Re: Lawyer too expensive?? Solution PPL

2001-02-25 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:57:06PM -0800, inuchan2 wrote: > To whom who may concern, [annoying SPAM deleted] Does anybody deal with that ? ISTR that Debian has a $1000 processing fee for "advertisements" on all of its mailing lists... Andreas Mohr

Mouse with Debian on Vaio F340

2001-02-25 Thread steven k. thompson
My mouse (trackpad) does not work after installing many packages, including gnome related, on my Sony Vaio F340. I have /dev/mouse in /etc/XF86Config and I linked ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse. Does anyone have an idea what to do next or how I might probe to check it out? Steve "Neil L. Roeth"

Re: XF4.02 SiliconMotion driver hanging my ASUS 7300

2001-02-25 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 08:38:56PM -0800, Heather wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 12:20:05PM +0800, Jonathan Chang wrote: > > > Hi, there, > > > > > > My laptop is ASUS 7300 equipped with SMI 910 lynx > > > chip. Recently I upgraded XF4.0 to XF4.0.2, but the system hung after > > > "starx". A

Re: update: PCMCIA "make all" errors

2001-02-25 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 09:33:29PM -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: > > > > Anyway, my guess is the solution is simple: edit > > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, > > which is where the IP address and routing info goes. > > The file should be > > straightforward to follow I hope. > > > > I have tried to atta

re: lie to apt

2001-02-25 Thread Jacob Meuser
I had posted earlier abou using alien to make .deb packages from binaries installed with stow. I said it worked. After more use, I found some problems. They can probably be fixed by unpacking the .deb and adding the stuff that alien couldn't do. dpkg-deb is the program you need and you can find

Re: XF4.02 SiliconMotion driver hanging my ASUS 7300

2001-02-25 Thread Jo Geraerts
Hello, On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Sebastian Schaffert wrote: > Yes, I have the same laptop and the same problem with all 4.0 versions I > tried. > I submitted a bug report to XFree86 about 2 or 3 months ago, but didn't get an > answer yet. It works on my 7300 with 4.0.2 and the siliconmotion driver.

Re: XF4.02 SiliconMotion driver hanging my ASUS 7300

2001-02-25 Thread Sebastian Schaffert
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 05:25:55PM +, Jo Geraerts wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Sebastian Schaffert wrote: > > > Yes, I have the same laptop and the same problem with all 4.0 versions I > > tried. > > I submitted a bug report to XFree86 about 2 or 3 months ago, but didn't get > >

Re: XF4.02 SiliconMotion driver hanging my ASUS 7300

2001-02-25 Thread Sebastian Schaffert
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 08:38:56PM -0800, Heather wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 12:20:05PM +0800, Jonathan Chang wrote: > > > Hi, there, > > > > > > My laptop is ASUS 7300 equipped with SMI 910 lynx > > > chip. Recently I upgraded XF4.0 to XF4.0.2, but the system hung after > > > "starx". A

PCMCIA doesn't work anymore

2001-02-25 Thread Felix E. Klee
Hi, today I updated to kernel 2.4.1 with build in PCMCIA support using the Potato 2.4 packages provided by Adrian Bunk. However, after the update I cannot use PCMCIA cards anymore even though they seem to be identified correctly, eg. > cardctl ident Socket 0: product info: "Xircom",

X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D

2001-02-25 Thread Rafael Hinojosa
Hello everybody, So, here is the story, A friend gave me his old Lifebook 420D and I decided to go with a Debian install on it. I read up on the difficulties some have had getting XFree86 to work on it, and I've used their information to the best of my knowledge in getting X to work. Its a s

Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D

2001-02-25 Thread David Reviejo
* Rafael Hinojosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010225 22:07]: > Its a simple problem, but one I should know better to take care of. When > I initiate X (startx or xinit) the laptop begins to spew a whole bunch of > information and attempts to start X. It craps out shortly and returns the > following erro

X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D (fwd)

2001-02-25 Thread Rafael Hinojosa
Okay, I found elsewhere and ran apt-get install x-core something... It worked, I've got X running (crappy colors, but whatever) now I'm experiencing the 1" offset everyone talks about. I tried to set the vga=770 in lilo.conf but nothing happens, and I get an error: You passed an undefined m

Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D

2001-02-25 Thread Rafael Hinojosa
> > > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > Some things to try: > > % dpkg -s xfonts-base > be sure this package is installed > > % grep misc /etc/X11/XF86Config > you need a font path like > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > > % ls -l /usr/lib/X11/fon

Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D

2001-02-25 Thread Rafael Hinojosa
Alright, As I mentioned earlier, I've managed to solve the initial font problem I had, and get X up and running. Now, I'm faced with the 1" offset I read about all over the web. I tried using vga=770 (or vga=7) but get no luck. I've read on some places about a CONGIF_VIDEO_GFX_HACK, which w

Re: PCMCIA doesn't work anymore

2001-02-25 Thread xsdg
*Please set the Reply-to header to "debian-laptop@lists.debian.org"* On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 08:38:58PM +0100, Felix E. Klee wrote: > Hi, > > today I updated to kernel 2.4.1 with build in PCMCIA support using the I would suggest using kernel 2.4.0, as I have had problems (oopses) using both 2.4.

Re: PCMCIA doesn't work anymore

2001-02-25 Thread Aaron Dewell
Actually, I have 2.4.1 working find on my laptop. Since 2.4.0, I have to pop the card an additional time before it will recognize the card. I'd try that first. On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, xsdg wrote: > *Please set the Reply-to header to "debian-laptop@lists.debian.org"* > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 a

Re: Quick-access buttons on Toshiba 2775XDVD?

2001-02-25 Thread xsdg
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 03:18:03PM -0800, Heather wrote: > > Is it possible that your buttons are the same as those "internet keyboard" > buttons which many desktop users are having to put up with now? (eek, > winkeyboards.) I don't think so. The buttons appear to be sound/DVD-related, as the

Administrivia (was: PCMCIA doesn't work anymore)

2001-02-25 Thread John D. Mitchell
> "xsdg" == xsdg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [] > *Please set the Reply-to header to "debian-laptop@lists.debian.org"* http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html Also, everbody, please learn to trim your replies -- there's just no excuse for all of these messages that add a couple o

Re: Lawyer too expensive?? Solution PPL

2001-02-25 Thread Andreas Mohr
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 06:57:06PM -0800, inuchan2 wrote: > To whom who may concern, [annoying SPAM deleted] Does anybody deal with that ? ISTR that Debian has a $1000 processing fee for "advertisements" on all of its mailing lists... Andreas Mohr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECT

Mouse with Debian on Vaio F340

2001-02-25 Thread steven k. thompson
My mouse (trackpad) does not work after installing many packages, including gnome related, on my Sony Vaio F340. I have /dev/mouse in /etc/XF86Config and I linked ln -s /dev/psaux /dev/mouse. Does anyone have an idea what to do next or how I might probe to check it out? Steve "Neil L. Roeth"

Re: XF4.02 SiliconMotion driver hanging my ASUS 7300

2001-02-25 Thread Jacob Meuser
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 08:38:56PM -0800, Heather wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 12:20:05PM +0800, Jonathan Chang wrote: > > > Hi, there, > > > > > > My laptop is ASUS 7300 equipped with SMI 910 lynx > > > chip. Recently I upgraded XF4.0 to XF4.0.2, but the system hung after > > > "starx".

Re: update: PCMCIA "make all" errors

2001-02-25 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 09:33:29PM -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: > > > > Anyway, my guess is the solution is simple: edit > > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, > > which is where the IP address and routing info goes. > > The file should be > > straightforward to follow I hope. > > > > I have tried to att

re: lie to apt

2001-02-25 Thread Jacob Meuser
I had posted earlier abou using alien to make .deb packages from binaries installed with stow. I said it worked. After more use, I found some problems. They can probably be fixed by unpacking the .deb and adding the stuff that alien couldn't do. dpkg-deb is the program you need and you can find

Re: XF4.02 SiliconMotion driver hanging my ASUS 7300

2001-02-25 Thread Jo Geraerts
Hello, On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Sebastian Schaffert wrote: > Yes, I have the same laptop and the same problem with all 4.0 versions I tried. > I submitted a bug report to XFree86 about 2 or 3 months ago, but didn't get an > answer yet. It works on my 7300 with 4.0.2 and the siliconmotion driver. If

Re: XF4.02 SiliconMotion driver hanging my ASUS 7300

2001-02-25 Thread Sebastian Schaffert
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 05:25:55PM +, Jo Geraerts wrote: > Hello, > > On Sat, 24 Feb 2001, Sebastian Schaffert wrote: > > > Yes, I have the same laptop and the same problem with all 4.0 versions I tried. > > I submitted a bug report to XFree86 about 2 or 3 months ago, but didn't get an > > a

Re: XF4.02 SiliconMotion driver hanging my ASUS 7300

2001-02-25 Thread Sebastian Schaffert
On Sat, Feb 24, 2001 at 08:38:56PM -0800, Heather wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 12:20:05PM +0800, Jonathan Chang wrote: > > > Hi, there, > > > > > > My laptop is ASUS 7300 equipped with SMI 910 lynx > > > chip. Recently I upgraded XF4.0 to XF4.0.2, but the system hung after > > > "starx".

PCMCIA doesn't work anymore

2001-02-25 Thread Felix E. Klee
Hi, today I updated to kernel 2.4.1 with build in PCMCIA support using the Potato 2.4 packages provided by Adrian Bunk. However, after the update I cannot use PCMCIA cards anymore even though they seem to be identified correctly, eg. > cardctl ident Socket 0: product info: "Xircom"

X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D

2001-02-25 Thread Rafael Hinojosa
Hello everybody, So, here is the story, A friend gave me his old Lifebook 420D and I decided to go with a Debian install on it. I read up on the difficulties some have had getting XFree86 to work on it, and I've used their information to the best of my knowledge in getting X to work. Its a

Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D

2001-02-25 Thread David Reviejo
* Rafael Hinojosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010225 22:07]: > Its a simple problem, but one I should know better to take care of. When > I initiate X (startx or xinit) the laptop begins to spew a whole bunch of > information and attempts to start X. It craps out shortly and returns the > following err

X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D (fwd)

2001-02-25 Thread Rafael Hinojosa
Okay, I found elsewhere and ran apt-get install x-core something... It worked, I've got X running (crappy colors, but whatever) now I'm experiencing the 1" offset everyone talks about. I tried to set the vga=770 in lilo.conf but nothing happens, and I get an error: You passed an undefined

Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D

2001-02-25 Thread Rafael Hinojosa
> > > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > Some things to try: > > % dpkg -s xfonts-base > be sure this package is installed > > % grep misc /etc/X11/XF86Config > you need a font path like > FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" > > % ls -l /usr/lib/X11/fo

Re: X on a Fujitsu Lifebook 420D

2001-02-25 Thread Rafael Hinojosa
Alright, As I mentioned earlier, I've managed to solve the initial font problem I had, and get X up and running. Now, I'm faced with the 1" offset I read about all over the web. I tried using vga=770 (or vga=7) but get no luck. I've read on some places about a CONGIF_VIDEO_GFX_HACK, which

Re: PCMCIA doesn't work anymore

2001-02-25 Thread xsdg
*Please set the Reply-to header to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"* On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 08:38:58PM +0100, Felix E. Klee wrote: > Hi, > > today I updated to kernel 2.4.1 with build in PCMCIA support using the I would suggest using kernel 2.4.0, as I have had problems (oopses) using both 2.4.1 and 2.4.2

Re: PCMCIA doesn't work anymore

2001-02-25 Thread Aaron Dewell
Actually, I have 2.4.1 working find on my laptop. Since 2.4.0, I have to pop the card an additional time before it will recognize the card. I'd try that first. On Sun, 25 Feb 2001, xsdg wrote: > *Please set the Reply-to header to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"* > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 08:38:58PM

Re: Quick-access buttons on Toshiba 2775XDVD?

2001-02-25 Thread xsdg
On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 03:18:03PM -0800, Heather wrote: > > Is it possible that your buttons are the same as those "internet keyboard" > buttons which many desktop users are having to put up with now? (eek, > winkeyboards.) I don't think so. The buttons appear to be sound/DVD-related, as the

Administrivia (was: PCMCIA doesn't work anymore)

2001-02-25 Thread John D. Mitchell
> "xsdg" == xsdg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [] > *Please set the Reply-to header to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"* http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html Also, everbody, please learn to trim your replies -- there's just no excuse for all of these messages that add a couple of bits of in