Re: Asus L2460D

2002-05-07 Thread Heather Stern
On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 11:17:03PM -0700, Roman Stepanyan wrote: > Hi Samuele > > I own ASUS laptop from A1 series. > Though hardware in your model seems to be quite different, except the graphics > part. > I do not know if it helps, but you will certainly need this > http://www.winischhofer.net/l

Re: Can I use Debian for...

2002-05-07 Thread cyn
everybuddy and gaim both support windows messenger (or MSN Messenger or whatever it's called) - everybuddy has it builtin, gaim you must use a plugin (i think its bundled with debian, just have to load it) - neither of them support the audio as far as I know, but I could easily be mistaken - never

Re: Asus L2460D

2002-05-07 Thread Heather Stern
On Sun, May 05, 2002 at 11:17:03PM -0700, Roman Stepanyan wrote: > Hi Samuele > > I own ASUS laptop from A1 series. > Though hardware in your model seems to be quite different, except the graphics > part. > I do not know if it helps, but you will certainly need this > http://www.winischhofer.net/

Re: Can I use Debian for...

2002-05-07 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: Hello, I'm thinking of switching to Debian. I have a few questions. I have an IBM T21 Thinkpad, with the UltraCam II camera, Windows 2000, and a cable modem. I use the UltraCam to video conference with my family and friends via Netmeeting now. I also stay in touc

Re: pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop

2002-05-07 Thread Olivier Crouzet
Hi, I had the same problem several months ago. I choosed to compile pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules (which if I remember well is not part of Woody anymore, you should just need pcmcia-cs) from testing, adding a testing/sources line in my sources.list like the following: deb-src http://http.us.debia

Re: Can I use Debian for...

2002-05-07 Thread cyn
everybuddy and gaim both support windows messenger (or MSN Messenger or whatever it's called) - everybuddy has it builtin, gaim you must use a plugin (i think its bundled with debian, just have to load it) - neither of them support the audio as far as I know, but I could easily be mistaken - never

Re: pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop

2002-05-07 Thread Derek Broughton
> I am trying to install debian potato on an old laptop that has no > cd-rom. I do have a network card, but it appears that it needs the > newer version of pcmcia-cs, as it needs the support for the axnet-cs > module. > > I have tried upgrading to the new version of pcmcia-cs, but it > requires deb

Re: pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop

2002-05-07 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Kozikowski, Mark wrote: >Is there any way to get this new pcmcia-cs into the base >debian installation so I can continue with the whole install? If I were you, I would probably compile pcmcia-cs on another machine and then copy the necessary binaries temporarily to the laptop.

pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop

2002-05-07 Thread Kozikowski, Mark
I am trying to install debian potato on an old laptop that has no cd-rom. I do have a network card, but it appears that it needs the newer version of pcmcia-cs, as it needs the support for the axnet-cs module. I have tried upgrading to the new version of pcmcia-cs, but it requires debconf, I only

Re: Debian Linux on IBM ThinkPad X22 Guide

2002-05-07 Thread Boris Duerner
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 13:45, you wrote: > I have finally chronicled how I installed Debian Sid onto my IBM > ThinkPad X22 laptop -- the guide is not finished yet but it's better > than nothing! :) > > Its currently available at: > > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/burtonini/computing/index.html > > Reg

Re: Can I use Debian for...

2002-05-07 Thread Adam C Powell IV
Bret Comstock Waldow wrote: >Hello, > >I'm thinking of switching to Debian. I have a few questions. > >I have an IBM T21 Thinkpad, with the UltraCam II camera, Windows 2000, >and a cable modem. I use the UltraCam to video conference with my >family and friends via Netmeeting now. I also stay i

Debian Linux on IBM ThinkPad X22 Guide

2002-05-07 Thread Ross Burton
I have finally chronicled how I installed Debian Sid onto my IBM ThinkPad X22 laptop -- the guide is not finished yet but it's better than nothing! :) Its currently available at: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/burtonini/computing/index.html Regards, Ross -- Ross Burton

Re: pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop

2002-05-07 Thread Olivier Crouzet
Hi, I had the same problem several months ago. I choosed to compile pcmcia-cs and pcmcia-modules (which if I remember well is not part of Woody anymore, you should just need pcmcia-cs) from testing, adding a testing/sources line in my sources.list like the following: deb-src http://http.us.debi

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Tue, 7 May 2002 12:47:43 +0200 "Nico Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not asked all other questions are asked! Then I am in a loop. Nothing > to do about it. I can open a console and kill the installer then > Debian is going on with the mailquestions. (I don't know if there has > to be other

Re: acpi package

2002-05-07 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Alessandro Speranza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sat, 4 May 2002, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > > > I don't quite follow you. Without the daemon my understanding is that > > the kernel ACPI interface will not power off on it's own. I could be > > wrong, however, and have not run without the daemon

Re: pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop

2002-05-07 Thread Derek Broughton
> I am trying to install debian potato on an old laptop that has no > cd-rom. I do have a network card, but it appears that it needs the > newer version of pcmcia-cs, as it needs the support for the axnet-cs > module. > > I have tried upgrading to the new version of pcmcia-cs, but it > requires de

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Mike Hommey
I had the same problem when I installed woody recently. Try to get an old (more than a month old) unofficial cdrom of woody and install the base system with it ; the base system you get via net install or by getting a fresh iso contains this bug. On Tue, 7 May 2002 12:47:43 +0200 "Nico Berg" <[EM

Re: pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop

2002-05-07 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Kozikowski, Mark wrote: >Is there any way to get this new pcmcia-cs into the base >debian installation so I can continue with the whole install? If I were you, I would probably compile pcmcia-cs on another machine and then copy the necessary binaries temporarily to the laptop

pcmcia-cs upgrade on laptop

2002-05-07 Thread Kozikowski, Mark
I am trying to install debian potato on an old laptop that has no cd-rom. I do have a network card, but it appears that it needs the newer version of pcmcia-cs, as it needs the support for the axnet-cs module. I have tried upgrading to the new version of pcmcia-cs, but it requires debconf, I only

Re: Debian Linux on IBM ThinkPad X22 Guide

2002-05-07 Thread Boris Duerner
On Tuesday 07 May 2002 13:45, you wrote: > I have finally chronicled how I installed Debian Sid onto my IBM > ThinkPad X22 laptop -- the guide is not finished yet but it's better > than nothing! :) > > Its currently available at: > > http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/burtonini/computing/index.html > > Re

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Nico Berg wrote: >not asked all other questions are asked! Then I am in a loop. Nothing to do Difficult problem. I have no idea what could be wrong. However, you could try bootdisks with different kernel-image, or you could try adding swap from command line (Alt-F2) in the ver

Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Nico Berg
Hi there, I have a problem with the installation of Debian. I can reproduce this problem so I asking myself: is it a bug how to solve the problem? I have tried to install the stable version from cd, netinstall from cd and netinstall from diskette, stable and testing. The first time installing (u

Debian Linux on IBM ThinkPad X22 Guide

2002-05-07 Thread Ross Burton
I have finally chronicled how I installed Debian Sid onto my IBM ThinkPad X22 laptop -- the guide is not finished yet but it's better than nothing! :) Its currently available at: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/burtonini/computing/index.html Regards, Ross -- Ross Burton

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Tue, 7 May 2002 12:47:43 +0200 "Nico Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not asked all other questions are asked! Then I am in a loop. Nothing > to do about it. I can open a console and kill the installer then > Debian is going on with the mailquestions. (I don't know if there has > to be other

Re: acpi package

2002-05-07 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Alessandro Speranza" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Sat, 4 May 2002, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > > > I don't quite follow you. Without the daemon my understanding is that > > the kernel ACPI interface will not power off on it's own. I could be > > wrong, however, and have not run without the daemo

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Mike Hommey
I had the same problem when I installed woody recently. Try to get an old (more than a month old) unofficial cdrom of woody and install the base system with it ; the base system you get via net install or by getting a fresh iso contains this bug. On Tue, 7 May 2002 12:47:43 +0200 "Nico Berg" <[E

Re: acpi package

2002-05-07 Thread Alessandro Speranza
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > I don't quite follow you. Without the daemon my understanding is that > the kernel ACPI interface will not power off on it's own. I could be > wrong, however, and have not run without the daemon. :) > It actually does. I don't know how, but it does.

Re: acpi package

2002-05-07 Thread Alessandro Speranza
On 3 May 2002, Jaume Guasch wrote: > > The battery applet in the gnome-applets package has an option to use > either APM or ACPI. Load the battery and look at the properties dialog. Wow, that's a good tip, I'll try that. In fact, when I tried to load it, it said APM was missing and I thought it

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Tuukka Toivonen
On Tue, 7 May 2002, Nico Berg wrote: >not asked all other questions are asked! Then I am in a loop. Nothing to do Difficult problem. I have no idea what could be wrong. However, you could try bootdisks with different kernel-image, or you could try adding swap from command line (Alt-F2) in the ve

Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Nico Berg
Hi there, I have a problem with the installation of Debian. I can reproduce this problem so I asking myself: is it a bug how to solve the problem? I have tried to install the stable version from cd, netinstall from cd and netinstall from diskette, stable and testing. The first time installing (

Re: acpi package

2002-05-07 Thread Alessandro Speranza
On Sat, 4 May 2002, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > I don't quite follow you. Without the daemon my understanding is that > the kernel ACPI interface will not power off on it's own. I could be > wrong, however, and have not run without the daemon. :) > It actually does. I don't know how, but it does.

Re: acpi package

2002-05-07 Thread Alessandro Speranza
On 3 May 2002, Jaume Guasch wrote: > > The battery applet in the gnome-applets package has an option to use > either APM or ACPI. Load the battery and look at the properties dialog. Wow, that's a good tip, I'll try that. In fact, when I tried to load it, it said APM was missing and I thought i