Hi, Monday, September 22, 2003, 09:53, Markus Wolfer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Does anyone have experiences with the Acer TRavelMate 801 and debian? I want > to buy a new laptop and I think the 801 is a good choice, but haven't heard > about any experienece with this model. The TM 801 is just like TM 800 or TM 803, and there are quite a lot of reports about the latter ones (i.e. @ tuxmobile.org). I own a TM 800 myself and more or less got it running with debian now. However, be prepared that you'll have to use a lot of patches and cutting-edge software so that you can use features like advanced speedstep and acpi. Still, there are quite a few issues - I have yet to solve console blanking (radeontool did help, but it's sort of a hack), then again I am currently unable to switch to suspend/standby (kernel crashes). Don't get me wrong, the TM 801 is definitely a good choice as far as I can tell, but you better be prepared that it's a long way to go... PS: looks like you're German, so you might want to check out this site, it contains a lot of useful information: http://www.bernd-wurst.de/linux/tm800.php -- TheTinySteini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | "I think... I think it's in » www.resourcecode.de | my basement. Let me go » www.poke646.com | upstairs and check." » www.thwboard.de | - MC Escher
