Re: X 4.0.1 problem with a Toshiba laptop

2001-09-23 Thread Teppo Hytönen
I have a similar problem, though not on a laptop, but on my normal desktop PC. When I change to a vc and back, X goes black, and I have to reboot with ctrl-alt-del - I can't even kill X, or shut it down. This only happens with 4.1.0 - 4.0.x worked fine. This would seem to be something in X 4.1.0 i

tecra 8200 screen dims (and I didn't do it)

2001-09-23 Thread A. Demarteau (linux rules!)
hi, when I got back to my lpaopt just a moment ago, switching of the screen-blanking gave a nice bright panel. Only moment later to dim, what's going on? --- Andor Demarteau [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: X 4.0.1 problem with a Toshiba laptop

2001-09-23 Thread Teppo Hytönen
I have a similar problem, though not on a laptop, but on my normal desktop PC. When I change to a vc and back, X goes black, and I have to reboot with ctrl-alt-del - I can't even kill X, or shut it down. This only happens with 4.1.0 - 4.0.x worked fine. This would seem to be something in X 4.1.0

Re: Trackball Mouse Problems

2001-09-23 Thread Hubert Chan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Rodin" == Rodin Fadul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rodin> Hello. My trackball mouse is not recognized by X. At startup it Rodin> shows some messages about /dev/tts0-2 giving me their output Rodin> addresses and irq's and telling me something abo

Trackball Mouse Problems

2001-09-23 Thread Rodin Fadul
Hello. My trackball mouse is not recognized by X. At startup it shows some messages about /dev/tts0-2 giving me their output addresses and irq's and telling me something about these being 16550A devices. (It's a bit too fast for me to catch it :-(. I have a PCMCIA modem that works with wvdial on

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Frank Petzold
On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 03:28:49PM +0200, Frank Petzold wrote: > I cannot start the PCMCIA subsystem on my A20p: I have resolved the problem now: deselect the PCMCIA support in the kernel source and compile the pcmcia-source modules (from unstable). These work. -- Dipl. Informatikingenieur ETH F

Re: Debian 2.2 on Thinkpad A21M

2001-09-23 Thread Dave Swegen
Right, it should be straightforward. First of all make sure you have either eepro100 driver loaded as either a module, or in the kernel. Next edit /etc/network/interfaces. Take a look at the interfaces(5) man page. Mine (on my desktop machine) looks as follows: --- # /etc/network/interfaces --

Re: Trackball Mouse Problems

2001-09-23 Thread Hubert Chan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Rodin" == Rodin Fadul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rodin> Hello. My trackball mouse is not recognized by X. At startup it Rodin> shows some messages about /dev/tts0-2 giving me their output Rodin> addresses and irq's and telling me something ab

free nVidia drivers with geforce2go

2001-09-23 Thread Jonerik Sjolander
Hi, and sorry if I'm bothering you again. I'm wondering if there's anyone out there with a geforce2go using the free nvidia drivers that are included in the debian distribution. I don't want to use non-free software, and it's annoying as hell not getting the juice out of my card. Thanks! /

Trackball Mouse Problems

2001-09-23 Thread Rodin Fadul
Hello. My trackball mouse is not recognized by X. At startup it shows some messages about /dev/tts0-2 giving me their output addresses and irq's and telling me something about these being 16550A devices. (It's a bit too fast for me to catch it :-(. I have a PCMCIA modem that works with wvdial o

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Frank Petzold
On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 03:28:49PM +0200, Frank Petzold wrote: > I cannot start the PCMCIA subsystem on my A20p: I have resolved the problem now: deselect the PCMCIA support in the kernel source and compile the pcmcia-source modules (from unstable). These work. -- Dipl. Informatikingenieur ETH

Re: Debian 2.2 on Thinkpad A21M

2001-09-23 Thread Dave Swegen
Right, it should be straightforward. First of all make sure you have either eepro100 driver loaded as either a module, or in the kernel. Next edit /etc/network/interfaces. Take a look at the interfaces(5) man page. Mine (on my desktop machine) looks as follows: --- # /etc/network/interfaces --

free nVidia drivers with geforce2go

2001-09-23 Thread Jonerik Sjolander
Hi, and sorry if I'm bothering you again. I'm wondering if there's anyone out there with a geforce2go using the free nvidia drivers that are included in the debian distribution. I don't want to use non-free software, and it's annoying as hell not getting the juice out of my card. Thanks! //

Re: Debian 2.2 on Thinkpad A21M

2001-09-23 Thread Dave Swegen
Glad you got it working :) I don't know if it is the cause, but I understand there might be issues if you toggle the power supply on and off, as the speedstep stuff throws the kernel timings around. I've had some problems with this, causing lockups and crashes (but that could also be the pcmcia stu

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Hubert Chan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Tom" == Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom> Event the reinstallation of the pcmcia-cs debian package doesn't Tom> 'fix' anything for me at all. Since nothing compiles and nothing Tom> functions I can only assume that it is horribly ho

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Heather" == Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Heather> In fact if you don't feel up to compiling your own kernels you Heather> can try the kit-kernels from all the major distros and then Heather> keep whichever gives you the newest and most efficient support. Heather> P.s. don't take a 2

Xircom, ISDN and modem...

2001-09-23 Thread Ricardo Diz
Hi there!   I have a Xircom RealPort 10/100 + Modem (REM56G-100)and the ISDN connection kit for it. My main problem resides in the fact that ISDN does not work and I couldn't find a solution for it until now.   The card is detected as A Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100  + Modem 56". I found

X 4.0.1 problem with a Toshiba laptop

2001-09-23 Thread Ricardo Diz
Hi there!   I have a toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT that has a Trident Cyber9525DVD PCI/AGP video card. Everything was working just fine until I upgraded X from version 4.0.x to the new debian package X 4.1.0-5. Now, although I can still use X, every time I  switch to a console and then back to

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Heather
> This posting is enough to keep my from attempting a Debian installation on > my ThinkPad 770z. > > RH 6.2, while old, at least works. I know this is going to sound strange, but... You can set up a perfectly excellent Debian system, and use the kernel and modules from an RH 6.2 disk. The kerne

Re: Storm Linux Does anyone know where I can get updates ??

2001-09-23 Thread Heather
> Hi I am new to this List, First day. > I have been using, though not exclusively, linux for about 12 months. > I am hoping now to learn how to use Debian. I have a copy of Storm Linux, > (Boxed Set), that works well on my old Acer Laptop. I am hoping to use it > to > learn how Debian works an

Re: Debian 2.2 on Thinkpad A21M

2001-09-23 Thread Dave Swegen
Glad you got it working :) I don't know if it is the cause, but I understand there might be issues if you toggle the power supply on and off, as the speedstep stuff throws the kernel timings around. I've had some problems with this, causing lockups and crashes (but that could also be the pcmcia st

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Hubert Chan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > "Tom" == Tom Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom> Event the reinstallation of the pcmcia-cs debian package doesn't Tom> 'fix' anything for me at all. Since nothing compiles and nothing Tom> functions I can only assume that it is horribly h

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Heather" == Heather <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Heather> In fact if you don't feel up to compiling your own kernels you Heather> can try the kit-kernels from all the major distros and then Heather> keep whichever gives you the newest and most efficient support. Heather> P.s. don't take a

RE: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Bob Koss
This posting is enough to keep my from attempting a Debian installation on my ThinkPad 770z. RH 6.2, while old, at least works. > > thinkpad a21m, 2.4.9 kernel, woody. > > I may have to try the kernel pcmcia stuff - but I don't see the driver I > need in the list. I may be SOL. > I'm really bumm

Xircom, ISDN and modem...

2001-09-23 Thread Ricardo Diz
Hi there!   I have a Xircom RealPort 10/100 + Modem (REM56G-100)and the ISDN connection kit for it. My main problem resides in the fact that ISDN does not work and I couldn't find a solution for it until now.   The card is detected as A Xircom CreditCard Ethernet 10/100  + Modem 56". I found

X 4.0.1 problem with a Toshiba laptop

2001-09-23 Thread Ricardo Diz
Hi there!   I have a toshiba Satellite 4080XCDT that has a Trident Cyber9525DVD PCI/AGP video card. Everything was working just fine until I upgraded X from version 4.0.x to the new debian package X 4.1.0-5. Now, although I can still use X, every time I  switch to a console and then back to

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Tom Allison
Glen Mehn wrote: did you try the 2.4.9 in-kernel pcmcia stuff? It's been working like a charm for me (well, I think I had to change all the ide_cs to ide-cs -- or vice versa -- to properly mount my CF card in a pcmcia adapter. just that you need the tools in pcmcia-cs. I also couldn't get th

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Heather
> This posting is enough to keep my from attempting a Debian installation on > my ThinkPad 770z. > > RH 6.2, while old, at least works. I know this is going to sound strange, but... You can set up a perfectly excellent Debian system, and use the kernel and modules from an RH 6.2 disk. The kern

Re: Storm Linux Does anyone know where I can get updates ??

2001-09-23 Thread Heather
> Hi I am new to this List, First day. > I have been using, though not exclusively, linux for about 12 months. > I am hoping now to learn how to use Debian. I have a copy of Storm Linux, > (Boxed Set), that works well on my old Acer Laptop. I am hoping to use it > to > learn how Debian works a

RE: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Bob Koss
This posting is enough to keep my from attempting a Debian installation on my ThinkPad 770z. RH 6.2, while old, at least works. > > thinkpad a21m, 2.4.9 kernel, woody. > > I may have to try the kernel pcmcia stuff - but I don't see the driver I > need in the list. I may be SOL. > I'm really bum

Re: PCMCIA Problems win IBM A20p

2001-09-23 Thread Tom Allison
Glen Mehn wrote: > did you try the 2.4.9 in-kernel pcmcia stuff? It's been working like a charm for me >(well, I think I had to change all the ide_cs to ide-cs -- or vice versa -- to >properly mount my CF card in a pcmcia adapter. > > just that you need the tools in pcmcia-cs. > > I also coul

Re: Storm Linux Does anyone know where I can get updates ??

2001-09-23 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sun, 2001-09-23 at 21:37, Shane Broomhall wrote: > Hi I am new to this List, First day. > I have been using, though not exclusively, linux for about 12 months. > I am hoping now to learn how to use Debian. I have a copy of Storm Linux, > (Boxed Set), that works well on my old Acer Laptop. I

Storm Linux Does anyone know where I can get updates ??

2001-09-23 Thread Shane Broomhall
Hi I am new to this List, First day. I have been using, though not exclusively, linux for about 12 months. I am hoping now to learn how to use Debian. I have a copy of Storm Linux, (Boxed Set), that works well on my old Acer Laptop. I am hoping to use it to learn how Debian works and update som

Re: Debian 2.2 on Thinkpad A21M

2001-09-23 Thread Dave Swegen
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 09:40:01PM -0700, Shawn Wheatley wrote: > I am trying to become a new convert to Debian. I had > previously installed Progeny and would like to try > full blown Debian from scratch. I saw a link on the > Debian Laptop list archive > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2

Re: Storm Linux Does anyone know where I can get updates ??

2001-09-23 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sun, 2001-09-23 at 21:37, Shane Broomhall wrote: > Hi I am new to this List, First day. > I have been using, though not exclusively, linux for about 12 months. > I am hoping now to learn how to use Debian. I have a copy of Storm Linux, > (Boxed Set), that works well on my old Acer Laptop. I

Storm Linux Does anyone know where I can get updates ??

2001-09-23 Thread Shane Broomhall
Hi I am new to this List, First day. I have been using, though not exclusively, linux for about 12 months. I am hoping now to learn how to use Debian. I have a copy of Storm Linux, (Boxed Set), that works well on my old Acer Laptop. I am hoping to use it to learn how Debian works and update so

Re: Debian 2.2 on Thinkpad A21M

2001-09-23 Thread Dave Swegen
On Sat, Sep 22, 2001 at 09:40:01PM -0700, Shawn Wheatley wrote: > I am trying to become a new convert to Debian. I had > previously installed Progeny and would like to try > full blown Debian from scratch. I saw a link on the > Debian Laptop list archive > (http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/