Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-22 Thread Niels Heinemann
howdy tobbe Torbjorn Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But both the Portege 7020 and the Tecra T9000 had the keyboard > problem on the console also. wow. that's ugly. > Linux for the masses, if one supports that concept, is not going > to happen until the hardware vendors relea

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-22 Thread Torbjorn Pettersson
Niels Heinemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ... > > 2) It s an X program, so there is still the console > > it did not know that this problem appear when using the console?? i > never heard of it. > Well, i didn't have it on the two first ones I had I think? Was rather long ago. (On them yo

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Thomas Arnall
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Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Jaye Inabnit ke6sls
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 21 May 2003 03:28 am, Torbjorn Pettersson wrote: > Niels Heinemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > --=.2M8W71FU8JmF8G > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > > howdy. > > > > Torbjorn Petter

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Mitchell Gil Maltenfort
> > I use and recommend IBM. Aside from the WinModem[1][2] and the embedded > security chip[3] everything just works. > > Also, at least in .au, IBM are the *only* laptop people who have given > good service. Every fault I have ever had they gave me no grief and > shipped out a replacement part

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Niels Heinemann
howdy. i didn't know the specified tecra but if its based on centrino technology - like werner said - it seems to be quite new. so i think the problem will be solved anyway. Torbjorn Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) It is not in debian/stable jep. thats true. but for clean

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Torbjorn Pettersson
Niels Heinemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > --=.2M8W71FU8JmF8G > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > howdy. > > Torbjorn Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All toshiba keyboards, but for one I used 5 years ago, have > > been "brok

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Werner Heuser
> Once I buy a laptop, I am planning to partition its hard drive > so I could use both Windows XP and Debian. Are there any > special specifications or configerations of the laptop that I > should look for when I shop around? The Toshiba Tecra S1 is equipped with Centrino, see http://tuxmobil.org

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Niels Heinemann
howdy. Torbjorn Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All toshiba keyboards, but for one I used 5 years ago, have > been "broken". i wrote of it - but in my portege 4010 it seems to be fixed. it's about a half year old. but if you recognize that behavior ... > There is a small

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Niels Heinemann
howdy there. Daniel Pittman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Everyone ships a "recovery" system with their laptop, not an > original OS. toshiba does too but ... > If you have OS media, or access to Partition Magic, life is > pretty simple -- "install" the recovery stuff, then re

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Torbjorn Pettersson
with comments on Debian GNU/Linux and Toshiba laptops (or > more specifically Tecra S1 1.4 GHz) compatability, and > perhaps suggest which laptop I might consider apart from > Toshiba. > > Once I buy a laptop, I am planning to partition its hard drive > so I could use both Windows

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Daniel Pittman
On Wed, 21 May 2003, Pisut Tempatarachoke wrote: > I am very very new to Linux, and hoping to buy a laptop that is most > compatible with Debian. Could anyone please provide me with comments > on Debian GNU/Linux and Toshiba laptops (or more specifically Tecra > S1 1.4 GHz) compat

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Niels Heinemann
howdy there. "Pisut Tempatarachoke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Could anyone please provide me with comments on Debian > GNU/Linux and Toshiba laptops (or more specifically Tecra S1 > 1.4 GHz) compatability, and perhaps suggest which laptop I

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Michael Perry
On Wed, May 21, 2003 at 02:20:40PM +1000, Pisut Tempatarachoke wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I am very very new to Linux, and hoping to buy a laptop that is most > compatible with Debian. Could anyone please provide me with comments on > Debian > GNU/Linux and Tos

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Jason Straw
nd hoping to buy a laptop that is most > compatible with Debian. Could anyone please provide me with comments > on Debian GNU/Linux and Toshiba laptops (or more specifically Tecra S1 > 1.4 GHz) compatability, and perhaps suggest which laptop I might > consider apart from Toshiba. >

Re: Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-21 Thread Mitchell Gil Maltenfort
tition Magic or Partition Commander to partition the hard drive for you. > > I am very very new to Linux, and hoping to buy a laptop that is most > compatible with Debian. Could anyone please provide me with comments on > Debian > GNU/Linux and Toshiba laptops (or more

Toshiba laptops & Debian

2003-05-20 Thread Pisut Tempatarachoke
Hi everybody,    I am very very new to Linux, and hoping to buy a laptop that is most compatible with Debian.  Could anyone please provide me with comments on Debian GNU/Linux and Toshiba laptops (or more specifically Tecra S1 1.4 GHz) compatability, and perhaps suggest which laptop I might

Keyboard double character problem on Toshiba laptops

2002-04-04 Thread Scott Thomson
I have make a debian kernel image package (2.4.16 with configuration copied from kernel-image-2.4.16-686) with the anti-double-character-in-xfree86 patch (not my patch). This patch solves the problem on my Satellite Pro TE2000 without having to run accessx. This means you can type at full rate, whi

Keyboard double character problem on Toshiba laptops

2002-04-04 Thread Scott Thomson
I have make a debian kernel image package (2.4.16 with configuration copied from kernel-image-2.4.16-686) with the anti-double-character-in-xfree86 patch (not my patch). This patch solves the problem on my Satellite Pro TE2000 without having to run accessx. This means you can type at full rate, wh

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-18 Thread Luis Mendes
ted"! The technical specs are not terribly detailed. For the 3000-X4 they don't even say what the graphics chip is. On a slightly different line, since I posted my questions about Toshiba laptops I've realized that the Sony Vaio FX501 seems to be a very interesting possibility as fa

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-18 Thread Luis Mendes
ted"! The technical specs are not terribly detailed. For the 3000-X4 they don't even say what the graphics chip is. On a slightly different line, since I posted my questions about Toshiba laptops I've realized that the Sony Vaio FX501 seems to be a very interesting possibility as fa

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-17 Thread Alec
e "technical specs" they don't mention anything about the modem other than that it's "integrated"! BTW, are there any Toshiba laptops that read SmartMedia cards without extra adapters? Alec P.S. I'm thinking of buying one of the 1800 models, so comments are very w

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-16 Thread Alec
e "technical specs" they don't mention anything about the modem other than that it's "integrated"! BTW, are there any Toshiba laptops that read SmartMedia cards without extra adapters? Alec P.S. I'm thinking of buying one of the 1800 models, so comments are very

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-16 Thread Preston Smith
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:15:07PM +, Luis Mendes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there anybody out there with any experience of Debian in any of the > following Toshiba laptops? > > Satellite 1800-100, 1800-204S, 1800-314, 1800-354S and > 3000-X4 > &

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-16 Thread Preston Smith
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:15:07PM +, Luis Mendes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there anybody out there with any experience of Debian in any of the > following Toshiba laptops? > > Satellite 1800-100, 1800-204S, 1800-314, 1800-354S and > 3000-X4 >

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-16 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:15:07PM +, Luis Mendes wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there anybody out there with any experience of Debian in any of the > following Toshiba laptops? > > Satellite 1800-100, 1800-204S, 1800-314, 1800-354S and > 3000-X4 > Jonathan Buzzard h

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-16 Thread Mike Alborn
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:15:07PM +, Luis Mendes wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there anybody out there with any experience of Debian in any of the > following Toshiba laptops? > > Satellite 1800-100, 1800-204S, 1800-314, 1800-354S and > 3000-X4 > > [..snip...

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-16 Thread Drew Parsons
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:15:07PM +, Luis Mendes wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there anybody out there with any experience of Debian in any of the > following Toshiba laptops? > > Satellite 1800-100, 1800-204S, 1800-314, 1800-354S and > 3000-X4 > Jonathan Buzzard h

Toshiba laptops

2002-02-16 Thread Luis Mendes
Hi, Is there anybody out there with any experience of Debian in any of the following Toshiba laptops? Satellite 1800-100, 1800-204S, 1800-314, 1800-354S and 3000-X4 They seem to offer most of the features I am looking for at a reasonable price but I don't know whether they are Linux/D

Re: Toshiba laptops

2002-02-16 Thread Mike Alborn
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 07:15:07PM +, Luis Mendes wrote: > > Hi, > > Is there anybody out there with any experience of Debian in any of the > following Toshiba laptops? > > Satellite 1800-100, 1800-204S, 1800-314, 1800-354S and > 3000-X4 > > [..snip...

Toshiba laptops

2002-02-16 Thread Luis Mendes
Hi, Is there anybody out there with any experience of Debian in any of the following Toshiba laptops? Satellite 1800-100, 1800-204S, 1800-314, 1800-354S and 3000-X4 They seem to offer most of the features I am looking for at a reasonable price but I don't know whether they are Linux/D

Toshiba Laptops and 12GB Drive

2001-03-08 Thread Raja Srinivasan
Hi: I've a Toshiba 470.  This is close enough to the 490 so what I did may be applicable to your machine too.   I've upgraded my harddrive to a 12GB (according to the box 13GB) drive.  The drive came with EZ-BIOS.  The 8GB boundary is a Toshiba BIOS limitation and is not a hardware limitati

Toshiba Laptops and 12GB Drive

2001-03-08 Thread Raja Srinivasan
Hi: I've a Toshiba 470.  This is close enough to the 490 so what I did may be applicable to your machine too.   I've upgraded my harddrive to a 12GB (according to the box 13GB) drive.  The drive came with EZ-BIOS.  The 8GB boundary is a Toshiba BIOS limitation and is not a hardware limitati

Toshiba laptops.

2000-05-31 Thread Matteo Semplice
Dear all, I saw a few qestions abot specific models of Toshiba laptops comeing on the list recently. I am afraid I cannot be of any help diretctly, but Toshiba (although sadly does not support Linux directly) hosts a mailing list on which a great amount of discussion about running Linux on

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-31 Thread Christian Kuester
On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 09:08:57AM +1000, Martin Schwenke wrote: > * WinModem. This is a Lucent one, with a binary only driver available > from http://linmodems.org/. It is compiled against a Red Hat 2.2.12 > kernel. I can force load it but it oopses upon disconnect. Not > happy! PCMCIA

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-31 Thread Harri Kiiskinen
I've been running 2.1 on my Toshiba 2100CDS for about four months. Works fine for me, kernel-upgrade to 2.2.14 fixed problems with APM. XFree setup provided some difficulties, mainly because the hardware specs were non-existent for my TFT. Modem works fine with the ltmodem-module; sound works well

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-30 Thread Jeffrey Knight
Martin: I don't know about that model, but I have a tecra8000. It's Ok; i've had to deal with the "tecra bug", meaning bzImages don't boot. That's been a bit of a pain, making installation less-than-straight forward (you won't be able to boot off a *debian* cdrom--althought SuSE, for example, works

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Martin Schwenke
> "Christian" == Christian Kuester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Christian> On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 05:58:02AM -0400, Torgeir Christian> Hoffmann wrote: >> I am not very familiar with Debian on laptops, but I have >> planned to buy a Toshiba 2180. Do anyone know what problems I

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 05:54:55PM +0200, Christian Kuester wrote: > Debian 2.1 wasn't a good choice for my Toshiba Satellite 21??. > The Kernel on the bootable CD-ROM does not like my Toshiba NB, > it hangs. Maybe 2.2 isn't affected, i didn't try. Did you try the Tectra kernel (if you have both

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Christian Kuester
On Mon, May 29, 2000 at 05:58:02AM -0400, Torgeir Hoffmann wrote: > I am not very familiar with Debian on laptops, but I have planned to buy a > Toshiba 2180. Do anyone know what problems I will face ? Is this laptop a > good choice ? Where can I find a configuration ? (or can I make one myself > ?

Re: Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Arthur H. Edwards
I would like to recommend the website LILAC (LInux on LAptop Computers) (http://home.snafu.de/wehe/index.html) for general help. Arthur H. Edwards 712 Valencia Dr. NE Abq. NM 87108 (505) 256-0834 On Mon, 29 May 2000, Torgeir Hoffmann wrote: > I am not very familiar with Debian on laptops, but

Debian GNU/linux on Toshiba laptops

2000-05-29 Thread Torgeir Hoffmann
I am not very familiar with Debian on laptops, but I have planned to buy a Toshiba 2180. Do anyone know what problems I will face ? Is this laptop a good choice ? Where can I find a configuration ? (or can I make one myself ?) And at last what packages is recommended ? Sincerely, Torgeir Hoffmann