Re: Asus M2400: How to update Bios

See also http://freedos.org/ http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/msi_s270_linux.html http://support.asus.com/technicaldocuments/technicaldocuments.aspx?root=198&SLanguage=en-us I would guess that your A1AFLASH.EXE utility should be FreeDOS bootable. You should try (at your own risk, as

Re: How does one control fans?

es involved (laptop hardware is becoming quite complex, with lots of legacy physical devices) Regards -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basile(at)starynkevitch(dot)net 8, rue de la Faïencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, ema

Re: Slow down CPU-speed

reaction is, that the computer is going down without any warnings. > Because I don't like this behaviour, I would like to reduce > processor-speed... Did you consider installing cpudynd or powernowd, with the acpi enabled? -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://sta

sound on ACER 1640

lspci then google for Linux + the relevant output line for your sound chip. Maybe also the volume is set to 0, try installing aumix and run it to increase the volume. Regards -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basilestarynkevitchnet aliases: basiletune

Re: sound on ACER 1640

I just read a thread on this in French on Lea-Linux. See http://lea-linux.org/pho/read/20/281436/282959 If you don't read French, apparently this problem is worked on in the latest CVS of Alsa, to support your Realtek ALC260 I cannot help more, not having this chipset. -- B

faulty RAM but memtest ok on MSI S270 Turion?

, and happy Easter -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basilestarynkevitchnet aliases: basiletunesorg = bstarynknerimnet 8, rue de la Faïencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

Re: debian on laptop asus a2520

t bad RAM, and memtest didn't found any errors; but by switching RAM the (random) problems disappeared. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basilestarynkevitchnet mobile: +33 6 8501 2359 8, rue de la Faïencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France *** opinions

Re: Temporary files directory

redirect the actual temporary directory to another directory ? I mean tell the system to use another temporary directory - not the /tmp ? tempnam(3) and other programs uses the TMPDIR environment variable. But some functions/programs don't use it. -- Basile STARYNKEVITC

Debian/Sid/AMD64 on MSI S270 (Turion) laptop

. -- Basile STARYNKEVITCH http://starynkevitch.net/Basile/ email: basile(at)starynkevitch(dot)net 8, rue de la Faïencerie, 92340 Bourg La Reine, France -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]