Re: kernel & PCMCIA compilation

2001-11-12 Thread hlawson
On 11 Nov 2001, Brian P. Flaherty wrote: > Harry Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm a bit confused with how this works in Debian (in spite of the > > "we've greatly simplified this with Debian's kernel-package" etc > > etc). I'm wondering if there is a kernel-image package that in

debian potato, Adaptec slimscsi, aha152x_cs

2001-11-27 Thread hlawson
Thinkpad 760el Adaptec SlimSCSI 1460D I can't make this card work with Debian, though it works ok with another Thinkpad with RedHat installed. When 'cardmgr' inserts the aha152x_cs module, this provokes scsi "aborting command due to timeout" error messages and the system becomes unuseable. Thi

Re: debian potato, Adaptec slimscsi, aha152x_cs

2001-11-27 Thread hlawson
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Alexander Zangerl wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:01:05 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Adaptec SlimSCSI 1460D > > ditto. > > >I can't make this card work with Debian, though it works ok with > >another Thinkpad with RedHat installed. > > interesting. on my box it worke

Re: Why Linux on a Laptop?

2001-11-30 Thread hlawson
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Alec wrote: > That's why I was curious as to what their motivation was. I hope my answer > satisfies you. Well I'm a retired teacher; nowadays I don't do anything the world considers productive, just a little volunteer work, etc. Instead I do stuff that's fun. So, having n

Re: Reality Check. (was Why Linux on a Laptop?)

2001-11-30 Thread hlawson
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Heather wrote: > > > Well, you might take a "package pools" approach - rescue your own control > > > files to a clas of apps or utilities, remove it entirely, use the > > > packaging system to reintroduce the pool, and then look at the control > > > files that come with the "

Re: Mouse support and other bugs (Questions!)

2001-12-02 Thread hlawson
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Axel Bojer wrote: > 2: Why do the maschine now start up in x-window, and why don`t it quit to the > normal command prompt when I (using my F12 and other keys) am asking it > to "exit"? (Befor I restarted, right after having fixed this /dev/tty0 pointing > thing, it did that

TP 760el sound

2001-12-05 Thread hlawson
I'm playing with an old Thinkpad 760el, but I've no clue on getting the sound up and going on this computer. Can anybody help? I haven't found anything in the obvious places. -- Hugh Lawson Greensboro, North Carolina [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a su

Re: TP 760el sound

2001-12-05 Thread hlawson
On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm playing with an old Thinkpad 760el, but I've no clue on > getting the sound up and going on this computer. Can anybody > help? I haven't found anything in the obvious places. Well, one more round of assiduous web-searching did the trick. Wh

Re: FireWire PCMCIA card ?

2001-12-27 Thread hlawson
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Helios de Creisquer wrote: > But, the question is: Is anyone of us get a PCMCIA FireWire adapter and > plugged a disk on it ? Is it working ? any Success-stories around ? :) I have a pcmcia scsi adapter which works fine with an external scsi drive. I use the external drive j

Re: kernel & PCMCIA compilation

2001-11-12 Thread hlawson
On 11 Nov 2001, Brian P. Flaherty wrote: > Harry Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm a bit confused with how this works in Debian (in spite of the > > "we've greatly simplified this with Debian's kernel-package" etc > > etc). I'm wondering if there is a kernel-image package that inc

debian potato, Adaptec slimscsi, aha152x_cs

2001-11-27 Thread hlawson
Thinkpad 760el Adaptec SlimSCSI 1460D I can't make this card work with Debian, though it works ok with another Thinkpad with RedHat installed. When 'cardmgr' inserts the aha152x_cs module, this provokes scsi "aborting command due to timeout" error messages and the system becomes unuseable. This

Re: debian potato, Adaptec slimscsi, aha152x_cs

2001-11-27 Thread hlawson
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Alexander Zangerl wrote: > On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 11:01:05 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Adaptec SlimSCSI 1460D > > ditto. > > >I can't make this card work with Debian, though it works ok with > >another Thinkpad with RedHat installed. > > interesting. on my box it worked

Re: Why Linux on a Laptop?

2001-11-30 Thread hlawson
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Alec wrote: > That's why I was curious as to what their motivation was. I hope my answer > satisfies you. Well I'm a retired teacher; nowadays I don't do anything the world considers productive, just a little volunteer work, etc. Instead I do stuff that's fun. So, having ne

Re: Reality Check. (was Why Linux on a Laptop?)

2001-11-30 Thread hlawson
On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Heather wrote: > > > Well, you might take a "package pools" approach - rescue your own control > > > files to a clas of apps or utilities, remove it entirely, use the > > > packaging system to reintroduce the pool, and then look at the control > > > files that come with the "s

Re: Mouse support and other bugs (Questions!)

2001-12-02 Thread hlawson
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Axel Bojer wrote: > 2: Why do the maschine now start up in x-window, and why don`t it quit to the > normal command prompt when I (using my F12 and other keys) am asking it > to "exit"? (Befor I restarted, right after having fixed this /dev/tty0 > pointing > thing, it did th

TP 760el sound

2001-12-05 Thread hlawson
I'm playing with an old Thinkpad 760el, but I've no clue on getting the sound up and going on this computer. Can anybody help? I haven't found anything in the obvious places. -- Hugh Lawson Greensboro, North Carolina [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: TP 760el sound

2001-12-05 Thread hlawson
On Wed, 5 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm playing with an old Thinkpad 760el, but I've no clue on > getting the sound up and going on this computer. Can anybody > help? I haven't found anything in the obvious places. Well, one more round of assiduous web-searching did the trick. Why

Re: FireWire PCMCIA card ?

2001-12-27 Thread hlawson
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001, Helios de Creisquer wrote: > But, the question is: Is anyone of us get a PCMCIA FireWire adapter and > plugged a disk on it ? Is it working ? any Success-stories around ? :) I have a pcmcia scsi adapter which works fine with an external scsi drive. I use the external drive ju