Re: emulating 3 button mouse

2019-09-02 Thread charlie derr
lose to the right answer, but on my >> freshly installed buster, i haven't got the directory structure that you are >> pointing me towards. Here's what's in /etc/X11: >> >> Where should i insert the InputClass stanza? > > /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/ is likely. I have a > 40-libinput.conf there. > > > -dsr- > i finally got around to trying this -- added the three lines above to the end of the InputClass stanza referring to trackpad devices, but unfortunately no joy yet :-[ thanks much for pointing me to the correct file location in any case, ~c -- Charlie Derr Director, Instructional Technology 413-528-7344 https://www.simons-rock.edu Bard College at Simon's Rock Encryption key: http://hope.simons-rock.edu/~cderr/ Personal writing: https://medium.com/@cderr Pronouns: he or they

Re: Modem: ATI Technologies HELP ME

2005-09-11 Thread charlie
m, not USB as most of these are win modems with few exceptions. Charlie +++ Registered Linux User:- 329524 --- The words which express our faith and piety are not definite; yet they are significant and fragrant like frankincense to superior nature

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-05 Thread charlie
" "0.02" >|Option "FingerHigh""30" >|Option "MaxSpeed" "0.18" >|Option "BottomEdge""4000"

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-05 Thread charlie
d to test things out on this machine, before I made it the main O/S. BUt so far it works a treat. But all in all Debian Sarge seems to work well enough on it. I have left it as a dual boot for the moment, but seeing I'm not using windows it will soon become native. I think that m

Re: Debian on Slow laptops. What setup is best?

2005-06-22 Thread charlie
Benedek Frank wrote: >On Tuesday 21 June 2005 19:44, you wrote: > > >>Hrm... You should have seen a speed *increase*, if anything. The first >>thing that I wonder about is if you have a stock kernel or if you >>compiled it yourself? I'm thinking that you may want to compile it >>optimized to y

Re: Debian and Atheros Wireless card

2005-06-14 Thread Charlie
abhishek soni wrote: Hello Everyone, Thank you very much for all your help in installing the kernel source. But I am having a small problem. Initially I had the 2.4.27-1-386 kernel installed. And the kernel source I downloaded was 2.4.27 (Only one available in this series). I followed all

Re: Sarge on Sony Vaio (now english ;-) )

2005-06-11 Thread Charlie
l, and it might have worked had I done that. I might need to try it. HTH Charlie Wolfgang Egger wrote: Servus, sorry, that I didn't recognize, that this is an english list. So try again in english: Yesterday, after years using Suse-Linuy, i have installed sarge on my Sony Vaio Laptop.

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-07 Thread Charlie
Chris Swanson wrote: On 6/6/05, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris Swanson wrote: The problem is more far reaching than that. I have to do the Fn + Shift thing even if X isn't installed. The console itself is locked. Maybe there is a way to stick some

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-06 Thread Charlie
Chris Swanson wrote: Thanks Charlie Yet another update on this situation: Sadly, the 'acpi=off' was not as successful as I had thought. It kept the install from locking up, but then my network interface wouldn't come up. The solution: It turns out that the system

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Charlie
Well done. Chris Swanson wrote: On 6/5/05, Chris Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6/5/05, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris Swanson wrote: On 6/5/05, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 05 June 2005 17:56, C

Re: R4025 Laptop

2005-06-05 Thread Charlie
Chris Swanson wrote: On 6/5/05, Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Chris Swanson wrote: On 6/5/05, Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sunday 05 June 2005 17:56, Chris Swanson wrote: <> Charlie Tried both 'noapi' and &#

Just twigged.......

2005-06-05 Thread Charlie
mpt, try:- "noapi vga=788" for starters. If that doesn't work try:- "noapic nolapic vga=788" If that doesn't work try use the video=vga16:off Charlie -- As to conforming outwardly, and living your own life inwardly, I have not a very high opinion of that course

Re: ATI Radeon IGP 345M graphics card

2004-07-31 Thread Charlie
have you found better drivers for the ati radeon 345m yet? its also known as the radeon 7000 chipset so that might help, but im looking for better drivers too, cause im into gaming and its hurtin Charlie

Re: ATI Radeon IGP 345M graphics card

2004-07-31 Thread Charlie
have you found better drivers for the ati radeon 345m yet? its also known as the radeon 7000 chipset so that might help, but im looking for better drivers too, cause im into gaming and its hurtin Charlie

experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-04 Thread charlie derr
I'm about to purchase a new laptop and wondered if anyone has had any specific success/failures with either of the following: Toshiba Tecra S1 1.4GHz Mobile Intel Pentium M processor w/Centrino, 1GB RAM, 60GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 56K, 10/100 Ethernet, Intel WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro and

experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-04 Thread charlie derr
I'm about to purchase a new laptop and wondered if anyone has had any specific success/failures with either of the following: Toshiba Tecra S1 1.4GHz Mobile Intel Pentium M processor w/Centrino, 1GB RAM, 60GB hard drive, CD-RW/DVD-ROM, 56K, 10/100 Ethernet, Intel WiFi 802.11b, Windows XP Pro and a

Re: Debain package for X-free86-4.2 or 4.3 ?

2003-04-05 Thread charlie derr
I have a Dell with a Radeon Mobility that is happily running Ralf Nolden's backport of X 4.3 from /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/X11 stable main deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/Printing stable main You may be able to ge

Re: Debain package for X-free86-4.2 or 4.3 ?

2003-04-05 Thread charlie derr
I have a Dell with a Radeon Mobility that is happily running Ralf Nolden's backport of X 4.3 from /etc/apt/sources.list deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/kde stable main deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/X11 stable main deb http://ktown.kde.org/~nolden/Printing stable main You may be able to get aw

RE: Laptop 386dx40 with 4 MByte and 40 MByte

2002-11-20 Thread Charlie Reiman
You probably won't be able to, but you might want to do some reading before giving up. http://www.webreview.com/1999/11_19/developers/11_19_99_2.shtml > -Original Message- > From: Michelle Konzack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:10 AM > To: debian-laptop

RE: Laptop 386dx40 with 4 MByte and 40 MByte

2002-11-20 Thread Charlie Reiman
You probably won't be able to, but you might want to do some reading before giving up. http://www.webreview.com/1999/11_19/developers/11_19_99_2.shtml > -Original Message- > From: Michelle Konzack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 4:10 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: kernel

2002-03-23 Thread Charlie Hedlin
resulting package (in the parent directory of your linux kernel source, usually /usr/src). There are other options and such, but for a single machine there isn't much to worry about (unless you want to build 3rd party modules). Charlie Dutch wrote: Generally, do you recommend comil

Re: kernel

2002-03-23 Thread Charlie Hedlin
resulting package (in the parent directory of your linux kernel source, usually /usr/src). There are other options and such, but for a single machine there isn't much to worry about (unless you want to build 3rd party modules). Charlie Dutch wrote: > >Generally, do you recommend

Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 420cdt without floppy

2002-03-15 Thread Charlie Hedlin
There is another way, but I haven't done it recently enough to give detailed instructions. Go ahead and make a netinst CD, but then use loadlin to start the kernel instead of booting the CD. The boot disks are formated msdos. So if you make one on another machine you should be able to extr

Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 420cdt without floppy

2002-03-15 Thread Charlie Hedlin
There is another way, but I haven't done it recently enough to give detailed instructions. Go ahead and make a netinst CD, but then use loadlin to start the kernel instead of booting the CD. The boot disks are formated msdos. So if you make one on another machine you should be able to extr

Re: Windows XP + Linux

2002-03-08 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I wanted to leave my Notebooks mbr alone (has a recovery program in it), so I installed grub in the boot block of my linux partition. I then made that the active partition and boot with a standard MBR. To chainload Windows XP I omit the makeactive step, and things work fine. Charlie

Re: Windows XP + Linux

2002-03-08 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I wanted to leave my Notebooks mbr alone (has a recovery program in it), so I installed grub in the boot block of my linux partition. I then made that the active partition and boot with a standard MBR. To chainload Windows XP I omit the makeactive step, and things work fine. Charlie

Re: putting debian on a dell inspiron 3500

2000-06-29 Thread Charlie Hedlin
n from the Parallel port and you should do very well. Charlie On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, brent harding wrote: > How can I install debian on my dell inspiron 3500? First of > all, it has > one large fat-32 partition for win-98 that covers the whole drive. I don't > have a

Re: putting debian on a dell inspiron 3500

2000-06-28 Thread Charlie Hedlin
n from the Parallel port and you should do very well. Charlie On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, brent harding wrote: > How can I install debian on my dell inspiron 3500? First of all, it has > one large fat-32 partition for win-98 that covers the whole drive. I don't > have anythin

Re: Dell/3Com 10/100 Base-TX pcmcia network card

2000-06-14 Thread Charlie Hedlin
This does seem weird. One of my laptops is a Dell Inspiron 3500, and my Dell/3com card works flawlessly in it. The card also works well in my Compaq. I am running frozen on both of them with 2.2.14 and current pcmcia sources, I never run a stock kernel, although I have used this 3com card for an

Re: Dell/3Com 10/100 Base-TX pcmcia network card

2000-06-14 Thread Charlie Hedlin
This does seem weird. One of my laptops is a Dell Inspiron 3500, and my Dell/3com card works flawlessly in it. The card also works well in my Compaq. I am running frozen on both of them with 2.2.14 and current pcmcia sources, I never run a stock kernel, although I have used this 3com card for a

Re: Dell/3Com 10/100 Base-TX pcmcia network card

2000-06-13 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I have a bunch of those cards, it is a 3com 10/100 cardbus ethernet card. The card is a 3c575 with A Dell label. It should work fine with frozen with no different options from your other card. What are the symptoms when you plug it in. What type of laptop do you have, keep in mind this is a card

Re: Dell/3Com 10/100 Base-TX pcmcia network card

2000-06-13 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I have a bunch of those cards, it is a 3com 10/100 cardbus ethernet card. The card is a 3c575 with A Dell label. It should work fine with frozen with no different options from your other card. What are the symptoms when you plug it in. What type of laptop do you have, keep in mind this is a car

Re: Cable modem problem connecting to Time Warner Road Runner KC

2000-05-19 Thread Charlie Hedlin
What kernel are you running? dhcpcd .70 only works with kernel 2.0.x With 2.2.x you need the newer dhcpcd 1.3.x , but I recomend dhclient (package dhcp-client), or in a pinch pump. On Fri, 19 May 2000, Matthew Quigley wrote: > > I've been trying to get my Toshiba Satellite Pro to work with Ro

Re: Thinkpad vs. Quantex

2000-05-08 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I have a 256av, and it works with OSS using the cs4231(WSS) and SB drivers. My laptop lets me set the IO, IRQ, and DMA in the bios though, so I don't have to mess with any of that (just set accordingly). I would imagine it would work with the equivlent modules or ALSA. On Sun, 7 May 2000, Adam S

Old Potato disks that work

2000-05-05 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I was diging through my tapes last night (yes, tapes, DDS-3) and dug out Feburary disks that I know I have used successfully to install via PCMCIA network cards. I have posted them in http://www.hedlin.com/debian Please don't download these unless you have to, my cable modem provider will cut me

Re: dhcp, ppp and default route

2000-02-01 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I would do a simular thing to what I do with the many broken dhcp implementations. use the ppp.up (or whatever the command is) which recieves as its parameters things such as the remote IP address. It can then remove and recreate the default route once the ppp connections is working. It is to me

Re: mouse doesn't work

2000-01-20 Thread Charlie Hedlin
Is a ps2 device on /dev/psaux . I never had any trouble and don't have to stop gpm (This was on an Armada 1130T and a pesario 1655). On Thu, 20 Jan 2000, matthschulz wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jan 1994, mpx wrote: > > mouse doesn't move. > > i thought it should be a ps/2 one, but didnt work, so i tried

RE: kernel recompile, lost PCMCIA network

2000-01-14 Thread Charlie Hedlin
The PCMCIA modules package you used is for using a debian PRE-compiled kernel, you must download pcmcia-source and then you can use make-kpkg to do both the kernel and the pcmcia modules. On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Glen S Mehn wrote: > I did use the correct PCMCIA modules (2.2.13 kernel), apt-getted f

Re: dialing propertis

2000-01-13 Thread Charlie Hedlin
You need to modify your init string, or you can add this to the begining of the dail command, atx0dt or a varient. Add X0 to disable all detection, dial tone, busy, etc. X4 is normal, I don't remember the in betweens. So instead of ATZ for init, at ATZX0. Charlie On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Ph

Re: PCMICA Network and Modem card

2000-01-13 Thread Charlie Hedlin
How hot should a 56k 10/100 combo card get? I have a Xircom I picked up cheap but it gets hot. I mean hot enough that I have to be carefull not to burn myself when I remove it if my machine has been on for a while. I also notice a significant hit in the battery life when the card is inserted. I

Re: > 64Meg RAM question

2000-01-07 Thread Charlie Hedlin
You can easily go to a 2.2. kernel without changing the distribution. download the source from ftp.kernel.org or a mirror, it compiles easily. Check make-kpkg if you want to make a debian package from the kernel. The 2.2 kernel may or may not see the memory, again, try the mem=64m on the kenrel

Re: > 64Meg RAM question

2000-01-07 Thread Charlie Hedlin
You can easily go to a 2.2. kernel without changing the distribution. download the source from ftp.kernel.org or a mirror, it compiles easily. Check make-kpkg if you want to make a debian package from the kernel. The 2.2 kernel may or may not see the memory, again, try the mem=64m on the kenrel

Re: > 64Meg RAM question

2000-01-07 Thread Charlie Hedlin
This isn't so much a laptop problem as a "some machines" problem. add mem=XXm to the kernel in startup. If using lilo this can be done with the append line, but I suggest you test it using manual entry first On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, William Heindl wrote: > > I am running slink on an IBM 560Z with 1

Re: > 64Meg RAM question

2000-01-07 Thread Charlie Hedlin
This isn't so much a laptop problem as a "some machines" problem. add mem=XXm to the kernel in startup. If using lilo this can be done with the append line, but I suggest you test it using manual entry first On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, William Heindl wrote: > > I am running slink on an IBM 560Z with 1

Re: Lucent winmodem on Debian?

1999-12-29 Thread Charlie Hedlin
You should check to see if the modem in the laptop is compatible. The linux driver for the Lucent modems is for their PCI modems, and most laptops don't have pci winmodems (if you do, it should be listed in /proc/pci, but I don't know what as, look for something unkown or by lucent, or that someho

Re: Lucent winmodem on Debian?

1999-12-29 Thread Charlie Hedlin
You should check to see if the modem in the laptop is compatible. The linux driver for the Lucent modems is for their PCI modems, and most laptops don't have pci winmodems (if you do, it should be listed in /proc/pci, but I don't know what as, look for something unkown or by lucent, or that someho

Re: Bleh! win modem on my presario 1920

1999-12-29 Thread Charlie Hedlin
It seems that almost all laptops come with win modems these days. Can anyone give hints as to which do not? (Either no modem or real modem, I just hate paying extra for a modem that won't work). It seems that pcmcia modems are a nesessity. Thanks, Charlie On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Charles

Re: Bleh! win modem on my presario 1920

1999-12-29 Thread Charlie Hedlin
It seems that almost all laptops come with win modems these days. Can anyone give hints as to which do not? (Either no modem or real modem, I just hate paying extra for a modem that won't work). It seems that pcmcia modems are a nesessity. Thanks, Charlie On Wed, 29 Dec 1999, Charles

Re: Multifunction cards functioning... er, multiply?

1999-11-30 Thread Charlie Hedlin
My Xircom 56k 10/100 combo card allows both to be used simultanously, but unfortunanatly it doesn't have the xjack, although for most people the realport card is a good alternative (the only drawback is that it is type3). On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 08:03:17

Re: Multifunction cards functioning... er, multiply?

1999-11-30 Thread Charlie Hedlin
My Xircom 56k 10/100 combo card allows both to be used simultanously, but unfortunanatly it doesn't have the xjack, although for most people the realport card is a good alternative (the only drawback is that it is type3). On Mon, 29 Nov 1999, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Mon, Nov 29, 1999 at 08:03:17

Re: es1869 soundcard

1999-11-24 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I have an ES1869 (I think), but have been using OSS. It detected it and it worked perfectly, so that could at least be a fallback. I only use OSS because I paid for it a long time ago. On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Rafael Cordones Marcos wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 09:03:53AM -0800, Camiel Coenen

Re: es1869 soundcard

1999-11-24 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I have an ES1869 (I think), but have been using OSS. It detected it and it worked perfectly, so that could at least be a fallback. I only use OSS because I paid for it a long time ago. On Wed, 24 Nov 1999, Rafael Cordones Marcos wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 09:03:53AM -0800, Camiel Coenen

Re: Compaq presario 1685

1999-11-11 Thread Charlie Hedlin
First, if one Linux dist runs on a system, they all should. There may be some system defaults that need adjusting to make it work, but the kernel is the same etc. I have a Presario 1655 working very well under Linux. I don't know what the differences are to to a 1685. On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Woute

Re: Compaq presario 1685

1999-11-11 Thread Charlie Hedlin
First, if one Linux dist runs on a system, they all should. There may be some system defaults that need adjusting to make it work, but the kernel is the same etc. I have a Presario 1655 working very well under Linux. I don't know what the differences are to to a 1685. On Thu, 11 Nov 1999, Woute

Re: Xircom Ethernet/Modem problem

1999-11-08 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I have the same card, upgrade your kernel to >= 2.2.13. It fixed my problem. On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Mesman, Ben wrote: > I have a Dell Lattitude CP with a Xircom 33k6 Eth/modem combo. I installed > slink with no problems. The card is recognised and configured properly and > the ethernet device works

Re: Xircom Ethernet/Modem problem

1999-11-08 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I have the same card, upgrade your kernel to >= 2.2.13. It fixed my problem. On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Mesman, Ben wrote: > I have a Dell Lattitude CP with a Xircom 33k6 Eth/modem combo. I installed > slink with no problems. The card is recognised and configured properly and > the ethernet device works

Re: modem speeds, V.90, etc

1999-10-30 Thread Charlie Hedlin
, Charlie On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Drew Parsons wrote: > I've got a question about making modem connections via ppp. I want to > be sure I'm configured for establishing the fastest possible > connection, and I'd like to ask those of you who know to check my > numbers with

Re: modem speeds, V.90, etc

1999-10-30 Thread Charlie Hedlin
, Charlie On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Drew Parsons wrote: > I've got a question about making modem connections via ppp. I want to > be sure I'm configured for establishing the fastest possible > connection, and I'd like to ask those of you who know to check my > numbers with

Re: pcmcia enet and modem sharing in potato on laptop

1999-10-20 Thread Charlie Hedlin
There was a bug with using combo devices introduced late in the 2.1.x, and finally fixed in 2.2.12. Is there a particular reason you didn't upgrade the kernel when the version was the only real difference as you described below? On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Michael Perry wrote: > Here is a strange situa

Re: pcmcia enet and modem sharing in potato on laptop

1999-10-20 Thread Charlie Hedlin
There was a bug with using combo devices introduced late in the 2.1.x, and finally fixed in 2.2.12. Is there a particular reason you didn't upgrade the kernel when the version was the only real difference as you described below? On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Michael Perry wrote: > Here is a strange situa

Re: Sony Viao F340 was(Re: Tochiba Satellite 2590CDT and Linux)

1999-10-17 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I have a system with a Neomagic MagicGraph NM2160 video chip and a 1024x768 screen, and get a very nice text console without any framebuffer support, so that probally won't be nessesary. As for X, the SVGA server has incorportated all the Suse enhancements, and I get great support with 3.3.3.1, wh

Re: Sony Viao F340 was(Re: Tochiba Satellite 2590CDT and Linux)

1999-10-17 Thread Charlie Hedlin
I have a system with a Neomagic MagicGraph NM2160 video chip and a 1024x768 screen, and get a very nice text console without any framebuffer support, so that probally won't be nessesary. As for X, the SVGA server has incorportated all the Suse enhancements, and I get great support with 3.3.3.1, wh

Re: pb with xircom eth+modem

1999-09-06 Thread Charlie Hedlin
, but the card used to work fine untill shortly before kernel 2.2.0. If anybody finds a solution please let me know, because I have been using windows to use my modem (which is very rare fortunatly, I have ethernet at home, school, and most of my work places). Thank you, Charlie On Mon, 6 Sep

Re: pb with xircom eth+modem

1999-09-06 Thread Charlie Hedlin
, but the card used to work fine untill shortly before kernel 2.2.0. If anybody finds a solution please let me know, because I have been using windows to use my modem (which is very rare fortunatly, I have ethernet at home, school, and most of my work places). Thank you, Charlie On Mon, 6 Sep