> good display clarity (I mainly use aterms on fluxbox though) That should be ok, though if the dispay is a 6 bits panel, you may want to add option "FBDither" "true" to the "Device" section of the nv driver in xorg.conf
> wireless networking (I expect to have to buy a wireless adapter) For now, you'll need an adapter. The folks reverse engineering the airport extreme are making good progress but it's not there yet. > sleep That is the main issue. Somebody need to figure out how to bring the nVidia chip back from power off, which is a complicated procedure and we totally lack any documentation from nVidia... It may be doable, but I don't have one of these machines so I can't really try to hack on that myself. In the meantime, suspend-to-disk should work. > trackpad That should work with the new appletouch driver. > There is a report of suspending to disk working here: > http://www.ncc.up.pt/~rvr/kh/kh.html Yes, STD should work. > And a report of making the trackpad work here: > http://www.popies.net/atp/ > > I'd be really grateful for any advice on whether I should try and make > this work, or give up now! My problem is that I've lost a couple of days > of work because of my fried G3 ibook, and losing much more time is out > of the question. Would an Aluminium 15'' or G4 ibook work much better? ATI based machines will definitely be better supported. The newest aluminium models aren't supported yet for the simple reason that they have a new chipset and I didn't have access to one yet :) But I've already ordered one so ... > Sorry to use up everyone's bandwidth on this. > > Many thanks, > Rory > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
