Experimental package available: ifupdown-roaming

2003-01-28 Thread Thomas Hood
Abstract: Debian does not contain an adequate automagical network configurer at present. So I have begun writing one and have packaged it as "iupdown-roaming". Try it out! I have been looking for software that will automagically configure

Re: Linux Install on PB520 fun

2003-01-28 Thread Ray Knight
On Tue, 2003-01-28 at 11:50, John Steven Sobtzak wrote: > Aahhh shucks! Where/who do I want to monitor for updates that may > work on my PB520? I assume the work is being done on the 2.4.x kernels and > will be posted on the sourceforge web page and notifications sent to the > debian-m68

Re: Configuring a sound card in a Toshiba Tecra 8000

2003-01-28 Thread tuntjepp
- Original Message - From: "Josep Antoni Perales Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:43 AM Subject: Configuring a sound card in a Toshiba Tecra 8000 > Hi everybody, > > I have a computer Toshiba Tecra 8000 with a sound card Yamaha Opl3Sa2, and with > the

Experimental package available: ifupdown-roaming

2003-01-28 Thread Thomas Hood
Abstract: Debian does not contain an adequate automagical network configurer at present. So I have begun writing one and have packaged it as "iupdown-roaming". Try it out! I have been looking for software that will automagically configure

Re: Configuring a sound card in a Toshiba Tecra 8000

2003-01-28 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi Josep, > I have a computer Toshiba Tecra 8000 with a sound card Yamaha Opl3Sa2, and > with the s.o. Debian Woody and running with the kernel 2.4.20. had that card in at least two laptops, worked always. We'll somehow figure out the matter on yours. ;) > If i try to do insmod or modprobe they

Re: Configuring a sound card in a Toshiba Tecra 8000

2003-01-28 Thread tuntjepp
- Original Message - From: "Josep Antoni Perales Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:43 AM Subject: Configuring a sound card in a Toshiba Tecra 8000 > Hi everybody, > > I have a computer Toshiba Tecra 8000 with a sound card Yamaha Opl3

Re: Configuring a sound card in a Toshiba Tecra 8000

2003-01-28 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi Josep, > I have a computer Toshiba Tecra 8000 with a sound card Yamaha Opl3Sa2, and > with the s.o. Debian Woody and running with the kernel 2.4.20. had that card in at least two laptops, worked always. We'll somehow figure out the matter on yours. ;) > If i try to do insmod or modprobe they

Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds

2003-01-28 Thread Matej Cepl
Hubert Chan wrote: > AFAIK, it all the graphics operations are done on an off-screen bitmap, > which is then blitted to the screen. All the rendering is done by > software, so it doesn't use the video card's accelerations, which means > that things may be slower. I do not use any graphic-intensiv

Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds

2003-01-28 Thread Matej Cepl
Hubert Chan wrote: > AFAIK, it all the graphics operations are done on an off-screen bitmap, > which is then blitted to the screen. All the rendering is done by > software, so it doesn't use the video card's accelerations, which means > that things may be slower. I do not use any graphic-intensiv

Configuring a sound card in a Toshiba Tecra 8000

2003-01-28 Thread Josep Antoni Perales Sanchez
Hi everybody, I have a computer Toshiba Tecra 8000 with a sound card Yamaha Opl3Sa2, and with the s.o. Debian Woody and running with the kernel 2.4.20. My problem is that i can't configure my sound card. I have tried everything: i have read howto's, i have look all the information in internet abo

Re: Installing on a Gericom A2 (IIyama NT310S)

2003-01-28 Thread Glen Mehn
Aaron J. Windsor wrote: Hi all, I would really like to run Debian on a Gericom A2 (IIyama NT310S). The computer is small and lacks an internal optical drive; instead it uses an external USB 2.0 (i.e. bootable) combi-drive (Panasonic). The Debian CD's boot just fine, but after the initial boot, t

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Matej Cepl wrote: > suresh kumar sharma wrote: > > you need to apply the latest ACPI Patch to your > > kernel, which you can get at > > http://sourceforge.net/project/ > > once you have applied this patch recompile your kernel > > with ACPI support . > > I am kacpi for my laptop and it works

Configuring a sound card in a Toshiba Tecra 8000

2003-01-28 Thread Josep Antoni Perales Sanchez
Hi everybody, I have a computer Toshiba Tecra 8000 with a sound card Yamaha Opl3Sa2, and with the s.o. Debian Woody and running with the kernel 2.4.20. My problem is that i can't configure my sound card. I have tried everything: i have read howto's, i have look all the information in internet abo

Re: Installing on a Gericom A2 (IIyama NT310S)

2003-01-28 Thread Glen Mehn
Aaron J. Windsor wrote: Hi all, I would really like to run Debian on a Gericom A2 (IIyama NT310S). The computer is small and lacks an internal optical drive; instead it uses an external USB 2.0 (i.e. bootable) combi-drive (Panasonic). The Debian CD's boot just fine, but after the initial boot, th

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 09:32, Soren A wrote: > > So my next question is this: ALL these packages seem oriented towards > PCMCIA bus cards but I am not using PCMCIA, I have a built-in NIC (3Com > Tornado). It seems like the examples given for these two newer packages > that can help me use my laptop

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Rene Engelhard
Hi, Matej Cepl wrote: > suresh kumar sharma wrote: > > you need to apply the latest ACPI Patch to your > > kernel, which you can get at > > http://sourceforge.net/project/ > > once you have applied this patch recompile your kernel > > with ACPI support . > > I am kacpi for my laptop and it works

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Wed, 2003-01-29 at 09:32, Soren A wrote: > > So my next question is this: ALL these packages seem oriented towards > PCMCIA bus cards but I am not using PCMCIA, I have a built-in NIC (3Com > Tornado). It seems like the examples given for these two newer packages > that can help me use my laptop

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 21 Jan 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > whereami or intuitively work much more, well - intuitively. And they > don't stop in the boot process. I am starting to lean toward 'whereami' or 'intuitively' now, because of this List. The examples given

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
Thorsten Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 26 Jan 2003 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > cyn wrote: >> indeed I have compiled it in - kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't show up >> any differently - are you sure your append matches that exactly? > > In my lilo.conf, under the section of my kernel, it

Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds

2003-01-28 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Matej" == Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Matej> Yes, it works like a charm. Thanks!!! Could you please enlighten Matej> me and explain, what does this option mean? AFAIK, it all the graphics operations are done on an off-screen bitmap, which is then blitted to the screen. A

Re: Mapping eth0 two ways

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 21 Jan 2003 00a001c2c14c$0987b880$[EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:00a001c2c14c$0987b880$[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > whereami or intuitively work much more, well - intuitively. And they > don't stop in the boot process. I am starting to lean toward 'whereami

Re: cdrw/dvd, hdparm, and ide-scsi

2003-01-28 Thread Soren A
Thorsten Hirsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote around 26 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > cyn wrote: >> indeed I have compiled it in - kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't show up >> any differently - are you sure your append matches that exactly? > > In my lilo.conf, under the secti

Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds

2003-01-28 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Matej" == Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] Matej> Yes, it works like a charm. Thanks!!! Could you please enlighten Matej> me and explain, what does this option mean? AFAIK, it all the graphics operations are done on an off-screen bitmap, which is then blitted to the screen. A

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Matej Cepl
suresh kumar sharma wrote: > you need to apply the latest ACPI Patch to your > kernel, which you can get at > http://sourceforge.net/project/ > once you have applied this patch recompile your kernel > with ACPI support . > I am kacpi for my laptop and it works fine for me . > Its tells me the CPU

Re: How to delete mail off the POP server after retrieval?

2003-01-28 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Matt Sheffield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes David, that is what I'm saying. I was afraid that the > all-or-nothing approach is what KMail is following and a quick trip > to bugs.kde.org showed me that someone has filed a wishlist item for > it. > > If not having "pseudo-IMAP" (nice neologism)

Re: Linux Install on PB520 fun

2003-01-28 Thread John Steven Sobtzak
Aahhh shucks! Where/who do I want to monitor for updates that may work on my PB520? I assume the work is being done on the 2.4.x kernels and will be posted on the sourceforge web page and notifications sent to the debian-m68k and/or debian-laptop mailing lists? JSS I haven't d

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Matej Cepl
suresh kumar sharma wrote: > you need to apply the latest ACPI Patch to your > kernel, which you can get at > http://sourceforge.net/project/ > once you have applied this patch recompile your kernel > with ACPI support . > I am kacpi for my laptop and it works fine for me . > Its tells me the CPU

Re: How to delete mail off the POP server after retrieval?

2003-01-28 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Matt Sheffield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes David, that is what I'm saying. I was afraid that the > all-or-nothing approach is what KMail is following and a quick trip > to bugs.kde.org showed me that someone has filed a wishlist item for > it. > > If not having "pseudo-IMAP" (nice neologism)

Re: Linux Install on PB520 fun

2003-01-28 Thread John Steven Sobtzak
Aahhh shucks! Where/who do I want to monitor for updates that may work on my PB520? I assume the work is being done on the 2.4.x kernels and will be posted on the sourceforge web page and notifications sent to the debian-m68k and/or debian-laptop mailing lists? JSS I haven't don

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread suresh kumar sharma
Hello Kurt, you need to apply the latest ACPI Patch to your kernel, which you can get at http://sourceforge.net/project/ once you have applied this patch recompile your kernel with ACPI support . I am kacpi for my laptop and it works fine for me . Its tells me the CPU temp. Battery status etc . ch

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Kurt Sys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have a laptop DELL 2650 and I try to get acpi to work on Debian Linux > kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't seem to be ok. Some things might work, > some work not. In the first place, it would be nice if I would be able > to read how much time I have left. If I

Re: Wireless PCMCIA - which one

2003-01-28 Thread Marvin Renich
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 12:08:03PM +0100, yoda2 wrote: > Dear all, > > I've been gathering information about Wireless LAN's. This this is > totally new for me, i have some "experience"-questions for the lucky > ones owning a wireless pcmcia & acces point: > 1) In the Netherlands "sitecom" is a v

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread suresh kumar sharma
Hello Kurt, you need to apply the latest ACPI Patch to your kernel, which you can get at http://sourceforge.net/project/ once you have applied this patch recompile your kernel with ACPI support . I am kacpi for my laptop and it works fine for me . Its tells me the CPU temp. Battery status etc . ch

Re: stopping the touch pad from 'clicking'

2003-01-28 Thread Caoilte O'Connor
i should have specified, but i hoped there might be an option in the XF86Config-4 file to do it generically. i've got a vaio-srx87, so a vaio basically. someone mentioned gpm support and i'll scratch my head about that tonight. i never even knew you could use gpm to control the mouse in X. ain'

Re: acer 630 weird mouse behavior & keyboard freeze

2003-01-28 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Giuseppe Ciotta wrote: > Ivar Alm writes: > > > At 17:54 2003-01-27, Giuseppe Ciotta wrote: > >> hi! i have an acer 630 laptop, using it, sometimes (today happened 4 > >> times) the mouse cursor do weird movements on the screen and the keyboard > >> is unusable, the only solut

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello kurt.. Received at 2003-01-28 / 12:41 by Kurt Sys: > > I have a laptop DELL 2650 and I try to get acpi to work on Debian Linux > kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't seem to be ok. Some things might work, > some work not. In the first place, it would be nice if I would be able > to read how muc

Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds

2003-01-28 Thread Hugo S. Carrer
> > Yes, it works like a charm. Thanks!!! Could you please > enlighten me and explain, what does this option mean? > > Thanks again, it is so better now, > >Matej > > -- > Matej Cepl, > Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC > 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Kurt Sys" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have a laptop DELL 2650 and I try to get acpi to work on Debian Linux > kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't seem to be ok. Some things might work, > some work not. In the first place, it would be nice if I would be able > to read how much time I have left. If I

Re: Wireless PCMCIA - which one

2003-01-28 Thread Marvin Renich
On Sat, Jan 25, 2003 at 12:08:03PM +0100, yoda2 wrote: > Dear all, > > I've been gathering information about Wireless LAN's. This this is > totally new for me, i have some "experience"-questions for the lucky > ones owning a wireless pcmcia & acces point: > 1) In the Netherlands "sitecom" is a v

Re: stopping the touch pad from 'clicking'

2003-01-28 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Caoilte O'Connor wrote: >sry, this has probably been asked a million times before but is there any way >to stop the touchpad from being used as a mouse button when tapped under X? Depends on your laptop; on a PowerBook G4, try: /sbin/trackpad notap from the power

acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Kurt Sys
Hello, I have a laptop DELL 2650 and I try to get acpi to work on Debian Linux kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't seem to be ok. Some things might work, some work not. In the first place, it would be nice if I would be able to read how much time I have left. If I use wmacpi, it always says that my

Re: stopping the touch pad from 'clicking'

2003-01-28 Thread Caoilte O'Connor
i should have specified, but i hoped there might be an option in the XF86Config-4 file to do it generically. i've got a vaio-srx87, so a vaio basically. someone mentioned gpm support and i'll scratch my head about that tonight. i never even knew you could use gpm to control the mouse in X. ain'

Re: acer 630 weird mouse behavior & keyboard freeze

2003-01-28 Thread Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Giuseppe Ciotta wrote: > Ivar Alm writes: > > > At 17:54 2003-01-27, Giuseppe Ciotta wrote: > >> hi! i have an acer 630 laptop, using it, sometimes (today happened 4 > >> times) the mouse cursor do weird movements on the screen and the keyboard > >> is unusable, the only solut

Re: acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello kurt.. Received at 2003-01-28 / 12:41 by Kurt Sys: > > I have a laptop DELL 2650 and I try to get acpi to work on Debian Linux > kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't seem to be ok. Some things might work, > some work not. In the first place, it would be nice if I would be able > to read how muc

Re: Ugly web pages on satellite 2060cds

2003-01-28 Thread Hugo S. Carrer
> > Yes, it works like a charm. Thanks!!! Could you please > enlighten me and explain, what does this option mean? > > Thanks again, it is so better now, > >Matej > > -- > Matej Cepl, > Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC > 138 Highland Ave. #10, Somerville, Ma 02143

Re: acer 630 weird mouse behavior & keyboard freeze

2003-01-28 Thread Giuseppe Ciotta
Ivar Alm writes: At 17:54 2003-01-27, Giuseppe Ciotta wrote: hi! i have an acer 630 laptop, using it, sometimes (today happened 4 times) the mouse cursor do weird movements on the screen and the keyboard is unusable, the only solution is to kill XFree and restart it, and i lost all of my unsa

Re: stopping the touch pad from 'clicking'

2003-01-28 Thread Jamie Wilkinson
This one time, at band camp, Caoilte O'Connor wrote: >sry, this has probably been asked a million times before but is there any way >to stop the touchpad from being used as a mouse button when tapped under X? Depends on your laptop; on a PowerBook G4, try: /sbin/trackpad notap from the power

acpi

2003-01-28 Thread Kurt Sys
Hello, I have a laptop DELL 2650 and I try to get acpi to work on Debian Linux kernel 2.4.20, but it doesn't seem to be ok. Some things might work, some work not. In the first place, it would be nice if I would be able to read how much time I have left. If I use wmacpi, it always says that my

Re: acer 630 weird mouse behavior & keyboard freeze

2003-01-28 Thread Giuseppe Ciotta
Ivar Alm writes: At 17:54 2003-01-27, Giuseppe Ciotta wrote: hi! i have an acer 630 laptop, using it, sometimes (today happened 4 times) the mouse cursor do weird movements on the screen and the keyboard is unusable, the only solution is to kill XFree and restart it, and i lost all of my unsa