Re: better distro for laptops ??

2006-02-22 Thread Vinay Venkataraghavan
I just installed Fedora Core really seamlessly on a Toshiba M45 laptop. I had some problems with Debian sarge on the same laptop. I also had no problems with Mandrake 10 on the same laptop. Ofcourse you can get yum to upgrade all your packages on Fedora Core. Vinay --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: No sound in xmms, on Dell Latitude D400, with Debian sarge r1.

2006-02-22 Thread Amarendra Godbole
On 2/23/06, John Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did you choose the 2.4 or 2.6 series kernel when installing Sarge? With > the 2.6 series kernel, ALSA comes along for the ride. 2.6 > Since you're using Totem, I'm guessing that you're using GNOME as well, > right? If not, what desktop syst

Re: No sound in xmms, on Dell Latitude D400, with Debian sarge r1.

2006-02-22 Thread John Miller
Hi Amarendra, Did you choose the 2.4 or 2.6 series kernel when installing Sarge?  With the 2.6 series kernel, ALSA comes along for the ride. Since you're using Totem, I'm guessing that you're using GNOME as well, right?  If not, what desktop system are you using (KDE or basic window manager)?

No sound in xmms, on Dell Latitude D400, with Debian sarge r1.

2006-02-22 Thread Amarendra Godbole
Hi, I tried playing a song using xmms, but no sound seems to come from the notebook. It is a Dell Latitude D400, with Debian sarge r1. The i810_audio module (for AC'97 audio controller) is loaded, and xmms is using the OSS driver 1.2.10 as the output plugin. I tried changing it to ALSA 1.2.10, bu

acpi and backlight issue

2006-02-22 Thread David Berg
I recently switched my uniwill 245II0 laptop from Ubuntu to Debian Sarge with the 2.6.8 kernel. Upon doing so my backlight stopped comimg on after a lid event. See previous thread for everything I tried (from vbetool and vbe_post to different kernels and acpi scripts). I finally made a little pr

Re: Font Problems -- Helvetica

2006-02-22 Thread Neil McGovern
On Mon, Feb 20, 2006 at 05:55:18PM +0100, Johan van der Meer wrote: > I haven't get the Helvetica Font on Ubuntu; Hello, You've got the wrong list. This is for laptops and Debian, not Ubuntu. Please have a look at http://www.ubuntu.com/support Many thanks, Neil -- A. Because it breaks the log