need advice buying note book

2004-01-21 Thread manu balasree
hi i am buying a new note book i would like to know the following things 1:which one would be the best in terms of hardware compatibility with Debian sarge 2:Are there any good notebooks powered by AMD 3:Should i use 2.6.1 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "un

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Dave Thayer
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:31:12PM +0100, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:02:04AM +0100, Lukasz Wiechec wrote: > > PS: is it possible to find 'cpufreqd' equivalent for Pentium II? > > No. A Pentium II can only support throttling (like any Intel compatible > up to 486 IIRC). CPU

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Lukasz Wiechec
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:31:12PM +0100, Ducrot Bruno wrote: [...] > At first, kill acpid, then do a cat /proc/acpi/events > Press the power button, or sleep button, do some ac plugging, unplugging, > etc. If some of those events are not properly reported, then write to > the ACPI develloper ML

Samsung T10 - Graphics card query...

2004-01-21 Thread Steve
Hi Guys I can get Debian 3.0 r2 installed on my Samsung T10 no problem. The only problem is, is that I have to use the VESA drivers and they don't give options for 1400 x 1050 screen resolution, the nearest is 1280 x 1024. GNome works fine (KDE hangs and gos back to the log in??) but obviously the

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread SCETBON C ext OCISI
Have you solved your pbm ? I have the same pbm with kernel 2.6 as it doesn't detect my card. -- Scetbon Cyril 20 rue Georges Bracque 78284 Guyancourt Tel: 01 55 88 39 18 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread Joerg Thoennes
SCETBON C ext OCISI wrote: I have the same pbm with kernel 2.6 as it doesn't detect my card. I have a Xircom CBE RBEM56G in a ThinkPad 600X. This card is connected using CardBus, which is managed by the hotplug system in the kernel 2.6.0. In addition, I had to use the yenta_socket module. I su

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread James Tappin
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:51:06 +0100 Joerg Thoennes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: JT> My current problem is that the PS/2 mouse is not working with the JT> new kernel... At least on the one box that I run with 2.6 (not a laptop), that was just a matter of loading the psmouse module by adding it to /et

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread Nicolas
I also have a Xircom (10/100 + modem) with 2.6.1. It works with CardBud + yenta_socket build in the kernel without the hotplug package. It works well except for the poor performances with NFS :o( Nic Cola -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread Joerg Thoennes
Nicolas wrote: I also have a Xircom (10/100 + modem) with 2.6.1. It works with CardBud + yenta_socket build in the kernel without the hotplug package. So you use the pcmcia-cs and cardmgr, which is deprecated for the CardBus, but obviously still works. But I suggest to use the newer hotplug sy

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2004-01-21 Thread Martin Koenigsstetter
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Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:46:50AM +0100, S?bastien NOBILI wrote: > >Dear All, > > > >I've just compiled 2.6.1 and switched onto ACPI from APM. 'acpid' is > >working properly, events get recognized well. I noticed, however, that > >while using APM, I was able to "suspend" my laptop by pressing "sus

Re: kernel 2.6 X11 and radeon M7500

2004-01-21 Thread Elaine Tsiang YueLien
Reading between the lines on this thread, I gather there is no problem getting full X functionality (including 3D acceleraton) with ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 only kernel 2.4 only X11 4.3 (maybe with patch?) I am looking at a Thinkpad R40. Elaine On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 08:05, Marius Mikucionis w

Problem installing w/SMC 8036TX NIC

2004-01-21 Thread Andrew Perrin
Greetings- i'm trying to install debian on a new (to me) laptop, an IBM Thinkpad 240. I put an SMC 8036TX card in it, which is a CardBus 10/100 NIC. I've tried using the floppy images for woody and for sarge, to no avail - in neither case can I get the network up, so I can't continue the installa

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread Nicolas
On Wednesday 21 January 2004 12:28, Joerg Thoennes wrote: > Nicolas wrote: > > I also have a Xircom (10/100 + modem) with 2.6.1. It works with CardBud > > + yenta_socket build in the kernel without the hotplug package. > > So you use the pcmcia-cs and cardmgr, which is deprecated for the > CardBus

Just some questions

2004-01-21 Thread Bernd Langehegermann
Greetings, today I started reading the debian-lists - so please don't flame me 'cause of asking some 'stupid' questions. 1. Is there an archive of the debian-lists, where I cans search for a solution on my problem. 2. I've got a Centrino Notebook - what about installing Debian 3.0 on it? Will

powerbook and debian

2004-01-21 Thread Angel
Are apple powerbooks and debian good friends? I am in a rush of spending 3000 euros on a laptop :), I want to run linux on it (I have no experience with Mac Os) . Although I've heard wonders of the apple powerbook 15" with the superdrive I am a bit hesitant on how easy it would be to run deb

Re: Just some questions

2004-01-21 Thread Sean Gibbins
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:31:06 +0100 Bernd Langehegermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WLan isn't running, is it? Mine is, using the linuxant driverloader modules. There is also another similar solution whose name escapes me at the present. Sean [Dell i8600, Libranet 2.8 (Debian 3.0r2)] -- The s

Re: Just some questions

2004-01-21 Thread xsdg
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:31:06 +0100 Bernd Langehegermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > today I started reading the debian-lists - so please don't flame me 'cause of > asking some 'stupid' questions. > > 1. > Is there an archive of the debian-lists, where I cans search for a soluti

Re: powerbook and debian

2004-01-21 Thread Raymond Wan
Hi, On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Angel wrote: > Are apple powerbooks and debian good friends? I am in a rush of spending > 3000 euros on a laptop :), I want to run linux on it (I have no > experience with Mac Os) . Although I've heard wonders of the apple I have no experience with Mac OS, either

Re: powerbook and debian

2004-01-21 Thread Curtis Vaughan
I know it runs well on my iBook, I don't really know about PowerBook. There is Debian PPC mail list. If you haven't, put your question there. Curtis Vaughan On 21 Jan, 2004, at 17:10, Raymond Wan wrote: Hi, On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Angel wrote: Are apple powerbooks and debian good friends? I a

Re: Just some questions

2004-01-21 Thread M. Mueller
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:31:06PM +0100, Bernd Langehegermann wrote: > Greetings, > > today I started reading the debian-lists - so please don't flame me 'cause of > asking some 'stupid' questions. > > 1. > Is there an archive of the debian-lists, where I cans search for a solution on > my pr

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 05:09, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only way to suspend on 2.4 is using swsusp2. Or APM. APM works fine on all 2.4.x kernels on all laptops I've tried, it seems broken in 2.6 though. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packa

need advice buying note book

2004-01-21 Thread manu balasree
hi i am buying a new note book i would like to know the following things 1:which one would be the best in terms of hardware compatibility with Debian sarge 2:Are there any good notebooks powered by AMD 3:Should i use 2.6.1

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Dave Thayer
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:31:12PM +0100, Ducrot Bruno wrote: > On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:02:04AM +0100, Lukasz Wiechec wrote: > > PS: is it possible to find 'cpufreqd' equivalent for Pentium II? > > No. A Pentium II can only support throttling (like any Intel compatible > up to 486 IIRC). CPU

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Lukasz Wiechec
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 02:31:12PM +0100, Ducrot Bruno wrote: [...] > At first, kill acpid, then do a cat /proc/acpi/events > Press the power button, or sleep button, do some ac plugging, unplugging, > etc. If some of those events are not properly reported, then write to > the ACPI develloper ML

Samsung T10 - Graphics card query...

2004-01-21 Thread Steve
Hi Guys I can get Debian 3.0 r2 installed on my Samsung T10 no problem. The only problem is, is that I have to use the VESA drivers and they don't give options for 1400 x 1050 screen resolution, the nearest is 1280 x 1024. GNome works fine (KDE hangs and gos back to the log in??) but obviously th

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread SCETBON C ext OCISI
Have you solved your pbm ? I have the same pbm with kernel 2.6 as it doesn't detect my card. -- Scetbon Cyril 20 rue Georges Bracque 78284 Guyancourt Tel: 01 55 88 39 18

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread Joerg Thoennes
SCETBON C ext OCISI wrote: I have the same pbm with kernel 2.6 as it doesn't detect my card. I have a Xircom CBE RBEM56G in a ThinkPad 600X. This card is connected using CardBus, which is managed by the hotplug system in the kernel 2.6.0. In addition, I had to use the yenta_socket module.

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread James Tappin
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 17:51:06 +0100 Joerg Thoennes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: JT> My current problem is that the PS/2 mouse is not working with the JT> new kernel... At least on the one box that I run with 2.6 (not a laptop), that was just a matter of loading the psmouse module by adding it to /et

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread Nicolas
I also have a Xircom (10/100 + modem) with 2.6.1. It works with CardBud + yenta_socket build in the kernel without the hotplug package. It works well except for the poor performances with NFS :o( Nic Cola -- () ascii ribbon campaign - against html e-mail /\

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread Joerg Thoennes
Nicolas wrote: I also have a Xircom (10/100 + modem) with 2.6.1. It works with CardBud + yenta_socket build in the kernel without the hotplug package. So you use the pcmcia-cs and cardmgr, which is deprecated for the CardBus, but obviously still works. But I suggest to use the newer hotplug

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2004-01-21 Thread Martin Koenigsstetter
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Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:46:50AM +0100, S?bastien NOBILI wrote: > >Dear All, > > > >I've just compiled 2.6.1 and switched onto ACPI from APM. 'acpid' is > >working properly, events get recognized well. I noticed, however, that > >while using APM, I was able to "suspend" my laptop by pressing "sus

Re: kernel 2.6 X11 and radeon M7500

2004-01-21 Thread Elaine Tsiang YueLien
Reading between the lines on this thread, I gather there is no problem getting full X functionality (including 3D acceleraton) with ATI Radeon Mobility 7500 only kernel 2.4 only X11 4.3 (maybe with patch?) I am looking at a Thinkpad R40. Elaine On Tue, 2004-01-20 at 08:05, Marius Mikucionis w

Problem installing w/SMC 8036TX NIC

2004-01-21 Thread Andrew Perrin
Greetings- i'm trying to install debian on a new (to me) laptop, an IBM Thinkpad 240. I put an SMC 8036TX card in it, which is a CardBus 10/100 NIC. I've tried using the floppy images for woody and for sarge, to no avail - in neither case can I get the network up, so I can't continue the installa

Re: Pb with pcmcia ethernet xircom and kernel 2.6

2004-01-21 Thread Nicolas
On Wednesday 21 January 2004 12:28, Joerg Thoennes wrote: > Nicolas wrote: > > I also have a Xircom (10/100 + modem) with 2.6.1. It works with CardBud > > + yenta_socket build in the kernel without the hotplug package. > > So you use the pcmcia-cs and cardmgr, which is deprecated for the > CardBus

Just some questions

2004-01-21 Thread Bernd Langehegermann
Greetings, today I started reading the debian-lists - so please don't flame me 'cause of asking some 'stupid' questions. 1. Is there an archive of the debian-lists, where I cans search for a solution on my problem. 2. I've got a Centrino Notebook - what about installing Debian 3.0 on it? Will

powerbook and debian

2004-01-21 Thread Angel
Are apple powerbooks and debian good friends? I am in a rush of spending 3000 euros on a laptop :), I want to run linux on it (I have no experience with Mac Os) . Although I've heard wonders of the apple powerbook 15" with the superdrive I am a bit hesitant on how easy it would be to run deb

Re: Just some questions

2004-01-21 Thread Sean Gibbins
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:31:06 +0100 Bernd Langehegermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > WLan isn't running, is it? Mine is, using the linuxant driverloader modules. There is also another similar solution whose name escapes me at the present. Sean [Dell i8600, Libranet 2.8 (Debian 3.0r2)] -- The s

Re: Just some questions

2004-01-21 Thread xsdg
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 22:31:06 +0100 Bernd Langehegermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, > > today I started reading the debian-lists - so please don't flame me 'cause of > asking some 'stupid' questions. > > 1. > Is there an archive of the debian-lists, where I cans search for a soluti

Re: powerbook and debian

2004-01-21 Thread Raymond Wan
Hi, On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Angel wrote: > Are apple powerbooks and debian good friends? I am in a rush of spending > 3000 euros on a laptop :), I want to run linux on it (I have no > experience with Mac Os) . Although I've heard wonders of the apple I have no experience with Mac OS, either

Re: powerbook and debian

2004-01-21 Thread Curtis Vaughan
I know it runs well on my iBook, I don't really know about PowerBook. There is Debian PPC mail list. If you haven't, put your question there. Curtis Vaughan On 21 Jan, 2004, at 17:10, Raymond Wan wrote: Hi, On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Angel wrote: Are apple powerbooks and debian good friends?

Re: Just some questions

2004-01-21 Thread M. Mueller
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 10:31:06PM +0100, Bernd Langehegermann wrote: > Greetings, > > today I started reading the debian-lists - so please don't flame me 'cause of > asking some 'stupid' questions. > > 1. > Is there an archive of the debian-lists, where I cans search for a solution > on > my

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 05:09, Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only way to suspend on 2.4 is using swsusp2. Or APM. APM works fine on all 2.4.x kernels on all laptops I've tried, it seems broken in 2.6 though. -- http://www.coker.com.au/selinux/ My NSA Security Enhanced Linux packa