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["David Moberg" <davidjmoberg AT lycos.com>]

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From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
 
> In any graphical mode (including Windows or BL3 Xvesa 800x600) it 
> used the entire screen.  It does have 2MB RAM so can do 16-bit at 
> 1024 but Xvesa is hopeless.  I will try SVGA so as not to get 132 
> columns in text mode with fb.

I assume that if the resolution is not a 4:3 ratio, the scaling thing
kicks in.

> In CMOS I can choose either or both, so I set it to both.  There is 
> also an output to TV.

With corresponding TV output jack?

> I wonder if I could get the video to display two terminals on each screen.

Probably. You would need screen for the two terminals. Multi-headed X
only works with XFree86 4+ IIRC.

> In X it does not seem to matter whether or not you choose video 
> expansion, it is full-screen anyway. Only the text mode is affected 
> (DOS or linux or even the MS-DOS prompt).

Text mode = 720x480 pixels, which is not a 4:3 ratio.

> We went to the neighbor who owns the wireless card and installed 
> the software, which says it is Linksys.  7MB on a CD.  We could not 
> get the card recognized even with the antenna part in a computer a 
> few feet away, but this may be because we did not have the user 
> password (we have it now). You can get into Windows with ESC but 
> not into the network.  The reason for trying out a card is to see 
> if we can pick up the DSL line from a nice Bulgarian neighbor who 
> offered to let us use it but lives a few houses away.  He is a 
> computer professional and likes linux and could help.  He suggested 
> we do 'linux from scratch'.

I suggest that LFS is a waste of time. It is much easier to install
packages, and merely recompile those that you are interested in.

> > Linksys WUSB11 is what I have. The manufacturer lists Linux drivers at
> > the download site. Mandrake came with drivers for the PCI, PCMCIA, and
> 
> Perfect!  First we need to make sure this will work with the 
> borrowed card in Windows.

Let me know when you need the drivers. Is it really a standard
Linksys model?

> They are supposedly down to $10 or so, the older types of PCMCIA 
> which are not as fast.  We are not in a hurry but it would be nice 
> to have a free phone line.  Does 2.2.16 not support wireless LAN at 
> all?

Not the newer cards.

> This computer came with a working 56K PCMCIA modem which says it 
> will only work in Windows, not DOS or an MS-DOS prompt.  Gateway 
> Telepath - I don't expect it to work in linux.  Could we add a 28K 
> modem to the other slot?

Why not? A winmodem doesn't take up a COM port.

> Also if I install both BL3 and BL3

I hope you meant BL3 and BL2.

> can I chroot to BL3 on one 
> terminal, dial there, and then go online with a browser from a 
> different terminal with BL2?  (Rather than installing pcmcia.tgz in 
> BL2).

Why don't you move the PCMCIA stuff from BL3? Use the BL3 kernel, and
copy these directories/files from BL3:

/lib/modules
/etc/pcmcia
/usr/sbin/cardmgr

Someone please tell me if I've left anything out.

David

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