Re: xorg and 1280x800

2006-11-28 Thread Philip Bellenoit
On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 13:17 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quick question: Has anybody here succeeded to get 1280x800 resolution with > a widescreen laptop? > I have an Acer Aspire 1640Z which has, in common with a few others, > this: > > :00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporati

Re: toshiba and lg laptops

2006-11-26 Thread Philip Bellenoit
On Thu, 2006-11-23 at 17:20 -0800, Jacob wrote: > Hi. There is a common problem i encounter generally. The > problem is mainly about Toshiba laptops. When i try to install > Debian from sarge netinstall cd, i had to start installation > with kernel 2.4 > bec

Re: Problem configuring WLAN on Dell Inspiron E1505

2006-10-28 Thread Philip Bellenoit
On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 19:23 -0700, Adhyas Avasthi wrote: > > When I run iwconfig I still do not see any wlan interfaces :-( > Do you have an entry in your /etc/network/interfaces for your wireless card? iface wlan0 inet dhcp allow-hotpulg wlan0 auto wlan0 After you do that type

Re: Laptop recommendation

2006-10-22 Thread Philip Bellenoit
On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 09:54 +0200, Miroslav Maiksnar wrote: > As for SMP kernel freezing, try adding "noapic" to kernel parameters. It is > quite common issue, that motherboards for dual-core CPUs don't have APIC. > > Mixi > I had to google APIC because I didn't know what is was. Is it possibl

Re: Laptop recommendation

2006-10-19 Thread Philip Bellenoit
Sometimes bad experiences can be helpful. Here is mine. I bought a Compaq Presario V6000 laptop a fews weeks after it hit the store shelves. It has a dual core AMD Turion64 processor. I thought I would be a BIG SHOT shot and tell all my friends, "Hey I'm running GNU/Linux, on my new laptop, not