Re: Toshiba 1800
Give a description of your errors please. --mike On 10 Aug 2001 12:58:38 -0400, Domenic Versace wrote: > I was wondering if anyone could help me out. > > I have a toshiba 1800 with a trident Ai1 cyberblade video card. I am > having trouble setting up the xf86config. > I keep on getting errors when trying to startx. Please let me know if > anyone has a fix for me. > > Thanks > > Domenic > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
Re: network connectivity problems
On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked fine > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some > messing around to get it to work initially, so I've become somewhat > familiar with dhcp and pcmcia - everything appears to be configured > properly (the way it was when it worked with the older kernel), but I get > no Internet. Please clarify "no internet." If no web sites come up, check if you have explicit congestion notification turned on in the kernel. you can turn it off with a recompile or an echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn I beleive. --mike
Re: network connectivity problems
On 14 Aug 2001 21:46:56 -0400, noah wrote: > Thanks for the reply . . . > > At 10:46 AM 13/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked > > fine > > > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some > > > messing around to get it to work initially, so I've become somewhat > > > familiar with dhcp and pcmcia - everything appears to be configured > > > properly (the way it was when it worked with the older kernel), but I get > > > no Internet. > >Please clarify "no internet." If no web sites come up, check if you > >have explicit congestion notification turned on in the kernel. you can > >turn it off with a recompile or an echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn I > >beleive. > > Thanks, I'll give this a shot - my criteria for no Internet were that I > couldn't connect with Mozilla, but also that "ping whatever.com" returned > "unknown host" - from what I learned getting the connection working with > kernel 2.2.X, it looks like everything should work, but since I installed > 2.4.7 I can't seem to connect. This description of "no internet" now allows me to guess that a dns problem is the core of it now. What is your /etc/resolv.conf before and after you connect with pppd and who is supposed to be your name server? --mike
Re: Trouble with X 4.0.3 on IBM T22 (kernel 2.4.5)
On 16 Aug 2001 22:10:50 +0200, Martin Sk?tt wrote: > Hi, > I just bought an 800 MHz IBM T22 with 14.1" TFT and a S3 Savage IX > video chip. I have installed Debian testing on it with a custom 2.4.5 > kernel with the XFS patch from SGI. Everything seems to work nicely > except X. I use "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" to configure X, but > I get a very strange image on the screen when I run startx. It look > like it's black and white and there are a lot of vertical lines down > the screen. I'm trying to run it in 1024x768, but I have seen a lot of > people on net mention that they are using 1400x1050, but changeing my > X config file to match that didn't help a bit. > Can anyone help to get X up and running? > It's very sad to have used a lot of money on a laptop to run Linux on and > then only text mode is working :-) Please include said /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Have you checked www.linux-laptop.net for additional horror stories/ tips and tricks? --mike
Re: dpkg is giving me errors
On Sun, 2001-09-16 at 11:54, Dave Smith wrote: > When I try to install some packages with dpkg, I get the error > > Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a2.3.0p1-0.11_i386.deb) ... > Can't locate object method "value" via package "Debian::DebConf::Question" at > /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 31. > > The system was only installed today, so it is unlikely to be very corrupt. > Can anyone help me solve this problem? Is perl also slated to be upgraded? If it is, try to dpkg -i perl from your /var/cache/apt/archives directory and try again. --mike
Re: Getting Connected to the Internet
On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 15:31, Eric Borton wrote: > I have a desktop here at work and I would like to connect to the network. > I have a 3Com ethernet card. Can someone show this newbie where to go for > newbie instructions. If it something easy like typing in some command that > will take me through the process of configuration then could someone please > give that to me. Well, firstly this is debian-laptop and you're asking about a desktop computer Anyways what you need to do is make sure that your specific model of 3com card has a module built for it, or support is compiled into your kernel. This is going to depend on whether or not you've made your own kernel or just went with the stock debian kernel. Either way you're most likey eventually going to modprobe 3c-whatever to get support loaded into the kernel. then you are going to add something like this into your /etc/network/interfaces file: auto eth0 iface eth inet dhcp if you are dynamically assigned an addres or you will need your network admin to give you each of these numbers to fill in like below. auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask network broadcast gateway then after you get the right choice then run /etc/init.d/networking restart as root. ifconfig should then show eth0 listed and configured. --mike
Re: dhcp and debian install
On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 22:42, Timothy Ryder wrote: > I am trying to install debian and am having a problem. My cable modem provider requires that I pass a computer name to them to use dhcp. With most other distros I would type /sbin/dhcpcd -h , but with debian I can't. How can i pass the computer name during install to the dhcp client. Which dhcp client are you using dhcpcd or pump or dhcp-client? The first two can use the option hostname in your /etc/network/interfaces file. The following information from is from man interfaces: The dhcp Method This method may be used to obtain an address via DHCP with any of the tools: dhclient, pump (2.2.x kernels only), or dhcpcd. If you have a complicated DHCP setup you should note that some of these clients use their own configura tion files, rather than obtaining their configuration via *ifup*. Options hostname hostname Hostname to be requested (pump, dhcpcd) I use dhcp-client and edited the config file by hand after reading up on how to do it properly. --mike
Re: dhcp and debian install
On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 00:21, Jeff wrote: > Michael Heldebrant, 2001-Oct-25 00:08 -0500: > > On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 22:42, Timothy Ryder wrote: > > > I am trying to install debian and am having a problem. My cable modem > > provider requires that I pass a computer name to them to use dhcp. With > > most other distros I would type /sbin/dhcpcd -h , but with > > debian I can't. How can i pass the computer name during install to the > > dhcp client. > > > > Which dhcp client are you using dhcpcd or pump or dhcp-client? The > > first two can use the option hostname in your /etc/network/interfaces > > file. The following information from is from man interfaces: > > > I use dhcp-client and edited the config file by hand after reading up on > > how to do it properly. > > > > --mike > > I use dhcp-client and my /etc/dhclient.conf file consists of only a single > line: > > send host-name "hostname"; > > This works perfectly with my cable provider. I use some of the other options like prepending my own dns into the resolv.conf file and superseding the network names due to my own internal network topology. Works much more reliably than pump with @home. Pump would never renew, fixing it would ALWAYS require a reboot for whatever reason is beyond me. --mike
Re: Toshiba 1800
Give a description of your errors please. --mike On 10 Aug 2001 12:58:38 -0400, Domenic Versace wrote: > I was wondering if anyone could help me out. > > I have a toshiba 1800 with a trident Ai1 cyberblade video card. I am > having trouble setting up the xf86config. > I keep on getting errors when trying to startx. Please let me know if > anyone has a fix for me. > > Thanks > > Domenic > > > > -- > 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: network connectivity problems
On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked fine > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some > messing around to get it to work initially, so I've become somewhat > familiar with dhcp and pcmcia - everything appears to be configured > properly (the way it was when it worked with the older kernel), but I get > no Internet. Please clarify "no internet." If no web sites come up, check if you have explicit congestion notification turned on in the kernel. you can turn it off with a recompile or an echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn I beleive. --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: network connectivity problems
On 14 Aug 2001 21:46:56 -0400, noah wrote: > Thanks for the reply . . . > > At 10:46 AM 13/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked > > fine > > > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some > > > messing around to get it to work initially, so I've become somewhat > > > familiar with dhcp and pcmcia - everything appears to be configured > > > properly (the way it was when it worked with the older kernel), but I get > > > no Internet. > >Please clarify "no internet." If no web sites come up, check if you > >have explicit congestion notification turned on in the kernel. you can > >turn it off with a recompile or an echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn I > >beleive. > > Thanks, I'll give this a shot - my criteria for no Internet were that I > couldn't connect with Mozilla, but also that "ping whatever.com" returned > "unknown host" - from what I learned getting the connection working with > kernel 2.2.X, it looks like everything should work, but since I installed > 2.4.7 I can't seem to connect. This description of "no internet" now allows me to guess that a dns problem is the core of it now. What is your /etc/resolv.conf before and after you connect with pppd and who is supposed to be your name server? --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trouble with X 4.0.3 on IBM T22 (kernel 2.4.5)
On 16 Aug 2001 22:10:50 +0200, Martin Sk?tt wrote: > Hi, > I just bought an 800 MHz IBM T22 with 14.1" TFT and a S3 Savage IX > video chip. I have installed Debian testing on it with a custom 2.4.5 > kernel with the XFS patch from SGI. Everything seems to work nicely > except X. I use "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" to configure X, but > I get a very strange image on the screen when I run startx. It look > like it's black and white and there are a lot of vertical lines down > the screen. I'm trying to run it in 1024x768, but I have seen a lot of > people on net mention that they are using 1400x1050, but changeing my > X config file to match that didn't help a bit. > Can anyone help to get X up and running? > It's very sad to have used a lot of money on a laptop to run Linux on and > then only text mode is working :-) Please include said /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. Have you checked www.linux-laptop.net for additional horror stories/ tips and tricks? --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dpkg is giving me errors
On Sun, 2001-09-16 at 11:54, Dave Smith wrote: > When I try to install some packages with dpkg, I get the error > > Unpacking ssh (from .../ssh_1%3a2.3.0p1-0.11_i386.deb) ... > Can't locate object method "value" via package "Debian::DebConf::Question" at > /usr/lib/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 31. > > The system was only installed today, so it is unlikely to be very corrupt. > Can anyone help me solve this problem? Is perl also slated to be upgraded? If it is, try to dpkg -i perl from your /var/cache/apt/archives directory and try again. --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Getting Connected to the Internet
On Mon, 2001-09-17 at 15:31, Eric Borton wrote: > I have a desktop here at work and I would like to connect to the network. > I have a 3Com ethernet card. Can someone show this newbie where to go for > newbie instructions. If it something easy like typing in some command that > will take me through the process of configuration then could someone please > give that to me. Well, firstly this is debian-laptop and you're asking about a desktop computer Anyways what you need to do is make sure that your specific model of 3com card has a module built for it, or support is compiled into your kernel. This is going to depend on whether or not you've made your own kernel or just went with the stock debian kernel. Either way you're most likey eventually going to modprobe 3c-whatever to get support loaded into the kernel. then you are going to add something like this into your /etc/network/interfaces file: auto eth0 iface eth inet dhcp if you are dynamically assigned an addres or you will need your network admin to give you each of these numbers to fill in like below. auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx netmask network broadcast gateway then after you get the right choice then run /etc/init.d/networking restart as root. ifconfig should then show eth0 listed and configured. --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dhcp and debian install
On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 22:42, Timothy Ryder wrote: > I am trying to install debian and am having a problem. My cable modem provider requires that I pass a computer name to them to use dhcp. With most other distros I would type /sbin/dhcpcd -h , but with debian I can't. How can i pass the computer name during install to the dhcp client. Which dhcp client are you using dhcpcd or pump or dhcp-client? The first two can use the option hostname in your /etc/network/interfaces file. The following information from is from man interfaces: The dhcp Method This method may be used to obtain an address via DHCP with any of the tools: dhclient, pump (2.2.x kernels only), or dhcpcd. If you have a complicated DHCP setup you should note that some of these clients use their own configura tion files, rather than obtaining their configuration via *ifup*. Options hostname hostname Hostname to be requested (pump, dhcpcd) I use dhcp-client and edited the config file by hand after reading up on how to do it properly. --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: dhcp and debian install
On Thu, 2001-10-25 at 00:21, Jeff wrote: > Michael Heldebrant, 2001-Oct-25 00:08 -0500: > > On Wed, 2001-10-24 at 22:42, Timothy Ryder wrote: > > > I am trying to install debian and am having a problem. My cable modem > > provider requires that I pass a computer name to them to use dhcp. With > > most other distros I would type /sbin/dhcpcd -h , but with > > debian I can't. How can i pass the computer name during install to the > > dhcp client. > > > > Which dhcp client are you using dhcpcd or pump or dhcp-client? The > > first two can use the option hostname in your /etc/network/interfaces > > file. The following information from is from man interfaces: > > > I use dhcp-client and edited the config file by hand after reading up on > > how to do it properly. > > > > --mike > > I use dhcp-client and my /etc/dhclient.conf file consists of only a single > line: > > send host-name "hostname"; > > This works perfectly with my cable provider. I use some of the other options like prepending my own dns into the resolv.conf file and superseding the network names due to my own internal network topology. Works much more reliably than pump with @home. Pump would never renew, fixing it would ALWAYS require a reboot for whatever reason is beyond me. --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CD player and Dell Inspiron 7000
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 09:11, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Bonjour: > > While I can mount data CDROM without trouble, > I cannot mount media (music) CDROM : > any idea ? If you're desperate for the audio data to be available to you in digital audio files (wav etc) look into cdparanoia and the docs on the SCSI sg module or appropriate ide-cdrom issues. --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Mouse support and other bugs (Questions!)
On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 14:46, Axel Bojer wrote: > Hello, > I hope I am at the right place, when I am asking some questions about Debian > for my laptop. > First, I am very new to Linux, but willing to learn. I tried to install > the "potato" from a 3 CD-set. The system is running, after much problems I have > configured the TFT-Monitor, learnt how to mount CD-rom, unmount, > (Even "shutdown" neded some time to manage ...). What I still dont understand > is: > > 1: Why wont the touchpad (I have Siemens scenic mobile 360P, and have found > information on the Internett about it) funktion? I have tried to use it as a > PS/2 (what is said to be the right thing to do) and even as a Microsoft Mouse > using xf86config. First thing: as I pointed to /dev/mouse or /dev/tty00 as the > driver (or whatever this program/file is), I got the message: "Cannot open > mouse (the file dont exist). Then I found a "file/program" called in dev/ > called tty0, and pointed to this. Snip > (To get my CD-rom to wotk, I had to make the directory /dev/cdrom, which > wasnt there before, and THEN it worked. Why do I have to do this kind of > things, cant my installation manager do this for me?). (I even tryed to use my > external Logitech -as "logitech" (The company who made this thing) and as > a "windows mouse>". Not even THAT worked. What brings me to the first > assumption: Could the pointing (or a missing file) be the solution? Try either /dev/psaux or /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 for your mouse. Once you find the correct one you can symbolicly link /dev/mouse to the correct device (man ln with special attention to the -s option). If you made /dev/cdrom by touch or something it's incorrect. Look at the output of dmesg and scan for lines about your cdrom drive it will most likely be /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc or possibly /dev/scd0. Link /dev/cdrom to the correct device with ln -s. If you mean /dev/cdrom to mount things I'd recoomend putting a /cdrom directory in the root or in the /mnt directory to mount to. 2. Already answered by hlawson. > 3. The apt-get command AND the dselect manager do not allow me to use my CD-rom > as an option when I want to install KDE (I now dont have another window manager > other than the X-window...). First I tried the Dselect, but this optin dont > show! Then I tried apt-get, apt-cdrom, but none of this worked. I even tried to > manipulate the /etc/apt/source.list. But I do not have a good hand at it. Do > someone know EXACTLY what I have to write there to get it right? To be exact: I > am trying to install .deb files AND zipped files (.gz2). (But not at the same > time though) from a CD I bought whith a linux Magazine. (The installation > procedure described there did not work either...!). I also could try to use my > harddisk as the source, but, again, my machine wont give me that option either. > Althoug I tried this one too, unsuccsessfull... Look at apt-setup, it should help with the CD and your internet sources. I've never heard of a .gz2 file, do you mean bzip2 .bz files? > 4. In connection with the last question: My maschine refuses me (that is: says: > unknown command, or something similar) when I am trying to unzip > with "Bunzip2". (And, as far as I see, the other package programs wont do > nothing with such files. It's case sensitive bzip2 -d is the command you want to use. You can also have tar execute it for you with the -j switch. --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:
On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 12:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > > I'm using gnome and don't know how to get this menu when clicking with the > right mouse button on the root window. (this menu allows one to get harddisk > symbols on the desktop and so on I think) which package do I need ? Either gmc or nautilus should provide you with desktop icon access to a GUI file manager under gnome. --mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: CD player and Dell Inspiron 7000
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 09:11, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Bonjour: > > While I can mount data CDROM without trouble, > I cannot mount media (music) CDROM : > any idea ? If you're desperate for the audio data to be available to you in digital audio files (wav etc) look into cdparanoia and the docs on the SCSI sg module or appropriate ide-cdrom issues. --mike
Re: Mouse support and other bugs (Questions!)
On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 14:46, Axel Bojer wrote: > Hello, > I hope I am at the right place, when I am asking some questions about Debian > for my laptop. > First, I am very new to Linux, but willing to learn. I tried to install > the "potato" from a 3 CD-set. The system is running, after much problems I > have > configured the TFT-Monitor, learnt how to mount CD-rom, unmount, > (Even "shutdown" neded some time to manage ...). What I still dont understand > is: > > 1: Why wont the touchpad (I have Siemens scenic mobile 360P, and have found > information on the Internett about it) funktion? I have tried to use it as a > PS/2 (what is said to be the right thing to do) and even as a Microsoft Mouse > using xf86config. First thing: as I pointed to /dev/mouse or /dev/tty00 as > the > driver (or whatever this program/file is), I got the message: "Cannot open > mouse (the file dont exist). Then I found a "file/program" called in dev/ > called tty0, and pointed to this. Snip > (To get my CD-rom to wotk, I had to make the directory /dev/cdrom, which > wasnt there before, and THEN it worked. Why do I have to do this kind of > things, cant my installation manager do this for me?). (I even tryed to use > my > external Logitech -as "logitech" (The company who made this thing) and as > a "windows mouse>". Not even THAT worked. What brings me to the first > assumption: Could the pointing (or a missing file) be the solution? Try either /dev/psaux or /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1 for your mouse. Once you find the correct one you can symbolicly link /dev/mouse to the correct device (man ln with special attention to the -s option). If you made /dev/cdrom by touch or something it's incorrect. Look at the output of dmesg and scan for lines about your cdrom drive it will most likely be /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc or possibly /dev/scd0. Link /dev/cdrom to the correct device with ln -s. If you mean /dev/cdrom to mount things I'd recoomend putting a /cdrom directory in the root or in the /mnt directory to mount to. 2. Already answered by hlawson. > 3. The apt-get command AND the dselect manager do not allow me to use my > CD-rom > as an option when I want to install KDE (I now dont have another window > manager > other than the X-window...). First I tried the Dselect, but this optin dont > show! Then I tried apt-get, apt-cdrom, but none of this worked. I even tried > to > manipulate the /etc/apt/source.list. But I do not have a good hand at it. Do > someone know EXACTLY what I have to write there to get it right? To be exact: > I > am trying to install .deb files AND zipped files (.gz2). (But not at the same > time though) from a CD I bought whith a linux Magazine. (The installation > procedure described there did not work either...!). I also could try to use > my > harddisk as the source, but, again, my machine wont give me that option > either. > Althoug I tried this one too, unsuccsessfull... Look at apt-setup, it should help with the CD and your internet sources. I've never heard of a .gz2 file, do you mean bzip2 .bz files? > 4. In connection with the last question: My maschine refuses me (that is: > says: > unknown command, or something similar) when I am trying to unzip > with "Bunzip2". (And, as far as I see, the other package programs wont do > nothing with such files. It's case sensitive bzip2 -d is the command you want to use. You can also have tar execute it for you with the -j switch. --mike
Re:
On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 12:50, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > > I'm using gnome and don't know how to get this menu when clicking with the > right mouse button on the root window. (this menu allows one to get harddisk > symbols on the desktop and so on I think) which package do I need ? Either gmc or nautilus should provide you with desktop icon access to a GUI file manager under gnome. --mike
