Re: startx wont start what I need it to start

Also sprach Benedek Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:57:38 +0200): > Hi > > I upgraded to X4.5 as the ATI driver didnt work with my laptop, only > in the recent version. I am on Sarge by the way. SInce I have > upgraded, startx just brings up the regular basic X window, with the >

startx wont start what I need it to start

Hi I upgraded to X4.5 as the ATI driver didnt work with my laptop, only in the recent version. I am on Sarge by the way. SInce I have upgraded, startx just brings up the regular basic X window, with the strange greenish bacground and 3 open terminals with white backgournds. I hope you know what

Re: Debian on a Sony VGN-S260

While my Sony is a PCG-GRT170, I think my experience might help you. Knoppix correctly detected everything except the Sony-only hardware control buttons like volume and screen brightness. That gave me a reference whenever I needed to know things like what the sound card was, or video. In fact,

Re: Debian on a Sony VGN-S260

Hi Welcome to Debian. There are a few rewievs about this laptop with Linux, but not with Debian. However this should boot you off, as many things are the same with Debian as with other distros. http://tuxmobil.org/sony.html BOttom of the page, you will find them. Ben On Friday 17 June 2005

Debian on a Sony VGN-S260

Hi everyone; I'm preparing to make the switch from Fedora to Debian. My main box is a Sony VGN-S260 laptop. Has anyone experienced Debian on this model ? Is there any general Debian/laptop advice you can offer? Thanks in advance for your help. I've read lots about the Debian distro and I am l

Re: ACPI battery charge strange, %-age decreases even on AC

OoO En cette fin de matinée radieuse du vendredi 17 juin 2005, vers 11:15, Benedek Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > I have never noticed it on any of my laptops, but if it is fine, I am happy > with it, just I thought my aftermarket battery might be bad. Apple laptops have the same behavi

Re: Centrino wireless card on Fujitsu Lifebook s7010 running Debian

Hi Colin, Set the ssid to "default" as your scan proposes... greeting Felix On Fri, 2005-06-17 at 08:06 +0100, Colin Cotter wrote: > Dear List, > >I am trying to get my Centrino wireless card working on my > Fujitsu-Siemans Lifebook S7010 running Debian with the 2.6.8 kernel. > > I have

Re: IBM 760XL

On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 11:56 -0400, Brian Ronk wrote: > everything seems to be working ok, except that it doesn't go to sleep > when I close it. Hi, Leaving the other issues to one side... :-) The below are a couple of files I find useful for handling the ACPI lid event on my ThinkPad. I'm not

Re: ACPI battery charge strange, %-age decreases even on AC

OoO En cette matinée pluvieuse du vendredi 17 juin 2005, vers 10:16, Benedek Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > My Sony Vaio got a new (non-OEM) battery. It works good, gives me a little > over 2 hours of battery time. However, when I charge it up and leave the > laptop plugged in for days, i

Re: Xinerama on i810

Hi Frans, On Thu, 2005-06-16 at 20:18 +0200, Frans Pop wrote: > > If I'm not mistaken, that's actually an 855, not an 810. And, as I > > understood, the XFree version that comes with Debian does not have very > > good support for it. I had trouble addressing both pipes individually > > (not for Xi

Re: ACPI battery charge strange, %-age decreases even on AC

On Friday 17 June 2005 11:04, you wrote: > OoO En cette matinée pluvieuse du vendredi 17 juin 2005, vers 10:16, > > Benedek Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> disait: > > My Sony Vaio got a new (non-OEM) battery. It works good, gives me a > > little over 2 hours of battery time. However, when I charge it

Re: IBM 760XL

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brian Ronk wrote: > I just moved my 760XL from Gentoo to Debian 3.1 (wanted something that > doesn't take forever to update). I got the main system installed, and > everything seems to be working ok, except that it doesn't go to sleep > when I close i

ACPI battery charge strange, %-age decreases even on AC

Hi My Sony Vaio got a new (non-OEM) battery. It works good, gives me a little over 2 hours of battery time. However, when I charge it up and leave the laptop plugged in for days, it will start to loose its charge. About 1% in two days. This goes as follows: I charge it, it is 100%. Two days la

Centrino wireless card on Fujitsu Lifebook s7010 running Debian

Dear List, I am trying to get my Centrino wireless card working on my Fujitsu-Siemans Lifebook S7010 running Debian with the 2.6.8 kernel. I have successfully installed the ipw2200 drivers and the device comes up as eth1. However when I select the "networking" GUI program, eth1 is set as "