I use a Toshiba Satellite 4000CDT. The only problems I have on install
are as follows:
1) First boot after install, boot into single-user mode and mv
/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S45pcmcia /etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S98pcmcia. If you don't do
this, you'll loose your keyboard once the sound card is configured.
(strange, but nothing major...though I would like it fixed if anybody
has the know-how)
2) For some reason the 800x600 LCD option only allows a 640x480 display
on this machine, so use a generic monitor capable of 1024x768x70Hz (what
the external VGA port can handle), and you should be OK. (I may have
chosen a different monitor than usual by mistake, because now when the
display powers off to conserve power, it slowly fades back to white
after a few minutes. I run on AC most of the time, so it's not a big
deal for me, but again, it would be nice if I could figure out how to
fix that as the whole white-screen thing is new with 7.1)
- Theo
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...)
>
> Is this even feasible? I don't have the bucks to shell out for
> anything more expensive, but I'd really like to get a laptop so I can
> haul it around to demo Linux with, and this ThinkPad I'm returning
> later today just doesn't cut it.
>
> Thanks.
>
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