Re: Integrated Mini-PCI ethnet/modem combo for Dell
Hi, I just send this mail from my Dell Inspiron 8000 with MiniPCI Ethernet/Modem combi card. Thus, it can work! But please note, that there are two different such combi cards shipped by Dell: One is from 3com and indeed does not allow the modem to work under Linux (but the Ethernet part most probably works); the other is from Actiontec and includes a Lucent WinModem which works perfectly under Linux. You can easily check which type you have by typing 'lspci -v | less' as root (lspci is in the Debian package pciutils). I today installed the drivers for ethernet and winmodem and had no problems at all. You just have to download the ltmodem-5.78e driver from http://walbran.org/sean/linux/stodolsk/. The complete installation is very well explained in the Readme. Best luck, Guenter P.S.: IMHO the Dell Inspiron is one of the most Linux friendly laptops currently available. I got everything working now, incl. VESA framebuffer for console (plus SVGAlib working with it!), XFree 4.0.2, APM, USB, IRDA, Firewire, internal cd-burner with SCSI emulation, kernel 2.4.2 with ReiserFS, sound, microphone, etc etc. SWT! My last problem was a kernel panic during booting when I use a kernel with pcmcia support. However, this can be fixed with compiling a new version of pcmcia-cs with "Include PnP BIOS resource checking = y". -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: dell inspiron 8000
Hi, you are lucky to have one of the most linux-friendly laptops at all! I have an Inspiron 8000 as well, and absolutely everything works including XFree86-4 (with Gnome 1.4 and KDE2), sound, high-resolution console with VESA framebuffer (and working SVGAlib apps incl. zgv!), usb, firewire, pcmcia, irda, microphone, internal cd-burner (with SCSI-emulation), touchpad AND trackstick, all special keys etc. It is really sweet and worth the effort! I also have a MiniPCI Ethernet/Modem CombiCard. The Ethernet part worked out of the box, and the WinModem runs with the ltmodem linux driver for winmodems with Lucent chip. But watch out: Dell ships two different models of such cards without telling you which one you get: I have the Actiontec card and it works; but if you should have the 3Com card you will not get the internal modem working. I run Debian unstable with Kernel 2.4.3 and XFree86-4.0.2. Sound works with the experimental OSS driver in Kernel 2.4.x. All data partitions are running with ReiserFS, the bootloader is GRUB, and the printer server is CUPS. Of course you have to compile a custom kernel to get all hardware supported. If you compile a kernel with hotplug and pcmcia support you will get a kernel panic during booting! To avoid this you have to build your own pcmcia-cs packages from the Debian sources, with the Configure-option --pnp. To get SVGAlib working you have to recompile the SVGAlib packages with the setting MAX_REGS on 15000 in driver.h. If you should not know how to do all this, I could send you all these binary packages as email attachments. I can also send you any conffiles you may need (e.g. for XFree, SVGAlib, kernel configuration, GRUB, etc.). Just let me know what you need. Of course you should be able yourself to install a very basic Debian system from the Potato CDs and/or web (via external modem), at least in console mode (without complete hardware support). Cheers, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: apmd on Dell Inspiron 7500
Hi, try it with the following kernel options: CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set This works on Inspiron 8000 at least. Cheers, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: Problem installing Potato on Inspiron8000
Hi, first of all: Don't worry, Debian CAN be installed on the I8000 so that absolurly everything runs perfectly! On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 03:48:04PM +0200, Emilien Arino wrote: > I tried to install Potato on my new laptop but I'm having troubles. > The system hangs during the first reboot (after the install of the base > system) just after this message: > "Starting the network SuperServer : inetd" (or something like that I don 't > remember exactly). Probably, you use a kernel with activated PCMCIA support which is causing a kernel panic during boot unless you install a patched version of pcmcia-cs. You should be able to boot in single user mode though. I put a tarball (dell.tgz) at http://people.debian.org/~gbechly/ with all the necessary files and docs to install Debian on the Dell I8000. This tarball also includes a customized kernel 2.4.3 as deb and patched debs for pcmcia-cs and SVGAlib. Best luck, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: Problem installing Potato on Inspiron8000
Hi, On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 09:44:01AM +0200, Emilien Arino wrote: > I installed the 2.4.3 kernel and and the patched debs for pcmcia-cs, but > now, I'm having troubles with loading the moulde for my ethernet adapter. > My laptop has the 3com 10/100 ethernet + Modem combo. > I tried the 3c575_cb.o but I get the following messages: Sorry, the precompiled kernel was made for my laptop which has the Actiontec combo card. You have to recompile your own kernel, based on the kernel config file that was enclosed to the tarball. Just disable the incorrect Ethernet driver and enable yours. Best use make-kpkg to build the kernel so that you will get a deb! Cheers, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: Inspiron 8000 & Progeny install woes
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 08:28:14AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone had any success installing Progeny on the Dell Inspiron 8000? If > you have, how about a nice step-by-step guide to how you did it? Well, not Progeny but Sid is running like a breeze here on I8000 (even the internal MiniPCI Combo Card with Ethernet AND Winmodem works). > The machine is somewhat 'bleeding' edge, and so far, of the various > distributions I've tried, only Mandrake 8.0 has successfully installed on > it. You can download a tarball with all necessary files and docs to get a perfectly supported I8000 under Debian from http://people.debian.org/~gbechly/dell.tgz With this tarball you even get a custom kernel 2.4.3, XFree86-4 configs, customized debs for SVGAlib and PCMCIA etc. But please do read the enclosed docs BEFORE installing!!! > However, I want Debian on it. Any help is most appeciated. Good decision (Mandrake may rock during installation, but badly sucks later). Best luck with the installation. Cheers, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: my dell runs
Hi, On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 10:37:21AM +0200, Matthias Weiss wrote: > every time I insert the PCMCIA token ring IBM card. I read the note > >from Guenther to recompile the pcmcia-cs package with PnP BIOS option > set to "y" which I did but the kernel still crashes in the same way. You also have to compile pcmcia-modules. For this you need the kernel sources (or at least the headers) for your kernel. Furthermore, you have to remove /lib/modules/kernelversion/pcmcia BEFORE installing the new pcmcia-modules. If you want to have it a little bit easier, you can download the concerning customized deb binaries (and install hints) from http://people.debian.org/~gbechly/dell.tgz. Best wishes, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences?
Re: Integrated Mini-PCI ethnet/modem combo for Dell
Hi, I just send this mail from my Dell Inspiron 8000 with MiniPCI Ethernet/Modem combi card. Thus, it can work! But please note, that there are two different such combi cards shipped by Dell: One is from 3com and indeed does not allow the modem to work under Linux (but the Ethernet part most probably works); the other is from Actiontec and includes a Lucent WinModem which works perfectly under Linux. You can easily check which type you have by typing 'lspci -v | less' as root (lspci is in the Debian package pciutils). I today installed the drivers for ethernet and winmodem and had no problems at all. You just have to download the ltmodem-5.78e driver from http://walbran.org/sean/linux/stodolsk/. The complete installation is very well explained in the Readme. Best luck, Guenter P.S.: IMHO the Dell Inspiron is one of the most Linux friendly laptops currently available. I got everything working now, incl. VESA framebuffer for console (plus SVGAlib working with it!), XFree 4.0.2, APM, USB, IRDA, Firewire, internal cd-burner with SCSI emulation, kernel 2.4.2 with ReiserFS, sound, microphone, etc etc. SWT! My last problem was a kernel panic during booting when I use a kernel with pcmcia support. However, this can be fixed with compiling a new version of pcmcia-cs with "Include PnP BIOS resource checking = y". -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dell inspiron 8000
Hi, you are lucky to have one of the most linux-friendly laptops at all! I have an Inspiron 8000 as well, and absolutely everything works including XFree86-4 (with Gnome 1.4 and KDE2), sound, high-resolution console with VESA framebuffer (and working SVGAlib apps incl. zgv!), usb, firewire, pcmcia, irda, microphone, internal cd-burner (with SCSI-emulation), touchpad AND trackstick, all special keys etc. It is really sweet and worth the effort! I also have a MiniPCI Ethernet/Modem CombiCard. The Ethernet part worked out of the box, and the WinModem runs with the ltmodem linux driver for winmodems with Lucent chip. But watch out: Dell ships two different models of such cards without telling you which one you get: I have the Actiontec card and it works; but if you should have the 3Com card you will not get the internal modem working. I run Debian unstable with Kernel 2.4.3 and XFree86-4.0.2. Sound works with the experimental OSS driver in Kernel 2.4.x. All data partitions are running with ReiserFS, the bootloader is GRUB, and the printer server is CUPS. Of course you have to compile a custom kernel to get all hardware supported. If you compile a kernel with hotplug and pcmcia support you will get a kernel panic during booting! To avoid this you have to build your own pcmcia-cs packages from the Debian sources, with the Configure-option --pnp. To get SVGAlib working you have to recompile the SVGAlib packages with the setting MAX_REGS on 15000 in driver.h. If you should not know how to do all this, I could send you all these binary packages as email attachments. I can also send you any conffiles you may need (e.g. for XFree, SVGAlib, kernel configuration, GRUB, etc.). Just let me know what you need. Of course you should be able yourself to install a very basic Debian system from the Potato CDs and/or web (via external modem), at least in console mode (without complete hardware support). Cheers, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: apmd on Dell Inspiron 7500
Hi, try it with the following kernel options: CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y # CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE is not set CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set # CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y # CONFIG_TOSHIBA is not set This works on Inspiron 8000 at least. Cheers, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem installing Potato on Inspiron8000
Hi, first of all: Don't worry, Debian CAN be installed on the I8000 so that absolurly everything runs perfectly! On Sun, Apr 15, 2001 at 03:48:04PM +0200, Emilien Arino wrote: > I tried to install Potato on my new laptop but I'm having troubles. > The system hangs during the first reboot (after the install of the base system) just >after this message: > "Starting the network SuperServer : inetd" (or something like that I don 't remember >exactly). Probably, you use a kernel with activated PCMCIA support which is causing a kernel panic during boot unless you install a patched version of pcmcia-cs. You should be able to boot in single user mode though. I put a tarball (dell.tgz) at http://people.debian.org/~gbechly/ with all the necessary files and docs to install Debian on the Dell I8000. This tarball also includes a customized kernel 2.4.3 as deb and patched debs for pcmcia-cs and SVGAlib. Best luck, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem installing Potato on Inspiron8000
Hi, On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 09:44:01AM +0200, Emilien Arino wrote: > I installed the 2.4.3 kernel and and the patched debs for pcmcia-cs, but > now, I'm having troubles with loading the moulde for my ethernet adapter. > My laptop has the 3com 10/100 ethernet + Modem combo. > I tried the 3c575_cb.o but I get the following messages: Sorry, the precompiled kernel was made for my laptop which has the Actiontec combo card. You have to recompile your own kernel, based on the kernel config file that was enclosed to the tarball. Just disable the incorrect Ethernet driver and enable yours. Best use make-kpkg to build the kernel so that you will get a deb! Cheers, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Inspiron 8000 & Progeny install woes
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 08:28:14AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Has anyone had any success installing Progeny on the Dell Inspiron 8000? If > you have, how about a nice step-by-step guide to how you did it? Well, not Progeny but Sid is running like a breeze here on I8000 (even the internal MiniPCI Combo Card with Ethernet AND Winmodem works). > The machine is somewhat 'bleeding' edge, and so far, of the various > distributions I've tried, only Mandrake 8.0 has successfully installed on > it. You can download a tarball with all necessary files and docs to get a perfectly supported I8000 under Debian from http://people.debian.org/~gbechly/dell.tgz With this tarball you even get a custom kernel 2.4.3, XFree86-4 configs, customized debs for SVGAlib and PCMCIA etc. But please do read the enclosed docs BEFORE installing!!! > However, I want Debian on it. Any help is most appeciated. Good decision (Mandrake may rock during installation, but badly sucks later). Best luck with the installation. Cheers, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: my dell runs
Hi, On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 10:37:21AM +0200, Matthias Weiss wrote: > every time I insert the PCMCIA token ring IBM card. I read the note > >from Guenther to recompile the pcmcia-cs package with PnP BIOS option > set to "y" which I did but the kernel still crashes in the same way. You also have to compile pcmcia-modules. For this you need the kernel sources (or at least the headers) for your kernel. Furthermore, you have to remove /lib/modules/kernelversion/pcmcia BEFORE installing the new pcmcia-modules. If you want to have it a little bit easier, you can download the concerning customized deb binaries (and install hints) from http://people.debian.org/~gbechly/dell.tgz. Best wishes, Guenter -- Linux: Who needs GATES in a world without fences? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
