pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop
I am trying to install debian potato on an old laptop that has no cd-rom. I do have a network card, but it appears that it needs the newer version of pcmcia-cs, as it needs the support for the axnet-cs module. I have tried upgrading to the new version of pcmcia-cs, but it requires debconf, I only have debconf-tiny. when I try to upgrade debconf, it conflicts with whiptail. Is there any way to get this new pcmcia-cs into the base debian installation so I can continue with the whole install? I need the network card to continue. Thanks for the help. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Installing Debian Linux on my Laptop
Hello Allan, I cannot profess to be a debian expert. I too have installed linux on many machines, laptops and pcs. But, I am just finishing up an install on an IBM 760XL. All I have left is to configure X. I can tell you what I found out. Follow the basic network install info found on the debian site or any of the great debian docs and mans. First, my network card needed the latest version of pcmcia-cs. This is because my chipset required the axnet-cs module. I chose to isntall Woody because I could get a compact install with this module from debian. I started with the Woody (testing) compact (4 disk) install. The base install went quite well. My pcmcia card was successfully id'ed and configured, and I got access to the web. I found that I didn't have to configure any modules over the automatic ones provided by the base install. Then, when reboot occured, I entered the next phase. This automatically started the 'base-config' app that completes the installation. It proceeded through the basic time, password and user setup and then proceeded back to the time setup. Infinate loop. There is a problem in the Woody base-config. So I did this. 1 - switched terminals (alt-F2) while still running base-config on primary (alt-F1) terminal, and logged in as root and removed 'base-config' (>dpkg -r base-config). 2 - downloaded base-config_1.33.18_all.deb from web onto floppy on another machine, created a /root/debs dir and coppied the new base-config to this dir 3 - installed the new base-config (dpkg -i base-config_1.33.18_all.deb) 4 - rebooted the computer. 5 - at this point the new base-config starts running and I found that I could continue the configuration. 6 - finally got to the package selection, chose what I wanted and, Wammo!, apt was getting all the packages from 'stable'. This caused all kinds of compatability problems. 7 - again, went to another terminal , logged in as root, and modified the /etc/apt/sources.list file to include the debian ... testing packages. deb ftp://debian.lcs.mit.edu/debian testing main contrib 8 - from this terminal, I ran apt-get upgrade, and this caused the apt-get to update the database from both the stable and testing sights. 9 - after the update, I switched back to the main terminal (alt-F1) and continued with the installation. Base-config now had all of the packages needed from Woody to complete the install. I think this is fairly accurate, although this took about 4 days to get through for me. As I said, I am now starting the X Configuration. Just have to find out the parameters of the display and mouse. Good luck Mark -Original Message- From: Justin News [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 12:40 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Installing Debian Linux on my Laptop Hi, I want to install linux on my IBM Thinkpad 560E. Unfortunately, i don't have a CD ROM and I'd appreciate any help someone can offer. I've installed linux before using CD ROMS and had no problems... but i'm lost as to how to install linux without CDs. I also have a network card in my laptop so is there a way to do a network installation? i've done some searching on the web but the instructions that i've found are rather vague. If anyone can help me out i'd appreciate it. Also, if you need more information about my computer and configuation i'll be more than happy to discuss it. Thank you for any assistance. -Allan _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com -- 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]
RE: Mozilla 0.9.9 and Java
Ale, I think you will have to make a link to the plugin. If you copy it to the needed directory, it will complain about missing files and libraries. Mark -Original Message- From: Alessandro Speranza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:06 AM To: Debian Laptop List Subject: Re: Mozilla 0.9.9 and Java On Tue, 14 May 2002, Frank Scott wrote: > I have finally managed to get Java plugin working on Woody using the Sun > j2re1.3 or j2re1.4.0 packages. > I've done that. > I downloaded the self-extracting binary from the Sun site and after > installing it, set a link to the approriate libjavapluginXXX.so file > in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins I've got a few libjavaplugin files in j2r1-4, which one is the one I should link? I tried with libjavaplugin_ini.so, but it said it wasn't able to find another library, I think libjvm or something; do you know which one it is? Cheers Ale -- 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]
RE: inspiron 7500 & power down pblm
Check that you do not have SMP (multi-processing) set in the kernel config. If you do, the system will not power down on its own. mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:10 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: inspiron 7500 & power down pblm hi i have an inspiron 7500, i'm running a woody on it with a 2.4.18 kernel. i have a pblm for powering off the puter ... when i type 'poweroff' in the tty* the system enter in init 0 level ... display all teh daemon which are stopped and the last line i got is : 'Power down.' the laptop won't go reallly down ... here is a part of my .config file : CONFIG_PM=y # CONFIG_ACPI is not set 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 is not set # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS=y CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y <--- i try to set and unset this option ... same deal .. not powering off .. i have really no clue on what could be wrong ... any idea ?? thks -- 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]
RE: savings on printing
It is more than a little obnoxious that anyone would have the nerve to post a "for profit" add on an open software mailing list. On this list, we have a large group of people who are dedicating their activity here to the promotion of a valuable asset. All work, suggestions, help and activity are provided for free. I do not think this is the proper place to advertise someones buisness, private or otherwise. Please do not do this again. mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:51 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: savings on printing URGENT POSTERS FROM YOUR FILES? here is the solution. Ready 24 HOURS from now in Europe, USA and Canada. Pixart studio's poster service allows you to make large prints straight from your files easily and reliably. From 50x70 cm (20"x28") to 6x3 mt (20x10ft), real experts will take care of your image to offer the quality and accuracy Pixart customers worldwide have come to love. Innovative technology, 360/720 dpi resolution, quality paper and brand-name inks for brilliant, durable colors (approximately 2/3 months outdoor durability). All this to give you an end product worthy of the best graphic designers in the world. some examples: 50x70 cm / 20"x28" : EUR 2,17 / usd 2.04 70x100 cm / 28"x39": EUR 4,34 / usd 4.08 100x140 cm / 39"x55": EUR 8,68 / usd 8.15 120x160 cm / 47"x63": EUR14,98 / usd 14.07 6x3 mt. / 20x10ft EUR 92,45 / usd 86,81 4x3 mt / 13x10ft EUR 62,00 / usd 58,22 1 EUR = 0.93 usd for more informations: http://www.pixart.it/eng/manifesti.htm to unsubscribe send a blank e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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]
RE: Newbie Questions
James, Just for information, Quatech (http://www.quatech.com/comm_main.htm#pcd) provides 1, 2, and 4 port RS232 serial PCMCIA cars. Mark -Original Message- From: Designer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 15, 2002 10:11 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Newbie Questions Hello Debian Laptop List, I'm going to purchase a new portable, but, I'm having trouble getting specific hardware information. By trade I'm an embedded systems programmer. Here goes: 1. Is there documentation with information that I can read and not bother the list with these basic(stupid) questions? 2. Does anyone know of a portable with (2) or more serial ports. I use a variety of serial(RS232C) data analyzers, both under unix and W2K, to sniff/hack/program a wide variety of hardware. Maybe I need a pcmcia card with multiple serial ports Any suggestions? Any existing (software) drivers for Debian/unix? sourcecode would be nice. Any pointers to RS485, RS422, I2C, CAN, modbusTCP, devicenet, CompactFlash or any other types of industrial (SCADA) communications devices/protocols that are supported under debian would also be appreciated. Any cable testers that work under Debian, would also be cool. 3. Purchasing a portable with resolution greater than SVGA, can be problematic when you try to get information from vendors. Any suggestions? Dell? Better prices, as Dell seems to be a bit pricey for what you get. Has anyone setup Debian on a Phillips portable? Other price sensitive suggestions? 4. CD-RW and DVD-RW. I really want a DVD-RW. Any suggestions on which DVD-RW to purchase? Internal or External/USB 2.0/pcmcia based? Ideas? What's the best software package for a Mitsumi CD-RW? xcdroast? gcobust? gtoaster? Debian-CD? I have this reader/writer installed on a desktop pc running debian-potato, but I never could get the CD-RW working( Granted, I'm not very versed with Debian, but OK on many different unix systems). The second CD-R works fine. Any pointers to which package I should use to burn a CD for Debian(Woody) and information or instructions? Should I upgrade this system to Woody, first and then get the CD-RW working, or get the CD-RW working, and then burn a Woody cd? Is there documentation on using apt-get or whatever to upgrade the kernel and installed software to Woody from Potato? Recommendations? 5. I have to run programs written for W2K, such as AutoCad 2K, Microstation, and PLC programming IDEs. Any advice on trying these under X11 with a Windows_Emulator, or have those packages matured sufficiently for stable use? Is there a list of which Windows2K packages work under emulation, anywhere? I'd really like to ditch W2K completely.. 6. CDPD, Cellular Digital Packet Data, has anyone gotten a CDPD modem to work with Debian on a portable or wearable rig? Any sniffing/etc tools for CDPD or pointers to work in progress are most welcome! Any service providers for CDPD in USA? Florida? 7. 802.11??? support for Wireless ethernet under Debian. 8. Entertainment: I'd like to copy my extensive DVD collection to a Debian System, and make it available on the net. Any pointers to tools? The idea I have was to set up a "check-out" system. When somebody checks out one of my DVD's I remove that DVD from availability in my library. When that person, acknowledges that they are finished watching the movie, and have subsequently deleted the checked out copy(verification not necessary), then the DVD is again available over the net. This scheme should be legal. 9. Time. Anyone got a Debian-machine that can generate spare-time for me? James -- 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]
RE: Sharp SPAM [marketing@sharpsystems.com: Special Price Offer f or Select Sharp Systems Products]
Erich, Good comment. I too will ensure that Sharp products are not included in any future systems that I or the company that I work for design. Mark -Original Message- From: Erich Schubert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 12:33 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org; debian-devel@lists.debian.org Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Sharp SPAM [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Special Price Offer for Select Sharp Systems Products] It appears that Sharp Systems systematically spammed writers to the Debian-Laptop list, which certainly is an abuse of the debian lists. (they did not spam the list, so they don't directly violate the anti-spam rules of debian though) The spam arrived 12. Aug 2002. I was spammed shortly after posting there about LCD screens, and a few other posters confirmed my assumption that this resulted to that spam. The SPAM contained correct headers and was properly addressed, mailserver was gatekeeperil2.sharpsec.com, which is registered to sharp as well. It even refers to a probably correct Sharp Freecall number (although i do not live in the USA, so i can't call it) I did NOT request any information from Sharp, especially not about LCD screens (why should i buy an LCD screen in the States, where i have to pay shipment to Europe, when i've got a 1600x1200 LCD in my non-Sharp fine notebook?) It's a shame that a compaby i though once as a major player relies on such dodgy - and in many countries ILLEGAL - methods of annoying potential customers. Guess i'll drop them into my filter list, or wait for them to spam me again, then sue them. Greetings, Erich Well, i hope this public complaint and discredit, which most probably be kept in the archives on the net for a long time will make them stop doing such inpolite things and reconsider their marketing strategies... I also now decided that I won't spend my money on a "Sharp Zaurus". (I didn't really intend to buy any PDA anyway). - Forwarded message from Sharp Systems Marketing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - Organisation: Sharp Systems of America From: "Sharp Systems Marketing" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Erich Schubert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Special Price Offer for Select Sharp Systems Products Erich Schubert, Sharp Systems of America is offering its award-winning products at a special price to select customers and companies! Come to www.sharpsystems.com and look at our award winning line of notebook PCs and LCD monitors. >From now until September 30, 2002 you are entitled to receive a $100 rebate when purchasing any of the following products from Sharp Place: Actius MV10W, Actius UM30W or LL-T1820B LCD monitor. Simply order your product from www.sharpplace.com, and send a copy of this offer along with your on-line receipt from Sharp Place to: Sharp Systems, 5901 Bolsa Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92647 For more info, check out our website, or call us at (800) BE-SHARP. *if you prefer not to receive mailings in the future, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - End forwarded message - -- erich@(mucl.de|debian.org)--GPG Key ID: 4B3A135C A polar bear is a rectangular bear after a coordinate transform. Ein Freund ist ein Geschenk, das man sich selbst macht. Humor sollte immmer dabeisein, auch bei Problemen. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop
I am trying to install debian potato on an old laptop that has no cd-rom. I do have a network card, but it appears that it needs the newer version of pcmcia-cs, as it needs the support for the axnet-cs module. I have tried upgrading to the new version of pcmcia-cs, but it requires debconf, I only have debconf-tiny. when I try to upgrade debconf, it conflicts with whiptail. Is there any way to get this new pcmcia-cs into the base debian installation so I can continue with the whole install? I need the network card to continue. Thanks for the help. Mark -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Mozilla 0.9.9 and Java
Ale, I think you will have to make a link to the plugin. If you copy it to the needed directory, it will complain about missing files and libraries. Mark -Original Message- From: Alessandro Speranza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 9:06 AM To: Debian Laptop List Subject: Re: Mozilla 0.9.9 and Java On Tue, 14 May 2002, Frank Scott wrote: > I have finally managed to get Java plugin working on Woody using the Sun > j2re1.3 or j2re1.4.0 packages. > I've done that. > I downloaded the self-extracting binary from the Sun site and after > installing it, set a link to the approriate libjavapluginXXX.so file > in /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins I've got a few libjavaplugin files in j2r1-4, which one is the one I should link? I tried with libjavaplugin_ini.so, but it said it wasn't able to find another library, I think libjvm or something; do you know which one it is? Cheers Ale -- 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]
RE: inspiron 7500 & power down pblm
Check that you do not have SMP (multi-processing) set in the kernel config. If you do, the system will not power down on its own. mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: inspiron 7500 & power down pblm hi i have an inspiron 7500, i'm running a woody on it with a 2.4.18 kernel. i have a pblm for powering off the puter ... when i type 'poweroff' in the tty* the system enter in init 0 level ... display all teh daemon which are stopped and the last line i got is : 'Power down.' the laptop won't go reallly down ... here is a part of my .config file : CONFIG_PM=y # CONFIG_ACPI is not set 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 is not set # CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS=y CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y <--- i try to set and unset this option ... same deal .. not powering off .. i have really no clue on what could be wrong ... any idea ?? thks -- 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]
