synaptic touchpad caveat !

2003-03-12 Thread Thomas Nyman
Just thought I'd post this so others will know. I had decided to install the synaptics driver (binery version) and had some problems. After checking the logs i noted that the binary version is compiled for Xfree version 4.2 and up. So all of you that have anything less, dont try the binaryd driv

Re: Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiledbinary?

2003-03-12 Thread busab
Roberto Vallone wrote: On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:52:13PM +0100, busab wrote: P.S. This synaptic module works perfectly :-) Got some pbm with synaptic, multifinger taps dont work :-( uhm, I've no problem with multifinger but everything else is ok (scrolling and 2 and 3 button in corners). can y

Re: CD-reader on SONY VAIO SR27K

2003-03-12 Thread Andre Eisenbach
We're gonna get this running, it's just a matter of time :) Somebody suggested this: "In the kernel configuration try setting CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE to Yes. You can find it in ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support | IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices | Use multi-mode by default." Did you try this? As for

Re: CD-reader on SONY VAIO SR27K

2003-03-12 Thread blair . kelly
Andre Eisenbach suggested: > Make sure your kernel support VFAT and ISO9660. The > relevant kernel options are: > > CONFIG_FAT_FS=y > CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y > CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y > CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y > CONFIG_JOLIET=y I rebuilt my kernel and made sure that these kernel options are set. [Side questio

swsusp

2003-03-12 Thread Ivar Alm
Hi there... Anyone had any luck with swsusp? I had my kernel patched and compiled - no problems. I downloaded the suspend.sh script, and installed it with config file and the created 'hibernate' script. I have a problem when resuming (or suspending). This is that the 'networking' service returns

Re: CD-reader on SONY VAIO SR27K

2003-03-12 Thread Andre Eisenbach
We're gonna get this running, it's just a matter of time :) Somebody suggested this: "In the kernel configuration try setting CONFIG_IDEDISK_MULTI_MODE to Yes. You can find it in ATA/IDE/MFM/RLL support | IDE, ATA and ATAPI Block devices | Use multi-mode by default." Did you try this? As for t

Re: CD-reader on SONY VAIO SR27K

2003-03-12 Thread blair . kelly
Andre Eisenbach suggested: > Make sure your kernel support VFAT and ISO9660. The > relevant kernel options are: > > CONFIG_FAT_FS=y > CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y > CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y > CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y > CONFIG_JOLIET=y I rebuilt my kernel and made sure that these kernel options are set. [Side questio

Thinkpad R32 clock too slow

2003-03-12 Thread Nicholas A. Preyss
Hi, i am running a IBM Thinkpad R32 featuring a Mobile Pentium 4 1,7Ghz with Debian testing. Most stuff works under Linux quite good, but there still some broken things. Probably the most annoying thing is that the time is always out of sync. First I thought it might be a hardware problem, a defe

swsusp

2003-03-12 Thread Ivar Alm
Hi there... Anyone had any luck with swsusp? I had my kernel patched and compiled - no problems. I downloaded the suspend.sh script, and installed it with config file and the created 'hibernate' script. I have a problem when resuming (or suspending). This is that the 'networking' service returns

Thinkpad R32 clock too slow

2003-03-12 Thread Nicholas A. Preyss
Hi, i am running a IBM Thinkpad R32 featuring a Mobile Pentium 4 1,7Ghz with Debian testing. Most stuff works under Linux quite good, but there still some broken things. Probably the most annoying thing is that the time is always out of sync. First I thought it might be a hardware problem, a defe

RE: IRQ Conflicts on Compaq Evo N1015v

2003-03-12 Thread Fedor Karpelevitch
to fix IRQ conflicts you need ACPI patches from http://sf.net/projects/acpi/ and for the trident hang you need a fix which is in the kernel starting from 2.4.21-pre3 ; your laptop seems to be very similar to presario 900 so I suggest you look at the following resources (you can find some prebuilt k

Re: Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiled binary?

2003-03-12 Thread Roberto Vallone
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:52:13PM +0100, busab wrote: > >P.S. This synaptic module works perfectly :-) > > > Got some pbm with synaptic, multifinger taps dont work :-( uhm, I've no problem with multifinger > but everything else is ok (scrolling and 2 and 3 button in corners). > can you post plea

RE: IRQ Conflicts on Compaq Evo N1015v

2003-03-12 Thread Fedor Karpelevitch
to fix IRQ conflicts you need ACPI patches from http://sf.net/projects/acpi/ and for the trident hang you need a fix which is in the kernel starting from 2.4.21-pre3 ; your laptop seems to be very similar to presario 900 so I suggest you look at the following resources (you can find some prebuilt k

Re: Thinkpad 600E CD Boot

2003-03-12 Thread Mark Barnes
I have the same problem with my Thinkpad i1200. Don't know the cause, but here's the work-around I use: 1. boot the bootable "Product Recovery CD-ROM" for your thinkpad; 2. escape from the restoration routine to a DOS prompt by pressing F2 (or maybe F3?) when the restoration program asks you for

Re: Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiled binary?

2003-03-12 Thread Roberto Vallone
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 01:52:13PM +0100, busab wrote: > >P.S. This synaptic module works perfectly :-) > > > Got some pbm with synaptic, multifinger taps dont work :-( uhm, I've no problem with multifinger > but everything else is ok (scrolling and 2 and 3 button in corners). > can you post plea

Re: Thinkpad 600E CD Boot

2003-03-12 Thread Mark Barnes
I have the same problem with my Thinkpad i1200. Don't know the cause, but here's the work-around I use: 1. boot the bootable "Product Recovery CD-ROM" for your thinkpad; 2. escape from the restoration routine to a DOS prompt by pressing F2 (or maybe F3?) when the restoration program asks you for

Re: Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiled binary?

2003-03-12 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hej thomas.. Received at 2003-03-12 / 13:01 by Thomas Nyman: > describes how to modify your XF86Config-4 file."... my problem is this. I > have downloaded and untarred the file but what exactly is the pre-compiled > binary? Is it the synaptics_drv.o file? Does this mean i simply copy this > fi

Re: Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiled binary?

2003-03-12 Thread busab
Roberto Vallone wrote: On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 12:23:31PM +0100, Thomas Nyman wrote: describes how to modify your XF86Config-4 file."... my problem is this. I have downloaded and untarred the file but what exactly is the pre-compiled binary? Is it the synaptics_drv.o file? Does this mean i sim

Re: Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiled binary?

2003-03-12 Thread Roberto Vallone
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 12:23:31PM +0100, Thomas Nyman wrote: > describes how to modify your XF86Config-4 file."... my problem is this. I > have downloaded and untarred the file but what exactly is the pre-compiled > binary? Is it the synaptics_drv.o file? Does this mean i simply copy this > fil

Re: Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiled binary?

2003-03-12 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hej thomas.. Received at 2003-03-12 / 13:01 by Thomas Nyman: > describes how to modify your XF86Config-4 file."... my problem is this. I > have downloaded and untarred the file but what exactly is the pre-compiled > binary? Is it the synaptics_drv.o file? Does this mean i simply copy this > fi

Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiled binary?

2003-03-12 Thread Thomas Nyman
Hi everyone, heres a question many might think stupid but I'm at a loss and would appreciate help. I'm running woody on a acer travelmate and have been using tpconfig for my touchpad. However it doesnt work well when it comes to the more advance functions. I have noticed postings recommendi

Re: Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiledbinary?

2003-03-12 Thread busab
Roberto Vallone wrote: On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 12:23:31PM +0100, Thomas Nyman wrote: describes how to modify your XF86Config-4 file."... my problem is this. I have downloaded and untarred the file but what exactly is the pre-compiled binary? Is it the synaptics_drv.o file? Does this mean i simpl

Re: Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiled binary?

2003-03-12 Thread Roberto Vallone
On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 12:23:31PM +0100, Thomas Nyman wrote: > describes how to modify your XF86Config-4 file."... my problem is this. I > have downloaded and untarred the file but what exactly is the pre-compiled > binary? Is it the synaptics_drv.o file? Does this mean i simply copy this > fil

Install synaptics driver for touchpad - what is a pre-compiledbinary?

2003-03-12 Thread Thomas Nyman
Hi everyone, heres a question many might think stupid but I'm at a loss and would appreciate help. I'm running woody on a acer travelmate and have been using tpconfig for my touchpad. However it doesnt work well when it comes to the more advance functions. I have noticed postings recommending

Thinkpad 600E CD Boot

2003-03-12 Thread Brandon Philips
I have been able to boot my Jigno CD of Woody 3.0r_1 on two other machines with no problems, and I have booted Linux BBC on my Thinkpad 600e but Debian will not boot off the CD. Is this a known bug? To Review: CD works in two other machines Linux BBC boots on laptop Debian doesn't boot on lap