On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 07:55:55PM -0700 or thereabouts, Nate Amsden wrote: > Michael Soulier wrote: > > screens listed, but none of them seem to work. I guess I can check the IBM > > homepage and try to find the specs there... > > i installed debian on several dell latitude notebooks, seemed the > monitor setting didn't do anything, it could of be set to anything and > it still worked. the chipset was neomagic. i figured that the driver > automatically handled the screen. what kind of chip in the ibm ? >
debian is the most laptop-friendly distro i've encountered. for your lcd screen just select the resolution that fits your display. in my toshiba lapdog i only select the 1024x768 lcd res. > > Anything interesting that I could know about PCMCIA devices? I've > > never dealt with them before. the stock debian install recognizes pcmcia and works with 'em. actually u should never be aware nor make any differentiation between pccard and isa/pci based nics. if you selected or setup your network during install then your all setup. if not goto /etc/network and edit the file "interfaces" to reflect your network setup. -- Who's watching the watchmen? ICQ: 15096825
