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25503 mpierce
marvinrpierce Send Email
Dec 1, 2004
8:21 am
... It is the Belkin F5D7010. I read somewhere that this may need the ndiswrapper. Should I get something else? ... OK - I have that enabled for my Xircom...
25504 Alexandre Tessier
iufmtessier Send Email
Dec 1, 2004
1:11 pm
... I agree with you and David but all the unused ram is used for disk cache, thus if you have a lot of ram you will not need to read on the disk (except the...
25505 Robert P. J. Day
rpjday@... Send Email
Dec 1, 2004
1:23 pm
... 512M would be a *minimum* for me. the issue is that dell typically has a free upgrade from 256M to 512M (a good thing), but that it comes as 2 DIMMs to...
25506 bil Jeschke
theuteck Send Email
Dec 1, 2004
2:54 pm
Looking at the card and the access point you should have little problem with file transfers since both are 11.g. I was just using the 11.b spec as a minimum ...
25507 Walter Cazzola
emeth69 Send Email
Dec 1, 2004
4:00 pm
Dear Experts, I'm a novel and proud owner of a Sony Ericsson P910i and I would like to connect it to my Dell Ispiron 8600 with a mandrake 9.1 (updated to 9.2) ...
25508 Alexandre Tessier
iufmtessier Send Email
Dec 1, 2004
8:29 pm
... Maybe you should read the infrared howto : http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Infrared-HOWTO/index.html (or /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/Infrared/index.html on your...
25509 mpierce
marvinrpierce Send Email
Dec 2, 2004
2:12 am
... Bill, Thanks for help. Got it working using ndiswrapper and the *.inf file from the cd-rom. I'll configure the security aspects of the card later. Oh, I...
25510 Dan Christensen
jdchristense... Send Email
Dec 2, 2004
2:36 am
... I was asleep while typing and Haedn is of course correct. I'm curious what the actual differences are in practice. Right now I'm getting about 29.6...
25511 moon2js Send Email Dec 2, 2004
4:52 am
... be ... I've been googling all along, and often I find no mention of a video problem, presumably because no one ever tries to watch video files on this...
25512 mpierce
marvinrpierce Send Email
Dec 3, 2004
2:11 am
I'm using the ndiswrapper for a Belkin PCMCIA wlan0 802.11g on a Debian system. The access point requires a key. On startup, the network fails as it cannot...
25513 bil Jeschke
theuteck Send Email
Dec 3, 2004
3:30 am
It sounds like your system is not remembering your key. Your system can store upto 4 keys, and can view them with; iwlist wlan0 key If you have all 4 keys...
25514 bruce
retiredslash... Send Email
Dec 3, 2004
4:49 am
... Ubuntu is more like a more user-friendly Debian. ... different from CRTs and mechanically work differently, but how do they differ in regards to X setup...
25515 mpierce
marvinrpierce Send Email
Dec 3, 2004
7:46 am
... Even though it shows the key as listed, network will not start until I run script which does what I previously showed. Boo hoo!...
25516 R Stewart
atacama93 Send Email
Dec 3, 2004
8:16 am
I did a little experimenting tonight with /etc/sysconfig/harddisks. For the data below, I uncommented each entry (USE_DMA, MULTIPLE_IO, EIDE_32BIT, LOOKAHEAD)...
25517 Peio
peciara@... Send Email
Dec 3, 2004
1:25 pm
... in /etc/network/interfaces wireles_key XXXX(hexadecimal) | s:XXXX(ascii)...
25518 froogleuk Send Email Dec 3, 2004
4:18 pm
Hey all, I've been having a nightmare time getting my Dell Inspiron to work with X at the correct resolution (1680x1050). I've managed to get the latest ATI...
25519 Aaron Luptak
hippicusillo... Send Email
Dec 3, 2004
8:48 pm
... On debian, mine was set up in /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts - It's standard with the wireless-tools package (i think), the file has pretty good documentation...
25520 mpierce
marvinrpierce Send Email
Dec 3, 2004
9:46 pm
... Working like a charm... Thank you! Finale setup is for anyone else: auto wlan0 iface wlan0 provider dhcp wireless_key xxxxxxxxx hostname notebook...
25521 danielluera@...
danielluera Send Email
Dec 4, 2004
2:22 am
I'm using gentoo for my install, though I have the nVidia card, but have the same screen. Another difference is that I'm running Xorg. But, the part that you ...
25522 danielluera@...
danielluera Send Email
Dec 4, 2004
2:35 am
Thanks for the response, but in gentoo there is not install program, per se. You do it all yourself. One of the benefits to this is that I didn't run into the...
25523 lance_perry Send Email Dec 4, 2004
3:43 am
I am having trouble powering on my 8200. I have to hit the power button on and off several times (and I do mean several) before I ever get the dell splash...
25524 mchristoph.eckert@... Send Email Dec 4, 2004
10:09 am
... I never noticed something similar in MDK 9.2 or 10.0. A question: Does the computer pass the bootloader and start the kernel or not? When the kernel gets...
25525 Gabriel
muguet1966 Send Email
Dec 4, 2004
10:52 am
Hi Lance, I've had similar symptoms (on a I8200) when I use an external monitor and forget to switch it on, the laptop's leds light up for a few seconds and...
25526 lance_perry Send Email Dec 4, 2004
12:16 pm
... Sorry for my ignorance but how do you get an upgraded bios? From the dell site I assume? Lance...
25527 lance_perry Send Email Dec 4, 2004
12:18 pm
... I never even see the dell boot screen to hit F2. ... Thanks for the grub menu stuff. I check on that. Lance...
25528 Robert P. J. Day
rpjday@... Send Email
Dec 4, 2004
12:31 pm
is there a site that discusses future trends in display sizes and resolutions? as in, is there any reason to believe that we're going to see a resolution...
25529 mchristoph.eckert@... Send Email Dec 4, 2004
12:46 pm
... Well, so it seems not to be a linux issue. After switching the machine on, the BIOS gets initialized and performs a POST (power on self test). Per default,...
25530 Gabriel
muguet1966 Send Email
Dec 4, 2004
12:46 pm
Yes from the Dell website, at: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd Where you can either enter your service tag or...
25531 Alexandre Tessier
iufmtessier Send Email
Dec 4, 2004
12:47 pm
... Yes, you have to download the bios from dell site. I'm runing A12 without issue on my latitude C840. I remember that it was intricate: I had to make a...
25532 mchristoph.eckert@... Send Email Dec 4, 2004
1:03 pm
... AFAIK there's a project which creates a bootable linux floppy disk from the Dell BIOS upgrade, but I do not remember the name of the project. ... Yeah! ...
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