I have Mandrake 6.1 running on a Compaq 1210.
Sound worked without any additional drivers,
the modem is win only so have to use an external modem,
mouse configs as a PS/2. you can use touchpad <ugh> or
a PS/2 mouse which is easier to use.
It works in 800X600 and doesn't do a bad job with KDE.
I have added memory to the orig 16 meg, but that was the
only change.
If you want the XF86config file, let me know and I'll send
it to you. Secret is to manually put in the HZ and Vert
sync
rates rather that let the monitor choices default.
It was extremely cheap, and although a bit heavy the
price lessened the weight a lot. <grin>
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Beauchemin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Linux Laptop
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Giorgio Cittadini wrote:
>
> > Vincent Danen wrote:
> > >
> > > Aaarg... I just bought (and will be returning) an IBM
ThinkPad 1210 as
> > > to get X running on it is just a serious pain in the
arse. =( I had
> > > it working once, installed OSS to get the sound card
working, and now X
> > > refuses to work.
> > >
> > > In light of this, I am looking for recomendations of a
good laptop that
> > > will work with Linux with a minimum of effort
(hopefully) or has been
> > > known to run Linux with minimal tweaking.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of such a beastie? Preferrably under
$2000 if
> > > possible. It needs to have a CD-ROM, be about 500Mhz
with a minimum of
> > > 32MB RAM and a 4GB or higher HDD. Doesn't need to
have ethernet or
> > > modem built in, but sound would be nice (preferably
something that
> > > doesn't require OSS...)
> > >
> >
> Try looking at the winbook line. I havnt had one problem
at all except the
> sound. There isnt a driver out for it yet.
>
> Bill Beauchemin
> Sunnyvale MDC Control Center
> GlobalCenter
> (a Global Crossing company)
> 888-541-9888
>
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