Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread amita
>The mouse is /dev/psaux (it is a ps/2 mouse). > >If I can help in anyway, please ask. > That did it, thanks. The XF86Setup recognized the mouse. Then got a message that I successfully had installed a server. Then I run startx and got some error messages and nothing happened. What can I do now?

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread amita
>The mouse is /dev/psaux (it is a ps/2 mouse). > >If I can help in anyway, please ask. > That did it, thanks. The XF86Setup recognized the mouse. Then got a message that I successfully had installed a server. Then I run startx and got some error messages and nothing happened. What can I do now?

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 10:56:05AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fellow Debian users, greetings. > > I need help installing Debian on a Sony Vaio 505TX. > > So far I have managed to install the base system and have > dual booting with LILO. > > But I can't get the mouse recognized, and I can

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 10:56:05AM -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fellow Debian users, greetings. > > I need help installing Debian on a Sony Vaio 505TX. > > So far I have managed to install the base system and have > dual booting with LILO. > > But I can't get the mouse recognized, and I can

Re: potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 07:12:47AM -0700, Greg Woods wrote: > If you are actually getting as far as a login: prompt, this isn't a > hosts.allow problem. What's in your /etc/pam.d? I haven't touched pam.d, so it should be all at the potato defaults. I gather /etc/pam.d/login is the relevent file.

Re: potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 07:12:47AM -0700, Greg Woods wrote: > If you are actually getting as far as a login: prompt, this isn't a > hosts.allow problem. What's in your /etc/pam.d? I haven't touched pam.d, so it should be all at the potato defaults. I gather /etc/pam.d/login is the relevent file.

Re: potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 11:06:52AM -0500, Thomas Vogels wrote: > As others have pointed out, this is not an ssh problem. The > configuration of the /etc/hosts.* file should allow you to telnet to > your machine. But then, you _should'nt_ use telnet. > Try 'ssh -v' and let us know what ssh is un

Re: potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 11:06:52AM -0500, Thomas Vogels wrote: > As others have pointed out, this is not an ssh problem. The > configuration of the /etc/hosts.* file should allow you to telnet to > your machine. But then, you _should'nt_ use telnet. > Try 'ssh -v' and let us know what ssh is un

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 11:04:57AM +1100, Andrew Clark wrote: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? I am running on Thinkpad 390E and Toshiba Tecra 8000 - I love the Thinkpad more due to the much bett

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 11:04:57AM +1100, Andrew Clark wrote: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? I am running on Thinkpad 390E and Toshiba Tecra 8000 - I love the Thinkpad more due to the much bett

Re: Trouble using 3Com ethernet/modem

1999-11-05 Thread Kenneth Chin
Lance Heller wrote: > > I have a 3Com 3CCFEM556 10/100BaseT/56K ethernet/modem pcmcia card > in my Chembook (Asus) F7400 notebook running a fortified Debian > Slink distribution with kernel 2.2.13p15. I have a 3Com 3CCFEM556B (Is that the same?), and it work's fine for me. I use slink and I upgra

Re: Trouble using 3Com ethernet/modem

1999-11-05 Thread Kenneth Chin
Lance Heller wrote: > > I have a 3Com 3CCFEM556 10/100BaseT/56K ethernet/modem pcmcia card > in my Chembook (Asus) F7400 notebook running a fortified Debian > Slink distribution with kernel 2.2.13p15. I have a 3Com 3CCFEM556B (Is that the same?), and it work's fine for me. I use slink and I upgra

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread Laurent Martelli
> "amita" == amita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: amita> Fellow Debian users, greetings. amita> I need help installing Debian on a Sony Vaio 505TX. You may find some infos here : http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/Laptop-HOWTO.ht

Re: Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread Laurent Martelli
> "amita" == amita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: amita> Fellow Debian users, greetings. amita> I need help installing Debian on a Sony Vaio 505TX. You may find some infos here : http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ http://www.snafu.de/~wehe/Laptop-HOWTO.ht

Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread amita
Fellow Debian users, greetings. I need help installing Debian on a Sony Vaio 505TX. So far I have managed to install the base system and have dual booting with LILO. But I can't get the mouse recognized, and I can't get X to work. I am a totall beginner in Linux. I heard that Caldera or Mandrake

Debian on Sony 505TX

1999-11-05 Thread amita
Fellow Debian users, greetings. I need help installing Debian on a Sony Vaio 505TX. So far I have managed to install the base system and have dual booting with LILO. But I can't get the mouse recognized, and I can't get X to work. I am a totall beginner in Linux. I heard that Caldera or Mandrake

Re: potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Thomas Vogels
Hi, first of all try "ssh -v home.machine.edu" from work.machine.edu. Ssh will then give you more information about what's going on. Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Drew> I have sshd running, which I believe is responsible for handling incoming Drew> telnet connections. I want to be a

Re: potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Thomas Vogels
Hi, first of all try "ssh -v home.machine.edu" from work.machine.edu. Ssh will then give you more information about what's going on. Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Drew> I have sshd running, which I believe is responsible for handling incoming Drew> telnet connections. I want to be a

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Dave Sherohman
Andrew Clark said: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? If you're willing to pay new laptop prices, www.linuxlaptops.com will sell you one with Linux preinstalled. Even if you don't buy from them, t

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Dave Sherohman
Andrew Clark said: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? If you're willing to pay new laptop prices, www.linuxlaptops.com will sell you one with Linux preinstalled. Even if you don't buy from them, t

Re: potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Greg Woods
Drew Parsons wrote: > > Hi, > > can anyone help me sort out the security on my potato box? I had no > problems like this with slink... > > I have sshd running, which I believe is responsible for handling incoming > telnet connections. I want to be able to telnet into my machine from > certain

Re: potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Greg Woods
Drew Parsons wrote: > > Hi, > > can anyone help me sort out the security on my potato box? I had no > problems like this with slink... > > I have sshd running, which I believe is responsible for handling incoming > telnet connections. I want to be able to telnet into my machine from > certain

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Martyn Pearce
Graham Ashton writes: | I avoided the Inspiron too, partly because Dell recommended I go for the | Lattitude, but mainly because at the time the Inspiron had more | unsupported hardware, and was generally more clunky. The dual battery | thing is a real boon (it used to go for 8 hours when the bat

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Martyn Pearce
Graham Ashton writes: | I avoided the Inspiron too, partly because Dell recommended I go for the | Lattitude, but mainly because at the time the Inspiron had more | unsupported hardware, and was generally more clunky. The dual battery | thing is a real boon (it used to go for 8 hours when the bat

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Graham Ashton
On Thursday 04 November, Michael Pfeuffer wrote: > > I've been very happy with my Dell Latitude. I avoided the Inspirion line, > though - mainly because of the on-board winmodem. As have I. I agree with everything Michael says (I haven't got round to sorting out my sound yet either!). I avoide

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Graham Ashton
On Thursday 04 November, Michael Pfeuffer wrote: > > I've been very happy with my Dell Latitude. I avoided the Inspirion line, > though - mainly because of the on-board winmodem. As have I. I agree with everything Michael says (I haven't got round to sorting out my sound yet either!). I avoide

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Streit Eric
Le ven, 05 nov 1999, Andrew Clark a écrit : > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? Hi, We have two Compaq laptops and are very happy. Debian works right out the box: Compaq 1700 with pentium 300 Co

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Streit Eric
Le ven, 05 nov 1999, Andrew Clark a écrit : > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? Hi, We have two Compaq laptops and are very happy. Debian works right out the box: Compaq 1700 with pentium 300 Co

potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Drew Parsons
Hi, can anyone help me sort out the security on my potato box? I had no problems like this with slink... I have sshd running, which I believe is responsible for handling incoming telnet connections. I want to be able to telnet into my machine from certain defined addresses (eg from home). I've

potato security ;(

1999-11-05 Thread Drew Parsons
Hi, can anyone help me sort out the security on my potato box? I had no problems like this with slink... I have sshd running, which I believe is responsible for handling incoming telnet connections. I want to be able to telnet into my machine from certain defined addresses (eg from home). I've

RE: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Terry Katz
I'm happy with my Inspiron 7000 .. bit on the expensive side and a bit heavy (for some, I personally have nothing against its weight), and a nice large display .. 366mhz (400mhz now available), and an ati rage 2x agp card which X runs nicely on (and onboard mpeg2 decoder w/tv out).. (dvd/floppy in

RE: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Terry Katz
I'm happy with my Inspiron 7000 .. bit on the expensive side and a bit heavy (for some, I personally have nothing against its weight), and a nice large display .. 366mhz (400mhz now available), and an ati rage 2x agp card which X runs nicely on (and onboard mpeg2 decoder w/tv out).. (dvd/floppy in

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Michael Pfeuffer
At 11:04 AM 11/05/1999, Andrew Clark wrote: I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? Regards, Andrew Clark. I've been very happy with my Dell Latitude. I avoided the Inspirion line, though - mainly bec

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Michael Pfeuffer
At 11:04 AM 11/05/1999, Andrew Clark wrote: I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? Regards, Andrew Clark. I've been very happy with my Dell Latitude. I avoided the Inspirion line, though - mainl

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Dylan Thurston
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 11:04:57AM +1100, Andrew Clark wrote: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? It depends on what you want to do with it. I love my Twinhead Powerslim, because it's only 3.5 poun

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Dylan Thurston
On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 11:04:57AM +1100, Andrew Clark wrote: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? It depends on what you want to do with it. I love my Twinhead Powerslim, because it's only 3.5 poun

Re: Sound problems: Crystal CS4280

1999-11-05 Thread Christian Kreibich
Christian Kreibich wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've tried for weeks now to get this soundcard going on my laptop, but I > cannot get it working for the life of me. Can anybody provide any help > here? OK, I can answer that myself now -- the ALSA driver works like a charm! Big big thanks go out to Ken

Re: Sound problems: Crystal CS4280

1999-11-05 Thread Christian Kreibich
Christian Kreibich wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've tried for weeks now to get this soundcard going on my laptop, but I > cannot get it working for the life of me. Can anybody provide any help > here? OK, I can answer that myself now -- the ALSA driver works like a charm! Big big thanks go out to Ken

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Adam Shand
> I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? i love both the thinkpad's i have. check out the linux laptop page first though because there are linux compatibility issues with some thinkpads (eg. the 390E i

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Adam Shand
> I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? i love both the thinkpad's i have. check out the linux laptop page first though because there are linux compatibility issues with some thinkpads (eg. the 390E i

Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Andrew Clark
I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? Regards, Andrew Clark.

Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Andrew Clark
I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? Regards, Andrew Clark.