Installation problems

2002-02-02 Thread Mike Carter
Hi, I just installed 2.2r3 and saw that I could upgrade to unstable so I did and stuffed my installation. So I reinstalled 2.2r3 without enabling apt to upgrade as I had kept all the files on my hard drive. This is the first time I have been trying to use debian since kernel 2.0.34 I think.

ES1879 on A Solo 5150 anyone?

2002-02-02 Thread Tim Wood
Hi, I recently gained a BIOS upgrade which would allow me to upgrade M$ NT4.0 to Win2k - Yes I know! - but I have to use it for some things. I also wanted to install a USB printer. I installed kernel 2.4.17-686 but, initially, forgot about checking the modules and lsot use of my Cardbus NIC - all

Installation problems

2002-02-02 Thread Mike Carter
Hi, I just installed 2.2r3 and saw that I could upgrade to unstable so I did and stuffed my installation. So I reinstalled 2.2r3 without enabling apt to upgrade as I had kept all the files on my hard drive. This is the first time I have been trying to use debian since kernel 2.0.34 I think.

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Ian Wright
you may have had a reply to this already, but I've had exactly the same problem, thought Dell were supposed to be Linux friendly, doesn't seem very friendly to me. Anyway I used the rescue.bin and root.bin images from the idepci directory on my linux installation cd's, following the advise from thi

Re: Xircom XE 2000 issues

2002-02-02 Thread Cameron Kerr
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: >I'm trying to get my Xircom XE 2000 PCMCIA network card working. I can >get a link light on both the card and the router, ifconfig displays all >the configuration information correctly, and the route table is setup >correctly. I've read various message

Xircom XE 2000 issues

2002-02-02 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
Hey All,   I’m trying to get my Xircom XE 2000 PCMCIA network card working.  I can get a link light on both the card and the router, ifconfig displays all the configuration information correctly, and the route table is setup correctly.  I’ve read various messages around the ‘net saying to

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Ian Wright
you may have had a reply to this already, but I've had exactly the same problem, thought Dell were supposed to be Linux friendly, doesn't seem very friendly to me. Anyway I used the rescue.bin and root.bin images from the idepci directory on my linux installation cd's, following the advise from th

Re: Xircom XE 2000 issues

2002-02-02 Thread Cameron Kerr
On Sat, 2 Feb 2002, Chris Sutcliffe wrote: >I'm trying to get my Xircom XE 2000 PCMCIA network card working. I can >get a link light on both the card and the router, ifconfig displays all >the configuration information correctly, and the route table is setup >correctly. I've read various messag

Xircom XE 2000 issues

2002-02-02 Thread Chris Sutcliffe
Hey All,   I’m trying to get my Xircom XE 2000 PCMCIA network card working.  I can get a link light on both the card and the router, ifconfig displays all the configuration information correctly, and the route table is setup correctly.  I’ve read various messages around the ‘net saying to

Re: AMD's PowerNow?

2002-02-02 Thread Erik Mouw
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 04:50:07PM +0100, Markus Amersdorfer wrote: > I know it's bit off-topic, but I'm going to buy a notebook (and of > course install Debian), and I can't believe that AMD's PowerNow is not > supported with Linux!? To me, this actually just leaves Intel-Processors > as a reasona

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Preben Randhol
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (12:22) : > Powering the machine off is all that ACPI seems to be good for ATM > as well, but I have some hope that the battery monitoring functions > could be fixed soon (at least, it seems close enough to working and I > have enough inform

Re: AMD's PowerNow?

2002-02-02 Thread Erik Mouw
On Tue, Jan 29, 2002 at 04:50:07PM +0100, Markus Amersdorfer wrote: > I know it's bit off-topic, but I'm going to buy a notebook (and of > course install Debian), and I can't believe that AMD's PowerNow is not > supported with Linux!? To me, this actually just leaves Intel-Processors > as a reason

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Preben Randhol
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (12:22) : > Powering the machine off is all that ACPI seems to be good for ATM > as well, but I have some hope that the battery monitoring functions > could be fixed soon (at least, it seems close enough to working and I > have enough infor

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Preben Randhol
Barb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (14:23) : > I have a 2500 and I have been running Mandrake because Debian (and several > other distros I've tried) lock up on boot up at md (whatever that is). I'd > love to know what that is and how to make it go away. It was a bit tricky, but it can

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Barb
I have a 2500 and I have been running Mandrake because Debian (and several other distros I've tried) lock up on boot up at md (whatever that is). I'd love to know what that is and how to make it go away. About the only advice I can give is for me, with the i815, the best I can do in X is 15 bi

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Preben Randhol
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (12:22) : > > > btw, I did find one thing that you can do with APM. If the apm.o module is > > loaded, shutdown actually halts the system. If it isn't, shutdown leaves > > you at a "Power Off" prompt :-) > > (Whoops, I forgot to CC my l

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Preben Randhol
Barb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (14:23) : > I have a 2500 and I have been running Mandrake because Debian (and several > other distros I've tried) lock up on boot up at md (whatever that is). I'd > love to know what that is and how to make it go away. It was a bit tricky, but it ca

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Barb
I have a 2500 and I have been running Mandrake because Debian (and several other distros I've tried) lock up on boot up at md (whatever that is). I'd love to know what that is and how to make it go away. About the only advice I can give is for me, with the i815, the best I can do in X is 15 bi

Re: Need advice installing Debian on Inspiron 2500

2002-02-02 Thread Preben Randhol
Joseph Fannin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 02/02/2002 (12:22) : > > > btw, I did find one thing that you can do with APM. If the apm.o module is > > loaded, shutdown actually halts the system. If it isn't, shutdown leaves > > you at a "Power Off" prompt :-) > > (Whoops, I forgot to CC my

Re: Selectable bay on Tecra 730CDT and modules.dep

2002-02-02 Thread jim
I have installed Debian Potato and Woody on a Toshiba Tecra 730xcdt. It will boot from the external drive and read the select bay cdrom. Check your bios settings to make sure the boot order is a:, c:. - Original Message - From: "alberto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 01,