dell offer a broader range of higher end devices and services in their i8k
range than most other laptop manufacturers offer in a laptop. it is only for
this reason that they may appear more difficult to configure. things like 32
and 64mb graphics cards, dual monitor out, irda, dual cdr/rw's, and kb cd
player etc result in a slightly more laborious install [if you want to use
them]. once on there, debian on an i8k is oh so nice...
de|ire
at approximately 26 Jul 2002 17:46:22 +0000, the X-mailer used by
Nikolaj Erichsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> suggested that "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" is
somehow related to:
> | fre, 2002-07-26 kl. 15:37 skrev Jay:
> | > Hi Andreas.
> | >
> | > I'm starting to see a pattern here...most posts that I have read in
this
> | > forum, users complain about some fault with debian, specially with
Dell
> | > Inspiron models. I will steer clear from Dell laptops from now on.
> | >
> | > Anyway, you should be able to use both at the same time (PS/2 and
touch
> | > pad), but if you want to plug a mouse in w/o restarting the PC you
should
> | > work with a serial mouse. It won't lock up on you when you plug or
unplug.
> |
> | Whats this with Dell i8k, mine i8100 works great (most of the time he
> | he)...
> |
> | I'm using a ps2 mouse when on the desktop and that works fine, I can
> | plug it in and unplug it without problems (and restarts), once I
pluged
> | a usb mouse in and it worked right away...(some logitech I think),
> | ofcourse I have usb support compiled in the kernel (2.4.17) and
hotplugs
> | i guess..! And usbutils
> |
> | -->Negon
> |
> | >
> | > ...In Accordance With The Prophecy.
> | >
> | > Happy Hacking, Bright Blessings and Gentle Breezes!
> | >
> | > -*/ -= )O( Jay )O( =- /*-
> | >
> | >
> | >
> | > ~-----Original Message-----
> | > ~From: Andreas Fromm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> | > ~Sent: Friday, July 26, 2002 8:31 AM
> | > ~To:
> | > ~Subject: external mouse
> | > ~
> | > ~
> | > ~Hi,
> | > ~
> | > ~I would like to connect an external Mouse to my Dell Inspiron 8000,
> | > ~either PS/2 or USB ( I have to buy one) Can anybody tell me how to
> | > ~configure gpm and X to use the external mouse and the build in
> | > ~touch pad
> | > ~and pointer stick. I would also like to be able to unplug the
external
> | > ~mouse and continue working with the build in devices without
having to
> | > ~restart anything.
> | > ~
> | > ~Greetings
> | > ~
> | > ~--
> | > ~**************************************
> | > ~Andreas Fromm
> | > ~eMail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | > ~
> | > ~
> | > ~
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