Re: gnome/hal/dbus Suspend vs. hibernate-ram

2008-05-01 Thread Noah Meyerhans
On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 01:01:21PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > My new ThinkPad X300 can suspend just fine if I use the hibernate-ram > command, but the sleep button (Fn+F4 or "Suspend" from > gnome-power-manager) is not able to suspend. The system starts to > suspend bu

gnome/hal/dbus Suspend vs. hibernate-ram

2008-05-01 Thread Noah Meyerhans
etch-and-a-half at some point, which might work. noah signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Thinkpad T40p, linux 2.6, ACPI

2003-12-11 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
end to RAM (echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep) sometimes works, but it actually leaves me with an unresponsive keyboard upon resume. I saw some discussion when searching Google for some unrelated topic, and it seems that I'm not the only one who has seen this. The thread that I fo

Re: Thinkpad T40p, linux 2.6, ACPI

2003-12-11 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
end to RAM (echo 3 > /proc/acpi/sleep) sometimes works, but it actually leaves me with an unresponsive keyboard upon resume. I saw some discussion when searching Google for some unrelated topic, and it seems that I'm not the only one who has seen this. The thread that I found did seem to

Thinkpad T40p, linux 2.6, ACPI

2003-12-10 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
t this point, to get the system to finish turning off, I either have to remove the battery and AC cord, or hold the power button down for something like 10 seconds. Does anybody know of a workaround? Is this a bug? Thanks. noah pgpREDO7TbiXh.pgp Description: PGP signature

Thinkpad T40p, linux 2.6, ACPI

2003-12-10 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
t this point, to get the system to finish turning off, I either have to remove the battery and AC cord, or hold the power button down for something like 10 seconds. Does anybody know of a workaround? Is this a bug? Thanks. noah pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: debian laptop for a train hopper

2002-04-14 Thread noah
IMHO. I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 - it's a great system and I've had pretty good luck with Debian. I would certainly recommend it to most people, but I'm not sure about a "train hopper." The biggest weakness, IMO, is the construction - it's just not as solid as

Re: debian laptop for a train hopper

2002-04-14 Thread noah
liable and robust, IMHO. I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 - it's a great system and I've had pretty good luck with Debian. I would certainly recommend it to most people, but I'm not sure about a "train hopper." The biggest weakness, IMO, is the construction - it's just not

Linksys card mis-recognized

2002-04-10 Thread Noah Meyerhans
ince there's no manfid or version string output by cardmgr (even when running with -v), I can't figure out how to get this card properly recognized. Can anybody offer any hints? Thanks. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul

Linksys card mis-recognized

2002-04-09 Thread Noah Meyerhans
ince there's no manfid or version string output by cardmgr (even when running with -v), I can't figure out how to get this card properly recognized. Can anybody offer any hints? Thanks. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul

Re: Why Woody?

2002-04-07 Thread noah
that might be what you installed originally. As many people have said, your best bet is probably to stick with what you've got for a few weeks, and then install Debian 3.0 when it becomes the available stable version (around the beginning of May, probably). Cheers, Noah -- To UNSUBS

Re: Why Woody?

2002-04-07 Thread noah
t that that might be what you installed originally. As many people have said, your best bet is probably to stick with what you've got for a few weeks, and then install Debian 3.0 when it becomes the available stable version (around the beginning of May, probably). Cheers, Noah -- To

Re: cardmgr stops recognizing NIC after upgrade

2002-01-08 Thread Noah Meyerhans
nfid line remaining commented. My changes work fine in the config file even when the original entry is there, which leads me to believe that the axnet version of this card would still work fine. Should I file a wishlist bug to get my changes included in pcmci

cardmgr stops recognizing NIC after upgrade

2002-01-08 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
0xc1ab function: 6 (netwo rk) This is particularly strange, because in the past cardmgr always tried to load the axnet_cs module, and all I had to do to fix it was reconfigure it to load pcnet_cs. Now, however, it claims to be unable to do anything at all with the card. Any ideas? Thanks in a

Re: cardmgr stops recognizing NIC after upgrade

2002-01-08 Thread Noah Meyerhans
th the manfid line remaining commented. My changes work fine in the config file even when the original entry is there, which leads me to believe that the axnet version of this card would still work fine. Should I file a wishlist bug to get my changes included in pcmci

cardmgr stops recognizing NIC after upgrade

2002-01-08 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
0xc1ab function: 6 (netwo rk) This is particularly strange, because in the past cardmgr always tried to load the axnet_cs module, and all I had to do to fix it was reconfigure it to load pcnet_cs. Now, however, it claims to be unable to do anything at all with the card. Any ideas? Thanks in a

Re: Why Linux on a Laptop?

2001-11-30 Thread Noah Meyerhans
r my wireless card are so buggy that I'm unable to see for myself.) So the way I see it, why run Windows on a laptop? It's clunky, harder to get work done in, less efficient, and unstable. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.

Re: Why Linux on a Laptop?

2001-11-30 Thread Noah Meyerhans
r my wireless card are so buggy that I'm unable to see for myself.) So the way I see it, why run Windows on a laptop? It's clunky, harder to get work done in, less efficient, and unstable. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.

RE: Dell 8100

2001-10-22 Thread noah
but still not Debian) You need to use XFree86 4 or above - once I installed 4, I had no problem getting X running. There are a number of config files available on the Internet, but if you can't find one, I could send you mine. Cheers, Noah

RE: Dell 8100

2001-10-22 Thread noah
Windows I suppose, but still not Debian) You need to use XFree86 4 or above - once I installed 4, I had no problem getting X running. There are a number of config files available on the Internet, but if you can't find one, I could send you mine. Cheers, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

pcmcia-cs 3.1.28-2 is on crack

2001-08-28 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
Can anybody help? Thanks in advance. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html pgpwtyVPFjr8n.pgp Description: PGP signature

pcmcia-cs 3.1.28-2 is on crack

2001-08-28 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
2.4.9. Can anybody help? Thanks in advance. noah -- ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html PGP signature

PCMCIA and kernel 2.4.x (was: network connectivity problems)

2001-08-27 Thread noah
At 12:14 PM 15/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked > > fine &

PCMCIA and kernel 2.4.x (was: network connectivity problems)

2001-08-26 Thread noah
At 12:14 PM 15/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > > >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > > > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked >

Re: ATI Mobility M4

2001-08-20 Thread noah
At 06:57 PM 19/08/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just bought an Inspiron 8000. I cannot get X going. None of the drivers work for it. Everyone says the Rage128 is the one, but apparently is not, unless I'm doing something wrong. I have tried to upgrade to XFree86 4.1.0. This didn't solve

Re: Debian setup freezes when trying to remove pcmcia

2001-08-20 Thread noah
nce you've done this, edit /etc/lilo.conf (I think that's what it's called) and remove (or comment out) the "PCMCIA=no" line. Then run lilo, and reboot - PCMCIA should load no problem. HTH, Noah

Re: ATI Mobility M4

2001-08-20 Thread noah
At 06:57 PM 19/08/2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I just bought an Inspiron 8000. I cannot get X going. None of the >drivers work for it. Everyone says the Rage128 is the one, but apparently >is not, unless I'm doing something wrong. I have tried to upgrade to >XFree86 4.1.0. This didn't s

Re: Debian setup freezes when trying to remove pcmcia

2001-08-20 Thread noah
00-0x8ff" - it's the middle of three ports listed near the beginning of the file. Once you've done this, edit /etc/lilo.conf (I think that's what it's called) and remove (or comment out) the "PCMCIA=no" line. Then run lilo, and reboot - PCMCIA should load no problem. HTH, Noah -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: network connectivity problems

2001-08-14 Thread noah
Thanks for the reply . . . At 10:46 AM 13/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked fine > unt

Re: network connectivity problems

2001-08-14 Thread noah
Thanks for the reply . . . At 10:46 AM 13/08/2001, Michael Heldebrant wrote: >On 10 Aug 2001 15:47:32 -0400, noah wrote: > > I'm running Woody on a Dell Inspiron 8000 - I have a cable Internet > > connection through a D-Link DFE-650 PCMCIA card. The connection worked

Re: network connectivity problems

2001-08-10 Thread noah
ernel configuration? Is there something else that I should be looking at? Thanks in advance, Noah

Re: PCMCIA / NIC /Cable on Inspiron 8000

2001-07-23 Thread noah
wever, is (not surprisingly) a binary file (or at least a lot of garbage shows up on my screen when I do "vi /sbin/ifup") - I assume that this means that I would have to make the change before compiling it. Is this right, or do I have no idea what I'm talking about? Again, man

PCMCIA / NIC /Cable on Inspiron 8000

2001-07-23 Thread noah
g that PCMCIA is working properly at this point, and that it's the card that's not right. Is this true? Or is PCMCIA not yet right? Or are both PCMCIA and the card fine, and do I have to configure the connection to Rogers@Home at this point? Any help/advice would be greatly appreci

choosing a keyboard layout in X4

2001-01-26 Thread Noah Meyerhans
on "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" EndSection How do I tell it what layout to use? What are my options (and how do I find them)? I've read the docs, but they weren't too helpful in this case. If somebody could point me to an app

choosing a keyboard layout in X4

2001-01-26 Thread Noah Meyerhans
on "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" EndSection How do I tell it what layout to use? What are my options (and how do I find them)? I've read the docs, but they weren't too helpful in this case. If somebody could point me to an app

Re: sony vaio laptops

2000-11-27 Thread Noah Meyerhans
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Re: sony vaio laptops

2000-11-27 Thread Noah Meyerhans
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X4 troubles on Vaio PCG-XG28 (NM2380)

2000-11-09 Thread Noah Meyerhans
nfig file that they could share with me? I can post all the info you need about the system configuration, if it would help. TIA, noah -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6CsSSYrVLjBFATsMRArKkAJ9JkN0RiUL

X4 troubles on Vaio PCG-XG28 (NM2380)

2000-11-09 Thread Noah Meyerhans
nfig file that they could share with me? I can post all the info you need about the system configuration, if it would help. TIA, noah -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE6CsSSYrVLjBFATsMRArKkAJ9JkN0RiUL

Re: alsa sound on vaio (neomagic 256qv) chipset / ymfpci

2000-09-19 Thread Noah Meyerhans
BIOS setting. You need to tell it that there is *not* a PnP OS installed, which will cause the BIOS to initialize all the PCI stuff. Enter the BIOS by pressing at boot time (when the Vaio logo is displayed). HTH, noah On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 09:39:09PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote: > I have pu

Re: alsa sound on vaio (neomagic 256qv) chipset / ymfpci

2000-09-19 Thread Noah Meyerhans
nge a BIOS setting. You need to tell it that there is *not* a PnP OS installed, which will cause the BIOS to initialize all the PCI stuff. Enter the BIOS by pressing at boot time (when the Vaio logo is displayed). HTH, noah On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 09:39:09PM +0200, Bruno Waes wrote: > I have pu

useful laptop specific apps?

2000-08-30 Thread Noah Meyerhans
opinions on what the indispensible mobile linux apps are, since I'm coming from desktop experience only. Thanks noah -- Noah Meyerhans MIT LCS

useful laptop specific apps?

2000-08-30 Thread Noah Meyerhans
opinions on what the indispensible mobile linux apps are, since I'm coming from desktop experience only. Thanks noah -- Noah Meyerhans MIT LCS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook

2000-08-29 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
supported according to http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS (thanks for the link, Tim Quinlan). noah ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

Re: Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook

2000-08-29 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
supported according to http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS (thanks for the link, Tim Quinlan). noah ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/ | PGP Public Key: http://web.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE

RE: Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook

2000-08-21 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- As a followup question, what PCMCIA ethernet cards are well supported in Linux? How 'bout wireless ethernet? PCMCIA modems (including cellular)? I'm a complete newbie WRT all this PCMCIA stuff, so bear with me. THanks, noah On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Se

Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook

2000-08-21 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
and must run Lose98 at least part time for testing/debugging purposes. Otherwise I'm free to choose the model and run Debian on it. Pointers to online docs are welcome. Thanks in advance for info. noah ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~

RE: Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook

2000-08-21 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- As a followup question, what PCMCIA ethernet cards are well supported in Linux? How 'bout wireless ethernet? PCMCIA modems (including cellular)? I'm a complete newbie WRT all this PCMCIA stuff, so bear with me. THanks, noah On Mon, 21 Aug

Potato on a Sony VAIO notebook

2000-08-21 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
VAIO and must run Lose98 at least part time for testing/debugging purposes. Otherwise I'm free to choose the model and run Debian on it. Pointers to online docs are welcome. Thanks in advance for info. noah ___ | Web: http://web.morgul.net/~

Re: iplogger is crashing my computer

2000-01-10 Thread Noah L. Meyerhans
s about the same thing, but in a more sane way. Since you're running slink, you should get the ippl sources from potato if you want to run it. noah PGP Public Key available at http://www.morgul.net/~frodo/mail.html or by `finger -l [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP