Re: FreeBSD 5.1Release on Compaq Presario Laptop.

2004-06-29 Thread Frédéric Hardy
Andrew L. Gould wrote: On Tuesday 29 June 2004 04:14 pm, Frédéric Hardy wrote: Hi, I have just installed FreeBSD 4.10 - Release on my laptop Compaq Presario 2132. Everything's working fine, but I have a couple of doubts. 1. My console does'nt cover the entire screen of my lapto

Re: FreeBSD 5.1Release on Compaq Presario Laptop.

2004-06-29 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Tuesday 29 June 2004 04:14 pm, Frédéric Hardy wrote: > Hi, > I have just installed FreeBSD 4.10 - Release on my laptop Compaq > Presario 2132. Everything's working fine, but I have a couple of > doubts. > 1. My console does'nt cover the entire screen of my lapto

FreeBSD 5.1Release on Compaq Presario Laptop.

2004-06-29 Thread Frédéric Hardy
Hi, I have just installed FreeBSD 4.10 - Release on my laptop Compaq Presario 2132. Everything's working fine, but I have a couple of doubts. 1. My console does'nt cover the entire screen of my laptop. It only appears in a middle rectangular area of the screen. How do I fix this to

Re: X corrupt text based console on my laptop

2004-06-24 Thread Henrik W Lund
I have the same problem with my laptop. Sometimes when I go from X to console mode, the screen garbles up. The same thing happens if I close the lid on my laptop and open it while in X. The solution: in console mode, close the lid and open it again. This works for me, at least. I have no idea how

X corrupt text based console on my laptop

2004-06-24 Thread soheil hyeganeh
Dear all, I install FreeBSD 5.2.1 ( with X ) on my Dell Inspiron 2650. The X is working properly. It's out of the box! After I start X (xinit, startx, gdm , ... ) and then return to the console ( text mode e.g. ttyv[0-7] ), I can not see anything, there is some white wavy lines on my monitor. Do

Sound on Dell laptop is messed up...

2004-06-23 Thread R. M. Los
Hi, I've apparently got something wrong. I'm running a Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop, with XMMS for playing MP3's, and streaming audio. Every 10 or so seconds the audio has this 1-second "sieze"; the best I can explain it is it's the sound when you're playing an M

Re: Best older model laptop for FreeBSD 5.x

2004-06-23 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Wed, Jun 23, 2004 at 03:44:00PM -0700, 3BSD wrote: > Hi, > > I'm thinking about buying an older model laptop to put FreeBSD 5.x on. > I had an IBM Thinkpad T21 and FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE ran fine, but the > XFree86 drivers were less than stable, and so was the ACPI support,

Best older model laptop for FreeBSD 5.x

2004-06-23 Thread 3BSD
Hi, I'm thinking about buying an older model laptop to put FreeBSD 5.x on. I had an IBM Thinkpad T21 and FreeBSD 4.8-STABLE ran fine, but the XFree86 drivers were less than stable, and so was the ACPI support, sound support was also very dodgy. Now I have the urge to put FreeBSD on a laptop

Toshiba Laptop Touch Mouse Problem

2004-06-21 Thread Douglas Korinke
The touch mouse is an Alps Pointing Device with a middle scroll wheel and I have gotten the mouse to work before on FreeBSD4.9 I'm still running fbsd4.9 but the mouse is not functional in xwindows, any ideas what might be going on? ICQ : 26096369 AIM : itss0lidstate ___

Re: Console and X configuration for laptop display

2004-06-11 Thread Andrew L. Gould
tting for my desktop monitor; but is rejected by X as > > being too small on the laptop display. Is there a way to make > > things look bigger while in 1400x1050? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andrew Gould > > In some cheaper laptops, like this POS I've got

Console and X configuration for laptop display

2004-06-11 Thread Andrew L. Gould
everything, including text in documents, looks really tiny. 1024x768 is my favorite setting for my desktop monitor; but is rejected by X as being too small on the laptop display. Is there a way to make things look bigger while in 1400x1050? Thanks, Andrew Gould

Re: non functioning keys on compaq laptop

2004-05-10 Thread Robert Storey
TED]> wrote: > I have a compaq armada 1750 laptop. > Recently, some keys failed (5&6,Ctrl, /,') appears > there is a pattern. > > Can someone explain what to do. > I changed the keyboard and same problem was there ___ [EMAIL

non functioning keys on compaq laptop

2004-05-10 Thread Mwaura Kiarie
I have a compaq armada 1750 laptop. Recently, some keys failed (5&6,Ctrl, /,') appears there is a pattern. Can someone explain what to do. I changed the keyboard and same problem was there rgds m.kiarie __ Do you Yahoo!? Win

Re: XFree86 Install Monitor and Card for Sony Laptop?

2004-04-06 Thread Luke Kearney
On Tue, 6 Apr 2004 21:15:09 -0400 "Craig Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thus: > During the initial SYSINSTALL setup of Xfree86 on my Sony VAIO PCG-FRV27 > laptop under FreeBSD 4.9, the setup goes through the configuration menus, > then says it failed and do I wan

XFree86 Install Monitor and Card for Sony Laptop?

2004-04-06 Thread Craig Booth
During the initial SYSINSTALL setup of Xfree86 on my Sony VAIO PCG-FRV27 laptop under FreeBSD 4.9, the setup goes through the configuration menus, then says it failed and do I want to try again. I exited SYSINSTALL and ran the config option on XFree86, finding out that the generated log shows

Laptop 5.2.1 Install Problem

2004-04-03 Thread Stephen West-Fisher
I'm trying to install 5.2.1 on an old laptop, replacing 4. There is no CD-ROM on this machine, so I use a PCMCIA Ethernet card for the install device. When I boot up with floppies, unlike version 4.X, PCMCIA services are not started, so I cannot install. Have I missed something that has ch

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-22 Thread Uwe Laverenz
Eric F Crist wrote: Could some of you please send me an email telling me what OS you utilize on your laptop, and why? I'm not looking for anyone bashing any other OS, just why you use what you do. I run FreeBSD 5.2.1 (RELENG_5_2) on my IBM A31 now and everything works well for me. Bef

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-22 Thread anubis
On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 9:42 am, Eric F Crist wrote: > Hello list, > > I've been using freebsd 4.x on a laptop for 6 months or so now, and > I'm not entirely happy with it. Mostly, it lacks multimedia > support and power management. I don't want to start some f

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-21 Thread John Mills
Eric, Freebies - I ended up with Linux for some specific reasons. YMMV. On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 17:42, Eric F Crist wrote: > Could some of you please send me an email telling me what OS you utilize on > your laptop, and why? I'm not looking for anyone bashing any other OS, just &g

irq 128 assignment on Mitac 6120 laptop!!

2004-03-21 Thread Raffaele
Hi, I have a problem for assignment IRQ for USB controller (Intel PIIX4) in my Mitac Notebook. The kernel (FreeBSD 4.8/4.9) assign IRQ 128 at the boot and he don' t work! My BIOS don't have options for enable/disable "Pnp OS = True/False" (I think that this is the problem! ), and Mitac don't re

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-21 Thread Volker Kindermann
Hello Eric, > I've been using freebsd 4.x on a laptop for 6 months or so now, and > I'm not entirely happy with it. Mostly, it lacks multimedia support > and power management. I don't want to start some flame war here, but > here goes. > > Could some of you p

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-20 Thread Frank Knobbe
On Sat, 2004-03-20 at 17:42, Eric F Crist wrote: > Could some of you please send me an email telling me what OS you utilize on > your laptop, and why? I'm not looking for anyone bashing any other OS, just > why you use what you do. I use FreeBSD 4.8 on my Dell Inspiron laptop. Ev

Re: Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-20 Thread Remko Lodder
Eric F Crist wrote: Hello list, I've been using freebsd 4.x on a laptop for 6 months or so now, and I'm not entirely happy with it. Mostly, it lacks multimedia support and power management. I don't want to start some flame war here, but here goes. Could some of you please s

Best *nix OS for a laptop?

2004-03-20 Thread Eric F Crist
Hello list, I've been using freebsd 4.x on a laptop for 6 months or so now, and I'm not entirely happy with it. Mostly, it lacks multimedia support and power management. I don't want to start some flame war here, but here goes. Could some of you please send me an email telling

Installing 5.1.2 on Samsung X30 laptop

2004-03-14 Thread Ali
Hello, I've tried installing 5.1.2 on my samsung X30 Laptop without success : It timeout when trying to mount md0. I've tried disabling many options in bios but nothing changed! Could you help me with that? Cordially, Ali Mdidech.

Re: A laptop worth saving?

2004-03-11 Thread Loren M. Lang
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 10:08:29AM -0500, -={|TooManyMirrors|}=- wrote: > Thank you for all the responces, as recomended i will probably try to > get ahold of a usb floppy or cdrom and try that, but I wanted to know if > anyone knew anything about setting up a tftp server on this linux box to > loa

Re: A laptop worth saving?

2004-03-11 Thread -={|TooManyMirrors|}=-
Thank you for all the responces, as recomended i will probably try to get ahold of a usb floppy or cdrom and try that, but I wanted to know if anyone knew anything about setting up a tftp server on this linux box to load the installer. Like many laptops the bios has a boot on lan option and I gues

Re: A laptop worth saving?

2004-03-11 Thread Dan Pelleg
-={|TooManyMirrors|}=- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Greetings all, I'm a long time unix/linux user but have been away from > FreeBSD for about a year or so and would like to solve that personal > fault. I have a laptop (IBM ThinkPad T20) that once ran FreeBSD but >

Re: A laptop worth saving?

2004-03-11 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire . Net LLC
On Mar 11, 2004, at 1:00 AM, Rob wrote: Mike Jackson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings all, I'm a long time unix/linux user but have been away from FreeBSD for about a year or so and would like to solve that personal fault. I have a laptop (IBM ThinkPad T20) that once ran FreeBS

Re: A laptop worth saving?

2004-03-11 Thread Rob
Mike Jackson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings all, I'm a long time unix/linux user but have been away from FreeBSD for about a year or so and would like to solve that personal fault. I have a laptop (IBM ThinkPad T20) that once ran FreeBSD but currently sits with out floppy, OS, a

Re: A laptop worth saving?

2004-03-10 Thread Mike Jackson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings all, I'm a long time unix/linux user but have been away from > FreeBSD for about a year or so and would like to solve that personal > fault. I have a laptop (IBM ThinkPad T20) that once ran FreeBSD but > currently sits with out floppy, OS, and

A laptop worth saving?

2004-03-10 Thread -={|TooManyMirrors|}=-
Greetings all, I'm a long time unix/linux user but have been away from FreeBSD for about a year or so and would like to solve that personal fault. I have a laptop (IBM ThinkPad T20) that once ran FreeBSD but currently sits with out floppy, OS, and at last test no CDROM. So my question is

SOLVED: RE: nVidia drivers on FreeBSD 5.2.1 (Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop)

2004-03-10 Thread Ralph M. Los
2004 6:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Frank Knobbe Subject: RE: nVidia drivers on FreeBSD 5.2.1 (Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop) Tried /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver and doing make install...worked great and gave some instructions about doing a "make setup" which doesn't exist. After t

RE: nVidia drivers on FreeBSD 5.2.1 (Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop)

2004-03-10 Thread Ralph M. Los
Tried /usr/ports/x11/nvidia-driver and doing make install...worked great and gave some instructions about doing a "make setup" which doesn't exist. After thatstill getting this when I try to get X running. I've included my XF86Config snip at the bottom just for giggles. (WW) NVIDIA: Chipset

Re: nVidia drivers on FreeBSD 5.2.1 (Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop)

2004-03-08 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Mon, Mar 08, 2004 at 11:19:01PM -0500, Ralph M. Los wrote: > Hi, > Me again...now that I have my Cisco 350 working...I have X working fine > - and I've downloaded what appears to be the latest 1.0-4365 driver from > nVidia.com. I've tried to get the driver working - but no luck. Below > is my

nVidia drivers on FreeBSD 5.2.1 (Dell Inspiron 8100 laptop)

2004-03-08 Thread Ralph M. Los
Hi, Me again...now that I have my Cisco 350 working...I have X working fine - and I've downloaded what appears to be the latest 1.0-4365 driver from nVidia.com. I've tried to get the driver working - but no luck. Below is my XF86Config file...but it doesn't appear to work - how can I determine w

XFree86 on a laptop (Horizontal and vertical frequency)

2004-03-08 Thread Paredes Sánchez Martín A.
Hi: Since the laptop with LCD screen has not have horizontal and vertical frequency how I configure xfree86 on a laptop? maps PD send me a copy of the answer, since I am not subscribed to the list. Ven a visitar nuestra página en internet telmex.com y descubre todo lo que tenemos para

Re: APM on 4.9 on a Winbook XL2 laptop

2004-02-15 Thread Warren Block
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, matthew wrote: > One would make sure that > > device apm0at nexus? disable flags 0x20 # Advanced Power Management > > is in their running kernel. Not with that "disable" in there, which disables it. On every desktop system I've tried, a simple device apm is e

Re: APM on 4.9 on a Winbook XL2 laptop

2004-02-14 Thread matthew
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, matthew wrote: > > > On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Sara Trice wrote: > > > I can't get the APM on this to work for anything. I have tried putting: > > > > apm_load="YES" > > > > in my /boot/loader.conf file, and the lines: > > > > apm_enable="YES" > > apmd_enable="YES" > > > > in my

Re: APM on 4.9 on a Winbook XL2 laptop

2004-02-14 Thread matthew
On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Sara Trice wrote: > I can't get the APM on this to work for anything. I have tried putting: > > apm_load="YES" > > in my /boot/loader.conf file, and the lines: > > apm_enable="YES" > apmd_enable="YES" > > in my /etc/rc.conf file. > > I run apm -a and it tells me: > apm: can'

APM on 4.9 on a Winbook XL2 laptop

2004-02-14 Thread Sara Trice
I can't get the APM on this to work for anything. I have tried putting: apm_load="YES" in my /boot/loader.conf file, and the lines: apm_enable="YES" apmd_enable="YES" in my /etc/rc.conf file. I run apm -a and it tells me: apm: can't open /dev/apm: Device not configured Any ideas? TIA Sara T. _

Re: Fw: problem with mouse driver during install / toshiba satellite 1135 laptop

2004-02-10 Thread Peter Kurpis
> >I am installing FreeBSD 4.7 on my laptop, and when I get to > >the mouse configuration part, it seems I can't get any combination > >of protocol and port to test right (i.e. for mouse movement). > > Why such an old code base? I have some system-level software I

Re: FreeBSD on Laptop

2004-02-10 Thread rfa
hi kris, i was in the process of upgrading my kernel from 5.0 Release to 5.2 (on my laptop) and it won't boot. my boss gave me these instructions: #cd /usr/ports/net/cvsup-without-gui && make all install clean #cp /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile /etc/stable-supfile change

Re: FreeBSD on Laptop

2004-02-09 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 01:53:50PM +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Im just starting out and have installed FBSD on my laptop[DEll inspiron > 600m], its a dual boot with WinXp and FBSD RELEASE 5.0. > > I think that that FreeBSD successfully probed the power management > features(A

FreeBSD on Laptop

2004-02-09 Thread rfa
Im just starting out and have installed FBSD on my laptop[DEll inspiron 600m], its a dual boot with WinXp and FBSD RELEASE 5.0. I think that that FreeBSD successfully probed the power management features(ACPI) because if I close the lid the thing suspends(my theory) and when i open it, it&#

Fw: problem with mouse driver during install / toshiba satellite 1135 laptop

2004-02-09 Thread Peter Kurpis
[A user in newbies@ suggested cross-posting this message to questions@ and [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am installing FreeBSD 4.7 on my laptop, and when I get to the mouse configuration part, it seems I can't get any combination of protocol and port to test right (i.e. for mouse movement). Windows

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-28 Thread Kai Grossjohann
Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Any ideas on something interesting to use it for? Maybe some kind of > learning experience? Well, if you can use it as a portable computer, that's cool. I guess that's what you should do, if you can. The second best choice is to learn. You coul

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-26 Thread anubis
On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 5:39 am, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:23:52PM +1000, anubis wrote: > : We have an old laptop and are going to turn it into a music on hold > : service for our pabx. > : > : Will be uploading files to it via ftp and running a cron

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-22 Thread Loren M. Lang
y add-ons they recommend. I believe the free part should give you a full gnome desktop along with other software, but I haven't had a chance to install it and try it out. > > > Does it work pretty well with laptop hardware? > > To tell you the truth, i listed the operating sy

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-22 Thread Jason M. Leonard
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004, parv wrote: > in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > > > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 07:06:17PM -0500, parv wrote: > > : in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > > : wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > > : > > > : > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-22 Thread parv
rience? > : > : Try to run (Free|Net)BSD-current? Or even, Sun Solaris 2.9? > > Solaris? That might be interesting. You can order Solaris for x86 on CD > free from Sun, correct? I know one could order Solaris CD but do not know if it the CD would be sent (almost) free of cost. Does Su

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-22 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Thu, Jan 22, 2004 at 07:23:52PM +1000, anubis wrote: : We have an old laptop and are going to turn it into a music on hold service : for our pabx. : : Will be uploading files to it via ftp and running a cron job to list all files : in the ftp directory and start playing them. People can

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-22 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
for x86 on CD free from Sun, correct? Does it work pretty well with laptop hardware? NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm -- My other computer is your windows box. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-22 Thread anubis
CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. > > jm We have an old laptop and are going to turn it into a music on hold service for our pabx. Will be uploading files to it via ftp and running a cron job to list all files in the ftp directory and start playing them. People can

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-21 Thread Chris
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 21 January 2004 06:06 pm, parv wrote: > in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > > > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very > > much since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen.

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-21 Thread parv
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Jonathon McKitrick thusly... > > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very > much since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying > to think of something interesting to do with it now. > > Any ideas on something interestin

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-21 Thread Andrew L. Gould
Then I think you should use your laptop as what it is meant to > be: a mobile workstation. If feasible, "mobile, music workstation". ;-) > Even if you can't install the big things like gnome, kde, mozilla > and openoffice, there are hundreds of small ported apps, with

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-21 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
On Wed, 21 Jan 2004, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 06:32:42AM +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: > > : Can you run a basic X-Windows system on it? > > Definitely. Then I think you should use your laptop as what it is meant to be: a mobile workstation. Ev

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-21 Thread Nathan Kinkade
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 11:55:26PM +0100, Didier Wiroth wrote: > > Messages d´origine > De: Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: mardi, janvier 20, 2004 11:36 pm > Objet: ideas for an old BSD laptop? > > > > > Hi all, > > > &

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-21 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Wed, Jan 21, 2004 at 06:32:42AM +0100, Peter Ulrich Kruppa wrote: : Can you run a basic X-Windows system on it? Definitely. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box. ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/f

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-20 Thread Peter Ulrich Kruppa
On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > Hi all, > > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very much > since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying to think of > something interesting to do with it now. I don't really need a separate > firewall, a

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-20 Thread Q
On Wed, 2004-01-21 at 08:36, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Hi all, > > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very much > since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying to think of > something interesting to do with it now. I don't really need a separate > firew

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-20 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 06:07:58PM -0500, Andrew Hall wrote: : [EMAIL PROTECTED], Lophtcrack, [EMAIL PROTECTED] or any of the other distributed : computing projects. Do any of these have graphical displays? :-) ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http:/

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-20 Thread Andrew Hall
op.org/). > > > Messages d´origine > De: Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: mardi, janvier 20, 2004 11:36 pm > Objet: ideas for an old BSD laptop? > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-20 Thread Tom Parquette
make sense to use it as a fileserver. With a ppp connection, it couldn't easily be a webserver either. Any ideas on something interesting to use it for? Maybe some kind of learning experience? NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed. Thanks. jm Actually, I'm in a similar s

Re: ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-20 Thread Didier Wiroth
Perhaps you could use it as a thin terminal client with vnc or even windows terminal client (http://www.rdesktop.org/). Messages d´origine De: Jonathon McKitrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: mardi, janvier 20, 2004 11:36 pm Objet: ideas for an old BSD laptop? > > Hi all, &g

ideas for an old BSD laptop?

2004-01-20 Thread Jonathon McKitrick
Hi all, I haven't used my infamous Toshiba Satellite with FreeBSD 4.8 very much since I got my desktop system with a flatscreen. I'm trying to think of something interesting to do with it now. I don't really need a separate firewall, and it doesn't make sense to use it as a fileserver. With a

Re: Problems with FreeBSD 4.8 on Compaq Armada M700 laptop

2004-01-17 Thread Dinesh Nair
On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, John wrote: > I get > Jan 11 18:09:55 pearl /kernel: ata0-slave: ATA identify retries exceeded > > I've looked at the sys/dev/ata/ata-all.c code - I wonder if I should > just arbitarily raise the retry count a bit - what's everyone else ok, i don't know if this is documented

Re: Problems with FreeBSD 4.8 on Compaq Armada M700 laptop

2004-01-14 Thread John
On Tue, Jan 13, 2004 at 04:25:25PM +0800, Dinesh Nair wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, John wrote: I have an update, additional information... Instead of getting the device ID line, i.e. > Jan 11 17:56:56 pearl /kernel: acd0: CDROM at ata0-slave PIO I get Jan 11 18:09:55 pearl /kernel: ata0-sla

Re: Problems with FreeBSD 4.8 on Compaq Armada M700 laptop

2004-01-13 Thread Dinesh Nair
On Mon, 12 Jan 2004, John wrote: > Despite the fact that the laptop compatibility base has an entry for this > machine that looks good for FreeBSD 5.0, I'm not having the best luck > that one might hope. i've got an Armada M300, which shares a lot of the same underlying hardw

Problems with FreeBSD 4.8 on Compaq Armada M700 laptop

2004-01-12 Thread John
Despite the fact that the laptop compatibility base has an entry for this machine that looks good for FreeBSD 5.0, I'm not having the best luck that one might hope. I've read through the Release notes and Hardware notes, and Errata on the web site for this release and on the CD (NFS mo

RE: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-12 Thread Mazen S. Alzogbi
Hi, Thanks for all the help. I tried to locate a 'Non Plug-and-Play OS' option in the BIOS setup with no success. I think there aren't anything like this in my BIOS. Can someone on this list shed some light how to detect (track) IRQs and conflicts? Thanks, Mazen > Yes, it is solvable. In your

Re: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-10 Thread Eric F Crist
On Saturday 10 January 2004 07:46 pm, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > Eric, > Doing so didn't helped even. After rebooting and grep pcm > /var/run/dmesg.boot, I see that: > > pcm0: at device 2.7 on pci0 > pcm0: unable to map IO port space > device_probe_and_attach: pcm0 attach returned 6 > > Gautam, the

Re: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-10 Thread Eric F Crist
On Saturday 10 January 2004 07:23 pm, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for everyone who helped (and is helping me) to find my > way in the great world of FreeBSD. > > I learned how to recompile the > kernel and I did compile it with "device pcm" and "device pcm0 at " > but it didn't wor

Re: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-10 Thread Gautam Gopalakrishnan
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 09:23:26PM -0400, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > Hi, > > Thanks for everyone who helped (and is helping me) to find my > way in the great world of FreeBSD. > > I learned how to recompile the > kernel and I did compile it with "device pcm" and "device pcm0 at " > but it didn

Re: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-10 Thread Mazen S. Alzogbi
Hi, Thanks for everyone who helped (and is helping me) to find my way in the great world of FreeBSD. I learned how to recompile the kernel and I did compile it with "device pcm" and "device pcm0 at " but it didn't work. I tried and tried and tried and spent almost 3 hours with no luck. Finall

Re: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-08 Thread Eric F Crist
On Thursday 08 January 2004 01:07 pm, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > Great! But what does " recompile the kernel with device pcm" mean? :( > > Cheers, Check the handbook (http://www.freebsd.org/handbook) regarding recompiling the kernel. -- Eric F Crist AdTech Integrated Systems, Inc (612) 998-3588 _

Re: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-08 Thread Jerry McAllister
Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:42 PM > To: 'Mazen S. Alzogbi'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Sound not working on laptop > > > It would be great if you can tell us what sound chipset is there in the > laptop. If you can't make that out, then recompile the kernel

Re: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-08 Thread Andrew L. Gould
uary 08, 2004 10:42 PM > To: 'Mazen S. Alzogbi'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Sound not working on laptop > > > It would be great if you can tell us what sound chipset is there in the > laptop. If you can't make that out, then recompile the kernel with > >

RE: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-08 Thread Mazen S. Alzogbi
Great! But what does " recompile the kernel with device pcm" mean? :( Cheers, Mazen -Original Message- From: Subhro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:42 PM To: 'Mazen S. Alzogbi'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Sound not working on laptop

Re: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-08 Thread Jason Stewart
On 08/01/04 14:21 +0400, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > Hi, > > Sound is not working on my laptop that has FreeBSD 4.9 installed on. I > want to check the detected driver (if any) by the system and configure > it to use the right one. > > How can this be done whether by using

Re: Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-08 Thread Andrew L. Gould
On Thursday 08 January 2004 04:21 am, Mazen S. Alzogbi wrote: > Hi, > > Sound is not working on my laptop that has FreeBSD 4.9 installed on. I > want to check the detected driver (if any) by the system and configure > it to use the right one. > > How can this be done whether b

Sound not working on laptop

2004-01-08 Thread Mazen S. Alzogbi
Hi, Sound is not working on my laptop that has FreeBSD 4.9 installed on. I want to check the detected driver (if any) by the system and configure it to use the right one. How can this be done whether by using KDE or on the command line? Thanks in advance. Mazen S. Alzogbi www.MazenAlzogbi.com

Re: laptop hardware profile

2004-01-03 Thread Dan Pelleg
gt; Put these in your rc.conf file. For more options see man rc.conf. You might also find the nicmond port useful. It will attempt to bring the wired interface up only when it detects a live network. This also means it will auto-connect as soon as you plug a running la

Re: laptop hardware profile

2004-01-02 Thread Eric F Crist
On Friday 02 January 2004 02:06 pm, Dru wrote: > Is anyone aware of a tutorial/documentation available for creating a > hardware profile? I'm thinking of something that allows the user to > choose to either configure a wireless or a wired NIC during bootup. I > could script it after bootup, but I'd

laptop hardware profile

2004-01-02 Thread Dru
Is anyone aware of a tutorial/documentation available for creating a hardware profile? I'm thinking of something that allows the user to choose to either configure a wireless or a wired NIC during bootup. I could script it after bootup, but I'd prefer to do it during loader. Will this require lea

Re: Looking for laptop suggestions

2003-12-23 Thread Bill Moran
Nelis Lamprecht wrote: On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 20:54, Bill Moran wrote: We're looking to get a laptop for the business. Of course, we need to make sure it works with FreeBSD, but money is tight, so we're trying to find the best deal we can that we know will work. Does anyone have any s

Re: Looking for laptop suggestions

2003-12-23 Thread Nelis Lamprecht
On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 20:54, Bill Moran wrote: > We're looking to get a laptop for the business. Of course, we need to make sure > it works with FreeBSD, but money is tight, so we're trying to find the best deal > we can that we know will work. > > Does anyone have any

Re: Looking for laptop suggestions

2003-12-22 Thread doug
/ProductDisplay?productId=8663953&storeId=1&langId=-1&categoryId=2580117&dualCurrId=73&catalogId=-840 -Doug On Monday 22 December 2003 13:54, Bill Moran wrote: > We're looking to get a laptop for the business. Of course, we need to make > sure it works with FreeBSD

Looking for laptop suggestions

2003-12-22 Thread Bill Moran
We're looking to get a laptop for the business. Of course, we need to make sure it works with FreeBSD, but money is tight, so we're trying to find the best deal we can that we know will work. Does anyone have any suggestions on lower-cost laptops that they've had work well with F

Re: Trouble with installing FreeBSD to a laptop

2003-12-16 Thread Odd Rune Strømmen
link > between "Advanced Configuration and Power Interface" and this panic... > > -- > Still fiddeling on... > Odd Rune Strømmen > > > > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 11:38 PM > > > > Hi. > > > > I

Trouble with installing FreeBSD to a laptop

2003-12-16 Thread Odd Rune Strømmen
Hi. I'm having some troubles with installing FreeBSD on my laptop. I've tried both FreeBSD 5.1-RC1 and FreeBSD 5.2-RC1, and the installation fails both times, though differently. My laptop is a HP Omnibook XE3 and according to this webpage ( http://gerda.univie.ac.at/freebsd-laptop

problems with device detection on Vaio laptop

2003-12-16 Thread Mikhail Teterin
Hello! I have some problems with this rather "loaded" laptop (dmesg.boot attached). As can be seen from dmesg.boot, neither the FireWire nor the WiFi are enabled at boot: fwohci0: mem 0xe0211000-0xe02117ff at device 5.1 on pci2 fwohci0: latency timer 1 -> 32.

Re: Laptop for unique educational project.

2003-12-12 Thread Peter Risdon
om: Norm Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:52 AM To: Minnesota Slinky Subject: Re: Laptop for unique educational project. Thanks, that is definately an option. Just need to make sure they have what it takes to be able to send info via satillite phones etc. Thanks fo

RE: Laptop for unique educational project.

2003-12-12 Thread Minnesota Slinky
) 998-3588 -Original Message- From: Norm Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 9:52 AM To: Minnesota Slinky Subject: Re: Laptop for unique educational project. Thanks, that is definately an option. Just need to make sure they have what it takes to be able to

RE: Laptop for unique educational project.

2003-12-11 Thread Minnesota Slinky
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Laptop for unique educational project.

2003-12-11 Thread Norm Miller
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Re: Laptop starts back up on its own

2003-11-29 Thread C. Ulrich
usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > on my laptop. When I shut the PC down at night, I wake to find it back > on again a little later. Today I shut it down, left the house, came > back and it was on again. > > I shut down by entering 'shutdown -h (or -p) now' at the command line

Re: Laptop starts back up on its own

2003-11-29 Thread Trey Sizemore
On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 17:37, Frank Knobbe wrote: > Check your BIOS settings and disable Wake-On-Lan, Wake-On-Ring and > similar "auto-on" features. > > -Frank I made the change in the bios...I'll now how it works after I shutdown tonight. Thanks. -- Cheers, Trey --- The beauty of the soul shi

Re: Laptop starts back up on its own

2003-11-29 Thread Alex de Kruijff
SD laptop.fbsdsizemore.com 5.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.1-RELEASE #0: Thu > > > Jun 5 02:55:42 GMT 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > :/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > > > > > > on my laptop. When I shut the PC down at night, I wake to find i

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