I enabled dma by changing the boot option from 'nodma' to 'dma' but running
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hdparm -d1 /dev/hda
tells me it fails to turn on dma, perhaps this hardware is just too old for dma?
I switched to the Xchips server, there is a little improvement, thanks for the suggestion.
I got a Prism I wireless card working, using the orinoco_cs module, but it does not seem to support scanning,
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iwlist eth0 ap
or
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iwlist eth0 scan
result in 'not supported' messages. Is there a better way, or a GUI for looking for wireless networks? If not, it may not be a problem: The card associates with the strongest signal on its own. This happens on boot up and then the card gets DHCP and everything just works (as long as there is no encryption, but there wouldn't be at a coffee shop). How do I do a full restart of PCMCIA to get the card to go through the same routine it does at boot time and get DHCP?1. Wireless tools/wireless extensions isn't fully implemented in 2.4 kernel. Hence you have limited functionality. 2. It doesn't connect to the strongest signal if you specify an ESSID in your iwconfig. 3. You don't have to restart PCMCIA, just kill pump and restart it. It helps, though, to properly set up iwconfig so you connect to your own ESSID with whatever security (!) you use.Yes, but this is someone elses laptop that is computer literate but not so much so. I will probably make a script for him to use at home, but he mainly wants to connect when away from home, like at a coffee shop or on UIUC's campus with no security (web authentication w/ VPN optional)
By the way lucky13, I set up the gold bling JWM theme you made. Its brighter and looks nice on the small, dim DSTN LCD on the libretto.Cool. That must be the classiest Libretto in Illinois. :-)
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Cool. That must be the classiest Libretto in Illinois. :-)
For now, at least until I get a libretto 110 for myself. 233MHz, 64MB RAM... It might even be able to keep up with my usage patterns...
The funny thing is that the only 110 I've seen on Ebay was ~$200. Thats half the cost of an Asus EEE, and honestly I'd rather have an EEE in that kind of market, the libretto would be nice if they were going for the same price as similar spec'd machines: practically free.
This topic should probably end here since I've basically gotten the libretto working pretty nice and I'm going to return it to the owner soon. I'm going to open a new topic in the appropriate category to troubleshoot another Toshiba I have that won't complete an HDD install.