Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Derek Broughton
From: Fabian Fagerholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Problem with ACPI is that there doesn't seem to be very good support for it in Linux. I wouldn't know - ever since I read a posting by Alan Cox saying that ACPI is fundementally sick, I've just steered clear of it. Lately, though, I've read other postin

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Troy Mitchell
At 01:07 PM 3/21/2002 +, you wrote: Hi, I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies a fraction of the display at the center. Wht's going

Re: NEED HELP

2002-03-21 Thread Manfred Wassmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > IM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SOUND ON MY PC ONE DAY IT JUST STOPPED WORKING > THE CRAZY THING IS I CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS WHEN IM CONNECTING ON TO AOL AND > THAT S ALL I CAN HEAR. PS PLEASE HELP ME I F YOU CAN. > > THANKS You're kidding! Why would you be shouting

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Derek Broughton
>From: Fabian Fagerholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Problem with ACPI is that there doesn't seem to be very good support for >it in Linux. I wouldn't know - ever since I read a posting by Alan Cox >saying that ACPI is fundementally sick, I've just steered clear of it. >Lately, though, I've read other po

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Troy Mitchell
At 01:07 PM 3/21/2002 +, you wrote: >Hi, > >I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything >seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The >only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies a >fraction of the display at the center. Wht's g

Re: NEED HELP

2002-03-21 Thread Manfred Wassmann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > IM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SOUND ON MY PC ONE DAY IT JUST STOPPED WORKING > THE CRAZY THING IS I CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS WHEN IM CONNECTING ON TO AOL AND > THAT S ALL I CAN HEAR. PS PLEASE HELP ME I F YOU CAN. > > THANKS You're kidding! Why would you be shouting

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Chris Jenks
At 01:37 PM 3/21/02, Olivier K wrote: Hello Al Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; On 21.03 (18:01), you wrote: > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > > only things which I don't like is that the cons

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Geoff D
--- Luis Mendes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night > and everything > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X > however). The > only things which I don't like is that the console > only occupies a > fraction of the display at t

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 22:08, Derek Broughton wrote: > It doesn't work at all (except that 'halt' actually completely shuts down > the machine, rather than leaving it at the "Power Off" prompt) on the > Inspiron 2500, and I understood it not to work on 4xxx series machines. It > probably works, at

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Chris Jenks
At 01:37 PM 3/21/02, Olivier K wrote: >Hello Al Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; >On 21.03 (18:01), you wrote: > > > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > > > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > > > only things which I don't like is that

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Derek Broughton
Fabian wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 21:11, Derek Broughton wrote: >> But this is not an Inspiron. I'm not sure whether this advice applies >> to Latitudes. If it _was_ an Inspiron, the whole problem is APM - which >> isn't supported. I don't know whether Lars' machine uses APM or ACPI. > > Ac

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Geoff D
--- Luis Mendes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night > and everything > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X > however). The > only things which I don't like is that the console > only occupies a > fraction of the display at

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 21:11, Derek Broughton wrote: > But this is not an Inspiron. I'm not sure whether this advice applies > to Latitudes. If it _was_ an Inspiron, the whole problem is APM - which > isn't supported. I don't know whether Lars' machine uses APM or ACPI. Ack. I didn't real care

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 22:08, Derek Broughton wrote: > It doesn't work at all (except that 'halt' actually completely shuts down > the machine, rather than leaving it at the "Power Off" prompt) on the > Inspiron 2500, and I understood it not to work on 4xxx series machines. It > probably works, at

Re: NEED HELP

2002-03-21 Thread Joris
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:06:23PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > IM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SOUND ON MY PC ONE DAY IT JUST STOPPED WORKING > THE CRAZY THING IS I CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS WHEN IM CONNECTING ON TO AOL AND > THAT S ALL I CAN HEAR. PS PLEASE HELP ME I F YOU CAN. > > THANKS I wa

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Derek Broughton
Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 17:44, Lars G. T. Jorgensen wrote: > >>Hi >> >>Ive been looking around the net about the Dell laptops and APM. But I >>havent found the solution to my specific problem witch is. That >>modprobe apm hangs forever(*) with a 2.4.18-686 kernel. The list

IBM Thinkpad 560E - external mon XF86Config anyone? - 16bit

2002-03-21 Thread John Miskinis
Hi Folks, A year or so ago, I tried to get an XF86Config put together which would support an external monitor running at 1024x768 and/or 800x600 in 16 bit mode. I was using an old 14" monitor, and never got past 640x480. I now have an HP Ergo 1024 15", but can't seem to get it to work. Q: Does

NEED HELP

2002-03-21 Thread Hardrickus
IM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SOUND ON MY PC ONE DAY IT JUST STOPPED WORKING THE CRAZY THING IS I CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS WHEN IM CONNECTING ON TO AOL AND THAT S ALL I CAN HEAR. PS PLEASE HELP ME I F YOU CAN. THANKS

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Luis Mendes
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Olivier K wrote: > Hello Al Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; > On 21.03 (18:01), you wrote: > > > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > > > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > > > only things which I don't like is th

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Mark Barnes
I used a package called svgatextmode to address this problem. It's available in potato; I don't know about woody. On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 10:01:19AM -0700, Al Stone wrote: > Check your BIOS settings; there's often one that > allows you to expand your initial console size to > full screen (or not).

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Olivier K
Hello Al Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; On 21.03 (18:01), you wrote: > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > > only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies a > > fraction of the

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 17:44, Lars G. T. Jorgensen wrote: > Hi > > Ive been looking around the net about the Dell laptops and APM. But I > havent found the solution to my specific problem witch is. That > modprobe apm hangs forever(*) with a 2.4.18-686 kernel. The list > archive says something abou

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Marcio de araujo Benedito
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:07:09 + (GMT) Luis Mendes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies a

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
Hein Roehrig wrote: > Ok, I tried again several combinations and no matter what I do, IR > stops functioning (as indicated by irdadump) as soon as I modprobe > maestro3. What I did is change the IR port to FIR and COM4, remove any > lines in /etc/serial.conf, boot with/without apm and maestro3. My

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Derek Broughton
Fabian wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 21:11, Derek Broughton wrote: >> But this is not an Inspiron. I'm not sure whether this advice applies >> to Latitudes. If it _was_ an Inspiron, the whole problem is APM - which >> isn't supported. I don't know whether Lars' machine uses APM or ACPI. > > A

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 21:11, Derek Broughton wrote: > But this is not an Inspiron. I'm not sure whether this advice applies > to Latitudes. If it _was_ an Inspiron, the whole problem is APM - which > isn't supported. I don't know whether Lars' machine uses APM or ACPI. Ack. I didn't real car

Re: NEED HELP

2002-03-21 Thread Joris
On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 02:06:23PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > IM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SOUND ON MY PC ONE DAY IT JUST STOPPED WORKING > THE CRAZY THING IS I CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS WHEN IM CONNECTING ON TO AOL AND > THAT S ALL I CAN HEAR. PS PLEASE HELP ME I F YOU CAN. > > THANKS I w

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Derek Broughton
Fabian Fagerholm wrote: > On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 17:44, Lars G. T. Jorgensen wrote: > >>Hi >> >>Ive been looking around the net about the Dell laptops and APM. But I >>havent found the solution to my specific problem witch is. That >>modprobe apm hangs forever(*) with a 2.4.18-686 kernel. The list

IBM Thinkpad 560E - external mon XF86Config anyone? - 16bit

2002-03-21 Thread John Miskinis
Hi Folks, A year or so ago, I tried to get an XF86Config put together which would support an external monitor running at 1024x768 and/or 800x600 in 16 bit mode. I was using an old 14" monitor, and never got past 640x480. I now have an HP Ergo 1024 15", but can't seem to get it to work. Q: Does

NEED HELP

2002-03-21 Thread Hardrickus
IM HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE SOUND ON MY PC ONE DAY IT JUST STOPPED WORKING THE CRAZY THING IS I CAN HEAR THE SOUNDS WHEN IM CONNECTING ON TO AOL AND THAT S ALL I CAN HEAR. PS PLEASE HELP ME I F YOU CAN. THANKS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Al Stone
Check your BIOS settings; there's often one that allows you to expand your initial console size to full screen (or not). Luis Mendes wrote: Hi, I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The only things which

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Luis Mendes
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002, Olivier K wrote: > Hello Al Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; > On 21.03 (18:01), you wrote: > > > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > > > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > > > only things which I don't like is t

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Mark Barnes
I used a package called svgatextmode to address this problem. It's available in potato; I don't know about woody. On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 10:01:19AM -0700, Al Stone wrote: > Check your BIOS settings; there's often one that > allows you to expand your initial console size to > full screen (or not)

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Olivier K
Hello Al Stone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ; On 21.03 (18:01), you wrote: > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > > only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies a > > fraction of the

Re: Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
On Thu, 2002-03-21 at 17:44, Lars G. T. Jorgensen wrote: > Hi > > Ive been looking around the net about the Dell laptops and APM. But I > havent found the solution to my specific problem witch is. That > modprobe apm hangs forever(*) with a 2.4.18-686 kernel. The list > archive says something abo

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Marcio de araujo Benedito
On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:07:09 + (GMT) Luis Mendes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-21 Thread Fabian Fagerholm
Hein Roehrig wrote: > Ok, I tried again several combinations and no matter what I do, IR > stops functioning (as indicated by irdadump) as soon as I modprobe > maestro3. What I did is change the IR port to FIR and COM4, remove any > lines in /etc/serial.conf, boot with/without apm and maestro3. My

Re: Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Al Stone
Check your BIOS settings; there's often one that allows you to expand your initial console size to full screen (or not). Luis Mendes wrote: > Hi, > > I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything > seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The > only thi

Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Lars G. T. Jorgensen
Hi Ive been looking around the net about the Dell laptops and APM. But I havent found the solution to my specific problem witch is. That modprobe apm hangs forever(*) with a 2.4.18-686 kernel. The list archive says something about some APCI options when building the kernel. But the funny thing is

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-21 Thread Hein Roehrig
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Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Luis Mendes
Hi, I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies a fraction of the display at the center. Wht's going on here and how do I get a full size cons

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2002-03-21 Thread stephen
Hi, I've got a sony vaio c1ve and am borrowing a USB floppy drive. I have RH 7.2 currently installed and want to install debian. Problem is, I have no CDROM drive and no bootable dos partition. Also, because of the USB floppy I can only boot from 1 floppy and can't insert any more. I read tha

Problems with Dell 510C and modprobe

2002-03-21 Thread Lars G. T. Jorgensen
Hi Ive been looking around the net about the Dell laptops and APM. But I havent found the solution to my specific problem witch is. That modprobe apm hangs forever(*) with a 2.4.18-686 kernel. The list archive says something about some APCI options when building the kernel. But the funny thing is

Re: Inspiron 8000 IrDA problem

2002-03-21 Thread Hein Roehrig
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Debian 3.0 and Toshiba 1800-314

2002-03-21 Thread Luis Mendes
Hi, I installed Debian 3.0 in my new laptop last night and everything seems to be working almost fine. (I have not tried X however). The only things which I don't like is that the console only occupies a fraction of the display at the center. Wht's going on here and how do I get a full size con

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