[newbie] HELP! LM8 installed fine, now not.. what changed? Compaq 1800T

2001-05-18 Thread linatic
I have a Compaq 1800T laptop. 1400/1050 screen with a ATI Mobility AGP(2) 16MB graphics card. First time I installed LM8 the graphics worked at 1400!!! It was beautiful.. However, hitting ctrl-alt-F1 to go to console produced LCD frying, i.e. nothing visible. Reinstalled, worked again!

[newbie] Need help setting up XFree86 on Compaq 1800 laptop

2001-05-16 Thread linatic
Hello.. Does anyone out there have Mandrake 7.2 on a Compaq 1800T? I've got KDE running at 800/600... but that's all I can get after reading the Linux-Laptop howto Kernel howto... even some Compaq 1800 specific helpiles. Other people have done it... The resolution goes up to 1400/1050.

Re: [newbie] total and utter frustartion

2001-03-23 Thread linatic
the little K, then Run, then type kppp. Play around with kppp, there are kppp and modem and internet how-tos. If you cannot "Query" the modem, and the modem works in windows, then your ports are not set correctly. -linatic On Thursday 22 March 2001 11:33, you wrote: hi all stil

Re: [newbie] hardware addresses and 3com nics

2001-03-23 Thread linatic
There's a DOS utility from 3com used to set your Nic's IRQ's... U'll have to search for it. I think, you can go into Windows, make sure the nics are detected and set to non-conflicting IRQ's, soft-reboot into Linux, and Linux should see the NIC's at the same IRQ's as the Windows box did. I

Re: Fw: Re: [newbie] Fwd: Would someone help me get some sound? I promise I'll make a doc on it.

2001-02-24 Thread Linatic
don't think my kernel doesn't support sound as other people with 7.2 said sound worked after install. I think I'm close since I heard sndconfig play .wav and midi on sb16. How do then make OS use it? Is this because ALSA comes with 7.2 and doesn't have SB16 listed in harddrake? -l