Re: wireless cards and 2.6.5 kernel

2004-05-18 Thread Tim Folger
ive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 Tim On Monday 17 May 2004 10:28 pm, you wrote: > Tim Folger wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm running sarge on a fujitsu laptop, and use an orinoco gold card to > > connect to the Internet and my home network. I recentl

Re: wireless cards and 2.6.5 kernel

2004-05-18 Thread Tim Folger
ive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 Tim On Monday 17 May 2004 10:28 pm, you wrote: > Tim Folger wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I'm running sarge on a fujitsu laptop, and use an orinoco gold card to > > connect to the Internet and my home network. I recentl

wireless cards and 2.6.5 kernel

2004-05-16 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm running sarge on a fujitsu laptop, and use an orinoco gold card to connect to the Internet and my home network. I recently installed kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686, but when I boot using that kernel my wireless card doesn't start, even though I've run modconf and installed (I think) the req

wireless cards and 2.6.5 kernel

2004-05-16 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm running sarge on a fujitsu laptop, and use an orinoco gold card to connect to the Internet and my home network. I recently installed kernel-image-2.6.5-1-686, but when I boot using that kernel my wireless card doesn't start, even though I've run modconf and installed (I think) the req

re: wireless glitch and ntfs partitions

2004-01-26 Thread Tim Folger
Just wanted to thank everyone for their tips about mounting ntfs partitions--I've finally got it working. Also wanted to thank Derek (sorry to have posted to your private address) Bernd, and others for their suggestions about my wireless problems. Bernd--I added the two lines you suggested to /et

re: wireless glitch and ntfs partitions

2004-01-26 Thread Tim Folger
Just wanted to thank everyone for their tips about mounting ntfs partitions--I've finally got it working. Also wanted to thank Derek (sorry to have posted to your private address) Bernd, and others for their suggestions about my wireless problems. Bernd--I added the two lines you suggested to /et

wireless glitch

2004-01-24 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm fairly new to Linux and have installed debian woody release 2 on my notebook. Just about everything works now except for one annoying glitch. I connect to the internet using an orinoco gold wireless pcmcia card and a wireless router that acts as a dhcp server. To connect to the intern

wireless glitch

2004-01-24 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm fairly new to Linux and have installed debian woody release 2 on my notebook. Just about everything works now except for one annoying glitch. I connect to the internet using an orinoco gold wireless pcmcia card and a wireless router that acts as a dhcp server. To connect to the interne

How to mount and access ntfs partition as regular user

2004-01-23 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm fairly new to Linux, and have installed debian woody release 2 with the bf24 kernel on my notebook alongside a windows xp ntfs partition (which resides on hda1). I enabled ntfs support in the kernel during installation, but I'm not sure how to get access to the ntfs partition for non-

How to mount and access ntfs partition as regular user

2004-01-23 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm fairly new to Linux, and have installed debian woody release 2 with the bf24 kernel on my notebook alongside a windows xp ntfs partition (which resides on hda1). I enabled ntfs support in the kernel during installation, but I'm not sure how to get access to the ntfs partition for non-r

Re: wireless network problems

2004-01-04 Thread Tim Folger
After many, many hours of trying to get my wireless card working with the bf24 kernel in debian woody, I think I've got to admit failure. (Another noob bites the dust!) The card stayed lit, and was correctly identified by both iwconfig eth1 and cardctl ident, but I couldn't connect to the inter

Re: wireless network problems

2004-01-04 Thread Tim Folger
After many, many hours of trying to get my wireless card working with the bf24 kernel in debian woody, I think I've got to admit failure. (Another noob bites the dust!) The card stayed lit, and was correctly identified by both iwconfig eth1 and cardctl ident, but I couldn't connect to the inter

Re: wireless network problems

2004-01-01 Thread Tim Folger
I think I will give gnome a try. Thanks. Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Citát Tim Folger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi Andy, Thanks for your advice. My Orinoco gold card uses128-bit encryption, but a wireless gateway I use (called the RG-1000, manufactured by Lucent) specifies

Re: wireless network problems

2004-01-01 Thread Tim Folger
I think I will give gnome a try. Thanks. Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Citát Tim Folger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Hi Andy, Thanks for your advice. My Orinoco gold card uses128-bit encryption, but a wireless gateway I use (called the RG-1000, manufactured by Lucent) specifies

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-31 Thread Tim Folger
Hi Marcel, Michelle, and Marcus, Thanks for the advice--I'll be taking another whack at getting the network running this weekend and will let you know what happens. Happy 04, Tim Marcel Meckel wrote: You mentioned dhcp packages that might have to be installed. Would you happen to know wh

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-31 Thread Tim Folger
Hi Marcel, Michelle, and Marcus, Thanks for the advice--I'll be taking another whack at getting the network running this weekend and will let you know what happens. Happy 04, Tim Marcel Meckel wrote: You mentioned dhcp packages that might have to be installed. Would you happen to know what

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-31 Thread Tim Folger
ongenital blockheadedness). Happy new year, Tim Nate Duehr wrote: On Saturday 27 December 2003 09:53 pm, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Nate, Thanks for the quick reply. Here's what iwconfig produces: (I had to copy it by hand and reboot into windows) lo no wireless extensions eth1 IEEE 80

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-31 Thread Tim Folger
ital blockheadedness). Happy new year, Tim Nate Duehr wrote: On Saturday 27 December 2003 09:53 pm, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Nate, Thanks for the quick reply. Here's what iwconfig produces: (I had to copy it by hand and reboot into windows) lo no wireless extensions eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSI

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-30 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I've been having trouble getting an orinoco gold card to work on my laptop with woody using the bf24 kernel. I'm a newbie and am thinking about taking the plunge and trying to compile a custom kernel. Does anyone have any recommendations for a kernel that would best support wireless netwo

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-30 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I've been having trouble getting an orinoco gold card to work on my laptop with woody using the bf24 kernel. I'm a newbie and am thinking about taking the plunge and trying to compile a custom kernel. Does anyone have any recommendations for a kernel that would best support wireless networ

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-28 Thread Tim Folger
Hi Andy, Thanks for the advice. Here's what ifconfig says: eth1 Linc encap :Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2D:60:F9:E1 inet addr: 10.0.1.6 Bcast: 10.0.1.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric:1 RX packets: 2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuel

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-28 Thread Tim Folger
Hi Andy, Thanks for the advice. Here's what ifconfig says: eth1 Linc encap :Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:2D:60:F9:E1 inet addr: 10.0.1.6 Bcast: 10.0.1.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric:1 RX packets: 2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuele

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-27 Thread Tim Folger
es you could run cardctl at a $ prompt, but I had to be root. Same thing for iwconfig. I added myself to the dialout and dip groups, but still can't connect to the internet. Tim Nate Duehr wrote: What does iwconfig show? On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 07:41:30PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Nate,

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-27 Thread Tim Folger
could run cardctl at a $ prompt, but I had to be root. Same thing for iwconfig. I added myself to the dialout and dip groups, but still can't connect to the internet. Tim Nate Duehr wrote: What does iwconfig show? On Sat, Dec 27, 2003 at 07:41:30PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Nate, Andy

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-27 Thread Tim Folger
ry a commercial distro. Thanks in advance for any advice. Tim Nate Duehr wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 04:59:44PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: The orinoco gold card is about a year old now, and it worked with Xandros, a commercial distro based on debian woody. That's a good sign.

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-27 Thread Tim Folger
commercial distro. Thanks in advance for any advice. Tim Nate Duehr wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 04:59:44PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: The orinoco gold card is about a year old now, and it worked with Xandros, a commercial distro based on debian woody. That's a good sign.

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-26 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks Nate. I'll try setting it up this weekend and will post here to let you know how it went. Tim Nate Duehr wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 04:59:44PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: The orinoco gold card is about a year old now, and it worked with Xandros, a commercial distro bas

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-26 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks Nate. I'll try setting it up this weekend and will post here to let you know how it went. Tim Nate Duehr wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 04:59:44PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: The orinoco gold card is about a year old now, and it worked with Xandros, a commercial distro based on d

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-23 Thread Tim Folger
appy holidays, Tim Andy Firman wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:54:31AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Andy, Thanks for your advice. My Orinoco gold card uses128-bit encryption, but a wireless gateway I use (called the RG-1000, manufactured by Lucent) specifies a five-character-long

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-23 Thread Tim Folger
The orinoco gold card is about a year old now, and it worked with Xandros, a commercial distro based on debian woody. Nate Duehr wrote: On Tuesday 23 December 2003 11:54 am, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Andy, Thanks for your advice. My Orinoco gold card uses128-bit encryption, but a wireless

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-23 Thread Tim Folger
appy holidays, Tim Andy Firman wrote: On Tue, Dec 23, 2003 at 11:54:31AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Andy, Thanks for your advice. My Orinoco gold card uses128-bit encryption, but a wireless gateway I use (called the RG-1000, manufactured by Lucent) specifies a five-character-long alphanumer

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-23 Thread Tim Folger
The orinoco gold card is about a year old now, and it worked with Xandros, a commercial distro based on debian woody. Nate Duehr wrote: On Tuesday 23 December 2003 11:54 am, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Andy, Thanks for your advice. My Orinoco gold card uses128-bit encryption, but a wireless

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-23 Thread Tim Folger
RG-1000, which acts as a dhcp server, which is why I chose "managed" mode. I wonder if "auto" mode might work? Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff wrote: Tim Folger, 2003-Dec-20 19:54 -0700: Hi, I'm relatively new to Linux, and have installed debian woody wi

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-23 Thread Tim Folger
irman wrote: Damn...just realized I sent this to debian-user by mistake on Sunday. See below for my response to your question. Sorry for the lateness On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 12:56:55PM -0500, wrote: On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:54:54PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: I'm relatively new to

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-23 Thread Tim Folger
RG-1000, which acts as a dhcp server, which is why I chose "managed" mode. I wonder if "auto" mode might work? Tim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff wrote: Tim Folger, 2003-Dec-20 19:54 -0700: Hi, I'm relatively new to Linux, and have installed debian woody with the bf2

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-23 Thread Tim Folger
: Damn...just realized I sent this to debian-user by mistake on Sunday. See below for my response to your question. Sorry for the lateness On Sun, Dec 21, 2003 at 12:56:55PM -0500, wrote: On Sat, Dec 20, 2003 at 07:54:54PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: I'm relatively new to Linux,

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-22 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks Jeff. I'll give that a shot. Tim Jeff wrote: Tim Folger, 2003-Dec-20 19:54 -0700: Hi, I'm relatively new to Linux, and have installed debian woody with the bf2.4 kernel. I'm having trouble getting my orinoco wireless card to work. The card beeps during startup

Re: wireless network problems

2003-12-22 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks Jeff. I'll give that a shot. Tim Jeff wrote: Tim Folger, 2003-Dec-20 19:54 -0700: Hi, I'm relatively new to Linux, and have installed debian woody with the bf2.4 kernel. I'm having trouble getting my orinoco wireless card to work. The card beeps during startup, and

wireless network problems

2003-12-20 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm relatively new to Linux, and have installed debian woody with the bf2.4 kernel. I'm having trouble getting my orinoco wireless card to work. The card beeps during startup, and its green light flickers, but doesn't stay on. When I run iwconfig eth1 the output gives the correct essid an

wireless network problems

2003-12-20 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm relatively new to Linux, and have installed debian woody with the bf2.4 kernel. I'm having trouble getting my orinoco wireless card to work. The card beeps during startup, and its green light flickers, but doesn't stay on. When I run iwconfig eth1 the output gives the correct essid and

Re: RFC: Create d-user-woody, d-user-sarge maillists, deactivate d-user

2003-12-01 Thread Tim Folger
This is a very good idea. It might be easiest if the lists were named debian-stable, debian-testing, and debian-unstable, rather than debian-woody, etc, since the release names will be changing.

Re: RFC: Create d-user-woody, d-user-sarge maillists, deactivate d-user

2003-12-01 Thread Tim Folger
This is a very good idea. It might be easiest if the lists were named debian-stable, debian-testing, and debian-unstable, rather than debian-woody, etc, since the release names will be changing. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
I was at first intimidated by the length of the installation manual!) Glad you guys told me about the purge option. Guess I need to do some more reading. Tim Mike Beattie wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:53:29AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
I was at first intimidated by the length of the installation manual!) Glad you guys told me about the purge option. Guess I need to do some more reading. Tim Mike Beattie wrote: On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 11:53:29AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks again for all your help. I'll try to tackle it this weekend. With any luck debian will soon be my main os. Tim Joey Hess wrote: Tim Folger wrote: Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the configuration files so much that I might have to

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
Thanks again for all your help. I'll try to tackle it this weekend. With any luck debian will soon be my main os. Tim Joey Hess wrote: Tim Folger wrote: Thanks very much for your advice, Joey. At this point I've altered the configuration files so much that I might have to reinst

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
the card using only /etc/network/interfaces, would I also need to start the interface from a console with ifup whenever I reboot? Just out of curiosity, are you using woody, sarge, or sid? Thanks again, Tim Joey Hess wrote: Tim Folger wrote: I'm a linux newbie, and have just install

Re: wireless configuration questions

2003-11-13 Thread Tim Folger
the card using only /etc/network/interfaces, would I also need to start the interface from a console with ifup whenever I reboot? Just out of curiosity, are you using woody, sarge, or sid? Thanks again, Tim Joey Hess wrote: Tim Folger wrote: I'm a linux newbie, and have just install

wireless configuration questions

2003-11-12 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm a linux newbie, and have just installed debian woody with the 2.4.18 kernel on a fujitsu laptop. I've installed wireless tools and pcmcia support. I have an orinoco gold card that I'm trying to configure, and think I"m almost there. I've entered my network essid, encryption key, wire

wireless configuration questions

2003-11-12 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm a linux newbie, and have just installed debian woody with the 2.4.18 kernel on a fujitsu laptop. I've installed wireless tools and pcmcia support. I have an orinoco gold card that I'm trying to configure, and think I"m almost there. I've entered my network essid, encryption key, wirel

Re: Configuring AC97 sound

2003-11-10 Thread Tim Folger
Hi Lynn, This may not be of much help to you now, but when you installed Woody did you also configure your sound card during the "configure device driver modules" stage of the installation? There is a driver available for AC97 during that part of the installation. Someone with more experience

Re: Configuring AC97 sound

2003-11-10 Thread Tim Folger
Hi Lynn, This may not be of much help to you now, but when you installed Woody did you also configure your sound card during the "configure device driver modules" stage of the installation? There is a driver available for AC97 during that part of the installation. Someone with more experience

Re: can't configure orinoco gold card on woody

2003-11-10 Thread Tim Folger
, 2003 at 11:27:04AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Marcus, Thanks for the reply. I installed the hermes driver on the advice of someone on the debian laptop users list who also has an orinoco gold card. I went to the madwifi.sourceforge.net site but didn't see any drivers listed--only a pare

Re: can't configure orinoco gold card on woody

2003-11-10 Thread Tim Folger
3 at 11:27:04AM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: Hi Marcus, Thanks for the reply. I installed the hermes driver on the advice of someone on the debian laptop users list who also has an orinoco gold card. I went to the madwifi.sourceforge.net site but didn't see any drivers listed--only a pare

can't configure orinoco gold card on woody

2003-11-09 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm new to Linux, but somehow managed to install Debian Woody on a Fujitsu laptop. I installed the 2.4.18 kernel, configured pcmcia support, and installed the orinoco and hermes drivers during the "configure device driver module stage of the installation." After installing the base syste

can't configure orinoco gold card on woody

2003-11-09 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I'm new to Linux, but somehow managed to install Debian Woody on a Fujitsu laptop. I installed the 2.4.18 kernel, configured pcmcia support, and installed the orinoco and hermes drivers during the "configure device driver module stage of the installation." After installing the base system

display problem

2003-11-05 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I've installed debian woody on a fujitsu laptop with a screen resolution of 1024X768 with an ATI Rage Mobility adapter. I used the ati driver and the configuration of X seemed to go smoothly. When I start X (and KDE) everything looks fine. But when I shut down the system something strange happ

display problem

2003-11-05 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I've installed debian woody on a fujitsu laptop with a screen resolution of 1024X768 with an ATI Rage Mobility adapter. I used the ati driver and the configuration of X seemed to go smoothly. When I start X (and KDE) everything looks fine. But when I shut down the system something strange happ

Re: orinoco wirless card not detected

2003-10-27 Thread Tim Folger
after rebooting and doing a "modprobe eth1" the card still isn't detected. I noticed you are running sid. Could it be that woody just has problems with wireless setups? Thanks again for the advice, Tim --- Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2003

Re: orinoco wirless card not detected

2003-10-27 Thread Tim Folger
after rebooting and doing a "modprobe eth1" the card still isn't detected. I noticed you are running sid. Could it be that woody just has problems with wireless setups? Thanks again for the advice, Tim --- Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2003

orinoco wirless card not detected

2003-10-26 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I just installed Debian Woody on a Fujutisu notebook, with KDE 2.2 as the window manager. I'd like to set up wireless networking, but Debian doesn't seem to detect my orinoco card. I've installed wireless tools, korinoco, discover, and synaptic, but not much else besides KDE. When I issue the

orinoco wirless card not detected

2003-10-25 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I just installed Debian Woody on a Fujutisu notebook, with KDE 2.2 as the window manager. I'd like to set up wireless networking, but Debian doesn't seem to detect my orinoco card. I've installed wireless tools, korinoco, discover, and synaptic, but not much else besides KDE. When I issue the

Re: trouble installing x-window system

2003-10-03 Thread Tim Folger
a lockdown since the card doesn't handle this for some reason. If its a 14.1"+ screen its probably 1024x768 with that card. On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 07:42, Tim Folger wrote: >> I don't have much information on the model aside from ati rage mobility >> M/M1/P. I tried th

Re: trouble installing x-window system

2003-10-03 Thread Tim Folger
a lockdown since the card doesn't handle this for some reason. If its a 14.1"+ screen its probably 1024x768 with that card. On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 07:42, Tim Folger wrote: >> I don't have much information on the model aside from ati rage mobility >> M/M1/P. I tried the ati a

Re: trouble installing x-window system

2003-10-01 Thread Tim Folger
I don't have much information on the model aside from ati rage mobility M/M1/P. I tried the ati and vesa drivers with no luck.I didn't think to try the r128 or radeon. Has you had success with those? Thanks, Tim > ati rage mobility video adapter. What model exactly? > my computer > hung durin

Re: trouble installing x-window system

2003-10-01 Thread Tim Folger
I don't have much information on the model aside from ati rage mobility M/M1/P. I tried the ati and vesa drivers with no luck.I didn't think to try the r128 or radeon. Has you had success with those? Thanks, Tim > ati rage mobility video adapter. What model exactly? > my computer > hung durin

trouble installing x-window system

2003-10-01 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I tried to do a very minimal installation of Debian Woody on a Fujitsu laptop with an ati rage mobility video adapter. I managed get as far as booting into debian, but when I tried to install xfree86 my computer hung during advanced monitor configuration, on the step where you're supposed to

trouble installing x-window system

2003-10-01 Thread Tim Folger
Hi, I tried to do a very minimal installation of Debian Woody on a Fujitsu laptop with an ati rage mobility video adapter. I managed get as far as booting into debian, but when I tried to install xfree86 my computer hung during advanced monitor configuration, on the step where you're supposed to

Is it possible to set up a wireless network during debian installation?

2003-09-20 Thread Tim Folger
or if the configuration must be done after the installation. (I have a small home network with two laptops using orinoco gold cards and an orinoco residential gateway--the rg-1000. The gateway has a built-in modem for dial-up access to the Internet.) Thanks for any advice. -- Tim Folger

Is it possible to set up a wireless network during debian installation?

2003-09-20 Thread Tim Folger
or if the configuration must be done after the installation. (I have a small home network with two laptops using orinoco gold cards and an orinoco residential gateway--the rg-1000. The gateway has a built-in modem for dial-up access to the Internet.) Thanks for any advice. -- Tim Folger -- To UNSUBSCR