pcmcia ethernet configuration scripts

2000-08-17 Thread Neil . L . Roeth
e apparently overwrote a configuration script, since my > ethernet card is now not configured correctly on startup, and i don't > want to just put the statements back into some convenient place; i'd like > to know where they are supposed to go . . . -- Neil L. Roeth --

Re: potato/kernel 2.2.17 upgrade problems

2000-08-17 Thread Neil . L . Roeth
ock kernel instead of my custom kernel or something. On Aug 9, Neil L. Roeth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I upgraded my Sony Vaio 505VE from slink to potato, and then upgraded > the kernel from 2.0.38 to 2.2.17. Using potato with 2.0.38 is no > problem, but with 2.2.17 there are a couple o

potato/kernel 2.2.17 upgrade problems

2000-08-09 Thread Neil L. Roeth
more detail if necessary. TIA. -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: potato/kernel 2.2.17 upgrade problems

2000-08-17 Thread Neil . L . Roeth
ock kernel instead of my custom kernel or something. On Aug 9, Neil L. Roeth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I upgraded my Sony Vaio 505VE from slink to potato, and then upgraded > the kernel from 2.0.38 to 2.2.17. Using potato with 2.0.38 is no > problem, but with 2.2.17 there are a couple o

pcmcia ethernet configuration scripts

2000-08-17 Thread Neil . L . Roeth
e apparently overwrote a configuration script, since my > ethernet card is now not configured correctly on startup, and i don't > want to just put the statements back into some convenient place; i'd like > to know where they are supposed to go . . . -- Neil L. Roeth

RE: pcmcia config script

2000-09-14 Thread Neil L. Roeth
> > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: pcmcia config script

2000-09-16 Thread Neil L. Roeth
ax +1 604 291-3592 > -- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Network problems

2000-10-03 Thread Neil L. Roeth
reading if someone can point me in the right direction > for these issues... > > Michael > > ___ > To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, > all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSC

Re: Suspend to disk.

2000-10-11 Thread Neil L. Roeth
x BIOS, raw partitions for hibernate can be > anywhere on the disk. This isn't just "known" this is tested, as I've > got a quite happy machine with a partition smack in the middle. (I was > moving it around messing with sizes of other things.) The lphdisk docs say it "should be" a primary partition. Do you know if it works on a logical partition? -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Suspend to disk.

2000-10-12 Thread Neil L. Roeth
> The lphdisk docs say it "should be" a primary partition. Do you know > > if it works on a logical partition? > > No, I don't know - I didn't try it that way. Sorry. > > * Heather Stern * star@ many places... Thanks. I looked at the lphdisk code and it has hda4 hard coded in it, so the docs are ambiguous but the code is not! I repartitioned my disk and the suspending works like a charm. -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

kernels

2000-10-18 Thread Neil L. Roeth
as if I need a lot of > packages and the 13MB image... > > Thank you > Notin > > > --- > Beam to http://www.StarTrek.com > The official site of the Star Trek universe > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-02 Thread Neil L. Roeth
the BIOS, it is independent of the operating system, so it should work under Linux. I'd keep it, but if you do lose it, you can probably restore it (if your notebook uses the Phoenix BIOS). I had to restore mine with the lphdisk utility. -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-03 Thread Neil L. Roeth
On Nov 2, m.nine.six ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Neil L. Roeth" wrote: > > > > On Nov 2, Maurice Verhagen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a IBM Thinkpad 390E which I want to use for Debian. Although my

Hibernating Vaio..how

2000-11-03 Thread Neil L. Roeth
the bios to take over and suspend everything to disk Whatever the keys are that do it for DOS will do it for Linux. On my Vaio 505VE, it is Fn-F12. F12 has a little icon of an arrow pointing into a cylinder. Fn-Esc on my Vaio is suspend to RAM, and is the same as doing apm -s. -- Neil L.

Re: IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-04 Thread Neil L. Roeth
e sure that the 'boot' flag is set on the partition with > the suspend to disk file/partition or the thinkpad won't recognise it and > none of the apm stuff will work. Interesting. This is not necessary on the Vaio. > > there's a little more info on my th

Re: IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-06 Thread Neil L. Roeth
lashes while in suspend to RAM mode, but not in suspend to disk mode. To resume from suspend to RAM mode, I hit any key, to resume from suspend to disk mode I have to use the power switch. -- Neil L. Roeth neil-at-occamsrazor.net

Re: IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-06 Thread Neil L. Roeth
lashes while in suspend to RAM mode, but not in suspend to disk mode. To resume from suspend to RAM mode, I hit any key, to resume from suspend to disk mode I have to use the power switch. -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A little off topic...laptop date.

2000-11-08 Thread Neil L. Roeth
ndly, any way to subract 20 yeats from a files creation date ? To find them, you could set your system date to 1 day after that future date and user find / -mtime -1 -print. You can use touch to set the file time to be whatever you want. -- Neil L. Roeth neil-at-occamsrazor.net

Re: A little off topic...laptop date.

2000-11-10 Thread Neil L. Roeth
On Nov 8, Steve Dobson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 06:32:37AM -0500, Neil L. Roeth wrote: > > On Nov 8, Sale, Nigel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I have a rather old 486 laptop which had a bit of a funny turn the > > other day and advan

sony vaio laptops

2000-11-25 Thread Neil L. Roeth
at it only has a 12.1" screen. Mine has a 13.3" screen, good > grief. Does anyone have any good success stories installing/using linux > (debian specifically) on the Vaio's? Thanks. Oh, I'm on the list, so no need > to reply to me directly. > > - webfreak -- Neil L. Roeth neil-at-occamsrazor.net

X Windows Geometry Question

2000-11-28 Thread Neil L. Roeth
m of the screen. Any ideas how to fix > this, or a better forum to ask in much appreciated. > > Kieren > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: X etc. with Debian on Vaio F340

2001-02-23 Thread Neil L. Roeth
be open to changing it. > I chose the "simple" option for selecting packages and selected everything > associated with Gnome. -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mouse with Debian on Vaio F340

2001-02-26 Thread Neil L. Roeth
gt; to do next or how I might probe to check it out? > > Steve > > > > "Neil L. Roeth" wrote: > > > > Check the file $HOME/.xsession-errors for clues. Also, I've had > > better luck with xf86config than with XF86Setup. > > > >

Xircom Realport 10/100+56k RBEM56G-100

2001-03-07 Thread Neil L. Roeth
n Specialist > Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia > [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://www.cviog.uga.edu > "Speaking for myself and no one else" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Simple & Mouse with Debian on Vaio F340

2001-03-07 Thread Neil L. Roeth
considered a bug to be corrected in the > next release). Once I added the missing standard packages > with "tasksel -s" and then removed gpm the mouse worked. > Before that it did not work either with or without gpm. > > Steve > > > "Neil L. Roeth&

potato/kernel 2.2.17 upgrade problems

2000-08-09 Thread Neil L. Roeth
more detail if necessary. TIA. -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: pcmcia config script

2000-09-14 Thread Neil L. Roeth
> > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: pcmcia config script

2000-09-16 Thread Neil L. Roeth
4 291-3592 > -- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Network problems

2000-10-03 Thread Neil L. Roeth
reading if someone can point me in the right direction > for these issues... > > Michael > > ___ > To get your own FREE ZDNet Onebox - FREE voicemail, email, and fax, > all in one place - sign up today at http://www.zdnetonebox.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSC

Re: Suspend to disk.

2000-10-11 Thread Neil L. Roeth
x BIOS, raw partitions for hibernate can be > anywhere on the disk. This isn't just "known" this is tested, as I've > got a quite happy machine with a partition smack in the middle. (I was > moving it around messing with sizes of other things.) The lphdisk d

Re: Suspend to disk.

2000-10-12 Thread Neil L. Roeth
it "should be" a primary partition. Do you know > > if it works on a logical partition? > > No, I don't know - I didn't try it that way. Sorry. > > * Heather Stern * star@ many places... Thanks. I looked at the lphdisk code and it has hda4 hard coded in it,

kernels

2000-10-18 Thread Neil L. Roeth
as if I need a lot of > packages and the 13MB image... > > Thank you > Notin > > > --- > Beam to http://www.StarTrek.com > The official site of the Star Trek universe > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "

IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-02 Thread Neil L. Roeth
by the BIOS, it is independent of the operating system, so it should work under Linux. I'd keep it, but if you do lose it, you can probably restore it (if your notebook uses the Phoenix BIOS). I had to restore mine with the lphdisk utility. -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UN

Re: IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-03 Thread Neil L. Roeth
On Nov 2, m.nine.six ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > "Neil L. Roeth" wrote: > > > > On Nov 2, Maurice Verhagen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I have a IBM Thinkpad 390E which I want to use for Debian. Although my

Hibernating Vaio..how

2000-11-03 Thread Neil L. Roeth
the bios to take over and suspend everything to disk Whatever the keys are that do it for DOS will do it for Linux. On my Vaio 505VE, it is Fn-F12. F12 has a little icon of an arrow pointing into a cylinder. Fn-Esc on my Vaio is suspend to RAM, and is the same as doing apm -s. -- Neil L.

Re: IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-04 Thread Neil L. Roeth
e sure that the 'boot' flag is set on the partition with > the suspend to disk file/partition or the thinkpad won't recognise it and > none of the apm stuff will work. Interesting. This is not necessary on the Vaio. > > there's a little more info on my th

Re: IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-06 Thread Neil L. Roeth
lashes while in suspend to RAM mode, but not in suspend to disk mode. To resume from suspend to RAM mode, I hit any key, to resume from suspend to disk mode I have to use the power switch. -- Neil L. Roeth neil-at-occamsrazor.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IBM Thinkpad

2000-11-06 Thread Neil L. Roeth
lashes while in suspend to RAM mode, but not in suspend to disk mode. To resume from suspend to RAM mode, I hit any key, to resume from suspend to disk mode I have to use the power switch. -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

A little off topic...laptop date.

2000-11-08 Thread Neil L. Roeth
ract 20 yeats from a files creation date ? To find them, you could set your system date to 1 day after that future date and user find / -mtime -1 -print. You can use touch to set the file time to be whatever you want. -- Neil L. Roeth neil-at-occamsrazor.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: A little off topic...laptop date.

2000-11-10 Thread Neil L. Roeth
On Nov 8, Steve Dobson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Nov 08, 2000 at 06:32:37AM -0500, Neil L. Roeth wrote: > > On Nov 8, Sale, Nigel ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > I have a rather old 486 laptop which had a bit of a funny turn the other day >and advanced

sony vaio laptops

2000-11-25 Thread Neil L. Roeth
at it only has a 12.1" screen. Mine has a 13.3" screen, good > grief. Does anyone have any good success stories installing/using linux > (debian specifically) on the Vaio's? Thanks. Oh, I'm on the list, so no need > to reply to me directly. > > - webfreak -- Neil L. Roeth neil-at-occamsrazor.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

X Windows Geometry Question

2000-11-28 Thread Neil L. Roeth
m of the screen. Any ideas how to fix > this, or a better forum to ask in much appreciated. > > Kieren > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Neil L. Ro

Re: X etc. with Debian on Vaio F340

2001-02-23 Thread Neil L. Roeth
be open to changing it. > I chose the "simple" option for selecting packages and selected everything > associated with Gnome. -- Neil L. Roeth [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Mouse with Debian on Vaio F340

2001-02-26 Thread Neil L. Roeth
gt; to do next or how I might probe to check it out? > > Steve > > > > "Neil L. Roeth" wrote: > > > > Check the file $HOME/.xsession-errors for clues. Also, I've had > > better luck with xf86config than with XF86Setup. > > > >

Xircom Realport 10/100+56k RBEM56G-100

2001-03-07 Thread Neil L. Roeth
n Specialist > Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.cviog.uga.edu > "Speaking for myself and no one else" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscri

Re: Simple & Mouse with Debian on Vaio F340

2001-03-07 Thread Neil L. Roeth
considered a bug to be corrected in the > next release). Once I added the missing standard packages > with "tasksel -s" and then removed gpm the mouse worked. > Before that it did not work either with or without gpm. > > Steve > > > "Neil L. Roeth&

Installing debian from redhat

2002-03-25 Thread Neil L. Roeth
of how todo this > are lacking. How can I install from a working rh installation without > using cdrom or more than 1 floppy ? > > any help will be appreciated. > > cheers, > stephen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wi

Re: Installing debian from redhat

2002-04-15 Thread Neil L. Roeth
ks great. Please explain how... > > Or you could upgrade the live system without booting (using ar, tar > and rpm). Not for the faint of heart, though. ;) -- Neil L. Roeth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dead laptop

2002-07-02 Thread Neil L. Roeth
this work, i.e., what cables and such, and are there any gotchas? -- Neil L. Roeth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Xircom CEM56 modem

2002-08-05 Thread Neil L. Roeth
th or without the cable plugged in. This is under Woody on an Inspiron 7000, running 2.4.9. The serial_cs and xirc2ps_cs modules get loaded when the card is inserted. Does anyone have any clues? Any ways to debug it other than minicom? -- Neil L. Roeth

Installing debian from redhat

2002-03-25 Thread Neil L. Roeth
of how todo this > are lacking. How can I install from a working rh installation without > using cdrom or more than 1 floppy ? > > any help will be appreciated. > > cheers, > stephen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wi

Re: Installing debian from redhat

2002-04-14 Thread Neil L. Roeth
works great. Please explain how... > > Or you could upgrade the live system without booting (using ar, tar > and rpm). Not for the faint of heart, though. ;) -- Neil L. Roeth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

dead laptop

2002-07-02 Thread Neil L. Roeth
this work, i.e., what cables and such, and are there any gotchas? -- Neil L. Roeth -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]