Re: BroadCom net card (bcm4400 kernel module) and sarge installer

After getting a lot of bad advice I finally had to install it from source. I forgot where I got it but the filename was bcm4400-2.0.5.something. - Please leave this. It is a filter term. ferulebezel ----- Mark Healey [E

Re: Really, I still don't have sound

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:05:16 -0500, Matt Price wrote: >On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 11:01:43AM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> Hello >> >> Mark Healey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> >> > I still haven't managed to get sound up and running.

Re: Really, I still don't have sound

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 09:05:16 -0500, Matt Price wrote: >On Tue, Mar 16, 2004 at 11:01:43AM +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> Hello >> >> Mark Healey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >> >> > I still haven't managed to get sound up and running.

Really, I still don't have sound

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Still unable to get sound to work

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Re: Problem getting sound to work

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004 22:04:45 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On 2004-02-13, Mark Healey penned: >> >> I also noted that when I turned on enable system sounds at startup in >> the gnome control center I get the problem I had previously had where >> the taskbars don'

Re: Problem getting sound to work

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 23:34:16 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: >Hello > >Mark Healey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 09:16:36 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: > >>> [...] >>> >> Well I managed to fix roots gnome. Is there another

Re: Problem getting sound to work

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 09:16:36 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: >Hello > >Mark Healey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 09:18:24 -0600, Kent West wrote: >>>Mark Healey wrote: >>>>On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:21:09 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote:

Re: Problem getting sound to work

On Sun, 08 Feb 2004 09:16:36 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: >Hello > >Mark Healey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 09:18:24 -0600, Kent West wrote: >>>Mark Healey wrote: >>>>On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:21:09 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote:

Re: Problem getting sound to work

On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 09:32:41 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On 2004-02-07, Mark Healey penned: >> >> How do I do those? It also doesn't work as root. And, another bit of >> information. When I try system sounds there is nothing. When I try >> xmms it hangs (x

Re: Problem getting sound to work

On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 09:18:24 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:21:09 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: >> >> >>>Mark Healey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>I have no sound

Re: Problem getting sound to work

On Fri, 06 Feb 2004 22:21:09 +0100, Andreas Janssen wrote: >Hello > >Mark Healey (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote: > >> I was trying to fix this months ago and then discovered nethack and >> kind of got distracted. Anyway, now I'm back. >> >> I h

Problem getting sound to work

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Re: How do I get sound?

On 13 Dec 2003 10:11:45 +0200, Dobai-Pataky Balint wrote: >On Sat, 2003-12-13 at 06:06, Mark Healey wrote: >> Have no sound. What tool do I use to get it? >try apt-get install sndconfig, you will like it, it's redhat style >automated pnp sound detector. Tried that. It

Re: Applications are too big

On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 00:31:03 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 at 04:04 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >> Whenever I open an application it is too big for my desktop (Gnome). >> There are a couple of problems with this. If I resize it many of the >> control

How do I get sound?

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Applications are too big

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Re: Applications too big in X

On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 10:53:31 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 at 09:29 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >> On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 00:32:58 -0800 (PST), Mark Healey wrote: >> >>>Whenever I run an application in X the window is too big. I run it in >>>8

Re: Applications too big in X

On Fri, 05 Dec 2003 00:32:58 -0800 (PST), Mark Healey wrote: >Whenever I run an application in X the window is too big. I run it in >800X600 mode and it looks like the application window thinks it is on >a much higher resolution display. This isn't much of a problem with >most

Applications too big in X

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Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

adeon, and AGPGART, and whatever your >motherboard and processor specific setup is Since most of this is greek I think my plan of wating for a package is best. - Please leave this. It is a filter term. ferulebezel ---------

Re: apt question

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 21:26:03 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:10:26 -0600, Kent West wrote: >> >> >>>Did you "apt-get update" first? If not, you need to. >>> >>> >> >>Thanks. I could s

Re: apt question

On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:10:26 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 20:53:35 -0600, Kent West wrote: >> >>As you recommended I added these lines to my /etc/apt/sources.list: >> >> >> >> >>>># Uncomment if yo

apt question

No such file or directory). I added the lines above the CDrom entries. What's up? - Please leave this. It is a filter term. ferulebezel - Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't bothor CCing or emailing this addres

Re: radeon and X: was X won't start: Resolved

On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 00:31:52 -0800 (PST), Mark Healey wrote: >After asking about why my X won't start I got a couple of responses >indicating that it is probably the video driver. > >Appearantly: > >1)the vesa driver doesn't work well >2)the ones from ATI >

How do I temporally disable gdm? (or is it gpm)

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radeon and X: was X won't start

rd for a while. What I'd like is a card that supports lots of unusual and low resolutions. I don't really need 3D accel. TIA. - Please leave this. It is a filter term. ferulebezel --------- Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: X won't start

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 14:58:01 -0600, Kent West wrote: >On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: >> Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse >> problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. > > >Perhaps I missed it, but

Re: X won't start

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 11:22:03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Sat, Nov 29, 2003 at 12:19:36AM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: >> Now that I have the networking fixed and sort of figured out the mouse >> problem I'm ready to tackle X not starting. >> >> When I boot I

X won't start

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Re: No mouse in gpm: Resolved-Sort Of

On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 18:45:46 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On Fri, 28 Nov 2003 at 06:41 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >> >> After trying several different values in gpm.conf, on a wile hair, I >> decided to try bypassing my KVM switch. That fixed it. >> >> This

Re: No mouse in gpm: Resolved-Sort Of

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 20:26:03 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to >> >>If so, run "gpmconfig" and specify: >>mouse location: /dev/psaux >>mouse type: ps/2 >>repeat type: raw >>

Re: No mouse in gpm

On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 18:01:59 -0500, Paul Morgan wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>In an earlier attempt to get X running I was told to >> >>If so, run "gpmconfig" and specify: >>mouse location: /dev/psaux >>mouse type: ps/2 >>repeat type: raw >

No mouse in gpm

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problem blending a kernel-headers package with a kernel source-package

On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:23:02 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>There is no networking. I need to build a module for my nic which >>doesn't have a .deb package. I have the source but need the kernel >>source which wasn't installed. I discovered th

Re: X Won't Start

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003 07:44:14 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:13:24 -0600, Kent West wrote: >> >> >>>>>Mark Healey wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>My X won't work with the default installation

3rd Attempt at installing Debian

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apt-getting source for my kernel

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apt-getting source for my kernel: Second post since the list server seemed to be down.

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Re: X Won't Start

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 21:13:24 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:40:59 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >> >> >> >>>Mark Healey wrote: >>> >>> >>>>I previously posted this under a different su

Re: X Won't Start

On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 14:40:59 -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: >> I previously posted this under a different subject heading and got no response so I'm >> trying again. >> >> My X won't work with the default installation. When I boot it t

X Won't Start

HorizSync 30-70 VertRefresh 50-160 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "Generic Video Card" Monitor "Generic Monitor"

X Broken

"UseFBDev" "true" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Generic Monitor" HorizSync 30-70 VertRefresh 50-160 Option "DPMS" EndSection Section "Screen"

No Name Resolution

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Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

or an nvi problem (I'm used to vim). Is there a debian package for vim? Can I just install it without removing nvi without confusing anything? Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debian a chance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe"

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 12:56:20 -0800 (PST), Mark Healey wrote: >On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:17:43 -0600, Kent West wrote: > >>Mark Healey wrote: >> >>>After not getting any instructions on how to compile a module that >>>didn't come with the source into a kerne

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:17:43 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>After not getting any instructions on how to compile a module that >>didn't come with the source into a kernel I gave up and decided to >>just do the nic module as installable. >> &

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:31:35 +, Jonathan Dowland wrote: >On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:45:09PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: > >> I recieved many suggestions to remedy the problem, non of them easy. >> >> I've decided to try to recompile the latest kernel. I figure tha

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

idn't understand at their default value. It booted and seems to run as before. I then made the nic module and make installed it. Appearantly there is no autodetect feature so I need to know what I lines to add to what files to get my networking up. It is a DSL connection with a static IP addre

Re: Kernel Compiling: Source for my nic isn't included: Was:Going to give it another shot-need more help

as an installable module because as long as I'm compiling the kernel I might as well learn these things. Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debian a chance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Kernel Compiling: Source for my nic isn't included: Was:Going to give it another shot-need more help

Anyway when it got to nics portion mine wasn't listed. I have the source from the manufacturer. How do I add that to the mix? Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debian a chance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 15:16:28 -0800, Cam Ellison wrote: >* Mark Healey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> >> > >> I've managed to get the tarball for 2.4.22 which is what kernel.org >> says is the latest stable one. >> >Seriously -- get kernel-source-2.4.22

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 21:34:57 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: >> On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 13:09:24 -0500, ScruLoose wrote: >> >> First off. I am doing this because none of the kernels on the cds >> support my nic. Consequently, any suggestions that involve us

An apology

I've been having quite a bit of trouble getting a debian system installed. Because it wasn't nearly as easy as I was told I've been getting quite petulant and taken it out on people who've been nothing but helpful. I am sorry. Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debia

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

e Guide to Updating and Compiling Your >Debian Kernel" > http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=2949 Which was close but unfortunately is apt-get and X dependent. Is there a site that has instructions in comparable depth that only depend on console apps? Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 23:45:18 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:00:11 -0600, Kent West wrote: >> >> >>>>Anyway I believe I should get kernel version 2.4.22. That's the >>>>latest stable one, right? >>&

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 18:00:11 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: >> On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:47:46 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> >> >>>On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 at 06:35 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >>> >>>>On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:52:38 -0700, Moni

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 08:56:19 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: >> >> >>>I still think that the $15 NIC would be the easiest. >> >> >> Car has no accelerator cable. > >Wedge a screwdriver in the accelerator linkage at the carburetor Ca

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 09:47:46 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 at 06:35 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >> On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:52:38 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> >>>Mame cab? What is this beast? >> >> An arcade style video game cabinet. M

Re: Going to give it another shot-need more help

On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:52:38 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >[Snipping most] > >On Tue, 04 Nov 2003 at 06:45 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >> >> I've decided to try to recompile the latest kernel. I figure that it >> would be nice to have the latest kernel with support

Going to give it another shot-need more help

ring if I will be able to boot into the old kernel if teh new one doesn't work? These are all my preliminary questions. I'm sure the answers will result in more questions so please be patient. Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debian a chance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Can't install networking.

On Sat, 1 Nov 2003 10:35:05 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 at 13:54 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >>> >>>That simply means that you're running the linux kernel, version >>>2.4.18-bf2.4, and your machine name is utonium (is this related to

Re: Can't install networking.

nel-source-2.4.22. Then install that, >install make-kpkg, and build yourself a 2.4.22 kernel with support for >the Broadcom. I have no idea how to manualy install a kernel and adding extra stuff to it means editing files I have no understanding of. I'm going to stick with just trying to

Re: Can't install networking.

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:27:29 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 at 03:26 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:08:05 -0900, Ken Irving wrote: >> >>>On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 06:17:52PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: >>>> On Fri, 3

Re: Can't install networking.

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 22:23:07 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On Sat, 01 Nov 2003 at 02:17 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:03:59 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >>>More pertinently, what part of the general advice given to you several >>>posts ago fru

Re: Can't install networking.

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:08:05 -0900, Ken Irving wrote: >On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 06:17:52PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: >> On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:03:59 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >> ... >> >> >It all comes down to specific hardware configuration. Every system has &

Re: Can't install networking.

it already installed. >> >> I was told that Debian is much bettter at handling these things. > >I do believe that the debian package manager is the best out there -- So I've been told. It may very well be, when one has a functining network connection. Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debian a chance. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Can't install networking.

On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:59:31 -0700, Monique Y. Herman wrote: >On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 at 22:40 GMT, Mark Healey penned: >>> >>>Run "uname -a". If your CD is a woody ("stable") CD, and it probably >>>is, you're probably running a 2.2 kernel. If s

Re: Can't install networking.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 23:11:45 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:57:07 -0600, Kent West wrote: >> >> >> >>>Mark Healey wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>When installing there was no networi

Re: Can't install networking.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 20:57:07 -0600, Kent West wrote: >Mark Healey wrote: > >>When installing there was no networing setup. >> >>The first install attempt I assumed that support was in the kernel >>since it wasn't on the list of non-supported nics in the insta

Re: Can't install networking.

On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:53:53 -0500, Jerome R. Acks wrote: >On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 05:11:35PM -0800, Mark Healey wrote: >> When installing there was no networing setup. >> >> The first install attempt I assumed that support was in the kernel >> since it wasn't on t

Can't install networking.

sted. I tried google and all I got were similiar horror stories. How do I get this to work? Asus A7V8X mobo with Broadcom 4400 onboard lan SiS on board audio ATI All in Wonder 9700 AGP video. DSL connection with a static address Mark Healey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Giving debian a c