On Fri Aug 25, 2000 at 02:49:19PM -0400, Theo Brinkman wrote:
> I use a Toshiba Satellite 4000CDT. The only problems I have on install
> are as follows:
> 1) First boot after install, boot into single-user mode and mv
> /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S45pcmcia /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S98pcmcia. If you don't do
> this, you'll loose your keyboard once the sound card is configured.
> (strange, but nothing major...though I would like it fixed if anybody
> has the know-how)
That's wierd... usually the pcmcia stuff should come first before
everything else...
> 2) For some reason the 800x600 LCD option only allows a 640x480 display
> on this machine, so use a generic monitor capable of 1024x768x70Hz (what
> the external VGA port can handle), and you should be OK. (I may have
> chosen a different monitor than usual by mistake, because now when the
> display powers off to conserve power, it slowly fades back to white
> after a few minutes. I run on AC most of the time, so it's not a big
> deal for me, but again, it would be nice if I could figure out how to
> fix that as the whole white-screen thing is new with 7.1)
Wierd. I actually have my eyes on a Toshiba Satellite 2300CDS which I
have been told is similar to the 2100CDT. It *sounds* like it will
work, and I'm borrowing the floor model on Monday morning for the day
to see if I can get 7.1 to work on it. Hopefully, fingers crossed, my
search is at an end... =)
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