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 Forum: Kernel & hardware   Topic: stop disks (spin down)

ursvik
 Post subject: Re: stop disks (spin down)
Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2011 9:20 pm 

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I had a similar problem with my IBM X31. I had this in /etc/rc.d/rc.local hdparm -B 254 /dev/sda To see all options : hdparm -I /dev/sda Bip i don't have that, but anyway if i do 'hdparm -B /dev/sda' i see it is set to 254, if i unplug the ac adapter and do 'hdparm -B /dev/sda' it is set to 128 ( w...

 Forum: Kernel & hardware   Topic: stop disks (spin down)

ursvik
 Post subject: stop disks (spin down)
Posted: Tue Dec 06, 2011 6:13 pm 

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on my netbook disks spin down after a while if im on battery, can i make it spin down like this when i'm on AC too? maybe after a longer while of inactivity.

 Forum: Problems   Topic: how do i stop wicd from starting in xfce

ursvik
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:14 am 

Replies: 3
Views: 479
karlheinz wrote:
If you are absolutely certain that you don't need it you could also just do
Code:
removepkg wicd
as root.

very pragmatic! thank you.
Needless to say, wicd does not try to start now!

 Forum: Problems   Topic: how do i stop wicd from starting in xfce

ursvik
Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 2:57 pm 

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As title, how do i stop wicd from starting every time i log in. i don't need wicd as this computer acts as a router, so i turned off the wicd service and of course wicd complains that it can't find this service. the usual trick of killing it and logout/ login to get rid of unwanted autostarting apps...

 Forum: Problems   Topic: Printing under ZENWALK 7.0

ursvik
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 8:44 am 

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i always used rpm2tgz, perhaps i went wrong there.

 Forum: Problems   Topic: Printing under ZENWALK 7.0

ursvik
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 7:07 am 

Replies: 9
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Yes, probably, but i got inspired, i am trying to build cnijfilter now!

I wonder why though, cups identifies the printer, suggests the correct driver, but still wont work...

 Forum: Problems   Topic: Printing under ZENWALK 7.0

ursvik
Posted: Wed May 25, 2011 6:32 am 

Replies: 9
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Had any luck yet ? i have never got a canon printer working properly under my 4 years with zenwalk

 Forum: Problems   Topic: Zenwalk 7 and VMWare player

ursvik
Posted: Sat May 21, 2011 6:40 pm 

Replies: 2
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have you tried setting up the disk as ide in vmware?

i only run zenwalk 5.something in vmware but im pretty sure i use the Ide option.

 Forum: Contributed packages   Topic: usb_modeswitch, dep needed[Solved]

ursvik
Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 5:36 am 

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Views: 3910
great!

Thank you!

 Forum: Contributed packages   Topic: usb_modeswitch, dep needed[Solved]

ursvik
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:31 pm 

Replies: 2
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Usb modeswitch package needs the tcl package to work at all, there are no error messages, it just doesen do anythig .

more precisely, the /lib/udev/usb_modewich helper script begins with #!/usr/bin/tclsh
fix please!

 Forum: Contributed packages   Topic: google-gadgets, missing dep?

ursvik
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:26 pm 

Replies: 2
Views: 3956
ok, thanks!

 Forum: Tips 'n' tricks   Topic: setup USB GPRS/UMTS/HSxPA stick to use ppp-go

ursvik
Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:21 pm 

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The not so easy way to set up an UMTS dongle in Zenwalk: I wrote this to document how i set up a usb mobile broadband stick using the ppp tools present in zenwalk. i chose this method because i am part familiar with the scripts since back when i used a phone modem to get online in slackware. I bough...

 Forum: Misc   Topic: 3g-friendly alternative to zenwalk?

ursvik
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:45 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 3648
Zenwalk addict wrote:
Did you check all the modules available in ZW 7??


Yes, and they are!

 Forum: Misc   Topic: 3g-friendly alternative to zenwalk?

ursvik
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 11:26 am 

Replies: 4
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OK, Say it is a normal UMTS dongle thingy, a user needs to download and install among other things wvdial and all its deps, quite likely also need to download and install usb_modeswitch. He also needs to google and read up on all sorts of info on his usb plug. All of this has to be done BEFORE he ca...

 Forum: Misc   Topic: 3g-friendly alternative to zenwalk?

ursvik
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2011 11:04 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 3648
I would like a lightweight alternative to zenwalk with good builtin support for usb 3g sticks, it is for my dad and he tends to give up too easily when stuff don't work out of the box.
He has only HSxPA connection to internet and zenwalk needs a lot of manual labor to get such stuff working.
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