Turn off PCMCIA
Hi I have a problem with a Vaio laptop. After PCMCIA loads the whole boot and system is very slow. Older computers boot faster... I don't know what the problem is, but I'd like to disable pcmcia that I enabled during installation. Problem is that I cannot figure out how to do it. Even if I add nopcmcia and acpi=off to the grub boot it loads pcmcia. Googling doesn't show anywhere how to get rid of pcmcia except during installation. Thanks in advance Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Turn off PCMCIA
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:34:21 +0200 Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > likely you've got discover(1) installed or > yenta/whatever-pcmcia-related module in /etc/modules. Thanks! Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Extremely slow boot on new Vaio
Hi We are noticing that a new Vaio laptop is extremely slow to boot Debian. We thought it was PCMCIA problem an started without it, but it still is slow from around the place that PCMCIA would have started. Also the X11 is very sluggish. The laptop is noticeably slower than other older desktop computers. Does anybody have any experience with this? We are looking for clue as to what makes this happen. Windows XP does not have a boot problem. Any hints much appreciated! Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Turn off PCMCIA
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:34:21 +0200 Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > likely you've got discover(1) installed or > yenta/whatever-pcmcia-related module in /etc/modules. Thanks! Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Extremely slow boot on new Vaio
On Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:52:29 -0300 "Felipe Augusto van de Wiel (faw)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 04/29/2007 05:27 AM, Preben Randhol wrote: > > Any hints much appreciated! > > On a few VAIOs you should turn off apic and lapic. > >noapic nolapic I see. Thanks. We got it working yesterday finally. What we had to do was to install the 486 kernel image and not the 686. Anybody knows why? Is it a bug in the 2.6.18 kernel? Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Extremely slow boot on new Vaio
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:54:27 +0200 Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:21:05AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > > was to install the 486 kernel image and not the 686. > > > > Anybody knows why? Is it a bug in the 2.6.18 kernel? > > what's exactly the CPU in that Vaio? pentium M 740 1.73GHz Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Extremely slow boot on new Vaio
> I've got a laptop Vaio with exactly that CPU and I've never had such a > problem of slow boot. I always use i686 kernels. With this computer > I've only had problems with the hard disk (SATA). > The exact laptop model is vaio VGN-A617B Hi! Which kernel do you use now? Did 2.6.18 work? I have seen many (ubuntu/debian) people complain that their computer got very slow after moving to dapper/etch. The solution somebody offered was to use the 486 and this seems to work for 2.6.18 at least. Hopefully 2.6.20-686 works though Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Extremely slow boot on new Vaio
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:29:54 +0200 Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 11:23:19AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote: > > > > pentium M 740 1.73GHz > > seems it's supposed to work with -686; but since -486 works, it might > be an issue with cpufreq driver; look in dmesg for cpufreq msgs; > seems that Debian's -686 is compiled for M686 (Pentium Pro) which > might not be right for 'true' PM; possibly, compile a custom kernel > for just PentiumM and just the HW you have. I guess so yes. Seems to be problem that the cpufreq doesn't manage well and the fans are running all the time. With 486 it works nice though... We'll have a look at 2.6.20 later before recompiling. :-) Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: i have a big problem with my rt2500 pci wireless
On Tue, 1 May 2007 21:54:58 + javier melendez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have a laptop averatec 2700. I installed the rt2500 module and when > i restart my laptop, the laptop work very slowly. So i type ifconfig > ra0 down and my pc back to work well. I installed this driver with my > old debian (sarge kernel 2.4) and all very good but in my new linux > etch i have this problem. > > any that help me A quick test: Install the 486 version of the kernel you have installed. (I guess your laptop has a Pentium?) That helped on an VAIO which was running extremely slow on the new etch kernel (the 686 version). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem with daemon when offline
Hi If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected to a network. Is there a way to avoid this? I was looking at netenv, is this the correct program to use? Are there others? One annoyance with netenv is that it didn't look to have a timeout like Lilo so that it will wait until you choose a menu. Sometimes I turn on the laptop and then starts making coffee or something while it boots. Thanks in advance. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop > > willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected > > to a network. Is there a way to avoid this? I was looking at > > netenv, is this the correct program to use? Are there others? > > That's two questions. I have exim running on mine and I haven't > noticed a delay at startup when I'm not on the network, so I'm pretty > sure you can avoid that. But you are not running it as a daemon you are using inetd I bet. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop > > willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected > > to a network. Is there a way to avoid this? I was looking at > > netenv, is this the correct program to use? Are there others? > > That's two questions. I have exim running on mine and I haven't > noticed a delay at startup when I'm not on the network, so I'm pretty > sure you can avoid that. But you are not running it as a daemon you are using inetd I bet. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (19:01) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) : > > > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > That's two questions. I have exim running on mine and I haven't > > > noticed a delay at startup when I'm not on the network, so I'm pretty > > > sure you can avoid that. > > > > But you are not running it as a daemon you are using inetd I bet. > > No. It runs from /etc/rc2.d/S20exim Check /etc/inetd.conf if you have: #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. smtpstream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/exim exim -bs if you do it is not running as a daemon. > I'm betting you need to change some of your local addresses in > exim.conf from domain names to IPs. No exim runs fine when I have network and also when I don't run it as daemon. Regards, Preben Randhol
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (20:07) : > > I guarantee that exim slows down when you start it unconnected to a > network and it needs to do dns lookups. In fact, if you can time the > delay to multiples of 30 seconds I'd guarantee that's your problem > (because typically that's what it takes DNS to time-out). What I > can't guarantee is that your configuration is such that DNS lookups > are required. The default setup if one install exim is that it is not run as a daemon, but that inetd runs it when needed, so I have had no problems with the laptop either when it is on-line or when I take it with me home and use it off-line. However due to that spamassassin and exim eats all my memory when I check mail on Monday mornings I got tips as to run both as daemons. The problem now is that exim hangs for about 30-60 seconds when I boot the system off-line (does not happen on-line) as it tries to do DNS lookup I guess. Now what I tried was to install netenv and set it up so I have two choices. 1) Office setup with network 2) Home setup as localhost only The problem is that netenv is either buggy or something else is wrong, because when I choose the home setup it still get setup like if it was the office setup. So I was looking for something that worked. Preben -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Auke Jilderda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/11/2002 (10:23) : > I installed "whereami" and am running exim as daemon. OK I'll try it. Thanks -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett
Re: Which laptop!!!
Iñaki Martínez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/11/2002 (14:16) : > * Linux well supported, PCMCIA, NET, so on. Stay clear of Dell. Somebody told me that Acer had good custom support. You can check if there are some models there. But check: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «There are three things you can do to a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.» - Justine, by Lawrence Durrell
Re: Which laptop!!!
"Jean-Marc V. Liotier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/11/2002 (15:11) : > Could you please substantiate that with some facts ? I agree that Dell > is not the best for reliability (they don't survive rough nomadic lives, > although they are fine as movable desktops) and that given enough cash I > would rather buy from IBM. But we have a gaggle of Dell laptops and find > them to be a good compromise given the price. I'm currently typing on an > Inspiron 4000 with Debian and I am quite satisfied. But then I never > asked Dell for Linux support : all I have done I did myself with a > little community support. http://www.lanfear.com/dell/ According to one that had this laptop The point is that you get the answer : "We don't support Linux" from Dell, while from Acer they said he could return the laptop if it didn't work with Linux. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «There are three things you can do to a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.» - Justine, by Lawrence Durrell
Re: Which laptop!!!
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/11/2002 (20:09) : > My sentiments exactly. I'm very happy with my Dell, but I don't > expect any help from them. I'm happy with my Dell too although it wouldn't hurt if the battry status could be checked. :-) But if I'm going to buy a new laptop I would like to buy it from somebody that also consideres Linux. Note I'm not talking about software support. Only to get the machine to work. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «There are three things you can do to a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.» - Justine, by Lawrence Durrell
[kernel 2.4.19] X hangs when logging out on Dell laptop
Hi I upgraded from 2.4.17 to 2.4.19, and it works except for that when I log out from Gnome the kernel cannot manage to restart the X server. It looks to be a problem with the i810 chip support. I have tried different compile combinations, but none seem to help. Have other also experienced this? Is there a solution? I have a Dell 2500 Inspiron running Debian 3.0 Thanks in advance. Regards, Preben -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «There are three things you can do to a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.» - Justine, by Lawrence Durrell
Dell Inspirion 2500. Network only works if new ACPI is patched in kernel
I had for a long time trouble with compiling my kernels and get network to work on my Dell Inspirion 2500. In the end I found out that the network card only worked when I downloaded and pached an updated ACPI from acpi.sf.net. I tried with 2.4.17-19 I have a this card: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) I don't know if others have experienced this though, but at least if you have problems this is how it worked for me. HTH -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «1984 is soon coming to a computer near you.»
Re: installation problem: My laptop cannot have CD and floppy the same time.
ben park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/11/2002 (10:53) : > > Hi, > > I am new to debian. > > During the installation, I was asked to make a startup > floppy, but my laptop (a Dell CPX H500) cannot have cd > and floppy the same time. No problem do mkboot later. > I cannot put LINO into the master boot sector either, > because my linux partition is in the last part of the > disk (first 6GB for windows, last 6GB for linux). So? There is no problem with this. Put Lilo on you linux partition and include windows in lilo. The linux partition should be bootable so that you first get lilo and then you choose OS to boot. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «1984 is soon coming to a computer near you.»
Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Hi I have read about the problems of installing Debian on Inspiron 2500 and solved that. Now before installing I wonder about some things I haven't found answers to on the net: 1. I see that the hard disk has a 32Mb partition called Dell Utility Can I safely delete this? What is it? 2. How do I make sure that suspend-to-disk will work after installing Linux and then Windows (unfortunately I need to use this too) on the machine. I will repartinate the disc in Linux. 3. Any other things one should make sure to do before starting the installation? Thanks in advance for any hints Preben Randhol -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 31/01/2002 (10:01) : > First you need to create the S2D partition. I believe you can > get a utility from Dell that will create it. I recall some > discussion on this subject on this list awhile ago, check the > archives. There may be another utility (phdisk comes to mind but > I'm not sure). But I don't understand why there isn't a patition on my machine now as it came from dell? I think that this S2D is not a real partition, but like a file that you can put on a windows partition. Anyway I don't think I will use this suspend a lot as I do not trust these things a lot so I'll just go ahead a repartionate now. > Know the spec's: video and audio chipsets, mouse spec's, main > board chipset, processor type, etc. Yes. Thanks! -- Preben Randhol --- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 31/01/2002 (15:40) : > > Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 31/01/2002 (10:01) : > > > First you need to create the S2D partition. I believe you can > > Actually no. First you need to get apm working. I can't Try ACPI not APM I haven't tried yet, but I will later. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/02/2002 (07:23) : >When I say the BIOS is broken, I mean anything involving APM -- > even reading battery status -- causes a kernel OOPS, which when > traced, fails when calling the system BIOS. Apparently things have > been this way with every BIOS version greater than A06 -- which isn't > available anywhere I could find. But I don't understand. I thought that it had only ACPI and not APM. ACPI is not fully developed like APM on linux, so I guess ACPI should work in the future. I see that in Windows XP ACPI is used and not APM. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Gnome hangs during startup on Inspirion 2500
Has anybody else experienced that when Gnome is starting up the x-window-manager seems to hang for some seconds before sawfish is started. This doesn't happen on my other computer and they have the same setup exceps that this isn't a laptop and have different hardware (a 750MHz versus 850Mhz in the laptop). Thanks in advance. -- Preben Randhol --- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (12:22) : > > > btw, I did find one thing that you can do with APM. If the apm.o module is > > loaded, shutdown actually halts the system. If it isn't, shutdown leaves > > you at a "Power Off" prompt :-) > > (Whoops, I forgot to CC my last reply to the list.) > > Powering the machine off is all that ACPI seems to be good for ATM > as well, but I have some hope that the battery monitoring functions > could be fixed soon (at least, it seems close enough to working and I > have enough information to complain about it and hope someone who > knows what they are doing will try to fix it.) The battery socket gets > detected as long as there is no battery inserted at boottime; if a > battery is inserted after that, ACPI reports errors when trying to > query the battery status. > > I would be happy if anyone (with or without an i2500) wants to try > to help figuring out what is wrong with ACPI. ;-) Could be fun, but I know little about ACPI or kernel programming in general. But please tell how one can see the bug-reports reported by ACPI. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Barb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (14:23) : > I have a 2500 and I have been running Mandrake because Debian (and several > other distros I've tried) lock up on boot up at md (whatever that is). I'd > love to know what that is and how to make it go away. It was a bit tricky, but it can be done. what I did was that I had a Windows system disc that setup your CDROM so you can access the CDROM. Now after booting this disk I went into the install directory in the cdrom and wrote: loadlin.exe linpci root=/dev/ram ro initrd=root.bin cdrom then it boots up the installation. Others say that they have managed by getting the idepci boot discs. The second problem I got was the the kernel that is installed is a kernel with md again so the machine will again hang. What I did was the same as before using the window disc and then : loadlin.exe linpci root=/dev/ram ro initrd=root.bin cdrom now you start the installation again. Choose your keyboard setup and then hit Alt-F2 and Enter here you have a tiny bash and you can do things. What I did was to take a kernel I made on my other machine at the office and changed the lilo setup so that it uses this instead. (I copied this with a floppy) Then it booted up and I could install my files. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (12:22) : > Powering the machine off is all that ACPI seems to be good for ATM > as well, but I have some hope that the battery monitoring functions > could be fixed soon (at least, it seems close enough to working and I > have enough information to complain about it and hope someone who > knows what they are doing will try to fix it.) The battery socket gets > detected as long as there is no battery inserted at boottime; if a > battery is inserted after that, ACPI reports errors when trying to > query the battery status. I compiled 2.4.17 after applying the patch at : acpi.sf.net Now if I don't insmod the ospm_ec module, but load the battery and ac_adapter modules I get some information in /proc/acpi/batter/1/info and /proc/acpi/batter/1/status. Though the gnome battery monitor applet will only show 0% battery. The problem is that the themal zone module won't load. Has anybody else seen this? I had to enable development code in the kernel to compile this. It says that one should have the thermal zone running or the processor may overheat, so I'm a bit nervouse about this. Do anybody know how the fan works on the laptop. I mean does the ACPI turn off fans, or does the hardware regulate the fans if the machine gets hot? Thanks in advance. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Barb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (14:23) : > I have a 2500 and I have been running Mandrake because Debian (and several > other distros I've tried) lock up on boot up at md (whatever that is). I'd > love to know what that is and how to make it go away. > > About the only advice I can give is for me, with the i815, the best I can > do in X is 15 bit color. 16 bit just locks up. > I also noticed problems with 16 so I run 24 bit. -- Preben Randhol --- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Turn up keyrate speed on Inspiron 2500?
I have turned the keyrate to max and the keydelay to minimum on my laptop, but still it is slow compared to my office machine (a desktop). Is it the hardware that is the limitation? Preben -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Re: Turn up keyrate speed on Inspiron 2500?
Cameron Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/02/2002 (02:42) : > You can use xset to set the speed of the keyboard, and that of the mouse > (and some other things too). Yes, but can one get it to be even faster? I used xset and set it to the max values, but it is still slow. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Re: Turn up keyrate speed on Inspiron 2500?
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/02/2002 (18:42) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have turned the keyrate to max and the keydelay to minimum on my > > laptop, but still it is slow compared to my office machine (a desktop). > > > > Is it the hardware that is the limitation? > > It can't be, as I can get things going pretty fast in windows. What are you > using for the mouse? A lot of people suggest gpm for the touchpad, but I > never could get it working decently and found it very slow when it wasn't > sending all sorts of spurious signals. The mouse goes as fast as I need, > when defined as a PS/2 mouse (and in KDE, pointer acceleration is set at > only 2X - of a possible 20X), but the keyboard is noticeably slow still, and > KDE only permits keyboard repeat to be on or off. Mouse works just fine. It is the keyboard that is slow. I mean when you edit a text and you want to go fast to some points in the text with pressing say the left arrow key it takes long time to get to that part of the text you want. Preben -- @@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ @@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@P-(@-E-)[EMAIL PROTECTED]@o@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@ @@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@[EMAIL PROTECTED]@
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
cyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/02/2002 (07:23) : > not flaming or attacking or anything like that - just being cautionary... > > No, don't delete that - 10:1 chances are that you have 32mb of ram and > that's your suspend partition - when you suspend to disk, the contents of > your ram have to be written... to your disk, and I suspect this is also > why our friend here has no success with his suspend due to 'broken bios' - > although it is possible that suspend just doesn't work. The partition contains some MS-DOS utilities for diagnositics etc. I have 256Mb RAM btw. And I have now deleted it, reinstalled Windows XP and installed Linux (after a lot of hassle due to this cursed md), but now it is up and working. Now I need to recompile the kernel to remove APM etc.. -- Preben Randhol --- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
Abiword hangs. Have somebody else experienced this?
The abiword hangs after I press space and the aspell spellchecker is invoked. However this only happens on my laptop. On my dekstop it works. They have the same debian Testing with some unstable package installed. There are a bugreports about this in the bug system, but I'm wondering if anybody might have found a workaround? Thanks in advance for any hints. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.»
BIOS warning: Fan(s) error on Dell Inspirion 2500
Have anybody experienced that suddenly when you boot BIOS it gives you a warning that there is a Fan error. I got this a lot and I kept turning off the machine without booting and then suddenly it went away. And once I had to access the machine as I needed to copy something for a lecture and then I got the error. I booted Linux and copied the stuff, but the fans were working and cooling the machine and nothing bad happened. Then when I tried it later I didn't get the problem again. Does anybody know what it is? When I turn on the machine the fans do go around for some time before bios starts. I will call Dell to ask, but I just wanted to know if others have experienced the same. Preben Randhol -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BIOS warning: Fan(s) error on Dell Inspirion 2500
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 17/04/2002 (08:12) : > Preben Randhol wrote: > > > Have anybody experienced that suddenly when you boot BIOS it gives you a > > warning that there is a Fan error. I got this a lot and I kept turning > > off the machine without booting and then suddenly it went away. And once > > Never. My fans don't come on unless I'm working pretty hard. But I'm > running kernel 2.4.17 with acpi patches. Are you using APM or ACPI? > Interestingly the fans seem to come on almost immediately if I start a high > load program. This is completely independent of the supposed fan-control > support in ACPI because the ACPI bios is broken for fans & thermal. Extremely odd. When I returned home (to my country) I never get the error message about the fans again. Perhaps it was because I was at altitude of 1600 meter above the sea? Thin air an all? Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian proof
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23/04/2002 (12:10) : > Hallo Liste! > > Some time ago I asked, here in the list, how to install Debian/Gnu on > a Gericom M6T and got some helpful feedback. > > Now, unfortunatly, some days ago, somebodey did some housebraeking and > stole the whole thing. > > My question, which current laptop around 2000 is the best choice > for Debian? (My insurance compels me to buy a new one, otherwise they > pay me only the current value and not the purchase price) I have a Dell Inspirion 2500. It is nice. Installing Debian had to be done with the idepci boot discs as installation hangs otherwise. Note however that there are some problems with the pcmcia on Linux, but perhaps this is fixed now? But as I don't need it is ok for me. Check first at: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ the marks you could be interested in buying to see how others have found them. Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian proof
Goran Ristic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/04/2002 (13:19) : > Hmmm..I have no problems with Dell's Inspiron. > Everything works great. Which model number? Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Inspiron 2500 and potato
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/05/2002 (13:57) : > * Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-05-13 07:22 -0400: > > From: "Andre Berger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Derek! > > > > installing potato (don't want woody yet) on it. The stock kernel > > > > Why not? There's no good reason to avoid woody. Potato is way too old, > > now. > > I'm a stability freak :) Woody is stable. And when released in some weeks it will be the new stable distribution and then security fixes will only be towards woody. I have Dell Inspirion 2500 running on Woody and there are no problems. Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Inspiron 2500 and potato
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/05/2002 (15:38) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Woody is stable. And when released in some weeks it will be the new > > stable distribution and then security fixes will only be towards woody. > > I think it'll be more than a few weeks - it has to go to "frozen" first. Huh it isn't frozen, but they were supposed to get it out at 1. May and what was said was that they had almost all ready except some key parts. I'm confused. > No problems related to Woody, that is :-) ACPI is still non-functional > (Dell's fault, not the ACPI developers) - but there's no ACPI in potato at > all, I think. Huh I thought that it was due to that the ACPI isn't very developed yet which was the reason why it didn't work. I don't think it is Dells fault. APM on the otherhand fits your description. Well if you want a stable system at least you should get a kernel and recompile it by hand to suite your system. I don't see why you cannot install a 2.4 kernel in potato. Besides you should get alsa to get sound support. Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Inspiron 2500 and potato
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14/05/2002 (20:42) : > > It's Dell's fault that the DSDT (a major part of ACPI) is broken. I'm > not sure whether it's Dell's or Intel's fault processor limits aren't > supported. It's definitely Dell's fault that Thermal and Fan controls > aren't implemented and that the battery info is broken. These are all > things that ACPI has been able to get working on other systems. Ok I had the impression that it was that the ACPI wasn't mature enough. Anyway I'm glad I cannot change the fan and termal as I don't want my laptop to overheat. The battery is not so much needed either as first the light becomes red and then after 10-15 min it start blinking and then you know it is time to turn off. :-) > otoh, APM isn't _broken_ on the i2500 - it doesn't even exist. It's a > pure ACPI machine. OK, but APM used to work on older models of the BIOS Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problems with Dell Inspiron 2500 and kernel 2.4.18 and 19
Hi I was trying to upgrade to kernel 2.4.18 or 19 from 17. The problem is that for both the newer kernels my network card doesn't work. I used the same config file (that I loaded into xconfig) when I built the kernels. Have anybody here with Insiron 2500 or that uses the eepro100 driver experienced this? With kernel 2.4.17: eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, 00:20:E0:6E:72:1B, IRQ 5. Receiver lock-up bug exists -- enabling work-around. Board assembly 727095-002, Physical connectors present: RJ45 Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1. General self-test: passed. Serial sub-system self-test: passed. Internal registers self-test: passed. ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b). Receiver lock-up workaround activated. with kernel 2.4.18 or 19: eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> and others eth0: Invalid EEPROM checksum 0xff00, check settings before activating this device! eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF, IRQ 5. Board assembly ff-255, Physical connectors present: RJ45 BNC AUI MII Primary interface chip unknown-15 PHY #31. Secondary interface chip i82555. General self-test: passed. Serial sub-system self-test: passed. Internal registers self-test: passed. ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b). Preben
Re: Problems with Dell Inspiron 2500 and kernel 2.4.18 and 19
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 21/08/2002 (14:27) : > I've run all of those kernels (& 2.5.24) on my i2500, and never had a > problem - but I don't use an eepro100 so the problem seems definitely > specific to the driver. Your i2500 doesn't have this network card? -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- iMy favorite editor is Emacs!cbVim -- vim best-editor.txt
Re: inspiron 2500
Gornatah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 04/09/2002 (10:17) :
> my Inspiron-2500 {from DELL} is running on Windows-2000 Professional
> operating system.
> Now I want to chage it to Windows-98 operating system.Can I do this or it
> will effect my system.
> please reply soon sir.
What does this has to do with Linux and Debian? Are you thinking of the
LILO?
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Re: Debian on a Dell 4150?
Spiros Kapetanakis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/09/2002 (20:34) : > > Initially, I have the following questions: > > 1. How do I resize the other operating system's partition (it's the XP > variety) without having to reinstall? The only reason why I need to do > this instead of just wiping out completely is so because I don't really > want to fiddle with the other OS, I wouldn't know where to start. When I > get everything working under Linux, I'm going to wipe the other OS anyway. Hmm I guess you need somthing like Partition Magic. I think there is a GNU tool too, but I have forgotten the name. Check: http://pic.its.tudelft.nl/inspiron/ > 2. When the installation asks me to make a boot floppy, I _KNOW_ that > I should do it. But, the DVD will be in the drive at the time so I > won't have a floppy. How do I go round this problem? Can you take out the DVD driver and insert the floppy while the machine is on? If not make Linux bootable and when you reboot the system do a : mkboot > 3. I typically have different partitions for /, /boot, /usr, > /usr/local, /home, /tmp and /var. Should I do this with my laptop or > should I stick with one big partition and a swap partition? Is it > advisable to have multiple partitions on a laptop? There is no difference between laptops and desktop, but I guess you are not going to use the laptop as a server? I never bother with making special partitions for /boot /usr /tmp /var etc... except /home. You must make a partition for /home as you then seperate your files from the system. This makes it easier to backup or to avoid problems in case you should need to reinstall later. On a server you should have a partition for /var and /tmp so that you don't risk running out of disc space on /, but for a non server this is not a problem. Why do you have a /boot partition? Too many partitions makes a mess of things I think. > 4. Is there anyone out there that has installed Debian on an Inspiron > 4150? What did you do about this hibernate partition that I hear > people talking about? Check out: http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html I don't find anything on 4150, but there is a lot on 4100. I guess they are quite similar so you can find and apply information about 4100 on 4150. -- Preben Randhol "Twra, oxi avrio"
Slow internal 250 ZIP
I have a Dell Inspiron 2500 with an internal 250 ZIP. First I used the ATAPI FLOPPY driver in the kernal, but this is hoplessly slow. My external parallell port 100 ZIP is much faster on my old 166MHz. Copying 80Mb took about 1 hour I think. Now I read somewhere on the net that I should use the imm driver, but this doesn't work. I then made the ide-scsi module and this seems to work. My question is though is this the right module to use? Thanks in advance. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ ._. Debian 3.0 |"Don't think about domination, think about freedom, / _,\ GNU/Linux | it doesn't dominate." - Richard M. Stallman| (_./ ><> ><> ><>| To learn more visit => http://www.debian.org/ \,_
Re: Dell Laptop
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 26/09/2002 (14:50) : > > > Im wondering can you help me, Ive having the same problem with my > Laptop. > > > Its a Inspirion 2500, and Im getting the fan error. Once i get back from > > What fan error? What same problem? None of the Inspiron problems I've seen > here recently had anything to do with a fan. ime, the fan on an i2500 is > independent of ACPI It is the BIOS that is telling that there is a fan error after testing the fans at startup even if the fans seem to work with no problem. I experienced the same as Rory Mooney when I was one week in Denver (I live in Europe otherwise). When I came back there was no problem. It seems that Rory Mooney also is in Denver at the moment, so it must be a Dell-Denver-Syndrom :-) I don't know what is causing it, maybe the thin air or the net-voltage etc... Anyway the fans worked on my machine when I used it, but I was extra careful. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent", Isaac Asimov
Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Hi I have read about the problems of installing Debian on Inspiron 2500 and solved that. Now before installing I wonder about some things I haven't found answers to on the net: 1. I see that the hard disk has a 32Mb partition called Dell Utility Can I safely delete this? What is it? 2. How do I make sure that suspend-to-disk will work after installing Linux and then Windows (unfortunately I need to use this too) on the machine. I will repartinate the disc in Linux. 3. Any other things one should make sure to do before starting the installation? Thanks in advance for any hints Preben Randhol -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 31/01/2002 (10:01) : > First you need to create the S2D partition. I believe you can > get a utility from Dell that will create it. I recall some > discussion on this subject on this list awhile ago, check the > archives. There may be another utility (phdisk comes to mind but > I'm not sure). But I don't understand why there isn't a patition on my machine now as it came from dell? I think that this S2D is not a real partition, but like a file that you can put on a windows partition. Anyway I don't think I will use this suspend a lot as I do not trust these things a lot so I'll just go ahead a repartionate now. > Know the spec's: video and audio chipsets, mouse spec's, main > board chipset, processor type, etc. Yes. Thanks! -- Preben Randhol --- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 31/01/2002 (15:40) : > > Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 31/01/2002 (10:01) : > > > First you need to create the S2D partition. I believe you can > > Actually no. First you need to get apm working. I can't Try ACPI not APM I haven't tried yet, but I will later. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
cyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/02/2002 (07:23) : > not flaming or attacking or anything like that - just being cautionary... > > No, don't delete that - 10:1 chances are that you have 32mb of ram and > that's your suspend partition - when you suspend to disk, the contents of > your ram have to be written... to your disk, and I suspect this is also > why our friend here has no success with his suspend due to 'broken bios' - > although it is possible that suspend just doesn't work. The partition contains some MS-DOS utilities for diagnositics etc. I have 256Mb RAM btw. And I have now deleted it, reinstalled Windows XP and installed Linux (after a lot of hassle due to this cursed md), but now it is up and working. Now I need to recompile the kernel to remove APM etc.. -- Preben Randhol --- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 01/02/2002 (07:23) : >When I say the BIOS is broken, I mean anything involving APM -- > even reading battery status -- causes a kernel OOPS, which when > traced, fails when calling the system BIOS. Apparently things have > been this way with every BIOS version greater than A06 -- which isn't > available anywhere I could find. But I don't understand. I thought that it had only ACPI and not APM. ACPI is not fully developed like APM on linux, so I guess ACPI should work in the future. I see that in Windows XP ACPI is used and not APM. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gnome hangs during startup on Inspirion 2500
Has anybody else experienced that when Gnome is starting up the x-window-manager seems to hang for some seconds before sawfish is started. This doesn't happen on my other computer and they have the same setup exceps that this isn't a laptop and have different hardware (a 750MHz versus 850Mhz in the laptop). Thanks in advance. -- Preben Randhol --- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (12:22) : > > > btw, I did find one thing that you can do with APM. If the apm.o module is > > loaded, shutdown actually halts the system. If it isn't, shutdown leaves > > you at a "Power Off" prompt :-) > > (Whoops, I forgot to CC my last reply to the list.) > > Powering the machine off is all that ACPI seems to be good for ATM > as well, but I have some hope that the battery monitoring functions > could be fixed soon (at least, it seems close enough to working and I > have enough information to complain about it and hope someone who > knows what they are doing will try to fix it.) The battery socket gets > detected as long as there is no battery inserted at boottime; if a > battery is inserted after that, ACPI reports errors when trying to > query the battery status. > > I would be happy if anyone (with or without an i2500) wants to try > to help figuring out what is wrong with ACPI. ;-) Could be fun, but I know little about ACPI or kernel programming in general. But please tell how one can see the bug-reports reported by ACPI. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Barb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (14:23) : > I have a 2500 and I have been running Mandrake because Debian (and several > other distros I've tried) lock up on boot up at md (whatever that is). I'd > love to know what that is and how to make it go away. It was a bit tricky, but it can be done. what I did was that I had a Windows system disc that setup your CDROM so you can access the CDROM. Now after booting this disk I went into the install directory in the cdrom and wrote: loadlin.exe linpci root=/dev/ram ro initrd=root.bin cdrom then it boots up the installation. Others say that they have managed by getting the idepci boot discs. The second problem I got was the the kernel that is installed is a kernel with md again so the machine will again hang. What I did was the same as before using the window disc and then : loadlin.exe linpci root=/dev/ram ro initrd=root.bin cdrom now you start the installation again. Choose your keyboard setup and then hit Alt-F2 and Enter here you have a tiny bash and you can do things. What I did was to take a kernel I made on my other machine at the office and changed the lilo setup so that it uses this instead. (I copied this with a floppy) Then it booted up and I could install my files. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (12:22) : > Powering the machine off is all that ACPI seems to be good for ATM > as well, but I have some hope that the battery monitoring functions > could be fixed soon (at least, it seems close enough to working and I > have enough information to complain about it and hope someone who > knows what they are doing will try to fix it.) The battery socket gets > detected as long as there is no battery inserted at boottime; if a > battery is inserted after that, ACPI reports errors when trying to > query the battery status. I compiled 2.4.17 after applying the patch at : acpi.sf.net Now if I don't insmod the ospm_ec module, but load the battery and ac_adapter modules I get some information in /proc/acpi/batter/1/info and /proc/acpi/batter/1/status. Though the gnome battery monitor applet will only show 0% battery. The problem is that the themal zone module won't load. Has anybody else seen this? I had to enable development code in the kernel to compile this. It says that one should have the thermal zone running or the processor may overheat, so I'm a bit nervouse about this. Do anybody know how the fan works on the laptop. I mean does the ACPI turn off fans, or does the hardware regulate the fans if the machine gets hot? Thanks in advance. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500
Barb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (14:23) : > I have a 2500 and I have been running Mandrake because Debian (and several > other distros I've tried) lock up on boot up at md (whatever that is). I'd > love to know what that is and how to make it go away. > > About the only advice I can give is for me, with the i815, the best I can > do in X is 15 bit color. 16 bit just locks up. > I also noticed problems with 16 so I run 24 bit. -- Preben Randhol --- http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Turn up keyrate speed on Inspiron 2500?
I have turned the keyrate to max and the keydelay to minimum on my laptop, but still it is slow compared to my office machine (a desktop). Is it the hardware that is the limitation? Preben -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Turn up keyrate speed on Inspiron 2500?
Cameron Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/02/2002 (02:42) : > You can use xset to set the speed of the keyboard, and that of the mouse > (and some other things too). Yes, but can one get it to be even faster? I used xset and set it to the max values, but it is still slow. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Turn up keyrate speed on Inspiron 2500?
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/02/2002 (18:42) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have turned the keyrate to max and the keydelay to minimum on my > > laptop, but still it is slow compared to my office machine (a desktop). > > > > Is it the hardware that is the limitation? > > It can't be, as I can get things going pretty fast in windows. What are you > using for the mouse? A lot of people suggest gpm for the touchpad, but I > never could get it working decently and found it very slow when it wasn't > sending all sorts of spurious signals. The mouse goes as fast as I need, > when defined as a PS/2 mouse (and in KDE, pointer acceleration is set at > only 2X - of a possible 20X), but the keyboard is noticeably slow still, and > KDE only permits keyboard repeat to be on or off. Mouse works just fine. It is the keyboard that is slow. I mean when you edit a text and you want to go fast to some points in the text with pressing say the left arrow key it takes long time to get to that part of the text you want. Preben -- @@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@o@o@ @@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@P-(@-E-)-@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@o@o@ @@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@@o@o@o@o@ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Abiword hangs. Have somebody else experienced this?
The abiword hangs after I press space and the aspell spellchecker is invoked. However this only happens on my laptop. On my dekstop it works. They have the same debian Testing with some unstable package installed. There are a bugreports about this in the bug system, but I'm wondering if anybody might have found a workaround? Thanks in advance for any hints. -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BIOS warning: Fan(s) error on Dell Inspirion 2500
Have anybody experienced that suddenly when you boot BIOS it gives you a warning that there is a Fan error. I got this a lot and I kept turning off the machine without booting and then suddenly it went away. And once I had to access the machine as I needed to copy something for a lecture and then I got the error. I booted Linux and copied the stuff, but the fans were working and cooling the machine and nothing bad happened. Then when I tried it later I didn't get the problem again. Does anybody know what it is? When I turn on the machine the fans do go around for some time before bios starts. I will call Dell to ask, but I just wanted to know if others have experienced the same. Preben Randhol -- Preben Randhol «For me, Ada95 puts back the joy in programming.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: BIOS warning: Fan(s) error on Dell Inspirion 2500
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 17/04/2002 (08:12) : > Preben Randhol wrote: > > > Have anybody experienced that suddenly when you boot BIOS it gives you a > > warning that there is a Fan error. I got this a lot and I kept turning > > off the machine without booting and then suddenly it went away. And once > > Never. My fans don't come on unless I'm working pretty hard. But I'm > running kernel 2.4.17 with acpi patches. Are you using APM or ACPI? > Interestingly the fans seem to come on almost immediately if I start a high > load program. This is completely independent of the supposed fan-control > support in ACPI because the ACPI bios is broken for fans & thermal. Extremely odd. When I returned home (to my country) I never get the error message about the fans again. Perhaps it was because I was at altitude of 1600 meter above the sea? Thin air an all? Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian proof
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23/04/2002 (12:10) : > Hallo Liste! > > Some time ago I asked, here in the list, how to install Debian/Gnu on > a Gericom M6T and got some helpful feedback. > > Now, unfortunatly, some days ago, somebodey did some housebraeking and > stole the whole thing. > > My question, which current laptop around 2000 is the best choice > for Debian? (My insurance compels me to buy a new one, otherwise they > pay me only the current value and not the purchase price) I have a Dell Inspirion 2500. It is nice. Installing Debian had to be done with the idepci boot discs as installation hangs otherwise. Note however that there are some problems with the pcmcia on Linux, but perhaps this is fixed now? But as I don't need it is ok for me. Check first at: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ the marks you could be interested in buying to see how others have found them. Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian proof
Goran Ristic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/04/2002 (13:19) : > Hmmm..I have no problems with Dell's Inspiron. > Everything works great. Which model number? Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Inspiron 2500 and potato
Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/05/2002 (13:57) : > * Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-05-13 07:22 -0400: > > From: "Andre Berger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi Derek! > > > > installing potato (don't want woody yet) on it. The stock kernel > > > > Why not? There's no good reason to avoid woody. Potato is way too old, > > now. > > I'm a stability freak :) Woody is stable. And when released in some weeks it will be the new stable distribution and then security fixes will only be towards woody. I have Dell Inspirion 2500 running on Woody and there are no problems. Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Inspiron 2500 and potato
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/05/2002 (15:38) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Woody is stable. And when released in some weeks it will be the new > > stable distribution and then security fixes will only be towards woody. > > I think it'll be more than a few weeks - it has to go to "frozen" first. Huh it isn't frozen, but they were supposed to get it out at 1. May and what was said was that they had almost all ready except some key parts. I'm confused. > No problems related to Woody, that is :-) ACPI is still non-functional > (Dell's fault, not the ACPI developers) - but there's no ACPI in potato at > all, I think. Huh I thought that it was due to that the ACPI isn't very developed yet which was the reason why it didn't work. I don't think it is Dells fault. APM on the otherhand fits your description. Well if you want a stable system at least you should get a kernel and recompile it by hand to suite your system. I don't see why you cannot install a 2.4 kernel in potato. Besides you should get alsa to get sound support. Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Inspiron 2500 and potato
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14/05/2002 (20:42) : > > It's Dell's fault that the DSDT (a major part of ACPI) is broken. I'm > not sure whether it's Dell's or Intel's fault processor limits aren't > supported. It's definitely Dell's fault that Thermal and Fan controls > aren't implemented and that the battery info is broken. These are all > things that ACPI has been able to get working on other systems. Ok I had the impression that it was that the ACPI wasn't mature enough. Anyway I'm glad I cannot change the fan and termal as I don't want my laptop to overheat. The battery is not so much needed either as first the light becomes red and then after 10-15 min it start blinking and then you know it is time to turn off. :-) > otoh, APM isn't _broken_ on the i2500 - it doesn't even exist. It's a > pure ACPI machine. OK, but APM used to work on older models of the BIOS Preben -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell Laptop
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 26/09/2002 (14:50) : > > > Im wondering can you help me, Ive having the same problem with my > Laptop. > > > Its a Inspirion 2500, and Im getting the fan error. Once i get back from > > What fan error? What same problem? None of the Inspiron problems I've seen > here recently had anything to do with a fan. ime, the fan on an i2500 is > independent of ACPI It is the BIOS that is telling that there is a fan error after testing the fans at startup even if the fans seem to work with no problem. I experienced the same as Rory Mooney when I was one week in Denver (I live in Europe otherwise). When I came back there was no problem. It seems that Rory Mooney also is in Denver at the moment, so it must be a Dell-Denver-Syndrom :-) I don't know what is causing it, maybe the thin air or the net-voltage etc... Anyway the fans worked on my machine when I used it, but I was extra careful. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- "Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent", Isaac Asimov -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Problem with daemon when offline
Hi If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected to a network. Is there a way to avoid this? I was looking at netenv, is this the correct program to use? Are there others? One annoyance with netenv is that it didn't look to have a timeout like Lilo so that it will wait until you choose a menu. Sometimes I turn on the laptop and then starts making coffee or something while it boots. Thanks in advance. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop > > willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected > > to a network. Is there a way to avoid this? I was looking at > > netenv, is this the correct program to use? Are there others? > > That's two questions. I have exim running on mine and I haven't > noticed a delay at startup when I'm not on the network, so I'm pretty > sure you can avoid that. But you are not running it as a daemon you are using inetd I bet. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop > > willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected > > to a network. Is there a way to avoid this? I was looking at > > netenv, is this the correct program to use? Are there others? > > That's two questions. I have exim running on mine and I haven't > noticed a delay at startup when I'm not on the network, so I'm pretty > sure you can avoid that. But you are not running it as a daemon you are using inetd I bet. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (19:01) : > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) : > > > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > That's two questions. I have exim running on mine and I haven't > > > noticed a delay at startup when I'm not on the network, so I'm pretty > > > sure you can avoid that. > > > > But you are not running it as a daemon you are using inetd I bet. > > No. It runs from /etc/rc2.d/S20exim Check /etc/inetd.conf if you have: #:MAIL: Mail, news and uucp services. smtpstream tcp nowait mail/usr/sbin/exim exim -bs if you do it is not running as a daemon. > I'm betting you need to change some of your local addresses in > exim.conf from domain names to IPs. No exim runs fine when I have network and also when I don't run it as daemon. Regards, Preben Randhol -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (20:07) : > > I guarantee that exim slows down when you start it unconnected to a > network and it needs to do dns lookups. In fact, if you can time the > delay to multiples of 30 seconds I'd guarantee that's your problem > (because typically that's what it takes DNS to time-out). What I > can't guarantee is that your configuration is such that DNS lookups > are required. The default setup if one install exim is that it is not run as a daemon, but that inetd runs it when needed, so I have had no problems with the laptop either when it is on-line or when I take it with me home and use it off-line. However due to that spamassassin and exim eats all my memory when I check mail on Monday mornings I got tips as to run both as daemons. The problem now is that exim hangs for about 30-60 seconds when I boot the system off-line (does not happen on-line) as it tries to do DNS lookup I guess. Now what I tried was to install netenv and set it up so I have two choices. 1) Office setup with network 2) Home setup as localhost only The problem is that netenv is either buggy or something else is wrong, because when I choose the home setup it still get setup like if it was the office setup. So I was looking for something that worked. Preben -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with daemon when offline
Auke Jilderda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/11/2002 (10:23) : > I installed "whereami" and am running exim as daemon. OK I'll try it. Thanks -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol «.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is being sought. It always defeats order, because it is better organized.» -- Interesting Times, Terry Pratchett -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which laptop!!!
"Jean-Marc V. Liotier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/11/2002 (15:11) : > Could you please substantiate that with some facts ? I agree that Dell > is not the best for reliability (they don't survive rough nomadic lives, > although they are fine as movable desktops) and that given enough cash I > would rather buy from IBM. But we have a gaggle of Dell laptops and find > them to be a good compromise given the price. I'm currently typing on an > Inspiron 4000 with Debian and I am quite satisfied. But then I never > asked Dell for Linux support : all I have done I did myself with a > little community support. http://www.lanfear.com/dell/ According to one that had this laptop The point is that you get the answer : "We don't support Linux" from Dell, while from Acer they said he could return the laptop if it didn't work with Linux. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «There are three things you can do to a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.» - Justine, by Lawrence Durrell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Which laptop!!!
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/11/2002 (20:09) : > My sentiments exactly. I'm very happy with my Dell, but I don't > expect any help from them. I'm happy with my Dell too although it wouldn't hurt if the battry status could be checked. :-) But if I'm going to buy a new laptop I would like to buy it from somebody that also consideres Linux. Note I'm not talking about software support. Only to get the machine to work. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «There are three things you can do to a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.» - Justine, by Lawrence Durrell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[kernel 2.4.19] X hangs when logging out on Dell laptop
Hi I upgraded from 2.4.17 to 2.4.19, and it works except for that when I log out from Gnome the kernel cannot manage to restart the X server. It looks to be a problem with the i810 chip support. I have tried different compile combinations, but none seem to help. Have other also experienced this? Is there a solution? I have a Dell 2500 Inspiron running Debian 3.0 Thanks in advance. Regards, Preben -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «There are three things you can do to a woman. You can love her, suffer for her, or turn her into literature.» - Justine, by Lawrence Durrell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dell Inspirion 2500. Network only works if new ACPI is patched in kernel
I had for a long time trouble with compiling my kernels and get network to work on my Dell Inspirion 2500. In the end I found out that the network card only worked when I downloaded and pached an updated ACPI from acpi.sf.net. I tried with 2.4.17-19 I have a this card: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) I don't know if others have experienced this though, but at least if you have problems this is how it worked for me. HTH -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «1984 is soon coming to a computer near you.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: installation problem: My laptop cannot have CD and floppy the same time.
ben park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 28/11/2002 (10:53) : > > Hi, > > I am new to debian. > > During the installation, I was asked to make a startup > floppy, but my laptop (a Dell CPX H500) cannot have cd > and floppy the same time. No problem do mkboot later. > I cannot put LINO into the master boot sector either, > because my linux partition is in the last part of the > disk (first 6GB for windows, last 6GB for linux). So? There is no problem with this. Put Lilo on you linux partition and include windows in lilo. The linux partition should be bootable so that you first get lilo and then you choose OS to boot. -- Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol/ -- «1984 is soon coming to a computer near you.» -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
