On 25 Dec 2007, at 15:59, Drew Tomlinson wrote:
...
I'm using x11-drivers/ati-drivers-8.433 and have followed guides
and verified direct rendering is enabled (however I don't know if
that matters for displaying video).
Is this the best I can expect for this video hardware? I can post
2007/12/25, Drew Tomlinson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have a Gateway laptop with an integrated ATI graphics board. lspci
detects it as:
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS485 [Radeon
Xpress 1100 IGP]
However when attempting to view a DVD at full screen, the display is a
Have it started doing that after anyh particular installation or right after
the base system was installed? Seems to me that it is a leak of resources
(memory). Have you tried checking /var/log/messages or
/var/log/kernel/current ?
Regards,
Saffi
On 12/19/07, Wayn0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi
Hi Guys/Girls,
I have gentoo running on a few machines and recently bumped into a
strange issue, with one of my laptops.
I have an Acer travelmate laptop that until about a few ago was running
the factory installed Windows XP with no problem. I installed gentoo on
it all went smoothly (done
Ricardo Saffi Marques wrote:
Have it started doing that after anyh particular installation or right
after the base system was installed? Seems to me that it is a leak of
resources (memory). Have you tried checking /var/log/messages or
/var/log/kernel/current ?
Regards,
Saffi
Hi,
It
Hi Benno,
Benno Schulenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But you don't need to do this as you've already found that the
problem is in bash and it's related to something in the environment.
If the PS1 didn't fix it, try with either just --norc or just
--noprofile to try and narrow things down
Hello Benno,
Benno Schulenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Roger Mason wrote:
I have a strange problem on my laptop[1] wherein I need
sometimes need to enter keystrokes twice in order for them to
be recognised. For example, I type 'ls' but the 's' needs to
be entered twice.
Are it
Hello Arturo,
Arturo 'Buanzo' Busleiman [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Benno Schulenberg wrote:
Are it certain keys (like the 's') that have the problem? Are it
[...]
single-user maintenaince mode? Does it happen when running from
a liveCD?
I'd add:
Does it happen on memtest86
I'm
Roger Mason wrote:
Does it also happen in another
shell than bash (for example in 'busybox ash')?
Just tried it: no, the problem was absent.
Okay. Hmm... Which version of bash are you using? You're running
stable so it should be 3.1. But I would have thought that the
problem you're
Hello,
I have a strange problem on my laptop[1] wherein I need sometimes need to
enter keystrokes twice in order for them to be recognised. For
example, I type 'ls' but the 's' needs to be entered twice. The
problem has bee present for some time and I have noted the following:
(1) I see the
Roger Mason wrote:
I have a strange problem on my laptop[1] wherein I need sometimes
need to enter keystrokes twice in order for them to be
recognised. For example, I type 'ls' but the 's' needs to be
entered twice. The problem has bee present for some time and I
have noted the following:
Hi Benno,
Benno Schulenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Roger Mason wrote:
I have a strange problem on my laptop[1] wherein I need sometimes
need to enter keystrokes twice in order for them to be
recognised. For example, I type 'ls' but the 's' needs to be
entered twice. The problem has bee
Roger Mason wrote:
I have a strange problem on my laptop[1] wherein I need
sometimes need to enter keystrokes twice in order for them to
be recognised. For example, I type 'ls' but the 's' needs to
be entered twice.
Are it certain keys (like the 's') that have the problem? Are it
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Benno Schulenberg wrote:
Are it certain keys (like the 's') that have the problem? Are it
[...]
single-user maintenaince mode? Does it happen when running from
a liveCD?
I'd add:
Does it happen on memtest86 or another OS or
Do you have CONFIG_CPU_FREQ defined in your kernel config?I have an HP laptop where I have seen similar behavior. After dealing with it for some time, I tracked it down to a problem with changing the cpu's frequency. For a very small period after the clock is changed, the thermal sensor reads back
Devon Miller wrote:
Do you have CONFIG_CPU_FREQ defined in your kernel config?
I have an HP laptop where I have seen similar behavior. After dealing
with it for some time, I tracked it down to a problem with changing
the cpu's frequency. For a very small period after the clock is
changed,
Mariusz Pękala wrote:
El Domingo, 11 de Diciembre de 2005 11:42, C. Beamer escribió:
My issue is this: The computer powered off in the middle of the install
of xorg-x11. This has happened a couple of times. I haven't been
having problems with the laptop, so I'm pretty sure the issue has
Hi all,
I've become so enamoured with Gentoo that I've decided to install on my
laptop. However, I'm having a bit of a problem.
I'm at the point where I can boot the system and I've been trying to
install xorg-x11. However, the laptop keeps powering off on me.
This wasn't a problem until I
I can't find any sense at that issue: I can't understand what's the reason
that make your computer turn off in a compilation.
Well... I'm afraid of temperature. I hope that's not the reason, but is the
first thing that came to my mind. Maybe in your laptop (I've an Amilo Fujitsu
Siemens, and
On (11/12/05 10:42), C. Beamer wrote:
Hi all,
I've become so enamoured with Gentoo that I've decided to install on my
laptop. However, I'm having a bit of a problem.
I'm at the point where I can boot the system and I've been trying to
install xorg-x11. However, the laptop keeps powering
At Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:42:13 + C. Beamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I'm at the point where I can boot the system and I've been trying to
install xorg-x11. However, the laptop keeps powering off on me.
This wasn't a problem until I build the kernel where I built acpi
support into
Allan Gottlieb wrote:
At Sun, 11 Dec 2005 10:42:13 + C. Beamer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
I'm at the point where I can boot the system and I've been trying to
install xorg-x11. However, the laptop keeps powering off on me.
This wasn't a problem until I build the kernel where I
El Domingo, 11 de Diciembre de 2005 11:42, C. Beamer escribió:
My issue is this: The computer powered off in the middle of the install
of xorg-x11. This has happened a couple of times. I haven't been
having problems with the laptop, so I'm pretty sure the issue has
something to do with
Hi list,
my little PIII-M 600MHz Laptop doesn't boot with kernel =2.6.14. I have
several systems from PII to Dual-Xeon all fine with 2.6.14. I don't know
how to trouble-shoot this problem.
since 2.6.14 the kernel stops early before vesafb. The last lines look
like this (taken from dmesg of
Sascha Lucas wrote:
since 2.6.14 the kernel stops early before vesafb. The last lines look
like this (taken from dmesg of 2.6.13):
have you tried booting of a kernel without vesafb?
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gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
since 2.6.14 the kernel stops early before vesafb. The last lines look
like this (taken from dmesg of 2.6.13):
have you tried booting of a kernel without vesafb?
yes and no. I didn't remove the VESA VGA graphics support from the kernel.
But I booted without any vga= parameter. Otherwise
I need to have my company order me a new laptop, but obviously, i'll be
putting gentoo on it. Does anyone have a recommendation for a very small 'n'
light laptop known to be pretty much a slam dunk to get gentoo on (with sound
and wireless, etc)?
I'm currently using a dell inspiron 1100 and
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, John Jolet wrote:
I need to have my company order me a new laptop, but obviously, i'll be
putting gentoo on it. Does anyone have a recommendation for a very small 'n'
light laptop known to be pretty much a slam dunk to get gentoo on (with sound
and wireless, etc)?
I'm
On Wednesday 26 October 2005 09:20, A. Khattri wrote:
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005, John Jolet wrote:
I need to have my company order me a new laptop, but obviously, i'll be
putting gentoo on it. Does anyone have a recommendation for a very small
'n' light laptop known to be pretty much a slam dunk
On Wednesday 26 October 2005 09:54, John Jolet wrote:
I need to have my company order me a new laptop, but obviously, i'll be
putting gentoo on it. Does anyone have a recommendation for a very small
'n' light laptop known to be pretty much a slam dunk to get gentoo on (with
sound and
Hi,
I run Gentoo on an IBM ThinkPad T41p.
This is a very nice laptop and very Linux-friendly.
HTH,
- AR
On 10/26/05, John Jolet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I need to have my company order me a new laptop, but obviously, i'll beputting gentoo on it.Does anyone have a recommendation for a very
On Wed, Oct 26, 2005 at 08:26:53AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a gross first pass, my impression is that ThinkPads and Dells seem to
do well with Linux.
Do your collective experiences confirm or deny this?
Michael
Thinkpads: my experience was good for linux. I had an X20, which
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:20:39 -0400 (EDT), A. Khattri wrote:
Works for me, but you'll need a USB wireless adaptor, there are no
drivers for the built in wireless.
Im guessing this is with Airport Extreme rather than plain ole Airport?
(I have a friend running Debian on his iBook quitw
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a gross first pass, my impression is that ThinkPads and Dells seem to
do well with Linux.
Do your collective experiences confirm or deny this?
Works fine on IBM X31 and T42.
Bob
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On Oct 26, 2005, at 3:57 pm, Neil Bothwick wrote:
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 10:20:40 -0400 (EDT), A. Khattri wrote:
Seems to me, very small 'n' light is mutually exclusive with grand
or
under.
Unless you're interested in running GentooPPC on an iBook?
Works for me, but you'll need a USB
On Wed, 26 Oct 2005 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As a gross first pass, my impression is that ThinkPads and Dells seem to
do well with Linux.
Do your collective experiences confirm or deny this?
Yes, Thinkpads run well with Linux (there is a web site and mailing list
dedicated to Linux on TP).
Hi,
Does anyone know if the gatos project/ati proprietry drivers will get
my laptop's TVout to work?
Has anyone ever tried it out? This is a Dell D600 Laptop FYI, would
really like to have TV out on the laptop. Watching DVD on my 1400x1050
is nice but it's only a 14 screen.
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Ow Mun
Just wondering if there's code to mark the modular bay in laptops to be
hot-pluggable.
I believe Thinkpads has one which is acpi controlled.
I'm on a dell, is there one ?
The problem here is that I have a Battery/CDrom/HD and I would like to
be able to switch from one to another without
Same here: I can swap the bay mounted cdrw with a floppy module for a
short time, and as long as I swap it back before doing a software
suspend all is fine. Any other combination (including leaving it out
for extended periods) ensures a painful crash at inopportune moments.
As well, my i82k has a
My apologies, I just discovered the gentoo-laptop mailing list. I will
post there too, but my question remains open here if anyone has any
assistance they can offer :)
Thanks
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I don't think my internal modem on my IBM laptop is being recognised at
boot. I ran the following:
# lspci -v (edited)
00:06.0 Communication controller: Lucent Microelectronics WinModem 56k (rev
01)
Subsystem: CIS Technology Inc Lucent Win Modem
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
Hi Richard,
On 4/28/05, Richard Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can anyone help? I'm trying to setup a dialup. I guess I need to set a
ttyS?. Is there a command I can run to see if the modem has already been
allocated a ttyS?.
Can I suggest you look up your model of your laptop at sites
trying to put gentoo on a dell 5000 with an ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x
chipset. Xorg native ati drivers gives me a blank screen, the ati
drivers don't support this chip, and the workaround driver (vesa) gives
me garbarge display.
any suggestions or am I hosed till some future Xorg release?
Eric S. Johansson wrote:
Richard Fish wrote:
Eric S. Johansson wrote:
trying to put gentoo on a dell 5000 with an ATI Rage Mobility P/M AGP
2x chipset. Xorg native ati drivers gives me a blank screen, the ati
drivers don't support this chip, and the workaround driver (vesa)
gives me
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