2.2.19, agpgart, dri --> @$#%^

Hello, I have recently recompiled my kernel (obtained from .deb source package, 2.2.19-6) to include support for agp So I added CONFIG_AGP, CONFIG_AGP_I810, CONFIG_MTRR, CONFIG_DRM, CONFIG_DRM_R128 to my kernel config files, compiled, reboot, and the boot hangs with a "Unable to handle kernel n

ntpdate on two machines

Hello, I am running ntpdate as a cronjob on 2 machines. Both machines should have the same time. But, the second has a time which is one hour behind. How do I fix this? Machine 1: Laptop crontab -e 30 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -b tock.cs.unlv.edu >> /var/log/ntpdate Machine 2: web-server htt

page up/dn keys unbound

Hello, I have noticed today that my page up/dn keys are not responding... In order to backtrace this problem, I would like to know if there exist a utility which echoes the codemap received by the keyboard driver, or any keyboard troubleshooting prgm for that matter. Thanks, Matthieu

apt cache clean

Hello, I am a happy user of apt... and my cache is getting big. I notice that I pile up several versions of programs as newer ones become available. Is there a command to clean this up a little bit. Searched in apt-cache and apt-conf. I saw a Cache-Limit, but it's not exactly what I need. Thank yo

spurious printer ?

Hello, I am trying to setup an hp 5mp printer at home, off the parallel port. I am running kernel 2.4.2, with parport enabled, as well as the IEEE 1284 option. And the printer seems to be correctly recognized at bootup (parport0). I am using lprng for printing, and typing 'lpr somefile' doesn't d

Cannot bring up lo.

Hello, I have had this error for about 2 days I can't bring the loopback interface. If I type '/etc/init.d/networking restart', I get: Reconfiguring network interfaces: lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor SIOCSIFADDR: Bad file descriptor lo: unknown interface: Bad file descriptor lo:

shell to /dev/ttySxx

Hello, I have a device connected to a serial port. There is no protocol, I just send out characters. I would like to know how to have a shell where every thing I typed is sent to this device once I type [enter], pretty much like irc. Currently I can output files to this device (Cat xxx > /dev/ttyS

magneto optical, driver support

Hello, Found a pinnacle magneto optical 650. I am looking for a driver. Has anyone seen one? Thanks, Matthieu

serial port on laptop

Hello, I am a little bit puzzled by the serial port on my laptop. When I run setserial -g /dev/ttyS0, it seems to recognize the UART, the IRQ, and all that. when I run statserial, it recognizes the serial port on the pcmcia card (/dev/ttyS1). If I force statserial on /dev/ttyS0, it gives me a '

fugly (Font is Ugly)

Hello, I installed Potato on a laptop, and the fonts are mishaped under X. The fonts are uneven throughout an xterm. All the applications seem to inherit the same problem. I have played a little with the fontpath in XF86Config, but that wasn't good enough. Has anyone encountered the same pb befor

howto monitoring interface?

Hello, just a quickie... How can user lambda on my box tell if - eth0 is up - ppp0 is up I think ppp puts something in /var/lock, but is there an equivalent for ethernet interface? As a side question, someone told me that you don't have to be root to tell what IP I have (Note that I used D

k2.4.0 -- LSR safety engaged.

Hello, I am trying to get the new kernel on my laptop, so I got the .deb for the test5 version of 2.4.0. I compiled it, it seems to run fine until I start X, where it hangs, without a chance of appeal (Dec 12 is not my deadline though). Looking at dmesg, I see occurences of "LSR safety engaged!" A