Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds
Hi, I'm running woody (custom 2.4.18) on a Toshiba 2060cds. It has a S3 Virge/MX Graphics card Some times when I load a webpage on opera or galeon (XFree 4.1.0-16), parts of the page are just noise (random color dots following no pattern at all). When I scroll the page up un down the noise usually disappears only to appear at a diferent place. I'm guessing a misconfigured video board but don't know what to do. Any ideas? CU hugo
Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:06:32 -0500 Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hugo S. Carrer wrote: > > I'm running woody (custom 2.4.18) on a Toshiba 2060cds. > > It has a S3 Virge/MX Graphics card Some times when I > > load a webpage on opera or galeon (XFree 4.1.0-16), > > parts of the page are just noise (random color dots > > following no pattern at all). When I scroll the page up > > un down the noise usually disappears only to appear at > > a diferent place. I'm guessing a misconfigured video > > board but don't know what to do. Any ideas? CU > > I have to second with the exactly same problem on Compaq > Presario 1200 with Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i7d > (rev 5c) and konqueror (and many other KDE/X applications, > but konqueror and mozilla are by far the worst). Of > course, I have trident driver in /etc/X11/XFConfig-4: > >Section "Device" > Identifier "Trident Cyberblade (configured)" > Driver "trident" > Option "SWCursor" "on" > BusID "PCI:01:00:0" >EndSection > > Any thoughts on this? > >Thanks a lot, > > Matej > > -- > Matej Cepl, > Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC > 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) > 623-1488 > understand, v.: > To reach a point, in your investigation of some > subject, at which you cease to examine what is really > present, and operate on the basis of your own internal > model instead. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been reading the s3virge man page and some combinations of options fix the problem but these options ussually mean slower graphics preformance. It would be great if someone gives me the magic combination. Something you could try on your presario is Option "ShadowFB" (from trident man page) Good luck -- Ing. Hugo S. Carrer Laboratorio de Comunicaciones Digitales Universidad Nacional de Cordoba http://lcd.efn.uncor.edu
Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds
> > Yes, it works like a charm. Thanks!!! Could you please > enlighten me and explain, what does this option mean? > > Thanks again, it is so better now, > >Matej > > -- > Matej Cepl, > Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC > 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) > 623-1488 > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little > temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. > -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review >of Pennsylvania, 1759. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really don't know what it is I just know is a shadow frame buffer, and it worked on another presario 1200.;-) May be someone else knows what it is. CU hugo
Re: Touch Pad Drivers
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:43:33 -0700 Carl Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any XFree86 drivers that handle touchpads > specifically. I poked around the XFree86 site for a while > and couldn't find anything. Specifically, I would like to > be able to scroll with the touch pad. > > Also, I remember being able to do this with an older > laptop, I would like to be able to use all three buttons > by tapping on the touch pad: tap with one finger for left > button, two fingers for the middle button and three for > the right button. I thought it was really cool and have > no idea where to find such drivers. > > Does anyone know of drivers that I could use to get at > least some extra functionality out of my touch pad? > I've heard of a driver from Synaptics, that feature all those things that you mentioned so if your touchpad is Synaptics you could use it with the driver. You can get the source from the web. But I've never used it so I can't give you an url :-) Good Luck
Re: vmlinuz too big
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:09:28 +0100 Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:05, Derek Broughton wrote: > > From: "Matej Cepl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Carl Baldwin wrote: > > > > Tem certeza que no menu "Loadable Module Support" > > > > todas as opcoes estao escolhidas? > > > > > > Guys, could you please switch to English? > > > > This is a public list. Just because English is the > > language we (mostly) have in common is no reason people > > shouldn't use their own language. I don't speak > > anything else, and can't read much better, but I have no > > problem with posts in portugese or any other language. > > This is a public list for English language discussions. This is the only debian-laptop list so it is implied that anybody can post on it, just because somebody doesn't speak english it doesn't mean that he or she doesn't deserve help. > If it starts getting many posts in other languages I'll > unsubscribe. It would be a big loss for the list and I really mean it. But I don think that threats are the way to go here. >I get far too many messages that aren't of > any use to me already without having people deliberately > flout the rules. > > Just think about this for 10 seconds. Think about the > number of languages that are used in the world and how > useless a mailing list would be if all languages were > represented in proportion to their use. > I'm from Argentina and luckily i can write/read english but no everybody can and that doesn't diminish (?) their right to get help from a FREE community. I hope I wasn very offensive and if I was I'm truly sorry.
Re: vmlinuz too big
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:50:33 +0100 Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:39, Hugo S. Carrer wrote: > > > > This is a public list. Just because English is the > > > > language we (mostly) have in common is no reason > > > > people shouldn't use their own language. I don't > > > > speak anything else, and can't read much better, but > > > > I have no problem with posts in portugese or any > > > > other language. > > > > > > This is a public list for English language > > > discussions. > > > > This is the only debian-laptop list so it is implied > > that anybody can post on it, just because somebody > > doesn't speak english it doesn't mean that he or she > > doesn't deserve help. > > No, they can get someone to translate the message for them > if it is to be published here. We agree, that would be best in both ways, it wouldn't bother you and it would get more answers. >Or they can subscribe to > one of the many lists that cater to their language. > This is the only debian-laptop list > > > If it starts getting many posts in other languages > > > I'll unsubscribe. > > > > It would be a big loss for the list and I really mean > > it. But I don think that threats are the way to go here. > > It's not a threat, it's a matter of being practical. At a > conservative estimate the time I spend answering questions > on lists could gain me $20,000 per year if I spent it > working. If reading the lists takes twice as long am I > supposed to spend so much less time working? Of course > not, I'll just unsubscribe from half the lists I'm on. > Clearly that's your desicion (I forgot how to spell this :)) to make, nobody forces you to read every single mail, and it would be easier for you to avoid unwanted messages if they were in a different language. Anyway I agree with you that it would be chaotic if we had a babel list. But one mail every now and then is not that bad > > > Just think about this for 10 seconds. Think about the > > > number of languages that are used in the world and how > > > useless a mailing list would be if all languages were > > > represented in proportion to their use. > > > > I'm from Argentina and luckily i can write/read english > > but no everybody can and that doesn't diminish (?) their > > right to get help from a FREE community. > > You won't get any help from me if you ask in a language > other than English, probably most people on the list will > say something similar. It's not a matter of rights, it's > a matter that if you want a favour from someone then you > have to speak a language they know. > Again, to help or not is your decision but I should be able to ask if I don't have any other option.
Re: vmlinuz too big
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 00:49:25 +0100 Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:14, Hugo S. Carrer wrote: > > Anyway I agree with you that it would be chaotic if we > > had a babel list. But one mail every now and then is not > > that bad > > Every spammer says that one mail every now and then is not > that bad! > > The belief that you deserve to be the exception to the > rule because a small infraction that you commit won't > cause a problem as long as no-one else follows your > example is the signature of a spammer. > > > I did not join this discussion to bash the people who were > originally discussing in Portuguese. I joined in because > someone was suggesting that any language should be used (a > theory that is a logical extension of your suggestion that > a message every now and then is OK). > > > There are several potential approaches to dealing with > this problem. One approach is to configure a mail server > to silently discard all email from non-English speaking > countries. Another approach is to configure a mail server > to discard all email that has non-ASCII characters > (forcing some people to change the representation of their > name because it's normal spelling has accents or is > written in an alphabet with >26 characters). Both of > these methods are being actively used in the fight against > spam and could be adapted to deal with poly-lingual > mailing lists. > > I don't think that such a situation will benefit the > people who don't speak English. > Ok, I think we've past the point of producing something useful from this. I think we should end the thread. It was kind of fun anyway.
Framebuffer on toshiba
I've been trying to get de frame buffer working on my toshiba 2060, I've recompiled my kernel (2.4.18) with VGA text console and video mode selection support enabled. I also have the vga=ask option in lilo.conf. When I boot and I'm asked to choose a mode I've tried several 800x600 and a few 640x480 all i get is a blank screen (the backlight is on but the screen is dead). The system boots (i see de HD light going on and off) but i cant see a thing. Any ideas thanks PS: I know it is possible to do this because knoppix gets it working pefectly.
Re: Framebuffer on toshiba
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:05:54 +0100 (CET) "Árvay Gergely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > try > vga=792 (for 1024x768 24bps) > vga=791 (for 1024x768 16bps) > vga=789 (for 800x600 24bps) > vga=788 (for 800x600 16bps) > > > I've been trying to get de frame buffer working on my > > toshiba 2060, I've recompiled my kernel (2.4.18) with > > VGA text console and video mode selection support > > enabled. I also have the vga=ask option in lilo.conf. > > When I boot and I'm asked to choose a mode I've tried > > several 800x600 and a few 640x480 all i get is a blank > > screen (the backlight is on but the screen is dead). The > > system boots (i see de HD light going on and off) but i > > cant see a thing. > > > > Any ideas > > thanks > > > > > > PS: I know it is possible to do this because knoppix > > gets it working pefectly. > > I just tried those modes and I get "Unknown mode ID, try again". My video board is a S3 virge mx so I've tried the modes listed in de vesafb documentation that comes with the kernel. thanks
Re: Framebuffer on toshiba
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:17:14 +0100 (CET) "Árvay Gergely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then another tip. > Have you selected the: > code maturity level options > when you've compiled the cernel (this is the very firts > one)? If you select it, then you'll find > frame buffer support --> at the consol drivers option. > > There you shoud select the: > VESA VGA graphics consol > VGA 16-color graphics consol > Select compiled-in fonts >VGA 8x8 fonts >VGA 8x16 fonts > and any more what you want. > > Gergely > The perfect tip, did exactly what you suggested and now I have a nice little penguin looking at me while the system is booting. (pretty soon my logo or debian's) thank you very much and every one who answered. bye
Re: Hot wireless card
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:27:42 +1100 "Sunny Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently using THinkPad R31 (P3 1.13GHZ) and with > built-in wireless antenna (Prism 2.5 using orinoco_pciu > module as driver). When I am not using the wireless > network, my card still generates heat which i can feel > from my lap. Does any know how i can make it stop > operating when i dont want it to? I tried to do "modprobe > -r orinoco_pci' in debian 3.0 and it's still hot > > Help is appreciated. > > Sunny > How do you know it is the wireless the device generating the heat? It could be somthing else, like the 1.13Ghz P3 proccesor Just a thought hugo
Hibernation on compaq presario 1200
Hi: Does anyone have a success story of hib. on a presario 1200? Or at least a story? :). Thanks. hugo
Re: Hibernation on compaq presario 1200
That's the way I have it running right now. But the thing is that when it comes out of hib. I can't go back to my X session. I think it is a problem with the video card or the PCI bus. If i go into hib. without X running, when I resume and try to start X I get the following output. (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105" (**) XKB: model: "pc105" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "es" (**) XKB: layout: "es" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse" (**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (**) Option "BlankTime" "20" (**) Option "SuspendTime" "20" (**) Option "OffTime" "20" (--) using VT number 7 (II) Open APM successful (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.4 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.2 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0601 card , rev 05 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting Any ideas? sorry for the long post On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 11:50:16 -0300 Christian Lyra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I had a succefull history! > > To get hibernate (you mean suspend to disk?), you have to compile the > kernel with APM support. Them you have to create the hibernate partition > with a app called lphdisk, and you are done. > It's a shame that with APM you get hibernate but loose the /proc/acpi > informations (like proc temperature). But with ACPI you loose hibernate! > From time to time I try ACPI again. Last time I got hibernate (echo 3s > > /proc/acpi/sleep if I'm not wrong), but when I tried to wake it up, it > crashed... > > On Monday 02 June 2003 11:17, Hugo S. Carrer wrote: > > Hi: > > > > Does anyone have a success story of hib. on a presario 1200? > > Or at least a story? :). > > > > Thanks. > > hugo > > -- > Christian Lyra > POP-PR - RNP
Multihead
Hi, Does anybody has any experiencie setting up a multiheaded system with a toshiba laptop. Mine is an old but strong satellite 2060cds with a virge/mx video board. suggestions are welcome. :) hugo
Pcmcia card going off too early
Hi: I've got a pcmcia ethernet card on my laptop wich runs woody, it works quite well but i'm having a little problem during suspend to ram operations. I'm using APM and when i press the power button or type apm -s the apm daemon runs the scripts in /etc/apm/ and then the laptop suspends. The problem is that as soon as I press the button or enter the apm -s command, the pcmcia card goes off, even before the before mentioned scripts are ran. There are certain operations (loging off the cluster) that are executed by the /etc/apm/ scripts and that need for the eth0 to be up, but as the card is already turned off these operations fail. I've solved this by writting a small script that runs these operations and then does the apm -s. But I would like to be able to press the power button and forget about it. So the question is where do I configure the time for the pcmcia card to go off?. see you hugo
Re: Pcmcia card going off too early
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 00:55:08 +0200 mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems to be model specific. > You can search http://www.linux-laptop.net/ > if somebody did post the solution there. > Anyway i'd think a BIOS upgrade could be under the top five > > Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2003 14:47 schrieb Hugo S. Carrer: > > I've got a pcmcia ethernet card on my laptop wich runs woody, it works > > quite well but i'm having a little problem during suspend to ram > > operations. > > ... > > > mi So your guess is that it is not a linux realted issue but a BIOS/Hardware one. About the BIOS upgrade I did that a month ago, at that time I didn't have the cluster around so I didnt care much about the time the pcmcia was going off. Anyway I'll google some more. Thanks for the answer. hugo
Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds
Hi, I'm running woody (custom 2.4.18) on a Toshiba 2060cds. It has a S3 Virge/MX Graphics card Some times when I load a webpage on opera or galeon (XFree 4.1.0-16), parts of the page are just noise (random color dots following no pattern at all). When I scroll the page up un down the noise usually disappears only to appear at a diferent place. I'm guessing a misconfigured video board but don't know what to do. Any ideas? CU hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds
On Mon, 27 Jan 2003 15:06:32 -0500 Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hugo S. Carrer wrote: > > I'm running woody (custom 2.4.18) on a Toshiba 2060cds. > > It has a S3 Virge/MX Graphics card Some times when I > > load a webpage on opera or galeon (XFree 4.1.0-16), > > parts of the page are just noise (random color dots > > following no pattern at all). When I scroll the page up > > un down the noise usually disappears only to appear at > > a diferent place. I'm guessing a misconfigured video > > board but don't know what to do. Any ideas? CU > > I have to second with the exactly same problem on Compaq > Presario 1200 with Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i7d > (rev 5c) and konqueror (and many other KDE/X applications, > but konqueror and mozilla are by far the worst). Of > course, I have trident driver in /etc/X11/XFConfig-4: > >Section "Device" > Identifier "Trident Cyberblade (configured)" > Driver "trident" > Option "SWCursor" "on" > BusID "PCI:01:00:0" >EndSection > > Any thoughts on this? > >Thanks a lot, > > Matej > > -- > Matej Cepl, > Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC > 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) > 623-1488 > understand, v.: > To reach a point, in your investigation of some > subject, at which you cease to examine what is really > present, and operate on the basis of your own internal > model instead. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been reading the s3virge man page and some combinations of options fix the problem but these options ussually mean slower graphics preformance. It would be great if someone gives me the magic combination. Something you could try on your presario is Option "ShadowFB" (from trident man page) Good luck -- Ing. Hugo S. Carrer Laboratorio de Comunicaciones Digitales Universidad Nacional de Cordoba http://lcd.efn.uncor.edu -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds
> > Yes, it works like a charm. Thanks!!! Could you please > enlighten me and explain, what does this option mean? > > Thanks again, it is so better now, > >Matej > > -- > Matej Cepl, > Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC > 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143, (617) > 623-1488 > They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little > temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. > -- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review >of Pennsylvania, 1759. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I really don't know what it is I just know is a shadow frame buffer, and it worked on another presario 1200.;-) May be someone else knows what it is. CU hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Touch Pad Drivers
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 09:43:33 -0700 Carl Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are there any XFree86 drivers that handle touchpads > specifically. I poked around the XFree86 site for a while > and couldn't find anything. Specifically, I would like to > be able to scroll with the touch pad. > > Also, I remember being able to do this with an older > laptop, I would like to be able to use all three buttons > by tapping on the touch pad: tap with one finger for left > button, two fingers for the middle button and three for > the right button. I thought it was really cool and have > no idea where to find such drivers. > > Does anyone know of drivers that I could use to get at > least some extra functionality out of my touch pad? > I've heard of a driver from Synaptics, that feature all those things that you mentioned so if your touchpad is Synaptics you could use it with the driver. You can get the source from the web. But I've never used it so I can't give you an url :-) Good Luck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: vmlinuz too big
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:09:28 +0100 Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:05, Derek Broughton wrote: > > From: "Matej Cepl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > Carl Baldwin wrote: > > > > Tem certeza que no menu "Loadable Module Support" > > > > todas as opcoes estao escolhidas? > > > > > > Guys, could you please switch to English? > > > > This is a public list. Just because English is the > > language we (mostly) have in common is no reason people > > shouldn't use their own language. I don't speak > > anything else, and can't read much better, but I have no > > problem with posts in portugese or any other language. > > This is a public list for English language discussions. This is the only debian-laptop list so it is implied that anybody can post on it, just because somebody doesn't speak english it doesn't mean that he or she doesn't deserve help. > If it starts getting many posts in other languages I'll > unsubscribe. It would be a big loss for the list and I really mean it. But I don think that threats are the way to go here. >I get far too many messages that aren't of > any use to me already without having people deliberately > flout the rules. > > Just think about this for 10 seconds. Think about the > number of languages that are used in the world and how > useless a mailing list would be if all languages were > represented in proportion to their use. > I'm from Argentina and luckily i can write/read english but no everybody can and that doesn't diminish (?) their right to get help from a FREE community. I hope I wasn very offensive and if I was I'm truly sorry. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: vmlinuz too big
On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 21:50:33 +0100 Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 19:39, Hugo S. Carrer wrote: > > > > This is a public list. Just because English is the > > > > language we (mostly) have in common is no reason > > > > people shouldn't use their own language. I don't > > > > speak anything else, and can't read much better, but > > > > I have no problem with posts in portugese or any > > > > other language. > > > > > > This is a public list for English language > > > discussions. > > > > This is the only debian-laptop list so it is implied > > that anybody can post on it, just because somebody > > doesn't speak english it doesn't mean that he or she > > doesn't deserve help. > > No, they can get someone to translate the message for them > if it is to be published here. We agree, that would be best in both ways, it wouldn't bother you and it would get more answers. >Or they can subscribe to > one of the many lists that cater to their language. > This is the only debian-laptop list > > > If it starts getting many posts in other languages > > > I'll unsubscribe. > > > > It would be a big loss for the list and I really mean > > it. But I don think that threats are the way to go here. > > It's not a threat, it's a matter of being practical. At a > conservative estimate the time I spend answering questions > on lists could gain me $20,000 per year if I spent it > working. If reading the lists takes twice as long am I > supposed to spend so much less time working? Of course > not, I'll just unsubscribe from half the lists I'm on. > Clearly that's your desicion (I forgot how to spell this :)) to make, nobody forces you to read every single mail, and it would be easier for you to avoid unwanted messages if they were in a different language. Anyway I agree with you that it would be chaotic if we had a babel list. But one mail every now and then is not that bad > > > Just think about this for 10 seconds. Think about the > > > number of languages that are used in the world and how > > > useless a mailing list would be if all languages were > > > represented in proportion to their use. > > > > I'm from Argentina and luckily i can write/read english > > but no everybody can and that doesn't diminish (?) their > > right to get help from a FREE community. > > You won't get any help from me if you ask in a language > other than English, probably most people on the list will > say something similar. It's not a matter of rights, it's > a matter that if you want a favour from someone then you > have to speak a language they know. > Again, to help or not is your decision but I should be able to ask if I don't have any other option. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: vmlinuz too big
On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 00:49:25 +0100 Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 22:14, Hugo S. Carrer wrote: > > Anyway I agree with you that it would be chaotic if we > > had a babel list. But one mail every now and then is not > > that bad > > Every spammer says that one mail every now and then is not > that bad! > > The belief that you deserve to be the exception to the > rule because a small infraction that you commit won't > cause a problem as long as no-one else follows your > example is the signature of a spammer. > > > I did not join this discussion to bash the people who were > originally discussing in Portuguese. I joined in because > someone was suggesting that any language should be used (a > theory that is a logical extension of your suggestion that > a message every now and then is OK). > > > There are several potential approaches to dealing with > this problem. One approach is to configure a mail server > to silently discard all email from non-English speaking > countries. Another approach is to configure a mail server > to discard all email that has non-ASCII characters > (forcing some people to change the representation of their > name because it's normal spelling has accents or is > written in an alphabet with >26 characters). Both of > these methods are being actively used in the fight against > spam and could be adapted to deal with poly-lingual > mailing lists. > > I don't think that such a situation will benefit the > people who don't speak English. > Ok, I think we've past the point of producing something useful from this. I think we should end the thread. It was kind of fun anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Framebuffer on toshiba
I've been trying to get de frame buffer working on my toshiba 2060, I've recompiled my kernel (2.4.18) with VGA text console and video mode selection support enabled. I also have the vga=ask option in lilo.conf. When I boot and I'm asked to choose a mode I've tried several 800x600 and a few 640x480 all i get is a blank screen (the backlight is on but the screen is dead). The system boots (i see de HD light going on and off) but i cant see a thing. Any ideas thanks PS: I know it is possible to do this because knoppix gets it working pefectly. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Framebuffer on toshiba
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:05:54 +0100 (CET) "Árvay Gergely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > try > vga=792 (for 1024x768 24bps) > vga=791 (for 1024x768 16bps) > vga=789 (for 800x600 24bps) > vga=788 (for 800x600 16bps) > > > I've been trying to get de frame buffer working on my > > toshiba 2060, I've recompiled my kernel (2.4.18) with > > VGA text console and video mode selection support > > enabled. I also have the vga=ask option in lilo.conf. > > When I boot and I'm asked to choose a mode I've tried > > several 800x600 and a few 640x480 all i get is a blank > > screen (the backlight is on but the screen is dead). The > > system boots (i see de HD light going on and off) but i > > cant see a thing. > > > > Any ideas > > thanks > > > > > > PS: I know it is possible to do this because knoppix > > gets it working pefectly. > > I just tried those modes and I get "Unknown mode ID, try again". My video board is a S3 virge mx so I've tried the modes listed in de vesafb documentation that comes with the kernel. thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Framebuffer on toshiba
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003 16:17:14 +0100 (CET) "Árvay Gergely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Then another tip. > Have you selected the: > code maturity level options > when you've compiled the cernel (this is the very firts > one)? If you select it, then you'll find > frame buffer support --> at the consol drivers option. > > There you shoud select the: > VESA VGA graphics consol > VGA 16-color graphics consol > Select compiled-in fonts >VGA 8x8 fonts >VGA 8x16 fonts > and any more what you want. > > Gergely > The perfect tip, did exactly what you suggested and now I have a nice little penguin looking at me while the system is booting. (pretty soon my logo or debian's) thank you very much and every one who answered. bye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Hot wireless card
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 00:27:42 +1100 "Sunny Wu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm currently using THinkPad R31 (P3 1.13GHZ) and with > built-in wireless antenna (Prism 2.5 using orinoco_pciu > module as driver). When I am not using the wireless > network, my card still generates heat which i can feel > from my lap. Does any know how i can make it stop > operating when i dont want it to? I tried to do "modprobe > -r orinoco_pci' in debian 3.0 and it's still hot > > Help is appreciated. > > Sunny > How do you know it is the wireless the device generating the heat? It could be somthing else, like the 1.13Ghz P3 proccesor Just a thought hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hibernation on compaq presario 1200
Hi: Does anyone have a success story of hib. on a presario 1200? Or at least a story? :). Thanks. hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Hibernation on compaq presario 1200
That's the way I have it running right now. But the thing is that when it comes out of hib. I can't go back to my X session. I think it is a problem with the video card or the PCI bus. If i go into hib. without X running, when I resume and try to start X I get the following output. (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc105" (**) XKB: model: "pc105" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "es" (**) XKB: layout: "es" (==) Keyboard: CustomKeycode disabled (**) |-->Input Device "Configured Mouse" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse" (**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (**) Option "BlankTime" "20" (**) Option "SuspendTime" "20" (**) Option "OffTime" "20" (--) using VT number 7 (II) Open APM successful (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.4 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.2 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.1.0.1, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.4 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 1106,0601 card , rev 05 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting Any ideas? sorry for the long post On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 11:50:16 -0300 Christian Lyra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I had a succefull history! > > To get hibernate (you mean suspend to disk?), you have to compile the > kernel with APM support. Them you have to create the hibernate partition > with a app called lphdisk, and you are done. > It's a shame that with APM you get hibernate but loose the /proc/acpi > informations (like proc temperature). But with ACPI you loose hibernate! > From time to time I try ACPI again. Last time I got hibernate (echo 3s > > /proc/acpi/sleep if I'm not wrong), but when I tried to wake it up, it > crashed... > > On Monday 02 June 2003 11:17, Hugo S. Carrer wrote: > > Hi: > > > > Does anyone have a success story of hib. on a presario 1200? > > Or at least a story? :). > > > > Thanks. > > hugo > > -- > Christian Lyra > POP-PR - RNP -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Multihead
Hi, Does anybody has any experiencie setting up a multiheaded system with a toshiba laptop. Mine is an old but strong satellite 2060cds with a virge/mx video board. suggestions are welcome. :) hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pcmcia card going off too early
Hi: I've got a pcmcia ethernet card on my laptop wich runs woody, it works quite well but i'm having a little problem during suspend to ram operations. I'm using APM and when i press the power button or type apm -s the apm daemon runs the scripts in /etc/apm/ and then the laptop suspends. The problem is that as soon as I press the button or enter the apm -s command, the pcmcia card goes off, even before the before mentioned scripts are ran. There are certain operations (loging off the cluster) that are executed by the /etc/apm/ scripts and that need for the eth0 to be up, but as the card is already turned off these operations fail. I've solved this by writting a small script that runs these operations and then does the apm -s. But I would like to be able to press the power button and forget about it. So the question is where do I configure the time for the pcmcia card to go off?. see you hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Pcmcia card going off too early
On Fri, 11 Jul 2003 00:55:08 +0200 mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems to be model specific. > You can search http://www.linux-laptop.net/ > if somebody did post the solution there. > Anyway i'd think a BIOS upgrade could be under the top five > > Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2003 14:47 schrieb Hugo S. Carrer: > > I've got a pcmcia ethernet card on my laptop wich runs woody, it works > > quite well but i'm having a little problem during suspend to ram > > operations. > > ... > > > mi So your guess is that it is not a linux realted issue but a BIOS/Hardware one. About the BIOS upgrade I did that a month ago, at that time I didn't have the cluster around so I didnt care much about the time the pcmcia was going off. Anyway I'll google some more. Thanks for the answer. hugo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
