Re: irda on a Inspiron 8100... (fwd)

2002-01-06 Thread Simon Wong
is NOT showing any response (as it previously had). It seems that the kernel/software thinks it's sending but the hardware isn't?? Should I try loading the maestro driver as a module and try loading them in different orders? (Works fine in Windoze so h/w still OK). -- ** * Simon Wong * **

Re: "gnome-session" wont work

2002-01-06 Thread Simon Wong
it in the past but it certainly shouldn't stop the rest of Gnome loading. Do you have X installed and xdm/gdm? You need a login manager to login to gnome. -- ** * Simon Wong * **

Conflict IrDA and Actiontec mini-PCI combo card modem - Inspiron 8000

2002-01-12 Thread Simon Wong
loaded it works fine but my IR is no longer functiining and I have to reboot to reset it. I tried unloading all IR related drivers and ltmodem drivers and restarting IR with irattach but to no avail. Has anyone got a way around this problem? TIA. -- ** * Simon Wong * **

Inspiron 8000 IDE bus speed

2002-01-14 Thread Simon Wong
to end performance - I'm assuming only for intensive disk use but that may speed up my "locate" updates? -- ****** * Simon Wong * **

Re: Inspiron 8000 IDE bus speed

2002-01-14 Thread Simon Wong
On Tue, 2002-01-15 at 10:42, Daniel Pittman wrote: > On 15 Jan 2002, Simon Wong wrote: > > I have noticed on booting that I have a message saying that an IDE bus > > speed of 33MHz is being assumed. > > That's 33MHz *PCI* bus speed. Even if it says IDE everywhere n

Re: irDA and Palm IIIx

2002-01-14 Thread Simon Wong
ties (you need irattach to connect your IR serial port). It is worthwhile looking at the linux-irda list's archives (Google will find it) for other's more specific IR experiences . Good luck. -- ** * Simon Wong * **

Re: Inspiron 8000 IDE bus speed

2002-01-14 Thread Simon Wong
ule) theoretical gain using DMA over PIO, but it's not > really measurable. > > Enabling 32-bit host transfers and unmasking of the IRQ with hdparm, > when it works[2], can make a difference, though -- especially the later > of those two. Maybe some time when I'm feeling adventurous. Thanks for the info. -- ** * Simon Wong * **

Re: Wireless Access on Thinkpad T23

2002-01-16 Thread Simon Wong
some of these built in cards seem to go you could get some interference between various bits of hardware as i have found with my IR stuff. Anyway, good luck. -- * * Simon Wong* * * * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * * * *

Logitech wheel mouse on Dell i8000

2002-02-08 Thread Simon Wong
(pointer jumps all over the place when I move the mouse). I am using X 4.1.0-13. Has anyone got any suggestions as to what else to try? I looked on the Logitech site but didn't see any Linux notes/supprt. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. -- ** * Simon Wong * **

Re: LTModem

2002-02-10 Thread Simon Wong
Ignasi. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** * Simon Wong * **

Re: LTModem

2002-02-10 Thread Simon Wong
#x27;m stuck. The latest I just built was b9 whochj seems to work fine (as have all the previous versions I have tried). Maybe you could try that version? > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > -- > Ignasi. -- ** * Simon Wong * **

Re: APM signals cause lockup

2002-02-26 Thread Simon Wong
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 09:01, Simon Wong wrote: > My 2.4.17 kernel config is attached. I hope it may help. Well, now it is! My apologies to the list for sending the kernel instead :-(( -- ** * Simon Wong * ** # # Automatically generated make config: don

Re: ACPI and suspend

2002-03-28 Thread Simon Wong
Was? Es gibt Google? Und man-pages? _Und_ HOWTO's? - Seit wann? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** * Simon Wong * ** signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: PCMCIA?

2002-04-16 Thread Simon Wong
drivers separately :-( Checkout http://airo-linux.sourceforge.net for more details if you don't have the options in your kernel config. -- * * Simon Wong* * * * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * * * **

Re: [gnome-print] TrueType documentation

2002-05-15 Thread Simon Wong
files from bunches of html files. Works very well and easily though it did segfault when I tried to create a doc that was >450pages long! -- ****** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound recording on Thinkpad X20

2002-05-22 Thread Simon Hooper
mber reading somewhere that most laptop sound chips are not full-duplex so recording and playback is not possible at the same time. Has this anything to do with my problem? Thanks Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which laptop tu buy.

2002-06-24 Thread Simon Ross
or laptops, I run a Dell Inspiron 8000 with Debian Woody. No problems getting everything running, including wireless LAN. Very cool! I even run 3dfx games. When it's in the docking station you wouldn't know it was a laptop. Just my 2c worth... Simon On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 18:04, Omar

Re: Re: Battery Life

2002-06-24 Thread Simon Wong
t-n-paste ;-) Fair enough too. > > Searching terms like "lsof" and "noflushd" should find most of the > relevant information. Will do. Tah. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which laptop tu buy.

2002-06-25 Thread Simon Ross
I go out and about. Simon signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Which laptop tu buy.

2002-06-25 Thread Simon Ross
On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 04:02, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Simon Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If your looking at ibooks then IMHO stick with Apple's OSX. Hmmm, can I > > get away with this on a Debian list.. :-) > > No! You can use Debian just fin

Re: battery level applet on a dell

2002-06-25 Thread Simon Ross
Now thats a nice bit of information. I just started to play with the IRDA port and my mobile phone, using Gnokii. I have to disable the maestro3 module to get it to work. Time to upgrade my kernel I think. Simon On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 14:24, Erich Schubert wrote: > > great news..thx..k

Re: Multiple users (perhaps OT)

2002-06-26 Thread Simon Wong
to NOT restart X servers. Is there something else I may be missing as I'd like to set this up too so my Wife can start using Linux too :-) -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Multiple users (perhaps OT)

2002-06-28 Thread Simon Wong
yours has got me over the line. -- ****** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "your system doesn't need PCMCIA"

2002-06-29 Thread Simon Ross
IMHO I wouldn't call it a bug. More a way to confirm if you need PCMCIA or not. They could have a system scan to discover if the box is a laptop or not but then again some desktop systems have PCMCIA. So asking the question is not a bug. :-) Simon On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 01:48, Gale Sta

Re: Minimum HD space

2002-07-02 Thread Simon Wong
ls learning the basics. Then you can reinstall when Woody's released. HTH. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ~ recommendations for wireless cards ~

2002-07-07 Thread Simon Ross
s. I got the card up and running within 30 mins. :-) Check out www.dell.com for the latest prices. I really can't remember how much I paid for mine. As for how the card compares to others, I really dont know. But this setup works well for me. I can move the laptop downstairs or even down the garden.

Lexmark laser

2002-07-17 Thread Simon Ross
Saw the last post about an Epson printer which got an excellent answer. :-) So here is my printing problem... Dell Inspiron 8000 Debian Woody kernel-2.4.17 Lexmark Optra E310 If anyone has a setup like this and it's all working. Then please let me know if you can help. Thanks

Re: Nokia Cardphone 2.0

2002-10-22 Thread Simon Hooper
use it "as is". The page also contains the correct init strings for using the card at different speeds. Please let me know how you get on with this as I shall be looking at it myself as soon as I get a sim card. HTH Simon.

Logitech wheel mouse on Dell i8000

2002-02-08 Thread Simon Wong
(pointer jumps all over the place when I move the mouse). I am using X 4.1.0-13. Has anyone got any suggestions as to what else to try? I looked on the Logitech site but didn't see any Linux notes/supprt. Any help would be appreciated, thanks. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LTModem

2002-02-10 Thread Simon Wong
Ignasi. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: LTModem

2002-02-10 Thread Simon Wong
#x27;m stuck. The latest I just built was b9 whochj seems to work fine (as have all the previous versions I have tried). Maybe you could try that version? > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > -- > Ignasi. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, emai

Re: APM signals cause lockup

2002-02-26 Thread Simon Wong
On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 09:01, Simon Wong wrote: > My 2.4.17 kernel config is attached. I hope it may help. Well, now it is! My apologies to the list for sending the kernel instead :-(( -- ** * Simon Wong * ** # # Automatically generated make config: don

Re: ACPI and suspend

2002-03-27 Thread Simon Wong
Was? Es gibt Google? Und man-pages? _Und_ HOWTO's? - Seit wann? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** * Simon Wong * ** signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: PCMCIA?

2002-04-16 Thread Simon Wong
drivers separately :-( Checkout http://airo-linux.sourceforge.net for more details if you don't have the options in your kernel config. -- * * Simon Wong* * * * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * * *

Re: [gnome-print] TrueType documentation

2002-05-15 Thread Simon Wong
files from bunches of html files. Works very well and easily though it did segfault when I tried to create a doc that was >450pages long! -- ****** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Sound recording on Thinkpad X20

2002-05-22 Thread Simon Hooper
mber reading somewhere that most laptop sound chips are not full-duplex so recording and playback is not possible at the same time. Has this anything to do with my problem? Thanks Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which laptop tu buy.

2002-06-24 Thread Simon Ross
r. As for laptops, I run a Dell Inspiron 8000 with Debian Woody. No problems getting everything running, including wireless LAN. Very cool! I even run 3dfx games. When it's in the docking station you wouldn't know it was a laptop. Just my 2c worth... Simon On Mon, 2002-06-24 at 18:04, Omar

Re: Re: Battery Life

2002-06-24 Thread Simon Wong
t-n-paste ;-) Fair enough too. > > Searching terms like "lsof" and "noflushd" should find most of the > relevant information. Will do. Tah. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which laptop tu buy.

2002-06-24 Thread Simon Ross
I go out and about. Simon signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: Which laptop tu buy.

2002-06-24 Thread Simon Ross
On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 04:02, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Simon Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If your looking at ibooks then IMHO stick with Apple's OSX. Hmmm, can I > > get away with this on a Debian list.. :-) > > No! You can use Debian just fin

Re: battery level applet on a dell

2002-06-25 Thread Simon Ross
Now thats a nice bit of information. I just started to play with the IRDA port and my mobile phone, using Gnokii. I have to disable the maestro3 module to get it to work. Time to upgrade my kernel I think. Simon On Tue, 2002-06-25 at 14:24, Erich Schubert wrote: > > great news..thx..k

Re: Multiple users (perhaps OT)

2002-06-26 Thread Simon Wong
to NOT restart X servers. Is there something else I may be missing as I'd like to set this up too so my Wife can start using Linux too :-) -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: "your system doesn't need PCMCIA"

2002-06-29 Thread Simon Ross
IMHO I wouldn't call it a bug. More a way to confirm if you need PCMCIA or not. They could have a system scan to discover if the box is a laptop or not but then again some desktop systems have PCMCIA. So asking the question is not a bug. :-) Simon On Sat, 2002-06-29 at 01:48, Gale Sta

Re: Minimum HD space

2002-07-02 Thread Simon Wong
ls learning the basics. Then you can reinstall when Woody's released. HTH. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Nokia Cardphone 2.0

2002-10-22 Thread Simon Hooper
use it "as is". The page also contains the correct init strings for using the card at different speeds. Please let me know how you get on with this as I shall be looking at it myself as soon as I get a sim card. HTH Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Dell Inspiron 8000 Fn key not working

2002-10-28 Thread Simon Wong
work again??! TIA. -- ***** * Simon Wong* * * * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * * * * signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

[Fwd: Dell Inspiron 8000 Fn key not working]

2002-10-28 Thread Simon Wong
really want to go back as the > temp/fan control seems to be better with this BIOS. > > Has anyone seen this problem and know a way to get it to work again??! > > TIA. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Dell Inspiron 8000 Fn key not working

2002-10-29 Thread Simon Wong
On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 16:50, Simon Wong wrote: > > After a recent BIOS update to A20 (I did all the ones in between as > > well) my blue Fn key no longer gets passed through to the BIOS. Well, I have just updated to A21 and it works again. It was working for a little while when

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-13 Thread Simon Wong
so very compatible. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-16 Thread Simon Wong
updates up and down between A17 and A21 (now at A18) my Fn buttons have stopped working which is a pain. -- ****** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Atir radeon mobility and svideo outpout

2002-11-18 Thread Simon Wong
0" EndSubSection EndSection When I use gvidm (thanks for that tip) I only get 1400x1050 offered and ctrl-alt-+/- don't do anything either. Thanks I'd love to get this to work :-) -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Atir radeon mobility and svideo outpout

2002-11-18 Thread Simon Wong
just worried about busting my screen :-( -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Atir radeon mobility and svideo outpout

2002-11-20 Thread Simon Wong
s specified below, but anyway: Still have the same problems, going to see if anyone at SLUG can help me. I'll report back here on any developments. Thanks for your help Daniel. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject

Modeline for 800x600 on Dell Inspiron 8000, Rage 128

2002-11-20 Thread Simon Wong
under X :-( TIA. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Modeline for 800x600 on Dell Inspiron 8000, Rage 128

2002-11-20 Thread Simon Wong
called videogen that seems more comprehensive. I would *really* appreciate it if you could let me know if you have used 800x600. It seems to be impossible to find details on the IBM screen in these things. Thanks again. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMA

Fn keys WAS Modeline for 800x600 on Dell Inspiron 8000, Rage 128

2002-11-21 Thread Simon Wong
t; stuffed The XFree86 log definately tells me that the alternate resolutions I'm putting in are out of range. On the other hand my Fn keys no longer work either! Do you think it could be Xmodmap affecting them? -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EM

Fn keys WAS Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-21 Thread Simon Wong
ve an ATI Rage128? Thanks. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IBM X20 NIC problem

2002-11-22 Thread Simon Hooper
ybe you should try this? All of this is from memory and I don't think I have changed anything else. I've tried to include all the details of my setup so that you can hopefully find this answer buried somewhere in this lot. HTH Simon. -- Simon Hooper -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Fn keys WAS Re: Which laptop!!!

2002-11-24 Thread Simon Wong
uently used to fix up any fuzziness. -- ****** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-26 Thread Simon Wong
d A19. Problem or me is that my Fn key keeps dropping in and out so I'm staying with this level BIOS as Fn-z is not working. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Temperatur weirdnes

2002-11-27 Thread Simon Wong
ed and then opens it. > Anyway, I allways plug/unplug when the computer is on. > Well it works for me... Yep, same for i8000 with the A20/A21 BIOS's. Problem is that you can't charge the damn thing up without turning it on first. -- ** * Simon Wong *

Page up/down keys not working (Dell i8000)

2002-12-11 Thread Simon Wong
changed and are using "pc104", "us" keyboard. Does anyone have any clues as to what this may be? TIA for any tips. I have a Dell Inspiron 8000 (BIOS A18). -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of &qu

Re: Page up/down keys not working (Dell i8000)

2002-12-11 Thread Simon Wong
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 23:35, Jimmy Hedman wrote: > I have the same problem, but i think it's due to some linux 2.4.20 > modifications. What kernel are you running? 2.4.19 They were working...damn annoying. What do you think the kernel stuff may be in 2.4.20? -- ****** *

Re: Page up/down keys not working (Dell i8000)

2002-12-15 Thread Simon Wong
hey're back :-D > information from the i8k lists on the Dell Support site. I'm going to have a better look around that site to see what resources are available. Thanks again. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Re: Problems with IrDA printing on Compaq Armada M700

2003-01-08 Thread Simon Wong
device. You need to add the printer to CUPS etc. -- ** * Simon Wong * ** -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Choosing network settings at boot?

2003-02-10 Thread Simon McCartney
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 09:53:05AM +0100, Chris Halls wrote: > On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 09:13:02PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote: > > Don't forget that you can tweak you DHCP settings to make it not wait so > > long. > > Ah, now that's a good idea. What about adding a note to the whereami > documen

USB-Mouse... did I tried everything?

2003-02-26 Thread Peter Simon
Hi list, I've a Clevo 2200/2700c laptop with a logitech USB-optical mouse. Seachring the web I found a few how-to's to get an USB-mouse working under linux... I tried everyone ;-) I've build a kernel (woody / 2.4.20 - vanilla source) with Input core support Mouse supoort USB

USB-Mouse... did I tried everything?

2003-02-26 Thread Peter Simon
Hi list, I've a Clevo 2200/2700c laptop with a logitech USB-optical mouse. Seachring the web I found a few how-to's to get an USB-mouse working under linux... I tried everyone ;-) I've build a kernel (woody / 2.4.20 - vanilla source) with Input core support Mouse supoort USB OHCI USBHID static

Re: USB-Mouse... did I tried everything?

2003-02-27 Thread Peter Simon
Yes, CONFIG_USB_HIDINPUT was the reason. Now my USB-Mouse works fine :-) Thanks a lot to all! Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

mouse problem -SOLVED

2003-03-29 Thread Petr Simon
Thanks everyone. I simply removed gpm and now it works. Thank you Petr Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB disk, SCSI , and /etc/fstab

2003-11-09 Thread Simon McCartney
used the following to handle the various usb memory sticks I have, I put it in /etc/hotplug/usb/usb-storage, I then have a couple of entries in /etc/auto.misc to mount the devices on demand (with a 5 second timeout) It's crude but it works. HTH, Simon. #!/bin/sh # # hotplug script to handle

Re: Different Network Environments

2003-11-17 Thread Simon McCartney
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 03:37:53PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > What package do you recommend for managing different network > environments? I don't like waiting for ages trying to get a DHCP address > when I'm at home. I also have three NICs, two of which are WLAN cards. > Is there so

Re: Fujitsu Lifebook 1032?

2003-12-17 Thread Simon McCartney
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:01:19AM -0800, John Bartley or [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I noted a year ago, one posting from an intrepid soul who wanted to > install onto a Fujitsu Lifebook 1032/1035 subnotebook. His e-mail's > changed, though, can't find him. > > Have not found any details since, a

Re: Fn keys not working in 2.6.5

2004-05-11 Thread Simon Brandmair
s to the $OP as well. Have a nice evening, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB disk, SCSI , and /etc/fstab

2003-11-09 Thread Simon McCartney
used the following to handle the various usb memory sticks I have, I put it in /etc/hotplug/usb/usb-storage, I then have a couple of entries in /etc/auto.misc to mount the devices on demand (with a 5 second timeout) It's crude but it works. HTH, Simon. #!/bin/sh # # hotplug script to handle

Re: Different Network Environments

2003-11-17 Thread Simon McCartney
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003 at 03:37:53PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi > > What package do you recommend for managing different network > environments? I don't like waiting for ages trying to get a DHCP address > when I'm at home. I also have three NICs, two of which are WLAN cards. > Is there so

Re: Fujitsu Lifebook 1032?

2003-12-17 Thread Simon McCartney
On Tue, Dec 16, 2003 at 08:01:19AM -0800, John Bartley or [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I noted a year ago, one posting from an intrepid soul who wanted to > install onto a Fujitsu Lifebook 1032/1035 subnotebook. His e-mail's > changed, though, can't find him. > > Have not found any details since,

Re: Fn keys not working in 2.6.5

2004-05-11 Thread Simon Brandmair
s to the $OP as well. Have a nice evening, Simon

Re: rdist like thing for Windows / Linux

2004-08-03 Thread Simon McCartney
Thomas Amm wrote: Michael K O'Brien wrote: Hola~ I've got a Linux laptop (Debian unstable) I need to syncronize with a Windows XP box. I'm looking for something like rdist to intelligently sync the two. Other than cygwin's rdist, can anyone recommend something? Unison? You'd need samba

Re: rdist like thing for Windows / Linux

2004-08-03 Thread Simon McCartney
Debian Laptop List wrote: Unison? You'd need samba going somewhere...the Windows GTK port isn't bad. You don't need samba to run unison (afaik), but you need unison running on both systems. True, I forgot about that, you can even tell unison to use ssh to talk to another machine and start

Re: as86, thank for the replies. it works not!

2000-07-05 Thread Brendan J Simon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > for future reference, if you know your system is missing a particular > file, you may be able to locate which package it may reside in by > using one of the search interfaces at: > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > i have found them to be quite useful on a

Re: potato/kernel 2.2.17 upgrade problems

2000-08-09 Thread Brendan J Simon
; can provide more detail if necessary. TIA. I have potato successfully running on a TwinHead 166MHz laptop using kernel 2.2.14. I will try upgrading to 2.2.17 and see what happens. Brendan Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: PCMCIA/PPP/MODEM problems

2000-04-05 Thread Simon Andrew Boggis
IL PROTECTED] as I am not subscribed to this particular list right now. Cheers, Simon -- Simon A. Boggis Systems Programmer Department of Computer Science, Queen Mary and Westfield College London, E1 4NS, UK.Tel. 020 7882 5234

Re: laptop screen size

2000-04-20 Thread Brendan J Simon
quot; "800x600" "640x480" There is also a default mode setting I think. Or was that a default depth setting ? Check the manual pages with "man XF86Config". Brendan Simon.

Re: laptop screen size

2000-04-20 Thread Brendan J Simon
What is the output of "X -probeonly" ? What resolutions does it recognise ? Brendan Simon. stephan wrote: > Ok - the XF86Setup error is this: > _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect - Can't connect error no 111 > > I get it when it Attempts to start the X server. > hope tha

Laptop installation (was Re: Hi)

2000-05-03 Thread Brendan J Simon
or in Australia and did an "apt-get update" followed by an "apt-get dist-upgrade" to upgrade to 2.2 (aka potato). I had to upgrade the kernel manually by doing "apt-get install kernel-image-2.2.14". I regularly do an "apt-get update" and "apt-get upgrade" to get the latest packages and fixes. Brendan Simon.

deb: XFree86 v4.0 on PowerBook/PowerMac.

2000-05-21 Thread Brendan J Simon
libscanpci.a module so I assume its a PCI ID that is unknown but I am not sure. Can any one help. Maybe the G4 and new PowerBook aren't supported yet ? Thanks, Brendan Simon.

Re: as86, thank for the replies. it works not!

2000-07-05 Thread Brendan J Simon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > for future reference, if you know your system is missing a particular > file, you may be able to locate which package it may reside in by > using one of the search interfaces at: > > http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages > > i have found them to be quite useful on a n

Re: potato/kernel 2.2.17 upgrade problems

2000-08-09 Thread Brendan J Simon
vide more detail if necessary. TIA. I have potato successfully running on a TwinHead 166MHz laptop using kernel 2.2.14. I will try upgrading to 2.2.17 and see what happens. Brendan Simon.

Re: Connecting a Linux machine to a novell netware.

2001-01-31 Thread Brendan J Simon
Doing an "apt-cache search netware" will give you some packages to investigate. $ apt-cache search netware lg-issue34 - Issue 34 of the Linux Gazette. ncpfs - Utilities to use resources from NetWare servers. Obviously the ncpfs is one to try out. Regards, Brendan Simon. Andreas

Re: installing debian from iomega zip (ppa)

2001-02-20 Thread Brendan J Simon
h the PowerMac OpenFirmware prompt. For an Intel PC, you may have to setup lilo on a floppy. Infact, you should be able to use the standard boot floppies. You should be able to give a root=/dev/hdc (or whatever the zip drive is). Play around with these ideas. Good luck, Brendan Simon. i4G0

Re: potato to woody

2001-03-01 Thread Brendan J Simon
d use unstable but I have just upgraded to testing as I would like the latest applications that have some notion of stability. ie. 2 weeks in unstable without major problems is good enough for me. Brendan Simon. PS: I'm using an Apple Powerbook, not an Intel laptop :)

Re: dhcp, cable modems...

2001-03-01 Thread Brendan J Simon
xsdg wrote: (dhcpcd is obsolete; It's been removed from Debian because it is This is the wrong program! DHCPD == "DHCP Daemon", aka, the DHCP server. The program I believe you are talking about is DHClient, or a DHCP Client. Be very carefull dhcpd is the DHCP Daemon. dhcpcd is the D

Re: How do I finish an install of X?

2001-03-06 Thread Brendan J Simon
he man page and the online help but didn't see anything about it. Have you tried "apt-cache show "? eg. "apt-cache show apt" or "apt-cache showpkg apt" Brendan Simon.

Re: hardware profiles?

2001-04-23 Thread Brendan J Simon
I thought netenv was used for different profiles (eg. home, office, other). Brendan Simon. Mike Fedyk wrote: On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:30:11PM -0400, Matt Pepper wrote: Hi - I have a Dell laptop I am endeavoring to put Debian on however I have a query I'd like to get answered first.

Re: hardware profiles?

2001-04-23 Thread Brendan J Simon
My machine boots at home without a network connection, though it does take a lot longer to boot due to DHCP timeouts. I'm using an Apple G3 PowerBook with the builtin ethernet connection. Brendan Simon. Matt Pepper wrote: My biggest concern is that I wonder if the PC card ethernet

Re: ssh port-forwarding and UDP-connections

2001-10-15 Thread Brendan J Simon
ng at CIPE. It implements a VPN over UDP. Go the CIPE website to find out more. It uses UDP rather than TCP because you can get some really ugly things happening if you tunnel TCP within TCP. Basically timeout/resend issues at both layers. Brendan Simon.

Re: USB - root only

2001-10-23 Thread Brendan J Simon
Are you using devfs ??? I had to modify /etc/devfs/perms (or something like that) to get a user to access the serial ports via minicom. Cheers, Brendan Simon. Tom Allison wrote: I've got a USB camera working, but only on root. I get the error Couldn't open device /dev/usb/dc2x

Re: Connecting a Linux machine to a novell netware.

2001-02-01 Thread Brendan J Simon
Doing an "apt-cache search netware" will give you some packages to investigate. $ apt-cache search netware lg-issue34 - Issue 34 of the Linux Gazette. ncpfs - Utilities to use resources from NetWare servers. Obviously the ncpfs is one to try out. Regards, Brendan Simon. Andreas

Re: installing debian from iomega zip (ppa)

2001-02-20 Thread Brendan J Simon
h the PowerMac OpenFirmware prompt. For an Intel PC, you may have to setup lilo on a floppy. Infact, you should be able to use the standard boot floppies. You should be able to give a root=/dev/hdc (or whatever the zip drive is). Play around with these ideas. Good luck, Brendan Simon. i4G0

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