Re: Thinkpad t61p
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 06:48:56PM -0800, Baz wrote: > Anyone have Debian (Etch, Lenny, Sid) running on this relatively new > Thinkpad? Sebastian That's what I'm using right now now (Stable on my T61p). It took me a while to build up the courage to replace the bootloader, since GRUB will break the windows reinstall stuff. Well, it still works, but as a GRUB menu item instead of with the ThinkVantage button. Getting the wireless working required some extra stuff: apt-get install firmware-ipw3945 apt-get install ipw3945d I had to rebuild the modules (ipw3945-modules-2.6.18-5-686) because they don't seem to be updated for the most recent security-patched kernel. Not a big deal, though. I don't have sound working, mostly because I haven't bothered yet. The standard reference for such things is ThinkWiki: http://thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki I'm pretty happy with it; It's a worthy replacement for my trusty old A21p. Jon Leonard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 CardBus PC Card (PCMCIA)
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 09:45:44AM +, Paul Clark wrote: > Can anyone tell me if the Potato tulip.c driver should work with > this card? Depends: I have two of these. One works, the other doesn't. The v2 version of the card (it should say on the back) works with the last several versions of pcmcia-cs, and possibly older than that. The v3 card presumably needs a newer tulip.c, which I haven't found/tried yet. (One of the other replies has a pointer. I'll be downloading it shortly.) > The Linksys support site seems to suggest I need to compile a new > driver. Then points to detailed instructions for RPM. Back when the v2 card was newer, I just copied the new tulip.c into the pcmcia-cs source and built it. The v3 build may be as easy. Jon Leonard
Re: Rage Mobility
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 06:27:48PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > "Matt Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have a IBM Laptop (A21P) with an ATI Mobility M3 (rev2, agp 2x, 16MB) > > card, and I'm having trouble with X. > > Start by looking at Linux on IBM ThinkPad A20p > http://www.zhlive.ch/zhl_contents_linux.html>. It's the same > video chipset, though I think a different screen. After that, check > out Linux on Laptops > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/>. See if > anyone has posted anything for the A21p. > > You will need to use XF 4.0.2 or 4.0.3, btw. But check out the above > sites for detailed information. I'm running XF 4.0.2 on my A21p (right now!), and it (about 99%) works. I got my configuration from http://www.slimy.com/~pixel/a21p.html (A friend's page). My very similar notes are at: http://slimy.com/~jleonard/config/index.html Getting the FB console working was an important first step, complicated by the fact that vga=ask doesn't accept the 885 mode, but that vga=885 in lilo.conf does work. Jon Leonard
Re: laptop freeze [siemens nixdorf - mobile 500]
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 12:53:37PM +0200, Joachim Schiele wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > when i plug the powercable into the laptop and start it it's running quite > nice but when i use the batteries only it freezes up very short after boot-up. > for example while it's starting samba. i'm only able then to turn off power > and reboot and i never got it completely running with batteries :P > i only can use it under linux with the powercalbe plugged. > > does someone have the same problem? I have a laptop that's prone to freezing, but I'm pretty sure mine's a hardware problem -- It's better if I refrigerate it before booting it, which would imply a loose connection somewhere. But it's more likely that your kernel & bios disagree about power settings. You might try compiling the kernel with APM support (or turn it off if it's on), and also try turning off power-saving features in the BIOS. Jon Leonard
Re: Compact Flash card problem
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 04:38:34PM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am using a 64MB CF card with a PCMCIA adapter
> in my notebook, the read and write is o.k., but when
> insert this card will have following error message:
> hdc: SanDisk SDCFB-64, ATA DISK DRIVE
> ide1 at 0x100-0x107,0x10e on irq 9
> hdc: drive_cmd:status=0x51 {DriveReady Seek Complete Error}
> hdc: drive_cmd:error=0x04
Mine does the same thing, and it's harmless.
As I understand it, the device claims to be an IDE drive.
Linux assumes that a removable IDE drive will be a CDROM drive, and
tells it to close/lock the drive door. Not having a drive door, it
complains.
> What is the reason and how to fix it?
Presumably the appropriate code (I'm not sure if it's pcmcia-cs or kernel)
needs to be told how to distinguish between devices with & without doors,
and not try if the door isn't there.
A side note: I've had some trouble after unmounting and ejecting my CF
card, in that Linux complains about a lost interrupt. This tends to cause
filesystem corruption as well, so I recommend the workaround of only
removing the card when the laptop is powered off.
Jon Leonard
Re: Compact Flash card problem
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 03:57:16PM -0700, Heather wrote:
[snip]
> > A side note: I've had some trouble after unmounting and ejecting my CF
> > card, in that Linux complains about a lost interrupt. This tends to cause
> > filesystem corruption as well, so I recommend the workaround of only
> > removing the card when the laptop is powered off.
>
> If you have any hot-swappable item with a filesystem, you should always
> sync and umount it before powering it off, and eject it only when powered
> off. The card, that is - powering down the whole laptop is overkill.
I'd think so, yes. But I had the following sequence once:
do stuff with mounted CF card
sync
umount CF filesystem
cardctl eject (here Linux complains about interrupt loss)
remove card
halt
on reboot, main ("/") FS is corrupted.
My best guess is that some kernel data structures are/were shared between
the ide of the main HD and the ide of the CF card, and removing the CF
card confused the drivers in a way that looked like a hardware failure.
The reason I power off the laptop is that that guarantees that Linux isn't
doing anything with it right then. :-) That, and my usage habits are such
that waiting until the next powerdown to remove the card isn't a big deal.
I may have buggy hardware too, for that matter.
> In theory, umount syncs the filesystem. And also in theory powering off
> a card (by means of 'cardctl eject') would umount whatever filesystem is
> on it. But in practice I once saw a PCMCIA connected drive (was it a
> type III? I forget) wedge when it was powered off, because it didn't want
> to umount fast enough. I hope pcmcia code has gotten better since those
> bad ol' days, but direct experience like that makes me nervous. So I
> understand why Jon is nervous about getting an fs mangled.
It wasn't so bad in this particular case, since all I needed to do was
rebuild some config files that were eaten on fsck. But it was repeatable,
and I don't particularly enjoy running fsck. That, and I've had some bad
fsck experiences. Once I got the "this doesn't look like an ext2 fs"
message, and a long time ago (on Amiga SVR4 1.1 - not Linux) had to
reinstall, because fsck ate /etc/passwd (and recovery wasn't implemented).
Jon Leonard
Re: Linksys EtherFast 10/100 CardBus PC Card (PCMCIA)
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 09:45:44AM +, Paul Clark wrote: > Can anyone tell me if the Potato tulip.c driver should work with > this card? Depends: I have two of these. One works, the other doesn't. The v2 version of the card (it should say on the back) works with the last several versions of pcmcia-cs, and possibly older than that. The v3 card presumably needs a newer tulip.c, which I haven't found/tried yet. (One of the other replies has a pointer. I'll be downloading it shortly.) > The Linksys support site seems to suggest I need to compile a new > driver. Then points to detailed instructions for RPM. Back when the v2 card was newer, I just copied the new tulip.c into the pcmcia-cs source and built it. The v3 build may be as easy. Jon Leonard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Rage Mobility
On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 06:27:48PM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: > "Matt Reynolds" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have a IBM Laptop (A21P) with an ATI Mobility M3 (rev2, agp 2x, 16MB) > > card, and I'm having trouble with X. > > Start by looking at Linux on IBM ThinkPad A20p > http://www.zhlive.ch/zhl_contents_linux.html>. It's the same > video chipset, though I think a different screen. After that, check > out Linux on Laptops > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/>. See if > anyone has posted anything for the A21p. > > You will need to use XF 4.0.2 or 4.0.3, btw. But check out the above > sites for detailed information. I'm running XF 4.0.2 on my A21p (right now!), and it (about 99%) works. I got my configuration from http://www.slimy.com/~pixel/a21p.html (A friend's page). My very similar notes are at: http://slimy.com/~jleonard/config/index.html Getting the FB console working was an important first step, complicated by the fact that vga=ask doesn't accept the 885 mode, but that vga=885 in lilo.conf does work. Jon Leonard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: laptop freeze [siemens nixdorf - mobile 500]
On Sat, May 12, 2001 at 12:53:37PM +0200, Joachim Schiele wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > when i plug the powercable into the laptop and start it it's running quite > nice but when i use the batteries only it freezes up very short after boot-up. > for example while it's starting samba. i'm only able then to turn off power > and reboot and i never got it completely running with batteries :P > i only can use it under linux with the powercalbe plugged. > > does someone have the same problem? I have a laptop that's prone to freezing, but I'm pretty sure mine's a hardware problem -- It's better if I refrigerate it before booting it, which would imply a loose connection somewhere. But it's more likely that your kernel & bios disagree about power settings. You might try compiling the kernel with APM support (or turn it off if it's on), and also try turning off power-saving features in the BIOS. Jon Leonard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Compact Flash card problem
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 04:38:34PM +0800, Alex Kwan wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am using a 64MB CF card with a PCMCIA adapter
> in my notebook, the read and write is o.k., but when
> insert this card will have following error message:
> hdc: SanDisk SDCFB-64, ATA DISK DRIVE
> ide1 at 0x100-0x107,0x10e on irq 9
> hdc: drive_cmd:status=0x51 {DriveReady Seek Complete Error}
> hdc: drive_cmd:error=0x04
Mine does the same thing, and it's harmless.
As I understand it, the device claims to be an IDE drive.
Linux assumes that a removable IDE drive will be a CDROM drive, and
tells it to close/lock the drive door. Not having a drive door, it
complains.
> What is the reason and how to fix it?
Presumably the appropriate code (I'm not sure if it's pcmcia-cs or kernel)
needs to be told how to distinguish between devices with & without doors,
and not try if the door isn't there.
A side note: I've had some trouble after unmounting and ejecting my CF
card, in that Linux complains about a lost interrupt. This tends to cause
filesystem corruption as well, so I recommend the workaround of only
removing the card when the laptop is powered off.
Jon Leonard
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Re: Compact Flash card problem
On Tue, Jun 12, 2001 at 03:57:16PM -0700, Heather wrote:
[snip]
> > A side note: I've had some trouble after unmounting and ejecting my CF
> > card, in that Linux complains about a lost interrupt. This tends to cause
> > filesystem corruption as well, so I recommend the workaround of only
> > removing the card when the laptop is powered off.
>
> If you have any hot-swappable item with a filesystem, you should always
> sync and umount it before powering it off, and eject it only when powered
> off. The card, that is - powering down the whole laptop is overkill.
I'd think so, yes. But I had the following sequence once:
do stuff with mounted CF card
sync
umount CF filesystem
cardctl eject (here Linux complains about interrupt loss)
remove card
halt
on reboot, main ("/") FS is corrupted.
My best guess is that some kernel data structures are/were shared between
the ide of the main HD and the ide of the CF card, and removing the CF
card confused the drivers in a way that looked like a hardware failure.
The reason I power off the laptop is that that guarantees that Linux isn't
doing anything with it right then. :-) That, and my usage habits are such
that waiting until the next powerdown to remove the card isn't a big deal.
I may have buggy hardware too, for that matter.
> In theory, umount syncs the filesystem. And also in theory powering off
> a card (by means of 'cardctl eject') would umount whatever filesystem is
> on it. But in practice I once saw a PCMCIA connected drive (was it a
> type III? I forget) wedge when it was powered off, because it didn't want
> to umount fast enough. I hope pcmcia code has gotten better since those
> bad ol' days, but direct experience like that makes me nervous. So I
> understand why Jon is nervous about getting an fs mangled.
It wasn't so bad in this particular case, since all I needed to do was
rebuild some config files that were eaten on fsck. But it was repeatable,
and I don't particularly enjoy running fsck. That, and I've had some bad
fsck experiences. Once I got the "this doesn't look like an ext2 fs"
message, and a long time ago (on Amiga SVR4 1.1 - not Linux) had to
reinstall, because fsck ate /etc/passwd (and recovery wasn't implemented).
Jon Leonard
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Re: LAN help requested
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 03:51:17PM -0700, Mail User wrote: > I'm having trouble setting up an ethernet, I have two > laptop comuters that i would like to network with the > help of an older desktop computer that would act as a > file server and gateway/firewall to the internet. I > understand the theory of how this works pretty well, > but in practice i don't get very far. My main problem > now is getting the > network itself setup so that the hosts can ping each > other. I can't even ping between the two little > computers with just the ethernet cable between them, so > the server isn't really a part of this problem. Are you using a crossover cable or a hub? An ordinary straight-through ethernet cable won't work for that. [ sensible net 10 network settings ] > Now according to the network administrators guide, I > should add a route entry; so i do this "route add -host > 10.0.0.3" to which i get the error code: > SIOCADDRT: No such device. You shouldn't need to add a route for a host that's on the same network anyway. Jon Leonard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: LAN help requested
On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 03:51:17PM -0700, Mail User wrote: > I'm having trouble setting up an ethernet, I have two > laptop comuters that i would like to network with the > help of an older desktop computer that would act as a > file server and gateway/firewall to the internet. I > understand the theory of how this works pretty well, > but in practice i don't get very far. My main problem > now is getting the > network itself setup so that the hosts can ping each > other. I can't even ping between the two little > computers with just the ethernet cable between them, so > the server isn't really a part of this problem. Are you using a crossover cable or a hub? An ordinary straight-through ethernet cable won't work for that. [ sensible net 10 network settings ] > Now according to the network administrators guide, I > should add a route entry; so i do this "route add -host > 10.0.0.3" to which i get the error code: > SIOCADDRT: No such device. You shouldn't need to add a route for a host that's on the same network anyway. Jon Leonard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Very basic multiple-interface configuration
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 03:30:01PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > My laptop has both on-board wired Ethernet and 802.11a/b wireless. > Both of these work fine; I'm using them with ifplugd and it behaves > mostly as I expect. But the thing is, I recently took the CVS version > of the madwifi Atheros 802.11 driver, and so now ifplugd actually > tries to start the wireless... > > Is there a good tool for setting up the networking "properly"? In > particular, I'd like the system to: > > (1) Prefer the wired Ethernet if it's available, and not put a default > route via ath0 [wireless] if there's already a default route via > eth0 [wired]. I use if test "`/sbin/mii-tool`" = "eth0: no link"; as a very simple test in a similar situation. There's probably some tool with does it better, though. (That's from my .xinitrc: I start a power monitor if there's no wired ethernet, and a web browser if there is.) Jon Leonard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Very basic multiple-interface configuration
On Tue, Jan 27, 2004 at 03:30:01PM -0500, David Z Maze wrote: > My laptop has both on-board wired Ethernet and 802.11a/b wireless. > Both of these work fine; I'm using them with ifplugd and it behaves > mostly as I expect. But the thing is, I recently took the CVS version > of the madwifi Atheros 802.11 driver, and so now ifplugd actually > tries to start the wireless... > > Is there a good tool for setting up the networking "properly"? In > particular, I'd like the system to: > > (1) Prefer the wired Ethernet if it's available, and not put a default > route via ath0 [wireless] if there's already a default route via > eth0 [wired]. I use if test "`/sbin/mii-tool`" = "eth0: no link"; as a very simple test in a similar situation. There's probably some tool with does it better, though. (That's from my .xinitrc: I start a power monitor if there's no wired ethernet, and a web browser if there is.) Jon Leonard
