Re: Dell Inspiron 8000 and Geforce2go

2001-09-12 Thread Richard Watson
Kai Martens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is quite true that you need NVIDIA's own drivers and GLX package (I had > no success with the corresponding debian packages there). This driver > (downloaded it from the NVIDIA web site is not in binary format though, > but distributed as source code th

Re: Dell Inspiron 8000 and Geforce2go

2001-09-12 Thread Daniel Povlsen
Hi all, I can only recommend downloading the debian source packages from the unstable archive and follow the instructions in the README. This will allow you to fetch the binaries off nvidias site and build your own debian packages. It solves problems with DVD playing, the missing line in modu

nvidia drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Jonerik Sjolander
Thanks for the help! But the official nvidia drivers are non-free, right? If that's the case, I cannot use them. Again, thanks. // Jonne

Re: Toshiba CDT740

2001-09-12 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 01:20:57PM -0500, Glenn Becker wrote: > Hi, > > I just won a Toshiba 470CDT Pentium laptop on eBay. It has a 2G HD. > > Am thinking of shrinking the Win98 installation down to a minimum and > partitioning so as to squeeze Debian on there. Alternately (if this is > possible

alsa for maestro3/allegro

2001-09-12 Thread glynis
i have a dell inspiron 3800 with the maestro3 sound chip. i used to use older alsa (0.5 or so), then switched to the new oss driver in the kernel when alsa 0.9 got unstable. well here i am, wanting to go back to alsa 0.9 betas (in debian unstable), and they still don't work well for me at all. i

Re: Toshiba CDT740

2001-09-12 Thread John Jeffers
Glenn I have a 740CDT I stuck a 8 gig drive in it with only Linux on. But then again I do development on mine. I have 80 meg of ram as well. No dos partion is required. If I were you I might just change out the drive. http://www.linux-laptop.net/toshiba.html is fairly accurate. NOTE: The bio

Re: Dell Inspiron 8000 and Geforce2go

2001-09-12 Thread nathanp
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:33:32PM -0700, Kai Martens wrote: > > It is quite true that you need NVIDIA's own drivers and GLX package (I had > no success with the corresponding debian packages there). This driver > (downloaded it from the NVIDIA web site is not in binary format though, > but distri

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-12 Thread Heather
> "Testing" is improving. However, since I've noticed some of the same > problems with conflicting or missing dependencies, I've chosen to install > "stable," use '=' to have dselect hold all packages, and then upgrade them > to testing as needed. So, for example, I go through and install the sta

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-12 Thread Heather
The key to making sense of it is: update updates the list of availables either flavor of upgrade selects and then tries to load the packages which relate to ones you already have, that have new versions dist-upgrade

kernel 2.4.9 doesn't seem to have wvlna_cs driver

2001-09-12 Thread A. Demarteau \(linux rules!\)
hi, After some checking, I found out that the kernel 2.4.9 sources (that is the standart kernel-sources) do not include the wvlan_cs driver neede for all new 802.11 and 802.11b wireless cards. Is there a patch somehwere os debian-package including it? --- Andor Demarteau [EMAIL PROTECTED]

pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread A. Demarteau \(linux rules!\)
hi, I've tried to compile the pcmcia-source package to obtain the wvlan_cs driver cause it's not included in the kernel. But this version (I used the debian pcmcia-source) package gave me the following errors: -- cc -MD -c -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -pipe -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/in clude

Re: kernel 2.4.9 doesn't seem to have wvlna_cs driver

2001-09-12 Thread Marc Becher
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:50:53PM +0200, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > hi, > After some checking, I found out that the kernel 2.4.9 sources (that is > the standart kernel-sources) do not include the wvlan_cs driver neede for > all new 802.11 and 802.11b wireless cards. > Is there a patch so

Re: kernel 2.4.9 doesn't seem to have wvlna_cs driver

2001-09-12 Thread petong
On Wednesday 12 September 2001 13:50, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > hi, > After some checking, I found out that the kernel 2.4.9 sources (that is > the standart kernel-sources) do not include the wvlan_cs driver neede for > all new 802.11 and 802.11b wireless cards. > Is there a patch somehw

Re: kernel 2.4.9 doesn't seem to have wvlna_cs driver

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:50:53PM +0200, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > > hi, > > After some checking, I found out that the kernel 2.4.9 sources (that is > > the standart kernel-sources) do not include the wvlan_cs driver neede for > > all new 802.11 and 802.11b wireless cards. > > Is ther

Re: pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Vivek
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: [cut] > wvlan_hcf.c:781: macro `min' used with only 2 args > wvlan_hcf.c:1702: macro `max' used with only 2 args [cut] > I hope someone can helpout here. Yeah - looks like you've bumped into the much hated 3 arg min/max macros that were intr

Re: pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Steve Oxley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Morning all, On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:13, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > hi, > I've tried to compile the pcmcia-source package to obtain the wvlan_cs > driver cause it's not included in the kernel. > But this version (I used the debian pcmcia-source) package

Re: pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Stig Brautaset
* Steve Oxley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Morning all, > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:13, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > > hi, > > I've tried to compile the pcmcia-source package to obtain the wvlan_cs > > driver cause it's not included in the kernel

nvidia drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Jonerik Sjolander
Thanks for the help! But the official nvidia drivers are non-free, right? If that's the case, I cannot use them. Again, thanks. // Jonne -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Toshiba CDT740

2001-09-12 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 01:20:57PM -0500, Glenn Becker wrote: > Hi, > > I just won a Toshiba 470CDT Pentium laptop on eBay. It has a 2G HD. > > Am thinking of shrinking the Win98 installation down to a minimum and > partitioning so as to squeeze Debian on there. Alternately (if this is > possibl

alsa for maestro3/allegro

2001-09-12 Thread glynis
i have a dell inspiron 3800 with the maestro3 sound chip. i used to use older alsa (0.5 or so), then switched to the new oss driver in the kernel when alsa 0.9 got unstable. well here i am, wanting to go back to alsa 0.9 betas (in debian unstable), and they still don't work well for me at all. i

Re: Toshiba CDT740

2001-09-12 Thread John Jeffers
Glenn I have a 740CDT I stuck a 8 gig drive in it with only Linux on. But then again I do development on mine. I have 80 meg of ram as well. No dos partion is required. If I were you I might just change out the drive. http://www.linux-laptop.net/toshiba.html is fairly accurate. NOTE: The bio

Re: Dell Inspiron 8000 and Geforce2go

2001-09-12 Thread nathanp
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 05:33:32PM -0700, Kai Martens wrote: > > It is quite true that you need NVIDIA's own drivers and GLX package (I had > no success with the corresponding debian packages there). This driver > (downloaded it from the NVIDIA web site is not in binary format though, > but distr

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-12 Thread Heather
> "Testing" is improving. However, since I've noticed some of the same > problems with conflicting or missing dependencies, I've chosen to install > "stable," use '=' to have dselect hold all packages, and then upgrade them > to testing as needed. So, for example, I go through and install the st

Re: wooky->potato

2001-09-12 Thread Heather
The key to making sense of it is: update updates the list of availables either flavor of upgrade selects and then tries to load the packages which relate to ones you already have, that have new versions dist-upgrad

kernel 2.4.9 doesn't seem to have wvlna_cs driver

2001-09-12 Thread A. Demarteau (linux rules!)
hi, After some checking, I found out that the kernel 2.4.9 sources (that is the standart kernel-sources) do not include the wvlan_cs driver neede for all new 802.11 and 802.11b wireless cards. Is there a patch somehwere os debian-package including it? --- Andor Demarteau [EMAIL PROTECTED

pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread A. Demarteau (linux rules!)
hi, I've tried to compile the pcmcia-source package to obtain the wvlan_cs driver cause it's not included in the kernel. But this version (I used the debian pcmcia-source) package gave me the following errors: -- cc -MD -c -O3 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -pipe -I../include -I/usr/src/linux/in clud

Re: kernel 2.4.9 doesn't seem to have wvlna_cs driver

2001-09-12 Thread Marc Becher
On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:50:53PM +0200, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > hi, > After some checking, I found out that the kernel 2.4.9 sources (that is > the standart kernel-sources) do not include the wvlan_cs driver neede for > all new 802.11 and 802.11b wireless cards. > Is there a patch s

Re: kernel 2.4.9 doesn't seem to have wvlna_cs driver

2001-09-12 Thread petong
On Wednesday 12 September 2001 13:50, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > hi, > After some checking, I found out that the kernel 2.4.9 sources (that is > the standart kernel-sources) do not include the wvlan_cs driver neede for > all new 802.11 and 802.11b wireless cards. > Is there a patch someh

Re: kernel 2.4.9 doesn't seem to have wvlna_cs driver

2001-09-12 Thread Martin F Krafft
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 10:50:53PM +0200, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > > hi, > > After some checking, I found out that the kernel 2.4.9 sources (that is > > the standart kernel-sources) do not include the wvlan_cs driver neede for > > all new 802.11 and 802.11b wireless cards. > > Is the

Re: pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Vivek
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: [cut] > wvlan_hcf.c:781: macro `min' used with only 2 args > wvlan_hcf.c:1702: macro `max' used with only 2 args [cut] > I hope someone can helpout here. Yeah - looks like you've bumped into the much hated 3 arg min/max macros that were int

Re: pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Steve Oxley
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Morning all, On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:13, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > hi, > I've tried to compile the pcmcia-source package to obtain the wvlan_cs > driver cause it's not included in the kernel. > But this version (I used the debian pcmcia-source) packag

Re: pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread Stig Brautaset
* Steve Oxley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Morning all, > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2001 08:13, A. Demarteau (linux rules!) wrote: > > hi, > > I've tried to compile the pcmcia-source package to obtain the wvlan_cs > > driver cause it's not included in the kerne

Re: pcmcia-source version 3.1.28-2 gave error on wireless drivers

2001-09-12 Thread A. Demarteau (linux rules!)
On Thu, 13 Sep 2001, Steve Oxley wrote: > If you need wireless support, you'll need to either wait for the kernel > source that replaces the 3-variable min/max macro, or downgrade to the last > kernel version that didn't have the problem. and whihc version would that be? > > Andor Demarteau >

Re: Thinkpad A21m SoundFusion

2001-09-12 Thread Nicolas SABOURET
Andrew McMillan wrote: > > I wrote : [...] > > > get help on having my Crystal SoundFusion card to work on the my > > ThinkPad A21m. > > > > I switched to kernel 2.4.7 but it doesn't work either : when I cat > > foo.wav > /dev/dsp, I got very weird noises (like a modem bipbip). > > Just to make