On Sun, 21 Feb 1999, Ian Collier wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 19, 1999 at 03:24:39PM -0500, D. Sen wrote:
> > Yeah, I am looking forward to
> > 1) having ex2fs hybernation files
>
> I guess they might see this as unnecessary since it's easy enough to put a
> small FAT partition on the disk. I don't know what the hibernation file
> involves so it might actually be quite easy for them to implement it on ext2
> while they are doing the following.
>
> > 2) an equivalent of the PS2 command under linux
>
> That would be good, and I guess pretty much required if they are going to
> ship machines with Linux on them.
What's the PS2 command?
I haven't run anything but linux or *nix for years...
danke,
der.hans
>
> > 3) the modem working (with possible specs of the MWAVE DSP...so we can
> > muck around with it)
>
> Maybe they just won't install Linux on the machines with modems in them...
>
> > 4) ability to switch between external (70+ hz refresh rates) monitor
> > and internal LCD display (60 Hz refresh rates) ...perhaps this is more
> > of a neo-magic issue....*shrug*.
>
> This must be an X server issue, surely. It's the X server which dictates
> the refresh rate so you need to tell the server to switch. This could be
> done (I assume) in XFree using the ctrl-alt-plus facility by defining two
> modes at different refresh rates. Other servers might have better ways to
> do it. And in theory the server could also make the switch from internal to
> external display; how to do this could be found from reading the source of
> the NeoMagic driver in XF86_SVGA.
>
> > 5) USB/IR functionality.....(perhaps not an IBM/RH issue either)
>
> USB and IR are both being developed in the Linux community, as I understand
> it.
>
> imc
>
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