RE: sound problems IBM TP560

2001-10-29 Thread Cheshire, Neil N SITI-ISES-56
On 29 October Damon McGraw wrote: > >I have a IBM ThinkPad 560 (It's old, but it still works!). I've gotten >debian installed and running nicely (including X), but I can't seem to >get the sound to work. I'm pretty sure it uses the sb.o module, but I >keep getting a "device or resource busy" mess

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-29 Thread Frank Mehnert
On Monday 22 October 2001 22:10, Martin Skøtt wrote: > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook XE3. The Computer locks on random > > times completely. No SysRq, no Keyboard Led's (e.g. Caps-Lock On/Off). > > Nothing... Sometimes it works fine for a couple of hours, and sometimes > > he works only

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-29 Thread Andy Bastien
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 19:21, Jeff wrote: > Karsten M. Self, 2001-Oct-28 15:55 -0800: > > on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:07:05PM +0200, Martin Sk?tt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling > > > with random crashes of our laptops. The

Re: Dell 8100

2001-10-29 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 11:23:43PM +0100, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: > Fn-A does suspend-to-disk, at least on the Inspiron 4000, I assume it's the > same on the 8000. The advantage is that the machine is _completely_ off when > it's suspended to disk, so you can change batteries etc. without

Re: sound problems IBM TP560

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
Try modeprobe cs4232 . Most 560X used to use the crystal cs423x cards. try also a pnpdump to see what you get. On my desktop I have a SB16 card and I use isapnp to initialize it first and then modprobe it. On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 02:01:19AM -0500, Damon McGraw wrote: > I have a IBM ThinkPad 56

testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Dominik Schwald
Hi, i just tried to install debian testing via ftp on my laptop with a PCMCIA network card. My Hardware: - Gericom RE450CT 10M Ethernet FCC-ID MQ4EC2T - network OVERDOSE II Notebook (P III 550) Software: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0.15 (testing) 1,44 Disks (2001-10-16) I configured PCMCIA bevor i con

Re: testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
pcmcia has its own set of modules which it uses automatically when it recognizes your card and so you don't have to use the net modules from the device drivers options. I think your card uses tulip_cb module. just proceed with network configuration and try and see (on virtual console 3 or 4) the k

Re: testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Jeff
Dominik Schwald, 2001-Oct-29 16:29 +0100: > I configured PCMCIA bevor i configured the device driver modules. > Actually i dont know what driver to use to get my network card > working... If you installed PCMCIA support during install, you don't need to add any network drivers. The PCMCIA sup

RE: Is it possible to use Carbus NIC on kernel 2.4.12 without pcmcia-modules?

2001-10-29 Thread Glen S Mehn
you'll also need the pcmcia-cs package installed, for the utilities that it comes with (cardctl, cardmgr, etc) -Original Message- From: Osamu Aoki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 10:46 AM To: Kazuhiko Uebayashi Cc: Jeff; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Is it pos

RE: sound problems IBM TP560

2001-10-29 Thread Glen S Mehn
http://www.linux-laptop.net/ibm.html look for the 560 (or E, or X, or whatever) glen -Original Message- From: Damon McGraw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 11:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: sound problems IBM TP560 I have a IBM ThinkPad 560 (It's old, b

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
you need to unpack linux-2.4.12.tar.gz first. Use tar zxvf linux-2.4.12.tar.gz (better copy linux-2.4.12.tar.gz to /usr/local/src and then unpack it there). Then cd to the directory created and then do make-kpkg there. But you have to do make xconfig or make menuconfig there first). Please follow

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "eDoc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Somewhere folks are assuming that I am taking a step that they have not > explicitly stated and thus the creation of the critical kernel-source in the > necessary format in the necessary location is not happening. No, they're just assuming you understood the d

Re: testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Dominik Schwald
Am Montag, 29. Oktober 2001 16:48 schrieb Renchi Raju: > I think your card uses tulip_cb > module. just proceed with network configuration and try and see (on > virtual console 3 or 4) the kernel messages as it tries to recognize > the card. Hi, okay i think found the problem: after configuration

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-29 Thread Martin Skøtt
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:04:03PM +0100, Frank Mehnert wrote: > On Monday 22 October 2001 22:10, Martin Skøtt wrote: > > > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook XE3. The Computer locks on random > > > times completely. No SysRq, no Keyboard Led's (e.g. Caps-Lock On/Off). > > > Nothing... Someti

Re: testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
on virtual console 2, try lsmod to see what modules are loaded. then rmmod axnet_cs if already loaded. try modprobe tulip_cb or modprobe pcnet_cs and see which one works for you (see mesgs on console 3/4) . renchi On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 06:38:42PM +0100, Dominik Schwald wrote: > Am Montag, 29.

Re: sound problems IBM TP560

2001-10-29 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 10:17:07AM +0100, Cheshire, Neil N SITI-ISES-56 wrote: > It took me a while to get sound working on my TP560E. It turned out > the sound was disabled in the BIOS. I had to use the DOS program > ps2.exe to enable it, then "modprobe sb" found it first time. This ps2.exe has

problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Marko Djukic
Hi all, have a problem, I did a debian install and that went ok... i did a gnome install and that didn't seem to go too well. everytime i boot, debian gets to the login prompt, waits 1sec then blanks out the screen with a cursor blinking in the top left corner and i can't do anything. most p

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:03, Marko Djukic wrote: > Hi all, > > have a problem, I did a debian install and that went ok... i did a gnome > install and that didn't seem to go too well. > > everytime i boot, debian gets to the login prompt, waits 1sec then blanks > out the screen with a cursor bl

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Marko Djukic
there is no /home//.xsession-errors file... i don't think it gets to the xsession to do any error logging... i see the terminal prompt for login for a second and then it goes blank... i don't even get a chance to log in... thanks, marko At 11:11 PM 29/10/2001 +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: >

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:16:34AM +0100, Marko Djukic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At 11:11 PM 29/10/2001 +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > >On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:03, Marko Djukic wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > have a problem, I did a debian install and that went ok... i did a gnome > > > inst

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:16, Marko Djukic wrote: > there is no /home//.xsession-errors file... > > i don't think it gets to the xsession to do any error logging... i see the > terminal prompt for login for a second and then it goes blank... i don't > even get a chance to log in... Right, sorry

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Marko Djukic
nope, no xsession error log file to be found anywhere... just looks like xsession doesn't start at all... i get the command line login prompt for about a sec then the screen blanks out, i don't even get a chance to log in... thanks, marko > > there is no /home//.xsession-errors file... > >H

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:42:14PM +1300, Andrew McMillan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:16, Marko Djukic wrote: > > there is no /home//.xsession-errors file... > > > > i don't think it gets to the xsession to do any error logging... i see the > > terminal prompt for logi

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Marko Djukic
excellent, thanks andrew+karsten! marko At 03:10 AM 29/10/2001 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/xdm-disable.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Glen S Mehn
Hey doc: I think we were all assuming a slightly higher level of linux-ness than you've got. I'd highly, highly suggest that you read all the docs online before you go into kernel compilation, particularly the ones about lilo (or grub) and booting to an alternate kernel-- you'll really want to be

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:11:58PM -0500, eDoc wrote: > > you need to, as in the documentation, run make-kpkg from the top-level > kernel > > directory, which will depend on where you put your kernel source. This is > typically > > either /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/kernel-source- > > glen > > ker

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12 -- CORRECTION

2001-10-29 Thread eDoc
> You need to untar the source: > root@hostname:/usr/src# tar -xvzf > After that, change the directory name to 'linux', so that your uncompressed, > untarred sources are in /usr/src/linux: The usr/src/linux directory that was missing before has been created, apparently for some reason a reboot w

Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread eDoc
> you need to, as in the documentation, run make-kpkg from the top-level kernel > directory, which will depend on where you put your kernel source. This is typically > either /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/kernel-source- > glen kernel-source? You mean "linux-2.4.12.tar.gz? Or do you mean "linux-2.4

Re: Getting Grub to Recognize Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread The Doctor What
* Doc - KD4E ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011026 23:39]: > I ran "grub-install /dev/hda" and got this ... > > (fd0) /dev/fd0 > (hd0) /dev/hda You must not have DEVFS like I do. > > So I edit it changing the following: > > #kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=ext > > Aren't these commented-out? How can they

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Henryx
On 29 Oct 2001 23:42:14 +1300 Andrew McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you uninstall gdm / kdm / xdm ("dpkg -r gdm xdm kdm") you will get > the login prompt and be able to log in, then go 'startx' to start an > Xsession. If don't change the line id:5:initdefault: in id:2:initdefault:

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 04:21:09PM -0800, Jeff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Karsten M. Self, 2001-Oct-28 15:55 -0800: > > on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:07:05PM +0200, Martin Sk?tt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > > > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling > > > wit

sound problems IBM TP560

2001-10-29 Thread Damon McGraw
I have a IBM ThinkPad 560 (It's old, but it still works!). I've gotten debian installed and running nicely (including X), but I can't seem to get the sound to work. I'm pretty sure it uses the sb.o module, but I keep getting a "device or resource busy" messages so I figure the irq or io address is

RE: sound problems IBM TP560

2001-10-29 Thread Cheshire, Neil N SITI-ISES-56
On 29 October Damon McGraw wrote: > >I have a IBM ThinkPad 560 (It's old, but it still works!). I've gotten >debian installed and running nicely (including X), but I can't seem to >get the sound to work. I'm pretty sure it uses the sb.o module, but I >keep getting a "device or resource busy" messa

problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Marko Djukic
Hi all, have a problem, I did a debian install and that went ok... i did a gnome install and that didn't seem to go too well. everytime i boot, debian gets to the login prompt, waits 1sec then blanks out the screen with a cursor blinking in the top left corner and i can't do anything. most

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:03, Marko Djukic wrote: > Hi all, > > have a problem, I did a debian install and that went ok... i did a gnome > install and that didn't seem to go too well. > > everytime i boot, debian gets to the login prompt, waits 1sec then blanks > out the screen with a cursor bli

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Marko Djukic
there is no /home//.xsession-errors file... i don't think it gets to the xsession to do any error logging... i see the terminal prompt for login for a second and then it goes blank... i don't even get a chance to log in... thanks, marko At 11:11 PM 29/10/2001 +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote:

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:16:34AM +0100, Marko Djukic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > At 11:11 PM 29/10/2001 +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > >On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:03, Marko Djukic wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > have a problem, I did a debian install and that went ok... i did a gnome > > > inst

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:16, Marko Djukic wrote: > there is no /home//.xsession-errors file... > > i don't think it gets to the xsession to do any error logging... i see the > terminal prompt for login for a second and then it goes blank... i don't > even get a chance to log in... Right, sorry

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Marko Djukic
nope, no xsession error log file to be found anywhere... just looks like xsession doesn't start at all... i get the command line login prompt for about a sec then the screen blanks out, i don't even get a chance to log in... thanks, marko > there is no /home//.xsession-errors file... How

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 11:42:14PM +1300, Andrew McMillan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, 2001-10-29 at 23:16, Marko Djukic wrote: > > there is no /home//.xsession-errors file... > > > > i don't think it gets to the xsession to do any error logging... i see the > > terminal prompt for login

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Marko Djukic
excellent, thanks andrew+karsten! marko At 03:10 AM 29/10/2001 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: http://kmself.home.netcom.com/Linux/FAQs/xdm-disable.html

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-29 Thread Frank Mehnert
On Monday 22 October 2001 22:10, Martin Skøtt wrote: > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook XE3. The Computer locks on random > > times completely. No SysRq, no Keyboard Led's (e.g. Caps-Lock On/Off). > > Nothing... Sometimes it works fine for a couple of hours, and sometimes > > he works only 4

Re: The SpedStep crash problem ...

2001-10-29 Thread Andy Bastien
On Sun, 2001-10-28 at 19:21, Jeff wrote: > Karsten M. Self, 2001-Oct-28 15:55 -0800: > > on Tue, Oct 23, 2001 at 05:07:05PM +0200, Martin Sk?tt ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > wrote: > > > > > OK, we are now a couple of people here on the list who are struggling > > > with random crashes of our laptops.

Re: Dell 8100

2001-10-29 Thread Karl E. Jorgensen
On Sun, Oct 28, 2001 at 11:23:43PM +0100, Dagfinn Ilmari Mannsåker wrote: > Fn-A does suspend-to-disk, at least on the Inspiron 4000, I assume it's the > same on the 8000. The advantage is that the machine is _completely_ off when > it's suspended to disk, so you can change batteries etc. without s

Re: sound problems IBM TP560

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
Try modeprobe cs4232 . Most 560X used to use the crystal cs423x cards. try also a pnpdump to see what you get. On my desktop I have a SB16 card and I use isapnp to initialize it first and then modprobe it. On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 02:01:19AM -0500, Damon McGraw wrote: > I have a IBM ThinkPad 560

testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Dominik Schwald
Hi, i just tried to install debian testing via ftp on my laptop with a PCMCIA network card. My Hardware: - Gericom RE450CT 10M Ethernet FCC-ID MQ4EC2T - network OVERDOSE II Notebook (P III 550) Software: Debian GNU/Linux 3.0.15 (testing) 1,44 Disks (2001-10-16) I configured PCMCIA bevor i conf

Re: testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
pcmcia has its own set of modules which it uses automatically when it recognizes your card and so you don't have to use the net modules from the device drivers options. I think your card uses tulip_cb module. just proceed with network configuration and try and see (on virtual console 3 or 4) the ke

Re: testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Jeff
Dominik Schwald, 2001-Oct-29 16:29 +0100: > I configured PCMCIA bevor i configured the device driver modules. > Actually i dont know what driver to use to get my network card > working... If you installed PCMCIA support during install, you don't need to add any network drivers. The PCMCIA supp

RE: Is it possible to use Carbus NIC on kernel 2.4.12 without pcmcia-modules?

2001-10-29 Thread Glen S Mehn
you'll also need the pcmcia-cs package installed, for the utilities that it comes with (cardctl, cardmgr, etc) -Original Message- From: Osamu Aoki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 10:46 AM To: Kazuhiko Uebayashi Cc: Jeff; debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re

RE: sound problems IBM TP560

2001-10-29 Thread Glen S Mehn
http://www.linux-laptop.net/ibm.html look for the 560 (or E, or X, or whatever) glen -Original Message- From: Damon McGraw [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 28, 2001 11:01 PM To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: sound problems IBM TP560 I have a IBM ThinkPad 560 (

Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread eDoc
> you need to, as in the documentation, run make-kpkg from the top-level kernel > directory, which will depend on where you put your kernel source. This is typically > either /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/kernel-source- > glen kernel-source? You mean "linux-2.4.12.tar.gz? Or do you mean "linux-2.4.

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
you need to unpack linux-2.4.12.tar.gz first. Use tar zxvf linux-2.4.12.tar.gz (better copy linux-2.4.12.tar.gz to /usr/local/src and then unpack it there). Then cd to the directory created and then do make-kpkg there. But you have to do make xconfig or make menuconfig there first). Please follow d

RE: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Glen S Mehn
Hey doc: I think we were all assuming a slightly higher level of linux-ness than you've got. I'd highly, highly suggest that you read all the docs online before you go into kernel compilation, particularly the ones about lilo (or grub) and booting to an alternate kernel-- you'll really want to be

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "eDoc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Somewhere folks are assuming that I am taking a step that they have not > explicitly stated and thus the creation of the critical kernel-source in the > necessary format in the necessary location is not happening. No, they're just assuming you understood the do

Re: testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Dominik Schwald
Am Montag, 29. Oktober 2001 16:48 schrieb Renchi Raju: > I think your card uses tulip_cb > module. just proceed with network configuration and try and see (on > virtual console 3 or 4) the kernel messages as it tries to recognize > the card. Hi, okay i think found the problem: after configuration

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread Jeff Licquia
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 12:11:58PM -0500, eDoc wrote: > > you need to, as in the documentation, run make-kpkg from the top-level > kernel > > directory, which will depend on where you put your kernel source. This is > typically > > either /usr/src/linux or /usr/src/kernel-source- > > glen > > kern

Re: Recognizing Kernel Update to 2.4.12 -- CORRECTION

2001-10-29 Thread eDoc
> You need to untar the source: > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src# tar -xvzf > After that, change the directory name to 'linux', so that your uncompressed, > untarred sources are in /usr/src/linux: The usr/src/linux directory that was missing before has been created, apparently for some reason a reboo

Re: CPU (Bios?) Lock with 2.4.12 on OB XE3

2001-10-29 Thread Martin Skøtt
On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 01:04:03PM +0100, Frank Mehnert wrote: > On Monday 22 October 2001 22:10, Martin Skøtt wrote: > > > > i have a problem with my HP Omnibook XE3. The Computer locks on random > > > times completely. No SysRq, no Keyboard Led's (e.g. Caps-Lock On/Off). > > > Nothing... Sometim

Re: testing installation - problems with PCMCIA network Card

2001-10-29 Thread Renchi Raju
on virtual console 2, try lsmod to see what modules are loaded. then rmmod axnet_cs if already loaded. try modprobe tulip_cb or modprobe pcnet_cs and see which one works for you (see mesgs on console 3/4) . renchi On Mon, Oct 29, 2001 at 06:38:42PM +0100, Dominik Schwald wrote: > Am Montag, 29.

Re: Getting Grub to Recognize Kernel Update to 2.4.12

2001-10-29 Thread The Doctor What
* Doc - KD4E ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [011026 23:39]: > I ran "grub-install /dev/hda" and got this ... > > (fd0) /dev/fd0 > (hd0) /dev/hda You must not have DEVFS like I do. > > So I edit it changing the following: > > #kopt=root=/dev/hda2 ro vga=ext > > Aren't these commented-out? How can they c

Re: problems debian / gnome

2001-10-29 Thread Henryx
On 29 Oct 2001 23:42:14 +1300 Andrew McMillan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you uninstall gdm / kdm / xdm ("dpkg -r gdm xdm kdm") you will get > the login prompt and be able to log in, then go 'startx' to start an > Xsession. If don't change the line id:5:initdefault: in id:2:initdefault: i