Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread Stephan
> I am in the middle of setting up a Tecra 8100 right now. The sound and X are in need of tweaking. I can get X using Frame buffering (and adding vga=791 to /etc/lilo.conf). There are some keyboard lock up issues that I have seen potential fixes for, and the keyboard is also a bit sensitive. there

Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread Stephan
> I am in the middle of setting up a Tecra 8100 right now. The sound and X are in need of tweaking. I can get X using Frame buffering (and adding vga=791 to /etc/lilo.conf). There are some keyboard lock up issues that I have seen potential fixes for, and the keyboard is also a bit sensitive. ther

Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread Nate Duehr
My company has recently switched to the 8100 as our standard laptop. I still have an 8000, but I'll try to remember to post to the list after a couple of the new guys try to load up Linux (hopefully I'll convince them to use Debian...) on their systems. On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 10:51:33AM +0200, A

Re: Linux for laptop PC

2000-06-17 Thread Nate Duehr
Hi Peter, Probably the best reference material for getting Linux running on laptops is at : http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ I've personally had experience loading Linux on a Toshiba Portege' 3015 and Dell Lattitude laptop, and both worked well... There are also a number of

Linux for laptop PC

2000-06-17 Thread Dr. Peter Y. Ko
Hello there: I got your email address from GNU. I would appreciate if you can direct me to the list of supported laptop PC running Linux. Thank you. Peter Ko Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread Richard Glidden
On 17 Jun 2000, Norman Walsh wrote: > | 3. for the selectbay oce of the choices is a LS-120 drive what the hell is > | it? > One of the big super drives; with 120Mb capacity, I'd guess. I dunno, > I got the regular floppy. The LS-120 drives are enhanced floppy drives that can store up to 120 Mb o

Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread Nate Duehr
My company has recently switched to the 8100 as our standard laptop. I still have an 8000, but I'll try to remember to post to the list after a couple of the new guys try to load up Linux (hopefully I'll convince them to use Debian...) on their systems. On Sat, Jun 17, 2000 at 10:51:33AM +0200,

Re: Linux for laptop PC

2000-06-17 Thread Nate Duehr
Hi Peter, Probably the best reference material for getting Linux running on laptops is at : http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ I've personally had experience loading Linux on a Toshiba Portege' 3015 and Dell Lattitude laptop, and both worked well... There are also a number o

Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread Norman Walsh
/ "A. Demarteau (linux rules!)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | 1. how does the speedtrap thing work What's the speedtrap thing? | 2. does the internal modem work with linux It's a winmodem, alas. Lucent have a driver, but it only works with the 2.2.12 (or thereabouts) kernel. I gave up

Linux for laptop PC

2000-06-17 Thread Dr. Peter Y. Ko
Hello there: I got your email address from GNU. I would appreciate if you can direct me to the list of supported laptop PC running Linux. Thank you. Peter Ko Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PRO

Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread Richard Glidden
On 17 Jun 2000, Norman Walsh wrote: > | 3. for the selectbay oce of the choices is a LS-120 drive what the hell is > | it? > One of the big super drives; with 120Mb capacity, I'd guess. I dunno, > I got the regular floppy. The LS-120 drives are enhanced floppy drives that can store up to 120 Mb

Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread Norman Walsh
/ "A. Demarteau (linux rules!)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: | 1. how does the speedtrap thing work What's the speedtrap thing? | 2. does the internal modem work with linux It's a winmodem, alas. Lucent have a driver, but it only works with the 2.2.12 (or thereabouts) kernel. I gave up

questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread A. Demarteau \(linux rules!\)
dear laptop-list users, I'm currently in the process of looking for a new laptop, at this moment only the tecra 8100 comes in to fiew. I have the following questions about this box: 1. how does the speedtrap thing work 2. does the internal modem work with linux 3. for the selectbay oce of the choic

questions about toshiba tecra 8100

2000-06-17 Thread A. Demarteau (linux rules!)
dear laptop-list users, I'm currently in the process of looking for a new laptop, at this moment only the tecra 8100 comes in to fiew. I have the following questions about this box: 1. how does the speedtrap thing work 2. does the internal modem work with linux 3. for the selectbay oce of the choi