Re: hp pavilion 5150
Hello,
I'll answer what I can, hopefully someone can provide more details..
On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 02:22:45PM -0400, Darkhaven wrote:
> i got an hp a wile ago, and it has windows 2k on it. however, i wanted to put
> linux on it and was wondering about a couple of things.
>
> 1. i have read up on the ir technologies and they all seem to work with linux.
> however, i was wondering whether, when i get in front of a printer with my
> laptop (when linux is installed on it), whether i would have to have a seperate
> printcap file depending on the printer i go to or what?
You would probably just need a different printcap entry, not a different
file.
Alot of people name these things like lp1, lp2 and so on but you can
give them names like home, work, bill, etc.
You would specify this name to lpr ( for instance, when you print from
Netscape it lets you specify a different printer name to lpr. Now, if
only it read the printcap file and offered you a choice .. :)
>
> 2. i have a usb intella mouse (one of those little m$ lazer optical mice), and i
> was wondering whether linux would work with it at all, and if so, whether x
> would either disable the touchpad and give the mouse free reign or whatever?
That should work, but you probably need to be on kernel 2.4 to use USB.
I think you need to configure X to use the touchpad, USB or both..
>
> 3. if the modem will work on it? - i couldn't find what the "make" and/or
> "model" of it is on hp's web site, so i can't look it up on the net.
Alot of the built-in modems in laptops are in fact simple DSP chips that
emulate a modem ( sometimes called "winmodems" ).
It's possible that it's a real modem, if not you may be able to get software
to use it under Linux ( although they aren't good modems and I don't recommend
it ).
>
> 4. if there are any quarks with this laptop that i need to know about with
> running linux on it?
Hopefully others can answer this more fully ;)
>
>
> thanx
> darkhaven (aka - shawn wilson / kg4gxu)
>
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