[cochiselinux] Re: Inspiron laptop problems with Knoppix
- From: Mildred Galliher <gallihem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: cochiselinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 22:07:20 -0700
Larry;
Thanks for finding this site. I have book marked it. I did not see anything
that would help with my two models (1100 and 5100) I did not look at other
models, will do that in the next couple of days.
Again thanks for the time you took.
Millie g.
At 08:48 AM 6/5/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>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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