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From: Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] first email from new laptop w/Mdk!!!
Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 09:21:46 -0700
>
> On November 5, 2004 03:52, Angus Auld wrote:
> ...
> > > > Also, how can I get my laptop (Dell Inspiron 1150) to
> > > > power down automatically on shutdown. I now have to
> > > > manually do it with my start button. :-(
> > > > Besides that though, it looks good.
> ...
> > Thanks a bunch for the helpful replies!
> > Right now, I am using the standard kernel version that installs with
> > Mdk10.0, which is what system I'm using. I am going to update to
the latest
> > kernel version this evening.
> >
> > I will implement the changes suggested, and report back on my
progress. :-)
> >
> > You gotta love this list.....
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> > -- Angus
>
> When I had Mdk 10.0 Official on my Dell Inspiron 3800, I had quite
a few
> little problems, including the power off problem you mentioned. Also
my
> wireless card would only work on every 2nd boot, and suspend
didn't work
> properly (it would hang if you left it suspended for more than 30
minutes).
>
> When I went to 10.1 Community, some things got better, but some
got worse.
> Some were downright weird. When I tried to install with my wireless
card in,
> it would ask me for my driver floppy (driver floppy? what is this, Win
95?),
> which I don't have, and couldn't put in anyway, because I can't
connect my
> floppy drive and cd drive at the same time (lost the cable that
allowed
> this). First time I've heard of a Linux install that required the use of a
> floppy. When I tried to install it later, it worked, but it trashed my
system
> font (default kde font went to 6 point italic or something like that, and
> could not be switched back). Wireless drivers trashing fonts? That
sounds way
> too much like Windoze!
>
> 10.1 Official seems to have gotten all that sorted out. Wireless,
power off,
> suspend, all just work with the default install, no customization on my
part.
> In fact, they seem to have incorporated hints I saw in older articles
on
> Linux for Dell laptops (e.g. I noticed when I hit Fn-Suspend that it
does a
> "cardctl eject", which prevents the wireless card from causing a
hang during
> resume; I do still recommend doing Ctrl-Alt-F1 before suspending,
seems to be
> more reliable) Of course I haven't tried my digital camera (see
earlier
> thread on this). And I still haven't sorted out a weird display
problem, but
> it's not unique to Mdk (shows up under Knoppix too). I'll save it for a
> separate thread.
>
> Long story short, I recommend going straight to 10.1 for any Dell
laptops.
>
> --
> Ron Hunter-Duvar
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I upgraded to the latest kernel, and things are looking pretty good
here.
I am anxious to move up to Mdk10.1 as soon as I can get to my
sister's place to use her broadband to download.
One strange thing I have going on is that my usb storage pen that I
got with my Inspiron, is leaving a mounted harddrive icon on my
desktop even after I remove it. It still works OK, and shows up as
device #2 when I plug it in. That icon correctly disappears when I
unplug though. I think what may have occurred is that I rebooted with
the pen plugged in. Could that have caused this?? How do I get rid of
the bogus icon??
I am now able to correctly power down with acpi and acpid installed
and configured, as per the instructions I received here. :-)
Klaptop is pretty cool.
Best regards.....many thanks to all.
--Angus
"Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around
in awareness." -- James Thurber
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