norman.walsh.name: Comments on /2004/09/20/newLaptophttp://norman.walsh.name/2004/09/20/newLaptop/comments.atom2012-02-13T08:24:08.602068ZComment 1 on /2004/09/20/newLaptophttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00012004-09-22T01:36:17Z2004-09-22T01:36:17ZDan Connollyda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

On partitioning and filesystems with lots of little files... try reiserfs and LVM. You'll be glad you did. I'd include links if you allowed me to. :-P

I haven't gone as far as putting my root filesystem on LVM, but all my other partitions are.

Need some space in /var? it's as easy as

lvextend -L3G /dev/lvm0311/var-dirk
resize_reiserfs /dev/mapper/lvm0311-var--dirk

No rebooting or even unmounting required.

Comment 2 on /2004/09/20/newLaptophttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00022004-10-02T10:52:30Z2004-10-02T10:52:30ZWerner Heuserda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I have included your report into the TuxMobil Linux Laptops and Notebook Survey (http://tuxmobil.org/ibm.html). -- Werner

Comment 3 on /2004/09/20/newLaptophttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00032004-10-05T21:30:01Z2004-10-05T21:30:01Zjcypherda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I just got a T42p myself, after living with a T30 for a couple of years. Turning off the touchpad on IBM thinkpad T3x/4x is as simple as toggling a BIOS option. Just hit F1 during the POST screen and you'll find it. Bluetooth works under bluez-utils. CD burning works under k3b. I haven't tried the DVD burner yet.

Comment 4 on /2004/09/20/newLaptophttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00042004-10-07T17:27:13Z2004-10-07T17:27:13ZMichael Smithda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Norm, I found out today that I have a new T42p work machine on the way, as a replacement for my current company-issues notebook.

After I get it, I think I may want some more details about the part where you "renamed a few things and made a couple of links" before you ran "make install" to build your X.org server.

Comment 5 on /2004/09/20/newLaptophttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00052005-01-08T14:30:00Z2005-01-08T14:30:00ZMichael Smithda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

Probably you've figured out by now that you can turn off the touchpad via BIOS.

Comment 6 on /2004/09/20/newLaptophttp://norman.walsh.name/2010/09/25/oauth#comment00062006-11-14T20:49:25Z2006-11-14T20:49:25ZPv2 Shanleyda39a3ee5e6b4b0d3255bfef95601890afd80709

I was wondering something if you know. I have a sony vaio laptop. I just rebooted microsoft windows xp onto it after my windows program was corrupted. Now i have no sound to my windows media player. So i cant play any movies or music. How do i get the sound back on my laptop?