Jimmy Wu wrote:
the screen is split across the middle
and the top and bottom halves are exact copies of each other. This
begins with the Thinkpad pre-BIOS logo and... the Thinkpad logo that appears
when
the system is turn on initially is a bit corrupted as there are
columns of white pixels goi
Daniel Pittman wrote:
> The OP didn't mention anything about boot time, though, and the most
> commonly cited reason for a custom kernel (in my experience) is "speed",
> where the poster assumes that a generic kernel must, necessarily, be
> slower than a custom one.
That was my assumption as well
After happily using my laptop for the last couple years I've decided to
streamline it a good bit. My hard disk that contains the existing
Debian Sid install has been replaced with a clean drive.
I believe I could get some speed with a custom kernel and would like to
know how much trouble it will
Bob Proulx wrote:
Could you explain further how the MTA on your laptop is the
bottleneck. That seems very strange to me and I can't think of how it
would be a bottleneck.
My computer was hanging at "starting MTA:" for quite a long time
(minutes). I double checked that I had the mail server
Chris Bannister wrote:
Where are your bottlenecks?
currently my two biggest bottlenecks are with the networking and the
MTA. i installed "ifplugd" and set a faster timeout for the network and
that has helped. i don't really "need" a MTA for my laptop and will be
looking for some alternati
I generally use my laptop for writing, browsing, messaging, listening to
music, and the occasional game. After installing Debian on several
other systems I started wondering what others install or configure to
speed up their systems.
So how are you speeding up your boot time and general perfo
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Manu Hack wrote:
I fail to get that work. Which kernel are you using? I'm using
2.6.24 (amd64) but I couldn't compile the module.
currently I am using the 2.6.22-3 kernel in the i386 Testing branch.
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Paolo wrote:
1. lspci -vvv
2. lookup vendor's tech specs/website
3. check www.realtek.com.tw
4. check the *mobile*linux* sites for other's experiences
Realtek's wifi chips are not listed in pci_ids in kernel, and they're used to
provide blob good only for some ref. kernel version they used to
well, they were sold out of the a215-s5808 so she went with this unit
(A205-S5809). installing Debian was quick and far easier than i had
imagined (given recent snags with the HP). Seriously, this was one of
the easiest laptop installs i have ever done... and did i mention quick?
other than
(Apologies if was sent to the list previously)
I am looking at picking up this laptop for a friend of mine this
afternoon and will be installing Debian on it shortly thereafter (I
don't plan to boot this thing up into Vista at all). Seeing as how this
is a 64 bit machine I was wondering what
I am looking at picking up this laptop for a friend of mine this
afternoon and will be installing Debian on it shortly thereafter (I
don't plan to boot this thing up into Vista at all). Seeing as how this
is a 64 bit machine I was wondering what differences I will need to be
aware of over the
cga2000 wrote:
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 02:25:38PM EST, Florian Kulzer wrote:
[..]
I do realize that the above is likely offered more as a workaround than
a solution, but ..
After several installs and attempts to correct this issue I have finally
installed "stable" and upgraded everything BU
I have installed Debian (and Ubuntu) on this laptop several times and I
am stumped. If I use Debian 4.0r2 (currently "stable") I don't have any
problems with the font size in gdm, but if I directly install "testing"
from a netinst cd or do a dist-upgrade the fonts are gigantic.
Imagine the ci
i am trying to find some information to help me get this 3Com 3CCM156
56K card working on my Toshiba A105-S2101 laptop.
when i plug in the card dmesg tells me:
pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
cs: warning: no high memory space available!
doing "sudo setserial -v /dev/ttyS0 autoconfig"
giv
I was wondering what success others have had with this laptop.
I am running a Toshiba A105-S2101 laptop with a mixture of Testing and
am very pleased. i have noticed that in FVWM-Crystal my temp doesn't
show, but will guess that this is a module i don't have loaded (hints
appreciated).
also my i
Micha wrote:
>
> Please excuse this is not strictly debian or laptop related,
> but i'm in urgent trouble.
not a problem for me. here's some links i had saved in case something
like this happened to me
DISCLAIMER
I HAVE NOT TRIED THESE PROGRAMS PERSONALLY AND HOPE THAT I WILL NOT HAV
Joe Emenaker wrote:
> I've looked at bacula and that is *way* more than what I need.
>
> I'm looking to backup my laptop either to a network drive or an external
> usb drive.
although i haven't tried it yet, Grsync looks interesting.
http://www.opbyte.it/grsync/
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Preston Boyington wrote:
> I am currently unable to write data files to a CD using the "CD/DVD
> Creator Folder" that is started by Nautilus / GNOME when a blank CD is
> inserted into the drive.
ok folks apparently my problem was I didn't have "wodim" insta
Preston Boyington wrote:
> I am currently unable to write data files to a CD using the "CD/DVD
> Creator Folder" that is started by Nautilus / GNOME when a blank CD is
> inserted into the drive.
ok folks apparently my problem was I didn't have "wodim" insta
Miroslav Maiksnar wrote:
> Problem is, when you use --get/set-selections combo, you loose information
> about exact package versions (needed for stable/testing/unstable mix) and you
> also loose dependency info for aptitude (all packages will behave like
> manually installed). In general, --get
alright folks, give me some ideas as to why there are differences
between these two laptops.
i loaded Debian on my first laptop, changed my sources to my favorite
ones, installed all the programs and codecs i could think of that i
might want.
then i did the ol':
dpkg --get-selections > pa
On 10/6/06, Florian Reitmeir wrote:
did you try installing those packages?
sl-modem-daemon - SmartLink software modem daemon
sl-modem-source - SmartLink software modem driver - module building source
yes. both of those are installed. so far wvdial and GnomePPP do not
detect a modem. am st
Florian Reitmeir wrote:
> modem is some kind of softmodem, normally they are part of the soundcard, so
> if the soundcard isn't working there is no point in testing the modem..
sound card is working very well now. in fact, everything but the modem
(and the DVD buttons built into the left side of
I am currently unable to write data files to a CD using the "CD/DVD
Creator Folder" that is started by Nautilus / GNOME when a blank CD is
inserted into the drive.
I am using GNOME 2.14, Debian "Testing" (with a little "Unstable"
thrown in). I can burn with K3B, but would like this to work also.
Florian Reitmeir wrote:
> Hi,
> did a recent kernel (2.6.18) or new alsa drivers resolve the issue?
I haven't upgraded the kernel yet. alsa works well with 2.6.17 and
there are no problems.
> wireless is atheros, so your driver is "mad wifi"
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/
wireless i
On 9/20/06, Florian Reitmeir wrote:
Please post the output of "lspci" to the list. Laptop producers often change
their hardware, if you want real help and not only suggestions, the output of
lspci is needed.
here you go:
Begin lspci Output
00:00.0 Host bridge: ATI Technologies Inc U
> >
>> >>The 2.6.15 & 2.6.17 kernels work well, although 2.6.16 seems to
cause
>> >>the audio to "loop".
> >
> > You might want to have a look at why this is so. It shouldn't be.
Packages to look in to are
> > 1: You audio player. 2: ALSA (or OSS, ESD et cetera.). 3: Xine
(helix et cetera
>
>>The 2.6.15 & 2.6.17 kernels work well, although 2.6.16 seems to cause
>>the audio to "loop".
>
> You might want to have a look at why this is so. It shouldn't be.
Packages to look in to are
> 1: You audio player. 2: ALSA (or OSS, ESD et cetera.). 3: Xine (helix
et cetera).
seems to lo
I have loaded Debian "Testing" on my Toshiba A105-S2101 laptop. I
have to say that I am pleased overall.
The 2.6.15 & 2.6.17 kernels work well, although 2.6.16 seems to cause
the audio to "loop".
The internal network card works without any problems. The internal
modem and wireless networking d
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