kernel defaults to reiserfs?

2001-06-21 Thread Tony Godshall
I'm not sure it this is OT, but it did happen on a laptop ;-) I recompiled my kernel to include reiserfs and now it seems to want to mount my root partition (/dev/hda1) as reiserfs. I can't seem to find any place to default it to ext2 (both are compiled resident, not as modules). I did make a

Re: date keeps getting advanced

2001-06-21 Thread Yuchung Cheng
On 06-21-2001, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi, I just installed Debian on my laptop. For some reason, my date keeps > getting advanced by days at a time. I think the problem could be caused by > power management. Currently, BIOS makes the system go to sleep even if I > don't > let Linux manage power. y

Re: unpredictable crashes, lock up, freezes, whatever

2001-06-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > This morning, after three lock ups in ten minutes, I compiled > > > frame buffer support in, fiddled my XF86Config-4 to use it and > > > I've been up for

kernel defaults to reiserfs?

2001-06-21 Thread Tony Godshall
I'm not sure it this is OT, but it did happen on a laptop ;-) I recompiled my kernel to include reiserfs and now it seems to want to mount my root partition (/dev/hda1) as reiserfs. I can't seem to find any place to default it to ext2 (both are compiled resident, not as modules). I did make a

Re: date keeps getting advanced

2001-06-21 Thread Yuchung Cheng
On 06-21-2001, Kenny Hitt wrote: > Hi, I just installed Debian on my laptop. For some reason, my date keeps > getting advanced by days at a time. I think the problem could be caused by > power management. Currently, BIOS makes the system go to sleep even if I don't > let Linux manage power. you

Re: unpredictable crashes, lock up, freezes, whatever

2001-06-21 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Olaf Meeuwissen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > This morning, after three lock ups in ten minutes, I compiled > > > frame buffer support in, fiddled my XF86Config-4 to use it and > > > I've been up for

date keeps getting advanced

2001-06-21 Thread Kenny Hitt
Hi, I just installed Debian on my laptop. For some reason, my date keeps getting advanced by days at a time. I think the problem could be caused by power management. Currently, BIOS makes the system go to sleep even if I don't let Linux manage power. I am using the standard Kernel version 2.2.19

Re: laptop, anacron and lan :

2001-06-21 Thread Tony Godshall
> > > I have a very naive question: > > > is there a very simple way to run job periodically > > > BUT only when the LAN connection is enabled ? > But, as in my case, > it is usless if you let permanently you card in its plug: > with realport card pluging means pluging the cable to the card. > An

date keeps getting advanced

2001-06-21 Thread Kenny Hitt
Hi, I just installed Debian on my laptop. For some reason, my date keeps getting advanced by days at a time. I think the problem could be caused by power management. Currently, BIOS makes the system go to sleep even if I don't let Linux manage power. I am using the standard Kernel version 2.2.1

Re: moving to a new laptop

2001-06-21 Thread Kelsey Jordahl
> Jeff Coppock writes: >The folks in my IS dept. at work use a program called Ghost > (I think its from Norton) to copy an entire partition, like an > image, from one HDD to another. They use it for HDD upgrades > all the time. I even moves the Partition table. So upradi

Re: laptop, anacron and lan :

2001-06-21 Thread Tony Godshall
> > > I have a very naive question: > > > is there a very simple way to run job periodically > > > BUT only when the LAN connection is enabled ? > But, as in my case, > it is usless if you let permanently you card in its plug: > with realport card pluging means pluging the cable to the card. > A

Re: moving to a new laptop

2001-06-21 Thread Kelsey Jordahl
> Jeff Coppock writes: >The folks in my IS dept. at work use a program called Ghost > (I think its from Norton) to copy an entire partition, like an > image, from one HDD to another. They use it for HDD upgrades > all the time. I even moves the Partition table. So uprad

Armada E500

2001-06-21 Thread Giovanni Borri
hy guys, have had someone tried installing debian 2.2r2 on an Armada E500? i had some problem make Xfree starting. Video card: Ati rage mobility P Display is TFT 15" thanks in advance. Giovanni

Re: Problem setting (new) default route with pppd after connecting

2001-06-21 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:49:08AM +0800, Yuchung Cheng wrote: > first enable the "debug" options in /etc/ppp/peers/you_isp_name > then check the /var/log/messages to see if /etc/ppp/ip-up is executed > then check run-parts --test /etc/ppp/ip-up.d to see if your script is executed Doh. I forgot to

Re: Problem setting (new) default route with pppd after connecting

2001-06-21 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 04:49:15PM +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote: > > I configured my ppp connection with pppconfig, and I have defaultroute > set. However, a default route already exists (it points to the lan gateway). > When I build up a connection using pon it connects, retrieves an > IP and the nam

Armada E500

2001-06-21 Thread Giovanni Borri
hy guys, have had someone tried installing debian 2.2r2 on an Armada E500? i had some problem make Xfree starting. Video card: Ati rage mobility P Display is TFT 15" thanks in advance. Giovanni -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Conta

IBM Tokenring problems on Dell Inspiron 8000

2001-06-21 Thread Matthias Weiss
Hallo! I'm struggling to get this IBM Turbo 16/4 PCMCIA card to work on a 2.4.5 kernel. I'm using debian unstable and the pcmcia-cs 3.1.26 package. Strangely I get the card running with the default kernel 2.2.19pre17 of the distro. When I start the token ring card under 2.4.5 with "/etc/init.

Re: Problem setting (new) default route with pppd after connecting

2001-06-21 Thread Alex Suzuki
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:49:08AM +0800, Yuchung Cheng wrote: > first enable the "debug" options in /etc/ppp/peers/you_isp_name > then check the /var/log/messages to see if /etc/ppp/ip-up is executed > then check run-parts --test /etc/ppp/ip-up.d to see if your script is executed Doh. I forgot t

Re: configurations, interfaces(5)

2001-06-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 11:25:30AM +0100, Vivek wrote: > >On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Dave Morse wrote: > >> What is the best way to manage "configurations" on a laptop? >> >> I.e. at home: through eth0/192.168.88.7, run NIS and NFS >> At Work: through eth0/192.168.1.1, run samba >> On the road: through m

Re: configurations, interfaces(5)

2001-06-21 Thread Vivek Dasmohapatra
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Dave Morse wrote: > What is the best way to manage "configurations" on a laptop? > > I.e. at home: through eth0/192.168.88.7, run NIS and NFS > At Work: through eth0/192.168.1.1, run samba > On the road: through modem, run nothing Have a look at netenv, it should get you at

Re: Problem setting (new) default route with pppd after connecting

2001-06-21 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 04:49:15PM +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote: > > I configured my ppp connection with pppconfig, and I have defaultroute > set. However, a default route already exists (it points to the lan gateway). > When I build up a connection using pon it connects, retrieves an > IP and the na

Re: configurations, interfaces(5)

2001-06-21 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 11:25:30AM +0100, Vivek wrote: > >On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Dave Morse wrote: > >> What is the best way to manage "configurations" on a laptop? >> >> I.e. at home: through eth0/192.168.88.7, run NIS and NFS >> At Work: through eth0/192.168.1.1, run samba >> On the road: through

Re: configurations, interfaces(5)

2001-06-21 Thread Vivek Dasmohapatra
On Wed, 20 Jun 2001, Dave Morse wrote: > What is the best way to manage "configurations" on a laptop? > > I.e. at home: through eth0/192.168.88.7, run NIS and NFS > At Work: through eth0/192.168.1.1, run samba > On the road: through modem, run nothing Have a look at netenv, it should get you at

Thinkpad 380ED sound

2001-06-21 Thread Jawahar J. Panchal
I've just finished installing linux on my acquired 380ED. I've managed to get just about everything working - except the sound. I've looked around online - but found little. I was wondering if anyone has sucessfully gotten the sound to work under linux on a 380ED? Jay