Re: Compaq Armada 4130T laptop with docking station

2000-03-11 Thread Trevor Reed
I have a Compaq Armada 4130T with debian installed. I have X working perfectly, but i haven't tried sound yet. I have also not been able to find out anything about the programmable buttons. Other than that, i is really great!! Trevor -Original Message- From: Richard Hinojos <[EMAIL P

Re: Compaq Armada 4130T laptop with docking station

2000-03-11 Thread Richard Hinojos
i have a Compaq Armada 4131T, which should be almost identical to the 4130. in my experience, i tried installing Debian slink, but i couldn't get X working .. i checked out the Linux Laptops page for a XF86Config file, but the one i found was for Red Hat (would that make a difference?)

Compaq Armada 4130T laptop with docking station

2000-03-11 Thread Rick Todd
I've been offered a Compaq Armada 4130T laptop with docking station cheap (family discount). I searched the archives and came up with no mention. Are there any known problems with this model? Anyone running Debian on one? What about the docking station? Thanks, Rick

using zgv on the console with my HP OmniBook 5000cts

2000-03-11 Thread Nick Jennings
Hello, Im trying to use zgv on my HP omnibook 5000 cts and everytime i run it the screen blanks out, the only way i can get the screen back again is if i hit cntrl-alt delete, the console comes back, but im rebooting. is there anything i can do to get zgv working at the console so i don

RE: Problems Installing Debian on my IBM TP 380E

2000-03-11 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Glen S Mehn wrote: > >RTFM. > >root disk)> When I had the problem Zyrex described on a 380XD (much like a 380E) none of those worked. I ended up creating my own boot/root disks on a 2.1.x kernel (the latest kernel available at the time) which worked fine. 2.0.x does not work

Xircom CE-10BT works under DOS but not Linux

2000-03-11 Thread Patrick
Hi all, I have a card that plugs and plays with Win 95 but don't know how to make it work in linux. I've been trying for a few days now and really am fed up of having to reboot into Win95 just to pick up email and surf the net. When I do cardctl ident or cardctl anything else I get: open_sock():

Video on Siemens Scenic Modile 360

2000-03-11 Thread Laurent Martelli
Hi, I'm trying to install Linux on a Siemens Scenic 360. After a few problems with PCMCIA (I first tried slink's floppies, which worked fined, then I wanted to upgrade to potato, it didn't go very well, so I tried to install again with slink's floppies, and I couldn't have the network working with

Re: Problem with IBM PCMCIA modem

2000-03-11 Thread Werner Heuser
... > I then made the following entry in /etc/pcmcia/config: > > card "IBM V.90 PC Card Modem with XJACK" > version "IBM", "V.90 PC Card Modem with XJACK" > bind "serial_cs" seems like a card bus modem, so try to bind 'serial_cb' to it, standard disclaimer applies ;-) btw personal

ANNOUNCE: v2.11 IR-HOWTO

2000-03-11 Thread Werner Heuser
Hi, I have just finished a new issue of the IR-HOWTO changes in v2.11, 9 March 2000: added links to the 'irctl' and 'IRManager' infrared control programs, new base URL of the document, new chapter Connecting from Linux to WinCE, link to IrDA-Java interface added, link to HOWTO about Toshiba an

Problem with IBM PCMCIA modem

2000-03-11 Thread Nunemaker
My modem is unrecognized by cardmgr. When I first inserted card my syslog read as follows: cardmgr [100]: unsupported card in socket 0 kernel : cs: memory probe 0x0d000-0x0dfff: clean cardmgr [100]: product info "IBM", "V.90 PC Card Modem with XJACK" I then made the following entry in /etc/pcmci