Re: What to choose

2001-10-05 Thread Alexander Poslavsky
On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 21:15:55 +0200 S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I don't know that to install on my Dell Laptop, Debian or Mandrake. > Mandrake claims to have something like apt-get, do you know if it > works as good as you apt-get (I have heard a lot of positive things > about Debain apt-

Random X 4.1.0-6 crashes, lockups on Dell i5000e

2001-10-05 Thread Michael Robinson
I've recently installed Debian on my Dell i5000e, with the r128 driver for the ATI Rage Mobility (2.4.9 kernel, 4.1.0-6 X package). X has been randomly crashing with a signal 11 (SEGV). Also, when switching from X to console mode (CTL-ALT-Fx), the console will occasionally lock up hard, requiring

kde bugreporting

2001-10-05 Thread Tom Allison
I know Debian has a bug reporting tool. But does anyone know if KDE supplies a similar product, if it's in the Debian tree, and what it might be called?

Re: IBM A21m - sound

2001-10-05 Thread Allan Sandfeld Jensen
On Thursday 04 October 2001 23:43, Tom Allison wrote: > OK, I give up. > > How do I get sound to work, any method, on an IBM A21m notebook? > > I tried alsa version 0.99 -- no luck. Missing drivers > I tried loading the cs46XX module -- couldn't load. This is the one. All 2.4 +cs46xx has worked fi

New Notebook Intel Chipset (Almador/ICH3/E830)

2001-10-05 Thread Beck, Pascal
Hello all, I got a Sony VAIO notebook : PCG-GR serie. This VAIO got the new Intel Chipset ICH3, and it seems that The Linux Kernel (2.2.19;2.2.10) fail to get the IRQ of the device: BUS:00 Device:1d Functiun:2 It is the third USB hub of this chipset. I tried [pcitweak -w00:1d:02 60 0x03

Answer to copy/paste in KDE

2001-10-05 Thread Curt Howland
The answer turned out to be "avoid the problem." Folks over on the KDE main list were mixed, some had never had the problem, some had never solved it, some had it miraculously fix itself. Netscape uses a different clipboard than KDE, the "X" clipboard, as opposed to something else. Darn. So open

Re: Random X 4.1.0-6 crashes, lockups on Dell i5000e

2001-10-05 Thread Vincent N. Virgilio
Hi Michael, I believe our machines are identical, except for packaging and perhaps the LCD resolution (yours 1600x1200, mine 1400x1050). Mine is from ARM Computer, Inc. (http://www.armcomputer.com), model N38W3. I am running the software you mention without any problems (except perhaps with X a

Re: IBM A21m - sound

2001-10-05 Thread Ignasi Palou-Rivera
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:48:15PM +0200, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > On Thursday 04 October 2001 23:43, Tom Allison wrote: > > OK, I give up. > > > > How do I get sound to work, any method, on an IBM A21m notebook? > > > > I tried alsa version 0.99 -- no luck. Missing drivers > > I tried loadi

re: Cut and paste in KDE (another solution)

2001-10-05 Thread DTi4565459
I had same trouble trying to cut from KWord and paste into Netscape. Solution is to do everything from within Netscape; eg use Communicator as text editor and cut from there. You can minimize Communicator box, but leave text highlighted and don't close Communicator. Good luck. dave --

re: Cut and paste in KDE (another solution)

2001-10-05 Thread DTi4565459
I had same trouble trying to cut from KWord and paste into Netscape. Solution is to do everything from within Netscape; eg use Communicator as text editor and cut from there. You can minimize Communicator box, but leave text highlighted and don't close Communicator. Good luck. dave --

Dell Inspiron 7500 installation

2001-10-05 Thread Søren Neigaard
I have a subj. with the following internals: - Xircom CardBus Ethernet 100 + Modem 56 (Ethernet Interface) - ATI Rage Mobility-P AGP2X I have looked at sites concerning the Dell laptops, but I'm a newbie, so could somebody please guide me on the following subjects: Which network driver should I

Re: Dell Inspiron 7500 installation

2001-10-05 Thread Johan Romin
The graphics card is based on the Mach64 driver, so that is the one to use.. Since you haven't told us what the max. resolution of your TFT screen,is it's hard to give you any modelines.. the PCMCIA card, is easy, it works well with the xirc2ps, at least on the 2.2.x kernel, never tested those o

Re: IBM A21m - sound

2001-10-05 Thread Tom Allison
On Friday 05 October 2001 11:03, Ignasi Palou-Rivera wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:48:15PM +0200, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > > On Thursday 04 October 2001 23:43, Tom Allison wrote: > > > OK, I give up. > > > > > > How do I get sound to work, any method, on an IBM A21m notebook? > > > > >

Re: Dell Inspiron 7500 installation

2001-10-05 Thread Kevin A. Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johan Romin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The graphics card is based on the Mach64 driver, so that is the one to use.. > Since you haven't told us what the max. resolution of your TFT screen,is it's > hard to give you any modelines.. Do you have the

Re: Dell Inspiron 7500 installation

2001-10-05 Thread Guillaume
I have the same laptop. 1024-768 vertical: 35.5-57 horiz: 50-90 Any other problems, you can ask me "Kevin A. Burton" wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Johan Romin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The graphics card is based on the Mach64 driver, so that is the one

Re: What to choose

2001-10-05 Thread Alexander Poslavsky
On Wed, 3 Oct 2001 21:15:55 +0200 S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I don't know that to install on my Dell Laptop, Debian or Mandrake. > Mandrake claims to have something like apt-get, do you know if it > works as good as you apt-get (I have heard a lot of positive things > about Debain apt

Random X 4.1.0-6 crashes, lockups on Dell i5000e

2001-10-05 Thread Michael Robinson
I've recently installed Debian on my Dell i5000e, with the r128 driver for the ATI Rage Mobility (2.4.9 kernel, 4.1.0-6 X package). X has been randomly crashing with a signal 11 (SEGV). Also, when switching from X to console mode (CTL-ALT-Fx), the console will occasionally lock up hard, requirin

kde bugreporting

2001-10-05 Thread Tom Allison
I know Debian has a bug reporting tool. But does anyone know if KDE supplies a similar product, if it's in the Debian tree, and what it might be called? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IBM A21m - sound

2001-10-05 Thread Allan Sandfeld Jensen
On Thursday 04 October 2001 23:43, Tom Allison wrote: > OK, I give up. > > How do I get sound to work, any method, on an IBM A21m notebook? > > I tried alsa version 0.99 -- no luck. Missing drivers > I tried loading the cs46XX module -- couldn't load. This is the one. All 2.4 +cs46xx has worked f

New Notebook Intel Chipset (Almador/ICH3/E830)

2001-10-05 Thread Beck, Pascal
Hello all, I got a Sony VAIO notebook : PCG-GR serie. This VAIO got the new Intel Chipset ICH3, and it seems that The Linux Kernel (2.2.19;2.2.10) fail to get the IRQ of the device: BUS:00 Device:1d Functiun:2 It is the third USB hub of this chipset. I tried [pcitweak -w00:1d:02 60 0x0

Answer to copy/paste in KDE

2001-10-05 Thread Curt Howland
The answer turned out to be "avoid the problem." Folks over on the KDE main list were mixed, some had never had the problem, some had never solved it, some had it miraculously fix itself. Netscape uses a different clipboard than KDE, the "X" clipboard, as opposed to something else. Darn. So open

Re: Random X 4.1.0-6 crashes, lockups on Dell i5000e

2001-10-05 Thread Vincent N. Virgilio
Hi Michael, I believe our machines are identical, except for packaging and perhaps the LCD resolution (yours 1600x1200, mine 1400x1050). Mine is from ARM Computer, Inc. (http://www.armcomputer.com), model N38W3. I am running the software you mention without any problems (except perhaps with X

Re: IBM A21m - sound

2001-10-05 Thread Ignasi Palou-Rivera
On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:48:15PM +0200, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > On Thursday 04 October 2001 23:43, Tom Allison wrote: > > OK, I give up. > > > > How do I get sound to work, any method, on an IBM A21m notebook? > > > > I tried alsa version 0.99 -- no luck. Missing drivers > > I tried load

re: Cut and paste in KDE (another solution)

2001-10-05 Thread DTi4565459
I had same trouble trying to cut from KWord and paste into Netscape. Solution is to do everything from within Netscape; eg use Communicator as text editor and cut from there. You can minimize Communicator box, but leave text highlighted and don't close Communicator. Good luck. dave -

re: Cut and paste in KDE (another solution)

2001-10-05 Thread DTi4565459
I had same trouble trying to cut from KWord and paste into Netscape. Solution is to do everything from within Netscape; eg use Communicator as text editor and cut from there. You can minimize Communicator box, but leave text highlighted and don't close Communicator. Good luck. dave -

Dell Inspiron 7500 installation

2001-10-05 Thread Søren Neigaard
I have a subj. with the following internals: - Xircom CardBus Ethernet 100 + Modem 56 (Ethernet Interface) - ATI Rage Mobility-P AGP2X I have looked at sites concerning the Dell laptops, but I'm a newbie, so could somebody please guide me on the following subjects: Which network driver should I

Re: Dell Inspiron 7500 installation

2001-10-05 Thread Johan Romin
The graphics card is based on the Mach64 driver, so that is the one to use.. Since you haven't told us what the max. resolution of your TFT screen,is it's hard to give you any modelines.. the PCMCIA card, is easy, it works well with the xirc2ps, at least on the 2.2.x kernel, never tested those

Re: IBM A21m - sound

2001-10-05 Thread Tom Allison
On Friday 05 October 2001 11:03, Ignasi Palou-Rivera wrote: > On Fri, Oct 05, 2001 at 01:48:15PM +0200, Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > > On Thursday 04 October 2001 23:43, Tom Allison wrote: > > > OK, I give up. > > > > > > How do I get sound to work, any method, on an IBM A21m notebook? > > > > >

Re: Dell Inspiron 7500 installation

2001-10-05 Thread Kevin A. Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Johan Romin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The graphics card is based on the Mach64 driver, so that is the one to use.. > Since you haven't told us what the max. resolution of your TFT screen,is it's > hard to give you any modelines.. Do you have the

Re: Dell Inspiron 7500 installation

2001-10-05 Thread Guillaume
I have the same laptop. 1024-768 vertical: 35.5-57 horiz: 50-90 Any other problems, you can ask me "Kevin A. Burton" wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Johan Romin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The graphics card is based on the Mach64 driver, so that is the on