Kernel COmpile problems

2002-11-03 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I have been trying to fix my sound problems on my zt1130 Pavilion notebook. the solution found was to hack the ACPI code and then compile the kernel.   I have hacked the code correctly, but when ever I do an xconfig then do a make-kpkg kernel_image and then do a dpkg -i for the resulting .de

Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. I was successful in getting my sound working (thank you Max). but now, as with other kernel compiles with diffrent versions, I can not get my network to come back up. my working kernel is the 2.4.18-bf2.4-xfs my dmesg fro

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Paul Hampson wrote: On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 01:51:32AM -0500, Jeremy Petzold wrote: I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. I was successful in getting my sound working (thank you Max). but now, as with other kernel compiles with diffrent versions, I can not

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Paul Hampson wrote: On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 01:51:32AM -0500, Jeremy Petzold wrote: I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. I was successful in getting my sound working (thank you Max). but now, as with other kernel compiles with diffrent versions, I can not

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
/etc/modules.conf file . also you have to have CONFIG_FILTER and CONFIG_PACKET as yes ( Y ) ( networking opions )when you compile the kernel . cheers --- Jeremy Petzold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. I was successful in

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Mattia Dongili wrote: Hi, I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. [...] I have a realtek 8139 ethernet chip. and I have tried compiling the driver into the kernel, I have tried making it a module. I have tried other kernels that do not include ACPI

Re: [Q] From RedHat to Debian

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Young-Jin Lee wrote: Hi, all. I am new to Debian and I am looking for some help installing Debian on my Thinkpad laptop. What is the best strategy to replace the existing RedHat Linux with Debian? In other words, I already have linux partitions on my laptop and I have downloaded one of mininum

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Thanks to all for the help. I figured it out. it did end up to be something in the in the network options. I could not find it so I just compiled everything in that I knew for a fact was not needed. it worked. tahnks alot. Jeremy

Re: [Q] From RedHat to Debian

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
kyi wrote: I may be completly insane for doing this, but it makes sense to me. On every system I own I make /home it's own partition (with LVM on my desktop). This way I can completly reinstall the system, different distro if I so wanted, and not loose any of my personal data. - Jayson Garrell

setting up DVD under debian

2002-11-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I need some help. I have a cd-rw/dvd-rom on my laptop I downloaded ogle, ogle gui is not working right in sarge so I got rid of it while I test out the access. I have access to the CD-RW functions, so I know my scsi emulation is working, I made a directory /dev/dvd and ln -sf to /dev/scd0. I

Setting up my DVD under debian --Fixed the fstab

2002-11-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
ahh...Sorry, that did not come out right. my fstab SHOULD look like this: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # /dev/hda2 / xfs defaults0 0 /dev/hda5 noneswapsw 0 0 proc/proc

I need help setting up my DVD please.

2002-11-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
sorry for the multiple posts, I jacked up the first fstab listing, so I sent a fixed one but left out the rest of the message. this will be the last post of this. thank-you all for understanding (I hope you do at least). I need some help. I have a cd-rw/dvd-rom on my laptop I downloaded ogle

Re: I need help setting up my DVD

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Petzold
OK, got my fstab changed, thanks to all for the help, I changed to VLC as ogle would just not budge now I get this: Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library libdvdcss error: css error: ioctl_ReadCopyright failed, make sure there is a DVD in the drive, and that DVD ioctls were compiled

Re: I need help setting up my DVD

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Jeremy Petzold wrote: OK, got my fstab changed, thanks to all for the help, I changed to VLC as ogle would just not budge now I get this: Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library libdvdcss error: css error: ioctl_ReadCopyright failed, make sure there is a DVD in the drive, and that

Re: trying to identify cardbus network card

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Eric Sproul wrote: Hi, I'm new to the list. I'm posting in hopes of finding some information about a Cardbus network card I would like to use. I have a Simpletech Net100 Communicator; it's a 10/100 NIC and 56K modem combo. I can't find any documentation from Simpletech regarding the chipset fo

Re: Mouse setup under X

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Paulo Lopes wrote: Jeremy Petzold wrote: Paulo Lopes wrote: Hi again, my laptop does not have a serial DB9 port, only PS2, USB or FireWire... :-) I guess i'll keep changing the protocol on XF86Config-4 whenever i need to use the wheelmouse... very simple solution. use the

got dvd working...BUT

2002-11-09 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I have no video.audio works, (I listened to stripes:-)) but that is not as good as seeing a movie :-). I have bused every dvd player and I get the same thing. I have been using vlc as it seems to work the best, could it just be that the libdvdcss is not as good as the newer versions of the

Re: PCMCIA problems

2002-11-09 Thread Jeremy Petzold
David LeCount wrote: Hello. I just got my first laptop (an old one) and installed Debian 3.0 on it. The default kernel didn't support my soundcard, so I decided to upgrade. First I tried 2.4.13 because I already had it downloaded on my desktop, and then I tried 2.4.19. I compiled both as debs. No

Re: got dvd working...BUT

2002-11-09 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Jord Swart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 09 November 2002 18:51, Nyk Tarr wrote: On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 11:38:58AM -0500, Jeremy Petzold wrote: I have no video.audio works, (I listened to stripes:-)) but that is not as good as seeing a movie :-). I

YES!!!!! DVD WORKS

2002-11-09 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I got dvd to work in vlc after doing the update. Xine still freezes my system though. I will try ogle soon but I need to install the right version of libdvdcss...I wish they would sync with vlc :-/

Re: toshiba 2595xDVD

2002-11-11 Thread Jeremy Petzold
don't worry about them. I have an HOzt1130 laptop and I get them. I run a patched 2.4.19 kernel and I get them...it has not interfeared with my sound (which if it is not working you willneed to apply the ACPI patch to your kernel and compile ACPI in) or my DVD playback. - Original Message -

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-11 Thread Jeremy Petzold
did you do a "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" and a "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-comon"? see if that fixes it. also, what is your videocard? and how much ram does it have? X allows you to specify more ram than your card actualy has if it is AGP and use system resources to help in display. - Ori

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-12 Thread Jeremy Petzold
> I can attach a copy of my /var/log/XFree86.0.log, if you'd like. It's > about 27KB. that sounds good, go ahead and send it. how old is the laptop (just wondering, not thjinking it might be a reason for any problems)

Re: Greetings !! Debian /laptop newbie

2002-11-12 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Mark Banschbachm spake: > Greetings all ! > > I am new to Debian although not new to Linux.. and I > just did my first Debian in stall on a Toshiba 486 -33 > T4700CT Laptop. It has a 800 Meg HD 24 Megs Ram.. No > CD.. No NIC/Modem Just a floppy and HD.. thats it. > > I downloaded all the f

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-12 Thread Jeremy Petzold
try not using the kernel frame buffer. reconfigure the xserver-xfree86 package and when you get to the part that asks about the framebuffer, say no. see where that gets you. some times that could hose your system. - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Petzold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Sony makes good notebooks, but the picture book is very small and if you are doinf programming, you should get somthing in the fx series I use an HPzt1130 (to get sound you need to add the acpi patch and compile all acpi into the kernel...a lot of laptops are like this) - Original Message

Re: COMPAQ EVO N1015V

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
are you having troubles? tell us what is the problem...some problems are universal. - Original Message - From: "Ron Daisy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:45 AM Subject: COMPAQ EVO N1015V > Is some one succeeded to install debian on a Compaq EVO N1015N Laptop

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
issue since it worked fine before. - Original Message - From: "Darin Strait" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeremy Petzold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:32 AM Subject: Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1 > I tried t

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
> > > and: > > HorizSync 28-49 > > VertRefresh 43-72 > > > > to: > > HorizSync 30-70 > > VertRefresh 50-90 > > BTW, as far as I know, laptop screens don't care about sync and refresh > at all. true, however XF86.org suggests that for LCDs.

Re: X in Compaq Presario 900

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
yes...ATI is well supported by X...you caneven get direct support from the kernel I think (not sure if it is ATI ingeneral or a spesific ATI card) - Original Message - From: "Sergio Alonso Manzanedo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-laptop" Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:44 AM Subject

Re: sound on an HP pavilion zt1135

2002-11-15 Thread Jeremy Petzold
add the acpi patch to your kernel and compile all acpi drivers in. your sound will work like a charm. - Original Message - From: "churro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:19 AM Subject: sound on an HP pavilion zt1135 > Hi everyone.. > anyone have problems with th

Re: HP Laptop acpi

2002-11-15 Thread Jeremy Petzold
well, I do not know how to configure ACPI with out recompiling the kernel. go into the top level directory of your kernel source, do a make xconfig, go to the bottom of general setup enter the ACPI menu, activate everything except teh second option (somthing about the processor only) save the conf

Re: sound on an HP pavilion zt1135

2002-11-15 Thread Jeremy Petzold
wow...you have 2 laptops!!! anyway...knopix is awsome except that the sound did not work on my laptop and I could just not stand listening to the repeating (lo-lo-lo-lo) as it choked on Loading desktop or what ever it is. and the frigen script would not workj for me...I wish that knopix just had a

Re: [kernel 2.4.19] X hangs when logging out on Dell laptop

2002-11-16 Thread Jeremy Petzold
dri comes with x-window-system. I don't understand why you are having troubles unless you are using an unsupported card. - Original Message - From: "Christian G. Warden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Debian Laptop" Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 1:09

Re: Comments: Sony PCG-GR100K?

2002-11-21 Thread Jeremy Petzold
> I'm thinking about picking up a used Sony Vaio PCG-GR100K, but I'm > concerned about running Debian successfully on it. > - Has anyone been able to do so? I am sure they have > - Specifically, apparently this series uses a USB floppy drive (and maybe > CD too). How would I boot and begin insta

Re: Comments: Sony PCG-GR100K?

2002-11-21 Thread Jeremy Petzold
no, I mean he get the netboot files on a computer on his network then install the base system and run through the rest of the setup. doesn't debian have that sort of install anymore? - Original Message - From: "David B Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 5:12

Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-25 Thread Jeremy Petzold
you need to patch the kernel with the ACPI patch and then compile all the ACPI options(except one near the top of the list that blanks out the rest) into the kernel. then you will magicly have sound as long as you have your sound module and sound support set as modules or compiled in. - Origina

Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-25 Thread Jeremy Petzold
no no...what you see in the kernel is APCI...it is diffrent than ACPI. - Original Message - From: "Ivar Alm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec At 20:24 2002-11-25, Jeremy Pet

Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-25 Thread Jeremy Petzold
dohok...I was the victom of my own warning :-p...get teh APCI patch. - Original Message - From: "Fedor Karpelevitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jeremy Petzold'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:25 PM Subject: RE: Intel(

Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-25 Thread Jeremy Petzold
> > You have to apply it in Your kernel source-tree. Get it from > > http://acpi.sourceforge.net > > and patch Your kernel... After that You will find an extra menu option for > > ACPI and Your powermanagement will work. > > If You don't know how to patch, jus

Re: (semi-solved): Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-26 Thread Jeremy Petzold
that could be cause by your sound server settings, try increasing the latency, also, have you installed all the ALSA utilities and alsa m odules for sound programs? - Original Message - From: "Oleg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeremy Petzold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: functionality of ACPI

2002-12-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
well, officialy, ACPI does not exist in Linux, however, there is a kernel patch for it and it will be in the 2.6 kernel due out art the begining of next year. as far as the powerdown functionality of the ACPI function, I do not know, I needed ACPI to get sound and that is all I care about. I am sur

Re: Updating Kernel

2002-12-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
you don't need to update to the latest test kernel, just apply the acpi patch to the 2.4.20 kernel (there is a 2.4.20 acpi patch) then compile the options you need into the kernel, since this is on a laptop, most of the kernel options you need can be compiled in with out to much worry. after you

Re: ACPI on Compaq Presario 1400

2003-05-10 Thread Jeremy Petzold
On Saturday 10 May 2003 10:32 am, flubie wrote: > Hi all, > > Does anybody here succeed in installing ACPI on Compaq Presario 1400? > I recompiled 2.4.20 kernel with ACPI included (not as a module), and it > seems that ACPI is recognized, but Laptop Battery in KDE gives me the > following message:

Re: ACPI on Compaq Presario 1400

2003-05-10 Thread Jeremy Petzold
> Jeremy, > > The link you added is very exciting. I have a Gateway solo1200 > w/celery850MHz cpu. I am going to try the patch and see if I kill the box! > > :) Would you say that this howto is okay for newbies to follow if they > : don't > > already know how to patch kernel source? > http://ww

Re: ACPI on Compaq Presario 1400

2003-05-11 Thread jeremy Petzold
> I really am not sure I know all that. This is where I am confused after > reading your first email. I haven't tried it yet due to this :) I have > never attempted a patch before, so step by step on the three patches would > be a grand assist. I've looked at some of the patch stuff, and it loo

Re: HP Pavilion zt1130 sound not working

2002-04-12 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Hubert Chan wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1 "Jeremy" == Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeremy> As you can see I have a VIA AC97 Audio Controll

Re: HP Pavilion zt1130 sound not working

2002-04-12 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Hubert Chan wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-Hash: SHA1 "Jeremy" == Jeremy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Jeremy> As you can see I have a VIA

Kernel COmpile problems

2002-11-03 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I have been trying to fix my sound problems on my zt1130 Pavilion notebook. the solution found was to hack the ACPI code and then compile the kernel.   I have hacked the code correctly, but when ever I do an xconfig then do a make-kpkg kernel_image and then do a dpkg -i for the resulting .de

Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-04 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. I was successful in getting my sound working (thank you Max). but now, as with other kernel compiles with diffrent versions, I can not get my network to come back up. my working kernel is the 2.4.18-bf2.4-xfs my dmesg from

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Paul Hampson wrote: On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 01:51:32AM -0500, Jeremy Petzold wrote: I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. I was successful in getting my sound working (thank you Max). but now, as with other kernel compiles with diffrent versions, I can not

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Paul Hampson wrote: On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 01:51:32AM -0500, Jeremy Petzold wrote: I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. I was successful in getting my sound working (thank you Max). but now, as with other kernel compiles with diffrent versions, I can not

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
/etc/modules.conf file . also you have to have CONFIG_FILTER and CONFIG_PACKET as yes ( Y ) ( networking opions )when you compile the kernel . cheers --- Jeremy Petzold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. I was successful in

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Mattia Dongili wrote: Hi, I have compiled a new kernel with ACPI support to get my sound working. [...] I have a realtek 8139 ethernet chip. and I have tried compiling the driver into the kernel, I have tried making it a module. I have tried other kernels that do not include ACPI,

Re: [Q] From RedHat to Debian

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Young-Jin Lee wrote: Hi, all. I am new to Debian and I am looking for some help installing Debian on my Thinkpad laptop. What is the best strategy to replace the existing RedHat Linux with Debian? In other words, I already have linux partitions on my laptop and I have downloaded one of mininum C

Re: Eth0 will not work after kernel recompile

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Thanks to all for the help. I figured it out. it did end up to be something in the in the network options. I could not find it so I just compiled everything in that I knew for a fact was not needed. it worked. tahnks alot. Jeremy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: [Q] From RedHat to Debian

2002-11-05 Thread Jeremy Petzold
kyi wrote: I may be completly insane for doing this, but it makes sense to me. On every system I own I make /home it's own partition (with LVM on my desktop). This way I can completly reinstall the system, different distro if I so wanted, and not loose any of my personal data. - Jayson Garrell

setting up DVD under debian

2002-11-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I need some help. I have a cd-rw/dvd-rom on my laptop I downloaded ogle, ogle gui is not working right in sarge so I got rid of it while I test out the access. I have access to the CD-RW functions, so I know my scsi emulation is working, I made a directory /dev/dvd and ln -sf to /dev/scd0. I ed

Setting up my DVD under debian --Fixed the fstab

2002-11-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
ahh...Sorry, that did not come out right. my fstab SHOULD look like this: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # /dev/hda2 / xfs defaults0 0 /dev/hda5 noneswapsw 0 0 proc/proc

I need help setting up my DVD please.

2002-11-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
sorry for the multiple posts, I jacked up the first fstab listing, so I sent a fixed one but left out the rest of the message. this will be the last post of this. thank-you all for understanding (I hope you do at least). I need some help. I have a cd-rw/dvd-rom on my laptop I downloaded ogle,

Re: I need help setting up my DVD

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Petzold
OK, got my fstab changed, thanks to all for the help, I changed to VLC as ogle would just not budge now I get this: Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library libdvdcss error: css error: ioctl_ReadCopyright failed, make sure there is a DVD in the drive, and that DVD ioctls were compiled

Re: I need help setting up my DVD

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Jeremy Petzold wrote: OK, got my fstab changed, thanks to all for the help, I changed to VLC as ogle would just not budge now I get this: Gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by C library libdvdcss error: css error: ioctl_ReadCopyright failed, make sure there is a DVD in the drive, and that

Re: trying to identify cardbus network card

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Eric Sproul wrote: Hi, I'm new to the list. I'm posting in hopes of finding some information about a Cardbus network card I would like to use. I have a Simpletech Net100 Communicator; it's a 10/100 NIC and 56K modem combo. I can't find any documentation from Simpletech regarding the chipset for

Re: Mouse setup under X

2002-11-08 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Paulo Lopes wrote: Jeremy Petzold wrote: Paulo Lopes wrote: Hi again, my laptop does not have a serial DB9 port, only PS2, USB or FireWire... :-) I guess i'll keep changing the protocol on XF86Config-4 whenever i need to use the wheelmouse... very simple solution. use the wheel

got dvd working...BUT

2002-11-09 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I have no video.audio works, (I listened to stripes:-)) but that is not as good as seeing a movie :-). I have bused every dvd player and I get the same thing. I have been using vlc as it seems to work the best, could it just be that the libdvdcss is not as good as the newer versions of the

Re: PCMCIA problems

2002-11-09 Thread Jeremy Petzold
David LeCount wrote: Hello. I just got my first laptop (an old one) and installed Debian 3.0 on it. The default kernel didn't support my soundcard, so I decided to upgrade. First I tried 2.4.13 because I already had it downloaded on my desktop, and then I tried 2.4.19. I compiled both as debs. Now

Re: got dvd working...BUT

2002-11-09 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Jord Swart wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 09 November 2002 18:51, Nyk Tarr wrote: On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 11:38:58AM -0500, Jeremy Petzold wrote: I have no video.audio works, (I listened to stripes:-)) but that is not as good as seeing a movie :-). I

YES!!!!! DVD WORKS

2002-11-09 Thread Jeremy Petzold
I got dvd to work in vlc after doing the update. Xine still freezes my system though. I will try ogle soon but I need to install the right version of libdvdcss...I wish they would sync with vlc :-/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [

Re: toshiba 2595xDVD

2002-11-11 Thread Jeremy Petzold
don't worry about them. I have an HOzt1130 laptop and I get them. I run a patched 2.4.19 kernel and I get them...it has not interfeared with my sound (which if it is not working you willneed to apply the ACPI patch to your kernel and compile ACPI in) or my DVD playback. - Original Message -

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-11 Thread Jeremy Petzold
did you do a "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86" and a "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-comon"? see if that fixes it. also, what is your videocard? and how much ram does it have? X allows you to specify more ram than your card actualy has if it is AGP and use system resources to help in display. - Ori

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-12 Thread Jeremy Petzold
> I can attach a copy of my /var/log/XFree86.0.log, if you'd like. It's > about 27KB. that sounds good, go ahead and send it. how old is the laptop (just wondering, not thjinking it might be a reason for any problems) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe

Re: Greetings !! Debian /laptop newbie

2002-11-12 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Mark Banschbachm spake: > Greetings all ! > > I am new to Debian although not new to Linux.. and I > just did my first Debian in stall on a Toshiba 486 -33 > T4700CT Laptop. It has a 800 Meg HD 24 Megs Ram.. No > CD.. No NIC/Modem Just a floppy and HD.. thats it. > > I downloaded all the f

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-12 Thread Jeremy Petzold
try not using the kernel frame buffer. reconfigure the xserver-xfree86 package and when you get to the part that asks about the framebuffer, say no. see where that gets you. some times that could hose your system. - Original Message - From: "Jeremy Petzold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
Sony makes good notebooks, but the picture book is very small and if you are doinf programming, you should get somthing in the fx series I use an HPzt1130 (to get sound you need to add the acpi patch and compile all acpi into the kernel...a lot of laptops are like this) - Original Message

Re: COMPAQ EVO N1015V

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
are you having troubles? tell us what is the problem...some problems are universal. - Original Message - From: "Ron Daisy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 8:45 AM Subject: COMPAQ EVO N1015V > Is some one succeeded to install debian on a Compa

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
issue since it worked fine before. - Original Message - From: "Darin Strait" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeremy Petzold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 9:32 AM Subject: Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, n

Re: Thinkpad 770ED, Debian Sarge, new XFree 4.2.1

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
> > > and: > > HorizSync 28-49 > > VertRefresh 43-72 > > > > to: > > HorizSync 30-70 > > VertRefresh 50-90 > > BTW, as far as I know, laptop screens don't care about sync and refresh > at all. true, however XF86.org suggests that for LCDs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] wit

Re: X in Compaq Presario 900

2002-11-13 Thread Jeremy Petzold
yes...ATI is well supported by X...you caneven get direct support from the kernel I think (not sure if it is ATI ingeneral or a spesific ATI card) - Original Message - From: "Sergio Alonso Manzanedo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-laptop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2

Re: sound on an HP pavilion zt1135

2002-11-15 Thread Jeremy Petzold
add the acpi patch to your kernel and compile all acpi drivers in. your sound will work like a charm. - Original Message - From: "churro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 8:19 AM Subject: sound on an HP pavilion zt1135 > Hi everyone.. > anyone ha

Re: HP Laptop acpi

2002-11-15 Thread Jeremy Petzold
well, I do not know how to configure ACPI with out recompiling the kernel. go into the top level directory of your kernel source, do a make xconfig, go to the bottom of general setup enter the ACPI menu, activate everything except teh second option (somthing about the processor only) save the conf

Re: sound on an HP pavilion zt1135

2002-11-15 Thread Jeremy Petzold
wow...you have 2 laptops!!! anyway...knopix is awsome except that the sound did not work on my laptop and I could just not stand listening to the repeating (lo-lo-lo-lo) as it choked on Loading desktop or what ever it is. and the frigen script would not workj for me...I wish that knopix just had a

Re: [kernel 2.4.19] X hangs when logging out on Dell laptop

2002-11-16 Thread Jeremy Petzold
dri comes with x-window-system. I don't understand why you are having troubles unless you are using an unsupported card. - Original Message - From: "Christian G. Warden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Debian Laptop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, Nove

Re: Comments: Sony PCG-GR100K?

2002-11-21 Thread Jeremy Petzold
> I'm thinking about picking up a used Sony Vaio PCG-GR100K, but I'm > concerned about running Debian successfully on it. > - Has anyone been able to do so? I am sure they have > - Specifically, apparently this series uses a USB floppy drive (and maybe > CD too). How would I boot and begin insta

Re: Comments: Sony PCG-GR100K?

2002-11-21 Thread Jeremy Petzold
no, I mean he get the netboot files on a computer on his network then install the base system and run through the rest of the setup. doesn't debian have that sort of install anymore? - Original Message - From: "David B Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, Nove

Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-25 Thread Jeremy Petzold
no no...what you see in the kernel is APCI...it is diffrent than ACPI. - Original Message - From: "Ivar Alm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 3:05 PM Subject: Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-25 Thread Jeremy Petzold
you need to patch the kernel with the ACPI patch and then compile all the ACPI options(except one near the top of the list that blanks out the rest) into the kernel. then you will magicly have sound as long as you have your sound module and sound support set as modules or compiled in. - Origina

Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-25 Thread Jeremy Petzold
dohok...I was the victom of my own warning :-p...get teh APCI patch. - Original Message - From: "Fedor Karpelevitch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jeremy Petzold'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:25

Re: Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-25 Thread Jeremy Petzold
pm, Maximilian Pascher wrote: > > You have to apply it in Your kernel source-tree. Get it from > > http://acpi.sourceforge.net > > and patch Your kernel... After that You will find an extra menu option for > > ACPI and Your powermanagement will work. > > If You don'

Re: (semi-solved): Intel(r) AC'97 Audio Controller - SigmaTel Codec

2002-11-26 Thread Jeremy Petzold
that could be cause by your sound server settings, try increasing the latency, also, have you installed all the ALSA utilities and alsa m odules for sound programs? - Original Message - From: "Oleg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeremy Petzold" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g

Re: functionality of ACPI

2002-12-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
well, officialy, ACPI does not exist in Linux, however, there is a kernel patch for it and it will be in the 2.6 kernel due out art the begining of next year. as far as the powerdown functionality of the ACPI function, I do not know, I needed ACPI to get sound and that is all I care about. I am sur

Re: Updating Kernel

2002-12-07 Thread Jeremy Petzold
you don't need to update to the latest test kernel, just apply the acpi patch to the 2.4.20 kernel (there is a 2.4.20 acpi patch) then compile the options you need into the kernel, since this is on a laptop, most of the kernel options you need can be compiled in with out to much worry. after you