Toggle wlan0 on and off with Fn-F2?

2013-07-21 Thread Peter Stoddard
I purchased a laptop with wheezy pre-loaded, and it is working fine except for one thing. When I suspend and then unsuspend, if that is the right term, I find I have lost the wireless network. Pressing Fn-F2 starts it up again. In fact I can toggle wlan0 on and off by pressing Fn-F2 repeatedly.

Re: Replacing Konqueror with iceweasel

2013-07-09 Thread Peter Stoddard
On Tue, 2013-07-09 at 08:24 +0100, Joe wrote: > On Mon, 08 Jul 2013 19:08:47 -0700 > Gary Roach wrote: > > > On 07/07/2013 01:54 PM, Robert Holtzman wrote: > > > On Sun, Jul 07, 2013 at 12:21:31PM -0700, Gary Roach wrote: > > >> Hi all. > > >> > > >> How can I get KDE to default to iceweasel and

Re: Pre-installed Debian: two questions

2006-08-14 Thread Peter Stoddard
't gotten it to suspend to disk (i.e. sleep). Knowing what I know now, I would probably buy an IBM or HP box with Debian installed. Pete -- Peter Stoddard - GnuPG 4A1F5DA0 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Why does dpkg think my pentium computer is an AMD?

2006-03-28 Thread Peter Stoddard
On Monday 27 March 2006 12:21 pm , Steve Garcia wrote: > If you don't have specific needs from your kernel (so it has to be > custom built) there are kernel-image packages already available from > Debian.  What you probably want is kernel-image-2.6.15-1-em64t-p4-smp > That's the one that is optimiz

Re: Why does dpkg think my pentium computer is an AMD?

2006-03-26 Thread Peter Stoddard
Thanks for the suggestions to my post: > I am running sarge and kernel 2.6.14.3-smp. I have a pentium 4 dual core > > processor. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/$ uname -a > Linux paris 2.6.14.3-smp #1 SMP Fri Dec 9 13:21:36 CST 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux > > But dpkg thinks its an amd: > > paris:/usr/sha

Why does dpkg think my pentium computer is an AMD?

2006-03-25 Thread Peter Stoddard
Hi folks I am running sarge and kernel 2.6.14.3-smp on a box with a pentium 4 dual core processor. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/$ uname -a Linux paris 2.6.14.3-smp #1 SMP Fri Dec 9 13:21:36 CST 2005 x86_64 GNU/Linux But dpkg thinks its an amd: paris:/usr/share# dpkg --print-installation-architecture am

Re: How do I find a floppy drive in /dev (not in /dev/fd!)?

2006-01-17 Thread Peter Stoddard
On Tuesday 17 January 2006 01:28 am, Paul E Condon wrote: Many thanks Paul. "Tips for finding the appropriate places in SYSFS" is all the way at the bottom of http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html. > On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 09:56:19PM -0800, Peter Stoddard wrot

How do I find a floppy drive in /dev (not in /dev/fd!)?

2006-01-16 Thread Peter Stoddard
I have purchased a Mitsumi USB (external) floppy drive, and, having attached it to my computer, I am trying to find where it is located in /dev. I would like to use the udev system, and the command udevinfo, but it seems I have to specify the location of the floppy drive in /dev first, and I do

Re: FAQ on debian newcomer list

2006-01-11 Thread Peter Stoddard
t they will benefit from, so few will have the time or inclination to subscribe to the newbie list. Peter Stoddard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]