Installing Slink on TP 760 ED

1999-09-15 Thread Nate Bargmann
Hello. I'm goofing around with a Thinkpad 760 ED (sans CD drive) and trying to put version 2.1 on it. I have an 810 MB drive with 64 MB of that devoted to swap. My first trip through dselect left me with way too much stuff to install (device full errors!), so I'm curious as to any package recomm

Re: Installing Slink on TP 760 ED

1999-09-15 Thread Kenneth Litko
Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Hello. > > I'm goofing around with a Thinkpad 760 ED (sans CD drive) and trying to > put version 2.1 on it. I have an 810 MB drive with 64 MB of that I know how you feel, tight... isn't it? > devoted to swap. My first tr

Re: what is needed for the irda package to appear in Debian proper?

1999-09-15 Thread Werner Heuser
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry schrieb: > > Subject says it all, what must we do to get irda-utils in potato? Does it > need > sponsorship while the creator waits to be a maintainer, or does it just need > to > be uploaded? There is an 'unofficial' package by NOKUBI Takatsugu package at http://www.daione

Re: the laptop proposal -- ideas, thoughts, and criticisms

1999-09-15 Thread Werner Heuser
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry schrieb: > > Why framebuffer? - usually for every new graphic card there has to be a Linux X server developed. Framebuffer is kind of 'generic' graphic card support, at least if the card manufacturers follow the VESA VBE standard. - framebuffer devices could use the hard

Cardmgr freezes at shutdown

1999-09-15 Thread Carlos Emir Mantovani Macedo
Hi, I've got a problem with cardmgr at shutdown. I have a 3C575 pcmcia card. During the boot, everything runs ok, but at shutdown, when cardmgr will stop, it freezes with a single continuous beep. Could someone help me? -- []'s Emir Carlos Emir Mantovani Macedo Ár

Unidentified subject!

1999-09-15 Thread Nazareth Shu
Dear Sir: I'd like to know how to arrange disk space for the directory of different partition. Following partition table is my plan to do: 2 GB HD Space for Linux: Partition Space(MB) /

How to determine the partition space ?

1999-09-15 Thread Nazareth Shu
Dear Sir: I'd like to know how to arrange disk space for the directory of different partition. Following partition table is my plan to do: 2 GB HD Space for Linux: Partition Space(MB) /

Re: v1.0 Debian Laptop Proposal

1999-09-15 Thread ACA
Hi, don't forget the older IBM's... I've trying long weeks to install Linux on my old L40SX until I found the special bootdisks from Debian for Tecra... Take a look at http://www.almeida.onlinehome.de/docs/ibml40sx.htm Bye, Antonio Werner Heuser schrieb: > Hi, > > just finished version 1.0 o

Installing Slink on TP 760 ED

1999-09-15 Thread Nate Bargmann
Hello. I'm goofing around with a Thinkpad 760 ED (sans CD drive) and trying to put version 2.1 on it. I have an 810 MB drive with 64 MB of that devoted to swap. My first trip through dselect left me with way too much stuff to install (device full errors!), so I'm curious as to any package recomm

Re: Installing Slink on TP 760 ED

1999-09-15 Thread Kenneth Litko
Nate Bargmann wrote: > > Hello. > > I'm goofing around with a Thinkpad 760 ED (sans CD drive) and trying to > put version 2.1 on it. I have an 810 MB drive with 64 MB of that I know how you feel, tight... isn't it? > devoted to swap. My first tr

Re: what is needed for the irda package to appear in Debian proper?

1999-09-15 Thread Werner Heuser
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry schrieb: > > Subject says it all, what must we do to get irda-utils in potato? Does it > need > sponsorship while the creator waits to be a maintainer, or does it just need > to > be uploaded? There is an 'unofficial' package by NOKUBI Takatsugu package at http://www.daione

Re: the laptop proposal -- ideas, thoughts, and criticisms

1999-09-15 Thread Werner Heuser
Sean 'Shaleh' Perry schrieb: > > Why framebuffer? - usually for every new graphic card there has to be a Linux X server developed. Framebuffer is kind of 'generic' graphic card support, at least if the card manufacturers follow the VESA VBE standard. - framebuffer devices could use the hard

Cardmgr freezes at shutdown

1999-09-15 Thread Carlos Emir Mantovani Macedo
Hi, I've got a problem with cardmgr at shutdown. I have a 3C575 pcmcia card. During the boot, everything runs ok, but at shutdown, when cardmgr will stop, it freezes with a single continuous beep. Could someone help me? -- []'s Emir Carlos Emir Mantovani Macedo Ár

Unidentified subject!

1999-09-15 Thread Nazareth Shu
Dear Sir: I'd like to know how to arrange disk space for the directory of different partition. Following partition table is my plan to do: 2 GB HD Space for Linux: Partition Space(MB) /

How to determine the partition space ?

1999-09-15 Thread Nazareth Shu
Dear Sir: I'd like to know how to arrange disk space for the directory of different partition. Following partition table is my plan to do: 2 GB HD Space for Linux: Partition Space(MB) /

Re: v1.0 Debian Laptop Proposal

1999-09-15 Thread ACA
Hi, don't forget the older IBM's... I've trying long weeks to install Linux on my old L40SX until I found the special bootdisks from Debian for Tecra... Take a look at http://www.almeida.onlinehome.de/docs/ibml40sx.htm Bye, Antonio Werner Heuser schrieb: > Hi, > > just finished version 1.0 o