On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 04:49:09PM -0300, Dada wrote:
> Still I have not been able to get the modem or sound card to work
> under Linux on my Sony Vaio 505 TX.
>
> I have tried xisp as somebody suggested here, and I get a message
> ' pppd returned 1!' when I try to dial.
>
> I have tried kppp and
On Fri, Dec 17, 1999 at 04:49:09PM -0300, Dada wrote:
> Still I have not been able to get the modem or sound card to work
> under Linux on my Sony Vaio 505 TX.
>
> I have tried xisp as somebody suggested here, and I get a message
> ' pppd returned 1!' when I try to dial.
>
> I have tried kppp and
>Drew Parsons wrote:
>>
>> By the way, how many Debian laptop users are on potato and keep up to date
>> with the latest packages?
>
I use my laptop with Slink and Win98 50-50.
Still I have not been able to get the modem or sound card to work
under Linux on my Sony Vaio 505 TX.
I have tried xis
>Drew Parsons wrote:
>>
>> By the way, how many Debian laptop users are on potato and keep up to date
>> with the latest packages?
>
I use my laptop with Slink and Win98 50-50.
Still I have not been able to get the modem or sound card to work
under Linux on my Sony Vaio 505 TX.
I have tried xis
Recently installed on a ThinkPad 570 with no CD...
I wound up using the "from a DOS partition" method.
I had to do it this way because none of the four different
resq images would boot. My machine just kept restarting.
I guess my TP requires a zImage instead of a bzImage
(b=big, i.e., over half
Recently installed on a ThinkPad 570 with no CD...
I wound up using the "from a DOS partition" method.
I had to do it this way because none of the four different
resq images would boot. My machine just kept restarting.
I guess my TP requires a zImage instead of a bzImage
(b=big, i.e., over half
I've tried this without success but I'm not sure what
the problem is. Will this method work with DHCP? When
the install script asks for my IP address I just used
a made-up address that would be reasonable since I
didn't know it. Second, what is the correct syntax
to use when the script asks for th
I've tried this without success but I'm not sure what
the problem is. Will this method work with DHCP? When
the install script asks for my IP address I just used
a made-up address that would be reasonable since I
didn't know it. Second, what is the correct syntax
to use when the script asks for th
I have done this type of install multiple times at work with these old
(non-cd) laptops I have laying around. I use the 9 disks (rescue, driver &
7 install) to get up to a 2.0 debian install with pcmcia NIC support. I
then immediately do a potato upgrade and download the 2.2.13 kernel and
recompi
I have done this type of install multiple times at work with these old
(non-cd) laptops I have laying around. I use the 9 disks (rescue, driver &
7 install) to get up to a 2.0 debian install with pcmcia NIC support. I
then immediately do a potato upgrade and download the 2.2.13 kernel and
recompi
On 17-Dec-1999 Vasanth Rakasi wrote:
> I'm planning to install Debian on an old IBM ThinkPad
> (75MHz Pentium, 540MB HD, 8 MB RAM) which does NOT
> have a CD-ROM drive. It has a floppy drive. I'm
> looking for any information that I can find on doing
> the install
> through floppy disks or ftp. I
On 17-Dec-1999 Vasanth Rakasi wrote:
> I'm planning to install Debian on an old IBM ThinkPad
> (75MHz Pentium, 540MB HD, 8 MB RAM) which does NOT
> have a CD-ROM drive. It has a floppy drive. I'm
> looking for any information that I can find on doing
> the install
> through floppy disks or ftp. I
I'm planning to install Debian on an old IBM ThinkPad
(75MHz Pentium, 540MB HD, 8 MB RAM) which does NOT
have a CD-ROM drive. It has a floppy drive. I'm
looking for any information that I can find on doing
the install
through floppy disks or ftp. I would appreciate it if
you have (or someone who yo
I'm planning to install Debian on an old IBM ThinkPad
(75MHz Pentium, 540MB HD, 8 MB RAM) which does NOT
have a CD-ROM drive. It has a floppy drive. I'm
looking for any information that I can find on doing
the install
through floppy disks or ftp. I would appreciate it if
you have (or someone who yo
"Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote:
> I had to grep the net for a version of phdisk.exe that would format a
> suspend partition for me... It would be neat to have a phdisk.exe
> for Linux.
That would be great- among other things, I could get my windows refund. :-) In
your grep, did you locate source c
"Karl M. Hegbloom" wrote:
> I had to grep the net for a version of phdisk.exe that would format a
> suspend partition for me... It would be neat to have a phdisk.exe
> for Linux.
That would be great- among other things, I could get my windows refund. :-) In
your grep, did you locate source c
I am running 2.2.13 on an older laptop and I had to recompile pcmcia After
recompiling my kernel. I was getting similar errors to the ones you posted
but once I upgraded to potato and recompiled pcmcia it works now.
JJN
(not as technical as the other answers sorry)
I am running 2.2.13 on an older laptop and I had to recompile pcmcia After
recompiling my kernel. I was getting similar errors to the ones you posted
but once I upgraded to potato and recompiled pcmcia it works now.
JJN
(not as technical as the other answers sorry)
Shiryu wrote:
>Is the lombard a good computer for Linux?
>
>well suported?
The Lombard is a *stunning* machine. I am running Debian potato,
which stability has improved a great deal in the last two months.
The port of Linux to the powerpc architecture is not a trivial
thing, but I would say
Shiryu wrote:
>Is the lombard a good computer for Linux?
>
>well suported?
The Lombard is a *stunning* machine. I am running Debian potato,
which stability has improved a great deal in the last two months.
The port of Linux to the powerpc architecture is not a trivial
thing, but I would say
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Sergio Brandano wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If you have an Apple PowerBook G3 Lombard, could you please tell me
> what is the device for the modem and what is a step by step procedure
> for having minicom working?
Modem is ttyS0
I don't know of anything special you need to do
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Sergio Brandano wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If you have an Apple PowerBook G3 Lombard, could you please tell me
> what is the device for the modem and what is a step by step procedure
> for having minicom working?
Modem is ttyS0
I don't know of anything special you need to do
On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 07:45:13PM -0800, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> I had to grep the net for a version of phdisk.exe that would format a
> suspend partition for me... It would be neat to have a phdisk.exe
> for Linux.
>
That depends on the model of laptop. Not all laptops have suspend-to-di
On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 07:45:13PM -0800, Karl M. Hegbloom wrote:
> I had to grep the net for a version of phdisk.exe that would format a
> suspend partition for me... It would be neat to have a phdisk.exe
> for Linux.
>
That depends on the model of laptop. Not all laptops have suspend-to-di
> "Drew" == Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Drew> You said earlier that you have no power management (APM) in
Drew> your kernel. Have you thought about recompiling the kernel
Drew> with APM switched on?
Drew> Can't promise it will help, but I can't think of anything
> "Drew" == Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Drew> You said earlier that you have no power management (APM) in
Drew> your kernel. Have you thought about recompiling the kernel
Drew> with APM switched on?
Drew> Can't promise it will help, but I can't think of anything
I have a sony vaio F340 that I use x2x to control when it is at home
next to my desktop machine. Everything works fine and the laptop acts
as a dual head machine. However even though the cursor is moving and I
am entering text(via the desktop keyboard and mouse) the screen saver
still kicks in wh
I have a sony vaio F340 that I use x2x to control when it is at home
next to my desktop machine. Everything works fine and the laptop acts
as a dual head machine. However even though the cursor is moving and I
am entering text(via the desktop keyboard and mouse) the screen saver
still kicks in wh
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