RE: 2.5" hard drive opinions..
Title: 2.5" hard drive opinions.. I recently purchased a Seagate 5400 RPM, 100 GB. They have $30 off from buy.com, if the rebate is still valid. All in all, it's a very good drive, but maybe this is too much for your PC. I got a USB2.0 case for the drive, so the drive remains external. No noise, no heat, just great. I suppose your notebook can only do ULTRA66. So maybe you can one of these on ebay. Hope this helps ! --SP From: Digby Tarvin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thu 2/2/2006 6:56 PMTo: debian-laptop@lists.debian.orgSubject: 2.5" hard drive opinions.. I've decided to upgrade the HDD in my notebook for my Debian install,and it looks to me like 100GB is about the best value for money atthe moment...There isn't much difference in price, and I havn't found much in theway of reviews online, so I thought I would ask to see if anyone onthis list had any recomendations, experience, etc...It an older 233MHz Pentium MMX notebook, so I don't need (and can't use)SATA and the like.Seagate ST9100824A, Toshiba MK1031GAS and Fujitsu MHV2100AM are availablelocally, and as far as I can determine compatable.The Toshiba is about 20% cheaper, but 4200rpm rather than 5400rpm.Other than that, I can't see much to choose between them...Regards,DigbyT--Digby R. S. Tarvin digbyt(at)digbyt.comhttp://www.digbyt.com--To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
USB on laptop
Hi everyone, I'm seeing this weird problem on debian sarge. I bought a USB flash drive about a week ago, plugged it in. I (re)compiled the kernel to support usbdevfs and SCSI support. I mounted it fine and installed backup-manager for a daily backup. It worked ok for about 4 days and now, whenever I mount the drive, it times out. Actually, it hangs. I'm getting something like that in dmesg. This is after multiple insertions and hard removals. usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-1 address 4 hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-1, assigned address 5 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 5 usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-1 address 5 hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-1, assigned address 6 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 6 usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-0 address 1 usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-1 address 6 usb.c: USB bus 1 deregistered uhci.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v1.1 PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.2 uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xfca0, IRQ 11 usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-1, assigned address 2 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 2 usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-0 address 1 usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-1 address 2 usb.c: USB bus 1 deregistered uhci.c: fca0: host controller halted. very bad usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 20:58:13 Sep 19 2006 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:02.2 usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xfca0, IRQ 11 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-1, assigned address 2 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 2 usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:02.2-1 address 2 hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-1, assigned address 3 WARNING: USB Mass Storage data integrity not assured USB Mass Storage device found at 3 Lsmod shows this: Module Size Used byNot tainted usb-uhci 21228 0 (unused) nls_iso8859-1 2844 1 (autoclean) nls_cp437 4348 1 (autoclean) vfat9292 5 (autoclean) fat29208 0 (autoclean) [vfat] sd_mod 9900 4 (autoclean) usb-storage21112 1 scsi_mod 82216 2 [sd_mod usb-storage] ipt_TOS 1048 12 (autoclean) ipt_MASQUERADE 1176 2 (autoclean) ipt_LOG 3160 5 (autoclean) ppp_deflate 2904 0 (autoclean) zlib_inflate 18276 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate] zlib_deflate 17432 0 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate] bsd_comp3928 0 (autoclean) printer 6688 0 esssolo1 23624 0 (autoclean) ds 6408 2 yenta_socket8704 2 pcmcia_core35392 0 [ds yenta_socket] ipt_REJECT 2808 4 (autoclean) ipt_state568 51 (autoclean) iptable_mangle 2192 1 (autoclean) ip_nat_irc 2256 0 (unused) ip_nat_ftp 2832 0 (unused) iptable_nat14264 3 [ipt_MASQUERADE ip_nat_irc ip_nat_ftp] ip_conntrack_irc2992 1 ip_conntrack_ftp3760 1 ip_conntrack 16544 4 [ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_state ip_nat_irc ip_nat_ftp iptable_nat ip_conntrack_irc ip_conntrack_ftp] iptable_filter 1668 1 (autoclean) ip_tables 10360 10 [ipt_TOS ipt_MASQUERADE ipt_LOG ipt_REJECT ipt_state iptable_mangle iptable_nat iptable_filter] ppp_async 6240 1 (autoclean) ppp_generic16256 3 (autoclean) [ppp_deflate bsd_comp ppp_async] slhc4384 0 (autoclean) [ppp_generic] Besides rebooting, I don't know what to do. I also used the key on a windows machine after that, everything's fine, no problems. Any idea ? Thanks ! --Stéphane
Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000
Hi, I have a Tecra 8000, running Debian 2.2r5, with a Xircom Fast Ethernet + modem adapter. I got the pcmcia tools to work properly, everything (PCI bus, pcmcia, ethernet card and modem) is using irq 11. The Ethernet adapter is detected and configured. I tried to force the pcmcia driver to use the resources that matched the most Win2000's configuration panel, that is: io_port = fd00-fdff irq = 11 memory = Actually, Windows reported an io list of fd80-fdff but the cardmgr didn't like it, so I bumped it to fd00-fdff and it worked. But as soon as I do an "ifconfig eth0 up", linux freezes. I can do nothing but reboot. The leds on the card are still there, the system looks good but frozen. My kernel supports all the APM flags, serial irq and so on (as I found earlier in the mailing list), the BIOS is set to Cardbus 16-bit, but still, doesn't work. I tried different IO ports, different memory address, always freezes. I tried to force it to fd80 for IO port, cardmgr complained about not being able to allocate 136 IO ports (?). If anybody can point me to a patch, a setting in the kernel, ANYTHING, please help me ! Thanks ! --Stephane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000
Thanks for your reply, Cassandra ! I am using ACPI v9.3. Putting in auto-select mode doesn't work under windows nor linux. I am using kernel 2.2.19 that I recompiled to add APM and some other features (sharing irq and stuff). My NIC is a Xircom RBEM56G-100 (CardBus Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56). So, any clue ? --Stephane -Original Message- From: Cassandra Ludwig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:34 AM To: Provost, Stephane Cc: Debian Laptop List Subject: Re: Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000 Hmm... Okay, being an avid user of the Tecra 8000 myself, I have a few suggestions for you. To start with - always use the PCMCIA slot in auto-select mode. Then, always make the BIOS do the interrupt allocations. >From then, things start getting interesting, and so I would need to ask some questions, starting off the questions :- Are you using the default Debian kernel, or have you upgraded it? What Xircom card do you have? And, have you yet upgraded the bios on the Toshiba? If you haven't upgraded the Bios, I recommend it. As does Toshiba - the Tecra 8000 has some problems with win2K without upgrading, and the win2K issues can cause problems elsewhere (at least Toshiba claims so). If you have still have hassles after this, I'll be happy to help out... Regards, Cassandra - Original Message ----- From: "Provost, Stephane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:57 PM Subject: Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000 > Hi, > > I have a Tecra 8000, running Debian 2.2r5, with a Xircom Fast Ethernet + > modem adapter. I got the pcmcia tools to work properly, everything (PCI bus, > pcmcia, ethernet card and modem) is using irq 11. > > The Ethernet adapter is detected and configured. I tried to force the pcmcia > driver to use the resources that matched the most Win2000's configuration > panel, that is: > > io_port = fd00-fdff > irq = 11 > memory = > > Actually, Windows reported an io list of fd80-fdff but the cardmgr didn't > like it, so I bumped it to fd00-fdff and it worked. > > But as soon as I do an "ifconfig eth0 up", linux freezes. I can do nothing > but reboot. The leds on the card are still there, the system looks good but > frozen. > > My kernel supports all the APM flags, serial irq and so on (as I found > earlier in the mailing list), the BIOS is set to Cardbus 16-bit, but still, > doesn't work. I tried different IO ports, different memory address, always > freezes. I tried to force it to fd80 for IO port, cardmgr complained about > not being able to allocate 136 IO ports (?). > > If anybody can point me to a patch, a setting in the kernel, ANYTHING, > please help me ! > > Thanks ! > > --Stephane > > > -- > 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]
tape drives part 2
Hello all, I've already posted about this a few weeks ago. I recently lost a 60 GB hard drive, so now, I'm really steering away from hard drives and going to tape drives, when it's about backing up data. FYI, my server is a laptop running debian, no SCSI, just USB. I've seen Travan drives from Seagate, they're USB 2.0. The unit is cheap ($250) and tapes are pricey ($3.80/GB). Has anybody used this product ? Is it good ? Anybody has tape drives for linux ? Would amanda do the job for periodic backups ? Are there better alternatives ? Thanks everybody ! --Stéphane
RE: tape drives part 2
Thanks Mark. I am thinking of using the USB version of the drive. Does it mount just like another drive ? I thought amanda was a requirement, but it seems like tar could do the job. Thanks ! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
logrotate stopped working ?
Hello everyone, I'm puzzled here. Logrotate stopped working and I don't know why. If I force the process, such as "logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/apache" , it's fine and dandy. Should logrotate be called from within cron jobs ? aka should there be a "logrotate" entry in the cron.weekly directory ? What am I missing here ?... TIA ! --Stéphane
RE: logrotate stopped working ?
Thanks Ian, It gave me: error: error accessing /var/log/squid: No such file or directory error: squid:4 glob failed for /var/log/squid/*.log Exit 1 I found out I had a 'squid' file in logrotate.d directoty. Silly me ! Thanks a lot for your help ! --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Ian Greenhoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:14 PM To: Provost, Stephane Cc: 'debian-laptop@lists.debian.org' Subject: Re: logrotate stopped working ? Actually, there should be an entry in cron.daily: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate Mine looks like this: --- begin 755 /etc/cron.daily/logrotate #!/bin/sh test -x /usr/sbin/logrotate || exit 0 /usr/sbin/logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf --- end 755 /etc/cron.daily/logrotate More likely, tho, you've got something foobar'd in /etc/logrotate.conf -- try running the logrotate command from /etc/cron.daily/logrotate manually and see what happens. HTH, -Ian On Mon, 2005-03-07 at 11:59 -0800, Provost, Stephane wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm puzzled here. Logrotate stopped working and I don't know why. If I > force the process, such as "logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/apache" , > it's fine and dandy. Should logrotate be called from within cron > jobs ? aka should there be a "logrotate" entry in the cron.weekly > directory ? > > > > What am I missing here ?... TIA ! > > > > --Stéphane > > > > > >
RE: problem with rebooting
Wrong phase of the moon ? Me thinks it may sound like CPU overheat... -Original Message- From: dbp lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:03 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: problem with rebooting On 5/26/05, Giancarlo Bruno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have tried to install Debian Sarge on my notebook, a Toshiba Satellite > P10-792 with an Intel Pentium 4 processor, which has currently Windows XP > running. I installed Debian from the CD and apparently it was all ok, but as > I rebooted the system I got teh following error: > > Code: 0f b6 9c 36 a1 9e 83 e0 ba ff 00 00 00 d3 e2 d3 e3 0f b6 84 > Segmentation fault > <6> Journalled Block Device driver loaded > pivot-root: No such file or directory > /sbin/init: 431: cannot open dev/console: No such file > Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! > This may be completely unrelated, but in setting up Sarge on my TP570E, I ran into the same exact problem and noticed that if I just tried rebooting again... the problem went away. It was really wierd. For the first week or so it would do this routinely and I'd need to effectivly boot twice. The first time getting the Seg fault-> kernel panic, the second time no problems. I'm into the 2nd or so week using it now and I don't seem to be having the problem. It's wierd. > Any hint? > thanks > Giancarlo > > -- Regards, dbp -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
frambuffer (was RE: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1 )
> Is your kernel framebuffer-enabled? (when you boot do you see a little > penguin in the top left corner?) How do you get the little penguin at start up ? is it a kernel option at compile time, or a boot time setting ? Thanks...
RE: ipchains problem
You can't do that with ipchains (or I've never managed to do that with ipchains !). My best advice would be to upgrade to 2.4 and install iptables. I am not sure 2.2 kernels make port forwarding an easy task. Once you get 2.4 installed, I'd recommend using the shorewall package that can be downloaded using apt-get. I don't recall the exact name (do an apt-cache search shorewall). Then, once you installed it, play with the /etc/shorewall/rules file and look at the DNAT or REDIRECT clauses. Good luck. Iptables worked like a charm. --Stephane -Original Message- From: Rodrigo Haces Rozada [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 11:26 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: ipchains problem I know that this have nothing to do with this list, but i'm not suscribed to any other so here it is, I have a router machine connected to internet via DSL, its internal ip is 192.168.0.1, i need every internet package that arrives to port 221 go directly to the local machine with ip 192.168.0.12 port 22, i need to use ipchains cause i have an old kernell, can anyone help me with this? Thanks in Advanced Rodrigo Haces -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I search a laptop without problem in France
Do not use Gericom. The keyboiards break at some point, no pcmcia port, the lcd display isn't that robust... I've had toshiba and ibm laptops, they're great. Hope this helps. Bon courage :) --Stephane -Original Message- From: Francois Maltey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:31 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: I search a laptop without problem in France Hello, I'm in France, and I'm looking for a laptop with linux for all my work. I find gericom laptop but they seem too fragile. I find hp laptop as ZT 1201 S (or ZE 4234 S, ZE 4208 S) at about 900 EUR. They are perhaps a little old, but I believe hp-laptops are robust. but I find no help about linux on these laptop. There are no entry on linux-on-laptops, tuxmobile, and google. Do you know these laptops ? Can I use linux on it ? with xfree ? Can I use pcmcia port for a wifi use ? Do you know the advantages and faults of it ? What other laptop can I buy ? (at about 1000 EUR) Have a good day. François -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
runlevels question
Hi, >From reading Heather's latest response: > entires out of your /etc/inittab. And you can set up one of the runlevels > to have a lot less running than your normal "plugged into the LAN" mode > where you have more going on. Read the man page on update-rc.d to tune > that to your taste; I usually use either runlevel 4, or runlevels 7 > through 9 (after creating them) for that. I have a question. How do you set up multiple runlevels, such as one if the laptop is plugged into AC, one if it is on battery, one if connected to the LAN, one if it's a leap year, etc... I didn't know that was possible, and I'd be interested to know how to do it. Pointers to resources on the WWW is fine too. Thanks a lot ! --Stephane
laptops, centrino and debian
Hi all, [Note: it's slightly off-topic :)] Some people are talking about stolen laptops, some others are selling, well... I'm buying, perhaps. I was wondering if anybody had opinions on this new breed of notebooks with the Centrino technology. By looking at websites and reviews, I selected the following ones: - Dell Latitude D600 or D800. I think the nVidia Geforce 4200 is a requirement to achieve decent 3D (eventhough Debian doesn't really care, I want to do some gaming under Window$). They have good reviews apparently, even if some people really like Dells and others really hate them. - unbranded laptops, such as found on http://www.powernotebooks.com (no, I am doing free advertisement, it was the only website I could find). They have centrino ones (although they're using an ATI GPU) and they are quite cheaper. So my questions are: - is it dangerous to use the latest chipsets (centrino has Intel 855MP) as far as drivers are concerned ? Should I expect Debian to install right off the bat ? - are Dells or Toshibas or XXX _really_ better than unbranded ones ? (unbranded means made by some taiwanese maker in my case) ? Would there be the same issues about installing Debian ? - if anybody recently bought a centrino, would you be kind of enough to tell me what model/brand/specs, if it works well, if you're happy, etc ? I am asking here because I really didn't find much info and reviews. Thanks a bunch ! --Stephane
RE: experience with late model laptops?
My $0.02. If you're looking for cheaper stuff, try www.powernotebooks.com. It's sort of a grey market of the laptops, worth giving it a shot. At least, I got an answer the same day. I think Dells are pretty good, even though I heard their biggest problem is... customer service. Definitely choose a latitude over an inspiron. [However, Dell is a Texas-based company, so if you have political resents, you may want to choose something else :) ] Toshibas sound good, but you have to cope with their special look and feel. Did you consider Sony ? Hope this helps a least a little. Cheers -Original Message- From: Luc Lefebvre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:48 AM To: charlie derr Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: experience with late model laptops? I'm also looking into either Toshiba, Dell, or Apple, to run unstable. The main purpose of the machine will be to run comedi and burn CDs for data archiving. I have experience running Debian potato and Woody . I have been scouring the tuxmobil.org website and there is one account of an install on a Tecra S1. I was looking at the Satellite Pro 6100 . You will also find some good links related to Toshiba at the bottom of the tuxmobil.org/toshiba.html page. The same would apply for Dell . It would also appear that the Apple hardware is pretty well supported I'm about to purchase a new laptop and wondered if anyone > has had any specific success/failures with either of the following: > > Toshiba Tecra S1 > 1.4GHz Mobile Intel Pentium M processor w/Centrino, 1GB RAM, > 60GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 56K, 10/100 Ethernet, > Intel WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro and a 15" UXGA active-matrix display > Graphics Processor Vendor > ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 > > Sony VAIO GRT100 > 2.5GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor-M, 512MB, > 60GB hard drive, 24X10X24 CD-RW/8X DVD-ROM, 56K, > 10/100 Ethernet, WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro > and a 15" XGA active-matrix display > Graphics Processor Vendor > NVidia GeForce4 420 Go > > > I don't particularly care about the modem or the wireless, > and I'll probably run sid (unstable) on it, but I was hoping > to get a bit of feedback if there's someone willing to share. > >thanks so very much in advance, > ~c > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Luc Lefebvre In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few. Key fingerprint = D2E5 5E35 B910 6F4E 0242 EC63 0FD9 96D0 C7F4 784E -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: experience with late model laptops?
I was talking about Centrino's only. They sound much more promising than P4-Ms. And battery life is... much better. From all the newsgroups I've read, the Dells are quite hot too. The D800 uses an Nvidia GeForce 400, which is quite hot. The Radeon (ATI Radeon 9000) is much cooler and less power-greedy, maybe slightly less performant than the GeForce. IBMs and Dells have the best battery life. Note one thing: all the online tests you'll see only mention big brands, but never generics. So I am sure they're a little biased and cheaper generic models might cut just as well as expensive models. As for Centrino and linux, someone posted a link already, I am sure google has the answer. --Stephane -Original Message- From: Jeff Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:23 PM To: Provost, Stephane Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: experience with late model laptops? Provost, Stephane wrote: > My $0.02. If you're looking for cheaper stuff, try www.powernotebooks.com. > It's sort of a grey market of the laptops, worth giving it a shot. At least, > I got an answer the same day. > with a specific reference to the 'Sager NP4020' model on the 15" page on the site, and also targeted generally at laptops that use desktop P4s: i have an earlier model of this laptop, it is a generic model marketed by a number of companies including alienware and eurcom in north america. I have unstable running on it with most functionality available, but i haven't tried to access firewire, USB etc and don't yet have dri running. also, these things run _HOT_ and have crappy battery life. i would recommend in these cases to go with a centrino-based laptop for most uses, but i'm not sure where linux support for this is at. anyone? bueller? ->jeff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: experience with late model laptops?
I've read user comments about this laptop and... the battery life sucks, it's slow and badly designed, although very pretty. Bottom line was: expensive, pretty, but you won't get the best bank for the bucks. I don't know where I read those, I think I used google. HTH. --S. -Original Message- From: Xavier Maillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:14 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: experience with late model laptops? What about a PCG-Z1SP sony model ? This is what I am planning to buy in a few months (2-3). Does anybody have feedback for this model ? Thx, XM On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:50:25 -0400 Luc Lefebvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm also looking into either Toshiba, Dell, or Apple, to run unstable. The main purpose of the machine will be to run comedi and burn CDs for data archiving. I have experience running Debian potato and Woody . I have been scouring the tuxmobil.org website and there is one account of an install on a Tecra S1. I was looking at the Satellite Pro 6100 . You will also find some good links related to Toshiba at the bottom of the tuxmobil.org/toshiba.html page. The same would apply for Dell . > > It would also appear that the Apple hardware is pretty well supported > *^\ > > Opinions and esp. advice welcome, > > cheers > > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 12:41:21PM -0400, charlie derr wrote: > > I'm about to purchase a new laptop and wondered if anyone > > has had any specific success/failures with either of the following: > > > > Toshiba Tecra S1 > > 1.4GHz Mobile Intel Pentium M processor w/Centrino, 1GB RAM, > > 60GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 56K, 10/100 Ethernet, > > Intel WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro and a 15" UXGA active-matrix display > > Graphics Processor Vendor > > ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 > > > > Sony VAIO GRT100 > > 2.5GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor-M, 512MB, > > 60GB hard drive, 24X10X24 CD-RW/8X DVD-ROM, 56K, > > 10/100 Ethernet, WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro > > and a 15" XGA active-matrix display > > Graphics Processor Vendor > > NVidia GeForce4 420 Go > > > > > > I don't particularly care about the modem or the wireless, > > and I'll probably run sid (unstable) on it, but I was hoping > > to get a bit of feedback if there's someone willing to share. > > > >thanks so very much in advance, > > ~c > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Luc Lefebvre > > In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, > in the expert's mind there are few. > > Key fingerprint = D2E5 5E35 B910 6F4E 0242 EC63 0FD9 96D0 C7F4 784E > > > -- > 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]
Epson C82, USB and modules
Hi all, This might be a little off-topic, so please forgive me :) I am running 2.4.20, don't remember if it's potato or woody. Anyways, I'd like to know if it's possible to compile modules (say the USB printer module), get the module, put it in the right place, and do an insmod without having to restart the system. I thought modules where pieces of code that can loaded and unloaded at will. So that should mean that I can compile them on the side, and (hopefully) insmod them later. I tried to change my .config file and do a make modules, but the .o file didn't show up, so I don't know what to do. Oh, USB support is compiled, but I want the USB printer module to be able to use my brand new epson c82, and hook it up with samba to share it to the network. Thanks ! --Stephane
RE: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?
Hi all, I am also receiving a _lot_ of these [EMAIL PROTECTED] emails from spammers, especially with attachments of 150k. Does anybody know which mailfilter I should use ? My wishlist is: - I'd like to filter based on rules (regexp) - I'd like to have a report of what got filtered and why. On this topic, I remember once someone sending a report from his mailfilter giving a score to the email. This score was based on points associated to the probability it is a spam (like 5 points for certain keywords, more for big attachments, points for the sender -whether it's valid or not), etc... - whether it uses config files or has a web front-end doesn't really matter... Suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks ! --Stéphane
RE: samba printing
Hi Folk :) I have an epson c82 and it took me ages to get it to work with CUPS and samba. First, samba. Here's (a snippet of) my smb.conf, maybe something will help you there. [global] admin users = root printer admin = stephane printcap name = cups load printers = yes printing = cups [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 printable = Yes browseable = No public = Yes guest ok = Yes writable = No [print$] comment = Printers Drivers path = /etc/samba/drivers browseable = yes guest ok = no read only = yes write list = root This allows clients to automatically download the drivers when mapping the printer. Also, when configuring CUPS, I would strictly follow their website (www.cups.org). This is how my printers.conf looks like: Info Location DeviceURI usb://EPSON/Stylus%20C82 <-- note the usb:// here State Stopped StateMessage Paused Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 I am assuming you're using the USB version of the printer. If it's parallele, usb:// will look different. I think you'll need to use smbpasswd to create an account for the printer. Also, according to your workgroup/domain settings, you'll need to add the printer using the admin account (root in my case), otherwise you'll get priviledges problems. Again, the CUPS website got me started... If you want the clients to automatically download the printer's drivers, you have to put a few PPDs and other files in /usr/share/cups/model, but that's another discussion. Hope this helps. --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Alessandro Speranza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 5:20 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: samba printing Hi Folks. I know this is not exactly a laptop problem, but since I'm having it with my laptop I ask it to you. I've got (damn it!) an Epson printer connected to a Windows XP box. The printer is shared with the other computers of the workgroup. One of these computers is mine, which dual boots (with same IP) on linux and windows. I've got samba (smbd and nmbd) running and if I do smbclient //servername/sharename I get the smb prompt and can put stuff and get it printed. However, when I try to configure cups, after I finish I get the following message from the cups web-interface: Description: epson Location: Printer State: processing, accepting jobs. "Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: SMB tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED" Device URI: smb://MATEMATICA11/EPSON82 Furthermore, from the samba log file for the print server I get messages like: [2003/10/01 11:53:36, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_open_connection(201) LDAPS option set...! [2003/10/01 11:53:36, 0] passdb/secrets.c:fetch_ldap_pw(264) fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved! [2003/10/01 11:53:36, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_connect_system(308) ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for from secrets.tdb Does anybody have any idea what's going on? By the way, I installed the "unix print service" or something like that on the windows machine. Cheers Alessandro -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
NDAS with debian ?
Hi all, Has anybody managed to get NDAS support with debian ? I am thinking of buying the Ximeta netdisk external drive ($99 at Fry's for all american folks, for an 80-gig drive, not bad !). This drive can act as an expensive Netapps filer, but it's much simpler to use, much smaller and cheaper. Anybody has one ? How did it perform ? Thanks ! --Stéphane
Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000
Hi, I have a Tecra 8000, running Debian 2.2r5, with a Xircom Fast Ethernet + modem adapter. I got the pcmcia tools to work properly, everything (PCI bus, pcmcia, ethernet card and modem) is using irq 11. The Ethernet adapter is detected and configured. I tried to force the pcmcia driver to use the resources that matched the most Win2000's configuration panel, that is: io_port = fd00-fdff irq = 11 memory = Actually, Windows reported an io list of fd80-fdff but the cardmgr didn't like it, so I bumped it to fd00-fdff and it worked. But as soon as I do an "ifconfig eth0 up", linux freezes. I can do nothing but reboot. The leds on the card are still there, the system looks good but frozen. My kernel supports all the APM flags, serial irq and so on (as I found earlier in the mailing list), the BIOS is set to Cardbus 16-bit, but still, doesn't work. I tried different IO ports, different memory address, always freezes. I tried to force it to fd80 for IO port, cardmgr complained about not being able to allocate 136 IO ports (?). If anybody can point me to a patch, a setting in the kernel, ANYTHING, please help me ! Thanks ! --Stephane
RE: Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000
Thanks for your reply, Cassandra ! I am using ACPI v9.3. Putting in auto-select mode doesn't work under windows nor linux. I am using kernel 2.2.19 that I recompiled to add APM and some other features (sharing irq and stuff). My NIC is a Xircom RBEM56G-100 (CardBus Ethernet 10/100+Modem 56). So, any clue ? --Stephane -Original Message- From: Cassandra Ludwig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:34 AM To: Provost, Stephane Cc: Debian Laptop List Subject: Re: Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000 Hmm... Okay, being an avid user of the Tecra 8000 myself, I have a few suggestions for you. To start with - always use the PCMCIA slot in auto-select mode. Then, always make the BIOS do the interrupt allocations. >From then, things start getting interesting, and so I would need to ask some questions, starting off the questions :- Are you using the default Debian kernel, or have you upgraded it? What Xircom card do you have? And, have you yet upgraded the bios on the Toshiba? If you haven't upgraded the Bios, I recommend it. As does Toshiba - the Tecra 8000 has some problems with win2K without upgrading, and the win2K issues can cause problems elsewhere (at least Toshiba claims so). If you have still have hassles after this, I'll be happy to help out... Regards, Cassandra - Original Message ----- From: "Provost, Stephane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 7:57 PM Subject: Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000 > Hi, > > I have a Tecra 8000, running Debian 2.2r5, with a Xircom Fast Ethernet + > modem adapter. I got the pcmcia tools to work properly, everything (PCI bus, > pcmcia, ethernet card and modem) is using irq 11. > > The Ethernet adapter is detected and configured. I tried to force the pcmcia > driver to use the resources that matched the most Win2000's configuration > panel, that is: > > io_port = fd00-fdff > irq = 11 > memory = > > Actually, Windows reported an io list of fd80-fdff but the cardmgr didn't > like it, so I bumped it to fd00-fdff and it worked. > > But as soon as I do an "ifconfig eth0 up", linux freezes. I can do nothing > but reboot. The leds on the card are still there, the system looks good but > frozen. > > My kernel supports all the APM flags, serial irq and so on (as I found > earlier in the mailing list), the BIOS is set to Cardbus 16-bit, but still, > doesn't work. I tried different IO ports, different memory address, always > freezes. I tried to force it to fd80 for IO port, cardmgr complained about > not being able to allocate 136 IO ports (?). > > If anybody can point me to a patch, a setting in the kernel, ANYTHING, > please help me ! > > Thanks ! > > --Stephane > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
RE: Thinkpad 390
I got it to work on my ThinkPad 290, although it has a different CPU, but the same NeoMagic card. Here are some excerpts from my XF86Config file: --8<-- snip --8<-- Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "neomagic" Option "UseFBDev" "true" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 28-49 VertRefresh 43-72 Option "DPMS" EndSection --8<-- snip --8<-- Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection --8<-- snip --8<-- I use XFree86 v4.1.0.1. Good luck. --SP. -Original Message- From: Ivar Alm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:55 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Thinkpad 390 I have a simple problem with my (rather old by now) IBM Thinkpad 390. Well, problem or problem, I cannot get my resolution to exceed 800x600. It is very annoying, since the graphics card should support 1024x768, at least since it has 2MB of memory. Not internal, it uses the RAM. My 390 has the NeoMagic 256 graphics, 32MB ram, and a 200MHz Pentium. If this helps anybody to see the answer. I have edited my config files, so the resolutions above 800x600 shouldn't be discarded because of sync rates. There exist modes within the entered ranges. Should the machine be capable of displaying 1024x768, or am I totally wrong? Plz //Ivar - ** Ivar Alm ! Where does Microsoft want to drag you today? ! Umeå, Sweden ! Do you really want to go there? ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.acc.umu.se/~octo -- 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: Nokia Cardphone 2.0
Are you sure it loaded the appropriate module ? do a "lsmod" and see if there's anything that mentions your Nokia Cardphone thing. If not, you'll have to use insmod and find out which module to load... As for using the ttyS interface, wouldn't minicom be a good place to start ? (I am not sure about this one :) ). Hope this helps ! --Stephane -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:22 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Nokia Cardphone 2.0 Hi, I've got a Nokia Cardphone 2.0 and don't know how to configure/use it... When I insert it into my PCMCIA-slot I get a high and a deep beep... Cardinfo shows "serial or modem" but no device and #cardctl ident shows: Socket 0: product info: "Nokia Mobile Phones", "Nokia Card Phone" manfid: 0x0124, 0x0900 function: 2 (serial) (what seems for me to be right...) #cardctl status shows: Socket 0: 5V 16-bit PC Card function 0: [ready], [wp] How can I access the phone via a ttyS interface? Thanks Max -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: pcmcia administration
You will need to install the pcmcia_cs package (look it up on freshmeat). I
know there's a .deb package.
Once you got that installed, I believe you'll have to compile the modules
and your kernel to support these. Don't forget to select the right card type
when compiling the pcmcia package, especially for the 3c589. You'll need to
insmod it probably ("insmod 3c59x" does the job for me) and that should do
it. If you didn't modify your startup files, you'll also need to do
"/etc/init.d/networking start" to see eth0 back in your interfaces list.
Hope this helps !
--Stephane
-Original Message-
From: Keitsch, Krischan
To: Debian-Laptop (E-Mail)
Sent: 10/25/02 12:25 AM
Subject: pcmcia administration
Hello List
I installed a Debian Woody distribution on my Dell laptop. I must have
mist
the "pcmcia network installtion" during the initial installation
procedure.
Since I am new to Debian (I had a Suse distribution before) I don't know
how
to administrate the pcmcia network settings afterwards.
I am using the 2.2.20 standard kernel. "cardinfo" tells me that it did
indeed find the pcmcia devices. (The pcmcia network card is a 3c589.
That
seems to work fine.) However, it does not seem to initilize the the
network
device. When I say "ifconfig" it shows me only the lo stuff.
I tried to administrate the network parameters with "netconf". Well,
that
created a conf.modules file. That did not help much!
If you could give me a hint which tool to use or if you could name me a
howto, manpage, I would be glad.
Thank you vermy much
Krischan Keitsch
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RE: New user question....
Isn't it just a hotkey on your keyboard to switch to another display ? On my Thinkpad, it's a Function key plus a number to switch from VGA, LCD or both. Make sure that you have the proper resolution (and depth) for your VGA output to be enabled (Thinkpads only work in 16 bits and 1024x768 I think). As for changing resolution, CTRL ALT + or CTRL ALT - should do the job for switching between resolutions. Make sure your xf86config has all the parameters set up. --Stephane -Original Message- From: ajTreece [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 12:39 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: New user question I've just completed an install on my Fujitsu laptop and was just wondering... There will be times when I will use an external monitor with the laptop. How do I change Gnome / X11 config to go from 800x600 to 1280x1024? Thanks, ajTreece -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: PCMCIA network card
Almost all 3Com and Intel (EtherExpress) cards are supported. I myself have one 3com and one intel etherexpress in my laptop, works pretty well... You just need the modules to be loaded. I think that by "only works under Windows", they really meant "doesn't work for MacOS". Linux is a given, if it works for Windows, it has a very high chance of working for Linux as well (harware-wise). --Stephane -Original Message- From: Carmen Alfaro To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Sent: 10/26/02 5:37 PM Subject: PCMCIA network card Hi all, I'm trying to find a pcmcia network card that will be fully supported under linux, Debian woody 3.0r0 bf24 specifically, but after several hours spent browsing around the net I haven't found any. I've tried the 3Com site, but for almost every model they list the same remark is shown: 'will not work on systems other than windows'. So I'm a tad lost. Can any one advise me on any pcmcia card I can use with my laptop? Thanks in advance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Thinkpad 390
I got it to work on my ThinkPad 290, although it has a different CPU, but the same NeoMagic card. Here are some excerpts from my XF86Config file: --8<-- snip --8<-- Section "Device" Identifier "Generic Video Card" Driver "neomagic" Option "UseFBDev" "true" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 28-49 VertRefresh 43-72 Option "DPMS" EndSection --8<-- snip --8<-- Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor" DefaultDepth24 SubSection "Display" Depth 1 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 4 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 15 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection SubSection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" EndSubSection EndSection --8<-- snip --8<-- I use XFree86 v4.1.0.1. Good luck. --SP. -Original Message- From: Ivar Alm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 11:55 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Thinkpad 390 I have a simple problem with my (rather old by now) IBM Thinkpad 390. Well, problem or problem, I cannot get my resolution to exceed 800x600. It is very annoying, since the graphics card should support 1024x768, at least since it has 2MB of memory. Not internal, it uses the RAM. My 390 has the NeoMagic 256 graphics, 32MB ram, and a 200MHz Pentium. If this helps anybody to see the answer. I have edited my config files, so the resolutions above 800x600 shouldn't be discarded because of sync rates. There exist modes within the entered ranges. Should the machine be capable of displaying 1024x768, or am I totally wrong? Plz //Ivar - ** Ivar Alm ! Where does Microsoft want to drag you today? ! Umeå, Sweden ! Do you really want to go there? ! [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.acc.umu.se/~octo -- 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: Nokia Cardphone 2.0
Are you sure it loaded the appropriate module ? do a "lsmod" and see if there's anything that mentions your Nokia Cardphone thing. If not, you'll have to use insmod and find out which module to load... As for using the ttyS interface, wouldn't minicom be a good place to start ? (I am not sure about this one :) ). Hope this helps ! --Stephane -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:mpascher@;t-online.de] Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 2:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Nokia Cardphone 2.0 Hi, I've got a Nokia Cardphone 2.0 and don't know how to configure/use it... When I insert it into my PCMCIA-slot I get a high and a deep beep... Cardinfo shows "serial or modem" but no device and #cardctl ident shows: Socket 0: product info: "Nokia Mobile Phones", "Nokia Card Phone" manfid: 0x0124, 0x0900 function: 2 (serial) (what seems for me to be right...) #cardctl status shows: Socket 0: 5V 16-bit PC Card function 0: [ready], [wp] How can I access the phone via a ttyS interface? Thanks Max -- 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: pcmcia administration
You will need to install the pcmcia_cs package (look it up on freshmeat). I
know there's a .deb package.
Once you got that installed, I believe you'll have to compile the modules
and your kernel to support these. Don't forget to select the right card type
when compiling the pcmcia package, especially for the 3c589. You'll need to
insmod it probably ("insmod 3c59x" does the job for me) and that should do
it. If you didn't modify your startup files, you'll also need to do
"/etc/init.d/networking start" to see eth0 back in your interfaces list.
Hope this helps !
--Stephane
-Original Message-
From: Keitsch, Krischan
To: Debian-Laptop (E-Mail)
Sent: 10/25/02 12:25 AM
Subject: pcmcia administration
Hello List
I installed a Debian Woody distribution on my Dell laptop. I must have
mist
the "pcmcia network installtion" during the initial installation
procedure.
Since I am new to Debian (I had a Suse distribution before) I don't know
how
to administrate the pcmcia network settings afterwards.
I am using the 2.2.20 standard kernel. "cardinfo" tells me that it did
indeed find the pcmcia devices. (The pcmcia network card is a 3c589.
That
seems to work fine.) However, it does not seem to initilize the the
network
device. When I say "ifconfig" it shows me only the lo stuff.
I tried to administrate the network parameters with "netconf". Well,
that
created a conf.modules file. That did not help much!
If you could give me a hint which tool to use or if you could name me a
howto, manpage, I would be glad.
Thank you vermy much
Krischan Keitsch
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RE: New user question....
Isn't it just a hotkey on your keyboard to switch to another display ? On my Thinkpad, it's a Function key plus a number to switch from VGA, LCD or both. Make sure that you have the proper resolution (and depth) for your VGA output to be enabled (Thinkpads only work in 16 bits and 1024x768 I think). As for changing resolution, CTRL ALT + or CTRL ALT - should do the job for switching between resolutions. Make sure your xf86config has all the parameters set up. --Stephane -Original Message- From: ajTreece [mailto:aj.treece@;sun.com] Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 12:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New user question I've just completed an install on my Fujitsu laptop and was just wondering... There will be times when I will use an external monitor with the laptop. How do I change Gnome / X11 config to go from 800x600 to 1280x1024? Thanks, ajTreece -- 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: PCMCIA network card
Almost all 3Com and Intel (EtherExpress) cards are supported. I myself have one 3com and one intel etherexpress in my laptop, works pretty well... You just need the modules to be loaded. I think that by "only works under Windows", they really meant "doesn't work for MacOS". Linux is a given, if it works for Windows, it has a very high chance of working for Linux as well (harware-wise). --Stephane -Original Message- From: Carmen Alfaro To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10/26/02 5:37 PM Subject: PCMCIA network card Hi all, I'm trying to find a pcmcia network card that will be fully supported under linux, Debian woody 3.0r0 bf24 specifically, but after several hours spent browsing around the net I haven't found any. I've tried the 3Com site, but for almost every model they list the same remark is shown: 'will not work on systems other than windows'. So I'm a tad lost. Can any one advise me on any pcmcia card I can use with my laptop? Thanks in advance. -- 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]
frambuffer (was RE: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1)
> Is your kernel framebuffer-enabled? (when you boot do you see a little > penguin in the top left corner?) How do you get the little penguin at start up ? is it a kernel option at compile time, or a boot time setting ? Thanks... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: I search a laptop without problem in France
Do not use Gericom. The keyboiards break at some point, no pcmcia port, the lcd display isn't that robust... I've had toshiba and ibm laptops, they're great. Hope this helps. Bon courage :) --Stephane -Original Message- From: Francois Maltey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 1:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I search a laptop without problem in France Hello, I'm in France, and I'm looking for a laptop with linux for all my work. I find gericom laptop but they seem too fragile. I find hp laptop as ZT 1201 S (or ZE 4234 S, ZE 4208 S) at about 900 EUR. They are perhaps a little old, but I believe hp-laptops are robust. but I find no help about linux on these laptop. There are no entry on linux-on-laptops, tuxmobile, and google. Do you know these laptops ? Can I use linux on it ? with xfree ? Can I use pcmcia port for a wifi use ? Do you know the advantages and faults of it ? What other laptop can I buy ? (at about 1000 EUR) Have a good day. François -- 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]
runlevels question
Hi, >From reading Heather's latest response: > entires out of your /etc/inittab. And you can set up one of the runlevels > to have a lot less running than your normal "plugged into the LAN" mode > where you have more going on. Read the man page on update-rc.d to tune > that to your taste; I usually use either runlevel 4, or runlevels 7 > through 9 (after creating them) for that. I have a question. How do you set up multiple runlevels, such as one if the laptop is plugged into AC, one if it is on battery, one if connected to the LAN, one if it's a leap year, etc... I didn't know that was possible, and I'd be interested to know how to do it. Pointers to resources on the WWW is fine too. Thanks a lot ! --Stephane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
laptops, centrino and debian
Hi all, [Note: it's slightly off-topic :)] Some people are talking about stolen laptops, some others are selling, well... I'm buying, perhaps. I was wondering if anybody had opinions on this new breed of notebooks with the Centrino technology. By looking at websites and reviews, I selected the following ones: - Dell Latitude D600 or D800. I think the nVidia Geforce 4200 is a requirement to achieve decent 3D (eventhough Debian doesn't really care, I want to do some gaming under Window$). They have good reviews apparently, even if some people really like Dells and others really hate them. - unbranded laptops, such as found on http://www.powernotebooks.com (no, I am doing free advertisement, it was the only website I could find). They have centrino ones (although they're using an ATI GPU) and they are quite cheaper. So my questions are: - is it dangerous to use the latest chipsets (centrino has Intel 855MP) as far as drivers are concerned ? Should I expect Debian to install right off the bat ? - are Dells or Toshibas or XXX _really_ better than unbranded ones ? (unbranded means made by some taiwanese maker in my case) ? Would there be the same issues about installing Debian ? - if anybody recently bought a centrino, would you be kind of enough to tell me what model/brand/specs, if it works well, if you're happy, etc ? I am asking here because I really didn't find much info and reviews. Thanks a bunch ! --Stephane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: experience with late model laptops?
My $0.02. If you're looking for cheaper stuff, try www.powernotebooks.com. It's sort of a grey market of the laptops, worth giving it a shot. At least, I got an answer the same day. I think Dells are pretty good, even though I heard their biggest problem is... customer service. Definitely choose a latitude over an inspiron. [However, Dell is a Texas-based company, so if you have political resents, you may want to choose something else :) ] Toshibas sound good, but you have to cope with their special look and feel. Did you consider Sony ? Hope this helps a least a little. Cheers -Original Message- From: Luc Lefebvre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:48 AM To: charlie derr Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: experience with late model laptops? I'm also looking into either Toshiba, Dell, or Apple, to run unstable. The main purpose of the machine will be to run comedi and burn CDs for data archiving. I have experience running Debian potato and Woody . I have been scouring the tuxmobil.org website and there is one account of an install on a Tecra S1. I was looking at the Satellite Pro 6100 . You will also find some good links related to Toshiba at the bottom of the tuxmobil.org/toshiba.html page. The same would apply for Dell . It would also appear that the Apple hardware is pretty well supported I'm about to purchase a new laptop and wondered if anyone > has had any specific success/failures with either of the following: > > Toshiba Tecra S1 > 1.4GHz Mobile Intel Pentium M processor w/Centrino, 1GB RAM, > 60GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 56K, 10/100 Ethernet, > Intel WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro and a 15" UXGA active-matrix display > Graphics Processor Vendor > ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 > > Sony VAIO GRT100 > 2.5GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor-M, 512MB, > 60GB hard drive, 24X10X24 CD-RW/8X DVD-ROM, 56K, > 10/100 Ethernet, WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro > and a 15" XGA active-matrix display > Graphics Processor Vendor > NVidia GeForce4 420 Go > > > I don't particularly care about the modem or the wireless, > and I'll probably run sid (unstable) on it, but I was hoping > to get a bit of feedback if there's someone willing to share. > >thanks so very much in advance, > ~c > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Luc Lefebvre In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few. Key fingerprint = D2E5 5E35 B910 6F4E 0242 EC63 0FD9 96D0 C7F4 784E -- 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: experience with late model laptops?
I was talking about Centrino's only. They sound much more promising than P4-Ms. And battery life is... much better. From all the newsgroups I've read, the Dells are quite hot too. The D800 uses an Nvidia GeForce 400, which is quite hot. The Radeon (ATI Radeon 9000) is much cooler and less power-greedy, maybe slightly less performant than the GeForce. IBMs and Dells have the best battery life. Note one thing: all the online tests you'll see only mention big brands, but never generics. So I am sure they're a little biased and cheaper generic models might cut just as well as expensive models. As for Centrino and linux, someone posted a link already, I am sure google has the answer. --Stephane -Original Message- From: Jeff Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:23 PM To: Provost, Stephane Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: experience with late model laptops? Provost, Stephane wrote: > My $0.02. If you're looking for cheaper stuff, try www.powernotebooks.com. > It's sort of a grey market of the laptops, worth giving it a shot. At least, > I got an answer the same day. > with a specific reference to the 'Sager NP4020' model on the 15" page on the site, and also targeted generally at laptops that use desktop P4s: i have an earlier model of this laptop, it is a generic model marketed by a number of companies including alienware and eurcom in north america. I have unstable running on it with most functionality available, but i haven't tried to access firewire, USB etc and don't yet have dri running. also, these things run _HOT_ and have crappy battery life. i would recommend in these cases to go with a centrino-based laptop for most uses, but i'm not sure where linux support for this is at. anyone? bueller? ->jeff -- 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: experience with late model laptops?
I've read user comments about this laptop and... the battery life sucks, it's slow and badly designed, although very pretty. Bottom line was: expensive, pretty, but you won't get the best bank for the bucks. I don't know where I read those, I think I used google. HTH. --S. -Original Message- From: Xavier Maillard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 4:14 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: experience with late model laptops? What about a PCG-Z1SP sony model ? This is what I am planning to buy in a few months (2-3). Does anybody have feedback for this model ? Thx, XM On Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:50:25 -0400 Luc Lefebvre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm also looking into either Toshiba, Dell, or Apple, to run unstable. The main purpose of the machine will be to run comedi and burn CDs for data archiving. I have experience running Debian potato and Woody . I have been scouring the tuxmobil.org website and there is one account of an install on a Tecra S1. I was looking at the Satellite Pro 6100 . You will also find some good links related to Toshiba at the bottom of the tuxmobil.org/toshiba.html page. The same would apply for Dell . > > It would also appear that the Apple hardware is pretty well supported > *^\ > > Opinions and esp. advice welcome, > > cheers > > On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 12:41:21PM -0400, charlie derr wrote: > > I'm about to purchase a new laptop and wondered if anyone > > has had any specific success/failures with either of the following: > > > > Toshiba Tecra S1 > > 1.4GHz Mobile Intel Pentium M processor w/Centrino, 1GB RAM, > > 60GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 56K, 10/100 Ethernet, > > Intel WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro and a 15" UXGA active-matrix display > > Graphics Processor Vendor > > ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9000 > > > > Sony VAIO GRT100 > > 2.5GHz Mobile Intel Pentium 4 processor-M, 512MB, > > 60GB hard drive, 24X10X24 CD-RW/8X DVD-ROM, 56K, > > 10/100 Ethernet, WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro > > and a 15" XGA active-matrix display > > Graphics Processor Vendor > > NVidia GeForce4 420 Go > > > > > > I don't particularly care about the modem or the wireless, > > and I'll probably run sid (unstable) on it, but I was hoping > > to get a bit of feedback if there's someone willing to share. > > > >thanks so very much in advance, > > ~c > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Luc Lefebvre > > In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, > in the expert's mind there are few. > > Key fingerprint = D2E5 5E35 B910 6F4E 0242 EC63 0FD9 96D0 C7F4 784E > > > -- > 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] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Epson C82, USB and modules
Hi all, This might be a little off-topic, so please forgive me :) I am running 2.4.20, don't remember if it's potato or woody. Anyways, I'd like to know if it's possible to compile modules (say the USB printer module), get the module, put it in the right place, and do an insmod without having to restart the system. I thought modules where pieces of code that can loaded and unloaded at will. So that should mean that I can compile them on the side, and (hopefully) insmod them later. I tried to change my .config file and do a make modules, but the .o file didn't show up, so I don't know what to do. Oh, USB support is compiled, but I want the USB printer module to be able to use my brand new epson c82, and hook it up with samba to share it to the network. Thanks ! --Stephane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?
Hi all, I am also receiving a _lot_ of these [EMAIL PROTECTED] emails from spammers, especially with attachments of 150k. Does anybody know which mailfilter I should use ? My wishlist is: - I'd like to filter based on rules (regexp) - I'd like to have a report of what got filtered and why. On this topic, I remember once someone sending a report from his mailfilter giving a score to the email. This score was based on points associated to the probability it is a spam (like 5 points for certain keywords, more for big attachments, points for the sender -whether it's valid or not), etc... - whether it uses config files or has a web front-end doesn't really matter... Suggestions are more than welcome. Thanks ! --Stéphane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: samba printing
Hi Folk :) I have an epson c82 and it took me ages to get it to work with CUPS and samba. First, samba. Here's (a snippet of) my smb.conf, maybe something will help you there. [global] admin users = root printer admin = stephane printcap name = cups load printers = yes printing = cups [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 printable = Yes browseable = No public = Yes guest ok = Yes writable = No [print$] comment = Printers Drivers path = /etc/samba/drivers browseable = yes guest ok = no read only = yes write list = root This allows clients to automatically download the drivers when mapping the printer. Also, when configuring CUPS, I would strictly follow their website (www.cups.org). This is how my printers.conf looks like: Info Location DeviceURI usb://EPSON/Stylus%20C82 <-- note the usb:// here State Stopped StateMessage Paused Accepting Yes JobSheets none none QuotaPeriod 0 PageLimit 0 KLimit 0 I am assuming you're using the USB version of the printer. If it's parallele, usb:// will look different. I think you'll need to use smbpasswd to create an account for the printer. Also, according to your workgroup/domain settings, you'll need to add the printer using the admin account (root in my case), otherwise you'll get priviledges problems. Again, the CUPS website got me started... If you want the clients to automatically download the printer's drivers, you have to put a few PPDs and other files in /usr/share/cups/model, but that's another discussion. Hope this helps. --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Alessandro Speranza [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 5:20 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: samba printing Hi Folks. I know this is not exactly a laptop problem, but since I'm having it with my laptop I ask it to you. I've got (damn it!) an Epson printer connected to a Windows XP box. The printer is shared with the other computers of the workgroup. One of these computers is mine, which dual boots (with same IP) on linux and windows. I've got samba (smbd and nmbd) running and if I do smbclient //servername/sharename I get the smb prompt and can put stuff and get it printed. However, when I try to configure cups, after I finish I get the following message from the cups web-interface: Description: epson Location: Printer State: processing, accepting jobs. "Unable to connect to SAMBA host, will retry in 60 seconds...ERROR: SMB tree connect failed: NT_STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED" Device URI: smb://MATEMATICA11/EPSON82 Furthermore, from the samba log file for the print server I get messages like: [2003/10/01 11:53:36, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_open_connection(201) LDAPS option set...! [2003/10/01 11:53:36, 0] passdb/secrets.c:fetch_ldap_pw(264) fetch_ldap_pw: no ldap secret retrieved! [2003/10/01 11:53:36, 0] passdb/pdb_ldap.c:ldap_connect_system(308) ldap_connect_system: Failed to retrieve password for from secrets.tdb Does anybody have any idea what's going on? By the way, I installed the "unix print service" or something like that on the windows machine. Cheers Alessandro -- 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]
NDAS with debian ?
Hi all, Has anybody managed to get NDAS support with debian ? I am thinking of buying the Ximeta netdisk external drive ($99 at Fry's for all american folks, for an 80-gig drive, not bad !). This drive can act as an expensive Netapps filer, but it's much simpler to use, much smaller and cheaper. Anybody has one ? How did it perform ? Thanks ! --Stéphane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Problem with my Compaq mouse P/S2
Interesting email address ('computer specialist') :)
You're on a debian mailing list. If this problem happens on a system where
debian is installed, it may be a problem with gpm. Run gpmconfig again and
choose the appropriate PS/2 (and not 'P/S2') mouse for your system.
Eventually, it will work.
Good luck !
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Subject: Problem with my Compaq mouse P/S2
When I try to move the mouse, it goes to the right hand side of the screen.
Thereafter, I cannot see the mouse.
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Debian vs... ? (was RE: powerbook and debian)
Hi everybody, This might be off-topic, but Yves started it :) We're evaluating a professional platform that can run enterprise applications. We need reliability, good threading, responsiveness, stability, performance, but also easy management (if there's such a thing) and good support. Sadly, the rest of the team is completely going the RedHat way, because... it's supported. They have a yearly maintenance fee to help you out to do stuff. What this stuff is, I don't know, probably things that you don't know if you're not a linux/RedHat export. I am _definitely_ a debian fan and my gut feeling tells me it's better than RH for sure. I really don't like the way RH charges you, the way it installs, the way it's maintained... You get the idea. So could anybody give serious reasons as to why RH is bad, Debian is better ? I've looked on Google but I didn't find a real serious report. Thanks a lot ! --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Yves Rutschle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:21 AM To: Raymond Wan Cc: Angel; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: powerbook and debian On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:10:45PM +1100, Raymond Wan wrote: > I have no experience with Mac OS, either, but I heard that the OS > is based on Unix, so I don't see a reason for installing Debian over it. Surely, the same reasons as installing Debian over any RedHat... Y. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Video out of Dell laptop
"repasser" is "to iron" :) comme en Francais, "passer le fer a repasser" :) --Stéphane -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Video out of Dell laptop Le 12515ième jour après Epoch, Jaap Haitsma écrivait: > Hi, > > Is there anybody out there who has the video out of their Dell Laptop > working under Linux (my laptop is a Latitude C600)? What do you mean by video? I'm using my Dell C840 as a DVD player when my wife "repasse" (I don't know the english word) and it works OK plugged on my TV. "repasse": Using a hot bi-parabolic then rectangular object trying to plane some strange clothes. -- The default Magic Word, "Abracadabra", actually is a corruption of the Hebrew phrase "ha-Bracha dab'ra" which means "pronounce the blessing". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tape backup ?
Hello everybody, Another random question for debian users on laptop. The hard disk on my server/laptop has been working a lot for the past 3 years and I am now waking up in cold sweats during the middle of the night because I didn't do any backup. So here I am now, browsing for backup solutions, from Zip drives to DVD burners or CD burners. Here's what I want to do: - the disk is rather small (< 10 GB) but I want to be able to do incremental and full backups - the media is not important. Tapes would be good I guess ? (they're cheap and 'scratch resistant' as opposed to CDs) - I don't have SCSI stuff. - Some software should support it (I am running woody). - USB would be great, speed is not important. - CHEAP ! I can't spend $1000 bucks for the overall system. I know I am asking for too much, but maybe someone has already thought about it and can enlighten me on the possible solutions. Thanks very much everybody !! --Stéphane Do you think that illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
hdd defragmentation / e2defrag
Hi again, I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the drive should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I want to defrag /dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader configuration tool because the image may have moved. What does the latter part mean ? I thought the kernel image was just a file and the bootloader lived in the MBR no matter what ? What is the magical instruction to reconfigure lilo ? I don't want to screw the system up and not be able to reboot (gasp). Thanks ! --Stéphane
RE: tape backup ?
Hmmm didn't think about this. That's a great idea though. And how do I restore the files now ? Say my HDD crashes, do I need to reinstall Debian and then run a reverse rsync or something like this ? Does rsync allow to backup an entire OS (including config files, special files, links, etc...) ? I am really looking for something like 'ghost'... I am not sure rsync cuts it. I'll do more searching though. Thanks / Merci ! --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Pascal Mainini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: tape backup ? Hello Stephane > Another random question for debian users on laptop. i'm not really sure if your question really belongs to debian- laptop - but anyway, my solution also works with laptops :-) > So here I am now, browsing for backup solutions, from Zip drives to DVD > burners or CD burners. have you already thought about external harddisks (usb 2.0 or firewire - doesn't matter and depends on what you prefer). > - the disk is rather small (< 10 GB) but I want to be able to do > incremental and full backups if you buy an external disk with let's say 250gb of space, you will be able to keep 25 versions of your backup - enough for a version of each month of a year as well as a version for the last 4 weeks and the last 7 days (or whatever your strategy is). i'm doing my backup that way and i'm really happy about it (this means: i didn't have any problems with it). there are many ways for backing up your data to the disk - i do it using a specialised shellscript which uses rsync. if you like you can have a look at it on http://www.impressionet.ch/gurkeback/ > - the media is not important. Tapes would be good I guess ? (they're cheap > and 'scratch resistant' as opposed to CDs) i don't know about where you live - but here in switzerland, good tapedrives are quite expensive. also, tapes can fail due to moist, rough and long- time usage or dust. also you're not that flexible if you need more space later (you can just buy a larger disk if you need more space). also, tapes tend to be slow i think (except of course for really expensive material) > - Some software should support it (I am running woody). firewire disks are no problem at all and mountable as is a normal harddisk. i don't know how well usb 2.0 disks work - i prefer firewire. > - USB would be great, speed is not important. speed is quite good with firewire/usb 2.0 > - CHEAP ! I can't spend $1000 bucks for the overall system. here in switzerland you'll get a firewire-hd-case with included power supply + a 250 gb hd for around 230-240 us-$. if you're paranoid you can even buy a second one :-) kind regards, Pascal Mainini -- Pascal Mainini --- open-minded computer artist encrypted mail preferred- http://www.impressionet.ch/crypto/ more? -> www.impressionet.ch ---artist? -> www.guerk.li jabber? - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag
All right then. It's true that I was first raised on DOS so a FAT HAD to be defragmented often. Thanks for your comments, I'll therefore forget about defragmenting my HDD. --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Curt Howland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi. Not to put water on your fire, but a *nix system is inherently different from a MS style one. Defraging is pretty much not needed for two reasons. First, files are written to a location on the disk where the file will fit whole first, then in two pieces if the disk is really full, and so on, so that fragmentation is a rare event and eventually self correcting. Compare this to MS, where the first open sector is used regardless of whether the file will fit. Fragmentation is the rule. Second, Linux is a multi-task system where having your disk heads flying around actually aids in accessing tasks, where the system can recognize "Gee, the heads are close to that one, lets grab that first then move over and get the rest." Opportunistic, as it were. In closing, back in 1995 when I first asked this same question, the folks at the time suggested that the hazards of running the defrag far outweighed the possible minor benefits. Curt- On Tuesday 25 May 2004 13:45, Provost, Stephane was heard to say: > Hi again, > > I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the > drive should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I > want to defrag /dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader > configuration tool because the image may have moved. > > What does the latter part mean ? I thought the kernel image was > just a file and the bootloader lived in the MBR no matter what ? > What is the magical instruction to reconfigure lilo ? I don't want > to screw the system up and not be able to reboot (gasp). > > Thanks ! > > --Stéphane - -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBQLOVBy9Y35yItIgBAQHhWgf9HsAyiR7+H+m5gs58lBRvHg+AjOUteV4Y jUoaDl+yqfupYIJ/FLJNyyZGuaTAm3rnwxcqONz/vi4CFUiq3r/6VEAGtnby3Ia+ LghB5bGkbcfef5hRzePP/mcGquXSWiIVwyn73uqhsNOPLAoxpew4ustQGEKFLBGQ 0mfk2HthZaRv9tHLDVyEFoAoIuv2kEAgzQVM0r69psX5+V/GCAerboOHAmA9v91T NCyUCK/Eg8T9tLgdbldWJnHiQE8DYAAUajS2pw+hvewa/1yqeCD5H2rN444KVB4W w2me68xomnB6Hrn8qtsMuuKTzbczE7Bm18jSrJLO4Umm3YlO0ZAxSQ== =PDtv -END PGP SIGNATURE-
RE: Problem with my Compaq mouse P/S2
Interesting email address ('computer specialist') :)
You're on a debian mailing list. If this problem happens on a system where
debian is installed, it may be a problem with gpm. Run gpmconfig again and
choose the appropriate PS/2 (and not 'P/S2') mouse for your system.
Eventually, it will work.
Good luck !
-Original Message-
From: Langson B.-Computer Specialist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:51 AM
To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Problem with my Compaq mouse P/S2
When I try to move the mouse, it goes to the right hand side of the screen.
Thereafter, I cannot see the mouse.
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Debian vs... ? (was RE: powerbook and debian)
Hi everybody, This might be off-topic, but Yves started it :) We're evaluating a professional platform that can run enterprise applications. We need reliability, good threading, responsiveness, stability, performance, but also easy management (if there's such a thing) and good support. Sadly, the rest of the team is completely going the RedHat way, because... it's supported. They have a yearly maintenance fee to help you out to do stuff. What this stuff is, I don't know, probably things that you don't know if you're not a linux/RedHat export. I am _definitely_ a debian fan and my gut feeling tells me it's better than RH for sure. I really don't like the way RH charges you, the way it installs, the way it's maintained... You get the idea. So could anybody give serious reasons as to why RH is bad, Debian is better ? I've looked on Google but I didn't find a real serious report. Thanks a lot ! --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Yves Rutschle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 2:21 AM To: Raymond Wan Cc: Angel; debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: powerbook and debian On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 12:10:45PM +1100, Raymond Wan wrote: > I have no experience with Mac OS, either, but I heard that the OS > is based on Unix, so I don't see a reason for installing Debian over it. Surely, the same reasons as installing Debian over any RedHat... Y.
RE: Video out of Dell laptop
"repasser" is "to iron" :) comme en Francais, "passer le fer a repasser" :) --Stéphane -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:58 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Video out of Dell laptop Le 12515ième jour après Epoch, Jaap Haitsma écrivait: > Hi, > > Is there anybody out there who has the video out of their Dell Laptop > working under Linux (my laptop is a Latitude C600)? What do you mean by video? I'm using my Dell C840 as a DVD player when my wife "repasse" (I don't know the english word) and it works OK plugged on my TV. "repasse": Using a hot bi-parabolic then rectangular object trying to plane some strange clothes. -- The default Magic Word, "Abracadabra", actually is a corruption of the Hebrew phrase "ha-Bracha dab'ra" which means "pronounce the blessing". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
tape backup ?
Hello everybody, Another random question for debian users on laptop. The hard disk on my server/laptop has been working a lot for the past 3 years and I am now waking up in cold sweats during the middle of the night because I didn't do any backup. So here I am now, browsing for backup solutions, from Zip drives to DVD burners or CD burners. Here's what I want to do: - the disk is rather small (< 10 GB) but I want to be able to do incremental and full backups - the media is not important. Tapes would be good I guess ? (they're cheap and 'scratch resistant' as opposed to CDs) - I don't have SCSI stuff. - Some software should support it (I am running woody). - USB would be great, speed is not important. - CHEAP ! I can't spend $1000 bucks for the overall system. I know I am asking for too much, but maybe someone has already thought about it and can enlighten me on the possible solutions. Thanks very much everybody !! --Stéphane Do you think that illiterate people get the full effect of alphabet soup?
hdd defragmentation / e2defrag
Hi again, I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the drive should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I want to defrag /dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader configuration tool because the image may have moved. What does the latter part mean ? I thought the kernel image was just a file and the bootloader lived in the MBR no matter what ? What is the magical instruction to reconfigure lilo ? I don't want to screw the system up and not be able to reboot (gasp). Thanks ! --Stéphane
RE: tape backup ?
Hmmm didn't think about this. That's a great idea though. And how do I restore the files now ? Say my HDD crashes, do I need to reinstall Debian and then run a reverse rsync or something like this ? Does rsync allow to backup an entire OS (including config files, special files, links, etc...) ? I am really looking for something like 'ghost'... I am not sure rsync cuts it. I'll do more searching though. Thanks / Merci ! --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Pascal Mainini [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:25 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: tape backup ? Hello Stephane > Another random question for debian users on laptop. i'm not really sure if your question really belongs to debian- laptop - but anyway, my solution also works with laptops :-) > So here I am now, browsing for backup solutions, from Zip drives to DVD > burners or CD burners. have you already thought about external harddisks (usb 2.0 or firewire - doesn't matter and depends on what you prefer). > - the disk is rather small (< 10 GB) but I want to be able to do > incremental and full backups if you buy an external disk with let's say 250gb of space, you will be able to keep 25 versions of your backup - enough for a version of each month of a year as well as a version for the last 4 weeks and the last 7 days (or whatever your strategy is). i'm doing my backup that way and i'm really happy about it (this means: i didn't have any problems with it). there are many ways for backing up your data to the disk - i do it using a specialised shellscript which uses rsync. if you like you can have a look at it on http://www.impressionet.ch/gurkeback/ > - the media is not important. Tapes would be good I guess ? (they're cheap > and 'scratch resistant' as opposed to CDs) i don't know about where you live - but here in switzerland, good tapedrives are quite expensive. also, tapes can fail due to moist, rough and long- time usage or dust. also you're not that flexible if you need more space later (you can just buy a larger disk if you need more space). also, tapes tend to be slow i think (except of course for really expensive material) > - Some software should support it (I am running woody). firewire disks are no problem at all and mountable as is a normal harddisk. i don't know how well usb 2.0 disks work - i prefer firewire. > - USB would be great, speed is not important. speed is quite good with firewire/usb 2.0 > - CHEAP ! I can't spend $1000 bucks for the overall system. here in switzerland you'll get a firewire-hd-case with included power supply + a 250 gb hd for around 230-240 us-$. if you're paranoid you can even buy a second one :-) kind regards, Pascal Mainini -- Pascal Mainini --- open-minded computer artist encrypted mail preferred- http://www.impressionet.ch/crypto/ more? -> www.impressionet.ch ---artist? -> www.guerk.li jabber? - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag
All right then. It's true that I was first raised on DOS so a FAT HAD to be defragmented often. Thanks for your comments, I'll therefore forget about defragmenting my HDD. --Stéphane -Original Message- From: Curt Howland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:49 AM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: hdd defragmentation / e2defrag -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi. Not to put water on your fire, but a *nix system is inherently different from a MS style one. Defraging is pretty much not needed for two reasons. First, files are written to a location on the disk where the file will fit whole first, then in two pieces if the disk is really full, and so on, so that fragmentation is a rare event and eventually self correcting. Compare this to MS, where the first open sector is used regardless of whether the file will fit. Fragmentation is the rule. Second, Linux is a multi-task system where having your disk heads flying around actually aids in accessing tasks, where the system can recognize "Gee, the heads are close to that one, lets grab that first then move over and get the rest." Opportunistic, as it were. In closing, back in 1995 when I first asked this same question, the folks at the time suggested that the hazards of running the defrag far outweighed the possible minor benefits. Curt- On Tuesday 25 May 2004 13:45, Provost, Stephane was heard to say: > Hi again, > > I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the > drive should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I > want to defrag /dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader > configuration tool because the image may have moved. > > What does the latter part mean ? I thought the kernel image was > just a file and the bootloader lived in the MBR no matter what ? > What is the magical instruction to reconfigure lilo ? I don't want > to screw the system up and not be able to reboot (gasp). > > Thanks ! > > --Stéphane - -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBQLOVBy9Y35yItIgBAQHhWgf9HsAyiR7+H+m5gs58lBRvHg+AjOUteV4Y jUoaDl+yqfupYIJ/FLJNyyZGuaTAm3rnwxcqONz/vi4CFUiq3r/6VEAGtnby3Ia+ LghB5bGkbcfef5hRzePP/mcGquXSWiIVwyn73uqhsNOPLAoxpew4ustQGEKFLBGQ 0mfk2HthZaRv9tHLDVyEFoAoIuv2kEAgzQVM0r69psX5+V/GCAerboOHAmA9v91T NCyUCK/Eg8T9tLgdbldWJnHiQE8DYAAUajS2pw+hvewa/1yqeCD5H2rN444KVB4W w2me68xomnB6Hrn8qtsMuuKTzbczE7Bm18jSrJLO4Umm3YlO0ZAxSQ== =PDtv -END PGP SIGNATURE-
tape drives part 2
Hello all, I've already posted about this a few weeks ago. I recently lost a 60 GB hard drive, so now, I'm really steering away from hard drives and going to tape drives, when it's about backing up data. FYI, my server is a laptop running debian, no SCSI, just USB. I've seen Travan drives from Seagate, they're USB 2.0. The unit is cheap ($250) and tapes are pricey ($3.80/GB). Has anybody used this product ? Is it good ? Anybody has tape drives for linux ? Would amanda do the job for periodic backups ? Are there better alternatives ? Thanks everybody ! --Stéphane
RE: tape drives part 2
Thanks Mark. I am thinking of using the USB version of the drive. Does it mount just like another drive ? I thought amanda was a requirement, but it seems like tar could do the job. Thanks !
