Re: Dell 8000 problems -- 4-way split screen

Nori Heikkinen wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to install debian on a Dell Inspiron 8000. It's being a little less cooperative than the desktop systems I'm used to! My main problem right now is that on the console (i haven't even gotten X up yet), the screen is normal for the top quarter, and then

Re: Dell 8000 problems -- 4-way split screen

Nori Heikkinen wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to install debian on a Dell Inspiron 8000. It's being a little less cooperative than the desktop systems I'm used to! My main problem right now is that on the console (i haven't even gotten X up yet), the screen is normal for the top quarter, and then re

Re: trackpad/button vs. external mouse

on Fri, 13 Jun 2003 05:23:21PM +0200, olivier insinuated: > To get both mice working in xwindows read the info here: > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_single/X > Free86-Second-Mouse.html. That did the trick for me. > > Hope this is what you're looking for. I tr

Re: Portable Laptop-Friendly Keyboards

Of course, if you need an indestructible keyboard, check out CTI Electronics... http://www.ctielectronics.com/ They have a keyboard, NEMA-4 rated, that measures about 9"x6"x1.25" http://www.ctielectronics.com/nema4X.htm#KI6000 They also have it in a back-lit version, with "Arrowmouse" (ke

Re: Compaq & Fn key

[20030613] Zdenko Vujasinovic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've just installed Debian SID on Compaq evo n600. > Has anybody manage to use Fn + function key (Fn+F10 in my case) > to control brightness of LCD? Try using the latest ACPI patches. It works fine on my Compaq

Re: Portable Laptop-Friendly Keyboards

I'd have to recommend this keyboard over the happy hacking keyboard: http://store.yahoo.com/directron/wk801.html The main advantage being that it has function keys - at the disadvantage that, as some would say, 'the ctrl key is in the wrong spot' which is to say it's where normal pc keyboards have

trackpad/button vs. external mouse

hi all, i'm making progress on this dell inspiron 8000 install, little by little. my latest task is to make the external usb mouse i have plugged into my laptop work! right now, both the built-in button mouse and trackpad work fine. but, no matter how i configure the external mouse (that is, no

Re: trackpad/button vs. external mouse

on Fri, 13 Jun 2003 05:23:21PM +0200, olivier insinuated: > To get both mice working in xwindows read the info here: > http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/other-formats/html_single/X > Free86-Second-Mouse.html. That did the trick for me. > > Hope this is what you're looking for. I tr

Re: Portable Laptop-Friendly Keyboards

Of course, if you need an indestructible keyboard, check out CTI Electronics... http://www.ctielectronics.com/ They have a keyboard, NEMA-4 rated, that measures about 9"x6"x1.25" http://www.ctielectronics.com/nema4X.htm#KI6000 They also have it in a back-lit version, with "Arrowmouse" (ke

Re: Compaq & Fn key

[20030613] Zdenko Vujasinovic ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I've just installed Debian SID on Compaq evo n600. > Has anybody manage to use Fn + function key (Fn+F10 in my case) > to control brightness of LCD? Try using the latest ACPI patches. It works fine on my Compaq

Re: Portable Laptop-Friendly Keyboards

I'd have to recommend this keyboard over the happy hacking keyboard: http://store.yahoo.com/directron/wk801.html The main advantage being that it has function keys - at the disadvantage that, as some would say, 'the ctrl key is in the wrong spot' which is to say it's where normal pc keyboards have

trackpad/button vs. external mouse

hi all, i'm making progress on this dell inspiron 8000 install, little by little. my latest task is to make the external usb mouse i have plugged into my laptop work! right now, both the built-in button mouse and trackpad work fine. but, no matter how i configure the external mouse (that is, no

Re: mouse pointer & xfree86 4.3.0

on Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:36:50AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > how do I change the mouse cursor in XFree...? or should I be poking > around in KDE? something I could apt-get & then run would do even! > edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme and change Inherits=whiteglass to Inhe

Re: mouse pointer & xfree86 4.3.0

on Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 10:36:50AM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > how do I change the mouse cursor in XFree...? or should I be poking > around in KDE? something I could apt-get & then run would do even! > edit /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icons/default/index.theme and change Inherits=whiteglass to Inhe

Compaq & Fn key

Hello, I've just installed Debian SID on Compaq evo n600. Has anybody manage to use Fn + function key (Fn+F10 in my case) to control brightness of LCD? Best regards Zdenko

Compaq & Fn key

Hello, I've just installed Debian SID on Compaq evo n600. Has anybody manage to use Fn + function key (Fn+F10 in my case) to control brightness of LCD? Best regards Zdenko -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]