Changing processor speeds

2000-06-11 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
Hello all, I have a Toshiba Libretto 70CT that I use a fair amount for MP3s. I've noticed over the last couple of months that after some suspend/resume cycles, the processor will go slower, causing the player to skip. BogoMIPS confirms this; the rating is either 158 or 238; if I'm inferring thing

Re: how to config sound support for Toshiba Lebretto 60

2000-06-20 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Alex Kwan wrote: > Does any body has succeed to config sound support for > Toshiba Libretto 60 (it used Yamaha OLP-3SAX chipset)? > I try the kernel mode or modules mode, but all fail, > In RedHat6.2, it can worked under configured as SB16. > I follow the modules' config of

Re: Shutdown causes time loss on a Toshiba Tecra 8000

2000-01-18 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Mark Phillips wrote: Linux uses a software clock, not the hardware clock, to keep track of time. Obviously, when the computer is suspended, that clock stops. The solution is to read the hardware time into the software clock (using hwclock --hctosys) on resume. Optionally, it

Re: mp3 use - laptop purchase

2000-04-05 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Ben Messinger wrote: > > I need to purchase a laptop within the next two weeks. One of the most > critical factors is superb sound support. One of the primary functions > of my laptop will be to serve up mp3's through an ampliphied sound > system at dances. I also am looking

Re: Mouse doesn't work right in X

2000-04-05 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Morgan Terry wrote: > I have potato installed on my laptop, with X (version 3.3.6, i think), > and have everything set up for my display, but when I start X & move my > mouse, the cursor goes right to the bottom of the screen (well, off the > screen, actually) and apparently

Re: Modem trouble

2000-05-01 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
The only problem I notice is that the modem does not respond; ppp times out after 45 seconds with an alarm. The fact that your UART was detected as a 16540 raises big warning bells in my mind; I've never heard of anyone using anything other than a 16550 in the last five years. Moreover, later on "s

Changing processor speeds

2000-06-11 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
Hello all, I have a Toshiba Libretto 70CT that I use a fair amount for MP3s. I've noticed over the last couple of months that after some suspend/resume cycles, the processor will go slower, causing the player to skip. BogoMIPS confirms this; the rating is either 158 or 238; if I'm inferring things

Re: how to config sound support for Toshiba Lebretto 60

2000-06-20 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, Alex Kwan wrote: > Does any body has succeed to config sound support for > Toshiba Libretto 60 (it used Yamaha OLP-3SAX chipset)? > I try the kernel mode or modules mode, but all fail, > In RedHat6.2, it can worked under configured as SB16. > I follow the modules' config of

Re: cpu speed & bogomips

2000-10-07 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, m.nine.six wrote: > hi, > > i'm using an thinkpad 570 with pII 366 mhz with debian potato. > > sometimes after rebooting the bios shows me that my cpu speed is only > 180 mhz. and also the linux kernel gets it as 180 mhz but then the > bogoMips shows 360 as following: > >

Re: cpu speed & bogomips

2000-10-07 Thread Benjamin Tyger Sunshine-Hill
On Sun, 8 Oct 2000, m.nine.six wrote: > hi, > > i'm using an thinkpad 570 with pII 366 mhz with debian potato. > > sometimes after rebooting the bios shows me that my cpu speed is only > 180 mhz. and also the linux kernel gets it as 180 mhz but then the > bogoMips shows 360 as following: > >