hi! just a quick question... i have a vaio myself (pcg-sr1k) and basically i am very happy with it HOWEVER i did end up with a console the size of a stamp in the middle of the screen! i've been trying to solve that awhile ago, but couldn't come up with anything and basically i more or less got used to it (the start-up routine looks cool even, hehe). if this isn't anything *permanent* and there in fact is a way to get it back to normal i would really appreciate if you could let me know! thanks! amael On 09 May 2001 07:36:12 -0700, Francois BOTTIN wrote: > > --- "J.R. Blain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We are looking at purchasing a few laptops for the office, and are > > considering Sony VAIO's. Does anyone have any experience with them > > running debian? Potential problems? Suggestions on models/addons? > > > > I bought a VAIO 807 a few months ago (PIII 650/500 speedstep, 64MB RAM > updated to 192, 12GB hard drive, 14.1' 1024x768x16 display, DVD player...) > > The only problem I have with it is the Windows 2K Pro licence, and I > havn't received my money back yet (Sony France doesn't seem to hear my > complaints) :-( > > I did not test the internal modem nor the i-link port (firewire) since I > have no use of them. The rest is running perfectly well with Debian 2.2 > (revisions 0, 2 and 3 tested) and Alsa 0.5.10 for the sound card (it's a > Yamaha YMF744, Alsa module is ymfpci). The USB ports are supported (tested > with a Logitech optical mouse and MS SS80 sound card). > > The display is really comfortable and it scales itself automagically to > use the whole surface whichever the resolution is. Then you don't end up > with a console the size of a stamp in the center of the screen. > > If you choose this model, I suggest you extend the RAM size. 64MB is > really too short and it makes a real difference while playing a DVD. Also > do not forget to disable the "PNP OS" BIOS feature if you want to use the > sound card... > > You can contact me directly for further info. > > Francois. > > ===== > Francois BOTTIN > -- > "How kind," the PFY sighs. "But where will I go?" > "Somewhere where they know nothing about computing... > where they wouldn't know a RAM chip from a potato chip!" > "But I don't want to visit Microsoft!" he whines. > The BOFH 1998 - Simon Travaglia (bofh.ntk.net) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
