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Seth S. Edwards wrote:
> However, as
> most take their laptops places that are outside of their control, having
> this added layer of security is beneficial.
The enabled kdm password is only beneficial for the case that the laptop
is unattended *and*
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Daniel Pittman wrote:
> Using that someone could trivially open a new KDM login prompt, hit
> return, and have access to your identity. Not much fun.
Not on my lenny system. I have enabled 'auto-login' for my primary user.
That option automatically l
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Ionreflex wrote:
> @Stefan
>
> [quote]
> 486 will work. 686 may work.
> [/quote]
>
>
> My impression exactly, but I'd like to be sure : if I scrape this install,
> I'll have a hard time recovering it...
There is nothing in the way to install *both
I am running sarge on a Thinkpad R51.
On using standard sarge kernel 2.6.8 the laptop won't switch off on
shutdown, so that one always has to press the off button for a few
seconds. Also in order to use the extended features for hibernate I
installed linux-image-2.6-686 from testing.
Now the
H jj wrote:
Hi,
I use T42,I have fixed this problem.
use alsamixer,mute Line Sense Jack and Headphone Jack sense.Check
Master Vol not too low.
it's OK.
Thanks! That helped; strangely that it worked on the older kernel.
I now can hear system events and play noatun.
With alsaplayer I get:
joha
marc wrote:
Johannes Wiedersich said...
I am running sarge on a Thinkpad R51.
On using standard sarge kernel 2.6.8 the laptop won't switch off on
shutdown, so that one always has to press the off button for a few
seconds.
What is your grub/lilo setting for this boot?
alessandro basili wrote:
Moreover I'd like to understand if some of the tools I need to work are
Debian compliant, considering that they work surely under RedHat (I'd like
to add that they are not open source, they are hardware tools for FPGA
development). Can someone of you give me some hints?
J
François Obada wrote:
alessandro basili wrote:
Thanks a lot for your answer. Do you have any experiences in getting
rpm packets on debian? do you think is possible to use a software
designed for RedHat on Debian?
There is a package called 'alien'. With this is it possible to install
individ
Mike Jankowski wrote:
Hi,
ehm, my lspci output.
00:03.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556B Hurricane CardBus (rev 20)
Googling for your Ethernet controller ("3Com Corporation 3c556B linux")
one of the first results is:
http://www.svenstedt.se/linux/T22.html
ACPI
There is a majo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would like to cancel my website service, but I don`t remember my login name
could you help me with this? Please let me know ASAP. Thanks, Maxine R.
Jackson
Do you want to stop apache?
# /etc/init.d/apache stop
Please tell us exactly what you want to stop.
Johanne
Adriel Cardenas wrote:
Hi;
I just have installed Debian 3.1 on a HP nc6230 Laptop, I've selected
the 2.6 kernel (option linux26) in order to make the softmodem included
in this laptop to work under Debian, but the problem is that once that I
rebooted the heat went really high, I can feel the
André Wendt wrote:
whenever I am on batteries, my battstat-applet in GNOME warns me if
there's only 5% of capacity left. However, that's still 10-15 minutes
which I want to use to save battery life -- I'm afraid plugging the cable
in too early is going to waste the battery (correct me if I'm wron
Juan Piñeros wrote:
-
cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
#
proc/proc procdefaults0
0
#cd-rom
/dev/hdc/media/cdrom0
Thanks for the input. I created a LBA FAT 32 partition using cfdisk and
then formated it with mkfs.vfat. Everything seems to be working fine.
I will have access to a Microsoft laptop some time next week, I will
test the hdd's compatibility then.
It should work. Usually it's the best solution to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I work from home while I care for my profoundly retarded and
handicapped. Can you tell me what to do about my laptop? On boot, the
following message appears:
***STOP: 0x001E <0xC005,0xBFEB30C1,0x,0x464A9169>
KMODE_EXCEPTION_NOT_HANDLED
From google
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I searched for Toshiba Tecra 8100 "error messages". I site came up that
had multiple questions and answers. You answered many questions. Your
email address appeared in the answers. The site may have been linked to
"Toshiba Support Communications Center". Sorry if t
Hi,
I recently upgraded sarge to etch (thinkpad, kde). Suddenly tapping
doesn't work any more. I checked control center and it is activated.
Now, I realize that tapping works for non-kde applications (eg. firefox,
but not konqueror, kate, etc.). Even more funny: it works if I tap on a
link in
Christian Schuerer wrote:
I had the problem too, that dpkg-reconfigure didn't write a new config file.
By chance I found out that you have to use the tool called "dexconf":
:~$ dexconf --help
Usage: dexconf [OPTION ...]
write an Xorg X server configuration file based on debconf database value
Dan Davison wrote:
However I would really like to have the choice to quit out of gnome
(or never enter it) and use a different window manager, when I want.
I have the .xsession file from my old debian system that sets up an X
session with the ion window manager, and I would like to be able to
ch
Mattia Dongili wrote:
On Wed, Jan 26, 2005 at 08:20:05PM +0100, Mattia Dongili wrote:
[...]
this link is useless... I'm wondering how to disable gestures in
_mozilla_ :)
Mozilla/Firefox have the default configuration to interpret horizontal
scrolling as back or forward button events. If you do
Johannes Wiedersich wrote:
I recently upgraded sarge to etch (thinkpad, kde). Suddenly tapping
doesn't work any more. I checked control center and it is activated.
Now, I realize that tapping works for non-kde applications (eg. firefox,
but not konqueror, kate, etc.). Even more funny: it
Gernot Hassenpflug wrote:
> Listen up! If you want answers to your personal troubles, pay a consultant.
> On this list people collaborate on solutions to problems, and share the
> answers. You cannot expect people to put in an extra Cc just for you,
> do your bit and subscribe to the list. If you d
Alex Yakushev wrote:
Hello every body.
Is anybody can recommend good laptop computer, there
can install Debian without mager problems?
look at www.tuxmobil.org
If you find a laptop that works with kernel 2.6.8 or older on any
distribution, your odds are that it will be supported by debian sarge
Hello Edward,
I would go and answer your question. When you post to a mailing list,
you should follow some minimum guidelines:
- post to the right mailing list. While debian and samba can be used on
laptops they are not laptop specific. You should post to
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- start a new message
Brandon Fogerty wrote:
I want to install SDL Development Libraries so I did,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/bfogerty/projects/c++/sdl_test# apt-get install
libsdl1.2debian-all
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Package libsdl1.2debian-all is not available, but is referred to
Evgeni Golov wrote:
Evgeni, whose Z61m isn't affected :)
... or maybe :(( since all those affected will get a brand new battery,
replacing one that is already two years old... ;-)
Johannes
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Philip Bellenoit wrote:
Sometimes bad experiences can be helpful. Here is mine.
[...]
I'm sure that in time I'll get all these issues resolved--part of the
problem is my own inexperience. But next time I buy it won't be
anything too new.
It's a pitty that still hardware manufacturers don
I've had some trouble with setting up wireless on debian etch (Thinkpad
R51).
I copied the firmware 3.0, ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz to /lib/fimware as
described on thinkwiki.org
Now, the situation is that the wireless sometimes works and mostly not.
If I shut the wifi down and enable it again, it so
Nikolay Polivanov wrote:
On Fri, 03 Nov 2006 10:38:18 +0100
Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I've had some trouble with setting up wireless on debian etch
(Thinkpad R51).
Do you have ipw2200 driver installed? Built-in kernel support of isn't good
enough.
I
Micha wrote:
Make sure this accesspoint/router is properly working (e.g., not
grunting under load from casual wardrivers ;) Try to test by joining
a well-known working AP / router @friends and start
with most simple configuration, no key etc.
I tried with two different access points.
http://
David Pastern wrote:
> I was not prepared to pay Apple's 'sign this warranty agreement and
> agree to our unfair terms and services or don't get your iPod fixed'.
> I chose the latter.
>
[...]
>
> Most people do not read the fine print; they just click and accept
> whatever license flashes up
Nic James Ferrier wrote:
> Johannes Wiedersich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> I'm not a lawyer, but as I understand it, in Germany the legal situation
>> is that all these agreements are void, unless the company can prove that
>> you approved them _befor
Joe Emenaker wrote:
> Paul Johnson wrote:
>> Voting with your money is important when it comes to
>> compatability on Linux.
>>
> I'd be all for getting something other than a Dell, but they were the
> only ones I could find that offered a laptop with a screen resolution
> meeting or exceeding 1
Thorsten Schmidt wrote:
> But for some reason, disabling the radio on XP gives me 50min while
> disableling it on linux give 15min - even if ipw2200.ko is unloaded...
I switch it off by
# echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/*/rf_kill
according to
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Ipw2200#Power_Man
Micha wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Please excuse this is not strictly debian or laptop related,
> but i'm in urgent trouble.
> I accidently deleted a folder with 3500 files on my laptop,
> just when i wanted to do a really overdue backup.
> It's about 5 GB, nearly 3 months of work, and the last
> backup i
Ian Greenhoe wrote:
> Actually, if those aren't the originator of the mail, then there is
> little point of letting it through.
... and there is *no* point in spamming *them* via the list ... (just
because they have fallen victim to a forged sender address)
Johannes
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Ian Greenhoe wrote:
> [I am *trying* not to stir up a bee's nest here, since I know that this
> is a topic on which many people have very strong opinions.]
>
> I emphatically agree that something needs to be done about the volumes
> of spam we are getting.
If I define spam as "mail that wastes m
Celejar wrote:
> I'm not trying to flame, but people have repeatedly pointed out that
> most of the OT stuff is in threads marked 'OT', so filtering on that
> could be helpful (although it obviously won't save your bandwidth).
YMMV, but about the same can be said about the (relatively small) numbe
Christoph Kling wrote:
> I plan to buy a notebook to use with Debian. I wonder if some of you
> might have a few tips which manufacturer or which models in general
> are notably known to cause only few problems with Linux and Debian
> concerning hardware support and so on.
Search this list. This c
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> I see. Although you really shouldn't slate a post just because you don't
> understand
I guess Jochen just wanted to help you to ask smarter questions next
time ;-)
It is difficult to understand what you mean -- both h
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Jim Moore wrote:
[big snip]
> Would really like to replace the Gateway. Under Linux the keyboard, touchpad
> and face of the computer are extremely sensitive;i.e.; if one's finger
> touches
> the bezel around the touchpad it will jump to another op
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Jim Moore wrote:
[snip quotes]
> This topic is several days old now, so shall contact you off-list. Could you
> further explain what you mean by a touchpad with palm and multi-finger
> detection.
Never mind, that the thread is a few days old: back
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Stefan Monnier wrote:
[snip]
> In my case tpconfig doesn't seem to have any impact (although it does give
> the impression of working correctly), whereas things like synclient or
> [gq]synaptics definitely do work.
>
> I haven't yet found a good way t
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Serge FRANCOIS wrote:
> Why not try the keynux laptop or system 76 laptop ? Both use standard and
> good
> components. And they garanti the compatibility of their laptops with Linux.
> Que demander de plus ?
>
> Here is the address : http://www.key
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Serge FRANCOIS wrote:
[snip a lot of stuff]
> It doesn't seem's too old and neither the price too high. In Dell we have
> something equivalent for 1150 €, but with only 1 year of waranti against 2
> years and 3 years for processor, memory and hard
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Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> Both Dell and Lenovo offer laptops with anti-reflective 4x3 display, IIRC.
>
> They definitely seem to be on the way out.
> The wonderful 14" 1400x1050 that used to be the "ideal T series config" has
> apparently disappeared i
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On 2008-05-28 13:34, Jaime wrote:
> Just re-sized my linux partition and installed Debian Lenny KDE. Have
> been running Etch with Gnome for months now but thought I'd give KDE a
> try. The install went flawlessly and getting wireless up and running
Dear all,
I am running Debian Sarge on an Ibm Thinkpad R51. Most of the things
work flawlessly; also compared to the Suse I ran before. Thanks for that
great distribution.
One small annoyance to me is the behaviour of the touchpad. When I move
the mouse quickly up in a browser (to the menue or
Thanks, I got ksynaptics running via KDE's control center. Here I
enabled "circular scrolling".
It's a bit confusing; I'd have never expected to disable "gestures" by
enabling "circular scrolling".
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ synclient -l
> Parameter settings:
> LeftEdge = 1900
>
MJD wrote:
I had the same problem on my laptop. What you have to do is reboot off the
net install cd, then let it detect your hard drive. Then you need to mount
your system just like it normally is under /mnt. Then do "chroot /mnt"
without the quotes. Then run aptitude and remove hotplug and di
On Mozilla I get:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
-- or is this just a new trick from a spammer?
Johannes
Ken wrote:
Philip Schwartz wrote:
I am pleased to announce that debian-laptop.org will be the home of the
Debain on Laptops Information and Guide repo.
I'm running Debian 3.1 Sarge on a IBM Thinkpad R51. I use kernel
2.6.8-2-686.
When i shutdown my notebook it goes down, the screen went black, and all
LEDs are off. But the fan still runs and doesn't want to stop. I have
got to press the powerbutton for 3 seconds to stop it.
It's _a_ place to l
mportant data beforehand.
type > man chroot or > man grub-install, if you are not sure what you
are doing.
Usually debian will do most things nicely for you.
Johannes Wiedersich
Brandon Richards wrote:
Hey Patrice,
Just to let you know you have to install Windows first and then Linux.
I am
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