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winlinux 2000 or slackware 7 cant find the video drivers can u help...
2 Mar 25, 2000
10:28 am

Matteo Guglielmi
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I cannot use the Xircom CEM56 modem+ethernet PCMCIA card on my Latitude CPt V400GT; Note that the same card works without problems on my CPt 466 GT (but it has...
1 Mar 24, 2000
3:15 pm

Giancarlo
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HELP.... I am trying so hard to do what other people did with their latitude laptops, without asking for help...no can do....so I have a Latitude...
2 Mar 23, 2000
10:28 pm

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I just got a very nice Latitude CPx with RedHat 6.1 pre-installed. Everything works flawlessly except that I can't figure out how to send video to the LCD and...
2 Mar 23, 2000
10:24 pm

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OK, I figured out the deal with my inability to access the cd-rom. I needed to include the statement in lilo.conf. Apparently the automatic probing will not...
1 Mar 22, 2000
5:50 am

Ed Psycho
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I wrote a patch to get XFree 4.0 working in 24-bit mode on NeoMagic chips, including the NM2360 (256ZX) found in my Dell Lattitude CS. Its working fine for...
1 Mar 22, 2000
3:47 am

Gregory Pomerantz
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OK according to Shiwu (if you read this please help)I changed my ?usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config file to exactly what he said...I typed startx and i keep getting...
1 Mar 22, 2000
3:12 am

Joey Gebbia
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Hello; I've recently purchased an Insprion 7500 G600YT. Everything works great, except that the mouse sometimes weirds out when I boot off of battery power and...
2 Mar 21, 2000
3:17 pm

Ryan Hobus
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I have inspiron 3700 ..tree weeks...and second day one of 1024x768 pixels was just broken? I'm only? Matteo...
5 Mar 21, 2000
3:35 am

Patrick Chase
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I have just compile new sound module maestro...now i can reboot perfectly! But still remain this problem: sometimes playing an audio file like mp3 or wav or...
1 Mar 20, 2000
11:03 pm

Matteo Guglielmi
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# File generated by XConfigurator. # ********************************************************************** # Refer to the XF86Config(4/5) man page for details...
3 Mar 19, 2000
12:07 am

brad costa
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Has anybody tried installing Linux on a Dell Insp.5000 yet? I am just about to buy one and am looking for installation tips. Ant...
2 Mar 17, 2000
9:34 am

Paul Harrington
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... 600MHz PIII w/Intel Speedstep 128MB SDRAM ATI Rage Mobility-P (8MB) ESS Maestro2E 15" SXGA+ (max res: 1400x1050) Internal 56Kbps LT WinModem (Lucent) 6x...
1 Mar 17, 2000
2:37 am

Chad Corkrum
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Hi, I have troubles with alsa (0.5.6) on a dell cp M166XT with a cs4236b. He still says , device or resource busy, my options are: options snd-card-cs4236...
1 Mar 16, 2000
11:03 am

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I have Inspiron 3700: PIII 450 Maestro 2E 12 GB 128 Mb ram I use slackware 7.0... First problem: my dell don't reboot correctly with the command "reboot" or ...
2 Mar 16, 2000
1:39 am

Julio Lopez
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Hello group...I sure hope you can help me out. I have a home based network using TCP/IP with 4 computers. I like to run linux, but the rest of the family is...
1 Mar 15, 2000
6:49 pm

Seth W. Davis
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Hello, Last week I received my Inspiron 7500 600VT. Its brilliant display and the 12 GB disk make it a real desktop-like machine. I will actually use it as a...
2 Mar 14, 2000
5:30 pm

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My CDROM doesn't seem to work. I've mounted it but still get the same error messages like: Could not read file:/auto/cdrom File does not exist or access...
12 Mar 14, 2000
4:43 am

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hi its me again, lo and behold i got my modem to work and got my free isp up and running...Problem is that my X doesnt display the right res. or bits i am able...
2 Mar 12, 2000
9:38 pm

Klaus Lichtenwalder
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New with RH6.1 is the install program switches over to X. My Dell Inspiron 7500 is hanging when the X comes up. Actually, I don't know if it is a hang or...
7 Mar 9, 2000
7:26 am

Patrik Haggquist
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Okay, I have Caldera 2.3 and RH 6.1 and am ready to prepare my Dell Latitude CPI A400 for install. I have a 11g drive and it's ALL fat32 with 98se. I have...
6 Mar 8, 2000
6:19 pm

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Hello- I have a Latitude r400gt with a cport II dock and 19" Dell m990 Monitor dual booting between Win 98 and Red Hat 6.1. I was able to get Xfree86 3.3.5...
2 Mar 8, 2000
9:15 am

Kev Hall
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I am attempting to install linux Mandrake 7.0 deluxeon the following machine: Dell Lattitude LM166ST Laptop 40 MB Ram 2.1 GB Hard Disk Neomagic 128ZV Video...
1 Mar 8, 2000
4:06 am

Ron Racine
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To Brian, et al. on the list, Thanks for the help. I followed your instructions and was able to dual boot. It works like a charm now. Thanks! My only...
2 Mar 6, 2000
10:51 pm

Salvador Pinto Abreu
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thks everyone for the feedback bout the distribution. i think i will try my best to install redhat 6.1 can someone be kind enough to email me the config for...
2 Mar 6, 2000
8:00 pm

Yifei Hong
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I've browsed thru the messages on this bb and everyone seems to be using RedHat with their Dell laptop. However, at my university the supported version of...
1 Mar 6, 2000
12:27 pm

Jonathan Bamber
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I've just installed Mandrake 6.5 on Dell I75K. I has a 6xDVD/LS-120 combo. CD works fine, but floppy drive is not recognized. Any advices ? Also, any...
1 Mar 6, 2000
12:36 am

Vladimir Rainish
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Hi, all: I have just bought a Dell Latitude CPi R400GT, which has a Neomagic 258ZV video adapter. Who have configured X11 successfully? I'm waiting for you...
8 Mar 4, 2000
9:13 pm

Brian P. Kane
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This laptop is perfect for what I need. However, i care alot about heat and noise. Can someone using one of these beasts comment on the following: 1. How hot...
2 Mar 2, 2000
9:19 pm

Marc Laforest
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Occasionally, my Latitude CPt, BIOS upgraded to A05, upon waking up from APM suspended mode will believe to have exremely low batteries and engage in...
1 Mar 2, 2000
5:11 pm

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