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Nargule
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 Posted: Thu Jan 27, 2005 11:20 pm Post subject: New to Gentoo |
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Hey all. I am new to this forum and new to Gentoo. I have a Compaq Persario X1000 laptop that I just installed Gentoo on and I must say it kicks a$$. I am running kernel 2.6.9-gentoo-r1 and have a simple setup running X with Openbox.
After a lot of playing around, I got my built-in wireless working (ipw2200) and my touchpad working (synaptics) with its driver so I can disable tap-to-click, use scroll, etc.
I have two main things I want to get done before I can consider myself a success and be able to get away from my Windblows XP forever. One is to get my PCMCIA slot with a media reader to work so I can read a SM card, and the other is to get Gentoo to reconize my cellphone so I can use it to access the internet when I am away from any other source of internet. Anyone got any experience with these two thing? I haven't searched yet - just came up with those off the top of my head.
One other thing that would be nice - if I could get the volume/mute buttons on my laptop to work. That would be awsome since some years ago laptop manufacturers figured out they could save $.10 per unit by eliminating a physical volume pot from the hardware.
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blackhorse
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 1:38 am Post subject: Re: New to GenToo |
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| Nargule wrote: | After a lot of playing around, I got my built-in wireless working (ipw2200) and my touchpad working (synaptics) with its driver so I can disable tap-to-click, use scroll, etc.
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Welcome to the forums.
COOL!  Have you heard of syndaemon? It's a really useful thing with the synaptics touchpad.
I do not have any idea about the other things.
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Nargule
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| Posted: Fri Jan 28, 2005 4:52 am Post subject: Re: New to Gentoo |
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| blackhorse wrote: | ...Have you heard of syndaemon? It's a really useful thing with the synaptics touchpad.
I do not have any idea about the other things. |
Yep heard of it 
As far as the other things, I found a recent thread about the volume controls. I think I can make something work for that. I don't remember the thread title but it is easy enough to find.
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pmazer
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Just a nitpick, but one that will probably get you laughed at later:
It's Gentoo, not GenToo |
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Nargule
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| pmazer wrote: | Just a nitpick, but one that will probably get you laughed at later:
It's Gentoo, not GenToo |
Ok, I edited my posts so now I don't look so stupid
BTW, I got the volume/mute buttons working. I shared my method here:
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=2028685#2028685
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Nargule
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:04 pm Post subject: Re: New to Gentoo |
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| Nargule wrote: | I have two main things I want to get done before I can consider myself a success and be able to get away from my Windblows XP forever. One is to get my PCMCIA slot with a media reader to work so I can read a SM card, and the other is to get Gentoo to reconize my cellphone so I can use it to access the internet when I am away from any other source of internet. Anyone got any experience with these two thing? I haven't searched yet - just came up with those off the top of my head.
One other thing that would be nice - if I could get the volume/mute buttons on my laptop to work. That would be awsome since some years ago laptop manufacturers figured out they could save $.10 per unit by eliminating a physical volume pot from the hardware. |
I just wanted to update this thread in case anyone comes across it in a search. I have succeeded in getting all three of the above things accoplished. I am able to mount my SM card as a drive and access it (haven't got it to auto-mount yet, I haven't got to that). I got the volume buttons working as I mentioned above, but most of all, after some Googling I am able to use my Samsung SCH-a610 cellphone as a modem to access the internet (or any other modem for that matter). Now I need more goals to work on
Now I am going to try to access my phone's ringtones and pictures. I am going to get the PCMCIA automount thing working (so I don't have to su to root just to mount my SM card) and setup Linux to work with my printers - somehow I overlooked that in all the excitment.
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BlackEdder
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| Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 11:10 pm Post subject: Re: New to Gentoo |
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| Nargule wrote: | | and setup Linux to work with my printers - somehow I overlooked that in all the excitment. |
Printers are overrated anywayz well done I guess |
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