Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-04 Thread David R. Litwin
Yes, ping by default never stops.  If you just want it to send a few packetsyou can use the -c option. Good to know. What was the arping you had me do? Is it only for the Router? Did you try your applications once you had your connection up?  They shouldhave worked as well. They did not.   I s

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-05 Thread David R. Litwin
Alrigh. Before I was so rudely interrupted by the Evacuation of my College, I had foudn some thing out: The wireless works fine here.This means that there is definitely some thing wrong with the way I set up the Nework at my home: It isn't Linux or the Driver; it is some thing else. Now, cat /etc/r

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-05 Thread David R. Litwin
Here is what can be changed; what I think may be the problem. Home Networking modem IP Network IP Address: IP Netmask:Default Gateway:  or Use WAN Host Name: DHCP Server: EnableDisableStart IP Range: End IP Range: Default Gateway:  or Self DNS: or  Use WANDomain Name:Lease Time (mins): Requires

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-06 Thread David R. Litwin
he advanced page from http://mynetwork, some thing the Bell installation C. D. created. David R. Litwin wrote:> Here is what can be changed; what I think may be the problem.>>> *Home Networking modem IP Network*IP Address:IP Netmask:Default Gateway:> or Use WANHost Name: DHCP Serve

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-08 Thread David R. Litwin
OK, and your directly connected computer is working? The central computer is connected to the same wireless router / modem which the laptop is connected to. It works nicely.  Is it running Linux orWindows?Windows XP Pro.   If it's working, we know that DHCP is working properly on the DSLrouter, a

Re: DSL connection

2005-10-09 Thread David R. Litwin
On 09/10/05, martina ackermann < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everybody,I am a Linux newby.Trying to get into the internet using my laptop (thinkpad R 40) at home.I have debian and knoppix on it.The guy that installed  the software on it set up an ethernet connection. What I do to connect via ether

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-12 Thread David R. Litwin
Ahh! Stupid Internet deleted my E-Mail! Now, I have to do it again. Please, I really need this fixed: It's friving me mad. ppp0?  Must be pppoe.  That's a bit of a clue.  Too bad I don't knowanything about pppoe.  Surely you configured it yourself, though, at somepoint.Yes, I do use pppoeconf to co

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-13 Thread David R. Litwin
> Yes, I do use pppoeconf to connect to the internet when using a wire. I> assume you are talking about the wired connection now, yes? Yes, but I don't see how you need pppoe on the wired connection and not thewireless.That is precisely what I thought. So, I tried to use pppoeconf with the ath0. It

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-15 Thread David R. Litwin
"if at all" is an indication of not working. Your very first post said the same. The question is whether it works (ie, _reliably_) when you use"dhclient ath0", which you've twice implied it does.  Stop going off ontangents and just answer the questions! No. It is not reliable. It barely works. Yes,

[Solved] WiFi Toshiba Sattelite A70 Atheros AR5004X

2005-10-29 Thread David R. Litwin
Alright, lads and lasses. You may not believe this, but I got the wireless working. Firstly, I gcompiled MADWiFi from the website at marlow.dk. I made sure to use both make-kpkg clean and to delete the linux symlink (which was present). Then I simply used KWiFiManager to connect (via putting in t

Freezing, SMP Kernel and P4

2005-11-06 Thread David R. Litwin
I have a Pentium Four processor with 3.06GHz speed. As far as I can tell, this means that I am eligible to use a 686-smp kernel. Though in comparison to the non smp kernel it seems to be much faster, an odd thing is also happening which I can only attribute to the smp (since I have not really seen

Re: Freezing, SMP Kernel and P4

2005-11-08 Thread David R. Litwin
On 06/11/05, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have a Pentium Four processor with 3.06GHz speed. As far as I can tell, this means that I am eligible to use a 686-smp kernel. Though in comparison to the non smp kernel it seems to be much faster, an odd thing is also happening which

Re: Freezing, SMP Kernel and P4

2005-11-08 Thread David R. Litwin
But, I do not know how> to start KDE from a console: Doing startx gives Gnome, which is not what I > use.IIRC it's startkde (or possibly start-kde, it's been a while).This may be totally off the wall but I was recently unable to log onvia kdm after an upgrade and, to cut a long story short, it even

Re: Freezing, SMP Kernel and P4

2005-11-08 Thread David R. Litwin
I haven't had the pleasure of running an smp kernel. Those are for Symmetricmulti processing if I'm not mistaken, and you need two processors or maybe a dual core cpu.I have a multithreading processor. After doing more research, I finaly figured out that the smp is the kernel for me.So, I highly do

Re: Freezing, SMP Kernel and P4

2005-11-09 Thread David R. Litwin
Are you using ATI or nVidia proprietary kernel modules?  If so, get rid ofthem and see if the crash goes away.  If it does, you know where to direct your complains.If you are rederening to what is currently in my kernel, I am using the standard linux-image from the Debian repository and, subsequent

Re: Freezing, SMP Kernel and P4

2005-11-11 Thread David R. Litwin
I have an interesting update. I normally use my laptop in my room, which I like to keep between 11 and 15 degrees centigrade. However, in the kitchen, where I am currently, it is around 22 degrees centigrade. After three or so hours of usage, it has yet to freeze. Could it be that the temperature i

[Solved] Freezing, SMP Kernel and P4

2005-11-11 Thread David R. Litwin
AFAIKWhat does that mean? Nonetheless, thank you for that information. It's nice to know that it won't break in the cold. I've actually solved the mystery. It was the programme Azureus. My computer is very allergic to it. It froze every time. At least that is solved.There is another problem, though

Re: touchpad don't work at startup

2005-11-21 Thread David R. Litwin
Hi!I've added "psmouse.proto=imps" in my grub's "menu.lst" file for the kernel I boot, and everything works fine.edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and add "psmouse.proto=imps" on the linecorresponding to your kernel If I can jump in, the only way that my touchpad works is if I disable USB Legacy in the BIO

My Wireless Troubles

2006-01-09 Thread David R. Litwin
I'm using a Toshiba Satellite A70 laptop, Atheros (built-in AR5212 wireless card), madwifi-ng (I do not know when the CVS is from), 2.6.14-686-smp, Pentium 4 H-T, Sid, KDE 3.5. Problem 1: Every now and again, I am disconnected -- in some way. I do not know how. I do know that if I type in iwconfig

Re: Re: toshiba 490XCDT

2006-02-02 Thread David R. Litwin
I have bougt the note book at ebay without manual How do you turn the notebook on.Push the power button. Make sure it is either pugged in or has a full battery.-- —A watched bread-crumb never boils. —My hover-craft is full of eels.—[...]and that's the he and the she of it.

New Madwifi-ng doesn't work

2006-03-22 Thread David R. Litwin
I'm using the 2.6.16-smp kernel on Sid (Please, I beg of you not to go in to the Sid bit. I have heard all of the pros and cons already. Thank you kindly.). I recently upgraded to this kernel and, in so doing, chose to upgrade my madwifi-ng driver. Doing so has rendered it busted (some how). Well,

Adjusting Memory on Shared ATI Radeon Mobility 9100 IGP

2006-06-22 Thread David R. Litwin
Greetings, list.I have a shared memore ATI Radeon Mobility 9100 IGP video card. I should like to know how to increase the shared memory with out ussage of the BIOS, as this latter does not support changing the memory settings for my video card. I had previously suspected that this could be done in

Shutdown my Laptop? Why should I?

2006-07-12 Thread David R. Litwin
I have a year old Toshiba Intel Mobil P4 laptop using Sid. I recently downloaded two large files via BitTorrent. As I wanted to have them as quickly as I could, I decided to leave my laptop on until they were fully downloaded, rebooting only for upgrades. I noticed no real difference in performance

Re: Toshiba A105-S2101 Laptop - minor issues

2006-09-18 Thread David R. Litwin
On 18/09/06, Preston Boyington <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: I have loaded Debian "Testing" on my Toshiba A105-S2101 laptop.  Ihave to say that I am pleased overall.I have a  Toshiba A70 (Canadian version). I dislike it. I shall tell you why, The 2.6.15 & 2.6.17 kernels work well, although 2.6.16

Re: Toshiba A105-S2101 Laptop - minor issues

2006-09-19 Thread David R. Litwin
On 19/09/06, Preston Boyington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:  guess i should look into it, but since i want to run the latest kernel it's not so important at the moment.Then let us move on.  lol, same situation here.  have loaded the software but i have notelephone line.  will try it when i take it to

Re: Toshiba A105-S2101 Laptop - minor issues

2006-09-21 Thread David R. Litwin
On 21/09/06, Preston Boyington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 9/20/06, Florian Reitmeir wrote:> Please post the output of "lspci" to the list. Laptop producers often change> their hardware, if you want real help and not only suggestions, the output of> lspci is needed. 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: A

Re: Madwifi & Kernel Updates

2007-03-03 Thread David R. Litwin
On 03/03/07, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello. I just added the latest Linux kernel, the second update since I installed Debian in early December 2006. I noticed with the first update (circa late December), that my wi-fi connection (Madwifi) wasn't functioning after installation. I reconf

Re: Madwifi & Kernel Updates

2007-03-03 Thread David R. Litwin
On 03/03/07, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Would this apply to any other application? I ask, so I can recompile them as well. Haven't a clue. Is some thing else not working? -- —A watched bread-crumb never boils. —My hover-craft is full of eels. —[...]and that's the he and the she of it.

WiFi Toshiba Sattelite A70 Atheros AR5004X

2005-09-24 Thread David R. Litwin
I posted this question on the regular Debian-Users List, but I thought I'd try this one as well.I recently acquired a Toshiba Satellite A70 with Atheros AR5004X chip (as well as Sid, 2.6.12, KDE 3.4.2 and X.org).How do I get this WiFi to work? Do I absolutely need to compile my own kernel? I tried

Re: WiFi Toshiba Sattelite A70 Atheros AR5004X

2005-09-24 Thread David R. Litwin
apt-get install ndiswrapper-sourcecd /usr/src/tar -jxvf ndiswrapper-source.tar.bz2 cd modulesmodule-assistant auto-install ndiswrapperArgh! I didn't build it properly the first time. How do I delete the whole shebang and start from scratch?Also, once I have done this, what do I do? Do I use KWiFiMa

WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-09-26 Thread David R. Litwin
I reccently acquired a Toshiba laptop (Satellite A70 with Atheros 5004X wireless) and am running 2.6.12 (linux-image), Sid, KDE 3.4.2, X.org (not that that makes a difference, but for completion). I have installed the madwifi driver via the instructions on the marlow.dk site (to solve my

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-09-27 Thread David R. Litwin
What you describe sounds like a dns related problem. And the "long time" you talk about is probably the the 30 sec time-out peiod of the dns system.Don't those set your IP to a certain nuber; or do they give you a name? Either or, i do not believe that I have this. How can I check to be sure? chec

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-09-27 Thread David R. Litwin
> My routes? What are these and how can I go about checking them?You can check routing using netstat, this must give something like this (when ethernet (eth0) card is used): # netstat -atrKernel IP routing tableDestination Gateway Genmask Flags   MSS Window  irtt Iface192.168.0.

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-09-28 Thread David R. Litwin
Judging from your q&a you probably shouldn't be running your own dns server. I am? Your resolv.conf though refers to your local system.You would probably want to change the resolv.conf to point to the dns serverof your isp:nameserver I'm not sure what or where this is. I use DSL which seems to do

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-09-28 Thread David R. Litwin
I gave a shot to pppoeconf, knowing that this is what I normally use to connect to the internet. The DNS address which I receive from sympatico is what they send me when there is a connection. I should not only not have to specify it: I can't. If I do, it will not work. As to this computer acting a

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-09-28 Thread David R. Litwin
If you're accessing the Internet through a little router that's plugged intoyour DSL modem then the entry in your resolv.conf is probably fine.  Maybecheck the router's settings and see if there's something like "DNS Relay".If there is, make sure it's enabled.The router acts also as a modem. As to

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-09-29 Thread David R. Litwin
Did you enter the IP of the DNS server of your ISP into the resolv.conf as Isuggested earlier? Jan As I mentioned previously in the thread (I think I did, any way: I've been known to be wrong.), the IP address of the ISP is sent to me when the link is activated. So, there isn't one to input. The

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-01 Thread David R. Litwin
In the continuing saga to try to get my WiFi to work, I have notived some thing interesting: iwconfig says that the mode is managed, as does KWiFi Manager. But, iwlist (when I do ath0 scan) says that it is master. Could this be what is causing the internet troubles (id est, that most pages take a v

Re: WiFi Problems (It doesn't work properly)

2005-10-01 Thread David R. Litwin
iwlist scan reports the networks within range.  The "Mode: Master" it reports refers to the access point's mode of operation.  On the other hand, yourwireless adapter is correctly configured to run in "managed" to be a clientto the AP.That would explain the discrepancy. Thank you. 1. Get the nic a