Re: [OT] RS232 to USB adapter

2004-06-08 Thread Matt Foster
WN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=40608 Have fun, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Black screen problem with vga text mode

2004-11-30 Thread Matt Foster
k the file your looking for vesafb.txt which lives in Documentation/fb/ in the kernel distribution. HTH, matt -- Time exists so that everything doesn't happen at once, space exists so that everything doesn't happen to you. Matt Foster | http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Wi-Fi newbie...

2003-07-06 Thread Matt Foster
showed only windoze-friendly sites. > -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042

Re: ide CD Bruner

2003-07-06 Thread Matt Foster
cdrecord has just started supporting. HTH, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042

Re: DMA Problem

2003-07-06 Thread Matt Foster
indication of if can handle DMA. If you find It can't, you may need specific kernel drivers to enable it. I, for example, have an NForce2 chipset which works ok with generic IDE support, but won't do DMA transfers (or mode changes) without a patch. cheers, Matt -- Matt Foster [EM

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-01 Thread Matt Foster
, >Harry > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-01 Thread Matt Foster
Quoting Derek Broughton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > From: "Matt Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It's /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ACAD/state on my system. > > Adding: > > > > # > > # see if ac is online > > # > > > > if grep "

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-01 Thread Matt Foster
Quoting Derek Broughton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > From: "Frédéric Bothamy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Matt Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-01 19:29] : > > > Quoting Derek Broughton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > > > Which wil

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-07 Thread Matt Foster
is), fsck is run at startup, and on my system the file system gets checked every 20something mounts regardless. Maybe I'm missing something. That said, I don't think I'd dare going without fsck unless my system was using a journalled fs, (which reminds me, for speed of checking and repairing, XFS is excellent). Matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042

Re: how does it all fit together? iwconfig, wlan-ng, hotplug, and pcmcia

2003-10-04 Thread Matt Foster
rfaces or should I stick with adding options in the > /etc/pcmcia directory? Should I do my changes to -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Wi-Fi newbie...

2003-07-06 Thread Matt Foster
showed only windoze-friendly sites. > -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ide CD Bruner

2003-07-06 Thread Matt Foster
cdrecord has just started supporting. HTH, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: DMA Problem

2003-07-06 Thread Matt Foster
indication of if can handle DMA. If you find It can't, you may need specific kernel drivers to enable it. I, for example, have an NForce2 chipset which works ok with generic IDE support, but won't do DMA transfers (or mode changes) without a patch. cheers, Matt -- Matt Foster [EM

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-01 Thread Matt Foster
, >Harry > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-01 Thread Matt Foster
Quoting Derek Broughton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > From: "Matt Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It's /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ACAD/state on my system. > > Adding: > > > > # > > # see if ac is online > > # > > > > if grep "

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-01 Thread Matt Foster
Quoting Derek Broughton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > From: "Frédéric Bothamy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > * Matt Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-09-01 19:29] : > > > Quoting Derek Broughton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > > > > > Which wil

Re: No fsck in battery mode

2003-09-07 Thread Matt Foster
ck is run at startup, and on my system the file system gets checked every 20something mounts regardless. Maybe I'm missing something. That said, I don't think I'd dare going without fsck unless my system was using a journalled fs, (which reminds me, for speed of checking and repairin

Re: how does it all fit together? iwconfig, wlan-ng, hotplug, and pcmcia

2003-10-04 Thread Matt Foster
rfaces or should I stick with adding options in the > /etc/pcmcia directory? Should I do my changes to -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: linux-wlan-ng wep

2003-10-17 Thread Matt Foster
ncluding > that any of it is even remotely true :-) > > Do let us know if that works tho! > > /Y > > I've used the command wireless_key before, which worked fine. So, if wireless_enc doesn't, try that. They should be exactly equivalent AFAIK. matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: your mail

2003-11-09 Thread Matt Foster
from source. Assuming, (of course), that it was a linux driver you were after :) -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Matt Foster
e and am used to WindowMaker. Was thinking of playing with Gnome > for a bit.) > > -- > David > > Bash > $_ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Ma

Re: CPU fan, CPU speed control

2003-11-28 Thread Matt Foster
> > > dd:/proc/acpi/processor/CPU1# cat info > > processor id:0 > > acpi id: 1 > > bus mastering control: yes > > power management:no > > throttling control: yes > > performance management: no > > limit i

Re: wireless + wired + dhcp +... : unproper default route

2003-12-27 Thread Matt Foster
t-down) commands in your interfaces file to play about with the routing table when your interfaces come up and down. hth, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: wireless network problems

2004-01-01 Thread Matt Foster
have fun, matt ps. Happy New Year to everyone :) -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: 2.6.0 Kernel, Lost Keyboard and Mouse

2004-01-01 Thread Matt Foster
ng its a laptop etc. > > Andy > Have you tried of pci=noacpi I had problems on various boxes without that? hth, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: D-Link (pcmcia) DWL-650, debian 3.0r2 and Intel ISA to pcmcia card

2004-01-18 Thread Matt Foster
, and it will most likely explicitly need to be a cardbus controller that you use. Cardbus is 32 bit, and acts a lot like pci. This explains it quite well (http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/CardBus). I believe I'm right in saying that you can't get ISA cardbus adapters, but I might be

Re: Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP

2004-02-14 Thread Matt Foster
ints? > > albatross > Most new vaio's will refuse to cooperate unless you use APCI in your kernel. You might need to roll your own, unless you have recent ACPI in there already. HTH, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.u

Re: Setting permissions

2004-03-21 Thread Matt Foster
.. Anyway, I use vim as my default editor, and I had a similar problem writing .viminfo (where vim stores info like command history, and bookmarks). The problem was that the file was created during a sudo session, and therefore root owned. So, if the backup file (or whatever it is) is root owned,

Re: network files systems

2004-03-29 Thread Matt Foster
sh-agent, syncing could be done automatically (say in a cron job, or perhaps a post-up clause in the network/interfaces file). The possibilities are endless! Although neither of these solutions are network file systems, they are nearly ideal for keeping laptops in sync, and are much less hassle t

Re: PXE on laptop?

2004-04-25 Thread Matt Foster
Quoting Christian Nygaard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi what major brands / series got PXE netbooting enabled laptops? > > Cheers Chris > My Sony Vaio R600 MX has an eepro100 card which will PXE boot. I suspect other sony laptops also do. matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PR

Re: List based subject line

2004-05-29 Thread Matt Foster
l filtering here[1]. The mailing list rules are particularly good, and I've been using them for about 18 months (or maybe more) with no problems at all. hth, matt [1] http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/procmail/ -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: linux-wlan-ng wep

2003-10-17 Thread Matt Foster
nty, including > that any of it is even remotely true :-) > > Do let us know if that works tho! > > /Y > > I've used the command wireless_key before, which worked fine. So, if wireless_enc doesn't, try that. They should be exactly equivalent AFAIK. matt -- M

Re: your mail

2003-11-09 Thread Matt Foster
from source. Assuming, (of course), that it was a linux driver you were after :) -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-18 Thread Matt Foster
e and am used to WindowMaker. Was thinking of playing with Gnome > for a bit.) > > -- > David > > Bash > $_ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Ma

Re: CPU fan, CPU speed control

2003-11-28 Thread Matt Foster
> > > dd:/proc/acpi/processor/CPU1# cat info > > processor id:0 > > acpi id: 1 > > bus mastering control: yes > > power management:no > > throttling control: yes > > performance management: no > > limit i

Re: wireless + wired + dhcp +... : unproper default route

2003-12-27 Thread Matt Foster
t-down) commands in your interfaces file to play about with the routing table when your interfaces come up and down. hth, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: 2.6.0 Kernel, Lost Keyboard and Mouse

2004-01-01 Thread Matt Foster
ng its a laptop etc. > > Andy > Have you tried of pci=noacpi I had problems on various boxes without that? hth, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: wireless network problems

2004-01-01 Thread Matt Foster
have fun, matt ps. Happy New Year to everyone :) -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: D-Link (pcmcia) DWL-650, debian 3.0r2 and Intel ISA to pcmcia card

2004-01-18 Thread Matt Foster
, and it will most likely explicitly need to be a cardbus controller that you use. Cardbus is 32 bit, and acts a lot like pci. This explains it quite well (http://www.handhelds.org/z/wiki/CardBus). I believe I'm right in saying that you can't get ISA cardbus adapters, but I might be

Re: Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP

2004-02-14 Thread Matt Foster
ints? > > albatross > Most new vaio's will refuse to cooperate unless you use APCI in your kernel. You might need to roll your own, unless you have recent ACPI in there already. HTH, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.u

Re: Setting permissions

2004-03-21 Thread Matt Foster
.. Anyway, I use vim as my default editor, and I had a similar problem writing .viminfo (where vim stores info like command history, and bookmarks). The problem was that the file was created during a sudo session, and therefore root owned. So, if the backup file (or whatever it is) is root owned,

Re: network files systems

2004-03-29 Thread Matt Foster
sh-agent, syncing could be done automatically (say in a cron job, or perhaps a post-up clause in the network/interfaces file). The possibilities are endless! Although neither of these solutions are network file systems, they are nearly ideal for keeping laptops in sync, and are much less hassle t

Re: PXE on laptop?

2004-04-25 Thread Matt Foster
Quoting Christian Nygaard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Hi what major brands / series got PXE netbooting enabled laptops? > > Cheers Chris > My Sony Vaio R600 MX has an eepro100 card which will PXE boot. I suspect other sony laptops also do. matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PR

Re: List based subject line

2004-05-29 Thread Matt Foster
l filtering here[1]. The mailing list rules are particularly good, and I've been using them for about 18 months (or maybe more) with no problems at all. hth, matt [1] http://www.linuxbrit.co.uk/procmail/ -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk icq: 106411042 signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: [OT] RS232 to USB adapter

2004-06-08 Thread Matt Foster
WN0X292ZXJ2aWV3&product_uid=40608 Have fun, matt -- Matt Foster [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mattfoster.clara.co.uk signature.asc Description: Digital signature