Frank Rudolf Georg Petzold wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 09:37:48PM +1300, Andrew McMillan wrote:
>> I'm looking to purchase one of these, because I just can't go past that
>> 1600x1200 LCD (and I don't know of any other laptops that match that.
>> Indeed I haven't found more than a couple that go past 1024x768.
>
> I am running debian/testing on an A20p. The screen size is 1400x1050, and
> thet is the same for the A21p, isn't ti? (Resolution is 116 dpi)
No, the A21p 15'' monitor runs best at 1600x1200.
Running debian/potato, I had to install XFree 4.0.2 from
http://people.debian.org/%7Ecpbotha/
to get it working, but have had no trouble since.
>> Does anyone here have any experience with running Linux (particularly
>> Debian, of course) on such a beast?
Yes, I'm running debian/potato (mainly, see above) and
everything I've tried to get to work so far, works.
(I haven't tried to get the modem or sound working,
but I've seen web-pages claiming to have get it to work.
See http://www.linuxcare.com/labs/certs/pada21p.epl)
I'm currently collecting my experiences on
"http://www.maths.lth.se/matstat/staff/finn/linux/a21p.html".
Not much there right now, but check back in a few hours... :-)
>> Looks like I might be able to buy it with one of:
>> 10/100 mini-PCI "EtherJet" with Modem (Lucent?)
>> 10/100 mini-PCI "Ethernet" with Modem (3com)
>> 10/100 mini-PCI "EtherJet" with Modem (Intel)
>
> Why? It has builtin modem and ethernet. Both work fine an my A20p. But AFAIK
> the modem is a different one in the A21p.
Not all A21p:s have modem and ethernet built-in. My A21p
has a modem (don't know if it's built-in or PCI), but
the ethernet is an "IBM 10/100 EtherJet Cardbus Adapter"
PCMCIA card. (This card needs some config fiddling to work
in debian/potato, see my message on the tread
"Re: update: PCMCIA "make all" errors" on this list).
Finn Lindgren
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