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RH 6.1, Dell 7500 Inspiron, they work with sound and video to the MAX! Start at support.dell.com, go the section with respect to a 7500 go to the linux...
1 Feb 16, 2000
7:29 am

stuart blake tener
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Hi fellow Linux-on-Dell friends, I've had a Latitude CPx H500GT for about a week now and I'm quite happy with it save for two things: 1) When running X I have...
1 Feb 15, 2000
1:33 pm

Salvador Pinto Abreu
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Hi, I have a Dell Inspiron 3550 with Windows`98 and now would like to install Red-Hat 6.0 from CD. I thought when I have the Red-Hat CD in the CD drive during...
2 Feb 15, 2000
4:58 am

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Does anyone know how to mount an MS-DOS (Windows 98) formatted ZIP disk on Linux (RedHat 6.0)? The Linux howto is very clear, but it does not work on the Dell...
3 Feb 14, 2000
10:26 am

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Hello, Just got a Latitude H500GT w/ATI Rage 3D 8MB video card and installed RedHat6.1. XConfiguration installs the Mach64 server and recommends 1024x768 at...
6 Feb 14, 2000
1:56 am

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I finally got this up and running, but I am experienceing horrible flicker. Does anyone know how to resolve this? I have tried every refresh rate I could...
3 Feb 12, 2000
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I am receiving a partitioning error that I cannot resolve: 1) Resized FAT32 (WIN98) partition using Partition Magic 5.0 2) Setup an extended partition of...
1 Feb 12, 2000
3:28 am

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Hello, I have a Dell CPi running redhat 6.1 which comes with kernel 2.2.12. Now of cause Neomagic sound card not working, and I want more than 800x600 for the...
8 Feb 11, 2000
10:43 am

Paul D Gilligan
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Hello all, I want to install Xfree86 on the Dell CPi R laptop with NeoMagic 256ZX. My driver NM2200 does not support this driver. Where can I found it? How to...
5 Feb 10, 2000
11:00 pm

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Howdy everyone! I have two web sites that have been invaluable and a set of instructions for getting sound to work "on my" neomagic chipset. I have a Dell...
8 Feb 10, 2000
3:40 pm

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using Redhat 6.1 on i3700. I am using the framebuffer solution to running XF86 on this machine. Under windows NT if I use "Fn-CRT/LCD" I cycle through three...
1 Feb 10, 2000
10:46 am

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Hello; I'm looking at a new laptop, and the Dell Inspiron 5000 is looking very attractive. Based on the specifications and component lists, it appears to be a...
2 Feb 7, 2000
1:22 pm

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Hi, I am about to order a Dell LapTop on which I want to run Linux. I would like to get some advice from you regarding which model to choose. I am considering...
2 Feb 7, 2000
8:34 am

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I downloaded the evaluation version of the OSS and afterwards the DELL ESS MAESTRO 2E driver but I only hear music from the cd-player. All the other players...
1 Feb 4, 2000
3:25 pm

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....ok running development branch of kernel 2.3.38. If I set the XF86Config to a larger resolution than 800x600 then run startx it says that no the LCP panel...
1 Feb 4, 2000
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Paul D Gilligan
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Hi I installed RedHat 6.1 onto a Dell CPi266xt. I had to use a NEC 3xpPlus SCSI CD drive attached to an Adaptec PCMCIA Scsi card to do the install (I have...
1 Feb 1, 2000
5:15 pm

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I just installed PhatLinux v3.0 on my Inspiron 3500 and ran linux.exe. It wetnt though the booting process and now wants a local host login. Help. I dont know...
1 Jan 31, 2000
6:32 pm

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Is there an FAQ? Something that maybe lists the models that aare known to work? I live in 'dell factory outlet town' (austin tx) and want to show up at the...
2 Jan 31, 2000
9:07 am

Neil
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I do not (yet) have linux on my dell; but on my desktop linux (Debian) machine I have an internal ZIP drive. It is configured as ATAPI floppy drive - I rebuilt...
1 Jan 31, 2000
3:23 am

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Linux People: I am installing RH v6.0 onto my old Dell laptop. Everything works OK (so far) but my screen resolution is not super. What is the best way to...
5 Jan 29, 2000
9:01 am

Neil
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Hi Can someone please tell me which monitor to select in order to get 1024x768? I'm running a Dell Latitude CPi 266xt with a 2 meg Neomagic card. I am trying...
4 Jan 28, 2000
5:45 pm

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Just thought I'd throw this in (I'm new to this group) I tried RH6.1 on an XPi using the RH pcmcia boot disk and a sony pcmcia (obviously) cd rom drive. All...
1 Jan 26, 2000
8:31 am

Alan Pope
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RH6.1 Works a treat with tweaks mentioned on the standard I7K and I3K websites - i'm using the drivers from the US Dell website for the Maestro (rpm-ed). seem...
1 Jan 25, 2000
9:04 pm

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I am becoming crazy with the installation of RH6.1 on my Latittude. Has anyone experienced problems with the video for this configuration?: CPt V466 GT, ATI 3D...
2 Jan 25, 2000
2:57 pm

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I am having a hard time getting my network card set up in Linux on my Inspirion 7500. I downloaded the driver from the Dell website, but it did not seem to...
1 Jan 25, 2000
10:12 am

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Hi, My laptop's used to work in a LAN enviornment. Today, when I started the X (i.e. startx) at home (no network, modem, etc.), it took me more than 4 minutes...
3 Jan 22, 2000
4:18 pm

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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...
1 Jan 21, 2000
2:51 pm

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Hi! I'm having problems getting my 3Com PCMCIA Ethernet card up and running in Slackware 7.0.0 on my DELL Inspiron 7500. It's a 3CCFE575CT and it's in the...
2 Jan 20, 2000
9:19 pm

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Hi I am new to unix environment so pardon me for asking a very plain question. How can I connect to another unix machine from Redhat or solaris box using...
2 Jan 20, 2000
9:17 pm

Neil
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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...
3 Jan 18, 2000
9:57 pm

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