Re: loss of character "s" in x

2004-09-16 Thread Markus Uhlmann
>> frequently the "s" key ceases to work under x (no hardware problem, >> works in text consoles) and can only be re-activated by ctrl-alt-f'ing >> to a different console and back to x. >> >> the problem might be triggered by pressing "ctrl-x ctrl-s" in emacs, >> which i do often, but i am not sur

Re: loss of character "s" in x

2004-09-16 Thread Markus Uhlmann
>> frequently the "s" key ceases to work under x (no hardware problem, >> works in text consoles) and can only be re-activated by ctrl-alt-f'ing >> to a different console and back to x. >> >> the problem might be triggered by pressing "ctrl-x ctrl-s" in emacs, >> which i do often, but i am not sur

Re: loss of character "s" in x

2004-09-15 Thread Markus Uhlmann
> maybe u're having problem with ur k-map. > did u try to dpkg-reconfigure or > to change ur x-keyboardmap? should i? i mean, my keymap is adequate. how can it cause such problem? anyway, i am using: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboar

Re: loss of character "s" in x

2004-09-15 Thread Markus Uhlmann
> maybe u're having problem with ur k-map. > did u try to dpkg-reconfigure or > to change ur x-keyboardmap? should i? i mean, my keymap is adequate. how can it cause such problem? anyway, i am using: Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboar

loss of character "s" in x

2004-09-15 Thread Markus Uhlmann
i am running sarge on a dell latitude 5100. window-manager is "wmaker". frequently the "s" key ceases to work under x (no hardware problem, works in text consoles) and can only be re-activated by ctrl-alt-f'ing to a different console and back to x. the problem might be triggered by pressing "ct

loss of character "s" in x

2004-09-15 Thread Markus Uhlmann
i am running sarge on a dell latitude 5100. window-manager is "wmaker". frequently the "s" key ceases to work under x (no hardware problem, works in text consoles) and can only be re-activated by ctrl-alt-f'ing to a different console and back to x. the problem might be triggered by pressing "ct

Re: sound on dell inspiron 5100, Intel 82801DB AC'97 Audio

2003-04-10 Thread markus uhlmann
the sound is working. the steps i took are the following: . use 2.4.18 kernel with sound enabled, but no compiled-in cards. . install _not_ debian-'sarge'-provided alsa packages, but the latest stable versions from www.alsa-project.org (i.e. version 0.9.2), including 'alsa-drivers', 'alsa-li

Re: sound on dell inspiron 5100, Intel 82801DB AC'97 Audio

2003-04-10 Thread markus uhlmann
Kent West wrote: >>using a kernel with audio support, i get the following message at boot >>time (from 'dmesg'): >> >> Intel 810 + AC97 Audio, version 0.21, 20:42:12 Apr 9 2003 >> >> >Then again, this looks promising. ... > What's the result of "lsmod"? Which modules did you load by hand? I

sound on dell inspiron 5100, Intel 82801DB AC'97 Audio

2003-04-10 Thread markus uhlmann
hi. i am having trouble getting the sound to work on a dell inspiron 5100 laptop. i am running debian 'sarge' and a 2.4.18 kernel. 'lspci' tells me (amongst other things): 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82801DB AC'97 Audio (rev 02) Subsystem: Dell Computer Corporatio