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25503
... It is the Belkin F5D7010. I read somewhere that this may need the ndiswrapper. Should I get something else? ... OK - I have that enabled for my Xircom...
mpierce
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Dec 1, 2004
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25504
... I agree with you and David but all the unused ram is used for disk cache, thus if you have a lot of ram you will not need to read on the disk (except the...
Alexandre Tessier
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Dec 1, 2004
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25505
... 512M would be a *minimum* for me. the issue is that dell typically has a free upgrade from 256M to 512M (a good thing), but that it comes as 2 DIMMs to...
Robert P. J. Day
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Dec 1, 2004
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25506
Looking at the card and the access point you should have little problem with file transfers since both are 11.g. I was just using the 11.b spec as a minimum ...
bil Jeschke
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Dec 1, 2004
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25507
Dear Experts, I'm a novel and proud owner of a Sony Ericsson P910i and I would like to connect it to my Dell Ispiron 8600 with a mandrake 9.1 (updated to 9.2) ...
Walter Cazzola
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Dec 1, 2004
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25508
... Maybe you should read the infrared howto : http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Infrared-HOWTO/index.html (or /usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/Infrared/index.html on your...
Alexandre Tessier
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Dec 1, 2004
8:29 pm
25509
... Bill, Thanks for help. Got it working using ndiswrapper and the *.inf file from the cd-rom. I'll configure the security aspects of the card later. Oh, I...
mpierce
marvinrpierce
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Dec 2, 2004
2:12 am
25510
... I was asleep while typing and Haedn is of course correct. I'm curious what the actual differences are in practice. Right now I'm getting about 29.6...
Dan Christensen
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Dec 2, 2004
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25511
... be ... I've been googling all along, and often I find no mention of a video problem, presumably because no one ever tries to watch video files on this...
moon2js
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Dec 2, 2004
4:52 am
25512
I'm using the ndiswrapper for a Belkin PCMCIA wlan0 802.11g on a Debian system. The access point requires a key. On startup, the network fails as it cannot...
mpierce
marvinrpierce
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Dec 3, 2004
2:11 am
25513
It sounds like your system is not remembering your key. Your system can store upto 4 keys, and can view them with; iwlist wlan0 key If you have all 4 keys...
bil Jeschke
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Dec 3, 2004
3:30 am
25514
... Ubuntu is more like a more user-friendly Debian. ... different from CRTs and mechanically work differently, but how do they differ in regards to X setup...
bruce
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Dec 3, 2004
4:49 am
25515
... Even though it shows the key as listed, network will not start until I run script which does what I previously showed. Boo hoo!...
mpierce
marvinrpierce
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Dec 3, 2004
7:46 am
25516
I did a little experimenting tonight with /etc/sysconfig/harddisks. For the data below, I uncommented each entry (USE_DMA, MULTIPLE_IO, EIDE_32BIT, LOOKAHEAD)...
R Stewart
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Dec 3, 2004
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25517
... in /etc/network/interfaces wireles_key XXXX(hexadecimal) | s:XXXX(ascii)...
Peio
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Dec 3, 2004
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25518
Hey all, I've been having a nightmare time getting my Dell Inspiron to work with X at the correct resolution (1680x1050). I've managed to get the latest ATI...
froogleuk
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Dec 3, 2004
4:18 pm
25519
... On debian, mine was set up in /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts - It's standard with the wireless-tools package (i think), the file has pretty good documentation...
Aaron Luptak
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Dec 3, 2004
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25520
... Working like a charm... Thank you! Finale setup is for anyone else: auto wlan0 iface wlan0 provider dhcp wireless_key xxxxxxxxx hostname notebook...
mpierce
marvinrpierce
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Dec 3, 2004
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25521
I'm using gentoo for my install, though I have the nVidia card, but have the same screen. Another difference is that I'm running Xorg. But, the part that you ...
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Dec 4, 2004
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25522
Thanks for the response, but in gentoo there is not install program, per se. You do it all yourself. One of the benefits to this is that I didn't run into the...
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Dec 4, 2004
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25523
I am having trouble powering on my 8200. I have to hit the power button on and off several times (and I do mean several) before I ever get the dell splash...
lance_perry
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Dec 4, 2004
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25524
... I never noticed something similar in MDK 9.2 or 10.0. A question: Does the computer pass the bootloader and start the kernel or not? When the kernel gets...
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Dec 4, 2004
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25525
Hi Lance, I've had similar symptoms (on a I8200) when I use an external monitor and forget to switch it on, the laptop's leds light up for a few seconds and...
Gabriel
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Dec 4, 2004
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25526
... Sorry for my ignorance but how do you get an upgraded bios? From the dell site I assume? Lance...
lance_perry
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Dec 4, 2004
12:16 pm
25527
... I never even see the dell boot screen to hit F2. ... Thanks for the grub menu stuff. I check on that. Lance...
lance_perry
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Dec 4, 2004
12:18 pm
25528
is there a site that discusses future trends in display sizes and resolutions? as in, is there any reason to believe that we're going to see a resolution...
Robert P. J. Day
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25529
... Well, so it seems not to be a linux issue. After switching the machine on, the BIOS gets initialized and performs a POST (power on self test). Per default,...
mchristoph.eckert@...
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Dec 4, 2004
12:46 pm
25530
Yes from the Dell website, at: http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd Where you can either enter your service tag or...
Gabriel
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Dec 4, 2004
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25531
... Yes, you have to download the bios from dell site. I'm runing A12 without issue on my latitude C840. I remember that it was intricate: I had to make a...
Alexandre Tessier
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Dec 4, 2004
12:47 pm
25532
... AFAIK there's a project which creates a bootable linux floppy disk from the Dell BIOS upgrade, but I do not remember the name of the project. ... Yeah! ...
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