Toshiba 1800-100 Graphics
Greetings, I got an old Toshiba Satellite 1800-100 to configure and play around with. Firstly I tried to get gentoo working with distcc but after some time I gave up because I couldn't compile Xorg and even with distcc it was too slow. Then I tried Ubuntu which worked fine. The installation was almost as easy as what I remember form SuSE and aptitude and apt-get are extremly powerfull. They are much easier to use than emerge or yast2. The package database seems to be much more frequently updated than that under Debian Sarge. For some reason I also thought that there is no root-user on ubuntu. On my system su and logging in over ssh with username root all work well. I only have some problems with 2d-graphics. When I try to play Flash-games they are extremly slow and the cursor flickers while it is over the movie. Fading effects, e.g. what happens with the background when one clicks on System -> Log Out in Gnome 2.10, and scrolling are also slow. The former owner of the laptop said that he experienced somthing similar with Fedora. Easy things such as moving windows still work well. I found out that the grahics card is a trident CyberBlade: :01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev 5d) I tried googling for the card/laptop but I could only find things that are too old. I also had a look at xorg.conf and /var/log/Xorg.0.log but could not find anything there: [xorg.conf] ... Section "Device" Identifier "Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1" Driver "trident" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" VideoRAM8192 EndSection ... [/var/log/Xorg.0.log] ... (WW) Open APM failed (/dev/apm_bios) (No such file or directory) ... I heard that some people have problems with ACPI and that using APM instead should work. I am not sure what ubuntu uses as I have not compiled this kernel myself. Whatever it does use, it seems to work. I can powersave the monitor, display battery usage and even hibernate. Any help welcome. Happy Hacking, Robert Himmelmann Buddha said: "I consider the positions of kings and rulers as that of dust motes. I observe treasures of gold and gems as so many bricks and pebbles. I look upon the finest silken robes as tattered rags. I see myriad worlds of the universe as small seeds of fruit, and the greatest lake in India as a drop of oil on my foot. I perceive the teachings of the world to be the illusion of magicians. I discern the highest conception of emancipation as a golden brocade in a dream, and view the holy path of the illuminated ones as flowers appearing in one's eyes. I see meditation as a pillar of a mountain, Nirvana as a nightmare of daytime. I look upon the judgment of right and wrong as the serpentine dance of a dragon, and the rise and fall of beliefs as but traces left by the four seasons."
Re: ADSL link problems
On 03/08/05, Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Only problem is DNS. Takes about 5-10 seconds to resolve anything. > > You should be getting instant responses from your ISP's name server. I do. dig returns info straight away. I think I've realised what it might be. We use the maxnet "netguardian" option, so it is checking the sites against it's blacklist, which is why websites take so long to start loading. Does seem excessively long though. Cheers, Carl.
Where would the kontact addressbook be found ?
moved off mandrake to ubuntu and from kmail to thunderbird. Would like to get the address imported into the thunderbird addressbook. thanx for any pointers.
Re: ADSL link problems
> Only problem is DNS. Takes about 5-10 seconds to resolve anything. You should be getting instant responses from your ISP's name server. Does your adsl modem muck around with DNS queries? Can you turn the modem's DNS cache off? Otherwise you'll have to run your own caching DNS. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
Re: ADSL link problems
run your own dns server? Paul Carl Cerecke wrote: On 03/08/05, Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem with adsl connections is a recurring one. All it takes is some checking - very simple to do at the completion to see that it is working as expected. I guess it's cheaper to just give a free month's rental... Carl, if I were you I wouldn't give in without compensation. Yeah. I'll bug them about it. Posting from a working ADSL connection. Yay! I'm getting speeds about what I would expect for a 1Mbit connection. Only problem is DNS. Takes about 5-10 seconds to resolve anything. Cheers, Carl.
Re: ADSL link problems
On 03/08/05, Volker Kuhlmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem with adsl connections is a recurring one. All it takes is some > > checking - very simple to do at the completion to see that it is working as > > expected. > > I guess it's cheaper to just give a free month's rental... > Carl, if I were you I wouldn't give in without compensation. Yeah. I'll bug them about it. Posting from a working ADSL connection. Yay! I'm getting speeds about what I would expect for a 1Mbit connection. Only problem is DNS. Takes about 5-10 seconds to resolve anything. Cheers, Carl.
Re: ADSL link problems
> The problem with adsl connections is a recurring one. All it takes is some > checking - very simple to do at the completion to see that it is working as > expected. I guess it's cheaper to just give a free month's rental... Carl, if I were you I wouldn't give in without compensation. Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in header http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me.
RE: ADSL link problems
The problem with adsl connections is a recurring one. All it takes is some checking - very simple to do at the completion to see that it is working as expected. Even the best can make an error, but the error rate is reduced significantly by checking what you have done - a lot like proof reading - you know what you want to write but does it read that way. Maurice > -Original Message- > From: Derek Smithies [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2005 3:38 p.m. > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: RE: ADSL link problems > > > Hi, > The problem here is:: > "drawing conclusions based on a simple model of the system" >
Re: ADSL link problems
AFAIK its a case where polarity is important, although god knows where I heard that or wherther it is true. On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 15:39:00 +1200 Carl Cerecke wrote: > On 03/08/05, Maurice Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have been told the wiring at the exchange just involves put a patch cord > > in the right place so what is hard? > > If I understood correctly, it was installed "the wrong way around". > The tech guy said there were two ways to do the connection, and mine > was done the Wrong Way. > > Perhaps my uplink and downlink were swapped around? > > Cheers, > Carl. -- Nick Rout
RE: ADSL link problems
Hi, The problem here is:: "drawing conclusions based on a simple model of the system" The best illustration I know of this problem: Remember the picture you were taught at school on the structure of an atom. In theory, the nucleus should just fly apart cause it consists of lots of separate positive charges - and like charged particles repel each other. The reason it does not fly apart is the simple model is actual fact a very very simple model, and has left heaps out. Derek. = On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, Maurice Butler wrote: > I have been told the wiring at the exchange just involves put a patch cord > in the right place so what is hard? -- Derek Smithies Ph.D. IndraNet Technologies Ltd. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ph +64 3 365 6485 Web: http://www.indranet-technologies.com/
Re: ADSL link problems
On 03/08/05, Maurice Butler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been told the wiring at the exchange just involves put a patch cord > in the right place so what is hard? If I understood correctly, it was installed "the wrong way around". The tech guy said there were two ways to do the connection, and mine was done the Wrong Way. Perhaps my uplink and downlink were swapped around? Cheers, Carl.
Re: ADSL link problems
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 14:56, Maurice Butler wrote: > I have been told the wiring at the exchange just involves put a patch cord > in the right place so what is hard? Reading The Fine Manual which tells you how. ok. Having seen schools at work, I'm a cynic. Sorry. -- CS
RE: ADSL link problems
I have been told the wiring at the exchange just involves put a patch cord in the right place so what is hard? Maurice > -Original Message- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 3 August 2005 11:25 a.m. > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: ADSL link problems > > > > On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:24:58 +1200 > Carl Cerecke wrote: > > > I gave up and booked in a $150 visit for today to install a splitter. > > > > Just got a ring from a Telecom tech now. The "idiot who did it cocked > > up the wiring" at the exchange, apparently. He's fixed it. Will try > > again this evening. > > > Ahh so we weren't mad after all! > > We all anticipate a burst of posting from you this evening. > > -- > Nick Rout > > >
Re: ADSL link problems
On Wed, 03 Aug 2005 10:24:58 +1200 Carl Cerecke wrote: > I gave up and booked in a $150 visit for today to install a splitter. > > Just got a ring from a Telecom tech now. The "idiot who did it cocked > up the wiring" at the exchange, apparently. He's fixed it. Will try > again this evening. Ahh so we weren't mad after all! We all anticipate a burst of posting from you this evening. -- Nick Rout
Re: ADSL link problems
You can actually get a free month for their mistakes (usually), try and ask them for that. > Some progress! > > After Nick's efforts (thanks Nick) on the weekend, and my efforts > during the week. (Never spent so much time in my roof space!) I still > couldn't get it working. Telecom (so they said) tested it twice (from > the exchange). All good from their end. I took my modem and cable next > door (she has ADSL). It works OK. > > I gave up and booked in a $150 visit for today to install a splitter. > > Just got a ring from a Telecom tech now. The "idiot who did it cocked > up the wiring" at the exchange, apparently. He's fixed it. Will try > again this evening. > > I hope they at least pay for the period I've been paying for ADSL but > haven't actually had it. > > Cheers, > Carl. > > > On 29/07/05, Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Unfortunatley, I haven't yet got to the point where this can be >> on-topic. >> >> My ADSL modem/switch/wireless box arrived yesterday. A netgear DG834G >> (which, by the way, runs Linux. Not completely OT then.) >> >> Anyway, I plugged it in, turned it on, and no ADSL link light. We've >> got 5 phone jack points, and I tried 4. No luck. I rang my ISP, >> netgear support (friendly chap in New Delhi), Telecom, then back to my >> ISP. >> >> It turns out that Telecom won't do anything for me (like testing the >> line to make sure that they really did enable DSL). My ISP (maxnet) >> were helpful, but bound by Telecom a bit, it seems. It seems as though >> either the ADSL works straight away, or it is logged as a "failed >> manual install" and Telecom send round a guy to wire in an ADSL jack >> point (for $150). I'm not sure that is necessary. There doesn't seem >> to be any Mr In-between. >> >> I'm reasonably sure it isn't the ADSL modem: I've borrowed a crusty >> old PCI ADSL modem which didn't give me a link either. >> >> Could it be the wiring in my house? The phone works OK. >> >> What I'm looking for is experiences/advice for the situation - a way >> to fix the problem without shelling out big bucks to Telecom for what >> seems to be their problem. >> >> Cheers, >> Carl. >> > > >
Re: ADSL link problems
Some progress! After Nick's efforts (thanks Nick) on the weekend, and my efforts during the week. (Never spent so much time in my roof space!) I still couldn't get it working. Telecom (so they said) tested it twice (from the exchange). All good from their end. I took my modem and cable next door (she has ADSL). It works OK. I gave up and booked in a $150 visit for today to install a splitter. Just got a ring from a Telecom tech now. The "idiot who did it cocked up the wiring" at the exchange, apparently. He's fixed it. Will try again this evening. I hope they at least pay for the period I've been paying for ADSL but haven't actually had it. Cheers, Carl. On 29/07/05, Carl Cerecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > Unfortunatley, I haven't yet got to the point where this can be on-topic. > > My ADSL modem/switch/wireless box arrived yesterday. A netgear DG834G > (which, by the way, runs Linux. Not completely OT then.) > > Anyway, I plugged it in, turned it on, and no ADSL link light. We've > got 5 phone jack points, and I tried 4. No luck. I rang my ISP, > netgear support (friendly chap in New Delhi), Telecom, then back to my > ISP. > > It turns out that Telecom won't do anything for me (like testing the > line to make sure that they really did enable DSL). My ISP (maxnet) > were helpful, but bound by Telecom a bit, it seems. It seems as though > either the ADSL works straight away, or it is logged as a "failed > manual install" and Telecom send round a guy to wire in an ADSL jack > point (for $150). I'm not sure that is necessary. There doesn't seem > to be any Mr In-between. > > I'm reasonably sure it isn't the ADSL modem: I've borrowed a crusty > old PCI ADSL modem which didn't give me a link either. > > Could it be the wiring in my house? The phone works OK. > > What I'm looking for is experiences/advice for the situation - a way > to fix the problem without shelling out big bucks to Telecom for what > seems to be their problem. > > Cheers, > Carl. >
Re: evaluating the return value from a function
Ross Drummond wrote:
I have been trying to evaluate the return from a function.
I have succeeded by using the $? special parameter, but I reckon that it may
not be an optimal method.
Does anybody have any improvements? I have included an example below;
Begin script ---
1 #! /bin/bash
2
3 function parachute
4 {
5 jump_from_plane="$1"; pull_rip_cord="$2"
6
7 if [ "$jump_from_plane" != ok ]
8 then
9 return 1
10 fi
11
12 if [ "$pull_rip_cord" != ok ]
13 then
14 return 1
15 fi
16 }
17
18 parachute ok no
19
20 if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]
21 then
22 echo "Happy landings"
23 else
24 echo "Uh oh!"
25 fi
End script--
Cheers Ross Drummond
Hi Ross,
It's the only way ( well, tbh I learnt the bourne shell initially, and
use the same syntax under bash, having never learnt if there are any
major differences so I may well be wrong )! You can say
Status=$?
if [ $Status -eq 0 ]
then
Then it means a bit more to the unititiated, and the value isn't
overwritten automagically when the next function is called.
Cheers,
Steve
PS. $? is always a number, and -eq tests numeric values, so the quotes
aren't necessary.
evaluating the return value from a function
I have been trying to evaluate the return from a function.
I have succeeded by using the $? special parameter, but I reckon that it may
not be an optimal method.
Does anybody have any improvements? I have included an example below;
Begin script ---
1 #! /bin/bash
2
3 function parachute
4 {
5 jump_from_plane="$1"; pull_rip_cord="$2"
6
7 if [ "$jump_from_plane" != ok ]
8 then
9 return 1
10 fi
11
12 if [ "$pull_rip_cord" != ok ]
13 then
14 return 1
15 fi
16 }
17
18 parachute ok no
19
20 if [ "$?" -eq 0 ]
21 then
22 echo "Happy landings"
23 else
24 echo "Uh oh!"
25 fi
End script--
Cheers Ross Drummond
Re: ZyDAS ZD1201 chip
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 19:02 +1200, Nick Rout wrote: > There was some talk on this list a while ago about USB wireless devices > based on this chipset, particularly in relation to a DSE device, and > asian cookery aerials :-) > > Just a heads up, updating to a 2.6.12 kernel shows me that this is now > in the kernel. > > > USB_ZD1201 Yes/No/Module This is my best reason yet for a kernel upgrade. Vik :v) -- Vik Olliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Olliver Family
ZyDAS ZD1201 chip
There was some talk on this list a while ago about USB wireless devices based on this chipset, particularly in relation to a DSE device, and asian cookery aerials :-) Just a heads up, updating to a 2.6.12 kernel shows me that this is now in the kernel. USB_ZD1201 Yes/No/Module -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
