Spawned process.

2001-01-18 Thread tom
load program trying to start (that's my guess). Can anyone advise as to what program is causing this, where it is being started from, and how I can turn it off. Its most disturbing! Thanks in advance... Tom. Tom Cada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

potato to woody

2001-03-01 Thread tom
OK, I got potato to work how do I upgrade to a new branch? change the /etc/apt/sources.list from 'stable' to 'woody' or 'testing' -- 5:56pm up 24 days, 7 min, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00

upgrading to 'testing' failure

2001-03-03 Thread tom
Well, I upgraded from stable to testing. Now X is dead. I run 'XFree86 -configure' and it locks up like a Windows Box would. I have to power down to get it to let go. I run 'X -configuer' and I get the same thing.. I've attached a 'tail' of my XFree86.log file. >From a guess, it is missing the

Re: upgrading to 'testing' failure

2001-03-03 Thread tom
tom wrote: > > Well, I upgraded from stable to testing. > > Now X is dead. > > I run 'XFree86 -configure' and it locks up like a Windows Box > would. I have to power down to get it to let go. > I run 'X -configuer' and I get the same thing.. >

WHERE

2001-03-05 Thread tom
I'm really trying to RTFM but I have a heck of a time finding it. Where are the documents from Debain going to be found (presumable on my HD) that I can read to figure out things like network and pcmcia configuration? (yes, it's a notebook) I've been using slackware for years and they don't have

pcmcia network.opts

2001-03-08 Thread tom
I have two questions: Can anyone tell me what 'NO_CHECK' and 'NO_FUSER' means in the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file? How would I do the following: I have an internal NIC (eepro100) and a pcmcia NIC (wireless). I want to be able to run an 'ifdown eth0' when the card is injected and an 'ipup eth0' w

level 2?

2001-03-08 Thread tom
Did I get this right. Debian boots into init level 2 by default? That's wrong. I'm surprised that they made this mistake. for xdm support is supposed to be init level 4. and for the rest it's init level 3. How do I fix this? -- 6:18am up 30 days, 12:29, 4 users, load average: 1.08, 1.18,

Re: pcmcia network.opts

2001-03-08 Thread tom
Heather wrote: > > > I have two questions: > > > > Can anyone tell me what 'NO_CHECK' and 'NO_FUSER' means in the > > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file? > > Err, not sure. > > > How would I do the following: > > I have an internal NIC (eepro100) and a pcmcia NIC (wireless). > > I want to be able to

Re: pcmcia network.opts

2001-03-09 Thread tom
Another RTFM!!! When will I learn? So many man pagesso little time... :) Thanks! :) Simon Rowe wrote: > > The answer to the first part of your question is in the PCMCIA Howto in > this section: > > http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/PCMCIA-HOWTO-4.html > > The information says: > >NO_CHECK,

PCMCIA routing

2001-03-18 Thread tom
Where can I set the routing tables for a PCMCIA card when it's inserted? If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where everything is routed through this interface. I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the default routing to another interface. The problem is tha

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-18 Thread tom
255.0 Michael Bauer wrote: > > Hi TOM > > > If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where > > everything is routed through this interface. > > I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the > > default routing to another interface. >

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-18 Thread tom
et me know if I'm sane on this change. I downloaded the pcmcia version this morning (version .25?) so I think it is applicable. I have found this problem/fix on Slackware 7.1, Debian/stable, and Debian/testing. This patch allows me to use this box as a Wireless access point or Wireless gatewa

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-19 Thread tom
David Reviejo wrote: > > * tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010319 12:55]: > > Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box > > that already has one present you get a routing table with two > > entries for default network gateways. Something

/etc/network/options

2001-03-19 Thread tom
Can someone give me a 10 second tour on this? I am not sure what the flag for ip_forwarding quite means. I know the concept and the echo "1" >/proc I don't remember quite where it echoes to, but that's Debians job, right? Does ip_forward=yes simply set this echo "1" >/proc... to be enabled?

ifup/ifdown

2001-03-23 Thread tom
when I Resume from Suspend/Hibernate or even power up, my ethernet is down. I have been in the routine of issuing: ifdown eth0 && sleep 2 && ifup eth0 and it works. According to IFCONFIG it's "UP", but no pings. my interfaces file includes the line 'auto eth0' which I thought was supposed to rem

Schemes

2001-03-28 Thread tom
Can someone point me to a discussion on this network scheme idea that is outlined in the pcmcia network scripts? In theory I should be able to tell the computer a scheme (home/work, wireless/lan) and it will configure the ifconfig and route information accordingly. I am interested in that. I am

[Fwd: kernel builds]

2001-03-28 Thread tom
It helps to spell the address correctly...--- Begin Message --- I must have missed something earlier and I can't find it. If I build a kernel image I use: make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revision=010327.1 kernel_image (My version format is YYMMDD.x) and everything chunks away and is fine. But when I

kernel-build, refined

2001-03-28 Thread tom
Here's the commands and messages: #make-kpkg --revision=c01030281 kernel_image #dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb dpkg: regarding .../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb containing kernel-image-2.2.18 pcmica-modules-2.2.18 conflicts with kernel-image-2.2.18 (>>010327.1) kernel-

Re: kernel-build, refined

2001-03-28 Thread tom
Sebastien Kalt wrote: > > Le Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 06:42:37AM -0500, tom a écrit: > > Here's the commands and messages: > > > > #make-kpkg --revision=c01030281 kernel_image > > #dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb > > dpkg: regarding

WEP

2001-05-11 Thread tom
Can someone point me to something that will tell me how to set up an encrypted WEP using only Linux? I am not even able to find much explaining the network ID (SESS_ID). I got something working with ADHOC and no security, but I'd like to try for a named network and some security. Any suggestions?

Re: WEP

2001-05-15 Thread tom
Thanks all for the replies. I've done the RTM thing and have one question. If the network.opts file doesn't identify the ray_cs module as having a key, then how do I find out what it is supposed to be? Or, more to the point, how can I validate the claim that it does have 56 or 128 encryption. An

Perl-DBI

2001-06-08 Thread tom
simple question, I think. Does the standard installation of Perl with debian 2.2 come with DBI such that I can use it again either Postgres and/or Oracle databases? Or is this some other package I need to get? I'm rather new to perl and somewhat old to databases in general. I don't want to make a

pcmcia package

2001-06-08 Thread tom
I don't think I've ever figured this out. Here's what I'm doing. I install the source package for 2.2.19 and pcmcia-cs. make menuconfig on the kernel to my hearts content and then do: make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revisioin=010607.1 kernel_image (my revisioning is yymmdd.x) dpkg -i ../kernel-image..

DLink 713 router/firewall/WAP

2001-06-08 Thread tom
Anyone have any luck getting a Wireless Access Point / Router / firewall appliance working with the WAP part? I've got everything running, but I'm really lost when it comes to the configuration of a WAP. Very little documentation anywhere. If someone knows of any, can you please direct me?

Re: DLink 713 router/firewall/WAP

2001-06-11 Thread tom
t pours. Hank Barta wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 06:02:25PM -0500, tom wrote: > > Anyone have any luck getting a Wireless Access Point / Router / > > firewall appliance working with the WAP part? > > > > I've got everything running, but I'm really lo

Spawned process.

2001-01-18 Thread tom
load program trying to start (that's my guess). Can anyone advise as to what program is causing this, where it is being started from, and how I can turn it off. Its most disturbing! Thanks in advance... Tom. Tom Cada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

potato to woody

2001-03-01 Thread tom
OK, I got potato to work how do I upgrade to a new branch? change the /etc/apt/sources.list from 'stable' to 'woody' or 'testing' -- 5:56pm up 24 days, 7 min, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

upgrading to 'testing' failure

2001-03-03 Thread tom
Well, I upgraded from stable to testing. Now X is dead. I run 'XFree86 -configure' and it locks up like a Windows Box would. I have to power down to get it to let go. I run 'X -configuer' and I get the same thing.. I've attached a 'tail' of my XFree86.log file. >From a guess, it is missing th

Re: upgrading to 'testing' failure

2001-03-03 Thread tom
tom wrote: > > Well, I upgraded from stable to testing. > > Now X is dead. > > I run 'XFree86 -configure' and it locks up like a Windows Box > would. I have to power down to get it to let go. > I run 'X -configuer' and I get the same thing.. >

WHERE

2001-03-05 Thread tom
I'm really trying to RTFM but I have a heck of a time finding it. Where are the documents from Debain going to be found (presumable on my HD) that I can read to figure out things like network and pcmcia configuration? (yes, it's a notebook) I've been using slackware for years and they don't have

pcmcia network.opts

2001-03-08 Thread tom
I have two questions: Can anyone tell me what 'NO_CHECK' and 'NO_FUSER' means in the /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file? How would I do the following: I have an internal NIC (eepro100) and a pcmcia NIC (wireless). I want to be able to run an 'ifdown eth0' when the card is injected and an 'ipup eth0'

level 2?

2001-03-08 Thread tom
Did I get this right. Debian boots into init level 2 by default? That's wrong. I'm surprised that they made this mistake. for xdm support is supposed to be init level 4. and for the rest it's init level 3. How do I fix this? -- 6:18am up 30 days, 12:29, 4 users, load average: 1.08, 1.18,

Re: pcmcia network.opts

2001-03-08 Thread tom
Heather wrote: > > > I have two questions: > > > > Can anyone tell me what 'NO_CHECK' and 'NO_FUSER' means in the > > /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file? > > Err, not sure. > > > How would I do the following: > > I have an internal NIC (eepro100) and a pcmcia NIC (wireless). > > I want to be able to

Re: pcmcia network.opts

2001-03-09 Thread tom
Another RTFM!!! When will I learn? So many man pagesso little time... :) Thanks! :) Simon Rowe wrote: > > The answer to the first part of your question is in the PCMCIA Howto in > this section: > > http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/PCMCIA-HOWTO-4.html > > The information says: > >NO_CHECK

PCMCIA routing

2001-03-18 Thread tom
Where can I set the routing tables for a PCMCIA card when it's inserted? If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where everything is routed through this interface. I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the default routing to another interface. The problem is th

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-18 Thread tom
255.0 Michael Bauer wrote: > > Hi TOM > > > If my card is 192.168.2.1 my typical routing ends up where > > everything is routed through this interface. > > I want to be selective down to 192.168.2.0/24 only and leave the > > default routing to another interface. >

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-18 Thread tom
et me know if I'm sane on this change. I downloaded the pcmcia version this morning (version .25?) so I think it is applicable. I have found this problem/fix on Slackware 7.1, Debian/stable, and Debian/testing. This patch allows me to use this box as a Wireless access point or Wireless gatewa

Re: PCMCIA routing

2001-03-19 Thread tom
David Reviejo wrote: > > * tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [010319 12:55]: > > Under normal conditions when you insert the pcmcia card into a box > > that already has one present you get a routing table with two > > entries for default network gateways. Something

/etc/network/options

2001-03-19 Thread tom
Can someone give me a 10 second tour on this? I am not sure what the flag for ip_forwarding quite means. I know the concept and the echo "1" >/proc I don't remember quite where it echoes to, but that's Debians job, right? Does ip_forward=yes simply set this echo "1" >/proc... to be enabled?

ifup/ifdown

2001-03-23 Thread tom
when I Resume from Suspend/Hibernate or even power up, my ethernet is down. I have been in the routine of issuing: ifdown eth0 && sleep 2 && ifup eth0 and it works. According to IFCONFIG it's "UP", but no pings. my interfaces file includes the line 'auto eth0' which I thought was supposed to re

Schemes

2001-03-28 Thread tom
Can someone point me to a discussion on this network scheme idea that is outlined in the pcmcia network scripts? In theory I should be able to tell the computer a scheme (home/work, wireless/lan) and it will configure the ifconfig and route information accordingly. I am interested in that. I am

[Fwd: kernel builds]

2001-03-28 Thread tom
It helps to spell the address correctly... I must have missed something earlier and I can't find it. If I build a kernel image I use: make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revision=010327.1 kernel_image (My version format is YYMMDD.x) and everything chunks away and is fine. But when I attempt dpkg -i .

kernel-build, refined

2001-03-28 Thread tom
Here's the commands and messages: #make-kpkg --revision=c01030281 kernel_image #dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb dpkg: regarding .../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb containing kernel-image-2.2.18 pcmica-modules-2.2.18 conflicts with kernel-image-2.2.18 (>>010327.1) kernel

Re: kernel-build, refined

2001-03-28 Thread tom
Sebastien Kalt wrote: > > Le Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 06:42:37AM -0500, tom a écrit: > > Here's the commands and messages: > > > > #make-kpkg --revision=c01030281 kernel_image > > #dpkg -i ../kernel-image-2.2.18_c0103281_i386.deb > > dpkg: regarding

WEP

2001-05-11 Thread tom
Can someone point me to something that will tell me how to set up an encrypted WEP using only Linux? I am not even able to find much explaining the network ID (SESS_ID). I got something working with ADHOC and no security, but I'd like to try for a named network and some security. Any suggestions

Re: WEP

2001-05-15 Thread tom
Thanks all for the replies. I've done the RTM thing and have one question. If the network.opts file doesn't identify the ray_cs module as having a key, then how do I find out what it is supposed to be? Or, more to the point, how can I validate the claim that it does have 56 or 128 encryption. A

Perl-DBI

2001-06-08 Thread tom
simple question, I think. Does the standard installation of Perl with debian 2.2 come with DBI such that I can use it again either Postgres and/or Oracle databases? Or is this some other package I need to get? I'm rather new to perl and somewhat old to databases in general. I don't want to make a

pcmcia package

2001-06-08 Thread tom
I don't think I've ever figured this out. Here's what I'm doing. I install the source package for 2.2.19 and pcmcia-cs. make menuconfig on the kernel to my hearts content and then do: make-kpkg clean make-kpkg --revisioin=010607.1 kernel_image (my revisioning is yymmdd.x) dpkg -i ../kernel-image.

DLink 713 router/firewall/WAP

2001-06-08 Thread tom
Anyone have any luck getting a Wireless Access Point / Router / firewall appliance working with the WAP part? I've got everything running, but I'm really lost when it comes to the configuration of a WAP. Very little documentation anywhere. If someone knows of any, can you please direct me? --

Re: DLink 713 router/firewall/WAP

2001-06-11 Thread tom
t pours. Hank Barta wrote: > > On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 06:02:25PM -0500, tom wrote: > > Anyone have any luck getting a Wireless Access Point / Router / > > firewall appliance working with the WAP part? > > > > I've got everything running, but I'm really lo

Missing X - Window Manager?

2001-07-08 Thread tom
I'm trying to install the latest and greatest (testing) version of X. I have it configured... Sort of. X -configure creates a file that seems OK. I created a file: ~/.xsession to point me to the gnome-session window Manager. And nothing happens. I have sawfish installed, but there is nothing on

pcmcia ray_cs wireless network

2001-07-11 Thread tom
I got this working once, long ago... But that was on a Slackware version.. Here's where I am right now. I have a managed (non Ad-Hoc) network I have two high beeps when I put the card in, and no power LED on. No Ping I attached my syslog output to show what's happening. I have a D-Link 713P rou

[debian-laptops] Dlink 650 p1 on debian

2004-12-09 Thread Tom
Hello all, Anyone have luck with the dlink dwl 650 rev p? I tried wlan and I am considering orinoco. After googling for 12 hours, I found a lot of information posts related to problems and few success stories. TOm -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubs

RE: [debian-laptops] Dlink 650 p1 on debian

2004-12-09 Thread Tom
As I understand it, mine has the Intersil Prism III chipset. I guess I need to make sure that that is the case. TOm I used the debian wrapper to install and build them. I have not really had any problems out of it. Only down side to the Dlink wireless is that they change chipsets between

Sound on a ThinkPad 560X

2003-05-04 Thread tom
sing mpg123 with the same result. The archives don't seem to offer any guidance here either. If anyone can give me some pointers I sure would appreciate it. Thanks. Tom

Re: Sound on a ThinkPad 560X - SOLVED

2003-05-06 Thread tom
ing it. So I fixed '/etc/modules' and I installed 'rexima' -- which is a nice ncurses mixer -- and voila', sound. As for the sound quality, well I don't intend to use the internal speakers anyway. Thanks. Tom

add kernel modules

2003-11-05 Thread Tom
reciated. best regards, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

test

2003-12-03 Thread Tom
mutt headers test -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Strange standstill with KDE-Shutdown

2004-02-25 Thread Tom
3.2 i think not sure) No manipulations of the kernel Mostly testing (only a dozen unstable manually) apt-get upgrading almost daily And where to look for the other version, you have to tell me or what else could be of use. -- Best Regards, Tom Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2004 15:28 schrieb Stefan Goes

Newbie: Mouse Question

2004-03-25 Thread Tom
ell me what to do, or where to look? RTFM is fine with me, as long somebody tells me which manual. :) -- Best Regards, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

add kernel modules

2003-11-05 Thread Tom
reciated. best regards, Tom

test

2003-12-03 Thread Tom
mutt headers test

Re: Strange standstill with KDE-Shutdown

2004-02-25 Thread Tom
3.2 i think not sure) No manipulations of the kernel Mostly testing (only a dozen unstable manually) apt-get upgrading almost daily And where to look for the other version, you have to tell me or what else could be of use. -- Best Regards, Tom Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2004 15:28 schrieb Stefan Goes

Newbie: Mouse Question

2004-03-25 Thread Tom
ell me what to do, or where to look? RTFM is fine with me, as long somebody tells me which manual. :) -- Best Regards, Tom

Wheezy on HP EliteBook 2560p

2012-03-08 Thread Tom Schmitt
dcm pcid sse4_1 sse4_2 x2apic popcnt tsc_deadline_timer aes xsave avx lahf_lm ida arat epb xsaveopt pln pts dts tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority ept vpid bogomips: 5387.49 clflush size: 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management

Re: Wheezy on HP EliteBook 2560p

2012-03-12 Thread Tom Schmitt
Original-Nachricht > > I installed Debian Wheezy (with KDE) on my HP Laptop EliteBook 2560p. > > The fan is always on and full power (as far as I can tell, the CPU as > well). > > Has anyone a hint for me what I can do to get the fan as silent as it > was under windows and only p

Re: Swap

2016-02-04 Thread Tom Dial
round up to next full GB. Bad things are likely if you run out of (memory + swap). If it is a laptop and you want to use hibernate, set swap to the larger of the operational swap size and the system memory size. Tom Dial On 02/04/2016 08:42 AM, Jos Collin wrote: > Hello, > > How much s

Re: Swap

2016-02-05 Thread Tom Dial
used) 2GB swap likely is quite enough. Tom On 02/04/2016 03:41 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> option, swap is where the memory image is put, and it should be at least >> as large as real memory. > > Actually no: when hibernating, the requirement is that the currently > unu

Re: Home Directory in SSD

2016-02-06 Thread Tom Dial
also do not want to have to recover data from a failed HDD. Tom On 02/06/2016 07:00 AM, Jos Collin wrote: > Hello, > > I have Debian/testing installed completely in my 120GB SSD. I have > learned that if an SSD fails, it is difficult to recover data from them. > An SSD often doe

Re: A problem has occurred and the system can't recover. Need the newer kernel??

2017-05-20 Thread Tom Dial
You probably will need to post information about the machine and may get more help, more quickly, on the debian-user list. Tom Dial On 05/20/2017 03:36 PM, Anil Duggirala wrote: > Hello, > I reinstalled Debian, by deleting the Linux > partitions in windows and installing to free s

HP zBook G5 issues

2021-04-18 Thread Tom Dial
ebian-laptop and debian-users since it is not whether this is exclusively a laptop type problem and apologize if that is inappropriate. Regards, Tom Dial

Re: swapon command error

2021-09-09 Thread Tom Dial
aused by insufficient memory is to add memory. Running fewer jobs or opening fewer browser tabs may improve performance, but adding swap to an actively swapping system and keeping the workload the same (or increasing it) is quite unlikely to improve performance, and might make it worse. Regards, Tom

Re: Upgrade error that I don't know how to solve

2023-08-07 Thread Tom Dial
e, for example, the output of df -h This kind of question is not peculiar to laptops, and the debian-user mailing list probably would be a better place to post it, if only because that is a more active list. Regards, Tom Dial Thanks, Rob

Re: Debian Sarge on Tosiba: PCMCIA problem

2006-01-09 Thread Tom Alderman
On 1/9/06, giuliano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 8 Jan 2006 22:13:11 -0500 > golfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Yes, this is a kernel problem. If you upgrade to 2.6.15 (build your > > own using kernel-package), you can plug and unplug without problems. > > I have never compiled a

Re: Activated pcmcia or wireless Card or both ...

2006-01-11 Thread Tom Alderman
On 1/11/06, David Andreoletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2006/1/11, Dave Patterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > * David Andreoletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-01-11 13:03:28 +0100]: > > > > > Good morning, > > > > > > I have a laptop ACER Travelmate 4150 Lmi, i would like use my pcmcia > > > port (ENE

Re: ASUS A6Q00KM fails to boot without power cable plugged in.

2006-03-30 Thread Tom Gruben
se, your kernel loads in USB2 (ehci) and hangs. If you compile without USB2 or fix your ACPI, you can boot without the power cable attached. I'm not really sure how to do that, though, so maybe someone else can help you there. Here's a couple of websites that might help and helped me d

HP Vectra VL420-DT P4 1.7 GHz 100$

2006-04-06 Thread tom loe
HP Vectra VL420-DT P4 1.7 GHz Minimum Config 3.5" 256 Meg 20 Gig CD NO OS (will boot to c>) Desktop Case $ 100ea Tom Loe www.epacifictrade.com Bournemouth _ UK T 442081235997 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

support of Thinkpad X60s

2006-08-29 Thread Tom Allison
I am a long standing user of an IBM A21m notebook (circa 2000) and am looking at an upgrade. I'm eying the Thinkpad X60s because it's: -- small and light (A21m is >7 pounds) -- equipped with only a joystick mouse However, before I buy I'm trying to get some confirmation on how well the Debian

Re: Toshiba Portege R500 issues

2008-06-20 Thread Tom Fernandes
weren't hibernating / supsending to ram properly. There's various tweaks you can do with the hibernate scripts. good luck, Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Installation

2000-02-27 Thread Tom Powell
Could someone help me?      In partitioning cfdisk will not let me enter the   number of MBytes.      Cheers Tom Powell

CDRom

2000-02-29 Thread Tom Powell
Can anyone help me with my CDRom.  I am installing   the Linux system, and it will not let me mount the   CDRom.  Refuses as a illegal request.   Cheers Tom Powell

Kachina Tech - Portare Laptops?

2000-04-08 Thread Tom Pfeifer
erience with Kachina Technologies and/or the Portare laptop systems that they're selling? If so, I'd appreciate any opinions or comments you have on them. The site looks reputable, but I'm not familiar with them. Recommendations of other laptops/vendors are welcome also. Tom

Frozen pointer on a TP T20

2000-11-26 Thread Tom Emerson
does not respond: I cannot do anything with it, nor do the buttons work. I have things configured to use /dev/psaux, but I'm not sure what else to check. Thanks in advance for any help. -tree -- Tom Emerson Basis Technology Corp

Re: Frozen pointer on a TP T20

2000-11-26 Thread Tom Emerson
fig to refer to /dev/psaux instead of /dev/mouse. Thanks! -tree -- Tom Emerson Basis Technology Corp. Zenkaku Language Hackerhttp://www.basistech.com "Beware the lollipop of mediocrity: lick it once and you suck forever"

Re: screen get blue/green at startup sometimes instead of displaying

2000-12-29 Thread Tom Hoover
ade > expect a recompiled kernel. > When X starts, I sometimes get a screen (color between green and blue) > instead of the xdm login. > > It happened 5 to 10 times in the 82 boots I had since I installed Debian. > It disappears if I switch to console and switch back to X. -- Tom

Re: Regarding using a docking-station.

2001-01-06 Thread Tom Hoover
ing station. I can dock/undock without powering down the laptop, but I need to work on some scripts for enabling/disabling the devices in the dock. Any additional details of your setup would be appreciated. Thanks! -- Tom Hoover N5NTM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.hisword.net/tom

kapm-idled

2001-01-08 Thread Tom Breza
Hi I just instoled kernel 2.4 on my Tosh Satelite pro 4320 and I found that proces kapm-idled is taking quite a lot of CPU time this is line from top PID USER PRI NI SIZE RSS SHARE STAT LIB %CPU %MEM TIME COMMAND 3 root 19 0 00 0 SW 0 71.6 0.0 14:46 kapm-idled

Re: kapm-idled

2001-01-09 Thread Tom Breza
> Yes and you should have recognized that there are no negative side effects > of kapm-idled it does _not_ consume CPU Power which would be needed otherwise. > > Test it while encoding videos or something else which should consume all > CPU-power by itself. > > So you could say it is a cosmetical

Re: kapm-idled

2001-01-09 Thread Tom Breza
> > > and swith off all device wich can be off, if procesor is running allmost on > > full power then needs more power? is that right? > > When your CPU is idle it does not consume as much power as when it is > heavily working if it is that what you meant. > > > then means that for me if proce

Re: PCMCIA to SCSI cards

2001-01-11 Thread Tom Breza
Hi Jens where I can find list of supported USB CDRW? siaraX > > I'm also looking into a CD burner for my Laptop. I don't have to carry it > with me > too > often and I already have a SCSI burner. I was also looking into USB burners > but > the list of supported burners is not very big. > So m

Re: Debian & PCMCIA & My Crappy Laptop (tm)

2001-01-27 Thread Tom Breza
Hi I install on old laptop Toshiba 110 Debian I use rescue disk then root disk, next I load I think 14 disk of base system, after that my PCMCIA start working fine and I can use PCMCIA network card, before in setup I try to install rest true network but I cant make it work. take instalation metho

Best "new" laptop

2001-01-31 Thread Tom Hoover
ht now, my question is this... If you had an unlimited budget on which to spend on your "dream" Linux laptop, what would you buy and why? -- Tom Hoover N5NTM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.hisword.net/tom - checkout HisWord(tm) Palmtop Bible at the above URL - --- finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP key

thinkpad 560E serial port

2001-02-03 Thread Tom Vier
anyone else have trouble getting the serial port on a thinkpad 560e to work? the standard PC io port and irq values don't seem to work. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key id 0x27371A2C

Re: thinkpad 560E serial port

2001-02-04 Thread Tom Vier
he windows > configuration toolor dare I say it via the "flappy duck method" (why a > flappy duck I don't know). Is the port actually enabled? nevermind, i finally got it working. it seems the ps2 DOS util has two serial options. one was enabled, but the other wasn'

Re: thinkpad 560E serial port

2001-02-04 Thread Tom Vier
page for info that may yeah, i finally figured out that ps2.exe has two serial options. now my problem is that when i insert my linksys ethernet pcmcia card, serial stops working. i get this: rs_close: bad serial port count; tty->count is 1, state->count is 2 anyone else have problems li

Re: thinkpad 560E serial port

2001-02-05 Thread Tom Vier
ost my e-mail > address on debian-laptop? I deliberately disguise my e-mail > address so that I don't get on spam lists, but it seems you're > too stupid^H^H^H^H^H^Hmentally challenged to figure that out. > You undisguised the address and posted away. -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key id 0x27371A2C

Re: freeze after suspend on Inspiron 3500, potato/2.2.17

2001-02-08 Thread Tom Breza
Hi I have somthing simillar with my Toshiba, after some time my laptop hangs, When I upgrade kernel to 2.4 is just working fine. siaraX

Re: HP Pavilion N5270 (info requested)

2001-02-12 Thread Tom Breza
> > HOWTOs at linux.org, and I've looked at the Linux laptop resource page > > (http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/), neither of them has > > anything on the model I have. After looking for the information on my own, > > I am going to ask the clueful of the list. > > > > Has anyo

X config help

2001-02-27 Thread Tom Allison
I just installed Debian 2.2r2 on my Thinkpad. I was previously running Slackware on this machine and decided to give Debian a try. Maybe this is a newbie Q but... How the heck to you configure gnome & sawmill to work together? I have ~/.xsession with the one line: gnome-session & exec sawmill An

Layout Question

2001-02-27 Thread Tom Allison
I'm trying to install the 2.2.18 kernel into a Debian install. I'm not using the Deb binaries for a couple reasons, but I got into a jam.. I'm used to Slackware. If you want to change it, you edit the file directly. Debian doesn't seem to do that very well. Lots of warnings about not changing

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