[linux-laptop] proposed termination of 'linux-laptop' list

[Rockefeller, Harry]

> > people are all going to theri favourite distro forum 

> instead of here, that 

> > is a "generic" place.

> Yes I know there are many places to go finally. Some of them really

> good forums and wikis.


This is it for me - usually.

Also, with the list inactivity, the list email address is 
something I would not think of or at my age even remember! :-)

I had been running gentoo on my laptop and most of my questions
have been answered on their forum or by generic "googling"
on the web.  I recently installed Feisty Fawn Kubuntu on my laptop
and usually get solutions to my problems from the Ubuntu forums.

As usual, I went to the ubuntu forums for info on why my DeLorme
LT-20 GPS doesn't work.  The best I could tell is that the
cypress_m8 module is broken.  The recommendation is to change one
line in cypress_m8.c and recompile and reinstall the module.  But
where to get the source and how to do a recompile of this module
was not discussed in the thread.

Is it possible to do a limited module rebuild without going through
the process of building a whole new kernel?  If yes, how can this
be done?  If no, I'll go back to the ubuntu forums to find out how
to configure, compile, and install a new kernel - since I don't
think this would be an appropriate question for linux-laptop ;-)


Another question.  I used info found in forums on how to sync my
Palm Treo 650 to my Linux laptop via USB.  So far well and good.
But, I use other things on USB and would like to not be burdened
with always using a (USB) cable.  Both my laptop and the Treo have
IrDA.  I have not found any info nor have I had any success syncing
using IrDA.  Does anyone have experience in this area or know where
to get info on that?

Thanks.