Re: Toshiba 2430-S255

2005-02-08 Thread Romana Branden
Sergio Basurto Juarez wrote: --- Darryl Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Anybody have any suggestions or advice for running testing on this laptop? I've had it for about two years now and only recently was able to use Debian as the host operating system. Prior to this, I've only had luck with run

Re: Toshiba 2430-S255

2005-02-08 Thread Sergio Basurto Juarez
--- Darryl Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody have any suggestions or advice for running > testing on this > laptop? I've had it for about two years now and only > recently was able > to use Debian as the host operating system. Prior to > this, I've only > had luck with running Debian un

Toshiba 2430-S255

2005-02-08 Thread Darryl Pierce
Anybody have any suggestions or advice for running testing on this laptop? I've had it for about two years now and only recently was able to use Debian as the host operating system. Prior to this, I've only had luck with running Debian under VMware. -- Darryl L. Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit t

Re: Possible fix: Toshiba 2430-S255 & 2.4.20 kernel...

2003-05-09 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I was able to load the 2.4.20 kernel back backing off to a i386 specific >build rather than the 686 build. Strange, since the laptop has a Pentium 4 >processor. Is there any know incompatibility between the 686 build of the >kernel and th

Re: Possible fix: Toshiba 2430-S255 & 2.4.20 kernel...

2003-05-09 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
On Friday 09 May 2003 09:16 am, Jordan Lederman wrote: > nope, I use a laptop with a P4M and the 686 should work fine. When > compiling, I choose to P4 and it works there too. Very strange then. I'm going to try more specific versions of the kernel to see at what point this breaks. Then I wonder

Re: Possible fix: Toshiba 2430-S255 & 2.4.20 kernel...

2003-05-09 Thread Jordan Lederman
nope, I use a laptop with a P4M and the 686 should work fine. When compiling, I choose to P4 and it works there too. --jordan On Friday 09 May 2003 10:49 am, Darryl L. Pierce wrote: > I was able to load the 2.4.20 kernel back backing off to a i386 specific > build rather t

Possible fix: Toshiba 2430-S255 & 2.4.20 kernel...

2003-05-09 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
I was able to load the 2.4.20 kernel back backing off to a i386 specific build rather than the 686 build. Strange, since the laptop has a Pentium 4 processor. Is there any know incompatibility between the 686 build of the kernel and the Pentium 4? -- Darryl L. Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit

Re: Toshiba 2430-S255 and 2.4 kernel

2003-05-08 Thread Kevin McKinley
On Thu, 8 May 2003 20:18:38 -0500 "Darryl L. Pierce" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > to install Debian sarge and get KDE/GNOME installed and running. However, > when I installed the 2.4.20-7 kernel and rebooted, my system locked solid > while loading the kernel. I was able to install RedHat previou

Toshiba 2430-S255 and 2.4 kernel

2003-05-08 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
I received a new laptop last week, a Toshiba Satellite 2430-S255. I was able to install Debian sarge and get KDE/GNOME installed and running. However, when I installed the 2.4.20-7 kernel and rebooted, my system locked solid while loading the kernel. I was able to install RedHat previously and

RE: Toshiba 2430-S255 & wireless networking...

2003-04-29 Thread W.D.McKinney
And be sure to load up "wireless-tools" and use those find what chipset you have, etc. Dee -Original Message- From: Russell Shaw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 6:11 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Cc: Debian Laptop Subject: Re: Toshiba 2430-S255

Re: Toshiba 2430-S255 & wireless networking...

2003-04-29 Thread Russell Shaw
Darryl L. Pierce wrote: I just received the above laptop yesterday from work. I've installed Debian and was able to upgrade to Sarge via the built-in ethernet port. But, I can't get the system to recognize the wireless networking built into the laptop. I've been able to (for now) use my D-Link

Toshiba 2430-S255 & wireless networking...

2003-04-29 Thread Darryl L. Pierce
I just received the above laptop yesterday from work. I've installed Debian and was able to upgrade to Sarge via the built-in ethernet port. But, I can't get the system to recognize the wireless networking built into the laptop. I've been able to (for now) use my D-Link card but would like to us