apologies for wrong reply-to, that'll be "[email protected]" not "debian-laptops"
that is, singular, not plural, same as the Kenneth Harker link. Hope you find the other mail useful tho. * Heather Stern * star@ many places... On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 10:26:03PM +0100, antken wrote: > hi, > > > thanks for that > i have just wound out that the person that gave me the laptop had problems > getting the pcmcia slots to work with windows 95 and above but it worded > with windows 3.11 and 3.1 > so it would appear to be a problem with the hardware after all > > the laptop is a twinhead slimnote 875cx if you have heard of or know of a > fix then please please let me know > > > but thanks for your help so far i know know more about debian now than i > did this morning!! > thanks > antken > > > At 12:49 PM 04/06/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >On Tue, Jun 04, 2002 at 08:04:15PM +0100, Ant Ken wrote: > >> hi, > >> > >> thanks for that > > > >you're welcome, let's see how much further we can get you. I'm forwarding > >this back onto the main list since the more heads that can be applied, the > >better... > > > >...and besides that other people could stand to be able to learn the > >answers > >too, sometime. Since I'm on the list proper I don't need two copies, so > >I'm > >not on the cc. > > > >> it beeps twice ( two high frequency beeps ) as expected > > > >good. > > > >> i have edited the > >> network.opts file i cannot ping anything on my network and i cannot > >ping it > >> from other boxes on the network > > > >okay, this suggests your netmask is wrong, your gateway is wrong, or its > >ability to pick up DHCP isn't working. (which maybe as in really not > >working, > >or as in being given wrong data.) > > > >> the card works i know that because i use it in other laptops and it works > >> fine there > >> the light on the transceiver bit is flashing as it should as packets > >float > >> across the network from other machines > > > >we'll take this as software rather than hardware, then. > > > >> i am now stuck and dont know what to do > >> > >> please could you help me?? > >> thanks > >> antken > > > >Yes. Tell us whether you want to use DHCP or a static address, give the > > > > ifconfig -a > > > >and > > route -n > > > >from one of your other machines that works... and this one that doesn't... > > > >and show us your current /etc/pcmcia/network.opts so we can tell if you > >typoed. > > > >* Heather Stern * star@ many places... > > > > > >-- > >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
