On Sunday 18 November 2001 23:28, Rob Hensley wrote: > I recently purchased a Dell Inspiron 8100 along with a D-Link 650 wireless > PC Card and a D-Link Wireless Access Point. I haven't gotten them yet, but > before I do I want to know a little about how I can install debian on it. > Does anyone know exactly what disks need to be downloaded to do a net > install and get my laptop running sid? If so, do tell :) Also, what module > does my wireless PC Card use (if you know)? Last but not least, are there > any good web sites you can refer me to that explain more about linux > compatibility with laptop hardware and/or that of installing debian on a > laptop. Thanks in advance, Bye! :)
I got my Dell Inspiron 8100 about two weeks ago and I love it. I installed a minimal Potato from an old CD-ROM I had, modified my sources.list and apt-get dist-upgraded to Sid. I 'll put my XF86Config-4 file at the bottom of this message, which should save you a lot of headaches. The video card is a GeForce, so you'll have to download and install the binary drivers. The sound card is a Maesto3. It's an experimental driver under kernel 2.4.14, so you'll have to enable experimental drivers at the start of the config process. There's a package called tpconfig that will help you set up the touch pad. Mine was so sensitive to clicking as to be almost unusable. Using tpconfig to turn tap off doesn't actually disable it but it does make it much less sensitive. Also, check out http://www.whacked.net/ldl-faq. I don't have a wireless card, so I can't help you there. If you have any questions, just post. Here's my XF86Config-4 file: Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Server0" Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0 InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer" InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard" EndSection Section "Files" RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" EndSection Section "Module" Load "dbe" Load "extmod" Load "fbdevhw" Load "pex5" Load "dri" Load "glx" Load "pex5" Load "record" Load "xie" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Keyboard0" Driver "keyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xfree86" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "us" Option "XkbVariant" "nodeadkeys" #Option "XkbOptions" "" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse0" Driver "mouse" Option "Protocol" "PS/2" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" # Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "yes" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor0" VendorName "Monitor Vendor" ModelName "Monitor Model" HorizSync 31.5-67 VertRefresh 50-90 # -- 1400x1050 -- # 1400x1050 @ 60Hz, 65.8 kHz hsync Modeline "1400x1050" 129 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync # 1400x1050 @ 70Hz, 76.8 kHz hsync Modeline "1400x1050" 151 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync # 1400x1050 @ 75Hz, 82.3 kHz hsync Modeline "1400x1050" 162 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync # 1400x1050 @ 85Hz, 93.2 kHz hsync Modeline "1400x1050" 184 1400 1464 1656 1960 1050 1051 1054 1100 +HSync +VSync EndSection Section "Device" Identifier "NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go" Driver "nvidia" VendorName "NVidia" BoardName "GeForce 2 Go" BusID "PCI:1:0:0" Option "NvAGP" "3" # Option "NvAGP" "0" # Option "IgnoreEDID" "1" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Screen0" Device "NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go" Monitor "Monitor0" DefaultDepth 16 Subsection "Display" Depth 16 Modes "1400x1050" EndSubsection EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection
