Re: LAN help requested

2002-06-12 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Jun 12, Tony Firecloud wrote: > > I was using an incorrect patch cord; now i have store-bought > crossover cables; i'm still not getting something. The below > paste is self-expanatory: > (The hosts are directly cabled NIC to NIC with a crossover cable) > > From host I > makua:~# ifconfig >

Re: LAN help requested

2002-06-12 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Jun 12, Tony Firecloud wrote: > > I was using an incorrect patch cord; now i have store-bought > crossover cables; i'm still not getting something. The below > paste is self-expanatory: > (The hosts are directly cabled NIC to NIC with a crossover cable) > > From host I > makua:~# ifconfig >

Re: HELP!! PCMCIA - Kernel Mess (long)

2002-04-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 17, Michael Cashen wrote: > > Can able tell me what I'm doing wrong > at a guess you compiled support for the PCMCIA stuff as build into the kernel image, and not as a module. This would be my guess. I personnaly keep *away* from the debian packages for the kernel and pcmcia source. I d

Re: HELP!! PCMCIA - Kernel Mess (long)

2002-04-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 17, Michael Cashen wrote: > > Can able tell me what I'm doing wrong > at a guess you compiled support for the PCMCIA stuff as build into the kernel image, and not as a module. This would be my guess. I personnaly keep *away* from the debian packages for the kernel and pcmcia source. I

Re: APMD - Dell inspiron 8100

2002-04-16 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 16, Carlos M. L. wrote: > > I have a problem with the information that Advance Power Manager gives > to me.Actually it just tells me wether the AC power is connected or not, > although before upgrading the BIOS (A04 version) the APM used to give me > also the battery level. > just a stab i

Re: APMD - Dell inspiron 8100

2002-04-16 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 16, Carlos M. L. wrote: > > I have a problem with the information that Advance Power Manager gives > to me.Actually it just tells me wether the AC power is connected or not, > although before upgrading the BIOS (A04 version) the APM used to give me > also the battery level. > just a stab

Re: Which filesystem for a notebook?

2002-04-11 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 11, Michal Frackowiak wrote: > > I am going to install linux on a Mitac 6120 (p3 700) machine with 12gb > hdd. My question is however a general one: which filesystem to install? > The possibilities are: > > 1. ext2 - standard > 2. ext3 - with logging > 3. raiserfs - with logging > > I wo

Re: multiple "resume suspend" events...

2002-04-11 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 10, Alan Su wrote: > > i'm wondering if anyone seen this kind of behavior before. it would > be great if i could figure out a way to suppress the first > (occasionally clock-skewed) "resume suspend" event... > I am another one who has noticed this behaviour, I mentioned this a while ago in

Re: Which filesystem for a notebook?

2002-04-11 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 11, Michal Frackowiak wrote: > > I am going to install linux on a Mitac 6120 (p3 700) machine with 12gb > hdd. My question is however a general one: which filesystem to install? > The possibilities are: > > 1. ext2 - standard > 2. ext3 - with logging > 3. raiserfs - with logging > > I w

Re: multiple "resume suspend" events...

2002-04-11 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 10, Alan Su wrote: > > i'm wondering if anyone seen this kind of behavior before. it would > be great if i could figure out a way to suppress the first > (occasionally clock-skewed) "resume suspend" event... > I am another one who has noticed this behaviour, I mentioned this a while ago i

Re: Notebook doesn't wake up from standby

2002-04-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 05, Riccardo Gusso wrote: > > If I put it in standby with 'apm -S' then I can't wake up in any way, nor I > can't reach it from my local network by telnet or ssh. Did I miss something > when I compiled the kernel 2.4.18 I am using or is there something wrong > somewhere else? Btw, I know

Re: Notebook doesn't wake up from standby

2002-04-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Apr 05, Riccardo Gusso wrote: > > If I put it in standby with 'apm -S' then I can't wake up in any way, nor I > can't reach it from my local network by telnet or ssh. Did I miss something > when I compiled the kernel 2.4.18 I am using or is there something wrong > somewhere else? Btw, I know

Re: getting pcmcia cards to load before networking

2002-03-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mar 14, 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 the n

Re: getting pcmcia cards to load before networking

2002-03-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mar 14, 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 the

Re: Laptop Net_inst PCMCIA Woes

2002-03-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mar 09, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > I'm trying to install Debian woody using a Net_inst CD from early february. > The CD works fine on my desktop, however it can't seem to detect my PCMCIA > bus when I try to detect it on my Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop. This is very > bad news, since I can'

Re: Laptop Net_inst PCMCIA Woes

2002-03-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mar 09, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > > I'm trying to install Debian woody using a Net_inst CD from early february. > The CD works fine on my desktop, however it can't seem to detect my PCMCIA > bus when I try to detect it on my Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop. This is very > bad news, since I can

Re: Static noise in ASUS laptop

2002-02-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Feb 05, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > I am having noise problems with my sound output in a ASUS S8600 laptop > running Debian unstable (kernel 2.4.16). I have installed alsa > 0.9.0-beta10, but even with the alsa modules unloaded, I hear a lot of > static noise through the speakers and, partic

Re: Static noise in ASUS laptop

2002-02-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Feb 05, Rafael Laboissiere wrote: > > I am having noise problems with my sound output in a ASUS S8600 laptop > running Debian unstable (kernel 2.4.16). I have installed alsa > 0.9.0-beta10, but even with the alsa modules unloaded, I hear a lot of > static noise through the speakers and, parti

Re: Mailer for laptops (was: Re: new photos from my party!)

2002-01-28 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Jan 28, Tobias Ulbricht wrote: > > Is there no program which allows syncing folders? > I'd like to either imap my mails or use ssh, but in both cases, > the sent mails are stored in different places! > > At the moment I do only ssh and write online. Very annoying. > there are a few ('rsync' c

Re: Mailer for laptops (was: Re: new photos from my party!)

2002-01-28 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Jan 28, martin f krafft wrote: > > i run postfix bound to localhost on my laptop even, and then use > fetchmail to obtain all my mail via pop3/ssl. this way, all my mail is > always local, and i don't need imap. > 'nullmailer' I use for outgoing mail. Its a braindead smtp queue which polls re

Re: Mailer for laptops (was: Re: new photos from my party!)

2002-01-28 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Jan 28, Tobias Ulbricht wrote: > > Is there no program which allows syncing folders? > I'd like to either imap my mails or use ssh, but in both cases, > the sent mails are stored in different places! > > At the moment I do only ssh and write online. Very annoying. > there are a few ('rsync'

Re: Mailer for laptops (was: Re: new photos from my party!)

2002-01-28 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Jan 28, martin f krafft wrote: > > i run postfix bound to localhost on my laptop even, and then use > fetchmail to obtain all my mail via pop3/ssl. this way, all my mail is > always local, and i don't need imap. > 'nullmailer' I use for outgoing mail. Its a braindead smtp queue which polls r

Re: X - fading white...

2001-12-12 Thread Alexander Clouter
sorry for the late reply, my uni. course is slowly getting the better of me :) Tobias Ulbricht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > well, to my best knowledge I did this, even copied literally the modelines > from the SuSE-X-config file to my debian. On Suse with X 4.0.3, as I said, > it returns properly

Re: X - fading white...

2001-12-12 Thread Alexander Clouter
sorry for the late reply, my uni. course is slowly getting the better of me :) Tobias Ulbricht [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > well, to my best knowledge I did this, even copied literally the modelines > from the SuSE-X-config file to my debian. On Suse with X 4.0.3, as I said, > it returns prope

Re: X - fading white...

2001-12-08 Thread Alexander Clouter
Tobias Ulbricht [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > lspci shows a Trident Cyber 9525 (rev 49). > > it seemed to me that the lack of APM appearing in the debian X-server-log > means either less verbose logging or different compilation than SuSE. > But before I start recompiling X, I better ask the gurus.

Re: X - fading white...

2001-12-08 Thread Alexander Clouter
Tobias Ulbricht [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > lspci shows a Trident Cyber 9525 (rev 49). > > it seemed to me that the lack of APM appearing in the debian X-server-log > means either less verbose logging or different compilation than SuSE. > But before I start recompiling X, I better ask the gur

Re: xfs file system - apparently for real men 8-)

2001-12-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is a little OT, but how well do XFS and reiserfs work with > laptops? I am under the impression that reiserFS does not have good > spin-down times, even when mounted with noatime and noflushd running. > As I understand it, reiserFS bypasses the kernels dela

Re: xfs file system - apparently for real men 8-)

2001-12-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
Mike [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > This is a little OT, but how well do XFS and reiserfs work with > laptops? I am under the impression that reiserFS does not have good > spin-down times, even when mounted with noatime and noflushd running. > As I understand it, reiserFS bypasses the kernels d

Re: thinkpad600e/networkcard

2001-12-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
Thomas Vogels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I put that info into a separate file, 'netgear.conf', which > /etc/pcmcia/config reads in. This way, changes don't get lost with > upgrades of pcmcia-cs. > nice idea...I'm lazy and just have a copy of the files I altered in /etc/pcmcia and everytime I r

Re: thinkpad600e/networkcard

2001-12-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
Thomas Vogels [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > I put that info into a separate file, 'netgear.conf', which > /etc/pcmcia/config reads in. This way, changes don't get lost with > upgrades of pcmcia-cs. > nice idea...I'm lazy and just have a copy of the files I altered in /etc/pcmcia and everytime

Re: thinkpad600e/networkcard

2001-12-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
Thomas Vogels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have that card (netgear FA511) and failed to get it to work. The > card costs about $60 but to get it to work would be priceless... > > I use woody, kernel 2.4.14 (for xfs) and the latest pcmcia-cs (from unstable) > along with tulip 1.1.8. When I ins

Re: thinkpad600e/networkcard

2001-12-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
Mikael L?vgren [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I planning on buying my first networkcard to begin building on LAN. Can > anyone recommend the best suited for a thinpad600e? I'm a novice on these > issues, but I hope someone could help me. > netgear netgear netgear :) More importantly for you the FA51

Re: thinkpad600e/networkcard

2001-12-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
Thomas Vogels [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > I have that card (netgear FA511) and failed to get it to work. The > card costs about $60 but to get it to work would be priceless... > > I use woody, kernel 2.4.14 (for xfs) and the latest pcmcia-cs (from unstable) > along with tulip 1.1.8. When I

Re: thinkpad600e/networkcard

2001-12-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
Mikael L?vgren [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > I planning on buying my first networkcard to begin building on LAN. Can > anyone recommend the best suited for a thinpad600e? I'm a novice on these > issues, but I hope someone could help me. > netgear netgear netgear :) More importantly for you the F

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-26 Thread Alexander Clouter
Serge Rey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Stock or custom kernel? > > custom, 2.2.19. i've compiled in support for my nic and sound card, as > well as usb stuff. all of which seem to be working fine. > well someone forgot to compile in support for 'VGA text console". If you forget this then the m

Re: thinkpad no video on boot

2001-11-26 Thread Alexander Clouter
Serge Rey [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > Stock or custom kernel? > > custom, 2.2.19. i've compiled in support for my nic and sound card, as > well as usb stuff. all of which seem to be working fine. > well someone forgot to compile in support for 'VGA text console". If you forget this then th

Re: cpu speed measurement

2001-11-20 Thread Alexander Clouter
Michael Thaler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a Sony Vaio F212K. My BIOS has an option to reduce CPU speed if > the computer is idle. I want to try the option to see if it works with > linux and to save some battery power. Does anyone know a programm to > measure the cpu speed or even better

Re: cpu speed measurement

2001-11-20 Thread Alexander Clouter
Michael Thaler [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > I have a Sony Vaio F212K. My BIOS has an option to reduce CPU speed if > the computer is idle. I want to try the option to see if it works with > linux and to save some battery power. Does anyone know a programm to > measure the cpu speed or even bett

Re: 16 bit PCMCIA devices

2001-10-30 Thread Alexander Clouter
Sunny Dubey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is anyone aware of the band width limitation of a 16 bit pcmcia device ?? Or > does that band width limitation not matter if I plug the card into a 32 bit > card socket?? (or am I completely wrong?) > as said before it ain't going to make any differenc

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-30 Thread Alexander Clouter
Martin Sk?tt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This looks very interesting. When I think about it most, if not all, of my > crashes has happened while scrolling. I have added the option to my X > configuration and enabled SpeedStep (setting it to the value the machine was > delivered with). I will retu

Re: 16 bit PCMCIA devices

2001-10-30 Thread Alexander Clouter
Sunny Dubey [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Is anyone aware of the band width limitation of a 16 bit pcmcia device ?? Or > does that band width limitation not matter if I plug the card into a 32 bit > card socket?? (or am I completely wrong?) > as said before it ain't going to make any differ

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-30 Thread Alexander Clouter
Martin Sk?tt [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > This looks very interesting. When I think about it most, if not all, of my > crashes has happened while scrolling. I have added the option to my X > configuration and enabled SpeedStep (setting it to the value the machine was > delivered with). I will r

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread alexander . clouter
Clayton Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > For what it's worth, I've a Dell Inspiron 7000 running 2.2.19 > and SpeedStep seems to work fine. Well, in so far as when I plug the > machine in /proc/whatever says 700MHz and when I unplug the box it's > reported as 550. I've always assumed tha

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread alexander . clouter
Clayton Carter [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > For what it's worth, I've a Dell Inspiron 7000 running 2.2.19 > and SpeedStep seems to work fine. Well, in so far as when I plug the > machine in /proc/whatever says 700MHz and when I unplug the box it's > reported as 550. I've always assumed

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Alexander Clouter
Martin Skøtt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling with > random crashes of our laptops. The standard solution is to disable SpeedStep > in the BIOS. Until now this haven't helped on my machine, but I have many > SpeedStep settings and I

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-23 Thread Alexander Clouter
Martin Skøtt [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling with > random crashes of our laptops. The standard solution is to disable SpeedStep > in the BIOS. Until now this haven't helped on my machine, but I have many > SpeedStep settings an

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-22 Thread alexander . clouter
Andy Toenz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook XE3. The Computer locks on random times > completely. No SysRq, no Keyboard Led's (e.g. Caps-Lock On/Off). Nothing... > Sometimes it works fine for a couple of hours, and sometimes he works > only 45 Minutes... until com

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-22 Thread alexander . clouter
Andy Toenz [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook XE3. The Computer locks on random times > completely. No SysRq, no Keyboard Led's (e.g. Caps-Lock On/Off). Nothing... > Sometimes it works fine for a couple of hours, and sometimes he works > only 45 Minutes... until

Re: irda

2001-10-22 Thread alexander . clouter
Tom Allison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Then does the following make any sense: > I used to configure this as a /dev/ttyS1 serial device > ttyS1 is associated with io 2f8. > nsc-... is associated with io 2e8 > Windows/Bios show this as io 0x02f8, irq 3, dma 3 > > Can I just change the serial devi

Re: irda

2001-10-22 Thread alexander . clouter
Tom Allison [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Then does the following make any sense: > I used to configure this as a /dev/ttyS1 serial device > ttyS1 is associated with io 2f8. > nsc-... is associated with io 2e8 > Windows/Bios show this as io 0x02f8, irq 3, dma 3 > > Can I just change the serial d

Re: irda

2001-10-21 Thread alexander . clouter
Wolfgang Fuschlberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > /lib/modules/2.4.9/kernel/net directory. > > > > /etc/modules.conf has: > > alias char-major-161 ircomm-tty > OK > > > alias irda0 nsc-ircc > > are you sure this module is the correct one for your chipset? > usually you n

Re: irda

2001-10-21 Thread alexander . clouter
Wolfgang Fuschlberger [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > > /lib/modules/2.4.9/kernel/net directory. > > > > /etc/modules.conf has: > > alias char-major-161 ircomm-tty > OK > > > alias irda0 nsc-ircc > > are you sure this module is the correct one for your chipset? > usually yo

Re: ssh port-forwarding and UDP-connections

2001-10-15 Thread alexander . clouter
A. Demarteau (linux rules!) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I need to use a local service form my laptop (remote location). > Thi is an udp connection. > Now I was wondering if it is possible to forward udp-connections over an > ssh-tunnel. > > I know it's possible for tcp-connections, but this has t

Re: ssh port-forwarding and UDP-connections

2001-10-15 Thread alexander . clouter
A. Demarteau (linux rules!) [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > I need to use a local service form my laptop (remote location). > Thi is an udp connection. > Now I was wondering if it is possible to forward udp-connections over an > ssh-tunnel. > > I know it's possible for tcp-connections, but this ha

Re: lphdisk difficulties restoring hibernation partition

2001-10-09 Thread alexander . clouter
Mark R. Millsap [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Recommended partition size is 132 MB > parse_table: Partition 1 overlaps with Partition 0! > Unable to parse partition table. > > Can someone clue me into why this isn't working... and why the recommended > partition size is 132 MB. I understand fro

Re: lphdisk difficulties restoring hibernation partition

2001-10-09 Thread alexander . clouter
Mark R. Millsap [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Recommended partition size is 132 MB > parse_table: Partition 1 overlaps with Partition 0! > Unable to parse partition table. > > Can someone clue me into why this isn't working... and why the recommended > partition size is 132 MB. I understand

Re: New Notebook Intel Chipset (Almador/ICH3/E830)

2001-10-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Beck, Pascal wrote: > > I got a Sony VAIO notebook : PCG-GR serie. > > This VAIO got the new Intel Chipset ICH3, and it seems that The Linux Kernel > (2.2.19;2.2.10) fail to get the IRQ of the device: > BUS:00 > Device:1d > Functiun:2 > it may be interesing to try the 2.4.x kern

Re: New Notebook Intel Chipset (Almador/ICH3/E830)

2001-10-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Fri, 5 Oct 2001, Beck, Pascal wrote: > > I got a Sony VAIO notebook : PCG-GR serie. > > This VAIO got the new Intel Chipset ICH3, and it seems that The Linux Kernel > (2.2.19;2.2.10) fail to get the IRQ of the device: > BUS:00 > Device:1d > Functiun:2 > it may be interesing to try the 2.4.x ker

Re: How to mail (userfriendly)?

2001-09-13 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Ignasi Palou-Rivera wrote: > > That's not too clear. smtpd is not any specific program, but several > can be used to provide the service. These is what I would use, and I > have used in my 486 50MHz laptop: > > * mutt as mailer (Mail User Agent) > * fetchmail, to get mail from

Re: How to mail (userfriendly)?

2001-09-13 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Ignasi Palou-Rivera wrote: > > That's not too clear. smtpd is not any specific program, but several > can be used to provide the service. These is what I would use, and I > have used in my 486 50MHz laptop: > > * mutt as mailer (Mail User Agent) > * fetchmail, to get mail from

Re: pcmcia-cs and configuring network...

2001-09-10 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Werner Heuser wrote: > >> know intuitively and I think thje other is discover. There is at > >> least two more. > > `divine' and maybe some of the ARP packages. > > `whereami', which is a suite to detect and configure the network.

Re: pcmcia-cs and configuring network...

2001-09-10 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Daniel Pittman wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Werner Heuser wrote: > >> know intuitively and I think thje other is discover. There is at > >> least two more. > > `divine' and maybe some of the ARP packages. > > `whereami', which is a suite to detect and configure the network.

Re: Thinkpad 365X - can anyone recommend least memory hungry windows and browser

2001-09-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Barry Pretsell wrote: > > I'm running Debian potato on an IBM Thinkpad 365X 24MB RAM, which has a > Cyber Trident 9320 display card (has 1Mb on board). > I have tried fvwm, fvwm2, icewm, and wdm. I have tried mozilla as a > browser and it takes 3-4 minutes to display anything. O

Re: Thinkpad 365X - can anyone recommend least memory hungry windowsand browser

2001-09-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Thu, 6 Sep 2001, Barry Pretsell wrote: > > I'm running Debian potato on an IBM Thinkpad 365X 24MB RAM, which has a > Cyber Trident 9320 display card (has 1Mb on board). > I have tried fvwm, fvwm2, icewm, and wdm. I have tried mozilla as a > browser and it takes 3-4 minutes to display anything.

Re: Problems with SMC EZ 10/100 Cardbus Card

2001-09-03 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Michael Thaler wrote: > > [snipped] > > tulip_attach(device 02:00.0) > tulip.c:v0.91g-ppc 7/16/99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (modified by [EMAIL PROTECTED] > for XIRCOM CBE, fixed by Doug Ledford) > eth0: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 65 at 0x280, 00:E0:29:47:D4:54, IRQ 9. > eth0: EEPROM de

Re: Problems with SMC EZ 10/100 Cardbus Card

2001-09-03 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Michael Thaler wrote: > > [snipped] > > tulip_attach(device 02:00.0) > tulip.c:v0.91g-ppc 7/16/99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (modified by >[EMAIL PROTECTED] for XIRCOM CBE, fixed by Doug Ledford) > eth0: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 65 at 0x280, 00:E0:29:47:D4:54, IRQ 9. > eth0: EEPROM de

Re: new kernel won't boot on tecra 8200

2001-08-19 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > > I'v compiled kernel 2.4.9 for my toshiba tecra8200 and found out it won't > boot. > Can someone with a simular laptop please checkout the included config > file? > I can send that person the compiled kernel/modules/System.map if > necessar

Re: IDE errors on mounting DVDs

2001-08-19 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Sam Tingleff wrote: > > Isn't that part of the copy protection? You need an app like VideoLAN > or Xine to do the DeCSS key stuff with the drive. > I think this is only true to *play* the VOB files, not to actually read or copy the VOB files. Much in the same way an encrypted

Re: new kernel won't boot on tecra 8200

2001-08-19 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > > I'v compiled kernel 2.4.9 for my toshiba tecra8200 and found out it won't > boot. > Can someone with a simular laptop please checkout the included config > file? > I can send that person the compiled kernel/modules/System.map if > necessa

Re: IDE errors on mounting DVDs

2001-08-19 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 19 Aug 2001, Sam Tingleff wrote: > > Isn't that part of the copy protection? You need an app like VideoLAN > or Xine to do the DeCSS key stuff with the drive. > I think this is only true to *play* the VOB files, not to actually read or copy the VOB files. Much in the same way an encrypte

Re: Win95 thinks partition still huge

2001-08-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Clare Johnstone wrote: > > Hi all, > > This question, in brief is - where is the vfat filesystem documented? > > [snippy snippy snippy snip] > > Please does anyone know where is it documented in such a way that I could > edit its tables? > well you don't actually need the vfat

Re: Win95 thinks partition still huge

2001-08-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sat, 11 Aug 2001, Clare Johnstone wrote: > > Hi all, > > This question, in brief is - where is the vfat filesystem documented? > > [snippy snippy snippy snip] > > Please does anyone know where is it documented in such a way that I could > edit its tables? > well you don't actually need the vfat

Re: Crash on suspend

2001-08-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Rogério Brito wrote: > > I just read parts of the Laptop Howto, but these questions > where not answered there and I'd love to have my laptop > working as well as possible under Linux. > try: www.linux-laptop.net www.deja.com and of course www.google.com >

Re: Windows format results...

2001-08-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Curt Howland wrote: > > Now if I could figure out what happened to ftp.jp.debian.org, > and why trying to get files from them is failing awfully... > I know you want it for faster downloads however if you need to browse the web site in japanese try www.uk.debian.org every now a

Re: Crash on suspend

2001-08-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Rogério Brito wrote: > > I just read parts of the Laptop Howto, but these questions > where not answered there and I'd love to have my laptop > working as well as possible under Linux. > try: www.linux-laptop.net www.deja.com and of course www.google.com >

Re: Windows format results...

2001-08-17 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Curt Howland wrote: > > Now if I could figure out what happened to ftp.jp.debian.org, > and why trying to get files from them is failing awfully... > I know you want it for faster downloads however if you need to browse the web site in japanese try www.uk.debian.org every now

Re: SVGA and XF86Config (fwd)

2001-08-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Eric Borton wrote: > > I have a 3040 CDT Toshiba laptop using Debian Woody. I am also using > xf86 version 4.0.+. > After I run xf86config, I can get the x window to show in 800x600 at > 8-bit. > I tried to step up to 1024x768 using 16-bit. I received a error message > that t

Re: Please recommend a machine (fwd)

2001-08-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Jaime Bemaras wrote: > > I am looking to acquire a laptop. I will need a dual boot system > because my university only supports MS software (don't get me > started). > only curious, what has your university got to do with resticting you? Or is it that you have to use Word, etc

Re: Crash on suspend

2001-08-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Rolf Heckemann wrote: > > I wonder: am I missing a step in between setting up the partition with > lphdisk and invoking suspend? Or will it not work at all with an > "oversize" disk because of BIOS constraints? > > - No-name laptop, very similar to ASUS 9000 series > - Phoenix

Re: SVGA and XF86Config (fwd)

2001-08-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Eric Borton wrote: > > I have a 3040 CDT Toshiba laptop using Debian Woody. I am also using > xf86 version 4.0.+. > After I run xf86config, I can get the x window to show in 800x600 at > 8-bit. > I tried to step up to 1024x768 using 16-bit. I received a error message > that

Re: Please recommend a machine (fwd)

2001-08-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 14 Aug 2001, Jaime Bemaras wrote: > > I am looking to acquire a laptop. I will need a dual boot system > because my university only supports MS software (don't get me > started). > only curious, what has your university got to do with resticting you? Or is it that you have to use Word, et

Re: Crash on suspend

2001-08-14 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Rolf Heckemann wrote: > > I wonder: am I missing a step in between setting up the partition with > lphdisk and invoking suspend? Or will it not work at all with an > "oversize" disk because of BIOS constraints? > > - No-name laptop, very similar to ASUS 9000 series > - Phoeni

Re: Help with mobile phones

2001-08-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Luis Mendes wrote: > > I am about to buy a mobile phone and so far I've been able to narrow > down my choice to two models: Siemens C35i and Nokia 7110. Both of them > have an internal modem and an infrared device. Is there anyone out there > with some experience on the use of t

Re: Help with mobile phones

2001-08-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 6 Aug 2001, Luis Mendes wrote: > > I am about to buy a mobile phone and so far I've been able to narrow > down my choice to two models: Siemens C35i and Nokia 7110. Both of them > have an internal modem and an infrared device. Is there anyone out there > with some experience on the use of

Re: serial and parallel ports

2001-08-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Jim Nutt wrote: > > Ok, anybody have some ideas on how I can keep the serial and parallel > port driver modules from loading on bootup? I'm not using either and I'd > rather not load anything I can avoid loading (I'm trying to strip my > kernel to the bare minimum). This is on

Re: CTX ExBook 700 series Shadow Ram

2001-08-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Anyone know how to disable the Shadow RAM settings on a CTX ExBook 700 > series Notebook? Is it critical that I get the shadow RAM disabled? > its not critical at all. The purpose of it is to speed up the video card under DOS (and maybe windows), ho

Re: toshiba 1800

2001-08-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Domenic Versace wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with getting x-windows > working on a toshiba 1800. > I was about to say check out google, however its turning up nothing :-/ However not all is lost. If you can dig out what chipset the graphics card is, you

Re: IBM 600 E

2001-08-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Jørgen Ruud wrote: > > I have a thinkpad 600E with 132 mb ram. I going to install debian > testing (woody) on this an I have a few question about DVD and divx on > this machine. > > Will I be able to use the DVD player under linux?, and will this > machine be able to play divX f

Re: serial and parallel ports

2001-08-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Jim Nutt wrote: > > Ok, anybody have some ideas on how I can keep the serial and parallel > port driver modules from loading on bootup? I'm not using either and I'd > rather not load anything I can avoid loading (I'm trying to strip my > kernel to the bare minimum). This is on

Re: toshiba 1800

2001-08-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Domenic Versace wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with getting x-windows > working on a toshiba 1800. > I was about to say check out google, however its turning up nothing :-/ However not all is lost. If you can dig out what chipset the graphics card is, yo

Re: CTX ExBook 700 series Shadow Ram

2001-08-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Sat, 4 Aug 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Anyone know how to disable the Shadow RAM settings on a CTX ExBook 700 > series Notebook? Is it critical that I get the shadow RAM disabled? > its not critical at all. The purpose of it is to speed up the video card under DOS (and maybe windows), h

Re: IBM 600 E

2001-08-05 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Fri, 3 Aug 2001, Jørgen Ruud wrote: > > I have a thinkpad 600E with 132 mb ram. I going to install debian > testing (woody) on this an I have a few question about DVD and divx on > this machine. > > Will I be able to use the DVD player under linux?, and will this > machine be able to play divX

Re: Sony Vaio SR33

2001-07-31 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, p wrote: > > i've got the sony "picturebook" (pcg-c1xs) laptop. i luv the > "feel" and portability. ...very sexy, figuratively, not literally. > > the only thing _not_ "gnu/linux friendly" is "sound." i hear (sorry) > others have gotten it to work on their sonys, but mine h

Re: stopping laptop sound on suspend?

2001-07-26 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Wed, 25 Jul 2001, Tony Godshall wrote: > > My OB800 doesn't come back from a suspend when I've > suspended with music playing (xmms or mpg123 or freeamp) > :( This is a bummer because I use my headphones to > drown out distractions while I work. > one word for yer. ALSA (www.alsa-project.

Re: help: installing from DOS partition

2001-07-26 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, paula nerve wrote: > > I'm trying to install Debian on a Sony Vaio N505. I have Sony CD-ROM but > not the original so it's not bootable, that's why I created a DOS > partition and put these files: > > - base2_2 15.331 Kb > - drivers 4.990 Kb > - install > - loadl

Re: OT: which journaling file system

2001-07-18 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Philipp Zabel wrote: > > [snip] > > It seems that ReiserFS and XFS are both relatively stable now and > not too hard to install cleanly. > XFS has been stable (on IRIX machines) since about 1994. ReiserFS is really only a year or two old. So far all the stories I have heard

Re: nefarious irq sharing

2001-07-06 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, p wrote: > >the problem is that the sound card "loops" every >2 seconds, so it just plays the same 2 seconds >of sounds over and over again. this also locks >up the computer, which causes a "hard," (fsck) >boot. yuck! (btw, i use the yamaha oss sound >driver built into kerne

Re: moving to a new laptop

2001-06-19 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > > I'm going to move to a new laptop pretty soon. My question: > Can I simply "move" all the software to the new one? (Well, except for > the XConfig and other hardware stuff like sound, 3D, etc...) > I cannot see why not. Just remember before you move

Re: moving to a new laptop

2001-06-19 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > > I'm going to move to a new laptop pretty soon. My question: > Can I simply "move" all the software to the new one? (Well, except for > the XConfig and other hardware stuff like sound, 3D, etc...) > I cannot see why not. Just remember before you mov

Re: Raunchiest SEX VIDEOS and NO CCARD required !!!

2001-06-13 Thread Alexander Clouter
On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Hello, > >Does Hardcore Video Fucking Turn You On ? > erm.recently there has been quite a bit of spam sent to this mailing list. Seriously, it shouldn't get here. Sure I understand that one or two may fall through the system however over the pas

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