I am all over the idea of getting a "Linux friendly" laptop the next time I
go shopping. So far I know enough to stay away from:
1) ATI video cards
2) Intel HDA sound
anything else I should be aware of? I still want to get decent hardware.
Can someone recommend a laptop brand that typically has good support for
Linux? I do not want a clunker. I like something reasonably "sexy" like my
LG is (check out the pic)
http://ca.lge.com/en/products/catalog/MultiImageDisplay.jsp?categoryId=040210&modelCodeDisplay=S1-QP01A9&imageUrl=/en/down/product/040210/S1-QP01A9/S1_T1_Angle_LRG.jpg
Regards,
Daren
On Sun, Jun 7, 2009 at 9:18 PM, Jamie Lokier <ja...@shareable.org> wrote:
> Daren Krive wrote:
> >
> > I do not mean to be negative but I am seriously wondering. Do most
> > Linux users simply learn to live without sound? Or live with sound
> > that does not operate as expected? I have been searching for over a
> > year on how to get sound working on my LG QB01A9 notebook to no
> > avail.
>
> I have two laptops running Linux over the years, and sound has varied
> a lot as I upgraded and updated the distro. It works with some kernel
> versions, doesn't work with some kernel versions, with some of them it
> works but the sound is distorted, and with some of them output works
> but recording does not.
>
> > Every time I ask the question i get pointed to the same 6 URL's that
> > deal with getting Intel HDA working and then I hear nothing more. I
> > have *tried* this and it doesn't work. Please help me!!
> > I am really starting to wonder if getting sound to work is a pipe
> > dream :-(
>
> Intel HDA seems to be particularly awkward. It's the one I've had
> most problems with - so many different behaviours with each kernel
> version, as described above.
>
> I understand that Intel HDA hardware is wired up in lots of different
> ways in different laptops, unfortunately, so there needs to be some
> special code for many laptops in addition to the HDA driver.
>
> But that doesn't explain why new kernels every few months behave so
> differently on my Intel HDA laptop.
>
> Hopefully someone will produce laptops that use standard-ish USB sound
> internally sometime, like they already do with Bluetooth, Wifi and
> memory card readers.
>
> Certainly I'll be testing my next laptop with distro CDs before buying
> it, if the next one comes with Intel HDA. In theory HDA is a good
> idea but it's a mess in practice.
>
> -- Jamie
>
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