external USB harddrive not recognized when present at boot

2008-09-25 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi guys, i posted this question originally on debian-user, but was suggested to post here as well... i am encountering an interesting (and annoying) problem. when the external USB harddrive is plugged in during boot (i have dell d430 with d/port port replicator - the drive is connected to one

Re: Problems with Intel Dual Core processor

2006-09-18 Thread Lubos Vrbka
Christian Schuerer wrote: I've Debian testing/sid installed on a Sony notebook (VGN-SZ1M/B), which has a Intel T2300 dual core processor in it. I'm using the latest 2.6.17-kernel. Unfortunately, only one processor core is recognised. I had Kubuntu 6.06/Dapper installed before (2.6.15-kernel), w

Re: Automatic shutdown?

2006-08-02 Thread Lubos Vrbka
hi, I found something that shutdowns the system if the battery is low but this is not what I was looking for. could you please tell me what did you find for this purpose? i'm looking for something that will suspend/hibernate my notebook when the battery level is low... thanks, -- Lubos [EM