Re: Xircom RealPort modem(/eth) not working

1999-09-26 Thread Adam Shand
> I've recently installed Debian on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. I'm trying to > get a Xircom RealPort Ethernet + Modem card working. they are great :) > I've compiled my own kernel (2.0.36) along with my own pcmcia modules > package. I notice that "hot swap" doesn't seem to work. That is, > when I

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-26 Thread Adam Shand
this is getting a little off topic but ... > UUCP isnt complicated. It is completely straigforward and the correct > solution to multiple-user offline email, which ETRN is NOT an solution. i disagree, i think it is. :-) i have yet to meet someone who isn't already quite technical that has suces

[carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop]

1999-09-26 Thread Hanno Wagner
could you please help this guy? Ciao, Hanno -- | Hanno Wagner | Member of the HTML Writers Guild | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Eine gewerbliche Nutzung meiner Email-Adressen ist nicht gestattet! | | 74 a3 53 cc 0b 19 - we did it! |Generation @ | #"Wir haben noch nix Blon

Re: Xircom RealPort modem(/eth) not working

1999-09-26 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 11:49:43PM +, Mark Phillips wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently installed Debian on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. I'm trying to > get a Xircom RealPort Ethernet + Modem card working. > > I've compiled my own kernel (2.0.36) along with my own pcmcia modules > package. I notice tha

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-26 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 12:34:48AM -0800, Adam Shand wrote: > this is getting a little off topic but ... > > > UUCP isnt complicated. It is completely straigforward and the correct > > solution to multiple-user offline email, which ETRN is NOT an solution. > > i disagree, i think it is. :-) i ha

Re: [carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop]

1999-09-26 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 02:47:10PM +0200, Hanno Wagner wrote: > I installed Debian 2.1 linux on my IBM Think Pad 770 with a 233MHz > Pentium MMX with 128MB of RAM on a 2GB disk partition. I am running > linux 3.0.36 kernel. The machine is dual bootable: M$ NT (not by choice) > and linux. The proble

[carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop] (fwd)

1999-09-26 Thread Steve Robbins
Hey Carlton, Is the machine crashing while you are using it, or does it become "frozen" after leaving it unattended for some time? I have a problem with my laptop's power saving "suspend" feature. After being suspended, I sometimes can't wake up the laptop! I think someone here mentioned a kern

Re: [carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop]

1999-09-26 Thread Rob
The latest stable kernel in Debian is 2.2.1. I'm downloading it now. Robert On 26-Sep-99 Florian Lohoff wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 02:47:10PM +0200, Hanno Wagner wrote: >> I installed Debian 2.1 linux on my IBM Think Pad 770 with a 233MHz >> Pentium MMX with 128MB of RAM on a 2GB disk partiti

Re: Sample kernel configs for my laptop?

1999-09-26 Thread Barbwired
Graham Williams decía: > I know the variety is limitless, but it would sure be nice if there > were a repository of "standard" config files for various "standard" > machines. As far as I know there's no such a repository, but you should check http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/

Re: Sample kernel configs for my laptop?

1999-09-26 Thread William Brioschi
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 10:22:05AM +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > > Does such a thing, or similar exist? Where's a good place to get > kernel advice? What would be a good starting point for my config file > (rather than the one that comes with the kernel-source package? The one that comes with

Re: Xircom RealPort modem(/eth) not working

1999-09-26 Thread Adam Shand
> I've recently installed Debian on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. I'm trying to > get a Xircom RealPort Ethernet + Modem card working. they are great :) > I've compiled my own kernel (2.0.36) along with my own pcmcia modules > package. I notice that "hot swap" doesn't seem to work. That is, > when I

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-26 Thread Adam Shand
this is getting a little off topic but ... > UUCP isnt complicated. It is completely straigforward and the correct > solution to multiple-user offline email, which ETRN is NOT an solution. i disagree, i think it is. :-) i have yet to meet someone who isn't already quite technical that has suces

[carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop]

1999-09-26 Thread Hanno Wagner
could you please help this guy? Ciao, Hanno -- | Hanno Wagner | Member of the HTML Writers Guild | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Eine gewerbliche Nutzung meiner Email-Adressen ist nicht gestattet! | | 74 a3 53 cc 0b 19 - we did it! |Generation @ | #"Wir haben noch nix Blon

Re: Xircom RealPort modem(/eth) not working

1999-09-26 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 11:49:43PM +, Mark Phillips wrote: > Hi, > > I've recently installed Debian on a Toshiba Tecra 8000. I'm trying to > get a Xircom RealPort Ethernet + Modem card working. > > I've compiled my own kernel (2.0.36) along with my own pcmcia modules > package. I notice tha

Re: laptop "metapackage"

1999-09-26 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 12:34:48AM -0800, Adam Shand wrote: > this is getting a little off topic but ... > > > UUCP isnt complicated. It is completely straigforward and the correct > > solution to multiple-user offline email, which ETRN is NOT an solution. > > i disagree, i think it is. :-) i ha

Re: [carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop]

1999-09-26 Thread Florian Lohoff
On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 02:47:10PM +0200, Hanno Wagner wrote: > I installed Debian 2.1 linux on my IBM Think Pad 770 with a 233MHz > Pentium MMX with 128MB of RAM on a 2GB disk partition. I am running > linux 3.0.36 kernel. The machine is dual bootable: M$ NT (not by choice) > and linux. The proble

[carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop] (fwd)

1999-09-26 Thread Steve Robbins
Hey Carlton, Is the machine crashing while you are using it, or does it become "frozen" after leaving it unattended for some time? I have a problem with my laptop's power saving "suspend" feature. After being suspended, I sometimes can't wake up the laptop! I think someone here mentioned a kern

Re: [carlton.davis@bell.ca: Linux keep on crashing my labtop]

1999-09-26 Thread Rob
The latest stable kernel in Debian is 2.2.1. I'm downloading it now. Robert On 26-Sep-99 Florian Lohoff wrote: > On Sun, Sep 26, 1999 at 02:47:10PM +0200, Hanno Wagner wrote: >> I installed Debian 2.1 linux on my IBM Think Pad 770 with a 233MHz >> Pentium MMX with 128MB of RAM on a 2GB disk partiti

Re: Sample kernel configs for my laptop?

1999-09-26 Thread Barbwired
Graham Williams decía: > I know the variety is limitless, but it would sure be nice if there > were a repository of "standard" config files for various "standard" > machines. As far as I know there's no such a repository, but you should check http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/

Re: Sample kernel configs for my laptop?

1999-09-26 Thread William Brioschi
On Sat, Sep 25, 1999 at 10:22:05AM +1000, Graham Williams wrote: > > Does such a thing, or similar exist? Where's a good place to get > kernel advice? What would be a good starting point for my config file > (rather than the one that comes with the kernel-source package? The one that comes with