Re: Woody - PCMCIA Ethernet

2001-09-09 Thread Tony Godshall
I had a similar problem when I did a potato install and upgraded to unstable. I got around it by commenting out any axnet drivers in the /etc/pcmcia/* . On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 09:50:27AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I Recently installed Debian on a laptop with a flaky cd-rom and n

Re: pcmcia-cs and configuring network...

2001-09-09 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Werner Heuser wrote: >> know intuitively and I think thje other is discover. There is at >> least two more. > `divine' and maybe some of the ARP packages. `whereami', which is a suite to detect and configure the network. Probably requires a little more scripting knowledge tha

Re: pcmcia-cs and configuring network...

2001-09-09 Thread Werner Heuser
> know intuitively and I think thje other is discover. There is at least two > more. `divine' and maybe some of the ARP packages. Werner -- |=| Werner Heuser = Keplerstr. 11A = D-10589 Berlin = Germany |=| <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> T. +49-30-3495386 |=| http://MobiliX.org Linux-Mobil

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread CaT
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 08:17:01PM -0700, Charles Bunders wrote: > After installing Potato on my IBM 1300i laptop I try > to do the upgrade and it seems all the packages > upgrade but the kernel is still 2.2. > > How do I also make it upgrade to the newer kernel or I > am just doing something wron

RE: pcmcia-cs and configuring network...

2001-09-09 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
There are several packages in Debian currently which attempt to figure out which network you are own and configure your ethernet device accordingly. I know intuitively and I think thje other is discover. There is at least two more. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Charles Bunders
After installing Potato on my IBM 1300i laptop I try to do the upgrade and it seems all the packages upgrade but the kernel is still 2.2. How do I also make it upgrade to the newer kernel or I am just doing something wrong with the upgrade. Thanks, Chuck --- CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On S

Req. advice on upgrades: kernel, X, libc

2001-09-09 Thread Scott Bigham
This is, I humbly submit, at least partially on-topic for this list, ;) since the machine I'm thinking about upgrading is my notebook, and at least some of the questions are laptop-specific. Anywho, these are the upgrades I'm considering: - kernel: 2.2.19 -> 2.4.9 My understanding from pr

pcmcia-cs and configuring network...

2001-09-09 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
Hello, I was wondering what happened to "pcnetconfig" that used to be in the pcmcia-cs package? What is the simplest way to set up networking now? Ideally, I would like a way that works with both normal (desktop) networking and pcmcia... but this isn't a necessity. (I am currently using etherconf

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread CaT
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 08:17:01PM -0700, Charles Bunders wrote: > After installing Potato on my IBM 1300i laptop I try > to do the upgrade and it seems all the packages > upgrade but the kernel is still 2.2. > > How do I also make it upgrade to the newer kernel or I > am just doing something wro

IrDA....

2001-09-09 Thread Tom Allison
OK, I probably did some "bad things" here. But this is what I've done... 1) dselect -> purge -> irda-common, irda-utils 2) rm /dev/ir* (removed all these various irda related device references) 3) dselect -> install -> irda-common, irda-utils (left the configuration file /etc/irda.conf alone, it

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Charles Bunders
After installing Potato on my IBM 1300i laptop I try to do the upgrade and it seems all the packages upgrade but the kernel is still 2.2. How do I also make it upgrade to the newer kernel or I am just doing something wrong with the upgrade. Thanks, Chuck --- CaT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread CaT
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 11:56:59AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > > This is essentially what I did and what happened to me but two boxes > > converted from potato to woody (for the need of XF4.1) and they are > > running sweeetly. :) > > Maybe I have a dumb question. > After you change the so

Req. advice on upgrades: kernel, X, libc

2001-09-09 Thread Scott Bigham
This is, I humbly submit, at least partially on-topic for this list, ;) since the machine I'm thinking about upgrading is my notebook, and at least some of the questions are laptop-specific. Anywho, these are the upgrades I'm considering: - kernel: 2.2.19 -> 2.4.9 My understanding from p

pcmcia-cs and configuring network...

2001-09-09 Thread Hugo van der Merwe
Hello, I was wondering what happened to "pcnetconfig" that used to be in the pcmcia-cs package? What is the simplest way to set up networking now? Ideally, I would like a way that works with both normal (desktop) networking and pcmcia... but this isn't a necessity. (I am currently using etherconf

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Tom Allison
Adam Jacob Muller wrote: apt-get help update - Retrieve new lists of packages dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8) so after you add the new site in sources.list you would first update to retrieve any new packages then ince those new packagves with the new files were downloaded and

IrDA....

2001-09-09 Thread Tom Allison
OK, I probably did some "bad things" here. But this is what I've done... 1) dselect -> purge -> irda-common, irda-utils 2) rm /dev/ir* (removed all these various irda related device references) 3) dselect -> install -> irda-common, irda-utils (left the configuration file /etc/irda.conf alone, it

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread CaT
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 11:56:59AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > > This is essentially what I did and what happened to me but two boxes > > converted from potato to woody (for the need of XF4.1) and they are > > running sweeetly. :) > > Maybe I have a dumb question. > After you change the s

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Tom Allison
Adam Jacob Muller wrote: > apt-get help > update - Retrieve new lists of packages > dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8) > > so after you add the new site in sources.list you would first update to > retrieve any new packages then ince those new packagves with the new > files were d

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread goat
I had to change my sources.list file to say "woody". After this I ran apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade. All ran well after this. wayne On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 11:56:59 -0400 Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CaT wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 03:04:28PM +0100, Vivek wrote: > >

Why doesn't 2.2r3 CD boot on Toshiba 4080 XCDT ...

2001-09-09 Thread Tony Crawford
... although the 2.2r*0* CD does? At first I thought I had a coaster, but it boots fine on other machines. FWIW the Progeny 1.0 CD I got off a magazine cover won't boot on the Toshiba either. Very curious (and holding on to those 2.2r0 images), Tony (yes, I did try this on debian-user last wee

Re: problem with battery charge on toshiba 100cs

2001-09-09 Thread Giuliano Grandin
Bostjan Muller wrote: ... > is as said in subject Toshiba Satellite 100cs. I have a Toshiba Satellite 110CS and my new battery is working well. It's about six months old and here is the piece of /var/log/syslog of tomorrow about this battery (i charged it yesterday evening): ... Sep 8 19:02:27 t

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Adam Jacob Muller
apt-get help update - Retrieve new lists of packages dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8) so after you add the new site in sources.list you would first update to retrieve any new packages then ince those new packagves with the new files were downloaded and indexed (or whatever apt-g

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Tom Allison
CaT wrote: On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 03:04:28PM +0100, Vivek wrote: Er. I just added the woody lines to my sources.list and did an apt-get update apt-get dist-upgrade It churned on for a while - occasionally dist upgrade seemed to get a bit confused and claim it had finished when it neded to do

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread goat
I had to change my sources.list file to say "woody". After this I ran apt-get update, then apt-get dist-upgrade. All ran well after this. wayne On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 11:56:59 -0400 Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > CaT wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 03:04:28PM +0100, Vivek wrote: > >

Why doesn't 2.2r3 CD boot on Toshiba 4080 XCDT ...

2001-09-09 Thread Tony Crawford
... although the 2.2r*0* CD does? At first I thought I had a coaster, but it boots fine on other machines. FWIW the Progeny 1.0 CD I got off a magazine cover won't boot on the Toshiba either. Very curious (and holding on to those 2.2r0 images), Tony (yes, I did try this on debian-user last we

Re: problem with battery charge on toshiba 100cs

2001-09-09 Thread Giuliano Grandin
Bostjan Muller wrote: ... > is as said in subject Toshiba Satellite 100cs. I have a Toshiba Satellite 110CS and my new battery is working well. It's about six months old and here is the piece of /var/log/syslog of tomorrow about this battery (i charged it yesterday evening): ... Sep 8 19:02:27

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread CaT
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 03:04:28PM +0100, Vivek wrote: > Er. I just added the woody lines to my sources.list and did an > > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > > It churned on for a while - occasionally dist upgrade seemed to get a bit > confused and claim it had finished when it neded to do

collection of links to debian-howto's and irc-#

2001-09-09 Thread Bernard Reißberg
Hi folks, I started to set up a collection of links to howtos of debian-laptop users. It would be really nice, if some more people would be interested in being linked. The adress is: www.linux-services.net Don't be deceived by "services". It is definitely _not_ a commercial site and there ar

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Adam Jacob Muller
apt-get help update - Retrieve new lists of packages dist-upgrade - Distribution upgrade, see apt-get(8) so after you add the new site in sources.list you would first update to retrieve any new packages then ince those new packagves with the new files were downloaded and indexed (or whatever apt-

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Vivek
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Tom Allison wrote: > > > Has anyone else been finding upgrades to woody getting better or > > harder? [cut] > Here's what I did that worked. > replaced 'stable' with 'testing' in the sources.list. > ran the following on command line: > 'while true; do apt-get -y dist-select; s

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Tom Allison
CaT wrote: > On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 03:04:28PM +0100, Vivek wrote: > >>Er. I just added the woody lines to my sources.list and did an >> >>apt-get update >>apt-get dist-upgrade >> >>It churned on for a while - occasionally dist upgrade seemed to get a bit >>confused and claim it had finished whe

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread CaT
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 03:04:28PM +0100, Vivek wrote: > Er. I just added the woody lines to my sources.list and did an > > apt-get update > apt-get dist-upgrade > > It churned on for a while - occasionally dist upgrade seemed to get a bit > confused and claim it had finished when it neded to do

collection of links to debian-howto's and irc-#

2001-09-09 Thread Bernard=20Rei=DFberg
Hi folks, I started to set up a collection of links to howtos of debian-laptop users. It would be really nice, if some more people would be interested in being linked. The adress is: www.linux-services.net Don't be deceived by "services". It is definitely _not_ a commercial site and there a

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-09 Thread Vivek
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Tom Allison wrote: > > > Has anyone else been finding upgrades to woody getting better or > > harder? [cut] > Here's what I did that worked. > replaced 'stable' with 'testing' in the sources.list. > ran the following on command line: > 'while true; do apt-get -y dist-select;

Re: info: fixed irda-common upgrade to woody

2001-09-09 Thread NOKUBI Takatsugu
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> Well I have succeeded in upgrading the irda-common. >> I ended up deleting my /dev/ir* nodes, then did an apt-get source on the >> package, a make clean , make all , and make install of the source >> package. >> After all this I selecte

tecra-kernel crashes on pci-device

2001-09-09 Thread A. Demarteau \(linux rules!\)
hi, I've reported earlier troubles with kernel 2.4.9 on my tecra 8200. Now included (alongside the config) is the full kernel-output. If someone knows what's wrong, I'd appriciate it. --- Andor Demarteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Linux version 2.4.9 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.9

Re: info: fixed irda-common upgrade to woody

2001-09-09 Thread Andrew Taylor
I don't know if I had to delete the /dev/ir* nodes, or just install the package from the source(the scattergun approach - not recommended). I downloaded the source using: apt-get source irda-common, unpacked it, and was reading the README in the irattach directory in the source tree when I lear

Re: how to make a serial-console linkup?

2001-09-09 Thread A. Demarteau \(linux rules!\)
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Tim Moss wrote: Tim, yer grate! Thanx for th details. > >>>hi, > >>>I've already done the following: > >>>- compiled kernel with console on serial-device > >>>- added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0 > >>>- connected cable > >>> > >>> > >> > >>The format f

Re: info: fixed irda-common upgrade to woody

2001-09-09 Thread NOKUBI Takatsugu
In article <20010908.18531700@machine.> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> Well I have succeeded in upgrading the irda-common. >> I ended up deleting my /dev/ir* nodes, then did an apt-get source on the >> package, a make clean , make all , and make install of the source >> package. >> After all this

tecra-kernel crashes on pci-device

2001-09-09 Thread A. Demarteau (linux rules!)
hi, I've reported earlier troubles with kernel 2.4.9 on my tecra 8200. Now included (alongside the config) is the full kernel-output. If someone knows what's wrong, I'd appriciate it. --- Andor Demarteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Linux version 2.4.9 (root@mobile1) (gcc version 2.95.

Re: info: fixed irda-common upgrade to woody

2001-09-09 Thread Andrew Taylor
I don't know if I had to delete the /dev/ir* nodes, or just install the package from the source(the scattergun approach - not recommended). I downloaded the source using: apt-get source irda-common, unpacked it, and was reading the README in the irattach directory in the source tree when I lea

Re: how to make a serial-console linkup?

2001-09-09 Thread A. Demarteau (linux rules!)
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Tim Moss wrote: Tim, yer grate! Thanx for th details. > >>>hi, > >>>I've already done the following: > >>>- compiled kernel with console on serial-device > >>>- added append= line to lilo.conf wiht console=38400,/dev/ttyS0 > >>>- connected cable > >>> > >>> > >> > >>The format