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Okay, so this machine is an antique, but in hopes of getting a few more years of use out of it, I have successfully installed the Xubuntu distro, and have been...
17 Dec 7, 2006
11:07 pm

brian
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Hi, I recently got a Dell Latitude C400. Most stuff worked out of the box but I'm still having some problems with a few things. All problems I have are related...
4 Dec 7, 2006
8:09 pm

Rickard Eriksson
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Hi. I've had the bad idea to update the BIOS of my Latitude D505 to bios A11. Since then, the display doesn't work right with Xorg (Debian testing). When...
3 Nov 28, 2006
9:43 am

Olivier Berger
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Hi. I've got a Latitude D505 with Debian etch and 2.6.17-2-686 kernel, and BIOS A11. It suspends but won't resume : the power led is back on, the drive seems...
4 Nov 28, 2006
9:40 am

Olivier Berger
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I am new to Linux. I have install FC6 on my Dell Dimension 2350. I would like to install Wireless card. My home network is using 802.11b wireless equipment. We...
1 Nov 27, 2006
12:32 pm

Bob Whitman
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I recently installed Ubuntu (Hoary) on my Inspiron 2500, and am pleasantly surprised at how perfectly it works. Suspend-to-disk works right out of the box,...
5 Nov 24, 2006
6:30 am

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Has anyone conquered the IRQ issues that this combo seems to present? Fedora Core 6: Dell D620/Dell 1390 PCI-e Wifi/Broadcom 4311/nVidia GeForce Go 7300 The...
2 Nov 23, 2006
5:19 am

David Rumptz
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I've been trying to get FC6 loaded on an Inspiron 8000 all weekend-- I've tried about every combination of things I can think of and each time, it either...
7 Nov 22, 2006
1:43 am

Jim Diamond
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I am new to Linux. How do I installed Fedora Core6 on my DELL PowerEdge 2400 server. Fedora Core6 is on a DVD disk. The DELL server has only a SCSI CD drive. I...
5 Nov 17, 2006
6:20 pm

Cris Rhea
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My company recently bought a batch of D610s with the ATI Mobility Radeon X300 chipset. They seem to run Linux fairly well, but I'm having an interesting...
4 Nov 13, 2006
8:46 pm

John Morrissey
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Hello! I have a Latitude 120L running SUSE Linux 10.1 at 1280x800 [16:10]. When I plug a regular LCD monitor to the external VGA port, the external monitor ...
1 Nov 12, 2006
8:52 pm

Mauricio Teixeira
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Dear Linux Experts, I'm the happy owner of an inspiron 9300 with linux. Two days ago I have updated my Mandriva 2006 an after a reboot I discovered that all...
1 Nov 12, 2006
2:02 pm

Walter Cazzola
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I am shopping for a new laptop, considering the Latitude D420. Does anybody have experience with Ubuntu, or any other distribution on the 420? I am curious,...
4 Nov 11, 2006
3:25 pm

markseeba
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I am new to Linux. I installed Fedora Core6 on my computer with Windows XP pro. Installation went OK. My system is a Dell Dimension 2350 with a WD 250GB drive....
1 Nov 10, 2006
1:14 pm

Bob Whitman
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hi all i need help , i forget the root password for Redhat linux 7 , and the cdrom drivce is not working thanks all ...
4 Nov 9, 2006
6:25 am

Herman
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Hi All Can Anyone can tell me How To Install Read Hat Linux 7.1 Kernel In Red Hat Linux 8 So that I can easily configure My Motorola Modem Bye Ankit...
2 Nov 6, 2006
11:08 am

HI JAS
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I installed SuSE LINUX 10.1 on my computer with Windows XP pro. My system is Dell Dimension 2350 with a WD 250GB drive. Trying to install my BELKIN Wireless G...
3 Nov 4, 2006
4:34 pm

Robert Spilleboudt
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Hi, I have an E1505 with the A02 BIOS version. I would like to update it to the latest (A09) and was wondering if there are any of you out there who have...
1 Oct 28, 2006
8:59 pm

Sebastien
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Respected Sir/Madam, My name Vadiraj and I am working as a system administrator & also fresher in this field. I am facing lot of problem in understand...
2 Oct 26, 2006
4:08 pm

Chad Sutton
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Hello, I'm running a text-mode-only install (bash) on my 8600 (Debian 3.1r3) and I want to get a larger text screen than the default 25 line mode (say 50 line...
3 Oct 20, 2006
7:21 am

Douglas S. Oliver
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I am trying my best to try to get SuSE linux 10.1 to install cleanly on my Inspiron 8100 laptop. Installer runs fine all the way through. Then, on initial...
4 Oct 16, 2006
11:46 pm

Chad Sutton
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Respected Sir/Madam, I want to write shell script to delete files based on file creation datetime. If a file or folder is 30 minutes old then it should delete....
1 Oct 16, 2006
11:35 pm

vadi raj
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Hello, I've recently installed debian sarge 2.4.27 on my Dell 8600 laptop. My goal for the laptop is to use it as a file server / web server. I don't have any...
1 Oct 15, 2006
1:51 am

Alan Meyer
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Hi all, My inspiron 8200 died. Screen and video card went dead. http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/linux/linux-dell.html I am now thinking of getting a new...
2 Oct 14, 2006
4:09 pm

Robert Spilleboudt
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I have tried a doze walkthroughs to get my Broadcom card to work and I have tried plenty of Linux OSs as well but to no avail. I even recompiled the kernel to...
8 Oct 8, 2006
1:20 pm

Alexandre Tessier
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was having sid working wifi. Now I reinstalled sid. Now wifi is not working. I am now finding bcm43xx module is loaded most probably by udev/hal. It creates...
1 Oct 8, 2006
5:16 am

L.Venkataraju Gandhi
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Help! I just got a new laptop, Inspiron e1705. I am a noob to linux. I have the laptop set up as a dual boot with Windows Media Center and SuSE 10.1. The...
4 Oct 4, 2006
8:52 pm

Chad Sutton
chadarius
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Dell E1705 and Dell B130 with Linux: I am thinking about getting one of these two laptops for my mom. Anyone have any experience running Linux on either (or...
4 Sep 22, 2006
10:30 pm

David Rumptz
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hardware detail - 512 MB RAM, bios A32. The install of Ububtu 6.06 Desktop is ususlly done by first running the live CD then choosing the Install icon on the...
4 Sep 21, 2006
12:17 am

Sword King
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I want to use an Inspiron 8000 with LCD projector NEC VT45, and I started with suse 10, (installed without the VT45 connected). It installed ok, but when the...
7 Sep 16, 2006
12:49 pm

Jim Diamond
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