Hi Norm, Would it be possible for you to describe what "tweaking" you did in order to get X working on the 8100 please? If possible could you attach the config file (either privately or to the list).
(I still haven't got it working!). Many Thanks, Mike. > ---------- > From: Norman Walsh[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply To: Norman Walsh > Sent: 17 June 2000 20:55 > To: A. Demarteau (linux rules!) > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: questions about toshiba tecra 8100 > > / "A. Demarteau (linux rules!)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > | 1. how does the speedtrap thing work > > What's the speedtrap thing? > > | 2. does the internal modem work with linux > > It's a winmodem, alas. Lucent have a driver, but it only works with > the 2.2.12 (or thereabouts) kernel. I gave up and bought a PCMCIA > modem. > > | 3. for the selectbay oce of the choices is a LS-120 drive what the hell > is > | it? > > One of the big super drives; with 120Mb capacity, I'd guess. I dunno, > I got the regular floppy. > > | 4. do sound and X work without too much teaking? > > They work, but require some tweaking. > > | 5. is the IRDA port supported and has anyone tested it yet? > > I haven't tried, I disabled mine in BIOS. One less interrupt to fight > about. > > | 6. is the port-replicator supportable under linux? > > Sorry, I didn't get one. > > | 7. any other notes of interrest in the combination linux and this > laptop? > > There's a tecra-linux mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > See also: > > http://wtsupport.metatec.net/technotes/alsasound-tecra8100.html > http://www.escribe.com/computing/tecra-linux/m1196.html > > Be seeing you, > norm > > -- > Norman Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | We make out of the quarrel with others, > http://nwalsh.com/ | rhetoric, but out of the quarrel with > | ourselves, poetry.--W. B. Yeats > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
