Brightness Control Hotkeys not working on Debian 12, Lenovo IdeaPad3

[John Kerr Anderson]

Dear Debian Users:

I recently got a Lenovo IdeaPad3 with an Intel i5 1135G7 CPU with Iris XE
graphics.  I can adjust the screen brightness by manually sliding the
controls in the quick settings at the top of the screen, but the hotkeys on
the keyboard do not work to adjust the screen brightness.  The hotkeys do
work for adjusting audio, airplane mode, locking the screen and turning the
touchpad on or off.

Any easy way to get the brightness controls to work?

Here's the output from: inxi -SGMz

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.0-25-amd64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: GNOME v: 43.9
Distro: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81X7 v: IdeaPad 3 14ITL05
serial: 
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0T76465 WIN
serial:  UEFI: LENOVO v: GCCN30WW date: 08/05/2022
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Luxvisions Innotech Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: wayland server: X.Org v: 1.22.1.9 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.9
compositor: gnome-shell driver: dri: iris gpu: i915
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: Mesa Intel Xe Graphics (TGL GT2)

Thank you in advance and I wish you all a great day.

Regards,

John Anderson

Re: Trackpad freezing in Bullseye on HP Laptop w/Celeron N4020 CPU

[John Kerr Anderson]

00180:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868554] [Hardware Error]:   0190:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868555] [Hardware Error]:   01a0:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868556] [Hardware Error]:   01b0:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868557] [Hardware Error]:   01c0:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868559] [Hardware Error]:   01d0:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868560] [Hardware Error]:   01e0:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868561] [Hardware Error]:   01f0:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868562] [Hardware Error]:   0200:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868563] [Hardware Error]:   0210:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868565] [Hardware Error]:   0220:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868566] [Hardware Error]:   0230:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868567] [Hardware Error]:   0240:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868568] [Hardware Error]:   0250:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868569] [Hardware Error]:   0260:
     
Oct  9 20:02:07 hp14 kernel: [2.868571] [Hardware Error]:   0270:
     

Any suggestions?

John

On Sun, 10 Oct 2021, 06:09 yixuan lin,  wrote:

>
>
> 在 2021年10月9日，下午9:49，John Kerr Anderson  写道：
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I've got an HP laptop that is having a problem of the trackpad freezing
> randomly when using the machine.  If I plug an external mouse via USB or I
> do a  I can log back in and get the mouse working again.
>
> It's annoying as it happens when you are working and is completely random
> when it does this.
>
> One message that comes up in the logs is :
>
> i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect
> please boot with i8042.nopnp
>
> cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep -i touchpad
> N: Name="SYNA3296:00 06CB:CD50 Touchpad"
>
> Any suggestions on how I could get the mouse to not freeze randomly?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> John
>
>
> Try search your model in Debian wiki. Like info for Debian on Lenovo
> thinkpad T410 can be found at
> https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/Thinkpad/T410.
>

I haven't found anything for my model online

>
> Regards
> Yixuan
>

Trackpad freezing in Bullseye on HP Laptop w/Celeron N4020 CPU

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi Everyone,

I've got an HP laptop that is having a problem of the trackpad freezing
randomly when using the machine.  If I plug an external mouse via USB or I
do a  I can log back in and get the mouse working again.

It's annoying as it happens when you are working and is completely random
when it does this.

One message that comes up in the logs is :

i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect
please boot with i8042.nopnp

cat /proc/bus/input/devices | grep -i touchpad
N: Name="SYNA3296:00 06CB:CD50 Touchpad"

Any suggestions on how I could get the mouse to not freeze randomly?

Thanks in advance,

John

No HDMI audio after system resume

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi Everyone, I've got a mini PC that after the system resumes from suspend
it seems to have some problems with the audio working through HDMI.  The
audio through the headphone jack continues to work.

If I reboot, the audio begins working through HDMI again.

Here's some information:
uname -v
#1 SMP Debian 4.19.132-1 (2020-07-24)

lspci -v | grep -i audio
00:0e.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 3198 (rev 03)

sudo dmesg:
[10179.980426] azx_single_send_cmd: 72 callbacks suppressed
[10180.264169] snd_hda_codec_hdmi hdaudioC0D2: Unable to sync register
0x2f0d00. -5
[10200.307622] azx_single_send_cmd: 341 callbacks suppressed
[10200.855109] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register
0x2b8000. -5
[10200.855748] snd_hda_codec_realtek hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register
0x2b8000. -5
[10267.357734] azx_single_send_cmd: 282 callbacks suppressed
[10267.640702] snd_hda_codec_hdmi hdaudioC0D2: Unable to sync register
0x2f0d00. -5

Any suggestions you could help me with in order to get the audio working
more reliably?

I added the line in /etc/grub.d/40_custom

snd_hda_intel.probe_mask=0x01

and updated grub but it hasn't resolved the issue.

Any suggestions would be appreciated!  Thanks in advance

John

Re: No Audio after suspend on Lenovo Ideapad 130s Debian Buster

[John Kerr Anderson]

Thank you to everyone for your help!  I just added the
"snd_hda_intel.probe_mask=0x01" permanently to grub and it seems to be
working fine.

It's actually preferable to not have the HDMI audio work because I'd
normally have plugged in speakers through the microphone anyway and this
way I don't have to change the audio settings every time.  At least Jessie
would make me do that.


Regards,

John


On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 04:50, Curt  wrote:

> On 2019-08-20, Nektarios Katakis 
> wrote:
>  Intel Corporation Device 3198 (rev 03)
> >
> > If I understand correctly the problem was solved? If so you can check
> > `man alcactl` on how to persist the configuration generated from the
> > init command you ran.
> >
>
> I think this is a bug in a kernel module/driver, so updating alsa would
> be of no utility.
>
> As the workaround masks HDMI audio output, if the OP doesn't require
> that output, I'd just leave well enough alone.
>
>
> --
> “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.”
> ― Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
>
>

Re: No Audio after suspend on Lenovo Ideapad 130s Debian Buster

[John Kerr Anderson]

I tried the suggestions by Curt to add "snd_hda_intel.probe_mask=0x01" and
it seemed to work after boot.

Nektarios suggestion to run "alsactl init" which returned this:

Found hardware: "HDA-Intel" "Realtek ALC269VC"
"HDA:10ec0269,17aa380f,00100203 HDA:8086280d,80860101,0010" "0x17aa"
"0x3807"
Hardware is initialized using a generic method

"cat /proc/asound/cards" returned this:

 0 [PCH]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH
  HDA Intel PCH at 0xa131 irq 130

Do I need to manually update Alsa to get the audio to work properly? Any
suggestions would be helpful, thank you everyone for their input.

Regards,

John

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 at 05:50, Nektarios Katakis <
nektar...@mail.nektarioskatakis.xyz> wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 18:09:50 -0400
> John Kerr Anderson  wrote:
>
> > Here is the output when it is working:
> >
> > aplay -l
> >  List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices 
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC
> > Analog] Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> >
> >
> > And here it is when it isn't working:
> >
> > ~$ aplay -l
> >  List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices 
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC
> > Analog] Subdevices: 0/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
> >   Subdevices: 1/1
> >   Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
> >
> > card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC
> > Analog] Subdevices: 1/1
> >
> > I notice when it's working the first entry says "Subdevices: 1/1" but
> > after I suspended the machine it says "Subdevices: 0/1"
> >
> > Also after I bring it up from suspend I notice when I use the hotkeys
> > to adjust the volume it goes from the internal speakers to
> > headphones.  If I plug headphones in I also don't have any audio
> > either.  Any suggestions on what I should do now?  Thank you for the
> > response so far!
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 at 17:50, Nektarios Katakis <
> > nektar...@mail.nektarioskatakis.xyz> wrote:
> >
> > > On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 14:06:57 -0400
> > > John Kerr Anderson  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello today,  I've got an Ideapad and after I suspend I cannot
> > > > get the audio to work when the system resumes.
> > > >
> > > > lspci -v returns the following for the audio section:
> > > >
> > > > 00:0e.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 3198 (rev 03)
> > > > Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3807
> > > > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
> > > > Memory at a131 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> > > > Memory at a100 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
> > > > Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
> > > > Capabilities: [80] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 
> > > > Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
> > > > Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI
> > > > 00 Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
> > > > Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl
> > > >
> > > > In the system log I found the following audio related error
> > > > message as well:
> > > &

Re: No Audio after suspend on Lenovo Ideapad 130s Debian Buster

[John Kerr Anderson]

Here is the output when it is working:

aplay -l
 List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices 
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0


And here it is when it isn't working:

~$ aplay -l
 List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices 
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC Analog]
  Subdevices: 0/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 3: HDMI 0 [HDMI 0]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 7: HDMI 1 [HDMI 1]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 8: HDMI 2 [HDMI 2]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 9: HDMI 3 [HDMI 3]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 10: HDMI 4 [HDMI 4]
  Subdevices: 1/1
  Subdevice #0: subdevice #0

card 0: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC269VC Analog [ALC269VC Analog]
  Subdevices: 1/1

I notice when it's working the first entry says "Subdevices: 1/1" but after
I suspended the machine it says "Subdevices: 0/1"

Also after I bring it up from suspend I notice when I use the hotkeys to
adjust the volume it goes from the internal speakers to headphones.  If I
plug headphones in I also don't have any audio either.  Any suggestions on
what I should do now?  Thank you for the response so far!

Regards,

John


On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 at 17:50, Nektarios Katakis <
nektar...@mail.nektarioskatakis.xyz> wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 14:06:57 -0400
> John Kerr Anderson  wrote:
>
> > Hello today,  I've got an Ideapad and after I suspend I cannot get the
> > audio to work when the system resumes.
> >
> > lspci -v returns the following for the audio section:
> >
> > 00:0e.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 3198 (rev 03)
> > Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3807
> > Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
> > Memory at a131 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
> > Memory at a100 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
> > Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
> > Capabilities: [80] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 
> > Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
> > Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
> > Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
> > Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl
> >
> > In the system log I found the following audio related error message
> > as well:
> >
> > Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel: [   51.672003] snd_hda_intel
> > :00:0e.0: azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode:
> > last cmd=0x20bf8100 Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel: [   52.684197]
> > snd_hda_intel :00:0e.0: No response from codec, disabling MSI:
> > last cmd=0x20bf8100 Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel: [   53.695872]
> > snd_hda_intel :00:0e.0: azx_get_response timeout, switching to
> > single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x20bf8100 Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel:
> > [   53.696078] azx_single_wait_for_response: 9 callbacks suppressed
> > Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel: [   53.981143] snd_hda_codec_hdmi
> > hdaudioC0D2: Unable to sync register 0x2f0d00. -5
> >
> >
> > Aug 18 12:36:42 ideapad kernel: [  158.417338] snd_hda_codec_realtek
> > hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register 0x1f0e00. -5
> > Aug 18 12:36:42 ideapad kernel: [  158.417498] snd_hda_codec_realtek
> > hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register 0x1f0e00. -5
> > Aug 18 12:36:42 ideapad pulseaudio[1013]: W: [alsa-sink-ALC269VC
> > Analog] alsa-mixer.c: Failed to set switch of Speaker: Input/output
> > error Aug 18 12:36:42 ideapad pulseaudio[1013]: W:
> > [alsa-sink-ALC269VC Analog] alsa-mixer.c: Failed to set switch of
> > Headphone: Input/output error Aug 18 12:36:53 ideapad kernel:
> > [  169.533192] azx_single_send_cmd: 299 callbacks suppressed
> >
> > Aug 18 13:45:13 ideapad kernel: [ 4269.876500] snd_hda_codec_realtek
> > hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register 0x1f0e00. -5
> > Aug 18 13:49:47 ideapad kernel: [ 4543.985442] snd_hda_codec_realtek
> > hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register 0x1f0e00. -5
> >
> > Are there an

No Audio after suspend on Lenovo Ideapad 130s Debian Buster

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hello today,  I've got an Ideapad and after I suspend I cannot get the
audio to work when the system resumes.

lspci -v returns the following for the audio section:

00:0e.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device 3198 (rev 03)
Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3807
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 25
Memory at a131 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
Memory at a100 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
Capabilities: [80] Vendor Specific Information: Len=14 
Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_skl

In the system log I found the following audio related error message as well:

Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel: [   51.672003] snd_hda_intel :00:0e.0:
azx_get_response timeout, switching to polling mode: last cmd=0x20bf8100
Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel: [   52.684197] snd_hda_intel :00:0e.0:
No response from codec, disabling MSI: last cmd=0x20bf8100
Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel: [   53.695872] snd_hda_intel :00:0e.0:
azx_get_response timeout, switching to single_cmd mode: last cmd=0x20bf8100
Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel: [   53.696078]
azx_single_wait_for_response: 9 callbacks suppressed
Aug 18 12:34:57 ideapad kernel: [   53.981143] snd_hda_codec_hdmi
hdaudioC0D2: Unable to sync register 0x2f0d00. -5


Aug 18 12:36:42 ideapad kernel: [  158.417338] snd_hda_codec_realtek
hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register 0x1f0e00. -5
Aug 18 12:36:42 ideapad kernel: [  158.417498] snd_hda_codec_realtek
hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register 0x1f0e00. -5
Aug 18 12:36:42 ideapad pulseaudio[1013]: W: [alsa-sink-ALC269VC Analog]
alsa-mixer.c: Failed to set switch of Speaker: Input/output error
Aug 18 12:36:42 ideapad pulseaudio[1013]: W: [alsa-sink-ALC269VC Analog]
alsa-mixer.c: Failed to set switch of Headphone: Input/output error
Aug 18 12:36:53 ideapad kernel: [  169.533192] azx_single_send_cmd: 299
callbacks suppressed

Aug 18 13:45:13 ideapad kernel: [ 4269.876500] snd_hda_codec_realtek
hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register 0x1f0e00. -5
Aug 18 13:49:47 ideapad kernel: [ 4543.985442] snd_hda_codec_realtek
hdaudioC0D0: Unable to sync register 0x1f0e00. -5

Are there any suggestions I could try to get this to work correctly after
suspend/resume events?

Thanks in advance,

John

Bluetooth Internet Tethering, Using Phone as a Modem in Jessie

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hello all,

I recently upgraded my HP mini from Debian Wheezy to Jessie.  In Debian
Wheezy the bluetooth manager had an easy setting when you set up a
bluetooth phone. It would ask if you wanted to set up mobile broadband with
the phone.  Unfortunately, in Jessie I cannot figure out a  way to do the
same thing.

I have been using the Gnome desktop in both versions and am using the
classic version in Jessie as I have a netbook with little resources.  I am
using the x86 version too, my phone is a Nokia running Symbian S40.  If
there is anyway you can point me in the right direction I would be very
grateful!  Any questions please let me know, thank you all in advance!

Kind Regards,

John Anderson


-- 
Before printing, think about the environment. Avant d'imprimer, pensez à
l'environnement

Modem connection dropping Debian Etch

[John Kerr Anderson]

>John Kerr Anderson wrote: 
>Hello everyone,
>
>I have a very annoying problem. I am trying to download some new
>programs via aptitude and notice that my modem connection keeps >dropping
>out after 5 - 10 minutes. The connection keeps dropping esp. if I try
>to check a web-page out while it is downloading in aptitude. 





What exactly do you see in syslog? SIGHUP?

OK this is some of the output from the syslog.  I have phoned my ISP on
several occaisions and they are convinced there is some sort of software
setting causing the modem to break the connection.  They are telling me
that the connection is being shut off on my end, as if I told the modem
to disconnect.  I tried using the windoze computer and it connects
happily, but the two Debian Etch computers refuse to stay on for more
than a couple minutes if I am lucky

I have tried different modem strings, disconnecting phones, since at
first I thought it was a problem with the line.  Again, any help would
be useful!

Jan 27 17:13:59 babykerr pppd[14332]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 27 17:13:59 babykerr pppd[14332]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttySHSF0
Jan 27 17:14:00 babykerr pppd[14332]: PAP authentication succeeded
Jan 27 17:14:00 babykerr pppd[14332]: Cannot determine ethernet address 
for proxy ARP
Jan 27 17:14:00 babykerr pppd[14332]: local  IP address 66.225.189.129
Jan 27 17:14:00 babykerr pppd[14332]: remote IP address 209.91.190.101
Jan 27 17:14:00 babykerr pppd[14332]: primary   DNS address 
209.91.128.10
Jan 27 17:14:00 babykerr pppd[14332]: secondary DNS address 
209.91.128.11
Jan 27 17:17:30 babykerr pppd[14332]: No response to 4 echo-requests
Jan 27 17:17:30 babykerr pppd[14332]: Serial link appears to be 
disconnected.
Jan 27 17:17:30 babykerr pppd[14332]: Connect time 3.5 minutes.
Jan 27 17:17:30 babykerr pppd[14332]: Sent 22848 bytes, received 494683 
bytes.
Jan 27 17:17:33 babykerr pppd[14332]: Modem hangup
Jan 27 17:17:33 babykerr pppd[14332]: Connection terminated.
Jan 27 17:17:33 babykerr pppd[14332]: Exit.




Jan 27 20:28:16 babykerr pppd[14790]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 27 20:28:16 babykerr pppd[14790]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttySHSF0
Jan 27 20:28:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: PAP authentication succeeded
Jan 27 20:28:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: Cannot determine ethernet address 
for proxy ARP
Jan 27 20:28:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: local  IP address 66.225.189.254
Jan 27 20:28:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: remote IP address 209.91.190.101
Jan 27 20:28:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: primary   DNS address 
209.91.128.10
Jan 27 20:28:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: secondary DNS address 
209.91.128.11
Jan 27 20:36:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: No response to 4 echo-requests
Jan 27 20:36:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: Serial link appears to be 
disconnected.
Jan 27 20:36:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: Connect time 8.0 minutes.
Jan 27 20:36:17 babykerr pppd[14790]: Sent 207333 bytes, received 
1148138 bytes
.
Jan 27 20:36:20 babykerr dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ath0 to 
255.255.255.255 port
 67 interval 7
Jan 27 20:36:20 babykerr pppd[14790]: Modem hangup
Jan 27 20:36:21 babykerr pppd[14790]: Connection terminated.
Jan 27 20:36:21 babykerr pppd[14790]: Exit.





Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: abort on (BUSY)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: abort on (NO CARRIER)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: abort on (VOICE)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: abort on (NO DIALTONE)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: abort on (NO DIAL TONE)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: abort on (NO ANSWER)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: abort on (DELAYED)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: send (ATZ^M)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: expect (OK)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: ATZ^M^M
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: OK
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]:  -- got it
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: send (ATDT8486952^M)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: expect (CONNECT)
Jan 27 23:07:08 babykerr chat[17080]: ^M
Jan 27 23:07:32 babykerr chat[17080]: ATDT8486952^M^M
Jan 27 23:07:32 babykerr chat[17080]: CONNECT
Jan 27 23:07:32 babykerr chat[17080]:  -- got it
Jan 27 23:07:32 babykerr chat[17080]: send (\d)
Jan 27 23:07:33 babykerr pppd[17079]: Serial connection established.
Jan 27 23:07:33 babykerr pppd[17079]: using channel 20
Jan 27 23:07:33 babykerr pppd[17079]: Using interface ppp0
Jan 27 23:07:33 babykerr pppd[17079]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttySHSF0
Jan 27 23:07:34 babykerr pppd[17079]: sent [LCP ConfReq id=0x1  <
magic 0xd8f2d40c>  ]
Jan 27 23:07:34 babykerr pppd[17079]: rcvd [LCP ConfReq id=0x1b 
]
Jan 27 23:07:34 babykerr pppd[17079]: sent [LCP ConfAck id=0x1b 
]
Jan 27 23:07:34 babykerr pppd[17079]: rcvd [LCP ConfAck id=0x1  <
magic 0xd8f2d40c>  ]
Jan 27 23:07:34 babykerr pppd[17079]: sent [LCP EchoReq id=0x0 
magic=0xd8f2d40c
]
Jan 27 23:07:34 babykerr pppd[17079]: sent [PAP AuthReq id=0x1 
user="[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ianet.ca" password=]
Jan 27 23:07:35 babykerr pp

Modem connection dropping Debian Etch

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hello everyone,

I have a very annoying problem.  I am trying to download some new
programs via aptitude and notice that my modem connection keeps dropping
out after 5 - 10 minutes.  The connection keeps dropping esp. if I try
to check a web-page out while it is downloading in aptitude.  

At first I thought it was a modem problem or something.  The first
machine is a built computer AMD64 3500+ with USR 56 Courier modem the
other machine is a Thinkpad R60 with internal soft modem.  Both machines
run Debian Etch with kernel level 2.6.18 (i386) on AMD machine and
2.6.17 on thinkpad.  

Of course I had another windoze machine and it seemed to work OK... In
both instances it seems that the disconnect occurs whilst running
aptitude to download files... Not 100% sure though :(

Any help or suggestions would be appreciated!

Sincerely,

John Anderson


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onboard audio problems with Connectland USB web cam Debian Etch

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hello everyone,

I have an AMD64 desktop PC running Debian Etch for amd64.  The on-board
uses the standard Intel ICH driver in alsa.  If I try booting the
computer with the Connectland USB web-cam... the built-in audio (a
microphone) interferes with the onboard audio.  The only solution I have
found is to leave the web-cam unplugged until it is fully booted.  

The machine is running kernel version 2.6.16-2-amd64-k8.  Having the
webam's microphone work is not necessary.  If you have any suggestions
on how I could keep the webcam plugged in and not interfere with my
on board audio I would greatly appreciate it!

Sincerely,

John Anderson
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Opening a port on Ipmasq

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi Everyone!

I have been a very happy user of the Ipmasq program for many years.  It 
has allowed me to very easily setup a home network that doesn't require a

router.

However, I recently bought a webcam which I use on a networked computer
running Debian testing.  The server runs Sarge at this point.  I am using
the aMSN program and when I start it up and try to connect my webcam it 
says that I am behind a firewall.  It says I need some ports opened so I can 
let other users see my cam.


The aMSN documentation says I need to setup up the following "port
forwarding:"

Application:aMSN
Start:  6890
End:6900
Protocol:   Both (TCP & UDP)
IP: xxx.xxx.x.xxx
Enabled:X YES

Do you have any suggestions on how I can configure it to allow these ports 
so my webcam will work properly?  Any suggestions would be helpful.



Thank you

John


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Sabrent SBT-WC3L spca5xx driver

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi everyone,

Was wondering if any of you can help me out... Tired of Xubuntu Dapper on 
my PC decided to do a fresh install using the 22 July daily image of 
Debian Testing for AMD64.  Everything has been working well, much better 
than the former OS :-)  Way to go Debian as usual!


My only problem is I bought a new webcam recently, an inexpensive Sabrent 
SBT-WC3L http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16830194001  I 
saw that it had support in Linux and didn't want to spend a lot.  It 
worked OK in Xubuntu Dapper...  Getting it to work in Debian has been a 
little more of a challenge.  I discovered the device uses a spca5xx 
driver, so I went into aptitude and installed the kernel module for amd64 
2.16.2 generic... tried to install driver in modconf and it didn't work. 
So I decided to go with the amd64 k8 kernel and the spca5xx module for 
amd64 k8... rebooted, run modconf and received this message:


---

Installing module spca5xx. If the device isn't there, or isn't configured 
correctly, this could cause your system to pause for up to a minute.


FATAL: Error inserting spca5xx 
(/lib/modules/2.6.16-2-amd64-k8/kernel/drivers/usb/media/spca5xx.ko): 
Invalid module format


Installation failed.
Architecture-specific modutils configuration for x86_64 not found, using 
defaults


Please press ENTER when you are ready to continue.


Is there anyway anyone can help me with getting this module to work?  I 
really don't want to recompile my kernel, I have not had good luck with 
that in recent years and found that usually I am OK with the stock 
kernels.  If anyone has any advice on this subject I would be very 
greatful.


Thank you,

John Anderson


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terminfo problems w/sarge

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi I recently tried to change some of my terminfo settings and now 
everything terminal related runs poorly.  I have 2 vt320 terminals and 
wanted to change the setting variable smkx but now everything runs 
horribly.  I can't get reverse video, underline, bold or anythying.  I 
tried an xterm and it won't even display colours, line drawing or the 
like.



Can anyone help me with this

Any suggestions would be helpful...

John


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xprt print.org printing and firefox debian sarge

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi,
I've noticed this annoying "problem" with the xprt printing in mozilla 
firefox.  I have 3 printers, and instead of going to the default laser it 
wants to print to my inkjet instead as the 1st option.

Is there anyway, to change the order it appears from the print menu?  Some 
users will accidently print because the inkjet appears 1st.  I found 
something on the XPRt site but I couldn't get it to work.  :-(

Any help would be appreciated... thanks in advance.  :-)
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Re: flphoto and usb permissions

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi Clemens,
Thank you so much for the advice!  I followed your instructions and 
now my camera works for regular users.  I can't thank you enough, I was 
*very* frustrated.

Sincerely,
John Kerr Anderson
On Sat, 2 Oct 2004, Clemens Schwaighofer wrote:
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I have the hotplug package and even installed usb-perms, but I still
have the same problem.  If anyone can give me some pointers on how to
get the camera accessible to users other than root I would be very
appreciative. :-)
I managed to do it for my Canon camera and I wrote down what I did:
http://clemens-and.nihongonauts.com/index.php?p=30#more-30
hth
lg, clemens
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flphoto and usb permissions

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi,
I have a fresh install of Debian sarge for a intel pentium iii machine.  I 
have a Kodak CX6200 digital camera that I was able to get working only 
with flphoto.  I created an alien package from the rpm on the flphoto 
website.

The problem I'm having is I can access the camera's photos for root, 
however, a regular user cannot access the camera.  The camera is 
recognised, but not accessible.

I have the hotplug package and even installed usb-perms, but I still have 
the same problem.  If anyone can give me some pointers on how to get the 
camera accessible to users other than root I would be very appreciative. 
:-)

Sincerely,
John Kerr Anderson
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Sarge testing 2.6 boot problems

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hello,
I've tried installing a custom modularised kernel version 2.6.5 on Debian 
Sarge testing.  I'm using ext3 filesystem and compiled it directly into 
the kernel along with ReiserFS sypport (I read you need it in order to 
avoid an initrd image).

Everytime it tries to boot the new kernel I get the following error:
VFS: Cannot open root device "301" on unknown-block(3,1)
Please append a correct "root" boot option
Kernel panic: VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(3,1)
The hard disk partition used for booting is /dev/hda1 which is specified 
in Lilo.  I originally used Grub and experienced the same exact problem.

I've compiled my own kernels before but never 2.6 series and never with 
this many problems...  I seems to be that its some sort of file system 
error message, but I don't know what.  I've tried everything.  The 
motherboard is an Intel 845WN.

If anyone can shed some light on this situation I would be very happy! 
:-)

Cheers,
John Kerr Anderson
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Recommended ISP's

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi everybody!

We've been using SBC Yahoo Dsl, but were so outraged at their arrogance,
poor quality service, and lack of support that we decided to cancel.  Can
anyone recommend an ISP that is actually good?

We're thinking of switching to charter cable internet, but rumour is
they're partnered with Micro$oft.  Any recommendations???

We would like something that is high-speed if possible such as DSL/cable,
we live in mid-Michigan.

Thanks in advance!

John Anderson


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ipmasq 3.5.10c problems

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi,

I recently upgraded to the ipmasq version 3.5.10c because of security
risks through apt-get upgrade.  The problem is, now there is no working IP
masquerading.

when I issue the command: < dpkg-reconfigure ipmasq>

Initializing IP Masquerading...iptables: No chain/target/match by that
name
done.
Loading IP Masquerade kernel modules...done.
minikerr:/home/difrentptofvue#

Even though I have all of the appropriate modules installed in the kernel.

Additionally my system log is bombarded with the following:

IN=ppp0 OUT=eth0 SRC=206.141.192.60 DST=192.168.1.5 LEN=139 TOS=0x00
PREC=0x00 TTL=244 ID=5734 DF PROTO=UDP SPT=53 DPT=1366 LEN=119
minikerr:/home/di

The DST address is my client machine trying to reach the internet.

Can anyone help me with this issue?  I really need my other computer to
access the internet.  :-(((

Thanks in advance...

John Kerr Anderson


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ppp0 as default?

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi,

I have a machine that has been on an ethernet network, but is being
switched to a standalone dialup computer.  I cannot tell the computer to
use ppp0 as the default route.

I issue the command  but everytime I reconnect, it
must be issued to use ppp0 again.

What command can I issue that will tell the computer to use ppp0 as
default???  I tried playing with the  option, but claims I need an IP
address.

Thank you in advance!!! :-)

John Kerr Anderson


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XFce panel problems

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hello,

I've installed the XFce environment for my Debian 3.0 machine, but I
cannot get the CDE-like menu to appear.  I have read earlier posts that
mention you must edit the ~/.xfce/xfwm-session file.  I edit the file and
nothing changes in the desktop.  When I go back to look at the file
again, the settings are already changed to the "default" again.


Does anyone have any types of suggestions that would help me get the menu
panel to appear???

Thanks in advance!  :-)

John


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Re: real player plugin only as root

[John Kerr Anderson]

Thank you Aryan!

I changed the permissions and it seems to be working more or less...

One thing I read was sometimes the files  and  must
be manually installed in the netscape or mozilla plugins directory.  Maybe
that is the problem with your setup.  But, you did mention that it is
loaded.  I would just make sure those two files are in your mozilla
*plugins* directory.

Good luck :-)

John

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Aryan Ameri wrote:

> On Thursday 02 January 2003 21:37, ernst wrote:
> > you scould check the rights
> >
> > (chmod a+rw /dev/dsp)
> >
> > # ls -la /dev/dsp
> > crw-rw-rw-1 root audio 14,   3 Nov  4  2001 /dev/dsp
> > #
> >
>
> Well, I have RealPlayer, and all the permissions are correct and the mozilla
> plugin is loaded, but I can't use it. Mozilla doesn't bring the program up
> when needed, and when I run the program itself, I get an error message
> telling me that cannot open audio device, another program might be using it.
>
> Cheers
> Aryan
>


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real player plugin only as root

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hello,

I recently tried installing Real Player 8 plugin for Netscape 7.0.
NS7.0 recognises the plugin for all users, but when I try to listen to
Netscape radio, only root can hear the sound.

Can anyone tell me how to get the sound to work for other users?  Any
advice would be helpful...

Thanks in advance!  :-)

John Kerr Anderson


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Re: Yamaha CDR not working

[John Kerr Anderson]

I realised that I only had SCSI emulation and SCSI ide support but not
SCSI cd rom support.  I only have one drive so I disabled ATAPI cd support
and voila the CD drive works just fine.  Thanks for the help...

On Sat, 30 Mar 2002, Ionut Georgescu wrote:

> Did you compile ide-scsi support ? If not, append a
> hdx=ide-scsi
>
> to your append= line in lilo.conf, where hdx is you CDRW drive.
> Then 'modprobe ide-scsi sr_mod sg' and in the end 'cdrecord -scanbus'.
> This should work. There is no problem if some of them are compiled as
> modules or into the kernel. It is important that you boot with
> hdx=ide-scsi and that you have support for scsi, ide-scsi, scsi cdrom
> (sr_mod) and scsi generic (sg). There was another thread on ATAPI CDRW a
> few days ago. Search the archives for details.
>
> Good Luck,
> Ionut
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 28, 2002 at 11:59:02AM -0500, John Kerr Anderson wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have been trying to get a Yamaha CDR drive working using kernel 2.2.18
> > in a 2.2 version of Potato.  I added SCSI support in the kernel, it comes
> > up as recognised.  I also put the append statement in lilo (I don't use a
> > modular kernel).  I have had the drive working before, but reinstalled
> > Debian on it.  I tried the link statement for the CD-Writer HOWTO:
> >
> > cd /dev/ && rm cdrom && ln -s scd0 cdrom
> >
> > When I try to mount the cd rom the following error results:
> >
> > mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device
> >
> > Can anyone help?
> >
> > PS please send correspondonce to my address because for some reason I
> > cannot subscribe to this list.  After sendiing a confirmation e mail
> > nothing comes back.
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> >
> > JKA
> >
> >
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Yamaha CDR not working

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hello,

I have been trying to get a Yamaha CDR drive working using kernel 2.2.18
in a 2.2 version of Potato.  I added SCSI support in the kernel, it comes
up as recognised.  I also put the append statement in lilo (I don't use a
modular kernel).  I have had the drive working before, but reinstalled
Debian on it.  I tried the link statement for the CD-Writer HOWTO:

cd /dev/ && rm cdrom && ln -s scd0 cdrom

When I try to mount the cd rom the following error results:

mount: /dev/cdrom is not a valid block device

Can anyone help?

PS please send correspondonce to my address because for some reason I
cannot subscribe to this list.  After sendiing a confirmation e mail
nothing comes back.

Thanks in advance

JKA



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connecting MS-Win 2000 client to Linux server via ppp null modem

[John Kerr Anderson]

Has anyone been successful on connecting a MS-Windows 2000 computer to a
Linux server via ppp null modem?  I have consulted the serial lap link
howto and PPP howto.

I keep on getting a message from my Linux computer that the connection is
not 8 bit clean.  I cannot find anyway to change the word size on the
MS-Win computer.  If I type "CLIENT" in the terminal window of the Windows
client the Linux server claims that a PPP connection is made, but ifconfig
says there is no connection.  I never get to a point where authentication
takes place.

Any help would be gladly appreciated!
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setting up an RARP server

[John Kerr Anderson]

I am trying to set up rarp on an Intel PC to boot a Sun Sparcstation via
Ethernet.  When I try to issue the command:

kerr:/home/jkanders# rarp -s 200.17.212.11 36:a0:99:45:f0:48
SIOCSRARP: Invalid argument
kerr:/home/jkanders#

The documentation from the Debian Sparc Installation notes, explains that
the above warning message is because RARP is not compiled into the kernel.
The only thing in the kernel configuration (v.2.4.0) that I could find
about RARP, is for a client set up and not a Server set up.  Any
suggestions.  :-)


Note: please forward any correspondence directly to me, since I don't
currently belong to this list.

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Re: changing console framebuffer modes

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This is what happens when I try to run the commands:

fbset 640x480-72

error message: ioctl FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO: Invalid argument

or

fbset --all 640-480-72   gives the same exact error message.

Is there something that is not set up properly?  Any suggestions would be
helpful!  :-)
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changing console framebuffer modes

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hi,

I have an IBM PC 350 w/S3 Trio 64 video chip-set running Debian 2.2 and
kernel version 2.4.0.  I have the frame buffer device activated but would
like a higher refresh rate than 60 Hz.  I read the man pages for 
and  with no luck on how to change the refresh
rate/resolution.  I noticed in the file  there are several
generic console modes.  How can I tell fbset to utilise the modes in
?

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Re: Anyone successful w/Genpower & Tripp lite UPS?

[John Kerr Anderson]

I have successfully installed powstatd, and now have working UPS
protection with the standard "Tripplite Internet Office 500 UPS" settings.
Thank you.  I have been fiddling with this thing for days without any
luck (until now).

On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Peter S Galbraith wrote:

>
> John Kerr Anderson wrote:
>
> > I have a Tripp Lite Office Professional 500 and I have tried setting it up
> > with a variety of programs, the software that comes with it does not work
> > on Debian.  Everything seems to point to using Genpower, but I'm not sure
> > how to configure it right.  Any suggestions?
>
> $ dpkg -s powstatd
> [cut]
>  UPS models known to work:
>   TrippLite Internet Office 500 UPS
> [cut]
>
> If it works well, let me know and I'll add the model to the
> package description.  Also, send me the config file if its
> different than for the `TrippLite Internet Office 500 UPS'.
>
> Your friendly Debian powstatd packager,
> Peter
>
>

Anyone successful w/Genpower & Tripp lite UPS?

[John Kerr Anderson]

I have a Tripp Lite Office Professional 500 and I have tried setting it up
with a variety of programs, the software that comes with it does not work
on Debian.  Everything seems to point to using Genpower, but I'm not sure
how to configure it right.  Any suggestions?

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start up script operation

[John Kerr Anderson]

Hello,

I have entered a start up script named  in the /etc/init.d
directory.  I issued the command  which seemed to work OK.  When I restarted the computer
the changes (starting hdparm & changing the text mode screen colours with
setterm) failed to change the settings.  Is there something I'm doing
wrong?  Do I need a separate file for each command?  Any help would be
appreciated!  :-)

Here is my sysint file:

# speeds up I/O for the hard disk
/sbin/hdparm -c3 -A1 -m8 /dev/hda

# these commands change the text consoles into blue background and white
# foreground screen colours.
/usr/bin/setterm -background blue -foreground white
/usr/bin/setterm -store

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"ldconfig not found in PATH"

[John Kerr Anderson]

I have been getting the following message when trying use dselect:


dpkg: `ldconfig' not found on PATH.
dpkg: 1 expected program(s) not found on PATH.
NB: root's PATH should usually contain /usr/local/sbin, /usr/sbin and
/sbin.
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)
Some errors occurred while unpacking. I'm going to configure the
packages that were installed. This may result in duplicate errors
or errors caused by missing dependencies. This is OK, only the errors
above this message are important. Please fix them and run [I]nstall again
Press enter to continue.

I don't know how to fix this, no matter what I do, I come up with this
message, can anyone help?

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Kernel problems

[John Kerr Anderson]

No matter what I do, I cannot boot my PC off the hard disk.  I updated to
kernel 2.4 which worked fine until I tried to recompile the kernel again.
I made a boot diskette which works fine,  although I have the same boot
kernel on the hard disk, which won't boot.

I receive a message of garbage across the screen which start with:

divide error: 
CPU   0
EIP  0010:[

Re: Moving from RedHat to Debian

[John Kerr Anderson]

I myself have just recently started to switch from Redhat to Debian.  I
have found that Debian has a lot of useful features, but with those is
complexity.  It seems to me as harder to setup than Redhat.  I have tried
the ftp install and it is very good, but still slow especially if you
would be downloading a large package.

If you go to the website  they offer a 2 CD-ROM
set of Debian for 3.95 (+5.30 S & H) 9.25 total.  That might be useful if
you run into problems or want to install it on other machines.  It will
also save you a lot of time.

John Anderson


On 25 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

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> I've been using RedHat for about eight months, but I'd like to switch 
> to Debian.  Is there any easy way to do this, or is it going to be a
> painful transition?  Also, what's the best way to go about installing
> Debian?  I have a fast connection, so I'm wondering if an ftp install
> is the way to go?  Any suggestions?
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> Thanks,
> Aaron
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ADDS 1010 terminal installation in Debian 2.1

[John Kerr Anderson]

I am trying to connect a terminal to my PC running Debian 2.1.

I added the following line to my /etc/inittab file:



My terminal is in the Adds viewpoint 3a+ personality, set for FDX, set for
9600 baud, connected to the PC using a standard modem cable.

After I added the line in /etc/inittab I saved and exited and issued the
command , no error messages resulted, but no login prompt on
terminal either.

Do I have to edit more files in order to get a login prompt on the
terminal?  Will a standard modem cable work?

John Anderson