Re: SDRAM for Dell Latitude c800

> I have a Dell Latitude C800. > > I currently have only 128mb of SDRAM. > > I have been told by some mates of mine that I could just purchase > > generic Laptop SDRAMS eg. 128mb approximately for $100AUD. > > is that true, or do I have to buy DELL specif

Re: Laptop Recommendations

> Just as a warning I started by purchasing a used cheap notebook, it > was a IBM ThinkPad 760EL that I purchased from a used computer store cheap. > The problem is I got addicted to the concept of portable computer and had > to have a newer, faster, and better notebook so I now own a ThinkPad A20M

Re: SDRAM for Dell Latitude c800

> I have a Dell Latitude C800. > > I currently have only 128mb of SDRAM. > > I have been told by some mates of mine that I could just purchase > > generic Laptop SDRAMS eg. 128mb approximately for $100AUD. > > is that true, or do I have to buy DELL speci

Re: Laptop Recommendations

> Hi, > > I'm interested in buying an old laptop and installing Debian on it. What are > people's recommendations? > > I've been looking at the Dell Latitude XPi P150 and P166. They have an > installed CD-ROM and floppy. I've also been looking at the HP Omnibook > 800CT, I think with a 150 cpu

Hot keys on HP Pavilion

I'm trying to get my hot keys to respond on my HP Pavilion. There's a mail key, a www key, a help key, and a misc key. I've tried xev and scankey -s and neither shows any response to keypresses on those buttons. I'm willing to do some coding to get them to work eventually, but am at a loss for wh

Re: Laptop Recommendations

> Just as a warning I started by purchasing a used cheap notebook, it > was a IBM ThinkPad 760EL that I purchased from a used computer store cheap. > The problem is I got addicted to the concept of portable computer and had > to have a newer, faster, and better notebook so I now own a ThinkPad A20

Re: Laptop Recommendations

Just as a warning I started by purchasing a used cheap notebook, it was a IBM ThinkPad 760EL that I purchased from a used computer store cheap. The problem is I got addicted to the concept of portable computer and had to have a newer, faster, and better notebook so I now own a ThinkPad A20M. The Th

Re: Laptop Recommendations

> Hi, > > I'm interested in buying an old laptop and installing Debian on it. What are > people's recommendations? > > I've been looking at the Dell Latitude XPi P150 and P166. They have an > installed CD-ROM and floppy. I've also been looking at the HP Omnibook > 800CT, I think with a 150 cp

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

Can you manually enable your ethernet card using ifup eth0 I'm using dhcpcd with my internal ethernet. --Alan --- Andrew D Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some > trouble. > > Formerly it was using a static IP addre

Re: quality of postscript display

On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:40:32PM -0500, Steven K Thompson wrote: > I have Debian 2.2r2 on a Vaio F340 laptop. When I view a > postscript file with gv, the type is broken and hard to > read on the display. This is true for example when I try > to view files in the Debian documentation that are

quality of postscript display

I have Debian 2.2r2 on a Vaio F340 laptop. When I view a postscript file with gv, the type is broken and hard to read on the display. This is true for example when I try to view files in the Debian documentation that are provided in postscript form, such as debian-guide, and is also true when I

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

Andrew D Dixon wrote: > > Hi All, > I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some > trouble. > > Formerly it was using a static IP address so I went into /etc/pcmcia and > edited network.opts deleting all of the static stuff and I added: > > DHCP="y" > > Now, w

Re: Laptop Recommendations

On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:44:03PM -, Todd Kokoszka wrote: > Hi, > > I'm interested in buying an old laptop and installing Debian on it. What are > people's recommendations? Get something with enough RAM for what you want. Esp. older laptops sometimes use custom RAM that only works with t

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

amael wrote: > > > > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up > screen > > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran > XF86Setup > > > again, this time trying to more or l

Hot keys on HP Pavilion

I'm trying to get my hot keys to respond on my HP Pavilion. There's a mail key, a www key, a help key, and a misc key. I've tried xev and scankey -s and neither shows any response to keypresses on those buttons. I'm willing to do some coding to get them to work eventually, but am at a loss for w

dhcp with pcmcia

Hi All, I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some trouble. Formerly it was using a static IP address so I went into /etc/pcmcia and edited network.opts deleting all of the static stuff and I added: DHCP="y" Now, when I inster my ethernet card I get two beeps

Re: Laptop Recommendations

Just as a warning I started by purchasing a used cheap notebook, it was a IBM ThinkPad 760EL that I purchased from a used computer store cheap. The problem is I got addicted to the concept of portable computer and had to have a newer, faster, and better notebook so I now own a ThinkPad A20M. The T

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

Can you manually enable your ethernet card using ifup eth0 I'm using dhcpcd with my internal ethernet. --Alan --- Andrew D Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some > trouble. > > Formerly it was using a static IP addr

first experiences and problems

hello. i thought i'd continue to post my first experiences on installing debian on my notebook and the problems i ran into, because it is certainly a lot easier with all your kind help...and apart from that i think it might be useful to others. so, in case you think i am wasting your time and disk

Re: quality of postscript display

On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:40:32PM -0500, Steven K Thompson wrote: > I have Debian 2.2r2 on a Vaio F340 laptop. When I view a > postscript file with gv, the type is broken and hard to > read on the display. This is true for example when I try > to view files in the Debian documentation that are

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

> amael wrote: > > > > okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make > > a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) > > and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config > > > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The f

quality of postscript display

I have Debian 2.2r2 on a Vaio F340 laptop. When I view a postscript file with gv, the type is broken and hard to read on the display. This is true for example when I try to view files in the Debian documentation that are provided in postscript form, such as debian-guide, and is also true when I

Re: dhcp with pcmcia

Andrew D Dixon wrote: > > Hi All, > I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some > trouble. > > Formerly it was using a static IP address so I went into /etc/pcmcia and > edited network.opts deleting all of the static stuff and I added: > > DHCP="y" > > Now,

Re: Laptop Recommendations

On Fri, Mar 16, 2001 at 04:44:03PM -, Todd Kokoszka wrote: > Hi, > > I'm interested in buying an old laptop and installing Debian on it. What are > people's recommendations? Get something with enough RAM for what you want. Esp. older laptops sometimes use custom RAM that only works with

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

amael wrote: > > > > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up > screen > > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran > XF86Setup > > > again, this time trying to more or

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

"William F. Dowling" wrote: > > Eric Richardson writes: > > amael wrote: > > > > > > okay, i just figured this out. [...] > > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line states the server name > > like XF86_SVGA. Please check this as you should not have to create a > > symlink. Your met

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

Eric Richardson writes: > amael wrote: > > > > okay, i just figured this out. [...] > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line states the server name > like XF86_SVGA. Please check this as you should not have to create a > symlink. Your method circumvents the way it is suppose to wor

dhcp with pcmcia

Hi All, I'm trying to configure my laptop to use dhcp and I'm running into some trouble. Formerly it was using a static IP address so I went into /etc/pcmcia and edited network.opts deleting all of the static stuff and I added: DHCP="y" Now, when I inster my ethernet card I get two beep

first experiences and problems

hello. i thought i'd continue to post my first experiences on installing debian on my notebook and the problems i ran into, because it is certainly a lot easier with all your kind help...and apart from that i think it might be useful to others. so, in case you think i am wasting your time and dis

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

> amael wrote: > > > > okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make > > a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) > > and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config > > > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

amael wrote: > > okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make > a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) > and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line st

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

"William F. Dowling" wrote: > > Eric Richardson writes: > > amael wrote: > > > > > > okay, i just figured this out. [...] > > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line states the server name > > like XF86_SVGA. Please check this as you should not have to create a > > symlink. Your me

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

Eric Richardson writes: > amael wrote: > > > > okay, i just figured this out. [...] > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line states the server name > like XF86_SVGA. Please check this as you should not have to create a > symlink. Your method circumvents the way it is suppose to wo

Laptop Recommendations

Hi, I'm interested in buying an old laptop and installing Debian on it. What are people's recommendations? I've been looking at the Dell Latitude XPi P150 and P166. They have an installed CD-ROM and floppy. I've also been looking at the HP Omnibook 800CT, I think with a 150 cpu. Thanks, To

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

amael wrote: > > okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make > a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) > and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config > There is a file /etc/X11/Xserver. The first line s

Laptop Recommendations

Hi, I'm interested in buying an old laptop and installing Debian on it. What are people's recommendations? I've been looking at the Dell Latitude XPi P150 and P166. They have an installed CD-ROM and floppy. I've also been looking at the HP Omnibook 800CT, I think with a 150 cpu. Thanks, Todd

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Re: x configuration on sony vaio

okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config that worked for me. however, my pcmcia-ethernet still isn't working. i i

Re: configuring X and IrDa on ASUS A1

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> I really need help to configure X, I mean the ModeLine for the internal >> LCD screen. Later I probably will need help for IrDA but I think that >> this is a chipset still not supported by the kernel. What kind of IrDA chipset is on the

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

> > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

> > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config

Compaq ArmadaE500 and the USB port

All, I have the above listed laptop running debian 2.2, upgraded to kernel 2.4.2 with kde 2.11. I'm unable to get the USB port to work correctly. I have compiled as bothe modules and kernel based. I can plug in my usb mouse, and I see in /var/log/messages that the kesington mouse is identified

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

okay, i just figured this out. if anyone experiences the same problem, make a symlink /etc/X11/X that points to your xserver (the one you want to use!) and another symlink /etc/XF86Config that points to /etc/X11/XF86Config that worked for me. however, my pcmcia-ethernet still isn't working. i

Re: configuring X and IrDa on ASUS A1

In article [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> I really need help to configure X, I mean the ModeLine for the internal >> LCD screen. Later I probably will need help for IrDA but I think that >> this is a chipset still not supported by the kernel. What kind of IrDA chipset is

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

> > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config

Re: x configuration on sony vaio

> > okay...it didn't work at first so i installed some more packages and > > eventually tried XF86Setup and it basically worked fine (messed up screen > > though) so i used my config file instead -- didn't work. so i ran XF86Setup > > again, this time trying to more or less reproduce my old config