Libretto 50ct not booting anymore
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:18:29 +0100 From: "Baronner, Allard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Libretto 50ct not booting anymore PLEASE HELP! I use this tiny machine so often, the second it went down I missed it! My libretto is not booting anymore. After pushing the powerbutton, the powerLED turns and the harddisk spins up, but that's all. No screen. No beep-signals. No further drive activity. I checked the hard drive in another machine, not a problem. I also removed the additional RAM, but that wasn't the problem either. The strange thing is, when I spank (yeah, I know, but I get frustrated) the Libretto, it sometimes boot into Windows and it's working. But when there's some pressure on the left side (where the harddisk is placed), the machine turns black and the problem starts from the beginning (e.g. no screen, etc.). It looks like a loose contact, but there's nothing I can see. Has anyone a solution? Please help me! Allard Baronner The Netherlands ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Libretto 50ct not booting anymore
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:02:31 From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto 50ct not booting anymore Sounds like dodgy memory...try removing then reseating any expanded memory you might have - under the kb on the left, and you might also try reseating the hard drive. If the bios doesn't see the drive, there's a *long* pause before it decides to complain. Plus - load a copy of the bios onto a floppy using a desktop - onto a bootable disk. Try and flash the bios (um, can't remember exact sequence but I think it's hold the backspace key on powerup, with the floppy in the drive) and see if it gets through that. The tech manual isn't helpful - there's a lovely flowchart of things to do, 90% of which end up with 'change the motherboard' :( Neil From: "Baronner, Allard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Libretto 50ct not booting anymore Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 00:32:20 -0800 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:18:29 +0100 From: "Baronner, Allard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Libretto 50ct not booting anymore PLEASE HELP! I use this tiny machine so often, the second it went down I missed it! My libretto is not booting anymore. After pushing the powerbutton, the powerLED turns and the harddisk spins up, but that's all. No screen. No beep-signals. No further drive activity. I checked the hard drive in another machine, not a problem. I also removed the additional RAM, but that wasn't the problem either. The strange thing is, when I spank (yeah, I know, but I get frustrated) the Libretto, it sometimes boot into Windows and it's working. But when there's some pressure on the left side (where the harddisk is placed), the machine turns black and the problem starts from the beginning (e.g. no screen, etc.). It looks like a loose contact, but there's nothing I can see. Has anyone a solution? Please help me! Allard Baronner The Netherlands ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Libretto Digest #1248
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:20:40 - From: "steve leeming" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto Digest #1248 Help. Hi, I am having problems putting linux on my tosh 70ct. I have seen lots of advice about using a pcmcia cd-rom but i cant seem to get it to work. Have tried the following but with no luck. Redhat 5.01 - copied disc to hd but keeps asking for supp disk. Mandrake 7.0 - copied to hd but keeps asking for ramdisk then crashes. Caldera 2.3 - copied to hd but says that tosh not supported. Can anyone tell me how to get linux into my tosh. From: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto Digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto Digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Libretto Digest #1248 Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 00:02:19 -0800 This digest contains the following messages: 1. Re: Another Libretto Triumph! 2. Re: Linux on 110CT 3. Re: calling all linux(libretto) users pb sound 4. Linux wake up time - sorry if duplicate 5. L100 hdd spin-down 6. Unknown 7. Re: Linux wake up time - sorry if duplicate 8. Re: Another Libretto Triumph! 9. UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST 1 Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 09:44:29 +0100 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Another Libretto Triumph! Paul Bristow a écrit : Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 18:56:28 + From: Paul Bristow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Another Libretto Triumph! What OS were the compaq iPac's running? Dave All of them were running Linux of one kind or another. Most had a form of full-screen graffiti for text entry. It's coming along very fast. But I think we have to wait for the IrDA driver. See: http://www.pasta.cs.uit.no/pipermail/linux-irda/2001-February/002452.html 2 Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:19:31 +0100 (CET) From: James [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux on 110CT I am running debian linux 2.4.0 test12, xfree4, (test12) which I need to update for lack of time. The sound is/was a pain(despite help from this list :-) Again it's because of lack of time. Although with sndconfig, I have recently managed to get it working, but as far as mp3 playing goes, mpg123 works but xmms distorts, and xmix(er) dosn't help so I am a bit lost there. Other than the sound everything else is great, really good(and useful) to have linux on such a practical device. If anybody needs any help getting the install started (I did it from windows) let me know :-) On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Fran McGowan wrote: Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:15:49 +1300 From: Fran McGowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux on 110CT Slackware runs very nicely on my 110. Currently at Slack 7.1, kernel 2.2.18 and XFree 4.01 Fran :):):) On Sun, 04 Feb 2001, you wrote: Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 10:28:27 - From: "Ade McGonigle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linux on 110CT When I get my replacement Keyboard for my 110CT (Spilled wine saga) I am contemplating putting Linux on the Beast, I know there are lots of sites on the Web about this but just wondering as a new list member if anyone can relate their experiences of running linux on your libretto also whilst I have got your attention, has anyone in the UK got on of the ff1100's, are they still available (even if only Japan) Ade McGonigle ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... ** 3 Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 10:51:21 +0100 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: calling all linux(libretto) users pb sound Oren Laskin a écrit : Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 08:46:02 -0800 From: Oren Laskin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: calling all linux(libretto) users pb sound You'll need to go into your bios to see the settings but then create a file called /etc/modutils/sound alias char-major-14 opl3sa2 pre-install opl3sa2 modprobe "-k" "ad1848" post-install opl3sa2 modprobe "-k" "opl3" options opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530
Re: Linux distribution
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:42:35 +0100 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux distribution steve leeming a crit : Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:20:40 - From: "steve leeming" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto Digest #1248 Help. Hi, I am having problems putting linux on my tosh 70ct. I have seen lots of advice about using a pcmcia cd-rom but i cant seem to get it to work. Have tried the following but with no luck. Redhat 5.01 - copied disc to hd but keeps asking for supp disk. Mandrake 7.0 - copied to hd but keeps asking for ramdisk then crashes. Caldera 2.3 - copied to hd but says that tosh not supported. Can anyone tell me how to get linux into my tosh. First take a recent distribution. RedHat level is 7.0, Mandrake 7.2 My preference is Mandrake the easiest for Libretto PCMCIA Install is fine with Freecom CD, or SCSI CD with Adaptec 1460 RedHat method cannot be used (without any change) on Libretto: After the boot floppy, RedHat asks for the drivers floppy. But connot read it, because RedHat has not loaded the floppy driver ! Caldera; I have not tested Corel; no install method for libretto ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
RE: Libretto Digest #1248
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 06:33:38 -0500 From: "nrubenstein" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Libretto Digest #1248 The -really- easy way is to copy redhet 6 onto the hard drive and install from there. I never got redhat to install. Nick ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: Libretto Digest #1248
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 11:34:47 From: "neil barnes" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto Digest #1248 This works for Mandrake 6.1 and 7.1 with reservations. I'm working from memory here so excuse a certain amount of vagueness... Assuming you have a suitable space on your disc (if you have to move things around to make such a space, then something like partition magic will do it. The cut down version that comes with Caldera2.4 is fine for this if you can accept the limitation in partition size choice) OR format a clean hard drive on the lib with about 700M for dos and the rest unused. Use whatever means necessary to read the CDRom and copy it all to the hard drive. Remember where you put it! You get to format the rest of the disk later as part of the install - don't forget to leave the last 40M or so unused for the hibernation space. Man6: go to the \dosutils and run autobot.bat from dos. It will ask for the location of the mandrake install directory. Man7:go to the \dosutils directory and follow the instructions to make a boot floppy for a hard disc install (it needs to have initrd.hd as the boot image). Then boot from the floppy and type 'install text' and you're away. It wants to know where the mandrake directory is as well. One word of warning - make sure you don't try and load in expert mode - there isn't enough memory on the Lib to do that. One other option - do it all under windows with PhatLinux www.phatlinux.com This uses a huge windows file that pretends to be a linux file system so it's a little slower but it's an easy install as it's all in windows. Cheers, Neil From: "steve leeming" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto Digest #1248 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 02:27:20 -0800 Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:20:40 - From: "steve leeming" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Libretto Digest #1248 Help. Hi, I am having problems putting linux on my tosh 70ct. I have seen lots of advice about using a pcmcia cd-rom but i cant seem to get it to work. Have tried the following but with no luck. Redhat 5.01 - copied disc to hd but keeps asking for supp disk. Mandrake 7.0 - copied to hd but keeps asking for ramdisk then crashes. Caldera 2.3 - copied to hd but says that tosh not supported. Can anyone tell me how to get linux into my tosh. From: Libretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Libretto Digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Libretto Digest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Libretto Digest #1248 Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2001 00:02:19 -0800 This digest contains the following messages: 1. Re: Another Libretto Triumph! 2. Re: Linux on 110CT 3. Re: calling all linux(libretto) users pb sound 4. Linux wake up time - sorry if duplicate 5. L100 hdd spin-down 6. Unknown 7. Re: Linux wake up time - sorry if duplicate 8. Re: Another Libretto Triumph! 9. UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST 1 Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 09:44:29 +0100 From: Christian Gennerat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Another Libretto Triumph! Paul Bristow a écrit : Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 18:56:28 + From: Paul Bristow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Another Libretto Triumph! What OS were the compaq iPac's running? Dave All of them were running Linux of one kind or another. Most had a form of full-screen graffiti for text entry. It's coming along very fast. But I think we have to wait for the IrDA driver. See: http://www.pasta.cs.uit.no/pipermail/linux-irda/2001-February/002452.html 2 Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 10:19:31 +0100 (CET) From: James [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux on 110CT I am running debian linux 2.4.0 test12, xfree4, (test12) which I need to update for lack of time. The sound is/was a pain(despite help from this list :-) Again it's because of lack of time. Although with sndconfig, I have recently managed to get it working, but as far as mp3 playing goes, mpg123 works but xmms distorts, and xmix(er) dosn't help so I am a bit lost there. Other than the sound everything else is great, really good(and useful) to have linux on such a practical device. If anybody needs any help getting the install started (I did it from windows) let me know :-) On Sun, 4 Feb 2001, Fran McGowan wrote: Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 09:15:49 +1300 From: Fran McGowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Linux on 110CT Slackware runs very nicely on my 110. Currently at Slack 7.1, kernel 2.2.18 and XFree 4.01 Fran :):):) On Sun, 04 Feb 2001, you wrote: Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 10:28:27 - From: "Ade McGonigle" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Linux on 110CT When I get my replacement Keyboard for my 110CT (Spilled wine saga) I am contemplating putting Linux on the Beast, I know there are lots of sites on the Web about this but just wondering as a new list member if anyone can relate their experiences of running
RE: Humorless unsubscribers
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 07:50:44 -0600 From: Konrad Szwab [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Humorless unsubscribers Wow, looks like the hatred for Biturbos is truly everywhere... Sorry, I believe a bit of chat is entertaining... Something to match "my Libretto was bathed in Coke" like "my Biturbo carpet turned green for no reason"... Besides, thanks to that I got via private email one the funniest car stories ever :) ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
PC card to USB
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:48:05 -0500 From: "Harrison, Richard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PC card to USB Michael, Where did you find a serial to USB adapter. It might be just the ticket for those of us with Lib 50 70!!! Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 07:53:32 -0500 From: "Michael Hodish" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: pc card to usb On a recent trip to japan, I was looking for such a beast, and they all require cardbus support, which we don't have. Those look like normal type 2 cards, but have a brass or copper strip along the top edge of the connector, 4 or 5 mm wide, with little bumps on it. They are not supported. I did find a serial port to usb adapter, that is just a little dongle, driven by a software driver. It might work thru the docking station, I don't know. I bought it for another application. Mike Hodish ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Re: PC card to USB
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 10:10:49 -0500 From: "Lawrence Young" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PC card to USB - Original Message - From: "Harrison, Richard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Libretto" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 12, 2001 9:57 AM Subject: PC card to USB Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 09:48:05 -0500 From: "Harrison, Richard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PC card to USB Michael, Where did you find a serial to USB adapter. It might be just the ticket for those of us with Lib 50 70!!! I think what he mentioned is just a USB adaptor that allow you to plug in serial port device to USB bus. There is no other way around because (1) serial port only support up to 115kbps of speed while USB needs 12mbps (2) USB is a host based protocol (that means you need a processor behind it directly to make it work), it is impossible via serial port. Foxbat ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **
Is Libretto on the market?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:13:12 -0600 From: "=?iso-8859-1?Q?Luis_E._Ram=EDrez_Velarde?=" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Is Libretto on the market? Hello: I'm new to the Libretto laptop and I would like to get one. I saw one on a electronics shop when I was on a travel and I didn't buy it. Know I'm trying to buy one online, but it looks like any online store is saleing a Libretto any more. Does any one knows of a online store that sales Libretto. Regards Luis Ramirez ** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ ---UNSUBSCRIBE--- mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=cmd:unsubscribe UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST-- Use above but add DIGEST to the subject line... **