[cochiselinux] Re: Inspiron laptop problems with Knoppix
- From: Mildred Galliher <gallihem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 15:12:28 -0700
Thanks. I will check the 1100 tonight and see if it has an Nvidia.
Millie g.
At 07:20 PM 6/5/2004 +0000, you wrote:
>I have a Dell Latitude at work and I put Suse 8.1 on it. When the OS was
>loading, the full screen would be used, but when I logged in, even less than
>65% of the screen would be used. The video card was by Nvidia and their site
>had a special driver for my Suse version as well as installation
>instructions. After I installed the driver, I had full-screen Linux. Maybe
>your Inspiron problem can be solved in a similar way.
>
>
>From: "Prevett, Larry" <Prevettl@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [cochiselinux] Re: Inspiron laptop problems with Knoppix
>Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 08:48:16 -0700
>
>Hi Millie,
>is there a CMOS setting that says something
>like "Power off on Shutdown" or something like that?
>
>There's several pages on Linux and Dell laptops of all models
>at
>
>http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/
>
>Click Dell.
>
>You might find a page with some promising information.
>I saw several items about power management and X-Windows
>configurations to get the full screen.
>I also saw some posts about Inspirons having a faulty
>bios that requires upgrading, heat problems, and
>recompiling kernels.
>
>|Dick Sears wrote:
>|I have an Inspiron 8200 dual boot machine in which Ihave never had any
>|shutdown problems with Red Hat 9.0,
>|but the screen is only about 65% of the available screen.
>|I haven't tried Knoppix on it, but have on another Dell,
>|an Inspiron 5000e, and don't recall any shutdown problems.
>===================================
>
>>Millie Galliher wrote:
>>I'm having some problems running Knoppix on my
>>two laptops. On the Inspiron 5100, it loads from the CD and
>>the screen is a full screen. It seems to work (using the Knoppix CD and
>>running it from the CD). However, when I attempt to shut down, it goes
>>through the process and says it successfully shut down. However, the
>>screen
>>is still on. The only way I can actually shut down the computer is by
>>pulling the battery out! On the Inspiron 1100, it seems to load and
>>work fine; however, the Knoppix
>>screen only fills about 65% of the available screen. I have not been
>>able to enlarge it to fill the whole screen. Also, when I shut down,
>>the screen goes through the procedure, then stops after it
>>says "shutdown complete".
>>However, in this situation, I CAN turn off the machine by pushing the
>>off button.
>
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