Re: Problems getting ACPI support to work on a HP Pavilion

2003-06-17 Thread Mauro Darida
On Monday 09 June 2003 20:37, Niko Schmuck wrote: > Has someone discover the same strangeness, or know how to get more > details about why the root (ext3) partition couldn't be mounted? > If you have a scsi hard disk you need to activate the initrd option in the kernel. Another issue I can think o

Re: can't bring up eth0 correctly

2003-06-17 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "charles yoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I should have written /etc/network/interfaces. > > In reading a few things on the net, a lot of people suggested to have the > autho eth0 commented out. This is for a laptop. I'm coming from redhat, > and once dhcp is set, you can more or less leave it t

Re: can't bring up eth0 correctly

2003-06-17 Thread Karsten Rothemund
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 08:42:22AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "charles yoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I should have written /etc/network/interfaces. > > > > In reading a few things on the net, a lot of people suggested to have the > > autho eth0 commented out. This is for a laptop. I'

Re: beeps!!

2003-06-17 Thread Andreas Heckwolf
Hello, one thing that comes to mind hearing about beeps at different pitches is of course the card manager of PCMCIA support Cheers, Andreas

alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
Hey all: While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same kernel, just change some of the other stuff that loads. Is it possible to se

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Christian Lyra
Hi, You could use ifupdown-roaming (or whereami, or something like that) for automatic configuration of network interfaces. Rebooting the machine will not do any good. Of course you could have different configurations using run-levels, but I dont think that this is what you really wan

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Manolis Tzanidakis
[20030617] Emma Jane Hogbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use t

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Perry
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:25:48AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hey all: > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Vivek
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same apt-cache show netenv May point

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:25:48AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hey all: > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Emma Jane Hogbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same > kernel, just change some of the

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:25:48AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hey all: > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Werner Heuser
> > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same > > apt-cache show netenv This seems to become a long thread, you may us

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Perry
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:59:46AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "Emma Jane Hogbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > > one for "away" with no inte

Re: beeps!!

2003-06-17 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi, > one thing that comes to mind hearing about beeps at different pitches is of > course the card manager of PCMCIA support .. and usbmgr. These services are started directly one after the other (S11pcmcia, S15usbmgr) on my laptop, giving several beeps at 2 distinct pitches in a short tim

Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Pierre B
I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second hand laptop and install debian (woody) on it. I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free installation, and, more importantly, trouble free use. Laptops to favour. Laptops to avoid. Features to favour. Features to avoid. Peri

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Joseph Fahey
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 01:17:06PM -0400, Pierre B wrote: > I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second hand > laptop and install debian (woody) on it. > > I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free installation, > and, more importantly, trouble free use. Do not get a ThinkPad 6

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 01:17:06PM -0400, Pierre B wrote: > I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second hand > laptop and install debian (woody) on it. > > I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free installation, > and, more importantly, trouble free use. > >Laptops to favou

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 19:17, Pierre B wrote: >Laptops to favour. >Laptops to avoid. http://www.linux-laptop.net/

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Christian Lyra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You could use ifupdown-roaming (or whereami, or something like that) for > automatic configuration of network interfaces. Rebooting the machine will not > do any good. Of course you could have different configurations using > run-levels, but I dont thi

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Perry
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 01:17:06PM -0400, Pierre B wrote: > I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second hand > laptop and install debian (woody) on it. > > I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free installation, > and, more importantly, trouble free use. > > Laptops to favour

Re: IBM X30 hibernation problem

2003-06-17 Thread Guillermo Ontañón
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 22:04, Daniel E. Atencio Psille wrote: > Had a look at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/stndalhd.txt? > > > Limitations: > - Hibernation function does not work when OS/2 Boot Manager is > installed. > - Hibernation function does not work with NTFS/HPFS f

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Mike Beattie
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 07:57:35AM -0700, Michael Perry wrote: > You could use schemes. If you peruse the pcmcia-howto that Hinds wrote > for the pcmcia-cs package, he mentions how to setup lilo to boot with > different append statements which launch different network setups. I > have not done th

Id "S" Respawning too fast

2003-06-17 Thread Richard S. Crawford
I've got Debian 3.0r1 on my ancient Gateway Solo 2500 laptop (Intel Celeron chip 300 MHz, 4.0GB HD, 96MB RAM). Now whenever I start up the computer I get a screen full of error messages regarding the usage of the getty command, and the notification, "INIT: Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Perry
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:14:11AM +1200, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 07:57:35AM -0700, Michael Perry wrote: > > You could use schemes. If you peruse the pcmcia-howto that Hinds wrote > > for the pcmcia-cs package, he mentions how to setup lilo to boot with > > different append s

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Pierre" == Pierre B writes: Pierre> I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second Pierre> hand laptop and install debian (woody) on it. Pierre> I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free Pierre> installation, and, more importantly, trouble free use. Pierr

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Re: Problems getting ACPI support to work on a HP Pavilion

2003-06-17 Thread Mauro Darida
On Monday 09 June 2003 20:37, Niko Schmuck wrote: > Has someone discover the same strangeness, or know how to get more > details about why the root (ext3) partition couldn't be mounted? > If you have a scsi hard disk you need to activate the initrd option in the kernel. Another issue I can think o

Re: can't bring up eth0 correctly

2003-06-17 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "charles yoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I should have written /etc/network/interfaces. > > In reading a few things on the net, a lot of people suggested to have the > autho eth0 commented out. This is for a laptop. I'm coming from redhat, > and once dhcp is set, you can more or less leave it t

Re: can't bring up eth0 correctly

2003-06-17 Thread Karsten Rothemund
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 08:42:22AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "charles yoo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I should have written /etc/network/interfaces. > > > > In reading a few things on the net, a lot of people suggested to have the > > autho eth0 commented out. This is for a laptop. I'

Re: beeps!!

2003-06-17 Thread Andreas Heckwolf
Hello, one thing that comes to mind hearing about beeps at different pitches is of course the card manager of PCMCIA support Cheers, Andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
Hey all: While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same kernel, just change some of the other stuff that loads. Is it possible to se

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Christian Lyra
Hi, You could use ifupdown-roaming (or whereami, or something like that) for automatic configuration of network interfaces. Rebooting the machine will not do any good. Of course you could have different configurations using run-levels, but I dont think that this is what you really want

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Manolis Tzanidakis
[20030617] Emma Jane Hogbin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use t

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Perry
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:25:48AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hey all: > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Vivek
On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same apt-cache show netenv May point

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:25:48AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hey all: > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Emma Jane Hogbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same > kernel, just change some of the

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Yves Rutschle
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 10:25:48AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hey all: > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Werner Heuser
> > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > > one for "away" with no internet connection? I'd like to use the same > > apt-cache show netenv This seems to become a long thread, you may us

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Perry
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 11:59:46AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "Emma Jane Hogbin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > While we're on the topic of internet connections at bootHow could I > > make two entries in lilo: one for at home with a wireless internet, and > > one for "away" with no inte

Re: beeps!!

2003-06-17 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi, > one thing that comes to mind hearing about beeps at different pitches is of > course the card manager of PCMCIA support .. and usbmgr. These services are started directly one after the other (S11pcmcia, S15usbmgr) on my laptop, giving several beeps at 2 distinct pitches in a short tim

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Joseph Fahey
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 01:17:06PM -0400, Pierre B wrote: > I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second hand > laptop and install debian (woody) on it. > > I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free installation, > and, more importantly, trouble free use. Do not get a ThinkPad 6

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 01:17:06PM -0400, Pierre B wrote: > I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second hand > laptop and install debian (woody) on it. > > I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free installation, > and, more importantly, trouble free use. > >Laptops to favou

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Mario Vukelic
On Tue, 2003-06-17 at 19:17, Pierre B wrote: >Laptops to favour. >Laptops to avoid. http://www.linux-laptop.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Pierre B
I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second hand laptop and install debian (woody) on it. I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free installation, and, more importantly, trouble free use. Laptops to favour. Laptops to avoid. Features to favour. Features to avoid. Periphe

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Christian Lyra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > You could use ifupdown-roaming (or whereami, or something like that) for > automatic configuration of network interfaces. Rebooting the machine will not > do any good. Of course you could have different configurations using > run-levels, but I dont thi

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Perry
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 01:17:06PM -0400, Pierre B wrote: > I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second hand > laptop and install debian (woody) on it. > > I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free installation, > and, more importantly, trouble free use. > > Laptops to favour

Re: IBM X30 hibernation problem

2003-06-17 Thread Guillermo Ontañón
On Wed, 2003-06-04 at 22:04, Daniel E. Atencio Psille wrote: > Had a look at ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/stndalhd.txt? > > > Limitations: > - Hibernation function does not work when OS/2 Boot Manager is > installed. > - Hibernation function does not work with NTFS/HPFS f

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Mike Beattie
On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 07:57:35AM -0700, Michael Perry wrote: > You could use schemes. If you peruse the pcmcia-howto that Hinds wrote > for the pcmcia-cs package, he mentions how to setup lilo to boot with > different append statements which launch different network setups. I > have not done th

Id "S" Respawning too fast

2003-06-17 Thread Richard S. Crawford
I've got Debian 3.0r1 on my ancient Gateway Solo 2500 laptop (Intel Celeron chip 300 MHz, 4.0GB HD, 96MB RAM). Now whenever I start up the computer I get a screen full of error messages regarding the usage of the getty command, and the notification, "INIT: Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Michael Perry
On Wed, Jun 18, 2003 at 10:14:11AM +1200, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 07:57:35AM -0700, Michael Perry wrote: > > You could use schemes. If you peruse the pcmcia-howto that Hinds wrote > > for the pcmcia-cs package, he mentions how to setup lilo to boot with > > different append s

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Shyamal Prasad
"Pierre" == Pierre B writes: Pierre> I've been asked to help someone select and buy a second Pierre> hand laptop and install debian (woody) on it. Pierre> I'm seeking advice concerning both trouble free Pierre> installation, and, more importantly, trouble free use. Pierr

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