Re: Linux TIFM driver

2008-02-27 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 05:48:56PM +, Dylan Piergies wrote: > > Using a Sony VGN-FS315 laptop, I have some questions about the tifm driver > used to drive the memory stick reader. Upon insertion of a memory stick into > the slot, the kernel responds: > > tifm_core: MemoryStick card detected

Re: RAM puzzle

2007-07-16 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Jul 16, 2007 at 07:46:55PM +0200, Manon Metten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Evgeni, > > On 7/16/07, Evgeni Golov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:33:23 +0200 Manon Metten wrote: >> >> > Amazing. I have exactly the same problem although I'm using a i686 >> kernel: >>

Re: yacpi, acpitool

2007-03-10 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, Mar 10, 2007 at 10:45:27AM +0100, Gerard Robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > when I run yacpi I get: > > AC: off > > BAT1 Capacity [|] 37% > > Battery BAT1: discharging > > Remaining time: 00:32 h > > cpu frequency: 800/1600 MHz > > cpu governor: user

Re: Saving battery power

2007-03-09 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 09:25:46PM +0100, Thorsten Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > Am Freitag, 9. März 2007 20:42 schrieb Mike Hommey: > > On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 08:32:21PM +0100, Thorsten Schmidt > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello

Re: Saving battery power

2007-03-09 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Mar 09, 2007 at 08:32:21PM +0100, Thorsten Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello at all, > > for some time I've been trying to reduce my laptop's power consumption (while > running on battery power) on my Fujitsu-Siemens Lifebook C1320 with Debian > etch. > - I echo powersave to /s

Re: file recovery - urgent

2007-02-11 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 11, 2007 at 08:06:42PM +0100, Florian Reitmeir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > - do not boot from the harddisc > - get a live cd, like GRML, Knoppix, System-Rescue > - boot the CD > - if you can, make a backup of your harddisc with dd to an other one.. (like > a USB HD) >

Re: Missing C-States on Core Duo

2007-02-04 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 04:19:01PM +0100, Frank Ursel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello. > > On my laptop [1] shows a maximum of 8 c-states. But only 3 are in use. > Where are the others gone? The output of dmesg[2] shows only three of > them, too. The max_cstate reports 8 so whats wrong with my

Re: Missing C-States on Core Duo

2007-02-04 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 04:25:32PM +0100, Evgeni Golov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 16:19:01 +0100 Frank Ursel wrote: > > > On my laptop [1] shows a maximum of 8 c-states. But only 3 are in use. > > Where are the others gone? The output of dmesg[2] shows only three of > > them,

Re: usb stick and fujitsu biblo lifebook b112

2006-11-23 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, Nov 24, 2006 at 12:14:07AM +0100, Stefano Sabatini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 2006-11-23 21:54:47 +0100, Karel de Raat wrote: > > I am trying tob ringn old fujitsu biblo lifebook b112 to life. However, I > > cannot mount my USB stick. It is not present in the mnt directory no

Re: Re: [OT] help in bios update for a japanese laptop (I can't read/speak japanese)

2006-10-01 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:07:55PM -0300, CMSI - Maldonado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Mike , I read your message in the Debian forum , I have a GR7/K too and a > I Have the same problems . Do you solved this problem ?Best RegardsAdriano Well, as I said in http://lists.debian.org/debian-lapt

Re: No Sound from CD but DVD/MP3 sound is fine

2006-05-20 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sat, May 20, 2006 at 01:04:46PM -0400, B Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > goobox does indeed work very well. I am a bit surprised though. The > sound card Intel High Definition Audio (ICH7 chipset) is an "onboard" > sound card. So I don't see why there should be this issue of "cablin

Re: No Sound from CD but DVD/MP3 sound is fine

2006-05-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Fri, May 19, 2006 at 04:52:54PM -0400, B Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > This is odd. There is no sound when I use KsCD, cdcd, dcd or > gnome CD player to play any music CD. However DVD playback sound > is fine and so is playing MP3s. I don't see what can be wrong . > Any explain

Re: how to burn cds as non-root user?

2006-04-24 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 09:13:45PM -0400, Tamas K Papp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 04:45:53PM -0400, Joseph M. Gaffney wrote: > > I'd suggest a cd burning group, with appropriate rights. > > Greg, Mike and Joseph, > > Thank you for your help. The user was in the cdrom g

Re: how to burn cds as non-root user?

2006-04-24 Thread Mike Hommey
On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 04:29:32PM -0400, Tamas K Papp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to burn cds (using gnomebaker or something similar) > without sudo/root access. Is there a way to do this? usermod -a cdrom Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: No /dev/dsp after switch from 2.6.12/hotplug to 2.6.15/udev

2006-03-06 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 09:03:20AM +0100, Michael Marte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello *, > > recently I upgraded my kernel from 2.6.12 to 2.6.15 and encountered some > problems: > > - ACPI gets activated though my machine (a Dell Latitude CS 400 XT with > a Pentium II processor) has only

Re: ipw2200 compile problems + 2.6.12.6

2005-09-25 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Sep 25, 2005 at 01:39:25PM +0200, Marco Calviani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi list, > i'm trying to compile the ipw2200 module (from Debian ipw2200-source > version 1.0.6-6) using a vanilla 2.6.12.6 kernel version. > I've compiled and installed ieee80211 (from Debian ieee80211 version

Re: tapping disabled for touchpad under dell inspiron 600m

2005-05-15 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, May 15, 2005 at 01:52:13AM -0600, Javier-Elias Vasquez-Vivas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ! > > After having a good experience with linux-2.6.11.8 under ibm t40, I > decided to use it under dell/inspiron 600m. > > The problem I found is that the touchpad doesn't tap properly. Under >

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

2003-09-25 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 14:42, Michelle Konzack wrote: > What ??? - only 60/day ;-) > > Yesterday I was in Paris and have checked my Mailserves and it > reported 18.000 Messages over 100 kBytes (the viruses) killed > by 'mailfilter'. > > Now I am back in Strasbourg and checked it again... > >

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

2003-09-25 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 23 September 2003 14:42, Michelle Konzack wrote: > What ??? - only 60/day ;-) > > Yesterday I was in Paris and have checked my Mailserves and it > reported 18.000 Messages over 100 kBytes (the viruses) killed > by 'mailfilter'. > > Now I am back in Strasbourg and checked it again... > >

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

2003-09-21 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sunday 21 September 2003 03:29, Andy Firman wrote: > This virus must pluck our email addresses of the archive or something Outlook has a special capability to grab email addresses from _all_ the emails it gets and store them somewhere, whether you add them to your address book or not. So,

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

2003-09-21 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sunday 21 September 2003 03:29, Andy Firman wrote: > This virus must pluck our email addresses of the archive or something Outlook has a special capability to grab email addresses from _all_ the emails it gets and store them somewhere, whether you add them to your address book or not. So,

Re: [OT/2] Need some help on translating document

2003-08-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 20:30, François TOURDE wrote: > Around 16 ;) ... FDL doesn't need to be translated yet :) FDL is considered non-free (see debian-legal ML). Please consider using GPL or OPL for documentations. -- "I have sampled every language, french is my favorite. Fantastic language

Re: [OT] help in bios update for a japanese laptop (I can't read/speak japanese)

2003-08-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 16:22, Mike Hommey wrote: > BTW, IIRC (I'm not at home at the moment, but will check then), I have the > same Vaio model, never upgraded it, and had no problem with it... Oops, this is a GR7_F_ I have :-p Mike PS: According to tsuno's mail, I understoo

Re: [OT/2] Need some help on translating document

2003-08-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 20:30, François TOURDE wrote: > Around 16 ;) ... FDL doesn't need to be translated yet :) FDL is considered non-free (see debian-legal ML). Please consider using GPL or OPL for documentations. -- "I have sampled every language, french is my favorite. Fantastic language

Re: [OT] help in bios update for a japanese laptop (I can't read/speak japanese)

2003-08-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 16:22, Mike Hommey wrote: > BTW, IIRC (I'm not at home at the moment, but will check then), I have the > same Vaio model, never upgraded it, and had no problem with it... Oops, this is a GR7_F_ I have :-p Mike PS: According to tsuno's mail, I understoo

Re: [OT] help in bios update for a japanese laptop (I can't read/speak japanese)

2003-08-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 16:54, Mattia Dongili wrote: > The problem I'm having from a couple of weeks is that the CD-RW/DVD-ROM > combo isn't recognized at boot by the bios (it says I have no device > on ide2). I need to shutdown, remove and insert the CD-RW/DVD from the > bay and it works again l

Re: [OT] help in bios update for a japanese laptop (I can't read/speak japanese)

2003-08-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 15:49, Mattia Dongili wrote: > Hello, sorry for the extremely off-topic, but a bios update for my > laptop is badly needed... > > Of course my laptop at least runs Debian :) even if a small win2k > partition still survives for this kind of tasks... > > The story: > I own a

Re: [OT] help in bios update for a japanese laptop (I can't read/speak japanese)

2003-08-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 16:54, Mattia Dongili wrote: (B> The problem I'm having from a couple of weeks is that the CD-RW/DVD-ROM (B> combo isn't recognized at boot by the bios (it says I have no device (B> on ide2). I need to shutdown, remove and insert the CD-RW/DVD from the (B> bay and it w

Re: [OT] help in bios update for a japanese laptop (I can't read/speak japanese)

2003-08-19 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 19 August 2003 15:49, Mattia Dongili wrote: > Hello, sorry for the extremely off-topic, but a bios update for my > laptop is badly needed... > > Of course my laptop at least runs Debian :) even if a small win2k > partition still survives for this kind of tasks... > > The story: > I own a

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-14 Thread Mike Hommey
On Friday 08 August 2003 14:11, Russell Coker wrote: > I am under the impression that there are slight variations between > countries on the permitted frequencies for in the range that 802.11 uses. > So 802.11 devices sold in different countries have different capabilities. > Maybe Intel wants to

Re: Installing XFree 86 4.3 on my laptop

2003-08-14 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thursday 14 August 2003 03:00, Norman Walsh wrote: > I've recently upgraded to "unstable" (silly me, perhaps). > > I don't know if it's related or not, but my XIG AccelleratedX driver > has stopped working. So I wanted to give the XFree 86 4.3 drivers another > try. (I've recovered my system wit

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-14 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sunday 10 August 2003 11:25, Micha Feigin wrote: > Well, they are certainly much prettier then any pc I know. > As for functionality, if you what you want is multimedia processing then > that the way to go, and considering that OSX is now unix based its even > better. > As for a linux platform,

Re: Installing XFree 86 4.3 on my laptop

2003-08-14 Thread Mike Hommey
On Thursday 14 August 2003 03:00, Norman Walsh wrote: > I've recently upgraded to "unstable" (silly me, perhaps). > > I don't know if it's related or not, but my XIG AccelleratedX driver > has stopped working. So I wanted to give the XFree 86 4.3 drivers another > try. (I've recovered my system wit

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-10 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sunday 10 August 2003 11:25, Micha Feigin wrote: > Well, they are certainly much prettier then any pc I know. > As for functionality, if you what you want is multimedia processing then > that the way to go, and considering that OSX is now unix based its even > better. > As for a linux platform,

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-09 Thread Mike Hommey
On Friday 08 August 2003 14:11, Russell Coker wrote: > I am under the impression that there are slight variations between > countries on the permitted frequencies for in the range that 802.11 uses. > So 802.11 devices sold in different countries have different capabilities. > Maybe Intel wants to

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-05 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 01:29, Provost, Stephane wrote: > I've read user comments about this laptop and... the battery life sucks, This is why Sony retired the PCG-Z1SP and is about to release the PCG-Z1RSP, which is expected to have better battery life (in addition to a faster processor) Mik

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-05 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 01:29, Provost, Stephane wrote: > I've read user comments about this laptop and... the battery life sucks, This is why Sony retired the PCG-Z1SP and is about to release the PCG-Z1RSP, which is expected to have better battery life (in addition to a faster processor) Mik

Re: grub on ext3

2003-03-10 Thread Mike Hommey
3 is ext2 + additional data, so, if you read an ext3 fs with routines to read ext2, it works. Therefore, grub can use an ext3 /boot partition, even if it doesn't really support it natively (i.e if it only supports ext2). -- Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "This will go a long way

Re: grub on ext3

2003-03-10 Thread Mike Hommey
3 is ext2 + additional data, so, if you read an ext3 fs with routines to read ext2, it works. Therefore, grub can use an ext3 /boot partition, even if it doesn't really support it natively (i.e if it only supports ext2). -- Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "This will go a long way

Re: hdparm spinndown always wakes up

2002-09-19 Thread Mike Hommey
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Re: hdparm spinndown always wakes up

2002-09-19 Thread Mike Hommey
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Re: sony srx7... sony pi... acpi

2002-07-23 Thread Mike Hommey
Just be sure to patch your kernel with the latest acpi patches from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36832&release_id=98870 -- Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them ?" -- Gandalf the Grey pgpmTrsyU9XNA.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: Laptop Dual Monitor Support?

2002-06-22 Thread Mike Hommey
I don't know if there is support for others chipsets but I'm running XF86 in dual head with XFree 4.2 on an ATI Radeon Mobility LY (you can take experimental packages from http://people.debian.org/~branden/). To configure that, you need to put an additional device, monitor and screen sections and t

Re: Laptop Dual Monitor Support?

2002-06-22 Thread Mike Hommey
I don't know if there is support for others chipsets but I'm running XF86 in dual head with XFree 4.2 on an ATI Radeon Mobility LY (you can take experimental packages from http://people.debian.org/~branden/). To configure that, you need to put an additional device, monitor and screen sections and

Re: ACPID

2002-06-04 Thread Mike Hommey
Did you patch your kernel with patches from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36832&release_id=92183 ? On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:26:46 -0300 "Christian Lyra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Anyone has done something usefull with acpid? Mine just sits > he

Re: ACPID

2002-06-04 Thread Mike Hommey
Did you patch your kernel with patches from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=36832&release_id=92183 ? On Tue, 4 Jun 2002 15:26:46 -0300 "Christian Lyra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Anyone has done something usefull with acpid? Mine just sits > h

Re: How do I dual boot a Dell Inspiron 8100?

2002-06-04 Thread Mike Hommey
orlds, one > possibility is to do some boot.ini-magic, but grub should work as well. > (When I had the same problem, lilo could not handle ntfs, I don't know > if the situation improved since then) There's no problem with lilo and ntfs, afaik. You just have to have othe

Re: How do I dual boot a Dell Inspiron 8100?

2002-06-04 Thread Mike Hommey
. > > -Kat > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can yo

Re: How do I dual boot a Dell Inspiron 8100?

2002-06-04 Thread Mike Hommey
orlds, one > possibility is to do some boot.ini-magic, but grub should work as well. > (When I had the same problem, lilo could not handle ntfs, I don't know > if the situation improved since then) There's no problem with lilo and ntfs, afaik. You just have to have othe

Re: How do I dual boot a Dell Inspiron 8100?

2002-06-04 Thread Mike Hommey
. > > -Kat > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can yo

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread Mike Hommey
ibernate. You can make your laptop go to a sleep state, but it will probably freeze before reaching it because it won't have all peripherals prepared to hibernate. > Thanks in Advance > > Fernando Jr -- Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Many that live deserve death. And some

Re: ACPI and some other Stuff

2002-05-16 Thread Mike Hommey
ibernate. You can make your laptop go to a sleep state, but it will probably freeze before reaching it because it won't have all peripherals prepared to hibernate. > Thanks in Advance > > Fernando Jr -- Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Many that live deserve death. And some

Re: Installing Debian Linux on my Laptop

2002-05-09 Thread Mike Hommey
-Allan > > > > _ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-08 Thread Mike Hommey
On Wed, 8 May 2002 13:11:34 +0200 "Tomasz Buchwald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dnia Tue, May 07, 2002 at 01:30:36PM +0200, Mike Hommey napisal(a): > :I had the same problem when I installed woody recently. > : > :Try to get an old (more than a month old) u

Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Mike Hommey
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Re: Installing Debian on notebook failled.

2002-05-07 Thread Mike Hommey
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Re: Radeon Mobility LY supported by Debian?

2002-05-04 Thread Mike Hommey
imings 1050 1050 1053 1063 Flags"-HSync" "-VSync" EndMode in your Monitor section (without that, display was undulating) In addition, I didn't succeed in making hardware acceleration work nor dual-head work with this driver... I didn't check XFree 4.2 C

Re: Radeon Mobility LY supported by Debian?

2002-05-04 Thread Mike Hommey
imings 1050 1050 1053 1063 Flags"-HSync" "-VSync" EndMode in your Monitor section (without that, display was undulating) In addition, I didn't succeed in making hardware acceleration work nor dual-head work with this driver... I didn't check XFree 4.2 C