LinuxQuestions.org
Welcome to the most active Linux Forum on the web.
Go Back   LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Laptop and Netbook
User Name
Password
Linux - Laptop and Netbook Having a problem installing or configuring Linux on your laptop? Need help running Linux on your netbook? This forum is for you. This forum is for any topics relating to Linux and either traditional laptops or netbooks (such as the Asus EEE PC, Everex CloudBook or MSI Wind).

Notices


Reply
  Search this Thread
Old 10-20-2003, 11:31 AM   #1
Slartibartfast
LQ Newbie
 
Registered: Aug 2003
Location: Norway
Posts: 1

Rep: Reputation: 0
Mandrake 9.1 on a IBM r31 + external devices


As the topic says I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on my IBM Thinkpad r31. I was very satisfied until I decided I wanted to make it work better.

I would like to make the four buttons ("Thinkpad" volume up and down and mute) to work. There are also two buttons at each side of the up-arrow that I don't know what I could use for.

The external equipment I wan't to work is:
1. D-Link DWL-650+ Wireless LAN PCMCIA (TI acx100 chipset):
I think it should work OK once I get to compile those drivers and utilities (I keep getting some errors)
2. D-Link DBT-120 USB Bluetooth thingie
Seems to work, but I want to connect my Sony Ericsson t610 to use it as a modem and mount it to transfer pictures and sounds and such..
This is how far I got:
Installed bluez and it seems to work.
I plug the device in and do this.
modprobe hci_usb
hciconfig hci up
hcitool scan
hcitool cc xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Now I got the active bluetooth connection on my phone.
After doing som reading around I figured I should now be able to check the conection like this: l2ping xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx (?) However, I get "Can't create socket.: No such file or directory" when I try..
And how can I make this happen everytime I plugin the device? and then display what available Bluetooth devices it finds?

3. Sony USB Floppy
Seems to work quite good.. Except I don't know how to find what device I should mount. I suppose I can just do like this?
mount /dev/<something> /mnt/usb-floppy
or do I have to modprobe it first?

Hope someone can help me with at least something of this
 
  


Reply


Thread Tools Search this Thread
Search this Thread:

Advanced Search

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is Off
HTML code is Off



Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Wireless on my IBM R31 Hunnicutt Linux - Laptop and Netbook 2 06-11-2005 08:25 PM
IBM R31 Viseo Driver on Fedora Core 3 Bill Fox Linux - General 6 12-08-2004 05:46 PM
Dual booted Thinkpad R31 with XP and Mandrake 10.0. Dusty1 Linux - Newbie 1 09-16-2004 09:59 PM
Does anyone have *any* external DVD-RW devices working? bulletdog7 Linux - Hardware 4 08-27-2004 08:31 AM
IBM Thinkpad R31 X PsychoTron X Linux - Laptop and Netbook 2 06-02-2004 10:56 PM

LinuxQuestions.org > Forums > Linux Forums > Linux - Laptop and Netbook

All times are GMT -5. The time now is 03:54 AM.

Main Menu
Advertisement
My LQ
Write for LQ
LinuxQuestions.org is looking for people interested in writing Editorials, Articles, Reviews, and more. If you'd like to contribute content, let us know.
Main Menu
Syndicate
RSS1  Latest Threads
RSS1  LQ News
Twitter: @linuxquestions
Open Source Consulting | Domain Registration