Testing: PS/2 Mouse OK - Touchpad No GO

2001-06-16 Thread Tim Wood
Hi, I recently dist-upgraded from Potato. Took a while to remove Ximian only to discover that I still had XServer-SVGA as X. All fixed now. Despite many attempts I cannot get the Synaptics Touchpad to work. No matter what I do it behaves as if GPM was running - flies all over the screen, clicks co

Testing: PS/2 Mouse OK - Touchpad No GO

2001-06-16 Thread Tim Wood
Hi, I recently dist-upgraded from Potato. Took a while to remove Ximian only to discover that I still had XServer-SVGA as X. All fixed now. Despite many attempts I cannot get the Synaptics Touchpad to work. No matter what I do it behaves as if GPM was running - flies all over the screen, clicks c

Re: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-16 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, I'm using an IBM Thinkpad 560E, 133Mhz Pentium II, 40Mb RAM, 800x600x65536 display, 2 PCMCIA slots, ESS1688 audio, mic. (NOTE - No builtin CDROM/MODEM/NET) Under $200 on EBAY I used to use a straight 560, 100Mhz, 8-bit display, but was not satisfied with 256 colors. It is an insult to

Re: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-16 Thread John Miskinis
Hello, I'm using an IBM Thinkpad 560E, 133Mhz Pentium II, 40Mb RAM, 800x600x65536 display, 2 PCMCIA slots, ESS1688 audio, mic. (NOTE - No builtin CDROM/MODEM/NET) Under $200 on EBAY I used to use a straight 560, 100Mhz, 8-bit display, but was not satisfied with 256 colors. It is an insult to

Re: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-16 Thread Tony Godshall
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:09:27AM -0500, Chris Ivanovich wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations as to what brand and model I should > look for (or stay away from). I don't want to spend more than $800 > for the beast, so getting something that is new is _not_ important. > I would prefer som

TP600 and base station w/ linux, no go.

2001-06-16 Thread buggz
Hi all, Has anyone gotten linux, I'm using debian, works great, to work w/ a TP600 & the base station? This the REAL base station thingy, the one w/ pci slots, extra pcmcia ports, extra usb ports, speakers, and internal scsi card. This works great in NT4.0, but not at all under linux. I've tried

Re: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-16 Thread Tony Godshall
On Fri, Jun 15, 2001 at 11:09:27AM -0500, Chris Ivanovich wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations as to what brand and model I should > look for (or stay away from). I don't want to spend more than $800 > for the beast, so getting something that is new is _not_ important. > I would prefer so

TP600 and base station w/ linux, no go.

2001-06-16 Thread buggz
Hi all, Has anyone gotten linux, I'm using debian, works great, to work w/ a TP600 & the base station? This the REAL base station thingy, the one w/ pci slots, extra pcmcia ports, extra usb ports, speakers, and internal scsi card. This works great in NT4.0, but not at all under linux. I've tried

Re: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-16 Thread Jawahar J. Panchal
Chris Ivanovich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was hoping I could get some personal opinions here. I currently > have Debian running on a server in my house, and a Macintosh > notebook. I'm now looking to fire up a PC notebook with it, as well. I've always preferred old IBM laptops for inexp

Re: What's your favorite inexpensive Linux laptop?

2001-06-16 Thread andy wergedal
I use an old omnibook 800CT. Pentium 2 166MMX 80 Mb RAM 4 Gig HD PCMCIA modem and a DLINK wireless lan card. 3.5 Pounds great keyboard. (couple of wierd key placements but the action is great) you can pick them up on ebay for about USD$200 each. -- Andy _