Re: mobile phone & linux

2003-07-23 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hallo Rne, Am 23:11 2003-07-22 +0200 hat Rene Engelhard geschrieben: > >Hi, > >my contract with my mobile phone company expires in a few months >and I thought about extending it for another 12 months.. > >I got the Siemens C55 and the S55 to choose from (there were >more, but I did like those bot

Re: [OT] laptops stolen

2003-07-23 Thread Mike Beattie
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:55:39AM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My point? Wireless cards based on the Intersil Prism 2, 2.5 or 3 firmware > ROCK HARD! Indeed, I'm using one now in my laptop at Oslo Airport (Gardermoen) One thing, make sure you try and find some up to date firmware. 1.4.

Re: Mozilla fonts

2003-07-23 Thread Keith Furman
Unfortunately, I have never seen that behavior on mozilla by switching on the fonts in the file. I also copied over TT fonts from a windows install and used a downloaded mozilla. I reread over a few of the websites which include hacking mozilla files to get better font support and I did not see a

Re: 2.4.21 and alim15x3 patch

2003-07-23 Thread Thomas Bourgain
Aaa! Need sleep! All the "2.4.20"s sould have read "2.4.21". Joh On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:10:38 -0700 Johannes Graumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, Hello, > > I have a short question concerning the 2.4.21 kernel. I have a Fujitsu > life book P 2120 and am setting out to compile the

Firmware upgrade Was: [OT] laptops stolen

2003-07-23 Thread Juraj Ziegler
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:27:38AM +0200, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:55:39AM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My point? Wireless cards based on the Intersil Prism 2, 2.5 or 3 firmware > > ROCK HARD! > > Indeed, I'm using one now in my laptop at Oslo Airport (Gardermoe

Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread Dharmen Dhulla
Hi, I am working on a Installation program. I need to run that program on Laptop only if it is on power mode and terminate it if it is on Battery mode. How can I detect the mode of Laptop in VC++. Pls, help me if u can. I am stuck in this problem since a week and need to fix it urgently. Thanks

Re: Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread joakim
plz do not send posts to lists in html format. to answer your question on how to find battery status do # cat /proc/apm reagards, Joakim Nordberg > Hi, > > I am working on a Installation program. > I need to run that program on Laptop only if it is on power mode and > terminate it if it is on Ba

Re: Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread Christian Schaefer
Dharmen Dhulla wrote: I am working on a Installation program. I need to run that program on Laptop only if it is on power mode and terminate it if it is on Battery mode. How can I detect the mode of Laptop in VC++. On acpi: cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state bye chris

Re: Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread Gabor FLEISCHER
And if you want your sript to work for acpi and apm too, than depend on powermgmt-base debian package, and use /usr/bin/on_ac_power. If we are in a Debian list, do it the Debian way :) Gavriel

powerbook, airport and kismet

2003-07-23 Thread Dale Harris
So has anyone gotten kismet to work on a Powerbook, typical errors I get is "monitor mode" is invalid for my card. However, MacStumbler seems to work just fine in OS X. I'm using Ben H's latest stable kernel 2.4.22-pre4-ben0. -- Dale Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] /.-)

Re: Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread Joakim Nordberg
> If we are in a Debian list, do it the Debian way :) Agree! Joakim Nordberg

Re: Mozilla fonts

2003-07-23 Thread Peter Salisbury
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 10:18, Keith Furman wrote: > >Unfortunately, I have never seen that behavior on mozilla by switching > >on the fonts in the file. I also copied over TT fonts from a windows > >install and used a downloaded mozilla. I reread over a few of the > >websites which include hack

alsa-source invalid group

2003-07-23 Thread Jeff
I'm trying to compile the alsa-source in testing and having a problem. I run ./configure and then make without trouble. When I run make install, I get this error: if [ -d /sbin/init.d ]; then \ install -m 755 -g -o utils/alsasound /sbin/init.d/alsasound; \ elif [ -d /etc/rc.d/init.d ]; then

Re: Libretto

2003-07-23 Thread Richard Ibbotson
Hi > That helped a lot. Thanks for that. Problem now is that the cursor > keys < >^ don't work and so can't choose from or navigate menus to > configure things. . If I press a cursor key I > get a number on the console instead. Still suffering from this one. If I press Fn I find that the

Re: mobile phone & linux

2003-07-23 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello rene.. * Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-23 08:59 +0200]: > I got the Siemens C55 and the S55 to choose from (there were > more, but I did like those both most). > > As I wanted to be able to use my mobile phone to go with GPRS > on the net if that should be possible I wanted t

I need a Kernel which supports sounds AND PCMCIA!

2003-07-23 Thread Peter Salisbury
Hi, can anyone help? I've been going along OK with an old ThinkPad 380ED using a Woody install upgraded to testing (sarge). I'm running with the Woody default kernel 2.2.20-idepci. It works fine with my PCMCIA NIC and all was well except the sound. Reading around it seems the default kernel ha

Re: alsa-source invalid group

2003-07-23 Thread Tommy Dugandzic
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Jeff wrote: > I'm trying to compile the alsa-source in testing and having a > problem. > > I run ./configure and then make without trouble. When I run make > install, I get this error: > > > if [ -d /sbin/init.d ]; then \ > install -m 755 -g -o utils/alsasound /sbin/in

Re: Libretto

2003-07-23 Thread Tommy Dugandzic
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Richard Ibbotson wrote: > Other one is DHCP. I use static IP most times. Will have to use DHCP > shortly even though I don't want to. > > Which packages do I download to use DHCP on my laptop ? Done > 'apt-cache search dhcp' and a large pile of packages fell across the > sc

Re: I need a Kernel which supports sounds AND PCMCIA!

2003-07-23 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Peter Salisbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At boot and when I do a "/etc/init.d/pcmcia start" I get the error: > > i82365.o: unresolved symbol: isapnp_find_dev_R999... > > One place I found suggested changing the PCIC entry in /etc/defaults/pcmcia > from i82365 to yenta_socket but this just mad

Graphical installation on Acer 450 Travelmate

2003-07-23 Thread Wayne Gemmell
Hi all, I just bought an Acer Travelmate 450 and I would like to install Debian on it. I've installed Woody a few times but the install interface doesn't fit on the screen. I'm missing the section at the bottom where all the tabs are situated. On previous DedRat installations there was a text i

Re: alsa-source invalid group

2003-07-23 Thread David Z Maze
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to compile the alsa-source in testing and having a > problem. > > I run ./configure and then make without trouble. When I run make > install, I get this error: The Debian kernel module source packages are generally intended to be built via 'make-kpkg

Re: alsa-source invalid group

2003-07-23 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 08:05:49PM +0200, Tommy Dugandzic wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Jeff wrote: > > > I'm trying to compile the alsa-source in testing and having a > > problem. > > > > I run ./configure and then make without trouble. When I run make > > install, I get this error: > > > > >

problem with apt-get

2003-07-23 Thread Dirk Rannacher
Hey, i have a problem with apt-get I am not able to use apt-get. If i run apt-get check or apt-get update or apt-get install "..." or something like that, it exits with error Unable to parse /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) The status file could not be opened or parsed. I tried the file /var/

Re: Graphical installation on Acer 450 Travelmate

2003-07-23 Thread Manolis Tzanidakis
[20030723] Wayne Gemmell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, I just bought an Acer Travelmate 450 and I would like to install > Debian on it. I've installed Woody a few times but the install interface > doesn't fit on the screen. Try 'bf24 vga=791' to boot wit

Re: Graphical installation on Acer 450 Travelmate

2003-07-23 Thread Joakim Nordberg
I have exactly the same problem with my compaq n600c with 1400x105 screen and ati m6 graphic card really anoying untill i decided to connect it to a normal moninot uring install which solved the problem after setting the screen up everything worked fin after the installation an d no monitor ot

Re: I need a Kernel which supports sounds AND PCMCIA!

2003-07-23 Thread Thomas Holmquist
Peter Salisbury wrote: Hi, can anyone help? I've been going along OK with an old ThinkPad 380ED using a Woody install upgraded to testing (sarge). I'm running with the Woody default kernel 2.2.20-idepci. It works fine with my PCMCIA NIC and all was well except the sound. Reading around it

Re: [OT] laptops stolen

2003-07-23 Thread Andre Berger
* Tapio Lehtonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2003-07-23 14:11 -0400: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 12:21:59PM -0400, Andre Berger wrote: > > My brother gave his old laptop to me, but it's a vintage machine. I > > > Was it a stolen laptop or what connection does this story have to the > subject? > > > > w

Re: I need a Kernel which supports sounds AND PCMCIA!

2003-07-23 Thread Ewing Jeff
Add isa-pnp to /etc/modules. > > At boot and when I do a "/etc/init.d/pcmcia start" I get the error: > > i82365.o: unresolved symbol: isapnp_find_dev_R999... > > Any ideas anyone? > > TIA, Peter > >

Re: mobile phone & linux

2003-07-23 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hallo Rne, Am 23:11 2003-07-22 +0200 hat Rene Engelhard geschrieben: > >Hi, > >my contract with my mobile phone company expires in a few months >and I thought about extending it for another 12 months.. > >I got the Siemens C55 and the S55 to choose from (there were >more, but I did like those bot

Re: [OT] laptops stolen

2003-07-23 Thread Mike Beattie
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:55:39AM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My point? Wireless cards based on the Intersil Prism 2, 2.5 or 3 firmware > ROCK HARD! Indeed, I'm using one now in my laptop at Oslo Airport (Gardermoen) One thing, make sure you try and find some up to date firmware. 1.4.

Re: Mozilla fonts

2003-07-23 Thread Keith Furman
Unfortunately, I have never seen that behavior on mozilla by switching on the fonts in the file. I also copied over TT fonts from a windows install and used a downloaded mozilla. I reread over a few of the websites which include hacking mozilla files to get better font support and I did not see an

Re: 2.4.21 and alim15x3 patch

2003-07-23 Thread Thomas Bourgain
Aaa! Need sleep! All the "2.4.20"s sould have read "2.4.21". Joh On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 13:10:38 -0700 Johannes Graumann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, Hello, > > I have a short question concerning the 2.4.21 kernel. I have a Fujitsu > life book P 2120 and am setting out to compile the

Firmware upgrade Was: [OT] laptops stolen

2003-07-23 Thread Juraj Ziegler
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:27:38AM +0200, Mike Beattie wrote: > On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:55:39AM +1200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > My point? Wireless cards based on the Intersil Prism 2, 2.5 or 3 firmware > > ROCK HARD! > > Indeed, I'm using one now in my laptop at Oslo Airport (Gardermoe

Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread Dharmen Dhulla
Hi, I am working on a Installation program. I need to run that program on Laptop only if it is on power mode and terminate it if it is on Battery mode. How can I detect the mode of Laptop in VC++. Pls, help me if u can. I am stuck in this problem since a week and need to fix it urgently. Thanks

Re: Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread joakim
plz do not send posts to lists in html format. to answer your question on how to find battery status do # cat /proc/apm reagards, Joakim Nordberg > Hi, > > I am working on a Installation program. > I need to run that program on Laptop only if it is on power mode and > terminate it if it is on Ba

Re: Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread Christian Schaefer
Dharmen Dhulla wrote: I am working on a Installation program. I need to run that program on Laptop only if it is on power mode and terminate it if it is on Battery mode. How can I detect the mode of Laptop in VC++. On acpi: cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state bye chris -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [

Re: Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread Gabor FLEISCHER
And if you want your sript to work for acpi and apm too, than depend on powermgmt-base debian package, and use /usr/bin/on_ac_power. If we are in a Debian list, do it the Debian way :) Gavriel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL

powerbook, airport and kismet

2003-07-23 Thread Dale Harris
So has anyone gotten kismet to work on a Powerbook, typical errors I get is "monitor mode" is invalid for my card. However, MacStumbler seems to work just fine in OS X. I'm using Ben H's latest stable kernel 2.4.22-pre4-ben0. -- Dale Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] /.-) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Need Help

2003-07-23 Thread Joakim Nordberg
> If we are in a Debian list, do it the Debian way :) Agree! Joakim Nordberg -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mozilla fonts

2003-07-23 Thread Peter Salisbury
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 10:18, Keith Furman wrote: > >Unfortunately, I have never seen that behavior on mozilla by switching > >on the fonts in the file. I also copied over TT fonts from a windows > >install and used a downloaded mozilla. I reread over a few of the > >websites which include hack

alsa-source invalid group

2003-07-23 Thread Jeff
I'm trying to compile the alsa-source in testing and having a problem. I run ./configure and then make without trouble. When I run make install, I get this error: if [ -d /sbin/init.d ]; then \ install -m 755 -g -o utils/alsasound /sbin/init.d/alsasound; \ elif [ -d /etc/rc.d/init.d ]; then

Re: Libretto

2003-07-23 Thread Richard Ibbotson
Hi > That helped a lot. Thanks for that. Problem now is that the cursor > keys < >^ don't work and so can't choose from or navigate menus to > configure things. . If I press a cursor key I > get a number on the console instead. Still suffering from this one. If I press Fn I find that the

Re: mobile phone & linux

2003-07-23 Thread Sebastian Henschel
hello rene.. * Rene Engelhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-23 08:59 +0200]: > I got the Siemens C55 and the S55 to choose from (there were > more, but I did like those both most). > > As I wanted to be able to use my mobile phone to go with GPRS > on the net if that should be possible I wanted t

I need a Kernel which supports sounds AND PCMCIA!

2003-07-23 Thread Peter Salisbury
Hi, can anyone help? I've been going along OK with an old ThinkPad 380ED using a Woody install upgraded to testing (sarge). I'm running with the Woody default kernel 2.2.20-idepci. It works fine with my PCMCIA NIC and all was well except the sound. Reading around it seems the default kernel ha

Re: alsa-source invalid group

2003-07-23 Thread Tommy Dugandzic
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Jeff wrote: > I'm trying to compile the alsa-source in testing and having a > problem. > > I run ./configure and then make without trouble. When I run make > install, I get this error: > > > if [ -d /sbin/init.d ]; then \ > install -m 755 -g -o utils/alsasound /sbin/in

Re: Libretto

2003-07-23 Thread Tommy Dugandzic
On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Richard Ibbotson wrote: > Other one is DHCP. I use static IP most times. Will have to use DHCP > shortly even though I don't want to. > > Which packages do I download to use DHCP on my laptop ? Done > 'apt-cache search dhcp' and a large pile of packages fell across the > sc

Re: I need a Kernel which supports sounds AND PCMCIA!

2003-07-23 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Peter Salisbury" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At boot and when I do a "/etc/init.d/pcmcia start" I get the error: > > i82365.o: unresolved symbol: isapnp_find_dev_R999... > > One place I found suggested changing the PCIC entry in /etc/defaults/pcmcia > from i82365 to yenta_socket but this just mad

Graphical installation on Acer 450 Travelmate

2003-07-23 Thread Wayne Gemmell
Hi all, I just bought an Acer Travelmate 450 and I would like to install Debian on it. I've installed Woody a few times but the install interface doesn't fit on the screen. I'm missing the section at the bottom where all the tabs are situated. On previous DedRat installations there was a text i

Re: alsa-source invalid group

2003-07-23 Thread David Z Maze
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm trying to compile the alsa-source in testing and having a > problem. > > I run ./configure and then make without trouble. When I run make > install, I get this error: The Debian kernel module source packages are generally intended to be built via 'make-kpkg

Re: alsa-source invalid group

2003-07-23 Thread Mattia Dongili
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 08:05:49PM +0200, Tommy Dugandzic wrote: > On Wed, 23 Jul 2003, Jeff wrote: > > > I'm trying to compile the alsa-source in testing and having a > > problem. > > > > I run ./configure and then make without trouble. When I run make > > install, I get this error: > > > > >

problem with apt-get

2003-07-23 Thread Dirk Rannacher
Hey, i have a problem with apt-get I am not able to use apt-get. If i run apt-get check or apt-get update or apt-get install "..." or something like that, it exits with error Unable to parse /var/lib/dpkg/status (1) The status file could not be opened or parsed. I tried the file /var/

Re: Graphical installation on Acer 450 Travelmate

2003-07-23 Thread Manolis Tzanidakis
[20030723] Wayne Gemmell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi all, I just bought an Acer Travelmate 450 and I would like to install > Debian on it. I've installed Woody a few times but the install interface > doesn't fit on the screen. Try 'bf24 vga=791' to boot wit

Re: Graphical installation on Acer 450 Travelmate

2003-07-23 Thread Joakim Nordberg
I have exactly the same problem with my compaq n600c with 1400x105 screen and ati m6 graphic card really anoying untill i decided to connect it to a normal moninot uring install which solved the problem after setting the screen up everything worked fin after the installation an d no monitor ot

Re: I need a Kernel which supports sounds AND PCMCIA!

2003-07-23 Thread Thomas Holmquist
Peter Salisbury wrote: Hi, can anyone help? I've been going along OK with an old ThinkPad 380ED using a Woody install upgraded to testing (sarge). I'm running with the Woody default kernel 2.2.20-idepci. It works fine with my PCMCIA NIC and all was well except the sound. Reading around it see

Re: [OT] laptops stolen

2003-07-23 Thread Andre Berger
* Tapio Lehtonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2003-07-23 14:11 -0400: > On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 12:21:59PM -0400, Andre Berger wrote: > > My brother gave his old laptop to me, but it's a vintage machine. I > > > Was it a stolen laptop or what connection does this story have to the > subject? > > > > w

Re: I need a Kernel which supports sounds AND PCMCIA!

2003-07-23 Thread Ewing Jeff
Add isa-pnp to /etc/modules. > > At boot and when I do a "/etc/init.d/pcmcia start" I get the error: > > i82365.o: unresolved symbol: isapnp_find_dev_R999... > > Any ideas anyone? > > TIA, Peter > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Con

Re: I need a Kernel which supports sounds AND PCMCIA!

2003-07-23 Thread Werner Heuser
> Just compile your own kernel get the 2.4.21 kernel from kernel.org > and look at this: > http://www.linuxhelpnetwork.net/tutorials/compile-kernel.php Better look at the Linux Documentation Project: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO/index.html Werner -- |=| Werner Heuser = Keple