ACPI and kernel patching (was: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678)

2003-05-02 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 09:57:31AM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: Next, and this is what surprised me, is that when I installed the ACPI functionality, I seem to have lost the fan support. I am not wording this well. The fan *never* turns on now. I think it involves the system reading

armada 100s

2003-05-02 Thread jhormax
I have a compaq armada 100s with debian 3.0r0 and a 2.2 kernel installed. the problem with it is that it constantly hangs for reasons unknown. anyone know if the problem is with the kernel? I've tried compiling a 2.4.20 kernel but it keeps hanging during the compile and when I finally got it

usb mouse

2003-05-02 Thread Buddy4434 -
I'm trying to get a usb mouse to work in X and console and I'm getting the following messages in my /var/log/syslog file. I'm not sure what other information would be helpful except that I'm running kernel 2.4.20. If anyone can help I would appreciate it greatly. Thanks May 1 22:21:00

wireless device has ip, can't ping

2003-05-02 Thread cmustard
Ok, i know that this is because the system is not seeing the correct nameservers. I just installed this wireless card and it seems to come up ok, with the correct drivers etc, The problem is i can't ping aything not on my local network, like, 'yahoo.com', however i can ping: 64.58.79.230, which

Re: 3d Acceleration Radeon 7500M - Tuxracer runs really slow!

2003-05-02 Thread jochen issing
Hi Ben, On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 10:02:03AM +1000, ben wrote: stage 2.. I have dri working now (sort of?) and drm installed. being a bit of a noob at x ( linux in general) I just copied my modeline section from 1400x1050 and duplicated it for all resolutions. that's not too good without

Re: wireless device has ip, can't ping

2003-05-02 Thread Obi
Are you running DHCP? I use dhclient and I had to modify /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf to precede my DNS to the one coming from the dhcp server. You can see in /etc/pcmcia/networks.opts for a DHCP option. graziano On 2003.05.02 00:53, cmustard wrote: Ok, i know that this is because the system is

Re: sound on armada e500 w/debian

2003-05-02 Thread Karl-Heinz Eischer
Hi, On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 03:17:04PM -0600, R. Potter wrote: I am new to this mail list, so forgive me if I don't provide enough details for every one. I hope this is the right list for my msg. I have an Armada E500 (PIII 600, 128mb ram, 12 gig). I finally got Debian 3.0 installed but

Dell Inspiron 8200 strange crash with alsa

2003-05-02 Thread Marco Menchise
Hello, I tried last release of alsa driver to enable full-duplex sound capabilities on my dell inspiron 8200 (the kernel driver i810_audio seems do not provide that). Since I installed that I had some very strange problems: 1) the laptop does not always mount the root filesystem r/w at boot

armada 100s

2003-05-02 Thread jhormax
I have a compaq armada 100s with debian 3.0r0 and a 2.2 kernel installed. the problem with it is that it constantly hangs for reasons unknown. anyone know if the problem is with the kernel? I've tried compiling a 2.4.20 kernel but it keeps hanging during the compile and when I finally got it

ACPI and kernel patching (was: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678)

2003-05-02 Thread Jan T. Kim
On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 09:57:31AM -0700, Jaye Inabnit ke6sls wrote: Next, and this is what surprised me, is that when I installed the ACPI functionality, I seem to have lost the fan support. I am not wording this well. The fan *never* turns on now. I think it involves the system reading

How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Craig Genner
Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I'm not talking about configuring it to how you like it, I'm talking about it just working so that

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Andrew Perrin
Me, three separate laptops, no significant glitches! ap -- Andrew J Perrin - http://www.unc.edu/~aperrin Assistant Professor of Sociology, U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] * andrew_perrin (at) unc.edu On Fri,

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Adam Garside
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 01:35:41PM +0100, Craig Genner wrote: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I have. Dell Latitude Cpi w/ Xircom

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Jamie Lawrence
On Fri, 02 May 2003, Craig Genner wrote: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I'm not talking about configuring it to how you like

Re: armada 100s

2003-05-02 Thread Russell Shaw
jhormax wrote: I have a compaq armada 100s with debian 3.0r0 and a 2.2 kernel installed. the problem with it is that it constantly hangs for reasons unknown. anyone know if the problem is with the kernel? I've tried compiling a 2.4.20 kernel but it keeps hanging during the compile and when

Re: wireless device has ip, can't ping

2003-05-02 Thread David Wright
Are you running DHCP? You can see in /etc/pcmcia/networks.opts for a DHCP option. - yes to both, i did. /etc/pcmcia/networks.opts DHCP=y I use dhclient and I had to modify /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf to precede my DNS to the one coming from the dhcp server. -I'm not familiar with this file:

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread burningclown
How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I have. Dell Latitude Cpi w/ Xircom Cardbus Ether. Not Debian, but ... I just installed Slackware 9 on a Dell Inspiron 4100 the only thing I had to

Re: wireless device has ip, can't ping

2003-05-02 Thread David Wright
Oh yeah, i also added: #/etc/network/interfaces. auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp Are you running DHCP? You can see in /etc/pcmcia/networks.opts for a DHCP option. - yes to both, i did. /etc/pcmcia/networks.opts DHCP=y I use dhclient and I had to modify /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf to precede my

Re: 3d Acceleration Radeon 7500M - Tuxracer runs really slow!

2003-05-02 Thread ben
Hi Jochen, installed Kxconfig, ran it and configured modelines in that, still no joy, no errors appearing in XF86 log, can ctr+alt change resolutions now, but everything (1024x768, 800x600 etc) but default (1400x1050) is actually to big for the screen, which doesn't make sense! jochen

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Anders Ellenshøj Andersen
On Friday 02 May 2003 14:35, Craig Genner wrote: How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I think you can count me in. I have an ASUS A1300. It's a bit tricky to install because of various issues

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Mark Barnes
Three thinkpads; the first with RedHat 5.2 (a while ago!), and the others with Debian. No problems getting the basic system up and running. X configuration has usually involved a visit to the linux-laptop web page (www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop, I think). Network configuration

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Marco Menchise
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 01:35:41PM +0100, Craig Genner wrote: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I'm not talking about configuring

Re: ACPI and kernel patching (was: I fried my Sony Vaio PCG-FXA678)

2003-05-02 Thread Derek Broughton
From: Jan T. Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] I recently got a Toshiba Satellite 5100 notebook, which, as far as I learned, is legacy free, i.e. it has no traditional BIOS which includes not having APM. I installed Debian 3.0 (stable), and the fan on this machine gets on and off (with

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Joao Pedro Clemente
Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I'm not talking about configuring it to how you like it, I'm talking about it just working so

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Mike Dresser
On Fri, 2 May 2003, Craig Genner wrote: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I'm not talking about configuring it to how you like it,

Re: 3d Acceleration Radeon 7500M - Tuxracer runs really slow!

2003-05-02 Thread Joao Pedro Clemente
Hi Jochen, installed Kxconfig, ran it and configured modelines in that, still no joy, no errors appearing in XF86 log, can ctr+alt change resolutions now, but everything (1024x768, 800x600 etc) but default (1400x1050) is actually to big for the screen, which doesn't make sense! Yes it

RE: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Dustin Cook
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 2 May 2003 13:35:41 +0100 How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. Not I, said the pig. I'm still waiting on a response to my last query about getting my

Re: system fan on Dell Inspiron 8000 after suspend

2003-05-02 Thread Frank Trenkamp
Hi, Does anyone have A chart of what each(all) key(s) do(es)? a few more functions (that are not printed on the keyboard): Fn+Dturn off display including backlight Fn+Asuspend to disk (if s2d partition available) Fn+Zreread thermal sensors Fn+#toggle system speed The last one

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Hugo Wau
Hi Craig, it took me a bit more than two hours to set up a IPC/Archtec Powernote M (AMD Athlon mobile Processor) with woody and get ist working. For setting up video and sound it took the experience of setting up Debian on many different PCs. This was all to make it ready for the work, it was

Re: 3d Acceleration Radeon 7500M - Tuxracer runs really slow!

2003-05-02 Thread Ben Southwood
ahhh..! thanks for your help on that, still can't run tuxracer though! :( Joao Pedro Clemente wrote: Hi Jochen, installed Kxconfig, ran it and configured modelines in that, still no joy, no errors appearing in XF86 log, can ctr+alt change resolutions now, but everything (1024x768, 800x600

Re: 3d Acceleration Radeon 7500M - Tuxracer runs really slow!

2003-05-02 Thread Joao Pedro Clemente
Can you run glxgears? Do you actually see the gears? and you do have a frame rate between 6000-9000? I have my display modes set to 1400x105 1280x1024 1024x768. Tuxracer works fine. (Btw, what color depth are you using? Try 16) I almost bet your problem is not tux-races specific... Also, check

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread matt zagrabelny
On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 07:35, Craig Genner wrote: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I'm not talking about configuring it to how

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Kevin McKinley
On 02 May 2003 09:53:00 -0500 matt zagrabelny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 07:35, Craig Genner wrote: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Michael Perry
On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 09:53:00AM -0500, matt zagrabelny wrote: On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 07:35, Craig Genner wrote: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Al Dykes
Knoppix (debian linux booted and run from a CD) is great for evaluating a laptop for Linux compatibility. I bought a laptop that ran 99% fine when booted with Knoppix (X, USB mouse, PCMICA, wifi card and everything else.) When I started to install debian on my own I found out how much work was

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Andy
On Friday 02 May 2003 06:53 am, matt zagrabelny wrote: On Fri, 2003-05-02 at 07:35, Craig Genner wrote: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working

sleep or suspend mode

2003-05-02 Thread R. Potter
I had a new problem developed. I booted up my laptop at work (batt. power) and then got distracted. when I came back,it had gone into suspend mode. I could not figure out how to get it out so I ended up finally forcing a hard boot. that created a mess on the hard drive and after getting it

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Al Stone
When the hardware is not supported, this can get strange. I've done HP Omnibook 6000s and 500s, with the only real problems being unsupported winmodes. Omnibook 510s work okay now, but used to have problems with older versions of XFree86 -- and still have the winmodem problem. I've installed

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Craig Genner [EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I'm not talking about configuring it to how you

Re: How many of you?

2003-05-02 Thread Karl-Heinz Eischer
Hi Craig, On Fri, May 02, 2003 at 01:35:41PM +0100, Craig Genner wrote: Reading this list with interest a thought occurs to me. How many of you have actually installed linux on a laptop and not had to configure more than one or two programs to get a working system. I'm not talking about

Re: 3d Acceleration Radeon 7500M - Tuxracer runs really slow!

2003-05-02 Thread ben
hmm... running glxgears from console gives me a blank screen. and a frame rate of only 550 odd FPS: 2773 frames in 5.0 seconds = 554.600 FPS nothing odd seems to come up in dmesg or xf86.log changed colour depth to 16, still get blank screen, but frame rate improved to: 5299 frames in 5.0