OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-22 Thread Jan T. Kim
like that, possibly causing the graphics hardware to overheat... Thanks in advance and best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http://www.cmp.uea.ac.uk/

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-22 Thread Jan T. Kim
Hi Stephen, On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 12:34:02PM -0400, Stephen Ryan wrote: > On Fri, 2004-10-22 at 08:52, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > Now, I have unscrewed all the screws I could find (including one under > > the twisted pair network and modem socket, which I overlooked initially), &

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-25 Thread Jan T. Kim
Hi all, On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 08:32:34AM -0700, Bill Moseley wrote: > On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 06:22:09PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > Thanks for your help. Your guess was right, there are catches (a few > > only, though) around the front of the case, but I had managed to open &

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-25 Thread Jan T. Kim
Hi Paul, On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 12:45:25PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > Jan T. Kim wrote: > >Unfortunately, I didn't find anything like a stuck fan which I could > >fix, and the system still seems to have graphics problems. I'll now > >put everything back toge

Re: OT: Help needed for disassembling Toshiba Satellite 5100-603

2004-10-26 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 08:15:01PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > On Mon, Oct 25, 2004 at 12:45:25PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > > I was so focused on the "take laptop apart" question that I missed the > > part about the video. My laptop has a similar problem that has gone >

Samsung X15plus: nvidia X problems (freeze on start / stop)

2005-02-21 Thread Jan T. Kim
On a side issue and at the risk of asking a stupid question, can someone explain how the driver arrives at 122 MHz anyway? I would have expected 1400 * 1050 * 60 Hz = 88.2 MHz. Kind regards & many thanks in advance, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---

nv driver on Samsung X15plus: scrambled consoles

2005-02-21 Thread Jan T. Kim
boot). Is there perhaps any magic (e.g. an option to set in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4) to keep the consoles in a functional state? Thanks again in advance for any answers, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Battery life (was: [OT] Looking for advice on buying a new laptop)

2005-03-21 Thread Jan T. Kim
ntly connected to AC power, and that these minimal re-charges caused unnecessary deterioration. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |

Re: Battery life

2005-03-21 Thread Jan T. Kim
timalities and that only a fundamentally new approach (hydrogen fuel cells?) will really fix the problem. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http:

ImageMagic: Problem with display's grab function

2005-04-12 Thread Jan T. Kim
is to be grabbed rather than loaded from a file. I updated all packages just today, but the problem remains. Any ideas? Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Screenshots alternatives (was: ImageMagic: Problem with display's grab function)

2005-04-26 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 03:16:11PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > I have a problem with the display program of imagemagick 6.0.6.2-2.2: > I tried to grab a snapshot of a window by using File -> Open... and > clicking the "Grab" button in the file selector, but instead of > p

Re: Screenshots alternatives (was: ImageMagic: Problem with display's grab function)

2005-04-26 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Tue, Apr 26, 2005 at 01:17:07PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, 26 Apr 2005, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > >>I have a problem with the display program of imagemagick 6.0.6.2-2.2: > >>I tried to grab a snapshot of a window by using File -> Open... and > >>cl

Don't reply to strange experts (was: Test mail)

2002-11-07 Thread Jan T. Kim
y, chances are that all who reply to the "expert user" will have their email addresses added to collections used by spammers. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*

Re: Mouse

2003-03-06 Thread Jan T. Kim
ta" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" and save the file. Then, start gpm and X gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/psaux -R raw startx If the mouse works, configure the gpm startup process to use the options in the command line above... On a final note, I once had a

Re: Cloning machine

2003-04-10 Thread Jan T. Kim
rt installation of same packages. I think ``dpkg --get-selections'' is what you're looking for. You'll get a dump of all packages selected which you can then transprot to your notebook and run ``dpgk --set-selections'' from

Re: ACPI HOWTO (start) and (failed) installation notes

2003-04-23 Thread Jan T. Kim
ry, I'd upgrade the kernel, but if not, I'd rather add ACPI to the current one. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http://w

Re: ACPI HOWTO (start) and (failed) installation notes

2003-04-23 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 09:14:59AM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "Jan T. Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Also, is there a particular reason for upgrading to the 2.4.20 kernel? > > > > I have a Toshiba Satellite 5100 notebook with Debian 3.0 installed

ACPI and kernel patching (was: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678)

2003-05-02 Thread Jan T. Kim
aAcpiDriver) the "Debian way", by setting up stuff in /usr/src/kernel-patches etc., but I found this rather tedious and eventually gave up and just patched the source manually. Are there any auxiliary tools for generating the scripts in t

Satellite 5200-603: Getting video on LCD and CRT simultaneously (w/ ACPI)

2003-06-03 Thread Jan T. Kim
several seconds. >From reading various docs, it has been my understanding that the lcd and crt video output can be switched on and off at will by appropriately writing into the /proc/acpi/toshiba/video file. What have I missed? Thanx in advance for any help. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
ut the docs say you can also use a kernel parameter passed in via an append statement in /etc/lilo.conf to select your network environment. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
p would be 1. assemble a wish list 2. get an idea which models match list best 3. go to http://www.linux-laptop.net/ and look for installation reports 4. If you don't like what you read in the report, go to 1 or to 2 Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---

Re: 2.4.18-686 kernel, but no PCMCIA

2003-07-07 Thread Jan T. Kim
le (i.e. /etc/default/pcmcia, I think)? I remember that I found this behaviour rather irritating when I first encountered it and figured it out. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

trouble with WLAN card 3com 3CRWE62092A (but Lucent Orinoco works)

2003-07-31 Thread Jan T. Kim
t: invoke ifup eth1 With the orinoco card, I just get the "invoke ifup eth1" message. Regards & thanks for any hints & help, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/staff/kim.html| *-=< hierarchical systems are for files, not for humans >=-*

Re: Mouse and keyboard problems

2003-09-02 Thread Jan T. Kim
of use. This is usually due to having a wrong mouse type specified in /etx/X11/XF86Config-4. Sometimes, the problem is caused by gpm, when the /dev/gpmdata device is used by XFree86. In my experience, it's best not to have gpm translate the mouse protocoll at all (i.e. use th

Module 3c575_cb dropped from kernel-pcmcia-modules?

2002-09-23 Thread Jan T. Kim
ng a kernel with the modules I need and otherwise identical to the 686 kernel? * Finally, what is the idea behind this "bf variant"? All I've found is the package is "primarily intended to be used as the initial installation kernel". Any

Re: Module 3c575_cb dropped from kernel-pcmcia-modules?

2002-09-23 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:21:33AM +0200, Frédéric Bothamy wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 11:39:12PM +0200, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > I installed Debian r3.0 from the official CD set on a Sony notebook > > computer, equipped with a 3com PCMCIA ethernet card: > > &g

Module 3c575_cb dropped from kernel-pcmcia-modules?

2002-09-23 Thread Jan T. Kim
ng a kernel with the modules I need and otherwise identical to the 686 kernel? * Finally, what is the idea behind this "bf variant"? All I've found is the package is "primarily intended to be used as the initial installation kernel". Any

Re: Module 3c575_cb dropped from kernel-pcmcia-modules?

2002-09-23 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:21:33AM +0200, Frédéric Bothamy wrote: > On Mon, Sep 23, 2002 at 11:39:12PM +0200, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > I installed Debian r3.0 from the official CD set on a Sony notebook > > computer, equipped with a 3com PCMCIA ethernet card: > > &g

Don't reply to strange experts (was: Test mail)

2002-11-07 Thread Jan T. Kim
y, chances are that all who reply to the "expert user" will have their email addresses added to collections used by spammers. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*

Re: Mouse

2003-03-06 Thread Jan T. Kim
; Option "Protocol" "PS/2" and save the file. Then, start gpm and X gpm -t ps2 -m /dev/psaux -R raw startx If the mouse works, configure the gpm startup process to use the options in the command line above... On a final note, I once had a com

Satellite 5200-603: Getting video on LCD and CRT simultaneously (w/ ACPI)

2003-06-04 Thread Jan T. Kim
several seconds. >From reading various docs, it has been my understanding that the lcd and crt video output can be switched on and off at will by appropriately writing into the /proc/acpi/toshiba/video file. What have I missed? Thanx in advance for any help. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---

ACPI and kernel patching (was: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678)

2003-05-02 Thread Jan T. Kim
aAcpiDriver) the "Debian way", by setting up stuff in /usr/src/kernel-patches etc., but I found this rather tedious and eventually gave up and just patched the source manually. Are there any auxiliary tools for generating the scripts in t

Re: alternate boot for internet connection

2003-06-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
ut the docs say you can also use a kernel parameter passed in via an append statement in /etc/lilo.conf to select your network environment. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW

Re: Help selecting used laptop and peripherals to run debian woody

2003-06-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
p would be 1. assemble a wish list 2. get an idea which models match list best 3. go to http://www.linux-laptop.net/ and look for installation reports 4. If you don't like what you read in the report, go to 1 or to 2 Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---

Re: 2.4.18-686 kernel, but no PCMCIA

2003-07-07 Thread Jan T. Kim
le (i.e. /etc/default/pcmcia, I think)? I remember that I found this behaviour rather irritating when I first encountered it and figured it out. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |

trouble with WLAN card 3com 3CRWE62092A (but Lucent Orinoco works)

2003-07-31 Thread Jan T. Kim
t: invoke ifup eth1 With the orinoco card, I just get the "invoke ifup eth1" message. Regards & thanks for any hints & help, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NE

Re: Mouse and keyboard problems

2003-09-02 Thread Jan T. Kim
of use. This is usually due to having a wrong mouse type specified in /etx/X11/XF86Config-4. Sometimes, the problem is caused by gpm, when the /dev/gpmdata device is used by XFree86. In my experience, it's best not to have gpm translate the mouse protocoll at all (i.e. use th

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Jan T. Kim
oftware providers, asking them to adhere to the pertinent standards, can be signed? I would gladly participate... Greetings, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW:

What happened to kernel 2.6.0 in testing?

2004-03-03 Thread Jan T. Kim
for unstable). Only 2.6.3 is available, in unstable. Any explanations? Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/staff/kim.html

Middle mouse button on Toshiba Satellite S5100?

2004-03-09 Thread Jan T. Kim
mouse button below the touchpad, and yet to be forced to synchronously press the left and right one to get its function... Greetinx, Jan P.S.: I still wonder why the 2.6.0, 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 kernel packages suddenly disappeared from the Debian servers... -- +- Jan T

Re: compile 2.6.2 for laptop

2004-03-11 Thread Jan T. Kim
package is still needed, it provides the cardctl program and the /etc/pcmcia directory. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/staff/

Re: Middle mouse button on Toshiba Satellite S5100?

2004-03-11 Thread Jan T. Kim
5 (as determined by xev) works like a middle mouse button. The real middle button, however, remains dead. Using xev, I found that pressing the middle button does not generate any event. So, how do I get the middle mouse button to generate "m

Re: compile 2.6.2 for laptop

2004-03-11 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:20:14AM -0500, Wes Reneau wrote: > Jan T. Kim wrote: > >The pcmcia-cs kernel modules are not compatible with 2.6, i.e. they > >cannot be built in conjunction with the 2.6.2 kernel sources. However, > >the package is still needed, it provides the ca

Synaptics question (was: Middle mouse button on Toshiba Satellite S5100?)

2004-03-13 Thread Jan T. Kim
evice "Configured Mouse" The evdev module is loaded (``modprobe evdev'' before ``startx''), and I verified that /dev/input/event1 represents the touchpad by hexdumping from that. The touchpad on this laptop is an LC-display (see picture at http://www.janer

Re: Synaptics question

2004-03-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 12:33:25PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote: > On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 11:35:14PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > (EE) Configured Mouse no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater device > > (EE) Configured Mouse Unable to query/initialize Syn

Re: Installation instructions for Laptop

2004-03-29 Thread Jan T. Kim
r the problematic piece of hardware. * Suspending the system using ACPI may, in many cases, not work properly. Regarding Debian, using the testing or unstable distribution may result in a more stable system (counterintuitively) -- most packages in the testing distribution are n

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Jan T. Kim
oftware providers, asking them to adhere to the pertinent standards, can be signed? I would gladly participate... Greetings, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW:

What happened to kernel 2.6.0 in testing?

2004-03-03 Thread Jan T. Kim
for unstable). Only 2.6.3 is available, in unstable. Any explanations? Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/staff/kim.html

Middle mouse button on Toshiba Satellite S5100?

2004-03-09 Thread Jan T. Kim
mouse button below the touchpad, and yet to be forced to synchronously press the left and right one to get its function... Greetinx, Jan P.S.: I still wonder why the 2.6.0, 2.6.1 and 2.6.2 kernel packages suddenly disappeared from the Debian servers... -- +- Jan T

Re: compile 2.6.2 for laptop

2004-03-11 Thread Jan T. Kim
package is still needed, it provides the cardctl program and the /etc/pcmcia directory. Greetinx, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |*NEW*WWW: http://www.inb.uni-luebeck.de/staff/

Re: Middle mouse button on Toshiba Satellite S5100?

2004-03-11 Thread Jan T. Kim
5 (as determined by xev) works like a middle mouse button. The real middle button, however, remains dead. Using xev, I found that pressing the middle button does not generate any event. So, how do I get the middle mouse button to generate "m

Re: compile 2.6.2 for laptop

2004-03-11 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 08:20:14AM -0500, Wes Reneau wrote: > Jan T. Kim wrote: > >The pcmcia-cs kernel modules are not compatible with 2.6, i.e. they > >cannot be built in conjunction with the 2.6.2 kernel sources. However, > >the package is still needed, it provides the ca

Synaptics question (was: Middle mouse button on Toshiba Satellite S5100?)

2004-03-13 Thread Jan T. Kim
evice "Configured Mouse" The evdev module is loaded (``modprobe evdev'' before ``startx''), and I verified that /dev/input/event1 represents the touchpad by hexdumping from that. The touchpad on this laptop is an LC-display (see picture at http://www.janer

Re: Synaptics question

2004-03-17 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Sun, Mar 14, 2004 at 12:33:25PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote: > On Sat, Mar 13, 2004 at 11:35:14PM +0100, Jan T. Kim wrote: > > (EE) Configured Mouse no synaptics touchpad detected and no repeater > > device > > (EE) Configured Mouse Unable to query/initiali

Re: Installation instructions for Laptop

2004-03-29 Thread Jan T. Kim
r the problematic piece of hardware. * Suspending the system using ACPI may, in many cases, not work properly. Regarding Debian, using the testing or unstable distribution may result in a more stable system (counterintuitively) -- most packages in the testing distribution are n

Re: memory stick

2005-07-12 Thread Jan T. Kim
you could try ``mkfs -t vfat'' on the device /dev/sda1, but, of course, that will erase all files on the stick, along with the problems, in case of success. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*ema

Re: memory stick

2005-07-12 Thread Jan T. Kim
g to the fdisk output, the stick should become visible at /dev/sda1, and should mount accordingly. What about those error messages, do they persist? I once heard about a case where a stick would only mount when connected by a USB extension cable... don't know w

Re: memory stick

2005-07-14 Thread Jan T. Kim
didn't work on other models. Certainly, for things like USB MP3 sticks, cameras etc. I would not recommend the mkfs approach, as reformatting them just like that may e.g. erase configuration information. Best regards, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+

wmacpi and fvwm

2005-08-03 Thread Jan T. Kim
just complains that -i was an invalid option (i.e. it does not appear to use the standard command line processing of X programs). I'd appreciate any hints. Thanks in advance, Jan -- +- Jan T. Kim ---+ |*NEW*email: [EMAIL