Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 17:39:41 -0800 From: Chip <chip@wiegand.org> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: dan@langille.org, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: laptops - perhaps DELL Message-ID: <3A80A75D.F27331AC@wiegand.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0102061218080.76849-100000@shell-2.enteract.com>
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David Scheidt wrote: > > : > :I have 3 Dell Inspiron8000's at work, they were brought > :in for a particular Linux app. I have been unable to get > :X installed on the I-8000. I have tried every monitor > :choice on the list for Dell. We then bought a Acer 739 > > You're doing something wrong then. A cow-orker is running RedHat 7 on > a Dell Inspiron 8000, with no problems. Shall I ask how he's got X > configured for you? > > David > w I'd be interested to know what he picked on the screen where you have to pick a monitor. That is where I had the problem. I tried every Dell monitor listed, plus all the custom monitors, and none would work. Though it's probably a moot point now, as we are returning the Dell's and are buying Acer, have bought 4 this week, and about 10 more in a month or so. -- Chip Wiegand Alternative Operating Systems www.wiegand.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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