Re: [expert] Linux Laptop pcmcia troubles (with part of syslog)

2002-03-29 Thread Jason Pearce
Thanks to Christian & kevin for helping out on this one I got it going last night by excluding port range 0x320-0x33f thanks again jason happy Easter On Friday 29 March 2002 21:24, you wrote: > As D.Hinds suggest you to try tulip driver, I think you should try it; > but the /etc/pcmcia/config

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop pcmcia troubles

2002-03-28 Thread Kevin
On Thursday 28 March 2002 02:58 pm, Jason Pearce wrote: > Hi Kevin , > judging from this output and my limited experience > it seems i have been installing things in the wrong directory. > I thought I had installed the pcmcia_cs module but in the questions > that are asked I have istalled in > Mod

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop pcmcia troubles

2002-03-28 Thread Jason Pearce
Hi Kevin , judging from this output and my limited experience it seems i have been installing things in the wrong directory. I thought I had installed the pcmcia_cs module but in the questions that are asked I have istalled in Module install directory [/lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk]: so this is why I

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop pcmcia troubles

2002-03-28 Thread Kevin
> Hi Kevin , > thanks for the responce here is the out put from > modprobe tulip > [root@localhost jason]# modprobe tulip > /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/drivers/net/tulip/tulip.o.gz: init_module: > No such device > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including > i

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop pcmcia troubles

2002-03-28 Thread Jason Pearce
On Thursday 28 March 2002 13:50, you wrote: > On Monday 25 March 2002 10:38 pm, you wrote: > > Hi listmembers, > > i was hoping someone out there might be able to help me with this > > I have installed MDK8.0 on a compaq armada 7400 ,everything wors fine > > ,except for the nic a pcmcia D-Link-660

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop pcmcia troubles

2002-03-27 Thread Kevin
On Monday 25 March 2002 10:38 pm, you wrote: > Hi listmembers, > i was hoping someone out there might be able to help me with this > I have installed MDK8.0 on a compaq armada 7400 ,everything wors fine > ,except for the nic a pcmcia D-Link-660+ , > when I try to configure the network I get > "ins

[expert] Linux Laptop pcmcia troubles (with part of syslog)

2002-03-26 Thread Jason Pearce
Hi listmembers, i was hoping someone out there might be able to help me with this I have installed MDK8.0 on a compaq armada 7400 ,everything wors fine ,except for the nic a pcmcia D-Link-660+ , when I try to configure the network I get "insmod'ing module tlan failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules

[expert] Linux Laptop pcmcia troubles

2002-03-26 Thread Jason Pearce
Hi listmembers, i was hoping someone out there might be able to help me with this I have installed MDK8.0 on a compaq armada 7400 ,everything wors fine ,except for the nic a pcmcia D-Link-660+ , when I try to configure the network I get "insmod'ing module tlan failed at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules

[expert] Linux laptop and desktop installation tips

2001-11-02 Thread Jeffrey Twu
Hi folks, Do you get a mysterious hang at random times during installation of your RPMs? Does the installer freeze when trying to detect the PCMCIA interface? These are the two most useful kernel flags I use. Use both at install time. lilo: linux ide=nodma PCMCIA=no

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-26 Thread Vincent Danen
On Fri Aug 25, 2000 at 02:49:19PM -0400, Theo Brinkman wrote: > I use a Toshiba Satellite 4000CDT. The only problems I have on install > are as follows: > 1) First boot after install, boot into single-user mode and mv > /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S45pcmcia /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S98pcmcia. If you don't do > this

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-25 Thread Theo Brinkman
I use a Toshiba Satellite 4000CDT. The only problems I have on install are as follows: 1) First boot after install, boot into single-user mode and mv /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S45pcmcia /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S98pcmcia. If you don't do this, you'll loose your keyboard once the sound card is configured. (strange

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-24 Thread Ron Marriage
the price lessened the weight a lot. Ron - Original Message - From: "Bill Beauchemin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:21 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Linux Laptop > On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Giorgio Cittadini wrote: > >

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-24 Thread Vincent Danen
On Thu Aug 24, 2000 at 08:27:19AM -0700, Eric Peters wrote: > I have had no problems setting mandrake up on a Dell Inspiron 7100. The nic > was a lil bit of a pain in the butt just bevause I did not know what I was > doing with pcmcia. But got it all working very well, and the boss likes it > as

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-24 Thread Vincent Danen
On Thu Aug 24, 2000 at 03:21:06PM +, Bill Beauchemin wrote: > > > In light of this, I am looking for recomendations of a good laptop that > > > will work with Linux with a minimum of effort (hopefully) or has been > > > known to run Linux with minimal tweaking. > Try looking at the winbook l

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-24 Thread Vincent Danen
On Thu Aug 24, 2000 at 06:21:13PM +0200, Giorgio Cittadini wrote: > > In light of this, I am looking for recomendations of a good laptop that > > will work with Linux with a minimum of effort (hopefully) or has been > > known to run Linux with minimal tweaking. > In the last two years I used wit

RE: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-24 Thread Eric Peters
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 8:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Linux Laptop On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Giorgio Cittadini wrote: > Vincent Danen wrote: > > > > Aaarg... I just bought (and will be returning) an IBM ThinkPad 1210 as > > to g

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-24 Thread Bill Beauchemin
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Giorgio Cittadini wrote: > Vincent Danen wrote: > > > > Aaarg... I just bought (and will be returning) an IBM ThinkPad 1210 as > > to get X running on it is just a serious pain in the arse. =( I had > > it working once, installed OSS to get the sound card working, and now

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-24 Thread Giorgio Cittadini
Vincent Danen wrote: > > Aaarg... I just bought (and will be returning) an IBM ThinkPad 1210 as > to get X running on it is just a serious pain in the arse. =( I had > it working once, installed OSS to get the sound card working, and now X > refuses to work. > > In light of this, I am looking

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-23 Thread Vincent Danen
On Wed Aug 23, 2000 at 05:27:29PM -0700, Don wrote: > I bought it last year in March, and it was the previous years model. > So that makes it a 1998 years model. Actually manufactured in > October 1998. Actually the later model thinkpad i series should > all be able to run any version of Linu

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-23 Thread Don
I bought it last year in March, and it was the previous years model. So that makes it a 1998 years model. Actually manufactured in October 1998. Actually the later model thinkpad i series should all be able to run any version of Linux with little or no problems. Don On Tue, 22 Aug 2000

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-22 Thread Jeffrey Twu
The Dell Inspiron 7500s are great. -Jeff On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 12:47:31PM -0700, Don wrote: > On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, you wrote: > > Just out of curiosity have you contacted IBM at all? They support Linux on > > thier laptops I'm juts not sure to what extent or if its only for specific > > model

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-22 Thread Paul Weber
I will be out of the office from August 22 through August. 27. I will have limited opportunity to respond to email until then. Thank you.

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-21 Thread Don
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Just out of curiosity have you contacted IBM at all? They support Linux on > thier laptops I'm juts not sure to what extent or if its only for specific > models. Currently I am running Mandrake 7.1 on a Compaq Armada and it was > less than fun getting it install

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-21 Thread lselinger
Just out of curiosity have you contacted IBM at all? They support Linux on thier laptops I'm juts not sure to what extent or if its only for specific models. Currently I am running Mandrake 7.1 on a Compaq Armada and it was less than fun getting it installed as well but eventually I got it wor

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-21 Thread David Talbot
I've had problems with e-linux in the past. Specifically thier openpro's. When I buy a machine that says it comes with linux preinstalled, I don't take that to mean that the Video card is unsupported by the distrobution (RH 6.1 at the time). The card in these things (Bought 2 of them) was an intel

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-20 Thread The Babbler
Dell. Vincent Danen wrote: > > On Sat Aug 19, 2000 at 04:46:51PM -0400, Sarang Lakare wrote: > > > try tuxtops.com > > I'll take a look. > > > and checkout this link for a whole list of laptops.. > > > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ > > I did... and either they are w

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat Aug 19, 2000 at 09:43:00PM -0500, Ellick Chan wrote: > > Does anyone know of such a beastie? Preferrably under $2000 if > > possible. It needs to have a CD-ROM, be about 500Mhz with a minimum of > > 32MB RAM and a 4GB or higher HDD. Doesn't need to have ethernet or > > modem built in, b

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat Aug 19, 2000 at 05:09:02PM -0400, Greg Stewart wrote: > Try vivisting www.elinux.com I know they sell TnikPads, but they have a lot > of experience setting up laptops with Linux. Typically, they use SuSE, but > they may be able to help you, or get you on the right track. Cool. I'll have

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat Aug 19, 2000 at 04:46:51PM -0400, Sarang Lakare wrote: > try tuxtops.com I'll take a look. > and checkout this link for a whole list of laptops.. > > http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ I did... and either they are way out of my price range or the models are older and

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-19 Thread Ellick Chan
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Vincent Danen wrote: > Does anyone know of such a beastie? Preferrably under $2000 if > possible. It needs to have a CD-ROM, be about 500Mhz with a minimum of > 32MB RAM and a 4GB or higher HDD. Doesn't need to have ethernet or > modem built in, but sound would be nice (pr

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-19 Thread Greg Stewart
Try vivisting www.elinux.com I know they sell TnikPads, but they have a lot of experience setting up laptops with Linux. Typically, they use SuSE, but they may be able to help you, or get you on the right track. Also, SuSE seems to have a good development department when it comes to hardware supp

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-19 Thread Sarang Lakare
try tuxtops.com and checkout this link for a whole list of laptops.. http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ -sarang

[expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-19 Thread Vincent Danen
Aaarg... I just bought (and will be returning) an IBM ThinkPad 1210 as to get X running on it is just a serious pain in the arse. =( I had it working once, installed OSS to get the sound card working, and now X refuses to work. In light of this, I am looking for recomendations of a good laptop