Re: best laptops for debian linux

2003-09-21 Thread Micha Feigin
On ו', 2003-09-12 at 21:06, Osamu Aoki wrote: > On Fri, Sep 12, 2003 at 01:12:47AM -0700, Jon wrote: > > I'm looking to buy a laptop that can easily be set up to run debian > > linux. I do not need a high end graphics card, nor is there a real > > need for a big screen. Being light weight is not

pcmcia/usb sound card advice

2003-09-24 Thread Micha Feigin
b 2 at the moment if thats a problem. Will be happy for any suggestions/experiences Thanx -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ACPI gnome applet for battery

2003-09-24 Thread Micha Feigin
s there any ACPI (read not APM) gnome applet for battery ? > > I think the battery applet that comes with GNOME in unstable supports > ACPI. At least it shows the correct value here. > > Cheers > Robert -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL P

Re: swsusp on Debian laptop (kernel 2.4.22)

2003-09-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, 2003-09-26 at 13:01, Dmitry Astapov wrote: > Evening, Jerome. > > Jerome BENOIT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 15:43 23/9/2003 wrote: > > JB> on my Debian (testing/unstable) laptop with kernel 2.4.22: I have just > JB> succeeded to apply the patch the Debian kernel-source package and > JB> built

Re: swsusp on Debian laptop (kernel 2.4.22)

2003-09-29 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 08:34, Cesar Rincon wrote: > Hola, Jerome. > > Ipsissima verba Jerome BENOIT: > > I plan to install soon the swsusp sofware > > > > http://swsusp.sourceforge.net/Software-suspend.html > > > > on my Debian (testing/unstable) laptop with kernel 2.4.22: > > I have just succeed

Re: swsusp on Debian laptop (kernel 2.4.22)

2003-10-01 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 21:28, Cesar Rincon wrote: > Ipsissima verba Micha Feigin: > > > I would suggest going switching to kernel 2.4.22 and swsusp 1.1-rc9 > > (rc10 should probably be out soon as rc9D was introduced on the > > mailing list and Nigel was given some gran

Re: trouble installing x-window system

2003-10-03 Thread Micha Feigin
FF 32C4 0357 5653 > -- > lately on /.: > > My record is 55 hours of straight coding. > Followed, no doubt, by six weeks of debugging. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Tim -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: trouble installing x-window system

2003-10-03 Thread Micha Feigin
128, radeon? Have you tried "vesa" as > >> a > >> last-resort alternative? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Frank > >> -- > >> Frank Trenkamp frank at trenkamp dot org > >> GPG fprt: 5A0C 4AE9

Re: reiserfs vs ext3fs

2003-10-06 Thread Micha Feigin
ed that the current install ISOs don't > > let you install with anything else than ext2. How would one > > go about installing with a totally different fs, without > > using too much aspirin? (Me things probably just wait for > > Sarge install disks...) > > > > /Y > > -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: no sound after susped/hibernation

2003-10-20 Thread Micha Feigin
there a solution about this problem? > > -- > > > > Hubidubi > > ICQ 30501048 -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ANNOUNCE] cpufreqd-1.1-rc1 released

2003-10-26 Thread Micha Feigin
e speedstep applet you can > find on some other OS, it monitors CPU, battery level, AC state and > running programs and adjusts the frequency governor according to a set > of rules specified in the config file. > > thanks (and sorry for the noise) > -- > mattia > :wq! --

Re: Debian for AMD Athlon

2003-10-27 Thread Micha Feigin
t of the laptop would bother to work as well as the cpu ;-) no sony next time). -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pentium-M

2003-11-03 Thread Micha Feigin
no > coma_bug: no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 2 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm > bogomips: 2595.22 > > > ch

Re: Pentium-M

2003-11-05 Thread Micha Feigin
0x0 (11.0x [1100MHz]) VID: 0xe (1.300V) powernow:FID: 0x14 (13.0x [1300MHz])VID: 0xe (1.300V) -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Different Network Environments

2003-11-17 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 03:37:53PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > What package do you recommend for managing different network > environments? I don't like waiting for ages trying to get a DHCP address > when I'm at home. I also have three NICs, two of which are WLAN cards. > Is there so

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:43:27PM +0100, Anders Ellensh?j Andersen wrote: > On Wednesday 19 November 2003 13:41, Caoilte O'Connor wrote: > > > who could face loading all of KDE when running on batteries. > > yuck. > > Excuse me but how can using KDE impact your battery life? > All the eye cand

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 12:04:03PM -0800, Tom Ballard wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:49:55PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 12:10, Dutch wrote: > > > Just sorta takin an informal poll here... > > > > > > Debian users, > > > -how many of you are running Gnome? > > > >

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 09:40:50PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 01:29:27PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > > > > > >Geez, no fvwm users yet? > > >(Not that I usually answer these polls) > > > > > >Of course, I have a setup I have

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 05:30:41PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:39:27 +1100, Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:40, Tim Connors > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > Fvwm is cool. It takes a fair bit of configuration, but it's > >>

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 04:48:15PM +0100, tilo kremer wrote: > > Debian users, > > -how many of you are running Gnome? > > after having used olwm/olvwm from early 90ies on, i switched to > enlightenment 2 years ago to shortly afterwards move on to sawfish, > occasionally w/ gnome. > > main reason

Re: firewall for my laptop ?

2003-12-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 08:21:19PM +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > Is there a simple (Debian) way to install a firewall on a laptop ? > > Thanks in advance, > Jerome > Look at shorewall and firestarter > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "uns

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:36:48PM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > I have a dell8900 and I can't seam to get the drive to spin down on 2.6.0-test9. > The drive makes > a noticeable whine that can be heard across the room. I'd like the noise to go > away, that is more > important than saving batter

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 02:44:01PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:36:48PM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > > I have a dell8900 and I can't seam to get the drive to spin down on 2.6.0-test9. >

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
t3 to use the bdflush timings. For reiserfs you need to patch it yourself (I wrote a patch for that if you are interested). laptop-mode is not available for 2.6 kernels yet. > --- Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > > &

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 11:07:35AM +, Yves Rutschle wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > > plug" problem th

Re: java plugin for mozilla

2004-01-08 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 06:17:50PM +0100, Michael Borko wrote: > Michael K O'Brien wrote: > >Hola~ > > > >I'd like to install a Java plugin for Mozilla. I was able to find a couple > >of > >web pages that describe how to do this by downloading the package from Sun > >and > >installing it by hand.

Re: Sony Laptop question

2004-01-08 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 02:12:11AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i am having a problem with my Sony Vaioo PCG-FX120, i read that someone was > having the same problem and i am concerned. I dont know how to get rid of the > problem, i have deleted so many things that i dont use and it will be

Re: harddisk inacessible in G4PowerBook

2004-01-09 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:58:36PM +0100, Bernhard Lang wrote: > hello all > > I'm a new list member but not at all new to Linux (using a G3PowerBook > with LinuxPPC since 2000). I just bought a new G4 and got stuck during > Linux installation (actually, just behind starting point): > Welcome >

Re: Suspend-to-Disk Problem

2004-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:41:09AM +, xsdg wrote: > On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 17:43:54 +0100 > "Mr. Muh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > my lappy got 2.6.0 kernel (from kernel.org) witch Suspend-to-Disk > > enabled, resume partition is my swap (/dev/hda3). > > > > If I echo 4 to

Re: Suspend-to-Disk Problem

2004-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 05:31:46PM +0100, Mr. Muh wrote: > >How do you have the swap partition set up in your lilo/grub ? > > Tried to give it directly at the lilo prompt and tried it with > append="resume=/dev/hda3" and/or append="pmdisk=/dev/hda3". > > In Documentation/power/swsusp.txt you can

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:46:50AM +0100, S?bastien NOBILI wrote: > >Dear All, > > > >I've just compiled 2.6.1 and switched onto ACPI from APM. 'acpid' is > >working properly, events get recognized well. I noticed, however, that > >while using APM, I was able to "suspend" my laptop by pressing "sus

Re: How to mount and access ntfs partition as regular user

2004-01-23 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 06:43:43PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > Hi, > > I'm fairly new to Linux, and have installed debian woody release 2 with > the bf24 kernel on my notebook alongside a windows xp ntfs partition > (which resides on hda1). I enabled ntfs support in the kernel during > installat

Re: How to mount and access ntfs partition as regular user

2004-01-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 08:09:41AM +0100, Bernd S. Brentrup wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 06:43:43PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm fairly new to Linux, and have installed debian woody release 2 with > > the bf24 kernel on my notebook alongside a windows xp ntfs partition > > (w

Re: How to mount and access ntfs partition as regular user

2004-01-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 06:36:57PM +0100, Bernd S. Brentrup wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 05:15:33PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 08:09:41AM +0100, Bernd S. Brentrup wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 06:43:43PM -0700, Tim Folger

Re: buy new laptop

2004-02-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 11:12:43AM +0100, Ottavio Campana wrote: > On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 11:08:24PM +, Fusco Francesco wrote: > > > > Could you tell me what is the best laptop to buy for working linux? > > What's about the Acer TM803? It is well-supported? > > I just bought an acer 291LMi.

Re: buy new laptop

2004-02-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 12:43:42PM +0100, Johannes Zarl wrote: > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 10:47:46AM +0100, ?rjan Persson wrote: > > Fusco Francesco ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Could you tell me what is the best laptop to buy for working linux? > > > What's about the Acer TM803? It is well-supp

Re: Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP

2004-02-12 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:48:47PM -, albatross wrote: > >I've bought this new Ultranotebook and was wondering about installing >Debian on it. Did anybody already try? I've read on Intel's side that >they are developing linux drivers for their Centrino Wi-fi card... > > > >W

Re: Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP

2004-02-14 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 10:59:46PM +0100, albatross wrote: > I just finished Debian Sarge. Install went ok but I freeze up when I digit > startx even if I choosed vesa driver. Same thing using the ati radeon > mobility 9200 driver? I get the graphic display but it doesen't go ahead... > > Any hint

Re: which process is accessing my hard drive?

2004-03-01 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 11:35:55AM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > > Hey folks, > > I'm trying to set my (aging) laptop up for maximum power > efficiency. using hdparm, I set the spindown time very short, I don't > use x, and I've gone so far as to shutdown things like cron and atd. > Pretty much the

Re: which process is accessing my hard drive?

2004-03-01 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 12:43:24PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 10:27:41AM -0700, s. keeling wrote: > > Incoming from Matt Price: > > > > > > I'm trying to set my (aging) laptop up for maximum power > > > efficiency. using hdparm, I set the spindown time very short, I don't

Re: what is this? from ps aux

2004-03-02 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:05:39PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > just wondering if anybody may have any idea what this is (from ps aux) > I am running debian testing on an asus L3C, if that makes any difference.. > > root 2375 0.0 0.2 3028 1176 ?S19:29 0:00 -:0 >

Re: New Sarge Net Installer and Grub

2004-04-18 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 10:34:42AM -0700, Jeff Coppock wrote: > I've been experimenting with the new NetInst CD in VMWare, since I > don't have a scratch system. The installer defaults to Grub for a boot > loader and also defaults to installing into MBR. The setup also uses an > initrd kernel. >

Re: New Sarge Net Installer and Grub

2004-04-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:12:40AM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote: > >>>>> Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Also, why is the bootloader default changing from Lilo to Grub? > > > No idea. The developers liked it, its supposed to be the next thing

Re: New Sarge Net Installer and Grub

2004-04-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 09:49:03PM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote: > >>>>> Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Hopefully it's better at booting other OSes, such as XP. I'm planning > >> to try it out for that reason. > > &

Re: eth1 without eth0

2004-05-11 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 05:00:15PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > Then I would suggest getting iwconfig, from the wireless-tools > package. And see what it says. > > In my change from 2.4 to 2.6, the wireless pcmcia card changed from > eth2 to eth3. So maybe the same thing happened to you. The onl

Re: [OT] Laptop in a pannier bag?

2004-05-12 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 01:49:27PM -0400, Nicolas wrote: > Hi, > > I know it's a little off topic, but if you use Debian on a laptop, you must > be a little "geeky". I go to work every day with my byke ane my laptop in a > backpak. It is a little hot and the laptop have a lots of stress

Re: usb mouse only works when plugged in at boot.

2004-05-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 02:43:40PM -0700, peace bwitchu wrote: > mousedev wasn't getting loaded before X > > > > --- peace bwitchu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am having a problem with my usb mouse, it doesn't > > want to work unless it is plugged in at boot. The > > modules are loaded but

Re: Kernel question

2004-05-03 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:09:29AM -0400, William Hawkes wrote: > I rebuilt the 2.4.26 kernel on an averatec 3200. I noticed that the > modules are not reloaded on boot. I am new at kernel rebuilding. Any > Ideas? > First, make sure that the kernel autoloader option is selected (under loadab

Re: beginner question

2004-05-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 10:08:27PM -0600, Alex Martin wrote: > Hello, > > Try /etc/modules > > This is where it is at on Debian, for loading modules at boot. > > Alex Martin > http://www.rettc.com > The is also /etc/modprobe.d from which /etc/modules.conf is built which tells the kernel which

advanced touchpad features with ALPS touchpad

2004-05-23 Thread Micha Feigin
Anyone knows if its possible to get ALPS touchpad to provide the same advanced features like synaptics (mainly I want the edge scroll). I saw something about patching 2.6 kernel to get it to function with the X synaptics driver, but not much else about it. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PRO

Re: advanced touchpad features with ALPS touchpad

2004-05-23 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 01:37:13AM +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello > > Micha Feigin wrote: > >Anyone knows if its possible to get ALPS touchpad to provide the same > >advanced features like synaptics (mainly I want the edge scroll). > > > >I saw something ab

Re: GATOS ATI drivers

2004-05-24 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 11:24:40AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I recently did an upgrade on my notebook (A Dell Latitude CP/x running > sarge), which pulled down XFree4.3. > > I then updated the GATOS ATI drivers from sourceforge and installed > them, but unfortunately atitvout still refu

Re: no sound after susped/hibernation

2003-10-20 Thread Micha Feigin
there a solution about this problem? > > -- > > > > Hubidubi > > ICQ 30501048 -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ANNOUNCE] cpufreqd-1.1-rc1 released

2003-10-26 Thread Micha Feigin
e speedstep applet you can > find on some other OS, it monitors CPU, battery level, AC state and > running programs and adjusts the frequency governor according to a set > of rules specified in the config file. > > thanks (and sorry for the noise) > -- > mattia > :wq! -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Debian for AMD Athlon

2003-10-27 Thread Micha Feigin
t of the laptop would bother to work as well as the cpu ;-) no sony next time). -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pentium-M

2003-11-03 Thread Micha Feigin
no > coma_bug: no > fpu : yes > fpu_exception : yes > cpuid level : 2 > wp : yes > flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov > pat clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 tm > bogomips: 2595.22 > > > cheers Martin > -- > - > please send me a CC when replying -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Pentium-M

2003-11-05 Thread Micha Feigin
0x0 (11.0x [1100MHz]) VID: 0xe (1.300V) powernow:FID: 0x14 (13.0x [1300MHz])VID: 0xe (1.300V) -- Micha Feigin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Different Network Environments

2003-11-17 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 03:37:53PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > What package do you recommend for managing different network > environments? I don't like waiting for ages trying to get a DHCP address > when I'm at home. I also have three NICs, two of which are WLAN cards. > Is there so

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 05:43:27PM +0100, Anders Ellensh?j Andersen wrote: > On Wednesday 19 November 2003 13:41, Caoilte O'Connor wrote: > > > who could face loading all of KDE when running on batteries. > > yuck. > > Excuse me but how can using KDE impact your battery life? > All the eye cand

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 12:04:03PM -0800, Tom Ballard wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2003 at 01:49:55PM -0600, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 12:10, Dutch wrote: > > > Just sorta takin an informal poll here... > > > > > > Debian users, > > > -how many of you are running Gnome? > > > >

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 09:40:50PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 01:29:27PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > > > > > >Geez, no fvwm users yet? > > >(Not that I usually answer these polls) > > > > > >Of course, I have a setup I have

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 05:30:41PM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 22:39:27 +1100, Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:40, Tim Connors > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > >> > Fvwm is cool. It takes a fair bit of configuration, but it's > >>

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Nov 23, 2003 at 04:48:15PM +0100, tilo kremer wrote: > > Debian users, > > -how many of you are running Gnome? > > after having used olwm/olvwm from early 90ies on, i switched to > enlightenment 2 years ago to shortly afterwards move on to sawfish, > occasionally w/ gnome. > > main reason

Re: firewall for my laptop ?

2003-12-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Dec 25, 2003 at 08:21:19PM +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello List, > > Is there a simple (Debian) way to install a firewall on a laptop ? > > Thanks in advance, > Jerome > Look at shorewall and firestarter > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "uns

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:36:48PM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > I have a dell8900 and I can't seam to get the drive to spin down on > 2.6.0-test9. The drive makes > a noticeable whine that can be heard across the room. I'd like the noise to > go away, that is more > important than saving batter

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 02:44:01PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:36:48PM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > > I have a dell8900 and I can't seam to get the drive to spin down on > > > 2.

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
t3 to use the bdflush timings. For reiserfs you need to patch it yourself (I wrote a patch for that if you are interested). laptop-mode is not available for 2.6 kernels yet. > --- Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > > > > &

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 11:07:35AM +, Yves Rutschle wrote: > On Tue, Jan 06, 2004 at 10:40:08PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > If you are running low on battery you get plenty of warning to shut > > down, and you _certainly_ are a lot more resilient to the "toddler yanks > > plug" problem th

Re: java plugin for mozilla

2004-01-08 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 06:17:50PM +0100, Michael Borko wrote: > Michael K O'Brien wrote: > >Hola~ > > > >I'd like to install a Java plugin for Mozilla. I was able to find a couple > >of > >web pages that describe how to do this by downloading the package from Sun > >and > >installing it by hand.

Re: Sony Laptop question

2004-01-08 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Jan 08, 2004 at 02:12:11AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i am having a problem with my Sony Vaioo PCG-FX120, i read that someone was > having the same problem and i am concerned. I dont know how to get rid of the > problem, i have deleted so many things that i dont use and it will be

Re: harddisk inacessible in G4PowerBook

2004-01-09 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 02:58:36PM +0100, Bernhard Lang wrote: > hello all > > I'm a new list member but not at all new to Linux (using a G3PowerBook > with LinuxPPC since 2000). I just bought a new G4 and got stuck during > Linux installation (actually, just behind starting point): > Welcome >

Re: Suspend-to-Disk Problem

2004-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 10:41:09AM +, xsdg wrote: > On Fri, 09 Jan 2004 17:43:54 +0100 > "Mr. Muh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi there, > > > > my lappy got 2.6.0 kernel (from kernel.org) witch Suspend-to-Disk > > enabled, resume partition is my swap (/dev/hda3). > > > > If I echo 4 to

Re: Suspend-to-Disk Problem

2004-01-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 05:31:46PM +0100, Mr. Muh wrote: > >How do you have the swap partition set up in your lilo/grub ? > > Tried to give it directly at the lilo prompt and tried it with > append="resume=/dev/hda3" and/or append="pmdisk=/dev/hda3". > > In Documentation/power/swsusp.txt you can

Re: questions on ACPI

2004-01-21 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:46:50AM +0100, S?bastien NOBILI wrote: > >Dear All, > > > >I've just compiled 2.6.1 and switched onto ACPI from APM. 'acpid' is > >working properly, events get recognized well. I noticed, however, that > >while using APM, I was able to "suspend" my laptop by pressing "sus

Re: How to mount and access ntfs partition as regular user

2004-01-23 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 06:43:43PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > Hi, > > I'm fairly new to Linux, and have installed debian woody release 2 with > the bf24 kernel on my notebook alongside a windows xp ntfs partition > (which resides on hda1). I enabled ntfs support in the kernel during > installat

Re: How to mount and access ntfs partition as regular user

2004-01-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 08:09:41AM +0100, Bernd S. Brentrup wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 06:43:43PM -0700, Tim Folger wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm fairly new to Linux, and have installed debian woody release 2 with > > the bf24 kernel on my notebook alongside a windows xp ntfs partition > > (w

Re: How to mount and access ntfs partition as regular user

2004-01-25 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 06:36:57PM +0100, Bernd S. Brentrup wrote: > On Sun, Jan 25, 2004 at 05:15:33PM +0200, Micha Feigin wrote: > > On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 08:09:41AM +0100, Bernd S. Brentrup wrote: > > > On Fri, Jan 23, 2004 at 06:43:43PM -0700, Tim Folger

Re: buy new laptop

2004-02-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 11:12:43AM +0100, Ottavio Campana wrote: > On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 11:08:24PM +, Fusco Francesco wrote: > > > > Could you tell me what is the best laptop to buy for working linux? > > What's about the Acer TM803? It is well-supported? > > I just bought an acer 291LMi.

Re: buy new laptop

2004-02-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 12:43:42PM +0100, Johannes Zarl wrote: > On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 10:47:46AM +0100, ?rjan Persson wrote: > > Fusco Francesco ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Could you tell me what is the best laptop to buy for working linux? > > > What's about the Acer TM803? It is well-supp

Re: Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP

2004-02-12 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 10:48:47PM -, albatross wrote: > >I've bought this new Ultranotebook and was wondering about installing >Debian on it. Did anybody already try? I've read on Intel's side that >they are developing linux drivers for their Centrino Wi-fi card... > > > >W

Re: Sony VAIO PCG-V505CP

2004-02-14 Thread Micha Feigin
On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 10:59:46PM +0100, albatross wrote: > I just finished Debian Sarge. Install went ok but I freeze up when I digit > startx even if I choosed vesa driver. Same thing using the ati radeon > mobility 9200 driver? I get the graphic display but it doesen't go ahead... > > Any hint

Re: which process is accessing my hard drive?

2004-03-01 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 11:35:55AM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > > Hey folks, > > I'm trying to set my (aging) laptop up for maximum power > efficiency. using hdparm, I set the spindown time very short, I don't > use x, and I've gone so far as to shutdown things like cron and atd. > Pretty much the

Re: which process is accessing my hard drive?

2004-03-01 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 12:43:24PM -0500, Matt Price wrote: > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 10:27:41AM -0700, s. keeling wrote: > > Incoming from Matt Price: > > > > > > I'm trying to set my (aging) laptop up for maximum power > > > efficiency. using hdparm, I set the spindown time very short, I don't

Re: what is this? from ps aux

2004-03-02 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 08:05:39PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi! > just wondering if anybody may have any idea what this is (from ps aux) > I am running debian testing on an asus L3C, if that makes any difference.. > > root 2375 0.0 0.2 3028 1176 ?S19:29 0:00 -:0 >

Re: New Sarge Net Installer and Grub

2004-04-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 10:34:42AM -0700, Jeff Coppock wrote: > I've been experimenting with the new NetInst CD in VMWare, since I > don't have a scratch system. The installer defaults to Grub for a boot > loader and also defaults to installing into MBR. The setup also uses an > initrd kernel. >

Re: New Sarge Net Installer and Grub

2004-04-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 10:12:40AM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote: > >>>>> Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Also, why is the bootloader default changing from Lilo to Grub? > > > No idea. The developers liked it, its supposed to be the next thing

Re: New Sarge Net Installer and Grub

2004-04-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 09:49:03PM +0200, Steinar Bang wrote: > >>>>> Micha Feigin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Hopefully it's better at booting other OSes, such as XP. I'm planning > >> to try it out for that reason. > > &

Re: Kernel question

2004-05-03 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 03, 2004 at 09:09:29AM -0400, William Hawkes wrote: > I rebuilt the 2.4.26 kernel on an averatec 3200. I noticed that the > modules are not reloaded on boot. I am new at kernel rebuilding. Any > Ideas? > First, make sure that the kernel autoloader option is selected (under loadab

Re: beginner question

2004-05-05 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, May 04, 2004 at 10:08:27PM -0600, Alex Martin wrote: > Hello, > > Try /etc/modules > > This is where it is at on Debian, for loading modules at boot. > > Alex Martin > http://www.rettc.com > The is also /etc/modprobe.d from which /etc/modules.conf is built which tells the kernel which

Re: usb mouse only works when plugged in at boot.

2004-05-10 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, May 09, 2004 at 02:43:40PM -0700, peace bwitchu wrote: > mousedev wasn't getting loaded before X > > > > --- peace bwitchu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am having a problem with my usb mouse, it doesn't > > want to work unless it is plugged in at boot. The > > modules are loaded but

Re: eth1 without eth0

2004-05-11 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 10, 2004 at 05:00:15PM -0400, Curt Howland wrote: > Then I would suggest getting iwconfig, from the wireless-tools > package. And see what it says. > > In my change from 2.4 to 2.6, the wireless pcmcia card changed from > eth2 to eth3. So maybe the same thing happened to you. The onl

Re: [OT] Laptop in a pannier bag?

2004-05-12 Thread Micha Feigin
On Wed, May 12, 2004 at 01:49:27PM -0400, Nicolas wrote: > Hi, > > I know it's a little off topic, but if you use Debian on a laptop, you > must > be a little "geeky". I go to work every day with my byke ane my laptop in a > backpak. It is a little hot and the laptop have a lots of stre

advanced touchpad features with ALPS touchpad

2004-05-23 Thread Micha Feigin
Anyone knows if its possible to get ALPS touchpad to provide the same advanced features like synaptics (mainly I want the edge scroll). I saw something about patching 2.6 kernel to get it to function with the X synaptics driver, but not much else about it.

Re: advanced touchpad features with ALPS touchpad

2004-05-23 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 01:37:13AM +0200, Jerome BENOIT wrote: > Hello > > Micha Feigin wrote: > >Anyone knows if its possible to get ALPS touchpad to provide the same > >advanced features like synaptics (mainly I want the edge scroll). > > > >I saw something ab

Re: GATOS ATI drivers

2004-05-24 Thread Micha Feigin
On Mon, May 24, 2004 at 11:24:40AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I recently did an upgrade on my notebook (A Dell Latitude CP/x running > sarge), which pulled down XFree4.3. > > I then updated the GATOS ATI drivers from sourceforge and installed > them, but unfortunately atitvout still refu

Re: external hard drive

2004-06-17 Thread Micha Feigin
On Thu, Jun 17, 2004 at 10:43:05PM +0200, Martin Wegmann wrote: > Hello, > > I tried to set up my new external hard drive (Samsung 160 GB, FDB 3.5" > SP1604N) using debian testing/unstable, Kernel 2.4.22-xfs. > > I used fdisk to partition the hard drive into 3 approx. 50 GB partitions - > wo

Re: Can I make my laptop mouse buttons lighter to the touch?

2004-06-19 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, Jun 19, 2004 at 04:23:47PM -0400, Jerome Werner wrote: > > I have a compaq presario 700. It has synaptic touchpad and two buttons. First > question, are the two buttons part of the touchpad or not? Also, I feel like > I have to put a lot of pressure on the buttons to make them click. Is

Re: ignore touchpad if mouse connected

2004-06-27 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jun 27, 2004 at 11:41:06PM +0200, Philipp Weis wrote: > On 27 Jun 2004, Sam Halliday <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i have my X setup to use /dev/input/mice which reads from the usb mouse or > > touchpad. i know how to set up X so that i select only one of these... but i > > wish to do some

Re: ignore touchpad if mouse connected

2004-07-03 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 06:34:20PM +0100, Sam Halliday wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > > I am just using /usr/bin/syndaemon which disables the touchpad when you > > type for a set time so that you don't get accidental clicks. Around 0.3 > > secs is very useful. > >

Re: ignore touchpad if mouse connected

2004-07-03 Thread Micha Feigin
On Sun, Jul 04, 2004 at 12:14:08AM +0100, Sam Halliday wrote: > Micha Feigin wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 03, 2004 at 06:34:20PM +0100, Sam Halliday wrote: > > > Micha Feigin wrote: > > > > I am just using /usr/bin/syndaemon which disables the touchpad when you > >

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