On Fri, Oct 16, 1998 at 03:23:44PM +0200, Lukas Eppler wrote: > I am looking for a new laptop for debian. If you run debian nicely, please > let me know. I had some problems installing and running debian on my > current laptop, and if I can avoid these on my next buy, I would be very > glad. > > So please drop a note if you are happy with your installation. > > I would like to buy one with TFT screen 1024x789 w 32k colors in X, if > possible with a nice resolution with SVGATextMode. > > Most information I get is on 'how can I run X on my laptop', I look for > information the other way 'round.
Chips and Technologies chips seem to work well. My Toshiba 310CDS runs X rather nicely. I had a lot of trouble with a friend's Acer notebook with a Neomagic chip, though. I found a hacked SVGA server on the web and used that (libc5 of course, and I didn't want to wait while it recompiled). I'm pretty happy with Linux on my Toshiba, in short. Installation hassles with the Tecra disks but otherwise it runs fine. I get fairly regular unexpected interrupts from the CD-ROM drive, and "interrupts while interrupts are disabled" when doing a lot of ethernet traffic, but nothing more serious than that. Hamish -- Hamish Moffatt VK3TYD [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Debian packages at ftp://ftp.rising.com.au/pub/hamish. PGP#EFA6B9D5 CCs of replies from mailing lists are welcome. http://hamish.home.ml.org
