Title: 2.5" hard drive opinions..
I recently purchased a
Seagate 5400 RPM, 100 GB. They have $30 off from buy.com, if the
rebate is still valid.
All in all, it's a very good drive, but
maybe this is too much for your PC. I got a USB2.0 case for the drive, so the
drive remains external.
Hi everyone,
I'm seeing this weird problem on debian sarge.
I bought a USB flash drive about a week ago, plugged it in. I (re)compiled the
kernel to support usbdevfs and SCSI support. I mounted it fine and installed
backup-manager for a daily backup.
It worked ok for about 4 days and now, when
Hi,
I have a Tecra 8000, running Debian 2.2r5, with a Xircom Fast Ethernet +
modem adapter. I got the pcmcia tools to work properly, everything (PCI bus,
pcmcia, ethernet card and modem) is using irq 11.
The Ethernet adapter is detected and configured. I tried to force the pcmcia
driver to use t
em 56).
So, any clue ?
--Stephane
-Original Message-
From: Cassandra Ludwig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:34 AM
To: Provost, Stephane
Cc: Debian Laptop List
Subject: Re: Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000
Hmm... Okay, being an avid user of the Tecra 8000 myself, I
Hello all,
I've already posted about this a few weeks ago. I recently lost a 60 GB hard
drive, so now, I'm really steering away from hard drives and going to tape
drives, when it's about backing up data. FYI, my server is a laptop running
debian, no SCSI, just USB.
I've seen Travan drives from Se
Thanks Mark. I am thinking of using the USB version of the drive. Does it
mount just like another drive ? I thought amanda was a requirement, but it
seems like tar could do the job.
Thanks !
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Hello everyone,
I'm puzzled here. Logrotate stopped working and I don't
know why. If I force the process, such as "logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/apache"
, it's fine and dandy. Should logrotate be called from within cron jobs ?
aka should there be a "logrotate" entry in the cron.weekly
d
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From: Ian Greenhoe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 12:14 PM
To: Provost, Stephane
Cc: 'debian-laptop@lists.debian.org'
Subject: Re: logrotate stopped working ?
Actually, there should be an entry in cron.daily:
/etc/cron.daily/logrotate
Mine looks like this:
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Wrong phase of the moon ?
Me thinks it may sound like CPU overheat...
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From: dbp lists [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 1:03 PM
To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: problem with rebooting
On 5/26/05, Giancarlo Bruno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Is your kernel framebuffer-enabled? (when you boot do you see a little
> penguin in the top left corner?)
How do you get the little penguin at start up ? is it a kernel option at
compile time, or a boot time setting ?
Thanks...
You can't do that with ipchains (or I've never managed to do that with
ipchains !). My best advice would be to upgrade to 2.4 and install iptables.
I am not sure 2.2 kernels make port forwarding an easy task.
Once you get 2.4 installed, I'd recommend using the shorewall package that
can be downloa
Do not use Gericom. The keyboiards break at some point, no pcmcia port, the
lcd display isn't that robust...
I've had toshiba and ibm laptops, they're great.
Hope this helps.
Bon courage :)
--Stephane
-Original Message-
From: Francois Maltey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May
Hi,
>From reading Heather's latest response:
> entires out of your /etc/inittab. And you can set up one of the runlevels
> to have a lot less running than your normal "plugged into the LAN" mode
> where you have more going on. Read the man page on update-rc.d to tune
> that to your taste; I usu
Hi all,
[Note: it's slightly off-topic :)]
Some people are talking about stolen laptops, some others are selling,
well... I'm buying, perhaps.
I was wondering if anybody had opinions on this new breed of notebooks with
the Centrino technology. By looking at websites and reviews, I selected the
f
My $0.02. If you're looking for cheaper stuff, try www.powernotebooks.com.
It's sort of a grey market of the laptops, worth giving it a shot. At least,
I got an answer the same day.
I think Dells are pretty good, even though I heard their biggest problem
is... customer service. Definitely choose a
as
expensive models.
As for Centrino and linux, someone posted a link already, I am sure google
has the answer.
--Stephane
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:23 PM
To: Provost, Stephane
Cc: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Sub
I've read user comments about this laptop and... the battery life sucks,
it's slow and badly designed, although very pretty. Bottom line was:
expensive, pretty, but you won't get the best bank for the bucks.
I don't know where I read those, I think I used google.
HTH.
--S.
-Original Message
Hi all,
This might be a little off-topic, so please forgive me :)
I am running 2.4.20, don't remember if it's potato or woody. Anyways, I'd
like to know if it's possible to compile modules (say the USB printer
module), get the module, put it in the right place, and do an insmod without
having to
Hi all,
I am also receiving a _lot_ of these [EMAIL PROTECTED] emails from spammers,
especially
with attachments of 150k. Does anybody know which mailfilter I should use ?
My wishlist is:
- I'd like to filter based on rules (regexp)
- I'd like to have a report of what got filtered and why. On thi
Hi Folk :)
I have an epson c82 and it took me ages to get it to work with CUPS and
samba. First, samba.
Here's (a snippet of) my smb.conf, maybe something will help you there.
[global]
admin users = root
printer admin = stephane
printcap name = cups
load printers
Hi all,
Has anybody managed to get NDAS support with debian ? I am thinking of
buying the Ximeta netdisk external drive ($99 at Fry's for all american
folks, for an 80-gig drive, not bad !). This drive can act as an expensive
Netapps filer, but it's much simpler to use, much smaller and cheaper.
Hi,
I have a Tecra 8000, running Debian 2.2r5, with a Xircom Fast Ethernet +
modem adapter. I got the pcmcia tools to work properly, everything (PCI bus,
pcmcia, ethernet card and modem) is using irq 11.
The Ethernet adapter is detected and configured. I tried to force the pcmcia
driver to use th
.
So, any clue ?
--Stephane
-Original Message-
From: Cassandra Ludwig [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2002 2:34 AM
To: Provost, Stephane
Cc: Debian Laptop List
Subject: Re: Xircom hangs on a Tecra 8000
Hmm... Okay, being an avid user of the Tecra 8000 myself, I h
I got it to work on my ThinkPad 290, although it has a different CPU, but
the same NeoMagic card.
Here are some excerpts from my XF86Config file:
--8<-- snip --8<--
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "neomagic"
Option "UseFBDev"
Are you sure it loaded the appropriate module ? do a "lsmod" and see if
there's anything that mentions your Nokia Cardphone thing. If not, you'll
have to use insmod and find out which module to load...
As for using the ttyS interface, wouldn't minicom be a good place to start ?
(I am not sure abou
You will need to install the pcmcia_cs package (look it up on freshmeat). I
know there's a .deb package.
Once you got that installed, I believe you'll have to compile the modules
and your kernel to support these. Don't forget to select the right card type
when compiling the pcmcia package, especia
Isn't it just a hotkey on your keyboard to switch to another display ? On my
Thinkpad, it's a Function key plus a number to switch from VGA, LCD or both.
Make sure that you have the proper resolution (and depth) for your VGA
output to be enabled (Thinkpads only work in 16 bits and 1024x768 I think)
Almost all 3Com and Intel (EtherExpress) cards are supported. I myself have
one 3com and one intel etherexpress in my laptop, works pretty well... You
just need the modules to be loaded.
I think that by "only works under Windows", they really meant "doesn't work
for MacOS". Linux is a given, if it
I got it to work on my ThinkPad 290, although it has a different CPU, but
the same NeoMagic card.
Here are some excerpts from my XF86Config file:
--8<-- snip --8<--
Section "Device"
Identifier "Generic Video Card"
Driver "neomagic"
Option "UseFBDev"
Are you sure it loaded the appropriate module ? do a "lsmod" and see if
there's anything that mentions your Nokia Cardphone thing. If not, you'll
have to use insmod and find out which module to load...
As for using the ttyS interface, wouldn't minicom be a good place to start ?
(I am not sure abou
You will need to install the pcmcia_cs package (look it up on freshmeat). I
know there's a .deb package.
Once you got that installed, I believe you'll have to compile the modules
and your kernel to support these. Don't forget to select the right card type
when compiling the pcmcia package, especia
Isn't it just a hotkey on your keyboard to switch to another display ? On my
Thinkpad, it's a Function key plus a number to switch from VGA, LCD or both.
Make sure that you have the proper resolution (and depth) for your VGA
output to be enabled (Thinkpads only work in 16 bits and 1024x768 I think)
Almost all 3Com and Intel (EtherExpress) cards are supported. I myself have
one 3com and one intel etherexpress in my laptop, works pretty well... You
just need the modules to be loaded.
I think that by "only works under Windows", they really meant "doesn't work
for MacOS". Linux is a given, if it
> Is your kernel framebuffer-enabled? (when you boot do you see a little
> penguin in the top left corner?)
How do you get the little penguin at start up ? is it a kernel option at
compile time, or a boot time setting ?
Thanks...
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Do not use Gericom. The keyboiards break at some point, no pcmcia port, the
lcd display isn't that robust...
I've had toshiba and ibm laptops, they're great.
Hope this helps.
Bon courage :)
--Stephane
-Original Message-
From: Francois Maltey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, May
Hi,
>From reading Heather's latest response:
> entires out of your /etc/inittab. And you can set up one of the runlevels
> to have a lot less running than your normal "plugged into the LAN" mode
> where you have more going on. Read the man page on update-rc.d to tune
> that to your taste; I usu
Hi all,
[Note: it's slightly off-topic :)]
Some people are talking about stolen laptops, some others are selling,
well... I'm buying, perhaps.
I was wondering if anybody had opinions on this new breed of notebooks with
the Centrino technology. By looking at websites and reviews, I selected the
f
My $0.02. If you're looking for cheaper stuff, try www.powernotebooks.com.
It's sort of a grey market of the laptops, worth giving it a shot. At least,
I got an answer the same day.
I think Dells are pretty good, even though I heard their biggest problem
is... customer service. Definitely choose a
as
expensive models.
As for Centrino and linux, someone posted a link already, I am sure google
has the answer.
--Stephane
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Griffiths [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:23 PM
To: Provost, Stephane
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re:
I've read user comments about this laptop and... the battery life sucks,
it's slow and badly designed, although very pretty. Bottom line was:
expensive, pretty, but you won't get the best bank for the bucks.
I don't know where I read those, I think I used google.
HTH.
--S.
-Original Message
Hi all,
This might be a little off-topic, so please forgive me :)
I am running 2.4.20, don't remember if it's potato or woody. Anyways, I'd
like to know if it's possible to compile modules (say the USB printer
module), get the module, put it in the right place, and do an insmod without
having to
Hi all,
I am also receiving a _lot_ of these [EMAIL PROTECTED] emails from spammers, especially
with attachments of 150k. Does anybody know which mailfilter I should use ?
My wishlist is:
- I'd like to filter based on rules (regexp)
- I'd like to have a report of what got filtered and why. On this
Hi Folk :)
I have an epson c82 and it took me ages to get it to work with CUPS and
samba. First, samba.
Here's (a snippet of) my smb.conf, maybe something will help you there.
[global]
admin users = root
printer admin = stephane
printcap name = cups
load printers
Hi all,
Has anybody managed to get NDAS support with debian ? I am thinking of
buying the Ximeta netdisk external drive ($99 at Fry's for all american
folks, for an 80-gig drive, not bad !). This drive can act as an expensive
Netapps filer, but it's much simpler to use, much smaller and cheaper.
Interesting email address ('computer specialist') :)
You're on a debian mailing list. If this problem happens on a system where
debian is installed, it may be a problem with gpm. Run gpmconfig again and
choose the appropriate PS/2 (and not 'P/S2') mouse for your system.
Eventually, it will work.
Hi everybody,
This might be off-topic, but Yves started it :)
We're evaluating a professional platform that can run enterprise
applications. We need reliability, good threading, responsiveness,
stability, performance, but also easy management (if there's such a thing)
and good support.
Sadly, th
"repasser" is "to iron"
:)
comme en Francais, "passer le fer a repasser" :)
--Stéphane
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:58 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Video out of Dell laptop
Le 12515ième jour après Epoch
Hello everybody,
Another random question for debian users on laptop.
The hard disk on my server/laptop has been working a lot for the past 3
years and I am now waking up in cold sweats during the middle of the night
because I didn't do any backup.
So here I am now, browsing for backup solutions,
Hi again,
I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the drive
should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I want to defrag
/dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader configuration tool
because the image may have moved.
What does the latter part mean ? I
Hmmm didn't think about this. That's a great idea though. And how do I
restore the files now ? Say my HDD crashes, do I need to reinstall Debian
and then run a reverse rsync or something like this ?
Does rsync allow to backup an entire OS (including config files, special
files, links, etc...) ? I
g, back in 1995 when I first asked this same question, the
folks at the time suggested that the hazards of running the defrag
far outweighed the possible minor benefits.
Curt-
On Tuesday 25 May 2004 13:45, Provost, Stephane was heard to say:
> Hi again,
>
> I also want to defrag my d
Interesting email address ('computer specialist') :)
You're on a debian mailing list. If this problem happens on a system where
debian is installed, it may be a problem with gpm. Run gpmconfig again and
choose the appropriate PS/2 (and not 'P/S2') mouse for your system.
Eventually, it will work.
Hi everybody,
This might be off-topic, but Yves started it :)
We're evaluating a professional platform that can run enterprise
applications. We need reliability, good threading, responsiveness,
stability, performance, but also easy management (if there's such a thing)
and good support.
Sadly, th
"repasser" is "to iron"
:)
comme en Francais, "passer le fer a repasser" :)
--Stéphane
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2004 3:58 PM
To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Video out of Dell laptop
Le 12515ième jou
Hello everybody,
Another random question for debian users on laptop.
The hard disk on my server/laptop has been working a lot for the past 3
years and I am now waking up in cold sweats during the middle of the night
because I didn't do any backup.
So here I am now, browsing for backup solutions,
Hi again,
I also want to defrag my drive. When I ran e2defrag, it said the drive
should be unmounted (ok easy, I guess I'll need a bootdisk, I want to defrag
/dev/hda0) and also I'll have to run the bootloader configuration tool
because the image may have moved.
What does the latter part mean ? I
Hmmm didn't think about this. That's a great idea though. And how do I
restore the files now ? Say my HDD crashes, do I need to reinstall Debian
and then run a reverse rsync or something like this ?
Does rsync allow to backup an entire OS (including config files, special
files, links, etc...) ? I
e.
In closing, back in 1995 when I first asked this same question, the
folks at the time suggested that the hazards of running the defrag
far outweighed the possible minor benefits.
Curt-
On Tuesday 25 May 2004 13:45, Provost, Stephane was heard to say:
> Hi again,
>
> I also want t
Hello all,
I've already posted about this a few weeks ago. I recently lost a 60 GB hard
drive, so now, I'm really steering away from hard drives and going to tape
drives, when it's about backing up data. FYI, my server is a laptop running
debian, no SCSI, just USB.
I've seen Travan drives from Se
Thanks Mark. I am thinking of using the USB version of the drive. Does it
mount just like another drive ? I thought amanda was a requirement, but it
seems like tar could do the job.
Thanks !
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