I will respond to your message as soon as I can. For urgent matters please
contact our service center at 02/717.08.00 or contact@....

Have a nice time !

De Ruyck Jos

Hey

I like to buy a laptop with best video card for both
windows and linux applications. I will be using more
graphical applications both 3D and 2D.


Please suggest me if anyone familiar with new video
cards both nvidia and ATA, . really this might help me
to decide.


thanks
krish





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krishna wrote:
> I like to buy a laptop with best video card for both
> windows and linux applications. I will be using more
> graphical applications both 3D and 2D.
>
> Please suggest me if anyone familiar with new video
> cards both nvidia and ATA, . really this might help me
> to decide.
This is going to be a very personal decision since you can assemble so
many combinations of identical hardware and still see differences.  But
here is a made-to-order link that should help:

http://www.nextag.com/laptop-nvidia/search-html

hello,

has anybody managed to hibernate or standby a laptop on a ubuntu
dapper 6.06? i can't restore pc after a hibernate - x server cannot be
started. standby option doesn't show up at all..

thank you :)

I just discover: http://www.dellideastorm.com/
It says that Dell employees are monitoring IdeaStorm to gauge which
ideas are most important and most relevant to you.
A lot of ideas are linked to linux and opensource...
For example, I promote:
- No OS Preloaded
- Provide Linux Drivers for all your Hardware
- Linux based PDA

Alex.

I will be out of the office starting  14/03/2007 and will not return until
20/03/2007.

I will respond to your message as soon as I can. For urgent matters please
contact our service center at 02/717.08.00 or contact@....

Have a nice time !

De Ruyck Jos

Hi. I'm so glad I found this group and hope that someone has already
overcome the only obstacle I've found that I can't seem to fix.

Here's my issue:

The Intel 2100 wireless card is detected and setup fine. However, it's
disabled in Linux only.

I have the 2100 enabled in the BIOS. I've installed both Ubuntu 6.10
and SuSE 10 using Gnome with the same results, so it's definitely a
hardware issue. It even works in the Windows XP Pro OS that is dual
booted with Linux.

The Fn+F2 button combo does nothing. When I press that, I see unknown
key pressed messages in the message log under SuSE, and something very
similar in Ubuntu.

Anyone know how to enable the Intel 2100 card in Linux? Again, the
driver is loaded just fine. The Network Connections Panel icon shows
Disconnected, and Wireless disabled.

I've searched all over the Net looking for the solution to this issue
to no avail.

Thanks for any ideas!

Hi. I'm so glad I found this group and hope that someone has already
overcome the only obstacle I've found that I can't seem to fix.

Here's my issue:

The Intel 2100 wireless card is detected and setup fine. However, it's
disabled in Linux only.

I have the 2100 enabled in the BIOS. I've installed both Ubuntu 6.10
and SuSE 10 using Gnome with the same results, so it's definitely a
hardware issue. It even works in the Windows XP Pro OS that is dual
booted with Linux.

The Fn+F2 button combo does nothing. When I press that, I see unknown
key pressed messages in the message log under SuSE, and something very
similar in Ubuntu.

Anyone know how to enable the Intel 2100 card in Linux? Again, the
driver is loaded just fine. The Network Connections Panel icon shows
Disconnected, and Wireless disabled.

I've searched all over the Net looking for the solution to this issue
to no avail.

Thanks for any ideas!

-- Later,
Chad Sutton
csutton@...
http://chadarius.com
http://stephandchadsutton.com

Hey all

I have a dell800 dual system mandrake linux and window xp. It was
fine untill yesterday nite, I was working last nite and shut it off.

Today I just start up the system , it give me an following error
message

error BTMAGIC.IMG
Run BootMagic Install
press key to start


if you press then windows booted up but it didnot recognize other
linux partition.

I want to recover this without loosing any data and want this to
work as before ,how can I do that.

I dont have Boot magic to install at this point. any suggestions
will be very much appreciated.

thanks
kris

James,

Have you tried:

modprobe ipw2100

and then, as superuser:

dhclient && ifup eth0 (or eth1)

Just a thought,

Good luck,
CB

--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "James" <james@...> wrote:
>
> Hi. I'm so glad I found this group and hope that someone has already
> overcome the only obstacle I've found that I can't seem to fix.
>
> Here's my issue:
>
> The Intel 2100 wireless card is detected and setup fine. However, it's
> disabled in Linux only.
>
> I have the 2100 enabled in the BIOS. I've installed both Ubuntu 6.10
> and SuSE 10 using Gnome with the same results, so it's definitely a
> hardware issue. It even works in the Windows XP Pro OS that is dual
> booted with Linux.
>
> The Fn+F2 button combo does nothing. When I press that, I see unknown
> key pressed messages in the message log under SuSE, and something very
> similar in Ubuntu.
>
> Anyone know how to enable the Intel 2100 card in Linux? Again, the
> driver is loaded just fine. The Network Connections Panel icon shows
> Disconnected, and Wireless disabled.
>
> I've searched all over the Net looking for the solution to this issue
> to no avail.
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
>

Here's how it's done...

Get specifics about the device as shown below:

$ sudo lsusb -v

(output edited to show only interesting fields)
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8114 Dell Computer Corp.
Device Descriptor:
idVendor 0x413c Dell Computer Corp.
idProduct 0x8114
iManufacturer 1 Novatel Wireless Inc.
iProduct 2 Novatel Wireless EXPD CDMA


To use the device, one must load the "usbserial" module with specifics
obtained from above.

$ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x413c product=0x8114

If successfully loaded, you'll just be thrown back to a prompt. Check
/var/log/messages for information as to which device name was select
for use.

i.e. usually "/dev/ttyUSB0" or "/dev/ttyUSB1"

In Suse, and other distros, you can also add the module to the list in
/etc/modules to load it automatically on boot: "usbserial
vendor=0x413c product=0x8114"

Once you have your device loaded, just create a ppp0 connection using
your favorite dial up utility.

"pppconfig" works for me:

$ sudo pppconfig

Select "Create a connection"
Provider Name: verizon
Select "Dynamic DNS".
Select "PAP" as the Authentication method
Username: phone_number_here@...
Password: anything... "password" for example.
Speed: 115200
Select "Tone"
Phone Number: #777
Manually define device as "ttyUSB0", or whatever was shown in
/var/log/messages.
Finish and save changes...

I also add the following two lines to /etc/ppp/peers/verizon to
prevent annoying automatic disconnections due to a lack of lcp responses.

lcp-echo-failure 4
lcp-echo-interval 65535

I have also seen other configurations that set both values to zero.

To connect, simply type the following:

$ sudo pppd call verizon

Again, look at /var/log/messages for all the nice pppd connection
output. You should receive an IP address within a few seconds, and
you're ready to surf.

$ ifconfig ppp0

Have fun.


--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "Linux Cruiser"
<linuxcruiser@...> wrote:
>
> I've posted this on dell's forums as well, and it does not appear to
> come up anywhere else on the net yet.
>
> I'm trying to see if anyone has had any success in getting the
> internal Dell 5700 PCI Express Mini Card (CDMA EVDO) to work under
Linux.
>
> I don't believe this card is presented as a USB device, so the
> usbserial module may not work if that's the case.
>
> Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>

Here's how it's done...

Get specifics about the device as shown below:

$ sudo lsusb -v

(output edited to show only interesting fields)
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8114 Dell Computer Corp.
Device Descriptor:
idVendor 0x413c Dell Computer Corp.
idProduct 0x8114
iManufacturer 1 Novatel Wireless Inc.
iProduct 2 Novatel Wireless EXPD CDMA


To use the device, one must load the "usbserial" module with specifics
obtained from above.

$ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x413c product=0x8114

If successfully loaded, you'll just be thrown back to a prompt. Check
/var/log/messages for information as to which device name was select
for use.

i.e. usually "/dev/ttyUSB0" or "/dev/ttyUSB1"

In Suse, and other distros, you can also add the module to the list in
/etc/modules to load it automatically on boot: "usbserial
vendor=0x413c product=0x8114"

Once you have your device loaded, just create a ppp0 connection using
your favorite dial up utility.

"pppconfig" works for me:

$ sudo pppconfig

Select "Create a connection"
Provider Name: verizon
Select "Dynamic DNS".
Select "PAP" as the Authentication method
Username: phone_number_here@...
Password: anything... "password" for example.
Speed: 115200
Select "Tone"
Phone Number: #777
Manually define device as "ttyUSB0", or whatever was shown in
/var/log/messages.
Finish and save changes...

I also add the following two lines to /etc/ppp/peers/verizon to
prevent annoying automatic disconnections due to a lack of lcp responses.

lcp-echo-failure 4
lcp-echo-interval 65535

I have also seen other configurations that set both values to zero.

To connect, simply type the following:

$ sudo pppd call verizon

Again, look at /var/log/messages for all the nice pppd connection
output. You should receive an IP address within a few seconds, and
you're ready to surf.

$ ifconfig ppp0

Have fun.




--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, uteck <theuteck@...> wrote:
>
> DId you see if it was listed as a pci device with 'lshw' or 'lspci'?
> I was reading about using the Verizon or Sprint pcmcia cards under
> Linux, and all I read indicated that they are detected as modems and
> should work like one.
>
> On 1/6/07, Linux Cruiser <linuxcruiser@...> wrote:
> > I've posted this on dell's forums as well, and it does not appear to
> > come up anywhere else on the net yet.
> >
> > I'm trying to see if anyone has had any success in getting the
> > internal Dell 5700 PCI Express Mini Card (CDMA EVDO) to work under
Linux.
> >
> > I don't believe this card is presented as a USB device, so the
> > usbserial module may not work if that's the case.
> >
> > Any info would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> no .sig found
> Please restart your browser.
>

This is fantastic.  Thanks.

Larry Adams wrote:
> Here's how it's done...
>
> Get specifics about the device as shown below:
>
> $ sudo lsusb -v
>
> (output edited to show only interesting fields)
> Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8114 Dell Computer Corp.
> Device Descriptor:
> idVendor 0x413c Dell Computer Corp.
> idProduct 0x8114
> iManufacturer 1 Novatel Wireless Inc.
> iProduct 2 Novatel Wireless EXPD CDMA
>
>
> To use the device, one must load the "usbserial" module with specifics
> obtained from above.
>
> $ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x413c product=0x8114
>
> If successfully loaded, you'll just be thrown back to a prompt. Check
> /var/log/messages for information as to which device name was select
> for use.
>
> i.e. usually "/dev/ttyUSB0" or "/dev/ttyUSB1"
>
> In Suse, and other distros, you can also add the module to the list in
> /etc/modules to load it automatically on boot: "usbserial
> vendor=0x413c product=0x8114"
>
> Once you have your device loaded, just create a ppp0 connection using
> your favorite dial up utility.
>
> "pppconfig" works for me:
>
> $ sudo pppconfig
>
> Select "Create a connection"
> Provider Name: verizon
> Select "Dynamic DNS".
> Select "PAP" as the Authentication method
> Username: phone_number_here@...
> Password: anything... "password" for example.
> Speed: 115200
> Select "Tone"
> Phone Number: #777
> Manually define device as "ttyUSB0", or whatever was shown in
> /var/log/messages.
> Finish and save changes...
>
> I also add the following two lines to /etc/ppp/peers/verizon to
> prevent annoying automatic disconnections due to a lack of lcp responses.
>
> lcp-echo-failure 4
> lcp-echo-interval 65535
>
> I have also seen other configurations that set both values to zero.
>
> To connect, simply type the following:
>
> $ sudo pppd call verizon
>
> Again, look at /var/log/messages for all the nice pppd connection
> output. You should receive an IP address within a few seconds, and
> you're ready to surf.
>
> $ ifconfig ppp0
>
> Have fun.
>
>
> --- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "Linux Cruiser"
> <linuxcruiser@...> wrote:
>
>> I've posted this on dell's forums as well, and it does not appear to
>> come up anywhere else on the net yet.
>>
>> I'm trying to see if anyone has had any success in getting the
>> internal Dell 5700 PCI Express Mini Card (CDMA EVDO) to work under
>>
> Linux.
>
>> I don't believe this card is presented as a USB device, so the
>> usbserial module may not work if that's the case.
>>
>> Any info would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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ALl,

I recently received a Latitude D610 through work.
It has a 1.73Ghz Pentium M Processor with 2GB of Ram.
It has a Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN mini PCI card, but I cannot get it
configured with Linux.

This PC dual boots between Suse 10.1 and XP Pro SP2, and I know the
wireless works.  I can even get the Wired ethernet connection to work,
but not the wireless.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi there.

I've got an expresscard modem for 3g verizon wireless service and
Mandriva 2007 Powerpack dual boot on a Dell XPS M1710.

I've found next to nothing regarding Mandriva 2007, let alone any
linux at all on M1710s on the net, and saw some help for the minicard
version of my modem in this group.

could somebody help me out? what do i need to do to get this bugger
working? Is it the card that's unsupported or the expresscard bay
itself? When i try to set the connection to the "3g" setting it tells
me that there's no device of that sort detected.

thanks!!

-Joe

It's actually quite easy to get the 3g cards working in Linux.  I
posted a quick how-to on the dell wireless forums back in January.
Actually, someone just the other day posted it here... but the
original link can be found at:

http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_wireless&me\
ssage.id=30802

I use Ubuntu, but the principle is the same.  Load the "usbserial"
module, using product and vendor ID as variables.  You then use any
PPP configuration utility and dialer to use your wireless connection.

Hope this helps.







--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <Joeyshinobi88@...>
wrote:
>
> Hi there.
>
> I've got an expresscard modem for 3g verizon wireless service and
> Mandriva 2007 Powerpack dual boot on a Dell XPS M1710.
>
> I've found next to nothing regarding Mandriva 2007, let alone any
> linux at all on M1710s on the net, and saw some help for the minicard
> version of my modem in this group.
>
> could somebody help me out? what do i need to do to get this bugger
> working? Is it the card that's unsupported or the expresscard bay
> itself? When i try to set the connection to the "3g" setting it tells
> me that there's no device of that sort detected.
>
> thanks!!
>
> -Joe
>

link's dead the thread got deleted.

you think you could post it here for me?

also, the only thing i saw in the archives about 3g cards was one
about an pci-express minicard. mine is an expresscard that plugs into
the side of the laptop. yes they both connect to 3g networks but does
the different type of hardware make a difference?

thanks!

-Joe

--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "Linux Cruiser"
<linuxcruiser@...> wrote:
>
>
> It's actually quite easy to get the 3g cards working in Linux.  I
> posted a quick how-to on the dell wireless forums back in January.
> Actually, someone just the other day posted it here... but the
> original link can be found at:
>
>
http://www.dellcommunity.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_wireless&me\
ssage.id=30802
>
> I use Ubuntu, but the principle is the same.  Load the "usbserial"
> module, using product and vendor ID as variables.  You then use any
> PPP configuration utility and dialer to use your wireless connection.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <Joeyshinobi88@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi there.
> >
> > I've got an expresscard modem for 3g verizon wireless service and
> > Mandriva 2007 Powerpack dual boot on a Dell XPS M1710.
> >
> > I've found next to nothing regarding Mandriva 2007, let alone any
> > linux at all on M1710s on the net, and saw some help for the minicard
> > version of my modem in this group.
> >
> > could somebody help me out? what do i need to do to get this bugger
> > working? Is it the card that's unsupported or the expresscard bay
> > itself? When i try to set the connection to the "3g" setting it tells
> > me that there's no device of that sort detected.
> >
> > thanks!!
> >
> > -Joe
> >
>

--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" <Joeyshinobi88@...>
wrote:
>
> link's dead the thread got deleted.
>

Hmm... strange... I can get to it fine.


> you think you could post it here for me?
>

Sure thing.  It's at the bottom of this post.


> also, the only thing i saw in the archives about 3g cards was one
> about an pci-express minicard. mine is an expresscard that plugs into
> the side of the laptop. yes they both connect to 3g networks but does
> the different type of hardware make a difference?
>


These cards (internal and external) present themselves as USB devices.
  if you run "tail -f /var/log/messages" and insert your card, you will
see exactly what I'm talking about.  Since they are all really just
serial devices, the "usbserial" module works for virtually all of them
the same way.

Here's the post from the dell site:

------------


Here's how it's done...

Get specifics about the device as shown below:

$ sudo lsusb -v

(output edited to show only interesting fields)
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 413c:8114 Dell Computer Corp.
Device Descriptor:
idVendor 0x413c Dell Computer Corp.
idProduct 0x8114
iManufacturer 1 Novatel Wireless Inc.
iProduct 2 Novatel Wireless EXPD CDMA


To use the device, one must load the "usbserial" module with specifics
obtained from above.

$ sudo modprobe usbserial vendor=0x413c product=0x8114

If successfully loaded, you'll just be thrown back to a prompt. Check
/var/log/messages for information as to which device name was select
for use.

i.e. usually "/dev/ttyUSB0" or "/dev/ttyUSB1"

In Ubuntu, and other distros, you can also add the module to the list
in /etc/modules to load it automatically on boot: "usbserial
vendor=0x413c product=0x8114"

Once you have your device loaded, just create a ppp0 connection using
your favorite dial up utility.

"pppconfig" works for me:

$ sudo pppconfig

Select "Create a connection"
Provider Name: verizon
Select "Dynamic DNS".
Select "PAP" as the Authentication method
Username: phone_number_here@...
Password: anything... "password" for example.
Speed: 115200
Select "Tone"
Phone Number: #777
Manually define device as "ttyUSB0", or whatever was shown in
/var/log/messages.
Finish and save changes...

I also add the following two lines to /etc/ppp/peers/verizon to
prevent annoying automatic disconnections due to a lack of lcp responses.

lcp-echo-failure 4
lcp-echo-interval 65535

I have also seen other configurations that set both values to zero.

To connect, simply type the following:

$ sudo pppd call verizon

Again, look at /var/log/messages for all the nice pppd connection
output. You should receive an IP address within a few seconds, and
you're ready to surf.

$ ifconfig ppp0

Have fun.

I had some issues under Core 6 with the D620 BCM wireless.  Use this
website for info on the BCM chipset:
  http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/

I was able to get it to work using ndiswrapper
(http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/), but it conflicted with the
nVidia kernel module (not the one included with X11R6), dying after
about 10 minutes of usage.  At that point, there was some ugly method
for disabling IRQ probing I had add to the initrd line in Grub; but
the D620 has a 1470, not 1370.  This changed allowed the wireless and
nVidia modules to cooperate but killed all chances of using the power
management (suspend, etc).  You just have to pick your poison, I
guess.  I was "forced" to start testing Vista shortly after, so I've
since lost my notes.  :(

I'm not very fluent in Suse or Ubuntu, but maybe this will at least
give you a push in the right direction.  /var/log/messages
and 'dmesg' will give you any module loading errors during boot.
Remember, Google is ur friend.  ;)


--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "upshaw1971"
<upshaw1971@...> wrote:
>
> ALl,
>
> I recently received a Latitude D610 through work.
> It has a 1.73Ghz Pentium M Processor with 2GB of Ram.
> It has a Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN mini PCI card, but I cannot get it
> configured with Linux.
>
> This PC dual boots between Suse 10.1 and XP Pro SP2, and I know the
> wireless works.  I can even get the Wired ethernet connection to
work,
> but not the wireless.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>

Core 6 and Red Hat Enterprise required a firmware update to be
applied to get the cards to work.  This rpm was included in their
respective "Extras" repositories.  I would assume that Suse and
Ubuntu would have something similar in their apt repositories.

I couldn't ever get the Fn+F2 key sequence to work, however.
Enabling and disabling had to be done through the OS (ifup and ifdown
at the command line).

See here for details on the project:
  http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/


--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "James" <james@...> wrote:
>
> Hi. I'm so glad I found this group and hope that someone has already
> overcome the only obstacle I've found that I can't seem to fix.
>
> Here's my issue:
>
> The Intel 2100 wireless card is detected and setup fine. However,
> it's disabled in Linux only.
>
> I have the 2100 enabled in the BIOS. I've installed both Ubuntu 6.10
> and SuSE 10 using Gnome with the same results, so it's definitely a
> hardware issue. It even works in the Windows XP Pro OS that is dual
> booted with Linux.
>
> The Fn+F2 button combo does nothing. When I press that, I see
> unknown key pressed messages in the message log under SuSE, and
> something very similar in Ubuntu.
>
> Anyone know how to enable the Intel 2100 card in Linux? Again, the
> driver is loaded just fine. The Network Connections Panel icon shows
> Disconnected, and Wireless disabled.
>
> I've searched all over the Net looking for the solution to this
> issue to no avail.
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
>

There is firmware that MUST be loaded into the wireless card by the OS
(linux  kernel). See if the  DMESG |grep ipw2100 produces message
saying that there was a load failure of a .bss or similar module. For
security a wpa-supplicant module MUST be also loaded and ndiswrapper
is also needed. I have a DELL 9200 with 2200BG card almost identical
to 2100 card in your dell. Is the light showing the WiFI LED on? Make
sure that the kernel is 2.6.18 or higher. There are some kernel
complation options that will cause a failure of wireless
communication. CHECK http://oss.intel.com/en-us/

Try these and you may get somewhere. I can't understand why LINUX
programmers have not gotten the message that CENTRINO+LAPTOP is a
huge supply of computers that HAVE to be relegated to WINDOWS
because  WINDOWS can connect easily!!!
Good Luck
Jack
Toms River,NJ



--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, Chad Sutton <csutton@...>
wrote:
>
> James wrote:
> >
> > Hi. I'm so glad I found this group and hope that someone has
already
> > overcome the only obstacle I've found that I can't seem to fix.
> >
> > Here's my issue:
> >
> > The Intel 2100 wireless card is detected and setup fine. However,
it's
> > disabled in Linux only.
> >
> > I have the 2100 enabled in the BIOS. I've installed both Ubuntu
6.10
> > and SuSE 10 using Gnome with the same results, so it's definitely
a
> > hardware issue. It even works in the Windows XP Pro OS that is
dual
> > booted with Linux.
> >
> > The Fn+F2 button combo does nothing. When I press that, I see
unknown
> > key pressed messages in the message log under SuSE, and something
very
> > similar in Ubuntu.
> >
> > Anyone know how to enable the Intel 2100 card in Linux? Again, the
> > driver is loaded just fine. The Network Connections Panel icon
shows
> > Disconnected, and Wireless disabled.
> >
> > I've searched all over the Net looking for the solution to this
issue
> > to no avail.
> >
> > Thanks for any ideas!
> >
> >
> You might want to try poking around
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessCardsSupported.
>
> This card is fully supported in Ubuntu. To see if the driver is
loaded
> you should type "lsmod |grep ipw2100"in a terminal. It should
return
> that the card's module is loaded.
>
> Your card in Ubuntu is most likely listed as eth1 (perhaps wlan0).
See
> if you can see any wireless networks by typing "iwlist scan". If
> wireless network information is returned then the card is active
and
> working.
>
> Have you tried any of that yet?
>
> A simple search at http://ubuntuforums.org on intel 2100 brought me
the
> following results
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=298798&highlight=intel+2100
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/NetworkManager?
highlight=%28network%29%7C%28manager%29
>
>
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/WirelessTroubleShootingGuid
e
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=327067&highlight=intel+2100
>
> http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/#issues
>
>
>
> --
> Later,
> Chad Sutton
> csutton@...
> http://chadarius.com
> http://stephandchadsutton.com
>

Hi every one,

I am trying to compile a custom kernel on the DELL Latitude D620, but
when booting i get the error:

VFS: cannot open root device "sda6" or unknown-block(0,0)
please append a corretc "root=" boot option
Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
unknown-bloc(0,0)



hereis the outpu of #lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and
945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and
945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
Port 3 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
UHCI #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2
EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface
Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family)
Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
(rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 110M
/ GeForce Go 7300 (rev a1)
03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0
CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 40)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752
Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 01)



If some one had complied a custom kernel with success, please send me
the .config file.

Thanks

Hello,

I have overheating and slowdown issues under Dell C400
with PIII 1GHz CPU.

What happens - after reboot everything is fine laptop works
on full power (I'd written simple program that
makes CPU work hard and test run time).

The CPU temperature according to:
cat /proc/acpi/thermal_zone/THM/temperature
Is about 48-54C.

When I start running heavy loads - it heats up to 90C
and then I see a message in /var/log/acpi

received event "processor CPU0 00000080 00000001"
notifying client 2604[105:108]
notifying client 2881[0:0]
completed event "processor CPU0 00000080 00000001"

After that the performance of the computer is dramatically
reduced and the temperature goes down to 60C under load
and 45-50C without. Program that used to run about 11s
now runs about 1m30s (!).

When I reboot and load i8k module (modprobe i8k)

I do not get to 90C but the performance reduced at lower
temperatures and it not recovered back - the simple
program that run about 11s now runs about a minute.

Several questions:

- I understand that it is important to reduce clock in
   order to not overheat the processor, but how to get
   it back when there is no load and the temperature
   is normal?

- I can see a small fan at the bottom of the laptop
   but I don't see it is spinning? Does this mean it
   is broken or I do not have correct settings for
   i8k driver?

- I can figure out that the CPU frequency is changed
   in all these cases and in case I plug in/out the
   AC power. However I do not see any change in
   /proc/cpuinfo. Is there any way to change this
   behavior or other way to check CPU frequency?

- How can I control manually CPU clock frequency?
   (If it is possible at all.)

Thanks,

Artyom

On Wed, 18 Apr 2007, artyomtnk wrote:

> - I can see a small fan at the bottom of the laptop
>  but I don't see it is spinning? Does this mean it
>  is broken or I do not have correct settings for
>  i8k driver?

Can't help with the other questions, but I have a similar model, and I can
definitely hear the fan when I'm running a long compute-intensive program.
I also (IIRC) don't get CPU temps that high, or see slowdown for thermal
protection, so broken fan would be my first guess.

James

Ok, thanks, so it seems that the fan is broken.
Meanwhile I had reduced in BIOS the AC mode from
maximal performance to maximum battery and I work
on 750MHz instead of 1GHz even on AC. Running this
mode I get maximum on heavy long loads to 65-68C
So it do not creates problems but it is 25% peformance
reduction.

If I was able to adjust the CPU frequency according
to temperature thresholds:

1000MHz      - 60    normal work low temperatures
  750MHz   60 - 80    reduce under loads
  185MHz   80 +       critical temperatures

But cpufreq-set do not work and I /proc/acpi/
there is no support for changing CPU freq.

Thanks,
Artyom

--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, James Frye <frye@...> wrote:
> Can't help with the other questions, but I have a similar model, and
I can
> definitely hear the fan when I'm running a long compute-intensive
program.
> I also (IIRC) don't get CPU temps that high, or see slowdown for
thermal
> protection, so broken fan would be my first guess.
>
> James
>

All,

I recently installed Xandros Linux 3.0.3 on my Dell Latitude D610.

I have it set to dual boot between XP Pro and Xandros.  Everything
went fine, except Xandros does not see my Dell 1370 Wireless LAN card.

It sees my Ethernet card, and I can connect through it, and my
wireless works in XP Pro.

I tried NDIS Wrapper with the bcmwl5.inf driver, but the wireless card
still does not show up in my Network Control panel.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as i would like to move
completely away from XP, but can't until my wireless works!

Thanks,

Trent

Hello,

I had found the solution for clock control according
to the temperature of the CPU.

I had to load following modules:

speedstep_ich
cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_powersave

and then I had installed cpufreqd that had given me the solution

I just adjusted a little temperature ranges in /erc/cpufreqd.conf
and thats it. Even at heavy long loads I get maximum to 75C and
the clock is reduced to 750MHz and normally it works on 1GHz at
temperatures of about 55C.

Artyom


--- In linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com, "artyomtnk" <artyomtnk@...>
> If I was able to adjust the CPU frequency according
> to temperature thresholds:
>
> 1000MHz      - 60    normal work low temperatures
>  750MHz   60 - 80    reduce under loads
>  185MHz   80 +       critical temperatures
>
> But cpufreq-set do not work and I /proc/acpi/
> there is no support for changing CPU freq.
>
> Thanks,
> Artyom

On Fri, Apr 13, 2007 at 10:43 (-0000), kerbachi wrote:

> Hi every one,

> I am trying to compile a custom kernel on the DELL Latitude D620, but
> when booting i get the error:

> VFS: cannot open root device "sda6" or unknown-block(0,0)
> please append a corretc "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-bloc(0,0)

snip

> If some one had complied a custom kernel with success, please send me
> the .config file.

Maybe you've solved the problem by now, but did you try giving the
correct "root=" option as it says above?

My .config isn't necessarily going to do you any good, but I can send
it to you if you really want.  Do you have the right filesystems
compiled into your kernel (not as modules) or them included in an
initrd file?

				 Jim

On 4/13/07, kerbachi <kerbachi_m@...> wrote:
> Hi every one,
>
> I am trying to compile a custom kernel on the DELL Latitude D620, but
> when booting i get the error:
>
> VFS: cannot open root device "sda6" or unknown-block(0,0)
> please append a corretc "root=" boot option
> Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on
> unknown-bloc(0,0)
>
>
>
> hereis the outpu of #lspci
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and
> 945GT Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 945GM/PM/GMS/940GML and
> 945GT Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
> 00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High
> Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
> Port 1 (rev 01)
> 00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
> Port 2 (rev 01)
> 00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express
> Port 3 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
> UHCI #1 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
> UHCI #2 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
> UHCI #3 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB
> UHCI #4 (rev 01)
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2
> EHCI Controller (rev 01)
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e1)
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GBM (ICH7-M) LPC Interface
> Bridge (rev 01)
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7 Family)
> Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01)
> 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller
> (rev 01)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro NVS 110M
> / GeForce Go 7300 (rev a1)
> 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ601/6912/711E0
> CardBus/SmartCardBus Controller (rev 40)
> 09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5752
> Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express (rev 02)
> 0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4310 UART (rev 01)
>
>
>
> If some one had complied a custom kernel with success, please send me
> the .config file.
>
> Thanks
>

Note that if you're not using an initrd, you will need to compile
support for your ide chipset into your kernel, and ditto for your file
system.

Regards, Alexander Toresson