RE: pcmcia annoyances

2000-01-10 Thread Terry Katz
Hello ... > > I just performed an apt upgrade on Potato and my pcmcia-cs and > pcmcia-source > > were upgraded. Every time these packages are upgraded, it > breaks my network. > > I usually just reinstall my old packages and get things working > that way, but > > my question is: what is the corr

RE: pcmcia annoyances

2000-01-10 Thread Terry Katz
Hello ... > > I just performed an apt upgrade on Potato and my pcmcia-cs and > pcmcia-source > > were upgraded. Every time these packages are upgraded, it > breaks my network. > > I usually just reinstall my old packages and get things working > that way, but > > my question is: what is the corr

RE: Inspiron 7500 network setup

2000-01-09 Thread Terry Katz
I have a Latitude CPx (which I'm sure uses a different dock), but I believe when I first installed windows it said it was a 82559-based adapter.. but with the drivers installed it says its a 3com 3c920 adapter .. anyway, I use the 3c59x/905 driver and it works fine try that .. though the inspi

RE: Inspiron 7500 network setup

2000-01-09 Thread Terry Katz
I have a Latitude CPx (which I'm sure uses a different dock), but I believe when I first installed windows it said it was a 82559-based adapter.. but with the drivers installed it says its a 3com 3c920 adapter .. anyway, I use the 3c59x/905 driver and it works fine try that .. though the inspi

RE: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Terry Katz
I'm happy with my Inspiron 7000 .. bit on the expensive side and a bit heavy (for some, I personally have nothing against its weight), and a nice large display .. 366mhz (400mhz now available), and an ati rage 2x agp card which X runs nicely on (and onboard mpeg2 decoder w/tv out).. (dvd/floppy in

RE: Recommendations for Laptop

1999-11-05 Thread Terry Katz
I'm happy with my Inspiron 7000 .. bit on the expensive side and a bit heavy (for some, I personally have nothing against its weight), and a nice large display .. 366mhz (400mhz now available), and an ati rage 2x agp card which X runs nicely on (and onboard mpeg2 decoder w/tv out).. (dvd/floppy in

RE: pcmcia problems with potato and 2.2.12 kernel

1999-10-09 Thread Terry Katz
I had similar problems (Inspiron 7000, but 3com card.. but machine doesn't matter;) .. it seems maybe the modules were compiled wrong .. (I usually use my own version of the kernel, and the modules uses upgrade seamlessly) .. I just grabbed the pcmcia-source and compiled them manually (along with a

RE: pcmcia problems with potato and 2.2.12 kernel

1999-10-09 Thread Terry Katz
I had similar problems (Inspiron 7000, but 3com card.. but machine doesn't matter;) .. it seems maybe the modules were compiled wrong .. (I usually use my own version of the kernel, and the modules uses upgrade seamlessly) .. I just grabbed the pcmcia-source and compiled them manually (along with a