Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2002 02:36:32 +0000 From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] ct50/70 X config file
>Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 23:15:13 >From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Well, if you have time for a couple or three CD's full, you can download >the latest mandrake from www.mandrake.com I could do it with my sister's DSL connection. Looks like everything but v8.1 there is an ISO image. If I had a v7.1 ISO image, could I extract the files from that file on a desktop, and then move them to a Windows partition on the Lib via a network connection, and install from there. Will Mandrake let you install it to a Linux partition from files on a Windows partition like I did with Slackware? >M7.1 is a bit hard to find - it bugs me that they don't keep the old ones >hanging around - I did a search and found a v7.1 Beta 3 Hydrogen copy... but it looks like an early Beta. I presume I'd be looking for a standard v7.1. I wonder if a FTP search might locate a copy. I'm sure you must have gone down all those roads trying to track down a copy. This isn't something I'm going to be trying right away. I'll be taking my usual leisurely time getting ready to start the project. >but the cheap cd places should have one, or I can make a copy and post to >you when I get back to england (I have a slightly chopped one that came >from a magazine) Don't think my Compuserve account will allow more than a 5MB file via email. Some day I need to go down to my sister's place and use her DSL to download a few things. If I can find a website or FTP server I can download it from, that would be pretty quick. >The problems I've had are because I don't have a booting (or indeed, any) >cd player for the lib, Has ANYONE gotten a 50 or 70 to boot from a CD-ROM drive? >and on the 70 there's not enough memory to install from the hd, so I stuff >the disk in a desktop and install it there, then let the hardware detection >get rid of the unneeded bits. What was it you couldn't do with the L50 and not the L70? And if you set the Lib's HDD up in the desktop, won't it detect hardware on the desktop that's not on the Lib, and not set up the Lib hardware? I'm still wondering if I can just load Mandrake files onto the L70's Windows partition of the 20GB HDD, and install from there. No? Matt >>From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: Libretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [LIB] ct50/70 X config file >>Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2002 11:37:03 -0800 >> >>Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 19:29:54 +0000 >>From: "Matthew Hanson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [LIB] ct50/70 X config file >> >>Hey guys... Can Mandrake be downloaded from the net somewhere? At some >>point I'd like to try setting it up on my L70. Neil, you said you had >>problems trying to get Mandrake going on a L70 suing one installation >>method. I'm sure there must be another method... yes? >> >>Matt >> >> >> >> >>>Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2002 10:16:40 >>>From: "neil barnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >>>There's a version of my Xconfig somewhere in the archives, but it's for >>>3.6 >>>and M7.1 >>> >>>You should look for the screen section near the end and change the line >>>that >>>says 'defaultdepth' (or something similar, it's obvious) to 16, and then >>>in >>>the 16bpp definition include the line 'virtual 800 600' after the screen >>>size definition. >>> >>>That should give you a scrolling 16 bit screen 800*600, which is the >>>smallest you can get away with and still see all the kde menus :) >>> >>>ISTR that xf86config is broken in the M8 series... >>> >>>Neil >>> >>> >>>>Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2002 18:20:42 -0500 >>>>From: "Clarence" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>Subject: ct50/70 X config file >>>> >>>>I tried looking through the archives for this, but All I could >>>>find was a title... >>>> >>>>Anyways, I've installed mandrake 8 with X version 4.0.3 on my lib70ct. >>>> >>>>This version of X automatically kicks the resolution and color >>>>depth down to 640 x 480 x 256colors. Does anyone knows how to get >>>>around this and/or can show me what their XF86Config file looks >>>>like? Thanks >>>> >>>>-Clarence > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
