i've written a mini-HOWTO about my experiences putting debian woody on
a dell inspiron 8000. it's up here:
http://www.maenad.net/geek/di8k-debian/, and i would appreciate any
comments / suggestions / improvements people have about it.
thanks!
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i've written a mini-HOWTO about my experiences putting debian woody on
a dell inspiron 8000. it's up here:
http://www.maenad.net/geek/di8k-debian/, and i would appreciate any
comments / suggestions / improvements people have about it.
thanks!
--
.~. nori @ sccs.swarthmore.edu
/V\
on Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:12:05PM +0300, Andreas Heckwolf insinuated:
> one thing that comes to mind hearing about beeps at different
> pitches is of course the card manager of PCMCIA support
interesting, that appears to be what was causing it ... i was swapping
in and out some PCMCIA cards (both
on Tue, 17 Jun 2003 04:12:05PM +0300, Andreas Heckwolf insinuated:
> one thing that comes to mind hearing about beeps at different
> pitches is of course the card manager of PCMCIA support
interesting, that appears to be what was causing it ... i was swapping
in and out some PCMCIA cards (both
today i boot up my computer (dell inspiron 8000), having successfully
installed debian on it friday afternoon, and now it beeps at me,
sporadically, and in three octaves! same note (D i think); different
register. i can't isolate what's causing it -- i'm plugged in, so it
shouldn't be a battery i
today i boot up my computer (dell inspiron 8000), having successfully
installed debian on it friday afternoon, and now it beeps at me,
sporadically, and in three octaves! same note (D i think); different
register. i can't isolate what's causing it -- i'm plugged in, so it
shouldn't be a battery i
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
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
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
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
on Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:16:35PM -0400, Kevin McKinley insinuated:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:41:12 -0400
> Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to install debian on a Dell Inspiron 8000. It's being a
> > lit
on Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:16:35PM -0400, Kevin McKinley insinuated:
> On Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:41:12 -0400
> Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm trying to install debian on a Dell Inspiron 8000. It's being a
> > lit
on Wed, 11 Jun 2003 03:18:03PM -0400, Jordan Lederman insinuated:
> I've run into this before, and it's due to incorrect detection of
> your video/monitor capibilites. At the boot prompt, do:
> vga=ask (or vga=normal). will be
> whatever image/kernel you'd like to use.
what do you mean by DEFANG
on Wed, 11 Jun 2003 03:18:03PM -0400, Jordan Lederman insinuated:
> I've run into this before, and it's due to incorrect detection of
> your video/monitor capibilites. At the boot prompt, do:
> vga=ask (or vga=normal). will be whatever image/kernel you'd
> like to use.
Hm, neither of those work.
on Wed, 11 Jun 2003 03:18:03PM -0400, Jordan Lederman insinuated:
> I've run into this before, and it's due to incorrect detection of
> your video/monitor capibilites. At the boot prompt, do:
> vga=ask (or vga=normal). will be
> whatever image/kernel you'd like to use.
what do you mean by DEFANG
on Wed, 11 Jun 2003 03:18:03PM -0400, Jordan Lederman insinuated:
> I've run into this before, and it's due to incorrect detection of
> your video/monitor capibilites. At the boot prompt, do:
> vga=ask (or vga=normal). will be whatever image/kernel you'd
> like to use.
Hm, neither of those work.
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
redraws itself ontop of
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
redraws itself ontop of
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