Can't get 3Com LAN/modem to work on Thinkpad770

2002-12-12 Thread Pietro Calogero
Hello folks, I am a newbie who needs help troubleshooting a LAN/Modem card that I added to a ThinkPad 770, which my Debian 3.0 install cannot use. I think it is an IRQ or memory conflict, but I don’t know how to troubleshoot it. Unfortunately, if I cannot get this card to work, I cannot connect

Re: doubt??

2002-12-29 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear Franzi, Yes, the driver does work with kernel 2.2.20. I am using a pretty-much default installation of Woody (22 July 02) on a ThinkPad770 with a 3com FEM656 CardBus LAN/modem. I found that if I ran dmesg just after boot, it showed that the 3c575 driver was installed and running, but the

Re: doubt??

2003-01-01 Thread Pietro Calogero
seems similar to yours. franzi wrote: On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 09:32:10PM -0800, Pietro Calogero wrote: Dear Franzi, Yes, the driver does work with kernel 2.2.20. Edit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and add a line like: include port 0x1000-0x1fff Done it but nothing happend. I am

Re: doubt??

2003-01-09 Thread Pietro Calogero
cannot run iptables with the default install (kernel 2.2.20). Pietro franzi wrote: On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:47:54AM -0800, Pietro Calogero wrote: Dear Franzi, To begin with, I hope that people who understand Debian are reading this and will contribute their input, because I really am a

Firewalls, basic questions

2003-01-13 Thread Pietro Calogero
uickstart HOWTO and use iptables? Please keep in mind that, following the advice of several HOWTOs, I will not connect this laptop to the internet until I have a firewall built. So all of Debian's online software updates are unavailble to me until then. Pietro Russell Coker wrote: On Th

Re: Installation problem (PCMCIA/Network card related)

2003-01-13 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear Phil, I have the same card and I had an IO memory allotment problem. Finally wrote to Dave Hinds and I quote his response: --- Pietro Calogero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: cs: could not allocate 512 IO ports for CardBus Edit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and add a line like: i

pppoeconf cannot find working ethernet card

2003-01-31 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear List, I have a similar problem to one mentioned by Doug on 30 January. Maybe the same answer would serve both of us: My system seems to identify my NIC, but when I run pppoeconf to configure for hooking up to DSL, pppoeconf responds that no ethernet card was found. Hardware: IBM ThinkP

Still cannot get 3com NIC to work

2003-02-01 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear List, My system does not identify my NIC. The NIC in question: FEM656C-3Com Global 10-100+56k CardBus pc Hardware: IBM ThinkPad770 with 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive. PCMCIA Sockets: TI PCI-1250 CardBus controller Kernel: 2.4.18-586tsc PCMCIA modules installed: ds, pcmcia_core, yenta_socket F

Got 3com card working, still have 1 question

2003-02-01 Thread Pietro Calogero
After some more digging around and a lucky hunch I tried insmod 3c59x and got the card working. When I ran pppoeconf it asked me whether I wanted it to automatically open a connection at boot time. I said no, so it said I can start the connection with: pon dsl-provider and stop it with: p

Re: What happen with my screen

2003-02-18 Thread Pietro Calogero
I am having a similar problem with my ThinkPad770, and I am pretty sure the screen is dying. Another indication is uneven brightness; the bottom left corner of my screen is bright and washed out; the rest is dim. I tried replacing the inverter which powers the screen, but it did not help at a

Re: What to choose? Mac or PC?

2003-02-18 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear Matej, I recommend getting an intel-style laptop, simply because so many components are available at lower prices, both new and used. Macs are indeed better for durability and for internal consistency. I am writing this to you on a Mac that I have used continuously for 7 1/2 years, which s

Re: thinkpad 560 + RAM [OT - but running woody ;-)]

2003-02-21 Thread Pietro Calogero
Don't know if there is a HOWTO for BIOS updates because I did the update before I started learning Linux. But IBM provides the updates appropriate to each model on its website. I think you should be able to download it and create an update-floppy using whatever OS you are now using to get onlin

Re: MobiliX with new name TuxMobil.org

2003-02-21 Thread Pietro Calogero
Wow. Sounds like we should boycott Les Edition Albert Rene products. I would guess that most Linux-users are pretty uncomfortable with the nasty way that corporate property protections are enforced. Pietro Werner Heuser wrote: MobiliX with new name TuxMobil.org *- Please update your bookm

Re: Kde Tooltips - From kde 3.1/sid back to Kde 2.2.2/woody..

2003-02-22 Thread Pietro Calogero
I have also noticed that the icons in the 3.1 taskbar are lighter in color and harder to see on my laptop too. At first I thought it was the screen itself, which is dying, but the icons were more visible in KDE 2.2 and the screen has not degraded since I updated to KDE 3.1. Pietro Joao Pedro C

Re: RAM upgrade ignored or kernel panic arises on Thinkpad T22

2003-02-01 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear Virgil, Running a ThinkPad 770 with 256 MB ram, Kernel 2.4.18. This kernel recognizes the remainder of the RAM, but when I was running 2.2.20 I had to add: append = "mem = 261568K" to lilo.conf. I don't even remember where I read this, but about 512K is claimed right off the top by somethi

Can't get 3Com LAN/modem to work on Thinkpad770

2002-12-12 Thread Pietro Calogero
Hello folks, I am a newbie who needs help troubleshooting a LAN/Modem card that I added to a ThinkPad 770, which my Debian 3.0 install cannot use. I think it is an IRQ or memory conflict, but I don’t know how to troubleshoot it. Unfortunately, if I cannot get this card to work, I cannot connect

Re: doubt??

2002-12-29 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear Franzi, Yes, the driver does work with kernel 2.2.20. I am using a pretty-much default installation of Woody (22 July 02) on a ThinkPad770 with a 3com FEM656 CardBus LAN/modem. I found that if I ran dmesg just after boot, it showed that the 3c575 driver was installed and running, but the k

Re: doubt??

2003-01-01 Thread Pietro Calogero
seems similar to yours. franzi wrote: On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 09:32:10PM -0800, Pietro Calogero wrote: Dear Franzi, Yes, the driver does work with kernel 2.2.20. Edit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and add a line like: include port 0x1000-0x1fff Done it but nothing happend. I am

Re: doubt??

2003-01-09 Thread Pietro Calogero
cannot run iptables with the default install (kernel 2.2.20). Pietro franzi wrote: On Wed, Jan 01, 2003 at 10:47:54AM -0800, Pietro Calogero wrote: Dear Franzi, To begin with, I hope that people who understand Debian are reading this and will contribute their input, because I really am a newbie

Firewalls, basic questions

2003-01-13 Thread Pietro Calogero
quickstart HOWTO and use iptables? Please keep in mind that, following the advice of several HOWTOs, I will not connect this laptop to the internet until I have a firewall built. So all of Debian's online software updates are unavailble to me until then. Pietro Russell Coker wrote: On Thu, 9

Re: Installation problem (PCMCIA/Network card related)

2003-01-13 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear Phil, I have the same card and I had an IO memory allotment problem. Finally wrote to Dave Hinds and I quote his response: --- Pietro Calogero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: cs: could not allocate 512 IO ports for CardBus Edit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts and add a line like: includ

pppoeconf cannot find working ethernet card

2003-01-30 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear List, I have a similar problem to one mentioned by Doug on 30 January. Maybe the same answer would serve both of us: My system seems to identify my NIC, but when I run pppoeconf to configure for hooking up to DSL, pppoeconf responds that no ethernet card was found. Hardware: IBM ThinkPad7

Re: RAM upgrade ignored or kernel panic arises on Thinkpad T22

2003-01-31 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear Virgil, Running a ThinkPad 770 with 256 MB ram, Kernel 2.4.18. This kernel recognizes the remainder of the RAM, but when I was running 2.2.20 I had to add: append = "mem = 261568K" to lilo.conf. I don't even remember where I read this, but about 512K is claimed right off the top by something

Still cannot get 3com NIC to work

2003-02-01 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear List, My system does not identify my NIC. The NIC in question: FEM656C-3Com Global 10-100+56k CardBus pc Hardware: IBM ThinkPad770 with 256 MB RAM, 20 GB hard drive. PCMCIA Sockets: TI PCI-1250 CardBus controller Kernel: 2.4.18-586tsc PCMCIA modules installed: ds, pcmcia_core, yenta_socket Fi

Got 3com card working, still have 1 question

2003-02-01 Thread Pietro Calogero
After some more digging around and a lucky hunch I tried insmod 3c59x and got the card working. When I ran pppoeconf it asked me whether I wanted it to automatically open a connection at boot time. I said no, so it said I can start the connection with: pon dsl-provider and stop it with: pof

Re: What happen with my screen

2003-02-17 Thread Pietro Calogero
I am having a similar problem with my ThinkPad770, and I am pretty sure the screen is dying. Another indication is uneven brightness; the bottom left corner of my screen is bright and washed out; the rest is dim. I tried replacing the inverter which powers the screen, but it did not help at a

Re: What to choose? Mac or PC?

2003-02-18 Thread Pietro Calogero
Dear Matej, I recommend getting an intel-style laptop, simply because so many components are available at lower prices, both new and used. Macs are indeed better for durability and for internal consistency. I am writing this to you on a Mac that I have used continuously for 7 1/2 years, which sa

Re: thinkpad 560 + RAM [OT - but running woody ;-)]

2003-02-21 Thread Pietro Calogero
Don't know if there is a HOWTO for BIOS updates because I did the update before I started learning Linux. But IBM provides the updates appropriate to each model on its website. I think you should be able to download it and create an update-floppy using whatever OS you are now using to get onlin

Re: MobiliX with new name TuxMobil.org

2003-02-21 Thread Pietro Calogero
Wow. Sounds like we should boycott Les Edition Albert Rene products. I would guess that most Linux-users are pretty uncomfortable with the nasty way that corporate property protections are enforced. Pietro Werner Heuser wrote: MobiliX with new name TuxMobil.org *- Please update your bookmar

Re: Kde Tooltips - From kde 3.1/sid back to Kde 2.2.2/woody..

2003-02-22 Thread Pietro Calogero
I have also noticed that the icons in the 3.1 taskbar are lighter in color and harder to see on my laptop too. At first I thought it was the screen itself, which is dying, but the icons were more visible in KDE 2.2 and the screen has not degraded since I updated to KDE 3.1. Pietro Joao Pedro Cl