Re: Further power management issues

2003-02-04 Thread mi
Roberto Sanchez schrieb zu Further power management issues: > I don't know why this did not occur to me earlier, but here are some > excerpts from my /var/log/messages file. Could someone please help me make > some sense from this mess? > > -Roberto Sanchez > > > > CASE 1: > >

keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hi folks... i assume, some of you have already encountered the problem with not-working extra-keys on your laptop. the numerous tools available work by assigning unassigned scancodes to keycodes (to characters/starting programs), as it seems to me. this may be different for tools for specific lapt

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Pavel Mihaylov
Hello, Check out http://sf.net/projects/omke. We started this as HP Omnibook-only support but eventually people discovered that many laptops shared the extra-key enabling scheme. Currently there is support for various HP Omnibooks, Pavillions, Toshiba Satellites and Compals. Regards, Pavel > hi

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Socheat Sou
What notebook do you have? I have a Toshiba Satelitte (5205 series), and all the extra keys on my keyboard are "hotkeys" which are supported by enabling "Toshiba Laptop Extras" under ACPI support in the kernel (after applying the ACPI patch). Socheat On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 06:14, Sebastian Hensch

Re: Thinkpad T30 Specs

2003-02-04 Thread Alexandre Beelen
> > - ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 > > Sure, with a 4.2 series XFree86, or with the VESA driver. > > DRI has always caused lockups within two days for me, so I don't enable > it, and my system is stable. (A31p, but similar hardware.) I never had such problem since APM suspend to disk crash my laptop

keyboard info

2003-02-04 Thread jaghfg
I don't know how to find out what the keys on the top of my computer are for, they are small keys and they all begin with 'F', where in the world can I find a simple instruction to tell me how to use these keys? All i need to know is where to find the degrees key and when I find out that I kn

Re: Further power management issues

2003-02-04 Thread Roberto Sanchez
From: mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Further power management issues Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 05:12:07 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from murphy.debian.org ([65.125.64.134]) by mc3-f19.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSV

Re: XF86Config-4 on TP 760EL

2003-02-04 Thread David Woyciesjes
Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * David Woyciesjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003 Feb 03 13:51 -0600]: > > Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > The ED runs XFree 4.2.x flawlessly, but you'll have no sound support. > > > Hmmm. Well, sounds does work on the EL, I can hear something playing > > when I blindly lo

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hi.. Received at 2003-02-04 / 15:50 by Socheat Sou: > What notebook do you have? I have a Toshiba Satelitte (5205 series), > and all the extra keys on my keyboard are "hotkeys" which are supported > by enabling "Toshiba Laptop Extras" under ACPI support in the kernel > (after applying the ACPI pa

Re: keyboard info

2003-02-04 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello.. Received at 2003-02-04 / 15:50 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I don't know how to find out what the keys on the top of my computer are > for, they are small keys and they all begin with 'F', where in the world > can I find a simple instruction to tell me how to use these keys? All > i need t

Re: XF86Config-4 on TP 760EL

2003-02-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* David Woyciesjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003 Feb 04 09:36 -0600]: > Hmmm, okay. Well, I can use the existing XF86Config-4 as a template, > and fill in the info from the 'working XF86Config (3.x). Hopefully that > will do the trick... I'd like to know which version of Windows? The version th

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Sebastian Henschel
rehi.. Received at 2003-02-04 / 13:37 by Pavel Mihaylov: > > Check out http://sf.net/projects/omke. We started this as HP > Omnibook-only support but eventually people discovered that many laptops > shared the extra-key enabling scheme. Currently there is support for > various HP Omnibooks, Pavil

Re: Further power management issues

2003-02-04 Thread mi
Roberto Sanchez schrieb zu Re: Further power management issues: > As far as the log messages, since they do not provide a clue as to what is > causing the no-notice shutdowns, how do I find the cause? This really has > me bugged. I mean I can't even run my mahine under Linux 24/7 anymore > . Wha

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Al Stone
You may want to try http://omke.sf.net. The project there is attempting to handle these strangenesses. Sebastian Henschel wrote: hi folks... i assume, some of you have already encountered the problem with not-working extra-keys on your laptop. the numerous tools available work by assigning una

Re: Further power management issues

2003-02-04 Thread Matej Cepl
Roberto Sanchez wrote: > The hotmail thing can't really be helped. I've had the address > for almost 8 years now and now only use it for mailing list > subscriptions (mostly because of the amount of SPAM I receive). > I now have a new address that I only give out to colleagues, > friends and famil

Black screen after install boot

2003-02-04 Thread badmadleo
Hello community I want to install debian on my laptop from cd. The boot-prombt appears, but when I press "return", the screen becomes black. What can I do? Please help me

Dell Inspiron 2650c - current version with PCTel modem

2003-02-04 Thread Phil Reynolds
Will the modem on the current version of the Dell Inspiron 2650c (it's a PCTel) work in Linux? -- Phil Reynolds (PGP now available) o Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |L_ \ / Web: http://www.tinsleyviaduct.com/phil/ (_)- \/ Waltham 67, Emley Moor 69, Droitwich 79, Windows 95

Re: Further power management issues

2003-02-04 Thread Roberto Sanchez
From: mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Further power management issues Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:17:38 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from murphy.debian.org ([65.125.64.134]) by mc7-f40.law1.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0

Re: Black screen after install boot

2003-02-04 Thread François TOURDE
"badmadleo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello community > > I want to install debian on my laptop from cd. The boot-prombt appears, but > when I press "return", the screen becomes black. What can I do? Perhaps sending more info will be a good idea ? 0) What kind of laptop ? 1) Did your CD spi

Re: Dell Inspiron 2650c - current version with PCTel modem

2003-02-04 Thread François TOURDE
Phil Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Will the modem on the current version of the Dell Inspiron 2650c (it's a > PCTel) work in Linux? Look at http://pctelcompdb.sourceforge.net/display.php Try to send us "lspci -v" and "cat /proc/pci" ... -- Over the shoulder supervision is more a need

Anyone have any experience with ASL?

2003-02-04 Thread Roberto Sanchez
I am considering purchasing a laptop from ASL (www.aslab.com). I was wondering if anyone out there has any firsthand experience with them. I.e., how is their customer service, product quality, etc. So far, from what I have seen of their website and from corresponding with a couple of sales p

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread jpcl
> it does not work on the asus l3800c, though. unfortunately, i cannot > investigate any further, because i have to give it back today. Hey! I have one of those! Have you had some key working with that patch, that would motivate further tries? Or it's completely useless? Thanks

RE:TEAC CD-W216E on COMPAQ ARMADA 1750 LAPTOP

2003-02-04 Thread Beatlebabs1
hi... i know very little about laptops..(that out the way) need help.. have a toshiba 24 speed cdrom drive (not cdrw) in above laptop and am trying to replace with TEAC CD-W216E (CDRW) DRIVE. fits perfectly...same connnections .. when bootup, syestem reports error "incorrect media type"..does not g

keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hi folks... i assume, some of you have already encountered the problem with not-working extra-keys on your laptop. the numerous tools available work by assigning unassigned scancodes to keycodes (to characters/starting programs), as it seems to me. this may be different for tools for specific lapt

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Pavel Mihaylov
Hello, Check out http://sf.net/projects/omke. We started this as HP Omnibook-only support but eventually people discovered that many laptops shared the extra-key enabling scheme. Currently there is support for various HP Omnibooks, Pavillions, Toshiba Satellites and Compals. Regards, Pavel > hi

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Socheat Sou
What notebook do you have? I have a Toshiba Satelitte (5205 series), and all the extra keys on my keyboard are "hotkeys" which are supported by enabling "Toshiba Laptop Extras" under ACPI support in the kernel (after applying the ACPI patch). Socheat On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 06:14, Sebastian Hensch

Re: Thinkpad T30 Specs

2003-02-04 Thread Alexandre Beelen
> > - ATI Mobility Radeon 7500 > > Sure, with a 4.2 series XFree86, or with the VESA driver. > > DRI has always caused lockups within two days for me, so I don't enable > it, and my system is stable. (A31p, but similar hardware.) I never had such problem since APM suspend to disk crash my laptop

keyboard info

2003-02-04 Thread jaghfg
I don't know how to find out what the keys on the top of my computer are for, they are small keys and they all begin with 'F', where in the world can I find a simple instruction to tell me how to use these keys? All i need to know is where to find the degrees key and when I find out that I kn

Re: Further power management issues

2003-02-04 Thread Roberto Sanchez
From: mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Further power management issues Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 05:12:07 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from murphy.debian.org ([65.125.64.134]) by mc3-f19.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.560

Re: XF86Config-4 on TP 760EL

2003-02-04 Thread David Woyciesjes
Nate Bargmann wrote: > > * David Woyciesjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003 Feb 03 13:51 -0600]: > > Nate Bargmann wrote: > > > > The ED runs XFree 4.2.x flawlessly, but you'll have no sound support. > > > Hmmm. Well, sounds does work on the EL, I can hear something playing > > when I blindly lo

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hi.. Received at 2003-02-04 / 15:50 by Socheat Sou: > What notebook do you have? I have a Toshiba Satelitte (5205 series), > and all the extra keys on my keyboard are "hotkeys" which are supported > by enabling "Toshiba Laptop Extras" under ACPI support in the kernel > (after applying the ACPI pa

Re: keyboard info

2003-02-04 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello.. Received at 2003-02-04 / 15:50 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > I don't know how to find out what the keys on the top of my computer are > for, they are small keys and they all begin with 'F', where in the world > can I find a simple instruction to tell me how to use these keys? All > i need t

Re: XF86Config-4 on TP 760EL

2003-02-04 Thread Nate Bargmann
* David Woyciesjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003 Feb 04 09:36 -0600]: > Hmmm, okay. Well, I can use the existing XF86Config-4 as a template, > and fill in the info from the 'working XF86Config (3.x). Hopefully that > will do the trick... I'd like to know which version of Windows? The version th

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Sebastian Henschel
rehi.. Received at 2003-02-04 / 13:37 by Pavel Mihaylov: > > Check out http://sf.net/projects/omke. We started this as HP > Omnibook-only support but eventually people discovered that many laptops > shared the extra-key enabling scheme. Currently there is support for > various HP Omnibooks, Pavil

Re: Further power management issues

2003-02-04 Thread mi
Roberto Sanchez schrieb zu Re: Further power management issues: > As far as the log messages, since they do not provide a clue as to what is > causing the no-notice shutdowns, how do I find the cause? This really has > me bugged. I mean I can't even run my mahine under Linux 24/7 anymore > . Wha

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread Al Stone
You may want to try http://omke.sf.net. The project there is attempting to handle these strangenesses. Sebastian Henschel wrote: hi folks... i assume, some of you have already encountered the problem with not-working extra-keys on your laptop. the numerous tools available work by assigning unas

Re: Further power management issues

2003-02-04 Thread Matej Cepl
Roberto Sanchez wrote: > The hotmail thing can't really be helped. I've had the address > for almost 8 years now and now only use it for mailing list > subscriptions (mostly because of the amount of SPAM I receive). > I now have a new address that I only give out to colleagues, > friends and famil

Black screen after install boot

2003-02-04 Thread badmadleo
Hello community I want to install debian on my laptop from cd. The boot-prombt appears, but when I press "return", the screen becomes black. What can I do? Please help me -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Dell Inspiron 2650c - current version with PCTel modem

2003-02-04 Thread Phil Reynolds
Will the modem on the current version of the Dell Inspiron 2650c (it's a PCTel) work in Linux? -- Phil Reynolds (PGP now available) o Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |L_ \ / Web: http://www.tinsleyviaduct.com/phil/ (_)- \/ Waltham 67, Emley Moor 69, Droitwich 79, Windows 95 -- To UNSUBSCR

Re: Further power management issues

2003-02-04 Thread Roberto Sanchez
From: mi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Further power management issues Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 16:17:38 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: from murphy.debian.org ([65.125.64.134]) by mc7-f40.law1.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.5600); T

Re: Black screen after install boot

2003-02-04 Thread François TOURDE
"badmadleo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello community > > I want to install debian on my laptop from cd. The boot-prombt appears, but > when I press "return", the screen becomes black. What can I do? Perhaps sending more info will be a good idea ? 0) What kind of laptop ? 1) Did your CD spi

Re: Dell Inspiron 2650c - current version with PCTel modem

2003-02-04 Thread François TOURDE
Phil Reynolds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Will the modem on the current version of the Dell Inspiron 2650c (it's a > PCTel) work in Linux? Look at http://pctelcompdb.sourceforge.net/display.php Try to send us "lspci -v" and "cat /proc/pci" ... -- Over the shoulder supervision is more a need

Re: keyboard scancodes

2003-02-04 Thread jpcl
> it does not work on the asus l3800c, though. unfortunately, i cannot > investigate any further, because i have to give it back today. Hey! I have one of those! Have you had some key working with that patch, that would motivate further tries? Or it's completely useless? Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRI

RE:TEAC CD-W216E on COMPAQ ARMADA 1750 LAPTOP

2003-02-04 Thread Beatlebabs1
hi... i know very little about laptops..(that out the way) need help.. have a toshiba 24 speed cdrom drive (not cdrw) in above laptop and am trying to replace with TEAC CD-W216E (CDRW) DRIVE. fits perfectly...same connnections .. when bootup, syestem reports error "incorrect media type"..does not g

Anyone have any experience with ASL?

2003-02-04 Thread Roberto Sanchez
I am considering purchasing a laptop from ASL (www.aslab.com). I was wondering if anyone out there has any firsthand experience with them. I.e., how is their customer service, product quality, etc. So far, from what I have seen of their website and from corresponding with a couple of sales p