Posts by Ratha@PCTorque

Lira, It does get warm, but I haven't had any problem with it. I can use it on my lap comfortably even after it has been on at full power for a long time. One part that does get really hot is the spindle on the CD-ROM tray, but that...

Quote: Originally posted by myrkat How about /sager or /bs (for off-topic). Done Also, free of charge: /news, /reviews, /alienware Quote: Heck, have one for the "Woah... what's the deal with...

Lira, Well, not knowing the answer to your question, I grabbed RedHat 9 and installed it on my 4760. The following are my notes. There were a couple of problems. Can anyone out there running RH suggest how I might fix the network...

I added an apache alias so you can get to this forum by typing http://talknotebooks.com/linux. I got tired of having to scroll and click so much, since I come here pretty often

Quote: Originally posted by xiphux well, the background and borders are just a single image, set up by bootsplash. Cool! - I checked out bootsplash: it looks like it only puts up a console background during...

Hi all, Since I got a minimal set of hardware functional, I wanted to post with my results. This is a step-by-step in excruciating detail, partly for my own future reference I have a brand new 4760 with card reader (not...

Quote: Originally posted by xiphux if you're interested, here's what my console looks like (during boot and on any console without X - 1280x1024 res): http://www.thelightofthesoul.com/console.png **jaw drops**...

OK, this may not belong in this thread but my curiosity is killing me. Can you run a graphics based program in a terminal? Like when you go to Alt-F2 you might have a Mozilla filling the screen, and when you come back to Alt-F1, it's a...

I have a question about this. I have ACPI which appears to work properly (it is the version built into the 2.6.0-test1 kernel) and I can view my CPU's temperature and current throttle level. If I change the throttle level - to, say, 2...

Quote: Originally posted by Bratag Ok another WM user - time for a shameless plug - check out WMxmms wmdf wmacpiload wmthrottle on dockapps.org - I wrote em. They may very well suck but at least I wrote em ...