On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 04:37:48PM +0200, Alessandro Speranza wrote: > Hi Folks. > I haven't been writing for a while. In fact I unsubscribed and subscribed > again just today (changes in my life and stuff). Anyway, that's probably > not very relevant to you. > I've got two questions for you. > > 1)I've got my laptop (compaq Presario 700) running debian stable (thanks > to everyone who put up on the web some information about ACPI and other > issues with this laptop). Now I would need something with which I can > autodect the network (if present) I'm connected to amongst a few > possibilities (just two + the home-no nets situation for me). I remember > that some time ago someone passed this information on the list, but I > can't quite recall it anymore. And in fact there are probably more > advanced tools on the web now. > > 2)The second issue is not strictly laptop related, but here it is. I was > planning to watch DVDs with my laptop using the S-Video. However, I tried > (with videolan) to put a cd on, and it complained about the device. In > fact, I checked the settings, and if I select dvd, it looks for a device > /dev/dvd which I don't have. Do I have to change the settings so that it > looks for /dev/cdrom either it's playing a dvd or a vcd (what is it by the > way? Is it a video-cd?) > > Right, that's about it. > Thanks a lot for your help > Ale
Not sure about the first. The second could be solved by creating a symlink call dvd to your cd drive. Just my 0.02. Craig
