Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2001 13:48:11 +1000 (EST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?Keith=20Spencer?= <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au> To: jason <kib@mediaone.net>, "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, fbsd <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Anyone managed to install FreeBSD on a laptop? Message-ID: <20011007034811.94198.qmail@web12003.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <006f01c14ee1$fe96fa40$05d85c42@speakeasy.net>
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Hi jason, NOT ON MINE! It is a Toshiba 2510cds Satellite. Thanks for the reply. --- jason <kib@mediaone.net> wrote: > I don't know much about X. I assume you need the + > - found on the normal > 101 keyboards in the number pad. On just about > every laptop I have ever > seen the number pad is actually a set of keys on the > right side of the > keyboard. In order to access them you must hit the > num-lock key though. > > I don't have a laptop with me right now but > generally here are the locations > of the numpad from memory > > Keys with Numlock off > 7 8 9 0 > U I O P > J K L ; > M , . / > Same keys with Numlock on > 7 8 9 / > 4 5 6 * > 1 2 3 - > 0 , . + > > but this is my laptop right here. Yours may vary. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org> > To: "Keith Spencer" <bsd2000au@yahoo.com.au>; "fbsd" > <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2001 11:11 PM > Subject: Re: Anyone managed to install FreeBSD on a > laptop? > > > > On Saturday 06 October 2001 22:07, Keith Spencer > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > I have! It was remarkably simple but...... > > > Laptops don't have keypads! So how the hell do I > > > switch video modes without a + and - keypad key! > > > ie. <ctrl><+> I think it is and a shift does NOT > work > > > here! > > > Any smart people help me out??? > > > > Check the documentation that came with your > laptop. > > > > Any laptop should be capable of emulating keypad > keys; X is not unique in > > sometimes requiring them. Typically there's some > key that switches modes > so > > taht a section of the keyboard is interpretted as > the keypad. See if your > K > > key, say, has a blue "2" on it. That would be a > clue. > > > > That said, switching video modes on a laptop is a > ridiculous exercise; > unlike > > a CRT, an LCD display has fixed pixel positions, > and lower resolution > modes > > are either simulated with resampling (looks awful) > or by just darkening > the > > output pixels (shrinks the display). So there's > little poin . . .. > > > > > > PS: My first FreeBSD laptop was over five years > ago. Unfortunately, my > > *next* laptop had hardware then unsupported by > FreeBSD, so I was using > Linux > > for a long time in between, but it's good to be > back :-) > > > > > > > > > > > > http://travel.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Travel > > > - Got Itchy feet? Get inspired! > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to > majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > > > > -- > > Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . > bts@wnt.sas.com (work) > > Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . > bts@babbleon.org (personal) > > > http://www.babbleon.org > > > > -------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! (let him go home) > <----------- > > > > http://www.eff.org > http://www.programming-freedom.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body > of the message > http://travel.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Travel - Got Itchy feet? Get inspired! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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