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debian-user-digest Digest Volume 2007 : Issue 2104

Today's Topics: 

  Re: How to specify primary display w  [ David Purton  ]
  Re: replacement for apt-listchanges?  [ Ron Johnson  ]
  encoding messes?                      [ "Eric d'Alibut"  ]
  Re: Kmail - satellite server error..  [ Charlie  ]
  Re: Missing /dev/raw1394              [ Florian Kulzer  ]

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:36:03 +0930
From: David Purton <dcpurton@marshwiggle.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: How to specify primary display with intel and xrandr 

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On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 11:12:24AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 05:17:17PM +0930, David Purton wrote:
> > I have been playing with xrandr to get multi monitor support working on
> > my intel i915 mobile card. I running unstable.
> >=20
> > It works ok, except the primary monitor gets set to the external vga
> > screen!
> >=20
> > How can I get the primary display to be the laptop panel and the
> > secondary display to be the external vga screen?

>=20

> Do you mean this?
>=20

> # This is for getting the video on the LCD
> xvattr -a XV_PIPE -v 1

Ahhh. So it is related to xv maybe. I'll give it a whirl. Don't have a second screen at the moment.

Do you need more help?X

> > The current default behaviour seems really stupid and I can't believe
> > that there isn't a way to do it, though google has only turned up people
> > with the same problem and no one with a solution.
>=20
> The default behaviour is not so stupid if you consider many people would=
=20
> need this for an external projector, TV-out, whatever.
>=20

Maybe, but it would be better to get accelrated video on both outputs. Windows manages to do this somehow (although you tend not to be able to drag a video between windows once it's started.)

The hassle is with different sizes of screens. Sure, you can drag the gnome panel around so it's where you want, but if you're projecting on to a narrower resolution than the laptop panel, the location of launchers and other stuff in the panel gets screwed up when it gets shifted to the external screen. Plus, during presentations, I'd rather be certain that the primary display where random windows might appear was not the one being projected to everyone...

Thanks for your help.

dc

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dcpurton@marshwiggle.net
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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 05:21:13 +0200 (CEST) From: Agricolae Maximus <amax@mail15.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: Public PC 

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On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:10:09 +0200, Dave Walker wrote:

  • snip

> I hope to make the PC reasonably idiot proof (the box will be kept
> separate from the users) - the keyboard and display will be
> accessible. The goal is to keep users from inadvertently trashing the
> machine, but to provide usability.

>=20

> Should I run a GUI (currently Gnome is installed)? How do I restrict
> access to functions that users shouldn't access?
>=20

> Is there a way to run a menu system, without using a Gnome...perhaps
> another window manager?
>=20

> Thanks, all
> Dave W.

Have you considered the KDE "Kiosk-Mode"? Check out this article from Linux Journal - maybe it will have what you're after:

        http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7718

Sincerely,

Can't find what you're looking for?X

   ~A~

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Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:01:24 -0500
From: Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: replacement for apt-listchanges? 

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On 08/05/07 20:33, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2007-08-05 17:46:41 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:

>> python-apt broke, and was fixed soon after.  Unless you are running
>> Stable, you are supposed to tolerate this kind of activity.

>
> These kinds of answers really become annoying.

The truth sometimes is. You *really* ought to read the Unstable FAQ.

http://wooledge.org/~greg/sidfaq.html

Don't know where to look next?X

Especially question #5.

http://wooledge.org/~greg/sidfaq.html#5

> Why should I if there
> is a better solution?

How diligently did you look for a better solution? What were your results? Telling us that in your OP, along with bug #435674 tells us that you are serious instead of a whiney Windows escapee.

  • -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 00:05:44 -0400
From: "Eric d'Alibut" <eric.halibut@gmail.com> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: encoding messes? 

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Confused? Frustrated?X

When I select and copy text from a browser and paste it into a text editor, all the apostrophes and dashes come out as question marks or weird things like "\u2019".

What's the fix for this irritating behavior, please?

'env' shows that 'LANG=en_US'.

etch. 

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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:04:27 +0300 From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: How to specify primary display with intel and xrandr Message-ID: <20070806060427.GG11931@think.homenet> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="aYDVKSzuImP48n7V" Content-Disposition: inline --aYDVKSzuImP48n7V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:36:03PM +0930, David Purton wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 11:12:24AM +0300, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 05:17:17PM +0930, David Purton wrote:
> > > I have been playing with xrandr to get multi monitor support working =
on
> > > my intel i915 mobile card. I running unstable.
> > >=20
> > > It works ok, except the primary monitor gets set to the external vga
> > > screen!
> > >=20
> > > How can I get the primary display to be the laptop panel and the
> > > secondary display to be the external vga screen?
> >=20
> > Do you mean this?
> >=20
> > # This is for getting the video on the LCD
> > xvattr -a XV_PIPE -v 1
>=20
> Ahhh. So it is related to xv maybe. I'll give it a whirl. Don't have a
> second screen at the moment.
I'm not sure if this is your problem, but my panel was working fine, but=20 I couldn't see any videos (blue screen). This is how I found that=20 solution. Regards, Andrei --=20 If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) --aYDVKSzuImP48n7V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGtrnrqJyztHCFm9kRAvMuAJ9NxH5hd13GRSfrMXyoV/c2rFsHSACfT4IV 7UKFkRXHkyF4UpfjDnZKoP4= =jet8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aYDVKSzuImP48n7V--

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:07:31 +0300 From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Which kernel should I choose with the following cpu? Message-ID: <20070806060731.GH11931@think.homenet> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="cW+P/jduATWpL925" Content-Disposition: inline --cW+P/jduATWpL925 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 10:28:48AM +0800, Kun Niu wrote:
> Thank you for tracing my problem.
> It's true that my root system is of ext3 format.
> I only got the compiled image from the mirror site security.debian.org.
> I don't know if ext3 is compiled is built into the kernel or compiled
> as a module.
> Do I have to check that before I reboot the system?
Not really. If you use stock kernels and it was installed correctly it=20 should just work.
> I'm sure that my cpu is hyper-thread enabled.
> Shall I choose the 686 version of 2.6.18 kernel in the new source tree?
Definitely. Regards, Andrei --=20 If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) --cW+P/jduATWpL925 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGtrqjqJyztHCFm9kRAuErAJ0UWOuFQ1e2nyRdOAjzR2fq61uO2gCfTF9P MsNVa09wle7vp1cemKtKQv0= =VV9Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --cW+P/jduATWpL925--

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 09:14:01 +0300 From: Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: encoding messes? Message-ID: <20070806061401.GI11931@think.homenet> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="HuXIgs6JvY9hJs5C" Content-Disposition: inline --HuXIgs6JvY9hJs5C Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 12:05:44AM -0400, Eric d'Alibut wrote:
> When I select and copy text from a browser and paste it into a text
> editor, all the apostrophes and dashes come out as question marks or
> weird things like "\u2019".
>=20
> What's the fix for this irritating behavior, please?
>=20
> 'env' shows that 'LANG=3Den_US'.
You could try experimenting with locales. en_US.UTF-8 would be my first=20 choice. Regards, Andrei --=20 If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. (Albert Einstein) --HuXIgs6JvY9hJs5C Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGtrwoqJyztHCFm9kRAtKiAKCpQ6tdrFPmU3FtfbEeO8VgabFf8ACfaZml UmsZpuzt7KlkrfvREoAlCus= =mWQq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --HuXIgs6JvY9hJs5C--

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 02:51:04 -0400 From: "Eric d'Alibut" <eric.halibut@gmail.com> To: debian-user <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: encoding messes? Message-ID: <585bd7150708052351u4744cf4bn9b1ae0acecfa2ecf@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 8/6/07, Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> You could try experimenting with locales. en_US.UTF-8 would be my first
> choice.
And a most excellent choice it is! Did the trick. Thank you sir. -- No no no, my fish's name is Eric, Eric the fish. He's an halibut. I am not a looney! Why should I be tarred with the epithet looney merely because I have a pet halibut?

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Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 07:29:30 +0000 (UTC) From: Amit Uttamchandani <amit.uttam@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders? Message-ID: <loom.20070806T092731-688@post.gmane.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey guys, Any of you use newsreaders from the commandline. I'm using an old laptop with debian and I read a lot of news everyday and loading the websites seems such a pain and slow process. Besides, nothing beats the commandline. Any good recommendations? Thanks, Amit

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 07:22:37 +0000 (UTC) From: Amit Uttamchandani <amit.uttam@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: wterm font config Message-ID: <loom.20070806T091838-218@post.gmane.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hey guys, I've been using wterm and it seems to fit the bill for a lightweight and fast terminal emulator. However, whenever I use MidnightCommander or aptitude, wterm can't seem to display the fonts properly. There are characters that are not shown properly and just appear as white boxes. MC and Aptitude work fine with xterm however. Any ideas? I was thinking changing the fontset might do the trick but can't seem to figure out how to do it. Thanks, Amit

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 13:09:51 +0530 From: Kumar Appaiah <akumar@iitm.ac.in> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders? Message-ID: <20070806073951.GA7484@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Mon, Aug 06, 2007 at 07:29:30AM +0000, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Any of you use newsreaders from the commandline. I'm using an old laptop with
> debian and I read a lot of news everyday and loading the websites seems such a
> pain and slow process. Besides, nothing beats the commandline.
snownews for RSS, slrn for nntp. Kumar -- Kumar Appaiah, 458, Jamuna Hostel, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai - 600 036

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 18:40:28 +1000 From: Charlie <ariestao@clearmail.com.au> To: "Debian-user" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: Re: Kmail - satellite server error... Message-Id: <200708061840.28226.ariestao@clearmail.com.au> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Subject copied over to Kmail........... Kmail works with the satellite server now? A long online chat and Kmail works a treat as ever. Phew........ Thanks to everyone for your help. It is much appreciated, and by using the ideas you put forward probably helped to get this working. Be well, Charlie -- Registered Linux User:- 329524 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend. .............................Henry David Thoreau <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Debian - Just the best way to do magic.

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:38:03 +0200 From: Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Missing /dev/raw1394 Message-ID: <20070806083803.GA14252@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 10:25:27 -0400, Curt Howland wrote:
> Hi. Up to date Sid, 2.6.22
>
> The dvgrab program is trying to access /dev/raw1394, to pull data from
> my video camera (as if that wasn't implicit already).
>
> Funny thing is, /dev/raw1394 doesn't exist.
>
> I'm accustomed to having to fix permissions on it every once in a
> while, but it hasn't simply "not existed" before.
>
> lsmod shows the following modules:
> - ------------------
> # lsmod | grep firewire
> firewire_sbp2 12100 0
> scsi_mod 136620 5
> sr_mod,firewire_sbp2,sd_mod,usb_storage,libata
> firewire_ohci 16416 0
> firewire_core 38784 2 firewire_sbp2,firewire_ohci
> crc_itu_t 2144 1 firewire_core
> - ------------------
>
> According to the 2.6.22 release notes, these are the modules
> that "should" be loading, so it seems to be working ok at that level.
>
> Google search results include lots of dmesg outputs with "/dev/raw1394
> device initialized" in them, but there is no such line in my dmesg.
>
> The following comes up when I put the camera online:
> - --------------------
> firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5
> firewire_core: phy config: card 0, new root=ffc1, gap_count=5
> firewire_core: created new fw device fw1 (0 config rom retries)
> - --------------------
> so the kernel drivers are seeing the hardware, anyway.
>
> Suggestions?
modprobe raw1394 (This module does not seem to get loaded automatically for all hardware. I have no idea why that is or how to fix that.) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian |

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 10:47:51 +0200 From: Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: ipw2100 + Debian etch + Firmware trouble + 2.6.22 Message-ID: <20070806084751.GB14252@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 12:41:44 +0200, Stefan Bauer wrote:
> Dear users,
>
> since i moved from 2.6.18 to 2.6.22 my wlan interface stopped working.
> At boot-time my hotplug system (no udev is installed! - because this
> is not wanted) detects the ipw2100 card and tries to load the ipw2100
> module. this task is timing out (after the 60seconds in
> /sys/class/firmware/timeout). there is no change if i increase this
> timeout to 100secs or more.
>
> the error message in the kernel-ringbuffer is:
>
> ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
> ipw2100: eth1: Firmware 'ipw2100-1.3.fw' not available or load failed.
> ipw2100: eth1: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2
> ipw2100: eth1: Failed to power on the adapter.
> ipw2100: eth1: Failed to start the firmware.
> ipw2100Error calling register_netdev.
> ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:02.0 disabled
> ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5
>
>
> The firmware is present in /lib/firmware as well as in
> /usr/local/lib/firmware/
>
> my wlan interface is ... attached to a ibm thinkpad t40:
>
> 02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)
Can you load the firmware_class module? The ipw2100 module seems to depend on it now to load the firmware: $ lsmod | grep ipw2100 ipw2100 117988 0 ieee80211 31432 1 ipw2100 firmware_class 9728 2 pcmcia,ipw2100 I am using Debian Sid, i386, kernel 2.6.22 compiled from Debian sources. I have the exact same lspci output for my Intel wireless card and it works without problems for me. I do use udev, though. (version 0.113-3) -- Regards, | http://users.icfo.es/Florian.Kulzer Florian |

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:05:26 +0200 From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: replacement for apt-listchanges? Message-ID: <20070806090526.GD14541@prunille.vinc17.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2007-08-05 21:21:21 -0500, John Hasler wrote:
> Vincent Lef=E8vre writes:
> > These kinds of answers really become annoying. Why should I if
> > there is a better solution?
>=20
> What is it?
Just look at the subject of this thread. --=20 Vincent Lef=E8vre <vincent(at)vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 11:18:46 +0200 From: Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.org> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: replacement for apt-listchanges? Message-ID: <20070806091846.GE14541@prunille.vinc17.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2007-08-05 23:01:24 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
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>=20
> On 08/05/07 20:33, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > On 2007-08-05 17:46:41 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> >> python-apt broke, and was fixed soon after. Unless you are running
> >> Stable, you are supposed to tolerate this kind of activity.
> >=20
> > These kinds of answers really become annoying.
>=20
> The truth sometimes is. You *really* ought to read the Unstable FAQ.
>=20
> http://wooledge.org/~greg/sidfaq.html
>=20
> Especially question #5.
>=20
> http://wooledge.org/~greg/sidfaq.html#5
Please, could you make constructive answers? I know that things can break. But they are ways to work around them (have you heard of fault tolerance?). I've reported the problem. The bug was tagged as wontfix because the maintainer of the package doesn't care that things can break in other packages and prefers to return with an exit status of 0 even if the program failed (which is against what an exit status is meant for).
> How diligently did you look for a better solution? What were your
> results? Telling us that in your OP, along with bug #435674 tells
> us that you are serious instead of a whiney Windows escapee.
You are getting ridiculous. FYI, I don't use Windows and have never used Windows. If you don't have constructive remarks, please shut up. --=20 Vincent Lef=E8vre <vincent(at)vinc17.org> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.org/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)

Do you need help?X

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 19:39:05 +1000 From: "Robert S" <robert.spam.me.senseless@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Installing xorg without all those video drivers Message-ID: <f96q7q$j5m$1@sea.gmane.org> I'd like to install xorg, but only with the video drivers that I need. I'm doing a net install. A query on the Debian IRC yielded "painfully, without using the meta package that pulls them in". Maybe there's a HOWTO somewhere out there that somebody can direct me to.

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 05:02:29 -0500 (CDT) From: Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@shellworld.net> To: Amit Uttamchandani <amit.uttam@gmail.com> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Any suggestions on good CLI newsreaders? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.64.0708060500180.79767@freire2.furyyjbeyq.arg> Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed slrn. Why? Because it also finds private newsgroups on servers as well as the public newsgroups. Others I've tried can't do that. tin fails here which surprised me. On Mon, 6 Aug 2007, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> Hey guys,
>
> Any of you use newsreaders from the commandline. I'm using an old laptop with
> debian and I read a lot of news everyday and loading the websites seems such a
> pain and slow process. Besides, nothing beats the commandline.
>
> Any good recommendations?
>
> Thanks,
> Amit
> >
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Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:49:13 +0530 From: Vibhav Sharma <vibhav@drishti-soft.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: ipw2100 + Debian etch + Firmware trouble + 2.6.22 Message-ID: <46B6F5A1.9010900@drishtisoft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Florian Kulzer wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 05, 2007 at 12:41:44 +0200, Stefan Bauer wrote:
>
>> Dear users, >> >> since i moved from 2.6.18 to 2.6.22 my wlan interface stopped working. >> At boot-time my hotplug system (no udev is installed! - because this >> is not wanted) detects the ipw2100 card and tries to load the ipw2100 >> module. this task is timing out (after the 60seconds in >> /sys/class/firmware/timeout). there is no change if i increase this >> timeout to 100secs or more. >> >> the error message in the kernel-ringbuffer is: >> >> ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection >> ipw2100: eth1: Firmware 'ipw2100-1.3.fw' not available or load failed. >> ipw2100: eth1: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2 >> ipw2100: eth1: Failed to power on the adapter. >> ipw2100: eth1: Failed to start the firmware. >> ipw2100Error calling register_netdev. >> ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:02.0 disabled >> ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5 >> >> >> The firmware is present in /lib/firmware as well as in >> /usr/local/lib/firmware/ >> >> my wlan interface is ... attached to a ibm thinkpad t40: >> >> 02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04) >> >
> Can you load the firmware_class module? The ipw2100 module seems to
> depend on it now to load the firmware:
>
> $ lsmod | grep ipw2100
> ipw2100 117988 0
> ieee80211 31432 1 ipw2100
> firmware_class 9728 2 pcmcia,ipw2100
>
> I am using Debian Sid, i386, kernel 2.6.22 compiled from Debian sources.
> I have the exact same lspci output for my Intel wireless card and it
> works without problems for me. I do use udev, though. (version 0.113-3)
>
>
I might be wrong but I think that the precompiled kernel module for ipw2200 an ipw3945 has not hit unstable as yet. The latest kernel module available is for 2.6.21-2. Can't check right (at work) now but a search for ipw2200 should give you results. In this case the options remain to either install linux-image-2.6.21-2 or compile the module for 2.6.22 from source. Vibhav Sharma Senior Developer Drishti-soft Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2007 12:42:05 +0200 From: Gerard Robin <g.robin3@free.fr> To: debian <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Subject: aticonfig and xorg.conf Message-ID: <20070806104205.GA4969@free.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, my box: acer aspire 51O2wlmi (amd64) dist: Debian unstable (gnome metacity) aticonfig --initial : Uninitialised file found, configuring. Using /etc/X11/xorg.conf Saved back-up to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-1 *** glibc detected *** aticonfig: munmap_chunk(): invalid pointer: 0x00007f= ff29170f8a *** =2E....... I know that there is a problem with the driver ATI and linux, but atconfig = --initial=20 remove /etc/X11/xorg.conf (and save it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.original-1) and, witout /etc/X11/xorg.conf, startx launches xwindow like charm.=20 What have I missing ? --=20 G=E9rard End of debian-user-digest Digest V2007 Issue #2104 ************************************************** Received on Mon Aug 6 07:02:38 2007

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