Re: Trying to get on the web with wvdial.
John Hasler wrote: Install pppconfig. Run it as root and answer the questions. You can add yourself as a ppp user in the Advanced menu. You will then be able to start ppp with pon and stop it with poff. That's what I usually do, but for a newbie, wvdial is a handy app. I think it needs ppp installed though. Does it drag it in as a dependency, or is it a separate install scenario. Regards, David Palmer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: nvidia driver problem [Was: new user question: debian on a Thinkpad T61]
Jimmy Wu wrote: On Jan 25, 2008 9:26 PM, Jimmy Wu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think I will go with the nvidia installer. I'll post back with results of how that goes. Well, an update: I just ran the nvidia script today (169.09) and it worked. I told it to not look for a precompiled interface on nvidia.com, so it did some compiling on its own, I think, but anyways, after I updated xorg.conf and restarted X, I saw the great big nVidia splash screen. Thanks again to every who replied for your help. Good to know, Jimmy. Thanks. 'When I get the time', I'll follow suit. Regards, David Palmer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: random mouse hangs
michael wrote: On 28 Jan 2008, at 22:37, David Palmer wrote: On Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:20:37 -0500 Tom Vier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running etch on amd64. The last few weeks, my mouse would stop responding for a few seconds. I switched to another mouse - same thing. Now i have to unplug (it's usb) and plug it back in to get the pointer to move again. I've tried 3 different usb ports. Keyboard works fine the whole time. It seems like a software problem, but it's not happening on my home machine (also running etch on amd64). It looks like a config problem, which happens with usb mice. Are there any other aspects? Is gpm involved? Two ways to fix it: Adjust config of xserver-xorg; Install gpm, which isn't a bad idea anyway, and the config of that gives comprehensive treatment of usb mice. Regards, I had a intermittent USB mouse/keyboard non-responding prob and it turned out to be due to me allowing the BIOS to overclock my AMD64 chip Less likely, but also. Perhaps we could get the 'usual' sources out of the way first, before we need to dig any deeper. Regards, David Palmer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Trying to get on the web with wvdial.
John Hasler wrote: David Palmer writes: That's what I usually do [us pppconfig], but for a newbie, wvdial is a handy app. Why? Because it does all the config for you. I used it for the first time the other day - installing a modem for fax. It did it all in the install procedure, detected the serial port the modem was on, installed the strings, ready to go. It doesn't teach you as much as the ncurses pppconfig interface - but it is handy for a newbie. Regards, David Palmer. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
