Check www.linux-laptop.net. It has'war stories' sorted by manufacturer and
model. I use it to guide my own purchases.
My prior two computers were Toshiba Satellites. Mandrake installed painlessly
on them.
If you're new to Linux, you may want to buy something like Partition Magic or
Parti
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2140XCDS, which works fine in debian sid...
but I bought a long time ago, not sure whether or not a new one will be
better or worse :)
Jason Straw
On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 00:20, Pisut Tempatarachoke wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am very very new to Linux, and hoping to
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 Toshiba laptops (or more specific
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
> might consider apart f
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) compatability, and p
"Pisut Tempatarachoke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> 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 Toshib
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
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
> 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
Hi,
Since i updated my debian sarge on my Dell laptitude CPxJ 650 (with an ATI Rage
Mobility video card), that installed a new version of xfree (to the 4.2.1.6
version), i can not use the crt port to display X on a monitor (it continue to
works fine with the lcd). When i try to display X on th
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> howdy.
>
> Torbjorn Pettersson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > All toshiba keyboards, but for one I used 5 years ago, have
> > been "brok
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
>
> 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
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> > Torbjorn Petter
I have the Tosh' Sat' 1415. A bit lighter would be my only wish for it -
that and getting 'suspend-to-disk' to work. Seems very sturdy (my vendor,
COSTCO, gives a six-month return on the system and I am knocking it around
a bit just to make sure it *is* sturdy) and the price is definitely very
g
Hi,
I finally decided to install debian on my laptop. However X will not work. I have tried everything i know of and done a couple of web searches. Below are my XFree86-4 config file, lspci output, scanpci output and cat /proc/pci output and my XFree86 startup log. I have a Mobility M6(Radeon LY -
Hi there!!
I'm new in this mailing, so first of all i¡ll introduce myself; my name
is José Vargas but i like to be called Pepe (Vargas of course); i¡m from
Madrid, Spain and i'm 25 years old.
My first mail is to launch the following query: anyone has ever tried or
even succeed installing debian o
I have a Toshiba Satellite 1415 and am having trouble getting
suspend-to-disk (hibernate) with apm working. I created the suspend
partition with lphdisk as per howto (have 12MB more in hibernation
partition than is recommended), but when i do 'apm -s', the sys' just does
an ordinary suspend: nothin
Try upgrading to XFree 4.2,
that should work ok...
Harry Barnes wrote:
Hi,
I finally decided to install debian on my laptop.
However X will not work. I have tried everything i
know of and done a couple of web searches.
Below are my XFree86-4 config file, lspci output,
scanpci output and cat /p
Hi, all.
I've got a laptop (yes, I'm on this list, duh). I take it
to a jobsite with me, I take it home, I take it to the
office. Some places I can connect to the mailserver
directly, but at other places I have to ssh through a leased
line back to the office.
I've got ssh set up with tunnels fo
Hallo,
I use an ATI Mobility M7 and had nearly the same problem. After the
upgrade to XF4.2.1 I also had to disable the Option "UseFBDev" "true" in
the device section. After that everything worked fine.
Greetings
Marcel
On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 06:02, Tony Godshall wrote:
> Hi, all.
>
> I've got a
Sorry, I replyed to the wrong topic.
MfG
Marcel
On Thu, 2003-05-22 at 06:32, Marcel Gschwandl wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I use an ATI Mobility M7 and had nearly the same problem. After the
> upgrade to XF4.2.1 I also had to disable the Option "UseFBDev" "true" in
> the device section. After that everyth
Hallo,
I use an ATI Mobility M7 and had nearly the same problem. After the
upgrade to XF4.2.1 I also had to disable the Option "UseFBDev" "true" in
the device section. After that everything worked fine.
Greetings
Marcel
On Wed, 2003-05-21 at 23:20, Harry Barnes wrote:
> Hi,
> I finally decided t
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