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2002-11-14 Thread Alan McKiernan

sony vaio fx215 and video out

2002-11-14 Thread Dominik Juszczyk
Hi I have question: I want to connect my laptop to TV to watch movies on larger screen. Is there any software to do it??? Under windows there was option in display section where you were to tell him which display is default. Is that possible under Debian??? -- Pozdrowiam, Dominik Juszczyk

Re: Which laptop!!! (Knoppix.org!!!)

2002-11-14 Thread Robert Michel
On Wednesday, 13. November 2002 18:15, Lukas Ruf wrote: > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, I?aki Mart?nez wrote: > > I want to buy a laptop and i do not know which.. > > > > What i want to do (with Debian): > > the easiest way: take a recent Debian CD with you. Go into a shop and > ask the seller to hav

Re: sony vaio fx215 and video out

2002-11-14 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 14 Nov 2002, Dominik Juszczyk wrote: > I have question: I want to connect my laptop to TV to watch movies on > larger screen. Is there any software to do it??? Under windows there > was option in display section where you were to tell him which display > is default. > > Is that possible under D

Older Laptops...

2002-11-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, I am looking for some (8-20) older Laptops for some friends in Turkey, Kurdistan, Iran and Syria. They must have minimum a 486dx4/100, 16 MB of Ram, 540 MB HD, Floppy, CD-Rom and PCMCIA for 3c589D-Combo LAN-Cards. The Screen resolution is OK wit 800x600/256. I like to run X, balsa,

Firewall bases on iptables for a laptop or PC at work/home

2002-11-14 Thread Dan Fer
Hello, I made up a firewall using iptables for my laptop, it works perfect whether you use dynamic of fixed up. I would appreciate some coments about if you like it or find it usefull. The whole firewall is like a template and easy to understand in which you can make new chains easisy using

Heeelp with XF86COnfig file

2002-11-14 Thread Mark Banschbach
Hi Peoplez I need a hand with configuring the X window.. I got the monitor and graphics cards set.. the problem seems to be the fonts.. the configuration file can not find the fonts server.. and after looking in that directory I dont see anything there either.. Can you give me some ideas ab

Re: Heeelp with XF86COnfig file

2002-11-14 Thread Seneca
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 04:30:07AM -0800, Mark Banschbach wrote: > Hi Peoplez > > I need a hand with configuring the X window.. I got > the monitor and graphics cards set.. the problem seems > to be the fonts.. the configuration file can not find > the fonts server.. and after looking in that di

Disk Problems with kernel-image-2.4.19-686

2002-11-14 Thread Andreas Weigl
Hi First of all, I'm new to this list and new to Debian. I had Suse before, but since i tried Debian, I like it more and more. Here is my Problem. I've got a Maxdata Pro 710 X. I don't have any disk problems with kernel-image-2.4.18-686. When I boot 2.4.19 the System hangs at Partition check an

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-14 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Simon Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 04:53, Jim Richardson wrote: > > Why steer clear of Dell? I have been quite happy with my Inspiron 8100. > > On the whole me too. > > Have had some problems with BIOS updates so my only suggestions is don;t > unless you really need to.

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-14 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Expert" == Expert User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Expert> I did some testing and found that the /sbin/hotplug is run Expert> only when I do insmod e100 or rmmod e100, and not when I Expert> plug or unplug the cable. Right. Then you are simulating plugging a device, not a cable.

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-14 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Jim Richardson wrote: Why steer clear of Dell? I have been quite happy with my Inspiron 8100. I'm of the same mind. I'm very happy with my Dell Inspiron 5000 for hardware support. Software support can't fog a mirror but other than that they're OK. Personally, I will not purchase any lapto

woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
hello, for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to get past the rescue disk: the error that stands out is root fs not mounted i had potato installed (via pcmcia cd drive) ju

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread Thomas_Kroener
Hi milti... On 14.11.2002 15:50 milti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for the past couple of days, ive been trying > to do a floppy/network install of woody on my > sony picturebook (usb floppy/xircom netcard) > and have not been able to get past the rescue > disk: the error that stands out is >

Which laptop.....

2002-11-14 Thread Iñaki Martínez
Hi!!! I have read all of your answers... But what i need is something ULTRA-LIGHT! I am falling in love with: http://webshop.fujitsupc.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=P2 More technical info: http://www.fujitsupc.com/www/products_notebooks.shtml?products/notebooks/tech_

Re: Which laptop.....

2002-11-14 Thread Lukas Ruf
Hi, On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, I?aki Mart?nez wrote: > > Debian and/or Linux support? have you already checked http://www.linux-laptop.org/ ? I do not know if this has already been posted -- if so, pardon the noise... wbr, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf http://www.lpr.ch

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi milti... guten tag, thomas, wie geht's?? On 14.11.2002 15:50 milti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to g

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-14 Thread Harald Arnesen
"Eric S. Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Personally, I will not purchase any laptop with "Mr. eraser head" for > a pointing device. Granted, my hands have been nuked from too many > hours on the keyboard but those kind of pointing devices really > aggravate my hands. I also hate that th

RE: X in Compaq Presario 900

2002-11-14 Thread Fedor Karpelevitch
sorry, I did not really understand - why did you have to bother with the files and not just upgrade the package? And so, you say that this radeon (is it really the same one as in presario 900?) works fine with 4.2.1, but not yet 4.1 ? From what I heard so far it was only going to be supported in 4

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Information on boot parameters which might be useful can be found by pressing F4and F5. If you add any parameters to the boot command line, be sure to type the boot method (the default is linux) and a space before the first parameter (e.g., linux floppy=thinkpad). M

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
milti wrote: hello, for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to get past the rescue disk: the error that stands out is root fs not mounted i had potato installed (via pcmc

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2002-11-14 Thread Markus Pister

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread cyn
Yes, this has come up before - check the archives of debian-boot and debian-laptop mailing lists (debian user might not hurt, but those two discuss it more). I've never done it personally - I installed from base packages on a dos partition when I had my libretto (funky floppy disk, pcmcia - suppor

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
cyn wrote: Yes, this has come up before - check the archives of debian-boot and debian-laptop mailing lists (debian user might not hurt, but those two discuss it more). I've never done it personally - I installed from base packages on a dos partition when I had my libretto (funky floppy disk, p

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread Shyamal Prasad
milti> for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a milti> floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb milti> floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to get past milti> the rescue disk: the error that stands out is milti>root fs not mounted T

Re: Sony Vaio EEPROM, testers wanted

2002-11-14 Thread Jean Delvare
> You then need to install the lm-sensors packages. For stable and > testing, you'll need an additional program, i2cdetect (it is included > in the unstable lm-sensors package). Just get it from here: > http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/browse.cgi/lm_sensors2/prog/detect/i2cdetect.c > And compil

Fax & Nokia Cardphone 2.0

2002-11-14 Thread Maximilian Pascher
Hi! Is there anybody out there who has experiences with faxing over a Nokia Cardphone? When I try efax on my cardphone device I'm told that it doesn't support fax... cheers Max -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GIT(S) dx s: a--- C++ UL P+ L+++ E--- W+++ N+ o-- K- w-- O-- M

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * milti [Thu, Nov 14 2002, 12:14:52PM]: > ive been trying this some more and the problem seems to > be the usb floppy drive. is there anyone who has had this > problem and knows how to surmount it?? For USB installs, visit http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~blochedu/usb-install/ Gruss/Re

Re: using an external USB CD to install woody (was: woody install on laptop)

2002-11-14 Thread Michael Leone
Shyamal Prasad said: > > milti> for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a > milti> floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb > milti> floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to get past > milti> the rescue disk: the error that stands out is > > milti>

Re: X in Compaq Presario 900

2002-11-14 Thread Julien MARY
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:50:16 -0800 Fedor Karpelevitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sorry, I did not really understand - >why did you have to bother with the > files and not just upgrade the package? Because to upgrade the package needs to use some packages of the unstable part. Like libc6 and

Re: Older Laptops...

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 03:21:11PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for some (8-20) older Laptops for some friends in > Turkey, Kurdistan, Iran and Syria. > > They must have minimum a 486dx4/100, 16 MB of Ram, 540 MB HD, > Floppy, CD-Rom and PCMCIA for 3c589D-Combo LAN

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 05:00:41PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > > > and: > > HorizSync 28-49 > > VertRefresh 43-72 > > > > to: > > HorizSync 30-70 > > VertRefresh 50-90 > > BTW, as far as I know, laptop screens don't care about sync and refresh > at all. What's going to matter most is your dot

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 03:59:43PM -0500, Darin Strait wrote: > > Is your kernel framebuffer-enabled? (when you boot do you see a little > > penguin in the top left corner?) > There is no penguin. I should be running a stock kernel. I've fiddled > with compiling kernels, but I've never actually tak

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:16:51PM -0800, Fedor Karpelevitch wrote: > To the original poster: > > I wonder if the videocard you have is a trident. If it is then I had the > same problem as yo, but on a desktop. I had this problem with some earlier > versions of xfree (probably 4.0) and then it wen

Re: after "apt-get upgrade" did an ooops on keymap ( OT)

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:16:20PM -0500, Seneca wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:54:27AM -0600, suleyman wrote: > > Any direction would be appreciated. > > I did an apt-get update, then upgrade,something to do with console and > > keymap was upgraded. I wasnt able to pick a keymap and now wont

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 08:59:55PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Expert" == Expert User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Expert> In /etc/hotplug/net.agent file there are appropriate > Expert> entries for ifup & ifdown. # cat /etc/sys/kernel/hotplug > Expert> shows '/sbin/hotplug'

Re: Disk Problems with kernel-image-2.4.19-686

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:45:54PM +0100, Andreas Weigl wrote: > Hi > > First of all, I'm new to this list and new to Debian. I had Suse before, but > since i tried Debian, I like it more and more. :) I too, use both, and my laptops have been debian-only for awhile. > I had the same Problem wit

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-14 Thread Expert User
> If they don't already have something to go and look, you can make one > (and maybe submit it to update the package). But I think you can have > it trigger other events too, so it can become your pcmcia/event.d/ > equivalent. > How do I make the cable plug/unplug trigger an event? pgpRFzyUYg2Y

Re: Which laptop.....

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 04:02:46PM +0100, I?aki Mart?nez wrote: > Hi!!! > Another question: how good/bad is Crusoe processor??? Must be tasty, it's got two major competitors in teh tablet market and it's still on the charts at all. > Debian and/or Linux support? Pretends to be a PC. No

RE: Mouse on a dell Latitude C640

2002-11-14 Thread Ori Weisberg
I installed tpconfig, but tpconfig seems to have some errors. The output of tpconfig -i is: Found Synaptics Touchpad Firmware: 5.9 (single-byte mode). Sensor type: unknown (27). Geometry: rectangular/landscape/down. tpconfig: synaptics.c:332: query_modes: Assertion 'b1 == 0x3B' failed. Aborted A

Re: using an external USB CD to install woody (was: woody install on laptop)

2002-11-14 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Michael" == Michael Leone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> Hmm. That's useful to know. How about this .. I have a Michael> friend who has an IBM ThinkPad with a broken internal Michael> CD-ROM, but a working floppy . However, she has an Michael> external USB CD-RW. Since

Libretto for sale

2002-11-14 Thread Paul Nendick
I'm selling a loaded Libretto with current Debian already installed and working on it. If interested, please see: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2070714508&rd=1 Cheers, /p __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert

USD CD-RW

2002-11-14 Thread Michel Hardy-Vallée
Hi! I'd like to know if any of you could recommend a good external USB CD-RW known to work correctly with Woody. The usb-linux page shows these device as being in experimental support, but are they usable to read & burn CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW ? Regards Michel Hardy-Vallée

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2002-11-14 Thread Alan McKiernan
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sony vaio fx215 and video out

2002-11-14 Thread Dominik Juszczyk
Hi I have question: I want to connect my laptop to TV to watch movies on larger screen. Is there any software to do it??? Under windows there was option in display section where you were to tell him which display is default. Is that possible under Debian??? -- Pozdrowiam, Dominik Juszczyk

Re: Which laptop!!! (Knoppix.org!!!)

2002-11-14 Thread Robert Michel
On Wednesday, 13. November 2002 18:15, Lukas Ruf wrote: > On Wed, 13 Nov 2002, I?aki Mart?nez wrote: > > I want to buy a laptop and i do not know which.. > > > > What i want to do (with Debian): > > the easiest way: take a recent Debian CD with you. Go into a shop and > ask the seller to hav

Re: sony vaio fx215 and video out

2002-11-14 Thread Daniel Pittman
On 14 Nov 2002, Dominik Juszczyk wrote: > I have question: I want to connect my laptop to TV to watch movies on > larger screen. Is there any software to do it??? Under windows there > was option in display section where you were to tell him which display > is default. > > Is that possible under D

Older Laptops...

2002-11-14 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hello, I am looking for some (8-20) older Laptops for some friends in Turkey, Kurdistan, Iran and Syria. They must have minimum a 486dx4/100, 16 MB of Ram, 540 MB HD, Floppy, CD-Rom and PCMCIA for 3c589D-Combo LAN-Cards. The Screen resolution is OK wit 800x600/256. I like to run X, balsa,

Firewall bases on iptables for a laptop or PC at work/home

2002-11-14 Thread Dan Fer
Hello, I made up a firewall using iptables for my laptop, it works perfect whether you use dynamic of fixed up. I would appreciate some coments about if you like it or find it usefull. The whole firewall is like a template and easy to understand in which you can make new chains easisy using al

Heeelp with XF86COnfig file

2002-11-14 Thread Mark Banschbach
Hi Peoplez I need a hand with configuring the X window.. I got the monitor and graphics cards set.. the problem seems to be the fonts.. the configuration file can not find the fonts server.. and after looking in that directory I dont see anything there either.. Can you give me some ideas ab

Re: Heeelp with XF86COnfig file

2002-11-14 Thread Seneca
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 04:30:07AM -0800, Mark Banschbach wrote: > Hi Peoplez > > I need a hand with configuring the X window.. I got > the monitor and graphics cards set.. the problem seems > to be the fonts.. the configuration file can not find > the fonts server.. and after looking in that di

Disk Problems with kernel-image-2.4.19-686

2002-11-14 Thread Andreas Weigl
Hi First of all, I'm new to this list and new to Debian. I had Suse before, but since i tried Debian, I like it more and more. Here is my Problem. I've got a Maxdata Pro 710 X. I don't have any disk problems with kernel-image-2.4.18-686. When I boot 2.4.19 the System hangs at Partition check an

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-14 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Simon Wong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 04:53, Jim Richardson wrote: > > Why steer clear of Dell? I have been quite happy with my Inspiron 8100. > > On the whole me too. > > Have had some problems with BIOS updates so my only suggestions is don;t > unless you really need to.

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-14 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Expert" == Expert User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Expert> I did some testing and found that the /sbin/hotplug is run Expert> only when I do insmod e100 or rmmod e100, and not when I Expert> plug or unplug the cable. Right. Then you are simulating plugging a device, not a cable.

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-14 Thread Eric S. Johansson
Jim Richardson wrote: Why steer clear of Dell? I have been quite happy with my Inspiron 8100. I'm of the same mind. I'm very happy with my Dell Inspiron 5000 for hardware support. Software support can't fog a mirror but other than that they're OK. Personally, I will not purchase any laptop

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread Thomas_Kroener
Hi milti... On 14.11.2002 15:50 milti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > for the past couple of days, ive been trying > to do a floppy/network install of woody on my > sony picturebook (usb floppy/xircom netcard) > and have not been able to get past the rescue > disk: the error that stands out is >

Which laptop.....

2002-11-14 Thread Iñaki Martínez
Hi!!! I have read all of your answers... But what i need is something ULTRA-LIGHT! I am falling in love with: http://webshop.fujitsupc.com/fpc/Ecommerce/buildseriesbean.do?series=P2 More technical info: http://www.fujitsupc.com/www/products_notebooks.shtml?products/notebooks/tech_

Re: Which laptop.....

2002-11-14 Thread Lukas Ruf
Hi, On Thu, 14 Nov 2002, I?aki Mart?nez wrote: > > Debian and/or Linux support? have you already checked http://www.linux-laptop.org/ ? I do not know if this has already been posted -- if so, pardon the noise... wbr, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf http://www.lpr.ch

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi milti... guten tag, thomas, wie geht's?? On 14.11.2002 15:50 milti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to get

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-14 Thread Harald Arnesen
"Eric S. Johansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Personally, I will not purchase any laptop with "Mr. eraser head" for > a pointing device. Granted, my hands have been nuked from too many > hours on the keyboard but those kind of pointing devices really > aggravate my hands. I also hate that th

RE: X in Compaq Presario 900

2002-11-14 Thread Fedor Karpelevitch
sorry, I did not really understand - why did you have to bother with the files and not just upgrade the package? And so, you say that this radeon (is it really the same one as in presario 900?) works fine with 4.2.1, but not yet 4.1 ? From what I heard so far it was only going to be supported in 4

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2002-11-14 Thread Markus Pister
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Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread Shyamal Prasad
milti> for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a milti> floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb milti> floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to get past milti> the rescue disk: the error that stands out is milti>root fs not mounted T

Re: Sony Vaio EEPROM, testers wanted

2002-11-14 Thread Jean Delvare
> You then need to install the lm-sensors packages. For stable and > testing, you'll need an additional program, i2cdetect (it is included > in the unstable lm-sensors package). Just get it from here: > http://www2.lm-sensors.nu/~lm78/cvs/browse.cgi/lm_sensors2/prog/detect/i2cdetect.c > And compil

Fax & Nokia Cardphone 2.0

2002-11-14 Thread Maximilian Pascher
Hi! Is there anybody out there who has experiences with faxing over a Nokia Cardphone? When I try efax on my cardphone device I'm told that it doesn't support fax... cheers Max -- -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GIT(S) dx s: a--- C++ UL P+ L+++ E--- W+++ N+ o-- K- w-- O-- M

Re: using an external USB CD to install woody (was: woody install on laptop)

2002-11-14 Thread Michael Leone
Shyamal Prasad said: > > milti> for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a > milti> floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb > milti> floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to get past > milti> the rescue disk: the error that stands out is > > milti>

Re: X in Compaq Presario 900

2002-11-14 Thread Julien MARY
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 07:50:16 -0800 Fedor Karpelevitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sorry, I did not really understand - >why did you have to bother with the > files and not just upgrade the package? Because to upgrade the package needs to use some packages of the unstable part. Like libc6 and

Re: Older Laptops...

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 03:21:11PM +0200, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Hello, > > I am looking for some (8-20) older Laptops for some friends in > Turkey, Kurdistan, Iran and Syria. > > They must have minimum a 486dx4/100, 16 MB of Ram, 540 MB HD, > Floppy, CD-Rom and PCMCIA for 3c589D-Combo LAN

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 05:00:41PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote: > > > and: > > HorizSync 28-49 > > VertRefresh 43-72 > > > > to: > > HorizSync 30-70 > > VertRefresh 50-90 > > BTW, as far as I know, laptop screens don't care about sync and refresh > at all. What's going to matter most is your dot

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 03:59:43PM -0500, Darin Strait wrote: > > Is your kernel framebuffer-enabled? (when you boot do you see a little > > penguin in the top left corner?) > There is no penguin. I should be running a stock kernel. I've fiddled > with compiling kernels, but I've never actually tak

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 01:16:51PM -0800, Fedor Karpelevitch wrote: > To the original poster: > > I wonder if the videocard you have is a trident. If it is then I had the > same problem as yo, but on a desktop. I had this problem with some earlier > versions of xfree (probably 4.0) and then it wen

Re: after "apt-get upgrade" did an ooops on keymap ( OT)

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:16:20PM -0500, Seneca wrote: > On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 11:54:27AM -0600, suleyman wrote: > > Any direction would be appreciated. > > I did an apt-get update, then upgrade,something to do with console and > > keymap was upgraded. I wasnt able to pick a keymap and now wont

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 08:59:55PM -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > "Expert" == Expert User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Expert> In /etc/hotplug/net.agent file there are appropriate > Expert> entries for ifup & ifdown. # cat /etc/sys/kernel/hotplug > Expert> shows '/sbin/hotplug'

Re: Disk Problems with kernel-image-2.4.19-686

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:45:54PM +0100, Andreas Weigl wrote: > Hi > > First of all, I'm new to this list and new to Debian. I had Suse before, but > since i tried Debian, I like it more and more. :) I too, use both, and my laptops have been debian-only for awhile. > I had the same Problem wit

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-14 Thread Expert User
> If they don't already have something to go and look, you can make one > (and maybe submit it to update the package). But I think you can have > it trigger other events too, so it can become your pcmcia/event.d/ > equivalent. > How do I make the cable plug/unplug trigger an event? msg09610/pg

Re: Which laptop.....

2002-11-14 Thread Heather Stern
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 04:02:46PM +0100, I?aki Mart?nez wrote: > Hi!!! > Another question: how good/bad is Crusoe processor??? Must be tasty, it's got two major competitors in teh tablet market and it's still on the charts at all. > Debian and/or Linux support? Pretends to be a PC. No

RE: Mouse on a dell Latitude C640

2002-11-14 Thread Ori Weisberg
I installed tpconfig, but tpconfig seems to have some errors. The output of tpconfig -i is: Found Synaptics Touchpad Firmware: 5.9 (single-byte mode). Sensor type: unknown (27). Geometry: rectangular/landscape/down. tpconfig: synaptics.c:332: query_modes: Assertion 'b1 == 0x3B' failed. Aborted A

Re: using an external USB CD to install woody (was: woody install on laptop)

2002-11-14 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Michael" == Michael Leone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Michael> Hmm. That's useful to know. How about this .. I have a Michael> friend who has an IBM ThinkPad with a broken internal Michael> CD-ROM, but a working floppy . However, she has an Michael> external USB CD-RW. Since

Libretto for sale

2002-11-14 Thread Paul Nendick
I'm selling a loaded Libretto with current Debian already installed and working on it. If interested, please see: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2070714508&rd=1 Cheers, /p __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert

USD CD-RW

2002-11-14 Thread Michel Hardy-Vallée
Hi! I'd like to know if any of you could recommend a good external USB CD-RW known to work correctly with Woody. The usb-linux page shows these device as being in experimental support, but are they usable to read & burn CD-ROM/CD-R/CD-RW ? Regards Michel Hardy-Vallée -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

RE: Libretto for sale

2002-11-14 Thread Joyce, Matthew
I used to have this model, I really enjoyed using it. Especially the screen mounted thumpad / finger buttons, I've never seen that design since and I'm supprised. But at 166mhz...well, it's a shame they don't make faster ones, I expect it's to do with cpu speeds / power / heat or something. Anyw

RE: Libretto for sale

2002-11-14 Thread Paul Nendick
Even at 166MHz, I've found it remarkably useful. It compares quite favorably to most PDA's and palmtop without sacrificing the felxibility of a full PC. Cheers, /p --- "Joyce, Matthew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used to have this model, I really enjoyed using it. > > Especially the screen m

Re: e100 and hotplug on Thinkpad T23

2002-11-14 Thread Dave Thayer
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 03:27:43PM -0800, Expert User wrote: > > If they don't already have something to go and look, you can make one > > (and maybe submit it to update the package). But I think you can have > > it trigger other events too, so it can become your pcmcia/event.d/ > > equivalent. >

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
milti wrote: hello, for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to get past the rescue disk: the error that stands out is root fs not mounted i had potato installed (via pcmci

woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
hello, for the past couple of days, ive been trying to do a floppy/network install of woody on my sony picturebook (usb floppy/xircom netcard) and have not been able to get past the rescue disk: the error that stands out is root fs not mounted i had potato installed (via pcmcia cd drive) jus

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Information on boot parameters which might be useful can be found by pressing F4and F5. If you add any parameters to the boot command line, be sure to type the boot method (the default is linux) and a space before the first parameter (e.g., linux floppy=thinkpad). Mi

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread cyn
Yes, this has come up before - check the archives of debian-boot and debian-laptop mailing lists (debian user might not hurt, but those two discuss it more). I've never done it personally - I installed from base packages on a dos partition when I had my libretto (funky floppy disk, pcmcia - suppor

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread milti
cyn wrote: Yes, this has come up before - check the archives of debian-boot and debian-laptop mailing lists (debian user might not hurt, but those two discuss it more). I've never done it personally - I installed from base packages on a dos partition when I had my libretto (funky floppy disk, pc

Re: woody install on laptop

2002-11-14 Thread Eduard Bloch
#include * milti [Thu, Nov 14 2002, 12:14:52PM]: > ive been trying this some more and the problem seems to > be the usb floppy drive. is there anyone who has had this > problem and knows how to surmount it?? For USB installs, visit http://www-user.rhrk.uni-kl.de/~blochedu/usb-install/ Gruss/Re