Re: PLIP installation

Gilles Lamiral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I wonder if the PLIP installation has been integrated for > the potatoe. You need to setup plip after installing the modules. Cant remember if it was a menu option but you can allways set it up in the shell. MfG Goswin -- To U

Re: Switching pcmcia ethernet cards

Charles Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had been running a 3com ethernet card on a slink w/ some potato install on > a > Dell Xpi P133 ST. I had borrowed the card from a friend, so I bought a card > for myself, a Linksys EC2T. The card seems to be recognized just fine by, > ifconfig sh

Re: PLIP installation

Gilles Lamiral <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > I wonder if the PLIP installation has been integrated for > the potatoe. You need to setup plip after installing the modules. Cant remember if it was a menu option but you can allways set it up in the shell. MfG Goswin

Re: Install problem from back pack cd

> " " == development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was able to loadlin the inall kernel from a back pack cd > (parallel Port). But once the install kernel was in charge, the > cd-rom was not recognized. I got swap and a hd partion but > cannot get the base system. Where

Re: Spawned process.

> " " == tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have loaded potato onto my laptop. When I boot and just > before the login prompt comes up, I get a page or two of what > appear to be command line helps. > The message is "Usage: /sbin/getty [-hi...". The last line > stat

Re: Configuring 100 identical Debian Laptops

> " " == Binary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, If you have a 2,5" to 3,5" drive adapter you can install > one of the laptops, and with a desktop computer clone this > harddisk to the disks of the other 99 laptops. You can use the > DOS utility GHOST (works pretty with e

Re: Install problem from back pack cd

> " " == development <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was able to loadlin the inall kernel from a back pack cd > (parallel Port). But once the install kernel was in charge, the > cd-rom was not recognized. I got swap and a hd partion but > cannot get the base system. Where

Re: Spawned process.

> " " == tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have loaded potato onto my laptop. When I boot and just > before the login prompt comes up, I get a page or two of what > appear to be command line helps. > The message is "Usage: /sbin/getty [-hi...". The last line > sta

Re: Configuring 100 identical Debian Laptops

> " " == Binary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi, If you have a 2,5" to 3,5" drive adapter you can install > one of the laptops, and with a desktop computer clone this > harddisk to the disks of the other 99 laptops. You can use the > DOS utility GHOST (works pretty with

Re: Help with X11 - Debian 2.0: config for Armada 1750 !!

Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 13 October 1999, at 10 h 3, the keyboard of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've got a COMPAQ Armada 1750 with Linux Debian 2.0 installed. > > Did you at least checked >

Re: Sony Viao F340 was(Re: Tochiba Satellite 2590CDT and Linux)

Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Me again, > > I dropped the Toshiba and went with a Sony Vaio F340. > > PII-366 > 96M ram > 6.4G hdd > 13" 1024x768 w/ Neomagic 256AV > Neomagic2200 sound chip(supported by patch to 2.2.x kernels) > internal winmodem(I don't really need it anyway) >

apm [Was: Re: Sony F340 sucess!]

Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No questions for now. But I am sure I will have some as I get more into > it. Specifically I see questions comming concerning APM/ACPI. I have a problem with the apm support, it detects fine when I plug in the power or remove it, but the batery is all

Re: Unidentified subject!

David Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First I will start by saying that I am a new linux user. I have installed > the debian operating system on my IBM 365XD. However, when I try to boot > the system it just hangs after "LILO loading linux". Additionally my > debian boot floppy doesn't w

Re: Debian on an older laptop

"Matthew Guenther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [1 ] > Hi, > > I have an friend who wants to ditch windows and put linux on his laptop. I > already have Debian installed on my Dell and it works fine, however I'm not > sure if it's possible to install on his computer (Zenith Z-Note L425). The

Re: another newbie/debian on older laptop

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Suggestions to both sunshine_wonder and Matthew Guenther: > > I have run Debian on a Compaq Aero (ancient machine) with 16 meg Ram and > a 500 meg hard drive and a 486sx 16MHz processor for years now. > > For installation my favourite option is plip + floppies. Much f

Re: pcmcia enet and modem sharing in potato on laptop

Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here is a strange situation. I have potato installed fresh with a 2.2.10 > kernel custom installed and the new pcmcia-cs services configured for the > system by me. On a system exactly the same, Fujitsu Lifebook, Debian > Potato, but kernel 2.2.12 and

Re: eth0: startup messages - pseudo newbie

Jordan Howarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a Versa Note with an inbuild ethernet card and if I am not connected > to the > network when I start, I get a whole list of stuff like transmit timed out, > switching to 10baseTx-FD media, etc... in the startup messages. The ethernet > is > not

Re: eth0: startup messages - pseudo newbie

Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:18:14PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > Jordan Howarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ALSO, if I remove the ethernet cable and put it back later I lose my > > > connection > >

Re: eth0: startup messages - pseudo newbie

Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > There is an option in the apm configuration or the pcmcia utils > > nowadays that restarts the pcmcia after sleep mode automatically. > > I couldn't see an option for that. Should that be one of the kernel > compilation options when you do make menuco

Re: GVC-PCMCIA-EtherNet?

Tobias Bachmor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi there! > > I just bought an ACER TM512T and now I'm thinking about a 10/100MBit > EtherNet-Card. My dealer can sell me a GVC 10/100MBit-Card for about 120CND > which ist quite cheap. > > Has anyone outthere any experiences with these cards? Or any

Re: GVC-PCMCIA-EtherNet?

Gerhard Kroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tobias Bachmor wrote: > > > Hi there! > > > > I just bought an ACER TM512T and now I'm thinking about a 10/100MBit > > EtherNet-Card. My dealer can sell me a GVC 10/100MBit-Card for about 120CND > > which ist quite cheap. > > > > Has anyone outthere an

Re: listing packages in order of size

Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [1 ] > Is there a utility which lets you know what Debian packages you have > installed and what their size is? I couldn't find any such > capability in the standard tools - dpkg, dselect or apt. Install console-apt, start it and press s. Its not per

Re: Trying to correctly configure X

"Bryan K. Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi everybody, > I just found out about this list and hope that somebody can help > me. (I have been asking questions on the debian-user list, and have > received much help, but still am having difficultly.) > I have an IBM Thinkpad 390E

Re: Help: exim not accepting mail!

Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused That means that nobody lisens to port 25. Did you reboot after the update? If you have strange problems like that, a reboot is allways the easiest to check if its a start-stop-deamon problem.

Re: Dell 9100XL

"Matthew R. Pavlovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a friend who has a Dell 9100XL w/ the Trident Cyber9397 4mb Video > Chipset. I am setting this system up remotely, and do not wish to fry his > LCD, or his chipset. > > Does anyone have a recommended monitor selection for this line of

Re: task-laptop uploaded

Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sean 'Shaleh' Perry schrieb: > > > > First run of task-laptop uploaded. Please submit wish list bugs against it. > Today I found the package at debian/Incoming. Since > I don't have Potato yet, so I installed it over Slink, this worked > fine. Just to

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

Andrew Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? > > Regards, > Andrew Clark. I have a 15.1´´ Laptop from KoPak (relabled to baycom). Celeron 466, 128 MB ram, 10 GB

Re: Ethernet-Card for Laptop

Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The issue of Cardbus being required for 100baseT is definately worth > >> noting. > > > >It's also not true. I have a 100baseT PCMCIA card. I haven't tried > >measuring the actual throughput, but it's definately much faster on a > >100baseT network

Re: Attaching external hd via PCMCIA ?

Blair Kelly III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone have experience attaching > an external hard drive via a > SCSI PCMCIA card? > > I have a Sony 505F notebook running Debian 2.1. > I would like to backup a very large (1 G) > file that took a large amount of > computer time to generate. (

Re: PCMCIA problems ( system crashing)

NaNoFlaW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a Compaq presario 1685. I installed debian 2.0 ( hamm ) on it i > configured the PCMCIA with the option i82365. When im runnig the module > "insmod 182365.o" the system crash > > here the probe dump: > INTEL PCI probe: 182365sl DF found, 2 sockets >

Re: Switching pcmcia ethernet cards

Charles Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I had been running a 3com ethernet card on a slink w/ some potato install on > a > Dell Xpi P133 ST. I had borrowed the card from a friend, so I bought a card > for myself, a Linksys EC2T. The card seems to be recognized just fine by, > ifconfig sh

Re: Help with X11 - Debian 2.0: config for Armada 1750 !!

Stephane Bortzmeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wednesday 13 October 1999, at 10 h 3, the keyboard of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I've got a COMPAQ Armada 1750 with Linux Debian 2.0 installed. > > Did you at least checked >

Re: Sony Viao F340 was(Re: Tochiba Satellite 2590CDT and Linux)

Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Me again, > > I dropped the Toshiba and went with a Sony Vaio F340. > > PII-366 > 96M ram > 6.4G hdd > 13" 1024x768 w/ Neomagic 256AV > Neomagic2200 sound chip(supported by patch to 2.2.x kernels) > internal winmodem(I don't really need it anyway) >

apm [Was: Re: Sony F340 sucess!]

Brian Servis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No questions for now. But I am sure I will have some as I get more into > it. Specifically I see questions comming concerning APM/ACPI. I have a problem with the apm support, it detects fine when I plug in the power or remove it, but the batery is all

Re: Unidentified subject!

David Goodyear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > First I will start by saying that I am a new linux user. I have installed > the debian operating system on my IBM 365XD. However, when I try to boot > the system it just hangs after "LILO loading linux". Additionally my > debian boot floppy doesn't w

Re: Debian on an older laptop

"Matthew Guenther" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [1 ] > Hi, > > I have an friend who wants to ditch windows and put linux on his laptop. I > already have Debian installed on my Dell and it works fine, however I'm not > sure if it's possible to install on his computer (Zenith Z-Note L425). The

Re: another newbie/debian on older laptop

[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Suggestions to both sunshine_wonder and Matthew Guenther: > > I have run Debian on a Compaq Aero (ancient machine) with 16 meg Ram and > a 500 meg hard drive and a 486sx 16MHz processor for years now. > > For installation my favourite option is plip + floppies. Much f

Re: pcmcia enet and modem sharing in potato on laptop

Michael Perry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Here is a strange situation. I have potato installed fresh with a 2.2.10 > kernel custom installed and the new pcmcia-cs services configured for the > system by me. On a system exactly the same, Fujitsu Lifebook, Debian > Potato, but kernel 2.2.12 and

Re: eth0: startup messages - pseudo newbie

Jordan Howarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a Versa Note with an inbuild ethernet card and if I am not connected > to the > network when I start, I get a whole list of stuff like transmit timed out, > switching to 10baseTx-FD media, etc... in the startup messages. The ethernet > is > not

Re: eth0: startup messages - pseudo newbie

Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 11:18:14PM +0200, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > > Jordan Howarth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > ALSO, if I remove the ethernet cable and put it back later I lose my > > > connection > >

Re: eth0: startup messages - pseudo newbie

Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > There is an option in the apm configuration or the pcmcia utils > > nowadays that restarts the pcmcia after sleep mode automatically. > > I couldn't see an option for that. Should that be one of the kernel > compilation options when you do make menuco

Re: GVC-PCMCIA-EtherNet?

Tobias Bachmor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi there! > > I just bought an ACER TM512T and now I'm thinking about a 10/100MBit > EtherNet-Card. My dealer can sell me a GVC 10/100MBit-Card for about 120CND > which ist quite cheap. > > Has anyone outthere any experiences with these cards? Or any

Re: GVC-PCMCIA-EtherNet?

Gerhard Kroder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tobias Bachmor wrote: > > > Hi there! > > > > I just bought an ACER TM512T and now I'm thinking about a 10/100MBit > > EtherNet-Card. My dealer can sell me a GVC 10/100MBit-Card for about 120CND > > which ist quite cheap. > > > > Has anyone outthere an

Re: listing packages in order of size

Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [1 ] > Is there a utility which lets you know what Debian packages you have > installed and what their size is? I couldn't find any such > capability in the standard tools - dpkg, dselect or apt. Install console-apt, start it and press s. Its not per

Re: Trying to correctly configure X

"Bryan K. Walton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi everybody, > I just found out about this list and hope that somebody can help > me. (I have been asking questions on the debian-user list, and have > received much help, but still am having difficultly.) > I have an IBM Thinkpad 390E

Re: Help: exim not accepting mail!

Drew Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused That means that nobody lisens to port 25. Did you reboot after the update? If you have strange problems like that, a reboot is allways the easiest to check if its a start-stop-deamon problem.

Re: Dell 9100XL

"Matthew R. Pavlovich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a friend who has a Dell 9100XL w/ the Trident Cyber9397 4mb Video > Chipset. I am setting this system up remotely, and do not wish to fry his > LCD, or his chipset. > > Does anyone have a recommended monitor selection for this line of

Re: task-laptop uploaded

Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sean 'Shaleh' Perry schrieb: > > > > First run of task-laptop uploaded. Please submit wish list bugs against it. > Today I found the package at debian/Incoming. Since > I don't have Potato yet, so I installed it over Slink, this worked > fine. Just to

Re: Recommendations for Laptop

Andrew Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I would like to get a laptop and run Debian on it. Does anyone have any > recommendations for machines/manufactures to buy or avoid? > > Regards, > Andrew Clark. I have a 15.1´´ Laptop from KoPak (relabled to baycom). Celeron 466, 128 MB ram, 10 GB

Re: Ethernet-Card for Laptop

Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The issue of Cardbus being required for 100baseT is definately worth > >> noting. > > > >It's also not true. I have a 100baseT PCMCIA card. I haven't tried > >measuring the actual throughput, but it's definately much faster on a > >100baseT network

Re: Attaching external hd via PCMCIA ?

Blair Kelly III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone have experience attaching > an external hard drive via a > SCSI PCMCIA card? > > I have a Sony 505F notebook running Debian 2.1. > I would like to backup a very large (1 G) > file that took a large amount of > computer time to generate. (

Re: PCMCIA problems ( system crashing)

NaNoFlaW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have a Compaq presario 1685. I installed debian 2.0 ( hamm ) on it i > configured the PCMCIA with the option i82365. When im runnig the module > "insmod 182365.o" the system crash > > here the probe dump: > INTEL PCI probe: 182365sl DF found, 2 sockets >