Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-17 Thread criggie
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 18:22:12 -0400 "mike dentifrice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to find an efficient way to synchronize mail folders > between my laptop and my desktop computer, and would be glad to hear > about some possible (and working!) setups. > I'm using mutt on debian, and my

Re: Looking for Advice on setting up Potato (3.01) on Sony Vaio PCG-XG28

2003-08-17 Thread Boysenberry O. Payne
Hello Hello Fellow Users, I removed gpm an have normal use of the mouse but still have an issue with a block of gabled graphics that follow the mouse pointer around on the screen in X server regardless of window management package. Has anyone one else had a problem with grabled graphics on only th

PC card dual Serial port card

2003-08-17 Thread James
Hello Debian Laptop users, I'm looking for a PCcard (PCMCIA) that gives me at least (2) serial ports. I intend to use the card as an input and output for RS 232/422/485 as a serial data analyzer. Kind of like ethereal for serial communications, but you need (2) serial ports. Obviously, I need

Re: Looking for Advice on setting up Potato (3.01) on Sony Vaio PCG-XG28

2003-08-17 Thread Boysenberry O. Payne
Hello Hello Fellow Users, I removed gpm an have normal use of the mouse but still have an issue with a block of gabled graphics that follow the mouse pointer around on the screen in X server regardless of window management package. Has anyone one else had a problem with grabled graphics on only th

Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-17 Thread mike dentifrice
Ryan Nowakowski said: > > Check out unison: > > http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ > > apt-get install unison Unison can do bidirectionnal syncing indeed. But I fear it can't take *content* into consideration. Unison will look at files as files, not as mboxes, so it won't know if a mail is

PC card dual Serial port card

2003-08-17 Thread James
Hello Debian Laptop users, I'm looking for a PCcard (PCMCIA) that gives me at least (2) serial ports. I intend to use the card as an input and output for RS 232/422/485 as a serial data analyzer. Kind of like ethereal for serial communications, but you need (2) serial ports. Obviously, I need ha

Re: Wireless

2003-08-17 Thread mike dentifrice
Ryan Nowakowski disait : > The AirPlus 650+ has a weird chipset apparently. The last time I > checked, it didn't work with Debian. There's a closed-source driver available (don't know if it works, though): http://www.ivor.it/wireless/acx.html And an open-source driver is currently being developp

Re: Wireless

2003-08-17 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 08:16:35PM -0400, colemw wrote: > I am using Debian with Linux 2.4.21-4-686 on a Dell Inspiron 3200. I have a > D-Link AirPlus 650+ and am trying to get it to work. I have done the > HOWTO_install acx100.txt from the support link from D-Link but can't seem to > get the

Wireless

2003-08-17 Thread colemw
Michael Cole 936 Josephine Crescent Virginia Beach, VA 23464 757 420-3804 Home/Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am using Debian with Linux 2.4.21-4-686 on a Dell Inspiron 3200. I have a D-Link AirPlus 650+ and am trying to get it to work. I have done the HOWTO_install acx100.txt from

Re: Looking for Advice on setting up Potato (3.01) on Sony Vaio PCG-XG28

2003-08-17 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 06:23:38PM -0500, Boysenberry O. Payne wrote: > I am having trouble with my mouse pointer. I am using a trackpad > that is standard with the laptop as /dev/psaux and am getting a > garbled image square that follows the mouse. I am also getting > intermi

Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-17 Thread mike dentifrice
Ryan Nowakowski said: > > Check out unison: > > http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ > > apt-get install unison Unison can do bidirectionnal syncing indeed. But I fear it can't take *content* into consideration. Unison will look at files as files, not as mboxes, so it won't know if a mail is

Looking for Advice on setting up Potato (3.01) on Sony Vaio PCG-XG28

2003-08-17 Thread Boysenberry O. Payne
Hello Fellow Users, I am having trouble with my mouse pointer. I am using a trackpad that is standard with the laptop as /dev/psaux and am getting a garbled image square that follows the mouse. I am also getting intermittent use out of the pad. The garbled image appears on

Re: Prism chipset Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 10:19:34AM +1200, CF wrote: > Intersil - makers of the prism chipsets > http://www.intersil.com/design/prism/ss/p2smtrx.asp Very worthwhile: (to at least 1.4.9... WFM, YMMV... etc) http://www.netgate.com/support/prism_firmware/ Info on how to do it: http://hostap.epitest

Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-17 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 05:39:24PM -0500, Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 06:22:12PM -0400, mike dentifrice wrote: > > So, any idea/experience? > > Check out unison: > http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ > apt-get install unison > > -- > Ryan Nowakowski > Computer Support

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:30:49AM +1200, criggie wrote: > As for security, I have mine locked down to the mac addresses of my two > wireless cards, and I intend to modify my iptables rulesets to be more You do realise, of course, that a simple amount of sniffing to ascertain the MAC addresses inv

Re: defragmenting/resizing

2003-08-17 Thread Bilal Ahmad
First, thanks to Jaye, Francois, Ralk, and Micha for the helpful suggestions. Following the suggestions, this is what I did: 1. I read some reviews about Partition Magic on amazon.com and found that it worked for some and not for others. So I decided not to spend the $70. 2. I tried qtparte

Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-17 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 06:22:12PM -0400, mike dentifrice wrote: > So, any idea/experience? Check out unison: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ apt-get install unison -- Ryan Nowakowski Computer Support for Small Business and Individuals http://austincomputersupport.com pgp4FoDpsaM7b.

Re: Wireless

2003-08-17 Thread mike dentifrice
Ryan Nowakowski disait : > The AirPlus 650+ has a weird chipset apparently. The last time I > checked, it didn't work with Debian. There's a closed-source driver available (don't know if it works, though): http://www.ivor.it/wireless/acx.html And an open-source driver is currently being developp

Prism chipset Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread CF
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 08:30, criggie wrote: > Blars - I've got the exact same setup here. I bought an Intersil > Prism-based chipset (a DLink DWL-500 card which is a DWL-650 PCMCIA card > in a PCI adapter) and on the linux box I use the hostAP module. This > provides all of the functionality of a

Re: Wireless

2003-08-17 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 08:16:35PM -0400, colemw wrote: > I am using Debian with Linux 2.4.21-4-686 on a Dell Inspiron 3200. I have a D-Link > AirPlus 650+ and am trying to get it to work. I have done the HOWTO_install > acx100.txt from the support link from D-Link but can't seem to get the ca

mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-17 Thread mike dentifrice
Hello out there, I'm trying to find an efficient way to synchronize mail folders between my laptop and my desktop computer, and would be glad to hear about some possible (and working!) setups. Here's my configuration and what I would like to do: I'm using mutt on debian, and my mail folders are

Wireless

2003-08-17 Thread colemw
Michael Cole 936 Josephine Crescent Virginia Beach, VA 23464 757 420-3804 Home/Fax [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am using Debian with Linux 2.4.21-4-686 on a Dell Inspiron 3200. I have a D-Link AirPlus 650+ and am trying to get it to work. I have done the HOWTO_install acx100.txt from

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:30:49AM +1200, criggie wrote: > > I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron > > 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it > > also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently > > available reasona

Re: Looking for Advice on setting up Potato (3.01) on Sony Vaio PCG-XG28

2003-08-17 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 06:23:38PM -0500, Boysenberry O. Payne wrote: > I am having trouble with my mouse pointer. I am using a trackpad > that is standard with the laptop as /dev/psaux and am getting a > garbled image square that follows the mouse. I am also getting > intermi

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Martin List-Petersen
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 21:01, Blars Blarson wrote: > I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron > 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it > also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently > available reasonably priced card

Looking for Advice on setting up Potato (3.01) on Sony Vaio PCG-XG28

2003-08-17 Thread Boysenberry O. Payne
Hello Fellow Users, I am having trouble with my mouse pointer. I am using a trackpad that is standard with the laptop as /dev/psaux and am getting a garbled image square that follows the mouse. I am also getting intermittent use out of the pad. The garbled image appears on

Re: Prism chipset Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 10:19:34AM +1200, CF wrote: > Intersil - makers of the prism chipsets > http://www.intersil.com/design/prism/ss/p2smtrx.asp Very worthwhile: (to at least 1.4.9... WFM, YMMV... etc) http://www.netgate.com/support/prism_firmware/ Info on how to do it: http://hostap.epitest

Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-17 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 05:39:24PM -0500, Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 06:22:12PM -0400, mike dentifrice wrote: > > So, any idea/experience? > > Check out unison: > http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ > apt-get install unison > > -- > Ryan Nowakowski > Computer Support

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Mike Beattie
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:30:49AM +1200, criggie wrote: > As for security, I have mine locked down to the mac addresses of my two > wireless cards, and I intend to modify my iptables rulesets to be more You do realise, of course, that a simple amount of sniffing to ascertain the MAC addresses inv

Re: defragmenting/resizing

2003-08-17 Thread Bilal Ahmad
First, thanks to Jaye, Francois, Ralk, and Micha for the helpful suggestions. Following the suggestions, this is what I did: 1. I read some reviews about Partition Magic on amazon.com and found that it worked for some and not for others. So I decided not to spend the $70. 2. I tried qtparted fr

Re: mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-17 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On Sun, Aug 17, 2003 at 06:22:12PM -0400, mike dentifrice wrote: > So, any idea/experience? Check out unison: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ apt-get install unison -- Ryan Nowakowski Computer Support for Small Business and Individuals http://austincomputersupport.com pgp0.pgp D

Prism chipset Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread CF
On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 08:30, criggie wrote: > Blars - I've got the exact same setup here. I bought an Intersil > Prism-based chipset (a DLink DWL-500 card which is a DWL-650 PCMCIA card > in a PCI adapter) and on the linux box I use the hostAP module. This > provides all of the functionality of a

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread criggie
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:01:50 -0700 "Blars Blarson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron > 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it > also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently > ava

mail synchronisation between laptop and desktop

2003-08-17 Thread mike dentifrice
Hello out there, I'm trying to find an efficient way to synchronize mail folders between my laptop and my desktop computer, and would be glad to hear about some possible (and working!) setups. Here's my configuration and what I would like to do: I'm using mutt on debian, and my mail folders are

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 08:30:49AM +1200, criggie wrote: > > I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron > > 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it > > also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently > > available reasona

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Joe Emenaker
Blars Blarson wrote: I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently available reasonably priced cards work with linux? I really lik

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Martin List-Petersen
On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 21:01, Blars Blarson wrote: > I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron > 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it > also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently > available reasonably priced card

802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Blars Blarson
I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently available reasonably priced cards work with linux? I'd also like one for my firewall/rout

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread criggie
On Sun, 17 Aug 2003 12:01:50 -0700 "Blars Blarson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron > 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it > also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently > ava

Re: 802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Joe Emenaker
Blars Blarson wrote: I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently available reasonably priced cards work with linux? I really like

802.11b cards

2003-08-17 Thread Blars Blarson
I'm considering getting a wireless card for my laptop (Dell Inspiron 8200) running Debian unstable. Cardbus/pcmcia would be best, but it also has usb, firewire, and an availabe mini-pci slot. What currently available reasonably priced cards work with linux? I'd also like one for my firewall/rout

ESS ES1869 + X on Siemens Mobile 501 -> freeze

2003-08-17 Thread Bjoern Franke
Hi, I tried to get sarge work on my Siemens Mobile 501, a laptop with a PII 266, 96MB RAM, 4 GB harddrive, ESS 1869-soundchip and Neomagic NM2160 graphics-chipset. After some troubles (the sb.o- module of bf24, 2.4.20-686 etc. only accept irq 7) I got the soundchip working, it plays fine with

ESS ES1869 + X on Siemens Mobile 501 -> freeze

2003-08-17 Thread Bjoern Franke
Hi, I tried to get sarge work on my Siemens Mobile 501, a laptop with a PII 266, 96MB RAM, 4 GB harddrive, ESS 1869-soundchip and Neomagic NM2160 graphics-chipset. After some troubles (the sb.o- module of bf24, 2.4.20-686 etc. only accept irq 7) I got the soundchip working, it plays fine with

Re: Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 18:45, Vincent Bernat wrote: > > I have written a snippet of code which could be useful to some of > you. It aims at allowing to choose a server layout at GDM prompt. Nice; you could also have gdm start several servers, one for each layout, and VT switch to the one you want

ESS ES1869 + X on Siemens Mobile 501 -> freeze

2003-08-17 Thread Bjoern Franke
Hi, I tried to get sarge work on my Siemens Mobile 501, a laptop with a PII 266, 96MB RAM, 4 GB harddrive, ESS 1869-soundchip and Neomagic NM2160 graphics-chipset. After some troubles (the sb.o- module of bf24, 2.4.20-686 etc. only accept irq 7) I got the soundchip working, it plays fine with

ESS ES1869 + X on Siemens Mobile 501 -> freeze

2003-08-17 Thread Bjoern Franke
Hi, I tried to get sarge work on my Siemens Mobile 501, a laptop with a PII 266, 96MB RAM, 4 GB harddrive, ESS 1869-soundchip and Neomagic NM2160 graphics-chipset. After some troubles (the sb.o- module of bf24, 2.4.20-686 etc. only accept irq 7) I got the soundchip working, it plays fine with

Re: Choosing the layout of server X in GDM

2003-08-17 Thread Michel Dänzer
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 18:45, Vincent Bernat wrote: > > I have written a snippet of code which could be useful to some of > you. It aims at allowing to choose a server layout at GDM prompt. Nice; you could also have gdm start several servers, one for each layout, and VT switch to the one you want

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Re: Strange behavior of my Accu

2003-08-17 Thread Frank Agerholm
Jan Luehr wrote: > Greetings, > > well, I've some trouble with my accu in my Sony Vaio PCG-FX505 and Woody with > a self built 2.4.20 Kernel from testing.. The whole computer switches of > after a few minutes of use without any warning about a low battery (like a > blinking light) and I cannot