Re: no sound with kernel 2.4.2

2001-03-19 Thread christophe barbe
Hi I've the same problem with Opl3sa2 and kernel 2.4.2. I have seen threads about that in the kernel mailing list. Currently I use alsa which works great and is certainly a good solution. IMHO the OSS ccode in the kernel are going to be replaced by alsa. Christophe On jeu, 15 mar 2001 19:16:09 Ph

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:10:08PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some > trouble. > > Formerly it was using a static IP address so I went into /etc/pcmcia and > edited network.opts deleting all of the static stuff and I a

Re: first experiences and problems

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 10:45:19PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > > > > my pcmcia ethernet card did not work at first because, for some reason the > > network is initialised prior to pcmcia support in my start-routine. so > > basically the script /etc/init.d/networking restart does the job (provided > > pcm

Re: no sound with kernel 2.4.2

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:34:02AM +0100, christophe barbe wrote: > Hi I've the same problem with Opl3sa2 and kernel 2.4.2. > I have seen threads about that in the kernel mailing list. > Currently I use alsa which works great and is certainly a good solution. > IMHO the OSS ccode in the kernel are

Re: 2.4/sid on toshiba satellite

2001-03-19 Thread Q89029292
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 09:43:30PM -0800, Jim Nutt wrote: > > > > > > Did it autodetect using pnp or will I have to set isapnp=0 ? > > > > It's not pnp. In fact, as far as I can tell, nothing on the 490 > > is. That should have been !isapnp by the

[Fwd: Sound problem with NEC Versa VXi]

2001-03-19 Thread Valery Febvre
Hi, I got a NEC Versa VXi 750. All are running fine under Debian (Testing) except sound The chipset sound is an Intel 82440MX. My kernel is a 2.4.2 and I use the Intel ICH driver. The sound driver works but the result is bad. It only supports stereo and 48000 Hz. When I listen mp3 files, all the

Re: quality of postscript display

2001-03-19 Thread Andrei Popov
--- Steven K Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Debian 2.2r2 on a Vaio F340 laptop. When I view a > postscript file with gv, the type is broken and hard to > read on the display. This is true for example when I try > to view files in the Debian documentation that are provided > in pos

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-19 Thread David Reviejo
* tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010319 12:55]: > Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box > that already has one present you get a routing table with two > entries for default network gateways. Something like this: > > DestinationGateway Genmask > 0.0.0.0192.

Display errors on Sony Viao

2001-03-19 Thread jimmy sandhar
Hi All, While trying to run the startx my system errors as follows: X: exec of /etc/X11/X failed xinit: Connection refused ( errno 111 ): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error Please help Regards, Jimmy

Re: Display errors on Sony Viao

2001-03-19 Thread Peter Cordes
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:47:00PM -, jimmy sandhar wrote: > Hi All, > While trying to run the startx my system errors as follows: > X: exec of /etc/X11/X failed > xinit: Connection refused ( errno 111 ): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error > Please he

Display errors on Sony Viao

2001-03-19 Thread William F. Dowling
Is there a file /etc/X11/X? Yes: Is it a symbolic link? No: Is it executable? Yes: You'll have to ask someone else what to do. No: Make it executable using chmod. Yes:

Xfree86 4.0.2 and external monitor

2001-03-19 Thread Randy Tompot
Hi! I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 running Debian potato. I installed 4.0.2 and have the LCD panel running X great, but I have an external monitor hooked up thru a docking station which doesn't work. I have plenty of video memory, but apparently the r128 driver I am using can't drive the external mon

Re: Xfree86 4.0.2 and external monitor

2001-03-19 Thread Aaron Dewell
Yes, with 4.0.2 my Latitude doesn't work while docked either. I have a mach64 chip, not the r128, but same result. I solved my problem by using XFree 4.0.1. Aaron On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Randy Tompot wrote: > Hi! > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 running Debian potato. I installed 4.0.2 and > have

Compaq Laptops and their Hard Drives

2001-03-19 Thread Roger Shaffer
I have a Compaq Presario 1640 laptop that happily ran Linux in a dual-boot situation for the last year and a half. Recently the hard drive failed and, once it was replaced, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to reclaim some disk space and reinstall only Linux. Unfortunately, Compaq does s

Re: Compaq Laptops and their Hard Drives

2001-03-19 Thread John Trainer
Roger,   I have an Armada E500 PII 400, and I have just Debian on it.  Although I am fighting the USB port under 2.4.2, I have no issues.  I used to run RH7 on it, but have opted for a more stream lined release 2.2r7.  I used both Disk Druid (no comments), and fdisk.  Both seem to work flawlessly.

Re: Compaq Laptops and their Hard Drives

2001-03-19 Thread Alexander Clouter
On 19 Mar 2001, Roger Shaffer wrote: > > So, has anyone had success installing Linux on a Compaq laptop? If so, > how did you overcome the partition issue? > have you been playing with that *evil* option LBA in the BIOS again? If so then nasty stuff starts to happen. Leave it either off or on, b

Re: Compaq Laptops and their Hard Drives

2001-03-19 Thread Roger Shaffer
John, Thanks for the quick response. The most consistent errors show up when using apt-get or dselect. The important database files like /var/lib/dpkg/available and /var/cache/apt/available become corrupted with strange characters. In addition, I will also occasionally see the error "trying to wr

toshiba satellite 100cs & suspend to disk?

2001-03-19 Thread neonatus
Hi! I'd really like to enable suspend to disk function on my toshiba satellite 100CS portable, but I don't know if it is at all possible to do so on this specific laptop. Can someone enlighten me IF it is possible, and if it is, how to do it. THX in advance! Bostjan -- Boštjan Müller [NEONATUS]

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-19 Thread tom
David Reviejo wrote: > > * tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010319 12:55]: > > Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box > > that already has one present you get a routing table with two > > entries for default network gateways. Something like this: > > > > DestinationGateway

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-19 Thread David Reviejo
* tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010320 02:20]: > I don't want a default gateway on this interface, but I need a > gateway defined for the network 192.168.2.0/24. I think you need a network route to 192.168.2.0, not a gateway (please, take a look at the Net-Howto, section 5.7 about Routing, to see the d

/etc/network/options

2001-03-19 Thread tom
Can someone give me a 10 second tour on this? I am not sure what the flag for ip_forwarding quite means. I know the concept and the echo "1" >/proc I don't remember quite where it echoes to, but that's Debians job, right? Does ip_forward=yes simply set this echo "1" >/proc... to be enabled?

Re: no sound with kernel 2.4.2

2001-03-19 Thread christophe barbe
Hi I've the same problem with Opl3sa2 and kernel 2.4.2. I have seen threads about that in the kernel mailing list. Currently I use alsa which works great and is certainly a good solution. IMHO the OSS ccode in the kernel are going to be replaced by alsa. Christophe On jeu, 15 mar 2001 19:16:09 P

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:10:08PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some > trouble. > > Formerly it was using a static IP address so I went into /etc/pcmcia and > edited network.opts deleting all of the static stuff and I

Re: first experiences and problems

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 10:45:19PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > > > > my pcmcia ethernet card did not work at first because, for some reason the > > network is initialised prior to pcmcia support in my start-routine. so > > basically the script /etc/init.d/networking restart does the job (provided > > pc

Re: no sound with kernel 2.4.2

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:34:02AM +0100, christophe barbe wrote: > Hi I've the same problem with Opl3sa2 and kernel 2.4.2. > I have seen threads about that in the kernel mailing list. > Currently I use alsa which works great and is certainly a good solution. > IMHO the OSS ccode in the kernel are

Re: 2.4/sid on toshiba satellite

2001-03-19 Thread Q89029292
On Sun, 11 Mar 2001, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 09:43:30PM -0800, Jim Nutt wrote: > > > > > > Did it autodetect using pnp or will I have to set isapnp=0 ? > > > > It's not pnp. In fact, as far as I can tell, nothing on the 490 > > is. That should have been !isapnp by the

[Fwd: Sound problem with NEC Versa VXi]

2001-03-19 Thread Valery Febvre
Hi, I got a NEC Versa VXi 750. All are running fine under Debian (Testing) except sound The chipset sound is an Intel 82440MX. My kernel is a 2.4.2 and I use the Intel ICH driver. The sound driver works but the result is bad. It only supports stereo and 48000 Hz. When I listen mp3 files, all th

Re: quality of postscript display

2001-03-19 Thread Andrei Popov
--- Steven K Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Debian 2.2r2 on a Vaio F340 laptop. When I view a > postscript file with gv, the type is broken and hard to > read on the display. This is true for example when I try > to view files in the Debian documentation that are provided > in po

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-19 Thread David Reviejo
* tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010319 12:55]: > Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box > that already has one present you get a routing table with two > entries for default network gateways. Something like this: > > DestinationGateway Genmask > 0.0.0.0192

Display errors on Sony Viao

2001-03-19 Thread jimmy sandhar
Hi All, While trying to run the startx my system errors as follows: X: exec of /etc/X11/X failed xinit: Connection refused ( errno 111 ): unable to connect to X server xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error Please help Regards, Jimmy

Re: Display errors on Sony Viao

2001-03-19 Thread Peter Cordes
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 04:47:00PM -, jimmy sandhar wrote: > Hi All, > While trying to run the startx my system errors as follows: > X: exec of /etc/X11/X failed > xinit: Connection refused ( errno 111 ): unable to connect to X server > xinit: No such process (errno 3): Server error > Please h

Display errors on Sony Viao

2001-03-19 Thread William F. Dowling
Is there a file /etc/X11/X? Yes: Is it a symbolic link? No: Is it executable? Yes: You'll have to ask someone else what to do. No: Make it executable using chmod. Yes:

Xfree86 4.0.2 and external monitor

2001-03-19 Thread Randy Tompot
Hi! I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 running Debian potato. I installed 4.0.2 and have the LCD panel running X great, but I have an external monitor hooked up thru a docking station which doesn't work. I have plenty of video memory, but apparently the r128 driver I am using can't drive the external mo

Re: Xfree86 4.0.2 and external monitor

2001-03-19 Thread Aaron Dewell
Yes, with 4.0.2 my Latitude doesn't work while docked either. I have a mach64 chip, not the r128, but same result. I solved my problem by using XFree 4.0.1. Aaron On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Randy Tompot wrote: > Hi! > > I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 running Debian potato. I installed 4.0.2 and > hav

Compaq Laptops and their Hard Drives

2001-03-19 Thread Roger Shaffer
I have a Compaq Presario 1640 laptop that happily ran Linux in a dual-boot situation for the last year and a half. Recently the hard drive failed and, once it was replaced, I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to reclaim some disk space and reinstall only Linux. Unfortunately, Compaq does

Re: Compaq Laptops and their Hard Drives

2001-03-19 Thread John Trainer
Roger,   I have an Armada E500 PII 400, and I have just Debian on it.  Although I am fighting the USB port under 2.4.2, I have no issues.  I used to run RH7 on it, but have opted for a more stream lined release 2.2r7.  I used both Disk Druid (no comments), and fdisk.  Both seem to work flawlessly.

Re: Compaq Laptops and their Hard Drives

2001-03-19 Thread Alexander Clouter
On 19 Mar 2001, Roger Shaffer wrote: > > So, has anyone had success installing Linux on a Compaq laptop? If so, > how did you overcome the partition issue? > have you been playing with that *evil* option LBA in the BIOS again? If so then nasty stuff starts to happen. Leave it either off or on,

Re: Compaq Laptops and their Hard Drives

2001-03-19 Thread Roger Shaffer
John, Thanks for the quick response. The most consistent errors show up when using apt-get or dselect. The important database files like /var/lib/dpkg/available and /var/cache/apt/available become corrupted with strange characters. In addition, I will also occasionally see the error "trying to w

toshiba satellite 100cs & suspend to disk?

2001-03-19 Thread neonatus
Hi! I'd really like to enable suspend to disk function on my toshiba satellite 100CS portable, but I don't know if it is at all possible to do so on this specific laptop. Can someone enlighten me IF it is possible, and if it is, how to do it. THX in advance! Bostjan -- Boštjan Müller [NEONATUS

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-19 Thread tom
David Reviejo wrote: > > * tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010319 12:55]: > > Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box > > that already has one present you get a routing table with two > > entries for default network gateways. Something like this: > > > > DestinationGatewa

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-19 Thread David Reviejo
* tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010320 02:20]: > I don't want a default gateway on this interface, but I need a > gateway defined for the network 192.168.2.0/24. I think you need a network route to 192.168.2.0, not a gateway (please, take a look at the Net-Howto, section 5.7 about Routing, to see the

/etc/network/options

2001-03-19 Thread tom
Can someone give me a 10 second tour on this? I am not sure what the flag for ip_forwarding quite means. I know the concept and the echo "1" >/proc I don't remember quite where it echoes to, but that's Debians job, right? Does ip_forward=yes simply set this echo "1" >/proc... to be enabled?

Re: toshiba satellite 100cs & suspend to disk?

2001-03-19 Thread f1k
I have a Satellite 2595cdt and suspend to disk worked for me, and it should work for all Toshiba laptops with the debian package toshutils. Just install it, and then run modconf to make sure the module toshiba is loaded, then run wmtuxtime. It opens a small window (or maybe docks into the panel i