Have a look at http://www.linux-laptop.net/ Lionel --- Rich Smrcina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I tried Google. One could spend a career wading through all of the fluff... > > I have three issues that I would guess can be answered pretty quickly here. > > First some background. I have a Toshiba Satellite 1805-S273 laptop. > Installed on this laptop is Redhat Linux 7.2 with XFree86 4.1.0. > > 1). Although all of the XFree86 packages indicate 4.1.0-xx, the SVGA package > and compat modules still reads 3.3.6: > [root@rks0 rks0]# rpm -qa | grep XFree86 > XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-xdm-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-devel-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-libs-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-xfs-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-tools-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-42 > XFree86-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-twm-4.1.0-3 > XFree86-compat-modules-3.3.6-42 > > Is this an oversight or are those packages purposely backlevelled? Is there > an update? Does it make any sense to bring those packages up to the same > level as the others? > > 2). This laptop has a 'eraserhead' mouse, much like the IBM Thinkpad. I have > a couple of very annoying problems with it. The first is during scrolling > around in a document, it seems that the mouse pointer gets 'wound up' and > unwinds by moving by itself on the screen. It does not take long to > eventually stop (typically less than 10 seconds), but is interesting to > watch. The other mouse problem is more severe and also seems to be related > to scrolling. The point on the screen that the mouse registers a click seems > to jump to the left by about 30 to 50 pixels. I have to move the pointer to > the right of an object to click on it, by maybe a half an inch. When this > happens I usually need to reboot to get the mouse back. > > 3). The last item is related to an external monitor. If I switch to an > external monitor (with Fn-F5), nothing happens under Linux. I've read a > number of Google accounts where this works on a number of other laptops. I > have a Windows partition on this laptop as well and it works fine there, so I > know the port works. How do I get this to work with Linux. > > Any insight on these items would be greatly appreciated. > > -- > Rich Smrcina > Sytek Services, Inc. > Milwaukee, WI > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! > Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. > WAVV 2002 in Cincinnati (Fort Mitchell, KY). > April 12-16, 2002 > For details see http://www.wavv.org > _______________________________________________ > Newbie mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > *** To unsubscribe , or change message options, see: > http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/newbie
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