Nice..........Forum: User Feedback Topic: Nice.......... started by: xboxSlayer Posted by xboxSlayer on Sep. 12 2006,04:51
Hi, been reading about DSL for awhile now. I even messed around with it on the xbox. I recently moved to a new city with my family to start a new job and I had to leave all my stuff in storage including my computer. I came across this cheap laptop with no operating system and instantly thought of DSL. It works great, I've been very happy. I managed to get high speed DSL internet hooked up and found the right network PC card that works right with Damn Small Linux. First I downloaded the ISO from a internet cafe and burned it to disk and I have been online ever since. Everything so far runs fast and fairly easy after some reading.My specs: Dell Latitude CPi PII 300 mhz laptop 128 megs of ram 12 gig HD HD install (runs faster then from CD and I can't boot from USB key) D-link DFE-690TXD PC card Small tip, my Dell Latitude CPi only displays correctly at 1024x768x16 otherwise the display is purple. Took a little trial and error to find that out. Otherwise everything works great. Thanks for such a great program, I have firefox, msn messenger, it plays my MP3's great and soon I will see how well it plays xvids. Thanks again. xbox Slayer Posted by underdog5004 on Sep. 12 2006,16:00
you might want to run xsetup.sh and select xfbdev instead of xvesa...xfbdev uses a frame buffer that laptops seem to like...-Matthew |