Re: Debian on Slow laptops. What setup is best?

2005-06-21 Thread dbp lists
On 6/21/05, Benedek Frank <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 21 June 2005 19:34, Tom Olson wrote: > I am pretty happy now, but I am open for other suggestions. I kind of like > having a battery meter, and a volume controll, etc on my desktop. That is why > I settled for XFCE, but if there is

Re: ALSA help!

2005-06-01 Thread dbp lists
> I have always had issues gettign sound to work on this machine, but I > decided to attack it in earnest. > > I cannot seem to get it to work. I have tried everything. > > esd says /dev/dsp does not exist (it clearly does) > > XMMS gives me the standard Be sure nothing is blocking your Soundca

Re: problem with rebooting

2005-05-26 Thread dbp lists
On 5/26/05, Giancarlo Bruno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have tried to install Debian Sarge on my notebook, a Toshiba Satellite > P10-792 with an Intel Pentium 4 processor, which has currently Windows XP > running. I installed Debian from the CD and apparently it was all ok, but as >

Re: XF86Config-4 on thinkpad 570 ("pipe" sign doesnt work)

2005-05-23 Thread dbp lists
On 5/22/05, Kfir Lavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 21 May 2005 18:31, Sergiy wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've installed Debian Sarge on my thinkpad, but the "pipe" sign doesnt > > work with xfree. > > Here is my keyboard configuration: > > > > Section "InputDevice" > > Identifier

Re: Woody vs Sarge vs debian variants on older equipment

2005-05-10 Thread dbp lists
> The main difference is in how the kernel supports your hardware. The Woody > installer uses a fairly ancient kernel which may not support your > hardware properly and cause problems during the installation. > The RC3 version of the installer for Sarge [1] has a choice of either the > 2.4.27 or 2.

Woody vs Sarge vs debian variants on older equipment

2005-05-10 Thread dbp lists
Hi folks... I just purchased a 570E thinkpad (PIII 500MHz) last week. As well as a Cisco 340 Aironet wireless card. I'm hoping to install linux on it and am trying to do as much homework as I can before they get here. I've searched a lot on the topic of installing debian on the 570E and have fo