Re: xircom combo card + kernel 2.4.5

2001-06-18 Thread Robert Waldner
On 17 Jun 2001 21:28:04 EDT, Peter Solodov writes: >Just bumped into the same problem too. I used 2.4.5 kernel. I was able >to load xircom_tulip_cb module successfully, but then 100% of packets >were lost and I was not able to access any computer on my small >LAN. pcmcia_cs worked fine before and

XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Federico Montesino Pouzols
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:50:38AM -0400, Bernard Julewsky wrote: > hello, > I have the same problem as you described in the debian-laptop > mailinglist. > the LCD panel flickers and is splitted into 4 parts. > I don't use Debian, I use the Slackware distrib. I've tried with XF4.03 and > XF3.3.6 -

Re: XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Federico Montesino Pouzols
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:20:21PM +0200, Antonio wrote: > Hi, > thank you for your solution. I've some questions about it: > First of all, excuse me if I bother you with so much CC, but I think we all are interested in our respective achievements, and I don't know who is subscribed to d

Re: XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Federico Montesino Pouzols
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:54:09PM +0200, Franz Keferböck wrote: > XAIPE! > Saludos! > Thanx for your answer and all the description on how to get it work with > SiS' > dirvers, but i've found another solution - with all its good and bad > side-effects. > You told me that you're only goi

Re: XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Federico Montesino Pouzols
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:54:09PM +0200, Franz Keferböck wrote: > XAIPE! > Saludos! > Thanx for your answer and all the description on how to get it work with > SiS' > dirvers, but i've found another solution - with all its good and bad > side-effects. > You told me that you're only goi

Re: XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Stefan Märkl
> > 30. Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) > >3.3.6: > Support (accelerated) for the SiS 86C201, 86C202, 86C205, > 86C215, 86C225, 5597, 5598, 6326, 530, 620, 300, 630 and 540 is > provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the sis driver. > >4.1.0: > Sup

XFree86 4.0 with NeoMagic 2160

2001-06-18 Thread Jr.
Hey All, After many headaches and much experimentation I finally discovered that my Compaq 1640 using a NM2160 chipset really doesn't like running XFree86 version 4.0 or greater. It chugs along fine in the 3.3 series, but as soon as I upgrade or try a distribution that uses 4.0 it will crash the

RE: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-18 Thread Glen S Mehn
thinkpad 600/600e. IBM even has docs on how to get them working with (redhat) linux, though you can sort out how to get all the bits, except the winmodem, with debain from those directions. regards, glen -Original Message- From: Chris Ivanovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, Ju

Re: XFree86 4.0 with NeoMagic 2160

2001-06-18 Thread Toshi
> After many headaches and much experimentation I finally discovered that > my Compaq 1640 using a NM2160 chipset really doesn't like running > XFree86 version 4.0 or greater. It chugs along fine in the 3.3 series, > but as soon as I upgrade or try a distribution that uses 4.0 it will > crash th

Re: debian-laptop web page?

2001-06-18 Thread Heather
> Hi, > > Could anyone explain to me why exactly does > http://www.debian.org/ports/laptops/ exist. > > It looks poor... we should either fix or ditch it. I dunno - it vaguely looks like the original was autogenerated. It has pointers to the list archives and two popularly referenced sites - b

Re: debian-laptop web page?

2001-06-18 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 01:00:00PM -0700, Heather wrote: > > Could anyone explain to me why exactly does > > http://www.debian.org/ports/laptops/ exist. > > > > It looks poor... we should either fix or ditch it. > > I dunno - it vaguely looks like the original was autogenerated. It has > pointe

Re: debian-laptop web page?

2001-06-18 Thread Christoph Ulrich Scholler
hi, i think we should collect those tidbits of information on the installation and configuration of debian on laptops there. an example would be the comment on putting 'Load "xaa"' and 'Option "ExcludeCPUIntensiveSomethingFromAnywhere"' into XF86Config-4 in order to prevent X from crashing the OS

Re: debian-laptop web page?

2001-06-18 Thread Heather
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 01:00:00PM -0700, Heather wrote: > > > Could anyone explain to me why exactly does > > > http://www.debian.org/ports/laptops/ exist. > > > > > > It looks poor... we should either fix or ditch it. > > > > I dunno - it vaguely looks like the original was autogenerated. It

Re: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-18 Thread Ryan Kirkpatrick
On 15 Jun 2001, Forrest English wrote: > my fav so far is the IBM thinkpad 240. the winmodem is even > supported, and easily so by using some drivers lucent put out. it's > got an ess solo1 sound card, which is well supported already. sure > the screen might be a bit small for some people...

Re: xircom combo card + kernel 2.4.5

2001-06-18 Thread Robert Waldner
On 17 Jun 2001 21:28:04 EDT, Peter Solodov writes: >Just bumped into the same problem too. I used 2.4.5 kernel. I was able >to load xircom_tulip_cb module successfully, but then 100% of packets >were lost and I was not able to access any computer on my small >LAN. pcmcia_cs worked fine before and

XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Federico Montesino Pouzols
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 03:50:38AM -0400, Bernard Julewsky wrote: > hello, > I have the same problem as you described in the debian-laptop > mailinglist. > the LCD panel flickers and is splitted into 4 parts. > I don't use Debian, I use the Slackware distrib. I've tried with XF4.03 and XF3.3.6 >-

Re: XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Federico Montesino Pouzols
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:20:21PM +0200, Antonio wrote: > Hi, > thank you for your solution. I've some questions about it: > First of all, excuse me if I bother you with so much CC, but I think we all are interested in our respective achievements, and I don't know who is subscribed to

Re: XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Federico Montesino Pouzols
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:54:09PM +0200, Franz Keferböck wrote: > XAIPE! > Saludos! > Thanx for your answer and all the description on how to get it work with > SiS' > dirvers, but i've found another solution - with all its good and bad > side-effects. > You told me that you're only go

Re: XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Federico Montesino Pouzols
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 12:54:09PM +0200, Franz Keferböck wrote: > XAIPE! > Saludos! > Thanx for your answer and all the description on how to get it work with > SiS' > dirvers, but i've found another solution - with all its good and bad > side-effects. > You told me that you're only go

Re: XFree *working* on Laptop with SiS630 (: !!!!!!

2001-06-18 Thread Stefan Märkl
> > 30. Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) > >3.3.6: > Support (accelerated) for the SiS 86C201, 86C202, 86C205, > 86C215, 86C225, 5597, 5598, 6326, 530, 620, 300, 630 and 540 is > provided by the XF86_SVGA server with the sis driver. > >4.1.0: > Su

XFree86 4.0 with NeoMagic 2160

2001-06-18 Thread Jr.
Hey All, After many headaches and much experimentation I finally discovered that my Compaq 1640 using a NM2160 chipset really doesn't like running XFree86 version 4.0 or greater. It chugs along fine in the 3.3 series, but as soon as I upgrade or try a distribution that uses 4.0 it will crash the

RE: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-18 Thread Glen S Mehn
thinkpad 600/600e. IBM even has docs on how to get them working with (redhat) linux, though you can sort out how to get all the bits, except the winmodem, with debain from those directions. regards, glen -Original Message- From: Chris Ivanovich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday,

Re: XFree86 4.0 with NeoMagic 2160

2001-06-18 Thread Toshi
> After many headaches and much experimentation I finally discovered that > my Compaq 1640 using a NM2160 chipset really doesn't like running > XFree86 version 4.0 or greater. It chugs along fine in the 3.3 series, > but as soon as I upgrade or try a distribution that uses 4.0 it will > crash t

Re: debian-laptop web page?

2001-06-18 Thread Heather
> Hi, > > Could anyone explain to me why exactly does > http://www.debian.org/ports/laptops/ exist. > > It looks poor... we should either fix or ditch it. I dunno - it vaguely looks like the original was autogenerated. It has pointers to the list archives and two popularly referenced sites -

Re: debian-laptop web page?

2001-06-18 Thread Josip Rodin
On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 01:00:00PM -0700, Heather wrote: > > Could anyone explain to me why exactly does > > http://www.debian.org/ports/laptops/ exist. > > > > It looks poor... we should either fix or ditch it. > > I dunno - it vaguely looks like the original was autogenerated. It has > point

Re: debian-laptop web page?

2001-06-18 Thread Christoph Ulrich Scholler
hi, i think we should collect those tidbits of information on the installation and configuration of debian on laptops there. an example would be the comment on putting 'Load "xaa"' and 'Option "ExcludeCPUIntensiveSomethingFromAnywhere"' into XF86Config-4 in order to prevent X from crashing the O

Re: debian-laptop web page?

2001-06-18 Thread Heather
> On Mon, Jun 18, 2001 at 01:00:00PM -0700, Heather wrote: > > > Could anyone explain to me why exactly does > > > http://www.debian.org/ports/laptops/ exist. > > > > > > It looks poor... we should either fix or ditch it. > > > > I dunno - it vaguely looks like the original was autogenerated. I

Re: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-18 Thread Ryan Kirkpatrick
On 15 Jun 2001, Forrest English wrote: > my fav so far is the IBM thinkpad 240. the winmodem is even > supported, and easily so by using some drivers lucent put out. it's > got an ess solo1 sound card, which is well supported already. sure > the screen might be a bit small for some people...

Re: debian-laptop web page?

2001-06-18 Thread Werner Heuser
... > We could add: > tip: compiling a kernel under debian (not forgetting pcmcia) > aka "howto use kernel-package" > tip: gpm w/ or w/o X discourse (a nice clean small paragraph) > current version of .deb pcmcia-cs package in There are even more ;-) see "D