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
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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 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
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
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
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
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well
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?
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
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