Re: Toshiba Tecra 9000

2001-11-22 Thread kiss the sun and walk on air
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 08:35:21PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey Guys, > I've got a $5000 Canadian Budget for a new Laptop and I Really like the > looks of the Toshiba Tecra 9000, (PIII 1GHz, 256 MB Ram, 8x DVD, Built in > Wireless technology, TV-Out, and other great features, but its har

Toshiba Tecra 9000

2001-11-22 Thread aeleblanc
Hey Guys, I've got a $5000 Canadian Budget for a new Laptop and I Really like the looks of the Toshiba Tecra 9000, (PIII 1GHz, 256 MB Ram, 8x DVD, Built in Wireless technology, TV-Out, and other great features, but its hard to find info on Installing linux on any newer laptops.  Does anyone know o

Re: Negative recommendation: Don't buy/deal with ARM Computer

2001-11-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:52:22AM -0600, Vincent N. Virgilio ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi Karsten, > > I am writing this on an N38W3, ARM Computer's top model. I believe it > was once the Dell Inspiron 5000(e). That's my understanding. It's also the QLITech King and one of the Chembook m

Re: Toshiba Tecra 9000

2001-11-22 Thread kiss the sun and walk on air
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 08:35:21PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey Guys, > I've got a $5000 Canadian Budget for a new Laptop and I Really like the > looks of the Toshiba Tecra 9000, (PIII 1GHz, 256 MB Ram, 8x DVD, Built in > Wireless technology, TV-Out, and other great features, but its ha

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Jeff Boutet wrote: > I know this is more a sys admin thing. But it is somewhat relavent. > > My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux > development desktops for laptops, as to increase our developers > mobility. Thus the laptop will have to perform in

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 02:54:28PM -0800, Michael Perry wrote: >Quoting Boutet, Jeff on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:40:00PM -0800: >> I know this is more a sys admin thing. But it is somewhat relavent. >> >> My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux >> development desktops for

Toshiba Tecra 9000

2001-11-22 Thread aeleblanc
Hey Guys, I've got a $5000 Canadian Budget for a new Laptop and I Really like the looks of the Toshiba Tecra 9000, (PIII 1GHz, 256 MB Ram, 8x DVD, Built in Wireless technology, TV-Out, and other great features, but its hard to find info on Installing linux on any newer laptops.  Does anyone know o

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Michael Perry
Quoting Boutet, Jeff on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:40:00PM -0800: > I know this is more a sys admin thing. But it is somewhat relavent. > > My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux > development desktops for laptops, as to increase our developers mobility. > Thus the laptop w

Re: Negative recommendation: Don't buy/deal with ARM Computer

2001-11-22 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Nov 21, 2001 at 03:52:22AM -0600, Vincent N. Virgilio ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Hi Karsten, > > I am writing this on an N38W3, ARM Computer's top model. I believe it > was once the Dell Inspiron 5000(e). That's my understanding. It's also the QLITech King and one of the Chembook

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Ulrich Hochholdinger
Hi, On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:40:00PM -0800, Boutet, Jeff wrote: > My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux > development desktops for laptops, as to increase our developers mobility. > Thus the laptop will have to perform in 3 modes no network, our network, > someone els

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Jeff Boutet wrote: > I know this is more a sys admin thing. But it is somewhat relavent. > > My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux > development desktops for laptops, as to increase our developers > mobility. Thus the laptop will have to perform in

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Steve McIntyre
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 02:54:28PM -0800, Michael Perry wrote: >Quoting Boutet, Jeff on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:40:00PM -0800: >> I know this is more a sys admin thing. But it is somewhat relavent. >> >> My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux >> development desktops for

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Michael Perry
Quoting Boutet, Jeff on Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:40:00PM -0800: > I know this is more a sys admin thing. But it is somewhat relavent. > > My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux > development desktops for laptops, as to increase our developers mobility. > Thus the laptop

Re: post-installation clean up

2001-11-22 Thread Serge Rey
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 11:08:05AM -0500, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On 22-Nov-2001 Serge Rey wrote: > > > the one exception was i now run into the following after trying to > > > apt-get install > > > > > > dpkg: error processing xserver-svga

How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Boutet, Jeff
I know this is more a sys admin thing. But it is somewhat relavent. My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux development desktops for laptops, as to increase our developers mobility. Thus the laptop will have to perform in 3 modes no network, our network, someone else's ne

Re: How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Ulrich Hochholdinger
Hi, On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 12:40:00PM -0800, Boutet, Jeff wrote: > My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux > development desktops for laptops, as to increase our developers mobility. > Thus the laptop will have to perform in 3 modes no network, our network, > someone el

Re: multiple eth interfaces

2001-11-22 Thread dude
you will first need to know what the dmesg lists each netowrk as, then you can use /etc/interfaces to configure as needed On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, MPfeifer wrote: >Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 21:15:23 +0100 >From: MPfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org >Subject: multiple eth

multiple eth interfaces

2001-11-22 Thread MPfeifer
hi guys, can someone point me out, on how to automatise my laptop to use both networkcards? when i boot my laptop then it sets both cards as 10.0.0.111 instead of the second one on a 192.168.1.x network. were can i configure that, because it is functioning as router/firewall. thanks markus --

Re: post-installation clean up

2001-11-22 Thread Serge Rey
On Thu, Nov 22, 2001 at 11:08:05AM -0500, Derek Broughton wrote: > From: "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On 22-Nov-2001 Serge Rey wrote: > > > the one exception was i now run into the following after trying to > > > apt-get install > > > > > > dpkg: error processing xserver-svga

How to Manage Linux laptops on and off the network?

2001-11-22 Thread Boutet, Jeff
I know this is more a sys admin thing. But it is somewhat relavent. My company is currently in the process of replacing all the Linux development desktops for laptops, as to increase our developers mobility. Thus the laptop will have to perform in 3 modes no network, our network, someone else's n

Re: multiple eth interfaces

2001-11-22 Thread dude
you will first need to know what the dmesg lists each netowrk as, then you can use /etc/interfaces to configure as needed On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, MPfeifer wrote: >Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 21:15:23 +0100 >From: MPfeifer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: multiple eth interfaces >

multiple eth interfaces

2001-11-22 Thread MPfeifer
hi guys, can someone point me out, on how to automatise my laptop to use both networkcards? when i boot my laptop then it sets both cards as 10.0.0.111 instead of the second one on a 192.168.1.x network. were can i configure that, because it is functioning as router/firewall. thanks markus --

Re: post-installation clean up

2001-11-22 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 22-Nov-2001 Serge Rey wrote: > > the one exception was i now run into the following after trying to > > apt-get install > > > > dpkg: error processing xserver-svga (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit sta

Re: post-installation clean up

2001-11-22 Thread Derek Broughton
From: "Sean 'Shaleh' Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 22-Nov-2001 Serge Rey wrote: > > the one exception was i now run into the following after trying to > > apt-get install > > > > dpkg: error processing xserver-svga (--configure): > > subprocess post-installation script returned error exit st

Re: kde & power savings

2001-11-22 Thread Tom Allison
Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: On Wednesday 21 November 2001 01:55, Tom Allison wrote: Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: On Tuesday 20 November 2001 11:30, Tom Allison wrote: I've done that. It's part of the Battery Powered Howto. I was hoping to avoid rehashing the elements of power saving tha

Re: kde & power savings

2001-11-22 Thread Tom Allison
Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 01:55, Tom Allison wrote: > >>Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: >> >>>On Tuesday 20 November 2001 11:30, Tom Allison wrote: >>> I've done that. It's part of the Battery Powered Howto. I was hoping to avoid rehashing the e

Re: kde & power savings

2001-11-22 Thread Allan Sandfeld Jensen
On Wednesday 21 November 2001 01:55, Tom Allison wrote: > Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 November 2001 11:30, Tom Allison wrote: > >>I've done that. > >> > >>It's part of the Battery Powered Howto. I was hoping to avoid rehashing > >> the elements of power saving that are more gen

Re: kde & power savings

2001-11-22 Thread Allan Sandfeld Jensen
On Wednesday 21 November 2001 01:55, Tom Allison wrote: > Allan Sandfeld Jensen wrote: > > On Tuesday 20 November 2001 11:30, Tom Allison wrote: > >>I've done that. > >> > >>It's part of the Battery Powered Howto. I was hoping to avoid rehashing > >> the elements of power saving that are more ge

Re: post-installation clean up

2001-11-22 Thread Sean 'Shaleh' Perry
On 22-Nov-2001 Serge Rey wrote: > i just did a new upgrade to a woody install and things went fairly > smoothly. > > the one exception was i now run into the following after trying to > apt-get install > > dpkg: error processing xserver-svga (--configure): > subprocess post-installation script