Re: Saving battery power

2007-03-12 Thread Michael
Thomas, this is a nice idea could you tell us if there are any implications running without swap ? Did you ever reach the limit, and what will happen ? And while we are at this, would you post your /tec/fstab line for the /tmp fs ? Again, did you ever reach the limit here ? My laptop is under h

Re: Saving battery power

2007-03-12 Thread Johannes Wiedersich
Thorsten Schmidt wrote: > But for some reason, disabling the radio on XP gives me 50min while > disableling it on linux give 15min - even if ipw2200.ko is unloaded... I switch it off by # echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rf_kill according to http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ipw2200#Power_Man

Re: Saving battery power

2007-03-12 Thread Thorsten Schmidt
Hello, Am Montag, 12. März 2007 12:29 schrieb Michael: > Thomas, > this is a nice idea could you tell us if there are any implications running > without swap ? Did you ever reach the limit, and what will happen ? Well, once I opened dozens of big-html pages in firefox. Firefox went crazy, eat a

Network Problem

2007-03-12 Thread Baz
Sometimes, Debian Etch just fails to connect to the access point at my residence. There's no problem connecting with XP. Signal strength was around 80% or more. I had known the Network Selector applet to cause some problems. It was recently uninstalled - however, still no access. Any suggesti

[Revised] Network Problem

2007-03-12 Thread Baz
On 3/12/07, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sometimes, Debian Etch just fails to connect to the access point at my residence. There's no problem connecting with XP. Signal strength was around 80% or more. I had known the Network Selector applet to cause some problems. It was recently uninstal

Re: Network Problem

2007-03-12 Thread Mihira Fernando
Baz wrote: Sometimes, Debian Etch just fails to connect to the access point at my residence. There's no problem connecting with XP. Signal strength was around 80% or more. I had known the Network Selector applet to cause some problems. It was recently uninstalled - however, still no access.

Re: Network Problem

2007-03-12 Thread Baz
On 3/13/07, Mihira Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Baz wrote: > Sometimes, Debian Etch just fails to connect to the access point at my > residence. There's no problem connecting with XP. Signal strength was > around 80% or more. I had known the Network Selector applet to cause > some prob

Small, Annoying Problem

2007-03-12 Thread Baz
Hello. Long ago, when I installed the Assistive Technology packages, I recall the prompt asking me whether I wanted the preferences window to pop up at start-up. I have long since uninstalled all the packages, but still get the pop-up window. How do I change the setting? -- "...heart and so

Installing Debian Etch on a Dell Latitude D620 [howto]

2007-03-12 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, For those who might be interested, i have successfully installed Debian/Linux i386 on a DELL Latitude D620.. was easy. (intel 945 graphics card, with 14" 1280x800 screen ; Dell 1390 Wifi card) Hints for buyers: - Choose the one with an Intel Wireless card, which has a linux binary driver a