Re: I7K DVDROM drive for CDRW ?
I just got a call from Dell Tech support today regarding reading CD-RW on the Torisan DVD drive, and they said it will work... you just need to go to the Adaptec web site and download something called a UDF reader (it's software). They said once this is properly installed, you should be able to read a closed CD-RW on your DVD drives. I haven't tried it yet, but it's next on my to-do list! Jeff -Original Message- From: Matthew Weymar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 4:40 PM Subject: RE: I7K DVDROM drive for CDRW ? -Original Message- From: Dominique Blas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 02, 1999 2:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: I7K DVDROM drive for CDRW ? At 22:12 29/12/98 -0600, you wrote: I don't know about the I7000K's DVD, but the 3200's DVD won't read them at all -- which kinda ticks me off. (It's a TORiSAN). Dell's Sales team assured me that it would read CD-RW before I bought the computer! Oh well! Hope this helps! Yes, normally all the 2nd generation DVD drive should read CDRW (Creative Labs DVD Encore does it well, why not matsushita ones). db Can anyone offer anything further on the subject of reading CD-RWs, in my case, on Matsushita DVD-ROM SR-8171?... I am trying and failing. Anyone had any luck w/ this? Does it make sense to search for new and improved drivers? (I tried System Properties Device Manager ... Update Driver ... Microsoft Windows Update, but crashed the program.) I, too, was counting on this technology - today, specifically, and am SOL Thanks, Matthew Weymar mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Inspiron 3500 with 3com 10/100 LAN CardBus
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Tar
Question: Linux users, I am trying to get Linux to work on my Inspiron 7000. I am very new at this and need to know how to untar a program or binary file. When I try to do it, it tells me that it does not look like a tar file. Another thing is that when I tried to copy the XF86Config file from the web page that is suppose to work with my laptop it tells me it is unreadable. Please HELP ME Mark Hanczaruk --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Tar
The file is already a .gz file. Its the XF86_Mach64 server. I guess its modified for my laptop. Im lost. -Original Message- From: Kevin Long [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 5:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Tar Try renamimg the .tar file to a .tar.gz file and then run tar -zxf filename If you got this via windows, sometimes the last extension gets lost. Kevin --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tar
Note, it sounds to me like you are trying to install Xfree. If this is the case these files are compressed and tarred(sp?). Anyway, if that is what you are trying to do getting the extract utility will make your life MUCH easier. Also, if that is what you are doing read the readme file, it lists all the files you should be downloading for an installation. "The punishment which the wise suffer, who refuse to take part in government, is to live under the government of worse men." Plato _ Justin Shriver PhD Student G041 W.E Lay Autolab, 1231 Beal Avenue Phone: (313) 647-9732 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2121, USAFax: (313) 647-3170 http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~jshriver E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Hanczaruk, Mark wrote: Question: Linux users, I am trying to get Linux to work on my Inspiron 7000. I am very new at this and need to know how to untar a program or binary file. When I try to do it, it tells me that it does not look like a tar file. Another thing is that when I tried to copy the XF86Config file from the web page that is suppose to work with my laptop it tells me it is unreadable. Please HELP ME Mark Hanczaruk --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Tar
Reading further it is clear that you are installing Xfree. If you are new to this whole thing I would do the following, not because it is quick but because it is informative. 1. Go to the Xfree web site and read the relevant man pages, you can also get the most recent files there. 2. When you select the correct library lib6 or lib5 read the list of files to download. 3. Initially set up the VGA server. At least on the current Xfree code it works fine (on an I7K). This will get you through a basic Xfree install. It is something you are likely to need to do again so it is good practice. Also, there are a minimal set of unknowns in the previous procedure. Once you have done this you can go on to load patches, new kernels, whatever you want to try and achieve a usable resolution. Note if you have an I3K.x then this is all irrelevant. I would imagine that is not what you have since X would have worked out of the box with RedHat. Justin --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Touchpad
Heh :) I want to disable it since it is in the way sometimes. if you find out how you managed to turn it off tell me ;) /Gabriel Kihlman "Hanczaruk, Mark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have an Inspiron 7000. I tried to install Windows NT 4 and Linux on my machine and no matter what I do I cant get my touchpad to work. Either can I get the external PS/2 port to work yet it works in Windows 98. If anyone else has seen this or has a solution please let me know. Thanks a lot. Mark Hanczaruk --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
New Hostname
ok me being not the most creative person in the world, and with the soon impending death of ml.org i need a new hostname! So here is the deal... ill make a contest i mean i dont have alot to offer :) but if u pick the winning hostname ill give you like an email address from it :) rules: well not really but more so the things i like: preferable .com or .net 3-5 chars no more than 8 no - or _ or *net.net or *com.com or *com.net or *net.com (ie netcom.com -- i dunnot like that) anyway... send entries to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and CC: to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks. -- -= [EMAIL PROTECTED] =- -= http://nts.ml.org =- Death is a nonmaskable interrupt. --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Tar
My guess is that you're trying to get the driver that will let you get 1024 resolution in XFree for your 15" monitor? That's what I've had to do. How're you downloading the files? From Navigator? FTP? It seems like the way they were downloaded is not good. Did you download as ascii? ---"Hanczaruk, Mark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Question: Linux users, I am trying to get Linux to work on my Inspiron 7000. I am very new at this and need to know how to untar a program or binary file. When I try to do it, it tells me that it does not look like a tar file. Another thing is that when I tried to copy the XF86Config file from the web page that is suppose to work with my laptop it tells me it is unreadable. Please HELP ME Mark Hanczaruk --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Touchpad
Im not real sure on a way to disable the touchpad on the inspiron because its set as a default to be ON in BIOS and there is no option to disable. They sure do make it hard to get it to work but when you dont want it your just screewed. ILL keep my ears open for ya. Thanx -Original Message- From: Gabriel Kihlman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 1999 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: Touchpad Heh :) I want to disable it since it is in the way sometimes. if you find out how you managed to turn it off tell me ;) /Gabriel Kihlman "Hanczaruk, Mark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have an Inspiron 7000. I tried to install Windows NT 4 and Linux on my machine and no matter what I do I cant get my touchpad to work. Either can I get the external PS/2 port to work yet it works in Windows 98. If anyone else has seen this or has a solution please let me know. Thanks a lot. Mark Hanczaruk --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://nts.ml.org FAQ: http://www.ps.uci.edu/~tomba/inspiron/ http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/ List Archives: http://nts.ml.org/inspiron/maillist.html To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List administrator:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
