Re: Debian on a NEC PC98

2002-02-13 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Tomohiro KUBOTA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > At Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:05:42 +0900, > Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > I recently "rescued" an old NEC PC-9821Lt2 from the garbage bin and > > would like to install Debian on it. PC98 machines are mainly used in > > Japan, hence the cross-po

Re: Debian on a NEC PC98

2002-02-13 Thread Tomohiro KUBOTA
Hello, At Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:05:42 +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > I recently "rescued" an old NEC PC-9821Lt2 from the garbage bin and > would like to install Debian on it. PC98 machines are mainly used in > Japan, hence the cross-post. I have found some info on the Debian-JP > site (that I s

Re: Debian on a NEC PC98

2002-02-13 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Masato Taruishi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:05:42 +0900, > Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > I recently "rescued" an old NEC PC-9821Lt2 from the garbage bin and > > would like to install Debian on it. PC98 machines are mainly use

Re: scroll buttons on a Compaq Presario 2700T

2002-02-13 Thread Mike Alborn
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 02:46:47PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > My compaq has scroll buttons right below the two 'mouse buttons'. I've tried > enabling them in X (4.2.0), by adding > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > and playing with the numbers using 3 & 4 (because there is no third button), > 3,

Re: Debian on a NEC PC98

2002-02-13 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Masato Taruishi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:05:42 +0900, > Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > I recently "rescued" an old NEC PC-9821Lt2 from the garbage bin and > > would like to install Debian on it. PC98 machines are mainly us

scroll buttons on a Compaq Presario 2700T

2002-02-13 Thread Jason Majors
My compaq has scroll buttons right below the two 'mouse buttons'. I've tried enabling them in X (4.2.0), by adding Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" and playing with the numbers using 3 & 4 (because there is no third button), 3, 4, 5, & 6 (because there are four buttons), and 4, 5, 6, & 7 (same reas

Re: scroll buttons on a Compaq Presario 2700T

2002-02-13 Thread Mike Alborn
On Wed, Feb 13, 2002 at 02:46:47PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > My compaq has scroll buttons right below the two 'mouse buttons'. I've tried > enabling them in X (4.2.0), by adding > Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" > and playing with the numbers using 3 & 4 (because there is no third button), > 3

scroll buttons on a Compaq Presario 2700T

2002-02-13 Thread Jason Majors
My compaq has scroll buttons right below the two 'mouse buttons'. I've tried enabling them in X (4.2.0), by adding Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" and playing with the numbers using 3 & 4 (because there is no third button), 3, 4, 5, & 6 (because there are four buttons), and 4, 5, 6, & 7 (same rea

dell c600

2002-02-13 Thread Johannes Peeters
Hello,     I'm installing debian on a Dell C600 laptop, and having some trouble with aty128fb combined with Xfree.  When i use aty128fb and launch Xfree with 24bpp i there is not enough video memory.  So i try 16bpp and then the screen turns green in X (this is with usefbdev true). When i do

poldhu_cs.o and 3com Wireless LAN XJack card

2002-02-13 Thread O Polite
It's finally time to move my home network to wireless. I'd like to get the Wireless LAN XJack card (3CRWE62092A). The nice thing about this one is that it has a pop-up antenna. What worries me is the status of the linux driver (poldhu_cs.o). It's listed as stable in http://ginger.hpl.hp.com/perso

dell c600

2002-02-13 Thread Johannes Peeters
Hello,     I'm installing debian on a Dell C600 laptop, and having some trouble with aty128fb combined with Xfree.  When i use aty128fb and launch Xfree with 24bpp i there is not enough video memory.  So i try 16bpp and then the screen turns green in X (this is with usefbdev true). When i do

poldhu_cs.o and 3com Wireless LAN XJack card

2002-02-13 Thread O Polite
It's finally time to move my home network to wireless. I'd like to get the Wireless LAN XJack card (3CRWE62092A). The nice thing about this one is that it has a pop-up antenna. What worries me is the status of the linux driver (poldhu_cs.o). It's listed as stable in http://ginger.hpl.hp.com/pers

Re: Debian on a NEC PC98

2002-02-13 Thread Masato Taruishi
At Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:05:42 +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > I recently "rescued" an old NEC PC-9821Lt2 from the garbage bin and > would like to install Debian on it. PC98 machines are mainly used in > Japan, hence the cross-post. I have found some info on the Debian-JP > site (that I still have

Re: Simultaneous internal/external monitor on Dell Latitude CPx

2002-02-13 Thread Olivier Crouzet
Hi, > > I'm told that this is handled by the X server, though this surprises me.> > I've never had to do any modification of XF86Config to allow swicthing> > between internal and external modes. On my Acer Extensa 501 DX (neomagic video chipset), this is handled by the X server and I added the fo

Re: dell 4000

2002-02-13 Thread BlueRaven
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 08:54:31AM +0100, Klaas Gadeyne wrote: > > IIRC, you can only have 7 total partitions: 3 primary, and 4 logical (or is > > it the other way around?), so you may have to lt youre hda4 be one big > > partition for debian. > Is this so?? I thought you could have more logical

Re: Debian on a NEC PC98

2002-02-13 Thread Masato Taruishi
At Tue, 12 Feb 2002 20:05:42 +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > I recently "rescued" an old NEC PC-9821Lt2 from the garbage bin and > would like to install Debian on it. PC98 machines are mainly used in > Japan, hence the cross-post. I have found some info on the Debian-JP > site (that I still hav

Re: Simultaneous internal/external monitor on Dell Latitude CPx

2002-02-13 Thread Olivier Crouzet
Hi, > > I'm told that this is handled by the X server, though this surprises me.> > I've never had to do any modification of XF86Config to allow swicthing> > between internal and external modes. On my Acer Extensa 501 DX (neomagic video chipset), this is handled by the X server and I added the f

Re: dell 4000

2002-02-13 Thread BlueRaven
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 08:54:31AM +0100, Klaas Gadeyne wrote: > > IIRC, you can only have 7 total partitions: 3 primary, and 4 logical (or is > > it the other way around?), so you may have to lt youre hda4 be one big > > partition for debian. > Is this so?? I thought you could have more logical