Installing Debian On Chromebook Pixel
Hi folks, I just created a wiki page explaining how to set up the Chromebook Pixel on Debian. It'd be great if someone could take a look and check that it's sane and good. I've been using Debian on this laptop for a while now, and it works very well indeed. https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/ChromebookPixel Thanks, Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131223041521.ga...@manta.lan
Installing Debian On Chromebook Pixel
Hi folks, I just created a wiki page explaining how to set up the Chromebook Pixel on Debian. It'd be great if someone could take a look and check that it's sane and good. I've been using Debian on this laptop for a while now, and it works very well indeed. https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/ChromebookPixel Thanks, Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131223041237.ga22...@manta.lan
Re: Installing Debian On Chromebook Pixel
Hi Bob, Thanks for your feedback. Some responses inline. Quoth Bob Proulx: > I don't have a Chromebook. Therefore I don't consider myself well > versed in the subject. I can't test it out. But I have written > laptop pages for Debian before though so have some experience with > that end. Since no one else answered I wanted to give feedback. > > I read through the wiki page you created and I am impressed. I found > it covered all of the information I could think of covering. It > provided good references to the issues. Thank you for making all of > that great information available. Good job! Great, glad you think so, thanks! I wasn't sure about linking to the external guide for installing Debian, but it's so clear I thought it was best. > It both motivated me that I should get an ARM laptop So firstly, the Chromebook Pixel isn't an ARM. Some other Chromebooks are, but this one is x86_64. The exciting things about this laptop for me are the screen primarily, and also the freeness of the firmware [2] (though I lack the expertise to take advantage of that, which is a pity as there are some changes I'd ideally like). > and terrified me > due to the battery loss dev-mode issue. I would like to ask about > that issue. Have you experienced a flat battery yourself and had to > go through the recovery process? > > The posting by Bill Richardson said that the Chromebook 1) was not > bricked but needed ChromeOS recovery and 2) that dev-mode was stored > in "battery-backed CMOS". But battery-backed CMOS should survive a > main battery used to zero. Those are all new enough that a CMOS > battery shouldn't be dead year. Therefore a main battery used to zero > shouldn't seem to brick the unit. Is that not true on the Chromebook? The battery loss thing scares me too. It hasn't happened to me, despite the battery completely running out on me quite a few times (that was before I learned about the potential danger). All I have to go on is the post I linked, plus a couple more [0] [1]. I read "battery-backed CMOS" as meaning the CMOS settings were backed by the main battery. But perhaps I'm wrong. Either way though, it's clearly something that has burned others (and you're right, I can't imagine a non-defective battery lasting less than a year), so it's worth being very cautious about. Probably it's technically possible to flash different firmware onto the thing, and Google have been fantastic about releasing firmware code [2], so it may be fixable. But it's beyond my resources to fix it, sadly. Nick 0. https://plus.google.com/111049168280159033135/posts/4nkSEmGoVF4 1. https://plus.google.com/117057264318218846563/posts/hnVnjpF53zY 2. https://lwn.net/Articles/537791/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131224002715.ga5...@manta.lan
Re: Installing Debian On Chromebook Pixel
Quoth Bob Proulx: > Wow. 2560 x 1700 at 239 PPI touchscreen is quite impressive! I can > see the attraction. Even though it is widescreen it has some vertical > pixels. Yeah, I dislike widescreen as an aspect ratio a lot, and the 3:2 ratio suits me well. And the high DPI makes for some very pleasingly crisp text. Mmmm. > They cheated and didn't provide a battery to back up the CMOS!!?! > > > I read "battery-backed CMOS" as meaning the CMOS settings were > > backed by the main battery. But perhaps I'm wrong. > > No. You have it right. Thanks for rereading the links for me and confirming that. > Not present. Wow. I can't believe they designed it without any > completely non-volatile storage of any kind. It is pretty bad, isn't it? I suppose it's just something they overlooked, given that it would never be noticed with their primary usecase (user boots Google signed operating system). > Would make me want to open the box up and find some > place to tuck a CR2032 into it somewhere and wire the power up to > whatever it uses for CMOS ram. That'd be a nice idea. Though opening the box up and digging around for the CMOS ram bit would be non-trivial, not to mention (I imagine) actually finding space in the case. I'm taking it as an extra prompt to ensure my backups are regular and complete. I like to think of the company I read about quite recently who have bots designed specifically to cause certain parts of their infrastructure to fail at random, to ensure that their failover systems all work reliably (I forget the company or where to find the reference, unfortunately). I'm just going to pretend that Google created this bug deliberately to encourage me to get my backup procedures completely solid ;) > The machine has an SD card slot. The main storage is only 32G. I > think I would buy a 32G SD card and install it in the slot full time. > Use the internal storage just as a shim to boot over to a 32G SD card. > Then you would be safe. At present the SD card mounting doesn't survive suspend properly (needs to be umounted then mounted), so I'm not sure that this would work. But it could be my specific kernel (well, the 3.10 series), or something to do with me just calling pm-suspend straight, rather than from a desktop environment, I don't know. Any thoughts as to that? Should I document that (and the workaround I added to /etc/pm/sleep.d) in the wiki page, do you think? As I say, my solution is just backup lots and trust in my script that shuts the computer down if the battery is below 10%. Not ideal, but good enough. Thanks for your thoughts. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131230021239.ga16...@manta.lan
Re: indication on purchase laptop
Quoth Robert Holtzman: > I have to cast a dissenting vote. I have a thinkpad T420 I bought off the > Lenovo Web site approx 2 yrs ago. The frame is plastic and as thin as > possible. When you pick it up there is enough flex so that the DVD drive > opens. > > Does anyone know of a new/recent laptop with a metal frame? * > > * Not Toshiba or HP or a gamers box. My Chromebook Pixel[0] is really solidly built, and has a solid metal frame. However it's pretty much the archetype of the not-meant-to-be-opened machine - there are disassembly instructions and photos provided by Google (which is awesome), but it's very much not recommended. And they do things like use a non-standard SSD size, so it isn't replaceable. Nick 0. https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/ChromebookPixel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140507140713.ga4...@manta.lan
Re: Debian installation problems
Hi There Please can somebody help me with my Debian installation. I have tried my first debian installation but with some teething problems. I have a 6gb disk drive which I have a 3gb partition for Windows and the rest for linux. First I copied the contents of Debian 2.2.19pre17 disc 1 to my hard Windows partition. Booted from dos and proceeded with the installation. I think the problem lies where I had to choose which components to install. I tried to install all the Xfree components but still after login I cannot get XWindows to launch. This is the error I get when I type STARTX. X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Thanks Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect - wheres my cdrom ?
Hi There Please can somebody help with my Debian Woody installation. In dselect if I choose access I have no option for cd rom. What should I type to get the cd rom setup so I can get cracking and install X. I have a dual boot of Windowz and Linux, currently Lilo only boots Linux how can I edit Lilo to boot up so I can press shift and get both win and linux option? Regards Nick
Fatal server error: no screens found
I have installed Debian Woody 2.3 on a Toshiba Libretto 70CT notebook. When I type STARTX I get the following messages: (WW) Chips(0): Mode pool is empty (EE) Chips(0): No valid modes found (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Is there anybody who has installed Debian on this model notebook successfully and knows how I can fix this problem. Thanks Nick
Debian Upgrade
I have Debian Woody 2.2 r3. I want to upgrade to debian Potato 2.2 r5. Can somebody explain the upgrading process. Nick
Why Woody?
Alot of you on this mailing list have told me to stay with Woody rather than upgrade to Potato because Woody will eventually be the stable version. What is the major difference between Woody and Potato, why is Woody better than Potato? I am confused now, I spent a few hours downloading Potato 2.2r5 to upgrade Woody 2.2r3 with the view of having the most stable release but from what I have been told through this mailing list this is not the case so I am now reluctant to install Potato even though on the download page it does say it is stable. I only started with Debian Woody 2.2r3 over a week ago and although I didn't find it too difficult to install and have already picked up some of the lingo purely by searching the Debian web site and performing copious amounts of searches on Google I have had a few problems in X-Windows with my display and mouse. I have installed Debian Woody 2.2r3 on my Toshiba Libretto 70CT, which I admit it is an old notebook PC but I want to use it purely for learning Debian before I install it on other computers. I figure if I can have Debian working on this notebook successfully I should be alright with installing on most other computers. My problem is when I originally installed Debian I opted for the advanced display setup rather than the other which would have been easier. Anyway it wouldn't load X-Windows because my screen was not setup correctly. So I found a solution, I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to re-setup my display and mouse etc. This seems to have worked and allowed me to run X-Windows but my mouse is very strange it seems to have long delays when moving the cursor around the screen and I am concerned my display is still not setup correctly although I really have no idea it could just be the mouse. Has anyone used dpkg-reconfigure xcommon-xfree86 on a Toshiba Libretto 70CT and remembers how much memory they used for the graphics card and which mouse they selected. Nick
Woody
To all Thank you all for your help explaining Woody and Potato I have decided to stick with my current installation of Woody and wait for the release of 3.0. I had a look at a site for downloading the testing version of Woody, why so many cd's? Nick
Need help with Woody on Toshiba Libretto 70CT
I have Woody installed on my Toshiba Libretto 70CT notebook. I have successfully setup the display and mouse works fine now, no problems there. My current issue is this notebook does not use any scsi devices and some how I have installed support for IBM scsi KD-7000 whatever that is, anyway it fails to locate this piece of hardware and I think if I removed this it would speed up the startup. When I startX I get a message in XConsole which describes the failed search for IBM KD-7000 scsi device. How can I remove this? I am also concerned that when using dselect if left for a minute or two with no activity it then automatically boots into X-Windows with a login box which I do not normally get, and then each time I try to logout it starts X again and I can only get out by resetting the computer. Is this related to the above problem? Nick
PCMCIA Modem - PhonicPro
Has anyone tried the Phonic ProV92 (model 11300) PCMCIA Modem yet. I would really like to hear others success stories or comments on how they set this modem up if it worked. Nick
Debian PC Requirements
I know I have a Debian Woody and I am pretty sure it is 2.3. What I would like to know is what are the minimum PC requirements for this version. Nick
Re: Debian PC Requirements
Michael Why do you think I am making the transition to Debian Linux, I have had enough of WINDOWS! I want to stop using Windows because the multitude of Viruses seem to be tailor made for "Windows"! Even the best Security software doesn't stop viruses from infiltrating a Windows system and Antivirus programs and firewalls such as Norton seem to just make hackers all the more determined to attack a Windows computer because there are so many free tools to hack Windows. I am very new to Debian, I have had some success with Redhat but I like Debian, its ease of installation and all the great tools and packages make it a very sexy package and it's FREE! But if I am ever to learn I have to ask questions or else I will never be in a position to bin my Windows cd's. Nick - Original Message - From: "Chris Jenks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:41 AM Subject: Re: Debian PC Requirements > At 06:26 AM 4/9/02, Michal Melewski wrote: > > > Basically Nick this isn't windows. It will run on what every you want > > it to. > > > I'm not sure if it will run on a 286 or a 8086, but I'm pretty sure no one > > > has > > > those sitting around anywhere (well I do, but they're not being used). > >I'm sure it won't :) > >Linux can't be run on machines weaker then 386 because 286 didn't have > >'protected mode'. (i'm not sure whether it's proper name but...) > > I thought I saw somewhere on the web that the old ATARI's had a port. > (I have one of those sitting in the basement too. Atari 800lx). > > My point in the email was: if you can buy it on the market, you should > be able to run Debian on it. Only the cutting edge stuff will give you slight > head aches from lack of drivers. (Well win-modems will cause head aches > too). > > > -- > 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: Debian PC Requirements
Hi Derek I remember hearing about Corel, I never knew Debian was to be its successor, almost makes me wish I started learning Linux earlier. I have had some success with a few distros for example Redhat, Mandrake, Slackware, Fat Linux and now Debian but I have to say Debian is the easiest to setup with very little help which was not the case with the other distros I mentioned above. Second to Debian I would choose Redhat but unfortunately the support was not there where as with Debian I have had support from day one and if reading the documentation from the Debian web site wasn't enough the mailing list provided me with all the support I could ask for. Personally I don't think Debian should be frowned upon as just an introductory package to Linux, it is a very powerful Linux distribution with over three thousand packages to choose from, we are spoilt for choice. I intend to try the Ham radio software in the near future and I have already been using a Debian package called GSchem for drawing up schematics. My next trick will be to findout if my modem is compatible. Nick - Original Message - From: "Derek Broughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:30 PM Subject: Re: Debian PC Requirements > Nick wrote: > > > > I am very new to Debian, I have had some success with Redhat but I like > > Debian, its ease of installation and all the great tools and packages make > > it a very sexy package and it's FREE! But if I am ever to learn I have to > > ask questions or else I will never be in a position to bin my Windows cd's > > Hey, Nick, you're our kind of guy! Many people complain that Debian > isn't a good intro system for Linux. It's too hard to get it working > (so they say). I started with a Debian system (Corel Linux) and while > the Corel part was junked fairly quickly, I've never been sorry I chose > Debian. > > So, as people have told you, any currently (or even not so current) > available processor should be usable. The tricky bits are the video and > modems. You seem to have the video worked out, but modems... So many > are Winmodems that it becomes important to check for compatibility first. > >> > >>My point in the email was: if you can buy it on the market, you should > >>be able to run Debian on it. Only the cutting edge stuff will give you > >>slight > >>head aches from lack of drivers. (Well win-modems will cause head aches > >>too). > -- > derek > > > -- > 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]
.raw file extensions
I am currently downloading the latest release of Woody from this ftp site: http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/debian-cd/unofficial/woody/i386/ I am use to iso images, how do I unzip a .raw image to disc? Nick *** Laptop Specifications : Toshiba Libretto 70CT Pentium 120MMX cpu, 32mb ram, 1mb Chips 65550 graphics chip, Yamaha OPL3-sax sound, 6gb hard disk. 640x480 res. lcd display. Dual boot : Windows95/Debian Woody. ***
NetBSD
Has anyone tried NetBSD I read about it in the latest UK Linux Magazine. I am curious if I could run it on my dinky notebook. There was also a couple of pages on installing Debian packages, somebody might find it useful. Nick *** Laptop Specifications : Toshiba Libretto 70CT Pentium 120MMX cpu, 32mb ram, 1mb Chips 65550 graphics chip, Yamaha OPL3-sax sound, 6gb hard disk. 640x480 res. lcd display. Dual boot : Windows95/Debian Woody. ***
Re: Debian PC Requirements
Thanks Nate I will do just that. As for my testimonial I only say it how I see it. I feel confident in using Debian and where I don't understand something there is an copious amount of documentation which is easy to find at www.debian.org and aslong as it is read which I think those who moan about Debian probably do not then there shouldn't be too many problems but there is always the mailing list to fall back on if the documentation still doesn't help us so really Debian is the ultimate Linux package because guidance is always at hand. I am trying to stick with the reading because I like discovering solutions myself, I seem to have a knack for it but when I need help I will ask one of the friendly folk from the mailing list. Nick *** Laptop Specifications : Toshiba Libretto 70CT Pentium 120MMX cpu, 32mb ram, 1mb Chips 65550 graphics chip, Yamaha OPL3-sax sound, 6gb hard disk. 640x480 res. lcd display. Dual boot : Windows95/Debian Woody. *** - Original Message - From: "Nate Bargmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 3:31 AM Subject: Re: Debian PC Requirements > * Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002 Apr 09 21:18 -0500]: > > > > Wow, Nick. > > What a testimonial! > > Normally the knock on Debian is that "it's too difficult for newbies to > install" and "is a distribution only experts could love." If I didn't > know better I'd say you're on a quest to counter every bit of FUD I've > heard on Debian the past three years. > > As for Debian being the successor to Corel. Corel's distribution was > originally based on Debain, remained so, and now that Corel has passed > on, Debian is the natural upgrade path. > > BTW, there is a Debian-ham list you might want to check out (quite low > traffic) and the linux-hams list at vger.kernel.org > > 73, de Nate >> > > -- > Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | "We have awakened a > Internet | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | sleeping giant and > Location | Bremen, Kansas USA EM19ov | have instilled in him > Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | a terrible resolve". > http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | - Admiral Yamomoto > > > -- > 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]
mount cd rom
I have been trying to configure my cd rom but the dang thing don't work for me. I thought this was a useful web page to follow, lots of nice colourful pictures. http://people.debian.org/~psg/ddg/node104.html But! When I try to enter my cd rom device file: /dev/cdrom or /dev/hdd it still doesnt work? I get alot of E: failed errors and I know not what I am doing, please help. I have tried apt-cdrom add but it doesnt work, it fails to mount the cdrom. I did fix this once before but for the life of me I cannot remember how I did it. Nick
After upgrading to Woody my cd rom has gone again?
I've just upgraded to Woody and my PCMCIA slot has been disabled and does not provide power to my cd rom, what can I do? Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Applications Menu
I have a problem with my drop down menus. When I right click on the desktop it brings up the menu Applications but it doesnt allow me to scroll down through them anymore. It only has a single box for Applications and an X to close this box but nothing else. Does anybody know how I can get back access to my menus. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect: the access method area is already locked
I attempted to upgrade to Woody 3.0 but I still need to update the kernel. After upgrading it disabled my cd rom or PCMCIA port. My cdrom is not getting any power to it and in dselect it says the access method area is already locked? How can I reactivate my cd rom? I presume it has just stopped the PCMCIA slot from working because during the upgrade it does say it will disable the PCMCIA port while it upgrades PCMCIA modules. The cd rom does work fine I have no doubt of that and pcmcia-cs is installed. I would be grateful for any instructions how to resolve this issue so I can get the new kernel installed. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian laptop for a train hopper
In my day we were more into train surfing than train hopping...Most laptops can take a fare amount of G's before they stop working my old AT&T survived as did my Toshiba laptop so if Michael Dell can spare a laptop I would be happy to be in a commercial and put it to the Dell laptop train surf challenge. Nick - Original Message - From: "noah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:08 AM Subject: Re: debian laptop for a train hopper > At 03:27 PM 14/04/2002, martin f krafft wrote: > >and even though michael dell and bill gates have sex with each other, > >dell's laptops are not that linux-friendly, and their attitude towards > >support and the way to handle clients is below zero, their systems are > >still very reliable and robust, IMHO. > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 - it's a great system and I've had pretty good > luck with Debian. I would certainly recommend it to most people, but I'm > not sure about a "train hopper." The biggest weakness, IMO, is the > construction - it's just not as solid as a Thinkpad. > > Cheers, > Noah > > > -- > 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]
uninstall Debian
I need to uninstall Debian so I can reinstall from scratch, how can I uninstall everything. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Uninstall debian without removing windows partition
Formatting my entire hard disk is not an option right now because I have Windows on it. I just want to remove all of Debian so I can reinstall it. There must be a way to do that without uninstalling windows. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Parallel Port CD ROM Drive
Hi There I am looking at a buying a cd rom drive and Freecom looks good because they can take PCMCIA and parallel leads. Has anyone tried installing Debian from a Parallel port cd rom drive? Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A good tool
Somebody is sending out a virus to the list masquarading as listmaster! I received this message at 09:53am this morning. Nick - Original Message - From: listmaster To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:35 AM Subject: A good tool Hello,This is a special good toolI expect you would like it.
X-Windows Mouse Cursor problems
Hi Folks I am using an old version of Woody; 2.3 testing/unstable. Please can somebody help me with a mouse problem in X-Windows. As soon as X loads up my cursor delays and hangs and then after a few seconds starts up again and jumps to odd places on the screen then hangs again and it repeats these motions and it is very annoying. I had this problem before and I think when I removed xdm that sorted it out. What else is there to try? Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X-Windows Mouse Cursor problems
That was it, thanks your a life saver. Nick - Original Message - From: "Constantin Wolber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 8:10 PM Subject: Re: X-Windows Mouse Cursor problems > Samstag, 20. April 2002 20:40 schrieb Nick: > > loads up my cursor delays and hangs and then after a few seconds starts up > > again and jumps to odd places on the screen then hangs again and it repeats > > these motions and it is very annoying. > > Seems like you've got trouble between your'e Xserver Mousesupport and youre > gpm mouse. Check your /etc/X11/XF86Config or XF86Config-4 for the MouseDevice > X uses. If you're running gpm the device should be /dev/gpmdata. That was > causing trouble on my machine. > > Hope that helps > > Cu > > Constantin > > > -- > 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: Boot Loader
I did a search on google for 'animate lilo menu' and it came back with alot of results. This site has some interesting ideas for animating lilo including downloads and some screenshots of what lilo could look like: http://www.gamers.org/~quinet/lilo/index.html I haven't tried this myself yet but certainly will now. Does anyone know of any other animated lilo menu's on the web I could get that are jazzier than the ones at the Url above. Nick - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Boot Loader > Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a > menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). So don't discount LILO for > your use, yet. > > I'm still using the old OS/2 (IBM) Boot Loader, which is menu-driven. That and > also something called BootManager were known to come as the two options under > PartitionMagic. > > GRUB, is what I have on my notebook, and that has a menu. You might > investigate that... > > On 29-Apr-2002 R.Stepanyan wrote: > > Hello, everyone > > > > My question concerns boot loaders which I am going to use on Asus A1 > > series laptops. > > > > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo > > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on > > hda3 to boot linux) - I know, win98 writes smth to the boot sector from > > time to time. So, I do not want to reinstall the boot loader each time I > > make an update in Win98. > > 3) supports boot after hybernation in Win > > 4) is relyable :) > > > > I used to use NT loader (it was Win2k + Linux on the machines), but now > > is going to downgrade to Win98. The reason is: Windows has to reside on > > its own partition, but be able to boot: > > A. normally, using this boot loader > > B. from VMWare, installed in Linux - that's what win2k failed > > > > > > Any piece of advice is appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > RS > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > Arlen Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy. > > > This message was sent by XFmail (Linux) > > -o) > /\\ >_\_v > > The penguins are coming... > the penguins are coming... > > > > -- > 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: Debian installation problems
Hi There Please can somebody help me with my Debian installation. I have tried my first debian installation but with some teething problems. I have a 6gb disk drive which I have a 3gb partition for Windows and the rest for linux. First I copied the contents of Debian 2.2.19pre17 disc 1 to my hard Windows partition. Booted from dos and proceeded with the installation. I think the problem lies where I had to choose which components to install. I tried to install all the Xfree components but still after login I cannot get XWindows to launch. This is the error I get when I type STARTX. X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting. giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error. Thanks Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect - wheres my cdrom ?
Hi There Please can somebody help with my Debian Woody installation. In dselect if I choose access I have no option for cd rom. What should I type to get the cd rom setup so I can get cracking and install X. I have a dual boot of Windowz and Linux, currently Lilo only boots Linux how can I edit Lilo to boot up so I can press shift and get both win and linux option? Regards Nick
Fatal server error: no screens found
I have installed Debian Woody 2.3 on a Toshiba Libretto 70CT notebook. When I type STARTX I get the following messages: (WW) Chips(0): Mode pool is empty (EE) Chips(0): No valid modes found (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Is there anybody who has installed Debian on this model notebook successfully and knows how I can fix this problem. Thanks Nick
Debian Upgrade
I have Debian Woody 2.2 r3. I want to upgrade to debian Potato 2.2 r5. Can somebody explain the upgrading process. Nick
Why Woody?
Alot of you on this mailing list have told me to stay with Woody rather than upgrade to Potato because Woody will eventually be the stable version. What is the major difference between Woody and Potato, why is Woody better than Potato? I am confused now, I spent a few hours downloading Potato 2.2r5 to upgrade Woody 2.2r3 with the view of having the most stable release but from what I have been told through this mailing list this is not the case so I am now reluctant to install Potato even though on the download page it does say it is stable. I only started with Debian Woody 2.2r3 over a week ago and although I didn't find it too difficult to install and have already picked up some of the lingo purely by searching the Debian web site and performing copious amounts of searches on Google I have had a few problems in X-Windows with my display and mouse. I have installed Debian Woody 2.2r3 on my Toshiba Libretto 70CT, which I admit it is an old notebook PC but I want to use it purely for learning Debian before I install it on other computers. I figure if I can have Debian working on this notebook successfully I should be alright with installing on most other computers. My problem is when I originally installed Debian I opted for the advanced display setup rather than the other which would have been easier. Anyway it wouldn't load X-Windows because my screen was not setup correctly. So I found a solution, I ran dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86 to re-setup my display and mouse etc. This seems to have worked and allowed me to run X-Windows but my mouse is very strange it seems to have long delays when moving the cursor around the screen and I am concerned my display is still not setup correctly although I really have no idea it could just be the mouse. Has anyone used dpkg-reconfigure xcommon-xfree86 on a Toshiba Libretto 70CT and remembers how much memory they used for the graphics card and which mouse they selected. Nick
Woody
To all Thank you all for your help explaining Woody and Potato I have decided to stick with my current installation of Woody and wait for the release of 3.0. I had a look at a site for downloading the testing version of Woody, why so many cd's? Nick
Need help with Woody on Toshiba Libretto 70CT
I have Woody installed on my Toshiba Libretto 70CT notebook. I have successfully setup the display and mouse works fine now, no problems there. My current issue is this notebook does not use any scsi devices and some how I have installed support for IBM scsi KD-7000 whatever that is, anyway it fails to locate this piece of hardware and I think if I removed this it would speed up the startup. When I startX I get a message in XConsole which describes the failed search for IBM KD-7000 scsi device. How can I remove this? I am also concerned that when using dselect if left for a minute or two with no activity it then automatically boots into X-Windows with a login box which I do not normally get, and then each time I try to logout it starts X again and I can only get out by resetting the computer. Is this related to the above problem? Nick
PCMCIA Modem - PhonicPro
Has anyone tried the Phonic ProV92 (model 11300) PCMCIA Modem yet. I would really like to hear others success stories or comments on how they set this modem up if it worked. Nick
Debian PC Requirements
I know I have a Debian Woody and I am pretty sure it is 2.3. What I would like to know is what are the minimum PC requirements for this version. Nick
Re: Debian PC Requirements
Michael Why do you think I am making the transition to Debian Linux, I have had enough of WINDOWS! I want to stop using Windows because the multitude of Viruses seem to be tailor made for "Windows"! Even the best Security software doesn't stop viruses from infiltrating a Windows system and Antivirus programs and firewalls such as Norton seem to just make hackers all the more determined to attack a Windows computer because there are so many free tools to hack Windows. I am very new to Debian, I have had some success with Redhat but I like Debian, its ease of installation and all the great tools and packages make it a very sexy package and it's FREE! But if I am ever to learn I have to ask questions or else I will never be in a position to bin my Windows cd's. Nick - Original Message - From: "Chris Jenks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 11:41 AM Subject: Re: Debian PC Requirements > At 06:26 AM 4/9/02, Michal Melewski wrote: > > > Basically Nick this isn't windows. It will run on what every you want > > it to. > > > I'm not sure if it will run on a 286 or a 8086, but I'm pretty sure no one > > > has > > > those sitting around anywhere (well I do, but they're not being used). > >I'm sure it won't :) > >Linux can't be run on machines weaker then 386 because 286 didn't have > >'protected mode'. (i'm not sure whether it's proper name but...) > > I thought I saw somewhere on the web that the old ATARI's had a port. > (I have one of those sitting in the basement too. Atari 800lx). > > My point in the email was: if you can buy it on the market, you should > be able to run Debian on it. Only the cutting edge stuff will give you slight > head aches from lack of drivers. (Well win-modems will cause head aches > too). > > > -- > 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: Debian PC Requirements
Hi Derek I remember hearing about Corel, I never knew Debian was to be its successor, almost makes me wish I started learning Linux earlier. I have had some success with a few distros for example Redhat, Mandrake, Slackware, Fat Linux and now Debian but I have to say Debian is the easiest to setup with very little help which was not the case with the other distros I mentioned above. Second to Debian I would choose Redhat but unfortunately the support was not there where as with Debian I have had support from day one and if reading the documentation from the Debian web site wasn't enough the mailing list provided me with all the support I could ask for. Personally I don't think Debian should be frowned upon as just an introductory package to Linux, it is a very powerful Linux distribution with over three thousand packages to choose from, we are spoilt for choice. I intend to try the Ham radio software in the near future and I have already been using a Debian package called GSchem for drawing up schematics. My next trick will be to findout if my modem is compatible. Nick - Original Message - From: "Derek Broughton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 2:30 PM Subject: Re: Debian PC Requirements > Nick wrote: > > > > I am very new to Debian, I have had some success with Redhat but I like > > Debian, its ease of installation and all the great tools and packages make > > it a very sexy package and it's FREE! But if I am ever to learn I have to > > ask questions or else I will never be in a position to bin my Windows cd's > > Hey, Nick, you're our kind of guy! Many people complain that Debian > isn't a good intro system for Linux. It's too hard to get it working > (so they say). I started with a Debian system (Corel Linux) and while > the Corel part was junked fairly quickly, I've never been sorry I chose > Debian. > > So, as people have told you, any currently (or even not so current) > available processor should be usable. The tricky bits are the video and > modems. You seem to have the video worked out, but modems... So many > are Winmodems that it becomes important to check for compatibility first. > >> > >>My point in the email was: if you can buy it on the market, you should > >>be able to run Debian on it. Only the cutting edge stuff will give you > >>slight > >>head aches from lack of drivers. (Well win-modems will cause head aches > >>too). > -- > derek > > > -- > 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]
.raw file extensions
I am currently downloading the latest release of Woody from this ftp site: http://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/debian-cd/unofficial/woody/i386/ I am use to iso images, how do I unzip a .raw image to disc? Nick *** Laptop Specifications : Toshiba Libretto 70CT Pentium 120MMX cpu, 32mb ram, 1mb Chips 65550 graphics chip, Yamaha OPL3-sax sound, 6gb hard disk. 640x480 res. lcd display. Dual boot : Windows95/Debian Woody. ***
NetBSD
Has anyone tried NetBSD I read about it in the latest UK Linux Magazine. I am curious if I could run it on my dinky notebook. There was also a couple of pages on installing Debian packages, somebody might find it useful. Nick *** Laptop Specifications : Toshiba Libretto 70CT Pentium 120MMX cpu, 32mb ram, 1mb Chips 65550 graphics chip, Yamaha OPL3-sax sound, 6gb hard disk. 640x480 res. lcd display. Dual boot : Windows95/Debian Woody. ***
Re: Debian PC Requirements
Thanks Nate I will do just that. As for my testimonial I only say it how I see it. I feel confident in using Debian and where I don't understand something there is an copious amount of documentation which is easy to find at www.debian.org and aslong as it is read which I think those who moan about Debian probably do not then there shouldn't be too many problems but there is always the mailing list to fall back on if the documentation still doesn't help us so really Debian is the ultimate Linux package because guidance is always at hand. I am trying to stick with the reading because I like discovering solutions myself, I seem to have a knack for it but when I need help I will ask one of the friendly folk from the mailing list. Nick *** Laptop Specifications : Toshiba Libretto 70CT Pentium 120MMX cpu, 32mb ram, 1mb Chips 65550 graphics chip, Yamaha OPL3-sax sound, 6gb hard disk. 640x480 res. lcd display. Dual boot : Windows95/Debian Woody. *** - Original Message - From: "Nate Bargmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2002 3:31 AM Subject: Re: Debian PC Requirements > * Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002 Apr 09 21:18 -0500]: > > > > Wow, Nick. > > What a testimonial! > > Normally the knock on Debian is that "it's too difficult for newbies to > install" and "is a distribution only experts could love." If I didn't > know better I'd say you're on a quest to counter every bit of FUD I've > heard on Debian the past three years. > > As for Debian being the successor to Corel. Corel's distribution was > originally based on Debain, remained so, and now that Corel has passed > on, Debian is the natural upgrade path. > > BTW, there is a Debian-ham list you might want to check out (quite low > traffic) and the linux-hams list at vger.kernel.org > > 73, de Nate >> > > -- > Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | "We have awakened a > Internet | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | sleeping giant and > Location | Bremen, Kansas USA EM19ov | have instilled in him > Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | a terrible resolve". > http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | - Admiral Yamomoto > > > -- > 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]
mount cd rom
I have been trying to configure my cd rom but the dang thing don't work for me. I thought this was a useful web page to follow, lots of nice colourful pictures. http://people.debian.org/~psg/ddg/node104.html But! When I try to enter my cd rom device file: /dev/cdrom or /dev/hdd it still doesnt work? I get alot of E: failed errors and I know not what I am doing, please help. I have tried apt-cdrom add but it doesnt work, it fails to mount the cdrom. I did fix this once before but for the life of me I cannot remember how I did it. Nick
After upgrading to Woody my cd rom has gone again?
I've just upgraded to Woody and my PCMCIA slot has been disabled and does not provide power to my cd rom, what can I do? Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Applications Menu
I have a problem with my drop down menus. When I right click on the desktop it brings up the menu Applications but it doesnt allow me to scroll down through them anymore. It only has a single box for Applications and an X to close this box but nothing else. Does anybody know how I can get back access to my menus. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
dselect: the access method area is already locked
I attempted to upgrade to Woody 3.0 but I still need to update the kernel. After upgrading it disabled my cd rom or PCMCIA port. My cdrom is not getting any power to it and in dselect it says the access method area is already locked? How can I reactivate my cd rom? I presume it has just stopped the PCMCIA slot from working because during the upgrade it does say it will disable the PCMCIA port while it upgrades PCMCIA modules. The cd rom does work fine I have no doubt of that and pcmcia-cs is installed. I would be grateful for any instructions how to resolve this issue so I can get the new kernel installed. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: debian laptop for a train hopper
In my day we were more into train surfing than train hopping...Most laptops can take a fare amount of G's before they stop working my old AT&T survived as did my Toshiba laptop so if Michael Dell can spare a laptop I would be happy to be in a commercial and put it to the Dell laptop train surf challenge. Nick - Original Message - From: "noah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 1:08 AM Subject: Re: debian laptop for a train hopper > At 03:27 PM 14/04/2002, martin f krafft wrote: > >and even though michael dell and bill gates have sex with each other, > >dell's laptops are not that linux-friendly, and their attitude towards > >support and the way to handle clients is below zero, their systems are > >still very reliable and robust, IMHO. > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 - it's a great system and I've had pretty good > luck with Debian. I would certainly recommend it to most people, but I'm > not sure about a "train hopper." The biggest weakness, IMO, is the > construction - it's just not as solid as a Thinkpad. > > Cheers, > Noah > > > -- > 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]
uninstall Debian
I need to uninstall Debian so I can reinstall from scratch, how can I uninstall everything. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Uninstall debian without removing windows partition
Formatting my entire hard disk is not an option right now because I have Windows on it. I just want to remove all of Debian so I can reinstall it. There must be a way to do that without uninstalling windows. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Parallel Port CD ROM Drive
Hi There I am looking at a buying a cd rom drive and Freecom looks good because they can take PCMCIA and parallel leads. Has anyone tried installing Debian from a Parallel port cd rom drive? Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A good tool
Somebody is sending out a virus to the list masquarading as listmaster! I received this message at 09:53am this morning. Nick - Original Message - From: listmaster To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 4:35 AM Subject: A good tool Hello,This is a special good toolI expect you would like it.
X-Windows Mouse Cursor problems
Hi Folks I am using an old version of Woody; 2.3 testing/unstable. Please can somebody help me with a mouse problem in X-Windows. As soon as X loads up my cursor delays and hangs and then after a few seconds starts up again and jumps to odd places on the screen then hangs again and it repeats these motions and it is very annoying. I had this problem before and I think when I removed xdm that sorted it out. What else is there to try? Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: X-Windows Mouse Cursor problems
That was it, thanks your a life saver. Nick - Original Message - From: "Constantin Wolber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 8:10 PM Subject: Re: X-Windows Mouse Cursor problems > Samstag, 20. April 2002 20:40 schrieb Nick: > > loads up my cursor delays and hangs and then after a few seconds starts up > > again and jumps to odd places on the screen then hangs again and it repeats > > these motions and it is very annoying. > > Seems like you've got trouble between your'e Xserver Mousesupport and youre > gpm mouse. Check your /etc/X11/XF86Config or XF86Config-4 for the MouseDevice > X uses. If you're running gpm the device should be /dev/gpmdata. That was > causing trouble on my machine. > > Hope that helps > > Cu > > Constantin > > > -- > 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: Boot Loader
I did a search on google for 'animate lilo menu' and it came back with alot of results. This site has some interesting ideas for animating lilo including downloads and some screenshots of what lilo could look like: http://www.gamers.org/~quinet/lilo/index.html I haven't tried this myself yet but certainly will now. Does anyone know of any other animated lilo menu's on the web I could get that are jazzier than the ones at the Url above. Nick - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 12:56 PM Subject: Re: Boot Loader > Some Linux distros have a "modified" version of LILO which is graphical with a > menu (Stormix, Mandrake, as a couple examples). So don't discount LILO for > your use, yet. > > I'm still using the old OS/2 (IBM) Boot Loader, which is menu-driven. That and > also something called BootManager were known to come as the two options under > PartitionMagic. > > GRUB, is what I have on my notebook, and that has a menu. You might > investigate that... > > On 29-Apr-2002 R.Stepanyan wrote: > > Hello, everyone > > > > My question concerns boot loaders which I am going to use on Asus A1 > > series laptops. > > > > Basically I need to install into hda mbr a boot loader which > > 1) is menu driven (don't ask why) - so, not LiLo > > 2) will work with Win98 installed on hda1 and Linux on hda3 (LiLo is on > > hda3 to boot linux) - I know, win98 writes smth to the boot sector from > > time to time. So, I do not want to reinstall the boot loader each time I > > make an update in Win98. > > 3) supports boot after hybernation in Win > > 4) is relyable :) > > > > I used to use NT loader (it was Win2k + Linux on the machines), but now > > is going to downgrade to Win98. The reason is: Windows has to reside on > > its own partition, but be able to boot: > > A. normally, using this boot loader > > B. from VMWare, installed in Linux - that's what win2k failed > > > > > > Any piece of advice is appreciated. > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > RS > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- > Arlen Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Abandon the search for Truth; settle for a good fantasy. > > > This message was sent by XFmail (Linux) > > -o) > /\\ >_\_v > > The penguins are coming... > the penguins are coming... > > > > -- > 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: Zonet Zen1100 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet supported?
Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: Dear people, I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 420cdt, and since I cannot boot from CD-ROM drive (although it works, but the BIOS don't give the option), I have to install with a whole bunch of floppies. I hope to be able to finish the install using the Zonet Zen1100 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet 16-bit PC Card. "ZONET" is mentioned in the list of supported cards, but it doesn't say there anything whether the Zen1100 is also meant. Where from do I find what modules/drivers I need to install in order to be able to use the card? I am getting the the stuff to be installed from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian. Where in the tree is the file(s) that I need for my Zonet Zen1100 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet 16-bit PC Card to function? Thanks, Mr. Jan Hearthstone. Type 'cardctl ident' in shell mode and see what it says. Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Zonet Zen1100 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet supported?
Mr. Jan Hearthstone yahoo.com> writes: > > --- nick yahoo.com> wrote: > > Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > > >Dear people, > > > I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 420cdt, and since > > I > > > cannot boot from CD-ROM drive (although it works, > > but > > > the BIOS don't give the option), I have to install > > > with a whole bunch of floppies. I hope to be able > > to > > > finish the install using the Zonet Zen1100 > > 10/100Mbps > > > Fast Ethernet 16-bit PC Card. "ZONET" is mentioned > > in > > > the list of supported cards, but it doesn't say > > there > > > anything whether the Zen1100 is also meant. > > > Where from do I find what modules/drivers I need > > to > > > install in order to be able to use the card? I am > > > getting the the stuff to be installed from > > > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian. Where in the tree is > > the > > > file(s) that I need for my Zonet Zen1100 > > 10/100Mbps > > > Fast Ethernet 16-bit PC Card to function? > > > Thanks, Mr. Jan Hearthstone. > > > > Type 'cardctl ident' in shell mode and see what it > > says. > > > > > > Nick > > > it says: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices > > h.s. So your problem isn't the PC card but the device itself (at least by this far), right? Do you know who the maker of the PCMICA device and the model numbers are? Since the information you provided is limited, I'm not going to ask one question each post. Here's my experience: AFAIK many Pentium laptop come with a model CL6729 (Cirrus Logic) PCMCIA device , at least it happened to 3 of 4 my Pentium laptops from different makers. It worked happily until Kernel 2.4.x. For Mandrake it works before (includes) MDK 8.1 and gone since 8.2. It was because from Kernel 2.4.x started to includ with PCMCIA modules but not as many as pcmcia-cs done by David Hinds. CL6729 unfortunately happened to be the one not been covered. Someone suggested me to recompile the kernel, I tried but didn't work because another hardware problem occured. I didn't know how to solve it, so I sticked with mdk 8.1 until one day I tried Debian. During the installation, I noticed there's an option in the process of confiure PCMCIA where reminds to add with the parameter of 'fast_pci' if using model CL6729. I did, and it works. Now, go check your device and see if my experience works for you as well. Once your device works but still have problem with zonet pc card, post it to here again. Good luck! Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Zonet Zen1100 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet supported?
Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: Dear people, I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 420cdt, and since I cannot boot from CD-ROM drive (although it works, but the BIOS don't give the option), I have to install with a whole bunch of floppies. I hope to be able to finish the install using the Zonet Zen1100 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet 16-bit PC Card. "ZONET" is mentioned in the list of supported cards, but it doesn't say there anything whether the Zen1100 is also meant. Where from do I find what modules/drivers I need to install in order to be able to use the card? I am getting the the stuff to be installed from ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian. Where in the tree is the file(s) that I need for my Zonet Zen1100 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet 16-bit PC Card to function? Thanks, Mr. Jan Hearthstone. Type 'cardctl ident' in shell mode and see what it says. Nick
Re: Zonet Zen1100 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet supported?
Mr. Jan Hearthstone yahoo.com> writes: > > --- nick yahoo.com> wrote: > > Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > > >Dear people, > > > I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro 420cdt, and since > > I > > > cannot boot from CD-ROM drive (although it works, > > but > > > the BIOS don't give the option), I have to install > > > with a whole bunch of floppies. I hope to be able > > to > > > finish the install using the Zonet Zen1100 > > 10/100Mbps > > > Fast Ethernet 16-bit PC Card. "ZONET" is mentioned > > in > > > the list of supported cards, but it doesn't say > > there > > > anything whether the Zen1100 is also meant. > > > Where from do I find what modules/drivers I need > > to > > > install in order to be able to use the card? I am > > > getting the the stuff to be installed from > > > ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian. Where in the tree is > > the > > > file(s) that I need for my Zonet Zen1100 > > 10/100Mbps > > > Fast Ethernet 16-bit PC Card to function? > > > Thanks, Mr. Jan Hearthstone. > > > > Type 'cardctl ident' in shell mode and see what it > > says. > > > > > > Nick > > > it says: no pcmcia driver in /proc/devices > > h.s. So your problem isn't the PC card but the device itself (at least by this far), right? Do you know who the maker of the PCMICA device and the model numbers are? Since the information you provided is limited, I'm not going to ask one question each post. Here's my experience: AFAIK many Pentium laptop come with a model CL6729 (Cirrus Logic) PCMCIA device , at least it happened to 3 of 4 my Pentium laptops from different makers. It worked happily until Kernel 2.4.x. For Mandrake it works before (includes) MDK 8.1 and gone since 8.2. It was because from Kernel 2.4.x started to includ with PCMCIA modules but not as many as pcmcia-cs done by David Hinds. CL6729 unfortunately happened to be the one not been covered. Someone suggested me to recompile the kernel, I tried but didn't work because another hardware problem occured. I didn't know how to solve it, so I sticked with mdk 8.1 until one day I tried Debian. During the installation, I noticed there's an option in the process of confiure PCMCIA where reminds to add with the parameter of 'fast_pci' if using model CL6729. I did, and it works. Now, go check your device and see if my experience works for you as well. Once your device works but still have problem with zonet pc card, post it to here again. Good luck! Nick
Console APM Diisplay
Hello,
Im using an old Dell 486 laptop, with 8mb of RAM, so X isn't
particularly fun for me to use. I'm wondering if there is a console app that
reports on the status of your battery (you know, just like:
your battery has 52% of its juice left.
something simple like that. If not, how would one go about making that?
what would the app be talking with to get that info? (how does the X program
do it).
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Re: How to re-install from PCMCIA-SCSI-CDROM?
you could always do a floppy install for the base stuff. and then use that base install to get the cdrom working, when you get the cdrom working you can use dselect and point it to get the packages off the cdrom. or if you have a fast connection, you can bypass the cdrom altogether and use dselect to download everything after you install the base system. On Sat, Feb 19, 2000 at 11:09:20PM -0800, John Miskinis wrote: > Hello, > > I wish to re-install slink on a partition, and my Thinkpad 560 > has no builtin CDROM drive. I am very close to getting a small > floppy linux system working that can talk to my SCSI CDROM. > > What is the best way to go about a (re)install? My initial > install(s) required me to copy the whole CD to a vfat partition > under Win95, and fix up symlinks, etc., and I do not wish to do > this all over again. > > When I get a floppy boot or even a small linux partition talking > to my CDROM, can I easily wipe out my hda5 partition and put > a fresh copy of slink on it? > > Many thanks for any info. I could not find the debian-laptop-FAQ > mentioned a few months ago in the archives! > > John Miskinis > __ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- - Nick Jennings Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://nick.namodn.com -
using zgv on the console with my HP OmniBook 5000cts
Hello, Im trying to use zgv on my HP omnibook 5000 cts and everytime i run it the screen blanks out, the only way i can get the screen back again is if i hit cntrl-alt delete, the console comes back, but im rebooting. is there anything i can do to get zgv working at the console so i dont have to fumble around with X just to view an image? the laptop has a svga card in it, and i can view images fine in X (but i need a monitor hooked up to my laptop to use X because the LCD screen is a non-standard resolution that i cant figure out. (and i dont want to permanently damage it. etc. any ideas? suggestions? -- - Nick Jennings Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://nick.namodn.com -
M-TECH boot
Looking for help persuading my laptop to boot into Debian. I want to make it dual-boot, via LILO, into Linux or Win98. I'm trying to install Debian 2.1 from the Official Intel Binary Disk CD set. I've done this before without problems, using the exact same CDs, on a laptop and on a desktop. But not this time. I work through to "Make Linux Bootable Directly From Hard Disk", "Install a master boot record on /dev/hda" (Yes), and "Make Linux the Default Boot Partition" (Yes). Then I remove the install CD and reboot, via the installer's dialog box. Rebooting results in "Insert Boot-Disk and press any key". At this point, it will boot only from a floppy (boot device order is CD, floppy, HDD). If I CTRL-ALT-DEL and reboot using the install CD, I see this partitioning scheme, as shown by cfdisk 0.8l: /dev/hda Heads: 240 Sectors per track: 63 Cylinders 839 Name Flags TypeFSSize (MB) (Sectors) (Cylinders) Unusable 7.39 15120 1 hda1Primary Unknown (84) 140.28 287280 19 hda2Primary Win95 FAT32 (LBA) 339.61 695520 46 hda3 Boot Primary Linux ext25574.03 11415600755 hda4Primary Linux Swap 132.90 272160 18 (I've munged it to show all the size units together) After restoring the boot flag to hda2, it will boot into win98 as usual. The laptop brand is "M-TECH". Further details in case they're relevant: BIOS (these descriptions appear during boot sequence): SystemSoft MobilePRO BIOS Version 1.01 (2482-00)-(R1.14) SystemSoft Plug-n-Play BIOS Ver 1.17.01 BIOS version (according to "Version Info" in BIOS setup): 1.00.03, Date: 10/22/97 BIOS settings: PNP OS support disabled Chip: 466MHz Celeron MMX L1 cache: write back, L2 cache: write back Chipset: Intel 440BX. IDE settings: Primary HDD Drive Enabled, PIO Mode on UDMDA-33 Function disabled 32Bit I/O disabled Hard disk: Has various names and numbers on its sticky label: Toshiba MK6411MAT HDD2143 U ZE02 T E145163 LR39635 S/N Z9M72966T OQ3 EC.A CP004505-01 And a long list of patent numbers (thanks Toshiba) The novel features for me this time are the make of BIOS, and the presence of the first two partitions, the 'unusable' and the 'unknown' (latter is a "Suspend-to-disk" partition). Is one of these the culprit? Hoping for help, Nick
Modem trouble
Seeking help getting a modem to work in potato + some unstable. The modem is on a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 + 56K Modem PC Card, model no. PCMLM56. When the laptop was running Slink (installed from official CD set) the modem worked but the ethernet did not. Now the ethernet works but the modem does not. More details below, all help welcome. Nick The laptop brand is "M-TECH". The bios: (these descriptions appear during boot sequence): SystemSoft MobilePRO BIOS Version 1.01 (2482-00)-(R1.14) SystemSoft Plug-n-Play BIOS Ver 1.17.01 (version according to "Version Info" in BIOS setup): 1.00.03, Date: 10/22/97 PnP OS support is disabled. In Win98, the modem and ethernet both work. Here is what Win98 reports about the modem: Port COM3 Interrupt 11 Address 3E8 UART NS 16550AN On rebooting into Linux without switching power off, Linux does not see the PCMCIA sockets. Here is a portion of dmesg after rebooting from Win98 without switching off power: >>> Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.14 kernel build: 2.2.14 unknown options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfe840 Intel PCIC probe: Bridge register mapping failed: check cb_mem_base setting not found. ds: no socket drivers loaded! <<< Switching power off before booting makes the sockets visible to Linux. (I'm not particularly worried about this, just reporting it in case relevant.) Here is dmesg in full after rebooting from power off: >>> Linux version 2.2.14 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 2313 (Debian GNU/Linux)) #1 Tue Apr 25 10:11:42 EST 2000 Detected 466683316 Hz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 465.31 BogoMIPS Memory: 127088k/131072k available (1700k kernel code, 412k reserved, 1732k data, 140k init) Dentry hash table entries: 16384 (order 5, 128k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order 7, 512k) Page cache hash table entries: 32768 (order 5, 128k) VFS: Diskquotas version dquot_6.4.0 initialized CPU: Intel Celeron (Mendocino) stepping 05 Checking 386/387 coupling... OK, FPU using exception 16 error reporting. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. Checking for popad bug... OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX mtrr: v1.35a (19990819) Richard Gooch ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xeb190 PCI: Using configuration type 1 PCI: Probing PCI hardware Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP, IGMP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 131072 bhash 65536) Starting kswapd v 1.5 Detected PS/2 Mouse Port. pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.9) apm: disabled on user request. Real Time Clock Driver v1.09 RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size loop: registered device at major 7 PIIX4: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 39 PIIX4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide0: BM-DMA at 0x1100-0x1107, BIOS settings: hda:pio, hdb:pio ide1: BM-DMA at 0x1108-0x110f, BIOS settings: hdc:pio, hdd:pio hda: TOSHIBA MK6411MAT, ATA DISK drive hdc: TORiSAN DVD-ROM DRD-U624, ATAPI CDROM drive ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 hda: TOSHIBA MK6411MAT, 6194MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=839/240/63 hdc: ATAPI 0X DVD-ROM drive, 256kB Cache Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.56 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 scsi: Detection failed (no card) NCR53c406a: no available ports found sym53c416.c: Version 1.0.0 Failed initialization of WD-7000 SCSI card! IBM MCA SCSI: No Microchannel-bus support present -> Aborting. DC390: 0 adapters found megaraid: v1.05 (October 27, 1999) aec671x_detect: scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly. Freeing unused kernel memory: 140k freed NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. Adding Swap: 130748k swap-space (priority -1) Serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A ttyS01 at 0x02f8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.14 kernel build: 2.2.14 unknown options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfe840 Intel PCIC probe: TI 1225 rev 01 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:0a, mem 0x6800 host opts [0]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 10] [lat 168/176] [bus 32/34] host opts [1]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 10] [lat 168/176] [bus 35/37] ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,4,7,9,11 PCI status changes cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: excluding 0x1000-0x103f 0x1400-0x140f cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. cs: memory probe 0xa000-0xa0ff: clean. eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:E0:98:08:EA:C2 tty02 at 0x0af8 (i
Re: Modem trouble
mory 0x6000-0x60ff include port 0xa00-0xaff exclude irq 4 exclude irq 7 <<< I add lines: exclude irq 3 exclude irq 9 exclude irq 11 But now pcmcia won't recognize the card (high beep, low beep). /var/log/daemon.log ends with: May 4 14:30:05 nicknote cardmgr[640]: get dev info on socket 1 failed: No such device Here is "setserial -ga /dev/ttyS2": >>> /dev/ttyS2, Line 2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 3 Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0 closing_wait: 3000 Flags: spd_normal skip_test <<< I start removing the added 'exclude' lines, from 11 downwards. With 11 removed, pcmcia recognizes the card. Here is "setserial -ga /dev/ttyS2": >>> /dev/ttyS2, Line 2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 11 Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0 closing_wait: 3000 Flags: spd_normal skip_test <<< Result of "pon", in /var/log/ppp.log: >>> May 4 14:33:56 nicknote pppd[699]: pppd 2.3.11 started by root, uid 0 May 4 14:33:57 nicknote chat[700]: Can't get terminal parameters: Input/output error May 4 14:33:57 nicknote pppd[699]: Connect script failed May 4 14:33:58 nicknote pppd[699]: Exit. <<< Now I remove the exclusion of irq 9. pcmcia recognizes the card. Here is "setserial -ga /dev/ttyS2": >>> /dev/ttyS2, Line 2, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 2 Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0 closing_wait: 3000 Flags: spd_normal skip_test <<< Result of "pon": the "Can't get terminal" message again. I leave the exclude irq 3 in place, i.e. /etc/pcmcia/config.ops is now (omitting comments): >>> include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x1000-0x17ff include memory 0xc-0xf include memory 0xa000-0xa0ff, memory 0x6000-0x60ff include port 0xa00-0xaff exclude irq 4 exclude irq 7 exclude irq 3 <<< I try specifying "irq 0" in serial.opts and restarting pcmcia. Result of "pon": the "Can't get terminal" message again. I try "dpkg --purge setserial" and restarting pcmcia. No change. I reboot. ppp.log reverts to its "expect (OK)..alarm" form. I try restoring config.opts and serial.opts to as-installed. Still "expect (OK)..alarm". I reboot, now choosing "none" in the BIOS for each of "COM A" (formerly COM1) and "COM B" (formerly COM2, configured for IrDA). Now I am back to "Can't get terminal parameters". Should I try a BIOS upgrade now? Is there something else to try first? All help welcome, if anyone is still reading. At the risk of laboring the point, the modem (and ethernet) work in Win98, and the modem worked in Slink, so there is nothing fundamentally wrong..? Nick > > Seeking help getting a modem to work in potato + some unstable. The modem is > on a Linksys EtherFast 10/100 + 56K Modem PC Card, model no. PCMLM56. > > When the laptop was running Slink (installed from official CD set) the modem > worked but the ethernet did not. Now the ethernet works but the modem does > not. More details below, all help welcome. > > Nick > [snip]
Choosing a version of Debian for Toshiba Libretto 70CT
Hi There, I would like to run a dual boot of Windows 95 and Debian Linux on my Toshiba Libretto 70CT sub-notebook. I have chosen to dual boot so I can still use Windows while I learn Debian Linux. The Libretto 70CT runs off an Intel P120MMX CPU, with a max of 32MB ram and I use a 6gb hdd. What I would like to know is what version of Debian you would recommend for this notebook. From previous Linux installations on this notebook I have also found there is no floppy support, it does not support the Toshiba PCMCIA floppy drive. Is there support with Debian? I would also be grateful for installation instructions or tips from other Libretto 70CT users. Merry Christmas! Nick M.
thinkpad pad, woody and a linksys wpc11 lan card
Just purchased a Linksys WPC11 wireless lan card to use with my thinkpad. Currently running woody with kernel 2.4.16. I compiled the kernel with the Prsim drivers as modules. hermes.o, orinoco.o and orinoco_cs.o appear in /lib/modules.../wireless. pcmcia-cs is installed and working properly. When I insert the card into the pcmcia slot I hear one high pitched beep followed by a lower pitch. Cardinfo sts the card has been identified as a D-Link DWL-650 11Mps Wireless Adapter. Searches on google and debian planet reveal conflicting statements on how to configure this card and with which driver. /var/log/daemon.log reveals the following Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: watching 2 sockets Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: initializing socket 0 Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: socket 0: D-Link DWL-650 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: executing: 'modprobe wvlan_cs' Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: + modprobe: Can't locate module wvlan_cs Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: modprobe exited with status 255 Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: module /lib/modules/2.4.16/pcmcia/wvlan_cs.o not available Dec 21 01:48:32 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable How do I get this card to load the appropriate module which I assume is orinoco_cs? I tried cardctl ident and the output was: Socket 0: product info: "Instant Wireless " , " Network PC CARD" , "Version 01.02", "" manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002 function: 6 (network) The end of /etc/pcmcia/config sts: #Include configuration files for add-on drivers source ./*.conf #Include local configuration settings source ./config.opts So witha text editor I created a file called linksys_wpc11.conf and added the following: card "Instant Wireless Network PC CARD Version 01.02" manfid 0x0156, 0x0002 bind "orinoco_cs" This seems to have no effect, I have been reading the docs and man pages, but I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any help help or redirection to simple (i.e. newbie) documention would be appreciated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hibernating w/ Thinkpad A22m and lphdisk
I am trying to get hibernation working with my thinkpad a22m (2628SSU). The machine is currently running woody with kernel 2.4.17. When I did the initial install I deleted all the the MS stuff and dedicated the whole HD to debian. I used gnuparted to resize the HD to allow for a hibernation partition on hda4, and set the file type to a0 (ibm thinkpad hibernation utility). Grabbed lphdisk, ran it, then tried Fn-12. Nothing. Tried using the ibm hibernation utlilty from the IBM website, and still nothing. Do I need to have win98 installed for this to work? hda4 is aproox 520mb ( I plan to upgrade the ram to 512mb + 8Mb video ram + 2Mb as per lphdisk doc). Anybody with a similiar thinkpad using hibernation with any success? Could you post your partition tabel? BTW, the IBM website sts that the machine can suspend, stanby, and hibernate. The machine suspends when the lid is closed or by pressing Fn F4, but how does standby and hibernate differ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dell 8600 gdm startup problem
* Wendy Leigh Vandoolaeghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040921 10:24]: > Hi > my laptop battery ran out of power whilst I was in X mode (using gdm not > xdm). When I rebooted, it failed to start the Xserver. how can i fix the > problem? It seems that others have addressed the specifics of your xserver configuration problem. I'll just point out a general approach on what to do if there is some problem during an upgrade. First you need to see if there are any packages in at "bad" state. Do the following `dpkg --audit' If this returns nothing, then all is well. Otherwise you need to configure the "pending" packages. Do the following: `dpkg --configure --pending' After that, run `dpkg --audit' again so make sure everything is now ok. Then finally, to make sure that all packages really were downloaded and installed, try running the upgrade again: `apt-get upgrade' or `apt-get dist-upgrade' Cheers, Nick. -- Debian 3.1 Linux twofish 2.6.8-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Various questions...
* Rony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041015 11:40]: > Hi, > > I have few questions: > > Debian automatically does the file checking every mounting 24 times, > how to configure this? It's too frequent for me. Use the command `tune2fs' with the -c flag. Eg to set from 24 to 500 for /dev/hda2 tune2fs -c 500 /dev/hda2 > Do we need to defrag in Linux? No. > My Linux time is not correct, i have dual boot with XP. I know it's due > to the difference between how Linux and Windows store/convert GMT. How > to set to the correct one? Check out the date and hwclock commands. To keep the time right one you've set it you can use the ntp package > I cannot login to my Yahoo account using Kopete. Always password error. > Anybody experience this? I don't use it, and don't know what it is. > I downloaded Opera, but cannot install it using the following command: > aptitude -i opera-static_7.54-20040803.1-qt_en_i386.deb What error do you get? > Can we install it using aptitude? dpkg -i opera-static_7.54-20040803.1-qt_en_i386.deb > Last one, anybody can provide me a link to the picture of Debian > hero/heroine, Ian Murdock and Debra? Just curious how they look like :D Try google. I recommend you have a look at the debian-reference package. It's got some really good stuff in it. Also please look at the man pages of the programs I mention above (eg `man tune2fs'). Cheers, Nick. -- Debian 3.1 Linux twofish 2.6.8-looxt93c4 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: remote backup
Hi, * Daniel Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041004 10:09]: > On 2 Oct 2004, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > I would like my desktop (an openbrick) to backup via the net > > my laptop once it is connected: > > what is the best way to do so ? > > My recommendation would be the 'BackupPC' package, found in testing and > unstable. That will happily produce long term archival backups of the > laptop, and can dump to tape, etc, for off-line storage as well. Thanks for pointing out this package. I've just installed it and it seems quite nice. I have a question about this package, and was unable to find the answer (or even the question) in the documentation, FAQs or on google. I suffer from a small /var partition... (if only there was SPAM with a pill for that), and BackupPC wants to put all the backups in /var/lib/backuppc/pc. It seems there is no way to tell BackupPC to use a different location. The simple "fix" was to just symlink this directory to somewhere else. This seems to work ok, except that BackupPC continues to look in /var to determine how much space it has available. Does anyone have a proper solution to this problem? Thanks, Nick. -- Debian 3.1 Linux twofish 2.6.8-looxt93c4 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Choosing a version of Debian for Toshiba Libretto 70CT
Hi There, I would like to run a dual boot of Windows 95 and Debian Linux on my Toshiba Libretto 70CT sub-notebook. I have chosen to dual boot so I can still use Windows while I learn Debian Linux. The Libretto 70CT runs off an Intel P120MMX CPU, with a max of 32MB ram and I use a 6gb hdd. What I would like to know is what version of Debian you would recommend for this notebook. From previous Linux installations on this notebook I have also found there is no floppy support, it does not support the Toshiba PCMCIA floppy drive. Is there support with Debian? I would also be grateful for installation instructions or tips from other Libretto 70CT users. Merry Christmas! Nick M.
thinkpad pad, woody and a linksys wpc11 lan card
Just purchased a Linksys WPC11 wireless lan card to use with my thinkpad. Currently running woody with kernel 2.4.16. I compiled the kernel with the Prsim drivers as modules. hermes.o, orinoco.o and orinoco_cs.o appear in /lib/modules.../wireless. pcmcia-cs is installed and working properly. When I insert the card into the pcmcia slot I hear one high pitched beep followed by a lower pitch. Cardinfo sts the card has been identified as a D-Link DWL-650 11Mps Wireless Adapter. Searches on google and debian planet reveal conflicting statements on how to configure this card and with which driver. /var/log/daemon.log reveals the following Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: watching 2 sockets Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: initializing socket 0 Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: socket 0: D-Link DWL-650 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: executing: 'modprobe wvlan_cs' Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: + modprobe: Can't locate module wvlan_cs Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: modprobe exited with status 255 Dec 21 01:48:30 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: module /lib/modules/2.4.16/pcmcia/wvlan_cs.o not available Dec 21 01:48:32 thinkpad cardmgr[2024]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable How do I get this card to load the appropriate module which I assume is orinoco_cs? I tried cardctl ident and the output was: Socket 0: product info: "Instant Wireless " , " Network PC CARD" , "Version 01.02", "" manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002 function: 6 (network) The end of /etc/pcmcia/config sts: #Include configuration files for add-on drivers source ./*.conf #Include local configuration settings source ./config.opts So witha text editor I created a file called linksys_wpc11.conf and added the following: card "Instant Wireless Network PC CARD Version 01.02" manfid 0x0156, 0x0002 bind "orinoco_cs" This seems to have no effect, I have been reading the docs and man pages, but I can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any help help or redirection to simple (i.e. newbie) documention would be appreciated.
hibernating w/ Thinkpad A22m and lphdisk
I am trying to get hibernation working with my thinkpad a22m (2628SSU). The machine is currently running woody with kernel 2.4.17. When I did the initial install I deleted all the the MS stuff and dedicated the whole HD to debian. I used gnuparted to resize the HD to allow for a hibernation partition on hda4, and set the file type to a0 (ibm thinkpad hibernation utility). Grabbed lphdisk, ran it, then tried Fn-12. Nothing. Tried using the ibm hibernation utlilty from the IBM website, and still nothing. Do I need to have win98 installed for this to work? hda4 is aproox 520mb ( I plan to upgrade the ram to 512mb + 8Mb video ram + 2Mb as per lphdisk doc). Anybody with a similiar thinkpad using hibernation with any success? Could you post your partition tabel? BTW, the IBM website sts that the machine can suspend, stanby, and hibernate. The machine suspends when the lid is closed or by pressing Fn F4, but how does standby and hibernate differ?
newbie soundcard problem
hello debian laptop list! i'm a complete linux newbie who's recently installed debian 2.2.17 on a toshiba tecra 8000. everything seems to have worked ok except for the soundcard. i use wmaker, and using the cdplayer or other sound utilities i get no sound whatsoever. when i run gnome-session, i get a string of error messages saying '\dev\dsp: no such device." when i run 'car \dev\sndstat' i show no drivers loaded. so, all this leads me to believe i need to load a driver for the soundcard, which is a yamaha opl-sa3. however, i'm not sure how i do that! i tried running dselect, but i don't see any sound driver packages, and i'm kind of at a loss as to how to configure the sound driver. if someone could help me out, or point me towards a website that would help, i would really appreciate it! best, nick phillips -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+
Re: newbie soundcard problem
hello again list... thanks for all the help! i see the opl3sa2.o modules in my /misc directory but i am having a hell of a time using modprobe. when i use it i get a 'can't locate' error, which i get for every combination of directories i enter in. the module itself is located in /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ - where does modprobe start looking for modules? i tried 'modprobe opl3sa2.o' or 'modprobe /misc/opl3sa2.o' and so on but i'm having no luck, and reading the modprobe manual doesn't help me out at all. i'm sure this is a simple question, and i appreciate your help.. best, nick -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+ > > "nick" == nick phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > nick> so, all this leads me to believe i need to load a driver for > nick> the soundcard, which is a yamaha opl-sa3. however, i'm not > nick> sure how i do that! i tried running dselect, but i don't see > nick> any sound driver packages, and i'm kind of at a loss as to > nick> how to configure the sound driver. if someone could help me > nick> out, or point me towards a website that would help, i would > nick> really appreciate it! > > I don't run 2.2.x kernels anymore, and I don't have the sources > handy. But on my 2.4.17 kernel I see an opl3sa2 module. Look in > /lib/modules/2.2.19/sound for a file like opl3sa2.o. The SA2 driver > claims to be for the OPL3-SA3 also. > > You should be able to do a 'modprobe opl3sa2' to get it to run. Make > sure that the user who wants to use sound is in the 'audio' group (see > 'man adduser' for "add an existing user to an existing group" or edit > /etc/group). > > I don't own any of your hardware (heck, I don't even run the same > kernel version) so your mileage will vary ;-) > > Cheers! > Shyamal
Re: newbie soundcard problem - still going!
ok, so i am drawing closer to a solution! i have run 'modprobe opl3sa2' and receive the error message "device or resource busy. Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters." how do i change these parameters? when i try 'insmod opl3sa2' i get a string of 'unresolved symbol' messages - 'unload_mpu401_r5febf2' and so on. does this have anything to do with it? also, about recompiling the kernel - what exactly does this mean? is this equivalent to an OS re-installation? (i'm a mac man by tradition, so humor the analogy please..) was the original installation where my problems began? thanks again for all the help, nick -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+ > From: Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 01:02:01 -0500 > To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: newbie soundcard problem > Resent-From: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org > Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 00:02:41 -0600 > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 12:12:31AM -0500, nick phillips wrote: >> hello again list... >> >> thanks for all the help! i see the opl3sa2.o modules in my /misc directory >> but i am having a hell of a time using modprobe. when i use it i get a >> 'can't locate' error, which i get for every combination of directories i >> enter in. the module itself is located in /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ - >> where does modprobe start looking for modules? i tried 'modprobe opl3sa2.o' >> or 'modprobe /misc/opl3sa2.o' and so on but i'm having no luck, and reading >> the modprobe manual doesn't help me out at all. i'm sure this is a simple >> question, and i appreciate your help.. > > You shouldn't need the directory or ".o" extension: > > modprobe opl3sa2 > > -- > Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Texas Instruments[EMAIL PROTECTED] > GnuPG D8C3BBD2 CC08 D690 0B70 3C70 351E EB05 96A3 3789 D8C3 BBD2 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie soundcard problem - solved!
so i've finally solved the yamaha problem, in large part thanks to all the help people provided! in case anyone has the same problem in the future, i fixed it by running 'modconf,' then re-installing the opl-3sa2 module using the command-line: io=0x538 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 thanks to drew for posting his i/o settings - these worked great for me. i am know off to start playing around! (i'm primarily interested in linux sound making, so a functional soundcard will help!) best, nick -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+
yikes! locked out of own system!
hello again list, so i'm not sure how it happened but i've managed to lock myself out of my system. i had installed debian 2.2.19 and installed enlightenment as the deskop manager and everything was going ok. i tried installing a program called jmax, and through a bunch of dependency problems ending up giving up -- it requested libc6.2.4, which in turn requested locales 2.4, etc. etc. so eventually i thought better of trying out all these unstable packages. so i uninstalled them, then when i logged out of enlightenmnet, i know login to a a graphical login screen that says "X Window System" -- before I'm pretty sure the same login screen said "Debian user" or something like that. When I try any of my passwords, they now don't work! I'm not sure what the problem could do, and I have no way of getting past this screen to fix it! Has something gone wrong with X Server or with XF86Setup? Does anyone have any suggestions? best, Nick -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yikes! i've fixed it! but how?
me again, so i think i've fixed the problem by escaping the login (fn+F5) then running XF86Setup, loading in my original configuration, and resaving it. then when i ran startx, everything works ok, all original passwords work fine. when i reboot, all is ok. but i'd still like to now how i did it! what did i do to render my old passwords invalid? thanks, nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
aargh!
i apologize for the barrage of e-mails today... this one is a bit of a necessity though: i spoke too soon about fixing the computer. after running dselect to (thereotically) put the packages back that were missing before, i then logged out of enlightenment. instead of going to a X Server login, however, i went just to the command line prompt. i tried to reboot, but then it gives me a 'give root password for maintenance (or type control-D for normal startup." i can't use my password and control-D doesn't work! i tried cntrl-alt-del and no luck with that either. so i am stuck at this prompt! all i want to do now is reintall debian from scratch, but how do i get past this prompt? best, and thanks for putting up with these e-mails, nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: yikes! locked out of own system!
thanks mike for your help! however, seems things are a bit royally screwed..
i tried this method and i'm taken to a debian log-in. when i enter the
password, i get logged in ok, but then i receive the error messages:
cannot execute /bin/bash: no such file or directory
then i'm returned to the prompt. the only way i can get out of this cycle is
by booting into BIOS, but apparently the laptop BIOS won't allow me to boot
from CD, even when specified with a store-bought debian boot CD - i just
load straight back into linux, back to this login problem. (this is a
toshiba tecra 8000 - i orginally installed from a DOS prompt). is there a
way out of this loop? it seems that, a) i have screwed up my debian system
very badly, b) my BIOS won't allow me to boot from CD, c) i can't get past
any prompts to make changes to the system. is there a solution to this? or
do i know have an unusable computer?
thanks for the help,
nick
--
hillips wrote:
>> hello again list,
>>
>> so i'm not sure how it happened but i've managed to lock myself out of my
>> system. i had installed debian 2.2.19 and installed enlightenment as the
>> deskop manager and everything was going ok. i tried installing a program
>> called jmax, and through a bunch of dependency problems ending up giving up
>> -- it requested libc6.2.4, which in turn requested locales 2.4, etc. etc. so
>> eventually i thought better of trying out all these unstable packages. so i
>> uninstalled them, then when i logged out of enlightenmnet, i know login to a
>> a graphical login screen that says "X Window System" -- before I'm pretty
>> sure the same login screen said "Debian user" or something like that. When I
>> try any of my passwords, they now don't work! I'm not sure what the problem
>> could do, and I have no way of getting past this screen to fix it! Has
>> something gone wrong with X Server or with XF86Setup? Does anyone have any
>> suggestions?
>
> Firstly, this sounds like a debian-user thing :)
>
> Second, it sounds like a problem with your authentication system, rather
> than with the X-server. Just to be sure, press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to
> a text prompt and try to login from there (both as root and as a user).
> If that doesn't work, your PAM is most likely broken.
>
> The easiest way I can think of to fix it, (OTTOMH,) is to do the
> following:
>
> *Reboot the system. At the LILO prompt, enter the name of the image
> you wish to boot, followed by 'init=/bin/sh' This will bypass
> authentication and boot you straight into a shell, running as root.
> *remount the root filesystem read-write ('mount / -o remount,rw') so
> that you can do what you need.
> *What happens next depends on what's broken. Try running passwd and
> resetting your root password. Reboot the machine normally. If you
> still can't log in, then there's something wrong with your PAM
> system. The quickest way to fix that is to re-do the upgrade you
> interrupted. To do that, reboot with /bin/sh as above. You'll have
> to mount /var (if applicable), and bring up the network interface
> before you can upgrade.
>
> HTH,
> - --
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"pid of pppd" error on dialup?
hello list, finally got my winmodem up and running on a toshiba tecra 8000 running debian 3.0, and set up my isp account in wvdial.conf. when i run wvdial.conf, everything seems to go ok until i get a hang-up on the line: "pid of pppd: 2689" (the number changes on each attempt) then nothing - the machine just sits there. can anyone help me work out what's going on? best, nick
high memory usage in KDE?
hello list, i'm running debian 3.0 and KDE 2.2 on a PII 366 toshiba laptop with 128 mb ram. i'm mainly concerned with running audio applications in linux, so memory usage is pretty important to me in dealing with large samples being loaded into memory and so on. i'm a little concerned about KDE's memory usage at the moment. when i boot into KDE, with no applications running, and issue the 'top' command, it shows about 95MB used, with 35 MB available. this strikes me as very high - i'm a mac person, and my powerbook boots up Mac OS 9 using only 35 mb ram, so i'm surprised KDE takes so much memory. when i open up a few applications, pretty quickly KDE starts drawing on swap space, which seems to cause some slowdowns and glitches in some audio programs. so, my question is: is this an ordinary amount of memory for KDE to use? are there any ways to decrease memory usage so i can minimize using swap space? or should i think about switching to GNOME or another window manager? i like KDE a lot - i would just like it to use less memory! one last thing - one process in particular seems to take the most memory, which is kdeinit. using 'top', i see about ten instances of kdeinit, each using about 5-8% memory. i assume this is part of the kde desktop, but should there be so many instances of it? thanks in advance for all your help! best, nick
kppp/wvdial freezes my system!
hello all, having some odd problems here on a toshiba tecra 8000. i've been using kppp to dial into my ISP for a good few months with no problems. now all of a sudden it's started freezing my system - once i get to the modem initialization script the entire system freezes, i can't use the mouse, i can't switch to another terminal, and ctrl-alt-del doesn't work. i switched to wvdial and the problem persists though a little more erratically - maybe 40% of the time? i haven't installed any new software recently, and i'm using the same phoen # and ISP, so i'm a little confused why this is appearing all of a sudden. i tried using wvdial under gnome and kde with the same problems in both. i'm using a linmodem driver for the internal winmodem. i'm not sure what information is pertinent to this problem but for the record: i have to kill diald before dialing because it seems to hold on to the modem and not let pppd use it -- this little workaround has worked fine until now. could it be a conflict between any of the various internet daemons (wwwoffled, inetd, etc)? thanks in advance for any help! best, nick -- +++http://f-matic.net +++audiovideotextstuff
newbie soundcard problem
hello debian laptop list! i'm a complete linux newbie who's recently installed debian 2.2.17 on a toshiba tecra 8000. everything seems to have worked ok except for the soundcard. i use wmaker, and using the cdplayer or other sound utilities i get no sound whatsoever. when i run gnome-session, i get a string of error messages saying '\dev\dsp: no such device." when i run 'car \dev\sndstat' i show no drivers loaded. so, all this leads me to believe i need to load a driver for the soundcard, which is a yamaha opl-sa3. however, i'm not sure how i do that! i tried running dselect, but i don't see any sound driver packages, and i'm kind of at a loss as to how to configure the sound driver. if someone could help me out, or point me towards a website that would help, i would really appreciate it! best, nick phillips -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie soundcard problem
hello again list... thanks for all the help! i see the opl3sa2.o modules in my /misc directory but i am having a hell of a time using modprobe. when i use it i get a 'can't locate' error, which i get for every combination of directories i enter in. the module itself is located in /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ - where does modprobe start looking for modules? i tried 'modprobe opl3sa2.o' or 'modprobe /misc/opl3sa2.o' and so on but i'm having no luck, and reading the modprobe manual doesn't help me out at all. i'm sure this is a simple question, and i appreciate your help.. best, nick -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+ > > "nick" == nick phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > nick> so, all this leads me to believe i need to load a driver for > nick> the soundcard, which is a yamaha opl-sa3. however, i'm not > nick> sure how i do that! i tried running dselect, but i don't see > nick> any sound driver packages, and i'm kind of at a loss as to > nick> how to configure the sound driver. if someone could help me > nick> out, or point me towards a website that would help, i would > nick> really appreciate it! > > I don't run 2.2.x kernels anymore, and I don't have the sources > handy. But on my 2.4.17 kernel I see an opl3sa2 module. Look in > /lib/modules/2.2.19/sound for a file like opl3sa2.o. The SA2 driver > claims to be for the OPL3-SA3 also. > > You should be able to do a 'modprobe opl3sa2' to get it to run. Make > sure that the user who wants to use sound is in the 'audio' group (see > 'man adduser' for "add an existing user to an existing group" or edit > /etc/group). > > I don't own any of your hardware (heck, I don't even run the same > kernel version) so your mileage will vary ;-) > > Cheers! > Shyamal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie soundcard problem - still going!
ok, so i am drawing closer to a solution! i have run 'modprobe opl3sa2' and receive the error message "device or resource busy. Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters." how do i change these parameters? when i try 'insmod opl3sa2' i get a string of 'unresolved symbol' messages - 'unload_mpu401_r5febf2' and so on. does this have anything to do with it? also, about recompiling the kernel - what exactly does this mean? is this equivalent to an OS re-installation? (i'm a mac man by tradition, so humor the analogy please..) was the original installation where my problems began? thanks again for all the help, nick -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+ > From: Lee Bradshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 01:02:01 -0500 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: newbie soundcard problem > Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Resent-Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 00:02:41 -0600 > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2002 at 12:12:31AM -0500, nick phillips wrote: >> hello again list... >> >> thanks for all the help! i see the opl3sa2.o modules in my /misc directory >> but i am having a hell of a time using modprobe. when i use it i get a >> 'can't locate' error, which i get for every combination of directories i >> enter in. the module itself is located in /lib/modules/2.2.18pre21/misc/ - >> where does modprobe start looking for modules? i tried 'modprobe opl3sa2.o' >> or 'modprobe /misc/opl3sa2.o' and so on but i'm having no luck, and reading >> the modprobe manual doesn't help me out at all. i'm sure this is a simple >> question, and i appreciate your help.. > > You shouldn't need the directory or ".o" extension: > > modprobe opl3sa2 > > -- > Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Texas Instruments[EMAIL PROTECTED] > GnuPG D8C3BBD2 CC08 D690 0B70 3C70 351E EB05 96A3 3789 D8C3 BBD2 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: newbie soundcard problem - solved!
so i've finally solved the yamaha problem, in large part thanks to all the help people provided! in case anyone has the same problem in the future, i fixed it by running 'modconf,' then re-installing the opl-3sa2 module using the command-line: io=0x538 mss_io=0x530 mpu_io=0x330 irq=5 dma=1 dma2=0 thanks to drew for posting his i/o settings - these worked great for me. i am know off to start playing around! (i'm primarily interested in linux sound making, so a functional soundcard will help!) best, nick -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yikes! locked out of own system!
hello again list, so i'm not sure how it happened but i've managed to lock myself out of my system. i had installed debian 2.2.19 and installed enlightenment as the deskop manager and everything was going ok. i tried installing a program called jmax, and through a bunch of dependency problems ending up giving up -- it requested libc6.2.4, which in turn requested locales 2.4, etc. etc. so eventually i thought better of trying out all these unstable packages. so i uninstalled them, then when i logged out of enlightenmnet, i know login to a a graphical login screen that says "X Window System" -- before I'm pretty sure the same login screen said "Debian user" or something like that. When I try any of my passwords, they now don't work! I'm not sure what the problem could do, and I have no way of getting past this screen to fix it! Has something gone wrong with X Server or with XF86Setup? Does anyone have any suggestions? best, Nick -- +++http://f-matic.net++ +++audiovideotextstuff+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yikes! i've fixed it! but how?
me again, so i think i've fixed the problem by escaping the login (fn+F5) then running XF86Setup, loading in my original configuration, and resaving it. then when i ran startx, everything works ok, all original passwords work fine. when i reboot, all is ok. but i'd still like to now how i did it! what did i do to render my old passwords invalid? thanks, nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
aargh!
i apologize for the barrage of e-mails today... this one is a bit of a necessity though: i spoke too soon about fixing the computer. after running dselect to (thereotically) put the packages back that were missing before, i then logged out of enlightenment. instead of going to a X Server login, however, i went just to the command line prompt. i tried to reboot, but then it gives me a 'give root password for maintenance (or type control-D for normal startup." i can't use my password and control-D doesn't work! i tried cntrl-alt-del and no luck with that either. so i am stuck at this prompt! all i want to do now is reintall debian from scratch, but how do i get past this prompt? best, and thanks for putting up with these e-mails, nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: yikes! locked out of own system!
thanks mike for your help! however, seems things are a bit royally screwed..
i tried this method and i'm taken to a debian log-in. when i enter the
password, i get logged in ok, but then i receive the error messages:
cannot execute /bin/bash: no such file or directory
then i'm returned to the prompt. the only way i can get out of this cycle is
by booting into BIOS, but apparently the laptop BIOS won't allow me to boot
from CD, even when specified with a store-bought debian boot CD - i just
load straight back into linux, back to this login problem. (this is a
toshiba tecra 8000 - i orginally installed from a DOS prompt). is there a
way out of this loop? it seems that, a) i have screwed up my debian system
very badly, b) my BIOS won't allow me to boot from CD, c) i can't get past
any prompts to make changes to the system. is there a solution to this? or
do i know have an unusable computer?
thanks for the help,
nick
--
hillips wrote:
>> hello again list,
>>
>> so i'm not sure how it happened but i've managed to lock myself out of my
>> system. i had installed debian 2.2.19 and installed enlightenment as the
>> deskop manager and everything was going ok. i tried installing a program
>> called jmax, and through a bunch of dependency problems ending up giving up
>> -- it requested libc6.2.4, which in turn requested locales 2.4, etc. etc. so
>> eventually i thought better of trying out all these unstable packages. so i
>> uninstalled them, then when i logged out of enlightenmnet, i know login to a
>> a graphical login screen that says "X Window System" -- before I'm pretty
>> sure the same login screen said "Debian user" or something like that. When I
>> try any of my passwords, they now don't work! I'm not sure what the problem
>> could do, and I have no way of getting past this screen to fix it! Has
>> something gone wrong with X Server or with XF86Setup? Does anyone have any
>> suggestions?
>
> Firstly, this sounds like a debian-user thing :)
>
> Second, it sounds like a problem with your authentication system, rather
> than with the X-server. Just to be sure, press Ctrl-Alt-F1 to switch to
> a text prompt and try to login from there (both as root and as a user).
> If that doesn't work, your PAM is most likely broken.
>
> The easiest way I can think of to fix it, (OTTOMH,) is to do the
> following:
>
> *Reboot the system. At the LILO prompt, enter the name of the image
> you wish to boot, followed by 'init=/bin/sh' This will bypass
> authentication and boot you straight into a shell, running as root.
> *remount the root filesystem read-write ('mount / -o remount,rw') so
> that you can do what you need.
> *What happens next depends on what's broken. Try running passwd and
> resetting your root password. Reboot the machine normally. If you
> still can't log in, then there's something wrong with your PAM
> system. The quickest way to fix that is to re-do the upgrade you
> interrupted. To do that, reboot with /bin/sh as above. You'll have
> to mount /var (if applicable), and bring up the network interface
> before you can upgrade.
>
> HTH,
> - --
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kppp/wvdial freezes my system!
hello all, having some odd problems here on a toshiba tecra 8000. i've been using kppp to dial into my ISP for a good few months with no problems. now all of a sudden it's started freezing my system - once i get to the modem initialization script the entire system freezes, i can't use the mouse, i can't switch to another terminal, and ctrl-alt-del doesn't work. i switched to wvdial and the problem persists though a little more erratically - maybe 40% of the time? i haven't installed any new software recently, and i'm using the same phoen # and ISP, so i'm a little confused why this is appearing all of a sudden. i tried using wvdial under gnome and kde with the same problems in both. i'm using a linmodem driver for the internal winmodem. i'm not sure what information is pertinent to this problem but for the record: i have to kill diald before dialing because it seems to hold on to the modem and not let pppd use it -- this little workaround has worked fine until now. could it be a conflict between any of the various internet daemons (wwwoffled, inetd, etc)? thanks in advance for any help! best, nick -- +++http://f-matic.net +++audiovideotextstuff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: remote backup
Hi, * Daniel Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [041004 10:09]: > On 2 Oct 2004, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > > I would like my desktop (an openbrick) to backup via the net > > my laptop once it is connected: > > what is the best way to do so ? > > My recommendation would be the 'BackupPC' package, found in testing and > unstable. That will happily produce long term archival backups of the > laptop, and can dump to tape, etc, for off-line storage as well. Thanks for pointing out this package. I've just installed it and it seems quite nice. I have a question about this package, and was unable to find the answer (or even the question) in the documentation, FAQs or on google. I suffer from a small /var partition... (if only there was SPAM with a pill for that), and BackupPC wants to put all the backups in /var/lib/backuppc/pc. It seems there is no way to tell BackupPC to use a different location. The simple "fix" was to just symlink this directory to somewhere else. This seems to work ok, except that BackupPC continues to look in /var to determine how much space it has available. Does anyone have a proper solution to this problem? Thanks, Nick. -- Debian 3.1 Linux twofish 2.6.8-looxt93c4 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Dell 8600 gdm startup problem
* Wendy Leigh Vandoolaeghe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040921 10:24]: > Hi > my laptop battery ran out of power whilst I was in X mode (using gdm not > xdm). When I rebooted, it failed to start the Xserver. how can i fix the > problem? It seems that others have addressed the specifics of your xserver configuration problem. I'll just point out a general approach on what to do if there is some problem during an upgrade. First you need to see if there are any packages in at "bad" state. Do the following `dpkg --audit' If this returns nothing, then all is well. Otherwise you need to configure the "pending" packages. Do the following: `dpkg --configure --pending' After that, run `dpkg --audit' again so make sure everything is now ok. Then finally, to make sure that all packages really were downloaded and installed, try running the upgrade again: `apt-get upgrade' or `apt-get dist-upgrade' Cheers, Nick. -- Debian 3.1 Linux twofish 2.6.8-looxt93c3 i686 GNU/Linux signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: half duplex
On Fri, Jul 29, 2005 at 11:51:23AM +0100, larinia wrote: > Hello, > > I saw the half duplex message in the /var/log/syslog. I am not sure if > the cat-5 cable is the network cable(Sorry, I am a newbie), if it is, > then it is connecting to a hub, which is then connect to a wireless bridge. Run "mii-tool -v" and see what it says. It doesn't work on all network adaptors, I'm especially unsure about the embedded type you get in laptops. But if it works, the "link partner" line will tell you whether the hub can do full-duplex, and if you paste the output here we can see if there's anything wrong. Please either keep debian-kde in or CC me directly, thank you Nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Installing drivers and modules
I am installing Debian to my Thinkpad 240. I have to use an external cd rom with this notebook so I copied the Debian cd to a windows partition first and booted the install from dos. This has always worked before on other notebooks and laptops. In the past I have always had to choose which installation whether it would be compact or ide and so on but this time it didn't give me this choice it just scrolled right through them on my Thinkpad and I always get stuck when it asks for Drivers and Modules from a floppy disk. I have never had to do this before. I would be grateful for any help how to get around this problem. I do not know how to create a floppy disk with drivers and modules. Nick
