Re: Debian & sound

2002-09-05 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> > On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 12:20:48PM +0300, Alexei Khlebnikov wrote: > > > What I recommend you to do. Have your card working in windows. > > Write down > > > its parameters (io,irq,dma,dma16,mpu,etc). Run sndconfig and > > provide these > > > >

Re: Debian & sound

2002-09-05 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> It has OPL-3SAx non-pnp soundchip and I couldn't get it working. I tried > using OSS/Lite OPL-3SA2 driver without success. I tried same thing on ALSA > drivers without success. > > I read on some page that OSS drivers could solve my problem. But there is > also reports that people has succeeded w

Re: debian installation disks hang with Thinkpad

2002-08-27 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> I have a t23 thinkpad from iBM. When I try using the x86 vanilla flavor kernel > in the woody installation 9rescue and boot) floppies, my laptop appears to hang > after the kernel loads. Since I am blind, I can't tell you where it hangs or > what the screen says--just that the floppy drive makes

Re: sound on toshiba tecra 8000

2002-08-26 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> I'm using debian woody 3.0 and I can't configure the sound card, because > I don't find it > How can I configure it (hardware)? RTFM Sound-HOWTO or try sndconfig

Re: About the laptops ...

2002-08-21 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> > Keep it always on. Off/on operation is much more harmful than several hours > > of work. > > Well, it's not several hours of work that i meant, i'm using it between 15/20hours a day everyday, so it would stay on 24/24h a day everyday... > > SHould i keep it on forever then ? YSS!!! Several

Re: About the laptops ...

2002-08-21 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> I have a question : > Is is better to let the laptop always ON (as i use it about 15/20 hours a day ) or to switch it off ? Keep it always on. Off/on operation is much more harmful than several hours of work.

Re: Debian on a Gateway 400XL

2002-08-21 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> Hi, IU've been using debian for about one year now on my desktop PC, and > I just got a Gateway 400XL for college. I really want to put debian on > it, however, I cannot seem to boot it from any rescue disks in order to > install it. I'd really like to use woody or sarge, but I'll use > whateve

Re: Toughbook CF-25 w/o CD-ROM

2002-08-16 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> I am a novice in Linux & I would appreciate your help. I've tried to > load Debian 2.2r4 into my Toshiba CF-25. This laptop has no CD-ROM. > Normally I use either my Backpack CD-Rewriter from Microsolutions or > EXP's CD-RW station. Both drives use parallel printer port as an > interface and t

Re: Linux on Toshiba Satellite 210 CS

2002-08-14 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> I would like to use my old Toshiba Satellite 210 CS with Linux +Xwindows. It is a > weak machine (P120, 1.3HDD, 16MB RAM) and standard edition RH 6.1 running so > slowly that it is impossible to use it for work. > I would like to ask in following questions: > 1. Which distribution is the most sui

Re: alsa/kernel-modules - new problems

2002-08-13 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> > * During dpkg -i kernel-image-2.4.18_forAlsa.1.0_i386.deb I got this new > > depmod error: > > > > depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.18/alsa/snd-intel8x0.o > > There was a problem running depmod. This may be benign, > > (You may have versioned symbol names, for instance). > >

Re: After discussing on LCDs in Debian-laptop, did you get spammed by Sharp Systems as well?

2002-08-13 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> Today i got a spam by Sharp Systems, offering a LCD display. > Did any of you (especially the ones who did participate in a discussion > related to LCD displays) get that spam, too? > Please tell me, i'm trying to find out why they spammed me... > (It wasn't among the usual spam that is eaten by

Re: SVGA XServer vs framebuffer + X_FBDEV

2002-08-02 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> > I want to run linux on not-very-fast machine (Pentium-1 class, not-so-much > > memory). > > What configuration requires more resourses (mostly RAM, also CPU), > > X_SVGA (or similar) server or framebuffer + X_FBDEV server ? > > What configuration is lighter, faster? > > I am interested mostly i

SVGA XServer vs framebuffer + X_FBDEV

2002-08-02 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
I want to run linux on not-very-fast machine (Pentium-1 class, not-so-much memory). What configuration requires more resourses (mostly RAM, also CPU), X_SVGA (or similar) server or framebuffer + X_FBDEV server ? What configuration is lighter, faster? I am interested mostly in 3.3.6 version, info a

Re: Monitoring disk access

2002-08-02 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> > Moreover, the Battery Powered Linux HOWTO is quite old, is there some > > other documents about all this. For example, how to instruct Linux to > > keep the data in cache longer ? There is Linux-Laptop HOWTO. It recommends using "noflushd" instead of "updated".

Re: Alsa setup on Toshiba

2002-07-30 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> At 03:35 PM 07/29/02 -0400, kiss the sun and walk on air wrote: > >use the ymfpci driver, from either the kernel or alsa. > > Why that made it easy. Thanks! Still not sure what or when or why to use > Alsa, but that can now be left for another day. OSS are old drivers, ALSA are new. Use OSS

Re: Net startup commands...

2002-07-18 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
>> >Another thing about this. I logged in as my normal user, and in the >> >console, su'ed and started eth0 and set route table. When i exited >> >from root and started X as "normal" user, the settings where gone. >If >> >I su'ed in a terminal after starting X, setting the network, it all >> >work

Re: Net startup commands...

2002-07-18 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
>At first, I need to have some commands for route and network interface >startup at boot. When the machine is powered down (it actually >happens), eth0 is taken down and my route table is reset. >Where can I place commands for these to be restored at startup? It is >not good to need to login as roo

Re: Toshiba 2805-S302 Woody

2002-06-20 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
ime > the computer boots, instead of checking the entire drive, cutting down > on boot times. > --Alex > On Wed, 2002-06-19 at 05:34, Alexei Khlebnikov wrote: > > On 15 Jun 2002 14:02:39 -0700 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I would highly > > >

Re: Compile Kernel 2.0.34 - Error?

2002-06-19 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 16:53:23 +0200 Schoppitsch Dieter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need to compile a new kernel (version 2.0.34). > http://archive.debian.org/dists/Debian-2.0/main/binary-i386/devel/kernel-sou > rce-2.0.34_2.0.34-4.deb > * http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0/linux-2.0.34.

Re: Toshiba 2805-S302 Woody

2002-06-19 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On 15 Jun 2002 14:02:39 -0700 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I would highly > recommend and xfs install, particularly on a laptop. Why "XFS, particularly on a laptop" ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LAN help requested

2002-06-11 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:51:17 -0700 (PDT) "Mail User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ethernet cards ARE supported by the kernel images > i'm using in each machine, and no i don't need to load > modules. I use ifconfig to program each card with an > IP. Here's what my ifconfig -a looks like from o

Re: LAN help requested

2002-06-11 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 15:51:17 -0700 (PDT) "Mail User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The ethernet cards ARE supported by the kernel images > i'm using in each machine, and no i don't need to load > modules. I use ifconfig to program each card with an > IP. Here's what my ifconfig -a looks like from

Re: Where to find precompiled PCMCIA-Pack?

2002-06-10 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> * Where do I find an 'old' Debian-System (ie. 2.0) at all? Somewhere at http://archive.debian.org . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Where to find precompiled PCMCIA-Pack?

2002-06-10 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
> * Where do I find an 'old' Debian-System (ie. 2.0) at all? Somewhere at http://archive.debian.org . -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: E-Tech 56K6 PCMCIA modem

2002-05-31 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Fri, 31 May 2002 03:51:46 -0700 (PDT) Roman Stepanyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Problems start when I try to dial a number. I use minicom for this (not > > > trying to configure PPP, just to dial ANYTHING!). So, the modem replies > > > to AT commands (at least minicom shows "OK" when I t

Re: E-Tech 56K6 PCMCIA modem

2002-05-31 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Fri, 31 May 2002 11:24:50 +0200 "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problems start when I try to dial a number. I use minicom for this (not > trying to configure PPP, just to dial ANYTHING!). So, the modem replies > to AT commands (at least minicom shows "OK" when I type AT in the > term

Re: E-Tech 56K6 PCMCIA modem

2002-05-31 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Fri, 31 May 2002 03:51:46 -0700 (PDT) Roman Stepanyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Problems start when I try to dial a number. I use minicom for this (not > > > trying to configure PPP, just to dial ANYTHING!). So, the modem replies > > > to AT commands (at least minicom shows "OK" when I

Re: E-Tech 56K6 PCMCIA modem

2002-05-31 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Fri, 31 May 2002 11:24:50 +0200 "R.Stepanyan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Problems start when I try to dial a number. I use minicom for this (not > trying to configure PPP, just to dial ANYTHING!). So, the modem replies > to AT commands (at least minicom shows "OK" when I type AT in the > ter

Re: Installing Debian Linux on my Laptop

2002-05-10 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Wed, 08 May 2002 21:39:51 -0700 "Justin News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to install linux on my IBM Thinkpad 560E. Unfortunately, i > don't have a CD ROM and I'd appreciate any help someone can offer. > I've installed linux before using CD ROMS and had no problems... but > i'm lost as

Re: Installing Debian Linux on my Laptop

2002-05-10 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Wed, 08 May 2002 21:39:51 -0700 "Justin News" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to install linux on my IBM Thinkpad 560E. Unfortunately, i > don't have a CD ROM and I'd appreciate any help someone can offer. > I've installed linux before using CD ROMS and had no problems... but > i'm lost as

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Tue, 7 May 2002 12:47:43 +0200 "Nico Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not asked all other questions are asked! Then I am in a loop. Nothing > to do about it. I can open a console and kill the installer then > Debian is going on with the mailquestions. (I don't know if there has > to be other

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Tue, 7 May 2002 12:47:43 +0200 "Nico Berg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > not asked all other questions are asked! Then I am in a loop. Nothing > to do about it. I can open a console and kill the installer then > Debian is going on with the mailquestions. (I don't know if there has > to be other

Re: exciting dial up question

2002-04-30 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:34:14 - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a debian novice I get a little lost. Today's problem is that though > I run wvdial OK, which runs the modem OK, when I then launch Opera it > doesn't seem to know that the PC is online, and so can't access the > web. There is so

Re: exciting dial up question

2002-04-30 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 08:34:14 - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As a debian novice I get a little lost. Today's problem is that though > I run wvdial OK, which runs the modem OK, when I then launch Opera it > doesn't seem to know that the PC is online, and so can't access the > web. There is s

Re: Netscape and IBM Thinkpad 560

2002-04-24 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On 23 Apr 2002 21:49:41 -0500 Mannequin* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: M> I'm not too sure which revision of the 560 this laptop is (I forgot, M> and it's been a while since I bought it). M> Anyway, I have Debian Stable 2.2 installed on it. (and it's up to date M> as of last week) Netscape Communica

Re: Netscape and IBM Thinkpad 560

2002-04-24 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On 23 Apr 2002 21:49:41 -0500 Mannequin* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: M> I'm not too sure which revision of the 560 this laptop is (I forgot, M> and it's been a while since I bought it). M> Anyway, I have Debian Stable 2.2 installed on it. (and it's up to date M> as of last week) Netscape Communic

Re: Maestro3 Howto for a Dell i8k?

2002-04-23 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:25:55 +0200 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: D> short of writing a shell script to rmmod then insmod these everytime i D> want D> audio, [i am a musician so this is often] . . . . how can i get my D> modules D> to 'stick'? Try to link them into the kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Maestro3 Howto for a Dell i8k?

2002-04-23 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:25:55 +0200 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: D> short of writing a shell script to rmmod then insmod these everytime i D> want D> audio, [i am a musician so this is often] . . . . how can i get my D> modules D> to 'stick'? Try to link them into the kernel. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE,