On 10 Apr 2000, John Stevenson wrote:
> Hello,
> I had a 3200 Inspiron which used the Neomaigc server (from non-free), the
> XF86Config file of which had two directives, 'Internal' and 'External'. The
> 'External' directive was commented out and X would not run on an external
> monitor (or in this
I was wondering if anyone is working on support for the newer Sony
VAIO notebooks, as there are a _lot_ of features which are currently
unsupported under Debian (and Linux in general, in fact). For
example, the function keys which switch to an external monitor, the
volume etc (which all used to b
I had a similar problem when installing potato. My
pcmcia wouldn't configure until I configured my
network. So what I did was put dummy values in for the
network, configured my pcmcia, then went back to input
the correct network settings. After this step when I
went to reboot my laptop, it froze. S
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> david> I was wondering if anyone is working on support for the newer Sony
> david> VAIO notebooks, as there are a _lot_ of features which are currently
> david> unsupported under Debian (and Linux in general, in fact).
...
AFAIK these features are currently unsuppor
I have had a difficult time installing Debian on a 505ve laptop. The biggest
problem
seems to be that hdc (cdrom) loses the interrupt after you install the kernel,
which makes
it difficult to instll any other packages. Has anyone encountered this problem?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I was wonderin
Hallo,
I've got my first notebook a Dell Inspiron 5000. For all I've read,
I thought this one would work with Linux. But:
First thing, Linux complains about the harddisk which was preinstalled
with WIN98 (sorry for the words...). It has 12GB. After killing all
partitions under DOS, formatting and
Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> AFAIK these features are currently unsupported:
>
> - jog dial, shouldn't be to difficult to make a driver I guess
> it might be a PS/2 device and the data stream traceable with 'mev'
> from the 'gpm' package
> - camera, which is probably an USB dev
Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Or more serious, what about a Linux VAIO Project?
I keep hoping someone will make a driver for the audio control buttons
that plug in near the headphones. I downloaded the kernel hacking
guide yesterday, but I'm just kidding myself; I don't have time
> "Seth" == Seth Golub <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Seth> Werner Heuser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Or more serious, what about a Linux VAIO Project?
Seth> I keep hoping someone will make a driver for the audio control
Seth> buttons that plug in near the headphones. I downloaded t
> >> - The cardmgr complains the pcmcia modules are not for this kernel,
> >> and I have to compile/install pcmcia modules manually.
>
> Kero> I had the same. Documented feature, as far as I recollect.
>
> Well, it is documented that you have to recompile them, but I
> couldn't recompile with ma
> I've got my first notebook a Dell Inspiron 5000. For all I've read,
> I thought this one would work with Linux. But:
> First thing, Linux complains about the harddisk which was preinstalled
> with WIN98 (sorry for the words...). It has 12GB. After killing all
> partitions under DOS, formatting a
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