pppd and no more V92

2005-08-04 Thread Nobrin ;-\\
A few hours ago, kppp connected with my US Robotics 56K External Faxmodem using V92/LAPM/V42BIS. After playing around with minicom, it connects only with V90. And this is not what I want. I tried to send an AT&F1 to reset the modem, but got no result (ie just V90 works). Is it possible? I search

USB Mouse stops working under xfree

2005-07-29 Thread Nobrin ;-\\
After an "apt-get dist-upgrade" (testing branch) a problem came out: my usb mouse stops working under xfree (xserver-xfree 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14) after a few minutes. The pointer simply remains in the same place on the screen. If I plug out and in the usb cable, it start working again. Any suggestion?

Re: [OT] Good book about GNU/Linux structure

2005-07-04 Thread Nobrin ;-\\
Great! That's what I'm looking for. Do you know any text about this? Thanks! ps The idea of linux from scratch is great too. > Hi Norbin, > here is a simplified view on unix: > hardware->kernel-modules->kernel->libraries->applications/servers > harware(screen,mouse,hard drive,modem...) > kernel

[OT] Good book about GNU/Linux structure

2005-07-02 Thread Nobrin ;-\\
I would like to read an in depth book about GNU/Linux structure. I mean, about how the parts works together in the big picture. I wouldn't like a book about vi, emacs, bash, awk, iptables rules and so on, because it would just give some hints about these topics (about them entire books have been w