Net startup commands...

2002-07-18 Thread Ivar Alm
Hi. This might be a bit lazy to ask here. Two questions: At first, I need to have some commands for route and network interface startup at boot. When the machine is powered down (it actually happens), eth0 is taken down and my route table is reset. Where can I place commands for these to be restor

Re: Net startup commands...

2002-07-18 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
>At first, I need to have some commands for route and network interface >startup at boot. When the machine is powered down (it actually >happens), eth0 is taken down and my route table is reset. >Where can I place commands for these to be restored at startup? It is >not good to need to login as roo

Re: Net startup commands...

2002-07-18 Thread Ivar Alm
> >Another thing about this. I logged in as my normal user, and in the > >console, su'ed and started eth0 and set route table. When i exited > >from root and started X as "normal" user, the settings where gone. If > >I su'ed in a terminal after starting X, setting the network, it all > >worked fine

Re: Net startup commands...

2002-07-18 Thread Alexei Khlebnikov
>> >Another thing about this. I logged in as my normal user, and in the >> >console, su'ed and started eth0 and set route table. When i exited >> >from root and started X as "normal" user, the settings where gone. >If >> >I su'ed in a terminal after starting X, setting the network, it all >> >work

Re: startx and runlevels

2002-07-18 Thread Andrew McMillan
On Thu, 2002-07-18 at 23:03, Ivar Alm wrote: > > Does startx change runlevel? > Where do I find information about the runlevels? I never understood > hem... Debian doesn't do a lot with runlevels. 0 (should be obvious :-) 1 (single user) 2 (normal use) and 6 (reboot). Places to look are 'man up

synaptics touchpad driver

2002-07-18 Thread negon
Hello all... I've got a Dell i8100, with the synaptics touchpad. It works just fine with gpm, but the gpm driver lacks some nice features like scrolling, two finger tabbing etc. So I've got the driver from mobilix (http://mobilix.org/touchpad_driver.html) and configured XF86, stopped gpm and ev

Re: Lexmark laser

2002-07-18 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 06:06:38PM +, Simon Ross wrote: > Saw the last post about an Epson printer which got an excellent answer. > :-) So here is my printing problem... > > Dell Inspiron 8000 > Debian Woody kernel-2.4.17 > Lexmark Optra E310 > > If anyone has a setup like this and it's all w

Re: synaptics touchpad driver

2002-07-18 Thread Werner Heuser
... > everything just worked perfect, well almost...because when I suspend and > resume, the mouse is dead :-| There is a patch by Peter Osterlund, now at http://mobilix.org/software/synaptics/ I don't know whether it helps in this case, but you should try it at least. Also I don't have time to

Re: erratic pointer movements and "false clicks" problem SOLVED!

2002-07-18 Thread Gale Stafford
Thank you -- Problem solved! I looked at my XF86Config-4 and saw that I was using /dev/psaux for my mouse device; and I checked my /dev directory for the possibility of a link from /dev/psaux to gpm. Nope! But gpm was definitely running. So I killed the gpm process, and my trackpoint and externa

adding scripts to /etc/init.d ?

2002-07-18 Thread Gale Stafford
I want debian to start pump when it boots up, so that I dont have to manually type "pump -i eth0" every time I boot my computer. I read this morning that I need to add a script to /etc/init.d for pump. Also I understand that I would need to create a link from that script to a file in my /etc/rc3

Re: adding scripts to /etc/init.d ?

2002-07-18 Thread Mike Alborn
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Gale Stafford wrote: | I want debian to start pump when it boots up, so that I dont have to manually type "pump -i eth0" every time I boot my computer. I read this morning that I need to add a script to /etc/init.d for pump. Also I understand that I w

Re: adding scripts to /etc/init.d ?

2002-07-18 Thread myster sen
hello gale... 2002-07-18/11h, when Gale Stafford wrote: > I want debian to start pump when it boots up, so that I dont have to manually > type "pump -i eth0" every time I boot my computer. I read this morning that I > need to add a script to /etc/init.d for pump. Also I understand that I would

Re: adding scripts to /etc/init.d ?

2002-07-18 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Mike Alborn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Gale Stafford wrote: > | I want debian to start pump when it boots up, so that I dont have to > manually type "pump -i eth0" every time I boot my computer. I read this > morning that I need to add a script to /etc/init.d for pump. Also I > understand that

Re: adding scripts to /etc/init.d ?

2002-07-18 Thread Gale Stafford
On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 18:32:50 +0200 myster sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hello gale... > > 2002-07-18/11h, when Gale Stafford wrote: > > I want debian to start pump when it boots up, so that I dont have to > > manually type "pump -i eth0" every time I boot my computer. I read this > > morning

Re: Lexmark laser

2002-07-18 Thread Hubert Chan
> "Drew" == Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Drew> On Wed, Jul 17, 2002 at 06:06:38PM +, Simon Ross wrote: >> Saw the last post about an Epson printer which got an excellent >> answer. :-) So here is my printing problem... >> >> Dell Inspiron 8000 Debian Woody kernel-2.4.17 Lexma

Re: adding scripts to /etc/init.d ?

2002-07-18 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Gale Stafford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 18 Jul 2002 18:32:50 +0200 > myster sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > then you should cd to /etc/rc3.d and create a link via: > > ln -s ../init.d/pump S99pump > > Thank you!! I used your instructions, and I only had to tweak one thing to mak

Working and economic wireless solution

2002-07-18 Thread René Seindal
Hi, I am looking for a wireless solution for my laptop at home. I will need a PCMCIA card and an access point. Later I might add wireless connectivity for another laptop and a stationary computer. I would much prefer something that works out of the box on woody. I have no idea about what to bu

question about booting from floppy, installing from pcmcia cdrom

2002-07-18 Thread Jason DeRose
i'm trying to install potato on a toshiba portege 7020ct. i'm booting from a floppy, and then want to install from my pcmcia cdrom. when i try to "configure pcmcia support" i get "pcmcia error: an error encountered while trying to load and configure the pcmcia modules." /var/log/messages says

Re: Working and economic wireless solution

2002-07-18 Thread Stephen Gran
This one time, at band camp, René Seindal said: > Hi, > > I am looking for a wireless solution for my laptop at home. I will need > a PCMCIA card and an access point. Later I might add wireless > connectivity for another laptop and a stationary computer. I would much > prefer something that wor

Re: adding scripts to /etc/init.d ?

2002-07-18 Thread Andre Berger
* myster sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-07-18 17:42 -0400: > hello gale... > > 2002-07-18/11h, when Gale Stafford wrote: > > I want debian to start pump when it boots up, so that I dont have to > > manually type "pump -i eth0" every time I boot my computer. I read this > > morning that I need to

Re: adding scripts to /etc/init.d ?

2002-07-18 Thread Stephen Hardman
Checking application/pgp-signature: FAILURE -- Start of PGP signed section. > * myster sen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-07-18 17:42 -0400: > > hello gale... > > > > 2002-07-18/11h, when Gale Stafford wrote: > > > I want debian to start pump when it boots up, so that I dont have to > > > manually ty