Re: Inspiron 4100, APM, blinking lights

2006-01-31 Thread Michael Perry
On Wed, 01 Feb 2006 06:00:20 +0100, Tim Connors wrote: > On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Michael Perry wrote: > >> I'm wondering if anyone running a Dell Inspiron 4100, debian kernel >> sources 2.6.15, with apm compiled in has seen a periodic problem with APM >> suspends whe

Re: Inspiron 4100, APM, blinking lights

2006-01-31 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Michael Perry wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone running a Dell Inspiron 4100, debian kernel > sources 2.6.15, with apm compiled in has seen a periodic problem with APM > suspends where the numlock and screenlock lights just blink on and off > repeatedly and th

Inspiron 4100, APM, blinking lights

2006-01-31 Thread Michael Perry
I'm wondering if anyone running a Dell Inspiron 4100, debian kernel sources 2.6.15, with apm compiled in has seen a periodic problem with APM suspends where the numlock and screenlock lights just blink on and off repeatedly and the resume does not work. I looked at the number of times

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-27 Thread Scott Bigham
On Sun, Nov 27, 2005 at 08:53:44PM -0500, Scott Bigham wrote: > Is there a way to disable ACPI? [searches kernel source docs] Ah, yes, > just have to use the 'acpi=off' kernel boot parameter. And my preliminary tests appear to confirm that with this parameter in place, good old apm -s works just

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-27 Thread Scott Bigham
On Fri, Nov 25, 2005 at 12:52:38AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Have you checked the problem is not there when you reboot? Cause > others have had similar symptoms and it appeared to be a dirty fan, > with lots of dust collected over the years. That way the processor > simply did not got enoug

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-26 Thread Michael Perry
n able to > find confirmation that A13 works with Linux, and AIUI, if you botch > the BIOS, there's nothing left to fall back on. That'll probably > have to be my next step, though. > > -sbigham I would definitely consider

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi Scott, I saw you emails come by a few times; to recaptulate, hot processor but your processor does not run 100% (?) Have you checked the problem is not there when you reboot? Cause others have had similar symptoms and it appeared to be a dirty fan, with lots of dust collected over the year

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-24 Thread Scott Bigham
On Thu, Nov 24, 2005 at 09:26:38AM -0500, I wrote: > [...] I've attached the output of dmesg, with the suspend/resume point > marked. D'oh! *This* time I've attached it. We Apologize for the Inconvenience.(TM) -sbigham 1-4)) #1 Tue Aug 16 21:50:54

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-24 Thread Scott Bigham
On Wed, Nov 23, 2005 at 10:38:25AM -0800, Ian Greenhoe wrote: > Is there evidence of a lot of processes being created? (If you run ps > twice in a row, are the PIDs relatively close to each other? Relatively > close == within about 4 on a lightly loaded machine.) Almost identical. > Another tho

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-23 Thread Ian Greenhoe
On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 23:57 -0500, Scott Bigham wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:59:04PM -0800, Ian Greenhoe wrote: > > What does the top command show? > > I've attached the output of top -bc -n 1 from shortly after resume; by > this point the CPU was hot enough for the first fan to have kicke

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-22 Thread Graziano Obertelli
Hello, the load average above 2 doesn't seem to agree with the machine been idle. Do you have kernel panics (dmesg)? Have you tried to remove some of the modules (wireless usb ...) to see if they print errors? Just a guess ... graziano On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 23:57 -0500, Scott Bigham wrote: >

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-22 Thread Scott Bigham
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:59:04PM -0800, Ian Greenhoe wrote: > What does the top command show? I've attached the output of top -bc -n 1 from shortly after resume; by this point the CPU was hot enough for the first fan to have kicked in. As you can see, it's running mostly idle, or at least it cla

Re: Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-22 Thread Ian Greenhoe
On Mon, 2005-11-21 at 22:05 -0500, Scott Bigham wrote: > Let's see, information you'll want... What does the top command show? -Ian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Hot CPU after hibernate (Dell Inspiron 4100)

2005-11-21 Thread Scott Bigham
I'm trying to get the hibernate package working on my Dell Inspiron 4100. So far, everything appears to be working fine, with one exception: after resuming from hibernate, the system shows all the signs of high CPU load --- the CPU temperature keeps creeping up until both fans are running.

Re: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install

2005-10-06 Thread James Gibbon
On 10/6/05, James Gibbon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/6/05, James Gibbon < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/5/05, Felipe Törnvall N. < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: En español   haber si entiendo bien tu problema es en el momento de la instalacion de debian ??? lo haces con la imagen que vi

Re: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install

2005-10-06 Thread James Gibbon
On 10/6/05, James Gibbon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/5/05, Felipe Törnvall N. < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: En español   haber si entiendo bien tu problema es en el momento de la instalacion de debian ??? lo haces con la imagen que viene por defecto ??? Apesadumbrado, mi español es muy

Re: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install

2005-10-06 Thread Alexandre Rossi
> > in sarge install the linux26 > > type linux26 then press enter.. > > > > > by linux 26 I assume you mean something like "kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686" ... > and then build it. > There is no linux26 package that I know of. Perhaps I am missing > something? Please clarify. He means booting with t

Re: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install

2005-10-06 Thread James Gibbon
On 10/5/05, Felipe Törnvall N. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: in sarge install the linux26 type linux26 then press enter..   Also, note that I said the system won't last more than a couple of minutes before it crashes James

Re: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install

2005-10-06 Thread James Gibbon
On 10/5/05, Felipe Törnvall N. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: in sarge install the linux26 type linux26 then press enter.. by linux 26 I assume you mean something like "kernel-image-2.6.8-2-686" ... and then build it. There is no linux26 package that I know of.  Perhaps I am missing something?

Re: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install

2005-10-06 Thread Felipe Törnvall N .
: Re: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install On 10/5/05, Felipe Törnvall N. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: linux24 linux26 bf24 bf22   linux 2.4.27

Re: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install

2005-10-06 Thread James Gibbon
On 10/5/05, Felipe Törnvall N. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: linux24 linux26 bf24 bf22   linux 2.4.27

Re: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install

2005-10-05 Thread Felipe Törnvall N .
linux24 linux26 bf24 bf22   - Original Message - From: James Gibbon To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 6:39 AM Subject: Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install I'm having a bit of tr

Dell inspiron 4100... custom kernel install

2005-10-05 Thread James Gibbon
I'm having a bit of trouble installing Debian on my inspiron 4100.  I've identified the problem.  The solution is in a kernel rebuild. I can't get the kernel to rebuild because the system freezes before the laptop can rebuild the kernel.  It doesn't usually stay alive for mo

Re: intermittent pcmcia failures on dell inspiron 4100

2005-02-16 Thread Dan Christensen
Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Anybody seen behavior like this on 2.6.10 with apm services? Yep, I see it on my Inspiron 4150 with 2.6.10. I haven't tried anything else in the 2.6 series, but the 2.4 series works fine. For some reason, none of the apm resume scripts get run. I've a

intermittent pcmcia failures on dell inspiron 4100

2005-02-14 Thread Michael Perry
I just started seeing this seems like recently with a 2.6.10 kernel after APM suspends. I can get things back often by stopping and starting pcmcia but I don't recall this being an issue on earlier kernels. Anybody seen behavior like this on 2.6.10 with apm services? -- Michael Perry | do or do

Re: minipci card for dell inspiron 4100

2005-01-03 Thread Marcus Crafter
Hi Michael, Hope all is going well mate. I've got an Inspiron 8500, and I bought/installed the Proxim Orinoco Gold card, which was a 802.11a/b/g mini-PCI card. It works fine under Debian with the GPL madwifi (atheros) driver. There's also a debian package available for building kernel module so

minipci card for dell inspiron 4100

2004-12-31 Thread Michael Perry
I'm running a Dell Inspiron I4100 and it has a empty minipci slot which could take a wireless card. I've looked around a bit and found a atheros chipset which I think would work with the madwifi drivers and a few others. Has anyone installed a minipci card in something similar to the 4100? I'm j

2.6 Debian image package and Dell Inspiron 4100 = Kernel panic on boot

2003-08-19 Thread Xavier Maillard
Hi, Facing problems when compiling my own 2.6 kernel, I finally decided to install the Debian kernel-image-2.6.0-test2 package. All was well done (installing, configuring GRUB) but whenever I try to boot on my new 2.6 kernel, all I have is a kernel panic :( IIRC, it told me it got problems when

2.6 Debian image package and Dell Inspiron 4100 = Kernel panic onboot

2003-08-19 Thread Xavier Maillard
Hi, Facing problems when compiling my own 2.6 kernel, I finally decided to install the Debian kernel-image-2.6.0-test2 package. All was well done (installing, configuring GRUB) but whenever I try to boot on my new 2.6 kernel, all I have is a kernel panic :( IIRC, it told me it got problems when

Re: Inspiron 4100 LCD

2003-04-16 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Michael Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:45:54PM -0700, Michael Hayes wrote: > > > > Does anyone know what the VertRefresh and HorizSync values are for > >a Dell Inspiron 4100 with an 14.1" XGA TFT @ 1024x768 and

Re: Inspiron 4100 LCD

2003-04-15 Thread Michael Perry
On Tue, Apr 15, 2003 at 02:45:54PM -0700, Michael Hayes wrote: > >Hi, > > Does anyone know what the VertRefresh and HorizSync values are for >a Dell Inspiron 4100 with an 14.1" XGA TFT @ 1024x768 and 16 MB ATI >Mobility Radeon. Most of the XFree86-Config

Inspiron 4100 LCD

2003-04-15 Thread Michael Hayes
Hi,    Does anyone know what the VertRefresh and HorizSync values are for a Dell Inspiron 4100 with an 14.1" XGA TFT @ 1024x768 and 16 MB ATI Mobility Radeon. Most of the XFree86-Config files I've found online has been for SXGA screens so I'm hesitant to use the same values

Re: Dell Inspiron 4100 Nvidia Gforce2 GO Problem

2003-04-09 Thread Albert Dengg
O> In my case I would like to adopt the free nv drivers and can't get to > reinstall them again. Has anybody done this sucessfully?... Google > doesn't seen to help here... well, depending if you did make debian packages or not it differs: debian packages are realtivly easy to deinstall... otherwis

RE: Dell Inspiron 4100 Nvidia Gforce2 GO Problem

2003-04-08 Thread pachi
> > I have a dell Inspiron 4100 (PIII, 20GB, 256MB, Nvidia GForce 2 GO)and > > have installed Debian 3.0 (woody) I?am having problems getting > X to run on > > it. I'm not quite sure, but I think GForce2 GO is not supported in the XFree version currently packaged in Woo

Re: Dell Inspiron 4100 Nvidia Gforce2 GO Problem

2003-04-08 Thread Andre Berger
* Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2003-04-08 14:47 -0400: > "bigc5384" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I wanted to know if someone can help > > me step by step on how to build a custom kernel and what files I need to > > include the nvidia driver and modul

Re: Dell Inspiron 4100 Nvidia Gforce2 GO Problem

2003-04-08 Thread Jeff
bigc5384, 2003-Apr-08 13:37 -0400: > Hi all, > > > I have a dell Inspiron 4100 (PIII, 20GB, 256MB, Nvidia GForce 2 GO)and > have installed Debian 3.0 (woody) I?am having problems getting X to run on > it. I have tried many different configs using the ?nv? driver provided

Re: Dell Inspiron 4100 Nvidia Gforce2 GO Problem

2003-04-08 Thread Bob Hilliard
"bigc5384" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I wanted to know if someone can help > me step by step on how to build a custom kernel and what files I need to > include the nvidia driver and modules. Any help would be greatly > appreciated! apt-get install ke

Dell Inspiron 4100 Nvidia Gforce2 GO Problem

2003-04-08 Thread bigc5384
Hi all, I have a dell Inspiron 4100 (PIII, 20GB, 256MB, Nvidia GForce 2 GO)and have installed Debian 3.0 (woody) I?am having problems getting X to run on it. I have tried many different configs using the ?nv? driver provided with XFree86 and have not had any luck the screen just blinks and

PCTEL 2304WT winmodem on Inspiron 4100

2002-10-07 Thread Jason Kraftcheck
Has anyone gotten the PCTel 2304WT modem to work with Linux? On a Dell Inspiron 4100? I using the pctel-0.9.4 driver (http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/) with the "--with-hal=i81x" configuration option (its an ac97 modem with an i830MP chipset) with the 2.4.19-pre1-ac2 k

PCTEL 2304WT winmodem on Inspiron 4100

2002-10-07 Thread Jason Kraftcheck
Has anyone gotten the PCTel 2304WT modem to work with Linux? On a Dell Inspiron 4100? I using the pctel-0.9.4 driver (http://linmodems.technion.ac.il/pctel-linux/) with the "--with-hal=i81x" configuration option (its an ac97 modem with an i830MP chipset) with the 2.4.19-pre1-ac2

Solved: X dies after inactivity on Inspiron 4100

2002-02-11 Thread Xaveer Leijtens
Thanks! That solved it. -- Xaveer Leijtens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://oed.its.tudelft.nl Mike Alborn wrote on 07-Feb-2002: > On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 03:49:44PM +0100, Xaveer Leijtens wrote: > > I have a problem with X 4.1 on my inspiron 4100. I use the vesa driver. > > Afte

Solved: X dies after inactivity on Inspiron 4100

2002-02-10 Thread Xaveer Leijtens
Thanks! That solved it. -- Xaveer Leijtens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://oed.its.tudelft.nl Mike Alborn wrote on 07-Feb-2002: > On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 03:49:44PM +0100, Xaveer Leijtens wrote: > > I have a problem with X 4.1 on my inspiron 4100. I use the vesa driver. > > Afte

Re: X dies after inactivity on Inspiron 4100

2002-02-07 Thread Heather
> I have a problem with X 4.1 on my inspiron 4100. I use the vesa driver. > After about 15 minutes of inactivity the X server dies: > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > > This happens even if I switch off apm kernel support and disable power

Re: X dies after inactivity on Inspiron 4100

2002-02-07 Thread Mike Alborn
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 03:49:44PM +0100, Xaveer Leijtens wrote: > I have a problem with X 4.1 on my inspiron 4100. I use the vesa driver. > After about 15 minutes of inactivity the X server dies: > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > > This hap

Re: X dies after inactivity on Inspiron 4100

2002-02-07 Thread Heather
> I have a problem with X 4.1 on my inspiron 4100. I use the vesa driver. > After about 15 minutes of inactivity the X server dies: > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > > This happens even if I switch off apm kernel support and disable power

Re: X dies after inactivity on Inspiron 4100

2002-02-07 Thread Mike Alborn
On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 03:49:44PM +0100, Xaveer Leijtens wrote: > I have a problem with X 4.1 on my inspiron 4100. I use the vesa driver. > After about 15 minutes of inactivity the X server dies: > > Fatal server error: > Caught signal 11. Server aborting > > This hap

X dies after inactivity on Inspiron 4100

2002-02-07 Thread Xaveer Leijtens
I have a problem with X 4.1 on my inspiron 4100. I use the vesa driver. After about 15 minutes of inactivity the X server dies: Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting This happens even if I switch off apm kernel support and disable power management from the BIOS. Otherwise

X dies after inactivity on Inspiron 4100

2002-02-07 Thread Xaveer Leijtens
I have a problem with X 4.1 on my inspiron 4100. I use the vesa driver. After about 15 minutes of inactivity the X server dies: Fatal server error: Caught signal 11. Server aborting This happens even if I switch off apm kernel support and disable power management from the BIOS. Otherwise

Inspiron 4100

2002-01-29 Thread Michael Perry
I'm considering a few laptops to replace a loaner I have which I really like (IBM T21). I'm specifically looking at the Dell Inspiron 4100 with the Nvidia card (32mb) and a few upgraded such as hard disk drive, etc. I will only be running debian on it so dualbooting is not impor

Inspiron 4100

2002-01-29 Thread Michael Perry
I'm considering a few laptops to replace a loaner I have which I really like (IBM T21). I'm specifically looking at the Dell Inspiron 4100 with the Nvidia card (32mb) and a few upgraded such as hard disk drive, etc. I will only be running debian on it so dualbooting is not import

Re: ATI Radeon and Inspiron 4100

2001-10-14 Thread Andy Bastien
ased on the Rage 128 chipset) are different from the Radeon Mobility, so any information you find about them probably won't apply. On Sat, 2001-10-13 at 03:41, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning on getting a Dell Inspiron 4100 but I can't find any > informatio

Re: ATI Radeon and Inspiron 4100

2001-10-14 Thread Andy Bastien
ased on the Rage 128 chipset) are different from the Radeon Mobility, so any information you find about them probably won't apply. On Sat, 2001-10-13 at 03:41, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning on getting a Dell Inspiron 4100 but I can't find any > informatio

Re: ATI Radeon and Inspiron 4100

2001-10-13 Thread Paul Paradise
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 09:41:59AM +0200, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning on getting a Dell Inspiron 4100 but I can't find any > information whether the > ATI Radeon Mobility (16Mb) card is supported under Linux. > I'm using unstable. >

Re: ATI Radeon and Inspiron 4100

2001-10-13 Thread Paul Paradise
On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 09:41:59AM +0200, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning on getting a Dell Inspiron 4100 but I can't find any > information whether the > ATI Radeon Mobility (16Mb) card is supported under Linux. > I'm using unstable. >

Re: ATI Radeon and Inspiron 4100

2001-10-13 Thread Vivek
On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning on getting a Dell Inspiron 4100 but I can't find any > information whether the > ATI Radeon Mobility (16Mb) card is supported under Linux. > I'm using unstable. The ATI Radeon Mobility, iirc,

Re: ATI Radeon and Inspiron 4100

2001-10-13 Thread Vivek
On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Philipp Bliedung wrote: > Hi, > > I'm planning on getting a Dell Inspiron 4100 but I can't find any > information whether the > ATI Radeon Mobility (16Mb) card is supported under Linux. > I'm using unstable. The ATI Radeon Mobility, iirc,

ATI Radeon and Inspiron 4100

2001-10-13 Thread Philipp Bliedung
Hi, I'm planning on getting a Dell Inspiron 4100 but I can't find any information whether the ATI Radeon Mobility (16Mb) card is supported under Linux. I'm using unstable. Can anybody tell me whether it is supported or where I could find things like that. (All I could find were t

ATI Radeon and Inspiron 4100

2001-10-13 Thread Philipp Bliedung
Hi, I'm planning on getting a Dell Inspiron 4100 but I can't find any information whether the ATI Radeon Mobility (16Mb) card is supported under Linux. I'm using unstable. Can anybody tell me whether it is supported or where I could find things like that. (All I could find were t