Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-20 Thread Bill Wohler
Shaya Potter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 2001-11-18 at 04:17, Bill Wohler wrote: > > Have to say that I prefer a touchpad mouse over the Thinkpad mouse > > though. And I wish the Alt key was where the Function key is. Well, > > heck, I just noticed that xev shows that X gets the fun

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-19 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 09:49:22PM +0100, Fredrik Jagenheim ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Mark Seven Smith, 2001-Nov-16 15:52 -0800: > > > > > > > > What sort of a laptop should I look for, in terms of what is really > > > > compatible with Linux, and especially DEBIAN? > > > > > > > > Sugges

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-18 Thread Fredrik Jagenheim
> > Mark Seven Smith, 2001-Nov-16 15:52 -0800: > > > > > > What sort of a laptop should I look for, in terms of what is really > > > compatible with Linux, and especially DEBIAN? > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > I have installed it on my Compaq Armada m700. Never had any problems with it with Deb

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-18 Thread dman
On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 10:22:37AM +1100, Simon Wong wrote: | On Sun, 2001-11-18 at 03:33, dman wrote: | > part). The only problem I have is if I close the cover I lose the | > NIC. I have to re-insert it and cycle the interface. | | Have you got apmd installed no | with "apm=on no -- it is

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-18 Thread Shaya Potter
On Sun, 2001-11-18 at 04:17, Bill Wohler wrote: > Mark Seven Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Someone recently pointed me towards eBay regarding my video > > card delimma; but when I considered the matter, what I > > *really* want, is a LAPTOP, than I can use from bed (i have > > some healt

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-18 Thread Bill Wohler
Mark Seven Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Someone recently pointed me towards eBay regarding my video > card delimma; but when I considered the matter, what I > *really* want, is a LAPTOP, than I can use from bed (i have > some health difficulties) for learning Linux, and doing a > lot of

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-17 Thread Shaya Potter
On Sat, 2001-11-17 at 02:21, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 09:51:13PM -0800, Jeff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Mark Seven Smith, 2001-Nov-16 15:52 -0800: > > > Someone recently pointed me towards eBay regarding my video card > > > delimma; but when I considered the matter, what

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-17 Thread Simon Wong
On Sun, 2001-11-18 at 03:33, dman wrote: > part). The only problem I have is if I close the cover I lose the > NIC. I have to re-insert it and cycle the interface. Have you got apmd installed with "apm=on apm=power-off" appended to your kernel on boot? Also, check out vergil.chemistry.gatech.ed

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-17 Thread dman
On Sat, Nov 17, 2001 at 11:25:21AM +1100, Simon Wong wrote: | On Sat, 2001-11-17 at 10:52, Mark Seven Smith wrote: | > What sort of a laptop should I look for, in terms of what | > is really compatible with Linux, and especially DEBIAN? | | Firstly, you might want to join debian-laptop@lists.de

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-17 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Fri, Nov 16, 2001 at 09:51:13PM -0800, Jeff ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Mark Seven Smith, 2001-Nov-16 15:52 -0800: > > Someone recently pointed me towards eBay regarding my video card > > delimma; but when I considered the matter, what I *really* want, is > > a LAPTOP, than I can use from bed (

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-17 Thread Jeff
Mark Seven Smith, 2001-Nov-16 15:52 -0800: > Someone recently pointed me towards eBay regarding my video > card delimma; but when I considered the matter, what I > *really* want, is a LAPTOP, than I can use from bed (i have > some health difficulties) for learning Linux, and doing a > lot of pa

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-16 Thread Oleksandr Moskalenko
* Mark Seven Smith ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Someone recently pointed me towards eBay regarding my video > card delimma; but when I considered the matter, what I > *really* want, is a LAPTOP, than I can use from bed (i have > some health difficulties) for learning Linux, and doing a > lot of

Re: Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-16 Thread Simon Wong
On Sat, 2001-11-17 at 10:52, Mark Seven Smith wrote: > Someone recently pointed me towards eBay regarding my video > card delimma; but when I considered the matter, what I > *really* want, is a LAPTOP, than I can use from bed (i have > some health difficulties) for learning Linux, and doing a

Opinions on Laptops to Install With Debian

2001-11-16 Thread Mark Seven Smith
Someone recently pointed me towards eBay regarding my video card delimma; but when I considered the matter, what I *really* want, is a LAPTOP, than I can use from bed (i have some health difficulties) for learning Linux, and doing a lot of paperless reading... What sort of a laptop should I lo