Re: network connectivity problems
I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked fine until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some messing around to get it to work initially, so I've become somewhat familiar with dhcp and pcmcia - everything appears to be configured properly (the way it was when it worked with the older kernel), but I get no Internet. I think that both pcmcia and the DFE-650 are working properly, since I get 2 muted beeps on startup (they were a lot louder with the older kernel, but they're still there now), and the "Ln/Act" light comes on on the dongle. Also, eth0 shows up fine when I do "ifconfig." I'm confused because everything appears to be set-up and working properly. Is it possible that I omitted something in the kernel configuration? Is there something else that I should be looking at? Thanks in advance, Noah
Re: network connectivity problems
Thanks for the reply . . . At 10:46 AM 13/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked fine > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some > messing around to get it to work initially, so I've become somewhat > familiar with dhcp and pcmcia - everything appears to be configured > properly (the way it was when it worked with the older kernel), but I get > no Internet. Please clarify "no internet." If no web sites come up, check if you have explicit congestion notification turned on in the kernel. you can turn it off with a recompile or an echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn I beleive. Thanks, I'll give this a shot - my criteria for no Internet were that I couldn't connect with Mozilla, but also that "ping whatever.com" returned "unknown host" - from what I learned getting the connection working with kernel 2.2.X, it looks like everything should work, but since I installed 2.4.7 I can't seem to connect. Thanks again for any advice. Regards, Noah
Re: Debian setup freezes when trying to remove pcmcia
At 11:14 PM 20/08/2001, Bart Szyszka wrote: Hi, I just got a Dell Inspiron 8000 and am getting stuck trying to get the thing to work. I have WindowsMe setup on a seperate partition, but after trying to install Debian once I can't get to WinMe because the Debian setup option to boot from harddrive didn't let me specify what partitions should be available during boot (or which should be active for that matter). Now I have a Debian system that loads automatically and stops during boot because of pcmcia. And I can't get to WinMe because of LILO. I've tried reinstalling, but whenever I get to the option to 'Configure PCMCIA' so I could make sure it's not installed, the Debian setup freezes. Any ideas on how I could go about setting up Debian and avoid PCMCIA completely. At the rescue disk boot= prompt, is there anything I could do like pcmcia=noway ? People have suggested that before rebooting a freshly installed system, I should try to either remove pcmcia or go to /etc/ and edit a file that starts with an 'r' (rc2.d?) to get rid of some line that deals with pcmcia. Problem is that there's no dpkg at this point in the install for me to be able to just remove pcmcia and there's no file or directly that starts with an 'r' in /etc/ either. I'd appreciate some help. Thanks! You'll probably have to reinstall Debian from scratch to make this work. When installing, ignore the "Configure PCMCIA" but choose "Edit Kernel Boot Options" (or something like that), and add "PCMCIA=no" (without the quotes). The system should boot fine without PCMCIA. As the installation continues, Debian will ask you if you want to remove the PCMCIA package - say no. Once you finish setup and you boot to the command line (there are further hassles ahead for getting X working, but I'll leave that for another day), edit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to remove the port "0x800-0x8ff" - it's the middle of three ports listed near the beginning of the file. Once you've done this, edit /etc/lilo.conf (I think that's what it's called) and remove (or comment out) the "PCMCIA=no" line. Then run lilo, and reboot - PCMCIA should load no problem. HTH, Noah
Re: ATI Mobility M4
At 06:57 PM 19/08/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just bought an Inspiron 8000. I cannot get X going. None of the drivers work for it. Everyone says the Rage128 is the one, but apparently is not, unless I'm doing something wrong. I have tried to upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0. This didn't solve it. I reinstalled Debian with Woody, this did not solve it, neither did 4.1.0 with Woody. You will need X 4+ - I have a working XF86Config - let me know if you want it. Cheers
PCMCIA and kernel 2.4.x (was: network connectivity problems)
At 12:14 PM 15/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked > > fine > > > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some > > > messing around to get it to work initially, so I've become somewhat > > > familiar with dhcp and pcmcia - everything appears to be configured > > > properly (the way it was when it worked with the older kernel), but I get > > > no Internet. > >Please clarify "no internet." If no web sites come up, check if you > >have explicit congestion notification turned on in the kernel. you can > >turn it off with a recompile or an echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn I > >beleive. > > Thanks, I'll give this a shot - my criteria for no Internet were that I > couldn't connect with Mozilla, but also that "ping whatever.com" returned > "unknown host" - from what I learned getting the connection working with > kernel 2.2.X, it looks like everything should work, but since I installed > 2.4.7 I can't seem to connect. This description of "no internet" now allows me to guess that a dns problem is the core of it now. What is your /etc/resolv.conf before and after you connect with pppd and who is supposed to be your name server? --mike Thanks again for your help - apologies for the delay in replying, I've been fighting with this in several ways, and wanted to exhaust my options before coming back to the list (by the way, I'm now trying to upgrade to kernel 2.4.9, but everything else is the same). I tried simply pinging an IP address, and I got a "network is unreachable" response for each ping attempt, so I assume that this means that it's not a dns issue - "ifup eth0" gives me the same response that it did under the 2.2 kernels, so it seems to be working, but it just won't let me connect - the light is on, the beeps are there, but no connection. I tried "route add default eth0," but that returned "SIOCADDRT: No such device." I've found some information about PCMCIA problems on this notebook using 2.4 kernels, but the problem that other people seem to have had involves hanging due to IRQ conflicts, rather than just a dead connection. In my research, I have found that opinions are split between "don't use the PCMCIA stuff in the 2.4 kernels, get the pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-source packages and install them" and "you don't need pcmcia-source anymore, everything you need is in the kernel" - since I wasn't having any luck with the second proposition, I tried the first, but I have been unable to successfully compile the PCMCIA module - it always dies with: apa1480_stub.c:53: ../drivers/scsi/aic7xxx.h No such file or directory apa1480_stup.c:79: 'AIC7XXX' undeclared here (not in a function) make[4]: ***[apa1480_stub.o] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs/clients' make[3]: ***[all] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs' make[2]: ***[build-modules] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs' make[1]: ***[kdist_image] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs' Module /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs failed. Ideally, I'd really like to just get the PCMCIA stuff in the kernel working, and avoid the hassle of the extra module all together - it seems to be so close (in fact, it gives every indication of working aside from the fact that it doesn't). Thanks for any direction, Noah
RE: Dell 8100
At 11:28 PM 21/10/2001, Jeremy Vaught wrote: I have the 8000 with the ATI Rage Mobility, and I still can't XFree86 running, it has been four months of pain. I hold out hope for the next release of X, but if that fails me, I'm going to have to go do RH. (Better than Windows I suppose, but still not Debian) You need to use XFree86 4 or above - once I installed 4, I had no problem getting X running. There are a number of config files available on the Internet, but if you can't find one, I could send you mine. Cheers, Noah
PCMCIA / NIC /Cable on Inspiron 8000
Please excuse me if there are stupid questions and associations here - I'm fairly new to this stuff. I'm trying to get Rogers@Home Internet access working on an Inspiron 8000. In order to do so, I think I have to complete 3 separate steps: 1. Get PCMCIA working 2. Get the D-Link DFE-650 NIC working 3. Configure DHCPcd (PUMP will also work, as I understand it) This system is known to hang on PCMCIA with the default Potato (or Woody, or Red Hat, for that matter) installation (I'm doing a minimal Potato install). To get around this, I added a boot parameter: PCMCIA=no Once the system was up I edited /etc/pcmcia/config.opts, changing the line: include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0x800-0x8ff, port 0xc00-0xcff to read include port 0x100-0x4ff, port 0xc00-0xcff (i.e., taking out "port 0x800-0x8ff"), then I took "PCMCIA=no" out of lilo.conf, ran lilo, and rebooted. The system no longer hangs, I get a beep when the PCMCIA lines go by during boot, and the "10/100" light on the dongle (the ethernet to PCMCIA adapter thingy) lights up. "dmesg" reveals: eth0: NE2000 (DL10022 rev 30): io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:50:BA:7A:67:24 and eth0 shows up (with no errors) when I do "cat /proc/net/dev" However, eth0 does not show up when I do "ifconfig" or "cat /proc/interrupts," and "ifup eth0" gives "Ignoring unknown interface eth0." When I do "pump -i eth0" the system works away for a few seconds, then gives me "eth0 interrupt stopped from card" (once or twice), then "Operation failed" - before the operation fails, however, I see the "Send" light flash a couple of times on the Terayon Cable Modem that interfaces between the Coax cable and the ethernet cable. I'm sure that there is documentation somewhere that would help me figure out what's going on, but I haven't been able to find it (or, rather, I probably have found it, but have failed to figure out how it applies to my situation). I'm assuming that PCMCIA is working properly at this point, and that it's the card that's not right. Is this true? Or is PCMCIA not yet right? Or are both PCMCIA and the card fine, and do I have to configure the connection to Rogers@Home at this point? Any help/advice would be greatly appreciated (I've been at this for nearly a week now). Thanks and regards, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCMCIA / NIC /Cable on Inspiron 8000
Thanks very much for the help. I've updated to the "testing" pcmcia-cs package. I've also verified that the system is beeping twice at start-up, so presumably the card is recognized and configured. One more thing that I got wrong in my original question - after PCMCIA starts, it's the "Ln/Act" light on the dongle that lights up (and stays on), not the "10/100" light. Since I updated the pcmcia-cs package, when I run: pump -i eth0 I get: eth0: found link beat eth0: autonegotiation complete: 10baseT-HD selected eth0: interrupt stopped from card Operation failed "ifconfig" still doesn't show eth0, though. I'm starting to strongly suspect that the card is working fine, and that I just have to worry about the connection to the cable modem at this point. Can anyone confirm or deny this? Along those lines, I came across a newsgroup post that might be applicable to my situation. It said in /sbin/ifup to change the line: "if /sbin/pump -i $DEVICE; then" to "if /sbin/pump -i $DEVICE -h HOSTNAME; then" (where HOSTNAME is my authentication string from the cable provider). /sbin/ifup, however, is (not surprisingly) a binary file (or at least a lot of garbage shows up on my screen when I do "vi /sbin/ifup") - I assume that this means that I would have to make the change before compiling it. Is this right, or do I have no idea what I'm talking about? Again, many thanks for any direction. Regards, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: network connectivity problems
Thanks for the reply . . . At 10:46 AM 13/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked > fine > > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It took some > > messing around to get it to work initially, so I've become somewhat > > familiar with dhcp and pcmcia - everything appears to be configured > > properly (the way it was when it worked with the older kernel), but I get > > no Internet. >Please clarify "no internet." If no web sites come up, check if you >have explicit congestion notification turned on in the kernel. you can >turn it off with a recompile or an echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn I >beleive. Thanks, I'll give this a shot - my criteria for no Internet were that I couldn't connect with Mozilla, but also that "ping whatever.com" returned "unknown host" - from what I learned getting the connection working with kernel 2.2.X, it looks like everything should work, but since I installed 2.4.7 I can't seem to connect. Thanks again for any advice. Regards, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Debian setup freezes when trying to remove pcmcia
At 11:14 PM 20/08/2001, Bart Szyszka wrote: >Hi, > >I just got a Dell Inspiron 8000 and am getting stuck trying to get the thing >to work. I have WindowsMe setup on a seperate partition, but after trying >to install Debian once I can't get to WinMe because the Debian setup option to >boot from harddrive didn't let me specify what partitions should be available >during boot (or which should be active for that matter). Now I have a >Debian system that loads automatically and stops during boot because of >pcmcia. >And I can't get to WinMe because of LILO. I've tried reinstalling, but >whenever I >get to the option to 'Configure PCMCIA' so I could make sure it's not >installed, >the Debian setup freezes. Any ideas on how I could go about setting up Debian >and avoid PCMCIA completely. At the rescue disk boot= prompt, is there >anything >I could do like pcmcia=noway ? People have suggested that before rebooting a >freshly installed system, I should try to either remove pcmcia or go to >/etc/ and >edit a file that starts with an 'r' (rc2.d?) to get rid of some line that >deals with pcmcia. >Problem is that there's no dpkg at this point in the install for me to be >able to just >remove pcmcia and there's no file or directly that starts with an 'r' in >/etc/ either. >I'd appreciate some help. Thanks! You'll probably have to reinstall Debian from scratch to make this work. When installing, ignore the "Configure PCMCIA" but choose "Edit Kernel Boot Options" (or something like that), and add "PCMCIA=no" (without the quotes). The system should boot fine without PCMCIA. As the installation continues, Debian will ask you if you want to remove the PCMCIA package - say no. Once you finish setup and you boot to the command line (there are further hassles ahead for getting X working, but I'll leave that for another day), edit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to remove the port "0x800-0x8ff" - it's the middle of three ports listed near the beginning of the file. Once you've done this, edit /etc/lilo.conf (I think that's what it's called) and remove (or comment out) the "PCMCIA=no" line. Then run lilo, and reboot - PCMCIA should load no problem. HTH, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: ATI Mobility M4
At 06:57 PM 19/08/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I just bought an Inspiron 8000. I cannot get X going. None of the >drivers work for it. Everyone says the Rage128 is the one, but apparently >is not, unless I'm doing something wrong. I have tried to upgrade to >XFree86 4.1.0. This didn't solve it. I reinstalled Debian with Woody, >this did not solve it, neither did 4.1.0 with Woody. You will need X 4+ - I have a working XF86Config - let me know if you want it. Cheers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PCMCIA and kernel 2.4.x (was: network connectivity problems)
At 12:14 PM 15/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > > > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked > > > fine > > > > until I installed kernel 2.4.7 - now it doesn't work at all. It > took some > > > > messing around to get it to work initially, so I've become somewhat > > > > familiar with dhcp and pcmcia - everything appears to be configured > > > > properly (the way it was when it worked with the older kernel), but > I get > > > > no Internet. > > >Please clarify "no internet." If no web sites come up, check if you > > >have explicit congestion notification turned on in the kernel. you can > > >turn it off with a recompile or an echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn I > > >beleive. > > > > Thanks, I'll give this a shot - my criteria for no Internet were that I > > couldn't connect with Mozilla, but also that "ping whatever.com" returned > > "unknown host" - from what I learned getting the connection working with > > kernel 2.2.X, it looks like everything should work, but since I installed > > 2.4.7 I can't seem to connect. > >This description of "no internet" now allows me to guess that a dns >problem is the core of it now. What is your /etc/resolv.conf before and >after you connect with pppd and who is supposed to be your name server? > >--mike Thanks again for your help - apologies for the delay in replying, I've been fighting with this in several ways, and wanted to exhaust my options before coming back to the list (by the way, I'm now trying to upgrade to kernel 2.4.9, but everything else is the same). I tried simply pinging an IP address, and I got a "network is unreachable" response for each ping attempt, so I assume that this means that it's not a dns issue - "ifup eth0" gives me the same response that it did under the 2.2 kernels, so it seems to be working, but it just won't let me connect - the light is on, the beeps are there, but no connection. I tried "route add default eth0," but that returned "SIOCADDRT: No such device." I've found some information about PCMCIA problems on this notebook using 2.4 kernels, but the problem that other people seem to have had involves hanging due to IRQ conflicts, rather than just a dead connection. In my research, I have found that opinions are split between "don't use the PCMCIA stuff in the 2.4 kernels, get the pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-source packages and install them" and "you don't need pcmcia-source anymore, everything you need is in the kernel" - since I wasn't having any luck with the second proposition, I tried the first, but I have been unable to successfully compile the PCMCIA module - it always dies with: apa1480_stub.c:53: ../drivers/scsi/aic7xxx.h No such file or directory apa1480_stup.c:79: 'AIC7XXX' undeclared here (not in a function) make[4]: ***[apa1480_stub.o] Error 1 make[4]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs/clients' make[3]: ***[all] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs' make[2]: ***[build-modules] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs' make[1]: ***[kdist_image] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs' Module /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs failed. Ideally, I'd really like to just get the PCMCIA stuff in the kernel working, and avoid the hassle of the extra module all together - it seems to be so close (in fact, it gives every indication of working aside from the fact that it doesn't). Thanks for any direction, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dell 8100
At 11:28 PM 21/10/2001, Jeremy Vaught wrote: >I have the 8000 with the ATI Rage Mobility, and I still can't XFree86 >running, it has been four months of pain. I hold out hope for the next >release of X, but if that fails me, I'm going to have to go do RH. (Better >than Windows I suppose, but still not Debian) You need to use XFree86 4 or above - once I installed 4, I had no problem getting X running. There are a number of config files available on the Internet, but if you can't find one, I could send you mine. Cheers, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why Woody?
Nick wrote: 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 Just as a possible explanation of where the confusion might arise, there are some Woody ISOs around that are numbered 2.3 - I suspect that that might be what you installed originally. As many people have said, your best bet is probably to stick with what you've got for a few weeks, and then install Debian 3.0 when it becomes the available stable version (around the beginning of May, probably). Cheers, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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]
Re: Why Woody?
Nick wrote: > 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 Just as a possible explanation of where the confusion might arise, there are some Woody ISOs around that are numbered 2.3 - I suspect that that might be what you installed originally. As many people have said, your best bet is probably to stick with what you've got for a few weeks, and then install Debian 3.0 when it becomes the available stable version (around the beginning of May, probably). Cheers, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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]
gnome/hal/dbus Suspend vs. hibernate-ram
My new ThinkPad X300 can suspend just fine if I use the hibernate-ram command, but the sleep button (Fn+F4 or "Suspend" from gnome-power-manager) is not able to suspend. The system starts to suspend but immediately wakes up again. What exactly is gnome/dbus/hal doing when I tell it to suspend? It seems like hal is what actually takes care of calling whatever programs are responsible for suspending, but I can't figure out where it does this or how it's configured. The X300, btw, is a sweet laptop. I'd been using a MacBook Air for the past couple months before trading it in for an upgrade. ;) (Both machines are really owned by my employer, but they won't be getting the X300 back any time soon.) Etch installed OK, but it needed some newer drivers than what were available, so I went ahead with the lenny beta installer. It might be interesting to try etch-and-a-half at some point, which might work. noah signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: gnome/hal/dbus Suspend vs. hibernate-ram
On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 01:01:21PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > My new ThinkPad X300 can suspend just fine if I use the hibernate-ram > command, but the sleep button (Fn+F4 or "Suspend" from > gnome-power-manager) is not able to suspend. The system starts to > suspend but immediately wakes up again. What exactly is gnome/dbus/hal > doing when I tell it to suspend? It seems like hal is what actually > takes care of calling whatever programs are responsible for suspending, > but I can't figure out where it does this or how it's configured. Hmm. Never mind. It seems that the pm-* tools are what I'm looking for. It wasn't even all that well hidden. Hibernate seems to be working... noah signature.asc Description: Digital signature
useful laptop specific apps?
Hey all. I have gotten my new Sony Vaio all set up nicely with X and sound and PCMCIA networking and stuff like that. It really wasn't too hard. What I'm wondering now is what apps are available to make mobile life easier. I've installed things like wmbattery to monitor battery status and stuff. Is there more than that? Since the machine is mobile it will be moving between networks often (sometimes with dhcp, sometimes with static addresses). What do you folks find helpful in this situation? Essentially I'm hoping to get some of you folks to share your opinions on what the indispensible mobile linux apps are, since I'm coming from desktop experience only. Thanks noah -- Noah Meyerhans MIT LCS
Re: alsa sound on vaio (neomagic 256qv) chipset / ymfpci
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think you're on the right track here. I ran in to the exact same problem with ALSA on my PCG-XG28 (or whatever it is) with the same audio hardware. It turned out that I had everything set up just fine in Linux and that I needed to change a BIOS setting. You need to tell it that there is *not* a PnP OS installed, which will cause the BIOS to initialize all the PCI stuff. Enter the BIOS by pressing at boot time (when the Vaio logo is displayed). HTH, noah On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 09:39:09PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote: > I have put debian 2.2 on my sony vaio F180, this laptop uses a Neomagic > 256AV chipset, this is an integrated sound and graphic adapter. > > I had no problem configuring the graphics adapter as now x and helixgnome is > running smoothly. > > but i have some problems with the sound, i installed from source the alsa > 0.58b drivers, because i read on several sites that the Yamaha ymfpci driver > works with this card. > > in my kernel (2.2.17) i have soundsupport selected but no sound card > selected as was in the howto of alsa ... > > but when i try to load the drive with modprobe snd-card-ymfpci > > then i get some errors > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: init_module: Device or resource > busy > Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > invalid IO or IRQ parameters > ... > insmod failed ... > > > so i get when i do a 'cat /proc/asound/cards' > --- no soundcards --- > > but that has to be, as i found on a website with someone with another vaio > with the same chipset ... > 0 [card1 ]: YMFPCI - Yamaha DS-XG PCI (YMF744) > Yamaha DS-XG PCI (YMF744) at 0xfecf, irq 9 > > now what do i do ? do i need to set the IO and IRQ ? as in the hint, but how > do i do that ? this is a pci device ... so pnp has nothing to do with it i > think ? > > thanks in advance > > bruno > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - -- Noah Meyerhans MIT LCS -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE5x4lvYrVLjBFATsMRAsO1AJ0bEwXWM21L+d6G61LEEv3hASEoVwCfbNP1 JNXz+ZO4LhnwqayP0DL7Xyc= =20il -END PGP SIGNATURE-
X4 troubles on Vaio PCG-XG28 (NM2380)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all. Yesterday I decided to give the upgrade to X4 a try on my Vaio running woody. dexter caused me much grief, creating an X config that would hang the console with a completely blank screen. XFree86 - -configure has given me the most promising results so far, but I'm still having a little trouble. With X 3.3.6, it seems as though the NeoMagic driver was smart enough to know that it was talking to an LCD panel and ignored the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines in XF86Config. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I've been tweaking the values for those options, and playing with different modelines, but I still can't get the server to run in 1024x768 resolution. I got 800x600 working, but that's just not good enough! Does anybody have info on VertRefresh/HorizSync, Modelines, or even a working XF86Config file that they could share with me? I can post all the info you need about the system configuration, if it would help. TIA, noah -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6CsSSYrVLjBFATsMRArKkAJ9JkN0RiULQHnQoCEAGCAyKeiuKygCfWdgL cN83jLe8Kw1x08px1kK76HA= =vNqC -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: sony vaio laptops
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choosing a keyboard layout in X4
I've finally got X 4.0.2 to display on my VAIO (NM 2380), but the keyboard is not right. The Windows keys don't work (believe it or not I do use them in X!). I don't know how to specify which keyboard layout I need. The only keyboard related stuff in XF86Config-4 is Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" EndSection How do I tell it what layout to use? What are my options (and how do I find them)? I've read the docs, but they weren't too helpful in this case. If somebody could point me to an appropriate document I'd be happy. Thanks. noah -- Noah Meyerhans MIT LCS pgpGYN0LzPacu.pgp Description: PGP signature
useful laptop specific apps?
Hey all. I have gotten my new Sony Vaio all set up nicely with X and sound and PCMCIA networking and stuff like that. It really wasn't too hard. What I'm wondering now is what apps are available to make mobile life easier. I've installed things like wmbattery to monitor battery status and stuff. Is there more than that? Since the machine is mobile it will be moving between networks often (sometimes with dhcp, sometimes with static addresses). What do you folks find helpful in this situation? Essentially I'm hoping to get some of you folks to share your opinions on what the indispensible mobile linux apps are, since I'm coming from desktop experience only. Thanks noah -- Noah Meyerhans MIT LCS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: alsa sound on vaio (neomagic 256qv) chipset / ymfpci
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I think you're on the right track here. I ran in to the exact same problem with ALSA on my PCG-XG28 (or whatever it is) with the same audio hardware. It turned out that I had everything set up just fine in Linux and that I needed to change a BIOS setting. You need to tell it that there is *not* a PnP OS installed, which will cause the BIOS to initialize all the PCI stuff. Enter the BIOS by pressing at boot time (when the Vaio logo is displayed). HTH, noah On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 09:39:09PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote: > I have put debian 2.2 on my sony vaio F180, this laptop uses a Neomagic > 256AV chipset, this is an integrated sound and graphic adapter. > > I had no problem configuring the graphics adapter as now x and helixgnome is > running smoothly. > > but i have some problems with the sound, i installed from source the alsa > 0.58b drivers, because i read on several sites that the Yamaha ymfpci driver > works with this card. > > in my kernel (2.2.17) i have soundsupport selected but no sound card > selected as was in the howto of alsa ... > > but when i try to load the drive with modprobe snd-card-ymfpci > > then i get some errors > > /lib/modules/2.2.17/misc/snd-card-ymfpci.o: init_module: Device or resource > busy > Hint: this error can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > invalid IO or IRQ parameters > ... > insmod failed ... > > > so i get when i do a 'cat /proc/asound/cards' > --- no soundcards --- > > but that has to be, as i found on a website with someone with another vaio > with the same chipset ... > 0 [card1 ]: YMFPCI - Yamaha DS-XG PCI (YMF744) > Yamaha DS-XG PCI (YMF744) at 0xfecf, irq 9 > > now what do i do ? do i need to set the IO and IRQ ? as in the hint, but how > do i do that ? this is a pci device ... so pnp has nothing to do with it i > think ? > > thanks in advance > > bruno > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - -- Noah Meyerhans MIT LCS -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE5x4lvYrVLjBFATsMRAsO1AJ0bEwXWM21L+d6G61LEEv3hASEoVwCfbNP1 JNXz+ZO4LhnwqayP0DL7Xyc= =20il -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
X4 troubles on Vaio PCG-XG28 (NM2380)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all. Yesterday I decided to give the upgrade to X4 a try on my Vaio running woody. dexter caused me much grief, creating an X config that would hang the console with a completely blank screen. XFree86 - -configure has given me the most promising results so far, but I'm still having a little trouble. With X 3.3.6, it seems as though the NeoMagic driver was smart enough to know that it was talking to an LCD panel and ignored the HorizSync and VertRefresh lines in XF86Config. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I've been tweaking the values for those options, and playing with different modelines, but I still can't get the server to run in 1024x768 resolution. I got 800x600 working, but that's just not good enough! Does anybody have info on VertRefresh/HorizSync, Modelines, or even a working XF86Config file that they could share with me? I can post all the info you need about the system configuration, if it would help. TIA, noah -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6CsSSYrVLjBFATsMRArKkAJ9JkN0RiULQHnQoCEAGCAyKeiuKygCfWdgL cN83jLe8Kw1x08px1kK76HA= =vNqC -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: sony vaio laptops
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choosing a keyboard layout in X4
I've finally got X 4.0.2 to display on my VAIO (NM 2380), but the keyboard is not right. The Windows keys don't work (believe it or not I do use them in X!). I don't know how to specify which keyboard layout I need. The only keyboard related stuff in XF86Config-4 is Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" EndSection How do I tell it what layout to use? What are my options (and how do I find them)? I've read the docs, but they weren't too helpful in this case. If somebody could point me to an appropriate document I'd be happy. Thanks. noah -- Noah Meyerhans MIT LCS PGP signature
Re: Why Linux on a Laptop?
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:39:20AM -0500, Alec wrote: > I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a laptop > instead of Cygwin + Windows. The way I see it, a laptop is basically a giant > PDA. People usually use them for typing down stuff during classes, seminars, > conferences, in the library, for presenting (powerpoint) material, or for > keeping all their mail and personal archives in one place, etc. Laptops don't > get used much as servers or development workstations, are they? I use Linux on my laptop because user environments in Linux are more powerful and useful. There's nothing I can do in Windows on my laptop (work requires me to dual boot...this week I'm dual booting with WinXP) that I can't do with Linux, and Linux provides me with a more useful work environment. It also allows me more power to structure the environment in a way that is best suited for getting real work done. Another thing is that Linux handles the mobile aspect of laptop computing significantly better than any version of Windows I've used. Moving between different types of networks (i.e. wireless, wired w/DHCP, wired w/static IP) and adjusting my IPSEC configuration accordingly is all easily done in Linux. It is not so easy in Windows, where it's even possible, and it often requires pointless and time consuming reboots. (Windows XP claims to be better at supporting mobile networking, but its drivers for my wireless card are so buggy that I'm unable to see for myself.) So the way I see it, why run Windows on a laptop? It's clunky, harder to get work done in, less efficient, and unstable. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html msg05588/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: cardmgr stops recognizing NIC after upgrade
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 11:38:16PM +0100, Mark Janssen wrote: > > Maybe remove the '#' before the manfid ??? > Did not help... > It should work, but make sure you have the following in your config > file: > > - The product definition with manfid line and bind line (as you have > above) This turned out to be the key... I think that something needs to be added to the config file that is included in the package. The original config entry looked like this: card "Linksys NP100 Network Everywhere Ethernet" version "Network Everywhere", "*", "*", "AX88190" #manfid 0x0149, 0xc1ab bind "axnet_cs" It seems as though the version line is what was mis-identifying the card. When I removed the AX88190 entry and changed the bind line to use pcnet_cs, everything worked fine, even with the manfid line remaining commented. My changes work fine in the config file even when the original entry is there, which leads me to believe that the axnet version of this card would still work fine. Should I file a wishlist bug to get my changes included in pcmcia-cs's version of the config file, or is there a chance that this can break other cards? noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Why Linux on a Laptop?
On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 03:39:20AM -0500, Alec wrote: > I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a laptop > instead of Cygwin + Windows. The way I see it, a laptop is basically a giant > PDA. People usually use them for typing down stuff during classes, seminars, > conferences, in the library, for presenting (powerpoint) material, or for > keeping all their mail and personal archives in one place, etc. Laptops don't > get used much as servers or development workstations, are they? I use Linux on my laptop because user environments in Linux are more powerful and useful. There's nothing I can do in Windows on my laptop (work requires me to dual boot...this week I'm dual booting with WinXP) that I can't do with Linux, and Linux provides me with a more useful work environment. It also allows me more power to structure the environment in a way that is best suited for getting real work done. Another thing is that Linux handles the mobile aspect of laptop computing significantly better than any version of Windows I've used. Moving between different types of networks (i.e. wireless, wired w/DHCP, wired w/static IP) and adjusting my IPSEC configuration accordingly is all easily done in Linux. It is not so easy in Windows, where it's even possible, and it often requires pointless and time consuming reboots. (Windows XP claims to be better at supporting mobile networking, but its drivers for my wireless card are so buggy that I'm unable to see for myself.) So the way I see it, why run Windows on a laptop? It's clunky, harder to get work done in, less efficient, and unstable. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html pgpctzgVPSPaO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: cardmgr stops recognizing NIC after upgrade
On Tue, Jan 08, 2002 at 11:38:16PM +0100, Mark Janssen wrote: > > Maybe remove the '#' before the manfid ??? > Did not help... > It should work, but make sure you have the following in your config > file: > > - The product definition with manfid line and bind line (as you have > above) This turned out to be the key... I think that something needs to be added to the config file that is included in the package. The original config entry looked like this: card "Linksys NP100 Network Everywhere Ethernet" version "Network Everywhere", "*", "*", "AX88190" #manfid 0x0149, 0xc1ab bind "axnet_cs" It seems as though the version line is what was mis-identifying the card. When I removed the AX88190 entry and changed the bind line to use pcnet_cs, everything worked fine, even with the manfid line remaining commented. My changes work fine in the config file even when the original entry is there, which leads me to believe that the axnet version of this card would still work fine. Should I file a wishlist bug to get my changes included in pcmcia-cs's version of the config file, or is there a chance that this can break other cards? noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
Linksys card mis-recognized
Hi folks. I just installed a new copy of woody on my Vaio after getting a new drive installed in it. I am having trouble with my Linksys Network Everywhere NP100 PCMCIA ethernet card... The card is recognized as: Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: socket 0: Anonymous Memory Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: executing: 'modprobe memory_cs' Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: + modprobe: Can't locate module memory_cs Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: modprobe exited with status 255 Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: module /lib/modules/2.4.17/pcmcia/memory_cs.o not available Apr 10 01:49:07 gnat cardmgr[376]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable There are two different revisions of this card, and I have two of the original and one version 2.0 to play with. This problem only shows up on the original version of the card, which uses the pcnet_cs driver (the new one uses axnet_cs). Version 2.0 of the card works fine, and is, in fact, how I'm communicating right now. The two versions of this card have, in the past, caused problems because /etc/pcmcia/config only recognized one of them. That problem has been fixed, and seems completely unrelated to this problem. I am certain that these cards are functional and can work correctly in Linux. I have another woody laptop that will use either version with no trouble, though I suspect it is running an older version of pcmcia-cs, as it hasn't been upgraded in a while. Since there's no manfid or version string output by cardmgr (even when running with -v), I can't figure out how to get this card properly recognized. Can anybody offer any hints? Thanks. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html pgplfh4pjOUyI.pgp Description: PGP signature
Linksys card mis-recognized
Hi folks. I just installed a new copy of woody on my Vaio after getting a new drive installed in it. I am having trouble with my Linksys Network Everywhere NP100 PCMCIA ethernet card... The card is recognized as: Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: socket 0: Anonymous Memory Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: executing: 'modprobe memory_cs' Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: + modprobe: Can't locate module memory_cs Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: modprobe exited with status 255 Apr 10 01:49:06 gnat cardmgr[376]: module /lib/modules/2.4.17/pcmcia/memory_cs.o not available Apr 10 01:49:07 gnat cardmgr[376]: get dev info on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable There are two different revisions of this card, and I have two of the original and one version 2.0 to play with. This problem only shows up on the original version of the card, which uses the pcnet_cs driver (the new one uses axnet_cs). Version 2.0 of the card works fine, and is, in fact, how I'm communicating right now. The two versions of this card have, in the past, caused problems because /etc/pcmcia/config only recognized one of them. That problem has been fixed, and seems completely unrelated to this problem. I am certain that these cards are functional and can work correctly in Linux. I have another woody laptop that will use either version with no trouble, though I suspect it is running an older version of pcmcia-cs, as it hasn't been upgraded in a while. Since there's no manfid or version string output by cardmgr (even when running with -v), I can't figure out how to get this card properly recognized. Can anybody offer any hints? Thanks. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html msg07478/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- My employer is about to buy me a Sony VAIO notebook. I would like to know how well these are supported in Debian and if there are any specific models that I should look for/avoid for best results. The only requirement the employer has is that it must be a VAIO and must run Lose98 at least part time for testing/debugging purposes. Otherwise I'm free to choose the model and run Debian on it. Pointers to online docs are welcome. Thanks in advance for info. noah ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOaGCYodCcpBjGWoFAQFrrQP/bfyGpTX5bhdRjEWJfwX2D9Fu7onJrYY4 f7erI9i9bkcpPhOP0jGoceRkTYM1e8wloK5zG9q2GBGR0gIyvkmvwFt9A1xQVdhW vF8z2azew+/1/9owRONQq4VpquCrDWh/gur/Fp8k8hLwqIXFlCXmQAAV6y+fv6L7 2A4EwgWG7RM= =31EN -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- As a followup question, what PCMCIA ethernet cards are well supported in Linux? How 'bout wireless ethernet? PCMCIA modems (including cellular)? I'm a complete newbie WRT all this PCMCIA stuff, so bear with me. THanks, noah On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 21-Aug-2000 Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > > My employer is about to buy me a Sony VAIO notebook. I would like to know > > how well these are supported in Debian and if there are any specific > > models that I should look for/avoid for best results. The only > > requirement the employer has is that it must be a VAIO and must run Lose98 > > at least part time for testing/debugging purposes. Otherwise I'm free to > > choose the model and run Debian on it. > > > > biggest obstacle -- many of them have usb floppies. So you have to prime the > install from windows or another OS. Beyond that most things work. The modem > is a winmodem though. > ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOaGLqodCcpBjGWoFAQGu/wP+J4zDhaI6vgQAs2ShTPiYbhJO2fEG7eOF l4nHA8crTMBhe60DH7muILUR4FRcoqmax07QVLBImMnzWi/9o1AqxLWMlZVwadjx l8EMHQOOy5S18YDUYj6x1Ovz+9FIYI6k1WkQccQj1Q+lymuGCR0VD0eES8uQE2Dv R6dhFQeFTcA= =iP6G -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi. I just wanted to extend my thanks to the people on the list who responded to my questions. Sitting in front of me is a brand new 650 MHz Sony PCG-XG28 getting ready to install potato. The ethernet and wireless ethernet cards they provided for me are supported according to http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS (thanks for the link, Tim Quinlan). noah ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOavi8odCcpBjGWoFAQHikgP+KG8VOWk5EA9HbMLC7yEtQa47oJ+Xdr9D rLc7/mAXFGBoXOeerrirtxjYBtrsSoAqRsGT5QjUXq7LqY4azictT3wMlLzTJmsc WogLOUCYkpamxRi3sQKrU5vjJF+N0G6D0Ktzrc/pCOcQPn2FLmeb8YIUbNHoq+BY sFc+vKxltxc= =vyti -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: iplogger is crashing my computer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Bryan K. Walton wrote: > I am running 2.1 with a 2.2.13 kernel on my Thinkpad 390E in a > network environment using DHCP. Today, oddly, I was informed while > attempting to open an x terminal that my system was temporarily out of > resources. > I did a little research and it turns out that some processes > called "tcplogd" were strangling my computer. Something being run by a > program called iplogger. Can anyone tell me a little more about this > program? How can I prevent this from using all of my resources in the > future? tcplogd and iplogger are used to log connection attempts to your computer. There are known security problems related to it. It's probably not a good thing to run under any circumstances. You should uninstall it and replace it with ippl, which does about the same thing, but in a more sane way. Since you're running slink, you should get the ippl sources from potato if you want to run it. noah PGP Public Key available at http://www.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html or by `finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: 2.6.3a Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOHptfYdCcpBjGWoFAQFN7gQArfJvar50gIi22wIji4kGX/7e/UjcV1HU VE6BAYL4li8a1YFhXhQOM8bGkPziK+pM66JxgL27mS47/McO/JAqmNeuOQ4Fw39n yqndSXcsU9rmrOEXgazmlQeT0Ba4N1pWEuIWce5awch9fLizIdW5onM7H2hciMYG ssau4aAqdwo= =SA7E -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- My employer is about to buy me a Sony VAIO notebook. I would like to know how well these are supported in Debian and if there are any specific models that I should look for/avoid for best results. The only requirement the employer has is that it must be a VAIO and must run Lose98 at least part time for testing/debugging purposes. Otherwise I'm free to choose the model and run Debian on it. Pointers to online docs are welcome. Thanks in advance for info. noah ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOaGCYodCcpBjGWoFAQFrrQP/bfyGpTX5bhdRjEWJfwX2D9Fu7onJrYY4 f7erI9i9bkcpPhOP0jGoceRkTYM1e8wloK5zG9q2GBGR0gIyvkmvwFt9A1xQVdhW vF8z2azew+/1/9owRONQq4VpquCrDWh/gur/Fp8k8hLwqIXFlCXmQAAV6y+fv6L7 2A4EwgWG7RM= =31EN -END PGP SIGNATURE-
RE: Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- As a followup question, what PCMCIA ethernet cards are well supported in Linux? How 'bout wireless ethernet? PCMCIA modems (including cellular)? I'm a complete newbie WRT all this PCMCIA stuff, so bear with me. THanks, noah On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > On 21-Aug-2000 Noah L. Meyerhans wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > > My employer is about to buy me a Sony VAIO notebook. I would like to know > > how well these are supported in Debian and if there are any specific > > models that I should look for/avoid for best results. The only > > requirement the employer has is that it must be a VAIO and must run Lose98 > > at least part time for testing/debugging purposes. Otherwise I'm free to > > choose the model and run Debian on it. > > > > biggest obstacle -- many of them have usb floppies. So you have to prime the > install from windows or another OS. Beyond that most things work. The modem > is a winmodem though. > ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOaGLqodCcpBjGWoFAQGu/wP+J4zDhaI6vgQAs2ShTPiYbhJO2fEG7eOF l4nHA8crTMBhe60DH7muILUR4FRcoqmax07QVLBImMnzWi/9o1AqxLWMlZVwadjx l8EMHQOOy5S18YDUYj6x1Ovz+9FIYI6k1WkQccQj1Q+lymuGCR0VD0eES8uQE2Dv R6dhFQeFTcA= =iP6G -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hi. I just wanted to extend my thanks to the people on the list who responded to my questions. Sitting in front of me is a brand new 650 MHz Sony PCG-XG28 getting ready to install potato. The ethernet and wireless ethernet cards they provided for me are supported according to http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS (thanks for the link, Tim Quinlan). noah ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBOavi8odCcpBjGWoFAQHikgP+KG8VOWk5EA9HbMLC7yEtQa47oJ+Xdr9D rLc7/mAXFGBoXOeerrirtxjYBtrsSoAqRsGT5QjUXq7LqY4azictT3wMlLzTJmsc WogLOUCYkpamxRi3sQKrU5vjJF+N0G6D0Ktzrc/pCOcQPn2FLmeb8YIUbNHoq+BY sFc+vKxltxc= =vyti -END PGP SIGNATURE-
pcmcia-cs 3.1.28-2 is on crack
I've been frustrated by pcmcia-cs 3.1.28-2 since installing it. I've been running sid on my VAIO PCG-XG28 for several months with no troubles. My PCMCIA network card is a Linksys Fast Ethernet 10/100. Before 3.1.28-2, cardmgr and cardinfo saw the card as an NE2000 compatible, the pcnet_cs.o kernel module would be used to drive this card, and all was well. Now, however, cardmgr insists that the card is an Asix AX88190, and wants to use the axnet_cs module, which doesn't work. There is no problem with the card; I have used alternate cards and seen the same behavior. There is no problem with my laptop, as I'm still able to use my wireless NIC with no trouble. I'm using the kernel modules included with pcmcia-source, not those built with kernel 2.4.9. I applied the patches in Debian bug 109060 to pcmcia-source to get the modules to build with kernel 2.4.9. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html pgpwtyVPFjr8n.pgp Description: PGP signature
pcmcia-cs 3.1.28-2 is on crack
I've been frustrated by pcmcia-cs 3.1.28-2 since installing it. I've been running sid on my VAIO PCG-XG28 for several months with no troubles. My PCMCIA network card is a Linksys Fast Ethernet 10/100. Before 3.1.28-2, cardmgr and cardinfo saw the card as an NE2000 compatible, the pcnet_cs.o kernel module would be used to drive this card, and all was well. Now, however, cardmgr insists that the card is an Asix AX88190, and wants to use the axnet_cs module, which doesn't work. There is no problem with the card; I have used alternate cards and seen the same behavior. There is no problem with my laptop, as I'm still able to use my wireless NIC with no trouble. I'm using the kernel modules included with pcmcia-source, not those built with kernel 2.4.9. I applied the patches in Debian bug 109060 to pcmcia-source to get the modules to build with kernel 2.4.9. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html PGP signature
cardmgr stops recognizing NIC after upgrade
I'm reposting this via mail, as linux.debian.laptop doesn't seem to be gatewayd in both directions... This problem has plagued me for quite a while now, but after the most recent pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules upgrade I have been unable to fix it. I have a Linksys Network Everywhere NP100 card, but it seems to be an unusual model. The entry in /etc/pcmcia/config for this card is: card "Linksys NP100 Network Everywhere Ethernet" version "Network Everywhere", "*", "*", "AX88190" #manfid 0x0149, 0xc1ab bind "axnet_cs" However, I typically have to change this entry to bind to the pcnet_cs module, as my card is an NE2000 clone of some sort. However, after upgrading to pcmcia-cs 3.1.31-1 and the corresponding modules (built from pcmcia-source), I am compltely unable to get this card to work. This is what happens why I insert the card: Jan 8 15:38:39 gnat cardmgr[1849]: unsupported card in socket 1 Jan 8 15:38:40 gnat cardmgr[1849]: product info: "Network Everywhere", "Fast Ethernet 10/100 PC Card", "2.0", " " Jan 8 15:38:40 gnat cardmgr[1849]: manfid: 0x0149, 0xc1ab function: 6 (netwo rk) This is particularly strange, because in the past cardmgr always tried to load the axnet_cs module, and all I had to do to fix it was reconfigure it to load pcnet_cs. Now, however, it claims to be unable to do anything at all with the card. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cardmgr stops recognizing NIC after upgrade
I'm reposting this via mail, as linux.debian.laptop doesn't seem to be gatewayd in both directions... This problem has plagued me for quite a while now, but after the most recent pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules upgrade I have been unable to fix it. I have a Linksys Network Everywhere NP100 card, but it seems to be an unusual model. The entry in /etc/pcmcia/config for this card is: card "Linksys NP100 Network Everywhere Ethernet" version "Network Everywhere", "*", "*", "AX88190" #manfid 0x0149, 0xc1ab bind "axnet_cs" However, I typically have to change this entry to bind to the pcnet_cs module, as my card is an NE2000 clone of some sort. However, after upgrading to pcmcia-cs 3.1.31-1 and the corresponding modules (built from pcmcia-source), I am compltely unable to get this card to work. This is what happens why I insert the card: Jan 8 15:38:39 gnat cardmgr[1849]: unsupported card in socket 1 Jan 8 15:38:40 gnat cardmgr[1849]: product info: "Network Everywhere", "Fast Ethernet 10/100 PC Card", "2.0", " " Jan 8 15:38:40 gnat cardmgr[1849]: manfid: 0x0149, 0xc1ab function: 6 (netwo rk) This is particularly strange, because in the past cardmgr always tried to load the axnet_cs module, and all I had to do to fix it was reconfigure it to load pcnet_cs. Now, however, it claims to be unable to do anything at all with the card. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html
Thinkpad T40p, linux 2.6, ACPI
Hello. I just got a new Thinkpad T40p. It's a very nice machine, and is quite well supported under Linux 2.6.0-test11. ACPI stuff works pretty well for the most part, except for one major problem: I can't use it to shut the machine off. If I run "shutdown -h now" the system goes through all the shutdown steps as usual, but never actually causes the machine to power down. It ends in a state where the kernel is apparently no longer running, and the display is shut down, but the power LED is still lit and the internal fan (and maybe the hard drive) is still spinning. At this point, to get the system to finish turning off, I either have to remove the battery and AC cord, or hold the power button down for something like 10 seconds. Does anybody know of a workaround? Is this a bug? Thanks. noah pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Thinkpad T40p, linux 2.6, ACPI
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 08:57:46AM +, Achim D. Brucker wrote: > do you have "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" enabled in your > kernel (its located in the "Processor type and features" section). > It seems, that halting _and_ powering off the machine only works > it this option is _disabled_. At least this was the case for my > setup. Yes, that did it... > Btw, does sleep and suspend work on your machine? If it works, > can you please point me to the right configuration Not with ACPI, unfortunately. That's currently the only flaw that I've found in Linux 2.6's support of this hardware. It's a fairly major flaw, unfortunately. 8^( I have played around a bit with different options, and can report that I did get the laptop to successfully suspend and resume using ACPI *once* and haven't been able to do so since! It was in multi-user mode, but X was not running and a number of modules that I normally use were unloaded. I've installed the proprietary ATI drivers for the graphics card since I want to run sarge on this system and it seems that XFree86 4.3 is still quite a ways away. I suspect, though, that the proprietary drivers are not likely to support software suspend/resume. Ever since that one time that suspend worked, it has failed consistantly with output that would seem to indicate that the hard drive is doing something to cause the machine to wake back up for some reason. Suspend to RAM (echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep) sometimes works, but it actually leaves me with an unresponsive keyboard upon resume. I saw some discussion when searching Google for some unrelated topic, and it seems that I'm not the only one who has seen this. The thread that I found did seem to include a fix, but unfortunately I can't find it anymore! noah pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Thinkpad T40p, linux 2.6, ACPI
Hello. I just got a new Thinkpad T40p. It's a very nice machine, and is quite well supported under Linux 2.6.0-test11. ACPI stuff works pretty well for the most part, except for one major problem: I can't use it to shut the machine off. If I run "shutdown -h now" the system goes through all the shutdown steps as usual, but never actually causes the machine to power down. It ends in a state where the kernel is apparently no longer running, and the display is shut down, but the power LED is still lit and the internal fan (and maybe the hard drive) is still spinning. At this point, to get the system to finish turning off, I either have to remove the battery and AC cord, or hold the power button down for something like 10 seconds. Does anybody know of a workaround? Is this a bug? Thanks. noah pgpREDO7TbiXh.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Thinkpad T40p, linux 2.6, ACPI
On Thu, Dec 11, 2003 at 08:57:46AM +, Achim D. Brucker wrote: > do you have "Local APIC support on uniprocessors" enabled in your > kernel (its located in the "Processor type and features" section). > It seems, that halting _and_ powering off the machine only works > it this option is _disabled_. At least this was the case for my > setup. Yes, that did it... > Btw, does sleep and suspend work on your machine? If it works, > can you please point me to the right configuration Not with ACPI, unfortunately. That's currently the only flaw that I've found in Linux 2.6's support of this hardware. It's a fairly major flaw, unfortunately. 8^( I have played around a bit with different options, and can report that I did get the laptop to successfully suspend and resume using ACPI *once* and haven't been able to do so since! It was in multi-user mode, but X was not running and a number of modules that I normally use were unloaded. I've installed the proprietary ATI drivers for the graphics card since I want to run sarge on this system and it seems that XFree86 4.3 is still quite a ways away. I suspect, though, that the proprietary drivers are not likely to support software suspend/resume. Ever since that one time that suspend worked, it has failed consistantly with output that would seem to indicate that the hard drive is doing something to cause the machine to wake back up for some reason. Suspend to RAM (echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep) sometimes works, but it actually leaves me with an unresponsive keyboard upon resume. I saw some discussion when searching Google for some unrelated topic, and it seems that I'm not the only one who has seen this. The thread that I found did seem to include a fix, but unfortunately I can't find it anymore! noah pgpiSp7znnjaF.pgp Description: PGP signature
