Re: toshutils

2001-03-02 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:25:31PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 09:00:57PM +, Rod Young wrote: > > I installed the toshiba utilities package. How do I get more info on > > them? And how do I invoke them? Are they x based or are some them usable > > from console? > > `ls /usr/

Re: Network configuration conflicts with PCMCIA ethernet card

2001-03-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 02:46:05PM -0300, Carlos Menezes wrote: > Please, > > Could someone give me suggestions? I've had some problems when my PCMCIA ethernet card is on and I try to connect to my ISP by modem (ppp). I get messages like 'Network is unreachable'. My /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file

Re: PCMCIA doesn't work anymore

2001-03-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 02:37:52PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:01:22PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Notice that the latest pcmcia-cs version is 3.1.24. Upgrading to that is > > the only suggestion I can make. That, and try fiddling with the BIOS > >

Re: Quick-access buttons on Toshiba 2775XDVD?

2001-03-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 02:42:55PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 09:49:17PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > I've got a 490CDT, so I can't help with the silver buttons or the little > > mouse buttons, don't have 'em. > > > > About the su

Re: Quick-access buttons on Toshiba 2775XDVD?

2001-03-05 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 08:21:39AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Can you provide pointer to TOSHIBA ML? (in English) ML instructions attached. Drew -- PGP public key available at http://dparsons.webjump.com/drewskey.txt Fingerprint: A110 EAE1 D7D2 8076 5FE0 EC0A B6CE 7041 6412 4E4A --- Begin Mess

Re: WHERE

2001-03-05 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 06:59:04AM -0500, tom wrote: > > Suggested Reading for network, pcmcia, and apm stuff? > /usr/share/doc/pcmcia-cs etc In general, /usr/share/doc :) The HOW-TOs are there too (if you installed the howto package). Drew -- PGP public key available at http://dparsons.web

Re: apm

2001-03-07 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:07:26AM -0500, steven k. thompson wrote: > I installed Debian 2.2r2 on my laptop and as I boot I > see the message "APM disabled at user request". I presume > it would be better not to have it disable. Can someone > tell me how this disabling happened and how I change i

maximum hard drive limitations?

2001-03-08 Thread Drew Parsons
This question isn't strictly Linux, but I hope you'll be kind :) I have a Toshiba 490CDT model, which comes with a 3.8GB harddrive, and the Toshiba docs seem to be saying that the maximum drive that can put in the computer is 6GB. Now I would like to upgrade my drive, and jumping to a 10GB or 20G

Re: [tlinux-users:00964] maximum hard drive limitations?

2001-03-09 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 02:18:38AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Anyway, I'm writing to ask if any of you can confirm the reality of this > kind of drive-size limitation? If it is real, can you explain why? Do I > just have to put up with it, or do I have a "right"

Re: 2.4/sid on toshiba satellite

2001-03-09 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 11:56:33AM -0700, Joel Dudley wrote: > Hello all, > I have 2.2.17/sid running pretty well on my Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 > laptop minus sound and modem support (yamaha pci sound, lucent winmodem). I > tried to install the 2.4.2 kernel because I know that it supports my so

Re: 2.4/sid on toshiba satellite

2001-03-09 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 12:05:19PM -0800, Jim Nutt wrote: > Drew Parsons writes: > > > I'm now having problems with sound on 2.4.2 too. 2.4.1 worked fine, same > as > > all preceding versions. I have a 490CDT, thats a Yamaha YMF719 chip > >

Re: 2.4/sid on toshiba satellite

2001-03-11 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 09:43:30PM -0800, Jim Nutt wrote: > > > > Did it autodetect using pnp or will I have to set isapnp=0 ? > > It's not pnp. In fact, as far as I can tell, nothing on the 490 > is. That should have been !isapnp by the way, not !isapno . > Good, that means the kernel was t

Re: Badiane: make-kpkg PCMCIA conflict

2001-03-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:30:44AM -0800, Badiane Ka wrote: > I have created a deb package with make-kpkg and upon > executing dpkg -i I get a message saying that there is > conflict between my custom 2.2.18pre1 image and > pcmcia. How do I compile, install and get a kernel to > run under debian w

Re: The Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100O+Modem 56 REM56-100 card...

2001-03-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 02:42:08AM +, Ricardo Diz wrote: > > I checked my logs and saw that cardmgr recognized my card as a Xircom CEM56 > :(( . > As far as the software is concerned, RealPort cards are the same as the older credit-card type cards. I presume the chipset inside is the same s

Re: The Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100O+Modem 56 REM56-100 card...

2001-03-14 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 01:59:13PM +, Ricardo Diz wrote: > > So, basically, what you are saying is that I must use the CEM56 entry on > pcmcia > config file, right? The support for the RealPort REM56G-100 is included in > the CEM56 entry in the config file. > Not really. I'm saying it gets

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:10:08PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some > trouble. > > Formerly it was using a static IP address so I went into /etc/pcmcia and > edited network.opts deleting all of the static stuff and I a

Re: first experiences and problems

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 10:45:19PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > > > > my pcmcia ethernet card did not work at first because, for some reason the > > network is initialised prior to pcmcia support in my start-routine. so > > basically the script /etc/init.d/networking restart does the job (provided > > pcm

Re: no sound with kernel 2.4.2

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:34:02AM +0100, christophe barbe wrote: > Hi I've the same problem with Opl3sa2 and kernel 2.4.2. > I have seen threads about that in the kernel mailing list. > Currently I use alsa which works great and is certainly a good solution. > IMHO the OSS ccode in the kernel are

Re: toshiba satellite 100cs & suspend to disk?

2001-03-20 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 09:16:42AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a Satellite 2595cdt and suspend to disk worked for me, and it should > work for all Toshiba laptops with the debian package toshutils. > Just install it, and then run modconf to make sure the module toshiba is > loaded, th

Re: PCMCIA Ethernet Recommendation

2001-03-24 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:03:59AM -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: > Hey all, > > As you've probably had on here many times already by > other users, I am asking for some recommendations for > an inexpensive reliable pcmcia ethernet card for > debian. Any information would be great. > Avoid Xircom.

Re: maximum hard drive limitations?

2001-03-24 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 12:13:16AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > >From what you've been saying, it looks like I can be reasonably confident a > larger drive will work without too much trouble, even if I have to install > one of those BIOS-enhancing programs for it. >

Re: PCMCIA Ethernet Recommendation

2001-03-24 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 12:45:37AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:03:59AM -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > As you've probably had on here many times already by > > other users, I am asking for some recommendations for &g

Re: [newbie] [pcmcia] Getting my PC card running w/DHCP (AFTER installation)

2001-04-01 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 10:44:33AM -0700, Aaron Dewell wrote: > > Once it's there, make sure you have one of the dhcp clients installed > (pump, dhcp-client, dhcpcd), and add this to your /etc/network/interfaces: > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > Is that the right way to go? Seems to me i

Re: boot stall

2001-04-06 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 01:32:20PM -0700, Eric Allen wrote: > greetings > ive just finnished my first debian install every thing was default > except i added the eepro100 netcard. on first reboot with > floppy it stalls at inetd. any suggestions? > > hardware is a dell inspiron 8000.i cant seem

Re: APM - ACPI

2001-04-21 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 05:31:06PM +0200, Gabor Zoltan Csejtey wrote: > Hi, > > Anybody used ACPI? I've got troubles using apm on a SONY VAIO F801. > The processor is AMD K6-III Stepping 4. > As far as I know ACPI or APM is an issue for the motherboard and BIOS, rather than strictly depending on

Re: Debian Sid

2001-04-24 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 03:04:02PM -0700, Jason Victor wrote: > Hi. I know this may be the wrong mailing list, but > it's the only one I'm subscribed to. > > I have a potato cd, and recently tried Mandrake 8. The > shiny new GNOME and Nautilus made me drool, and now > that I think I'm ready to put

Re: hdd crashed?

2001-04-27 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 05:10:12PM +0200, Joachim Schiele wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > i have a scenic mobile 500 with 2gb hdd > from TOSHIBA MK2104MAV, 2067MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=525/128/63 > and i have installed debian r2.2 stable > this has been working for me for

Re: ppp- and dns-problem

2001-04-29 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Apr 28, 2001 at 08:27:17PM -0300, Peter Cordes wrote: > > If you're using ppp, you should just tell pppd to set a default route. It > has an option to do this, called defaultroute. Just add that to your > /etc/ppp/options, or /etc/ppp/peers/filename. > That doesn't work. I tried put

Re: 2.2.19 won't run on toshiba sat 470CDT

2001-05-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, May 03, 2001 at 11:18:46AM +0200, Othmar Pasteka wrote: > hi, > > update: when cardmgr is started the kernel kills the interrupt > handler ... but still no clue why :(. > I got no idea why you're getting that problem, but if cardmgr is causing it, you could switch cardmgr during boot and

Re: 2.2/potato + 2.4.4 kernel on Toshiba 8100?

2001-05-04 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, May 04, 2001 at 10:23:32AM -0400, Norman Walsh wrote: > I'd like to experiment with some USB stuff that requires the 2.4.4 > kernel. I've built 2.4.4 on top of a 2.2/potato desktop system using > the ~bunk updates and everything seems to be working ok. > > But my laptop is really my produc

Re: Laptop suggestions

2001-06-07 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 08:11:52AM -0700, Dhruva Reddy wrote: > > Where am I going with this? You may want to keep this > in mind as you check out the Linux Laptop site: > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop > That link redirects, but the "official" address is now http://www

Re: Problem setting (new) default route with pppd after connecting

2001-06-21 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Jun 20, 2001 at 04:49:15PM +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote: > > I configured my ppp connection with pppconfig, and I have defaultroute > set. However, a default route already exists (it points to the lan gateway). > When I build up a connection using pon it connects, retrieves an > IP and the nam

Re: Problem setting (new) default route with pppd after connecting

2001-06-22 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 02:49:12PM +0200, Alex Suzuki wrote: > On Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 09:49:08AM +0800, Yuchung Cheng wrote: > > first enable the "debug" options in /etc/ppp/peers/you_isp_name > > then check the /var/log/messages to see if /etc/ppp/ip-up is executed > > then check run-parts --test

Re: Transfers interrupted when uploading

2001-06-25 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Jun 25, 2001 at 01:14:03PM +0200, Alberto Bigazzi wrote: > > Dear all, > > I have a very nasty problem: I can't upload files from my machine. > > What happens is that after the first few Kb's, the transfer hangs and I > can > only disconnect by hanging up. Note that SMALL, ascii tra

Re: network connectivity problems

2001-08-09 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 09:21:06PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] SPEED GRAFIX INC wrote: Did you recompile the pcmcia-modules when you compiled 2.4.7? cd /usr/src/modules apt-get source pcmcia-cs cd /usr/src/linux make-kpkg kernels_image make-kpkg modules_image The pcmcia modules need to match the k

Re: network connectivity problems

2001-08-10 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 10:54:48PM -0700, Sam Tingleff wrote: > > Isn't i82365 replaced by yenta_socket in 2.4.6? I had to modify > /etc/init.d/pcmcia and /etc/pcmcia.conf to use yenta_socket instead of i82365. > I don't know. lsmod tells me I'm still using i82365 (kernel 2.4.7, pcmcia-cs 3.1.

Re: (no subject)

2001-08-16 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 01:34:18AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > recently reformated my ladies compaq/presario 1200-XL110 laptop, CM2070 > (series). Re-did windows, single click touchpad drivers are needed. Email > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Thanks Laptop mice are usually PS-2. Did you try a PS

Re: Why doesn't 2.2r3 CD boot on Toshiba 4080 XCDT ...

2001-09-10 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 07:33:47PM +0200, Tony Crawford wrote: > although the 2.2r*0* CD does? > > At first I thought I had a coaster, but it boots fine on other > machines. FWIW the Progeny 1.0 CD I got off a magazine cover > won't boot on the Toshiba either. > > Very curious (and holding

Re: pcmcia-cs and configuring network...

2001-09-10 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 04:55:30PM +1000, Daniel Pittman wrote: > On Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Werner Heuser wrote: > >> know intuitively and I think thje other is discover. There is at > >> least two more. > > `divine' and maybe some of the ARP packages. > > `whereami', which is a suite to detect and con

Re: pcmcia-cs and configuring network...

2001-09-11 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 05:03:12PM +0200, Chris Halls wrote: > On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 12:09:11AM +1000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > The thing I'd find autodetection useful for is shuffling /etc/exim.conf > > around, one configuration for dialup (setting the ISP's SMTP ser

Re: Toshiba CDT740

2001-09-12 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 01:20:57PM -0500, Glenn Becker wrote: > Hi, > > I just won a Toshiba 470CDT Pentium laptop on eBay. It has a 2G HD. > > Am thinking of shrinking the Win98 installation down to a minimum and > partitioning so as to squeeze Debian on there. Alternately (if this is > possible

Re: pcmcia custom installation

2000-08-29 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 03:47:46PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: > > > > Did you test it with the pcmcia-cs-3.1.19 source? Looks to me like > > there's some Makefile trouble in that version. If you used an older > > version it may not have showed up. It certainly works fine with the > > Debia

Re: Pc-card IP address

2000-08-29 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 12:55:39AM +, Dave wrote: > Simple question where is the config file for the ip and network settings > that pc-cards read in debian? I have changed my ip in > /etc/network/interfaces to read the correct info; however everytime my > card comes up it comes up with the o

Re: useful laptop specific apps?

2000-08-30 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 05:44:48PM -0400, Noah Meyerhans wrote: > status and stuff. Is there more than that? Since the machine is > mobile it will be moving between networks often (sometimes with dhcp, > sometimes with static addresses). I find the schemes feature of pcmcia cardctl a simple me

apm lost in 2.2.17? suspend/resume broken on Toshiba 490CDT

2000-09-08 Thread Drew Parsons
at module. Has anyone else had problems with the official release of 2.2.17? Drew Parsons p.s. my APM options in .config are CONFIG_APM=y # CONFIG_APM_DISABLE_BY_DEFAULT is not set # CONFIG_APM_IGNORE_USER_SUSPEND is not set # CONFIG_APM_DO_ENABLE is not set CONFIG_APM_CPU_IDLE=y CONFIG_APM_

Re: apm lost in 2.2.17? suspend/resume broken on Toshiba 490CDT

2000-09-11 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 08:58:20PM +0200, David Reviejo wrote: > * Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [000909 14:38]: > > I've found that something has gone wrong with apm. I previously had pre6, > > the version which came with Debian potato, and it worked fine, but now I&

Re: troubles with gtk-config and apt recognition of PCMCIA cdrom

2000-09-11 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 05:04:26PM -0500, Jeffrey Brownson wrote: What can I do to > get gtk to compile, in order to get the gtk-config file, which in > turn is ultimately needed to compile Ggradebook 0.91? Install the -dev packages, as Hubert already said. > > Additionally, by my own fault

Re: Xircom Cards

2000-09-13 Thread Drew Parsons
I've got a 16bit RealPort Ethernet/Modem combo card, which works just fine for the most part (on a Toshiba 490CDT). The ethernet is practically flawless, but sometimes the modem disconnects. However my guess is that's the ISP that's doing the disconnecting, not the modem. I've heard CardBus car

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-15 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 07:39:38AM -0700, Jared Valentine wrote: > This is not a problem with DLINK cards. This is true of ANY manufacturer's 16-bit PCMCIA card (Xircom, 3Com, Intel, etc.) Since there is no such thing as a "15mbps hub", or a "20mbps hub", it wouldn't make sense to call it a 20mb

Re: printing ascii files

2000-09-18 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 01:18:21PM -0400, Anand Saxena wrote: > Hi everybody, > > This should be an easy one to answer. When I print ascii files, I often > get word-overflow. In other words, a word at the end of a line gets > split between that line and the next like this: > > Printing ASCII sho

Re: Only 8Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-09-18 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 09:31:50AM +0200, Bart-Jan Vrielink wrote: > On Fri, 15 Sep 2000, Drew Parsons wrote: > > > On Fri, Sep 15, 2000 at 07:39:38AM -0700, Jared Valentine wrote: > > > > > > If you want the full throughput, you need a Cardbus PC Card instead. &g

Only 80Mb/s with a 10/100 card

2000-10-04 Thread Drew Parsons
Some time back there was a discussion on debian-laptop over what the actual throughput of the so-called "10/100" cards was, on a 100 Mbit network. The Xircom website addresses this question: "Q: What is the difference between the RealPort CardBus Ethernet 10/100 and the RealPort Ethernet 10/100

Re: debian instalation on laptop

2000-10-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Oct 13, 2000 at 03:15:15PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there any difference in installing debian distribution on laptop computer > ? > > milos > When recompiling the kernel, you need to make sure you recompile pcmcia-modules as well. You have to be careful with pcmcia-cs that

Re: Cd Burner / scsi stuff

2000-10-20 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 11:04:42AM -0500, David Smock wrote: > I've got a Dell Inspiron 5000, and im looking to get a burner. > > It's been suggested that I get an Adaptec Miniscsi carbus card, and hook a > plextor burner to it. I'm looking for a good balance of price and speed in my > options -

Re: detecting and loading modules

2000-10-31 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 04:59:31AM -0800, Andrew Dixon wrote: > HI All, > I was trying to figure out how to look at which > modules I am running and if one is not running force > it to load. > > The module that I am specifically interested in is the > tulip.o module for my pcmcia card. > lsmo

re: loading modules

2000-11-01 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 06:09:12AM -0800, Andrew Dixon wrote: > Drew Parsons wrote: > > > lsmod displays loaded modules. > -- > lsmod gives: > > #lsmod > Module PagesUsed by > memory_cs

Re: loading modules

2000-11-01 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 05:51:21AM -0800, Andrew Dixon wrote: > > > The laptop is a Sony Vaio f250 and the card is a > NetGear ethernet card model FA510c which > is a 32-bit CardBus card. Could you educate me on the > terminology

Re: Upgrading Harddrive and USB

2000-11-06 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 12:32:45AM -0500, craig atkinson wrote: > Hello folks, > > I have two questions. > Firstly, I've tried to recompile a newer 2.4-pre kernel, and have had > minimal success. > I seek some ideas because I think there are other ways to get USB support > but I don't really know

Re: Net Config

2000-11-07 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:29:26PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I read an email on the list a few weeks ago about a package that allowed > one to choose which net config you wanted upon bootup but I was unable to > find the package, or even the email in the archive. > > Could some one ref

Re: quick general debian questions

2000-11-11 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Nov 11, 2000 at 08:14:54PM -0500, MaxieZeus wrote: > Hi. Im running potato on a microquest laptop. It runs well, no > problems. I have recently started using debian on "my" computers, > having left suse after they decided to charge *=2 what they were. So if > anyone has answers and tim

Re: Toshiba Satellite Boot problems

2000-11-16 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Nov 15, 2000 at 08:25:24PM -0500, Adam Di Carlo wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I have gotten ahold of 3 Toshiba Satellite T1960CS/200 Laptop > > computers. I wanted to install Debian on it, but I have had > > problems with the boot disk. I have used the Potato Stable version,

Re: Toshiba Satellite Boot problems

2000-11-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 07:30:26PM +0100, Mario Peter wrote: > > Me to! I have a Toshiba T8100, and the Potato boot disk does not boot > from it. Other bootable disks (RH 6.2, SuSE 7.0) are ok, so IMHO there > must be a problem with disk image. However, it boots right on my > desktop, but this is

Re: Woody on Toshiba Tecra 8100

2000-12-15 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 11:52:23PM +, Tom Breza [siaraX] wrote: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Miguel A. Figueroa wrote: > Hi > I have simmilar problems on my Toshiba Satelite PRO 4300 > finaly I make work my sound card with kernel 2.4.0-test12 where Yamafa YMF* is >included > in sound cards, m

Re: single-user mode

2000-12-23 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Dec 24, 2000 at 01:17:44AM -0500, Kamath wrote: > Does anyone know how I can get-into single-user mode?? My lap-top > complains that the processes are spawning too fast, and I suspect that it > is not able to handle the multiple tty's (its an old 486 DX laptop). > At the LILO prompt when

Re: booting Toshiba Tecra 8100 off CD-ROM

2001-01-06 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Jan 06, 2001 at 10:14:21PM +0100, christophe barbe wrote: > I have the same effect on my Toshiba 2520cds. I'm able to boot RedHat CD > but not the Debian 2.2r0. I've tested two sets and I got the same result. I > thougt the CDs were badly written but now I think it could be a(nother) > pro

Re: Problems with 2.4.0, pcmcia-cs, and kernel package

2001-01-08 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 03:32:14PM -0500, Brian Connelly wrote: > Welp, I've been trying to build and install 2.4.0 on my Sid machine, and > I've been running into problems when I run: > > /usr/src/linux# make-kpkg --revision=blah modules_image > > I get the following: > > ... > umask 022; make

Re: what is the name of the xf4.0.2 package

2001-01-20 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Jan 20, 2001 at 11:53:09AM +0100, Gerhard Reuteler wrote: > Hi, > I am looking for a debian package for XF86 4.0.2 which works for the pismo > laptop, but I cannot find one. Does it work or is it to early to change to > the new version. X is spread over a half-dozen odd packages. Som

Re: PCMCIA burnout?

2001-02-06 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 10:24:33PM -0600, Nathan Bockrath wrote: > > Using this particular setup I have the following results to report: 3 ethernet cards no longer functioning after 24 hours. I hesitate to continue using these cards this way. I think the cards get too hot in the slot when put

Re: pcmcia card activation

2001-02-15 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 02:09:37PM +0100, Jan van Veldhuizen wrote: > I am really a stupid newbie!! > > Now I've read that my xircom card is supported by pcmcia-cs, whatever that > may be. > But my installation notes from Debian do not tell me exactly what to do. > Perhaps it does, but I can't fi

Re: PCMCIA burnout?

2001-02-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Feb 18, 2001 at 02:00:44AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > yeah, me too, same card. i get: > > No response to 4 echo-requests > Serial link appears to be disconnected. > Terminating on signal 15. > > is this the same for you. i thought it was noisy phone lines or > something, but

Re: Quick-access buttons on Toshiba 2775XDVD?

2001-02-20 Thread Drew Parsons
I've got a 490CDT, so I can't help with the silver buttons or the little mouse buttons, don't have 'em. About the suspend problems, I would suppose they're related to your APM configuration. You have: On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 07:20:39PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > CONFIG_PM=y > # CONFIG_ACPI is not set

Re: PCMCIA burnout?

2001-02-20 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 10:47:13PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i shut down my card power (cardctl eject 1) when not in use, and shut down >networking altogether because i don't use it, and have had recent success >with keeping the modem up, but the jury's still out. Good idea, turning it

Re: update: PCMCIA "make all" errors

2001-02-23 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 02:58:57PM -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: > > -- what does your routing table look like? > > I looked at my routing table and there is nothing > there. This is the output from "lsmod" and I tried > "depmod -a" and found out there are more "unresolved > symbols" of which I w

Re: ssh2 and non-stable

2001-02-23 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 05:52:28PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Heather and the list. > > > *Now* I'll try to answer the right question :D > > > >a) unstable's 'ssh' is OpenSSH, deb version 1:2.3.0p1-1.13 > > testing's 'ssh' is OpenSSH, deb version 1:1.2.3-9.2 > >

Re: update: PCMCIA "make all" errors

2001-02-25 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 09:33:29PM -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: > > > > Anyway, my guess is the solution is simple: edit > > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, > > which is where the IP address and routing info goes. > > The file should be > > straightforward to follow I hope. > > > > I have tried to att

Re: PCMCIA doesn't work anymore

2001-02-26 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 08:38:58PM +0100, Felix E. Klee wrote: > Hi, > > today I updated to kernel 2.4.1 with build in PCMCIA support using the > Potato 2.4 packages provided by Adrian Bunk. However, after the update I > cannot > use PCMCIA cards anymore even though they seem to be identified I'

Re: not start networking automatically?

2001-02-28 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Feb 28, 2001 at 12:20:46AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > yeah, that one. i only want modem services. /etc/pcmcia/network stop eth0 works for me, but i just want to automate it so i don't have to type. I made a small script, called modon: # #!/bin/sh sudo ifconfig

Re: toshutils

2001-03-02 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 11:25:31PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > On Thu, Mar 01, 2001 at 09:00:57PM +, Rod Young wrote: > > I installed the toshiba utilities package. How do I get more info on > > them? And how do I invoke them? Are they x based or are some them usable > > from console? > > `ls /usr

Re: Network configuration conflicts with PCMCIA ethernet card

2001-03-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 02:46:05PM -0300, Carlos Menezes wrote: > Please, > > Could someone give me suggestions? I've had some problems when my PCMCIA ethernet card is on and I try to connect to my ISP by modem (ppp). I get messages like 'Network is unreachable'. My /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file

Re: PCMCIA doesn't work anymore

2001-03-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 02:37:52PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:01:22PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Notice that the latest pcmcia-cs version is 3.1.24. Upgrading to that is > > the only suggestion I can make. That, and try fiddling with the BIOS > >

Re: Quick-access buttons on Toshiba 2775XDVD?

2001-03-03 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 02:42:55PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > On Tue, Feb 20, 2001 at 09:49:17PM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > I've got a 490CDT, so I can't help with the silver buttons or the little > > mouse buttons, don't have 'em. > > > > Abou

Re: Quick-access buttons on Toshiba 2775XDVD?

2001-03-05 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Mar 04, 2001 at 08:21:39AM -0800, Osamu Aoki wrote: > Can you provide pointer to TOSHIBA ML? (in English) ML instructions attached. Drew -- PGP public key available at http://dparsons.webjump.com/drewskey.txt Fingerprint: A110 EAE1 D7D2 8076 5FE0 EC0A B6CE 7041 6412 4E4A [ML guide]

Re: WHERE

2001-03-05 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 06:59:04AM -0500, tom wrote: > > Suggested Reading for network, pcmcia, and apm stuff? > /usr/share/doc/pcmcia-cs etc In general, /usr/share/doc :) The HOW-TOs are there too (if you installed the howto package). Drew -- PGP public key available at http://dparsons.we

Re: apm

2001-03-07 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Mar 07, 2001 at 06:07:26AM -0500, steven k. thompson wrote: > I installed Debian 2.2r2 on my laptop and as I boot I > see the message "APM disabled at user request". I presume > it would be better not to have it disable. Can someone > tell me how this disabling happened and how I change

maximum hard drive limitations?

2001-03-08 Thread Drew Parsons
This question isn't strictly Linux, but I hope you'll be kind :) I have a Toshiba 490CDT model, which comes with a 3.8GB harddrive, and the Toshiba docs seem to be saying that the maximum drive that can put in the computer is 6GB. Now I would like to upgrade my drive, and jumping to a 10GB or 20

Re: [tlinux-users:00964] maximum hard drive limitations?

2001-03-09 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 02:18:38AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > Anyway, I'm writing to ask if any of you can confirm the reality of this > kind of drive-size limitation? If it is real, can you explain why? Do I > just have to put up with it, or do I have a "right"

Re: 2.4/sid on toshiba satellite

2001-03-09 Thread Drew Parsons
On Thu, Mar 08, 2001 at 11:56:33AM -0700, Joel Dudley wrote: > Hello all, > I have 2.2.17/sid running pretty well on my Toshiba Satellite Pro 4300 > laptop minus sound and modem support (yamaha pci sound, lucent winmodem). I > tried to install the 2.4.2 kernel because I know that it supports my s

Re: 2.4/sid on toshiba satellite

2001-03-09 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 09, 2001 at 12:05:19PM -0800, Jim Nutt wrote: > Drew Parsons writes: > > > I'm now having problems with sound on 2.4.2 too. 2.4.1 worked fine, same as > > all preceding versions. I have a 490CDT, thats a Yamaha YMF719 chip > > (OPL-SA3), is that what

Re: 2.4/sid on toshiba satellite

2001-03-10 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 09:43:30PM -0800, Jim Nutt wrote: > > > > Did it autodetect using pnp or will I have to set isapnp=0 ? > > It's not pnp. In fact, as far as I can tell, nothing on the 490 > is. That should have been !isapnp by the way, not !isapno . > Good, that means the kernel was

Re: Badiane: make-kpkg PCMCIA conflict

2001-03-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 09:30:44AM -0800, Badiane Ka wrote: > I have created a deb package with make-kpkg and upon > executing dpkg -i I get a message saying that there is > conflict between my custom 2.2.18pre1 image and > pcmcia. How do I compile, install and get a kernel to > run under debian

Re: The Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100O+Modem 56 REM56-100 card...

2001-03-13 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 02:42:08AM +, Ricardo Diz wrote: > > I checked my logs and saw that cardmgr recognized my card as a Xircom CEM56 :(( . > As far as the software is concerned, RealPort cards are the same as the older credit-card type cards. I presume the chipset inside is the same ser

Re: The Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100O+Modem 56 REM56-100 card...

2001-03-14 Thread Drew Parsons
On Wed, Mar 14, 2001 at 01:59:13PM +, Ricardo Diz wrote: > > So, basically, what you are saying is that I must use the CEM56 entry on pcmcia > config file, right? The support for the RealPort REM56G-100 is included in > the CEM56 entry in the config file. > Not really. I'm saying it gets d

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:10:08PM -0500, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some > trouble. > > Formerly it was using a static IP address so I went into /etc/pcmcia and > edited network.opts deleting all of the static stuff and I

Re: first experiences and problems

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 17, 2001 at 10:45:19PM -0500, xsdg wrote: > > > > my pcmcia ethernet card did not work at first because, for some reason the > > network is initialised prior to pcmcia support in my start-routine. so > > basically the script /etc/init.d/networking restart does the job (provided > > pc

Re: no sound with kernel 2.4.2

2001-03-19 Thread Drew Parsons
On Mon, Mar 19, 2001 at 10:34:02AM +0100, christophe barbe wrote: > Hi I've the same problem with Opl3sa2 and kernel 2.4.2. > I have seen threads about that in the kernel mailing list. > Currently I use alsa which works great and is certainly a good solution. > IMHO the OSS ccode in the kernel are

Re: toshiba satellite 100cs & suspend to disk?

2001-03-20 Thread Drew Parsons
On Tue, Mar 20, 2001 at 09:16:42AM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have a Satellite 2595cdt and suspend to disk worked for me, and it should > work for all Toshiba laptops with the debian package toshutils. > Just install it, and then run modconf to make sure the module toshiba is > loaded, t

Re: PCMCIA Ethernet Recommendation

2001-03-24 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:03:59AM -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: > Hey all, > > As you've probably had on here many times already by > other users, I am asking for some recommendations for > an inexpensive reliable pcmcia ethernet card for > debian. Any information would be great. > Avoid Xircom.

Re: maximum hard drive limitations?

2001-03-24 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Mar 10, 2001 at 12:13:16AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > > >From what you've been saying, it looks like I can be reasonably confident a > larger drive will work without too much trouble, even if I have to install > one of those BIOS-enhancing programs for it. >

Re: PCMCIA Ethernet Recommendation

2001-03-24 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 12:45:37AM +1100, Drew Parsons wrote: > On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 08:03:59AM -0800, Donnie Jones wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > As you've probably had on here many times already by > > other users, I am asking for some recommendations for &g

Re: [newbie] [pcmcia] Getting my PC card running w/DHCP (AFTER installation)

2001-04-01 Thread Drew Parsons
On Fri, Mar 30, 2001 at 10:44:33AM -0700, Aaron Dewell wrote: > > Once it's there, make sure you have one of the dhcp clients installed > (pump, dhcp-client, dhcpcd), and add this to your /etc/network/interfaces: > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > Is that the right way to go? Seems to me

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