Section "Monitor"
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Option "dpms"
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However, this only enables software controlling of screen... If that line is in your /etc/X11/xorg.conf, you can try turning it off with the command, xset...
On my dell 700m, it seems that when I configure for it to stretch the screen or not in windows, it'll obey in linux as well. This would lead me to believe it's probably a bios thing... check your bios for any possible options.
Not as much as you would think... I've used my 8890 both with and without SMP/SMT, and it's about the same... Linux threading is a bit more powerful, to say the least...
What's your hardware? I had some major issues with my 8890 and SMP/SMT, it would randomly crash, but not completely, just like you said. Input doesn't seem to be recognized by the computer... It solved everything as soon as SMP was...
I've heard from a friend with the same card that for some odd reason, his card worked with kernel 2.6.7, but died using 2.6.9 and 10- try downgrading to an older kernel, see if that changes anything...
Hm.... Unfortunately, I'd have to wrap my own livecd, because afaik, most livecds try to cut down on size, so I think their kernels don't include pcmcia audio support... I'll have to check the next time I'm in knoppix though
Linux is still a command-line system... I prefer configuring it through command line still. Try this- "modprobe sis900". Then connect your ethernet wire, and type "dhcpcd eth0". That should set up your ethernet at the...
Hey abf, I made a kernel config file for you. Copy this stuff into /usr/src/linux/.config, then type "make bzImage && make modules modules_install" at the command prompt. After that, cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage...
those are binary packages, dump them into your /usr/portage/packages/All directory, and emerge the package name with the -K flag, the usepkg. That will allow you to install the binary packages.
