Hi Experts.
Well, sorry if i make you loose time, but here is my question.
I've been working with linux 2 years until now, and i have the
oportunity to boy a notebook. The thing is that i don't know if i
could install linux in it.
Well, i don't know if i buy a:
IBM (modified)
-Pentium III 650 MHz
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Subject: [expert] Dumb Question: Mandrake's notebook installation
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:59:25 -0400
Hi Experts.
Well, sorry if i make you loose time, but here is my question.
I've been working with linux 2 years until now, and i have the
oportunity to boy a notebook. The thing
Hello, I use a Toshiba Satellite 5105 and runs Mandrake great!!
I am currently running Lunar-Linux and WindowsXP.
Specs:
Pentium4 1.8Ghz
512 DDR Ram
32Meg Nvidia Gforce440 GO
Intel i810 AC97 Sound
15" LCD
40Gig HD
DVD/CDW/CDRW 16X burn, 24X read Combo Drive
USB 2.0
Fire Wire
Video out
Audio
I would love to buy a Toshiba, but those are US$2000-3000 notebooks
and i only can pay US$1200 max.
So... i think that one is discarded. :((
Thanks anyway.
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Hello, I use a Toshiba Satellite 5105 and runs Mandrake great!!
I am currently running Lunar-Linux and WindowsXP.
Want to buy your Pack or Services from
anyway.
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Fecha: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 10:34:16 -0500
Hello, I use a Toshiba Satellite 5105 and runs Mandrake great!!
I am currently running Lunar-Linux
STFW. http://www.linux-laptop.net/, search for linux
model-of-computer, look at the laptops used by resellers like
emperorlinux and qlitech, look for linux support for the various
hardware items.
As a general rule of thumb, the newer the laptop model the less likely
it will work without problems
I would just like to ask about the shift in boot display philosophies.
Don't get me wrong here, I'm no big fan of Aurora - and I don't care to
start a flame war over pretty GUI boot vs. ugly text details . .
Think about other desktop OSs - Mac OS/X, Microsnot, OS/2 - etc. Most
desktop OSs
Ok- Mandrake 8.1- changed the mouse, now what util
do I run to tell X it's been changed. I don't have
a cursor in X right now.
Thanks,
Joe
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On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 19:49, jtannenba wrote:
Ok- Mandrake 8.1- changed the mouse, now what util
do I run to tell X it's been changed. I don't have
a cursor in X right now.
Thanks,
Joe
mousedrake
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 09:49, you wrote:
Ok- Mandrake 8.1- changed the mouse, now what util
do I run to tell X it's been changed. I don't have
a cursor in X right now.
switch to console mode (init 3)
mousedrake is your pal.
cya
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
thx
Joe
--- Marco Barbieri [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday 28 November 2001 09:49, you wrote:
Ok- Mandrake 8.1- changed the mouse, now what util
do I run to tell X it's been changed. I don't
have
a cursor in X right now.
switch to console mode (init 3)
mousedrake is your pal.
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From: Andrew Judge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, 28 February 2001 8:33 PM
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Subject: RE: [expert] dumb question about the HOSTNAME
not sure if this helps, but this relates to postfix. I had a problem
hi all,,
this is going to sound dumb,, but maybe someone can enlighten me,,
the file /etc/hostname
should have your full hostname + domain name?
ie server1.mydomain.com.au
if that is the case,, must server1 be a resolvable address?
The reason I ask, is that apache or sendmail is getting the
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Subject: Re: [expert] dumb question about the HOSTNAME
On Tuesday 27 February 2001 04:26 pm, you wrote:
the file /etc/hostname
Mandrake 7.0 creates the /etc/HOSTNAME on loading rc.sysinit. If
networking is enabled
How do you change the login screen from the goofy penguins to a "normal"
login box (you know... type your username instead of clicking on a penguin
icon...)
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How do you change the login screen from the goofy penguins to a "normal"
login box (you know... type your username instead of clicking on a penguin
icon...)
You mean get rid of the GUI in favor of a good ol text login?
To do that, edit the /etc/inittab file. Change
goofy penguins at the LM login box?"
"D. Stark - eSN" [EMAIL PROTECTED]@esupportnow.com on 02/15/2001
01:52:59 PM
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thursday 15 February 2001 03:11 pm, you wrote:
naw Not a text login. well... sort of. LM7.0/7.1 had a graphical
login box simlar to the WinNT4 login box. No icons (it does have a logo
to the side of the box) representing users. That's what I want.
I guess the question should have
The LM login box is really KDM, the window manager from KDE. To change
the goofy penguins, you access the "login Manager" configuration utility.
I think it is under Configuration - KDE - System - Login Manager
You can select the pixmaps from there. If all you have are goofy
penguins, you may
to configure.
No pansy linuxconf or obfuscated m4 needed.
Derek Stark
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Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 10:56 PM
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Hi
I think you did something gaga when you used it last time, Postfix delivers
to /var/spool/mail/Username and I've never had a hassle with using pine
with it.
Tom's got a very good article on setting it up at Mandrake-User.org, theres
also a very nice howto on the Redhat site (which put me on
To tell you the truth I much rather Sendmail over postfix. It's a much more
robust program, and Majordomo won't run with Postfix. Now about this insecure
stuff. Where? As far as I know Sendmail is a mail program. It's job is to
send and receive mail not provide for system security. Thats a job
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