Re: Debian on Compaq Presario 2132

2003-07-24 Thread Bob Hilliard
"Musang S.X." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Has anybody tried and succeeded in installing Debian > 3.0 (Woody) on a Compaq Presario 2132 notebook? Care > to share and enlighten me, I'm still trying here, and > would like to ask some questions... You didn't say where in the installation proce

Re: Debian on Compaq Presario 2132

2003-07-24 Thread Bob Hilliard
"Musang S.X." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Has anybody tried and succeeded in installing Debian > 3.0 (Woody) on a Compaq Presario 2132 notebook? Care > to share and enlighten me, I'm still trying here, and > would like to ask some questions... You didn't say where in the installation proce

Re: runlevels question

2003-07-01 Thread Bob Hilliard
David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Edit the symlinks in /etc/rc[2345].d. Everything in that directory > should be named S##program or K##program, and be a symlink to > ../init.d/program. When you change runlevels, all of the K links, > then all of the S links, in the new runlevel are run

Re: runlevels question

2003-07-01 Thread Bob Hilliard
David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Edit the symlinks in /etc/rc[2345].d. Everything in that directory > should be named S##program or K##program, and be a symlink to > ../init.d/program. When you change runlevels, all of the K links, > then all of the S links, in the new runlevel are run

Re: I want coredumps!

2003-06-18 Thread Bob Hilliard
Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Debian/woody in its default configuration has ulimit -c set to 0. > However, I want my programs to produce coredump when they fall down. Is > there any canonical place where I put the configuration command to such > effect (ulimit -c unlimited, I suppose

Re: I want coredumps!

2003-06-18 Thread Bob Hilliard
Matej Cepl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Debian/woody in its default configuration has ulimit -c set to 0. > However, I want my programs to produce coredump when they fall down. Is > there any canonical place where I put the configuration command to such > effect (ulimit -c unlimited, I suppose

Re: problems with PackardBell igo 3451 keyboard

2003-05-31 Thread Bob Hilliard
Pepe Vargas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And when i've finished the procedure and reboot the machine with the > just-compiled kernel i have _no_ keyboard... :-?!?!?!? Try disabling "Legacy USB support" in the BIOS. That causes a similar problem in several laptops. HTH, Bob -- _ |_)

Re: problems with PackardBell igo 3451 keyboard

2003-05-30 Thread Bob Hilliard
Pepe Vargas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > And when i've finished the procedure and reboot the machine with the > just-compiled kernel i have _no_ keyboard... :-?!?!?!? Try disabling "Legacy USB support" in the BIOS. That causes a similar problem in several laptops. HTH, Bob -- _ |_)

Re: Debian install on HP Omnibook xe4500

2003-04-28 Thread Bob Hilliard
Anders Ellenshøj Andersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was trying to install woody on my friends laptop (subj.). But as soon as I > got to the language selection screen the keyboard seemed to be disabled. The > intro screen where you can supply boot arguments worked fine. > > I was using Davi

Re: 2.4 kernel on Compaq Presario 2100 - Solved

2003-04-16 Thread Bob Hilliard
Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am trying to get sid set up on a new Compaq Presario 2100 > laptop. I have successfully installed from a woody CD, using the > 2.2.20-idepci kernel. However, all the kernel patches I am aware of > for ACPI and the built-in

Re: Dell Inspiron 4100 Nvidia Gforce2 GO Problem

2003-04-08 Thread Bob Hilliard
"bigc5384" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wanted to know if someone can help > me step by step on how to build a custom kernel and what files I need to > include the nvidia driver and modules. Any help would be greatly > appreciated! apt-get install ke

2.4 kernel on Compaq Presario 2100

2003-04-07 Thread Bob Hilliard
I am trying to get sid set up on a new Compaq Presario 2100 laptop. I have successfully installed from a woody CD, using the 2.2.20-idepci kernel. However, all the kernel patches I am aware of for ACPI and the built-in modem are for 2.4 kernels. Since there are no serial ports on the m