Re: PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread Glen Mehn
Hi Doc. I'll let you know what I did. YMMV. install the pcmcia-cs packages (you probably already have this. As root, do 'which cardctl' and 'which cardmgr'. download kernel source; untar into /usr/src/linux (rename the kernel-source-2.4.x directory to linux) make menuconfig enable pcmcia supp

Re: I Think I Have What I Need! Going For It! STOP Make Menuconfig ERROR

2001-10-23 Thread Wolfgang Fuschlberger
On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, eDoc wrote: [snip] >> # ln -s linux-whatever linux ^^ [snip] >> # cd linux > > Uh Oh! > > (I think you meant "cd pcmcia" because I can see something > called "linux" in /usr/src/ trying to "cd" there gets only an error.) there should be somet

Re: PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, eDoc wrote: > >From whence do I also download pcmcia-cs to match kernel > 2.4.12 and Unstable? (I looked around and the only site http > site I found would not respond.) http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ - i keep mine in /usr/src. >What are the steps I should follow,

Dell Latitude C810

2001-10-23 Thread Boutet, Jeff
Installation of Debian 2.2r3 on a Dell Latitude C810 hangs arfter inital reboot and Debian is trying to load the pc card bus. Any idea's?

Re: PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread eDoc
Glen, Thank you for your remarks. I have read so many online documents about kernels and upgrades and patches etc. that my eyes and head hurt! I have killed entire forests with all that I have printed out to read again and mark up and try. At this point I could use some very simple ins

Re: PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread Glen Mehn
you can do pcmcia support under 2.4.x in two ways: installing the pcmcia packages (more stable, but maybe less feature-rich, and somewhat more complex to setup). Compiling pcmcia support into the new 2.4.x kernel, however, note that you'll still need the pcmcia-cs package installed for full pcmc

I Think I Have What I Need! Going For It! STOP Make Menuconfig ERROR

2001-10-23 Thread eDoc
I have the following and am about to reboot ... pray! :-) Progeny update/upgrade to Unstable: Steps: Uncommented only unstable in sources.list apt-get update dpkg --purge --force-depends libfreetype6 apt-get -f dist-upgrade (got an error on gdm) Ran "apt-get -f dist-upgrade" again. (addit

PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread eDoc
Did you have to download and install a separate pcmcia package as well? What did you download and from where, please? I am currently seeing Cardbus Services handle my 3Com 3c589 nic (under Progeny and kernel 2.2.18). I am not clear as to what handles my nic under Unstable and kernel 2.4.12 (whic

Re: PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread Glen Mehn
Hi Doc. I'll let you know what I did. YMMV. install the pcmcia-cs packages (you probably already have this. As root, do 'which cardctl' and 'which cardmgr'. download kernel source; untar into /usr/src/linux (rename the kernel-source-2.4.x directory to linux) make menuconfig enable pcmcia sup

Re: irda package

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
Chris Halls wrote: On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:48:55AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: I have attached a dump of the syslog from 'irda start' and it's working! I'm so happy! Well done! I have one question though -- my baud rate is reported at 9600. For a palm pilot Vx, can I turn this up? How Hi

Re: USB - root only

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
Brendan J Simon wrote: Are you using devfs ??? I had to modify /etc/devfs/perms (or something like that) to get a user to access the serial ports via minicom. Cheers, Brendan Simon. Tom Allison wrote: I've got a USB camera working, but only on root. I get the error Couldn't open device

Re: USB - root only

2001-10-23 Thread Brendan J Simon
Are you using devfs ??? I had to modify /etc/devfs/perms (or something like that) to get a user to access the serial ports via minicom. Cheers, Brendan Simon. Tom Allison wrote: I've got a USB camera working, but only on root. I get the error Couldn't open device /dev/usb/dc2xx But root

USB - root only

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
I've got a USB camera working, but only on root. I get the error Couldn't open device /dev/usb/dc2xx But root can... Setting on /dev/usb and /dev/usb/dc2xx are all '666'

Re: PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread Stephen E. Hargrove
On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, eDoc wrote: > >From whence do I also download pcmcia-cs to match kernel > 2.4.12 and Unstable? (I looked around and the only site http > site I found would not respond.) http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ - i keep mine in /usr/src. >What are the steps I should follow

Dell Latitude C810

2001-10-23 Thread Boutet, Jeff
Installation of Debian 2.2r3 on a Dell Latitude C810 hangs arfter inital reboot and Debian is trying to load the pc card bus. Any idea's? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread eDoc
Glen, Thank you for your remarks. I have read so many online documents about kernels and upgrades and patches etc. that my eyes and head hurt! I have killed entire forests with all that I have printed out to read again and mark up and try. At this point I could use some very simple in

Re: PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread Glen Mehn
you can do pcmcia support under 2.4.x in two ways: installing the pcmcia packages (more stable, but maybe less feature-rich, and somewhat more complex to setup). Compiling pcmcia support into the new 2.4.x kernel, however, note that you'll still need the pcmcia-cs package installed for full pcm

PCMCIA -- Unstable -- Kernel 2.4.12

2001-10-23 Thread eDoc
Did you have to download and install a separate pcmcia package as well? What did you download and from where, please? I am currently seeing Cardbus Services handle my 3Com 3c589 nic (under Progeny and kernel 2.2.18). I am not clear as to what handles my nic under Unstable and kernel 2.4.12 (whi

Re: irda package

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
Chris Halls wrote: > On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:48:55AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > >>I have attached a dump of the syslog from 'irda start' and it's working! >>I'm so happy! >> > Well done! > >>I have one question though -- my baud rate is reported at 9600. >>For a palm pilot Vx, can I turn th

Re: USB - root only

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
Brendan J Simon wrote: > > Are you using devfs ??? > I had to modify /etc/devfs/perms (or something like that) to get a user > to access the serial ports via minicom. > > Cheers, > Brendan Simon. > > > > Tom Allison wrote: > >> I've got a USB camera working, but only on root. >> >> I get t

Re: USB - root only

2001-10-23 Thread Brendan J Simon
Are you using devfs ??? I had to modify /etc/devfs/perms (or something like that) to get a user to access the serial ports via minicom. Cheers, Brendan Simon. Tom Allison wrote: > I've got a USB camera working, but only on root. > > I get the error Couldn't open device /dev/usb/dc2xx > But

USB - root only

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
I've got a USB camera working, but only on root. I get the error Couldn't open device /dev/usb/dc2xx But root can... Setting on /dev/usb and /dev/usb/dc2xx are all '666' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Martin Skøtt
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:22:56PM +0100, Alexander Clouter wrote: > erm a small thing to mention. Speedstep = bollocks (in a word). The reason > it came about was because macrocroft refused to create a patch that called > the cpu cooling instruction (HLT) when the machine was idle. This ment

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread alexander . clouter
Clayton Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > For what it's worth, I've a Dell Inspiron 7000 running 2.2.19 > and SpeedStep seems to work fine. Well, in so far as when I plug the > machine in /proc/whatever says 700MHz and when I unplug the box it's > reported as 550. I've always assumed tha

Re: WinModem driver for Tecra 8200?

2001-10-23 Thread Petr Hlustik
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 10:03:19AM -0400, Norman Walsh wrote: > Well, I am disappointed to discover that my new Tecra 8200 has a wonky > winmodem. (I had been holding out some hope that it would be a Lucent > winmodem and I'd be able to get drivers for it.) > > Does the following output from lspc

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Martin Skøtt
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:22:56PM +0100, Alexander Clouter wrote: > erm a small thing to mention. Speedstep = bollocks (in a word). The reason > it came about was because macrocroft refused to create a patch that called > the cpu cooling instruction (HLT) when the machine was idle. This ment

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread alexander . clouter
Clayton Carter [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > For what it's worth, I've a Dell Inspiron 7000 running 2.2.19 > and SpeedStep seems to work fine. Well, in so far as when I plug the > machine in /proc/whatever says 700MHz and when I unplug the box it's > reported as 550. I've always assumed

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Clayton Carter
For what it's worth, I've a Dell Inspiron 7000 running 2.2.19 and SpeedStep seems to work fine. Well, in so far as when I plug the machine in /proc/whatever says 700MHz and when I unplug the box it's reported as 550. I've always assumed that this meant that it worked, though I've never t

Re: WinModem driver for Tecra 8200?

2001-10-23 Thread Petr Hlustik
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 10:03:19AM -0400, Norman Walsh wrote: > Well, I am disappointed to discover that my new Tecra 8200 has a wonky > winmodem. (I had been holding out some hope that it would be a Lucent > winmodem and I'd be able to get drivers for it.) > > Does the following output from lsp

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-23 Thread Andy Bastien
In the depths of that dark day Tue Oct 23, the words of Andy Toenz were the beacon: > On Tuesday, 23. October 2001 15.19, Andy Bastien wrote: > > > I don't have a switch "like" speedstep in my BIOS (Phoenix 4.0) > > > > Somewhere in the CMOS settings there should be a speedstep setting. > > How ex

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Jeff Coppock
I have a Dell Lattitude CPi (J series I think) with a 750Mhz Speedstep CPU. I'm running kernel 2.2.19 and having no problems whatsoever. I set the BIOS Speedstep setting to "Maximum Performance", so that it runs at one speed all the time. Hope this helps, jc

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Alexander Clouter
Martin Skøtt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling with > random crashes of our laptops. The standard solution is to disable SpeedStep > in the BIOS. Until now this haven't helped on my machine, but I have many > SpeedStep settings and I

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Andy Bastien
In the depths of that dark day Tue Oct 23, the words of Martin Sk?tt were the beacon: > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling with > random crashes of our laptops. The standard solution is to disable SpeedStep > in the BIOS. Until now this haven't helped on my mach

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:07:05PM +0200, Martin Skøtt wrote: > Disabling SpeedStep is a workaround, but it's not acceptible for me as a > private laptop buyer. What is the problem with Linux and SpeedStep? Does it > affect all machines (judgeing from this list, no) and what is that happen? In

The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Martin Skøtt
OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling with random crashes of our laptops. The standard solution is to disable SpeedStep in the BIOS. Until now this haven't helped on my machine, but I have many SpeedStep settings and I still haven't tried all of them. Disabling Spee

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Clayton Carter
For what it's worth, I've a Dell Inspiron 7000 running 2.2.19 and SpeedStep seems to work fine. Well, in so far as when I plug the machine in /proc/whatever says 700MHz and when I unplug the box it's reported as 550. I've always assumed that this meant that it worked, though I've never

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-23 Thread Andy Toenz
On Tuesday, 23. October 2001 15.19, Andy Bastien wrote: > > I don't have a switch "like" speedstep in my BIOS (Phoenix 4.0) > > Somewhere in the CMOS settings there should be a speedstep setting. > How exactly you get to it varies among laptops, so I can't tell you > exactly where it is, but if you

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-23 Thread Andy Bastien
In the depths of that dark day Tue Oct 23, the words of Andy Toenz were the beacon: > On Tuesday, 23. October 2001 15.19, Andy Bastien wrote: > > > I don't have a switch "like" speedstep in my BIOS (Phoenix 4.0) > > > > Somewhere in the CMOS settings there should be a speedstep setting. > > How ex

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Jeff Coppock
I have a Dell Lattitude CPi (J series I think) with a 750Mhz Speedstep CPU. I'm running kernel 2.2.19 and having no problems whatsoever. I set the BIOS Speedstep setting to "Maximum Performance", so that it runs at one speed all the time. Hope this helps, jc -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

WinModem driver for Tecra 8200?

2001-10-23 Thread Norman Walsh
Well, I am disappointed to discover that my new Tecra 8200 has a wonky winmodem. (I had been holding out some hope that it would be a Lucent winmodem and I'd be able to get drivers for it.) Does the following output from lspci tell anyone anything? Does anyone know of a driver for the thing in t

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Alexander Clouter
Martin Skøtt [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling with > random crashes of our laptops. The standard solution is to disable SpeedStep > in the BIOS. Until now this haven't helped on my machine, but I have many > SpeedStep settings an

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Andy Bastien
In the depths of that dark day Tue Oct 23, the words of Martin Sk?tt were the beacon: > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling with > random crashes of our laptops. The standard solution is to disable SpeedStep > in the BIOS. Until now this haven't helped on my mach

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-23 Thread Andy Bastien
In the depths of that dark day Tue Oct 23, the words of Andy Toenz were the beacon: > On Monday, 22. October 2001 21.15, Andy Bastien wrote: > > In the depths of that dark day Mon Oct 22, the words of Andy Toenz were the > beacon: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook X

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:07:05PM +0200, Martin Skøtt wrote: > Disabling SpeedStep is a workaround, but it's not acceptible for me as a > private laptop buyer. What is the problem with Linux and SpeedStep? Does it > affect all machines (judgeing from this list, no) and what is that happen? In

RTL8139 PCMCIA module compiling

2001-10-23 Thread Sven
Hi! I need help, with compiling kernel module for following PCMCIA card: Planet Realtek ENW-3504FC. I am using Debian 2.2r0 Potato and kernel 2.4. I've already downloaded source files and precompiled modules from their site, but insmod says, that the module was compiled against kernel

second monitor

2001-10-23 Thread Raul Montagne
Has anyone configure XF86Config-4 for supporting an external monitor. I'm running woody in a Toshiba satellite 1800/S253 and the Xserver is Xfree86 4 thanx talueguito raul -- Fight to the Light. || Fight to the Lig

The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Martin Skøtt
OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling with random crashes of our laptops. The standard solution is to disable SpeedStep in the BIOS. Until now this haven't helped on my machine, but I have many SpeedStep settings and I still haven't tried all of them. Disabling Spe

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-23 Thread Andy Toenz
On Tuesday, 23. October 2001 15.19, Andy Bastien wrote: > > I don't have a switch "like" speedstep in my BIOS (Phoenix 4.0) > > Somewhere in the CMOS settings there should be a speedstep setting. > How exactly you get to it varies among laptops, so I can't tell you > exactly where it is, but if yo

WinModem driver for Tecra 8200?

2001-10-23 Thread Norman Walsh
Well, I am disappointed to discover that my new Tecra 8200 has a wonky winmodem. (I had been holding out some hope that it would be a Lucent winmodem and I'd be able to get drivers for it.) Does the following output from lspci tell anyone anything? Does anyone know of a driver for the thing in

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-23 Thread Andy Bastien
In the depths of that dark day Tue Oct 23, the words of Andy Toenz were the beacon: > On Monday, 22. October 2001 21.15, Andy Bastien wrote: > > In the depths of that dark day Mon Oct 22, the words of Andy Toenz were the > beacon: > > > Hi there, > > > > > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook X

RTL8139 PCMCIA module compiling

2001-10-23 Thread Sven
Hi! I need help, with compiling kernel module for following PCMCIA card: Planet Realtek ENW-3504FC. I am using Debian 2.2r0 Potato and kernel 2.4. I've already downloaded source files and precompiled modules from their site, but insmod says, that the module was compiled against kernel

second monitor

2001-10-23 Thread Raul Montagne
Has anyone configure XF86Config-4 for supporting an external monitor. I'm running woody in a Toshiba satellite 1800/S253 and the Xserver is Xfree86 4 thanx talueguito raul -- Fight to the Light. || Fight to the Li

Re: irda package

2001-10-23 Thread Chris Halls
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:48:55AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > I have attached a dump of the syslog from 'irda start' and it's working! > I'm so happy! Well done! > > I have one question though -- my baud rate is reported at 9600. > For a palm pilot Vx, can I turn this up? How High? Are you sure

Re: /dev/irda

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
Tom Allison wrote: Um... I've been working on this irda stuff for a while and figured out one thing that I did a while back... I think I deleted /dev/irda. I can't find the mknod major/minor setting to recreate it. Can anyone look on theirs or send me a link? UPDATE linux kernel 2.4.9 is

Re: irda package

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
Tom Allison wrote: Chris Halls wrote: On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 07:02:07AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: I'll start looking toward 2.4.12 to see if that is better behaved. At least I have an idea what to look for! 2.4.12 works great with IrDA in FIR mode on my T20. Chris I'll be downloadi

Re: console settings for euro/german keyboard

2001-10-23 Thread Chris Halls
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:36:50PM +0200, Wolfgang Fuschlberger wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Michael Hothorn wrote: > > cp /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwertz/de-latin1-nodeadkeys.kmap.gz > /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz > > should help Or, use the debconf GUI: # dpkg-reconfigure console-common Chr

Re: irda package

2001-10-23 Thread Chris Halls
On Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:48:55AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > I have attached a dump of the syslog from 'irda start' and it's working! > I'm so happy! Well done! > > I have one question though -- my baud rate is reported at 9600. > For a palm pilot Vx, can I turn this up? How High? Are you sure

Re: /dev/irda

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
Tom Allison wrote: > Um... I've been working on this irda stuff for a while and figured out > one thing that I did a while back... > > I think I deleted /dev/irda. > I can't find the mknod major/minor setting to recreate it. > > Can anyone look on theirs or send me a link? > > UPDATE linux

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-23 Thread Andy Toenz
On Monday, 22. October 2001 21.15, Andy Bastien wrote: > In the depths of that dark day Mon Oct 22, the words of Andy Toenz were the beacon: > > Hi there, > > > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook XE3. The Computer locks on random > > times completely. No SysRq, no Keyboard Led's (e.g. Caps-Loc

Re: irda package

2001-10-23 Thread Tom Allison
Tom Allison wrote: > Chris Halls wrote: > >> On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 07:02:07AM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: >> >>> I'll start looking toward 2.4.12 to see if that is better behaved. >>> At least I have an idea what to look for! >>> >> 2.4.12 works great with IrDA in FIR mode on my T20. >> Chris

Re: console settings for euro/german keyboard

2001-10-23 Thread Chris Halls
On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 02:36:50PM +0200, Wolfgang Fuschlberger wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, Michael Hothorn wrote: > > cp /usr/share/keymaps/i386/qwertz/de-latin1-nodeadkeys.kmap.gz > /etc/console/boottime.kmap.gz > > should help Or, use the debconf GUI: # dpkg-reconfigure console-common Ch

Re: ATEN UC-110T USB to ethernet adapter

2001-10-23 Thread Andrew Pollock
On 21.10.2001 at 19:58:48, Andrew Pollock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone else had any experience with getting this brand of adapter working > under Linux? I emailed the author of the pegasus USB ethernet driver, and it basically boiled down to hacking pegasus.h to be aware of the USB v