Re: Workstation 3.1 on a Compaq 1278

2001-12-06 Thread Dave Anselmi
Jerry McBride wrote: That's it really, everything else works except the windows buttons. One of these days I'll have to find something todo with them. Here's what I did. (This is in kdm, but should work the same in xdm. And I'm sure there's a way to do similar with startx.) In

Re: Workstation 3.1 on a Compaq 1278

2001-12-05 Thread Chang
I suggest to completely, ruthlessly chop their heads them. I like my 198x IBM keyboard. % That's it really, everything else works except the windows buttons. One of % these % days I'll have to find something todo with them. Pry off the key caps and replace them with penguin buttons?

Re: Workstation 3.1 on a Compaq 1278

2001-12-05 Thread Declan Moriarty
On Wednesday 05 December 2001 11:34, you wrote: I suggest to completely, ruthlessly chop their heads them. I like my 198x IBM keyboard. % That's it really, everything else works except the windows buttons. One of % these % days I'll have to find something todo with them. Pry off the

Workstation 3.1 on a Compaq 1278

2001-12-03 Thread Jerry McBride
I just finished up installing Workstation on my boss's COMPAQ PRESARIO 1278 and thought I'd make a few public notes... This isn't a good piece of harware to install Linux on. I had all kinds of problems with the via chips in this laptop and APM/APCI is still kind of iffy... Anyway, the

Re: Workstation 3.1 on a Compaq 1278

2001-12-03 Thread Kurt Wall
Jerry McBride wrote: % % That's it really, everything else works except the windows buttons. One of % these % days I'll have to find something todo with them. Pry off the key caps and replace them with penguin buttons? Kurt -- I must get out of these wet clothes and into a dry Martini.