Giving away old/replacement parts for Thinkpads X40/X201 etc.

2015-01-17 Thread martin f krafft
27;ll try to cancel an auction and get the part(s) to you otherwise. Not looking to make profit, just don't want to throw stuff out others might need. (two 1.8" HDDs with 40GB each are going to be added, as well as a bag of random X40 parts and screws) Please reply in private.

Re: wireless-tools and WEP passphrases

2006-05-27 Thread martin f krafft
to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system "life is what happen

wireless-tools and WEP passphrases

2006-05-23 Thread martin f krafft
can associate with the AP. You can use [0] to generate this key. 0. http://www.powerdog.com/wepkey.cgi?phrase=debian-laptop It seems that OS X is also suffering from this problem. Could someone explain to me what's going on? Cheers, -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read

Re: thinkpad freeze

2006-01-21 Thread martin f krafft
the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer and author: http://debiansystem.info `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP (sub)keys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as

Re: thinkpad freeze [solved]

2006-01-21 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Ryan Nowakowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.01.21.0715 +0100]: > It looks like it was acpid. I stopped it and now I can run X perfectly. > What's that bug number? #345537 and #347680 -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .'&#

Re: thinkpad freeze

2006-01-20 Thread martin f krafft
you probably find information in the first, otherwise maybe > in the 2. Did acpid get upgraded and restarted? Check aptitude's log. If so, then there's a bug filed already. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft &l

Re: kernel-patch-suspend2/experimental 2.1.8-3 fixes problems

2005-03-06 Thread martin f krafft
Sorry for yet another email... also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005.03.06.2117 +0100]: > deb http://debian.maduck.net ~madduck/packages/stage/kernel-patch-suspend2/ > deb-src http://debian.maduck.net > ~madduck/packages/stage/kernel-patch-suspend2/ At leas

kernel-patch-suspend2/experimental 2.1.8-3 fixes problems

2005-03-06 Thread martin f krafft
/stage/kernel-patch-suspend2/ Please refer to the initial announcement[0] for more information. Looking forward to your feedback. 0. http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2005/03/msg00048.html -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. kraf

Re: [Suspend2-devel] Re: [WARNING] kernel-patch-suspend2 buggy

2005-03-06 Thread martin f krafft
later today when it's all working. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things

[WARNING] kernel-patch-suspend2 buggy

2005-03-05 Thread martin f krafft
filesystem, and the /boot, /var, and /usr filesystems, chroot into the hierarchy, make the change, and run dpkg-reconfigure. Sorry for being so careless. I really hope noone has been bitten. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`.

Announcing Debian kernel-patch-suspend2/experimental

2005-03-05 Thread martin f krafft
the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: whole lot of ACPI problems with self compiled kernel

2005-02-10 Thread martin f krafft
vanilla kernel. > Das ist echt noch eine große Baustelle bei Linux. not for long. -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `-

Re: whole lot of ACPI problems with self compiled kernel

2005-02-08 Thread martin f krafft
;w=2 -- Please do not send copies of list mail to me; I read the list! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, user, and author `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expire

Re: using an SD-card

2004-08-19 Thread martin f krafft
latest hotplug from unstable. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Inval

Re: using an SD-card

2004-08-19 Thread martin f krafft
latest hotplug from unstable. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Inval

Re: proposal: RFC **Wiki is running** [create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-series ]

2004-07-24 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Alex Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.07.23.2242 +0200]: > I am not sure where anything is supposed to belong really... no problem. can we move to wiki.debian.net before it's too late then? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''

Re: proposal: RFC **Wiki is running** [create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-series ]

2004-07-24 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Alex Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004.07.23.2242 +0200]: > I am not sure where anything is supposed to belong really... no problem. can we move to wiki.debian.net before it's too late then? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''

Re: proposal: RFC **Wiki is running** [create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-series ]

2004-07-23 Thread martin f krafft
ommunity based. So, check it out, lets see what happens... > > http://wiki.rettc.com/wiki.phtml?title=Debian_Laptop Why did you not set it up on wiki.debian.net where it belongs? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAI

Re: proposal: RFC **Wiki is running** [create a documentation packages for each laptop brand-series ]

2004-07-22 Thread martin f krafft
ommunity based. So, check it out, lets see what happens... > > http://wiki.rettc.com/wiki.phtml?title=Debian_Laptop Why did you not set it up on wiki.debian.net where it belongs? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAI

Re: dri/3daccel radeon9600

2004-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
TI Radeon 9800PRO NH (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 NI (AGP), ATI FireGL X2 NK (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800XT NJ (AGP) -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'`

Re: dri/3daccel radeon9600

2004-07-19 Thread martin f krafft
TI Radeon 9800PRO NH (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800 NI (AGP), ATI FireGL X2 NK (AGP), ATI Radeon 9800XT NJ (AGP) -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'`

Re: dri/3daccel radeon9600

2004-07-17 Thread martin f krafft
be able to load dri as a module, or am > I wrong, and why? Use the Debian kernel and you are on the safe side. Or use kernel-package's make-kpkg with a Debian kernel as basis. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMA

Re: dri/3daccel radeon9600

2004-07-17 Thread martin f krafft
be able to load dri as a module, or am > I wrong, and why? Use the Debian kernel and you are on the safe side. Or use kernel-package's make-kpkg with a Debian kernel as basis. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMA

Re: Text message

2004-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Text message

2004-04-26 Thread martin f krafft
them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system Invalid/expired PGP subkeys? Use subkeys.pgp.net as keyserver! signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: AMD vs. Intel

2004-04-08 Thread martin f krafft
set of the other. It seems impossible to control whether APIC is used other than with the boot parameters. As I said, I tried all combinations of APIC, LAPIC, and ACPI. None of them fixed the problem. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. kra

Re: AMD vs. Intel

2004-04-08 Thread martin f krafft
f the other. It seems impossible to control whether APIC is used other than with the boot parameters. As I said, I tried all combinations of APIC, LAPIC, and ACPI. None of them fixed the problem. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. kra

Re: AMD vs. Intel

2004-04-08 Thread martin f krafft
ing that gets the processor to "keep itself cool" while going > from idle to almost-full-power as a crazed rabbit will fuck the > entire system much sooner, and reduce the stability too. What? So cooling is bad? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .

Re: AMD vs. Intel

2004-04-08 Thread martin f krafft
ing that gets the processor to "keep itself cool" while going > from idle to almost-full-power as a crazed rabbit will fuck the > entire system much sooner, and reduce the stability too. What? So cooling is bad? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .

Re: modem up and running but no ping

2003-10-07 Thread martin f krafft
e provider. does your /etc/ppp/peers/provider file contain the 'defaultroute' option? Also, please don't copy mails to me if you send them to the list also. I request that in every mail's footer: -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`.

Re: modem up and running but no ping

2003-10-07 Thread martin f krafft
g -c 2 www.yahoo.com prompts > that it is unknown) What's the output of /sbin/ifconfig /sbin/route -n when you are connected? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian deve

Re: modem up and running but no ping

2003-10-07 Thread martin f krafft
e provider. does your /etc/ppp/peers/provider file contain the 'defaultroute' option? Also, please don't copy mails to me if you send them to the list also. I request that in every mail's footer: -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`.

Re: modem up and running but no ping

2003-10-07 Thread martin f krafft
g -c 2 www.yahoo.com prompts > that it is unknown) What's the output of /sbin/ifconfig /sbin/route -n when you are connected? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian deve

Re: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?

2003-09-26 Thread martin f krafft
ybe you should think about "wanting" that many, then reading the procmail manpage. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debi

Re: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?

2003-09-26 Thread martin f krafft
ybe you should think about "wanting" that many, then reading the procmail manpage. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debi

Re: To be fair (Re: Let me off this f**king thing!!!)

2003-03-18 Thread martin f krafft
needs to be done about these lists... -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a

Re: To be fair (Re: Let me off this f**king thing!!!)

2003-03-18 Thread martin f krafft
needs to be done about these lists... -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a

Re: grub on ext3

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
x27;d or properly fsck'd results in severe data corruption. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better thing

Re: grub on ext3

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
x27;d or properly fsck'd results in severe data corruption. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better thing

Re: checking root-filesystem after crash

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
not entirely true. as long as the filesystem is read-only (which it is at boot time) the fsck is fine. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'`

Re: grub on ext3

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The pgp.net keyservers and t

Re: checking root-filesystem after crash

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
not entirely true. as long as the filesystem is read-only (which it is at boot time) the fsck is fine. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'`

Re: grub on ext3

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The pgp.net keyservers and t

Re: Mail (smtp) config at different locations. Script or ..?

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
plying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The pgp.net keyservers and their mirrors are broken! Get my

Re: Mail (smtp) config at different locations. Script or ..?

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The pgp.net keyservers and the

Re: Mail (smtp) config at different locations. Script or ..?

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
plying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The pgp.net keyservers and their mirrors are broken! Get my

Re: Mail (smtp) config at different locations. Script or ..?

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The pgp.net keyservers and the

Re: Mail (smtp) config at different locations. Script or ..?

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
; box.. must be in 822 format, which mutt does.) how do you accomplish that? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat bin/mailtunnel that functionality is built into offlineimap. check out the preauthtunnel configuration. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''

Re: Mail (smtp) config at different locations. Script or ..?

2003-03-10 Thread martin f krafft
; box.. must be in 822 format, which mutt does.) how do you accomplish that? > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~> cat bin/mailtunnel that functionality is built into offlineimap. check out the preauthtunnel configuration. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists; I read them! .''

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2003-02-10 Thread martin f krafft
ELP! > > You gotta love [dh]ell by now... :-) anyone want to buy a C610? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists that I read! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - whe

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2003-02-10 Thread martin f krafft
ELP! > > You gotta love [dh]ell by now... :-) anyone want to buy a C610? -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists that I read! .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - whe

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2003-02-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.08.2109 +0100]: > Sounds quite dull...but what about the keyboard itself ? Perhaps it's > soiled. happens with an external keyboard as well. i already tried that. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists that I read! .

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2003-02-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.08.2109 +0100]: > Sounds quite dull...but what about the keyboard itself ? Perhaps it's > soiled. happens with an external keyboard as well. i already tried that. -- Please do not CC me when replying to lists that I read! .

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2003-02-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.06.2346 +0100]: > I think that it is related to Intel SpeedStep. If it's turned off, > random characters are lost. If it's turned on, it works all fine. > Prove that SpeedStep is, in fact, just a hack. Bollocks. The

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2003-02-08 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003.02.06.2346 +0100]: > I think that it is related to Intel SpeedStep. If it's turned off, > random characters are lost. If it's turned on, it works all fine. > Prove that SpeedStep is, in fact, just a hack. Bollocks. The

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2003-02-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.01.1405 +0100]: > This problem seems kind of solved, at least after upgrading to BIOS > version A13 on the Latitude C610 here, I have not experienced anymore > problems. I think that it is related to Intel SpeedStep. If

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2003-02-06 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.01.1405 +0100]: > This problem seems kind of solved, at least after upgrading to BIOS > version A13 on the Latitude C610 here, I have not experienced anymore > problems. I think that it is related to Intel SpeedStep. If

Re: ACPI kernel patch (+ swsusp)

2002-12-17 Thread martin f krafft
w does one cope with the fact that if ACPI is applied, you'll need a different swsusp patch? Should I be making three packages in all, then, acpi, swsusp, acpi+swsusp? -- Please do not CC me! Mutt (www.mutt.org) can handle this automatically. .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMA

Re: ACPI kernel patch (+ swsusp)

2002-12-16 Thread martin f krafft
w does one cope with the fact that if ACPI is applied, you'll need a different swsusp patch? Should I be making three packages in all, then, acpi, swsusp, acpi+swsusp? -- Please do not CC me! Mutt (www.mutt.org) can handle this automatically. .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMA

Re: ACPI kernel patch (+ swsusp)

2002-12-16 Thread martin f krafft
get either to work. Do you want to take them over? -- Please do not CC me! Mutt (www.mutt.org) can handle this automatically. .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have bett

Re: ACPI kernel patch (+ swsusp)

2002-12-16 Thread martin f krafft
get either to work. Do you want to take them over? -- Please do not CC me! Mutt (www.mutt.org) can handle this automatically. .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have bett

Re: Yet another "what laptop should I buy?" question

2002-12-13 Thread martin f krafft
do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: www.mutt.org .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The public PGP keyservers are brok

Re: Yet another "what laptop should I buy?" question

2002-12-13 Thread martin f krafft
do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: www.mutt.org .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The public PGP keyservers are brok

Re: Yet another "what laptop should I buy?" question

2002-12-13 Thread martin f krafft
e laptops break a lot. That never happened to me with IBMs. -- Please do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: www.mutt.org .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have bett

Re: Yet another "what laptop should I buy?" question

2002-12-13 Thread martin f krafft
this... -- Please do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: www.mutt.org .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The public

Re: Yet another "what laptop should I buy?" question

2002-12-13 Thread martin f krafft
e laptops break a lot. That never happened to me with IBMs. -- Please do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: www.mutt.org .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have bett

Re: Yet another "what laptop should I buy?" question

2002-12-13 Thread martin f krafft
this... -- Please do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: www.mutt.org .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The public

Re: Swsusp and Debian

2002-12-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Christian Gennerat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.08.1756 +0100]: > Has somebody made a Debian version of the swsusp.sh script ? can you file a RFP for it? -- Please do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: www.mutt.org .''`. martin f. kraff

Re: Swsusp and Debian

2002-12-10 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Christian Gennerat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.08.1756 +0100]: > Has somebody made a Debian version of the swsusp.sh script ? can you file a RFP for it? -- Please do not CC me! Get a proper mailer instead: www.mutt.org .''`. martin f. kraff

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-02 Thread martin f krafft
is set up, I use the native X radeon.o driver, but playing back MPEG, watching DVDs, or just displaying xscreensaver all happens at rates lower than 25fps. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `-

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
is set up, I use the native X radeon.o driver, but playing back MPEG, watching DVDs, or just displaying xscreensaver all happens at rates lower than 25fps. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `-

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
really gone down over the past years, so I suggest you don't buy a Dell. Video performance at least on this 1.2GHz/1Gb machine with a 32Mb Radeon Mobility card is *horrible*. This may well be my problem, but I tried everything... -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: first post - which laptop to buy for OPTIMAL audio & graphics

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
really gone down over the past years, so I suggest you don't buy a Dell. Video performance at least on this 1.2GHz/1Gb machine with a 32Mb Radeon Mobility card is *horrible*. This may well be my problem, but I tried everything... -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
e either (I hadn't checked > before now). Odd - this means that the CPU generates proportionally > *more* heat (=wasting battery) when on low speed!? How do you even check the effect of Fn-\? I get the same bogomips before and afterwards, Fn-\ doesn't seem to do anyth

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

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
e either (I hadn't checked > before now). Odd - this means that the CPU generates proportionally > *more* heat (=wasting battery) when on low speed!? How do you even check the effect of Fn-\? I get the same bogomips before and afterwards, Fn-\ doesn't seem to do anyth

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

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.01.1604 +0100]: > I have a 1.2 GHz Mobile PIII and the BIOS reports the current CPU > speed to be 800MHz, while bogomips returns 750. > > I want my 1.2 GHz! How? Fn-\ on my US keyboard doesn't seem to do >

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
This problem seems kind of solved, at least after upgrading to BIOS version A13 on the Latitude C610 here, I have not experienced anymore problems. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Deb

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

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
! I have a 1.2 GHz Mobile PIII and the BIOS reports the current CPU speed to be 800MHz, while bogomips returns 750. I want my 1.2 GHz! How? Fn-\ on my US keyboard doesn't seem to do anything. Or do I need to strategically reboot at the right time? When? -- .''`. mart

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

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.12.01.1604 +0100]: > I have a 1.2 GHz Mobile PIII and the BIOS reports the current CPU > speed to be 800MHz, while bogomips returns 750. > > I want my 1.2 GHz! How? Fn-\ on my US keyboard doesn't seem to do >

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
This problem seems kind of solved, at least after upgrading to BIOS version A13 on the Latitude C610 here, I have not experienced anymore problems. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Deb

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

2002-12-01 Thread martin f krafft
! I have a 1.2 GHz Mobile PIII and the BIOS reports the current CPU speed to be 800MHz, while bogomips returns 750. I want my 1.2 GHz! How? Fn-\ on my US keyboard doesn't seem to do anything. Or do I need to strategically reboot at the right time? When? -- .''`. mart

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-27 Thread martin f krafft
PM for a walk on the wild side... will try. > My money is on a buggy BIOS - it's a [dh]ell after all ... right. screw Dell! they just lost a customer and I will also propagate the word! -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian deve

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-27 Thread martin f krafft
PM for a walk on the wild side... will try. > My money is on a buggy BIOS - it's a [dh]ell after all ... right. screw Dell! they just lost a customer and I will also propagate the word! -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian deve

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.27.0127 +0100]: > > I read somewhere that pressing Fn + z should solve the problem, but > > I've not had a chance to try it myself yet. > > This seems to work for me. Is there any documentation on this? > &g

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-27 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach martin f krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.27.0127 +0100]: > > I read somewhere that pressing Fn + z should solve the problem, but > > I've not had a chance to try it myself yet. > > This seems to work for me. Is there any documentation on this? > &g

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-27 Thread martin f krafft
omputers and companies like Dell, and there's little that can surprise you! -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-27 Thread martin f krafft
omputers and companies like Dell, and there's little that can surprise you! -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
pretend_to_heat_up(); // screws performance, hehe! } } else { pretend_to_cool_down(); // windoze is slow. who cares if laptops break } [...] > This must be a BIOS bug. Any Dell 81k users with a BIOS > A11 using APM and > not having these troubles? Maybe it's worthwile to update

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
> Is this flavour laptop aimed more at APM or ACPI for power > management? The newer ones tend to work better on ACPI than APM. Aha, I have avoided ACPI so far, but I guess I will jump into it. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debia

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
t noticably, and probably has something to do with the random keystrokes being lost. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOT

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
removing the cdrom drive. I know the symptoms of such action, but this is not comparable. The characters are lacking only every so often, and the "freezes" are at most 2 seconds in length - when I'd pull out my CD-ROM and the IDE driver would look for it, that could take minutes...

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
g, that's joyful!) -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The public PGP keyservers are broken! Get my key here: http://people.debian.or

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
pretend_to_heat_up(); // screws performance, hehe! } } else { pretend_to_cool_down(); // windoze is slow. who cares if laptops break } [...] > This must be a BIOS bug. Any Dell 81k users with a BIOS > A11 using APM and > not having these troubles? Maybe it's worthwile to update

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
> Is this flavour laptop aimed more at APM or ACPI for power > management? The newer ones tend to work better on ACPI than APM. Aha, I have avoided ACPI so far, but I guess I will jump into it. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debia

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
h Windoze as well? -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The public PGP keyservers are broken! Get my key here: http://

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
t noticably, and probably has something to do with the random keystrokes being lost. -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOT

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
removing the cdrom drive. I know the symptoms of such action, but this is not comparable. The characters are lacking only every so often, and the "freezes" are at most 2 seconds in length - when I'd pull out my CD-ROM and the IDE driver would look for it, that could take minutes...

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
g, that's joyful!) -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The public PGP keyservers are broken! Get my key here: http://people.debian.org

Random keystrokes lost

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
ink about it anymore, it comes back. Murphy in action. Where do I start to solve this? Any help appreciated! -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :' :proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to

Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-26 Thread martin f krafft
ough revenue...), but the problem remained. Now I am getting closer and closer to believing that it's a software thing. I'll disable APM in the kernel on the next boot to see what that does. What else can I try? -- .''`. martin f. krafft <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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