Re: Debug hibernate/resume failure?

2011-02-09 Thread Paolo Casaschi
rnate used to work flawlessly on my old lenny setup. -- Paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/AANLkTimgKzZJ2=nzLLmqzKhzqm-CQuuNE5bK2tMH=g...@mail.gmail.com

Re: URGENT - v5.0.0 amd64 (stable): Broadcom 4321AG Wi-Fi adapter not detected

2009-03-12 Thread Paolo
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 06:25:27PM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote: > > I'm in Thailand. I don't have the inclination to fly over and teach sed > right now. many, though not living in Thailand, would agree anyway ;) But that'd just be an easy way to do the job.

Re: Broadcom 4321AG not detected on lenny/amd64

2009-03-12 Thread Paolo
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 09:09:46AM +0100, Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > - statement like "URGENT" and "I really need a solution right away!" > get you problem solved quicker (unless you paid for gold support ;) ^ won't -- p -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: URGENT - v5.0.0 amd64 (stable): Broadcom 4321AG Wi-Fi adapter not detected

2009-03-11 Thread Paolo
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 08:59:40AM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote: ... > as root, do: > > nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist > or more quickly: $ sed -i /^Reading/d /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist (w/out '$' in col 1, of course) -- paolo GPG/PGP id:0x3A47DE45 - B5F9 AAA

Re: URGENT - v5.0.0 amd64 (stable): Broadcom 4321AG Wi-Fi adapter not detected

2009-03-10 Thread Paolo
8-toi3.0rc7-dm-sa-nb-pm.8 ndiswrapper-source ndiswrapper-utils ndiswrapper-utils-1.9 check what's missing in your system - note that ndiswrapper-modules-2.6.26.8... is specific to my system. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject

Re: URGENT - v5.0.0 amd64 (stable): Broadcom 4321AG Wi-Fi adapter not detected

2009-03-08 Thread Paolo
etty much screwed up Linux when I tried to > install everything that I thought I needed to build it. My courses start > tomorrow, and I really don't have the time to fiddle around with my computer you might want to try a LiveCd then http://wiki.debian.org/LiveCD -- paolo -- To U

Re: URGENT - v5.0.0 amd64 (stable): Broadcom 4321AG Wi-Fi adapter not detected

2009-03-08 Thread Paolo
ion of Linux, and the you need to install the development stuff - I think installing module-assistant should do the trick, since it depends on build-essential. Then you'd get enough docs to tackle the task - man module-assistant after installing. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Lenny with Atheros AR522/AR5213 Chipset

2009-03-08 Thread Paolo
, if you can. That'd tell (likely) whether it's ath5k's or some (net) daemon's issue. Note, I don't use Gnome's NM, so can't provide hints there - I'm sure other will chime in. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Xorg failure

2009-03-08 Thread Paolo
ket avail for testing - nor they'd have the time to do the testing anyway. Also, they mostly depend on upstream. All get feedback from the userbase, which hopely helps to improve things. Sadly your way to make feedback doesn't help much. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Phone recording software

2009-03-03 Thread Paolo
e my C128 have I seen the OK prompt! But I cannot seem to get > a CLI from minicom, I will have to google it tomorrow. This is quite > different than that machine that I barely remember from ~20 years ago. sorry, have cut away the initial 'atz'; anyway, minicom runs from t

Re: Phone recording software

2009-03-03 Thread Paolo
er, one of those suitable for eg plain old analog recorders or phone-secretary. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Phone recording software

2009-03-03 Thread Paolo
On Tue, Mar 03, 2009 at 01:22:33PM -0700, Richard Werst wrote: > Not to rub any one the wrong way, but these folks have some software > that will record phone conversations: > > http://www.nch.com.au/trx/index.html check pkg transcriber for similar functions. -- paolo -- To

Re: Debian-based system not booting on Dell Inspiron laptop

2009-02-08 Thread Paolo
cted and only / is mounted, and stays ro. Try booting from a (Live)CD or a rescue FD/USB disk and check the HDD and bootloader config. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: problem to send email with postfix

2009-02-06 Thread Paolo
quests from it; likely smtp.free.fr only allows IP in it's domain and trusted static IP. It's not a problem with the ML, just the usual min anti-spam measure at smtp level. Perhaps smtp.free.fr would accpet your IP if you do and auth IMPA/POP access from it. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUB

Re: plugin flash player AMD64

2009-02-01 Thread Paolo
7;d better check the basic docs/tutorial/guides/faq/h-t on the matter - I think the Debian-install guide should be a nice starting point. http://www.debian.org/security/ is also highly recommended reading. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Re: plugin flash player AMD64

2009-02-01 Thread Paolo
On Sun, Feb 01, 2009 at 03:37:22AM +, javier melendez wrote: [pls reply to list not my address] > > hi paolo >dont work my plugin of firefox. >my firefox is in spanish version and my pluginfirefox is in english >version. can it be a problem? no (should not,

Re: plugin flash player AMD64

2009-01-31 Thread Paolo
something like ~/.mozilla/firefox//plugins/ HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Does KDM need a password?

2009-01-25 Thread Paolo
asks for HDD pwd, things are a bit harder, since access attempts may result in data wipe out, depending on HDD sec setting. > However, if you are not using filesystem encryption then KDM (login) pass > doesn't add much in terms of data security. zero, indeed, once you've

Re: Does KDM need a password?

2009-01-25 Thread Paolo
d mean you are sure you always use your laptop like: 1. on, active session, you in front of kyb/scr 2. off / suspend to disk anything in between would benefit from some protection other than bios/disk. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: Load_Cycle_Count: Is 600000 bad?

2009-01-20 Thread Paolo
lease 12/15/99 with uptimes of months (always on, till it crashes/hangs ;) ) since - hm - 2002. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: pcmcia wifi card not recognised

2009-01-14 Thread Paolo
27; value is only valid if: 1) It is a plaintext (ascii) string between 8 and 63 characters in length 2) It is a hexadecimal string of 64 characters but, in case, check wpa_passphrase(8). -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org wit

Re: Madwifi resume not resuming

2009-01-10 Thread Paolo
kManager first. > > I've kind of worked around the problem with a shell script, though I man hibernate.conf - check 'OnSuspend' and 'OnResume' facilities in /etc/hibernate/common.conf and /etc/hibernate/blacklisted-modules HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Fujitsu Lifebook B-2131 : touchscreen doesen't work

2009-01-06 Thread Paolo
eful with it - check you've got the related xorg's input module installed, if avail - and tell xorg to load it in xorg.conf (your's is pretty standard) check docs/man pages for details, perhaps you need to do some other step or ignore some of the above, or both. HTH -- paolo

Re: battery performance lower then..

2008-12-26 Thread Paolo
power saving settings which I'm not aware of. try laptop-mode-tools -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: Debian Etch and half

2008-12-26 Thread Paolo
hdparm -i /dev/ but cdrecord(1) should yield enough info, try 1st: % cdrecord -scanbus % cdrecord dev=ATA: -scanbus and see what devices you get, and which devID your drive is assigned, then % cdrecord dev= -inq % cdrecord dev= -prcap % cdrecord dev= -atip HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIB

Re: LILO on a TOSHIBA Laptop Satellite A200 problems with SCSI-disk ?

2008-12-14 Thread Paolo
ically reduces load time and keeps the # map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when # booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default # because it doesn't always work. # compact " HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-req

Re: TP Z61m Flash and Java slow

2008-12-14 Thread Paolo
//mirror.hro.nl/debian-multimedia/ stable main (that's the apt line) HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-laptop-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org

Re: USB 1.1 too slow for burning DVD's [update/revisited]

2008-12-06 Thread Paolo
.org for many hints, also browse through www.tldp.org, then of course search around for something like "pc hardware guide". What turns out good and enough depends on your needs and prior knowledge. wikipedia.org should help too. HTH -- paolo GPG/PGP id:0x3A47DE45 - B5F9 AAA0 44BD 2

Re: 5.25 inch USB drive?

2008-12-03 Thread Paolo
x27;t work. A spare old AT I gues can be found for US$ ~10 or so at repair shops, not sure if the USB FDD would cost less. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB 1.1 too slow for burning DVD's [update/revisited]

2008-11-18 Thread Paolo
m I believe) that it's no no magic in place here, it won't read faster than your HDD's speed - check with 'hdparm -tT /dev/hda' (as root and assuming HDD is hda) what's your limit. regards -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problem with sleep modes etc.. on a ThinkPad600 with Etch

2008-11-10 Thread Paolo
g/wiki/ HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problems with deXlan (Intersil) wifi pcmcia card : the end

2008-11-09 Thread Paolo
ed : BIOS too old"... but I see > no such messages with Etch, it simply does not work, same as with Sarge. that's from the kernel, there was a limit release date for ACPI to be deemed reliable, iirc that option has been removed - you need to play with kernel boot params acpi*, apm*

Re: problems with deXlan (Intersil) wifi pcmcia card

2008-11-08 Thread Paolo
ot an Ethernet card on top... of course, they're the same thing, only the medium is different. > > I went inside my DSL box, using Firefox in root mode, with ... > Security : WPA ok, but output from above commands would be of interest anyway. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problems with deXlan (Intersil) wifi pcmcia card

2008-11-08 Thread Paolo
On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 12:58:31PM +0100, Paolo wrote: > On Fri, Nov 07, 2008 at 07:15:11PM +0100, Bernard wrote: > > > According to what I have read, the 'orinoco' driver that is supposed to > > also work for my 'intersil prism2' pcmcia card, does no

Re: problems with deXlan (Intersil) wifi pcmcia card

2008-11-08 Thread Paolo
't setup a VPN (like your case, for a simple DSL modem on the other end), well, you have no choice but buy another card/USB-wlan. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problems with deXlan (Intersil) wifi pcmcia card

2008-11-05 Thread Paolo
ould be the safe choice on recente kernels. > wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 no news here, remove/disable hostap. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problems with deXlan (Intersil) wifi pcmcia card

2008-11-04 Thread Paolo
only in Managed mode when > host_roaming is enabled so hostap is taking the hardware; I guess you just want to connect to your AP, ie act as client, so remove/don't load hostap*. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: problems with deXlan (Intersil) wifi pcmcia card

2008-11-04 Thread Paolo
yes, RTFM ;) > I have found no doc concerning the hostap driver and daemon, there is no not needed, unless you want your notebook to act like an access point. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: wireless on an old Thinkpad 600

2008-11-01 Thread Paolo
n address from any of the private ranges: Class Networks A 10.0.0.0 through 10.255.255.255 B 172.16.0.0 through 172.31.0.0 C 192.168.0.0 through 192.168.255.0 -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: md300 usb wireless modem

2008-10-29 Thread Paolo
0:01 kalma kernel: [ 8030.519128] Pid: 13478, comm: sh Not > tainted 2.6.26-1-686 #1 ... try newe{r,st} kernel; I've seen this issue already time ago, seems it was addressed (possibly not fully) a while back: http://marc.info/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=119251213017714&w=2 possibly not fully

Re: HP/Compaq NX5000 laptop Broadcom network card problem

2008-10-25 Thread Paolo
try mii-tool / mii-diag for a low-level diagnotics (iirc B44 has MII). > Maybe you just need a newer kernel. yep, do this 1st, before banging your head against the wall any further ;) -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB 1.1 too slow to burn DVD's?

2008-10-22 Thread Paolo
"USB" (non Hi-Speed) which is limited to 12Mbps / 1.5Mbps, but DVD burning won't work since min requirement is ~13.5Mbps sustained data rate. Hi-Speed USB (included in 2.0) tops at 480Mbps, enough for the fastest DVD writers. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: aptitude question

2008-09-04 Thread Paolo
-specific, though try man dpkg / man apt - aptitude is a front-end to apt/dpkg, which keep the list/pkg database in /var/lib/apt and /var/lib/dpkg resp., and infos/question during install come from pkg template which are then stored in /var/lib/dpkg/info. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Hard Drive temp?

2008-08-30 Thread Paolo
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:52:52AM +0200, Paolo wrote: > and SMART reported an out-of-range event(s), thus giving a clue for what's > the drive's trip T. correcting myself: trip -> max-operating 'trip' T is - if set - hard limit at which the drive power off (li

Re: Hard Drive temp?

2008-08-30 Thread Paolo
reported an out-of-range event(s), thus giving a clue for what's the drive's trip T. Note that's _ambient_ T limit, case T limit is higher (eg 60 for Fujitsu). HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Hard Drive temp?

2008-08-30 Thread Paolo
On Sun, Aug 31, 2008 at 12:18:55AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > through /proc/acpi but I cannot find the hard drive temp. Where should > it be? It is possible that there is no hard drive temp sensor in a be SMART - check pkg smartmontools ;) -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Cannot compile kernel: make-kpkg seems to hang

2008-08-20 Thread Paolo
e-kpkg --verbose HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NOT wake on lid switch?

2008-08-18 Thread Paolo
tweak this stuff from Linux, try and see if you get success in loading such module and if something new appears in /proc/acpi (or /sys if the /proc interface is disabled in your kernel). HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Re: I want to make a copy of my system on dvd

2008-07-28 Thread Paolo
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 02:02:04AM -0700, darren naidoo wrote: > Use -z2 with command partimage for compression. Check partimage --help I doubt that'd work with plain mkisofs -> cdrecord -> DVD. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: Re: I want to make a copy of my system on dvd

2008-07-28 Thread Paolo
s root from a rescue? - check docs for that rescue disk; if it's a rescue disk meant just for your system, root pwd should be your usual root pwd. - try to boot with bootparam 'init=/bin/sh' which should drop you in a shell very soon - note / will be ro and nothing else is mou

Re: I want to make a copy of my system on dvd

2008-07-27 Thread Paolo
compressed whole volume. Of course you want to read upx manual and do some test _first_ ;). good luck! HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I want to make a copy of my system on dvd

2008-07-27 Thread Paolo
x Location: x -> File systems x -> CD-ROM/DVD Filesystems x -> ISO 9660 CDROM file system support (ISO9660_FS [=y]) dunno how/if it'd work for a bootable cd. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I want to make a copy of my system on dvd

2008-07-26 Thread Paolo
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 09:22:42PM +0200, Jonas Andradas wrote: > > Thank you very much, you're welcome, but I didn't do that much, kudos go to the fine guys who actually did & maintain the thing :) BTW, http://debian-live.alioth.debian.org/ might offer other hints on the

Re: I want to make a copy of my system on dvd

2008-07-25 Thread Paolo
s bootcd extension your initrd-image will be updated to be usable for bootcd. With bootcd you can copy your system to cd, run it from cd without need for disks and restore your system on disk from bootcd." which seems what you want. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROT

Re: Thinkpad 770 memory problem

2008-07-17 Thread Paolo
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:15:24PM -0600, Isaac MacFarlane wrote: > >Hello all. I have 288MB installed in my system and the BIOS does see >it all, but Debian is only recoginizing 220MB. I tried adding a boot likely it's reclaimed by the video system, seems it's ~64MB shared video RAM. --

Re: laptop-mode-tools

2008-07-03 Thread Paolo
rted by acpi, eg poll the level every 30s, log with timestamps, then check that log against track of those hibernation event. - be sure you don't have enabled other auto-suspend mechanism. HTH -- paolo GPG/PGP id:0x3A47DE45 - B5F9 AAA0 44BD 2B63 81E0 971F C6C0 0B87 3A47 DE45 -

Re: Laptop waking up in bag

2008-06-30 Thread Paolo
h, on fresh boot. Or /tmp may be on RAM space (tmpfs). Should be safe on resume, though. > Actually, I put them in ~/.bin/paulo_listener_acpi and better, anyway. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Laptop waking up in bag

2008-06-30 Thread Paolo
On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 01:09:03PM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > Thanks, Paolo. I have a little bash to learn before I am able to > implement that, but I will get on it. you're welcome - but no need to learn much just to run these tiny tests: simply copy the programs into a couple

Re: Laptop waking up in bag

2008-06-29 Thread Paolo
! while true;do ! logger -t timestamp "=== MARKER (`hwclock`) ===" !# or simply write on terminal: ! echo "=== `date +%s` MARKER (`hwclock`) ===" ! sleep 5 ! done again, add `hwclock` if you suspect system-time skew. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL

Re: X not starting from time to time

2008-06-29 Thread Paolo
lrx -> then bug ATI for that. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Laptop waking up in bag

2008-06-29 Thread Paolo
ger -t acpi_s2ram === going to sleep (`hwclock`) === > 3) Configure the laptop to poll the lid switch and return to RAM hardly reliable, you risk sudden shutdown while working... better figure out what's wrong, and use s2disk meanwhile. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: CPU temp?

2008-06-01 Thread Paolo
ut heatsink. OTOH the electronics surrounding the CPU fail{s,ed} frequently, so there's a lot of spare old CPU around ;). -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: CPU temp?

2008-06-01 Thread Paolo
close to that limit for long time (or better, with high duty-ratio). -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: linux-image 2.6.25 and .../BAT1/info

2008-06-01 Thread Paolo
pi/event has been replaced by events via the input layer and netlink since 2.6.23. Who:Len Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- ... though the /proc interface seems atill there (see eg http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10811) -- paolo GP

Re: linux-image 2.6.25 and .../BAT1/info

2008-06-01 Thread Paolo
x27;s supposed to suppoert 2.6.24+, otherwise you've to check for backports. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: acpid not create /var/run/acpid.socket

2008-04-10 Thread Paolo
ng a single block the same size as the disk sector size, one at a time, is overkill in terms of efficiency and wearing for the hdd. Hence exec times for typical operations may well skyrocket x1000 or so. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: acpid not create /var/run/acpid.socket

2008-04-10 Thread Paolo
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 12:32:03PM +0100, Z X wrote: > debian etch. > acpid didn't create /var/run/acpid.socket the first > time the system was booted. likely a bug in acpid or the initscript system - the right place to report it is the BTS then. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03) in etch

2008-04-02 Thread Paolo
ackports/ experimental/volatile/wherever it is, since hda support wasn't shiny here as well till I upgraded to 2.6.24 (from 2.6.19.*, though 2.6.22.* might do the trick too). -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Hard Drive Problem

2008-04-02 Thread Paolo
very pkgs, eg testdisk, mondo (iirc). -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lenovo r61i etch

2008-03-25 Thread Paolo
that's it. Less convenient than single step with xrandr-1.2 (supposing it'd work as advertised on Intel's site), but it works. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lenovo r61i etch

2008-03-25 Thread Paolo
no guarantee here, some machines seems to have BIOS tricks for that that only the Windows driver knows how to tickle. ... talking about Acer's and Philips' nb though, with i810. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Compaq F750US AMD64 Debian4.0 - Fails at Ethernet "8139too"

2008-03-24 Thread Paolo
On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 09:00:18PM -0400, APBulletins wrote: > > If the output of these commands are huge, pray tell how I get them to my PC > to email ... Since I cannot get Ethernet running/installed? no, just a bunch of lines, perhaps no more than ~5kB. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRI

Re: Compaq F750US AMD64 Debian4.0 - Fails at Ethernet "8139too"

2008-03-24 Thread Paolo
st and choose "8139too: RealTek RTL-8139 Fast so you know you (should) have an 8139? >Ethernet", the screen just keeps refreshing to the list of Ethernet >cards. perhaps defective CDD/DVD - unlikely such basic modules are scattered on -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Asus f3ja and timeout on ata2.01

2008-03-17 Thread Paolo
x27;ve a feeling it's hw failure though. If you can, try 2.6.24.3 or even latest .25-rc*. HTH -- paolo GPG/PGP id:0x3A47DE45 - B5F9 AAA0 44BD 2B63 81E0 971F C6C0 0B87 3A47 DE45 - 9/11: the outrageous deception and ongoing coverup: http://911review.org - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Thanks for the great system / installation successfull report

2008-03-13 Thread Paolo
ive you a credit to spend in same shop for anything else you want. You have the full refund right also in such cases (but not for just the part you dislike), ONLY if you buy on-line (ie via e-shop/e-comm). Cool eh? so here in IT you're better off buying on-line. -- paolo GPG/PGP id:

Re: need to lower shared graphics memory

2008-03-03 Thread Paolo
est me to do ? that's a hint that you likely can't control that feature, it's been hard-wired by the manufacturer. -- paolo GPG/PGP id:0x3A47DE45 - B5F9 AAA0 44BD 2B63 81E0 971F C6C0 0B87 3A47 DE45 - 9/11: the outrageous deception and ongoing coverup: http://911review.org - -

Re: xrandr laptop monitor flickering

2008-02-27 Thread Paolo
t; Both monitors are working fine when working alone. Isn't that enough of > a proof that there is no hardware problem? 'hw' includes 'video card/chip' -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: xrandr laptop monitor flickering

2008-02-27 Thread Paolo
if it still works try to pin point the upgrade step that broke; else, you might have hw problems. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: HD problems

2008-02-27 Thread Paolo
ery old 586 nb I could manage to boot from an external HDD which replaced the CDD of the external PCMCIA kit. Of course, YMMV (a lot). -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB WLAN

2008-02-26 Thread Paolo
On Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 08:49:42AM +0100, Andre Lorenz wrote: > but now my question. > > where can i find a good manual / howto to configure this stick > (assining ip, using wep-key .) http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.html HTH -- pa

Re: Toshiba A205-S5809 - Realtek wifi?

2008-02-21 Thread Paolo
w.realtek.com.tw 4. check the *mobile*linux* sites for other's experiences Realtek's wifi chips are not listed in pci_ids in kernel, and they're used to provide blob good only for some ref. kernel version they used to compile it. Very likely your better option will be ndiswrap

Re: compaq nx6120

2008-02-15 Thread Paolo
is interesting that this usually happens when i slightly move the > laptop on the table. Moving the mouse or its cable does not cause it hw failure - likely a defective soldering on the motherboard. Get it serviced/replaced. -- paolo GPG/PGP id:0x3A47DE45 - B5F9 AAA0 44BD 2B63 81E0 971F C

Re: 2"5 HDD's for continious operations

2008-01-30 Thread Paolo
an have good advices there. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound Not working on T61

2008-01-27 Thread Paolo
/etc/mplayer/input.conf. HTH -- paolo GPG/PGP id:0x1D5A11A4 - 04FC 8EB9 51A1 5158 1425 BC12 EA57 3382 1D5A 11A4 - 9/11: the outrageous deception and ongoing coverup: http://911review.org - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: fsck problem

2008-01-16 Thread Paolo
On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:11:35PM +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > hda10 LogicalLinux ext3 [Production_home]38000,80 > > e2fsck 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) too old - try to backport newer e2fsprogs from stable/testing. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: postinstallation: drive_cmd: seek complete error

2008-01-07 Thread Paolo
bove commands, try to load modules 1-by-1 - eg. acpi, agp, ... see if/when/what breaks HTH -- paolo GPG/PGP id:0x1D5A11A4 - 04FC 8EB9 51A1 5158 1425 BC12 EA57 3382 1D5A 11A4 - 9/11: the outrageous deception and ongoing coverup: http://911review.org - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Bluetooth on Dell Inspiron E1505 / 6400

2007-12-11 Thread Paolo
any audio de6vice that's recognised by BT drivers for any video/audio app. So the point is to find such a compatible headset (sorry, never used one, nor ever used skype). -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Strange hard disk problem

2007-11-19 Thread Paolo
ially setup to (try to) hide from part.man. prgs to avoid deletion. afaict Acer's nbooks often show such 'feature' as well. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: A105 (and related) success

2007-11-15 Thread Paolo
.technion.ac.il . check http://www.linmodems.org and linked sites HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cannot load toshiba.ko (was Re: Lenny: not able to control fan and hd spin on Toschiba laptop)

2007-11-09 Thread Paolo
such device ..^^ means just that: your hw doesn't have the kind of device toshiba.ko is supposed to talk to. iirc toshiba.ko is for old models only. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-04 Thread Paolo
nd-holding through the process has been required. yes, and I'd like a feature to apt-get/dselect/aptitude/whatever to set the limit of acceptable upgrades/deletes at once. -- paolo GPG/PGP id:0x1D5A11A4 - 04FC 8EB9 51A1 5158 1425 BC12 EA57 3382 1D5A 11A4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: sources.list file for sarge

2007-11-04 Thread Paolo
->*stable. So if an url fails, check directly with eg lynx(1). And, of course, keep an eye on Debian release announcements: when current stable -> oldstable, you suddenly see *lots* of upgrades would happen, which might not be what you wanted (at that time) ;). -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE

Re: sn9c102 webcam [SOLVED]

2007-10-29 Thread Paolo
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 03:48:52PM +0100, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > driver spca5xx. I installed the module gspca-source, and now everything yep, that's the other one to try - gald you got it working :) -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &quo

Re: sn9c102 webcam

2007-10-29 Thread Paolo
On Mon, Oct 29, 2007 at 11:05:23AM +0100, Ivan Glushkov wrote: > I had compiled module ov511, and I tried simple: > > rmmod sn9c102 > insmod ov511.ko :( - try http://www.rastageeks.org/ov51x-jpeg/index.php/Main_Page then. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wi

Re: sn9c102 webcam

2007-10-29 Thread Paolo
t; movie writer initialisation failed ov511, ov51x-jpeg comes to mind. I had a webcam which the kernel wanted to deal with with sn9c102, but the right driver was actually ov51x-jpeg. HTH -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: How to get Acer 5570z?s modem working?

2007-10-18 Thread Paolo
ither Tosh/ENE would even release tech.specs. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: lcd luminosity keys disabled

2007-10-14 Thread Paolo
+ gamma are those exotic knobs avail only in perhaps newest / high end / for graph.profs / whatever machines (as hard/soft machine knobs, that is, besides sw-only adjustment like xgamma you mentioned). -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe&q

Re: lcd luminosity keys disabled

2007-10-12 Thread Paolo
APM/IPC/...) to catch (and make use of) them. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fatal error

2007-09-19 Thread Paolo
e hw detection tries to load the driver as part of the detection strategy. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Battery

2007-09-14 Thread Paolo
AE_NOT_EXIST do you see the /proc/acpi/ac_adapter stuff? hm, if that's a recent kernel you might want file a bugrep on kernel.org. -- paolo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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