External monitor

(that keystroke in WinXP was used to cicle through notebook display/external monitors/both) nor closing the computer lid. I also tried to connect a TV set to the tv output port with a 75 Ohm cable, getting no better result.   Many thanks,           Piero Furiesi   Following is a

Re: External monitor

>Try turning the laptop off. Pluging in the external monitor, then >turning on the monitor. > >-sime Ohhh... so easy! :-O Many thanks to sime, Eric Peterson & Vampir0 Ner0. Any tip about the TV-output (PAL/NTSC)? Piero

Alt-SysRq & kernel 2.6.8: HOWTO?

Hi all,   I'd like to enable "magic" alt-sysrq on kernel 2.6.8.   I noticed that 'make menuconfig' had no option about CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ, so I manually added CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y in my .config and recompiled the kernel, with no success.   Anyone got the hack?   Piero Furiesi  

Re: Alt-SysRq & kernel 2.6.8: HOWTO?

>IIRC, You have to enable kernel hacking. Then the Mag-Sys-Reg-key-config >should appear. Well, I thougth that were the solution. But the "Magic SysReq" option for kernel 2.6.x is now under "Kernel debugging"... I found it! anyway, thanks.

Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko

(-D) and error printing (-e), I see a lot of "error read()ing: couldn't find file" messages. Anyone can help? Bye, Piero Furiesi (*)I read threads started by: ".: Alex Budianto :."; "jyb"; "The Durston-Smiths"; and "Filipe Santa-Clara".

Re: Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko

>Try adding "psmouse.proto=imps" parameter to the kernel. Even though I >don't use gpm, it brought back the taping funcionality to X. Use of psmouse.proto=imps causes Synaptics not to be found on boot; so I think I'll continue to use xfree86-driver-synaptics under X and 'gpm -m /dev/psaux -t imp

Some notes about woody on Omnibook XE3

ith "vesa" driver, best with "fbdev". Not with "i801".   Sound, Network adapter,... ==     See link above. All is ok.       Comment from Omnibook Debian users will be welcome.   Piero Furiesi  

Re: Alt-SysRq & kernel 2.6.8: HOWTO?

>IIRC, You have to enable kernel hacking. Then the Mag-Sys-Reg-key-config >should appear. Well, I thougth that were the solution. But the "Magic SysReq" option for kernel 2.6.x is now under "Kernel debugging"... I found it! anyway, thanks.

Synaptics Touchpad (again!...) X ok / console ko

(-D) and error printing (-e), I see a lot of "error read()ing: couldn't find file" messages. Anyone can help? Bye, Piero Furiesi (*)I read threads started by: ".: Alex Budianto :."; "jyb"; "The Durston-Smiths"; and "Filipe Santa-Clara".

Alt-SysRq & kernel 2.6.8: HOWTO?

Hi all,   I'd like to enable "magic" alt-sysrq on kernel 2.6.8.   I noticed that 'make menuconfig' had no option about CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ, so I manually added CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y in my .config and recompiled the kernel, with no success.   Anyone got the hack?   Piero Furiesi  

Some notes about woody on Omnibook XE3

ith "vesa" driver, best with "fbdev". Not with "i801".   Sound, Network adapter,... ==     See link above. All is ok.       Comment from Omnibook Debian users will be welcome.   Piero Furiesi  

External monitor

(that keystroke in WinXP was used to cicle through notebook display/external monitors/both) nor closing the computer lid. I also tried to connect a TV set to the tv output port with a 75 Ohm cable, getting no better result.   Many thanks,           Piero Furiesi   Following is a

Re: External monitor

>Try turning the laptop off. Pluging in the external monitor, then >turning on the monitor. > >-sime Ohhh... so easy! :-O Many thanks to sime, Eric Peterson & Vampir0 Ner0. Any tip about the TV-output (PAL/NTSC)? Piero