LG Express Notebook (LW60-DBJA)

2005-03-30 Thread Ryan Heise
Hi everyone, I am trying to install debian on an LW60-DBJA. I have the rc3 version of the netinst CD (the latest "testing" release). Booting linux26, the installer hangs during the PCMCIA detection phase (96% progress bar), so I used the hw-detect/start_pcmcia=false boot parameter. Now a problem

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx

2005-04-10 Thread Ryan Heise
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 01:12:21AM +0300, Kfir Lavi wrote: > I'm running sarge on a laptop. > Don't download nothing. > Just get the floppies or the cdrom of the network installation, and start the > installation. I downloaded RC3 of netinst a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't include the etherne

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx

2005-04-10 Thread Ryan Heise
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 08:18:20AM +0200, Atanas Atanasov wrote: > I am afraid the same might happen to me. That's why my initial idea > was to use the ready cd-images and have them burned. According to: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/weekly/i386/ there are 14 CDs in the set, which seems a bi

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx

2005-04-11 Thread Ryan Heise
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 12:21:36AM -0700, Ian Greenhoe wrote: > Or, do something revolutionary: > Use the netinstall... As I mentioned, I would *much* prefer to use netinstall. BUT, Can someone tell me if the netinstall CD includes the driver for my network card: sk98lin? And if so, which versio

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx

2005-04-11 Thread Ryan Heise
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 05:24:27AM -0700, Ian Greenhoe wrote: > > So far, I tried RC3 and it did not include the sk98lin driver, so I > > couldn't install from it. > > I disagree with ya there: I just downloaded the sarge RC3 netinst, and > both the 2.4.27 kernel and the 2.6.8 kernel contain the s

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx

2005-04-11 Thread Ryan Heise
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:01:03AM +1000, Ryan Heise wrote: > Sounds hopeful, but I am not sure how to enable it. There is a point in > the installation where the installer tells me it can't detect my network > card, and asks me to select it from a list. In that list, there is no &g

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx

2005-04-11 Thread Ryan Heise
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 12:40:11AM +1000, Ryan Heise wrote: > I think this may be because the version of the driver included in RC3 > is not recent enough for my card. Okay it seems that both RC3, and the latest daily build, have an old version of sk98lin (6.23). The latest version is no

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx

2005-04-11 Thread Ryan Heise
On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 04:05:46PM +0300, Kfir Lavi wrote: > instead of paying for cd's that will last for 1 week, just go and buy from > ebay xircom realport pcmcia. I'm not sure if this would work because my laptop causes the debian installer to freeze during pcmcia detection. Ryan -- To UN

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx

2005-04-11 Thread Ryan Heise
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 01:11:35PM +1000, Ryan Heise wrote: > - netinstall doesn't include up-to-date network card drivers, and can't > detect my network card. > - a full CD install requires 14 CDs, which is too many. Someone offered me a third option by private email (thank

Re: Kernel 2.6.xx

2005-04-18 Thread Ryan Heise
On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 06:56:08AM +0300, Crash Override wrote: > On Tuesday 12 April 2005 06:15, Ryan Heise wrote: > > I'm not sure if this would work because my laptop causes the debian > > installer to freeze during pcmcia detection. > > > > Ryan > >

Debian on LG's LW60 notebook

2005-04-19 Thread Ryan Heise
In case someone finds it useful, I created a webpage describing how to get Debian working on an LW60: http://www.progsoc.uts.edu.au/~rheise/LW60/ So far, most things are working, except for sound. lspci shows: :00:1b.0 0403: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Defi

Re: Shutdown problem with Sarge on a Thinkpad T42

2005-07-04 Thread Ryan Heise
On Mon, Jul 04, 2005 at 05:53:19PM +0200, Phuong Le-Hong wrote: > I don't know how to configure the module ACPI to automatically shutdown > completely my laptop without having to press the power button. My laptop is an LG LW60 notebook and has the same problem. It says ACPI powerdown but nothing