Out of Curiousity what would be a recommended Linux o/s to run on a inspiron 9100 3.20ghz 1.gig DDr Ram 60gig hdd dvd+rw 8x ATI 9700 pro 128mb graphics card...
Just installed Ubuntu onto my laptop. This topic will most likely contain any questions I have. First one so far is how do you activate the network card? I...
... Hash: SHA1 ... What model of laptop? I installed Kubuntu 5.04 on my Latitude CPi and it recognized and activated both NICs (cable and wireless) on boot. ...
Hi Irlandes, I know that on my i8600 I can boot from a USB device. It's one of the options using the f12 key at boot. However, I have only booted into Windows...
... Hash: SHA1 ... OK, is the NIC getting power? If so, does the laptop get an IP address? Can you ping it from another machine? OK, checking the specs, this...
Anyone have any ideas on how to make the lid button turn off the display? I often leave my laptop running over night while it's doing all sorts of things and...
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> Anyone have any ideas on how to make the lid button turn off the
> display? I often leave my laptop running over night while...
That will should turn off the screen, however if you want to use the lid button you really need to get acpi working. Do a search on the yahoo groups webpage,...
Cool, thank you for that command. What I ended up doing was put an entry in my ~/.xscreensaver called Kill Monitor that runs that command... so now when the...
Hi, I think for most Dell laptops (at least 1100 and 5100), ACPI events are not triggered (reading /proc/interrupts give 0 interrupts for ACPI). There...
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... I would use rpm directly and then recompile the ATI driver for your system. ... # rpm -i --nodeps --force fglrx-blahblahblah... then, iirc, find your way...
... Thanks, though there are a couple of unanswered questions in my mind, you have given me the jump start that I needed. First, external power supply: OKAY. ...
I see your problem. On my i8600 I have several boot options hitting the f12 key as the computer starts to boot. I don't remember whether I actually have bios...
... Actually, if your kernel is right (look at make-kpkg to make a new one), you can apt-get fglrx-kernel-src which should give you what you need to create the...
http://xoomer.virgilio.it/flavio.stanchina/debian/fglrx-installer.html makes debian packages of the ATI fglrx driver, I used them for awhile with no problem. ...
... Most laptops do not accept video card upgrades. Not having worked on one, I can't be certain with the 1100, but it's a safe guess. Someone with an 1100 ...
Hello, I have a Dell Inspiron 3500 laptop. I was able to install Redhat 8.0 on it. Everything seemed to work except the sound. I could not get my laptop to...
Actually not speaking of the 1100 I know that it is possible and has been done safely many times on the i8500 and i8600. Most dell laptops are actually...
help!! i have an inspiron 6000 but i can not get the wireless card work! i've tried slackware 10.1, fedora core3, mandrake 10.1 but all does not regconise my...
... Which card do you have? If it is Intel, check out ipw2100.sf.net or ipw2200.sf.net ... For other cards, try madwifi.sf.net or ndsiwrapper.sf.net ......
The Inspiron 1100 has an integrated I845 video card that CANNOT be removed or exchanged (AFAICT having examined the motherboard). However, there is a miniPCI...
... Actually, I don't think I would mind booting from a floppy each time that I use the USB HD, if that will do it. And, I can copy the .iso into the main HD...
This is not strictly a linux-question - but you provide so many answers here, so I will try anyway: My I8100 (quite old by now), has refused to fully accept my...
