Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate? [RESOLVED]
On 10/23/2016 08:07 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, Dick Steffens wrote: > >> I just tried my finger. Nothing. > Perhaps it needs peanut butter on it. Well, that's not uncommon with my finger. :-) > >> The stylus housed on the right side of the case, next to the PgDn key >> works fine. > I wondered what that cavern was for. It's empty on my maching and, since I > have the Cross stylus, there's no need to spend the money asked for a > gen-u-wine Levono stylus. I thought that might have been the case. Unless I loaded VirtualBox and then my Win2000 virtual machine with Corel Cadd on it, I'm not sure I'll have any real use for the stylus. And I haven't use the Cadd program for quite awhile. > Thanks again for the information, You're welcome. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate? [RESOLVED]
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, Dick Steffens wrote: > I just tried my finger. Nothing. Perhaps it needs peanut butter on it. > The stylus housed on the right side of the case, next to the PgDn key > works fine. I wondered what that cavern was for. It's empty on my maching and, since I have the Cross stylus, there's no need to spend the money asked for a gen-u-wine Levono stylus. Thanks again for the information, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate? [RESOLVED]
On 10/23/2016 03:07 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, Dick Steffens wrote: > >> The stylus works as a pointing device on mine under Ubuntu 16.04. I don't >> know what module loaded. It was just part of the install. > Do I need a stylus or can I use a finger? I just tried my finger. Nothing. The stylus housed on the right side of the case, next to the PgDn key works fine. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate? [RESOLVED]
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, Dick Steffens wrote: > The stylus works as a pointing device on mine under Ubuntu 16.04. I don't > know what module loaded. It was just part of the install. Do I need a stylus or can I use a finger? Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate? [RESOLVED]
On 10/23/2016 02:02 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > When it's all set up I'll install the watcom digitizing package and see if > the touch screen works. That could be interesting. The stylus works as a pointing device on mine under Ubuntu 16.04. I don't know what module loaded. It was just part of the install. -- Regards, Dick Steffens ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate? [RESOLVED]
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: > >> Switched to another console. Shut down the system. Restarted it. Redid the >> partitioning using cfdisk and made / 5G larger. Now it's installing >> everything. > >A question for you electrical engineers: could a dead battery be the cause > of the problems I had with the ThinkPad OS installation? > >From your description I would guess the original partitioning was messed up. Is the battery loose or for some reason have a bad connection? Bill ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate? [RESOLVED]
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: > Switched to another console. Shut down the system. Restarted it. Redid the > partitioning using cfdisk and made / 5G larger. Now it's installing > everything. A question for you electrical engineers: could a dead battery be the cause of the problems I had with the ThinkPad OS installation? Preparing to continue configuring the notebook/tablet, I disconnected the A/C power cord from the machine. Instant darkness: blank screen; no indicator lights. Won't start unless it's plugged in. I wrote to the vendor and asked them to send me a replacement, 9-cell, battery. If they dither I'll just buy one and downgrade my eBay ratings. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate? [RESOLVED]
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, Rich Shepard wrote: > Choosing to run a full installation I pressed the [Enter] key. No optical > drive spinup, and a message box displayed telling me the installation is > complete and I can reboot the computer. Well, no. Nothing was installed. Computers can be so trying. I viewed every BIOS option as Ed suggested, and this time it started installing packages. But, it had difficulty reading many and the error file ran out of room. Switched to another console. Shut down the system. Restarted it. Redid the partitioning using cfdisk and made / 5G larger. Now it's installing everything. When it's all set up I'll install the watcom digitizing package and see if the touch screen works. That could be interesting. Thanks to all for comments, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate?
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, King Beowulf wrote: > I would stick with the Slackware - Installation subforum on LQ. Ed, I'll see if I can move the thread. > As for your issue, it could be as simple as an odd setting in the BIOS, or > a kernel module not loading at boot. Slackware makes very few changes to > the upstream packages. All kernel modules appear to load when it boots; if I can use setup to assign swap and filesystems to mount points and select what and how to install it should take the next step. I'll check the BIOS and see if there's anything unusual there. Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate?
On 10/23/2016 08:08 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: >Yesterday I received a used Lenovo ThinkPad x200 and tried to install > Slackware-14.2/x86_64 on it using my external optical drive. > -- > >Choosing to run a full installation I pressed the [Enter] key. No optical > drive spinup, and a message box displayed telling me the installation is > complete and I can reboot the computer. Well, no. Nothing was installed. > >Not having this experience before, I posted a description of the problem > in the Laptops and Notebooks forum on linuxquestions.org. There have been > 168 voyeurs and one response to my question about designating sda1 bootable. > Nothing about why no istallation when the drive is seen by the system and > works as expected until time to install everything. > >Might I see useful responses if I repost to either the Slackware or > ThinkPad fora instead of where it is? I'd like to get this done today as all > my portables are currently down and I need to get them all back in working > order. > I would stick with the Slackware - Installation subforum on LQ. As for your issue, it could be as simple as an odd setting in the BIOS, or a kernel module not loading at boot. Slackware makes very few changes to the upstream packages. -Ed ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate?
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, David Barr wrote: > I will unlurk long enough to opine that I generally get better suggestions > from serverfault.com and the related stackexchange.com family of forums > than I did at Linux Questions. David, My LQ experiences have been few but eventually satisfactory. Perhaps because this is a weekend there were fewer responses. I'll keep serverfault and stackexchange in mind. Thanks, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate?
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 08:08:01 -0700 (PDT) Rich Shepard dijo: > Might I see useful responses if I repost to either the Slackware or >ThinkPad fora instead of where it is? I'd like to get this done today >as all my portables are currently down and I need to get them all back >in working order. There is a Thinkpad mailing list: The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at: http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad Not much traffic, but I've had good luck there in the past. I'm still subscribed, and I remember reading just the other day about a problem similar to yours, although I think it was a very recent model that was affected. Apparently Lenovo paired with Microsoft to do something with the disk drives to make them faster. The only fix at this time is to install the latest Ubuntu, which has modifications so it can be installed. Again, I don't recall which model was affected, and I have deleted the thread. ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate?
On Sun, 23 Oct 2016, John Jason Jordan wrote: > There is a Thinkpad mailing list: > http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad Thanks, John. I just subscribed. > Not much traffic, but I've had good luck there in the past. I'm still > subscribed, and I remember reading just the other day about a problem > similar to yours, although I think it was a very recent model that was > affected. Apparently Lenovo paired with Microsoft to do something with the > disk drives to make them faster. The only fix at this time is to install > the latest Ubuntu, which has modifications so it can be installed. Again, > I don't recall which model was affected, and I have deleted the thread. There must be a way for distributions other than the Ubuntus to run on this hardware. Regards, Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
Re: [PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate?
I will unlurk long enough to opine that I generally get better suggestions from serverfault.com and the related stackexchange.com family of forums than I did at Linux Questions. Good Luck! dafydd > On Oct 23, 2016, at 8:08 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: > > Yesterday I received a used Lenovo ThinkPad x200 and tried to install > Slackware-14.2/x86_64 on it using my external optical drive. > > The system booted off the distribution DVD (after I set up the BIOS to > look at the optical drive first), cfdisk allowed me to partition the drive, > and setup allowed me to assign sda1 to /, sda2 to swap, and sda3 to /home. > Nothing to see here, move along. So I did. > > Choosing to run a full installation I pressed the [Enter] key. No optical > drive spinup, and a message box displayed telling me the installation is > complete and I can reboot the computer. Well, no. Nothing was installed. > > Not having this experience before, I posted a description of the problem > in the Laptops and Notebooks forum on linuxquestions.org. There have been > 168 voyeurs and one response to my question about designating sda1 bootable. > Nothing about why no istallation when the drive is seen by the system and > works as expected until time to install everything. > > Might I see useful responses if I repost to either the Slackware or > ThinkPad fora instead of where it is? I'd like to get this done today as all > my portables are currently down and I need to get them all back in working > order. > > Rich > > ___ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- David - Offbeat http://pgp.mit.edu/ dafydd - Online 0xda3f18449337d6b5 51525354555657-- Werner Heisenberg is driving down the autobahn. A police officer pulls him over. The officer says, "Excuse me, sir, do you know how fast you were going?" "No," replies Dr. Heisenberg, "but I know where I am." signature.asc Description: Message signed with OpenPGP using GPGMail ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
[PLUG] Which linuxquestions.org forum most appropriate?
Yesterday I received a used Lenovo ThinkPad x200 and tried to install Slackware-14.2/x86_64 on it using my external optical drive. The system booted off the distribution DVD (after I set up the BIOS to look at the optical drive first), cfdisk allowed me to partition the drive, and setup allowed me to assign sda1 to /, sda2 to swap, and sda3 to /home. Nothing to see here, move along. So I did. Choosing to run a full installation I pressed the [Enter] key. No optical drive spinup, and a message box displayed telling me the installation is complete and I can reboot the computer. Well, no. Nothing was installed. Not having this experience before, I posted a description of the problem in the Laptops and Notebooks forum on linuxquestions.org. There have been 168 voyeurs and one response to my question about designating sda1 bootable. Nothing about why no istallation when the drive is seen by the system and works as expected until time to install everything. Might I see useful responses if I repost to either the Slackware or ThinkPad fora instead of where it is? I'd like to get this done today as all my portables are currently down and I need to get them all back in working order. Rich ___ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
