Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-08 Thread David R. Litwin
OK, and your directly connected computer is working? The central computer is connected to the same wireless router / modem which the laptop is connected to. It works nicely.  Is it running Linux orWindows?Windows XP Pro.   If it's working, we know that DHCP is working properly on the DSLrouter, a

Re: How to use password-protected wireless networks?

2005-10-08 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Sun, 2005-10-09 at 01:57 +1000, John O'Hagan wrote: > Hi all, > > Running testing on a wireless equipped laptop, I can usually get on to any > available networks using some combination of ifupdown, ifplugd, whereami, > resolvconf, kwifimanager etc. > > One situation which has stumped me, ho

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-08 Thread Alexandre Rossi
> Some links : Forgot this great ressource on UUCP over SSH : http://www.linuxfocus.org/English/March2004/article330.shtml

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-08 Thread Alexandre Rossi
> A fairly common problem these days - especially for laptops. > > If you always wish to send mail from one account (ie, work) - a VPN is > the safest solution; that way you avoid SPF and other spam detection > issues. > > Another approach, that I use on my laptops, is to use the Debian > sendmail

Re: laptop sendmail

2005-10-08 Thread Richard A Nelson
On Tue, 4 Oct 2005, Colin Cotter wrote: My work doesn't give access to their smtp server from outside their domain, so I decided to set up sendmail on my machine with my work email address so I can send messages from home. However, any self-respecting mail server bounces back my email because it

Re: How to use password-protected wireless networks?

2005-10-08 Thread Dave Loftis
John, I use iwconfig and iwlist (in the wireless-tools package). `iwlist scan` will give you a list of available networks. `iwconfig essid ''` will connect you to a network (most of the time) `iwconfig key AA:AA:AA:AA:AA` will set your key. `ifconfig up` brings up the interface. `dhclient ` obv

Re: How to use password-protected wireless networks?

2005-10-08 Thread Nico Golde
Hallo John, * John O'Hagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-10-08 18:33]: > Running testing on a wireless equipped laptop, I can usually get on to any > available networks using some combination of ifupdown, ifplugd, whereami, > resolvconf, kwifimanager etc. > > One situation which has stumped me, ho

Re: How to use password-protected wireless networks?

2005-10-08 Thread MB
John O'Hagan wrote: Hi all, Running testing on a wireless equipped laptop, I can usually get on to any available networks using some combination of ifupdown, ifplugd, whereami, resolvconf, kwifimanager etc. One situation which has stumped me, however, is when the network requires a passwor

How to use password-protected wireless networks?

2005-10-08 Thread John O'Hagan
Hi all, Running testing on a wireless equipped laptop, I can usually get on to any available networks using some combination of ifupdown, ifplugd, whereami, resolvconf, kwifimanager etc. One situation which has stumped me, however, is when the network requires a password (which I have, of cou

Re: Problem getting my Crystal 4237b sound card to work

2005-10-08 Thread Kelly Albrecht
Hi Alexander, I recently had your very same problem. For 'modprobe snd-cs4236' to work, I had to create a file called sound in /etc/modprobe.d/ :~$ vim /etc/modprobe.d/sound alias snd-card-0 snd-cs4236 alias sound-slot-0 snd-cs4236 options snd-cs4236 port=0x530 cport=0x210 isapnp=0 dma1=1 dma2

Re: battstat-applet

2005-10-08 Thread Robin Haunschild
Am Samstag, 8. Oktober 2005 12:21 schrieb Koen Vermeer: > On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 23:33 +0100, Norton wrote: > > Right... I googled and found just nothing... then I went to etch's > > packages and found no battstat-applet package. Does anyone has an idea > > about what happened? > > That package is o

Problems with first startup

2005-10-08 Thread Bohák András
Hi everone! I just finished installing Debian using a downloaded install dvd (image name: debian-31r0a-i386-binary-1.iso), and after installer finished working and restarted my laptop, Debian failed to load. The last message before it freezes is "USB not accepting address, error code =-110). I

Re: battstat-applet

2005-10-08 Thread Koen Vermeer
On Fri, 2005-10-07 at 23:33 +0100, Norton wrote: > Right... I googled and found just nothing... then I went to etch's > packages and found no battstat-applet package. Does anyone has an idea > about what happened? That package is only in unstable. You could install gnome-applets, and use its batts