Hi folks, I've been trying to perform a clean install of lenny on a Lenovo W500 laptop, but have met with various issues, some of which are more problematic than others:
Using the "lenny beta2 release" netinst cd image, and expert GUI mode, I managed to get as far as detecting network card, at which point I couldn't proceed as neither the wired or wireless cards were detected. I then tried a daily snapshot of the pxeboot installer (to save burning another CD), and this managed to successfully complete the whole installation process using the wired network card. Support for the various control buttons seems to now work, a definite improvement over etch (eg. brightness), and interaction of the dock appears improved, although when undocking, the network card does not disconnect? However the two main devices that are still not fully functional following this install are the intel wireless network card, and the ATI GPU, unless you run X in VESA mode, which seems by default at least to give a logical screen that is slightly too wide and thus scrolls. I then tried both the open source ati driver and the closed source one, and neither seemed happy with driving it, with the open source driver not recognising the card, and the closed source version functioning but extremely slowly. Please let me know if you'd like any further information, or would like me to test anything - the machine can be blown away as often as is required. Thanks. -- Miah Gregory -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
