I think that the modem is busy message appears if the device cannot be opened. When the HSF modem driver gets installed it generally adds ttySHSF0, cuaHSF0. It...
You are going to need to provide a little more info than that. Distribution and version: (RedHat 9, ...) Kernel: 2.4. (run uname -r) Hardware: (Del Inspiron...
I enter de /dev directory and ttySHSF0 and cuaHSF0 are there, with all permissions (just one thing that I donīt know if it is normal, I entered using...
... You could look into wvdial. Try, as a test, "wvdialconf testconf", this will put some minimal information in a file "testconf" which you could then post to...
Hi, I did what you said Scott and here are the results: 1) first I typed wvdial and this was the result [root@localhost root]# wvdial --> WvDial: Internet...
I had the same problem on my I81k here is the XF86Config file i used to fix the problem. # File generated by anaconda. Section "ServerLayout" Identifier...
One thing that happened to me once was that the technicians did not contact me -- whether they had the wrong information for my phone number or what, I don't ...
Call Dell. This is one instance where telling them you use Linux and it doesn't work under that either might be helpful -- I know it's been helpful for me, one...
Sorry, my i8200 worked with apm from the start, so I can't help on that. On the apm -S though, I do have a question. Is that standby or suspend? I use...
Does dmesg show anything related to APM, and have you tried ACPI yet? --hachi...
Jonathan Steinert
hachi@...
Jun 2, 2003 5:12 pm
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Does anyone know if these laptops have some sort of heat sensor that tells the machine to shut down if it's too hot? I have an i8200... one day I thought I'd ...
Hi all, In the process of getting Gentoo 1.4rc4 up and running on my brand new 8500. I've got a lot of things working, but the ACPI stuff is a little ...
Looking at getting a midrange Dell server for heavy duty LAMP server. I have, and am happy with, an Inspiron 8100 for a laptop, but have no experience with...
Jim Richardson
warlock@...
Jun 2, 2003 7:35 pm
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We have five PowerEdge servers, two of them are dual 550 Xeons and three are newer Single Xeon (1GHz I think). They've been rather cooperative, and they look ...
Just installing mandrake 9.1 on my new dell 8500 with a monitor size of 1680 x 1050 + nvidia graphics card and when it comes to configuring my monitor it said...
There shouldn't be anything wrong with setting up a standard 800x600 screen, I would imagine. Other users probably have a proper config file for it you can use...
... Network isn't a problem here, it's on a DS-3 pipe, and can take as much as it wants :) The limitation we see with the existing servers, is RAM, 1GB is...
Jim Richardson
warlock@...
Jun 2, 2003 10:10 pm
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Hi. I have never had a laptop with only external DVD as an input device before now. How can I access the DVD drive from the command prompt so that I may...
Actually I found that if you don't put any mode lines in it you will get the max resolution by default through auto-detection. If that does not work let me...
... Right......... I see that you are using 'Driver "nvidia"' - the nVidia proprietary driver. I'm using that now and everything is fine but I want to get...
I have exciting news for anybody with an I4150 who's been getting fed up with the annoying APM vs. clock problems. I just installed BIOS A06 and it looks like...
Hello, I'am new to this group. I plan to buy a Dell i8500 notebook. But I want to know whether it is possible to install Linux (Debian 3) on it without any...
... I am writing this from an Dell Latitude D800 (which has a nearly identical chipset for what I know) running Debian/unstable. Getting a kernel, ACPI and the...
Sebastian Willert
s.willert@...
Jun 3, 2003 12:42 pm
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You probably want to spend some time doing searching in this group as this has come up a couple times before. I have one and in short, yes you can get it...
Replying to my own message: Either myself (I don't remember doing it) or Dell flashed BIOS version A02 to my 8500. I was having a hell of a time getting ACPI...
Yes, Dell charges absurd ammounts for their RAM. We bought something like 10 256 SDRAM chips, paid at least 1.5x market value for them just because they're ...
Enter the BIOS, there should be an option to boot from CD. Unless you're using a really old CD to do install from it probably will boot. What are you trying to...
Oh, see, I wouldn't know about mdk. I'm one of those hard-core psychos who likes setting it all up automatically :P ... ===== "Black as holes within a...
