Hi, I have bought a second hand Latitude XPI P133ST, without any software, but am hoping to run Linux on it. Is is possible to use the normal distributions to...
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Neil
neil@...
Jan 2, 2000 10:51 pm
... Most linux distributions come with PCMCIA support, or you can download rpms or whatever with ouot much problem. Best thing to do is to find a copy the...
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Hugh Eland
hugh@...
Jan 3, 2000 12:10 am
Hi Neil, Sorry - I didn't give a clear enough explaination in my origional message. The XPI P133ST I have has been completely wiped, and the PCMCIA slots ...
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Neil
neil@...
Jan 3, 2000 12:00 pm
... I know dell have a decent card manager type program you can get from their website but which helps installation of PCMCIA. Are you saying they might be ...
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Hugh Eland
hugh@...
Jan 3, 2000 1:47 pm
Hi Neil, A bit more experimentation has produced results - The CDROM drive I am using suddenly sprung into life when powered externally - it says clearly that...
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couteleau
laurent.couteleau@...
Jan 6, 2000 8:34 am
Hi, I've just bought a Dell Inspiron 3500 with Xircom pcmcia ethernet/modem card. The pcmcia card is a RBEM56G. I work with Linux Suse6.1 + pcmcia package...
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Jorgen Christiansen
chrjo04@...
Jan 6, 2000 4:44 pm
Hi, I received the same identical error. Did you fidn out what is wrong ? -Jorgen "james" < ... original...
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jean-frederic.thebaul...
jean-frederic.thebaul...
Jan 6, 2000 8:38 pm
Same to me with a 7.5k Dell Inspiron... Any new informations ?? John "jorgen christiansen" <chrjo0-@...> wrote: original...
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Vivek
vivekchopra@...
Jan 7, 2000 12:16 am
I needed some advice about having a Linux, NT dual boot on a DELL inspiron (3500? 3700?). I am at the stage of deciding what laptop to buy and would really...
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Kev Hall
khall@...
Jan 7, 2000 9:36 am
Hi, I have a two triple boot systems, both at home and work, one of which is a Dell Lattitude CPi R, although I have set up several dual boot system laptops ...
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Peter
yawhcihw@...
Jan 9, 2000 2:54 am
Vivek: I currently have an NT/Linux dual boot on an Inspiron 3500. Dell shipped my 6GB drive as a 2GB FAT and 4GB NTFS, so I just used Partition Magic to...
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Peter
yawhcihw@...
Jan 9, 2000 2:57 am
hi all: I remember seeing on some distant webpage a bit about setting the rotational speed of the CD on a 3500 (or maybe just generically), so that when...
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Jack Holloway
holloway@...
Jan 9, 2000 8:28 am
I have a Latitude LM and I'm installing RH 6.1. Everything works fine until i get a dialog saying, in effect, that it has found some PS/2 device on psaux. It...
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Jack Holloway
holloway@...
Jan 9, 2000 8:30 am
How did you end up getting past the dialog box asking you to press return after finding a PS/2 device on psaux? I'm using RH6.1, by the way. Thanks!...
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Vivian Choh
vchoh@...
Jan 9, 2000 8:54 pm
Hi folks, Have an I3500 with dual boot Mandrake 6.1 and Win98. I keep getting an error message about not having set up the boot/suspend if the computer was...
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Shiwu Gao
tfysg@...
Jan 9, 2000 9:39 pm
Hi, I just installed Red Hat Linux 6.0 on my Latidude CS 400XT, and am now trying to get ISDN and Ethernet connections. Neither is working right now. 1) When...
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Robin Hillman
rhillman@...
Jan 9, 2000 9:47 pm
I just picked up my Latitude H500GT and installed Linux only to find that the ATI Rage Mobility chipset is not yet supported yet but the ATI Rage LT Pro...
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Shiwu Gao
tfysg@...
Jan 9, 2000 9:59 pm
Hi, You can find answers to some of your questions. ... You need to partition the disk with fips, yet you can keep the Window partition intact during partition...
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Patrick Guerrier
pgmailman@...
Jan 10, 2000 4:48 am
I have an old Dell Latitude XPI 133 laptop with 1.2gig hard drive 133MHz processor and 32MB of RAM. I do not have the internal CD-ROM, so I will purchase an...
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R.W. Hartung
rwhartung@...
Jan 10, 2000 5:50 am
Apparently there is a probem with the Mach64 driver on these computers - after the purchase is complete of course. Does anyone know whether there is a newer...
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Duncan Styles
duncan@...
Jan 10, 2000 7:37 am
Hi, I've just got a nice new Inspiron 7500, PIII 500, 18Gb HDD, ATI 8Mb Graphics, 1450x1050 Hi Res SXGA+. All sounds great BUT I need NT Server, NT...
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Frederic CORNE
fcorne@...
Jan 10, 2000 8:40 am
For suspend/resume, Linux works as NT : it needs to save the entire memory on disk. Instead W98 needs a little disk space for suspend. See the doc of the S2D...
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Neil
neil@...
Jan 10, 2000 9:56 am
... Yes, read the linux installation guide !!! Its available from their website....
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Patrick Guerrier
pgmailman@...
Jan 10, 2000 4:46 pm
Are you sure that the Redhat Installation Guide specifically mentions installation regarding Dell Latitude XPI 133ST ? I downloaded the PDF file for Redhat 6.1...
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Alessandro Russo
russo@...
Jan 10, 2000 11:15 pm
From http://www.xfree86.org: [January 2000] XFree86-3.3.6 is now available! This is a full release. If you are having problems with a prior release, please try...
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David Epstein
dbae@...
Jan 11, 2000 9:19 am
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Jaime M. Garmendia
jaimeg@...
Jan 11, 2000 3:00 pm
There is a documented way of getting sound to work in Dell's CPi's, look at http://www.radcyberzine.com/linux/linux-dell.html for details. Jaime ...
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Neil
neil@...
Jan 11, 2000 3:25 pm
... A useful link .... any more useful links, PLEASE add them to the group links page: http://www.egroups.com/group/linux-dell-laptops/info.html Thanks Neil...
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Thomas Sexton
darksoul@...
Jan 18, 2000 7:54 am
I have my Latitude running Xwindows in 800x600 res.. but i was able to run it in 1024x768 with Windows... does anyone have a config file that they have...
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John Bair
joe435@...
Jan 18, 2000 7:54 am
I have just set up my Inspiron and am having problems with Xwindows. The monitor type is SVGA+. I can't seem to figure the solution to the problem. I anybody...
