'"Oh and I read online that a guy who installed Linux on his system using my model of laptop got real poor quality DVD on his system." uhh... so... your point? '
My point was that since I only have 48 mb ram on my desktop and I have 128 mb ram on my laptop, it is the only one that could really handle video, also it is the only computer of mine that has DVD. But I guess if all you care about is theoretical support for video on Linux it doesn't matter if it really runs on any given hardware. How specific do you want me to be? Also under the FAQ for Ogle it has way too many bugs. When you go to linux you can't always quick restore your computer, and it can permanently not handle Windows. -----------------------------FROM THE WEB----------------------------------- http://vitelus.com/aaronl/satellite.html "I did not try to configure XFree86 until I installed version 4.0.3 (and eventually 4.1.0). I used the 'trident' driver. My laptop has 8mb of VRAM. X windows seems to work fine, except the Xvideo extension, which paints distorted images. Try to use DGA instead." "I'm not a fan of the restrictive DVD technology, but as this laptop came with a DVD drive I felt I would have to try it. I did not buy a DVD for this purpose since I strictly boycott them on the grounds of unbelievable atrocities committed by the DVD consortium. I borrowed a disk from a friend. I was able to read I'm not a fan of the restrictive DVD technology, but as this laptop came with a DVD drive I felt I would have to try it. I did not buy a DVD for this purpose since I strictly boycott them on the grounds of unbelievable atrocities committed by the DVD consortium. I borrowed a disk from a friend. I was able to read the data off the drive but lack of working Xvideo made the playback unbearable under OMS, VLC, or Xine. Finally I found MPlayer , which supports DGA. That works nicely. I hear that you can remove the region coding from the drive, but it requires a DOS boot disk and a firmware upgrade."
