Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-06 Thread Stefano Canepa
Il giorno lun, 05/09/2005 alle 02.56 -0500, Ryan Ramsey ha scritto: > teefour wrote: > > >when i tried to repair a vaio for someone else i had to find out that > >accessories are available for about 6 months after purchase. obtaining > >spare parts after more than a year was impossible (the dvd dr

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-06 Thread Iain Georgeson
"James Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Iain Georgeson wrote: >> It's not. I've got Debian on my A417M, but it took a considerable >> amount of surgery, and I'm still missing support for some fairly handy >> bits like suspend and soft keys. > > Could you shed some light on what was difficult pl

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-05 Thread charlie
On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 19:28:20 +0100 Norton used the keyboard to craft this: >|> The 2.6.xx kernels work with the touchpad, but >|> certainly not allow it to tap, no matter what way I write the >|> XF86config-4 file. >| >|what do you mean? how do you "click" on it? I got a 1355LC, 15" scre

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-05 Thread charlie
On Mon, 05 Sep 2005 22:08:09 +0100 James used the keyboard to craft this: >|Iain Georgeson wrote: >|> It's not. I've got Debian on my A417M, but it took a considerable >|> amount of surgery, and I'm still missing support for some fairly handy >|> bits like suspend and soft keys. >| >|C

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-05 Thread Datacom - Tavares
On Mon, 2005-09-05 at 22:08 +0100, James Brown wrote: > Anyone know of other laptops with a 17" screen? have you already thought about buying a powerbook G4 17"? [] JA Tavares -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-05 Thread Ryan Ramsey
Shameless plug: http://linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html James Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote .. > Iain Georgeson wrote: > > It's not. I've got Debian on my A417M, but it took a considerable > > amount of surgery, and I'm still missing support for some fairly handy > > bits like suspend and s

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-05 Thread James Brown
Iain Georgeson wrote: It's not. I've got Debian on my A417M, but it took a considerable amount of surgery, and I'm still missing support for some fairly handy bits like suspend and soft keys. Could you shed some light on what was difficult please? Which version of Debian did you use? I hav

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-05 Thread Iain Georgeson
"James Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > My requirements are: > * Can run Debian > * Pentium M Processor (For battery life/performance) > * Large screen (17") > * Large harddisk (>80Gb) > * Reasonably high performance graphics card > > The only laptop that I can find which fits the requirements

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-04 Thread Luca Pireddu
On Sunday 04 September 2005 05:25, James Brown wrote: > Luca Pireddu wrote: > >I'll dispute the claim that "Sony make the least Linux-friendly laptops." > > I own a Sony vaio s360 and it works great. In fact, almost everything > > worked right out of the box. However, it doesn't meet your 17" sc

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-04 Thread James Brown
Luca Pireddu wrote: I'll dispute the claim that "Sony make the least Linux-friendly laptops." I own a Sony vaio s360 and it works great. In fact, almost everything worked right out of the box. However, it doesn't meet your 17" screen criterion. Luca Luca, Thanks for the reply. I pr

Re: Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-03 Thread Luca Pireddu
On September 3, 2005 04:58, James Brown wrote: > All, > > I 'm fairly new to Linux (used Sarge for ~6months) and the time has come > for me to buy a laptop. I will be living in continental Europe > (Frankfurt, Milan, Paris) for 2 years (on business) so I need a decent > spec since it will be my

Opinions of Sony Vaio VGN-A417S for Debian

2005-09-03 Thread James Brown
All, I 'm fairly new to Linux (used Sarge for ~6months) and the time has come for me to buy a laptop. I will be living in continental Europe (Frankfurt, Milan, Paris) for 2 years (on business) so I need a decent spec since it will be my only machine at home. My requirements are: * Can run De