[ltp] A21p problems

[Bob Hutchinson]

On Wednesday 29 Mar 2006 20:56, ted frater wrote:
> Matt Graham wrote:
> >On Wednesday 29 March 2006 10:13, after a long battle with technology,
> >ted frater wrote:
> >[massive snip]
> >
> >When you ask a question that's almost completely unrelated to a previous
> >question, the right thing to do is to change the Subject: line and
> >start a new thread.
> >
> >>I [have] a thinkpad A21P onto which I put a fresh installation of suse
> >>10. I can get everything working except going on line with broadband
> >>with html. But I can FTP without any problem.
> >
> >Networking obviously works.  This sounds to me like your ISP is using
> >some sort of web proxy, and your proxy settings are incorrect in
> >whatever you're using for a browser.  But there isn't nearly enough
> >information to make a good diagnosis here.  Check out the useful (if
> >snarky) advice at http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
> >for advice on asking good questions in technical forums.
> >
> >>As this machine is my only pc, [I've] had to use slackware 10.1, which
> >>does [everything] perfectly, except play DVDs.
> >
> >Again, more info is needed before anybody can help you.  Which program
> >are you using to play DVDs?  What are the exact error messages or
> >symptoms you saw when you tried this program?  Did you install
> >libdvdcss?  I've seen some strange problems with a distro-provided
> >kernel and DVDs; 2.6.15-gentoo-r5 just didn't get along at all with
> >xine and all the commercially produced DVDs I own.  Upgrading the
> >kernel to 2.6.15.6-vanilla made xine work perfectly.
> >
> >>[I can't seem] to find a linux distro that does [everything.] [I]
> >>tried Vector linux, that [can't] find the 1600 by 1200 [graphics]
> >>chip. Ubuntu had a problem as well.
> >
> >You sound pretty inexperienced with Linux.  If you expect *any* distro
> >to set everything up exactly as you want it, you'll usually be
> >disappointed.  You usually have to get in there and fiddle with things
> >for a while before everything's exactly right.
> >
> >You can make this faster by going to http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html
> >and looking your specific make and model up if you have a problem
> >getting the hardware working properly.  Thing is, the A21p is old
> >enough that everything should be detected just fine.  The things that
> >you've described sound like software problems, not hardware ones, so
> >you will probably get more done by Reading The Fine Manual, Searching
> >The Fine Web, and asking good questions about the problems you're
> >having.  HTH,
>
> Thanks for bothering to reply.
>  I like linux in preference to MS products for many reasons. But as you
> rightly surmised I dont have any idea how it works.
>  i leave that up to my son who is a comp graduate.
>  im just a hardware man who can take a thinkpad to bits and get it back
> without having anything over and it works.
> My son when he has a moment does put up with me and is too busy right
> now to sort out my problems.
> He installed the s/ware but couldnt exactly see the problem in the tuime
> available.
>
> Certainly ill take a look at your leads.
>  My software knowlede only got as far as win 3.1 and dos 6.22.
>  Now I can hack these!.

he, if you liked them you'll really like hacking Linux, biggish learning curve 
to start but well worth the effort ;-)

> Perhaps I should go back to using them.
> Ill pass on the info about the proxy servers.
>  thanks again
>  ted Frater Dorset UK.

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