... For anyone else wanting to install RHEL 3 on an Inspiron 9300, the solution is to build a custom installation CD with a custom kernel. Kernels since 2.4.27...
... For anyone else wanting to install RHEL 3 on an Inspiron 9300, the solution is to build a custom installation CD with a custom kernel. Kernels since 2.4.27...
I'm running Kanotix on 3 Dell Latitudes (L400, C600, CPt). It's without a doubt the best Linux distro I've tried. The hardware detection and auto-config is...
I'd recommend getting an nvidia video card, the ati drivers are not as easy to get working with full 3d IMHO. OTOH if you are just going for basic connectivity...
Mandriva did not recognize the ultra ata hard disk in my inspiron 6000, and the device type was not in a list of other hard drives that can be chosen. so what...
... Ha ha, very funny. Anyway, I've seen problems when the installer uses certain 2.6 kernels. This is the case in debian, where you'll have to choose the ...
thanks for the reply, seems there are alot more issues with compatibility than i had expected, maybe it is more an issue with my notebook. there is a huge...
Mandriva has a few different kernels on the install CDs. Select expert mode (F1) and read the help. You can also try booting off CD#2. one of the alternate...
Herman
herman@...
Oct 16, 2005 5:42 pm
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I use a Dell Latitude, 400 mhz, 256 mb memory, 20 gb harddrive, 1 usb, 2 pcmcia slots. I would recommend that you have at least 256 mb of ram to run...
... Quite a bit, actually. I use mine for work that takes me between the US and Europe. In all three of the places I usually work (home, US lab, Europe lab),...
... but in ... or ... I have taken mine to Germany a time or two recently, the wireless is great if the Hotels have it. Chatted with my wife at home....
hello, i need to know if the temperature of my CPU in D600 laptop is in a correct range, since i can hear the fan almost constantly up and running very fast;...
... If it is below 85C then it is fine. $ acpi -t Battery 1: charged, 134% Thermal 1: ok, 61.0 degrees C Cheers, -- H...
Herman
herman@...
Oct 19, 2005 1:30 pm
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... My PentiumM 1.60GHz is usually in the 48-54 C range, unless I'm playing a game with 3-D. When the system gets too hot, it should drop the operating...
If you install cpufreq and libsensors (and configure the modules it needs), it should be able to slow your cpu down when full power is not needed. My D600...
Hi, Typically, the CPU speed throttling is built into the kernel and should work fine. A lot of times the notebook temperature is high because the hard drive...
Hi there, I'm still somewhat new to Linux and am REALLY wanting to make the switch from winbloze, but it has to work for my wife who's, well, technically...
... My wife is a "non-techy" and she's been on Linux - first Debian - now Ubuntu - for about a couple of years now. She gets on okay with it. A few niggles are...
Alan Pope
alan.pope@...
Oct 19, 2005 9:18 pm
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... Wrong. You need to have the acpi-cpufreq module loaded (speedstep-centrino for older 2.6 kernels) and a cpufreq-* module loaded. In my case, I have the...
Hello there! I'm new to this group and I'm very happy that I found it. I have a Dell Latitude D510 laptop running Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Linux. I was experiencing...
A C600 with Ubuntu Breezy did the same, in the end I disabled speedstep in the BIOS to 'shut it up'. Having said that I was using Kubuntu (Hoary) a while ago...
Ubuntu 'sunrise'! Dialup, power management, desktop and admin., multimedia, web development. PREAMBLE If Linux distributions can be placed on a scale with...
misc. points... - an Ubuntu wiki post recommends changing "ati" to "r128" in '/etc/X11/xorg.conf' (a console does seem snappier as a result). - Printer install...
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