Spawned process.
I have loaded potato onto my laptop. When I boot and just before the login prompt comes up, I get a page or two of what appear to be command line helps. The message is "Usage: /sbin/getty [-hi...". The last line states "Init: Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes." Sure enough, 5 minutes later I get a screen full of "Usage" messages and a respawn statement. This happening occurred even when I had loaded the base system prior to downloading the distribution. I don't know what is generating the messages unless it is the news download program trying to start (that's my guess). Can anyone advise as to what program is causing this, where it is being started from, and how I can turn it off. Its most disturbing! Thanks in advance... Tom. Tom Cada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
potato to woody
OK, I got potato to work how do I upgrade to a new branch? change the /etc/apt/sources.list from 'stable' to 'woody' or 'testing' -- 5:56pm up 24 days, 7 min, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00
upgrading to 'testing' failure
Well, I upgraded from stable to testing. Now X is dead. I run 'XFree86 -configure' and it locks up like a Windows Box would. I have to power down to get it to let go. I run 'X -configuer' and I get the same thing.. I've attached a 'tail' of my XFree86.log file. >From a guess, it is missing the pci device 01:00.0 from 'lspci' 01:00.0 VGA compatable controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64) Now What? -- 8:33am up 25 days, 14:44, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 XFree86 Version 4.0.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 18 December 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.2.18 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Mar 3 08:38:46 2001 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104" (**) XKB: model: "pc104" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse" (**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (--) using VT number 7 (II) Open APM successful (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.3 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.1 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7190 card , rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,7191 card , rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 104c,ac1b card , rev 03 class 06,07,00 hdr 82 (II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 104c,ac1b card , rev 03 class 06,07,00 hdr 82 (II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 8086,1229 card 8086,2408 rev 09 class 02,00,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:03:1: chip 115d,000c card 8086,2408 rev 00 class 07,00,02 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 1013,6003 card 1014,0153 rev 01 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7110 card , rev 02 class 06,80,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 8086,7111 card , rev 01 class 01,01,80 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 8086,7112 card , rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 8086,7113 card , rev 03 class 06,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1002,4c4d card 1014,0154 rev 64 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) LoadModule: "scanpci" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3 (II) UnloadModule: "scanpci" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x00 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x8c (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 1 I/O range: [0] -1 0x2000 - 0x20ff (0x100) IX[B] [1] -1 0x2400 - 0x24ff (0x100) IX[B] [2] -1 0x2800 - 0x28ff (0x100) IX[B] [3] -1 0x2c00 - 0x2cff (0x100) IX[B] (II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0xf420 - 0
Re: upgrading to 'testing' failure
tom wrote: > > Well, I upgraded from stable to testing. > > Now X is dead. > > I run 'XFree86 -configure' and it locks up like a Windows Box > would. I have to power down to get it to let go. > I run 'X -configuer' and I get the same thing.. > > I've attached a 'tail' of my XFree86.log file. > > >From a guess, it is missing the pci device 01:00.0 > from 'lspci' > 01:00.0 VGA compatable controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage > P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64) > > Now What? > > -- > 8:33am up 25 days, 14:44, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, > 0.00 > It seems that the text based configuration tool works OK. The default video of 'apm' that was used was locking up the notebook. I don't know why it picked apm, but that's what it did. -- 9:14am up 25 days, 15:25, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
WHERE
I'm really trying to RTFM but I have a heck of a time finding it. Where are the documents from Debain going to be found (presumable on my HD) that I can read to figure out things like network and pcmcia configuration? (yes, it's a notebook) I've been using slackware for years and they don't have anything like scripts or wrapper files to build from like Debian does. It's not that I don't know what I'm doing, but the toolset is different for the Debian installation. Suggested Reading for network, pcmcia, and apm stuff? -- 6:53am up 27 days, 13:04, 2 users, load average: 1.00, 1.01, 1.22
pcmcia network.opts
I have two questions: Can anyone tell me what 'NO_CHECK' and 'NO_FUSER' means in the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file? How would I do the following: I have an internal NIC (eepro100) and a pcmcia NIC (wireless). I want to be able to run an 'ifdown eth0' when the card is injected and an 'ipup eth0' when the card is removed (if there was an eth0 active to begin with). Essentially, I'm trying to rotate between no NIC, eth0 and eth1 without too much trouble. What I'm looking for are recommendations on where to place the script in the code. -- 6:14am up 30 days, 12:25, 4 users, load average: 1.42, 1.24, 1.20
level 2?
Did I get this right. Debian boots into init level 2 by default? That's wrong. I'm surprised that they made this mistake. for xdm support is supposed to be init level 4. and for the rest it's init level 3. How do I fix this? -- 6:18am up 30 days, 12:29, 4 users, load average: 1.08, 1.18, 1.18
Re: pcmcia network.opts
Heather wrote: > > > I have two questions: > > > > Can anyone tell me what 'NO_CHECK' and 'NO_FUSER' means in the > > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file? > > Err, not sure. > > > How would I do the following: > > I have an internal NIC (eepro100) and a pcmcia NIC (wireless). > > I want to be able to run an 'ifdown eth0' when the card is > > injected and an 'ipup eth0' when the card is removed (if there was > > an eth0 active to begin with). > > Essentially, I'm trying to rotate between no NIC, eth0 and eth1 > > without too much trouble. > > What I'm looking for are recommendations on where to place the > > script in the code. > > You want the keyword "noauto" in /etc/network/interfaces. > > My copy of that file indicates how to tweak the PCMCIA setup so it > will use ifup and ifdown instead of its own style, so maybe you'd > like to do that. > > Do you need them to toggle on/off, or do you actually need to unload > the drivers for the internal NIC, too? It's possible to do that, too. > The example has "up" and "down" lines but you can also use "pre-up" > and "post-down" unless things have changed since my last playing with it. > So I used pre-up to force the modules that were needed, and post-down > to force them back out. *not* that I recommend doing that unless you > have to - in my case, it was to honor a dock. > > * Heather Stern * star@ many places... > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hmm.. I'll take a look at this. Thanks for the pointer. And no, I can pretty much leave the modules in. Wouldn't 'autoclean' remove them eventually if they aren't in use? Or is that more myth? -- 6:44pm up 31 days, 55 min, 2 users, load average: 1.12, 1.15, 1.03
Re: pcmcia network.opts
Another RTFM!!! When will I learn? So many man pagesso little time... :) Thanks! :) Simon Rowe wrote: > > The answer to the first part of your question is in the PCMCIA Howto in > this section: > > http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/PCMCIA-HOWTO-4.html > > The information says: > >NO_CHECK, NO_FUSER > > Boolean (y/n) settings for card eject policy. If NO_CHECK is > set, then ``cardctl eject'' will shut down a device > even if there are open connections. If NO_FUSER is set, then > the script will not check for busy NFS mounts or kill > processes using those mounts. > > Hope this is useful > > Simon > -- 6:18am up 31 days, 12:29, 2 users, load average: 1.03, 1.06, 1.09
PCMCIA routing
Where can I set the routing tables for a PCMCIA card when it's inserted? If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where everything is routed through this interface. I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the default routing to another interface. The problem is that I want to have two routing defaults: 192.168.2.0/24 goes to 192.168.2.1 everything else goes to 192.168.0.1 but I keep getting: everything goes to 192.168.0.1 everything goes to 192.168.2.1 and nothing goes anywhere...
Re: PCMCIA routing
When I do that I get two gateways, but with the wrong Destination I get DestinationGateway Genmask 0.0.0.0192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 What I'm trying to get is: 0.0.0.0192.168.0.10.0.0.0 192.168.2.0192.168.2.1255.255.255.0 Michael Bauer wrote: > > Hi TOM > > > If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where > > everything is routed through this interface. > > I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the > > default routing to another interface. > > The problem is that I want to have two routing defaults: > > 192.168.2.0/24 goes to 192.168.2.1 > > everything else goes to 192.168.0.1 > > in my /etc/pcmcia/network.opts I got the line GATEWAY="192.168.18.1" > AsFarAsIKnow this is the solution to your problem. comment that line or > set your gateway in. > > mihi > -- > Good programmers know what to write, Great programmers know what to > rewrite > Eric S. > Raymond > PGP/GPG key @ http://unet.univie.ac.at/~a9900470/mihi.asc > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCMCIA routing
I ran into a problem and I thought you might be interested in that patch. My situation is this: I have two NICs plus a wireless network card that I'm trying to configure together so that my box can act as a wireless access point when the PCMCIA card is inserted. Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box that already has one present you get a routing table with two entries for default network gateways. Something like this: DestinationGateway Genmask 0.0.0.0192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 <<--This is a Network Card 0.0.0.0192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 <<--This is a PCMCIA card I have changed to code in /etc/pcmcia/network script to address this as follows: At approximately line 125 there is: test "$GATEWAY" && /sbin/route add default gw $GATEWAY metric 1 I have modified that into two lines as follows: test "$GATEWAY" && test "$NETWORK" $$ /sbin/route add $NETWORK gw $GATEWAY metric 2 test "$GATEWAY" && test ! "$NETWORK" $$ /sbin/route add default gw $GATEWAY metric 2 I personally changed the metric from 1 to 2 for not really good reason as nothing I have uses metrics anyway. But considering that I use a FastEthernet connection on everything and my Wireless card is a 2MB, it made sense to raise the metric value somewhat. That's arbitrary in my opinion. In any event. I would appreciate it if someone could look this over and let me know if I'm sane on this change. I downloaded the pcmcia version this morning (version .25?) so I think it is applicable. I have found this problem/fix on Slackware 7.1, Debian/stable, and Debian/testing. This patch allows me to use this box as a Wireless access point or Wireless gateway/firewall. Thanks! Tom Allison Michael Bauer wrote: > > Hi TOM > > > If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where > > everything is routed through this interface. > > I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the > > default routing to another interface. > > The problem is that I want to have two routing defaults: > > 192.168.2.0/24 goes to 192.168.2.1 > > everything else goes to 192.168.0.1 > > in my /etc/pcmcia/network.opts I got the line GATEWAY="192.168.18.1" > AsFarAsIKnow this is the solution to your problem. comment that line or > set your gateway in. > > mihi > -- > Good programmers know what to write, Great programmers know what to > rewrite > Eric S. > Raymond > PGP/GPG key @ http://unet.univie.ac.at/~a9900470/mihi.asc > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCMCIA routing
David Reviejo wrote: > > * tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010319 12:55]: > > Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box > > that already has one present you get a routing table with two > > entries for default network gateways. Something like this: > > > > DestinationGateway Genmask > > 0.0.0.0192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 <<--This is a Network > > Card > > 0.0.0.0192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 <<--This is a PCMCIA > > card > > Maybe I'm missing something, but these are default gateways. When you > insert a pcmcia card with no default gateway, and for example > "NETWORK=192.168.2.0", you get a network route like this (netstat -rn): > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface > 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > > In this way, only the packets going to 192.168.2.0 net are routed to > this interface. > > > At approximately line 125 there is: > > test "$GATEWAY" && /sbin/route add default gw $GATEWAY metric 1 > > I have modified that into two lines as follows: > > > > test "$GATEWAY" && test "$NETWORK" $$ /sbin/route add $NETWORK gw > > $GATEWAY metric 2 > > test "$GATEWAY" && test ! "$NETWORK" $$ /sbin/route add default gw > > $GATEWAY metric 2 > > So this is your problem: you have defined a GATEWAY and a NETWORK; why, > if you don't want a default gateway on this interface?. > I don't want a default gateway on this interface, but I need a gateway defined for the network 192.168.2.0/24. I'll go back and review it again. But when I had no GATEWAY defined and a NETWORK defined, I got the wrong routing table. Part of the problem is that I already have a default gateway defined on another interface on this machine. This particular box is not an end computer but a router box between four networks. One of them being a Wireless network - hence the pcmcia configuration.
/etc/network/options
Can someone give me a 10 second tour on this? I am not sure what the flag for ip_forwarding quite means. I know the concept and the echo "1" >/proc I don't remember quite where it echoes to, but that's Debians job, right? Does ip_forward=yes simply set this echo "1" >/proc... to be enabled? Any other options out there?
ifup/ifdown
when I Resume from Suspend/Hibernate or even power up, my ethernet is down. I have been in the routine of issuing: ifdown eth0 && sleep 2 && ifup eth0 and it works. According to IFCONFIG it's "UP", but no pings. my interfaces file includes the line 'auto eth0' which I thought was supposed to remedy this. It's kind of a new problem. It wasn't doing this before, but I don't know what changed exactly in between. Probably a pile of "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" happened in there someplace. But I wouldn't expect that to change anything like this. Suggestions on what to look at next? I was going to check out my "route -n" but that should set by the interfaces file and I haven't done anything there in weeks.
Schemes
Can someone point me to a discussion on this network scheme idea that is outlined in the pcmcia network scripts? In theory I should be able to tell the computer a scheme (home/work, wireless/lan) and it will configure the ifconfig and route information accordingly. I am interested in that. I am also interested in figure out a way to kill my eth0 when eth1 (pcmcia) comes up (cardctl insert).
[Fwd: kernel builds]
It helps to spell the address correctly...--- Begin Message --- I must have missed something earlier and I can't find it. If I build a kernel image I use: make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revision=010327.1 kernel_image (My version format is YYMMDD.x) and everything chunks away and is fine. But when I attempt dpkg -i ../kernel-image... Do I have to reinstall the pcmcia modules that are in /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs/ ? Or should they be OK. NOTE: The kernel revision is still 2.2.18... --- End Message ---
kernel-build, refined
Here's the commands and messages: #make-kpkg --revision=c01030281 kernel_image #dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb dpkg: regarding .../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb containing kernel-image-2.2.18 pcmica-modules-2.2.18 conflicts with kernel-image-2.2.18 (>>010327.1) kernel-image-2.2.18 (version c0103281) is to be installed. dpkg: error processing ../kernel-image-c0103281_i386.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing kernel-image-2.2.18 Errors were encountered while processing: ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb I get the same error every time I do this. I did a custom install of pcmcia to get the latest/greatest in my kernel. But now I have to deal with this every time I modify the kernel. If I change the revision to something like 010328.1 I get the same basic error. What am I doing wrong?
Re: kernel-build, refined
Sebastien Kalt wrote: > > Le Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 06:42:37AM -0500, tom a écrit: > > Here's the commands and messages: > > > > #make-kpkg --revision=c01030281 kernel_image > > #dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb > > dpkg: regarding .../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb > > containing kernel-image-2.2.18 > > pcmica-modules-2.2.18 conflicts with kernel-image-2.2.18 > > (>>010327.1) > > kernel-image-2.2.18 (version c0103281) is to be installed. > > dpkg: error processing ../kernel-image-c0103281_i386.deb > > (--install): > > conflicting packages - not installing kernel-image-2.2.18 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb > the pcmica-modules-2.2.18 package is supposed to correspond to a > kernel-image-2.2.18 package, that is you should recompile the pcmcia > modules everytime you recompile your kernel. It's the same if you don't > compile your kernel 'a la Debian'. > It should explain somewhere in the doc, but I can't remember where. > > -- But if I do a side by side make=kpkg with the same revision numbers for both the kernel and pcmcia package... I think I get the same error... I may have to check that. I don't think I reboot inbetween the installs.
WEP
Can someone point me to something that will tell me how to set up an encrypted WEP using only Linux? I am not even able to find much explaining the network ID (SESS_ID). I got something working with ADHOC and no security, but I'd like to try for a named network and some security. Any suggestions?
Re: WEP
Thanks all for the replies. I've done the RTM thing and have one question. If the network.opts file doesn't identify the ray_cs module as having a key, then how do I find out what it is supposed to be? Or, more to the point, how can I validate the claim that it does have 56 or 128 encryption. And if it doesn't, is it any good at all? Adam Shand wrote: > > > Suggestion: don't trust WEP. It's another layer of obscurity, but > > it's designed wrong and not at all secure. Some past articles on /. > > have links to papers by people who've broken WEP. I wouldn't trust it > > to keep my spare change secure. > > sorry i have to speak up, i'm no huge lover of wep but that's due to > limitations in it's shared key architecture which makes it useless for > community networking [1] (what i do in my spare time :-). two things: > > * wep is effective at doing what it was designed to provide, "wired > equivelent privacy". this means that all it was supposed to do was > provide the same level of privacy as normal cat5 did. > > * at this point of the exploits are theoretical and none of them are > trivial (requiring significant amounts of time, disk space and techincal > sophistication). i have never heard of the wep exploits actually > appearing "in the wild" and heard contradictory stories of them every > being fully and sucessfully demonstrated in the lab. > > i'm not saying wep is great, but so long as you're careful about keeping > your key secret, choose a non-obvious essid and you're not a likely target > (eg. you're not the pentagon or amazon.com) i'd feel fairly comfortable > relying on wep to keep intruders away from my wireless network. > > adam. > > [1] http://www.personaltelco.net/ > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Perl-DBI
simple question, I think. Does the standard installation of Perl with debian 2.2 come with DBI such that I can use it again either Postgres and/or Oracle databases? Or is this some other package I need to get? I'm rather new to perl and somewhat old to databases in general. I don't want to make a mistake on this one as Perl kind of does a lot on these distro's
pcmcia package
I don't think I've ever figured this out. Here's what I'm doing. I install the source package for 2.2.19 and pcmcia-cs. make menuconfig on the kernel to my hearts content and then do: make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revisioin=010607.1 kernel_image (my revisioning is yymmdd.x) dpkg -i ../kernel-image... Everything is cool so far. Then I do make-kpkg --revision=010607.1 modules_image dpkg -i ../pcmcia-modules... Now, if I have to do another kernal image (call it 010608.1) it yells about the revision of pcmcia-cs being <>010608.1 and dies if I recompile a pcmcia-modules to revision=010608.1 and try to install it... It yells about the kernel image <> 010608.1 and it dies. I have to do a force install every time. I'm certain that I'm not doing something quite right. Could someone please explain what it is that I'm doing wrong? Should I not be using revision numbers on something?
DLink 713 router/firewall/WAP
Anyone have any luck getting a Wireless Access Point / Router / firewall appliance working with the WAP part? I've got everything running, but I'm really lost when it comes to the configuration of a WAP. Very little documentation anywhere. If someone knows of any, can you please direct me?
Re: DLink 713 router/firewall/WAP
I did something like that once and it was working 100%.
I created a box w/ 4 nics (one Wireless) and didn't really subnet
anything, it was my single router point for all three networks and
my gateway.
That was... interesting to set up. But I wanted to try this
DL-713 to try and limit the number of computers I had running in
one room (loud!).
But now the WAP won't talk to anyone. I'm not sure where the
problem is. I can't get any windows boxes to install the PCMCIA
cards correctly and I (recently) blew out my pcmcia configs on my
notebook. Dumb. When it rains, it pours.
Hank Barta wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 06:02:25PM -0500, tom wrote:
> > Anyone have any luck getting a Wireless Access Point / Router /
> > firewall appliance working with the WAP part?
> >
> > I've got everything running, but I'm really lost when it comes to
> > the configuration of a WAP.
> > Very little documentation anywhere.
>
> I'm not using an access point, but rather a PCMCIA adapter on a
> non-portable system. I have configured a separate subnet for the
> Wireless LAN and have configured all hosts on my wired subnet to
> route through the non-portable system to get to the wireless subnet.
> ('man route' for more.)
>
> Everything works pretty well except for the connection from the
> wireless subnet to the Internet through a Linux firewall that is doing
> IP filtering (ipchains on 2.2.18 kernel) and NAT. It seems not to be
> able to route to the Wireless LAN, probably due to misconfiguration
> between NAT and routing or possibly there is a bug or limitation. Some
> day I'll try 2.4.x and iptables to see if I can do better.
>
> In the mean time, I run 'junkbuster' on the non-portable system and
> specify that as the proxy for hosts on the wireless subnet. That
> gets me web browsing. That combined with just telnetting to the
> non-portable system and running whatever I want there provides a high
> enough level of functionality to make this shortcoming a non-issue.
>
> In any case, the PCI/PCMCIA adapter and extra wireless card cost
> less than any base station (this for 802.11b and using Orinoco
> silver cards.)
>
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Spawned process.
I have loaded potato onto my laptop. When I boot and just before the login prompt comes up, I get a page or two of what appear to be command line helps. The message is "Usage: /sbin/getty [-hi...". The last line states "Init: Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes." Sure enough, 5 minutes later I get a screen full of "Usage" messages and a respawn statement. This happening occurred even when I had loaded the base system prior to downloading the distribution. I don't know what is generating the messages unless it is the news download program trying to start (that's my guess). Can anyone advise as to what program is causing this, where it is being started from, and how I can turn it off. Its most disturbing! Thanks in advance... Tom. Tom Cada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
potato to woody
OK, I got potato to work how do I upgrade to a new branch? change the /etc/apt/sources.list from 'stable' to 'woody' or 'testing' -- 5:56pm up 24 days, 7 min, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
upgrading to 'testing' failure
Well, I upgraded from stable to testing. Now X is dead. I run 'XFree86 -configure' and it locks up like a Windows Box would. I have to power down to get it to let go. I run 'X -configuer' and I get the same thing.. I've attached a 'tail' of my XFree86.log file. >From a guess, it is missing the pci device 01:00.0 from 'lspci' 01:00.0 VGA compatable controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64) Now What? -- 8:33am up 25 days, 14:44, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 XFree86 Version 4.0.2 / X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6400) Release Date: 18 December 2000 If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting problems. (See http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ) Operating System: Linux 2.2.18 i686 [ELF] Module Loader present (==) Log file: "/var/log/XFree86.0.log", Time: Sat Mar 3 08:38:46 2001 (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/XF86Config-4" Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (??) unknown. (==) ServerLayout "Default Layout" (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen" (0) (**) | |-->Monitor "Generic Monitor" (**) | |-->Device "Generic Video Card" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Keyboard" (**) Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86" (**) Option "XkbModel" "pc104" (**) XKB: model: "pc104" (**) Option "XkbLayout" "us" (**) XKB: layout: "us" (**) |-->Input Device "Generic Mouse" (**) FontPath set to "unix/:7100,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" (==) RgbPath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/X11R6/lib/modules" (--) using VT number 7 (II) Open APM successful (II) Module ABI versions: XFree86 ANSI C Emulation: 0.1 XFree86 Video Driver: 0.3 XFree86 XInput driver : 0.1 XFree86 Server Extension : 0.1 XFree86 Font Renderer : 0.2 (II) Loader running on linux (II) LoadModule: "bitmap" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.a (II) Module bitmap: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0 Module class: XFree86 Font Renderer ABI class: XFree86 Font Renderer, version 0.2 (II) Loading font Bitmap (II) LoadModule: "pcidata" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.a (II) Module pcidata: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3 (II) PCI: Probing config type using method 1 (II) PCI: Config type is 1 (II) PCI: stages = 0x03, oldVal1 = 0x, mode1Res1 = 0x8000 (II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex) (II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,7190 card , rev 03 class 06,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:01:0: chip 8086,7191 card , rev 03 class 06,04,00 hdr 01 (II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 104c,ac1b card , rev 03 class 06,07,00 hdr 82 (II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 104c,ac1b card , rev 03 class 06,07,00 hdr 82 (II) PCI: 00:03:0: chip 8086,1229 card 8086,2408 rev 09 class 02,00,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:03:1: chip 115d,000c card 8086,2408 rev 00 class 07,00,02 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:05:0: chip 1013,6003 card 1014,0153 rev 01 class 04,01,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:0: chip 8086,7110 card , rev 02 class 06,80,00 hdr 80 (II) PCI: 00:07:1: chip 8086,7111 card , rev 01 class 01,01,80 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:2: chip 8086,7112 card , rev 01 class 0c,03,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 00:07:3: chip 8086,7113 card , rev 03 class 06,80,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: 01:00:0: chip 1002,4c4d card 1014,0154 rev 64 class 03,00,00 hdr 00 (II) PCI: End of PCI scan (II) LoadModule: "scanpci" (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Module scanpci: vendor="The XFree86 Project" compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: XFree86 Video Driver, version 0.3 (II) UnloadModule: "scanpci" (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libscanpci.a (II) Host-to-PCI bridge: (II) PCI-to-PCI bridge: (II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (-1,0,0), BCTRL: 0x00 (VGA_EN is cleared) (II) Bus 0 I/O range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B] (II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B] (II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:1:0), (0,1,1), BCTRL: 0x8c (VGA_EN is set) (II) Bus 1 I/O range: [0] -1 0x2000 - 0x20ff (0x100) IX[B] [1] -1 0x2400 - 0x24ff (0x100) IX[B] [2] -1 0x2800 - 0x28ff (0x100) IX[B] [3] -1 0x2c00 - 0x2cff (0x100) IX[B] (II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range: [0] -1 0xf420
Re: upgrading to 'testing' failure
tom wrote: > > Well, I upgraded from stable to testing. > > Now X is dead. > > I run 'XFree86 -configure' and it locks up like a Windows Box > would. I have to power down to get it to let go. > I run 'X -configuer' and I get the same thing.. > > I've attached a 'tail' of my XFree86.log file. > > >From a guess, it is missing the pci device 01:00.0 > from 'lspci' > 01:00.0 VGA compatable controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage > P/M Mobility AGP 2x (rev 64) > > Now What? > > -- > 8:33am up 25 days, 14:44, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, > 0.00 > It seems that the text based configuration tool works OK. The default video of 'apm' that was used was locking up the notebook. I don't know why it picked apm, but that's what it did. -- 9:14am up 25 days, 15:25, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WHERE
I'm really trying to RTFM but I have a heck of a time finding it. Where are the documents from Debain going to be found (presumable on my HD) that I can read to figure out things like network and pcmcia configuration? (yes, it's a notebook) I've been using slackware for years and they don't have anything like scripts or wrapper files to build from like Debian does. It's not that I don't know what I'm doing, but the toolset is different for the Debian installation. Suggested Reading for network, pcmcia, and apm stuff? -- 6:53am up 27 days, 13:04, 2 users, load average: 1.00, 1.01, 1.22 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pcmcia network.opts
I have two questions: Can anyone tell me what 'NO_CHECK' and 'NO_FUSER' means in the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file? How would I do the following: I have an internal NIC (eepro100) and a pcmcia NIC (wireless). I want to be able to run an 'ifdown eth0' when the card is injected and an 'ipup eth0' when the card is removed (if there was an eth0 active to begin with). Essentially, I'm trying to rotate between no NIC, eth0 and eth1 without too much trouble. What I'm looking for are recommendations on where to place the script in the code. -- 6:14am up 30 days, 12:25, 4 users, load average: 1.42, 1.24, 1.20 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
level 2?
Did I get this right. Debian boots into init level 2 by default? That's wrong. I'm surprised that they made this mistake. for xdm support is supposed to be init level 4. and for the rest it's init level 3. How do I fix this? -- 6:18am up 30 days, 12:29, 4 users, load average: 1.08, 1.18, 1.18 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pcmcia network.opts
Heather wrote: > > > I have two questions: > > > > Can anyone tell me what 'NO_CHECK' and 'NO_FUSER' means in the > > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file? > > Err, not sure. > > > How would I do the following: > > I have an internal NIC (eepro100) and a pcmcia NIC (wireless). > > I want to be able to run an 'ifdown eth0' when the card is > > injected and an 'ipup eth0' when the card is removed (if there was > > an eth0 active to begin with). > > Essentially, I'm trying to rotate between no NIC, eth0 and eth1 > > without too much trouble. > > What I'm looking for are recommendations on where to place the > > script in the code. > > You want the keyword "noauto" in /etc/network/interfaces. > > My copy of that file indicates how to tweak the PCMCIA setup so it > will use ifup and ifdown instead of its own style, so maybe you'd > like to do that. > > Do you need them to toggle on/off, or do you actually need to unload > the drivers for the internal NIC, too? It's possible to do that, too. > The example has "up" and "down" lines but you can also use "pre-up" > and "post-down" unless things have changed since my last playing with it. > So I used pre-up to force the modules that were needed, and post-down > to force them back out. *not* that I recommend doing that unless you > have to - in my case, it was to honor a dock. > > * Heather Stern * star@ many places... > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hmm.. I'll take a look at this. Thanks for the pointer. And no, I can pretty much leave the modules in. Wouldn't 'autoclean' remove them eventually if they aren't in use? Or is that more myth? -- 6:44pm up 31 days, 55 min, 2 users, load average: 1.12, 1.15, 1.03 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: pcmcia network.opts
Another RTFM!!! When will I learn? So many man pagesso little time... :) Thanks! :) Simon Rowe wrote: > > The answer to the first part of your question is in the PCMCIA Howto in > this section: > > http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/PCMCIA-HOWTO-4.html > > The information says: > >NO_CHECK, NO_FUSER > > Boolean (y/n) settings for card eject policy. If NO_CHECK is > set, then ``cardctl eject'' will shut down a device > even if there are open connections. If NO_FUSER is set, then > the script will not check for busy NFS mounts or kill > processes using those mounts. > > Hope this is useful > > Simon > -- 6:18am up 31 days, 12:29, 2 users, load average: 1.03, 1.06, 1.09 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PCMCIA routing
Where can I set the routing tables for a PCMCIA card when it's inserted? If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where everything is routed through this interface. I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the default routing to another interface. The problem is that I want to have two routing defaults: 192.168.2.0/24 goes to 192.168.2.1 everything else goes to 192.168.0.1 but I keep getting: everything goes to 192.168.0.1 everything goes to 192.168.2.1 and nothing goes anywhere... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCMCIA routing
When I do that I get two gateways, but with the wrong Destination I get DestinationGateway Genmask 0.0.0.0192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0192.168.2.1 0.0.0.0 What I'm trying to get is: 0.0.0.0192.168.0.10.0.0.0 192.168.2.0192.168.2.1255.255.255.0 Michael Bauer wrote: > > Hi TOM > > > If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where > > everything is routed through this interface. > > I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the > > default routing to another interface. > > The problem is that I want to have two routing defaults: > > 192.168.2.0/24 goes to 192.168.2.1 > > everything else goes to 192.168.0.1 > > in my /etc/pcmcia/network.opts I got the line GATEWAY="192.168.18.1" > AsFarAsIKnow this is the solution to your problem. comment that line or > set your gateway in. > > mihi > -- > Good programmers know what to write, Great programmers know what to > rewrite > Eric S. > Raymond > PGP/GPG key @ http://unet.univie.ac.at/~a9900470/mihi.asc > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCMCIA routing
I ran into a problem and I thought you might be interested in that patch. My situation is this: I have two NICs plus a wireless network card that I'm trying to configure together so that my box can act as a wireless access point when the PCMCIA card is inserted. Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box that already has one present you get a routing table with two entries for default network gateways. Something like this: DestinationGateway Genmask 0.0.0.0192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 <<--This is a Network Card 0.0.0.0192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 <<--This is a PCMCIA card I have changed to code in /etc/pcmcia/network script to address this as follows: At approximately line 125 there is: test "$GATEWAY" && /sbin/route add default gw $GATEWAY metric 1 I have modified that into two lines as follows: test "$GATEWAY" && test "$NETWORK" $$ /sbin/route add $NETWORK gw $GATEWAY metric 2 test "$GATEWAY" && test ! "$NETWORK" $$ /sbin/route add default gw $GATEWAY metric 2 I personally changed the metric from 1 to 2 for not really good reason as nothing I have uses metrics anyway. But considering that I use a FastEthernet connection on everything and my Wireless card is a 2MB, it made sense to raise the metric value somewhat. That's arbitrary in my opinion. In any event. I would appreciate it if someone could look this over and let me know if I'm sane on this change. I downloaded the pcmcia version this morning (version .25?) so I think it is applicable. I have found this problem/fix on Slackware 7.1, Debian/stable, and Debian/testing. This patch allows me to use this box as a Wireless access point or Wireless gateway/firewall. Thanks! Tom Allison Michael Bauer wrote: > > Hi TOM > > > If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where > > everything is routed through this interface. > > I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the > > default routing to another interface. > > The problem is that I want to have two routing defaults: > > 192.168.2.0/24 goes to 192.168.2.1 > > everything else goes to 192.168.0.1 > > in my /etc/pcmcia/network.opts I got the line GATEWAY="192.168.18.1" > AsFarAsIKnow this is the solution to your problem. comment that line or > set your gateway in. > > mihi > -- > Good programmers know what to write, Great programmers know what to > rewrite > Eric S. > Raymond > PGP/GPG key @ http://unet.univie.ac.at/~a9900470/mihi.asc > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: PCMCIA routing
David Reviejo wrote: > > * tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010319 12:55]: > > Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box > > that already has one present you get a routing table with two > > entries for default network gateways. Something like this: > > > > DestinationGateway Genmask > > 0.0.0.0192.168.0.1 255.255.255.0 <<--This is a Network > > Card > > 0.0.0.0192.168.1.1 255.255.255.0 <<--This is a PCMCIA > > card > > Maybe I'm missing something, but these are default gateways. When you > insert a pcmcia card with no default gateway, and for example > "NETWORK=192.168.2.0", you get a network route like this (netstat -rn): > > Kernel IP routing table > Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface > 192.168.2.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0 > > In this way, only the packets going to 192.168.2.0 net are routed to > this interface. > > > At approximately line 125 there is: > > test "$GATEWAY" && /sbin/route add default gw $GATEWAY metric 1 > > I have modified that into two lines as follows: > > > > test "$GATEWAY" && test "$NETWORK" $$ /sbin/route add $NETWORK gw > > $GATEWAY metric 2 > > test "$GATEWAY" && test ! "$NETWORK" $$ /sbin/route add default gw > > $GATEWAY metric 2 > > So this is your problem: you have defined a GATEWAY and a NETWORK; why, > if you don't want a default gateway on this interface?. > I don't want a default gateway on this interface, but I need a gateway defined for the network 192.168.2.0/24. I'll go back and review it again. But when I had no GATEWAY defined and a NETWORK defined, I got the wrong routing table. Part of the problem is that I already have a default gateway defined on another interface on this machine. This particular box is not an end computer but a router box between four networks. One of them being a Wireless network - hence the pcmcia configuration. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/etc/network/options
Can someone give me a 10 second tour on this? I am not sure what the flag for ip_forwarding quite means. I know the concept and the echo "1" >/proc I don't remember quite where it echoes to, but that's Debians job, right? Does ip_forward=yes simply set this echo "1" >/proc... to be enabled? Any other options out there? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ifup/ifdown
when I Resume from Suspend/Hibernate or even power up, my ethernet is down. I have been in the routine of issuing: ifdown eth0 && sleep 2 && ifup eth0 and it works. According to IFCONFIG it's "UP", but no pings. my interfaces file includes the line 'auto eth0' which I thought was supposed to remedy this. It's kind of a new problem. It wasn't doing this before, but I don't know what changed exactly in between. Probably a pile of "apt-get update && apt-get upgrade" happened in there someplace. But I wouldn't expect that to change anything like this. Suggestions on what to look at next? I was going to check out my "route -n" but that should set by the interfaces file and I haven't done anything there in weeks. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Schemes
Can someone point me to a discussion on this network scheme idea that is outlined in the pcmcia network scripts? In theory I should be able to tell the computer a scheme (home/work, wireless/lan) and it will configure the ifconfig and route information accordingly. I am interested in that. I am also interested in figure out a way to kill my eth0 when eth1 (pcmcia) comes up (cardctl insert). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Fwd: kernel builds]
It helps to spell the address correctly... I must have missed something earlier and I can't find it. If I build a kernel image I use: make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revision=010327.1 kernel_image (My version format is YYMMDD.x) and everything chunks away and is fine. But when I attempt dpkg -i ../kernel-image... Do I have to reinstall the pcmcia modules that are in /usr/src/modules/pcmcia-cs/ ? Or should they be OK. NOTE: The kernel revision is still 2.2.18...
kernel-build, refined
Here's the commands and messages: #make-kpkg --revision=c01030281 kernel_image #dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb dpkg: regarding .../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb containing kernel-image-2.2.18 pcmica-modules-2.2.18 conflicts with kernel-image-2.2.18 (>>010327.1) kernel-image-2.2.18 (version c0103281) is to be installed. dpkg: error processing ../kernel-image-c0103281_i386.deb (--install): conflicting packages - not installing kernel-image-2.2.18 Errors were encountered while processing: ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb I get the same error every time I do this. I did a custom install of pcmcia to get the latest/greatest in my kernel. But now I have to deal with this every time I modify the kernel. If I change the revision to something like 010328.1 I get the same basic error. What am I doing wrong? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: kernel-build, refined
Sebastien Kalt wrote: > > Le Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 06:42:37AM -0500, tom a écrit: > > Here's the commands and messages: > > > > #make-kpkg --revision=c01030281 kernel_image > > #dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb > > dpkg: regarding .../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb > > containing kernel-image-2.2.18 > > pcmica-modules-2.2.18 conflicts with kernel-image-2.2.18 > > (>>010327.1) > > kernel-image-2.2.18 (version c0103281) is to be installed. > > dpkg: error processing ../kernel-image-c0103281_i386.deb > > (--install): > > conflicting packages - not installing kernel-image-2.2.18 > > Errors were encountered while processing: > > ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb > the pcmica-modules-2.2.18 package is supposed to correspond to a > kernel-image-2.2.18 package, that is you should recompile the pcmcia > modules everytime you recompile your kernel. It's the same if you don't > compile your kernel 'a la Debian'. > It should explain somewhere in the doc, but I can't remember where. > > -- But if I do a side by side make=kpkg with the same revision numbers for both the kernel and pcmcia package... I think I get the same error... I may have to check that. I don't think I reboot inbetween the installs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
WEP
Can someone point me to something that will tell me how to set up an encrypted WEP using only Linux? I am not even able to find much explaining the network ID (SESS_ID). I got something working with ADHOC and no security, but I'd like to try for a named network and some security. Any suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: WEP
Thanks all for the replies. I've done the RTM thing and have one question. If the network.opts file doesn't identify the ray_cs module as having a key, then how do I find out what it is supposed to be? Or, more to the point, how can I validate the claim that it does have 56 or 128 encryption. And if it doesn't, is it any good at all? Adam Shand wrote: > > > Suggestion: don't trust WEP. It's another layer of obscurity, but > > it's designed wrong and not at all secure. Some past articles on /. > > have links to papers by people who've broken WEP. I wouldn't trust it > > to keep my spare change secure. > > sorry i have to speak up, i'm no huge lover of wep but that's due to > limitations in it's shared key architecture which makes it useless for > community networking [1] (what i do in my spare time :-). two things: > > * wep is effective at doing what it was designed to provide, "wired > equivelent privacy". this means that all it was supposed to do was > provide the same level of privacy as normal cat5 did. > > * at this point of the exploits are theoretical and none of them are > trivial (requiring significant amounts of time, disk space and techincal > sophistication). i have never heard of the wep exploits actually > appearing "in the wild" and heard contradictory stories of them every > being fully and sucessfully demonstrated in the lab. > > i'm not saying wep is great, but so long as you're careful about keeping > your key secret, choose a non-obvious essid and you're not a likely target > (eg. you're not the pentagon or amazon.com) i'd feel fairly comfortable > relying on wep to keep intruders away from my wireless network. > > adam. > > [1] http://www.personaltelco.net/ > > -- > 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]
Perl-DBI
simple question, I think. Does the standard installation of Perl with debian 2.2 come with DBI such that I can use it again either Postgres and/or Oracle databases? Or is this some other package I need to get? I'm rather new to perl and somewhat old to databases in general. I don't want to make a mistake on this one as Perl kind of does a lot on these distro's -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pcmcia package
I don't think I've ever figured this out. Here's what I'm doing. I install the source package for 2.2.19 and pcmcia-cs. make menuconfig on the kernel to my hearts content and then do: make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revisioin=010607.1 kernel_image (my revisioning is yymmdd.x) dpkg -i ../kernel-image... Everything is cool so far. Then I do make-kpkg --revision=010607.1 modules_image dpkg -i ../pcmcia-modules... Now, if I have to do another kernal image (call it 010608.1) it yells about the revision of pcmcia-cs being <>010608.1 and dies if I recompile a pcmcia-modules to revision=010608.1 and try to install it... It yells about the kernel image <> 010608.1 and it dies. I have to do a force install every time. I'm certain that I'm not doing something quite right. Could someone please explain what it is that I'm doing wrong? Should I not be using revision numbers on something? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DLink 713 router/firewall/WAP
Anyone have any luck getting a Wireless Access Point / Router / firewall appliance working with the WAP part? I've got everything running, but I'm really lost when it comes to the configuration of a WAP. Very little documentation anywhere. If someone knows of any, can you please direct me? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: DLink 713 router/firewall/WAP
I did something like that once and it was working 100%.
I created a box w/ 4 nics (one Wireless) and didn't really subnet
anything, it was my single router point for all three networks and
my gateway.
That was... interesting to set up. But I wanted to try this
DL-713 to try and limit the number of computers I had running in
one room (loud!).
But now the WAP won't talk to anyone. I'm not sure where the
problem is. I can't get any windows boxes to install the PCMCIA
cards correctly and I (recently) blew out my pcmcia configs on my
notebook. Dumb. When it rains, it pours.
Hank Barta wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 06:02:25PM -0500, tom wrote:
> > Anyone have any luck getting a Wireless Access Point / Router /
> > firewall appliance working with the WAP part?
> >
> > I've got everything running, but I'm really lost when it comes to
> > the configuration of a WAP.
> > Very little documentation anywhere.
>
> I'm not using an access point, but rather a PCMCIA adapter on a
> non-portable system. I have configured a separate subnet for the
> Wireless LAN and have configured all hosts on my wired subnet to
> route through the non-portable system to get to the wireless subnet.
> ('man route' for more.)
>
> Everything works pretty well except for the connection from the
> wireless subnet to the Internet through a Linux firewall that is doing
> IP filtering (ipchains on 2.2.18 kernel) and NAT. It seems not to be
> able to route to the Wireless LAN, probably due to misconfiguration
> between NAT and routing or possibly there is a bug or limitation. Some
> day I'll try 2.4.x and iptables to see if I can do better.
>
> In the mean time, I run 'junkbuster' on the non-portable system and
> specify that as the proxy for hosts on the wireless subnet. That
> gets me web browsing. That combined with just telnetting to the
> non-portable system and running whatever I want there provides a high
> enough level of functionality to make this shortcoming a non-issue.
>
> In any case, the PCI/PCMCIA adapter and extra wireless card cost
> less than any base station (this for 802.11b and using Orinoco
> silver cards.)
>
> --
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> Beautiful Sunny Winfield, Illinois
>
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Missing X - Window Manager?
I'm trying to install the latest and greatest (testing) version of X. I have it configured... Sort of. X -configure creates a file that seems OK. I created a file: ~/.xsession to point me to the gnome-session window Manager. And nothing happens. I have sawfish installed, but there is nothing on the screen but the teeny black & white dots from X Window. Suggestions? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
pcmcia ray_cs wireless network
I got this working once, long ago... But that was on a Slackware version.. Here's where I am right now. I have a managed (non Ad-Hoc) network I have two high beeps when I put the card in, and no power LED on. No Ping I attached my syslog output to show what's happening. I have a D-Link 713P router/broadband/wireless Access Point that I'm trying to connect to... But that's probably not the first problem. I should still be able to get a light (power) on my card. Where do I look now? Jul 11 22:08:56 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 Jul 11 22:08:56 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5 Jul 11 22:08:56 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 Jul 11 22:08:56 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5 Jul 11 22:08:56 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 Jul 11 22:08:56 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5 Jul 11 22:08:56 thorin kernel: ray dl_startup_params failed - ECF not ready for intr Jul 11 22:09:18 thorin cardmgr[192]: shutting down socket 1 Jul 11 22:09:18 thorin cardmgr[192]: executing: './network stop eth1' Jul 11 22:09:18 thorin cardmgr[192]: executing: 'modprobe -r ray_cs' Jul 11 22:09:41 thorin cardmgr[192]: initializing socket 1 Jul 11 22:09:41 thorin cardmgr[192]: socket 1: RayLink PC Card WLAN Adapter Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin cardmgr[192]: executing: 'modprobe ray_cs essid=Allison hop_dwell=128 beacon_period=256 translate=0 net_type=1' Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin kernel: ray_cs.c,v 1.21 2000/07/27 17:56:04 root Exp - Corey Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin kernel: ray_cs Detected: WebGear PC Card WLAN Adapter Version 5.63 May 1999 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin kernel: eth1: RayLink, irq 3, hw_addr 00:00:8F:48:13:4B Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin cardmgr[192]: executing: './network start eth1' Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin cardmgr[192]: + SIOCSIWMODE: Invalid argument Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5 Jul 11 22:09:42 thorin kernel: ray dl_startup_params failed - ECF not ready for intr Jul 11 22:09:47 thorin cardmgr[192]: shutting down socket 1 Jul 11 22:09:47 thorin cardmgr[192]: executing: './network stop eth1' Jul 11 22:09:47 thorin cardmgr[192]: executing: 'modprobe -r ray_cs'
[debian-laptops] Dlink 650 p1 on debian
Hello all, Anyone have luck with the dlink dwl 650 rev p? I tried wlan and I am considering orinoco. After googling for 12 hours, I found a lot of information posts related to problems and few success stories. TOm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [debian-laptops] Dlink 650 p1 on debian
As I understand it, mine has the Intersil Prism III chipset. I guess I need to make sure that that is the case. TOm I used the debian wrapper to install and build them. I have not really had any problems out of it. Only down side to the Dlink wireless is that they change chipsets between G650 and G650+ for example. Cross your finger and hope you have the Atheros chipset. It has worked the best for me. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sound on a ThinkPad 560X
I have an old ThinkPad 560X which I use as a router/gateway/firewall with my cable modem. Now I'd also like to pipe music from the web into the 560 and output it thru the headphone jack to my amplifier. Problem is, I can't seem to find the right driver for the 560's sound card, a CS4237B. I've tried loading the sound blaster drivers because the CS4237B has a SB compatibility mode, but as the Sound HOWTO predicted, that was a waste of time. I tried loading the ALSA drivers but snd-4236 reports that no soundcard was found. I can load the OSS/Free driver CS4236 although ad1848 does report that no ISAPnP cards were found. I then try alsaplayer with an OSS output module to play a tune. The sound card does produce music very, very faintly and the external volume control has not effect. I tried the volume parameter on alsaplayer -- no help. I tried using mpg123 with the same result. The archives don't seem to offer any guidance here either. If anyone can give me some pointers I sure would appreciate it. Thanks. Tom
Re: Sound on a ThinkPad 560X - SOLVED
Paul, That was the crucial information. I'm not sure which was the problem, but my /etc/modules had 'char-major-14 soundcore' and I had no mixer installed. Normally I just use the tools KDE supplies but I don't have X installed on this machine so I'm really roughing it. So I fixed '/etc/modules' and I installed 'rexima' -- which is a nice ncurses mixer -- and voila', sound. As for the sound quality, well I don't intend to use the internal speakers anyway. Thanks. Tom
add kernel modules
Hi list, i am trying to install debian on a dell inspiron 5000e, using netinst cd image. however the pcmcia xircom card won't work. Silly problem: i just don't know how to add the tulip module. i have it on disk, but can't tell the installer to look there. any help is appreciated. best regards, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: Strange standstill with KDE-Shutdown
Hello all, actually i have been a lurker till now. So hi all now. (Is there a habit of introducing the own id?) However i have the same problem, basically, but my Dell Inspiron 5000e shuts down kdm, then the shutdown procedure halts at a point. Like Stefan's laptop mine does not do that always. But the most annyoing thing is: Somtimes (again not always when the shutdown procedure ist failing) some of my kde config is lost: korganizer color groups, groups, preferences (not the data) kmail identities, filters, network settings and maybe some other I have installed knoppix (3.2 i think not sure) No manipulations of the kernel Mostly testing (only a dozen unstable manually) apt-get upgrading almost daily And where to look for the other version, you have to tell me or what else could be of use. -- Best Regards, Tom Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2004 15:28 schrieb Stefan Goessling: > Hi everyone, > > I have only noticed this behaviour on my Notebook (Acer TM 803), so I > write to the laptop list. On my Desktop (same Knoppix-Debian-Install) > there is no such error. > > Description: When I choose to logout from my KDE session, the screen goes > black and the laptop stands still. No reaction to keyboard, mouse, > external loginnothing. Only way out: cut power! The strange thing: it > doesn't happen everytime. I do not know the exact circumstances, I can see > no pattern. > > I have checked the X-Server logfile, the Kernel logfile, and all sort of > logfiles found in /var/log: I cannot find any reference to the failure. > > Setup: Debian installation from Knoppix 3.3 (mix of testing and some > unstable I think), followed by extensive updating and compilation of new > kernels (Note: this behaviour occurs with all tested kernels, and with all > KDE versions). > > Current kernel: 2.4.24 > Current X-Version: 4.3.0-0ds4 > Current X-Server: Radeon (R250 Lf) > Current Display manager: KDM (vers. 3.1.3-1) > Current KDE version: 3.1.5 > > Now I need directions on where to look for error messages and logs that > could elucidate this strange behaviour! > > Thanks a bunch, Stefan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Newbie: Mouse Question
Hello all, i have a question regarding a mouse. The mouse works just fine with a usb->PS/2 adapter, but at the usb port it does nothing (not even disabling the touch pad) dmesg gives (relevant messages only): Actually i noticed that lines 3-5 look strange to me (comments?, dangerous?) It recognizes the mouse correctly [Genius NetScroll + Mini Traveler] Linux version 2.4.22-xfs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 SMP Fr Okt 3 20:36:25 CEST 2003 Dell Inspiron with broken BIOS detected. Refusing to enable the local APIC. Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=301 hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi apm=power-off nomce usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 20:50:29 Oct 3 2003 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:07.2 PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:08.0 usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1060, IRQ 5 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:08.0 PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:07.2 hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x458/0x36) is not claimed by any active driver. LVM version 1.0.5+(22/07/2002) module loaded loop: loaded (max 8 devices) mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice usb.c: registered new driver hiddev usb.c: registered new driver hid input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Genius NetScroll + Mini Traveler] on usb1:2.0 hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers blk: queue c0334b60, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x) When i unplug the mouse from usb dmesg gets: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 2 And on plugging in again: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 3 input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Genius NetScroll + Mini Traveler] on usb1:3.0 That's it. Can anyone tell me what to do, or where to look? RTFM is fine with me, as long somebody tells me which manual. :) -- Best Regards, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
add kernel modules
Hi list, i am trying to install debian on a dell inspiron 5000e, using netinst cd image. however the pcmcia xircom card won't work. Silly problem: i just don't know how to add the tulip module. i have it on disk, but can't tell the installer to look there. any help is appreciated. best regards, Tom
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Re: Strange standstill with KDE-Shutdown
Hello all, actually i have been a lurker till now. So hi all now. (Is there a habit of introducing the own id?) However i have the same problem, basically, but my Dell Inspiron 5000e shuts down kdm, then the shutdown procedure halts at a point. Like Stefan's laptop mine does not do that always. But the most annyoing thing is: Somtimes (again not always when the shutdown procedure ist failing) some of my kde config is lost: korganizer color groups, groups, preferences (not the data) kmail identities, filters, network settings and maybe some other I have installed knoppix (3.2 i think not sure) No manipulations of the kernel Mostly testing (only a dozen unstable manually) apt-get upgrading almost daily And where to look for the other version, you have to tell me or what else could be of use. -- Best Regards, Tom Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2004 15:28 schrieb Stefan Goessling: > Hi everyone, > > I have only noticed this behaviour on my Notebook (Acer TM 803), so I > write to the laptop list. On my Desktop (same Knoppix-Debian-Install) > there is no such error. > > Description: When I choose to logout from my KDE session, the screen goes > black and the laptop stands still. No reaction to keyboard, mouse, > external loginnothing. Only way out: cut power! The strange thing: it > doesn't happen everytime. I do not know the exact circumstances, I can see > no pattern. > > I have checked the X-Server logfile, the Kernel logfile, and all sort of > logfiles found in /var/log: I cannot find any reference to the failure. > > Setup: Debian installation from Knoppix 3.3 (mix of testing and some > unstable I think), followed by extensive updating and compilation of new > kernels (Note: this behaviour occurs with all tested kernels, and with all > KDE versions). > > Current kernel: 2.4.24 > Current X-Version: 4.3.0-0ds4 > Current X-Server: Radeon (R250 Lf) > Current Display manager: KDM (vers. 3.1.3-1) > Current KDE version: 3.1.5 > > Now I need directions on where to look for error messages and logs that > could elucidate this strange behaviour! > > Thanks a bunch, Stefan
Newbie: Mouse Question
Hello all, i have a question regarding a mouse. The mouse works just fine with a usb->PS/2 adapter, but at the usb port it does nothing (not even disabling the touch pad) dmesg gives (relevant messages only): Actually i noticed that lines 3-5 look strange to me (comments?, dangerous?) It recognizes the mouse correctly [Genius NetScroll + Mini Traveler] Linux version 2.4.22-xfs ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.4 20011002 (Debian prerelease)) #1 SMP Fr Okt 3 20:36:25 CEST 2003 Dell Inspiron with broken BIOS detected. Refusing to enable the local APIC. Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=Linux ro root=301 hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi apm=power-off nomce usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.275 $ time 20:50:29 Oct 3 2003 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:07.2 PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:08.0 usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0x1060, IRQ 5 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:08.0 PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:07.2 hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 2 usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x458/0x36) is not claimed by any active driver. LVM version 1.0.5+(22/07/2002) module loaded loop: loaded (max 8 devices) mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice usb.c: registered new driver hiddev usb.c: registered new driver hid input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Genius NetScroll + Mini Traveler] on usb1:2.0 hid-core.c: v1.8.1 Andreas Gal, Vojtech Pavlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> hid-core.c: USB HID support drivers blk: queue c0334b60, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0x) When i unplug the mouse from usb dmesg gets: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 00:07.2-1 address 2 And on plugging in again: hub.c: new USB device 00:07.2-1, assigned address 3 input: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Genius NetScroll + Mini Traveler] on usb1:3.0 That's it. Can anyone tell me what to do, or where to look? RTFM is fine with me, as long somebody tells me which manual. :) -- Best Regards, Tom
Wheezy on HP EliteBook 2560p
Hi, I installed Debian Wheezy (with KDE) on my HP Laptop EliteBook 2560p. After short struggeling with the Wlan it's working fine now in every aspect except one: The fan is always on and full power (as far as I can tell, the CPU as well). This is very noisy and I really don't like it :-( Has anyone a hint for me what I can do to get the fan as silent as it was under windows and only powering up when it's relly needed? As information: root@monitor:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 42 model name : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2620M CPU @ 2.70GHz stepping: 7 microcode : 0x18 cpu MHz : 2701.000 cache size : 4096 KB fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 13 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips: 5387.49 clflush size: 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: Thanks, Tom. -- Empfehlen Sie GMX DSL Ihren Freunden und Bekannten und wir belohnen Sie mit bis zu 50,- Euro! https://freundschaftswerbung.gmx.de -- 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/20120308210106.64...@gmx.net
Re: Wheezy on HP EliteBook 2560p
Original-Nachricht > > I installed Debian Wheezy (with KDE) on my HP Laptop EliteBook 2560p. > > The fan is always on and full power (as far as I can tell, the CPU as > well). > > Has anyone a hint for me what I can do to get the fan as silent as it > was under windows and only powering up when it's relly needed? > http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/CpuFrequencyScaling Thank you for the link. I found the reason why my laptop was always on 100%: Nepomuck/Strigi. After deactivating both of them, the Laptop is running just fine :-) -- NEU: FreePhone 3-fach-Flat mit kostenlosem Smartphone! Jetzt informieren: http://mobile.1und1.de/?ac=OM.PW.PW003K20328T7073a -- 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/20120312095028.300...@gmx.net
Re: Swap
I do not know where the various rules-of-thumb came from, but suspect it mostly was from production multiuser/multiprocess systems where the emphasis was on throughput, I/O wait was common, and it throughput could be increased by overcommitting real memory and thereby reducing the processor idle time that occurs because processes are waiting for I/O completion. The target model would be a zSeries mainframe or large Unix or Windows server with many jobs running. On a desktop system, probably with one and a small fraction users, not all that many background processes, and, with present memory prices being what they are, enough memory to hold them all, the swap requirement is lower, and possibly zero. In general, you do not really want to swap, ever, especially on an interactive system. Swapping (now usually paging, which is somewhat different) always will degrade performance, and should be avoided if possible. That said, another poster noted that if hibernation is an option, swap is where the memory image is put, and it should be at least as large as real memory. You can estimate the need for operational swap reasonably using utilities like top and vmstat. Top will show maximum swap for the current boot at a glance; if it is zero, no swap has been used since the last boot, and if the system has been up for a while that indicates a zero (or at least small) swap requirement. If the amount is not zero, it would be reasonable to add half a GB or so to the peak swap and round up to next full GB. Bad things are likely if you run out of (memory + swap). If it is a laptop and you want to use hibernate, set swap to the larger of the operational swap size and the system memory size. Tom Dial On 02/04/2016 08:42 AM, Jos Collin wrote: > Hello, > > How much swap space does 4GB ram ideally requires ? I have been using > the rule "RAM size x 2" for calculating the size of swap. But as the RAM > sizes are bigger nowadays, is this a wrong calculation ? I mean, is it > okay if I use 1 GB of swap space (or lesser) for a 4gb RAM ? > > (I use to suspend my system everyday by pressing alt+shutdown menu in > gnome 3) > > Please suggest. > > Thanks, > Jos Collin >
Re: Swap
Thank you; I did not know that, and it makes for a significant swap size reduction in nearly all cases of a desktop or laptop workstation. The other points, I think, are not much changed. For the case Jos Collin presented initially, (and noting his mention in another branch of 175 MB actually used) 2GB swap likely is quite enough. Tom On 02/04/2016 03:41 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> option, swap is where the memory image is put, and it should be at least >> as large as real memory. > > Actually no: when hibernating, the requirement is that the currently > unused swap space (which should usually be pretty much the whole swap > space), be large enough to contain a *compressed* form of a *part* of > the RAM (the parts that can be skipped are those which would never be > moved to swap anyway, such as the caches that hold a copy of data which > is already available elsewhere on disk). > > So it doesn't need to be as large as RAM. In many cases, the amount of > swap space used by hibernation less than 1/3 of RAM. > > > Stefan > >
Re: Home Directory in SSD
Doing regular backups takes pretty good care of device failure. Depending on how it is done, it also can help recover from accidents other than equipment failure, like deleting files in error. That said, I have read that for some time SSD reliability has been at least on a par with HDDs. And you also do not want to have to recover data from a failed HDD. Tom On 02/06/2016 07:00 AM, Jos Collin wrote: > Hello, > > I have Debian/testing installed completely in my 120GB SSD. I have > learned that if an SSD fails, it is difficult to recover data from them. > An SSD often does not give much warning before it fails. > Electronic components don’t begin to grind or buzz as they grow older. > They work – and then they don’t. > > So do I have to consider this risk and move the /home and /root > directories to an HDD as they contain the Personal Data of each user, > and only keep the Operating System files in the SSD ? How do you people > keep the /home and /root directories, when you install the OS in an SSD > ? (I have an Ultrabay Caddy, in which I can connect the HDD also in my > Thinkpad T61). > > Please advice. > > Thanks, > Jos Collin > >
Re: A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. Need the newer kernel??
You probably will need to post information about the machine and may get more help, more quickly, on the debian-user list. Tom Dial On 05/20/2017 03:36 PM, Anil Duggirala wrote: > Hello, > I reinstalled Debian, by deleting the Linux > partitions in windows and installing to free space. The system boots > into Debian, but then before loading of gdm login screen I get this > error: > Oh no! Something has gone wrong. > A problem has occurred and the system can't recover > Did this happen to you upon installation?? Do I need to somehow install > the newer kernel (which I know solves various hardware problems) to make > it work? [connecting to wifi using the commandline will be a challenge > for me] > Please help! > thanks, > >
HP zBook G5 issues
I have a Hewlett Packard zBook G5, with a generally successful Debian with Gnome install, initially 10.x (as current in January 2020) and recently upgraded to bullseye. The installation is vanilla except that: a. It is installed on ZFS (including /) b. It has the nVidia proprietary driver and xorg (Nouveau was very sluggish) c. It is dual boot, with Windows on one NVMe device and Debian on another. Grub is installed on the Debian device and handles both Linux and Windows well. d. Several not-debian programs are installed on /opt and probably not relevant to any of the issues described below. There were several relatively low-impact but annoying issues, most of which evaporated with no effort beyond regular software maintenance. The one that remains is: Keyboard: the keyboard function keys to control screen brightness that (usually) do not work correctly but, instead, operate identically to the microphone on/off function key, including producing the same scan and key codes (as reported by showkey -s or showkey -k, on either a gnome or console terminal). Output from showkey -s 0x5a 0xda, and scancode -k reports keycode 190 press keycode 190 release. Irritatingly, on occasion they work correctly to control brightness. When this happens it may persist over several reboots. The brightness control in the Gnome settings power tab works as expected, and the buttons work normally when Windows is in control. 2. From time to time, while running, the screen freezes: keyboard input and mouse buttons do not work, although the pointer moves appropriately. Switching to a virtual console and back almost always corrects the problem. Suggestions on any of these defects will be gratefully received. The zBook is a very nice machine in most respects. I'm posting to both debian-laptop and debian-users since it is not whether this is exclusively a laptop type problem and apologize if that is inappropriate. Regards, Tom Dial
Re: swapon command error
I can't contribute to solving the problem you state, but it is not clear that it is the real problem at all. You do not describe the system on which you want to add a swap file or the problem that is meant to solve, but the list addressed, debian-laptop, suggests it might be a laptop. If that is true, and if the root problem is poor performance or insufficient main memory for the workload, adding swap is unlikely to solve it. At best, adding swap allows the system scheduler to substitute paging to storage that is hundreds to tens of thousands of times slower than main memory when there is not enough RAM available. That is reasonable in server environments in which there are dozens to hundreds of active jobs in memory and many of them may be waiting at any given time for slow operations like network or storage I/O. On a laptop being used interactively, it often is not reasonable to have swap at all or, at most, more than a small amount to handle occasional, but rare, instances of full memory to avoid a system crash. Significant swap activity, whether to a device or an even slower file, is very unlikely to improve performance. The best way to improve performance issues caused by insufficient memory is to add memory. Running fewer jobs or opening fewer browser tabs may improve performance, but adding swap to an actively swapping system and keeping the workload the same (or increasing it) is quite unlikely to improve performance, and might make it worse. Regards, Tom Dial On 9/9/21 08:16, lin dimitri wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to increase my swap memory, below is the commands I used:- > $ sudo swapon --show > $ sudo swapoff -a > $ sudo fallocate -l 4G /swapfile > $ sudo chmod 600 /swapfile > $ sudo mkswap /swapfile > $ sudo swapon /swapfile > swapon failed: Function not implemented > > i got above error. > > I have CONFIG_SWAP=y in /proc/config.gz. > > i don't know how this can be solved > > plz help. > > > Regards, > > lin >
Re: Upgrade error that I don't know how to solve
On 8/7/23 08:26, rob stone wrote: Hello again, I think that I have solved this. I found an unused package that I could purge. aptitude fetched the linux-image again, purged and then unpacked, generated the boot image, etc., and it now appears everything is back on track. Disk space on the root partition is abysmal. I'll try a re-boot tomorrow. Time for bed. Regards, Rob On Mon, 2023-08-07 at 23:54 +1000, rob stone wrote: Hello, I was running an aptitude safe-upgrade and the following appeared during the dpkg phase:- Preparing to unpack .../58-linux-image-amd64_6.4.4-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-image-amd64 (6.4.4-2) over (6.4.4-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../59-linux-image-6.4.0-1-amd64_6.4.4- 2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-image-6.4.0-1-amd64 (6.4.4-2) over (6.4.4-1) ... dpkg: error processing archive /tmp/apt-dpkg-install-RAGhR8/59-linux- image-6.4.0-1-amd64_6.4.4-2_amd64.deb (--unpack): cannot copy extracted data for './lib/modules/6.4.0-1- amd64/kernel/sound/pci/oxygen/snd-oxygen-lib.ko' to '/lib/modules/6.4.0-1-amd64/kernel/sound/pci/oxygen/snd-oxygen- lib.ko.dpkg-new': failed to write (No space left on device) I: /vmlinuz is now a symlink to boot/vmlinuz-6.3.0-1-amd64 I: /initrd.img is now a symlink to boot/initrd.img-6.3.0-1-amd64 Preparing to unpack .../60-linux-libc-dev_6.4.4-2_amd64.deb ... Unpacking linux-libc-dev:amd64 (6.4.4-2) over (6.4.4-1) ... Preparing to unpack .../61-linux-perf_6.4.4-2_amd64.deb ... Then at the end the following messages appeared. dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of linux-image-amd64: linux-image-amd64 depends on linux-image-6.4.0-1-amd64 (= 6.4.4-2); however: Version of linux-image-6.4.0-1-amd64 on system is 6.4.4-1. dpkg: error processing package linux-image-amd64 (--configure): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured So I tried running dpkg --configure -a and the message above was repeated. I know that I am short of disk space on the root partition in part caused by multiple versions of large libraries that can't be flagged as obsolete as other packages have them as dependencies. Could somebody more knowledgeable than myself give some hints on how to solve this. You need more storage available during the upgrade on whatever device has the /lib directory. Purging a package, as you found, may help, but is only a temporary mitigation. You probably need to increase free storage gong forward, either by purging more (maybe much more) or migrating to a larger device. Running nearly full negatively affects performance and, in the case of SSDs, service life. It would help if you posted information about the distribution of storage, for example, the output of df -h This kind of question is not peculiar to laptops, and the debian-user mailing list probably would be a better place to post it, if only because that is a more active list. Regards, Tom Dial Thanks, Rob
Re: Debian Sarge on Tosiba: PCMCIA problem
On 1/9/06, giuliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:13:11 -0500 > golfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, this is a kernel problem. If you upgrade to 2.6.15 (build your > > own using kernel-package), you can plug and unplug without problems. > > I have never compiled a kernel: I don't know if I am able to do it but > perhaps in the future... > Thanks. > > > regards, > > Bye, giuliano > Compiling a kernel is much easier than it sounds. I think the word *compile* scares people. Just use your favorite search engine. There are many how to on this subject. Just take your time and do some research, and it will go fine.
Re: Activated pcmcia or wireless Card or both ...
On 1/11/06, David Andreoletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2006/1/11, Dave Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > * David Andreoletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-11 13:03:28 +0100]: > > > > > Good morning, > > > > > > I have a laptop ACER Travelmate 4150 Lmi, i would like use my pcmcia > > > port (ENE 712/4) with a netgear WG511T wireless pcmcia card. > > > So I download and install latest kernel on debian.org ( via apt-get > > > ).Currently I have kernel 2.6.15-1 who include madwifi module for > > > WG511T card (madwifi driver), ieee8001module, yenta etc .. (see > > > dmesg.txt ) > > > I insert my WG511T card and try to activate this one by : > > > ifconfig ath0 up > > > but system say me : > > > ath0 doesn't exist ! > > > > > > I have search on debian list and google without result > > > > Maybe it doesn't. Run: > > sudo tail -f /var/log/messages > > > > as you insert and remove the card and note what happens during those > > events, > > > > also, post ONLY the result of > > > > sudo iwconfig > > > > after you insert the card > > > > -- > > Regards, Dave > > I follow your recommandations and i get : > > when card is insert : > >tail -f /var/log/messages > Jan 11 15:51:00 england-laptop kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into > slot 0 > > when card is eject : > >tail -f /var/log/messages > Jan 11 15:51:16 england-laptop kernel: pccard: card ejected from slot 0 > > iwconfig command say always (on insert and eject card) the same thing : > >iwconfig > lono wireless extensions. > > eth0 no wireless extensions. > > eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any > Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated > Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm > Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > > eth2 no wireless extensions. > > > sit0 no wireless extensions. > > NB : eth1 is my centrino card ( module ipw2200) > eth0 is my ethernet card (broadcom) > eth2 is my firewire card (maybe ! I not really sure ) > > There is no madwifi card ( ath0 or wlan0 ) detected. > > I have a cheaper acer, the Aspire 3000. And I also have a netgear wireless card. I had to use ndiswrapper with the winblows 2000 driver to get the card to work. It works ok except, I cannot use tools like kismet. My card version is WG511 version 2. I believe that there are two different chipsets for netgear cards.
Re: ASUS A6Q00KM fails to boot without power cable plugged in.
On Thu, 2006-03-30 at 20:00 +0200, Anders Ellenshøj Andersen wrote: > I have reported this as a kernel bug, but I thought maybe this list would > have > some input for me on this issue. > > I have an ASUS A6Q00KM laptop with a Turion64 AMD processor. It has a SiS > chipset. If I turn on the laptop when the power cable isn't plugged in, the > system hangs during boot. It hangs the first time you try to boot it after > the power cable has been plugged in, after that it boots normally. When it > hangs you can hold the power button for a couple of seconds to turn it off > (normal ATX behaviour..). There is no other method to reboot it. > > When it hangs, the final screen displayed look like this (I wrote off the > screen manually on a different computer): > > ohci_hcd :00:03.0: irq 18, io mem 0xfebff000 > hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found > hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected > GSI 19 sharing vector 0xC1 and IRQ 19 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:03.1[B] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 19 > ohci_hcd :00:03.1: OHCI Host Controller > ohci_hcd :00:03.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 > ohci_hcd :00:03.1: irq 19, io mem 0xfebfe000 > hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found > hub 2-0:1.0: 3 ports detected > GSI 20 sharing vector 0xC9 and IRQ 20 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:03.2[C] -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 20 > ohci_hcd :00:03.2: OHCI Host Controller > ohci_hcd :00:03.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3 > ohci_hcd :00:03.2: irq 20, io mem 0xfebfd000 > hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found > hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected > r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.2LK loaded > GSI 21 sharing vector 0xD1 and IRQ 21 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:0b.0[A] -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 21 > eth0: RTL8169 at 0xc200cc00, 00:15:f2:22:8f:0f, IRQ 21 > GSI 22 sharing vector 0cD9 and IRQ 22 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt :00:03.3[D] -> GSI 23 (level, low) -> IRQ 22 > ehci_hcd :00:03.3: EHCI Host Controller > > System locks up here. > > > > -- > - Debian GNU/Linux - KDE 3.5.1 - KMail 1.9.1 - > > I have an ASUS A6k and I think it's related to the bad ACPI that many laptops come with. They are compiled by Microsoft compilers and thus contain many, many bugs. In this case, your kernel loads in USB2 (ehci) and hangs. If you compile without USB2 or fix your ACPI, you can boot without the power cable attached. I'm not really sure how to do that, though, so maybe someone else can help you there. Here's a couple of websites that might help and helped me discover what was wrong: http://acpi.sourceforge.net/ http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/asus.html I'm sorry I can't be of any more help; I'm fairly new to this whole thing. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
HP Vectra VL420-DT P4 1.7 GHz 100$
HP Vectra VL420-DT P4 1.7 GHz Minimum Config 3.5" 256 Meg 20 Gig CD NO OS (will boot to c>) Desktop Case $ 100ea Tom Loe www.epacifictrade.com Bournemouth _ UK T 442081235997 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
support of Thinkpad X60s
I am a long standing user of an IBM A21m notebook (circa 2000) and am looking at an upgrade. I'm eying the Thinkpad X60s because it's: -- small and light (A21m is >7 pounds) -- equipped with only a joystick mouse However, before I buy I'm trying to get some confirmation on how well the Debian installation and this notebook work together. Primarily in terms of power saving, sleep, hibernation, suspend, and smaller features like getting the disk to spindown and spinup correctly. So I'm looking for people who have first hand experience with this model and Debian to compare notes. I'm not always thrilled by the web pages that mention this stuff because sometimes they're wrong or the term "eventually got working" translates to several weekends spent customizing everything only to have it quite functioning periodically. As a comparison of what I know about notebooks: my A21m cannot spin-down under any circumstances. Installing the notepad packages makes it worse. Under all conditions it will spin-down and immediately spin-up again -- power-cycling the hard drive every few minutes until I can disable the feature. Once under kernel 2.4.xx I had 99% of what could work, working well -- including spindown, sleep, hibernate, but not so anymore. Doesn't matter -- I'm looking at a new machine, right? Once upon a time I could hibernate to a windows partition located at /dev/hda1. I don't know if this is even required anymore (swap?). I never had an option to get the thinkpad buttons working under linux. There are various reports of WLAN working and not working help? I would love to hear from someone who has one of these and can help me make that decision. But if you're going to tell me about how well some other notebook works it might not be of much use unless it's the same architecture or something "transferrable" like that. Many thanks!!! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Toshiba Portege R500 issues
Hi, On Friday, 20. June 2008, Colin Turner wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I just got a Toshiba R500 Protege and installed Lenny (beta 2 of > installer). Most things are working great, with just a few outstanding > issues. See [1] for more details. > > * The headphone socket doesn't mute the internal speaker > > * s2ram fails, hibernation works fine... did you try using s2ram through the hibernate package in debian? It's doing some preparations in the background before actually sending the machine to sleep. It helped me in the past with some machines which weren't hibernating / supsending to ram properly. There's various tweaks you can do with the hibernate scripts. good luck, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Installation
Could someone help me? In partitioning cfdisk will not let me enter the number of MBytes. Cheers Tom Powell
CDRom
Can anyone help me with my CDRom. I am installing the Linux system, and it will not let me mount the CDRom. Refuses as a illegal request. Cheers Tom Powell
Kachina Tech - Portare Laptops?
I've been using Debian on desktops for quite a while, but laptops are new territory for me. I'm considering getting one, and came across this web site which sells Portare laptops with Debian (slink, potato, or Corel) installed. http://www.KachinaTech.COM/US/portare.html It's not that I really need to buy a machine with Debian pre-installed, but I'm considering it for a few reasons: 1) Known hardware compatibility with Linux 2) Linux-aware tech support available if needed 3) I like the idea of supporting vendors who do this Does anyone on the list have any experience with Kachina Technologies and/or the Portare laptop systems that they're selling? If so, I'd appreciate any opinions or comments you have on them. The site looks reputable, but I'm not familiar with them. Recommendations of other laptops/vendors are welcome also. Tom
Frozen pointer on a TP T20
I'm running 2.2 with the XF86 distro on the 2.2 CD, with the AfterStep package from the Debian distro packages. This is installed on a ThinkPad T20, and I'm using the Savage SVGA driver from http://www.probo.com/timr/savagemx.html Lately when I 'startx' the mouse pointer does not respond: I cannot do anything with it, nor do the buttons work. I have things configured to use /dev/psaux, but I'm not sure what else to check. Thanks in advance for any help. -tree -- Tom Emerson Basis Technology Corp. Zenkaku Language Hackerhttp://www.basistech.com "Beware the lollipop of mediocrity: lick it once and you suck forever"
Re: Frozen pointer on a TP T20
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > if you disable gpm before starting x, does the pointer still freeze > up? It turns out that something had changed /dev/mouse to point at /dev/gpm* (whatever) instead of /dev/psaux. Once I fixed that, all was good again. I probably should just change my XF86Config to refer to /dev/psaux instead of /dev/mouse. Thanks! -tree -- Tom Emerson Basis Technology Corp. Zenkaku Language Hackerhttp://www.basistech.com "Beware the lollipop of mediocrity: lick it once and you suck forever"
Re: screen get blue/green at startup sometimes instead of displaying
I can confirm that the exact same thing happens on my Toshiba Tecra 720CDT with about the same frequency. Hopefully someone will know how to correct it. On Fri, Dec 29, 2000 at 07:13:12PM +0100, J?r?me Lacoste wrote: > The laptop is a Digital HiNote Ultra 2000, runs Debian 2.2_0. No upgrade > expect a recompiled kernel. > When X starts, I sometimes get a screen (color between green and blue) > instead of the xdm login. > > It happened 5 to 10 times in the 82 boots I had since I installed Debian. > It disappears if I switch to console and switch back to X. -- Tom Hoover N5NTM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.hisword.net/tom - checkout HisWord(tm) Palmtop Bible at the above URL - --- finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP key
Re: Regarding using a docking-station.
On Tue, Dec 12, 2000 at 08:50:17AM -0800, Heather wrote: > > My favorite trick is to wire "keyboardsignal" (usually, alt-up) to run a > script which invokes the dock's modules for me. Could you expand on this, please? I just bought a Tecra 720CDT and DeskStation V+ docking station. I can dock/undock without powering down the laptop, but I need to work on some scripts for enabling/disabling the devices in the dock. Any additional details of your setup would be appreciated. Thanks! -- Tom Hoover N5NTM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.hisword.net/tom - checkout HisWord(tm) Palmtop Bible at the above URL - --- finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP key
kapm-idled
Hi I just instoled kernel 2.4 on my Tosh Satelite pro 4320 and I found that proces kapm-idled is taking quite a lot of CPU time this is line from top PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 3 root 19 0 00 0 SW 0 71.6 0.0 14:46 kapm-idled this proces take all the time so much of procesor Time, thats quite inoying, anyone know anything about it? I belive that is somthing with APM, in Kernel conf I took support for Toshiba Laptop and APM is also activate, This is not really good to keep on laptop becuse battery will run quickly I will be pleased for any sugestion siaraX
Re: kapm-idled
> Yes and you should have recognized that there are no negative side effects > of kapm-idled it does _not_ consume CPU Power which would be needed otherwise. > > Test it while encoding videos or something else which should consume all > CPU-power by itself. > > So you could say it is a cosmetical bug, but not more. h maybe is stupid question but ... if mashine is going in to suspend mode then system shoud slow down procesor speed and swith off all device wich can be off, if procesor is running allmost on full power then needs more power? is that right? then means that for me if procesor is loaded in full need more power = shorter battery work? siaraX > > > Stefan > > -- > friendly greetings from Chelmsford/Britain > > Playing now: Motorhead - Ace Of Spades > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
Re: kapm-idled
> > > and swith off all device wich can be off, if procesor is running allmost on > > full power then needs more power? is that right? > > When your CPU is idle it does not consume as much power as when it is > heavily working if it is that what you meant. > > > then means that for me if procesor is loaded in full need more power = > > shorter battery work? > > Exactly. > But you should, what was my point, not include kapm-idled in that assumption > because that makes your computer save battery power. > ok I understand that now, but somebody I think from Developers told somthing like they coud "hide" this and do not show it. If thats not taking power unneceserry or is some fake is not relly good to show this, some ppl have on takskbar applet wich show how much power of procesor is in use, few times i found out that MC hang (when I use it from root account) and it take almost all procesor speed, when kill this proces was fine, but in simmilar situation ppl will have fals alarms :> siaraX
Re: PCMCIA to SCSI cards
Hi Jens where I can find list of supported USB CDRW? siaraX > > I'm also looking into a CD burner for my Laptop. I don't have to carry it > with me > too > often and I already have a SCSI burner. I was also looking into USB burners > but > the list of supported burners is not very big. > So my question is: Does anyone have a PCMCIA to SCSI card working with > Linux and can recommend one or tell me her/his experience with it ? > Thanks. > > Jens
Re: Debian & PCMCIA & My Crappy Laptop (tm)
Hi I install on old laptop Toshiba 110 Debian I use rescue disk then root disk, next I load I think 14 disk of base system, after that my PCMCIA start working fine and I can use PCMCIA network card, before in setup I try to install rest true network but I cant make it work. take instalation method from setup -> fdd of course :) I hope that will help u siaraX
Best "new" laptop
I currently have a Toshiba 720CDT, and overall have been happy with it. I _may_ have an opportunity to get a new laptop (with someone else's money :-). I want to get feedback regarding "current" laptops on the market and how well they work with Linux. My goal here is to get the fastest, lightest, Linux compatible laptop out there. Something with a "thin" form-factor and with long battery life, but with the horsepower to be a desktop replacement when placed in a docking station. (I don't want much, do I?) Since I'm in the "dreaming" stage right now, my question is this... If you had an unlimited budget on which to spend on your "dream" Linux laptop, what would you buy and why? -- Tom Hoover N5NTM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.hisword.net/tom - checkout HisWord(tm) Palmtop Bible at the above URL - --- finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP key
thinkpad 560E serial port
anyone else have trouble getting the serial port on a thinkpad 560e to work? the standard PC io port and irq values don't seem to work. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key id 0x27371A2C
Re: thinkpad 560E serial port
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 11:11:16AM +, Alexander Clouter wrote: > > anyone else have trouble getting the serial port on a thinkpad 560e to work? > > the standard PC io port and irq values don't seem to work. > > > erm...try altering the com port options from either the windows > configuration toolor dare I say it via the "flappy duck method" (why a > flappy duck I don't know). Is the port actually enabled? nevermind, i finally got it working. it seems the ps2 DOS util has two serial options. one was enabled, but the other wasn't. thanks anyway. 8) -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key id 0x27371A2C
Re: thinkpad 560E serial port
On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 06:01:01PM -0500, Thomas Hood wrote: > > anyone else have trouble getting the serial port on a thinkpad > > 560e to work? the standard PC io port and irq values don't > > seem to work. > > Check the "Serial port" section my web page for info that may yeah, i finally figured out that ps2.exe has two serial options. now my problem is that when i insert my linksys ethernet pcmcia card, serial stops working. i get this: rs_close: bad serial port count; tty->count is 1, state->count is 2 anyone else have problems like this with 2.2.19pre8+pcmcia? -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key id 0x27371A2C
Re: thinkpad 560E serial port
if your email address' secrecy is that important to you, why not put a note in your .sig that asks not to reveal your address? you can't expect people to read your mind. On Sun, Feb 04, 2001 at 08:03:01PM -0500, Thomas Hood wrote: > Excuse me, but did I give you permission to post my e-mail > address on debian-laptop? I deliberately disguise my e-mail > address so that I don't get on spam lists, but it seems you're > too stupid^H^H^H^H^H^Hmentally challenged to figure that out. > You undisguised the address and posted away. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key id 0x27371A2C
Re: freeze after suspend on Inspiron 3500, potato/2.2.17
Hi I have somthing simillar with my Toshiba, after some time my laptop hangs, When I upgrade kernel to 2.4 is just working fine. siaraX
Re: HP Pavilion N5270 (info requested)
> > HOWTOs at linux.org, and I've looked at the Linux laptop resource page > > (http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/), neither of them has > > anything on the model I have. After looking for the information on my own, > > I am going to ask the clueful of the list. > > > > Has anyone had any experience, good or bad, with the HP Pavilion N5270 and > > Debian? > > Are you sure this is a laptop? if I remmeber I saw some time ago HP pavilon but that is a desktop masine and I am 99,9% sure about this it is gray tower with blue name HP Pavilon siarzew
X config help
I just installed Debian 2.2r2 on my Thinkpad. I was previously running Slackware on this machine and decided to give Debian a try. Maybe this is a newbie Q but... How the heck to you configure gnome & sawmill to work together? I have ~/.xsession with the one line: gnome-session & exec sawmill And this doesn't quite do it. Apparently sawmill and gnome are not binding together properly. I've checked the Debian and Gnome web site for docs. What I have here is not covered - it's assumed I've gotten this far... Also, is there someway I can set this as the global default?
Layout Question
I'm trying to install the 2.2.18 kernel into a Debian install. I'm not using the Deb binaries for a couple reasons, but I got into a jam.. I'm used to Slackware. If you want to change it, you edit the file directly. Debian doesn't seem to do that very well. Lots of warnings about not changing files.. According the my previous experience with slackware my /etc/modules.conf file should consist of something like: alias cs46xx sound alias eepro100 eth0 and really nothing else. In Debian, I have many lines and many aliases and when I try to load a new kernel, the modules won't load... I need to tell Debian that there's a lot of files/modules I have no intention of using. What's the tool(s) to do that? I'm afraid if I edit the /etc/modules.conf directly, the installation will get mad.
