Re: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Martin Brenda
> There is just one other problem--i can't get my > network connection working. The ethernet card is detected on boot but > i just can't seem to be able to get on the network. > Can somebody help me with commands that can help in configuring the network?. Do you have configured your interfaces

Re: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Lars Weissflog
Hi Aswin, On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 00:00, Aswin Venkat wrote: > Thanks for the information Lars. > > There is just one other problem--i can't get my > network connection working. The ethernet card is detected on boot but > i just can't seem to be able to get on the network. > Can somebody help me wi

RE: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Chavez, Bruce
Title: RE: gdm fails -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Martin Brenda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2003 09:15 An: debian-laptop Betreff: Re: gdm fails >  There is just one other problem--i can't get my >  network connection working. The ethernet card is

USB wireless adapter auto startup

2003-10-23 Thread BenLau
Hi all! I recently got a USB wireless adapter( GW-US11H) . It required a patched version of linux-wlan-ng. I have patched the source and install it After I added the configuration of wlan0 to /etc/network/interfaces , and then I can use "ifup wlan0" to start up the device and gain IP through DH

No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread Douglas Frank
Anders wrote: > > Depends on whether the problem is installing the proper > packages or getting it to run when you are sure you have > everything you need. Yup! That's my first issue. The machine is a Compaq Presario 700US on which I did an ftp install from debian.org using the idepci floppy set

Re: USB wireless adapter auto startup

2003-10-23 Thread Tony Godshall
According to BenLau, > Hi all! > > I recently got a USB wireless adapter( GW-US11H) . It required a > patched version of linux-wlan-ng. I have patched the source and install > it After I added the configuration of wlan0 to /etc/network/interfaces > , and then I can use "ifup wlan0" to start up

Re: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Aswin Venkat
Hi all- > > > Well, this is not that easy. We need to know a lot about your "network". > > First: Direct connection to the Internet from your machine (i.e. Modem - > what ever type - in/connected to your machine) or connection via a LAN > and a router? Actually this is part of the probl

Re: No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread David Z Maze
Douglas Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now that the machine's booted, I can find the various X11 directories, > and they're mostly populated, but one thing I have not found is the X > server itself. Where's the executable? What's its name? I wonder if > I missed a package...? Normally, yo

Re: No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread Douglas Frank
Ah, poking around debian.org, I see that tasksel *should* have presented an X package right at the top of the screen. It didn't. I'll try a reinstall with the full floppy set. -- Douglas Frank DigitalWhoopsCompaqImeanHP Co. ZKO110 Spit Brook Rd. These are my principles; 603-88

Re: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Lars Weissflog
Hi Aswin On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 18:55, Aswin Venkat wrote: > Actually this is part of the problem. At home i have a connection via > a modem to the internet(through a gateway). Do you mean you have a a) modem connected to the Laptop or b) a modem connected to a gateway which the Laptop connect

detecting which eth0 config [was Re: gdm fails]

2003-10-23 Thread Tony Godshall
I used whereami (worked) and then guessnet (worked better) and now a little script that's still a little rough. Basically it outputs "work" or "home" or "site" based on ifconfig eth0 up # bring up eth0 without ip if arping | grep -q ; then echo work elif arping | grep -q ; then echo home

Re: No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread Tony Godshall
> Now that the machine's booted, I can find the various X11 directories, > and they're mostly populated, but one thing I have not found is the X > server itself. Where's the executable? What's its name? I wonder if > I missed a package...? sh-2.05b$ which X /usr/bin/X11/X If it won't start, to

Sound in kernel 2.6: Lots of "Unknown Symbol" errors

2003-10-23 Thread Joe Emenaker
I'm trying the Debian-packaged 2.6-test7 kernel and it's working great except for the sound. When the module loader tries to load any of the sound modules, I'm getting a lot of "Unknown symbol" messages. For example, when I try the driver for my Intel 810 sound chip, I get: joeslap:~# modprobe

Re: Sound in kernel 2.6: Lots of "Unknown Symbol" errors

2003-10-23 Thread Rob Bos
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 02:37:10PM -0700, Joe Emenaker wrote: > I'm trying the Debian-packaged 2.6-test7 kernel and it's working great > except for the sound. You probably need to install module-init-tools: 2.6 uses a different module architecture than was used in previous iterations. -- Rob Bo

Dualhead on laptop

2003-10-23 Thread Nicolas
Anyone get an exernal monitor working as a second screen (not twinview) with geforce2go (or what ever card you have)? I tried as in the nVidia doc, but without success. If I don't specify "screen 0" or "screen 1" in the Device section, the second monitor don't receive signal. If I specify it,

Re: Sound in kernel 2.6: Lots of "Unknown Symbol" errors

2003-10-23 Thread Joe Emenaker
Rob Bos wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 02:37:10PM -0700, Joe Emenaker wrote: I'm trying the Debian-packaged 2.6-test7 kernel and it's working great except for the sound. You probably need to install module-init-tools: 2.6 uses a different module architecture than was used in previous iter

Re: Sound in kernel 2.6: Lots of "Unknown Symbol" errors

2003-10-23 Thread Dave Carrigan
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 06:58:48PM -0700, Joe Emenaker wrote: > I took the device_gid=29 and re-ran update-modules and "depmod -a" and > now it all loads okay. I'm not getting any sound yet... but I'm further > along than I was. Now all that's left is to run alsamixer and restore the sound level

Re: No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread Tony Godshall
According to Douglas Frank, > Ah, poking around debian.org, I see that tasksel *should* have presented > an X package right at the top of the screen. It didn't. I'll try a > reinstall with the full floppy set. or just apt-get update&&apt-get x-window-system -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAI

Re: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Martin Brenda
> There is just one other problem--i can't get my > network connection working. The ethernet card is detected on boot but > i just can't seem to be able to get on the network. > Can somebody help me with commands that can help in configuring the network?. Do you have configured your interfaces

Re: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Lars Weissflog
Hi Aswin, On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 00:00, Aswin Venkat wrote: > Thanks for the information Lars. > > There is just one other problem--i can't get my > network connection working. The ethernet card is detected on boot but > i just can't seem to be able to get on the network. > Can somebody help me wi

RE: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Chavez, Bruce
Title: RE: gdm fails -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Martin Brenda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 23. Oktober 2003 09:15 An: debian-laptop Betreff: Re: gdm fails >  There is just one other problem--i can't get my >  network connection working. The ethernet card is

USB wireless adapter auto startup

2003-10-23 Thread BenLau
Hi all! I recently got a USB wireless adapter( GW-US11H) . It required a patched version of linux-wlan-ng. I have patched the source and install it After I added the configuration of wlan0 to /etc/network/interfaces , and then I can use "ifup wlan0" to start up the device and gain IP through DH

No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread Douglas Frank
Anders wrote: > > Depends on whether the problem is installing the proper > packages or getting it to run when you are sure you have > everything you need. Yup! That's my first issue. The machine is a Compaq Presario 700US on which I did an ftp install from debian.org using the idepci floppy s

Re: USB wireless adapter auto startup

2003-10-23 Thread Tony Godshall
According to BenLau, > Hi all! > > I recently got a USB wireless adapter( GW-US11H) . It required a > patched version of linux-wlan-ng. I have patched the source and install > it After I added the configuration of wlan0 to /etc/network/interfaces > , and then I can use "ifup wlan0" to start up

Re: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Aswin Venkat
Hi all- > > > Well, this is not that easy. We need to know a lot about your "network". > > First: Direct connection to the Internet from your machine (i.e. Modem - > what ever type - in/connected to your machine) or connection via a LAN > and a router? Actually this is part of the probl

Re: No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread David Z Maze
Douglas Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Now that the machine's booted, I can find the various X11 directories, > and they're mostly populated, but one thing I have not found is the X > server itself. Where's the executable? What's its name? I wonder if > I missed a package...? Normally, yo

Re: No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread Douglas Frank
Ah, poking around debian.org, I see that tasksel *should* have presented an X package right at the top of the screen. It didn't. I'll try a reinstall with the full floppy set. -- Douglas Frank DigitalWhoopsCompaqImeanHP Co. ZKO110 Spit Brook Rd. These are my principles; 603-8

Re: gdm fails

2003-10-23 Thread Lars Weissflog
Hi Aswin On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 18:55, Aswin Venkat wrote: > Actually this is part of the problem. At home i have a connection via > a modem to the internet(through a gateway). Do you mean you have a a) modem connected to the Laptop or b) a modem connected to a gateway which the Laptop connect

detecting which eth0 config [was Re: gdm fails]

2003-10-23 Thread Tony Godshall
I used whereami (worked) and then guessnet (worked better) and now a little script that's still a little rough. Basically it outputs "work" or "home" or "site" based on ifconfig eth0 up # bring up eth0 without ip if arping | grep -q ; then echo work elif arping | grep -q ; then echo home

Re: No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread Tony Godshall
> Now that the machine's booted, I can find the various X11 directories, > and they're mostly populated, but one thing I have not found is the X > server itself. Where's the executable? What's its name? I wonder if > I missed a package...? sh-2.05b$ which X /usr/bin/X11/X If it won't start, to

Sound in kernel 2.6: Lots of "Unknown Symbol" errors

2003-10-23 Thread Joe Emenaker
I'm trying the Debian-packaged 2.6-test7 kernel and it's working great except for the sound. When the module loader tries to load any of the sound modules, I'm getting a lot of "Unknown symbol" messages. For example, when I try the driver for my Intel 810 sound chip, I get: joeslap:~# modpro

Re: Sound in kernel 2.6: Lots of "Unknown Symbol" errors

2003-10-23 Thread Rob Bos
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 02:37:10PM -0700, Joe Emenaker wrote: > I'm trying the Debian-packaged 2.6-test7 kernel and it's working great > except for the sound. You probably need to install module-init-tools: 2.6 uses a different module architecture than was used in previous iterations. -- Rob Bo

Dualhead on laptop

2003-10-23 Thread Nicolas
Anyone get an exernal monitor working as a second screen (not twinview) with geforce2go (or what ever card you have)? I tried as in the nVidia doc, but without success. If I don't specify "screen 0" or "screen 1" in the Device section, the second monitor don't receive signal. If I specify it,

Re: Sound in kernel 2.6: Lots of "Unknown Symbol" errors

2003-10-23 Thread Joe Emenaker
Rob Bos wrote: On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 02:37:10PM -0700, Joe Emenaker wrote: I'm trying the Debian-packaged 2.6-test7 kernel and it's working great except for the sound. You probably need to install module-init-tools: 2.6 uses a different module architecture than was used in previous

Re: Sound in kernel 2.6: Lots of "Unknown Symbol" errors

2003-10-23 Thread Dave Carrigan
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 06:58:48PM -0700, Joe Emenaker wrote: > I took the device_gid=29 and re-ran update-modules and "depmod -a" and > now it all loads okay. I'm not getting any sound yet... but I'm further > along than I was. Now all that's left is to run alsamixer and restore the sound level

Re: No X on new install

2003-10-23 Thread Tony Godshall
According to Douglas Frank, > Ah, poking around debian.org, I see that tasksel *should* have presented > an X package right at the top of the screen. It didn't. I'll try a > reinstall with the full floppy set. or just apt-get update&&apt-get x-window-system