Re: question concerning T42 and the IBM sale
On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 22:15 +0530, justin joseph wrote: > Thank you for your opinions, so I think the T42 is the one for me. > Thanks for your opinion. There is one last point I would like to > clarify. From the reply post I could not convincingly confirm that > the ATI Mobility RADEON 7500 has driver support capable of proper 3D. > And also If I can get the 1400x1050 resolution that the display is > capable of. I have researched the thinkwiki as well as the list > archive. But would be thankfull for a positive confirmation from > anyone having the 7500 and 1400x1050 combination. > > Thanks in advance > Justin Remember not to top-post. If I were buying that laptop, I would be concerned about the success I'd have with the Radeon 7500 video card. I have a system running Fedora with an ATI Radeon 7200, and the drivers from Livna for ATI cards did not work, although I didn't do any playing to see if I could get it to. The last time I looked for Linux drivers from the ATI site, neither the 7200 nor the 7500 were supported. I'm somewhat new to Linux though; I wouldn't expect it to "simply work". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Laptop recommendation
I'd like to get a laptop, but don't know where I should look... It would be really great if it was fully supported by the Linux kernel (maybe even video acceleration as well? Is there such a thing?), without all the annoying fiddling. Next, I don't know if it is really possible with laptops, but one that is friendly where hardware replacements are concerned. Like if the hard drive or DVD drive goes bad, that it is relatively simple/cheap to replace them. In fact, I'd like to find a laptop that is a bit bigger and heavier and bulkier and whatever in order to get a little bit more friendliness with hardware and heat problems and whatnot. Last: are there any laptops with 2 hard drives? Obviously, I want to run Debian on this laptop. It'll probably be Etch, if not the next one (testing after Etch is released). Perhaps linuxcertified.com is a good place? Oh, and maybe I should mention that price is a concern, $3000 seems like a lot to pay for a laptop... Thanks lots for your help; I'm new to the laptop arena. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laptop recommendation
On Wed, 2006-10-18 at 02:17 +0200, Florian Reitmeir wrote: > On Die, 17 Okt 2006, Owen Heisler wrote: > > I'd like to get a laptop, but don't know where I should look... > > get a Thinkpad.. > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki Okay, I wondered if I'd hear about Thinkpads, as I've seen them mentioned a lot here on debian-laptop. Thanks, and for the link too -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Laptop recommendation
On Fri, 2006-10-20 at 00:16 -0400, Philip Bellenoit wrote: > Sometimes bad experiences can be helpful. Here is mine. > > I bought a Compaq Presario V6000 laptop a fews weeks after it hit the > store shelves. It has a dual core AMD Turion64 processor. I thought I > would be a BIG SHOT shot and tell all my friends, "Hey I'm running > GNU/Linux, on my new laptop, not Windows!" > > It turns out that I got SHOT down BIG time. It took a month before I > was able to run the LCD at its native resolution because the Xorg nv > driver didn't include my graphics card (nVidia GeForce Go 6150) and > nVidia's binary driver still doesn't. My sound card only works > partially. A friend who tests sound cards at his job tells me that ALSA > doesn't yet have a driver and that a generic intel driver is loaded > instead. Several SMP kernels I've tried make my laptop freeze so I'm > don't get dual core support. Also my laptop can't suspend or hibernate. > > I'm sure that in time I'll get all these issues resolved--part of the > problem is my own inexperience. But next time I buy it won't be > anything too new. Thanks a lot for everyone's comments! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ThinkPads
Hi, perhaps this subject is worn out, but I have some questions about Thinkpads, the laptops of choice for Linux, for those of you who are familiar with them. It may not all be questions, some is comments to verify. Video acceleration: All I can find is ATI or Intel video chipsets... but I've heard say that ATI (3D acceleration) is a pain to get working. I've had some trouble myself for older cards (mine was Radeon 7200, not supported at all, although it did work at one point on FC5), but do some of the cards work without problems? The Intel ones provide 3D acceleration, but what is the difference in performance between a 128MB nvidia card and an Intel integrated chipset that can share ~200MB of the regular memory? If the Intel chipsets provide decent 3D acceleration, I may as well go with it. Here's what seems to be available for video: Integrated Intel 945GM Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 ATI Mobility Radeon X1300 64MB ATI Mobility Fire GL V5200 256MB ATI Mobility Fire GL V5250 256MB From what I see on thinkwiki.org, none of the three ATI chipsets listed here "just work", but the Intel ones do, without any proprietary drivers. The two Intel ones are supported by the i810 drivers. UltraBay Enhanced: It seems that I can use a CD/DVD drive in this bay or a regular hard drive. So I should be able to get a "Serial ATA Hard Drive Bay Adapter" and a hard drive from Newegg and have a second hard drive ready to go. The bay supports hot-swapping; will I be able to remove the hard drive or CD/DVD drive with Debian running? I guess that's all for now, thanks lots. My internet access is intermittent, so my replies may not be prompt. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: power management problems
On Thu, 2007.09.13 16:00, Damjan Vrencur wrote: > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Ritesh Raj Sarraf wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info > > present: yes > > design capacity: 4800 mAh > > last full capacity: 1259 mAh > > Heh, my report is somehow even more redicoulus: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/info > present: yes > design capacity: 56160 mWh > last full capacity: 57320 mWh > ... > > Using T61p. I have avarage battery lifetime about 1.5 h - much less then it's > advertised. I cannot compare with Vista since I purged it immediately ... With all these battery problems I feel obliged to note that my T61 seems to work correctly: design capacity: 56160 mWh last full capacity: 55740 mWh I get about 3 hours (6-cell). I have not timed that, but have used it to low power and the estimated time given seems to be correct. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Re: Windows license refund (Thanks for the great system)
On Thu, 2008.03.13, 073, Luis Motta Campos wrote: > Thibaut Paumard wrote: > > Le 13 mars 08 à 11:31, Luis Motta Campos a écrit : > >> I would like to report a big success here. I recently got a HP 6710b > >> laptop and (as usual) didn't agreed with the Windows License terms and > >> conditions (so I can send it back and get the license money). > > > > Are you being serious about getting your money back? Are you successful > > in it in the UK? > > I don't know about the UK. I sent them back my licenses in the > Netherlands, where I live now. I told them in a very formal letter that > I didn't agreed about the terms and conditions, and, as I never used the > licenses (it was a new computer) I got my money back. > > I recommend everybody to at least try. :) It's not possible that the > only way to buy computers is swallowing licenses we will not use. Can I do this from the United States without the original green "Genuine Windows License Number" thing? I had no idea it was at all possible to get any money back, and I trashed that sticker. I have a Thinkpad from Lenovo. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
