Re: Memory usage Debian Jessie (stable)

2015-05-11 Thread Dan Christensen
Jan-Rens Reitsma writes: > $ free -h > total used free sharedbuffers cached > Mem: 3.7G 3.5G 182M 153M 363M 2.1G > -/+ buffers/cache: 1.0G 2.7G > Swap: 7.6G 0B 7.6G > > 3.5 GB used of 3.7

Re: bringing up PCMCIA wireless interface

2006-01-04 Thread Dan Christensen
Krzysztof Wilk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dan Christensen writes: > >> I've got a PCMCIA wireless card in my laptop, and I'd like to figure >> out the Debian way of arranging that it be brought up when the card is >> inserted (including on boot).

bringing up PCMCIA wireless interface

2006-01-03 Thread Dan Christensen
I've got a PCMCIA wireless card in my laptop, and I'd like to figure out the Debian way of arranging that it be brought up when the card is inserted (including on boot). I only use the card on my home network, which uses WEP. In the old days, I used pcmcia-cs, and /etc/pcmcia/network.opts contain

Re: [Wireless] Am I going to be sorry?

2005-04-12 Thread Dan Christensen
Frans Pop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - The card has a theoretical 108 MB max speed using Atheros Super-G > technology. I don't think the madwifi driver supports Super-G, but I'd love to be wrong. Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble?

Re: intermittent pcmcia failures on dell inspiron 4100

2005-02-16 Thread Dan Christensen
get run. I've also had trouble with my keyboard using 2.6.10. I posted to linux-dell-laptops about this, but didn't generate much discussion. Dan -- Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: compiling kernels newer than 2.6.8

2005-01-31 Thread Dan Christensen
Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Has anyone tried to compile a kernel newer than 2.6.8 and failed due to some > gamma_drv or gamma_drm error? I had to disable 3dlabs GMX 2000 (CONFIG_GAMMA) in order to compile kernel.org 2.6.10 using Debian's .config. Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: D-Link DWL-G650+ Cardbus Adapter support for Linux

2005-01-31 Thread Dan Christensen
7;t be loaded Jan 31 13:28:22 localhost pci.agent[14236]: missing kernel or user mode driver uhci Thanks for any help, Dan -- Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: D-Link DWL-G650+ Cardbus Adapter support for Linux

2005-01-19 Thread Dan Christensen
ed to a D-Link access point)? Dan -- Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: GVC PCMCIA modem not recognized

2003-09-29 Thread Dan Christensen
Dan Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to get a GNET/GVC PCMCIA 56k modem to work under linux: It turns out that this was just a problem with my BIOS settings. I had the serial port shut off, which I thought would only affect the built-in serial port, not the PCMCIA modem. Dan

Re: GVC PCMCIA modem not recognized

2003-09-29 Thread Dan Christensen
Dan Christensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to get a GNET/GVC PCMCIA 56k modem to work under linux: It turns out that this was just a problem with my BIOS settings. I had the serial port shut off, which I thought would only affect the built-in serial port, not the PCMC

GVC PCMCIA modem not recognized

2003-09-27 Thread Dan Christensen
I'm trying to get a GNET/GVC PCMCIA 56k modem to work under linux: Model: GPCM-56/AMC (MQ4FM560) Kernel: 2.4.22, using in kernel pcmcia modules. Compiled from source. Debian pcmcia-cs userspace utils, version 3.2.2-1.2 When I insert it, I get one high beep, and one low beep. Here are the messa

GVC PCMCIA modem not recognized

2003-09-27 Thread Dan Christensen
I'm trying to get a GNET/GVC PCMCIA 56k modem to work under linux: Model: GPCM-56/AMC (MQ4FM560) Kernel: 2.4.22, using in kernel pcmcia modules. Compiled from source. Debian pcmcia-cs userspace utils, version 3.2.2-1.2 When I insert it, I get one high beep, and one low beep. Here are the messa

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-07 Thread Dan Christensen
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For the most part the journaling filesystems never need to run fsck > check This is bad advice. Even with ext3 you should run fsck periodically. For example, journaling doesn't protect against hardware problems such as write errors. These rout

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-07 Thread Dan Christensen
"Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For the most part the journaling filesystems never need to run fsck > check This is bad advice. Even with ext3 you should run fsck periodically. For example, journaling doesn't protect against hardware problems such as write errors. These rout

Re: ACPI Kernel 2.4.20

2003-07-04 Thread Dan Christensen
Emma Jane Hogbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > there seems to have > been many problems with the 2.4.21 kernel and ACPI, so if you can, > I would stick to 2.4.20 for now. What sort of problems have there been? Can you point to any discussions of these problems? Dan

Re: ACPI Kernel 2.4.20

2003-07-04 Thread Dan Christensen
Emma Jane Hogbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > there seems to have > been many problems with the 2.4.21 kernel and ACPI, so if you can, > I would stick to 2.4.20 for now. What sort of problems have there been? Can you point to any discussions of these problems? Dan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: checking ssh tunnels: best practices?

2003-05-22 Thread Dan Christensen
xavier renaut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > you could start ssh automatically with a wrapper to restart it > each time the connexion is dropped. (and start all of this > inside of a screen) : I'd look into autossh for this kind of this. In my experience, it does a good job of keeping an ssh con

Re: can't restore from suspend

2003-04-18 Thread Dan Christensen
Emma Jane Hogbin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Apr 17 10:09:49 debian kernel: ACPI: Core Subsystem version [20011018] As I mentioned before, this is very old and you should apply the latest kernel patches. Some notes from an old file I have when I was playing with ACPI and swsusp: --- http://

Re: can't restore from suspend

2003-04-17 Thread Dan Christensen
Emma, Are you using the latest acpi kernel patches? The version of acpi included with most kernels is very old. Dan

Re: anacron apm script

2003-04-03 Thread Dan Christensen
mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now there's a weakness, it seems. > When the system boots up anacron checks if on mains power, and if not, exits > (no daemon started). On the other hand /etc/crontab shows that cron runs only > if no anacron is installed. So, while on battery, no cronjobs will b

Re: anacron apm script

2003-04-03 Thread Dan Christensen
mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now there's a weakness, it seems. > When the system boots up anacron checks if on mains power, and if not, exits > (no daemon started). On the other hand /etc/crontab shows that cron runs only > if no anacron is installed. So, while on battery, no cronjobs will b

Re: ANN: new maintainer for Synaptics touchpad driver

2003-01-17 Thread Dan Christensen
Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - Double-Button events through double short touching of the touchpad > - Dragging through short touching and holding down the finger on the touchpad Combining the above two doesn't seem to work for me. That is, two short clicks followed immediately by

Re: ANN: new maintainer for Synaptics touchpad driver

2003-01-17 Thread Dan Christensen
Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - Double-Button events through double short touching of the touchpad > - Dragging through short touching and holding down the finger on the touchpad Combining the above two doesn't seem to work for me. That is, two short clicks followed immediately by

Re: Dell cpu speed toggle (was: Temperatur weirdnes)

2002-12-04 Thread Dan Christensen
"Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Just for the sake of it I ran the battery down (this time with only one > battery present): > > The first discharge cycle is at "high" speed : ca 30 minutes, the second > at "low" speed : ca 55 minutes (log available on request). I just did the sa

Re: Dell cpu speed toggle (was: Temperatur weirdnes)

2002-12-04 Thread Dan Christensen
"Karl E. Jorgensen" writes: > Just for the sake of it I ran the battery down (this time with only one > battery present): > > The first discharge cycle is at "high" speed : ca 30 minutes, the second > at "low" speed : ca 55 minutes (log available on request). I just did the same test on my 2 GHz

Dell cpu speed toggle (was: Temperatur weirdnes)

2002-11-30 Thread Dan Christensen
"Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On I4000 (bios A16): > fn+#Toggle CPU speed For the record, with a US keyboard this is fn+\ (backslash, above the enter key). I didn't reboot with the slow setting, but based on some timings, this seems to switch my I4150 from 2

Dell cpu speed toggle (was: Temperatur weirdnes)

2002-11-30 Thread Dan Christensen
"Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On I4000 (bios A16): > fn+#Toggle CPU speed For the record, with a US keyboard this is fn+\ (backslash, above the enter key). I didn't reboot with the slow setting, but based on some timings, this seems to switch my I4150 from 2

Re: Dells TrueMobile doesnt work

2002-11-07 Thread Dan Christensen
Goran Ristic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In my 8200 is a Mini-PCI Card (usually knwon as TrueMobile) build-in. > All I found about those Cards is, they are supported. - Mine not. > I tried the kernel-PCMCIA and I tried the stand-alone PCMCIA-pakets. > Unfortunately the device 4301 seems to be un

Re: Dells TrueMobile doesnt work

2002-11-07 Thread Dan Christensen
Goran Ristic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In my 8200 is a Mini-PCI Card (usually knwon as TrueMobile) build-in. > All I found about those Cards is, they are supported. - Mine not. > I tried the kernel-PCMCIA and I tried the stand-alone PCMCIA-pakets. > Unfortunately the device 4301 seems to be un

Re: disk speeds and tweaks

2002-10-23 Thread Dan Christensen
David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > de|ire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> so if a 5400 rpm is the fastest laptop drive available, what is the >> rpm of the standard drive? 4200 rpm is the standard. > (I don't actually have an answer, but I strongly suspect that drives > with a higher rota

Re: disk speeds and tweaks

2002-10-23 Thread Dan Christensen
David Z Maze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > de|ire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> so if a 5400 rpm is the fastest laptop drive available, what is the >> rpm of the standard drive? 4200 rpm is the standard. > (I don't actually have an answer, but I strongly suspect that drives > with a higher rota

Re: cron & anacron

2001-03-04 Thread Dan Christensen
Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 11:25:43AM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bostjan Muller) writes: > > On my system, the default big cron jobs are automatically ignored by > > cron if anacron is install. Here

Re: cron & anacron

2001-03-04 Thread Dan Christensen
Peter Cordes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 11:25:43AM -0500, Dan Christensen wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bostjan Muller) writes: > > On my system, the default big cron jobs are automatically ignored by > > cron if anacron is install. Here

Re: cron & anacron

2001-03-04 Thread Dan Christensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bostjan Muller) writes: > I would like to know what to do with cron & anacron issue. There has allready > been some discusion on that topic here, but I am still not sure what to do. > Can > anacron replace cron or not? > should I remove cron and use solely anacron? I don't have

Re: cron & anacron

2001-03-04 Thread Dan Christensen
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bostjan Muller) writes: > I would like to know what to do with cron & anacron issue. There has allready > been some discusion on that topic here, but I am still not sure what to do. Can > anacron replace cron or not? > should I remove cron and use solely anacron? I don't have a

advice on upgrading hard drive and cpu of laptop

2001-01-04 Thread Dan Christensen
about vendors which people are happy or unhappy with. Responses either to me or to the list are fine. I will summarize any responses sent directly to me. Thanks, Dan -- Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

advice on upgrading hard drive and cpu of laptop

2001-01-04 Thread Dan Christensen
about vendors which people are happy or unhappy with. Responses either to me or to the list are fine. I will summarize any responses sent directly to me. Thanks, Dan -- Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: HD spindown and fs cache writeback

2000-05-22 Thread Dan Christensen
oblem not a kernel problem. But, as I said, just changing the kernel causes the problem, and I've looked into various other fixes without success. I hope this information helps someone. Dan -- Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ESS Maestro was RE: Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT and Linux

1999-10-15 Thread Dan Christensen
, with the optional Maestro support (extra $), has been working reasonably well for me since September. (Before that there were clicking noises, but they finally fixed that problem.) Dan -- Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ESS Maestro was RE: Toshiba Satellite 2590CDT and Linux

1999-10-15 Thread Dan Christensen
, with the optional Maestro support (extra $), has been working reasonably well for me since September. (Before that there were clicking noises, but they finally fixed that problem.) Dan -- Dan Christensen [EMAIL PROTECTED]