RE: [newbie] pcmcia thwarting install and run -- can disable?
While I've never tried to install Linux on a Casio, I would see if PCMCIA can be disabled in the BIOS. Spoonman --Original Message-- From: "Chong-dong Jung" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 6, 2000 10:01:33 PM GMT Subject: [newbie] pcmcia thwarting install and run -- can disable? I have a casio fiva subnotebook and I tried installing Redhat 7.0 and Mandrake without much success. Mandrake starts installing until it scans the PCMCIA, then it hangs. Redhat installs completely. Then once it starts to load, upon checking the pcmcia it spews out a lot of garble and stops loading. It asks me to repair it ... but... ^_^ My question.. is there a way of disabling pcmcia on linux install or run? Has anyone ever install linux on a Casio fiva? thanks... _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Wishdiak +Ferris Saves+ www.wishdiak.com
[newbie] LM 7.2 Xircom PCMCIA 56k
I might have asked this before on this list, but it seems like I can't get higher than 33.6 from my Xircom PCMCIA modem. I think I even tried changing the init string a few times. Any other ideas? Spoonman Wishdiak +Ferris Saves+ www.wishdiak.com
RE: [newbie] Crystal 4235
If I'm not mistaken, CS423x is already supported. I have a Crystal 4232 and it works fine. --Original Message-- From: Jeff Dickman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mandrake Newbie User List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 4, 2000 3:29:27 AM GMT Subject: [newbie] Crystal 4235 Does anyone know when the subject sound card will be supported? It's built onto my motherboard. I'd rather not have to install a second card for sound... -JD- Wishdiak +Ferris Saves+ www.wishdiak.com
RE: [newbie] Need xf86config help
Hmmm. Well, I'm doing a tad better with my Laptop. I don't have that either/or problem with CD/floppy, fortunately, but I'm doing better with my Monitor problem. I still gotta figure out a good set of compatible specs for the TFT screen, and I know I should be happy with800x600@16bpp. Everything else works. The thing that was giving me the most trouble was that my graphics chip was misdetected. Make sure you have all the documentation you can find from the manufacturer is the best advice I can give. --Original Message-- From: Dodd Carlton J MSgt 726 ACS/CSG [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: December 1, 2000 1:33:09 PM GMT Subject: RE: [newbie] Need xf86config help And I thought I was alone in this...! I thought my problem was because I had to use "Peanut Linux" due to the limitations of my old laptop: P-75@90 700MB HD 40MB RAM 640x480 LCD can only use either CD OR FDD not both, and CD-ROM drive is not bootable so I can't do LM! I go through XF86Setup, and set the display to 640x480 VGA, and the mode to 640x480, and everything goes fine until I startx. Startx errors out saying that 640x480 is not a valid mode, removes it from the list, then says there are no valid modes, so it quits. I've looked for an LCD setting, but the selections are limited. This is probably an older version of Linux. Is there a way to add more options to the XF86Setup monitor selection? -Carlton -Original Message- From: Joseph Burden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 5:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Need xf86config help Hey... I'm having a similar problem with my Compaq Presario 12XL325 laptop. I just upgraded from MK 6.0 to 7.2 and the monitor will not configure correctly. It will work fine for the install but not with any of the GUI's. If you can get any information, could you send it to me? If I get any info, I will send it your way. Thanx! From: Spoonman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Need xf86config help Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:22:16 -0500 (EST) Hi all, I just upgraded from MK 6.1 to MK 7.2. I wasn't paying attention during the install/upgrade portion and did a fresh install, which wasn't so bad except... I'm running on a laptop. TOshiba Tecra 730XCDT which I had previously wrestled into 1024x768x16bpp. Now I can't seem to get the monitor to a higher resolution than 640x480x8bpp. Anyone out there have any advice, or maybe a xf86config I can take a look at? Wishdiak +Ferris Saves+ www.wishdiak.com _ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com Wishdiak +Ferris Saves+ www.wishdiak.com
Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB
Dave DeGear wrote: That settles it, I am never getting winme. EVER! One small question: Does the msdos.sys file still let you add the logo=0 and bootgui=0 options? -- It sure does. You can modify the bootgui until the cows come home. Try it out. It's completely useless and the gui boots no matter what this is set to. WinMe has no dos shell. Pity that, since I planned to dual boot a WinMe machine with Linux, but Windows was a baby about it and now lives in a CD wallet. Wishdiak +Ferris Saves+ www.wishdiak.com
[newbie] Linux and TFT screens
Since I didn't really get a reply to my rather broad question last time, let me word it this way: Should a laptop TFT be considered a LCD display or VGA/SVGA? Thanks, Mark
Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB
WinME doesn't have the reboot to dos option. I was going to dual boot a machine that already had ME on it until I tried to use Partition Magic (included with LM 6.1) and it required a rebbot in dos mode. I drop kicked ME and Linux and I lived happily ever after. --Original Message-- From: Dave DeGear [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 30, 2000 10:12:50 PM GMT Subject: Re: [newbie] RE: Windows can't be written in VB Quoting Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Technically, WinME is Win98 without any trace of DOS under the covers. You won't find autoexec.bat. config.sys, or any of those files on a system with WinME preinstalled. An upgraded system may still have Are you saying that WinMe doesn't have the option to "Reboot to DOS prompt" in the Shutdown menu? I had thought that WinMe was just Win98 with a bunch of upgrades included. I haven't actually seen a copy of it so I was just wondering. I do know that Win2000 doesn't even include fdisk or the sys commands. ...Dave Wishdiak +Ferris Saves+ www.wishdiak.com
Re: [newbie] Performance...
Was your monitor listed as a standard monitor in X or did you have to make it up yourself? I'm having a similar problem with a Toshiba Laptop. --Original Message-- From: "Dave Sherman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: November 29, 2000 9:00:12 PM GMT Subject: Re: [newbie] Performance... There is another possible issue: incorrect (or sub-optimal) choice of X display driver. I have an IBM ThinkPad i1400 series, 366MHz Celeron, 64MB RAM, 14.1" TFT monitor, with a 72MB swap partition. When I first installed mdk7.2, it seemed slower than molasses -- especially after having run Caldera OpenLinux eDesktop 2.4 for almost a year with much greater speed. At first, I attributed it to the new KDE2 being a worse resource hog than KDE 1.2, but even when I switched to AfterStep (fairly lightweight, though not the lightest) it was still slow. The biggest problem I saw was actually being able to see the screen refresh itself as I scrolled thru a web page in Netscape, or thru any document in any app -- even in an xterm! What I eventually figured out is that during the install, my video card was correctly detected and configured (NeoMagic 256AV), but the display I chose (generic 1024 x 768 @ 70Hz, or something like that, because I couldn't find my actual model #) was wrong. I was able to reconfigure X to use an IBM display, and now the system is MUCH faster. In actuality, the software probably does not run any faster, but because the display is so much more responsive, it seems like the whole PC is faster. Dave At 12:50 PM 11/29/2000 -0500, you wrote: Hello, I am running v7.2 on a 433 Mhz Celeron with 192 MB of RAM which I recently upgraded from 64 MB. There is an increase in performance, but not major. It is recognizing the RAM. Is there any configuring that I can do to increase performance? Thank You, Vincent A. Primavera Dave Sherman SoftServ Business Systems, Inc. "Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
[newbie] Need xf86config help
Hi all, I just upgraded from MK 6.1 to MK 7.2. I wasn't paying attention during the install/upgrade portion and did a fresh install, which wasn't so bad except... I'm running on a laptop. TOshiba Tecra 730XCDT which I had previously wrestled into 1024x768x16bpp. Now I can't seem to get the monitor to a higher resolution than 640x480x8bpp. Anyone out there have any advice, or maybe a xf86config I can take a look at? Wishdiak +Ferris Saves+ www.wishdiak.com
