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23773
... the CD root file system). ... ISO_DIR/ ... quoted relative to the CD root. ... burning program, or with cdrecord. Since I'm only running Linux on my Dell...
onchiman1
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Apr 1, 2004
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23774
... the CD root file system). ... ISO_DIR/ ... quoted relative to the CD root. ... burning program, or with cdrecord. Since I'm only running Linux on my Dell...
onchiman1
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Apr 1, 2004
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23775
I have tried to bring up Linux on the laptop display and with an external monitor. I'm not sure what you mean by the "Display BIOS" thing in the X config file....
wittends_98
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Apr 1, 2004
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23776
hi, i'm having trouble changing the resolution on my laptop with redhat 9. via root i try to change the setting to 1024x768, logoff, but when i log back in the...
Sam Mortlock
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Apr 1, 2004
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23777
... So I assume the update worked correctly from DOS? If so, then I would be happy to put your ISO file on the web at my 1100 page. Please email the image ...
Damien Solley
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Apr 2, 2004
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23778
The dos boot image ready for burning and booting is available at ftp://12.38.254.7/pub/dos5_bootdisk/ There is a readme file there with instructions. Thanks to...
sailon_withme
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Apr 2, 2004
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23779
Hi, I've just attempted to install Fedora alongside XP on my new Inspiron 5150. However, I'm having a couple of problems that I was hoping someone may have an...
mcarroll_espritv8
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Apr 2, 2004
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23780
I've also put an iso image of the dos boot cd which has the bios upgrade on it. Just boot off this cd and run the bios upgrade install program. ...
sailon_withme
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Apr 2, 2004
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23781
Is it appropriate for me to ask if anyone has tried or is running FreeBSD on an inspiron 1100? I'm very curious because I fell in love with it on the desktop,...
michael fivis
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Apr 3, 2004
4:24 pm
23782
... -- I managed to get it running on an inspiron 7500, but I've since went back to slackware, which I like the best. Regards Jeff Rossi Data Driven Design ...
Jeff Rossi
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Apr 3, 2004
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23783
... What ticked you off enough to jump back to slack? Ports wasn't nice enough to keep you? I kind of want some real native package management in my...
michael fivis
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Apr 3, 2004
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I am a complete Linux newbie, this being my first Linux installation. I cannot get the tap features to work for my mouse. I downloaded the synaptics driver and...
Travis A. Martin
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Apr 3, 2004
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I used to run 4.8 on my 1100, but could never get the port of the 845patch working, so no x. It may have worked with the 5 branch. Because of this I switched ...
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Apr 3, 2004
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23786
Travis, the gcc program is your C compiler. It should be on any distrobution you get; linux pretty much depends on it. It might be that the directory that...
Douglas S. Oliver
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Apr 3, 2004
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23787
... I've tried every type of linux/bsd that has a free download. IMO slack is the best there is. There's nothing really wrong with freebsd, I just like ...
Jeff Rossi
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Apr 4, 2004
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23788
If I resize this so it has now free space, am I going to regret it? Thanks. -- David Corbin <dcorbin@...>...
David Corbin
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Apr 4, 2004
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23789
I removed my Dell Partition along time ago. I've never needed it and have not yet regreted it ... From: "David Corbin" <dcorbin@...> To:...
Exodus
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Apr 4, 2004
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23790
Ok, the only option within YaST for editing config files is System->Editor for /etc/sysconfig files. I'm using the command line YaST, not the GUI one. I've...
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Apr 4, 2004
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23791
hi all, i recently upgraded my inspiron 4150 from my long running mandrake 9.0 to 10. but in doing so i seemed to have lost the touchpad ability to 'tap'. i...
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Apr 4, 2004
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23792
Hi everyone, I noticed that the touchpad did not work on my system if I booted with an USB mouse plugged in, using the Synaptics Xfree drivers and Kernels ...
koalillo
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Apr 4, 2004
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23793
I've tried atitvout and several of the XF86Configs in Files, and I can't get my Latitude to do S-Video Out, even at command-line. Someone in #gentoo suggested...
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Sorry, it appears that the text of my original message got garbeld. Hopefully, this one will not be. You can EITHER go through YaST, or edit the file by hand. ...
Howard Coles Jr.
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Apr 5, 2004
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23795
... Don't bother compiling the synaptic.o driver yourself. A pre-compiled one comes with the package you downloaded (read the README file). It works fine on my...
Damien Solley
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... From: "Travis A. Martin" <tamartin@...> To: <linux-dell-laptops@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 6:12 PM Subject:...
Stephen Ray
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Apr 5, 2004
12:24 pm
23797
Are you able to do tvout at all? Is the cable ok? I know when I was setting up tvout with my geforce4 440go if I hit fn-f8 the screen would flicker a bit. That...
Jonathan Geremia
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Apr 5, 2004
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23798
To the best of my knowledge there are only two ways to get the tv out on the ATI video cards for laptops working. If you boot with the vesa video driver...
Paul Gratz
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Apr 5, 2004
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23799
Greetings Compiled kernel version 2.6.3... seems to run marginally well, but I can't modprobe anything. I grabbed the new module-init-tools, compiled and ...
Gus Wiening
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Apr 5, 2004
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23800
Why is my harddrive so noisy? While it is spinning, it is noisy. When I force a spindown with hdparams, the whole computer becomes silent, but not for long, as...
Norbert Stöffler
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Apr 5, 2004
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... Hash: SHA1 Hi, ... maybe I'm wrong, but I thought I noticed that it depends from which Partition you're booting. I have dual boot MDK 9 and MDK 10, and in...
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11:28 pm
23802
Many thanks for the advice. I got gcc to work, and I compiled the synaptics.o driver. I figured this was the right thing to do, since knowing how to compile...
Travis A. Martin
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