the 390E, I figured out that the 390E requires a 2.2.15 kernel to have real audio working correctly. I am running 2.2.15 on the 390X and sound is garbled. I imagine that a newer kernel will eventually fix this -- haven't tried 2.2.16. Hopefully a fix isn't far away though. Bryan
Re: Sound on Thinkpad 390X
> just as a quick and dirty suggestion: have you tried alsa? it solved a lot > i guess that the 390 uses ess solo as well but even if it is another chip > - with this you'd be trying a different driver. Yes. What I did was compile the kernel, alsa, and pcmcia packages using make-kpkg and the source packages. I have found with the 390E that this is flawless. You compile the packages, install them, and then use alsaconf to configure it for the sound card. On the 390E, this has worked everytime. On the 390X, Alsa found the sound card, configured itself, but things didn't work as well, obviously. So, I suppose it is possible that /etc/modutils/alsa might be incorrect, don't know for sure. Below is what I have in that file. If anyone thinks this is wrong for the 390X, I am open to all suggestions. Thanks, Bryan # --- BEGIN: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. --- # --- ALSACONF verion 0.4.2 --- alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-card-es1938 alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm1-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm1-oss options snd snd_major=116 snd_cards_limit=1 snd_device_mode=0660 snd_device_gid= 29 snd_device_uid=0 options snd-card-es1938 snd_index=1 snd_id=CARD_1 # --- END: Generated by ALSACONF, do not edit. ---
ntp(date) and laptop during suspend
Greetings! I think I have finally managed to get Debian working correctly with APM (suspend/resume features) on my IBM Thinkpad. On boot up, my laptop sets the time from a NTP server on the Internet using ntpdate. However, after coming out of suspend mode, the time is always behind by 5 hours. This wouldn't be too much of a problem is the time was all that was affected. However, when I do an uptime this morning, following the resume, it showed that my laptop had been up for about 20 hours. I actually know for a fact that it has been up all weekend (since Friday morning). So, I am not really sure where my problem is, but it seems that my clock management is going to hell when in suspend mode. Can anyone tell me what is happening here and how to prevent this? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Re: ntp(date) and laptop during suspend
Hey,
Ben Sunshine-Hill found the problem. My hardware clock was simply
off by 5 hours. I should be 5 hours behind GMT, but my hardware clock was
reporting itself to be 10 hours behind GMT. Not sure how that happened
("date" was reporting the correct timezone --CDT). I reset the hardware
clock using hwclock, and now my hardware clock and system clock are
roughly equivalent to what an NTP server says. As for APM suspend and
resume, Ben says I need a script in /etc/apm/ that runs "hwclock --systohc
--utc" in a script in suspend.d/, and "hwclock --hctosys --utc" in
resume.d/. Don't know how to compose such a script though. Any advice?
Thanks,
Bryan
> When you resume it usually sync's with the hardware clock, but if your
> hardware is on GMT/UTC you have to tell it so, otherwise it is treated as
> local time.
>
> * Heather * star@ many places...
>
***********
Bryan K. Walton
Network Operations Center Analyst
Berbee
5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
608.288.3000
Berbee...putting the E in business
Re: laptop experiences...
On a somewhat related note, after reading this thread (in which the tpctl package was mentioned), I decided to recompile my kernel yesterday, including the tpctl-source package. So, I did so with kernel-package, along with the kernel-source, pcmcia-source, and alsa-source. (I have a TP390X). I compile my kernels using an epoch (ie: make-kpkg --revision 3:2.2.15-9 kernel_image, etc.). However, I discovered yesterday that the tpctl-source package didn't like the colon. It wouldn't compile as a module with the colon in there, but without the colon, it would compile fine. Does anybody have any experience with this? Is this something that should be reported to the maintainer, any ideas? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Re: deleted /tmp ruined X, how to recover?
Recreate /tmp and make sure that the permissions are set correctly so that users other than root can read the directory. -Bryan On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 04:28:21PM -0400, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote: > Hi, > > I got a message saying the file system on which /tmp is located is full. > > Thinking /tmp contains only temperary files, I deleted them all. But after > that > I can no longer start X. I can still run Xconfigurator and configured > successfully. > But startx keeps failing. > > what should I reinstall? I want to avoid reinstalling from scratch. > > thanks a lot for your hint > > Ben > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 608.288.3000 Berbee...putting the E in business
Re: laptop experiences...
On a somewhat related note, after reading this thread (in which the tpctl package was mentioned), I decided to recompile my kernel yesterday, including the tpctl-source package. So, I did so with kernel-package, along with the kernel-source, pcmcia-source, and alsa-source. (I have a TP390X). I compile my kernels using an epoch (ie: make-kpkg --revision 3:2.2.15-9 kernel_image, etc.). However, I discovered yesterday that the tpctl-source package didn't like the colon. It wouldn't compile as a module with the colon in there, but without the colon, it would compile fine. Does anybody have any experience with this? Is this something that should be reported to the maintainer, any ideas? Thanks, Bryan Walton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: deleted /tmp ruined X, how to recover?
Recreate /tmp and make sure that the permissions are set correctly so that users other than root can read the directory. -Bryan On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 04:28:21PM -0400, Benjamin F. Zhou wrote: > Hi, > > I got a message saying the file system on which /tmp is located is full. > > Thinking /tmp contains only temperary files, I deleted them all. But after that > I can no longer start X. I can still run Xconfigurator and configured > successfully. > But startx keeps failing. > > what should I reinstall? I want to avoid reinstalling from scratch. > > thanks a lot for your hint > > Ben > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 608.288.3000 Berbee...putting the E in business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Trying to correctly configure X
Hi everybody, I just found out about this list and hope that somebody can help me. (I have been asking questions on the debian-user list, and have received much help, but still am having difficultly.) I have an IBM Thinkpad 390E in which I have installed Debian 2.1. I am struggling to configure X Windows. This weekend I managed to get a screen and a GUI interface, but I can't get my resolution any better than (what appears to be something like) 320 X 240!!! I have a 14.1 inch TFT screen capable of 1024 X 768 (XGA) at something like 60 Hz (at least when I am in Windows). I have a NeoMagic 256AV video card in the machine that I believe has about 2.5 meg of memory. Can anyone give me some advice regarding how to configure X? What resolution should I be setting, what X server should I be picking, and how many colors? I have tried configuring X about 20 times now and either get a poor image, or don't get a screen at all. I hope someone out there (maybe with the same type of computer as mine) can lead me out of the darkness. Much Thanks! Bryan Walton
Giving up on Slink, moving to potato?
Hi, I have an IBM Thinkpad 390E and have been trying to install Debian 2.1 on it for about two weeks now. I can install it no problem, except that I cannot get X Windows configured correctly. I even updraded to XFree86 3.3.5, and still can't get it to work (although I can get Red Hat 6.1 installed on it in my first try). The problem is that I don't want Red Hat, I want to run Debian. I even had two linux engineers here where I work try to get it running, and they had no success. I have checked out linux resources for IBM Thinkpads on the net, and have also received much useful information from this list. But, I think I am giving up on slink. I may have to move to Red Hat, even though I don't want to. But first I want to ask a question. I have never used an unstable release. (And I am also a newbie). Is it worth giving Potato a try? Should Potato make this problem easier to tackle for me? Or would the fact that it is unstable, only make life more difficult? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Fixing the Master Boot Record
Hi everybody, In trying to get Slink installed successfully on my laptop (IBM Thinkpag 390E) I have learned that it is important to upgrade the Bios first. So, for the short term, I am taking some steps backwards. I downloaded a bios upgrade program on to a diskkette from IBM's website. To perform the upgrade, I need to boot up the computer with this diskette in the floppy drive. When I do that however, the computer gives me an error message saying that there is an invalid system disk in the floppy drive. I am instructed to remove it and then hit any key to continue. This doesn't happen with any disk as I can still boot up from a boot floppy. I think this is due to my installing LILO on the MBR. So I did an "fdisk /mbr" to remove LILO and then attempted to perform the bios upgrade again. I still get this error. So I then downloaded the upgrade program on to another diskette (in case the disk was the problem) and I still get this message. Can anyone tell me how can I fix my mbr so that I can boot up into this program and upgrade my BIOS? Thanks, Bryan Walton ******* Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee Information Networks Corporation 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 Phone: 608.288.3000 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fixing the Master Boot Record
Thanks to everyone on this simple issue. Turned out to be two problems, I didn't have a bootable floppy, and the IBM program needed to be extracted (something that I never saw mentioned on their download page). Thanks, Bryan *** Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee Information Networks Corporation 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 Phone: 608.288.3000 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Xircom RealPort Ethernet/Modem on Debian
Hi everybody, Has anyone got these new Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 PCMCIA cards to run on Debian? If anybody has any ideas, I would be most appreciative. Thanks, Bryan Walton
Re: Xircom RealPort Ethernet/Modem on Debian
Thanks to everyone who gave me information about running a Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56 PCMCIA cards. I have identified my problem: I don't have any PCMCIA modules built in. (Oops!) I recently compiled a new kernel (2.2.13). Everything is fine in that regard. But now, I need to build the PCMCIA modules and install them. I have the PCMCIA packages that I need in order to do this, from the following ftp site: (ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/pcmcia-cs-3.1.8.tar.gz). However, I don't know how to build the modules. Can anybody point me to a web page that might offer instructions on how to build and install them? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Trying to correctly configure X
Hi everybody, I just found out about this list and hope that somebody can help me. (I have been asking questions on the debian-user list, and have received much help, but still am having difficultly.) I have an IBM Thinkpad 390E in which I have installed Debian 2.1. I am struggling to configure X Windows. This weekend I managed to get a screen and a GUI interface, but I can't get my resolution any better than (what appears to be something like) 320 X 240!!! I have a 14.1 inch TFT screen capable of 1024 X 768 (XGA) at something like 60 Hz (at least when I am in Windows). I have a NeoMagic 256AV video card in the machine that I believe has about 2.5 meg of memory. Can anyone give me some advice regarding how to configure X? What resolution should I be setting, what X server should I be picking, and how many colors? I have tried configuring X about 20 times now and either get a poor image, or don't get a screen at all. I hope someone out there (maybe with the same type of computer as mine) can lead me out of the darkness. Much Thanks! Bryan Walton
Giving up on Slink, moving to potato?
Hi, I have an IBM Thinkpad 390E and have been trying to install Debian 2.1 on it for about two weeks now. I can install it no problem, except that I cannot get X Windows configured correctly. I even updraded to XFree86 3.3.5, and still can't get it to work (although I can get Red Hat 6.1 installed on it in my first try). The problem is that I don't want Red Hat, I want to run Debian. I even had two linux engineers here where I work try to get it running, and they had no success. I have checked out linux resources for IBM Thinkpads on the net, and have also received much useful information from this list. But, I think I am giving up on slink. I may have to move to Red Hat, even though I don't want to. But first I want to ask a question. I have never used an unstable release. (And I am also a newbie). Is it worth giving Potato a try? Should Potato make this problem easier to tackle for me? Or would the fact that it is unstable, only make life more difficult? Thanks, Bryan Walton
Fixing the Master Boot Record
Hi everybody, In trying to get Slink installed successfully on my laptop (IBM Thinkpag 390E) I have learned that it is important to upgrade the Bios first. So, for the short term, I am taking some steps backwards. I downloaded a bios upgrade program on to a diskkette from IBM's website. To perform the upgrade, I need to boot up the computer with this diskette in the floppy drive. When I do that however, the computer gives me an error message saying that there is an invalid system disk in the floppy drive. I am instructed to remove it and then hit any key to continue. This doesn't happen with any disk as I can still boot up from a boot floppy. I think this is due to my installing LILO on the MBR. So I did an "fdisk /mbr" to remove LILO and then attempted to perform the bios upgrade again. I still get this error. So I then downloaded the upgrade program on to another diskette (in case the disk was the problem) and I still get this message. Can anyone tell me how can I fix my mbr so that I can boot up into this program and upgrade my BIOS? Thanks, Bryan Walton ******* Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee Information Networks Corporation 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 Phone: 608.288.3000 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Fixing the Master Boot Record
Thanks to everyone on this simple issue. Turned out to be two problems, I didn't have a bootable floppy, and the IBM program needed to be extracted (something that I never saw mentioned on their download page). Thanks, Bryan *** Bryan K. Walton Network Operations Center Analyst Berbee Information Networks Corporation 5520 Research Park Drive Madison, Wisconsin 53711 Phone: 608.288.3000 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
