[LIB] U100 and SSD

2008-04-19 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:42:17 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: U100 and SSD

Has anybody here tried using the U100 with SSD?
I saw many SSDs are SATA and not IDE as U100's disk is..

My U100 has a lot of badblocks in its HD and I'm thinking in acquiring
an SSD for him..







Re: [LIB] Back on the list, back on the Libby

2008-02-27 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 03:06:45 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Back on the list, back on the Libby

Hi ..

I have a U100 that completed a few days ago 2 years in my hands ..

I also wrote this not up-to-date page ..
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~jaatavaresf/Libretto_U100/
.. that everytime someone asks me about linux+libby, I remember to
update ..

I have lots of pictures and stuff related to it .. If you don't find the
docs you're looking for, return the contact and I'll take a look here ..

I bought 1GB a few days ago and I'm waiting for it to arrive from the
US..



On Wed, 2008-02-27 at 02:29 -0800, Nick L wrote:
> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:27:10 +
> From: "Nick L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Back on the list, back on the Libby
> 
> Ladies and Gents
> 
> It's great to see this list is still going - I think I joined first in
> 2002 or so, however I changed jobs last year and forgot to
> unsubscribble the old address, so apologies if you got bounces from
> the Unisys mailservers :-)
> 
> Well, I've just bought a U100 for an irresistable price as clearance
> stock from a local computer place.  Despite me deciding I didn't want
> one a couple of years ago, then deciding I did, then I didn't because
> I *really* couldn't get on with that keyboard, I bought it.
> 
> First thoughts?  Wow.  Even my wife said "wow" and couldn't believe
> how crisp the screen is.  Second thoughts?  Oh gosh, the keyboard is
> atrocious.  I pride myself on being able to type on most things with
> practice, from Psion 3 series upwards, but this...  Sheesh.  My only
> suggestion so far is to either take a pencil sharpener to my fingers,
> or sellotape pencils to them...  The mouse pointer is slowly being
> tamed, and I'm sure I will get used to the keyboard.
> 
> Does anyone have any information on what physical size the drive in
> the unit is, and moreover have any teardown or disassembly
> instructions?  I've searched but couldn't find anything on google or
> the list apart from one chap who tried to get the machine apart but
> failed because of a ribbon cable still holding things together so it
> sounds quite involved.
> 
> Any tricks or tips for getting the best out of the thing, such as
> optimising the graphics system?  I had a spare PC2700 1GB SODIMM that
> is now in the u100, so it wouldn't hurt to give the graphics system
> the full 64MB all the time.
> 
> The 50, 70 and 100ct (overclocked) are still going strong! :-) .  I
> had a sony PCG-U3 for a while which should have been perfect but
> unfortunately the transmeta processor in it just didn't seem any great
> step up from a 266MHz 100CT ;-) .  Well, ok, it was a step up, but not
> enough...
> 
> Cheers,
> Nick.
> 
> 





RE: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?

2008-01-23 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:38:51 -0200
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?

Today I talked to the guy that I thought had showed me xorg rotation
using Xrandr.. I told him you were looking for this kind of thing and he
did it again and used Xrandr for that.. ;)




On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 12:04 -0800, Chris Hogan wrote:
> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 20:02:35 -
> From: "Chris Hogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?
> 
> Thanks for the tip Jose, I'll look into it.
> 
> Trouble with Adobe reader is that it doesn't save the portrait setting so you 
> have to change it EVERY time you use it. PITA
> 
> chris
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Jose Tavares [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 23 January 2008 00:10
> To: Libretto
> Subject: Re: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?
> 
> 
> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:10:06 -0200
> From: "Jose Tavares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?
> 
> Hi, I've already seen somebody playing with xorg and rotating the screen...
> I don't know if it was done with Xrandr, but I know that xorg offers some
> kind of rotation ..
> 
> 
> On Jan 22, 2008 9:12 PM, Chris Hogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:10:26 -
> > From: "Chris Hogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: RE: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?
> >
> > Actually discovered that Adobe reader can do this but would still be
> > interested if anyone knows a trick to get the OS to do it, Linux or any
> > other.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Chris Hogan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: 22 January 2008 17:40
> > To: Libretto
> > Subject: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?
> >
> >
> > Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:39:48 -
> > From: "Chris Hogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: can you change screen orientation on a Lib?
> >
> > Been thinking about using my 100CT as a book reader and thought it would
> > be better if the screen was in portrait mode rather than the traditional
> > landscape. Of course Win98SE or 2000 doesn't allow this but I wonder if
> > Linux might, or is it a restriction of the graphics chipset?
> >
> > If so, does anyone know of an application that can render large amounts of
> > text sideways?
> >
> > Any clues welcome,
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > No virus found in this outgoing message.
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> > 20/01/2008 14:15
> >
> >
> >
> > No virus found in this incoming message.
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> > 20/01/2008 14:15
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> No virus found in this incoming message.
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> 14:15
> 
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> 20:12
> 
> 
> 
> 





Re: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?

2008-01-22 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 22:10:06 -0200
From: "Jose Tavares" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?

Hi, I've already seen somebody playing with xorg and rotating the screen...
I don't know if it was done with Xrandr, but I know that xorg offers some
kind of rotation ..


On Jan 22, 2008 9:12 PM, Chris Hogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:10:26 -
> From: "Chris Hogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?
>
> Actually discovered that Adobe reader can do this but would still be
> interested if anyone knows a trick to get the OS to do it, Linux or any
> other.
>
> Chris
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Chris Hogan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 22 January 2008 17:40
> To: Libretto
> Subject: [LIB] can you change screen orientation on a Lib?
>
>
> Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:39:48 -
> From: "Chris Hogan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: can you change screen orientation on a Lib?
>
> Been thinking about using my 100CT as a book reader and thought it would
> be better if the screen was in portrait mode rather than the traditional
> landscape. Of course Win98SE or 2000 doesn't allow this but I wonder if
> Linux might, or is it a restriction of the graphics chipset?
>
> If so, does anyone know of an application that can render large amounts of
> text sideways?
>
> Any clues welcome,
>
> Chris
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1234 - Release Date:
> 20/01/2008 14:15
>
>
>
> No virus found in this incoming message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1234 - Release Date:
> 20/01/2008 14:15
>
> No virus found in this outgoing message.
> Checked by AVG Free Edition.
> Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.7/1234 - Release Date:
> 20/01/2008 14:15
>
>
>
>
>




[LIB] wakwaking my 70CT from hibernation

2007-04-16 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 06:07:57 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: wakwaking my 70CT from hibernation

Hi all..
I'm thinking about giving a purpose for my retired 70CT ..
I'm thinking about putting it in my car's trunk and connecting to some
sort of in-dash LCD screen and a trackball and use it as a 15GB mp3
player ..
Here in Brazil we have the robbery problem and we must camouflage all
the hardware not to get them stolen, that's why the need to put it in
the trunk ..

My question is.. does anybody here have managed to make a Libretto wake
up without using the power button..??
I can put my libby to hibernate perfectly in Linux but there's no way to
wake it ... Pressing a mouse button to wake it would be all I want ...

Any help??

Thanks ..
JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] How many people have a U100 or U105?

2007-04-09 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:59:39 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] How many people have a U100 or U105?

On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 17:50 -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote:
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:50:10 +
> From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] How many people have a U100 or U105?
> 
> Libretto list info:
> List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi
> List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com
> To unsubscribe: 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html
> 
> >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > guys sold in the US to merit a drop of price on used ones as time goes 
> >by.
> > > And I sure don't see much discussion about there on the list.  I checked
> > > last year, and found them available new for around $1200.  But now I see
> >
> >   They're a lot cheaper now in Japan - see Yahoo Auctions Japan.  Get
> >www.conics.net to order one for you from there or a used computer store if 
> >you
> >still want one cheap.
> 
> Have your picked one up for yourself David?  I don't recall your writing 
> about it if you did.  I've seen very little discussion about them on the 
> list since they were released.  But then... there's been relatively little 
> discussion of >any< kind as of late... 8-O
> 
> Matt

Maybe because they are too new, with enough processing power to run
anything.. Maybe because their hardware are not faulty yet and maybe
because they have drives that facilitate OS install and the hardware
compatibility is ok..
Maybe .. Maybe.. Maybe ...

By the way, I have a U105 and a 70CT .. :)
Haven't seen any other U100/105 here in Brazil ...

JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] How many people have a U100 or U105?

2007-04-09 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:56:05 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] How many people have a U100 or U105?

On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 17:50 -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote:
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 01:50:10 +
> From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] How many people have a U100 or U105?
> 
> Libretto list info:
> List archive 1: http://www.technoir.org/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi
> List archive 2: http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com
> To unsubscribe: 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html
> 
> >From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > guys sold in the US to merit a drop of price on used ones as time goes 
> >by.
> > > And I sure don't see much discussion about there on the list.  I checked
> > > last year, and found them available new for around $1200.  But now I see
> >
> >   They're a lot cheaper now in Japan - see Yahoo Auctions Japan.  Get
> >www.conics.net to order one for you from there or a used computer store if 
> >you
> >still want one cheap.
> 
> Have your picked one up for yourself David?  I don't recall your writing 
> about it if you did.  I've seen very little discussion about them on the 
> list since they were released.  But then... there's been relatively little 
> discussion of >any< kind as of late... 8-O
> 
> Matt

Maybe because they are too new, with enough processing power to run
anything.. Maybe because their hardware are not faulty yet and maybe
because they have drives that facilitate OS install and the hardware
compatibility is ok..
Maybe .. Maybe.. Maybe ...

By the way, I have a U105 and a 70CT .. :)
Haven't seen any other U100/105 here in Brazil ...

JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] How many people have a U100 or U105?

2007-04-09 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 00:22:22 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] How many people have a U100 or U105?

In my opinion, as an owner, the new U105 can not be compared to an OQO
or something like that...
The new libby is a full notebook with a small keyboard but it's even
easy to type on it..
It has enough power, memory, battery, etc, to run anything ..
I bought it after talking to some teachers from my postgraduate course..
Some of them own Vaios 10.8", others have Dell and other 12" laptops ..
All of them use their notebooks while traveling and while at work ..
When there are available mouse/keyboard/monitor, they connect the
subnotebook and use it as a normal desktop.. One minute after, they can
unplug the subnotebook and walk across the campus or work anywhere ..

Libretto called my attention as it was cheaper than Vaios here in
Brazil.. So, I decided to buy my second libby after using a 70CT for 3
years and the quality of the hardware and the availability of spare
parts was another topic I considered ..

I'm happy with my U105 but I have to say that after the hardware problem
I had with my U105, I got a little digusted...
I described the problems in this list a few months ago... I didn't
manage to solve it yet... I'm using network through a usb-to-rj45
adapter.. :(

I use basically linux on both libbys and they are almost fully
suported..

Power management is ok in both, and hibernate too..

I also wrote a page with my U105 config... There we can see some
statistics on its views .. The page is a little bit outdated, but still
useful... (I need some time to update it and to write a page for my
70CT..)
The page is here...
http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/~jaatavaresf/Libretto_U100/

JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] "State of the Art" on OS for the 100CT/64MB RAM

2006-11-08 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:52:54 -0200
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] "State of the Art" on OS for the 100CT/64MB RAM

I have a 70CT and a U105 ..
Both running basically linux, but with a dual boot..

70CT: (32MB)
- win98se + office2k + AVP .. AVP kills the machine.. 
- Debian Stable (Sarge).. Works ok.. If you want a faster access, use
blackbox with dillo (browser).. If you want a better look for playing
mp3, etc.. it's possible to run gnome as I really do.. Loading gnome is
too slow, but once loaded, 70CT hibernates and returns fast for more
than 100 times without crashing.. The BIOS does the trick.. I saw too
much instalibility hibernating with win98se.. An issue is that with lots
of packages installed, the dpkg system seems to ask for more than 32MB
of ram but it's still easy to do package management if you exit X server
and free the ram..

U105:
- the original winXP almost untouched
- Debian Unstable ..
(has too much power to run anything, but I'm thinking in buying 1GB ram)

I don't really like windows and I think libretto runs infinitely better
with linux, so does any machine .. :P

So, I recommend for performance linux with blackbox + dillo ..

JA Tavares


On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 16:40 -0700, Frouin Jean-Michel wrote:
> Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 00:38:28 +0100
> From: Frouin Jean-Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] "State of the Art" on OS for the 100CT/64MB RAM
> 
> What about Linux :D ?






Re: [LIB] No recent posts or a dead server?

2006-06-21 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 22:26:12 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] No recent posts or a dead server?

Here in Brazil everybody is busy taking the libby to pubs to work..
drink some beer .. and watch Brazil win the world cup.. hehe

[]
JA Tavares


On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 01:00 -0700, Matthew Hanson wrote:
> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:00:25 +
> From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: No recent posts or a dead server?
> 
> ditto
> 
> Matt
> 
> Libretto list info:
> Libretto list archive #1: http://www.technoir.nu/cgi-bin/libretto.cgi
> Libretto list archive #2: 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/
> To unsubscribe: 
> http://www.mail-archive.com/libretto@basiclink.com/msg16212.html
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 





[LIB] U100 and Xorg 7: problems ..

2006-05-24 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 00:39:44 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: U100 and Xorg 7: problems ..

Hi all..
I've experienced a bad thing .. Debian Unstable had xorg 6.9 upgraded to
7.0.. Xorg 7.0 has some kind of bug with i810/i915 drivers..
I had to manage how to downgrade the packages to recover access to my
xwindows .. When upgrading/downgrading, I realized some packages were
renamed.. The problem even got worst...
I'm writing just to let you know and be careful not to install them.
This problem was corrected recently in Xorg 7.1 and there are no built
packages with it until now ..

[]
JA Tavares






RE: [LIB] Broken L110 For Sale

2006-05-02 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 03:24:41 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] Broken L110 For Sale

I had a similar problem with my 70CT..
It was the RAM expansion .. I had to buy a new one..

So, try removing you RAM expansion card and boot the machine..

[]
JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

2006-04-27 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 12:34:13 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 09:07 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 11:05:31 + (UTC)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14
> 
> I have been able to hibernate ok at the bash shell. it messes up the 
> screen under KDE and suspend messes at bash and KDE.
> 
> john

An old thread...

I've got U100 to suspend2disk and suspend2ram and returning ok.. even
inside X running at 1280x768 ..

As soon as I have time I'll describe the configuration in the page I
created..

[]
JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] Libretto U100 - Taken off Toshiba Japan's website: New

2006-04-16 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 19:43:47 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto U100 - Taken off Toshiba Japan's website: New
model soon?

On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 21:18 -0800, John Liu wrote:
> I'd sure like it to have a better keyboard.  I've tried U100's in  
> stores and just can't type well enough on the keyboard.

I forgot to say that for people that uses bash (or some kind of
auto-completion) in U100, its keyboard has the smallest tab key I've
ever seen.. It's one of the smallest keys on U100's keyboard.. This
thing really annoys linux users.. Older Librettos have a too much bigger
tab key if compared..

[]
JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] Libretto U100 - Taken off Toshiba Japan's website: New

2006-04-14 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:39:05 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto U100 - Taken off Toshiba Japan's website: New
model soon?

On Wed, 2006-04-12 at 21:18 -0800, John Liu wrote:
> Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 22:08:04 -0700
> From: John Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] Libretto U100 - Taken off Toshiba Japan's website: New 
> model soon?
> 
> I'd sure like it to have a better keyboard.  I've tried U100's in  
> stores and just can't type well enough on the keyboard.  It seems  
> smaller than the CT100 keyboard, or perhaps the vertical pitch of the  
> keys (distance between rows) is smaller due to the pointing device  
> placement.  Anyway I find it much harder to type on the U100, than on  
> the CT100.  As a result I haven't been able to consider a U100.  The  
> keyboard has also been roundly criticized in every mainstream review  
> of the U100 that I've read.  Perhaps Toshiba is going to do something  
> about this.

As a user of U105 and 70CT, I have to tell you that the plain format of the
keys is the worst..
In U100/105, que keys are plain and this is the problem.. It's more
difficult to find exactly where they are by just touching them.. In 70CT
the keys are deeper in their middle..
70CT mouse has a better placement too. I'm using an external usb mouse
everytime I find one available.. In my opinion, any mouse from notebooks
doesn't offer the agility from a desktop mouse..
And the screen.. U100 screen is incomparable .. Never seen anything like
that..

[]
JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] Interrupt conflicts with Debian on Lib U100

2006-04-05 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2006 01:52:16 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Interrupt conflicts with Debian on Lib U100

On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 22:40 -0800, Jonathan Paxman wrote:
> Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 16:40:18 +1000
> From: "Jonathan Paxman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Interrupt conflicts with Debian on Lib U100
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> I wonder if anyone else has run into interrupt conflict issues on the
> U100 with Linux (Debian Etch 2.6.12 in my case).  I have had a look
> around and this problem seems to some up with several Toshiba Laptops,
> but I haven't found a satisfactory solution.
> 
> The curious thing is that I have no problems when hard booting.  But
> if I soft reboot, IRQ 11 goes down, taking ethernet, wireless,
> firewire and USB 2 with it.
> 
> I have looked at the BIOS, and it looks like you can't change the IRQ
> assignment of the PCI Bus.
> 
> If anyone has come across (and hopefully fixed!) this problem, I'd
> love to hear from you.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Jon

I've seen no problem in mine..

libby:/proc/irq/11# ls -l
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-06 01:44 ath%d/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-06 01:44 ehci_hcd:usb1/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-06 01:44 eth0/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-06 01:44 Intel 82801DB-ICH4/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-06 01:44 Intel 82801DB-ICH4 Modem/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-06 01:44 ohci1394/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-06 01:44 uhci_hcd:usb3/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-06 01:44 uhci_hcd:usb4/
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 2006-04-06 01:44 yenta/
libby:/proc/irq/11# uname -a
Linux libby 2.6.15 #2 PREEMPT Fri Mar 17 04:54:23 BRT 2006 i686
GNU/Linux
libby:/proc/irq/11# 

.. and right not I found a bug in madwifi.. "ath%d"?? :)


> Some relevant bits of dmesg on failure:
> 
> ath_hal: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
> ath_hal: 0.9.14.9 (AR5210, AR5211, AR5212, RF5111, RF5112, RF2413)
> wlan: 0.8.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
> ath_rate_onoe: 1.0
> ath_pci: 0.9.6.0 (EXPERIMENTAL)
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] enabled at IRQ 11
> ACPI: PCI Interrupt :01:05.0[A] -> Link [LNKG] -> GSI 11 (level,
> low) -> IRQ 11
> irq 11: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)

hmm.. there's an issue here related to acpi..
maybe the hardware is left in a way the kernel just booted can't
control..
have you tried to pass "irqpoll" to the kernel on boot?

tip: compile your own kernel like I did.. we have to tune a kernel for
U100 together.. :)

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

2006-03-27 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:44:51 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 03:53 -0800, Fran wrote:
> BIOS password is easy to reset.
> HD password isn't.
> 
> Throw the HD away and put a new one in there any you're away laughing.
> 
> Fran
> :):):)

plug it into another machine that doesn't check for this pass and fill
the disk with zeros ..

you can even plug it as a secondary HD or use something like a hotswap
USB case ..

then, put the HD back to U100 and reinstall OSes. Drives will have to be
downloaded.. 

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JA Tavares





Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

2006-03-27 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:41:27 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

On Mon, 2006-03-27 at 02:59 -0800, Jonathan DuQueno wrote:
>  
>   Isn't it easy to get round a BIOS password by resetting the BIOS / Removing 
> the BIOS battery? Flashing the BIOS would also reset all BIOS settings.
> 
>   I can't think of any partical way to make the hardware unusable once stolen.
> 

At least, the machine become useless for non-tech people .. :)

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

2006-03-27 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:35:46 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 16:55 -0800, Mikkel Breiler wrote: 
> Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 01:26:44 +0100
> From: Mikkel Breiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..
> 
> On Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:23:25 -0800, Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> >Is there a way to make this machines totally unhackable? 
> 
> Yes, always bring it with you!

Until somebody puts a gun on your head and asks for your wallet .. :)


> >What I'm trying
> >to do is to turn my machine into a totally useless one in case of being
> >stolen..
> 
> Change LILOs start message to BAD RAM and NO CPU DETECTED along with a 240 
> second
> time out would be useful. the timeout shoudl be circumvented by you pressing a
> certain sequence of keys.

Good idea.. :)
But my lilo is just asking for password for any option selected.. That's
just fine ..


> >Maybe a totally unhackable will be impossible, tips are welcome ..
> >
> >I realized that the boot priority always show cd-rom or lan.. So, in
> >case someone swap the HDD for a clean one, the machine will be bootable
> >with other devices even if the thief doesn't have the BIOS password...?
> 
> Correct.
> 
> >I really don't care about my data because it's cloned but I really care
> >to make it useless to obligate the thief to return it for a reward.
> 
> Why would you reward a theif? Get your insurrance company to pay for a new 
> one.

Here in Brazil, no insurrance company deals with laptops. If any deals,
it'll cost too much because having a laptop stolen here is a common
fact.. 

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JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

2006-03-27 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 05:35:21 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

On Thu, 2006-03-23 at 21:23 -0800, Jose Tavares wrote:

Replying my own ..

> I'm here trying to figure out what's the purpose of the password that
> can be set in U100 BIOS .. Where is the help for this kind of thing??
> 
> There's a "simple" password, and another two passwords for HDD access
> that can be set for user and master..
> 
> When they'll be asked?

All passwords are asked on always on booting the machine.. Not on
rebooting..

> Where's the HDD password written?

Maybe somewhere near MBR and Partition Table. Maybe something easy to
bypass..

> I set a password in LILO to prevent my OSes from booting and now I want
> to lock the system setup.

Simply setting a password can lock access to the machine and
consequently to its boot config.
Now the problem is the boot priority.. There'll be always other ways of
booting the machine .. 


> Is there a way to make this machines totally unhackable? What I'm trying
> to do is to turn my machine into a totally useless one in case of being
> stolen..
> 
> Maybe a totally unhackable will be impossible, tips are welcome ..
> 
> I realized that the boot priority always show cd-rom or lan.. So, in
> case someone swap the HDD for a clean one, the machine will be bootable
> with other devices even if the thief doesn't have the BIOS password...?

Probably true ..


> I really don't care about my data because it's cloned but I really care
> to make it useless to obligate the thief to return it for a reward.
> 
> []
> JA Tavares

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JA Tavares






[LIB] BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

2006-03-23 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:23:01 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: BIOS password, protecting against thieves ..

I'm here trying to figure out what's the purpose of the password that
can be set in U100 BIOS .. Where is the help for this kind of thing??

There's a "simple" password, and another two passwords for HDD access
that can be set for user and master..

When they'll be asked?
Where's the HDD password written?

I set a password in LILO to prevent my OSes from booting and now I want
to lock the system setup.

Is there a way to make this machines totally unhackable? What I'm trying
to do is to turn my machine into a totally useless one in case of being
stolen..

Maybe a totally unhackable will be impossible, tips are welcome ..

I realized that the boot priority always show cd-rom or lan.. So, in
case someone swap the HDD for a clean one, the machine will be bootable
with other devices even if the thief doesn't have the BIOS password...?

I really don't care about my data because it's cloned but I really care
to make it useless to obligate the thief to return it for a reward.

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JA Tavares





Re: [LIB] U100: external display in X

2006-03-23 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 04:45:00 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] U100: external display in X

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 20:49 -0800, Jose Tavares wrote:
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:48:46 -0300
> From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: U100: external display in X
> 
> Does anybody here got it to work? How?
> 
> I'm trying to use the external display as a :0.1 ..

I did it!!
I figured out!!

Now I have 2 displays on linux .. external in the left of libretto's ..
I'm not addicted to xinerama, so I have 2 independent gnome
environments.. I can go from one to another with the mouse .. I can
copy-paste but I can't drag windows..

Now I'm able to setup a special environment with special wallpaper and
applets for appearing in the external display.. Great for
presentations.. :)

I can send my xorg.conf for anyone interested ..

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Re: [LIB] U100: external display in X

2006-03-21 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:56:24 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] U100: external display in X

On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 21:49 -0800, Jose Tavares wrote:
> Ooops, I've got something ..
> I've got a mirror from LCD display..
> I have fnfxd installed and in the console I pressed Fn+F5 and made a
> mirror and saw my prompt in both screens.. Then, I started X and it used
> something like 1024x768 with a stretched image in the LCD ..

I entered the BIOS and removed the stretch feature. Booted linux, start
the screen mirroring to external display and then I run X in 1024x768,
the resolution supported by my external display..
Guess what happened? I just want to have 2 screens mirrored and the LCD
with black borders in the left e right sides maintaining aspect ratio.
It happened that I had the LCD with black borders and the external
display with black borders too!! The width of the external display
became compressed..
There's a bug somewhere here .. :)

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JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] U100: external display in X

2006-03-21 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 02:47:43 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] U100: external display in X

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 20:49 -0800, Jose Tavares wrote:
> Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:48:46 -0300
> From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: U100: external display in X
> 
> Does anybody here got it to work? How?
> 
> I'm trying to use the external display as a :0.1 ..
> 
> The X -configure command return an error that I haven't understand ..
> 
> Any ideas?


Ooops, I've got something ..
I've got a mirror from LCD display..
I have fnfxd installed and in the console I pressed Fn+F5 and made a
mirror and saw my prompt in both screens.. Then, I started X and it used
something like 1024x768 with a stretched image in the LCD ..

My goal is to create a :0.1 LeftOf :0.0, soh I'll have two different
environments where I'll be able to move the mouse and copy-paste between
them.. I use this setup in my desktop with 2 video cards .. It's not a
xinerama ..

Is it possible? Has anybody already tried it?

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JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems

2006-03-21 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 19:49:55 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 21:57 -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote:
> >>on my U105, wide screen too, I play vcd (standard) with 2 black borders on 
> >>the sides of the video 
> 
> I missed that... You have a U105 as well as the 70... and Linux on it too.  
> I still don't know if there's anything I can learn from info on a video 
> stream from that test mpg file made in Linux.  I'd love to be able to work 
> with Linux.  But I'm light years from that point.

Yes, I have both of them and they are running Linux..
70CT = Win98SE + Debian Stable
U105 = WinXP + Debian Unstable ..

I'm trying to sell my 70CT because I think I'll not use it anymore..
It's in perfect conditions without any problems with screen, HD, case,
keyboard, mouse ..

About Linux .. Pick a dedicated machine, put Debian Stable and start to
use it.. Start trying to do the things you usually do with free/open
software.. Almost everything can be done with free/open software.. In a
few days you'll be leaving your windows machine off.. :) No more hang
ups ..

I did this 6-7 years ago and a friend of mine said that I should pick up
my best machine to put Linux and I picked up the worst.. After 30 days,
I swapped the machines and put Linux on the best one for everyday
use.. :)

Don't use Linux as you use Windows.. Setup a user account other than
root and use it!.. Forget about the windows way of doing things.. Pick a
good Unix/Linux book with concepts about user management, services,
etc .. It will be worthwhile..

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JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems

2006-03-20 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 02:50:52 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 21:21 -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote:
> >I've never played with .vob files.. I use
> >some kind of app to create VCD on windows that makes the convertion..
> >VCDHelp, I think...
> 
> Hmm can't find much on VCDHelp.  www.vcdhelp.com seems to have been merged 
> into www.videohelp.com.. about all I can find quickly.

I remembered right now that the name of the SW is EasyVCD ou
VCDEasy .. :) Not VCDHelp ..


> Oh wow...  I should try copying over some of these custom VCDs onto my 70 
> running W98SE, and see how they play there. But you did say that sample 
> played the full 600 pixel width of your 70.  See...  I had no problem making 
> VCDs from 16:9 DVDs that played 600 pixes wide.  But it was a struggle 
> getting them to play 800 pixes wide in Windows Media Player v6 on the 
> 100/110s.

You misunderstood me .. I said the sample played ok in mplayer in one of
my machines .. :) Not 70CT ..

MPlayer sees the following from your video .. The machine is my home
server ..

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mplayer Ap13_clip2AVISynthed.mpg
MPlayer 1.0pre7-3.3.5 (C) 2000-2005 MPlayer Team
CPU: Intel Celeron 2/Pentium III Coppermine,Geyserville (Family: 6,
Stepping: 3)Detected cache-line size is 32 bytes
MMX2 supported but disabled
CPUflags:  MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 0 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 1 SSE2: 0
Compiled for x86 CPU with extensions: MMX SSE



Failed to open /dev/rtc: Permission denied (it should be readable by the
user.)
Opening joystick device /dev/input/js0
Can't open joystick device /dev/input/js0 : Permission denied
Can't init input joystick
Setting up LIRC support...
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support.
You will not be able to use your remote control.
Playing Ap13_clip2AVISynthed.mpg.
Cache fill:  0.00% (0 bytes)MPEG-PS file format detected.
VIDEO:  MPEG1  384x160  (aspect 1)  23.976 fps  1150.0 kbps (143.8
kbyte/s)
==
Trying to force audio codec driver family libmad...
Opening audio decoder: [libmad] libmad mpeg audio decoder
AUDIO: 44100 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 160.0 kbit/11.34% (ratio: 2->176400)
Selected audio codec: [mad] afm:libmad (libMAD MPEG layer 1-2-3)
==
vo: X11 running at 1400x1050 with depth 16 and 16 bpp (":0.0" => local
display)
==
Opening video decoder: [mpegpes] MPEG 1/2 Video passthrough
VDec: vo config request - 384 x 160 (preferred csp: Mpeg PES)
Could not find matching colorspace - retrying with -vf scale...
Opening video filter: [scale]
The selected video_out device is incompatible with this codec.
VDecoder init failed :(
Opening video decoder: [libmpeg2] MPEG 1/2 Video decoder
libmpeg2-v0.4.0b
Selected video codec: [mpeg12] vfm:libmpeg2 (MPEG-1 or 2 (libmpeg2))
==
Checking audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le ->
44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
AF_pre: 44100Hz/2ch/s16le
[AO ESD] latency: [server: 0.28s, net: 0.00s] (adjust 0.28s)
AO: [esd] 44100Hz 2ch s16le (2 bps)
Building audio filter chain for 44100Hz/2ch/s16le ->
44100Hz/2ch/s16le...
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 384 x 160 (preferred csp: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is undefined - no prescaling applied.
VO: [xv] 384x160 => 384x160 Planar YV12  [zoom]
A:   2.3 V:   2.3 A-V:  0.016 ct:  0.180  49/ 49 14%  2%  5.4% 0 0 49%
Exiting... (Quit)
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$


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[LIB] U100: external display in X

2006-03-20 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 01:48:46 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: U100: external display in X

Does anybody here got it to work? How?

I'm trying to use the external display as a :0.1 ..

The X -configure command return an error that I haven't understand ..

Any ideas?

# cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
_XSERVTransSocketOpenCOTSServer: Unable to open socket for inet6
_XSERVTransOpen: transport open failed for inet6/libby:0
_XSERVTransMakeAllCOTSServerListeners: failed to open listener for inet6

X Window System Version 6.9.0 (Debian 6.9.0.dfsg.1-4 20060114230205
David Nusinow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
Release Date: 21 December 2005
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0, Release 6.9
Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.15-1-686 i686 [ELF]
Current Operating System: Linux libby 2.6.15 #2 PREEMPT Fri Mar 17
04:54:23 BRT 2006 i686
Build Date: 14 January 2006
Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.X.Org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
Module Loader present
OS Kernel: Linux version 2.6.15 (2.6.15-10.00.Custom) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc
version 4.0.3 20060304 (prerelease) (Debian 4.0.2-10)) #2 PREEMPT Fri
Mar 17 04:54:23 BRT 2006
Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
(==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Tue Mar 21 01:47:06 2006
(II) Open ACPI successful (/var/run/acpid.socket)
(II) Module ABI versions:
X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.2
X.Org Video Driver: 0.8
X.Org XInput driver : 0.5
X.Org Server Extension : 0.2
X.Org Font Renderer : 0.4
(II) Loader running on linux
(II) LoadModule: "bitmap"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/fonts/libbitmap.so
(II) Module bitmap: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0
Module class: X.Org Font Renderer
ABI class: X.Org Font Renderer, version 0.4
(II) Loading font Bitmap
(II) LoadModule: "pcidata"
(II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libpcidata.so
(II) Module pcidata: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
compiled for 6.9.0, module version = 1.0.0
ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.8
(--) using VT number 7

(II) PCI: PCI scan (all values are in hex)
(II) PCI: 00:00:0: chip 8086,3580 card 1179,0001 rev 02 class 06,00,00
hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:00:1: chip 8086,3584 card 1179,0001 rev 02 class 08,80,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:00:3: chip 8086,3585 card 1179,0001 rev 02 class 08,80,00
hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:0: chip 8086,3582 card 1179,0038 rev 02 class 03,00,00
hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:02:1: chip 8086,3582 card 1179,0038 rev 02 class 03,80,00
hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1d:0: chip 8086,24c2 card 1179,0001 rev 03 class 0c,03,00
hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1d:1: chip 8086,24c4 card 1179,0001 rev 03 class 0c,03,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:2: chip 8086,24c7 card 1179,0001 rev 03 class 0c,03,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1d:7: chip 8086,24cd card 1179,0001 rev 03 class 0c,03,20
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1e:0: chip 8086,2448 card , rev 83 class 06,04,00
hdr 01
(II) PCI: 00:1f:0: chip 8086,24cc card , rev 03 class 06,01,00
hdr 80
(II) PCI: 00:1f:1: chip 8086,24ca card 1179,0001 rev 03 class 01,01,8a
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:3: chip 8086,24c3 card 1179,0001 rev 03 class 0c,05,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:5: chip 8086,24c5 card 1179,0249 rev 03 class 04,01,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 00:1f:6: chip 8086,24c6 card 1179,0001 rev 03 class 07,03,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:05:0: chip 168c,0013 card 144f,7088 rev 01 class 02,00,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:08:0: chip 8086,103d card 1179,0001 rev 83 class 02,00,00
hdr 00
(II) PCI: 01:0b:0: chip 104c,8031 card b000, rev 00 class 06,07,00
hdr 82
(II) PCI: 01:0b:2: chip 104c,8032 card 1179,0001 rev 00 class 0c,00,10
hdr 80
(II) PCI: 01:0b:4: chip 104c,8034 card 1179,0001 rev 00 class 08,05,01
hdr 80
(II) PCI: End of PCI scan
(II) Host-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 0: bridge is at (0:0:0), (0,0,2), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is set)
(II) Bus 0 I/O range:
[0] -1  0   0x - 0x (0x1) IX[B]
(II) Bus 0 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1  0   0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B]
(II) Bus 0 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1  0   0x - 0x (0x0) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-PCI bridge:
(II) Bus 1: bridge is at (0:30:0), (0,1,3), BCTRL: 0x (VGA_EN is
cleared)
(II) Bus 1 I/O range:
[0] -1  0   0xb000 - 0xbfff (0x1000) IX[B]
(II) Bus 1 non-prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1  0   0xcff0 - 0xcfff (0x10) MX[B]
(II) Bus 1 prefetchable memory range:
[0] -1  0   0x2800 - 0x29ff (0x200) MX[B]
(II) PCI-to-ISA bridge:
(II) Bus -1: bridge is at (0:31:0), (0,-1,-1), BCTRL: 0x0008 (VGA_EN is
set)
(II) PCI-to-CardBus bridge:
(II) Bus 2: bridge is at (1:11:0), (1,2,5), BCTRL: 0x05c0 (VGA_EN is
cleared)
(II) Bus 2 I/O range:
   

Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems

2006-03-20 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 21:33:15 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems

On Mon, 2006-03-20 at 12:47 -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote:
> >Old libby has a poor sound too.. If you're considering to use subtitles
> >with the libby's sound speaker, you can convert the audio to mono and
> >use the worst quality.. Anyway, you'll be reading :)
> 
> Haven't yet run into subtitles.  They don't affect the rate of playback, or 
> slow it down at all, do they?  You're just saying you can convert to mono to 
> shrink file size a bit, right?

not to shrink the file but to decrease the throughput necessary to play
the stream..

substitles does not affect the video timing and the overhead is not
perceived ..

> >I did it too many times to watch movies on my DVD Player at home..
> >I used Virtualdub for processing frames, resizing, cropping, filling,
> >etc, etc and started a frame server inside virtualdub..
> 
> What was involved with that?  Did you use VDub, or VDubMod?  And where other 
> apps involved in frame serving?

VDub.. It does frame serving by itself .. TMPGEnc can use VDub's frame
server .. Worked great for me ..


> >This frame server created a type of fifo or a kind of link. You open
> >this file (fifo/link) in TMPGEnc and you can start encoding directly
> >what's being processed in virtualdub.
> 
> Am I understanding this correctly?  You end up with VDub process the video, 
> and simultaneously feeding the data to TMPGEnc which is compressing to 
> MPEG-1 while VDub is processing?

yes .. you write the file just once to HD.. you have just one compress
to mpeg.. :)

> >The tip is to use the frame server and write directly to .mpg .. The
> >trick is to configure the filters correctly on virtualdub.
> 
> Which filters did you use, and for what specifically?

for 6600, I had to touch the brightness/contrast because it's screen is
a little bit dark for playing these dark divx I found ..

let me load my saved setup here .. 
for 6600 (output is xvid), I had crop, rotate, fill and resize ..

for converting to (s)vcd, I had just resize, fill and crop ..
you can save your convertion settings ..

> I've been using vsoDivxToDVD to convert XVid files to MPEG-2 .vob files for 
> burning them right to DVD-Rs that comply with the home DVD playback 
> standard.  As I've been merging DVD .vob files on one single one, and then 
> processing through the .avs script procedure I've described successfully 
> without having to convert them to fully complient MPEG-2 files... I assume I 
> could do the same for XVid/DivX files converted to .vob files.

I have no idea about what you are talking .. :) I just use virtualdub
for almost everything I do.. I've never played with .vob files.. I use
some kind of app to create VCD on windows that makes the convertion..
VCDHelp, I think...

I really hate windows and avoid it.. My w2k install in one of my
machines is just returning lots of errors of wrong memory addresses
being accessed and I'm not in the mood for reinstalling it.. The problem
is the for I more that 3 months.. :)

I use mplayer for extracting streams from video files .. mplayer is
infinitely better than any windows player, as soon as you get used
to.. :)


> >I've beem downsampling videos to watch on my Nokia 6600 too. It has an
> >ARM 104MHz. When comparing it to my old libby 70CT, they have almost the
> >same processing power. So, on Nokia's screen, the little XVid is played
> >ok, but on 70CT the video plays in a really small resolution or trying
> >to using acceleration on XFree86/mplayer, it returns too much skipped
> >frames when playing in fullscreen.. On 70CT I quit trying even
> >playing .mpg or downsampled XVid ..
> 
> It would seemt hat something's going wrong in the process of transcoding 
> your video files.  I had all kinds of problems finding a process that would 
> get a widescreen MPEG-1 file to play on the Libby correctly.  But I've never 
> had any problem with my Lib playing files I make from TV captures.  Those 
> are encoded directly to 706x480 MPEG-2 DVD complient .mpgs, and from there 
> get transcoded  to VCDs in TMPGEnc that play fine on the 110 .

110 has an infinitely better HW for playing video when compared to
70CT :)


> You're running Linux eh?  Did that sample file of mine play properly for 
> you?

sure.. I can even extract some stream information from the file, if you
want .. :)
again, mplayer is great! :)

> Video files are extremely complicated, and there seems to me hundreds of 
> approaches to achieve any number of ends.  And then where one procedure may 
> result in a file that plays back well in one device or piece of software, it 
> may not

Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems

2006-03-20 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 05:03:11 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Margi DVD-To-Go problems

I have some experience with XVid/DivX -> (S)VCD..
I did it too many times to watch movies on my DVD Player at home..
I used Virtualdub for processing frames, resizing, cropping, filling,
etc, etc and started a frame server inside virtualdub..
This frame server created a type of fifo or a kind of link. You open
this file (fifo/link) in TMPGEnc and you can start encoding directly
what's being processed in virtualdub.

The tip is to use the frame server and write directly to .mpg .. The
trick is to configure the filters correctly on virtualdub.

I've beem downsampling videos to watch on my Nokia 6600 too. It has an
ARM 104MHz. When comparing it to my old libby 70CT, they have almost the
same processing power. So, on Nokia's screen, the little XVid is played
ok, but on 70CT the video plays in a really small resolution or trying
to using acceleration on XFree86/mplayer, it returns too much skipped
frames when playing in fullscreen.. On 70CT I quit trying even
playing .mpg or downsampled XVid ..

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JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

2006-03-18 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2006 03:30:00 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 10:53 -0800, Richard Mittendorfer wrote:
> > Reactivating this thread now that I bought mine and installed
> > debian.. :)
> > Which software are you using for hibernation?
> > I installed "hibernate" and "powersave"..
> > No success with both of them.. W
> 
> s4bios (the biosmode to suspend to the hibernation area) is gone in
> later kernels. AFAIK it should be possible to use suspend2 as swsusp(in
> kernel tree) isn't able to free the needed memory(RAM) if there's too
> little free. Anyway, it works if very little memory is used (plain X).
> suspend2 will try harder to get it freed, but I can't confirm: I just
> use STR as it saves power quite well for my need. YMMV.
> 
> With a few tweaks to the in-kernel swsusp code it should be possible to
> tune this also.

With your reply, I realized that I need to study and read more about
acpi and pm.. :)

The suspend made by BIOS is still available in later kernels but newer
BIOS do no implement it neither have APM support..

What is STR?

"suspend2" is a script available in hibernate and powersaved packages..
A little bit confusing.. Which one are you refering to?

Are you refering to swsusp as software suspend? I've already compiled a
kernel tuned for my U105 with all suspend code built into kernel.. 


> > ith powersave I can control
> > throttling, and see cpu, battery and temperature status..
> 
> Can you give my some information about your thermal sensor? What's
> exportet under /proc/acpi/thermal..? I can't get any (accurate)
> temperatures from my libretto. E.g. it get's read out with a reasonable
> value at boot once, but won't get updated.

[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone$ ls -l
total 0
dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Mar 19 03:23 THRM/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone$ cd THRM/
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM$ ls -l
total 0
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 19 03:24 cooling_mode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 19 03:24 polling_frequency
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 19 03:24 state
-r--r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 19 03:24 temperature
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Mar 19 03:24 trip_points
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM$
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM$ cat cooling_mode

cooling mode:   critical
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM$ cat polling_frequency
polling frequency:   2 seconds
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM$ cat state
state:   ok
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM$ cat temperature
temperature: 63 C
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM$ cat trip_points
critical (S5):   104 C
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM$ powersave -T
Thermal Device no. 0:
Temperature: 63
Critical: 104
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THRM$

Cooler starts at 72 C ..

I think you have to compile a kernel to acquire access to this
features ..


> > Seems like I have to tune something for powersaved to work with
> > hibernation..
> > I reached nowhere with "hibernate" and I removed it a few minutes
> > later to install powersaved ..
> 
> hibernate is the debian script to use suspend2.
> $ apt-cache show hibernate
> 
> To get suspend2 see [1] or archck at [2], there may/should be a debian
> package for this patch already in debian.  
>  
> [1] http://www.suspend2.net
> [2] http://iphitus.loudas.com/

I'll take a look and give them a try as soon as I have time ..

Let's keep working on this .. It's a feature we can't live without .. :)

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] Fedora redhat on U100/U105

2006-03-18 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:45:48 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Fedora redhat on U100/U105

On Fri, 2006-03-17 at 21:25 -0800, Anthony Oresteen wrote:
> Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 00:19:48 -0500
> From: "Anthony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Fedora redhat on U100/U105
> 
> Has anyone installed Fedore Redhat Core 4 on a U100/105?  We use Redhat
> Enterprise at work so I wanted to stay with a similar distro.
> 
> I've downloaded the 4 iso images and made CDs.  I'd thought I would ask
> before I took the plunge.
> 
> Thanks!

I think I've read about people using it on new U100/105 ..
The main concern is that you'll have to configure and compile a kernel
2.6 image to acquire full power management features.. The cpu frequency
configured as dynamic is a good option ..

Right now I'm using it with speedstep support and the battery seems to
last longer and I can use it at 600MHz even with AC connected..

I think making it hibernate will not be a trivial task.. :)

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

2006-03-18 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2006 08:56:26 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 09:46 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> I'm running vesa now. actually runs like junk on mine, for some reason, 
> andI can't even get the intel one to work. sucks. but not a big issue 
> since I don't really use standby anyway just hibernate and I can always 
> get that too work. u100 uses about 2 times too much power anyway so I 
> don't loose anything. whith the chips toshiba uses it should only use 
> about 400mAh but it uses 800.

Reactivating this thread now that I bought mine and installed
debian.. :)
Which software are you using for hibernation?
I installed "hibernate" and "powersave"..
No success with both of them.. With powersave I can control throttling,
and see cpu, battery and temperature status..
Seems like I have to tune something for powersaved to work with
hibernation..
I reached nowhere with "hibernate" and I removed it a few minutes later
to install powersaved ..

Comments?

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] U100/105 Win98

2006-03-15 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:56:01 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] U100/105 Win98

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 20:33 -0800, Anthony Oresteen wrote:
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:32:13 -0500
> From: "Anthony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: U100/105 Win98
> 
> Has anyone loaded Win98SE on a U100 or U105?  I was worndering about
> Bluetooth drivers, ethernet, sound etc.
> 
> I have a coupe of Win98 apps & games that won't run under XP so I'm thinking
> about setting a Win98 partition.
> 
> Thanks!

I think you'll have no access to power settings and your machine will be
power hungry and too hot.

Right now, I'm running debian with kernel 2.4 without the speedstep
suport and it's fixed at 1.2GHz.. The problem is that from time to time
the machine starts its cooler even if I don't give its processor any
job..

As I see, this machine is made for running WinXP with it's energy
support enabled or a linux 2.6.x with a special compiled kernel.. Other
than these will cause overheat and too much power consumption..

I'm working in a kernel 2.6 setup for it and I'd like to see configs
people from the list have made.. Please, mail it to me ..

Have you ever thought about using some kind of emulation for running
your Win98/DOS apps under linux? 

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] U105 Back UP!

2006-03-15 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:46:57 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] U105 Back UP!

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 20:27 -0800, Anthony Oresteen wrote:
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:25:53 -0500
> From: "Anthony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] U105 Back UP!
> 
> No, the XP partition was active.  XP started to boot but hung on the
> "Welcome to XP" blue screen.  For some reason XP did not like the DOS
> partion and would not complete it's boot.
> 
> Once I removed the DOS partition with PM but leaving the space as unused, XP
> booted.  I then use XP's disk manager to format the partion as FAT for DOS.
> Everything now works ok.
> 
> 
> Tony Oresteen
> W1AJO
> Montverde, FL

hmmm, maybe something related to C: D: :)

on your second format, the XP install may have changed the paths in the
already installed OS ..

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] U100: cord bracket?

2006-03-15 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 01:43:48 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] U100: cord bracket?

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 20:27 -0800, Anthony Oresteen wrote:
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:20:25 -0500
> From: "Anthony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] U100: cord bracket?
> 
> It goes on the cord that that plugs into the U100 from the AC adapter.  Loop
> the cord around a half and close the other half.  I put mine near the AC
> adapter rather tan near the U100.
> 
> 
> Tony Oresteen


and what does it do?







[LIB] U100: cord bracket?

2006-03-15 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:21:12 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: U100: cord bracket?

I don't know if the right term is "cord bracket", but this thing came
with my libby and is not listed in the contents of the package and even
not listed in its manual ..

It's a piece of magnetic thing to be used in some power cord I think..
Does anybody here have written about it? I remember I read something
somewhere..

What's the purpose of it? Where should it be put?

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JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] OQO 1+ vs. Libretto U100 review

2006-03-15 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 22:59:27 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] OQO 1+ vs. Libretto U100 review

On Wed, 2006-03-15 at 17:03 -0800, John Liu wrote:
> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:32:00 +0100
> From: John Liu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] OQO 1+ vs. Libretto U100 review
> 
> Are there any OQO owners on the list?  Would you care to share your  
> experiences?  My main points of interest are:
> 
> -  How briskly does the OQO wake up from hibernation/standby?   
> Quickly enough so that you can pull it from your pocket and look up a  
> phone number without grinding your teeth?
> 
> -  Supposing you leave the OQO in hibernation/standby most of the  
> time, just waking it up to look up phone numbers, jot down some  
> notes, check your email, do a Mapquest search, etc, can you get  
> through a whole day on a single battery charge?  How about with the  
> double-capacity battery?
> 
> -  Is the keyboard at least as usable as, let's say, a Blackberry or  
> a Treo keyboard?
> 
> If the answer to these is "yes", I'll probably buy a OQO.  I've been  
> researching them for a while and they seem pretty good, though pricey.
> ]

Why not using a Symbian phone instead..? I have one.. pretty good for my
400 contacts (with vcf backup), calendar, taking pictures, accessing
simple www sites, taking notes..

The features of a Series60 phone are infinite.. You can even play games
with lots of emulators.. You can watch divx movies too.. The battery
lasts 2 days in normal use with this apps.. And it is resistent
sufficiently to go everywhere with you.. And fits in your pocket.. etc..
etc.. :)

A question for you.. Don't you think windowsXP is full-featured for your
target app? It just needs a good processor and a big battery to stay up
for just a few hours..

My Series60 gets its battery full charged in 1h20mins and lots of times
I charge it for 10 minutes and it will give me more 3-7 hours.. Its
battery is so cheap that I even care for it...

I think the best purpose for OQO is it's capacity for conecting a usb
keyboard and a external display .. Great for traveling from home to
office for people without a internet connection and file server..

The question is that OQO is cool but has too much processing power that
will give you too little battery.. I think too much processing power for
it's bad keyboard/mouse, for not using it as a real computer..
Maybe a tuned OS would do better on this machine.. Linux?

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] Express Media Sofware

2006-03-11 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:02:07 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Express Media Sofware

On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 13:01 -0800, Tony Oresteen wrote:
> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:55:25 -0500
> From: "Tony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Express Media Sofware
> 
> Sorry if this has been covered before but I think it is important!
> 
> I just got a Libretto U105 yesterday.  In less than 24 hours I've manage to 
> screw up the hard drive (hey, there's more than just XP out there!).  I tried 
> to create a 700mb partition at the beginning of the drive for DOS.  I used 
> Portion Magic 8 and it created the partition and moved the files.  
> Unfortunately, it screwed up some files in the move as WinXP now doesn't 
> boot.  No problem, I just reached for the recovery CD.
> 
> Cracking open the DVD package, I discovered an info sheet that says "How to 
> recover the Express Media Software (for the Libretto U105 model Only)".  
> Reading it, it says:
> 
> 1.  The Express Media Player Software is NOT on the recovery CD.
> 2.  Back up the Express Media Player software by using Recovery Disc Creator.
> 
> Naturally, I never did this - who would open a recovery DVD to see if there 
> is a hidden note in it?  I got lots of pop ups on the U105 for various things 
> but never one that said to back up any software.  Now that my WINXP system is 
> corrupted, how am I supposed to back it up?
> 
> So if you have a U105 and have never backed up the Express Media Software, 
> you should do it now!
> 
> Toshiba is looking for a disk to send me.  It seems that they don't have any 
> part numbers for Express Media Player for the U105!
> 
> BTW, the recovery DVD is brain dead.  It was smart enough to see that I had 
> two portitions on the hard drive.  It give you two options:
> 
> 1.  Install in the first partition and leave #2 alone.
> 2.  Delete all partitions and install XP in a new single partition
> 
> Now partition 1 is 700mb in size.  How is it going to install XP in 700mb?  
> It didn't bother to check partition size.
> 
> There is NO option to install into partition 2!  Now that is brain dead!  So 
> if you partion your drive, leave XP in the FIRST partion if you want to use 
> the recovery DVD.
> 


Hi..
I did the same as you and created a partition with 35MB in the beggining
of the disk for the linux /boot partition..

I think that, if pmagic completed its job, and if you run fdisk and set
windowsxp partition as active, your system will boot up. Then you'll
have to use some trick for selecting XP or your DOS or will live with
all the time changing the active partition..

I'm with my U105 for 15 days right now and the first thing I did was to
create these backup dvds .. It clones recovery the data that is on the
end of U105 HD.. All the software, windows and toshiba drivers are
there..

The tip to create this disks is printed in one of the sheets that comes
with the manual. In the manual there is a line that says this too.

Anyway, take a look at the active partition thing and you can do what
you was trying to...

About recovering with the disks, there are lot's pages that warns that
with you have linux + xp installed, by recovering you will have to
delete the whole drive...

Don't do anything without RTFM or you'll screw everythyng! :)

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] U105 Back UP!

2006-03-11 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 15:06:51 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] U105 Back UP!

On Fri, 2006-03-10 at 13:51 -0800, Tony Oresteen wrote:
> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 16:30:54 -0500
> From: "Tony Oresteen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: U105 Back UP!
> 
> I have gotten my U105 to boot XP without using the recovery DVD!  Yay!.  See 
> my previous message on Express Media Player Software.
> 
> I rebooted from the Win98 USB Flash drive and started Partition Magic 8.0 
> again.  I deleted the 700mb DOS partition at the beginning of the hard disk.  
> I left it as unused space.
> 
> Rebooted from the hard drive and like magic WinXP booted just fine!  First 
> thing I did was make a back up of Express Media Player Software.
> 
> Next stop was Disk Management.  Sure enough, Disk Manager showed 700mb unused 
> space at the beginning of the hard drive.  I then created a partition in it 
> and formatted it as FAT.  Everything is fine now.
> 
> Next week I'll try to figure out how to install DOS 7 onto the first 
> partition and get a boot manager installed.
> 

When you did that, pmagic returned the active partition to XP
partition :)

After that, it did not move the active to the FAT you created..

Tip: take a deep look at your future boot manager. Look if you will be
able to run it from windows and DOS .. Make sure you'll not end with an
unbootable system.. The knowledge I have is just about Lilo :)

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JA Tavares






Re: [LIB] U100: Video memory

2006-03-10 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 20:52:32 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] U100: Video memory

On Thu, 2006-03-09 at 17:01 -0800, David Chien wrote: 
> Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 16:59:06 -0800 (PST)
> From: David Chien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: [LIB] U100: Video memory
> 
> > I've read somewhere that the size of U100 video memory is selectable..
> > Where can I change this setting? It isn't in the BIOS and Toshiba
> 
>   It's using Intel's Dynamic Video Memory technology. White paper here:
> http://download.intel.com/design/chipsets/applnots/30262305.pdf
>   But the variable part is set in the BIOS by the manufacturer, not the user,
> so you can't control how the system uses up more memory automatically.

I've made this question because I found these messages on linux boot
that called my attention..

agpgart: Maximum main memory to use for agp memory: 424M
agpgart: Detected an Intel(R) 855GME Chipset.
agpgart: Detected 16252K stolen memory.
agpgart: AGP aperture is 128M @ 0xd800

I'm trying to make a kernel config for U100's hardware and I discovered
that enabling DRM (Direct Rendering Manager) for the i810, Xorg will
stop working..

I've even found that 2.4.x is no good for this kind of laptop because it
lacks core frequency and voltage management.. I think there's no way to
hibernate it using 2.4 .. I'll start configuring a 2.6 in the next
days..

It would be great to have a kind of repository for libretto's configs
used in linux ..

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JA Tavares






[LIB] U100: Video memory

2006-03-08 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 05:06:00 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: U100: Video memory

I've read somewhere that the size of U100 video memory is selectable..
Where can I change this setting? It isn't in the BIOS and Toshiba
Utils..
Does anybody know anything about it ..?

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JA Tavares






RE: [LIB] U100: Saving BIOS settings

2006-03-04 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2006 02:56:47 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] U100: Saving BIOS settings

On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 16:17 -0800, Jose Tavares wrote:
> it would be great to access functions with Fn key under linux too..
> U100 has lots of great functions using Fn, like zoom, hibernate, lock
> screen, lcd brightness, wifi on/off, etc.. but only available in windows
> (I think..) special keyboard driver?

replying my own question..

I found two debian packages that seems to deal with Fn combinations..
They are fnfxd and fnfx-client..

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JA Tavares





RE: [LIB] U100: Saving BIOS settings

2006-03-03 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 20:57:12 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] U100: Saving BIOS settings

On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 00:49 -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote:
> What are other people with the new Lib seeing?  Someone must know how to 
> save BIOS settings in it.

"end" key, in the keyboard corner saves it.. :)
Fn and its combinations seems to work only in windows.. (what about
linux? any special driver?)

it would be great to access functions with Fn key under linux too..
U100 has lots of great functions using Fn, like zoom, hibernate, lock
screen, lcd brightness, wifi on/off, etc.. but only available in windows
(I think..) special keyboard driver?

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JA Tavares







RE: [LIB] U100: Saving BIOS settings

2006-03-02 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2006 21:59:33 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [LIB] U100: Saving BIOS settings

On Thu, 2006-02-23 at 23:19 -0800, Matthew Hanson wrote:
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 07:17:26 +
> From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [LIB] U100: Saving BIOS settings
> 
> >From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> >I had to press "end" to save it but "end" is produced by a combination
> >of Fn + some key and it doen't work in bios. After starting windows, the
> >combination "end" key worked.. I configured the bios using toshiba
> >utilities inside windows..
> >
> >Does anybody reproduced this "end" key problem in BIOS?
> 
> Odd... the same key combination has always worked in BIOS for all of the 
> 50/70/100/110 libbys I've had.  Wouldn't think the U100 should behave any 
> differently...   ??


the point is that I discovered that there are two ways of producing the
"end", one is really a dedicated "end" key and the other is a
combination that only works in windows through some kind of emulation or
special driver..

JA Tavares






[LIB] U100: Saving BIOS settings

2006-02-22 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 00:57:55 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: U100: Saving BIOS settings

Hi, I've got my U100 yesterday and I'm just finishing configuring winXP
to leave it there untouched because my intention is to use my prefered
OS that is a debian distribution..

I've already burned 2 dvds with recovery software and I haven't decided
yet if I leave or delete the recovery partition.

But the point of this message is that I found no way to save the bios
settings after configuring it..

I had to press "end" to save it but "end" is produced by a combination
of Fn + some key and it doen't work in bios. After starting windows, the
combination "end" key worked.. I configured the bios using toshiba
utilities inside windows..

Does anybody reproduced this "end" key problem in BIOS?

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JA Tavares









[LIB] Vendo um 70CT

2006-02-21 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 21:53:24 -0300
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Vendo um 70CT

(to brazilian..)
(repassar..)

Vendo mini-notebook Toshiba Libretto 70CT. Regula de tamanho com uma
fita VHS ..

Configuracao original:

- Pentium 120MHz MMX
- 32MB RAM
- 1,6GB de HD
- Drive de disquete PCMCIA
- Fax/Modem PCMCIA
- Tela 6" 640x480
- Placa de video com 1MB capaz de colocar 1024x768 na saida VGA
- Placa de som stereo Yamaha, Sound Blaster compativel
- IrDA (infra-vermelho)
- Saida para fone de ouvidos
- Dockstation
  - VGA-out
  - Serial
  - Paralela
- Bateria original com problemas durando um maximo de 20mins.

Brinde:

- 15GB de HD (atualmente instalado)
- Placa de rede 10/100 PCMCIA (compativel com Linux)
- Uma 2a. bateria recuperada durando no Linux em torno de 1h40..

Software instalado:

- Windows 98 SE (Office 2000, AVP, etc..)
- Linux, Debian Stable (Sarge)..

Maquina otima para quem quer ter um Linux sempre disponivel :) Com
excecao do modem, todo o hardware eh suportado no Linux.
Hiberna e retorna sem problemas no Linux. No Windows nem sempre..
Permite trocar a bateria quando hibernado.
Tenho usado somente a bateria original para nao danificar a recuperada
(raramente a uso..)

A maquina estah em perfeito estado, teclado perfeito, tela sem nenhum
problema e gabinete tambem em perfeito estado.

Paguei nela em 2003 R$ 1700,00 e depois gastei mais uns 1000,00 nos
"brindes" e na expansao de 16MB que precisei trocar.

Estou quase dando ela por R$ 1000,00.

Motivo da venda, comprei um Libretto U100 e o 70CT vai acabar ficando de
lado..

Tenho preferencia por compradores de POA e regiao ..

[]
JA Tavares





Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

2006-01-31 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:32:12 -0200
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 09:09 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> it could be similar since the native res is 800x600 (I believe) and I am 
> running it at 1024x748. I'm thinking its a combination of that and the 
> sync being wrong from the start.
> 

I've read that the native resolution for u100 is 1280x768, isn't it?

I think there could be some problem related to video memory on
hibernation ..
Have you already tried to decrease video memory and then hibernate?

[]
JA Tavares







Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

2006-01-31 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 12:17:16 -0200
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

In a few days I'll buy a u105 to use with debian unstable..
Hibernate is a must have feature, so I'll manage to solve that anyway..


On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 02:43 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:41:26 + (UTC)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14
> 
> u100.
> 
> On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Jose Tavares wrote:
> 
> > Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:28:23 -0200
> > From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Subject: Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14
> >
> > On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 10:43 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:41:20 + (UTC)
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Subject: stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14
> >>
> >> anyone know how to keep the display from messing up recoving from standby
> >> and hibernate?
> >
> > which libby model?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 





Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

2006-01-30 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 03:28:23 -0200
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14

On Mon, 2006-01-30 at 10:43 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:41:20 + (UTC)
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: stanby/hibernate kernel 2.6.14
> 
> anyone know how to keep the display from messing up recoving from standby 
> and hibernate?

which libby model?







Re: [LIB] Win2k installation on Lib110

2006-01-10 Thread Jose Tavares
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 01:57:54 -0200
From: Jose Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] Win2k installation on Lib110

On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 17:01 -0800, carval wrote:
> Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 00:58:55 GMT
> From: "carval" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Win2k installation on Lib110
> 
> Hi
> 
> In would like to install Win2K on
> my Lib110, In dont have a woking floppy drive or cd/rom,
> 
> I do have a 2.5 ide adapter, I have make 2 partitions
> 8gb and 3.5gb (with free space in between for hibernation)
> I make the first partition bootable and copied the cabs
> file (i386) to the second Partition. I know, I cant
> run setup to install Win2K, like in Win98.
> 
> What software do I need? I remember someone
> mentioning a software call "smart drive"??

can you access libby's HD using a PC and you libby?

I tried one of these adapters with my 70CT without success. I was trying
to install debian stable that time. After a lot of tries, I just got the
install through network..

JA Tavares