DRI and XV gone to the doghouse -- inspiron4000

2006-01-09 Thread Tim Connors
G'day all, I have an Dull Inspiron 4000, which always used to have working DRI and XV under kernel 2.4 and XFree86 4.x. The video card is a Rage 128: > lspci -vvv ... :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsys

Re: DRI and XV gone to the doghouse -- inspiron4000

2006-01-10 Thread Tim Connors
On Mon, 9 Jan 2006, Tim Connors wrote: > G'day all, > > I have an Dull Inspiron 4000, which always used to have working DRI and XV > under kernel 2.4 and XFree86 4.x. The video card is a Rage 128: Hrm.. Now seems to be working, possibly because I resorted to modprobing

Re: Inspiron 4100, APM, blinking lights

2006-01-31 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 1 Feb 2006, Michael Perry wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone running a Dell Inspiron 4100, debian kernel > sources 2.6.15, with apm compiled in has seen a periodic problem with APM > suspends where the numlock and screenlock lights just blink on and off > repeatedly and the resume does not w

dell inspiron 4000 Xircom CBEII-10/100

2001-04-10 Thread Tim Connors
I found that the xircom_tulip_cb module is needed for my card, as opposed to tulip_cb, and so added device "xircom_tulip_cb" class "network" module "cb_enabler", "xircom_tulip_cb" and card "Xircom CBEII-10/100 CardBus 10/100 Ethernet" version "Xircom", "*", "CBEII-10/100" bind "xircom_tul

power button dell inspiron 4000

2001-06-07 Thread Tim Connors
One annoying um, feature, of the dell laptop, is the ability to shut down immediately upon pressing the power button. I have not found anything on the web to disable the power button (seems there are lots of references to toshiba laptops though), has anyone else found anything useful? Unfortuneat

Re: power button dell inspiron 4000

2001-06-07 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Eric Richardson wrote: > Tim Connors wrote: > > > > One annoying um, feature, of the dell laptop, is the ability to shut down > > immediately upon pressing the power button. I have not found anything on > > the web to disable the power butt

Re: power button dell inspiron 4000

2001-06-08 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Andrew Taylor wrote: > Tim - > > I have an Inspiron 7000 which had this feature, it was a BIOS fix. This > issue is buried in their web site - you can find model specific info w/ > your system service tag. > > Andy > > > > Sorry, that is not my problem... That works fine.

xfree86 4.1.0 ati rage 128

2001-08-16 Thread Tim Connors
I had no problems with xfree86 4.0.x on my dell inspiron 4000, but after upgrading to 4.1.0, I now have crud all over my text console when I either quit X or go to the console. I have temporarily solved this problem by using a savetextmode/textmode combination, but this is tedious for everytime I

Re: 2.4.10 and apm !

2001-09-25 Thread Tim Connors
> what happened to apm support on 2.4.10 > apm -S does not work anymore :( Works for me. You have compiled apm into the kernel, or as a module, haven't you? Incidentally, most of the time, apm -S "standby"'s my machine, blanks the screen and spins donw HD, but then the screen pretty much immediat

Re: Dell Latitude - Screen problems

2001-10-11 Thread Tim Connors
On 11 Oct 2001, Patrice Neff wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently bought a Dell Latitude CPt and it runs really nice now. I > have only one problem with the screen. In the middle of the screen > there is a very thin vertical bar. I usually don't see it unless I > have a black background. I'm not reall

dell inspiron 4000 Xircom CBEII-10/100

2001-04-10 Thread Tim Connors
I found that the xircom_tulip_cb module is needed for my card, as opposed to tulip_cb, and so added device "xircom_tulip_cb" class "network" module "cb_enabler", "xircom_tulip_cb" and card "Xircom CBEII-10/100 CardBus 10/100 Ethernet" version "Xircom", "*", "CBEII-10/100" bind "xircom_tu

power button dell inspiron 4000

2001-06-04 Thread Tim Connors
One annoying um, feature, of the dell laptop, is the ability to shut down immediately upon pressing the power button. I have not found anything on the web to disable the power button (seems there are lots of references to toshiba laptops though), has anyone else found anything useful? Unfortunea

Re: power button dell inspiron 4000

2001-06-07 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 6 Jun 2001, Eric Richardson wrote: > Tim Connors wrote: > > > > One annoying um, feature, of the dell laptop, is the ability to shut down > > immediately upon pressing the power button. I have not found anything on > > the web to disable the power butt

Re: power button dell inspiron 4000

2001-06-08 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Andrew Taylor wrote: > Tim - > > I have an Inspiron 7000 which had this feature, it was a BIOS fix. This > issue is buried in their web site - you can find model specific info w/ > your system service tag. > > Andy > > > > Sorry, that is not my problem... That works fine

xfree86 4.1.0 ati rage 128

2001-08-16 Thread Tim Connors
I had no problems with xfree86 4.0.x on my dell inspiron 4000, but after upgrading to 4.1.0, I now have crud all over my text console when I either quit X or go to the console. I have temporarily solved this problem by using a savetextmode/textmode combination, but this is tedious for everytime I

Re: 2.4.10 and apm !

2001-09-25 Thread Tim Connors
> what happened to apm support on 2.4.10 > apm -S does not work anymore :( Works for me. You have compiled apm into the kernel, or as a module, haven't you? Incidentally, most of the time, apm -S "standby"'s my machine, blanks the screen and spins donw HD, but then the screen pretty much immedia

Re: Dell Latitude - Screen problems

2001-10-11 Thread Tim Connors
On 11 Oct 2001, Patrice Neff wrote: > Hi all, > > I recently bought a Dell Latitude CPt and it runs really nice now. I > have only one problem with the screen. In the middle of the screen > there is a very thin vertical bar. I usually don't see it unless I > have a black background. I'm not real

Re: laptop_mode doesn't seem to work: kjournald waking up disks frequently

2004-07-16 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Bartek Kania wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I'm trying to use laptop_mode to get my disks to stay down to save > > energy in kernel 2.6.7. I used the script from kernel 2.6.7, put it in > > sbin. I also compiled the monitor in laptop_mode.txt to

Re: laptop_mode doesn't seem to work: kjournald waking up disks frequently

2004-07-17 Thread Tim Connors
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 03:08:08AM +1000, Tim Connors wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Bartek Kania wrote: > > A while ago, I looked at the code in one of the filesystems (either ext3 > > or jfs - the two fs's I use), and I wasn

Re: Laptop safe for flight in planes?

2005-02-22 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005, Andreas Tille wrote: > Hi, > > my former Laptop had no internal WLAN card so I was safe that it is no > source of any radio frequencies. Um? Actually, you know your 1.4GHz machine? It emits 1.4GHz, as well as every harmonic above - 2.8, 4.2, 5.6, Ghz. And if you are o

Re: ATI M3 / Kernel 2.6.10

2005-05-07 Thread Tim Connors
On Sat, 7 May 2005, Jordan Smith wrote: > I don't believe that the dri ati drivers support direct rendering. > DISPLAY=:0 glxinfo | grep Yes direct rendering: Yes > lspci | grep M3 :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02) > uname -a Linux sc

Re: ATI M3 / Kernel 2.6.10

2005-05-12 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 12 May 2005, Lee Turner wrote: > I appear to have everything except > r128 and agpgart > > are these kernel modules? > > > > lsmod | grep -E '(agp|r128)' > > r128 80244 1 > > agpgart19208 3 > > Indeed. Probably unlikely that they are compiled statica

Re: Debian on Slow laptops. What setup is best?

2005-06-22 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Benedek Frank wrote: > Hi. Can you check to see if I use something really that I shouldnt use at all? > > THanks, and the RES column is that shows the "m" after numbers. Maybe stands > for for MB? Yes it does. Also, if you don't already know, the first memory column is the t

Re: Debian on Slow laptops. What setup is best?

2005-06-22 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 22 Jun 2005, Benedek Frank wrote: > On Wednesday 22 June 2005 11:36, you wrote: > > All those other k* programs are just useless helper apps to kde. Blow kde > > away, and that'll free up a bit. > > I have realized that. Actually, having the machine rebootet, with KDM and KDE > taken out

Re: Ugly mozilla fonts

2002-11-17 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Anders E. Andersen wrote: > After installing j2re (and some ghostview font package which was needed) > suddenly my mozilla looks like this: > > http://www.fys.ku.dk/~andersa/mozilla.png > > Does anybody know what's wrong? Looks fine to me. Must be the beer. -- TimC --

Re: Laptop 386dx40 with 4 MByte and 40 MByte

2002-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Wookey wrote: > On Wed 20 Nov, David B Harris wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:09:59 +0200 > > Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello laptop.deb's, > > > > > > I have gotten a NEW OLD LAptop and I like to install Debian. > > > MS-Dos 6.2 was no problem, but..

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

2002-11-21 Thread Tim Connors
On 21 Nov 2002, Simon Wong wrote: > Does anyone ou there have a modeline that will work for 800x600 on a > Dell Inspiron 8000 with an ATI Rage 128 video card? > > I want to get the TV out going for which you need 800x600. I don't have mine handy (and don't know whether I have used 800x600), but

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-11-26 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Karl E. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.27.0147 +0100]: > > Bad luck for you :-) For me the system would freeze less than .5 > > seconds every 3 or 4 seconds. Just enough to make me wonder whether I > > was given de-caf by mistake..

Re: Dell cpu speed toggle (was: Temperatur weirdnes)

2002-12-05 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Dan Christensen wrote: > For the high speed test, the machine was sometimes in light use, > sometimes idle. For the low speed test, it was completely idle. > > So for me, the slow speed is no use. Heh bizzare. Must have been because the cosmic rays were being partially blocke

Re: Dell cpu speed toggle (was: Temperatur weirdnes)

2002-12-01 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Dan Christensen wrote: > "Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On I4000 (bios A16): > > fn+#Toggle CPU speed Yes - I had tried that before with no luck. But the missing peice of info was the X keycode. Thanks for that one... > For the record,

Re: Problems on Shutdown with X

2003-01-06 Thread Tim Connors
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Richard Palfalvi wrote: > Most of the time (I'd say 8 times out of 10) X doesn't shutdown correctly. > When I turn off my computer with the shutdown-menu-button in gdm the screen > first gets black and after 3 seconds the screen gets brighter and brighter > beginning from the b

Re: got stuck in dpkg-available-cache

2003-01-15 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Bjoern Rueffer wrote: > I tried the following > dpkg --forget-old-unavail > dpkg --clear-avail > > but it didn't have the result as hoped for. > > How do I clear this available-cache with the version numbers in it? I'm > using sid if anyone thinks that matters. > > Thanks in a

Re: lots of Zombie Processes on Vaio PCG-Z600LEK

2003-03-28 Thread Tim Connors
In linux.debian.laptop, you wrote: >Hello, > > I have a problem with zombie processes on my laptop(debian woody). >Applications that seem to spawn child processes don't seem to get rid >off them when finnished, for example XMMS creates a process for every >track, but these never get killed,

Re: KDE3 + noflushd + call for comments

2003-04-03 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Gabor FLEISCHER wrote: > Is there anyone who succeeded with KDE3, noflushd? I don't run KDE3, but... > I could set up my system to spin down the disks when I don't run KDE. > But with KDE it always has some disk usage. I was searching in google, and I > saw other people had t

Re: Xfree 4.2.1-6 with ATI Rage Mobility...

2003-05-22 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 21 May 2003, Nicolas Delestre wrote: > Hi, > Since i updated my debian sarge on my Dell laptitude CPxJ 650 (with an ATI > Rage > Mobility video card), that installed a new version of xfree (to the 4.2.1.6 > version), i can not use the crt port to display X on a monitor (it continue to >

Re: OpenSSH hack (linux is vulnerable?)

2003-09-17 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, jhorton wrote: > Hello, > > I do not know if anyone on this list is interested in Linux security, > but, there appears to be an > exploit of OpenSSH. Linux is vulnerable. The remedy is to upgrade to > OpenSSH 3.7p1 Don't do that. Update to your distributions latest update - a

Re: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?

2003-09-26 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Mike Hommey wrote: > > I think, I will install an M$-Outlook filter witch sends a > > Message to the sender that I dont like to be in his/her Adressbook. > > Useless, cf. my previous mail on the subject [1] > > Mike > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2003/debian-lap

Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-04 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Remy Indebetouw wrote: > I'd like to turn off the backlight when I'm away for the day, but leave > unsuspended so I can connect back from work via the cable modem. > > There was a similar question last summer and the suggestion to switch to > CRT; something like that would be f

Re: Which filesystem for a notebook?

2002-04-11 Thread Tim Connors
On 11 Apr 2002, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 13:22, Michal Frackowiak wrote: > > Mark Janssen wrote: > > > > >On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 13:02, Michal Frackowiak wrote: > > >If you want more battery life, stick with ext2, since the journaling > > >filesystems keep the harddisk spinning a

Re: Unsubscribe

2002-04-14 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Josh Knarr wrote: > > I no longer wish to supscribe to this mailing list. I've mailed the > admin on my particular issue and received no response. Please remove > the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the list. You may want to set your newsreader to not strip the stuff below s

Re: After discussing on LCDs in Debian-laptop, did you get spammed by Sharp Systems as well?

2002-08-14 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 13 Aug 2002, Alexei Khlebnikov wrote: > > Today i got a spam by Sharp Systems, offering a LCD display. > > Did any of you (especially the ones who did participate in a discussion > > related to LCD displays) get that spam, too? > > Please tell me, i'm trying to find out why they spammed me

Re: After discussing on LCDs in Debian-laptop, did you get spammed by Sharp Systems as well?

2002-08-14 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 14 Aug 2002, Erich Schubert wrote: > > I have to say, I am terribly surprise gnu.org and debian.org archive our > > mail without obfuscation :( > > Obfuscation doesn't help, even if you use some rotating obfuscation. > Most, if not all of these, can easily be broken by Perl Regexps. > So a

speedstep

2002-08-15 Thread Tim Connors
At one stage in the past, I discoevered a magic fn-key incantation that will tell my dell inspiron 4000 laptop to slow down from 650MHz to 250 or 200MHz or so, on the fly. It emitted a low pitched beep when told to go slower, and high pitched when fast. But I can't remember the dang keystrokes any

Re: speedstep

2002-08-16 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 15 Aug 2002, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > On Thu, Aug 15, 2002 at 09:37:01PM +1000, Tim Connors wrote: > > At one stage in the past, I discoevered a magic fn-key incantation that > > will tell my dell inspiron 4000 laptop to slow down from 650MHz to 250 or > > 200MHz

Re: Dell's hibernate partition (was: Debian on a Dell 4150?)

2002-09-09 Thread Tim Connors
On Mon, 9 Sep 2002, Erich Schubert wrote: > > initialize the s2d partition, dell's very own tool (the latest > > version) complains that it does not support systems with more than 768 > > Did you try this lphtool? > Dells BIOS might be a Phoenix one, and there's a linux utility for > creating hibe

Re: Old batteries - or ... ?

2002-09-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > System info:[DH]ell Inspiron 4000, BIOS A16, kernel 2.4.18 with apm, > Li-ion batteries Shite! I wish I saw this earlier! This is my laptop, and it developed a bad battery in December last year. I replcaced it under waranty, and

Re: kcore eating my disk space

2002-10-16 Thread Tim Connors
In linux.debian.laptop, you wrote: > ps: I have 256 M of ram and 320M is around the sum of my ram and the > swap space thats being used so I assume it's the combined total of > memory that the kernel is using. So I probably don't want to get rid of > it do I :) just of my root partition if it wa

Re: backlight off w/o suspend

2002-03-04 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 3 Mar 2002, Remy Indebetouw wrote: > I'd like to turn off the backlight when I'm away for the day, but leave > unsuspended so I can connect back from work via the cable modem. > > There was a similar question last summer and the suggestion to switch to > CRT; something like that would be

Re: Which filesystem for a notebook?

2002-04-11 Thread Tim Connors
On 11 Apr 2002, Mark Janssen wrote: > On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 13:22, Michal Frackowiak wrote: > > Mark Janssen wrote: > > > > >On Thu, 2002-04-11 at 13:02, Michal Frackowiak wrote: > > >If you want more battery life, stick with ext2, since the journaling > > >filesystems keep the harddisk spinning

Re: Unsubscribe

2002-04-14 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 14 Apr 2002, Josh Knarr wrote: > > I no longer wish to supscribe to this mailing list. I've mailed the > admin on my particular issue and received no response. Please remove > the address [EMAIL PROTECTED] from the list. You may want to set your newsreader to not strip the stuff below

Re: Old batteries - or ... ?

2002-09-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote: > System info:[DH]ell Inspiron 4000, BIOS A16, kernel 2.4.18 with apm, > Li-ion batteries Shite! I wish I saw this earlier! This is my laptop, and it developed a bad battery in December last year. I replcaced it under waranty, an

Re: kcore eating my disk space

2002-10-15 Thread Tim Connors
In linux.debian.laptop, you wrote: > ps: I have 256 M of ram and 320M is around the sum of my ram and the > swap space thats being used so I assume it's the combined total of > memory that the kernel is using. So I probably don't want to get rid of > it do I :) just of my root partition if it w

Re: Ugly mozilla fonts

2002-11-17 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Anders E. Andersen wrote: > After installing j2re (and some ghostview font package which was needed) > suddenly my mozilla looks like this: > > http://www.fys.ku.dk/~andersa/mozilla.png > > Does anybody know what's wrong? Looks fine to me. Must be the beer. -- TimC --

Re: Laptop 386dx40 with 4 MByte and 40 MByte

2002-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Wookey wrote: > On Wed 20 Nov, David B Harris wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:09:59 +0200 > > Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello laptop.deb's, > > > > > > I have gotten a NEW OLD LAptop and I like to install Debian. > > > MS-Dos 6.2 was no problem, but..

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

2002-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On 21 Nov 2002, Simon Wong wrote: > Does anyone ou there have a modeline that will work for 800x600 on a > Dell Inspiron 8000 with an ATI Rage 128 video card? > > I want to get the TV out going for which you need 800x600. I don't have mine handy (and don't know whether I have used 800x600), but

Re: Random keystrokes lost

2002-11-26 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Karl E. Jorgensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.11.27.0147 +0100]: > > Bad luck for you :-) For me the system would freeze less than .5 > > seconds every 3 or 4 seconds. Just enough to make me wonder whether I > > was given de-caf by mistake..

Re: Dell cpu speed toggle (was: Temperatur weirdnes)

2002-11-30 Thread Tim Connors
On Sun, 1 Dec 2002, Dan Christensen wrote: > "Karl E. Jorgensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On I4000 (bios A16): > > fn+#Toggle CPU speed Yes - I had tried that before with no luck. But the missing peice of info was the X keycode. Thanks for that one... > For the record,

Re: Dell cpu speed toggle (was: Temperatur weirdnes)

2002-12-05 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Dan Christensen wrote: > For the high speed test, the machine was sometimes in light use, > sometimes idle. For the low speed test, it was completely idle. > > So for me, the slow speed is no use. Heh bizzare. Must have been because the cosmic rays were being partially blocke

Re: Problems on Shutdown with X

2003-01-06 Thread Tim Connors
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Richard Palfalvi wrote: > Most of the time (I'd say 8 times out of 10) X doesn't shutdown correctly. > When I turn off my computer with the shutdown-menu-button in gdm the screen > first gets black and after 3 seconds the screen gets brighter and brighter > beginning from the b

Re: got stuck in dpkg-available-cache

2003-01-15 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Bjoern Rueffer wrote: > I tried the following > dpkg --forget-old-unavail > dpkg --clear-avail > > but it didn't have the result as hoped for. > > How do I clear this available-cache with the version numbers in it? I'm > using sid if anyone thinks that matters. > > Thanks in a

Re: lots of Zombie Processes on Vaio PCG-Z600LEK

2003-03-28 Thread Tim Connors
In linux.debian.laptop, you wrote: >Hello, > > I have a problem with zombie processes on my laptop(debian woody). >Applications that seem to spawn child processes don't seem to get rid >off them when finnished, for example XMMS creates a process for every >track, but these never get killed,

Re: KDE3 + noflushd + call for comments

2003-04-03 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 3 Apr 2003, Gabor FLEISCHER wrote: > Is there anyone who succeeded with KDE3, noflushd? I don't run KDE3, but... > I could set up my system to spin down the disks when I don't run KDE. > But with KDE it always has some disk usage. I was searching in google, and I > saw other people had t

Re: OpenSSH hack (linux is vulnerable?)

2003-09-16 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 16 Sep 2003, jhorton wrote: > Hello, > > I do not know if anyone on this list is interested in Linux security, > but, there appears to be an > exploit of OpenSSH. Linux is vulnerable. The remedy is to upgrade to > OpenSSH 3.7p1 Don't do that. Update to your distributions latest update - a

Re: [OT] Virusses (many!) via list?

2003-09-26 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Mike Hommey wrote: > > I think, I will install an M$-Outlook filter witch sends a > > Message to the sender that I dont like to be in his/her Adressbook. > > Useless, cf. my previous mail on the subject [1] > > Mike > > [1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-laptop/2003/debian-lap

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-19 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Dutch wrote: > > Just sorta takin an informal poll here... > > Debian users, > -how many of you are running Gnome? > > -how many are running WindowMaker (me) > > -If not WM,then which windowmanager doyou use/prefer? Geez, no fvwm users yet? (Not that I usually answer these po

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 01:29:27PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > > > >Geez, no fvwm users yet? > >(Not that I usually answer these polls) > > > >Of course, I have a setup I have been happy with for 6 years, so it was >

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:40, Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Fvwm is cool. It takes a fair bit of configuration, but it's fast, > > > small and absolutely bomb-proof in my experience. And several of the &g

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Jan T. Kim wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:35:23PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > > > I've been using fvwm for years. Now I'm running fvwm2. It has some > > features I really like and haven't seen easily in other desktops. Also > > the last time I tried another desktop it was

Re: hi

2003-12-09 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, clifford padgett wrote: > hi i have a epson actionnote 500c i lost my password to get in to it > how can i get in to my notebook now > clifford padgett Sorry, you have the wrong list. This is not the "how to break into stolen laptops" list. Oh, and we post in plain text, not

Re: driver

2003-12-17 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Trong Tram wrote: > I want driver for IR HP omnibook 4100 I want to be able to juggle properly. -- TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ E = MC ** 2 +- 3db -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMA

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:36:48PM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > I have a dell8900 and I can't seam to get the drive to spin down on 2.6.0-test9. > > The drive makes > > a noticeable whine that can be heard across the room. I'd like the noise to go >

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Tim Connors
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Mike Mestnik wrote: > I had not yet upgraded to test11. > > , s/hdtune/hdparm/g > > I think I am using journalling, as it's a laptop it's more likely to suddenly loose > power. What > dose this mean for noflushd? Are there any links or bug reports to track? No bugs - just j

Re: Dual Display on a Laptop?

2004-03-26 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Hubert Chan wrote: > > "Arief" == arief# <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Arief> Is it possible to use different X-Window client on a laptop > Arief> VGA-port? > > Maybe. It depends on whether your video chip supports it (some do, > some can only do mirroring). If your c

Re: Dual Display on a Laptop?

2004-03-26 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Tim Connors: > > > > Does anyone have r128 mobility working (mine is in a Dell I4K). > > Sure. Works great here. Dell i4k, Woody/stable, XFree86 4.2.1.1 > (Debian 4.2.1-3.woody3). Dual display? What's your X-co

Re: List based subject line

2004-05-27 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 26 May 2004, Larry Colen wrote: > I use this account for all my linux related mailing lists. All of the > lists but this one have the list name at the start of the subject: > ie. > Subject: [debian-laptop] list based subject line > > I'd like to propose that this list do so as well. I can'

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-19 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Dutch wrote: > > Just sorta takin an informal poll here... > > Debian users, > -how many of you are running Gnome? > > -how many are running WindowMaker (me) > > -If not WM,then which windowmanager doyou use/prefer? Geez, no fvwm users yet? (Not that I usually answer these po

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Steve McIntyre wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2003 at 01:29:27PM +1100, Tim Connors wrote: > > > >Geez, no fvwm users yet? > >(Not that I usually answer these polls) > > > >Of course, I have a setup I have been happy with for 6 years, so it was >

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Russell Coker wrote: > On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:40, Tim Connors <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Fvwm is cool. It takes a fair bit of configuration, but it's fast, > > > small and absolutely bomb-proof in my experience. And several of the &g

Re: Debian Users...

2003-11-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Thu, 20 Nov 2003, Jan T. Kim wrote: > On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 09:35:23PM -0800, Larry Colen wrote: > > > I've been using fvwm for years. Now I'm running fvwm2. It has some > > features I really like and haven't seen easily in other desktops. Also > > the last time I tried another desktop it was

Re: hi

2003-12-09 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003, clifford padgett wrote: > hi i have a epson actionnote 500c i lost my password to get in to it > how can i get in to my notebook now > clifford padgett Sorry, you have the wrong list. This is not the "how to break into stolen laptops" list. Oh, and we post in plain text, not

Re: driver

2003-12-18 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, Trong Tram wrote: > I want driver for IR HP omnibook 4100 I want to be able to juggle properly. -- TimC -- http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/staff/tconnors/ E = MC ** 2 +- 3db

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Tim Connors
On Tue, 6 Jan 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 01:36:48PM -0800, Mike Mestnik wrote: > > I have a dell8900 and I can't seam to get the drive to spin down on > > 2.6.0-test9. The drive makes > > a noticeable whine that can be heard across the room. I'd like the noise > > to g

Re: noflushd: making/having drives spin down.

2004-01-05 Thread Tim Connors
On Mon, 5 Jan 2004, Mike Mestnik wrote: > I had not yet upgraded to test11. > > , s/hdtune/hdparm/g > > I think I am using journalling, as it's a laptop it's more likely to suddenly > loose power. What > dose this mean for noflushd? Are there any links or bug reports to track? No bugs - just j

Re: Dual Display on a Laptop?

2004-03-26 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, Hubert Chan wrote: > > "Arief" == arief# <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Arief> Is it possible to use different X-Window client on a laptop > Arief> VGA-port? > > Maybe. It depends on whether your video chip supports it (some do, > some can only do mirroring). If your c

Re: Dual Display on a Laptop?

2004-03-26 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, s. keeling wrote: > Incoming from Tim Connors: > > > > Does anyone have r128 mobility working (mine is in a Dell I4K). > > Sure. Works great here. Dell i4k, Woody/stable, XFree86 4.2.1.1 > (Debian 4.2.1-3.woody3). Dual display? What's your X-co

Re: List based subject line

2004-05-28 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 26 May 2004, Larry Colen wrote: > I use this account for all my linux related mailing lists. All of the > lists but this one have the list name at the start of the subject: > ie. > Subject: [debian-laptop] list based subject line > > I'd like to propose that this list do so as well. I can'

Re: laptop_mode doesn't seem to work: kjournald waking up disks frequently

2004-07-16 Thread Tim Connors
On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Bartek Kania wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > I'm trying to use laptop_mode to get my disks to stay down to save > > energy in kernel 2.6.7. I used the script from kernel 2.6.7, put it in > > sbin. I also compiled the monitor in laptop_mode.txt to

Re: laptop_mode doesn't seem to work: kjournald waking up disks frequently

2004-07-17 Thread Tim Connors
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004, Micha Feigin wrote: > On Sat, Jul 17, 2004 at 03:08:08AM +1000, Tim Connors wrote: > > On Fri, 16 Jul 2004, Bartek Kania wrote: > > A while ago, I looked at the code in one of the filesystems (either ext3 > > or jfs - the two fs's I use), and I wasn

Re: Dynamic MMap ran out of room!!!

2005-07-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Adam Aube wrote: > Will Ness wrote: > > > I have an old laptop that I installed debian on. Everything works > > except apt!! Everytime I run apt, it does its thing but at the very > > end it says: > > > > Error! > > Dynamic MMap ran out of room > > > I did some googling an

Re: Dynamic MMap ran out of room!!!

2005-07-20 Thread Tim Connors
On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Steve Lamb wrote: > Tim Connors wrote: > > Or what about > > automatically doubling each time it runs out of room, and starting again > > (along with an appropriate warning message as to how not to keep doing > > this)? > > Kinda defeats t