On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen
wrote:
>> Tried the new kernel. X server broke. :-p I suspect it's an NVidia
>> kernel module issue. :-p Back to old kernel for now. :)
>
> Does Xorg's `nouveau' driver support whatever card you're using?
I tried forcing the "nouveau" d
Ben Scott writes:
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Mark Komarinski wrote:
> >>> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-486
> >>
> >> Although I suspect the dependencies might be... interesting. :)
> >
> > Not as bad as you'd think. We moved our compute nodes t
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 2:48 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
wrote:
>> Tried the new kernel. X server broke. :-p
>
> Funny--the reason I use Lthe inux 3.2 package from backports is to
> *make my X server work* on my laptop, and it went in with pretty
> close to zero trouble.
Well, that's the thing. E
On Fri, Sep 7, 2012 at 1:35 PM, Mark Komarinski wrote:
>> Compute nodes have different dependencies vs a user desktop. :)
>> Tried the new kernel. X server broke. :-p I suspect it's an NVidia
>> kernel module issue. :-p Back to old kernel for now. :)
>
> Actually, some of them have NVidia c
Ben Scott writes:
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Mark Komarinski wrote:
> >>> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-486
> > >
> > > Although I suspect the dependencies might be... interesting. :)
> >
> > Not as bad as you'd think. We moved our compute nodes
On 09/07/2012 01:12 PM, Ben Scott wrote:
>Compute nodes have different dependencies vs a user desktop. :)
> Tried the new kernel. X server broke. :-p I suspect it's an NVidia
> kernel module issue. :-p Back to old kernel for now. :)
>
Actually, some of them have NVidia cards in them for
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:00 AM, Mark Komarinski wrote:
>>> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-486
>>
>> Although I suspect the dependencies might be... interesting. :)
>
> Not as bad as you'd think. We moved our compute nodes to the backport
> kernel without a
On Wed, 5 Sep 2012 21:23:20 -0400
Ben Scott wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
> wrote:
> >>> "Penguin USB Bluetooth Micro Adapter for GNU / Linux"
> >
> > It's closer to `what Google found'. ThinkPenguin was one of the
> > `consumer Linux computer companies' that I fou
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
wrote:
>>> "Penguin USB Bluetooth Micro Adapter for GNU / Linux"
>
> It's closer to `what Google found'. ThinkPenguin was one of the
> `consumer Linux computer companies' that I found as part of
> a big investigative task that I undertook about a
Ben Scott writes:
>
> On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
> wrote:
> >> Since I'm here, anyone have any recommendations for an itty-bitty
> >> USB/Bluetooth adapter that works well?
> >
> > "Penguin USB Bluetooth Micro Adapter for GNU / Linux"
>
> Is this a recommendation, or
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen
wrote:
>> Since I'm here, anyone have any recommendations for an itty-bitty
>> USB/Bluetooth adapter that works well?
>
> "Penguin USB Bluetooth Micro Adapter for GNU / Linux"
Is this a recommendation, or just what Google found? :)
Look
Ben Scott writes:
>
> Since I'm here, anyone have any recommendations for an itty-bitty
> USB/Bluetooth adapter that works well?
>
> (I'm looking for itty-bitty because I likely will also want to use
> it with my Eee netbook, and having a giant dongle sticking out the
> side of the unit will d
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 11:26 AM, Michael ODonnell
wrote:
> Unfortunately, you're likely enjoying a known bug in the
> handling of that device:
>https://duckduckgo.com/?q=0cf3%3A3000+firmware
> ...so backports may be the path of least resistance.
Gah, this thing's a maze of twisty bug report
You've so far done everything right; ath3k is the correct
device-specific driver for the USB gizmo in question and
/lib/firmware/ath3k-1.fw is the correct firmware file,
in the proper location, and the USB infrastructure even
noticed the device and reported some generic info about it.
Unfortunat
(sorry for top-posting, I'm mobile)
Not as bad as you'd think. We moved our compute nodes to the backport kernel
without any problems.
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From: "Ben Scott"
To: "Greater NH Linux User Group"
Subject: Asus USB-BT211 / Atheros AR3011 firm
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 12:37 AM, Joshua Judson Rosen
wrote:
> I have no idea whether you actually need a newer kernel or what,
> but Linux 3.2 is in squeeze-backports, e.g.:
>
> http://packages.debian.org/squeeze-backports/linux-image-3.2.0-0.bpo.2-486
Huh. Cool. I might give that a try,
Ben Scott writes:
>
> I'd prefer not to have to build a new kernel from source. (Though
> I'd even more prefer not to have to switch to unstable/sid.)
I have no idea whether you actually need a newer kernel or what,
but Linux 3.2 is in squeeze-backports, e.g.:
http://packages.debian.org/s
Hi all,
Recently bought an Asus USB-BT211, which is a Bluetooth radio with a
USB connector. Intent is to give my dusty old desktop this fancy
newfangled Bluetooth stuff. I'm running Debian 6.0.5 "squeeze",
current on updates. Kernel package is linux-image-2.6.32-5-686
version 2.6.32-45 (basic
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