Hi
I have a problem with a Vaio laptop. After PCMCIA loads the whole boot
and system is very slow. Older computers boot faster... I don't know
what the problem is, but I'd like to disable pcmcia that I enabled
during installation. Problem is that I cannot figure out how to do it.
Even if I add nop
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:34:21 +0200
Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> likely you've got discover(1) installed or
> yenta/whatever-pcmcia-related module in /etc/modules.
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Hi
We are noticing that a new Vaio laptop is extremely slow to boot
Debian. We thought it was PCMCIA problem an started without it, but it
still is slow from around the place that PCMCIA would have started.
Also the X11 is very sluggish. The laptop is noticeably slower than
other older desktop com
On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 22:34:21 +0200
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> likely you've got discover(1) installed or
> yenta/whatever-pcmcia-related module in /etc/modules.
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> On 04/29/2007 05:27 AM, Preben Randhol wrote:
> > Any hints much appreciated!
>
> On a few
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 10:54:27 +0200
Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 10:21:05AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> > was to install the 486 kernel image and not the 686.
> >
> > Anybody knows why? Is it a bug in the 2.6.18 kernel?
>
> wh
> I've got a laptop Vaio with exactly that CPU and I've never had such a
> problem of slow boot. I always use i686 kernels. With this computer
> I've only had problems with the hard disk (SATA).
> The exact laptop model is vaio VGN-A617B
Hi! Which kernel do you use now? Did 2.6.18 work?
I have s
On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:29:54 +0200
Paolo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 11:23:19AM +0200, Preben Randhol wrote:
> >
> > pentium M 740 1.73GHz
>
> seems it's supposed to work with -686; but since -486 works, it might
> be an issue wit
On Tue, 1 May 2007 21:54:58 +
javier melendez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have a laptop averatec 2700. I installed the rt2500 module and when
> i restart my laptop, the laptop work very slowly. So i type ifconfig
> ra0 down and my pc back to work well. I installed this driver with my
>
didn't look to have a timeout like Lilo so that it will wait
until you choose a menu. Sometimes I turn on the laptop and then starts
making coffee or something while it boots.
Thanks in advance.
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Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop
> > willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected
> &g
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop
> > willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected
> &g
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (19:01) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) :
> > > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g
g else is wrong,
because when I choose the home setup it still get setup like if it was
the office setup. So I was looking for something that worked.
Preben
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Auke Jilderda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/11/2002 (10:23) :
> I installed "whereami" and am running exim as daemon.
OK I'll try it. Thanks
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Iñaki Martínez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/11/2002 (14:16) :
> * Linux well supported, PCMCIA, NET, so on.
Stay clear of Dell. Somebody told me that Acer had good custom support.
You can check if there are some models there.
But check: http://www.linux-laptop.net/
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> little community support.
http://www.lanfear.com/dell/
According to one that had this laptop The point is that you get the
answer : "We don't support Linux" from Dell, while from Acer they said
he could return the laptop if it didn
I'm going to buy a new laptop I would like
to buy it from somebody that also consideres Linux.
Note I'm not talking about software support. Only to get the machine to work.
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? Is there a solution?
I have a Dell 2500 Inspiron running Debian 3.0
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
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be bootable so that
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use this suspend a lot as I do not trust these things a lot
so I'll just go ahead a repartionate now.
> Know the spec's: video and audio chipsets, mouse spec's, main
> board chipset, processor type, etc.
Yes.
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Try ACPI not APM
I haven't tried yet, but I will later.
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his way with every BIOS version greater than A06 -- which isn't
> available anywhere I could find.
But I don't understand. I thought that it had only ACPI and not APM.
ACPI is not fully developed like APM on linux, so I guess ACPI should
work in the future. I see that in Windows XP ACPI i
850Mhz in the laptop).
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> query the battery status.
>
> I would be happy if anyone (with or without an i2500) wants to try
> to help figuring out what is wrong with ACPI. ;-)
Could be fun, but I know little about ACPI or kernel programming in
general. But please tell how one can see the bug-reports reported by
ACPI.
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s instead. (I copied this with a floppy) Then
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his. Do anybody know how the
fan works on the laptop. I mean does the ACPI turn off fans, or does the
hardware regulate the fans if the machine gets hot?
Thanks in advance.
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;
> About the only advice I can give is for me, with the i815, the best I can
> do in X is 15 bit color. 16 bit just locks up.
>
I also noticed problems with 16 so I run 24 bit.
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I have turned the keyrate to max and the keydelay to minimum on my
laptop, but still it is slow compared to my office machine (a desktop).
Is it the hardware that is the limitation?
Preben
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Cameron Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/02/2002 (02:42) :
> You can use xset to set the speed of the keyboard, and that of the mouse
> (and some other things too).
Yes, but can one get it to be even faster? I used xset and set it to the
max values, but it is still slow.
--
Pr
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/02/2002 (18:42) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I have turned the keyrate to max and the keydelay to minimum on my
> > laptop, but still it is slow compared to my office machine (a desktop).
&
agnositics etc. I
have 256Mb RAM btw. And I have now deleted it, reinstalled Windows XP
and installed Linux (after a lot of hassle due to this cursed md), but
now it is up and working. Now I need to recompile the kernel to remove
APM etc..
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ybody might have found a workaround?
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bios starts.
I will call Dell to ask, but I just wanted to know if others have
experienced the same.
Preben Randhol
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Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 17/04/2002 (08:12) :
> Preben Randhol wrote:
>
> > Have anybody experienced that suddenly when you boot BIOS it gives you a
> > warning that there is a Fan error. I got this a lot and I kept turning
> > off the ma
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23/04/2002 (12:10) :
> Hallo Liste!
>
> Some time ago I asked, here in the list, how to install Debian/Gnu on
> a Gericom M6T and got some helpful feedback.
>
> Now, unfortunatly, some days ago, somebodey did some housebraeking and
> stole the whole thing.
>
> My quest
Goran Ristic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/04/2002 (13:19) :
> Hmmm..I have no problems with Dell's Inspiron.
> Everything works great.
Which model number?
Preben
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Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/05/2002 (13:57) :
> * Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-05-13 07:22 -0400:
> > From: "Andre Berger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hi Derek!
>
> > > installing potato (don't want woody yet) on it. The stock kernel
> >
> > Why not? There's no good re
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/05/2002 (15:38) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Woody is stable. And when released in some weeks it will be the new
> > stable distribution and then security fixes will only be towards
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14/05/2002
(20:42) :
>
> It's Dell's fault that the DSDT (a major part of ACPI) is broken. I'm
> not sure whether it's Dell's or Intel's fault processor limits aren't
> supported. It's definitely Dell's fault that Thermal and Fan controls
> aren't imp
Hi
I was trying to upgrade to kernel 2.4.18 or 19 from 17. The problem is
that for both the newer kernels my network card doesn't work. I used the
same config file (that I loaded into xconfig) when I built the kernels.
Have anybody here with Insiron 2500 or that uses the eepro100 driver
experienc
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 21/08/2002 (14:27) :
> I've run all of those kernels (& 2.5.24) on my i2500, and never had a
> problem - but I don't use an eepro100 so the problem seems definitely
> specific to the driver.
Your i2500 doesn't h
.
What does this has to do with Linux and Debian? Are you thinking of the
LILO?
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s hibernate partition that I hear
> people talking about?
Check out:
http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html
I don't find anything on 4150, but there is a lot on 4100. I guess they
are quite similar so you can find and apply information about 4100 on
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imm driver, but
this doesn't work. I then made the ide-scsi module and this seems to
work. My question is though is this the right module to use?
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tage etc...
Anyway the fans worked on my machine when I used it, but I was extra
careful.
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so I'll just go ahead a repartionate now.
> Know the spec's: video and audio chipsets, mouse spec's, main
> board chipset, processor type, etc.
Yes.
Thanks!
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...
Try ACPI not APM
I haven't tried yet, but I will later.
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agnositics etc. I
have 256Mb RAM btw. And I have now deleted it, reinstalled Windows XP
and installed Linux (after a lot of hassle due to this cursed md), but
now it is up and working. Now I need to recompile the kernel to remove
APM etc..
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ows XP ACPI is used and not APM.
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> query the battery status.
>
> I would be happy if anyone (with or without an i2500) wants to try
> to help figuring out what is wrong with ACPI. ;-)
Could be fun, but I know little about ACPI or kernel programming in
general. But please tell how one can see the bug-reports reported b
s instead. (I copied this with a floppy) Then
it booted up and I could install my files.
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his. Do anybody know how the
fan works on the laptop. I mean does the ACPI turn off fans, or does the
hardware regulate the fans if the machine gets hot?
Thanks in advance.
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;
> About the only advice I can give is for me, with the i815, the best I can
> do in X is 15 bit color. 16 bit just locks up.
>
I also noticed problems with 16 so I run 24 bit.
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I have turned the keyrate to max and the keydelay to minimum on my
laptop, but still it is slow compared to my office machine (a desktop).
Is it the hardware that is the limitation?
Preben
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Cameron Kerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/02/2002 (02:42) :
> You can use xset to set the speed of the keyboard, and that of the mouse
> (and some other things too).
Yes, but can one get it to be even faster? I used xset and set it to the
max values, but it is still slow.
--
Pr
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 06/02/2002 (18:42) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I have turned the keyrate to max and the keydelay to minimum on my
> > laptop, but still it is slow compared to my office machine (a desktop).
&
ybody might have found a workaround?
Thanks in advance for any hints.
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bios starts.
I will call Dell to ask, but I just wanted to know if others have
experienced the same.
Preben Randhol
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Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 17/04/2002 (08:12) :
> Preben Randhol wrote:
>
> > Have anybody experienced that suddenly when you boot BIOS it gives you a
> > warning that there is a Fan error. I got this a lot and I kept turning
> > off the ma
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23/04/2002 (12:10) :
> Hallo Liste!
>
> Some time ago I asked, here in the list, how to install Debian/Gnu on
> a Gericom M6T and got some helpful feedback.
>
> Now, unfortunatly, some days ago, somebodey did some housebraeking and
> stole the whole thing.
>
> My ques
Goran Ristic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/04/2002 (13:19) :
> Hmmm..I have no problems with Dell's Inspiron.
> Everything works great.
Which model number?
Preben
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Andre Berger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/05/2002 (13:57) :
> * Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 2002-05-13 07:22 -0400:
> > From: "Andre Berger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Hi Derek!
>
> > > installing potato (don't want woody yet) on it. The stock kernel
> >
> > Why not? There's no good r
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 13/05/2002 (15:38) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Woody is stable. And when released in some weeks it will be the new
> > stable distribution and then security fixes will only be towards
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 14/05/2002
(20:42) :
>
> It's Dell's fault that the DSDT (a major part of ACPI) is broken. I'm
> not sure whether it's Dell's or Intel's fault processor limits aren't
> supported. It's definitely Dell's fault that Thermal and Fan controls
> aren't im
tage etc...
Anyway the fans worked on my machine when I used it, but I was extra
careful.
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didn't look to have a timeout like Lilo so that it will wait
until you choose a menu. Sometimes I turn on the laptop and then starts
making coffee or something while it boots.
Thanks in advance.
--
Preben Randhol http://www.pvv.org/~randhol
«.., chaos is found in gre
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop
> > willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected
> &g
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > If I for example set up exim to be run as a daemon, my laptop
> > willhang for several second when I boot it and it is not connected
> &g
Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (19:01) :
> From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > Derek Broughton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 05/11/2002 (16:57) :
> > > From: "Preben Randhol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]&g
g else is wrong,
because when I choose the home setup it still get setup like if it was
the office setup. So I was looking for something that worked.
Preben
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sought
Auke Jilderda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/11/2002 (10:23) :
> I installed "whereami" and am running exim as daemon.
OK I'll try it. Thanks
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«.., chaos is found in greatest abundance wherever order is
: all I have done I did myself with a
> little community support.
http://www.lanfear.com/dell/
According to one that had this laptop The point is that you get the
answer : "We don't support Linux" from Dell, while from Acer they said
he could return the laptop if it didn
I'm going to buy a new laptop I would like
to buy it from somebody that also consideres Linux.
Note I'm not talking about software support. Only to get the machine to work.
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«There are three things you can do to
? Is there a solution?
I have a Dell 2500 Inspiron running Debian 3.0
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Preben
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«There are three things you can do to a woman. You can love her, suffer
for her, or turn her into literature
Pro 100] (rev 08)
I don't know if others have experienced this though, but at least if you
have problems this is how it worked for me.
HTH
--
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be bootable so that
you first get lilo and then you choose OS to boot.
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