On Fri, 10 Nov 2000 18:54:42 -0500 (EST) Jeffrey R Bradberry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
JRB> Hello, JRB> JRB> I have recently purchased a used Sony 505tr laptop. I am a regular JRB> Slackware user, but I'd like to try out Debian on it. Can anybody give me JRB> some tips? I have 505TS and Debian woody installed - it works fine! JRB> JRB> I have successfully managed to boot off of the official 2.2 cd, using JRB> 'boot: linux ide1=0x180,0x386' which causes the Sony PCGA-CD51/A cdrom JRB> drive to be mapped to /dev/hdc. JRB> JRB> In particular, I am somewhat confused about the "Configure Device Drivers" JRB> and "Configure PCMCIA Support" sections. Do I actually need to do JRB> anything there? If so, which ones should I select? I have the floppy JRB> drive, the port replicator, the cdrom drive, and a Linksys ethernet card. You need "Configure PCMCIA Support" JRB> JRB> Are there any other issues I need to be aware of? I had some problems with sound card - now it works - but I am not sure - it is right :) My machine has ESS1879 chip sound card. If I install only ALSA-Drivers - it doesn't work can not find card. If I install only OSS Drivers - the card correctly initalized - but don't work :( But is I install OSS drivers, then run ALSA deamon - it can not find card (say resource is busy) but then sound works fine throuhg OSS drivers. Strange, but it works and I stoped my experiments on it. Also, I had small problem with modem - when it was on COM2 (/dev/ttyS1) - it doesn't work - it doesn't answer anything on AT commands. But then I set it on COM1 (/dev/ttyS0) - it works fine. I haven't done any experiments with infrared port - but as I know, it should work. JRB> JRB> Thanks, JRB> Jeff Bradberry JRB> JRB> JRB> JRB> JRB> JRB> -- JRB> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] JRB> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Best Regards. Alexey Kakunin, M.Sc.
