A couple questions about gnome.
When I select an odt (openoffice) file from gnome's Places - Recent Documents menu an error window opens and says could not find a sutable application. How can I configure gnome to use openoffice for .odt and other openoffice file formats? I had another question too, but I have forgotten what it was.. I'll have to post again later when I remember what it was.. :)
Re: A couple questions about gnome.
Alan Ianson wrote: When I select an odt (openoffice) file from gnome's Places - Recent Documents menu an error window opens and says could not find a sutable application. How can I configure gnome to use openoffice for .odt and other openoffice file formats? You didn't write which distribution do You use. I use Etch and it opens in OO with no problems. Anyway, You should can select OpenOffice if you open File Browser, find Your file, right click, then, Open With. If OO is not on the list, click Add. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: A couple questions about gnome.
Alan Ianson wrote: When I select an odt (openoffice) file from gnome's Places - Recent Documents menu an error window opens and says could not find a sutable application. How can I configure gnome to use openoffice for .odt and other openoffice file formats? I had another question too, but I have forgotten what it was.. I'll have to post again later when I remember what it was.. :) Hi Alan, I don't use Gnome but I would guess that if you go into Nautilus (Gnome's file manager) and right-click on some .odt file it will let you associate .odt files to swriter in Openoffice. Whether that then extends to Gnome's Places - Recent, I couldn't tell you but my guess is that it would. cheers, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.
Thanks everyone that replied to this, apparently it is easier then I thought to get everything I want on the install. Hopefully I should not run into any problems and it will all go smooth if not I know I can come here and get some help. A couple of you replied saying Sarge is the way to go and not Woody? Is sarge stable and secure enough for a live server? This server is not a test box but rather my everyday server that I need, so what is everyones opinion on sarge in a live environment? And is it going to replace woody as the stable release anytime soon? On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:15:37PM -0400, Jason G Skala wrote: I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software raid currently, I have found some great articles on getting the Software Raid portion to work with debian so I think I am ok on that. My real concern is getting the SMP Kernel working with it, and I have yet to really find any good examples or docs on this. I am not new to linux but new to debian, I am used to Red Hat were I have a GUI install and select SMP kernel and that is it. Now is there an easy way to get a SMP kernel for debian or should I just plan on creating my own from source? At the lab, we have two relatively new dual-Xeon machines and three older dual-P3 machines. Most are SCSI, one is SATA. All of them run various flavors of either Woody (stable) or Sarge (testing). As other people have described, installing the SMP kernel is nearly painless. If you install Woody/stable, looks like the most recent Intel SMP kernel is 2.4.18. After installing, do: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-686-smp If you install Sarge/testing, the most recent Intel 2.4 kernel is: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686-smp The recent versions of debian-installer are very nice. As long as you have at least a DSL connection, let me suggest that you burn a CD with one of the latest Sarge network install ISO images and install w/ that: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/ The motherboard has a built in Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter, is this supported by default without any trouble? I've got a dual-P3 running Debian Sarge with a Adaptec aic7890/91 Ultra2 SCSI adapter. A while back it was running Woody w/o trouble. Driver appears to cover all AIC7xxx cards: Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 6.2.36 Also I have an intel Nic card 82559 that uses the e100 module/driver and have read that this can be trouble some to get to working any info that some one can provide to me on that as well. One of the dual-Xeons had an e1000; debian-installer recognized it, but it wasn't properly set up. I had to add 'e1000' to /etc/modules. Though, I've heard that this was probably fixed in recent versions of debian-installer. Issues you've heard of were probably w/ the Woody installation. I was never able to successfully install woody myself (though I knew less about Debian then). Sarge install is much easier and it is likely to become the new 'stable' in the next month or two. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.
On (29/07/04 08:12), Jason Skala wrote: Thanks everyone that replied to this, apparently it is easier then I thought to get everything I want on the install. Hopefully I should not run into any problems and it will all go smooth if not I know I can come here and get some help. A couple of you replied saying Sarge is the way to go and not Woody? Is sarge stable and secure enough for a live server? This server is not a test box but rather my everyday server that I need, so what is everyones opinion on sarge in a live environment? And is it going to replace woody as the stable release anytime soon? Hi Jason I haven't followed this thread closely but FWIW although I run sid on my workstation and sarge on another box for playing with, my servers are rock solid woody, no gui. Although sarge is relatively stable (ish) because it is nearing release, it is not yet there. Security fixes take time to hit sarge (longer than sid). HTH Clive On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:15:37PM -0400, Jason G Skala wrote: I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software raid currently, I have found some great articles on getting the Software Raid portion to work with debian so I think I am ok on that. My real concern is getting the SMP Kernel working with it, and I have yet to really find any good examples or docs on this. I am not new to linux but new to debian, I am used to Red Hat were I have a GUI install and select SMP kernel and that is it. Now is there an easy way to get a SMP kernel for debian or should I just plan on creating my own from source? At the lab, we have two relatively new dual-Xeon machines and three older dual-P3 machines. Most are SCSI, one is SATA. All of them run various flavors of either Woody (stable) or Sarge (testing). As other people have described, installing the SMP kernel is nearly painless. If you install Woody/stable, looks like the most recent Intel SMP kernel is 2.4.18. After installing, do: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-686-smp If you install Sarge/testing, the most recent Intel 2.4 kernel is: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686-smp The recent versions of debian-installer are very nice. As long as you have at least a DSL connection, let me suggest that you burn a CD with one of the latest Sarge network install ISO images and install w/ that: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/ The motherboard has a built in Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter, is this supported by default without any trouble? I've got a dual-P3 running Debian Sarge with a Adaptec aic7890/91 Ultra2 SCSI adapter. A while back it was running Woody w/o trouble. Driver appears to cover all AIC7xxx cards: Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 6.2.36 Also I have an intel Nic card 82559 that uses the e100 module/driver and have read that this can be trouble some to get to working any info that some one can provide to me on that as well. One of the dual-Xeons had an e1000; debian-installer recognized it, but it wasn't properly set up. I had to add 'e1000' to /etc/modules. Though, I've heard that this was probably fixed in recent versions of debian-installer. Issues you've heard of were probably w/ the Woody installation. I was never able to successfully install woody myself (though I knew less about Debian then). Sarge install is much easier and it is likely to become the new 'stable' in the next month or two. Jason -- http://www.clivemenzies.co.uk strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Couple Questions Before I install for first time.
This weekend I am getting ready to switch my server over to Debian Woody from Red Hat 9.0. And have a few questions before I go and do this about SMP Kernels. I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software raid currently, I have found some great articles on getting the Software Raid portion to work with debian so I think I am ok on that. My real concern is getting the SMP Kernel working with it, and I have yet to really find any good examples or docs on this. I am not new to linux but new to debian, I am used to Red Hat were I have a GUI install and select SMP kernel and that is it. Now is there an easy way to get a SMP kernel for debian or should I just plan on creating my own from source? The motherboard has a built in Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter, is this supported by default without any trouble? Also I have an intel Nic card 82559 that uses the e100 module/driver and have read that this can be trouble some to get to working any info that some one can provide to me on that as well. Thanks for any help anyone can offer
RE: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.
I run a very similar machine, aBX chipset with dual p3-500's, that adaptec aicXXX chipset,it just works, since 2.0.34 when the kernel first supported it. ditto e100 Ive been using the onboardset, should be fine. :) Mymotherboard in question is a Tyan DULAN 1836L, stating your board might be of help. You may have to pick a smp debian kernel package, but its so long since I built the box I dont recall exactly. Once the box is up run modconf from the command line to load any modules you need, but the NIC and adaptec card should be there during the install. I actually use a pci perc2 Dell hardware raid card in it now regards S -Original Message-From: Jason G Skala [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, 29 July 2004 1:16 p.m.To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Couple Questions Before I install for first time. This weekend I am getting ready to switch my server over to Debian Woody from Red Hat 9.0. And have a few questions before I go and do this about SMP Kernels.I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software raid currently, I have found some great articles on getting the Software Raid portion to work with debian so I think I am ok on that. My real concern is getting the SMP Kernel working with it, and I have yet to really find any good examples or docs on this. I am not new to linux but new to debian, I am used to Red Hat were I have a GUI install and select SMP kernel and that is it. Now is there an easy way to get a SMP kernel for debian or should I just plan on creating my own from source?The motherboard has a built in Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter, is this supported by default without any trouble?Also I have an intel Nic card 82559 that uses the e100 module/driver and have read that this can be trouble some to get to working any info that some one can provide to me on that as well.Thanks for any help anyone can offer
Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.
On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 13:15, Jason G Skala wrote: This weekend I am getting ready to switch my server over to Debian Woody from Red Hat 9.0. And have a few questions before I go and do this about SMP Kernels. I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software raid currently, I have found some great articles on getting the Software Raid portion to work with debian so I think I am ok on that. My real concern is getting the SMP Kernel working with it, and I have yet to really find any good examples or docs on this. I am not new to linux but new to debian, I am used to Red Hat were I have a GUI install and select SMP kernel and that is it. Now is there an easy way to get a SMP kernel for debian or should I just plan on creating my own from source? The motherboard has a built in Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter, is this supported by default without any trouble? Also I have an intel Nic card 82559 that uses the e100 module/driver and have read that this can be trouble some to get to working any info that some one can provide to me on that as well. Thanks for any help anyone can offer I don't know whether the install provides an option for selecting an smp-enabled kernel, but if it doesn't, you should be able to install one pretty easily. After the install, you can list the set of kernels available with: apt-cache search kernel-image.*smp If there is one you like, just: apt-get install kernel-image-xxxyyyzzz The smp-enabled kernels have -smp on the end of their names. I presume you'll be wanting a 2.4 kernel (because you're installing Woody). For my Sarge (testing) install, I get: $ apt-cache search kernel-image-2.4.*smp kernel-image-2.4.18-1-686-smp - Linux kernel image 2.4.18 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP. kernel-image-2.4-686-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.4 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP. kernel-image-2.4-k7-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.4 on AMD K7 SMP. kernel-image-2.4.25-1-686-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.25 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP. kernel-image-2.4.25-1-k7-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.25 on AMD K7 SMP. kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.26 on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP. kernel-image-2.4.26-1-k7-smp - Linux kernel image for version 2.4.26 on AMD K7 SMP. Regards, Simon -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.
Incoming from Jason G Skala: This weekend I am getting ready to switch my server over to Debian Woody from Red Hat 9.0. And have a few questions before I go and do this about SMP Kernels. I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software raid currently, I have found some great articles on getting the Software Raid portion to work with debian so I think I am ok on that. My real concern is getting the SMP Kernel working with it, and I have yet to really find any good examples or docs on this. I am not new to linux but new to debian, I am Worst case, the system comes up with a non-SMP kernel. The simplest solution is: - sanity check /etc/apt/sources.list; do you want stable, testing, or unstable? Server generally == stable, plus backports if necessary. Sarge will be promoted to stable not too long from now (geologically speaking), so you might consider jumping ahead. Careful here! - apt-get update ; apt-cache search kernel-image # pick one! - apt-get install kernel-image... It's damn near foolproof. On reboot, SMP should be working. Now your problem is interpreting ps output on SMP kernels. :-) used to Red Hat were I have a GUI install and select SMP kernel and that is it. Now is there an easy way to get a SMP kernel for debian or should I just plan on creating my own from source? Unless your requirements are very strange, or you're extraordinarily picky, a re-compile should be unnecessary. The stock Linux kernel-images work very well out of the box, Debian's especially. Nowadays, I'd only consider recompiling in extraordinary circumstances, but ymmv. The motherboard has a built in Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter, is this supported by default without any trouble? Driver support is always dependent on how new the hardware is. Google for details, see lists.debian.org, etc. See the changes document that comes with all kernels/kernel source. That should tell you what it does and doesn't do. All said and done, Linux has damn short wait times for drivers for mainstream and/or useful components. You may have to wait a bit for solidity, but if you know Linux, this sort of thing is no surprise to you. Also I have an intel Nic card 82559 that uses the e100 module/driver and Google again. have read that this can be troublesome to get to working any info that some one can provide to me on that as well. About the kludgy-est problem I've ever had to deal with was sticking DAC960 RAID controller support into some boot.local script so it would be there before everything else that needed it. The need for that kludge disappeared within months, and the kludge worked fine until the need disappeared. Anytime you have a problem finding a module, run modconf and turn it on. It should then be instantly available. -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Couple Questions Before I install for first time.
On Wed, Jul 28, 2004 at 09:15:37PM -0400, Jason G Skala wrote: I have a Intell LX440GX+ Motherboard with Dual PIII 500's running software raid currently, I have found some great articles on getting the Software Raid portion to work with debian so I think I am ok on that. My real concern is getting the SMP Kernel working with it, and I have yet to really find any good examples or docs on this. I am not new to linux but new to debian, I am used to Red Hat were I have a GUI install and select SMP kernel and that is it. Now is there an easy way to get a SMP kernel for debian or should I just plan on creating my own from source? At the lab, we have two relatively new dual-Xeon machines and three older dual-P3 machines. Most are SCSI, one is SATA. All of them run various flavors of either Woody (stable) or Sarge (testing). As other people have described, installing the SMP kernel is nearly painless. If you install Woody/stable, looks like the most recent Intel SMP kernel is 2.4.18. After installing, do: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.18-686-smp If you install Sarge/testing, the most recent Intel 2.4 kernel is: apt-get install kernel-image-2.4.26-1-686-smp The recent versions of debian-installer are very nice. As long as you have at least a DSL connection, let me suggest that you burn a CD with one of the latest Sarge network install ISO images and install w/ that: http://cdimage.debian.org/pub/cdimage-testing/daily/i386/current/ The motherboard has a built in Adaptec aic7896/97 Ultra2 SCSI adapter, is this supported by default without any trouble? I've got a dual-P3 running Debian Sarge with a Adaptec aic7890/91 Ultra2 SCSI adapter. A while back it was running Woody w/o trouble. Driver appears to cover all AIC7xxx cards: Adaptec AIC7xxx driver version: 6.2.36 Also I have an intel Nic card 82559 that uses the e100 module/driver and have read that this can be trouble some to get to working any info that some one can provide to me on that as well. One of the dual-Xeons had an e1000; debian-installer recognized it, but it wasn't properly set up. I had to add 'e1000' to /etc/modules. Though, I've heard that this was probably fixed in recent versions of debian-installer. Issues you've heard of were probably w/ the Woody installation. I was never able to successfully install woody myself (though I knew less about Debian then). Sarge install is much easier and it is likely to become the new 'stable' in the next month or two. Jason -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Semi-new to linux, couple questions...
On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 01:08:22AM -0500, Shaun ONeil wrote: On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 15:48, Victor Varsanyi wrote: Hello everyone, After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian. I have a couple questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that has drivers available for linux? Also I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0 and gnome to 2.2, when playing mp3's in xmms they sound like crap, but if i play them with totem they sound just fine, any ideas (SiS sound card set up as an ALSA device, with OSS emulation)? Thanks in advance, Victor Varsanyi I use a Logitech QuickCam Express which seems to work just fine through video4linux with the qce-ga [1] drivers ( on 2.4.23 and 2.6.0 ), unfortunately not in the kernel. [1] http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ The Labtec Webcam seems to be a repackaged version of this Logitech, and works OK for me with these drivers. -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0x21C61F7F pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Semi-new to linux, couple questions...
Hello everyone, After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian. I have a couple questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that has drivers available for linux? Also I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0 and gnome to 2.2, when playing mp3's in xmms they sound like crap, but if i play them with totem they sound just fine, any ideas (SiS sound card set up as an ALSA device, with OSS emulation)? Thanks in advance, Victor Varsanyi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Semi-new to linux, couple questions...
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 14:48, Victor Varsanyi wrote: Hello everyone, After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian. I have a couple questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that has drivers available for linux? Also I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0 and gnome to 2.2, when playing mp3's in xmms they sound like crap, but if i play them with totem they sound just fine, any ideas (SiS sound card set up as an ALSA device, with OSS emulation)? Thanks in advance, Victor Varsanyi Hello Victor I use both a 3Com-homeconnect and a Dlink DSB-C100 webcam. The modules listed are vicam, usbvideo, videodev, usbcore.The module for the DSB C-100 is OV511. Both webcams are discontinued though you should be able to find them on ebay. Sorry I have no information on current webcams. note- I am not running 2.6 Good Luck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Semi-new to linux, couple questions...
On Tue, 2004-01-06 at 15:48, Victor Varsanyi wrote: Hello everyone, After tying a few distroes i've settled on debian. I have a couple questions: firstly can anyone recommend a good webcam that has drivers available for linux? Also I just upgraded my kernel to 2.6.0 and gnome to 2.2, when playing mp3's in xmms they sound like crap, but if i play them with totem they sound just fine, any ideas (SiS sound card set up as an ALSA device, with OSS emulation)? Thanks in advance, Victor Varsanyi I use a Logitech QuickCam Express which seems to work just fine through video4linux with the qce-ga [1] drivers ( on 2.4.23 and 2.6.0 ), unfortunately not in the kernel. Unfortunately I can't offer any comparison to how well it works, as I haven't used any other webcam, nor used this one on OSes supported by Logitech's drivers. HTH, Shaun [1] http://qce-ga.sourceforge.net/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Couple questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Cameron Matheson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'? Nothing at all. Just that instead of typing 'su root', you can also do 'su otheruser'. Are their any noticable differences between the 2.2.14 kernel and 2.2.15? I2O support has been added. Fixes merged in for ISDN and a bunch of other drivers. There have been a few races/bugs sorted out. ISTR that the VM has been tweaked a little. The release notes will tell you it in all the gory details. Have a look at: http://www.linux.org.uk/ and follow the relevant link. - -- Graeme. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Life's not fair, I reply. But the root password helps. - BOFH -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE5IXEXPjGH3lNt65URAi6QAJ9iENX3Hcx4/a6pyFF4HZ2Q911VtwCfaGo2 tvWt/KVx9fix41K1ryGzVVU= =Eja9 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Couple questions
Hey, I have two questions: What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'? -and- Are their any noticable differences between the 2.2.14 kernel and 2.2.15? Thanks Cameron Matheson
RE: Couple questions
On 15-May-2000 Cameron Matheson wrote: Hey, I have two questions: What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'? nothing, however there is a difference between 'su user' and 'su - user'. When the dash is used, it means to run that user's initialization files (.bashrc and the like). This is the same difference between you running commands in a shell script and at the terminal prompt.
Re: Couple questions
Sean, please wrap your lines at 76 characters, to allow for quoting. On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 03:36:02PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote: On 15-May-2000 Cameron Matheson wrote: Hey, I have two questions: What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'? nothing, however there is a difference between 'su user' and 'su - user'. When the dash is used, it means to run that user's Note that the particular su that you use may be different (e.g. i've seen '-l' used instead of '-'). Check the manpage. Are their any noticable differences between the 2.2.14 kernel and 2.2.15? A fix for a secutiry hole, for one. I'd upgrade. -- finger for GPG public key. pgpbwC5gCQcbC.pgp Description: PGP signature
Couple Questions
Hey, I just have a few quick questions: 1. Is it possible to switch resolutions while in X (I like using 640x480, but occasionally I need 800x600)? 2. to use pon as a normal user, do I just use chmod? 3. would I be better off using the kernel source off the Debian 2.1 Slink CD, or the source I downloaded (kernel-source-2.0.38_2.0.38-2_all.deb)? Thanks, Cameron Matheson
Re: Couple Questions
Cameron Matheson wrote: Hey, I just have a few quick questions: 1. Is it possible to switch resolutions while in X (I like using 640x480, but occasionally I need 800x600)? Ctrl-Alt and + or Ctrl-Alt and -, IF you have working resolutions defined in /etc/X11/XF86Config (in the appropriate Screen section). 2. to use pon as a normal user, do I just use chmod? No. Edit the /etc/group file and add the normal user's name to the end of the dip and dialout groups. The lines will look something like: dip:x:30:myuser, your_user,some_other_user 3. would I be better off using the kernel source off the Debian 2.1 Slink CD, or the source I downloaded (kernel-source-2.0.38_2.0.38-2_all.deb)? Generally, I'd go with whichever has the higher number, but sometimes you'd want to stick with the lower number if you've got special considerations. Thanks, Cameron Matheson -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null
Re: Thinkpad 560 - some info, a couple questions
Hi again, Have you tried the linux tpctl ? in that case, what does tpctl --info-all report? Just curious, to compare it with mine. Marius. On Sat, Oct 16, 1999 at 02:18:36PM -0700, John Miskinis wrote: Hi Marius, Thanks for the info. It appears you have a VERY old BIOS, as I downdraded mine recently from the IBM 1.1 system disk (I was previously using 1.2). My Power Management version is 1.35 (yours 1.25) My BIOS is 1.28 (yours 0.21) The Thinkpad Configuration software is the Windows based stuff in the uttp2 software from IBM. It gives you a GUI based configuration utility. It's tough to tell what stuff is in the BIOS and what stuff is in windows when you are using it, as it jumps to the standard windows screens for some things. I'm not even sure when I set the Use APM 1.0 compatibility toggle, if that is changing the BIOS, or changing how WINDOWS communcates WITH the BIOS. Very confusing. And, I not sure I would want to downgrade my BIOS to what you have, the version is REAL low, and I read some notes about the fixes in each version, and I'm scared! I doubt I could even find the kit for that BIOS. I posted some questiosn about getting the minimal potato packages to get the 2.2.1 kernal (and newer enlightenment/gnomw) running, but got no responses. John __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] /dev/null -- Marius Aamodt Eriksen linux.com - tuneup section ( http://linux.com/tuneup ) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thinkpad 560 - some info, a couple questions
Hi Marius, Thanks for the info. It appears you have a VERY old BIOS, as I downdraded mine recently from the IBM 1.1 system disk (I was previously using 1.2). My Power Management version is 1.35 (yours 1.25) My BIOS is 1.28 (yours 0.21) The Thinkpad Configuration software is the Windows based stuff in the uttp2 software from IBM. It gives you a GUI based configuration utility. It's tough to tell what stuff is in the BIOS and what stuff is in windows when you are using it, as it jumps to the standard windows screens for some things. I'm not even sure when I set the Use APM 1.0 compatibility toggle, if that is changing the BIOS, or changing how WINDOWS communcates WITH the BIOS. Very confusing. And, I not sure I would want to downgrade my BIOS to what you have, the version is REAL low, and I read some notes about the fixes in each version, and I'm scared! I doubt I could even find the kit for that BIOS. I posted some questiosn about getting the minimal potato packages to get the 2.2.1 kernal (and newer enlightenment/gnomw) running, but got no responses. John __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
