A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-22 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi, all. I'm gradually migrating from Mandrakelinux to Debian. As soon as possible I want to buy a notebook. Going around the shops I saw a certain number of notebooks, that I'm reporting below. I couldn't find any of them listed at: http://tuxmobil.org/mylaptops.html nor at: http://www.linux-o

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-22 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I'm gradually migrating from Mandrakelinux to Debian. > As soon as possible I want to buy a notebook. > Going around the shops I saw a certain number of notebooks, > that I'm reporting below. I couldn't find any of them listed at: > > h

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-22 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I'm gradually migrating from Mandrakelinux to Debian. > As soon as possible I want to buy a notebook. > Going around the shops I saw a certain number of notebooks, > that I'm reporting below. I couldn't find any of them listed at: > > h

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-22 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina wrote: > I'm gradually migrating from Mandrakelinux to Debian. > As soon as possible I want to buy a notebook. > Going around the shops I saw a certain number of notebooks, > that I'm reporting below. I couldn't find any of them listed at: > > h

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-22 Thread Rodolfo Medina
> I am using IBM Thinkpad R50e and it's fine except external monitor. Do you mean when you connect the laptop to a desktop monitor (or the laptop's display?)? Rodolfo

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-23 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Thanks indeed to all who wrote. In the net I could find some very good occasions with some of the notebooks that have been suggested. But the trouble is, that most of them are without a DVD recorder, and I wish a computer with a DVD recorder. Some other, like the Dell Inspiron 8200, are too expens

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-24 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Russell Shaw wrote: > Beware that many IBMs don't have touch-pads. So, what do they have in its place? Rodolfo

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-25 Thread Rodolfo Medina
leszek wrote: > I am using IBM Thinkpad R50e and it's fine except > external monitor. I'm looking for a DVD recorder inside the laptop, and maybe there are new models of the IBM Thinkpad R50e with this feature. If yours has it too, please could you report the exact model: "IBM Thinkpad R50e... s

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-26 Thread Rodolfo Medina
leszek wrote: > I am using IBM Thinkpad R50e and it's fine except > external monitor. Rodolfo wrote: > I'm looking for a DVD recorder inside the laptop, > and maybe there are new models of the IBM Thinkpad R50e > with this feature. > If yours has it too, please could you report the exact > mode

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-10-26 Thread Rodolfo Medina
... and also a TS THINKPAD T42, ibm code: UC2F3IT, maybe cheaper. Rodolfo > leszek wrote: > > > I am using IBM Thinkpad R50e and it's fine except > > external monitor. > > > Rodolfo wrote: > > > I'm looking for a DVD recorder inside the laptop, > > and maybe there are new models of the IBM Think

Re: A notebook for Debian?

2005-12-02 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo wrote: > I'm gradually migrating from Mandrakelinux to Debian. > As soon as possible I want to buy a notebook. > > [...] > > Before buying, I'd like to be sure that Debian Sarge 3.1 > (and possibly Mandrake 10.1 also) > will work fine with the machine I'm buying. Thanks to all who repli

Help to install graphical environment on Hyundai 255KI 15.

2005-12-02 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi. I don't manage to install a graphical environment on my Hyundai 255KI 15, Debian Sarge 3.1 stable. After the base installation I did: # apt-get install gdm gnome , but no graphical environment will start, neither with: $ startx nor with: $ gnome-session . Any help

Re: Help to install graphical environment on Hyundai 255KI 15.

2005-12-03 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo wrote: > I don't manage to install a graphical environment on my > Hyundai 255KI 15, Debian Sarge 3.1 stable. > After the base installation I did: > > # apt-get install gdm gnome > > , but no graphical environment will start, neither with: > > $ startx > > nor with: > > $

Re: Help to install graphical environment on Hyundai 255KI 15 [solved]

2005-12-05 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo wrote: > I don't manage to install a graphical environment on my > Hyundai 255KI 15, Debian Sarge 3.1 stable. > After the base installation I did: > > # apt-get install gdm gnome > > , but no graphical environment will start, neither with: > > $ startx > > nor with: > > $ gnome-session > >

Don't manage to turn computer off

2005-12-06 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi. I don't manage to turn off my Hyundai 255KI 15, Debian Sarge 3.1, neither with '# shutdown -h now' nor with '# halt'. Any help? Instead, I can reboot the computer with '# reboot'. Also, I can turn it off with Mandrake 10.1 with '$ halt'. Thanks for any help. Rodolfo

Internet connection with cellular phone

2005-12-09 Thread Rodolfo Medina
I'm trying to connect to internet with a gprs cellular phone, a Motorola c350, connected to my laptop Hyundai 255KI 15 with a mini usb cable. Debian Sarge 3.1 is installed. I've been following the howto at: http://www.debianitalia.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?page=1&articleid=96 . First I ma

Re: Internet connection with cellular phone

2005-12-09 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo wrote: > I'm trying to connect to internet with a gprs cellular phone, a Motorola c350, > connected to my laptop Hyundai 255KI 15 with a mini usb cable. > Debian Sarge 3.1 is installed. > I've been following the howto at: > > http://www.debianitalia.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?page=1

Re: Internet connection with cellular phone

2005-12-10 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo wrote: > I'm trying to connect to internet with a gprs cellular phone, a Motorola c350, > connected to my laptop Hyundai 255KI 15 with a mini usb cable. > Debian Sarge 3.1 is installed. > I've been following the howto at: > > http://www.debianitalia.org/modules/wfsection/article.php?page=1

Re: Internet connection with cellular phone

2006-04-17 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo wrote: > I'm trying to connect to internet with a gprs cellular phone, > a Motorola c350, > connected to my laptop Hyundai 255KI 15 with a mini usb cable. > Debian Sarge 3.1 is installed. > > [snip] > > Could anybody suggest a remedy? It seems to be solved now: see http://lists.debia

Screen resolution on Hyundai 255KI 15

2006-04-25 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi, listers. It seems to me that the screen resolution of my Hyundai 255KI 15 is lower than normal: everything appears too big. When I run 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' the resolution value is always 1920×1440, and remains so although I put it on 1024×768. I have Debian Sarge stable. I'm ne

[solved] Re: Screen resolution on Hyundai 255KI 15

2006-04-30 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Rodolfo Medina writes: > It seems to me that the screen resolution of my Hyundai 255KI 15 > is lower than normal: everything appears too big. > When I run 'dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86' the resolution value > is always 1920×1440, and remains so although I put it on 1024×