Re: Video issues with T42 running Etch and more

2007-02-04 Thread justin joseph
On 2/1/07, Florian Reitmeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I see that there is only 504MB of ram where as it must have been 512. > where has the rest 8mb gone? I understand that this happens only when > its shared by the VGA controller and in this case why would the VGA > controller share it becau

Re: sound problems (was: Re: sound card problem (no /proc/asound/sndstat))

2007-02-04 Thread Safirst C. Ke
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Re: Missing C-States on Core Duo

2007-02-04 Thread Frank Ursel
On So, Feb 04, 2007 at 07:41:30 +0100, Mike Hommey wrote: > > max_cstate is also C8, but I only have 2 C-states when on AC power, > and 2 more C-states show up when on battery. I don't think you have to > worry. Thanks. On my system there is no difference between AC or battery. Every time three C

Re: debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Eddy Petrișor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kevin Kempter wrote: > Hi List; (CC-ing the user as he seems to be a newbie and might not know the etiquette, which is that CC-s are not used and replies are sent to list only) > I'm a debian newbie with a few questions. I'm going to try running debi

Re: Broadcom Wireless & Etch on HP Compaq nx6325

2007-02-04 Thread David Navas
I had the same problem and it is solved. Just install the fwcutter, do an apt-cache search bcm43xx and then apt-get install with the correct name. Didn't work fine if you install them through aptitude, I believe there is not really uncompressed in the right place. Then your card will detect corre

Re: debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Jochen Schulz
Jochen Schulz: > Kevin Kempter: >> >> 6) how can I setup a dual head install? > > The keyword for web searches in "Xinerama", but apart from that I cannot > help here. Correction/addition: you do not here Xinerama, it is just one option. The wikipedia article sums it up quite nice (and, hopefull

Re: debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Jochen Schulz
Kevin Kempter: > > 1) It looks like debian sarge is running the 2.4 kernel, did I miss > something? > If this is correct can I easily upgrade to a 2.6 kernel? 2.4 is the default, but you can start the installation process with a special boot parameter with 2.6. But beware that the latest kernel

Re: debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Laudin Alessandro Molina T
Hi List; Hi! 1) It looks like debian sarge is running the 2.4 kernel, did I miss something? If this is correct can I easily upgrade to a 2.6 kernel? The installer install the 2.4 kernel by default, if you want to install the 2.6 kernel you have to pass the parameter "linux26" to the

Re: sound card problem (no /proc/asound/sndstat)

2007-02-04 Thread Long Li
> All the information that you posted suggests that > your card is properly > recognized and should work. How did you test the > card? The easiest thing > is to run "speaker-test" from the command line and > watch for error > messages. > There is no error message. But the test did not stop by i

debian newbie questions

2007-02-04 Thread Kevin Kempter
Hi List; I'm a debian newbie with a few questions. I'm going to try running debian on my IBM thinkpad laptop (Z60m). 1) It looks like debian sarge is running the 2.4 kernel, did I miss something? If this is correct can I easily upgrade to a 2.6 kernel? 2) can I also easily upgrade to the lat

problem of screen or graphic card ?

2007-02-04 Thread Gerard Robin
Hello, now all works fine on my laptop acer aspire wlmi 5102 (almost) but I still enconter a problem when I close the Xwindow session. Sometimes the screen is blurred and there is like waves ... cat /proc/acpi/termal_zone/THRM/temperature gives : temperature 37 C Where does this problem come

Re: Missing C-States on Core Duo

2007-02-04 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 04:19:01PM +0100, Frank Ursel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > > On my laptop [1] shows a maximum of 8 c-states. But only 3 are in use. > Where are the others gone? The output of dmesg[2] shows only three of > them, too. The max_cstate reports 8 so whats wrong with my

Re: Missing C-States on Core Duo

2007-02-04 Thread Evgeni Golov
On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 19:28:21 +0100 Frank Ursel wrote: > > Unload the usb modules, and your lost C-states will reappear :( > > Stupid question: How to "modprobe -r usbcore"? It says that the > module is in use and modprobe fails. It is the only module remaining > with: > > #lsmod | grep usb > usbc

Re: Missing C-States on Core Duo

2007-02-04 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 04:25:32PM +0100, Evgeni Golov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:19:01 +0100 Frank Ursel wrote: > > > On my laptop [1] shows a maximum of 8 c-states. But only 3 are in use. > > Where are the others gone? The output of dmesg[2] shows only three of > > them,

Re: Missing C-States on Core Duo

2007-02-04 Thread Frank Ursel
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 04:25:32PM +0100, Evgeni Golov wrote: > On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:19:01 +0100 Frank Ursel wrote: > >> On my laptop [1] shows a maximum of 8 c-states. But only 3 are in use. >> Where are the others gone? The output of dmesg[2] shows only three of >> them, too. The max_cstate rep

Re: iTunes & Linux (Debian)

2007-02-04 Thread Matt Sicker
On Wednesday 27 December 2006, Angelo Bertolli wrote: > Maybe I don't disagree with you about your sentiments, but is there > any other service like iTunes that doesn't use DRM? That's the real > problem to me: finally we get to actually pick which songs we want > and only buy those, and they make

Re: Missing C-States on Core Duo

2007-02-04 Thread Evgeni Golov
On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:19:01 +0100 Frank Ursel wrote: > On my laptop [1] shows a maximum of 8 c-states. But only 3 are in use. > Where are the others gone? The output of dmesg[2] shows only three of > them, too. The max_cstate reports 8 so whats wrong with my system? As > far as I know, there shoul

Missing C-States on Core Duo

2007-02-04 Thread Frank Ursel
Hello. On my laptop [1] shows a maximum of 8 c-states. But only 3 are in use. Where are the others gone? The output of dmesg[2] shows only three of them, too. The max_cstate reports 8 so whats wrong with my system? As far as I know, there should be at least a C4-state. Is there any parameter, I ne

sound problems (was: Re: sound card problem (no /proc/asound/sndstat))

2007-02-04 Thread Florian Kulzer
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Re: sound card problem (no /proc/asound/sndstat)

2007-02-04 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 20:49:28 -0800, Long Li wrote: > Hi, > > My sound card doesn't work. I read the article > http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/sound.htm. I guess it is > because there is /proc/asound/sndstat file. However, > I did find the file /dev/sndstat. So could you tell > me how can I let