Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-11 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 23:34, Tony Godshall wrote: > > > (another option is to have your script touch /fastboot when on battery, > > as that will completely bypass the running of fsck - just make sure it > > runs before checkroot.sh!... you'd need a static copy of on_ac_power > > (well, awk/g

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-11 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Tuesday 09 September 2003 23:34, Tony Godshall wrote: > > > (another option is to have your script touch /fastboot when on battery, > > as that will completely bypass the running of fsck - just make sure it > > runs before checkroot.sh!... you'd need a static copy of on_ac_power > > (well, awk/g

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 07 September 2003 10:26, Matt Foster wrote: > > I completly agree with what you're saying, but if you're on the move, > few things are more irritating than having to wait ten minutes for your > system to start-up. If you're like me, then you only use your laptop on > battery periodically,

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 01 September 2003 01:04, Harry Brueckner wrote: > Hello, > > is there a way to avoid the regular fsck run (every n mounts or after m > days) when the laptop is in battery mode? > > I think its quite a waste of battery power for the fsck run and > rescheduling for the next reboot (with pow

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 07 September 2003 10:26, Matt Foster wrote: > > I completly agree with what you're saying, but if you're on the move, > few things are more irritating than having to wait ten minutes for your > system to start-up. If you're like me, then you only use your laptop on > battery periodically,

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-07 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 01 September 2003 01:04, Harry Brueckner wrote: > Hello, > > is there a way to avoid the regular fsck run (every n mounts or after m > days) when the laptop is in battery mode? > > I think its quite a waste of battery power for the fsck run and > rescheduling for the next reboot (with pow

Re: ACPI and anacron

2003-08-10 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 10 August 2003 05:06, Carsten wrote: > > Btw, although the comment in /etc/init.d/anacron says so not only apm is > checked but also acpi and pmu. > note however that there is some missing functionality in the anacron package currently. On an apm enabled system, when a wake event occur

Re: ACPI and anacron

2003-08-10 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 10 August 2003 05:06, Carsten wrote: > > Btw, although the comment in /etc/init.d/anacron says so not only apm is > checked but also acpi and pmu. > note however that there is some missing functionality in the anacron package currently. On an apm enabled system, when a wake event occur

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-09 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > I'm still at a loss as why manufacturers want to make their > specifications secret... It's like selling a toaster and not > telling you what buttons to use to toast bread. > several manufacturers have expressed concerns over giving out details of their 802.11{b,g,??} chips. The explanation

Re: experience with late model laptops?

2003-08-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > I'm still at a loss as why manufacturers want to make their > specifications secret... It's like selling a toaster and not > telling you what buttons to use to toast bread. > several manufacturers have expressed concerns over giving out details of their 802.11{b,g,??} chips. The explanation

Re: hotkeys and poweroff

2003-07-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 06 July 2003 11:30, Julien MARY wrote: > > I want to enable a smart "shutdown -h now" at hitting the > power button of my laptop. > I believe this is handled via ACPI.

Re: hotkeys and poweroff

2003-07-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 06 July 2003 11:30, Julien MARY wrote: > > I want to enable a smart "shutdown -h now" at hitting the > power button of my laptop. > I believe this is handled via ACPI. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: Cannot Mount CDRom and Sound Issuses

2003-04-27 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 27 April 2003 18:35, Frank wrote: > Im using Debian Unstable > > On my desktop machines I can mount /cdrom and then I will be able to see > the cdrom but on my laptop I cannot. I tried mount /cdrom and mount > /dev/cdrom and mount /dev/hdc but nothing works. I just have 1 cdrom drive > in

Re: rc.d type script?

2003-04-14 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 14 April 2003 10:24, Bob Proulx wrote: > Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > If you truly need something like a rc.local, just make something > > like /etc/init.d/my_local, set it to chmod +x, and symlink it into > > the appropriate runlevel (usually 3)

Re: rc.d type script?

2003-04-14 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 14 April 2003 07:16, Ben wrote: > as a recent convert from redhat, I was wondering if there is any similar > location that I can put commands that I wish to be executed last? ie. a > script that sets my wireless configuration, hdparm settings etc... > the standard way to is tweak the exi

Re: laptop recommendation

2003-04-10 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > those sony's sound nice but, and if you can, find out a bit about Sharp, > those screens rock for clarity, pricey but I believe. > try the Sharp keyboard before you buy it. I have seen at least two models where the key layout was just plain weird. Things like the tilde being above the ent

Re: Unstable 'sid' release

2003-04-05 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > It *isn't* stable. That's why it's called "unstable". Sid is the "use at > your own risk" branch of Debian. > note that "unstable" has a similar meaning as it does in chemistry or physics. The item in question is changing, rearranging. This means you may get bitten by package upgrades the

Re: Unstable 'sid' release

2003-04-05 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
> > It *isn't* stable. That's why it's called "unstable". Sid is the "use at > your own risk" branch of Debian. > note that "unstable" has a similar meaning as it does in chemistry or physics. The item in question is changing, rearranging. This means you may get bitten by package upgrades the

Re: anacron apm script

2003-04-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Thursday 03 April 2003 05:13, mi wrote: > 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 cronjo

Re: anacron apm script

2003-04-03 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Thursday 03 April 2003 05:13, mi wrote: > 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 cronjo

Re: KDE3 + noflushd

2003-04-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 15:38, Gabor FLEISCHER wrote: > Is there anyone who succeeded with KDE3, noflushd? > > I could set up my system to spin down the disks when I don't run KDE. > But with KDE it always has some disk usage. I was searching in google, and > I saw other people had the same prob

Re: KDE3 + noflushd

2003-04-02 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 02 April 2003 15:38, Gabor FLEISCHER wrote: > Is there anyone who succeeded with KDE3, noflushd? > > I could set up my system to spin down the disks when I don't run KDE. > But with KDE it always has some disk usage. I was searching in google, and > I saw other people had the same prob

Re: What all CD's do I need?

2003-03-31 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 31 March 2003 19:03, Jacob Tennant wrote: > I am doing a basic install of debian on my TP770 and have had a friend > download CD1 so far. > > Is this enough to get started or do I need to download all ? number of > CD's. > > For those of you that are ham radio operators, I am trying to se

Re: What all CD's do I need?

2003-03-31 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 31 March 2003 19:03, Jacob Tennant wrote: > I am doing a basic install of debian on my TP770 and have had a friend > download CD1 so far. > > Is this enough to get started or do I need to download all ? number of > CD's. > > For those of you that are ham radio operators, I am trying to se

Re: starting blackbox with woody - how?

2003-02-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 16 February 2003 15:06, Robert Michel wrote: > Salve, > > I'm not so fit with x-servers ;( can you give me a hint, > how I can start blackbox instead of Gnome or KDE? > Is there a chance to start bb with the Gnome Window Manager, > or is bb to start manualy? > > Do you know a good tutoria

Re: starting blackbox with woody - how?

2003-02-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 16 February 2003 15:06, Robert Michel wrote: > Salve, > > I'm not so fit with x-servers ;( can you give me a hint, > how I can start blackbox instead of Gnome or KDE? > Is there a chance to start bb with the Gnome Window Manager, > or is bb to start manualy? > > Do you know a good tutoria

Re: Making the power button smarter?

2003-02-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Thursday 06 February 2003 20:32, Brian Kendig wrote: > When my laptop (Dell Latitude CPi D266XT, Debian sarge) is running, one > press of the power button will kill power and turn the thing > immediately off. > > Is there any way to make the power button smarter, so that pressing it > will shut

Re: Making the power button smarter?

2003-02-06 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Thursday 06 February 2003 20:32, Brian Kendig wrote: > When my laptop (Dell Latitude CPi D266XT, Debian sarge) is running, one > press of the power button will kill power and turn the thing > immediately off. > > Is there any way to make the power button smarter, so that pressing it > will shut

Re: How to have more than one window manager?

2003-01-26 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 26 January 2003 05:23, Ivan Uemlianin wrote: > > Thanks: selectwm gets me most of the way there. However, it offers me a > choice of zero window managers. There is no example .selectwmrc file, > no docs about how to put wm alternatives into .selectwmrc, and I can't > get through to the

Re: How to have more than one window manager?

2003-01-26 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 26 January 2003 05:23, Ivan Uemlianin wrote: > > Thanks: selectwm gets me most of the way there. However, it offers me a > choice of zero window managers. There is no example .selectwmrc file, > no docs about how to put wm alternatives into .selectwmrc, and I can't > get through to the

Re: How to have more than one window manager?

2003-01-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Saturday 25 January 2003 12:00, Ivan Uemlianin wrote: > Dear All > > I'm not using a display manager, but I'd still like a choice of window > manager when I startx. How is this done? > > My boot up takes me to the console, where I login and start up X with > 'startx'. I prefer it like this: I

Re: How to have more than one window manager?

2003-01-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Saturday 25 January 2003 12:00, Ivan Uemlianin wrote: > Dear All > > I'm not using a display manager, but I'd still like a choice of window > manager when I startx. How is this done? > > My boot up takes me to the console, where I login and start up X with > 'startx'. I prefer it like this: I

Re: prevent APM-Standby on lid-close

2003-01-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 20 January 2003 08:11, Christian Link wrote: > Hi, > > how can i prevent the APM Daemon to send my notebook into standby mode > when I close the lid. I'm using Debian Woody, got an Inspiron 5000e and > have kernel 2.4.19-ck7 with APM turned on an not checked 'Ignore User > Suspend'. I gu

Re: prevent APM-Standby on lid-close

2003-01-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 20 January 2003 08:11, Christian Link wrote: > Hi, > > how can i prevent the APM Daemon to send my notebook into standby mode > when I close the lid. I'm using Debian Woody, got an Inspiron 5000e and > have kernel 2.4.19-ck7 with APM turned on an not checked 'Ignore User > Suspend'. I gu

Re: Debian on laptop as gateway

2002-12-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 08 December 2002 18:32, bong sabolboro wrote: > Hi! > > I'm installing Debian Woody 2.2 kernel on an old > Toshiba laptop and plan to use this as a home gateway. > > After recompiling a new 2.2.20 kernel, I noticed that > /lib/modules/2.2.20 does not contain the directory > pcmcia under i

Re: Debian on laptop as gateway

2002-12-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 08 December 2002 18:32, bong sabolboro wrote: > Hi! > > I'm installing Debian Woody 2.2 kernel on an old > Toshiba laptop and plan to use this as a home gateway. > > After recompiling a new 2.2.20 kernel, I noticed that > /lib/modules/2.2.20 does not contain the directory > pcmcia under i

Re: making full use of acpi

2002-12-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 08 December 2002 16:35, suresh kumar sharma wrote: > Hi, > I have a debian kernel 2.4.19 system on my sony vaio > laptop , and I am relatively new to this linux world > and I just moved from APM to ACPI for power > managment.I appliead the acpi patch . > and am running acpid also . > but

Re: making full use of acpi

2002-12-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Sunday 08 December 2002 16:35, suresh kumar sharma wrote: > Hi, > I have a debian kernel 2.4.19 system on my sony vaio > laptop , and I am relatively new to this linux world > and I just moved from APM to ACPI for power > managment.I appliead the acpi patch . > and am running acpid also . > but

Re: functionality of ACPI

2002-12-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Saturday 07 December 2002 23:32, John Miskinis wrote: > Sorry for my ignorance of ACPI, is this a replacement for APM? For > the record, I use an IBM Thinkpad 560E with debian and Redhat, and > all my power management is handled 100.00% on LINUX. I have some > problems on Windows though, I hav

Re: functionality of ACPI

2002-12-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Saturday 07 December 2002 23:32, John Miskinis wrote: > Sorry for my ignorance of ACPI, is this a replacement for APM? For > the record, I use an IBM Thinkpad 560E with debian and Redhat, and > all my power management is handled 100.00% on LINUX. I have some > problems on Windows though, I hav

Re: Bluetooth Blues!

2002-12-04 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Tuesday 03 December 2002 14:55, David Foster wrote: > I am running kernel 2.4.20-rc4 on a sony vaio PCG C1VFK. > Debian Woody with some packages from testing and unstable. All > dependancies I believe have been met. > > I have tried many other kernels prior to this all with the same results. > T

Re: Bluetooth Blues!

2002-12-04 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Tuesday 03 December 2002 14:55, David Foster wrote: > I am running kernel 2.4.20-rc4 on a sony vaio PCG C1VFK. > Debian Woody with some packages from testing and unstable. All > dependancies I believe have been met. > > I have tried many other kernels prior to this all with the same results. > T

Re: (semi-solved): Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-26 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 25 November 2002 22:37, Oleg wrote: > > [1] I don't really understand why there are two independent volume controls > in aumix: "vol" is referred to as the main volume control, and "pcm" is > connected to the xmms volume control. PCM is the data output by mp3, ogg, etc. Some sound cards

Re: (semi-solved): Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-25 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Monday 25 November 2002 22:37, Oleg wrote: > > [1] I don't really understand why there are two independent volume controls > in aumix: "vol" is referred to as the main volume control, and "pcm" is > connected to the xmms volume control. PCM is the data output by mp3, ogg, etc. Some sound cards

Re: Laptop battery power

2002-10-23 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 23 October 2002 14:16, Anders E. Andersen wrote: > Could anybody give some advice on my battery situation. I own an ASUS A1 > laptop and a while back I began having trouble with the APM system. > > The first thing that happened was that my battery would only charge to > 60% of maximum

Re: Laptop battery power

2002-10-23 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 23 October 2002 14:16, Anders E. Andersen wrote: > Could anybody give some advice on my battery situation. I own an ASUS A1 > laptop and a while back I began having trouble with the APM system. > > The first thing that happened was that my battery would only charge to > 60% of maximum

Re: OT: setting xterm/rxvt window names

2002-09-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 18 September 2002 09:02, Michael K O'Brien wrote: > Hola~ > > >-- On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:36:35PM +0100, % wrote: > > > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Michael K O'Brien wrote: > > > Hola~ > > > > > > About two weeks ago, I found that I could no longer set the window and > > > icon title of

Re: OT: setting xterm/rxvt window names

2002-09-18 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Wednesday 18 September 2002 09:02, Michael K O'Brien wrote: > Hola~ > > >-- On Wed, Sep 18, 2002 at 04:36:35PM +0100, % wrote: > > > > On Wed, 18 Sep 2002, Michael K O'Brien wrote: > > > Hola~ > > > > > > About two weeks ago, I found that I could no longer set the window and > > > icon title of

Re: Dell Inspiron: Using glidepad and stick/nipple separately?

2002-09-05 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On Thursday 05 September 2002 13:13, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > Has anybody out there has any luck with using the glidepad and > stick/nipple *separately* on the Dell Inspiron series of laptops? > > With separately, I mean e.g. using the stick for scrolling > (Z-Axis-Mapping style), and the glidepa

RE: high memory usage in KDE?

2002-08-08 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 08-Aug-2002 nick phillips wrote: > hello list, > > i'm running debian 3.0 and KDE 2.2 on a PII 366 toshiba laptop with 128 mb > ram. i'm mainly concerned with running audio applications in linux, so > memory usage is pretty important to me in dealing with large samples being > loaded into memo

RE: researching before possible laptop purchase

2002-06-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 20-Jun-2002 Alice M. Pinard wrote: > I'm considering trolling ebay for a cheap laptop. I'm basically interested > in setting up a portable c++ compiler/debugger (work on code on the train > sorta thing) so I'm mostly thinking of getting something I can slap a > bare-bones debian system (sup

RE: researching before possible laptop purchase

2002-06-20 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 20-Jun-2002 Alice M. Pinard wrote: > I'm considering trolling ebay for a cheap laptop. I'm basically interested > in setting up a portable c++ compiler/debugger (work on code on the train > sorta thing) so I'm mostly thinking of getting something I can slap a > bare-bones debian system (su

Re: Applications Menu

2002-04-13 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 13-Apr-2002 Andre Berger wrote: > * Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-04-13 09:55 -0500: >> I have a problem with my drop down menus. >> When I right click on the desktop it brings up the menu Applications but it >> doesnt allow me to scroll down through them anymore. It only has a single >> box f

Re: Applications Menu

2002-04-13 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 13-Apr-2002 Andre Berger wrote: > * Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-04-13 09:55 -0500: >> I have a problem with my drop down menus. >> When I right click on the desktop it brings up the menu Applications but it >> doesnt allow me to scroll down through them anymore. It only has a single >> box

Re: mount cd rom

2002-04-11 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 11-Apr-2002 Nick wrote: > I have been trying to configure my cd rom but the dang thing don't work for > me. > I thought this was a useful web page to follow, lots of nice colourful > pictures. > http://people.debian.org/~psg/ddg/node104.html > > But! > > When I try to enter my cd rom device f

Re: mount cd rom

2002-04-11 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 11-Apr-2002 Nick wrote: > I have been trying to configure my cd rom but the dang thing don't work for > me. > I thought this was a useful web page to follow, lots of nice colourful > pictures. > http://people.debian.org/~psg/ddg/node104.html > > But! > > When I try to enter my cd rom device

Re: dselect - wheres my cdrom ?

2002-04-03 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 04-Apr-2002 Nick wrote: > Hi There > > Please can somebody help with my Debian Woody installation. > > In dselect if I choose access I have no option for cd rom. What should I type > to get the cd rom setup so I can get cracking and install X. > > I have a dual boot of Windowz and Linux, cur

Re: dselect - wheres my cdrom ?

2002-04-03 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 04-Apr-2002 Nick wrote: > Hi There > > Please can somebody help with my Debian Woody installation. > > In dselect if I choose access I have no option for cd rom. What should I type > to get the cd rom setup so I can get cracking and install X. > > I have a dual boot of Windowz and Linux, cu

Re: yikes! i've fixed it! but how?

2002-03-28 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 28-Mar-2002 nick phillips wrote: > me again, > > so i think i've fixed the problem by escaping the login (fn+F5) then running > XF86Setup, loading in my original configuration, and resaving it. then when > i ran startx, everything works ok, all original passwords work fine. when i > reboot, al

Re: ignore system APM suspend on AC power

2002-03-28 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> == > $ grep APM /boot/config-2.4.18 > CONFIG_APM=y ># CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set > CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y > CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y > CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y ># CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set ># CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set ># CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not s

Re: yikes! locked out of own system!

2002-03-28 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 28-Mar-2002 nick phillips wrote: > hello again list, > > so i'm not sure how it happened but i've managed to lock myself out of my > system. i had installed debian 2.2.19 and installed enlightenment as the > deskop manager and everything was going ok. i tried installing a program > called jmax

Re: yikes! i've fixed it! but how?

2002-03-28 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 28-Mar-2002 nick phillips wrote: > me again, > > so i think i've fixed the problem by escaping the login (fn+F5) then running > XF86Setup, loading in my original configuration, and resaving it. then when > i ran startx, everything works ok, all original passwords work fine. when i > reboot, a

Re: ignore system APM suspend on AC power

2002-03-28 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> == > $ grep APM /boot/config-2.4.18 > CONFIG_APM=y ># CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set > CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE=y > CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y > CONFIG_APM_DISPLAY_BLANK=y ># CONFIG_APM_RTC_IS_GMT is not set ># CONFIG_APM_ALLOW_INTS is not set ># CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF is not

Re: yikes! locked out of own system!

2002-03-28 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 28-Mar-2002 nick phillips wrote: > hello again list, > > so i'm not sure how it happened but i've managed to lock myself out of my > system. i had installed debian 2.2.19 and installed enlightenment as the > deskop manager and everything was going ok. i tried installing a program > called jma

Re: PCMCIA card interface not holding its IP

2002-03-25 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 25-Mar-2002 Hubert Chan wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > >> "Link" == Link M Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Link> ok, but i stand with derek. dhclient/dhcp-client has never worked > Link> for me. > > dhclient/dhcp-client seems to require certain kernel o

Re: PCMCIA card interface not holding its IP

2002-03-25 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 25-Mar-2002 Hubert Chan wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > >> "Link" == Link M Dupont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Link> ok, but i stand with derek. dhclient/dhcp-client has never worked > Link> for me. > > dhclient/dhcp-client seems to require certain kernel

Re: PCMCIA card interface not holding its IP

2002-03-25 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> But if I used dhcp-client or dhclient I > didn't get even that far, so I'm not terribly interested in trying them > again unless someone cares to explain why pump is a bad idea. (Sorry > Sean, but saying "pump is pure crap", with or without a smiley face is > insulting, patronizing, and poten

Re: PCMCIA card interface not holding its IP

2002-03-24 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> But if I used dhcp-client or dhclient I > didn't get even that far, so I'm not terribly interested in trying them > again unless someone cares to explain why pump is a bad idea. (Sorry > Sean, but saying "pump is pure crap", with or without a smiley face is > insulting, patronizing, and pote

Re: PCMCIA card interface not holding its IP

2002-03-22 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 22-Mar-2002 Link wrote: > Well, between pump and dhclient, only one of them works. dhclient has > never worked for me, and so i use pump. got any other recommendations > for "real clients"? also, i think its not actually an issue on my > machine, i think its cuz my campus network dhcp servers c

Re: PCMCIA card interface not holding its IP

2002-03-22 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 22-Mar-2002 Link wrote: > Well, between pump and dhclient, only one of them works. dhclient has > never worked for me, and so i use pump. got any other recommendations > for "real clients"? also, i think its not actually an issue on my > machine, i think its cuz my campus network dhcp servers

Re: PCMCIA card interface not holding its IP

2002-03-20 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 20-Mar-2002 Link wrote: > I'm not 100% positive this is my problem. I think it might be in part an > issue with the DHCP server i connect to. But I'm curious if other people > have encountered this problem. > > I run unstable (which might be the problem in and of itself) on an HP > N3310. I h

Re: PCMCIA card interface not holding its IP

2002-03-20 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 20-Mar-2002 Link wrote: > I'm not 100% positive this is my problem. I think it might be in part an > issue with the DHCP server i connect to. But I'm curious if other people > have encountered this problem. > > I run unstable (which might be the problem in and of itself) on an HP > N3310. I

Re: getting pcmcia cards to load before networking

2002-03-14 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 14-Mar-2002 Nicholas Imfeld wrote: > I cannot get dhcp to work when my computer first boots. After the boot > sequence completes I do init.d/networking restart and it starts right up. > It doesn't work on startup because pcmcia cardmgr starts up after networking > starts up. Therefore when th

Re: getting pcmcia cards to load before networking

2002-03-14 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 14-Mar-2002 Nicholas Imfeld wrote: > I cannot get dhcp to work when my computer first boots. After the boot > sequence completes I do init.d/networking restart and it starts right up. > It doesn't work on startup because pcmcia cardmgr starts up after networking > starts up. Therefore when t

Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-03 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> > Also, the Battery-Operated mini-HOWTO seems dated and not always > applicable to debian (e.g. no update call in /etc/inittab), so any > suggestions for better advice on reducing syncing and flushing intervals > w/o a full suspend would also be appreciated. > noflushd works wonders.

Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-03 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> > Also, the Battery-Operated mini-HOWTO seems dated and not always > applicable to debian (e.g. no update call in /etc/inittab), so any > suggestions for better advice on reducing syncing and flushing intervals > w/o a full suspend would also be appreciated. > noflushd works wonders. -- To

Re: PS/2 - /dev/psaux not working (Woody)

2002-03-03 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 03-Mar-2002 Jan H. van Gils wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for reading message. > > After installing my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 3200) with Debian Woody > I am not able to use my /dev/psaux (PS/2 mouse). > > The system was running NetBSD this morning and de mouse was > functioning with no proble

Re: PS/2 - /dev/psaux not working (Woody)

2002-03-03 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 03-Mar-2002 Jan H. van Gils wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for reading message. > > After installing my Laptop (Dell Inspiron 3200) with Debian Woody > I am not able to use my /dev/psaux (PS/2 mouse). > > The system was running NetBSD this morning and de mouse was > functioning with no probl

Re: Port replicators...

2002-02-20 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> > It's complaining: > > pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci/0b/00.0 > lspci: Unable to read 64 bytes of configuration space. > > I check the /proc/bus/pci directory, and there I find: > > mobilemcp:~# ls -l /proc/bus/pci > total 0 > dr-xr-xr-x2 root root0 Feb 20 11:28 00 > d

Re: Port replicators...

2002-02-20 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 20-Feb-2002 Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > I've asked in the past and never got an answer that worked. I'm at a > point again where I want to get my Gateway port replicator to work with > my laptop. I can use everything on it but the PCMCIA slots. How do I > tell linux to use the two slots that are

Re: Port replicators...

2002-02-20 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> > It's complaining: > > pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci/0b/00.0 > lspci: Unable to read 64 bytes of configuration space. > > I check the /proc/bus/pci directory, and there I find: > > mobilemcp:~# ls -l /proc/bus/pci > total 0 > dr-xr-xr-x2 root root0 Feb 20 11:28 00 >

Re: Port replicators...

2002-02-20 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 20-Feb-2002 Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > I've asked in the past and never got an answer that worked. I'm at a > point again where I want to get my Gateway port replicator to work with > my laptop. I can use everything on it but the PCMCIA slots. How do I > tell linux to use the two slots that are

Re: ACPI under WindowMaker

2002-02-04 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 03-Feb-2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've started playing around with WindowMaker and saw the wmacpi applet. > I downloaded, recompiled my kernel enabling ACPI and disabling APM, > installed the kernel, rebooted and started the ACPI applet. But, the > thing doesn't show any information. It's

Re: ACPI under WindowMaker

2002-02-04 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 03-Feb-2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've started playing around with WindowMaker and saw the wmacpi applet. > I downloaded, recompiled my kernel enabling ACPI and disabling APM, > installed the kernel, rebooted and started the ACPI applet. But, the > thing doesn't show any information. It's

Re: Boot with no cdrom/floppy

2002-01-26 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 26-Jan-2002 Christian Precht-Jensen wrote: > Hi there > > I just bought an IBM Thinkpad X20, nice mashine, but no floppy or cdrom! > if you could borrow one or the other for a day, it would make your life a lot easier. Has to be someone near you with one.

Re: Boot with no cdrom/floppy

2002-01-26 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 26-Jan-2002 Christian Precht-Jensen wrote: > Hi there > > I just bought an IBM Thinkpad X20, nice mashine, but no floppy or cdrom! > if you could borrow one or the other for a day, it would make your life a lot easier. Has to be someone near you with one. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Re: time setting

2001-12-29 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 30-Dec-2001 Tom Allison wrote: > I had my time running correctly for months. > > Something got upgraded and I've lost Daylight Savings settings. > tz settings are correct, but how do I get this one hour difference back? > tzconfig.

Re: time setting

2001-12-29 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 30-Dec-2001 Tom Allison wrote: > I had my time running correctly for months. > > Something got upgraded and I've lost Daylight Savings settings. > tz settings are correct, but how do I get this one hour difference back? > tzconfig. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: apm support changes 2.2.19 > 2.4.16

2001-12-13 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 13-Dec-2001 Michael Hothorn wrote: > > Hi all, > > I switched from potato to woody on my thinkpad i1200. APM support worked > for t 2.2.19 very well. Installing 2.4.16 with the same options > > <*> Advanced Power Management BIOS support > [ ] Ignore USER S

Re: apm support changes 2.2.19 > 2.4.16

2001-12-13 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 13-Dec-2001 Michael Hothorn wrote: > > Hi all, > > I switched from potato to woody on my thinkpad i1200. APM support worked > for t 2.2.19 very well. Installing 2.4.16 with the same options > > <*> Advanced Power Management BIOS support > [ ] Ignore USER

Re: Why Linux on a Laptop?

2001-11-30 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 30-Nov-2001 Alec wrote: > Hi > > I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a laptop > instead of Cygwin + Windows. The way I see it, a laptop is basically a giant > PDA. People usually use them for typing down stuff during classes, seminars, > conferences, in the librar

Re: Why Linux on a Laptop?

2001-11-30 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 30-Nov-2001 Alec wrote: > Hi > > I'm wondering what everyone's motivation is for using Linux on a laptop > instead of Cygwin + Windows. The way I see it, a laptop is basically a giant > PDA. People usually use them for typing down stuff during classes, seminars, > conferences, in the libra

Re: badiane: windowmaker won't start after upgrade

2001-11-29 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 29-Nov-2001 Guy Durand wrote: > I am using the testing directory from the progeny ftp archive and after > having upgraded my laptop -- a T21, 800MHz, 20GB -- it wouldn't start. > Could someone help me ? > as an experiment, launch X with just an xterm and run windowmaker from the term. This w

Re: badiane: windowmaker won't start after upgrade

2001-11-29 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 29-Nov-2001 Guy Durand wrote: > I am using the testing directory from the progeny ftp archive and after > having upgraded my laptop -- a T21, 800MHz, 20GB -- it wouldn't start. > Could someone help me ? > as an experiment, launch X with just an xterm and run windowmaker from the term. This

Re: APM de-hibernation not always succeeds

2001-11-26 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> > Short resume of the current status: > - random de-hibernation console freezes (did not try to access from the >network) > - apmd not noticing the hibernation event is this the internal keyboard and mouse or external usb based ones? Have you tried not having sound loaded?

Re: APM de-hibernation not always succeeds

2001-11-26 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
> > Short resume of the current status: > - random de-hibernation console freezes (did not try to access from the >network) > - apmd not noticing the hibernation event is this the internal keyboard and mouse or external usb based ones? Have you tried not having sound loaded? -- To UNSU

Re: post-installation clean up

2001-11-22 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 22-Nov-2001 Serge Rey wrote: > i just did a new upgrade to a woody install and things went fairly > smoothly. > > the one exception was i now run into the following after trying to > apt-get install > > dpkg: error processing xserver-svga (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script

Re: post-installation clean up

2001-11-21 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 22-Nov-2001 Serge Rey wrote: > i just did a new upgrade to a woody install and things went fairly > smoothly. > > the one exception was i now run into the following after trying to > apt-get install > > dpkg: error processing xserver-svga (--configure): > subprocess post-installation scrip

Re: low resolution with NeoMagic drivers?

2001-11-20 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 20-Nov-2001 Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > Is it possible to get low resolution but truecolor mode > (over 256-colors) with X and Neomagic 2160A chipset? > > I'd like to watch VideoCDs on my IBM Thinkpad 560X, but > the CPU doesn't have quite enough power to play smoothly > the video if I use softwa

Re: low resolution with NeoMagic drivers?

2001-11-20 Thread Sean &#x27;Shaleh&#x27; Perry
On 20-Nov-2001 Tuukka Toivonen wrote: > Is it possible to get low resolution but truecolor mode > (over 256-colors) with X and Neomagic 2160A chipset? > > I'd like to watch VideoCDs on my IBM Thinkpad 560X, but > the CPU doesn't have quite enough power to play smoothly > the video if I use softw

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